Join Erin and Belinda as they take a ride on the roller coaster of LOVE!  Hear how eros and philia differ but how all romantic relationships need both to be fulfilling and lasting.

Want info on our wellness retreat? Check out our website to read all about REclaiming Your Wholeness - hosted by Erin and Belinda in Tuscany, Italy, October 21-27th, 2023. Join us for a transformative week with others who are coming home to themselves.

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Belinda and Erin share the history of International Women's Day and talk about the important women who have impacted their lives.  Listen in for some great ways to celebrate the day made specifically for all women.

In this episode, Erin and Belinda dive into agape love - the highest form of love.  Is it possible for us to achieve this unconditional love for others?  Listen in as they explore the idea of agape and how practicing metta meditation can be the bridge to achieving it.

"Just as the sun shines on every soul, let your light of compassion shine on everyone irrespective of who they are and what they believe."

- Michael Bassey Johnson, 'The Infinity Sign', 2015.

In this week's episode, Erin and Belinda introduce the 4 types of love - agape, eros, philia and storge and will dive deeper into each in future episodes.  They also share what their love languages are,  including taking a trip down memory lane back to Erin's first crush.  

Do you find yourself getting offended or triggered easily?  Don't worry, you're not alone. Belinda and Erin share why people (even us) get offended and how we can work to lessen that tendency and be less reactive.  Listen in and see if you can relate to Erin's recent interaction to getting offended/being offended.

Friendships change throughout our lifetime and even more so in midlife.  Belinda and Erin talk about the ways friendships evolve and how important nurturing the meaningful ones is in this stage of life.

Pain in life is inevitable...but we can choose whether we suffer or not.  Belinda and Erin talk about how it's imperative to make the choice to embrace the healing path rather than to stay stuck in suffering. 

Do you ever find yourself replaying conversations or scenarios over and over?  Listen in as Erin and Belinda "chew the cud" aka ruminate about all the ways we do just that.  

We all love to have other's approval but constantly seeking it can be emotionally exhausting and unproductive.  Belinda and Erin share how and when to seek the opinions of others and when to let it go.  

Come meet our new cohost, Belinda Fleming, and hear all about her life.