This week, join Skye and Beth for a rollicking conversation inspired by Jay Shetty's bestselling book "Think Like a Monk." We get curious about what motivates us to start something or make decisions. Are we seeking the promise of a desired outcome or can we appreciate the experience of the process?

Pop open your favorite seltzer, and please pardon our potty humor this week as we meander through unfinished art projects, childhood 4-H failures, fear of judgement... (and step in a little doody on the way)!

Think Like a Monk by Jay Shetty: https://thinklikeamonkbook.com/

Stress Management Workshops with Skye

https://www.soulstruthcoaching.com/services

This week, Skye and Beth talk to guest Claire Olson about the ability to hold both fear and joy concurrently while navigating life's surprises and adversities. Claire is the "Be You Family Doula," located in central Indiana, and founder of Piper's Purpose, a non-profit organization centered on nurturing connection and supporting professionals in the pregnancy and infant loss community.

Connect with Claire on Facebook at Be You Family Doula, LLC:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090917352535

Piper's Purpose: https://www.piperspurpose.org

Join us at the Reawaken Retreat July 25-27: https://www.soulstruthcoaching.com/event-list

Jay Shetty's book Think Like a Monk: https://thinklikeamonkbook.com/

You know those people in your life that know just where to push your buttons? They get your hackles raised and your teeth bared!

Well, be a honey badger no more! This week, Skye and Beth talk about how to respond to challenges, arguments, and provocation. Pulling from a recent Mel Robbins Podcast episode we loved, with guest Jefferson Fisher, we discuss healthier, happier ways to communicate when we feel provoked.

Pop open your favorite generic seltzer, and let's get curious about how we react to triggering conversations!

(There's some f-bombs in this one...)

Mel Robbins Podcast

https://www.melrobbins.com/podcasts/episode-267

Jefferson Fisher's New Book "The Next Conversation"

https://www.jeffersonfisher.com/book

Breaking Patterns Podcast on the Web

https://www.soulstruthcoaching.com/podcast

This week Skye and Beth talk about choosing collaboration over competition with special guest Amanda Cox, leadership coach, trainer and keynote speaker with The Know Better Company. You ever feel like you've got to scramble over the top of someone else in order to grab at your piece of the pie? We get curious about whether that scarcity mindset really helps us to achieve our goals or just creates additional fuel for that critical, nagging voice inside our heads!

Pop open your favorite generic seltzer and join us for a conversation that wanders into competitive dance, sharing toys, the job search, and public toilets.

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Amanda Cox M.S. is a Leadership Development Trainer and Keynote Speaker. She owns and operates The Know Better Company where she supports businesses with their employees’ leadership development education. Amanda has trained hundreds of individuals through leadership development training and coaching sessions. She believes everyone is capable of being a leader, as long as they want to be one. 

Listeners can sign up for Amanda's bi-weekly newsletter here  and follow her on Instagram here. 

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It's the LOVE episode! We all know that love these days is more than just valentines and hallmark cards. In today’s episode, our friend and self-love content creator Stacie Larrison fills in for Beth to talk with Skye about the complexities of Love and how they change us — marriage, adoption, love letters, breakups, and first crushes.  Tune in for a meandering journey that begins with cola-flavored seltzer and ends on a poodle rescue farm.

Check out Stacie's first appearance on the podcast "Self-love through chronic illness"https://open.spotify.com/episode/51IS0umsoR8VVl6GkqUIwc?si=qiIxiZQiTV-WCTTvddFtNw

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Over the hill and through the woods!

Another year older. Join us as we fall gracefully, exploreeye doctors and bifocals, remember Cosmo quizzes and give less worry to stuff that doesn’t matter. In this episode, we celebrate another trip around the sun as Skye serves up some thoughtful poetry while Beth butchers some Pink Floyd lyrics. Apologies, Mr. Waters.  

Pop open your favorite generic seltzer water and join us! Wedo reference a couple of our favorite people in this episode.

Eckhart Tolle-A New Earth

Thich Nhat Hanh –Peace is Every Step

Visit Skye's website: https://www.soulstruthcoaching.com/

Skye and Beth are back for a new season! Pop open your seltzer water and join us as we knock off the rust and talk about the turning of the year, Skittles, winter blues, and letting people be who they are.

Check out the latest from Mel Robbins, her book -Let Them

Skye is lovingDr. Becky Kennedy

We have a few spots left for theWinter Warmth Retreat!

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Have a topic you'd like to explore or even be a guest? Let us know!

Welcome to the 20th episode of Breaking Patterns

In this episode, we reference:

Decoding Boys: New Science Behind the Subtle Art of Raising Sons by Cara Natterson

It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley

Zach Mathews, CEO-Experienced Solutions LLC  linkedin.com/in/zach-mathews-487990214

Do you ever think about how the seemingly small decisions you make and the actions you take may affect the trajectory of your life or someone else's?  Join us as we talk about the work Skye is doing with poetry and kids in Youth Services.  We also explore other topics, like the

Grab your favorite tap or seltzer water and let’s get curious!

Have you ever made a decision to take a leap of faith and trust that things will work out? Pop open your favorite seltzer water and join us in the basement as we explore Beth's recent career transition and both the difficulty and beauty of sitting in moments of fear and uncertainty when we are in the midst of change.