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What's wrong with me?

If this question has ever crossed your mind or if it's a question that plagues you on a regular basis, then this is episode is for you.

My intention for this episode is for another listener to never feel the need the need to ask this question again.

This question keeps us from slaying and thriving. It's also not real.

There is nothing wrong with you, no matter what your struggles or challenges are. We're going to talk about how to approach your challenges and struggles through a different lens that will change everything.

By erasing this question from your vocabulary, you will be 10x more likely to take action to create a new reality where this struggle or obstacle becomes nonexistent.

You'll also be more likely to thrive because you're not stuck in a state of self-judgement or self-loathing.

We're also going to cover three questions you can ask instead that will create more joy and motivation for the journey ahead.

Even if you pride yourself on a being a strong, independent, powerful person in most arenas in your everyday life, there might be an area or two where you struggle and don't feel as powerful as you'd like to.

Many people feel a lot of agency and resourcefulness in most arenas. Then they often have this one place where they get stuck or tripped up. It could be with food, with spending, with certain triggering relationships.

That feeling of situational helplessness can be frustrating and confusing. However, there is a way to conquer this sense of helplessness in whatever arena is holding you back so you feel more powerful and more capable in your everyday life. Today, we're talking about how to do exactly this.

Have you been enjoying the pursuit of your goal? Does it light you up and excite you? Do you look forward to the prospect of doing the work required because you're so in love with the end result and the possibilities it will create for your life?

Or do you feel a lot of self-imposed pressure? Are you struggling with a lot of impatience and frustration? Maybe you just want to get there today. Maybe you feel a ton of anxiety about the prospect of never reaching this goal.

When you think about not reaching the goal, it fills you with dread and fear.

Sometimes, there are parts of us that pursue our goals for reasons that create stress and unhappiness in our lives. This is going to make it harder to achieve the goal. When we're not feeling our best, we're not going to be motivated to doing the work. This is when we might procrastinate or self-sabotage.

Today, we're tackling how to deal with this particular challenge when it comes up in your life. Pursuing your goals can feel like self-care once you eliminate the stressful reasons for wanting to achieve it.

This episode is part of the Catalyst Diaries, which features women who are sharing their stories of growth, healing, and transformation after darkness and trauma.

Today, Angel shares her story of shifting from surviving trauma to living a life where she is truly thriving. She has also become a massive change agent in helping people heal from both trauma and substance abuse.

We cover:

• The differences between male and female responses to trauma, particularly with veterans
• The limitations of medication and traditional talk therapy for helping heal trauma
• How both the overperforming, perfectionist traumatized person and the traumatized person struggling with substance abuse and reckless behaviour both struggle with the same desire for control
• The different layers of healing that can occur as someone moves forward after a traumatic situation

Connect with Angel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angel_tsunami_/
Connect with Angel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelLynnMcLaughlin
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Click here to learn more about working with Angel.

Have you ever felt like you've learned the same lesson repeatedly?

Maybe you've overcome a habit or a challenge in your life. A money struggle. An eating challenge. A relationship pattern. Then, to your dismay, you find yourself returning to a familiar struggle after weeks, months, or years of feeling like you were "past" it.

The first reaction could be frustration. Exasperation.

You might worry that this means you haven't really grown and changed. You might feel fear that this is always going to be a battle.

In today's episode, we're talking about how to tackle a recurring obstacle or challenge. We're going to chat about how to deal with those lessons that seem to repeat themselves, even after you've learned them multiple times.

This episode is part of the Catalyst Diaries, which features women who are sharing their stories of growth, healing, and transformation after darkness and trauma.

In today's episode, Theresa shares her journey from a physical health breakdown to healing inside and out.

She shares the powerful way she combined spiritual healing with taking consistent, habit-based action in her daily life to heal from an unexplained, undiagnosed illness. We talk about:

• How to embrace ourselves as the Flawsome beings we are - absolutely awesome individuals not in spite of flaws, but alongside them
• The five pillars of deep health - Mindfulness, Mindset, Menu, Movement, and Mapping
• How to use these five pillars to create a customized formula that works for you on an individual level
• The importance of degrees of progress and taking steady shifts in the direction of your goals, rather than doing a massive overhaul

Connect with Theresa on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theresa.m.weatherbee

There's is real danger in relying on motivation.

Even the most hyped-up, high energy person isn't going to feel motivated all the time,

Fatigue happens. Stress happens. Anger, sadness, and frustration happen. Unexpected circumstances derail our best laid plans. There are a hundred things that can deplete our motivation and leave us uninspired and resistant to keeping our self-made promises.

What if you could harness the power of something even better and more steady than motivation will ever be?

What if you could tap into a force that is going to keep you consistent and focused on your dreams?

The best part is... when you have this one thing, you almost always end up with motivation, too.

Tune in to today's show to find out what this superpower is and how you can create more of it in your everyday life.

This episode is part of the Catalyst Diaries, which features women who are sharing their stories of growth, healing, and transformation after darkness and trauma.

Charlene Madden shares her empowering story of finding freedom and healing. After experiencing childhood trauma, domestic abuse, and mental health challenges, Charlene found herself in the right place at the right time just days before she'd been planning to take her own life.

She is now on a mission to help others struggling with their demons. We have a powerful conversation which includes:

• The importance of noticing and transforming generational trauma
• The need to erase mental health stigmas so people feel safe to get help when they need it
• The three S's - self-love, self-acceptance, and self-responsibility - and how this framework can shift a person's entire life

Connect with Charlene on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecharleneannemadden
Connect with Charlene on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlene_anne_madden/
Learn more about working with Charlene: https://www.ascensionwellnessstudio.com/

Today, we are joined by Billy Manas - an author and musician who has forged his own unique path to recovery after hitting rock bottom.

In this powerful conversation about building your dream life after recovery, we cover:

• What did and didn't work about Alcoholics Anonymous for Billy
• The danger of attaching to labels and absolving too much personal power
• The impact our personal narratives and beliefs can have on recovery and potential relapse
• The importance of moving towards creating the life of your dreams once you've achieved sobriety

Learn more about Billy here: https://www.billymanas.com/home
Billy's book, Kickass Recovery: https://www.amazon.com/Rockstar-Recovery-First-Clean-Dreams/dp/
Billy on Elephant Journal: https://www.elephantjournal.com/profile/billy-manas/

This episode is part of the Catalyst Diaries, which features women who are sharing their stories of growth, healing, and transformation after darkness and trauma.

Today, we're talking with the Ministress of Mindfulness. Andrea Manilla shares how she's gone from suffering with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideations to living a life of peace, presence, and fulfillment. She's now sharing her story and helping others experience more mindfulness in their everyday lives.

We cover:

• The power of sharing our truth and being authentic with those around us
• How to make anything in your life a mindfulness practice
• Ways to simplify mindfulness. No yoga cushions or Buddhist temples required.
• What to do when you feel like you're "bad" at being mindful and just can't stop thinking.

We discussed Andrea's favourite mindfulness App, Insight Timer. Check it out here: https://insighttimer.com/en-ca

Connect with Andrea on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.mannila

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