In this episode, Jessie Browning goes deep into how it feels to be seen, unseen, and noticed, exploring the differences between these different feelings and giving her life story as an example of growth and transformation. Jessie shares openly and unapologetically how it felt to hide for many years of her life, feeling lonely and unauthentic, to actually acknowledging the pain and suffering, and dare to share her true self with the world.

Key Takeaways:

[2:12] The meaning of "Frenema."

[6:45] Jessie finds out her first episode was not available on a very special day for the promotion of her podcast.

[9:21] Jessie asks her audience "When did they feel the most seen and the most unseen?"

[15:28] Jessie finds the inspiration she was seeking in an article Tanya Geisler had written.

[18:03] Jessie shares her own story about being seen.

[23:01] How lonely and unauthentic hiding can feel.

[25:20] The experience of living in a small town and the dichotomy of not being seen but being noticed.

[26:02] By nature, mothers are pretty unseen.

[27:25] The tree metaphor about Motherhood.

[29:02] Jessie talks about how as a mother she used to be the one that was seeing everybody else but not feeling seen.

[30:25] When someone is trying so hard to see everyone else they are often not seeing something about themselves.

[32:14] Jessie talks about how she decided to go through a photoshoot of herself as a present to her husband for his birthday.

[37:40] Email or message Jessie your thoughts and feelings about being seen.

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Mentioned in this episode:

The definition of Frenema at the Urban Dictionary

"Don't Confuse Getting Noticed for Being Seen", Tanya Geisler

"The Mom Stays in The Picture", Allison Tate