Fearless Self-Love

Life Coach Angela Christine and I dive into how thriving can look different than what we think of as success. Join us as we explore how we spent our much of our lives trying to be good enough for others and ultimately came to love ourselves.

What I love most about this interview is how Angela shares about her journey to self-love and the power of her words of wisdom. It is undeniable that they come from her heart and personal experience, Angela asks me to share my self-love discovery story, too!

• How thriving is connected to believing you deserve your dreams

• Why some of us flourish with change more than others

• What your number one job is and why it matters

Links Mentioned :

• Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com
• Dancing Spirit Ranch www.dancingspiritranch.com
• Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda
• Introduction to Ayurveda Podcast, S2 E11: Ayurveda: Co-Creating Lives We Love https://www.groundedhere.com/podcast
• Tim Ferris Show https://tim.blog/
• Wayne Dyer https://www.drwaynedyer.com/
• You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay https://www.hayhouse.com/you-can-heal-your-life-paperback
• Reiki https://www.reiki.org/faq/whatisreiki.html
• The Art of Extreme Self-Care by Cheryl Richardson http://www.cherylrichardson.com/store/the-art-of-extreme-self-care/
• Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
• Satya Narayan Das https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/presenters/satya-narayana-dasa

Show Highlights:

00:58 Fearless Self-Love Retreat Details

02:14 Easeful Living Practice with Angela Christine

03:38 Interview begins!

12:10 Angela's reflection on thriving

22:27 Vata Dosha ~ Ayurveda's way of saying the qualities of air & ether

27:48 Our most basic fear of not being good enough and where this starts

29:44 Andrea's story of discovering she loves herself

36:36 How putting self-care first led Angela to understanding her calling to be a life coach

53:00 Courageous Self-Care Tip

Favorite Quotes:

"When I start to feel like I'm not successful, it's because I'm ligning myself up with what the world sees as success...you're on a growth path until you find what you want, and then you stay there." -- Andrea Catherine

"Thriving comes from not wanting to just get by; not wanting to pass on that life to my children of not having enough." -- Angela Christine

"I don't want to have to put the grapes back. I want to be able to give my kids grapes, because that's one of their favorite fruits to eat." -- Angela Christine

"What is that limiting belief and get it the heck out of my head, because it is affecting my life daily." -- Angela Christine

"[I'm] okay with where I am, but also...okay with my dreams...they are legitimate. I deserve them. I'm worthy. -- Angela Christine

"Proximity is power! Whatever you are close to will grow." -- Angela Christine

"At the core we have the same basic fears...one of the biggest ones is we're not good enough." -- Angela Christine

"My dreams [have] an innate value because they're unique to me." -- Andrea Catherine

"You have to service your temple. No one else is going to do that for us...This is the body I was given. This is my temple. I have to take care of it. It is my number one job." -- Angela Christine

"The self-care, self-love piece, if it isn't there, then you can't continually grow. You're either growing or you're dying." -- Angela Christine

Meet Angela:

Life Coach Angela Christine values love and connection above all else and these are the values that shine through her 20 years as an energy worker, healer and spa therapist (offering body treatments, aromatherapy, organic facials). Angela's optimism, passion, and continual learning inform her growth as a practitioner. She is a spiritual, family-oriented mother, partner and friend, who believes in universal love and is eager to support with you on your wellness journey. Visit her at Angelachristinelifecoach.com [email protected]

Life Coach Angela Christine and I dive into how thriving can look different than what we think of as success. Join us as we explore how we spent our much of our lives trying to be good enough for others and ultimately came to love ourselves.

What I love most about this interview is how Angela shares about her journey to self-love and the power of her words of wisdom. It is undeniable that they come from her heart and personal experience, Angela asks me to share my self-love discovery story, too!

• How thriving is connected to believing you deserve your dreams

• Why some of us flourish with change more than others

• What your number one job is and why it matters

Links Mentioned :

• Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com
• Dancing Spirit Ranch www.dancingspiritranch.com
• Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda
• Introduction to Ayurveda Podcast, S2 E11: Ayurveda: Co-Creating Lives We Love https://www.groundedhere.com/podcast
• Tim Ferris Show https://tim.blog/
• Wayne Dyer https://www.drwaynedyer.com/
• You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay https://www.hayhouse.com/you-can-heal-your-life-paperback
• Reiki https://www.reiki.org/faq/whatisreiki.html
• The Art of Extreme Self-Care by Cheryl Richardson http://www.cherylrichardson.com/store/the-art-of-extreme-self-care/
• Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/
• Satya Narayan Das  https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/presenters/satya-narayana-dasa

Show Highlights:

00:58 Fearless Self-Love Retreat Details

02:14 Easeful Living Practice with Angela Christine

03:38 Interview begins!

12:10 Angela’s reflection on thriving

22:27 Vata Dosha ~ Ayurveda’s way of saying the qualities of air & ether

27:48 Our most basic fear of not being good enough and where this starts

29:44 Andrea’s story of discovering she loves herself

36:36 How putting self-care first led Angela to understanding her calling to be a life coach

53:00 Courageous Self-Care Tip

Favorite Quotes:

“When I start to feel like I’m not successful, it’s because I’m ligning myself up with what the world sees as success...you’re on a growth path until you find what you want, and then you stay there.” -- Andrea Catherine

“Thriving comes from not wanting to just get by; not wanting to pass on that life to my children of not having enough.” -- Angela Christine

“I don’t want to have to put the grapes back. I want to be able to give my kids grapes, because that’s one of their favorite fruits to eat.” -- Angela Christine

“What is that limiting belief and get it the heck out of my head, because it is affecting my life daily.” -- Angela Christine

“[I’m] okay with where I am, but also...okay with my dreams...they are legitimate. I deserve them. I’m worthy. -- Angela Christine

“Proximity is power! Whatever you are close to will grow.” -- Angela Christine

“At the core we have the same basic fears...one of the biggest ones is we’re not good enough.” -- Angela Christine

“My dreams [have] an innate value because they’re unique to me.” -- Andrea Catherine

“You have to service your temple. No one else is going to do that for us...This is the body I was given. This is my temple. I have to take care of it. It is my number one job.” -- Angela Christine

“The self-care, self-love piece, if it isn’t there, then you can’t continually grow. You’re either growing or you’re dying.” -- Angela Christine

Meet Angela:

Life Coach Angela Christine values love and connection above all else and these are the values that shine through her 20 years as an energy worker, healer and spa therapist (offering body treatments, aromatherapy, organic facials). Angela’s optimism, passion, and continual learning inform her growth as a practitioner. She is a spiritual, family-oriented mother, partner and friend, who believes in universal love and is eager to support with you on your wellness journey. Visit her at Angelachristinelifecoach.com [email protected]

Sara Hughes-Zabawa and I give you a taste of the Brené Brown Daring Way Curriculum, movement and reflection participants will experience on the Fearless Self-Love Retreat October 10-14, 2018. To learn more, visit www.fearlessselflove.com

Join us for your 20 minute micro retreat! You'll benefit most if you're distraction free, have access to a wall to put your legs up, or a way to elevate your feet to at least hip height, something to write with and something to write on.

• What it means to retreat and why we need to

• Why clarifying your values matters

• How to utilize your values to enhance a challenging situation

Links Mentioned:

• Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses
• S1 E3 | Self-Loving Self-Care: Can't Afford Not to Do It with Sara Hughes-Zabawa https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1
• Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com
• Brené Brown www.brenebrown.com
• Brené Brown's Daring Way Curriculum https://thedaringway.org/
• Center for Restorative Youth Justice https://restorativeyouthjustice.org/

Show Highlights:

02:55 Interview starts, easeful living practice included within interview!

06:29 Tools you'll need for this practice today and what retreat means

10:35 Micro version of the Fearless Self-Love: at home in your heart retreat

36:11 Courageous Self-Care tip

Favorite Quotes:

"[To retreat is] an act of mindfully withdrawing, protecting or preserving time or energy to do our soul, or heart work." -- Sara Hughes-Zabawa

"Our intention for our retreat is that people create the space and the container to really hear themselves and feel and learn and rest." -- Sara Hughes-Zabawa

"[Humanism is] seeing everyone, including myself, as human with the same needs (whether they're in a different order than mine or not) and the same worth." -- Andrea Catherine

Meet Sara:

Sara is a licensed clinical social worker (LMSW) and a certified yoga instructor (RYT). She is passionate about helping clients achieve better balance and thrive as they enhance the quality of their lives. Either through therapy, yoga, or wellness coaching Sara partners with her clients to help foster the bravery and skills necessary to step towards holistic wellness that honors their mind-body-spirit connection.

Sara received a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan, with an emphasis in Interpersonal Practice: Mental Health and Interpersonal Practice: Communities and Social Systems with a minor in Community Organizing.

She also received a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from the University of Michigan. Sara completed here RYT 200 hours through the Yoga Alliance certified Bodhi Yoga Studio in 2010.

Sara Hughes-Zabawa and I give you a taste of the Brené Brown Daring Way Curriculum, movement and reflection participants will experience on the Fearless Self-Love Retreat October 10-14, 2018. To learn more, visit www.fearlessselflove.com

Join us for your 20 minute micro retreat! You’ll benefit most if you’re distraction free, have access to a wall to put your legs up, or a way to elevate your feet to at least hip height, something to write with and something to write on.

• What it means to retreat and why we need to

• Why clarifying your values matters

• How to utilize your values to enhance a challenging situation

Links Mentioned:

• Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses
• S1 E3 | Self-Loving Self-Care: Can't Afford Not to Do It with Sara Hughes-Zabawa https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1
• Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com
• Brené Brown www.brenebrown.com
• Brené Brown’s Daring Way Curriculum https://thedaringway.org/
• Center for Restorative Youth Justice https://restorativeyouthjustice.org/

Show Highlights:

02:55 Interview starts, easeful living practice included within interview!

06:29 Tools you’ll need for this practice today and what retreat means

10:35 Micro version of the Fearless Self-Love: at home in your heart retreat

36:11 Courageous Self-Care tip

Favorite Quotes:

“[To retreat is] an act of mindfully withdrawing, protecting or preserving time or energy to do our soul, or heart work.” -- Sara Hughes-Zabawa

“Our intention for our retreat is that people create the space and the container to really hear themselves and feel and learn and rest.” -- Sara Hughes-Zabawa

“[Humanism is] seeing everyone, including myself, as human with the same needs (whether they’re in a different order than mine or not) and the same worth.” -- Andrea Catherine

Meet Sara:

Sara is a licensed clinical social worker (LMSW) and a certified yoga instructor (RYT). She is passionate about helping clients achieve better balance and thrive as they enhance the quality of their lives. Either through therapy, yoga, or wellness coaching Sara partners with her clients to help foster the bravery and skills necessary to step towards holistic wellness that honors their mind-body-spirit connection.

Sara received a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan, with an emphasis in Interpersonal Practice: Mental Health and Interpersonal Practice: Communities and Social Systems with a minor in Community Organizing.

She also received a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. Sara completed here RYT 200 hours through the Yoga Alliance certified Bodhi Yoga Studio in 2010.  

Connect with Natha at http://nathaperkins.com/

Connect with Andrea at www.groundedhere.com

Connect with Natha at http://nathaperkins.com/

Connect with Andrea at www.groundedhere.com 

Jada Stewart is a wise soul in a 16 year old body. Listening to Jada, I am inspired and encouraged for the futures of our young people. I am reminded about the value of stepping away from social media and toward things I love, learning something new, and connecting with others.

Join me as Jada and I talk about a teen journey to self-love, stepping back into strengths she had as a kid, and embracing who she is as she continues to look up to others, grow and change.

• How to remember who you are with the support of those you admire

• How to learn from others, while staying grounded in yourself

• How to get off social media (if a 16 year old can do it, so can you!)

Links Mentioned:

• Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses
• Andrea's blog post about Your Bold Breakthrough with Jada https://www.groundedhere.com/single-post/2018/05/17/Whats-Your-Bold-Breakthrough
• Jada Stewart's Your Bold Breakthrough Summit interview with Andrea http://boldbreakthrough.com/andrea-catherine/
• Pace Kids
• TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/

Show Highlights:

03:01 Easeful Living Practice ~ Write a letter to someone you want to know

05;57 Interview with Jada Stewart begins; background on Your Bold Breakthrough

13:06 Jada's past self as shy and nervous and how she reconnected to her strengths

24:04 Jada's breakthrough moment, after breakdown

31:21 Jada's tips and tricks to stay in self-love, including how to speak to others who have said hurtful things

37:03 How and why Jada took a real solid break from social media, and how you can, too!

47:32 Jada's self-love tips

Favorite Quotes:

"I shouldn't rely on someone else to stand up for me, I should be confident enough to say, 'You know what, I'm good enough for myself.'" -Jada Stewart

"I started wearing different clothing to cover myself up and conform to other things that weren't me." -- Jada Stewart

"At the end of the day, you're going to be left with yourself and your own thoughts." -- Jada Stewart

"How could I be speaking about confidence and getting confident and building all this self-love on the summit…[if] I wasn't in the same mindset?" --Jada Stewart

"I need to stop this body shaming, because I love my body." -- Jada Stewart

"I can wear my natural hair, I can be myself, I love the color of my skin, I just love myself." --Jada Stewart

"Just 'cause I don't have what that person has, doesn't mean that what I have is bad." --Jada Stewart

"I've got to stop looking at everyone else's life on social media and look at just me as a person." --Jada Stewart

Meet Jada:

Jada Stewart is a Sixteen Year old teen who hosted a online series called Your Bold Breakthrough for Women Seeking Guidance. Although she is a teen, she uses her Youthful Experience to influence others on a personal level, and she strives to help Guide those on a path to find their Authentic Self and Own their Power.

Jada Stewart is a wise soul in a 16 year old body. Listening to Jada, I am inspired and encouraged for the futures of our young people. I am reminded about the value of stepping away from social media and toward things I love, learning something new, and connecting with others.

Join me as Jada and I talk about a teen journey to self-love, stepping back into strengths she had as a kid, and embracing who she is as she continues to look up to others, grow and change.

• How to remember who you are with the support of those you admire

• How to learn from others, while staying grounded in yourself

• How to get off social media (if a 16 year old can do it, so can you!)

Links Mentioned:

• Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses
• Andrea's blog post about Your Bold Breakthrough with Jada https://www.groundedhere.com/single-post/2018/05/17/Whats-Your-Bold-Breakthrough
• Jada Stewart’s Your Bold Breakthrough Summit interview with Andrea http://boldbreakthrough.com/andrea-catherine/
• Pace Kids
• TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/

Show Highlights:

03:01 Easeful Living Practice ~ Write a letter to someone you want to know

05;57 Interview with Jada Stewart begins; background on Your Bold Breakthrough

13:06 Jada’s past self as shy and nervous and how she reconnected to her strengths

24:04 Jada’s breakthrough moment, after breakdown

31:21 Jada’s tips and tricks to stay in self-love, including how to speak to others who have said hurtful things

37:03 How and why Jada took a real solid break from social media, and how you can, too!

47:32 Jada’s self-love tips

Favorite Quotes:

“I shouldn’t rely on someone else to stand up for me, I should be confident enough to say, ‘You know what, I’m good enough for myself.’” -Jada Stewart

“I started wearing different clothing to cover myself up and conform to other things that weren’t me.” -- Jada Stewart

“At the end of the day, you’re going to be left with yourself and your own thoughts.” -- Jada Stewart

“How could I be speaking about confidence and getting confident and building all this self-love on the summit…[if] I wasn’t in the same mindset?” --Jada Stewart

“I need to stop this body shaming, because I love my body.” -- Jada Stewart

“I can wear my natural hair, I can be myself, I love the color of my skin, I just love myself.” --Jada Stewart

“Just ‘cause I don’t have what that person has, doesn’t mean that what I have is bad.” --Jada Stewart

“I’ve got to stop looking at everyone else’s life on social media and look at just me as a person.” --Jada Stewart

Meet Jada:

Jada Stewart is a Sixteen Year old teen who hosted a online series called Your Bold Breakthrough for Women Seeking Guidance. Although she is a teen, she uses her Youthful Experience to influence others on a personal level, and she strives to help Guide those on a path to find their Authentic Self and Own their Power.

Kelsey Bryant Starr, owner of Numi Yoga in College Park, Maryland, interviews Andrea Catherine about Ayurveda. Andrea shares about what is a dosha, how the five elements influence Ayurvedic perspectives.

Gain insight to navigate your emotions, digestion, and mind when you feel out of balance, and why you may notice particular changes in yourself during particular times of year, activities, and why you are just inherently unique in some ways.

• How the five elements - ether, air, fire, water, earth - show up in each of us

• Why digestion is central to understanding our wellbeing

• Why everybody's balance looks different

Links Mentioned:

• Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda
• Hilary Garivaltis http://ayurvedichealtheducation.com/
• Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses
• Heather Stoken https://www.synergybloom.com/
• Numi Yoga College Park, Maryland http://www.numiyoga.com/schedule/
• Yoga Health Coaching www.yogahealthcoaching.com

Show Highlights:

01:00 Easeful Living Practice ~ visualize starting your day ahead, or your next important activity

09:42 What is Ayurveda? What does it mean?

11:48 What's a dosha?

15:26 What is Vata dosha? What is it responsible for? Where does it live in the body? What role does Vata play in digestion?

20:53 What Pitta really means, and what it has to do with healthy eyes.

24:47 How Kapha manifests in our bodies, personalities, and memories.

28:56 How the doshas support one another and how we can, too!

33:08 What's the end game? How to "find balance" as yourself

36:27 What doshas being "at fault" really means

37:10 Courageous Self-Care Tip

Favorite Quotes:

"You are all already perfect, until you're not." - Hilary Garivaltis

"We disrupt [our enoughness, our perfection] with doubt and fear and choices and habits that don't serve us well. It doesn't take away from our deserving, or our humanness, though." --Andrea Catherine

"We need pitta people to lead, to step up... to follow through...to take action...and do so fearlessly. Kapha's going to be the one who's like, 'slow down, we need to think this through a little more.' Vata's... throwing the idea way out there, and pitta's like, 'yea let's go!" -- Andrea Catherine

"As individuals who have different dispositions, we can offer our strengths to other people to help them find balance, to help them nurture and nourish their needs." -- Kelsey Starr

"We definitely need each other." -- Andrea Catherine

"Ayurveda is a wellness science that meets us all where we are." -- Andrea Catherine

Meet Andrea:

Andrea Catherine supports overwhelmed, highly responsible women boost energy, sleep better, and fearlessly love their bodies. Are you committed to being an active part of your own transformation, eager to step into a life you love?

Andrea is the co-host of the Fearless Self-Love Retreats and group Ayurvedic Self-Care course, Body Bloom. She holds recognized certifications as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Yoga Health Coach, 500 hour Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Instructor along with her BA in social science from the University of Michigan.

Kelsey Bryant Starr, owner of Numi Yoga in College Park, Maryland, interviews Andrea Catherine about Ayurveda. Andrea shares about what is a dosha, how the five elements influence Ayurvedic perspectives.

Gain insight to navigate your emotions, digestion, and mind when you feel out of balance, and why you may notice particular changes in yourself during particular times of year, activities, and why you are just inherently unique in some ways.

• How the five elements - ether, air, fire, water, earth - show up in each of us

• Why digestion is central to understanding our wellbeing

• Why everybody’s balance looks different

Links Mentioned:

• Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda
• Hilary Garivaltis http://ayurvedichealtheducation.com/
• Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses
• Heather Stoken https://www.synergybloom.com/
• Numi Yoga College Park, Maryland http://www.numiyoga.com/schedule/
• Yoga Health Coaching www.yogahealthcoaching.com  

Show Highlights:

01:00 Easeful Living Practice ~ visualize starting your day ahead, or your next important activity

09:42 What is Ayurveda? What does it mean?

11:48 What’s a dosha?

15:26 What is Vata dosha? What is it responsible for? Where does it live in the body? What role does Vata play in digestion?

20:53 What Pitta really means, and what it has to do with healthy eyes.

24:47 How Kapha manifests in our bodies, personalities, and memories.

28:56 How the doshas support one another and how we can, too!

33:08 What’s the end game? How to “find balance” as yourself

36:27 What doshas being “at fault” really means

37:10 Courageous Self-Care Tip

Favorite Quotes:

“You are all already perfect, until you’re not.”  - Hilary Garivaltis

“We disrupt [our enoughness, our perfection] with doubt and fear and choices and habits that don’t serve us well. It doesn’t take away from our deserving, or our humanness, though.” --Andrea Catherine

“We need pitta people to lead, to step up... to follow through...to take action...and do so fearlessly. Kapha’s going to be the one who’s like, ‘slow down, we need to think this through a little more.’ Vata’s... throwing the idea way out there, and pitta’s like, ‘yea let’s go!” -- Andrea Catherine

“As individuals who have different dispositions, we can offer our strengths to other people to help them find balance, to help them nurture and nourish their needs.” -- Kelsey Starr

“We definitely need each other.” -- Andrea Catherine

“Ayurveda is a wellness science that meets us all where we are.” -- Andrea Catherine

Meet Andrea:

Andrea Catherine supports overwhelmed, highly responsible women boost energy, sleep better, and fearlessly love their bodies. Are you committed to being an active part of your own transformation, eager to step into a life you love?

Andrea is the co-host of the Fearless Self-Love Retreats and group Ayurvedic Self-Care course, Body Bloom. She holds recognized certifications as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Yoga Health Coach, 500 hour Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Instructor along with her BA in social science from the University of Michigan.