All Tides Podcast

After the busy holiday season, I spent a week reconnecting with myself, the water, and sunshine with a glorious trip to San Diego. I felt the call to truly allow myself to slow down and disconnect or connect - whatever felt important (you all know how I struggle to allow myself to truly have down time).

Throughout the week, my cousin and I kept hearing “Bones” by Hozier & Marren Morris. The lyrics in the song “the house don’t fall when the bones are good” kept sticking with me because I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the numerology behind the year 2020 and how it is a foundational year.

So, listen in to this episode to learn more about the numerology behind the year 2020 and how to set up systems and foundations in your life that allow for grace, freedom, and flexibility, and learn about the tattoo I got on the trip - sorry you’re finding out this way, mom ;)

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In this episode, I mentioned the following quotes and resources:

This week’s question is:

Where do I need to focus my energy in 2020?

Happy New Year and thank you for joining me for the first episode of 2020! With each start of the new year we always feel the “new year, new you” push where we feel like we have to start taking control of each part of our lives to make this year our “best year yet”. I’m pushing back against that noise and, in this episode, I’m sharing about how instead of trying to control more aspects of my life, I’m shifting the focus to let go and truly give myself the permission for my life to flow.

This episode starts with my expansion on my final Instagram post in 2019 on letting go and how this year was the first year in my life where I felt I was able to achieve that perfect level of flow, show up how I wanted to without judgement, and surrender the rest during our busy and obligation filled holiday season. During the final week of the year, I truly got lost in breath work and found myself in a state of being where I felt like I had let go of control. It was in this loss of control that I was able to clear blocks and stories that I’ve been telling myself that are no longer true.

So, as you listen to this episode, I urge you to reflect back on the past decade and think about what you are choosing to let go of with the start of this new year. Choose to create a new story. Let this new year wash you clean, but remember that you can allow this beautiful act of surrender to happen at any time and not just at the start of the new year.

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

What stories from the 2010’s do you need to leave behind and let go of?

In this episode, I mentioned the following quotes and resources:

After the business and celebration of these past couple weeks of Intentional December, I am coming into this episode with a heart full of gratitude for all of the support and connection that I’ve been able to make both in and out of the shop. Thank you to everyone who came out to the shop, liked any of our posts on social media, made orders online, or contributed in any way, shape, or form. I am so grateful to have you in my community and it makes a huge difference.

Since the beginning of Lake Effect Co. I’ve been really consciously creating a community, both in Pewaukee and online, that is centered around our love of the water and at our 3 year anniversary solstice party, I teared up more than once out of immense gratitude over the beauty of the connections that have been made in this community. So, in this episode I share how I’ve made these connections with an open heart, how water improves connections, and the importance between connecting with yourself and others.

Thank you for listening. I’m endlessly grateful for you, and I wish you all the connection that you want will come into your life in 2020.

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

Where can you show up more vulnerable, open, or being willing to connect and how can you reclaim connection with yourself and others?

In this episode, I mentioned the following quotes and resources:

Blue Mind by Wallace J. Nichols

This solstice Saturday we are celebrating Lake Effect Co’s 3 year anniversary, and while I had an idea of what I wanted to do with this podcast episode and this milestone, I'm actually going to talk about something totally different. :)

In last week’s episode when I shared all the events coming up, both in and out of the store, I knew that I was going to call upon all of my effort to make it through. That wasn't untrue and I've been a bit beat up as a result. It turns out Intentional December taught me that I actually need to be more intentional with my time - that I have a lot to learn about energy dynamics and how stuffing my calendar and mind (and not allowing a true contraction or clearing of what's happening in my headspace) doesn't lend well for expansion.

So, in this episode, I walk through my personal experience with contraction/expansion and my decision not to act until there is enough quiet and downtime to be sure it’s truly what I should be saying and doing. This episode I am sharing my contraction, my hard look within myself, so that I can return and expand with intention. 

You know what you need. Expand and contract accordingly.

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It’s the final full moon of 2019! Full moons allow light to be shed on the completion of cycles, and in this podcast episode I show you how I allowed myself to go with the flow of what this full moon energy is guiding me to do in this busy season.

In this episode, I give you a full overview of all of the upcoming events in the shop right now (I so hope that you’ll have the space to join me for one or more of them!). In past seasons I would have allowed myself to get caught up in the busy and try to control and force events, but in this full moon I’m doing what I can, letting go of my perfection, and showing up as I am.

So, I hope that you enjoy this episode and are able to take some time and space for yourself during this full moon as well. This is the final one of the decade, which makes it the perfect time for you to review for your year and pay attention to what you want to release with the end of this decade.

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

Who am I trying to be, what am I trying to prove, and who am I trying to prove it to?

In this episode, I mentioned the following quotes and resources:

Ever wonder what it’s like for a small business owner during the crazy Thanksgiving and Black Friday holiday madness? Wonder no more, because this week I’m sharing what it was like for me and the important lessons I learned.

I’ve been fighting off a cold for the past few weeks and it finally hit me with full force on Thanksgiving Thursday, which meant that I wasn’t able to join in on the Thanksgiving activities with my family, and I was forced to have some alone time. What I didn’t expect was how amazing that alone time truly was, as it allowed me to make space for all the feelings and find deep gratitude by myself with a walk along the lake.

We often hear that if something isn’t a 100% yes for us then it should be a no, but life doesn’t always allow for that option. This past week showing up and working through my sickness definitely didn’t feel like a 100% yes for me, but sometimes we have to push ourselves to do those hard things, because when you feel strongly about something in your heart you feel compelled to do something about it. So, my passion led me through pushing through this trying week and show up as I am - sickness and all.

So, when things get crazy for you this holiday season, because let’s face it - holiday seasons are always at least a little bit crazy for everyone, remember to come back to your purpose to reconnect to your why and give yourself the strength to continue on and decide how you want to show up. Lead with the heart, and remind yourself that you are stronger than you think.

- Leading from the heart

- What we do when things don’t go as planned

- Using gratitude to raise our vibration

- Breaking patterns of fear that keep us from reaching our full potential

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

What are your true matters of the heart?

Follow and embrace that and let your true heart matters dictate how you prioritize your time.

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This is very much a busy season in life right now, and I am FEELING it. I’ve been in the space of forcing myself to be productive and in all of this forcing, it's interesting to pause to think about the ebb and flow of the seasons in our life.

There is ebb and flow to everything. We are so used to the force and the push, but what if we start making space for ease and treating it with just as much importance? I want to make sure that when I push myself I am pushing myself with the intention of moving towards one of my core desires.

Give yourself permission to go with the flow. Push when you want to, but also make space take breaks. From moment to moment, pay attention and feel what your body is needing.

In the moments when life feels like it’s not in flow, pay attention. This is likely a lesson you need to learn to know when what you’re doing is not right for you. When you find yourself in these times of force and misalignment show gratitude and go into everything with intention and the faith that what’s for you will not pass you.

- Being intentional and making space for ebbs and flow

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

Question:

The next time you feel like you are stressed out and pushing in this busy season stop and ask: what is something I can do right now to have more fun?

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Over the past five years or so I’ve really done some deep thinking and feeling on how I show up and give during the holiday season. Society really pushes us to give and buy more than we’re able and it feels wasteful and unaligned with my values, but I’ve been struggling with finding an alternate way to show up for the holidays.

So, in this week’s episode, I’m talking about how we can align our values with the way we show up and give during the holiday season.

Our actions spread messages on how we feel around worth and gifts, and I challenge you to take a step back and think about how you want your impact on the world, in both big and small ways, to be this holiday season.

- Aligning our values with the way we show up and give during the holiday season

- Giving eco-conscious and alternative gifts

- Recognizing why we are taking the action we’re taking during the holiday season

- How our behaviour around the holidays influences and programs our kids’ feelings around the holidays

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

Question: How do you want to embrace the spirit of the holiday season this year? Are there changes you can make right away to align with your values?

In this episode, I mentioned the following quotes and resources:

It’s getting to that time of year again, and if you’re someone who is feeling any heaviness, sadness, resentment, or apprehension heading into this holiday season this episode is so here for you.

HOLY SMOKES, we made it through episode four. This recording only required one re-record, so we’re calling it a win. But I am SO happy to talk about one of my favorite concepts, and maybe like, THE concept of my life - CHASE MORE SUNSETS!

Thanks for joining me for another episode and for a little reminder that

There’s power in our stories. There’s magic in the water.

- What the concept of Chase More Sunsets means

A weekly podcast is great, but the conversations that happen after keep this fun going.

This week’s question is:

Question: How will you implement the concept of “sunset-chasing”? AKA THE thing that you want to build into your daily/weekly routine because it gives you the feelings you love.

In this episode, I mentioned the following quotes and resources:

- Shop the Chase More Sunsets design and read the first two blog posts on the topic here.

- Blue Mind by Wallace J Nichols

- “When I say yes to my soul, the universe says yes to me” Jenna Black

- “Take a small step towards the universe, so the universe can take a big step towards you.” Natalia Benson

- The Biophilia Effect https://amzn.to/32ooSpo

- The Nature Fix https://amzn.to/2NNwMTV

- Grounding Accessories https://amzn.to/33sAzN6

- “If you’re going to take your life seriously, take your joy, curiosity, inspiration, awe and gratitude seriously, too.” - Me