ALL THERE IS

Have you ever experienced that phenomenon where you catch yourself seeing the same number over and over again? What does it mean? Who knows, right? But perhaps we can find meaning in the message the universe is sending. For me, the message is, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? THE TIME IS NOW!

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In this kick-off episode of Season 2, we discuss the beauty that surrounds in this world and in this human experience. Yes, there is ugliness, sadness, tragedy and really hard things, but there is beauty to be found in all of it. Whether you are witnessing a sunrise over the ocean or a sunset, whether you are just starting out and entering the final phase of your life on this earth, it is all beautiful. Join us on this journey in season 2 as we look to find and share the beauty in our human experiences.

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Eleanor Roosevelt said, "You must do the thing you think you cannot do." Overcoming fear, intimidation, procrastination and ambivalence and doing the things that scare us the most builds courage, confidence, strength and hope. Challenging ourselves to do the things we think we can't, is the very thing that will help us go the distance in this life. These are the things that will convince us of our beauty and our strength, until we are never more sure. 

What is that for you? What is that thing you think you cannot do? The thing that nags at you when you allow yourself to get quiet, to sit silently with yourself? Tune in to this episode to be encouraged to do the thing...

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In this episode, Lindsey asks, "Has that ever happened to you? You don’t even know how far you’ve gotten away from yourself? Have you ever gone months without feeling true joy? Months with your growing, healthy, happy babies…without feeling true joy? Fear and panic taking over your every thought? So much so that you don’t even realize it anymore? It’s just become the norm."

Most of us are familiar with the struggles mothers can experience during pregnancy and during the postpartum period. We’ve heard about the baby blues, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, etc, but postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is also experienced by 3-5% of new mothers. 

By definition, postpartum OCD is characterized by intrusive thoughts and behaviors that are in response to a perceived danger toward your baby. These thoughts and behaviors are constant and repetitive, and they can severely disrupt daily life. 

Tune in to this episode to hear Lindsey's story of anxiety, postpartum OCD and finding True Joy in the midst of it all.

Real people. Real stories. Real life.

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Thanks to technology, filters are everywhere we need them. Virtual backgrounds, touch-up appearance options, studio edits and filters help us hide things, help us pretend, help us have fun. Filters are not a new phenomenon either...they've been around since the beginning when Adam hid his nakedness with a fig leaf.  But what if I told you that alcohol is a filter? A filter that helps distract us and others from the things we don't want to look at. A filter to hide our mess behind. A filter that helps us have fun no matter what we're doing.

Tune in for a conversation about living life without the filter/substance of alcohol. It is a rebellious idea. Counter culture in so many ways. Could you do it? Could you live your life unfiltered?

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Examining alcohol and its place in our life can be challenging and polarizing. We tend to be very black and white about it--you are either an alcoholic and need to get/be sober, or you are fine, which means you drink when you're supposed to and only then. 

Tune in to this short episode,  to hear a poem I wrote about the prison of addiction. 

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Examining alcohol and drinking can be polarizing in our current party culture. In this episode we have an honest discussion about my journey with drinking & alcohol, what it means, what it doesn't mean and how I've tried to give it the appropriate place and power in my life.

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I was almost ten years old when I started my first diet and began the cycle of believing that I'm either gaining or losing, and that my weight was worthy of taking front and center in my life and all of its events. Reaching my goal weight hung over me--a dark, looming presence that kept me unhappy and unsatisfied with who I was. I believed that I needed to achieve this goal in order to be okay. Those days are gone! I'm committed and determined to unpack and dismantle belief systems that never served me and were always dysfunctional. Join me!

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Keep It Real: The Work of Changing the World—A Conversation with Afua Boahene
Real people. Real stories. Real life.

"The world is not really changed by what you say, the world is changed by what you do."

What is ACTIVISM?

Alice Walker once said, “Activism is the rent we pay for living on the planet.”  Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “If we are neutral in situations of injustice, we have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

In this episode of All There Is,  Afua Boahene  explains that activism is the work we are all called to do in order to "repair what's been broken in the world" and that  "Activism is the pathway back to the world as it was originally planned."

It takes courage. It takes risk. It takes community and connectivity. The work of activism can be accomplished through art, writing, teaching, bearing witness, asking questions, demanding transparency, interrogating structures and policies and through the consistent and progressive practice of making things possible and creating pathways that widen spaces and open doors that create equity and justice for all. It is having the conviction and desire to see the moral arc of the universe bend toward justice.

After all, "just saying I believe in an equal world without doing anything actually doesn't help."

Tune in to hear Afua discuss her passion and commitment to doing the work that is necessary to repair the world we live in through activism.

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Mother's Day is one of those days filled with power and the potential for joy and celebration as well as pain, sadness, regret and longing.  As women, we are all somewhere on the motherhood spectrum...we have mothers, some of us are biological, step or god mothers to children, some of us care for and nurture four-legged fur balls, and some of us nurture and mother our friends or co-workers. Regardless of the choices we've made or where we're at in our journey, let's take this Mother's Day to support, encourage and be kind to each other. Happy Mother's Day.

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