Connexions

By Jodi Hildebrandt

We transform lives by teaching the principles of connection. Learn the tools necessary to connect with oneself and others.

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The podcast currently has 240 episodes available.

Connexions episodes:

November 25, 2022 54: Perceptions & Boundaries
In this episode, Jodi differentiates between factual honesty (being truthful about external facts, such as “I have a blue car”) and emotional honesty (being truthful about my motivations and emotions, such as “I do not like the blue color of my car”). Boundaries are how we are emotionally honest with self and others. Emotional honesty means coming to know yourself. Knowing yourself enables you to create boundaries, which teach others (and self) how to interact with you in ways that are honest and safe.
“Emotional honesty is what allows you to perceive your world accurately." Jodi answers more questions, including why “little white lies” don’t have a place in emotional honesty.

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1h 12min
November 25, 2022 53: Healthy Relationships
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt. This podcast is a mixed bag of excellent questions on a variety of topics. How do you become comfortable with speaking up, when you don’t know for sure whether it’s healthy or in drama? What is the difference between co-dependency and addiction? How do I help my children understand these concepts (for example, drama). I tried to explain drama to them, however I felt like the content was a bit heavy. Would you please discuss how to give vocabulary and ideas that would be easier for kids to understand? What is the difference between setting boundaries, vs. lowering your expectations? How do you start knowing yourself? How do you tell if your perception is the truth, vs. your truth?
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32min
November 25, 2022 52: Validation & Vulnerability
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt. Vulnerability is difficult for us to manage as humans. However, it also gives us the opportunity to be validated and to connect in healthy, safe, bonded relationships. In this podcast, Jodi answers the following questions: Why is seeking validation so difficult? How do I overcome the obstacles that make it difficult? What is the best way to rebuild trust and safety in a relationship? How do I get a child to open up and share, and be willing to be vulnerable? My child is a “stuffer” like me. How does validation change when you take it to a social media platform? Can there ever be too much validation? Or validation for unhealthy behaviors? I think people turn to social media to be validated, even when they should be held accountable instead. How does the new social dynamic change the nature of validation?
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28min
November 25, 2022 51: Shame's Affects on Relationships
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt. In this episode, Jodi answers four listener's questions about shame as it plays out in relationships. Questions from Listeners: Can you push shame onto someone else? If it is the truth that you cannot make someone feel something, wouldn’t it also be true that you can’t shame anyone? How are Faulty Core Beliefs (shame) linked to triggers? How do thoughts drive emotions? How do Faulty Core Belief thoughts drive fears? How can I change them into positive thinking and positive emotions? What are the steps I can take in re-establishing trust when someone has hurt me? Is it wise to trust someone who has a history of lying?
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39min
November 25, 2022 50: Personal Responsibility vs False Beliefs
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt. In this episode, Jodi answers 5 questions from listeners. This week’s questions are about taking responsibility for Faulty Core Beliefs / shame. Questions from listeners: Do we need to remember the event(s) that created our Faulty Core Beliefs, or is simply recognizing Faulty Core Beliefs in our lives enough? If I’m in a conversation and I feel like I’m not managing messages from The Voice (my shame / Faulty Core Beliefs / triggers), how do I exit the conversation, get centered and come back? What is the best way to share information about The Voice (shame) and Faulty Core Beliefs, from a loving perspective? What if I share and someone become defensive or threatened, and they shut down and don’t want to hear it? What can I do? Why do we diminish (shame) ourselves to others, and then allow others to have power over us (shame us)? How do we hold boundaries, be vulnerable, and take responsibility for our own thoughts and feelings? Cultural & generational shame: How is shame passed down in families and cultures? How can we better identify those shame messages when they are pervasively taught as the norm?
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40min
November 25, 2022 49: Outcomes of Distortion
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt In this episode, Jodi answers more questions about shame: How do I love with expectations? How do I not allow someone else’s shame from affecting me and/or my child? How do I recognize perfectionism and not let it hinder my growth?
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30min
November 25, 2022 48: Distortion in Relationships
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt In this episode, Jodi teaches the definition of The Voice / shame (and its cover-up, which is pride and arrogance). After giving an overview of The Voice (shame), Jodi answers 3 questions from listeners: How do you repair and help heal a child that you have been unconsciously passing your shame (messages from The Voice) onto? How do you put this information into childlike language that a child can understand? How do you validate someone who is mad at you for something you’ve done wrong? How do you heal from extremely toxic (shame-based) relationships, when they don’t have awareness of their behavior? Please ask Jodi your questions, and she will answer them on future podcasts! For more detail about shame, listen to the following podcasts: Shame is NOT Guilt! “The Faulties”
Jodi answers more excellent questions about addressing shame in relationships with self and others: How do you do your best at something without The Voice (shame)? How do you re-evaluate safety when you recognize that relationships are unhealthy or co-dependent? What is the difference between “getting rid of the list” (not holding past actions over the other person’s head) and navigating a relationship where one or both partners are not safe for the other? How do you build trust when it has either been broken or has (in retrospect) never really been established in a marriage in the first place? Do I need to go back to my childhood to identify where The Voice (shame) came from, or can I simply recognize I have it and move forward, shining truth on it?

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1h 30min
November 25, 2022 47: Knowing & Becoming Your True Self
Hosted by Jodi Hildebrandt “Knowing oneself … is all about being curious about you.” In order to love yourself, in order to validate yourself, in order to heal your Faulty Core Beliefs, you must know yourself. How do you get to know yourself? Are you curious about who you are and why you do what you do? In this episode, Jodi discusses how to get into the Truth about yourself and others, validate yourself, stop judging self and others, become curious, and come to know (and become) who you really are.
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37min
November 25, 2022 46: Self-Care & Love
In our modern society, we put a lot of emphasis—possibly more than ever before—on taking care of oneself. Most often, when we speak of “taking care of oneself” we focus on caring for the needs of the physical body, such as hygiene, diet, exercise, sleep, and so forth. A more complete version of self-care is self-love. To love oneself means practicing self-care for one’s soul as well as the body. This type of self-care and self-love (which is the only way to truly, honestly love another person) is a solo act; no other person on the planet can do it for us. In this episode, Jodi explains how we can enter and live in this Reality of personal responsibility and love.
Caring for oneself is a personal responsibility, as many of us would agree. Yet, it’s so easy to be unaware and unconsciously attempt to “make” someone else take care of me, my wants and/or my needs. This week, Jodi explains the component of responsibility in relation to self-care.

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1h 5min
November 25, 2022 45: Commitment, Character, & Change
Episode 45: Commitment, Character, & Change by Jodi Hildebrandt
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33min

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How many episodes does Connexions have?

The podcast currently has 240 episodes available.