In this episode, Brooke and Jesie invite you to explore the moments when fear takes the lead, shifting you from true self-support to enabling a frightened version of yourself. Together, they ask: What would love say in these moments? How can you begin to trust in your own competence and shift from fear-driven choices to those rooted in love and empowerment?

This week’s invitation:

In those places where you recognize you’ve given fear power, that you aren’t in support of the Self, but enabling the scared self, ask what would love say? Can you begin to believe in the competence of yourself? 

Looking for more support? If you're interested in working with us, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Jesie and Brooke revisit the fine line between enabling and supporting. Through personal stories, they reveal how the key to truly supporting others lies in grounding ourselves—shifting from a place of fear-based energy to one rooted in love.

This week’s invitation:

Recognize the line again. Keep coming back and asking “what does support look like here?” “What would love have me do?” Engage in a rooted practice. 

Looking for more support? If you're interested in working with us, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Brooke and Jesie explore the delicate balance between enabling and supporting in relationships. Where is the power going and how might it shift toward empowerment? Through reflection and curiosity, we'll reimagine what it looks like to truly encourage someone while encouraging their growth and agency.

This week's invitation: Think about a relationship you have where the line between enabling and support may be fuzzy. Ask "What is getting the power right now?" And reimagine what it could look like from a place of support instead of enabling.

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this special milestone episode, Brooke and Jesie reflect on the incredible journey that brought Heart of Life to its 100th episode. They revisit the origins of the podcast, sharing the story behind its name and the heartfelt intention that inspired it.

Together, they explore how creating this space has shaped their lives, deepened their understanding of connection, and challenged them in ways they never expected. With gratitude at the center, Brooke and Jesie express their appreciation for the community of listeners who have been with them through every moment of vulnerability, curiosity, and growth.

This episode is a celebration—not just of the podcast itself, but of the shared experiences, insights, and humanity that make Heart of Life what it is. Join us as we honor this milestone and look ahead to what’s to come.

This week's invitation: We’d love to hear from you! Share what Heart of Life has meant to you—send us a DM on Instagram, drop us an email, or leave a comment below. Your stories and reflections mean the world to us, and we’re endlessly grateful for each of you.

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Jesie and Brooke delve into the idea that the life we choose is, in turn, choosing us back. Exploring how our relationships, habits, and self-perceptions reflect the choices we make every day, offering opportunities for deeper understanding and growth. Together, they pose a powerful question: What is something you love about yourself—or are curious about—that you’d like to understand more deeply?

This week's invitation: What's something that is developing in you that is maybe breaking the rules? Can you sit with it and begin to understand your full expression of self?

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Brooke and Jesie dive deep into the ways our daily habits and choices shape the lives we lead, exploring the profound question: "Am I training for peace or for overwhelm?" Together, they examine how intentional decision-making can either anchor us in calm and clarity or perpetuate cycles of stress and chaos. Through thoughtful reflection, they challenge listeners to consider: What choices am I making that cultivate the life I’d like to have?

This week's invitation: Write down somewhere that you are "living the life that you choose." Then, periodically, write down moments that felt aligned with the life you are choosing.

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Jesie and Brooke explore what it means to create the spaces we need within ourselves. How do we build the homes within that allow for our "arms to be open to the whole of ourselves." Learn how we can allow gentleness and joy to be the birthplace of healing and growth.

This week's invitation: Can you throw your arms open to the whole of yourself? Can you take this time to create a quiet home within yourself?

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Registered Dietitian and Makeup Artist Elizabeth Bronk joins Brooke and Jesie in exploring the necessity of romanticizing the healing process. Truly abandoning the "escape hatch" and "quick fixes," Elizabeth shares about her own unglamorous glow-up.

More about Elizabeth:

Elizabeth Bronk
Registered Dietitian & Makeup Artist

Elizabeth is a multi-passionate registered dietitian and bridal makeup artist. An unconventional pairing of careers, Elizabeth's goal is to help women feel beautiful from the inside out. She believes in a holistic approach to health - mentally, physically, and spiritually, but one that can be simultaneously fun, messy, beautiful, and deep.

After getting married this past summer, her healing journey started to deepen when she started struggling with her own mental health. She realized the ongoing work she had done in healing her relationship with food and her body, and addressing mineral, hormone, and gut imbalances, was just the beginning. In September, she began what she calls her UnGlamorous Glow Up - a minimum of 6 months with a focus on the unsexy but incredibly powerful habits that help move the needle in not only improving physical health, but also mental health. Things like therapy, journaling, prayer, consistency in nutrition, moving her body, and pushing herself outside her comfort zone have been beneficial. The timeline is not finite but rather signifies the beginning of a new chapter in her life where she's leaning into the uncomfortable, scary, and unknown with the goal of coming out on the other side stronger and full of joy.

Elizabeth encourages others to start their own UnGlamorous Glow Ups, too! Everyone's may look different but it's about supporting each other in community as we navigate the ups and downs of life so that we can soak up each juicy moment that life has to offer!

Ways to work together:

Follow me on Instagram:  @bridalbeautynutrition

One-on-One Nutrition Coaching: 

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Fiercely Flourish Group Coaching (next cohort begins January 6, 2025): 

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UnGlamorous Glow Up:  

https://www.elizabethalicellc.com/the-unglamorous-glow-up

In this episode, Jesie and Brooke dive even deeper into the ways that avoiding parts of self can lead to denial, erosion of self-trust, and the outsourcing of our own knowing. "To know" can be painful, but to deny our own knowing is far worse.

This week's invitation: What is the real way out? What do you already know? Can you connect to your knowing and find the "real way out" instead of the escape hatch?

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Brooke and Jesie share vulnerably about the parts they are working to integrate. With time, stillness, and quietness, we can explore the truth that our "hardest-to-love parts" might be offering beneath their extreme and often uncomfortable messages.

This week's invitation: Find stillness. Again. Find time to relate to parts of you that you've been trying to ignore. Can you get past their intense and extreme message to hear the truth of what they are saying?

If you're located in Colorado and interested in working with one of the therapists at Riverbend Counseling, reach out to us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

We love diving into the heart of life and exploring what matters most. If there's something you're curious about, a topic you'd like us to cover, or a story you'd like to share, we'd love to hear from you. Your voice is a vital part of our community, and together, we can create conversations that resonate and inspire. Contact us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.