Embracing Enough

In this week's episode, I come at you solo with a lot of thoughts. Thoughts from my time on the road, thoughts on things I've been feeling, and thoughts about Jennifer Lopez's Netflix documentary, Halftime. In this episode I share what has been coming up in all of my conversations talking to women. And we're not talking about surface level conversation, I’m talking, deep, meaningful, soul quenching conversations.

Listen up to why I’m literally obsessed with The Unlearning Lab, my group coaching program for women to break down the stories they have been telling themselves on repeat and how my framework has already helped women change their narrative in the most inspiring of ways. Also, I want to talk about why I decided to get back outside and have real, in-person conversations with women bringing The Unlearning Lab to be an in-person event. And then I break down and talk to you about what Jennifer Lopez has taught me about unlearning after watching her documentary, Halftime. I get into it all.

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This week, I open up what I've been up to over the last few weeks embracing my own enoughness. It's been a journey - both a physical and emotional one and it all started back in Sedona. I share what a four-day retreat in the mountains with healing practitioners had me realize about myself and the stories I have been telling myself. I open up about a past memory I had as a child and unpack how deeply impressionable we are as children and how experiences shape us into the adults we are today. I take you through the twists and turns of the last few weeks and offer that in adulthood, we have a chance to heal our wounded inner child and create the safe, secure inner and outer environments our younger selves always wanted. I want us all to stop carrying the wounds from our childhood, whether it's simple or complex trauma. My goal for you listening to this episode is to not feel alone with your past hurts and feelings, and finally give ourselves permission to stop covering them up because you feel like that's what everyone else is doing. Let's heal those wounded parts of ourselves that may have been formed in childhood together.

Let’s face it, many of us are in a disparaging relationship with our bodies. We transpose an innocent comment from a friend into a deposition on our appearance. We beat ourselves up—sometimes literally—every time we gain a few pounds, go on a crash diet, then cheat on that diet, throwing our body into a seesaw of coping strategies to try to force the outcome we feel we should be at. The truth is: our environment influences our body image. We pick up on the body-image culture from seemingly everywhere: school; work comments; friends; parties; television; magazines with size zero models on every page - it's never-ending. 

From our earliest days, we hear our physical appearance is critically important in every facet of our life. One off-putting look or perceived slight can send us into crisis mode. If we are not careful, we pass this mindset onto our inner circle and to our children. Now, we know how we got here. The question is, how do we break out of this unhealthy mindset and get not only comfortable with our bodies, but have a healthy relationship to accepting our bodies confidently? 

In this powerful conversation with Molly Goodman, a life coach and intuitive mentor, we unpack the unlearning journey as it relates to body image, how toxic diet culture is, and how to release the shame that so many of us have with relationship to our bodies and instead focusing on how to prioritize what makes your body work, feel good and function best over constant thoughts of losing weight and what you see in the mirror.

In this episode of Embracing Enough, I sit down with Molly Goodman, life coach and intuitive mentor. Molly is a Certified Life Coach dedicated to helping women develop intuitive self-trust and heal their body image. She guides clients into the gray area of life so they can abandon perfectionism and diet culture, instead of abandoning themselves. Using a unique combination of coaching, creative self-care techniques, and mindset makeovers, she teaches her clients to love and respect their bodies exactly as they are. It's her mission to help women honor their needs, observe their habits, infuse magic into everyday life, and expand into that next level version of themselves. When she's not helping clients ditch diet culture for good, she love seeing live theatre, watching Schitt's Creek, and drinking too many vanilla oat milk lattes.

To learn more about Molly Goodman and her work, head to Instagram: @mollygoodmancoach or her website: www.mollygoodman.com 

And if you're interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head here: https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

In this episode, I open up as to why I had this crazy idea for the next 100 days to document my unlearning journey publicly. I talk about the journey I have been on to birth The Unlearning Lab and what pushed me to peel back the curtain and go even deeper in unpacking the toxic thought patterns that haven't been doing me any favors.

In this solo episode, I talk about the spiritual experience I had in Sedona back in January to navigating all of the self-doubt to then recently reading a book (Rejection Proof) recommended to me that catapulted me into this experiment.

At the time of recording, I am up to Day 6 of the challenge. I'm positive something will shift in my confidence and yours - but I'll let you know in the next 94 days.

If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

Doors are open now!

This week, I sit down with Life Coach Sid Scott who helps women access their breakthrough season. I met Sid at the EPIC WOMAN conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I started off the episode explaining how I was going through my own breakthrough at the time and am still unpacking what I'm learning from it all (and of course, UNLEARNING). Sid is an ambassador for the EPIC WOMAN Conference and a phenomenal coach - and if you know Sid, you immediately feel this grounded confidence in him. So, when I heard that he works explicitly with women as a coach, and I had to learn more. 

Sid Scott is the creator of the CURE coaching framework, which is the process he uses to help women achieve their best breakthroughs. His company, Your Best Breakthrough empowers women to breakthrough physically, emotionally, spiritually AND financially. Having spent 8 years as a language analyst working in counter-intelligence, he uses a tactical yet spiritual approach to guiding women through the work to have them boldly step into the woman who creates all of the outcomes she desires. Sid has gone through physical, spiritual, emotional and financial breakthroughs with the support of the incredible women in his life, and so he aims to pour into who has poured into him. 

In this conversation, Sid and I talk about what he finds most common amongst his clients that they are consciously trying to unlearn, and we unpack what he in this season has been working to unlearn himself. 

To connect with Sid and his incredible work, check him out on Instagram at @iamsidscott or on Facebook at Sid Scott

If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

Doors are open now!

Unlearning is a tricky thing. It’s hard to unlearn ANYTHING that has been so deeply part of your conditioning that you’ve barely noticed it. You don’t even know where your identity begins and the programming you’ve been conditioned to align yourself with ends. And if you’re anything like me, and consciously wanting to unpack how all of this conditioning hasn’t been serving you, it can feel like you are perpetually walking on eggshells.

Walking on eggshells is linked to feeling self-conscious and cautious about what you do and say. It feels like being in a hypervigilant state of awareness about the emotional state of others; and it can manifest as automatically scanning others for cues or behavior in order to avoid confrontation, rejection, conflict or that person’s erratic or explosive responses.

I’m not ashamed to admit it, but I feel like I’ve been walking on eggshells my whole life - afraid to do or say the wrong thing all the time. 

In this week's episode, I talk about my relationship to walking on eggshells in virtually every facet of my life and the ways it has held me back. And declare that I no longer want to walk on that shaky ground a second longer.

I hope you enjoy it.

If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

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This week, I sit down with Mickaela McNatt from Magnify More to talk about unlearning the mixed messaging we received growing up and what it takes to choose something different. In this conversation, we go all in and explore what it is to FULLY embody your magic... FULLY embody your bigness... FULLY embody the fullness of who you are, whatever that looks like and however that feels true for you. 

We hear from Mickaela about her unlearning journey sorting through all of the messages she received about what she should aspire to - being a mom, taking care of the house, be your own boss but don't be too bossy, ask for a raise but don't ask for too much, be successful on your own but not too successful. You get the (dizzying) picture. Mickaela lets us into her story and what she had to consciously choose to trust her own knowing. And it is powerful, trust me!

Mickaela McNatt is a Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Master Success Coach and Reiki Master. She’s the founder and head trainer of Magnify More, a coaching and training institute. 

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If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

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This week, I sit down with my book proposal coach turned friend, Richelle Fredson to unpack her journey with unlearning perfectionism. It's a topic that all too many of us can relate to and I know you are going to love this conversation with Richelle. In this powerful episode, Richelle and I get into the ways that the seeds of perfectionism are planted early in us as women, how it shows up in every facet of life. With Richelle and I both celebrating our glorious 40s, we reflect on how perfectionism can't take up any more space than it already has in our lives.  

Richelle Fredson, book publishing consultant and the “six-figure book deal coach,” knows all the angles of the publishing biz. An industry vet, she spent 15 years at Hay House Inc., most recently as the Director of Publicity and Book Marketing, as well as Acquisitions. She now works with aspiring and existing authors who are looking to expand their business, create an impact, and shift the current dialogue.

Her expertise, paired with her sharp instincts, has helped hundreds of authors create impactful and marketable book concepts and proposals, resulting in millions of dollars in publishing deals with top publishers. Her recent clients include Farnoosh Torabi, Chrissy King, Jannese Torres-Rodriguez, Jen Winston, Dr. Vanessa Marin and more.

Richelle brings a unique gift to the table: she’s been on both sides of the deal and knows what publishers and authors are looking for and how to get it. Through this lens, she guides authors as they anchor their stories and amplify their expertise to make a greater impact.

She’s also the host of the Bound + Determined podcast where she lifts the veil on book publishing through education and interviews.

If you want to learn more about Richelle and her Book Publishing Roadmap, head over to www.richellefredson.com to get insight on how to clarify YOUR book idea, what agents and publishers are looking for, and how to begin your book proposal!

If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

Doors are open now!

Have you ever wondered whether men are having their own conversations about confidence, enoughness, and unlearning toxic narratives that they have been raised with? I wondered! And if you were, too then this episode is for you! 

This week, I sit down with my two friends, Carson and Eddy, to unpack what they have been consciously working to unlearn around expectations of manhood and masculinity and what's really going on with how their confidence gets tested. We talk intimate partnerships, fatherhood, navigating the workplace and the underbelly of emotions that sometimes men don't always feel like they can fully express. 

So, yes, we do talk to MEN here on Embracing Enough. In fact, this conversation made me want to do more of it. We love men, but what's more, we love raw and honest conversation where we get to show up authentically.

Here's to men like Carson and Eddy who are brave enough to share their truth.

If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

Doors are open now! 

In this solo episode, I talk through my current unlearning of the belief that there is something "broken" about me and that I need fixing. A couple of weeks, I got some UNSOLICITED feedback from someone who called me out for being a coach and helping women out on their journey because I was clearly SO broken. Did it hurt when I heard it? Duh. I'm human. But I also didn't need to internalize it as my truth. 

I hear from women all the time that they feel like they're broken and what's worse, some feel beyond repair. But I'm here to talk about that it couldn't be further from the truth. There is nothing about you that needs to be fixed. Subscribing to the belief that there is something broken in us or that needs to be fixed keeps us stuck and stagnant; and robs us of our confidence to do the things that really matter to us. Here's a thought: why not try on the idea that you can give yourself massive amounts of self-love, compassion and permission instead of hyper-focusing on the broken parts of you and see what that feels like.

That's what I choose to do - in every moment of every day.

If you are interested in learning more about The Unlearning Lab, head to https://enoughlabs.com/the-unlearning-lab/

Doors are open now!