As I share about what toxic shame feels like I also remind you that there's another way to live! SO MUCH HOPE!

When it comes to the inner (or outer) critic, strong action must be taken! In this episode I encourage you to evaluate your shaming thoughts and begin to change the way you interact with them. The critic is not the self. It is a learned response and it's one that causes emotional distress. It's time the voice of the critic be stopped!! We have the ability within our own self to take charge over our thoughts and manage our thinking.

I share practical ways to take care of the body and what that looks like in my own life.

Are you living with a chronic illness or intense fatigue? You are not alone. I have struggled with chronic fatigue for YEARS! In the process I've learned to love my body and have self compassion. I want to share some really simple strategies with you today if you would like to manage more easily and take better care of yourself along the way!

In this episode I talk about ways I parent and educate my children. It's very practical and I'm pretty sure it will be a help to you whether you are a parent or not!

I used to live in fear and with a lot anxiety, but that was based on the underlying beliefs I was carrying, which then determined the way that I viewed life and it was a big part of how I was thinking. We always have the opportunity to change our beliefs.

Determination is key. You won’t get where you want to go, or have the lifestyle you want, if you aren’t willing to stick with the steps and friggin’ DO them! Success doesn’t just happen! Someone was deliberate and intentional. What you do in the every day matters. How you think affects so much of your life!

There was a point a few years ago where surviving took everything out of me.
Thankfully that’s not where I am anymore, but I have to be deliberate to keep in place things that I need to do to help myself out—certain patterns, mindsets, ways of living that have been serving me.

In this episode I share ways I have helped myself by quieting the voice of the critic. If you are like me and hear the voice of a mean bully from within or without, what I have to say should help!!

Healthy emotional intimacy feels to me like a safe place to share my heart, knowing there I am loved. In this episode I relay a conversation my husband and I had regarding my feelings within our marriage.

In this episode I talk about how nature helps to ground us. Let's get spiritual!

In this episode I talk about what gratitude means to me and how living from a posture of gratitude enhances life.

In this episode I talk about how I interact with my children and how I view children in general. I hope it gives you a fresh perspective.

So much could be said on relationships! In this episode I touch on ways I find help build relational connection.

So much could be said on building depth and connection! I touch on what people pleasers and freeze types may need in order to feel safe enough to grow connection with you.

In this episode I talk about some ways that may create safety within relationships, especially if someone's tendency is to fight back or run off!

You’ll need to start changing your inner narrative. In a typical day, what thoughts are you thinking about yourself and your body? If they’re not kind ones you can start there! Your body has carried you through so much. You’ve experienced traumas and hardships in your lifetime and no matter how you size them up, it’s your body that has carried you through it all.

It’s great to love and support friends and family along the way, but it’s ultimately their responsibility to get themselves to the place they need to be. You shouldn’t be fighting for someone’s inner wellness or their happiness more than they are!

I want to begin by making it clear that you will have to make a choice to unlearn familiar patterns and to change mindsets in order to radically change yourself and your life. Across the board, everything that I talk about interwoven into that is always going to be us needing to unlearn familiar patterns that may be toxic.