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What is your ego preventing you from experiencing, expressing, sharing, doing or being? This is the question I posed at my recent Sunday Meds In Real Life event.

Is it preventing you from speaking your truth for fear you won't be taken seriously?
Is it preventing you from experiencing real and deep love for fear you'll get hurt?
Is it preventing you from standing up for what you believe in for fear you'll lose people in your life?

These are the deep questions to ask yourself ...

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My step daughter asked her PE teacher if she'd consider me coming in to run a dance and meditation class, to which she said yes!

So last week I ran two classes and watched these girls freely express themselves, dance, sing, jump around, do the worm, do flips and cartwheels, chase each other around and laugh and be silly. Even the PE teacher got on board!

My message to the girls was this. There are plenty of things in life we care about that matter, and that don't, and this can steal a lot of our attention. And, as we get older, more responsibilities are expected of us which can feel like there's a lot of pressure being human. Never forget to come back to these practices of having fun, freely expressing yourself and being in touch with you inner kid, because that's what helps us through what can be a boring and rigid life.

Do you let yourself freely express yourself?
Are you stuck in a rigid routine?
Have you lost your spark?

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Something magical happened after Monday's episode. My step daughters wrote me a note saying that they want to officially adopt me as their step mum (insert tears).

I came home Wednesday night and Steve and the girls were in a funny mood. Little did I know that the three of them had chatted over dinner about me. Steve said, "Kat is choosing not to have children of her own. She's also choosing to take care of you two and guide you for the rest of hers and your life!" As a result of this conversation, the girls said, "let's let her know that we choose to take care of her for the rest of her life and adopt her". 

I go more into this in the episode. But can I tell you how much my ego's stories are being busted left, right and centre. I have all this love around me that I've been protecting myself from. Not anymore, I'm cracked wide open. 

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Triggers can be so automatic that when you realise you're triggered, you're already neck deep in your shit. That was me a week ago. 

Control is something my ego loves to have. It's how I feel safe and sure about my environment. So when something changes that I wasn't ready for, I feel like my space is being invaded, that something bad is going to happen to me and as a result, I close up my heart and energy and head into the brace position. 

I'm so aware of this, however at times, the trigger is so strong and I end up sitting inside a closed heart which I'm so done with. In today's episode I share about my most recent example of this, how I reopened my heart and started call major BS on my ego's same old story. 

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This is a recent breakthrough that I have uncovered and am seeing in all its light.

I've been working with my coach and brought this to her after noticing how I dull myself down when it comes to feminine and pretty clothing, telling myself and others, "oh I'm just not a dress person". I did this also until recently when I told myself, "I'm not a shorts person", and would wear tights and pants throughout summer!

After guest speaking at an IWD event, I admired the woman who dressed sexy and boldly and wondered why I felt so uncomfortable expressing this part of me. With some solid self enquiry it became clear that I have used clothes as my boundary to communicate, "I'm not a sexy or sexual person, so stay away thanks!" During my late teens and early twenties I allowed people to treat my body however they wanted and gave it up freely. In my later twenties and early thirties I swung the opposite way, became closed and dressed to say, "not interested!"

In today's episode I share where this stems from, why I've made these decisions to date and how I'm allowing myself to express this suppressed part of me in a way that feels good for me.

**Please note that in today's episode there is mention of sexual abuse. Please be mindful of this prior to pressing play, treasure. 

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I found my diary recently and read through some of the entries. Wow-wah-wee!

The limiting thoughts I had back then are still the same limiting thoughts I have now, only in 2014 they were fully charged and triggered me to go down into a black hole of despair. Now, the thoughts are there, however due to ego work and knowing it more intimately, I no longer become the thoughts.

This is a great episode to share with you why knowing your ego is so important, and to befriend it rather than pretend it doesn't exist, or spend the rest of your years trying to fight and get rid of it.

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Back in the days of chronic pain and taking pain medication on the daily after brain surgery, I got a lot of sympathy from people. My family and friends would often ask me how I'm doing, what can they do for me, and if I was okay. The frustrating part was that they couldn't do much, but it was nice to know they cared.

After hitting rockbottom and wanting out, I met my Professor of Neurology who gave me an alternative approach (listen here to the podcast I did with him) which eventually led to being pain free, happy and reclaiming myself.

But during that process from pain to freedom, there was a deep fear of getting better, followed by thoughts like, "no one will care about you, no one will ask you how are you, no one will offer their time". I began to notice a pattern across my life, that part of me was conditioned to get love from being unwell or something being wrong.

In today's episode I share how I let go of the belief that held me in the identity of a suffering victim and what was waiting for me as a result.

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I've learned this lesson the hard way many times. Over the past two weeks with the intensity of the world, I could feel the guilt of getting on with my life, business and responsibilities kicking in. All I wanted to do was more and more for the NSW/QLD floods, and my batteries were running low.

After a huge few days of helping organising Melbourne's mass donation drop for the floods, I looked at my week and it was full! My step daughters were coming back, coaching clients and guest speaking gigs for International Women's Day were ahead of me, and I thought, "if I don't pull back on the need to give out of guilt, I'll fry myself".

Today's episode goes into how the guilt of being safe in a world where others are suffering can cause over giving for fear of being selfish or insensitive. There's a balance between giving and ensuring that you're filling yourself up.

Have a listen to today's episode and lemme know your insights.

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I was a YES gal! My immediate response was, "yeah sure, no worries", or, "yes of course, I'd be happy to", when in actual truth, I was not happy to. 

The immediate yes came from a people pleasing, validation seeking and "please see me as an awesome human" place that led me to go against my deep down values. This further led to burnout due to giving out my energy without replenishing it. 

Over the years I have learned to say no, which really messes with the people pleasing part of me. In today's episode I share with you one powerful and simple way that with practice, allows you to know if you truly want to say yes, or deeply want to say no. 

Enjoy x

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Sometimes it's easy to forget how far you've come and be constantly looking forward to be your best self! I do that too as I use it as a way to step into who I choose to be, but there's a time and place to remember where you are now and where you have been in relation to that.

Recently, I was doing a meditation when I was feeling doubtful about trusting the future I was moving towards. I imagined my future self came and took a seat next to me and gave me tender loving care, and a, "shhh, it's okay girl, everything is a-okay".

It was mega comforting, and then something very special took place. All my previous selves appeared in my imagination and took a seat next to me too, reminding me that where I am NOW is where my previous selves have wanted to be. It was a humbling moment that took me out of stressing about the future, and being totally proud of where I'm at now.

Listen to today's episode for juicy deets and golden nuggets.

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