Wisdom from my inner voice: “There's nothing you need to do, there may be things you want to do but that is different."

Sharing about coming from a place of want instead of need and the relief I've felt with this new approach. 

Apologies for the raw episode this week as I deal with some tech mishaps!

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“The only constant in life is change”

Sharing about my current surrendered approach to life  for the month of October (and beyond?) after what felt like a year of striving and unforseen change.

I mention:

• Insight timer
• The mountain is you by Brianna Wiest

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Get back on track with your goals with me and fellow goal-getters on Monday, July 28th at 7pm. It's free! Sign up for Reset to Rise - my free online mid-year reset workshop! ✨

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In today's episode, I lovingly call you out on all of your excuses for why you can't make progress on the goals you set for yourself. You know, the ones you set at the top of the year? I identify some common excuses and share why they're not valid reasons to not go after what you once decided was an important priority for you. Tune in for your reality check and a dose of motivation!

I mention:

• Alina Ackwonu
• The Wizard Liz podcast
• We can do Hard things episode with Suleika Jaouad (Jon Batiste's wife)

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Do you suspect you're a people pleaser? It's time to release the need to please!

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In today's episode, I deep dive into people pleasing after having a personal reckoning with it myself recently. After watching this new season of Mormon Wives with friends and seeing Jen's people pleasing tendencies, I felt called to do some deeper research into it and help us all break free from the chains! 

I go over the four trauma responses including the fawn response, the traits of people pleasing, my personal experience with it as a second generation child, tips to reduce people pleasing and questions to ask yourself to be sure you're not people pleasing.

I mention:

• Episode 25 - Life Catch-up
• Episode 22 - Confronting Codependency with Therapist Atim Bassey
• Psych Central Fawn Response 
• Psych Central - The Psychology Behind People Pleasing

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I hit my goal of 5 episodes for the year and now I'm off the the races -- 2 episodes in one month!

In this episode I yap about a recent dating experience that helped show me how much my feeling my feelings practice has increased my capacity for discomfort 😀. I share about some books I've been loving, my subconscious fears around dating from the deepest fear inventory exercise in Existential Kink, my new flower remedy I've just started, a fun family realization that came out of the aforementioned dating scenario, and I celebrate some wins! Get cozy for this girly catch up sesh. 

Thanks for rocking with me for 25 episodes 🥳

I mention:

• Existential Kink by Carolyn Lovewell
• What Now? with Trevor Noah: Neuro-Spicy: Discussing ADHD with Dr. Kristin Carothers
• How To Be Dateable by Julie Krafchick and Yue Xu
• The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
• Alexis Smart's Flower Remedy Beauty Formula #9
• The Life Coach School Podcast with Brook Castillo
• Lymphatic Drainage video on instagram

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In todays solo episode, I go over the practice I've been using to actually feel my feelings over the past couple of months. So often, we think we're feeling our feelings when really we're intellectualizing them. Actually feeling them is a somatic experience that happens in the body, not the mind. 

I share the benefits of cultivating a feeling your feelings practice and how growing your capacity for feelings creates courage and leads to us being able to do brave things that get us closer to our dream life!

I mentioned:

• Take Back your Brain by Kara Loewenthile
• Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy
• Existential Kink by Carolyn Lovewell
• Welcoming the Unwelcome by Pema Chodron
• Bella Lively's Sophia Sessions and Bean Bag release
• Alexis Smart's Whole Hearted Flower Remedy
• The Life Coach School Podcast with Brook Castillo
• Armchair Expert Podcast

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In this episode, I’m joined for the THIRD time by our ~unofficial~ resident astrologer, Camille Michelle Gray. This time to chat about the wild and wacky current astrology we're living in: the Virgo/Pisces Eclipses, Mercury retrograde, Venus Retrograde, Neptune entering Aries, and how we can all care for ourselves in the midst of all of it. 

I love Camille's approach to astrology because she never harps on the doom and gloom, she gives us tools and shows us the path to extract whatever lesson the moment is teaching us. 

During our chat, we go over what eclipses are and the current eclipses affecting us, we dig into the 8th house (once again), she shares how to make the best use of mercury rx and venus rx, she goes over the upcoming astrology of the next 3 months leading up to summer and she generously goes through each rising sign and shares how each can plan to care for themselves through the themes of the current eclipses (which will be felt for the next 6 months!!).

We mentioned:

• Camille’s first episode: Ep. 4. Astrology 101 with Camille Michelle Gray
• Camille's second episode: Ep 19. Astrology 201
• Find your chart on astro.com, astro-charts.com or on Chani Nicholas
• Bella Lively - Inner Voice journaling
• Everything Happens for a Reason by Mira Kirshenbaum
  
  

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In this episode, I chat with Atim Bassey, LCSW-C, an amazing therapist and my real life cousin (lucky me!). 

We talk about her journey to becoming a therapist -- from case management to being a functional family therapist and now having her own private practice. How to know if your therapy relationship is working, What inspired her to recommend the book Codependent No More to me, the experience that taught me to be less passive aggressive, how to break a codependent cycle, and how to create healthy boundaries -- especially emotionally.

I hope this sheds light on any codependent patterns you may notice in yourself and gives you a first step to help liberate you from the pain it can cause.

We mention:

• Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
• The Codependency Recovery Plan: A 5-Step Guide to Understand, Accept, and Break Free from the Codependent Cycle by Krystal Mazzola Wood, LMFT

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• Atim's Psychology Today Page
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In this episode I share a recent experience, personal diary style, that brought me face to face with a personal pattern that I recognized was holding me back in 2024. I share my intention for 2025 and the words guiding me this year and breakdown of what key elements lead to a fulfilling life (in my humble opinion). Enjoy the show!

I mention:

• Self-Love in Full Bloom Girly Galentines Event in Alexandria VA on Feb 23
• Failing Forward by John Maxwell
• Secrets of Six-figure Women by Barbara Stanny
• Libby app
• Momentum Magic Group Coaching - feel free to sign up for the next cohort!

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In this solo warm up episode, I share where I've been for the past couple of years. I'm excited to be back after some curveballs during my own Saturn Return!

I mentioned:

• Ep 19: Astrology 201 with Camille Michelle Gray 💫: Surviving your Saturn Return and the 12 Houses
• The Pattern App
• Momentum Magic Group Coaching Sign Up form - We start January 27th!
• New Instagram: @BrightlySika_
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