I always have so much to say but all I can say right now is how much I have missed recording. So many things have happened and I am here to share everything with you all. Welcome to season three of basement philosophies I so happy that you are here. 

xoxo
Brittany

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Hello World!
I took what was meant to be just a two week break and it turned into months. The universe had other things in store for me and my family. I have been dealing with a bit of an identity crisis. It is so easy to put yourself on the back burner when you are a mom. My girl Quinn will always come first but I am navigating trying to find the right balance between taking care of my family as well as taking care of myself. 

I am so ready to get back to recording! New episodes in the coming weeks!

Lots of Love
Brittany 

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Being a mom is hard. Leaving my baby for two days was even harder but it did a world of good. I was not showing up as the mom that I want to be and it was because I was so tired.  It is okay to need rest. It is okay to admit that you are tired. Most importantly it is okay to take care of yourself so that you feel better and so that you are better able to take care of the people that you love the most. 

XOXO 
Brittany 

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There is no separating the mental from the physical for me. I believe that our mental health is tied to our physical health but they are interchangeable. I am an advocate for leaving your toxic environment although I know it is easier said than done. A lot of people don't take into consideration the physical impact our toxic environments have on us. So when we are working in an environment we think we're just dealing with annoying people, a terrible boss, never ending work tasks, but what people don't realize is that your body is having a chemical reaction every time you're in this horrible environment and you're not taking the time you need to rebalance. If your body is in a constant state of stress you are not healing nor are you able to heal. Our bodies were naturally miraculously designed to heal itself with the right self-care and nourishment. If we are not nurturing ourselves our bodies begin to break down and its my belief that this is what causes mental illness and disease. I am all about healing naturally even though it takes longer but this is my calling and that is my journey and I am so thankful that you were here with me I hope you're all doing well and I hope that you're finding a little more magic each and every day.


XO
B

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I have had a strange relationship with anger of the years. I went from not believing I should not be feeling angry to experiencing rage for the first time in my life. Unprocessed emotions will come out in very real ways even ways that may scare us. I was not dealing with my emotions in a healthy way and that cause my anger to manifest in some really scary ways. If you get any message at all from today's episode, it is that you are allowed to be angry. Healthy anger has the ability to give us the motivation to make changes and move forward and truly change our lives. We just have to be open to learning what this emotion is telling us. 

xoxo
Brittany 

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This has been a very challenging transition for me.  I am going through one transition just to start another one. I am almost unrecognizable. Not because I look that much different but because my inner world is so different. The vast majority will most likely say well welcome to the real world. However I refuse to belittle such a profound concept down to simply "the real world". That is as bad as saying "that is just the way it is." I refuse to accept things especially if they don't sit well with me. I like everyone else am not safe from life's challenges. I am. not stranger to learning things the hard way. I believe there is at time and a place for self criticism but when is the right time to step back from the criticism and simply be there to support yourself. I got lost in the negative feedback I was getting. Not only did I feel like I needed to be doing more and I needed to be doing better, these feelings were being validated by almost everyone in my life. Until I decided to speak up. Until something in me that was stronger than all noise was like " Don't be afraid and just speak." So I did. 

Brittany 

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I suppose I don't get too deep into the being a working mom. My work is part time after all but honestly this internship is taking a toll on me and how I often just want to quit. The truth is I don't have a desire to leave me baby. When I am away from her my body feels it. It is my belief that mothers should not be apart from their babies in the beginning. We were not made for that. As a society we have moved so far away from that. We pride ourselves on being the person that can do it all and honestly I am here to tell you that I don't want to do it all. My exhaustion is not some badge of honor that I am proud of. I miss sleep. I miss my partner but I also miss being able to just be me all while missing my baby when she is not near me. Motherhood is crazy! This internship is crazy. And on the days I just want a glass of wine I discuss briefly why I choose not too. The truth is I struggle with alcohol and I am working on why I feel like I need that glass of wine. I don't have the answers but I am exploring. Thank you all for being on this journey with me.

Sending you all the good vibes,
Brittany 

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I have always struggled to fit in. I never really had a place that felt like I belonged. I found myself conforming just so that I wouldn't feel so different but the truth is I always felt a little different. I would endlessly listen to people talk and I would never speak up or question what they were saying. I don't know why I cared so much about what people thought of me but I did. I thought it meant something if they didn't agree with me or they thought my perspectives were crazy. For some reason this made me uncomfortable. But then I started to speak up I started to question out loud what people were saying and it made people really uneasy and I didn't understand why but most importantly I stopped caring about their discomfort. Not out of hatred or anything like that it's just why should I walk on eggshells for people that I don't even know. At the end of the day the people that matter will be there even if they disagree with you. The people in my life accept me for who I am and that person is different and that's OK. My perspectives of the world are just that a perspective. It doesn't make it right and it doesn't make you wrong. I keep an open mind and I question the world around me simply out of curiosity and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I love a good conspiracy theory I love to hear people argue on whether the earth is round or if it's flat I love when people question who the queen really is and if Reptilians are real. My beliefs are mine and they are always subject to change. I am not here to tell you what to believe I am only here to share with you my perspective.  As always thank you so much for being here. 
xoxo 
B

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It was not easy choosing to give birth the way I did. Not because I was not sure about what I wanted to do but because people kept giving me serious shit about it. Thankfully my mom was and sister were on board with my decision to have my baby in a birth center. They are always supportive of my weird and I am so grateful for them. The medical industry isn't what I thought it was and the more I find out the more I am devastated. Baby blues are also a thing and I experienced that. I also talk about the placenta  a little bit. As always thank you so much for being here!

Britt 

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Hello Beautiful People
Where everything is just ramping up on my end here. I can only think that God let me be a hermit for so long so that I can handle everything that I am headed towards. This episodes are like little therapy sessions for me. They help me make sense of my little chaotic world whether its my physical world or the crazy world that dwells within. I have been somewhat consistent when it has come to controlling my internal environment. It has ultimately begun to change my external work even though that was not my original intention. I have been attempting to change the way my mind works simply to bring myself some peace but ultimately it has begun to change my physical environment. Maybe there is soemthing to this whole "we control our own realities" idea. I am not sold completely yet but excited to see what is to come. I know that my world is changing and instead of being afraid of that I am trying to look at it in a more positive way. Things are about to get wild but I think it will be in the most fantastic way. When you show up authentically in the world, eventually things start moving!!!Not everything is love and light sorry... but when you are authentic and honest you see and feel the difference. I am not sure where all this is headed but I am ready! 

Wishing you all the very best!
Brittany 

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