Find Your Feisty

For a lot of us, this Christmas and New Year's will be filled with both goodness and grief, and it can be hard to hold such different emotions at the same time.

We're all tired and ready for things to return to some kind of new normal, but it's not there quite yet. In the meantime, I'm balancing all of my feelings – both light and heavy – and I want to help you do the same. Here are some ideas…

Do you ignore your needs to give others what they want? Are you always the last person on your list? If you said Yes, then this episode is definitely for you. Listen in for my recent a-ha moment on this, plus three self-loving holiday gifts that I'm sharing with you, so you can give them to yourself! :-)

Annual events always highlight how much you've changed from one year to the next. You know, those special days like New Year's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving … and the annual boob smash ;-)

When I went in for my mammogram last year, I found the facility had made a change for the worse, and I did something that I wouldn't have done the year before – or any of the years before that! Listen in to find out what I did AND how it went this year…

It's Election Day 2020, and nothing is more important today than voting so your voice will be heard! I used to be a half-ass educated voter, but the 2016 election changed all of that for me. After that, I could no longer be one of the silent privileged with my head stuck in the sand.

Listen in to hear what I stand for and the people and policies I stand by, plus some wise words to keep in mind if you're not sure how to vote.

When you are confident in who you are and what you want, you'll show up differently, and I was 36 years old before I felt that kind of whole, with nothing I needed to fix or change about myself.

In this final piece of my 3-part series about body image, confidence, and relationships, you'll hear about the 3 books that made all the difference, the 4 months that I lost and still can't remember, and the battle for my self-worth (spoiler alert: I win!).

We are living in some interesting times and being challenged like never before, AND we're all hitting our 6-month wall. This uncertainty is uncomfortable, but it's also manageable. Fortunately, you don't need to escape to a private island to get some peace! Listen in for 6 simple and practical ideas that will help you navigate, adapt, and thrive through the months to come … they're definitely helping me.

This year started out rough for me, and it got worse with all that's happening for everyone. But as the song says, "I'm still standing, better than I ever did." I know so many other people are struggling, too, so I'm acknowledging that it's not always rosy, easy, or pretty, and I see you. I honor your struggle, and you're not alone. Listen in to hear how I've been, where I'm at, and what's coming next.

In the previous episode, I shared how my body image nightmare began, what I made it all mean, and how I kept myself small as protection from disappointment, criticism, and life. This week, you'll hear where I started looking for confidence – I didn't have much of it inside myself, so I began by looking outside myself.

This is the first of my 3-part series on the role our body image plays in self-confidence and our relationships. In this episode, I share some of my own story to illustrate how important a positive body image is for everyone.

If you've been hiding because you're afraid of being judged or ridiculed, then let me tell you: When this podcast was shared widely on social media by a big-name brand, I felt joy and happiness ... and complete terror.

I've been hiding for so long, afraid to be seen. But you know what? I was seen, and I did not die. And it hit me that life is not a straight line, and neither is the path to our wildest dreams. Instead, that path is a dance between what we really want and what we...