Being Whole with Dr. Cassandra LeClair

Today, we have Delashawn Bordeaux joining us on the podcast for a powerfully relatable conversation. She is the founder of Speak Our Truth Inc. As a survivor of sexual abuse, Delashawn started the organization “to provide a safe place for men and women across the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as they adjust to life after sexual abuse and regain power and confidence while on their journey to healing and redefinition of who they are and what they are meant to be.” (from the Speak Our Truth website; https://www.speakourtruth.org)

Grab your ticket to the event for April 23rd in Arlington, Texas! https://www.speakourtruth.org/event-details/speak-our-truth-presents-the-2nd-annual-survivor-resource-fair-charity-event

Speak Our Truth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speak_our_truth_inc/ Cassandra’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcassandraleclair

Texas State Alum Zachary Perkins joins me today on the podcast!

My TAKEAWAYS from this episode with Zachary are:

1. When you open up the door to writing about one experience in your life, you may unexpectedly find yourself opening up a box of many experiences (both amazing and painful).

2. For many of us, especially those of us that avoid confrontation, writing your unfiltered thoughts and feelings can be incredibly cathartic. Real life isn’t meant to be polished and perfect, so through writing, we can embrace our own truth and find peace in what was.

3. In unpacking traumatic experiences, you may find that you have the opportunity to explain the situations from your perspective to others that were there in the moment. In doing so, many times it is very eye opening for others to understand how the event affected you.

4. Everyone’s healing journey is so personal and unique. What helps one person may not help the next person. Take any advice you get with gratitude but also have the knowing that the road will have twists and turns in finding what works for YOU in each moment.

5. Resiliency is a beautiful thing that is within you and, in divine timing, that tool will be found in your back pocket to help you push through and rise above a situation.

Check him out on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/exzachtchange/

Grab his book here barnesandnoble.com/w/how-much-time-do-you-have-zachary-perkins/1141257793

See Zachary’s documentary below:

youtube.com/watch?v=qjGnsfeNin4

Nayana has 18+ years experience managing programs and projects for the government and private sectors. In her most recent role, she has managed the public affairs department of a federal government entity in Florida. She owns a training business centered on soft skills like communication, leadership, and teamwork. She is focused on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training. She lives in Saint Augustine, Florida with her family. Nayana also writes and performs her own music.

I created a self care guide to help you get intentional with your practice along with a routine tracker to ensure you are showing up and caring for yourself in the ways that you crave the most. Head over to Instagram and DM me, @DrCassandraLeClair, the term “Self Care” and I will send you the link to get the download!

Takeaways from today’s episode:

1. If you’re not aware of what you’re doing in the moment, you may wake up one day and realize you’re deep in debt or have gone down a rabbit hole you may not be proud of. Grief is hard, so give yourself grace and be proud that you’re doing the best you can in the moment.

2. GOOD enough is good enough when you are going through the day to day when you might not be mentally present. Celebrate the little ways you are showing up even when you feel insane resistance to do so.

3. Divorce can be messy and everyone in the situation processes things differently. This is important to remember this in order to honor and respect everyone’s healing journey.

4. If you’re feeling unhappy in a relationship, take a look at how you’ve grown as a person and how the relationship supports your evolution as a human. Sometimes, we wake up and realize that it’s time to put ourselves first and allow ourselves to change our mind about our relationships.

5. Meditation can be such a positively powerful tool to calm your body and allowing yourself to be in the flow to listen to the guidance meant for you that ultimately leads you to next level joy.

Thanks so much for listening, I hope you found comfort in listening to this conversation today!

Nayana has 18+ years experience managing programs and projects for the government and private sectors. In her most recent role, she has managed the public affairs department of a federal government entity in Florida. She owns a training business centered on soft skills like communication, leadership, and teamwork. She is focused on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training. She lives in Saint Augustine, Florida with her family. Nayana also writes and performs her own music.

I created a self care guide to help you get intentional with your practice along with a routine tracker to ensure you are showing up and caring for yourself in the ways that you crave the most. Head over to Instagram and DM me, @DrCassandraLeClair, the term “Self Care” and I will send you the link to get the download!

Takeaways from today’s episode:

1. If you’re not aware of what you’re doing in the moment, you may wake up one day and realize you’re deep in debt or have gone down a rabbit hole you may not be proud of. Grief is hard, so give yourself grace and be proud that you’re doing the best you can in the moment.

2. GOOD enough is good enough when you are going through the day to day when you might not be mentally present. Celebrate the little ways you are showing up even when you feel insane resistance to do so.

3. Divorce can be messy and everyone in the situation processes things differently. This is important to remember this in order to honor and respect everyone’s healing journey.

4. If you’re feeling unhappy in a relationship, take a look at how you’ve grown as a person and how the relationship supports your evolution as a human. Sometimes, we wake up and realize that it’s time to put ourselves first and allow ourselves to change our mind about our relationships.

5. Meditation can be such a positively powerful tool to calm your body and allowing yourself to be in the flow to listen to the guidance meant for you that ultimately leads you to next level joy.

Thanks so much for listening, I hope you found comfort in listening to this conversation today!

Today, we have my friend Julie Afsahi joining us from Soul Strong Yoga!Julie is a mother, yoga and meditation teacher, entrepreneur, and passionate yoga practitioner. Yoga has been Julie’s life support and allowed her to regain mobility after years of dealing with a rare neuromuscular disease. Julie is a big believer in sharing the practice of yoga and meditation to all and has rich insight when it comes to adaptive yoga.

Prior to opening Soul Strong Yoga, Julie was a teacher and instructional designer, designing online trainings for tens of thousands of educators. Julie leads a business mentorship program for yoga teachers and entrepreneurs and is a 500 E-RYT yoga teacher and certified meditation and mindfulness teacher. You can study yoga and mindfulness with her at virtually at teachyogaforall.com or in-person at soulstrongyoga.com.

There’s so much going on and our attention is being pulled in 1,000 directions (or so it feels) and, often times, we find ourselves neglecting our self care. I created a self care guide to help you get intentional with your practice along with a routine tracker to ensure you are showing up and caring for yourself in the ways that you crave the most.

Head over to Instagram and DM me the term “Self Care” and I will send you the link to get the download!

1. Yoga is a beautiful way to connect with yourself, even inward. This is such a powerful practice when we are so out of control with our bodies with disease or conditions.

2. Sitting still with ourselves can be a very uncomfortable thing to adjust to. But through yoga, you can learn what your body is trying to tell you. It’s a journey to become self aware and truly in tune with how to care for yourself in your days.

3. Through yoga, you build your own security and warm embrace instead of depending on other people to hold space for us.

4. Some days are really hard and, even if you have a long list of exciting things to do in your day, your body may dictate otherwise. As frustrating as it may be, it’s important to accept if you need to cancel or need to rest when it’s inconvenient.

5. You may see the path you WANTED to take unfolding for someone else and feel a wave of grief around what could have been if you weren’t navigating health challenges.

6. Parenting is a very challenging journey as you cannot always be as present as you wanted to be at different points in your illness.

Today, we have my friend Julie Afsahi joining us from Soul Strong Yoga!Julie is a mother, yoga and meditation teacher, entrepreneur, and passionate yoga practitioner. Yoga has been Julie’s life support and allowed her to regain mobility after years of dealing with a rare neuromuscular disease. Julie is a big believer in sharing the practice of yoga and meditation to all and has rich insight when it comes to adaptive yoga.

Prior to opening Soul Strong Yoga, Julie was a teacher and instructional designer, designing online trainings for tens of thousands of educators. Julie leads a business mentorship program for yoga teachers and entrepreneurs and is a 500 E-RYT yoga teacher and certified meditation and mindfulness teacher. You can study yoga and mindfulness with her at virtually at teachyogaforall.com or in-person at soulstrongyoga.com.

There’s so much going on and our attention is being pulled in 1,000 directions (or so it feels) and, often times, we find ourselves neglecting our self care. I created a self care guide to help you get intentional with your practice along with a routine tracker to ensure you are showing up and caring for yourself in the ways that you crave the most.

Head over to Instagram and DM me the term “Self Care” and I will send you the link to get the download!

1. Yoga is a beautiful way to connect with yourself, even inward. This is such a powerful practice when we are so out of control with our bodies with disease or conditions.

2. Sitting still with ourselves can be a very uncomfortable thing to adjust to. But through yoga, you can learn what your body is trying to tell you. It’s a journey to become self aware and truly in tune with how to care for yourself in your days.

3. Through yoga, you build your own security and warm embrace instead of depending on other people to hold space for us.

4. Some days are really hard and, even if you have a long list of exciting things to do in your day, your body may dictate otherwise. As frustrating as it may be, it’s important to accept if you need to cancel or need to rest when it’s inconvenient.

5. You may see the path you WANTED to take unfolding for someone else and feel a wave of grief around what could have been if you weren’t navigating health challenges.

6. Parenting is a very challenging journey as you cannot always be as present as you wanted to be at different points in your illness.

Today, I welcome my friend Jessica Hille. She is a real estate agent, a mother, a wife, and her passion for life is refreshing. Her mental health journey and her love for people intertwined to point her in the right direction in her career. She shares about how she curbs the negativity in her own thoughts, expresses her boundaries and holds them, and how she has learned to move forward in life while loving herself.

TAKEAWAYS

1. You don’t know what experience will end up thrusting you into personal development and truly taking a step back and assessing so many areas in life.
 2. When making a big change in life, you’ll find yourself looking for support in ways you may not have had before.

3. When you have a demanding job or are juggling many hats, it’s important to schedule time off on a regular basis to recharge and avoid professional burnout.

4. When we overextend for other people and that effort is applauded, we don’t even realize there’s a problem that needs to be addressed.

5. Even if you WANT to do something or even if what you are doing is something that is GOOD for the world, like volunteering, you have to really evaluate how much is on your plate and say no.

6.Our inner dialogue is such a huge clue if we’ve been giving enough love to ourselves. If you realize you’re being unkind to yourself, then it may be a really great time to see how you can give more love to yourself than to others.

If you loved today’s episode, head over to Instagram and share your thoughts! You can find me at www.instagram.com/drcassandraleclair

Today, I welcome my friend Jessica Hille. She is a real estate agent, a mother, a wife, and her passion for life is refreshing. Her mental health journey and her love for people intertwined to point her in the right direction in her career. She shares about how she curbs the negativity in her own thoughts, expresses her boundaries and holds them, and how she has learned to move forward in life while loving herself.

TAKEAWAYS

1. You don’t know what experience will end up thrusting you into personal development and truly taking a step back and assessing so many areas in life.
 2. When making a big change in life, you’ll find yourself looking for support in ways you may not have had before.

3. When you have a demanding job or are juggling many hats, it’s important to schedule time off on a regular basis to recharge and avoid professional burnout.

4. When we overextend for other people and that effort is applauded, we don’t even realize there’s a problem that needs to be addressed.

5. Even if you WANT to do something or even if what you are doing is something that is GOOD for the world, like volunteering, you have to really evaluate how much is on your plate and say no.

6.Our inner dialogue is such a huge clue if we’ve been giving enough love to ourselves. If you realize you’re being unkind to yourself, then it may be a really great time to see how you can give more love to yourself than to others.

If you loved today’s episode, head over to Instagram and share your thoughts! You can find me at www.instagram.com/drcassandraleclair

Today on the podcast, we have Miranda Lee is a faith-based Health and Confidence Coach who loves to help busy go-getters build confidence through food freedom, fitness and faith. She is a certified personal trainer and has her B.S. in Applied Health Science. She is a wife, dog mom, and daughter of Christ. Miranda is the host of a top ranking nutrition and mental health podcast, The M-Powered Podcast. Miranda is a huge mental health and eating disorder awareness advocate, and recovering perfectionist. She believes that it is totally possible to eat the foods you love, prioritize mental health, and stop over-training, all while still reaching your health goals. It’s time to #ditchdietculture and start falling in love with yourself!

YOU CAN FIND MIRANDA HERE: https://www.instagram.com/THISISMIRANDALEE/ www.thisismirandalee.com And Cassandra can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/drcassandraleclair https://cassandraleclair.com/

A few TAKEAWAYS from today’s episode:

1. Fitness is not a one size fits all. It can look different for everyone and can be unhealthy to strive to look like others who are up on a pedestal in society.

2. Words are so heavy and so hurtful. Things from our childhood really can stick with us into adulthood. Commenting on other’s bodies can be a really dangerous thing to do as we don’t know what is really going on behind the scenes.

3. Fitness is really about doing it to build yourself up and be mentally fit and physically fit, not to chase a sometimes realistic expectation in society.

4. You can try all the diets and exercise constantly, but it isn’t until you shift your mindset into a healthier and more compassionate state that you’ll see your relationship with food and fitness shift.

5. Honor your body right now, not what it used to be. In holding onto old items for when you are at a “goal weight”, it can truly create so much shame in your fitness journey.

6.Our bodies are always communicating to us in what it wants to eat and how it wants to move. Lean into listening to it while knowing you can do something and give yourself grace instead of going all in and being extreme with how you respond.

Today on the podcast, we have Miranda Lee is a faith-based Health and Confidence Coach who loves to help busy go-getters build confidence through food freedom, fitness and faith. She is a certified personal trainer and has her B.S. in Applied Health Science. She is a wife, dog mom, and daughter of Christ. Miranda is the host of a top ranking nutrition and mental health podcast, The M-Powered Podcast. Miranda is a huge mental health and eating disorder awareness advocate, and recovering perfectionist. She believes that it is totally possible to eat the foods you love, prioritize mental health, and stop over-training, all while still reaching your health goals. It’s time to #ditchdietculture and start falling in love with yourself!

YOU CAN FIND MIRANDA HERE: https://www.instagram.com/THISISMIRANDALEE/ www.thisismirandalee.com And Cassandra can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/drcassandraleclair https://cassandraleclair.com/

A few TAKEAWAYS from today’s episode:

1. Fitness is not a one size fits all. It can look different for everyone and can be unhealthy to strive to look like others who are up on a pedestal in society.

2. Words are so heavy and so hurtful. Things from our childhood really can stick with us into adulthood. Commenting on other’s bodies can be a really dangerous thing to do as we don’t know what is really going on behind the scenes.

3. Fitness is really about doing it to build yourself up and be mentally fit and physically fit, not to chase a sometimes realistic expectation in society.

4. You can try all the diets and exercise constantly, but it isn’t until you shift your mindset into a healthier and more compassionate state that you’ll see your relationship with food and fitness shift.

5. Honor your body right now, not what it used to be. In holding onto old items for when you are at a “goal weight”, it can truly create so much shame in your fitness journey.

6.Our bodies are always communicating to us in what it wants to eat and how it wants to move. Lean into listening to it while knowing you can do something and give yourself grace instead of going all in and being extreme with how you respond.