I Feel For You

Hello i’m Dionne, a massive introvert, extremely shy and a big weirdo! 🙋🏽‍♀️

Today we are exploring:::::

Taking up space in the world, especially if you have ever felt Other or like your face doesn’t fit, be that living your life in a way that is different to the norm, whatever "normal" is….

Or perhaps you're a polymath who wears a variety of hats.

Or you have an idea to do something differently to what people have experienced before.

Or perhaps you want to challenge the way something is being done.

This episode is dedicated to those who are interested in creating their own spaces in the world and making their own rules, and also as a message of reassurance, solidarity and support for anyone who could use some on their mission. 💕

We celebrate:

The process of stepping into yourself.

Cultivating the confidence to do you.

And embracing your inner weirdo along the way.

Shownotes over at http://dionne.space/podcastepisode/17

PS Would you like a transcript of the show plus more goodies?

I'VE GOT YOU! Head to http://dionne.space/blog/2018/confidence

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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Welcome back to I FEEL FOR YOU, a podcast about life learning moments! Feelings! Discoveries! And well, just about anything at all!

Ok resisting the urge to sing Michael Jackson, that might come later, 👟✨ cause today, my friends, in this BUMPER episode, we are talking about a big, nay HUGE learning moment i had about pleasure and choosing to say YES to JOY! And Pleasure! And why it’s good for your business and your LIFE (that's my RuPaul impression)

Are you ready?

We’re going in!

The story continues in the shownotes as always, including a themed playlist and a guide to creating your own Encyclopedia of Pleasure - and you can find them over here: dionne.space/podcastepisode/16

PS Would you like a transcript of the show plus more goodies?

I'VE GOT YOU! Head to http://dionne.space

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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Hello darlings... (purred in Ethel voice!)

It me! Dionne joined by my alter ego Ethel 💃🏽! And you probably garnered from the title we are going “in” this week, with our take on Copycats. Well, that and ways to stay cool in this hot hot heat (if you’re experiencing this heatwave in Europe, the US, Canada and the Middle East)

It's basically a hangout with us and a very honest and frank chat about what’s been going down this week, featuring tips to stay cool + my take on copycats (and what i’ve learned on my own journey!)

So you could say this week, it’s a spicy (vegan?) meatball! A great gallagh! A full monty! (ugh, i cringed at that, sorry bbs).

We're out here on these streets delivering a hot steaming bake of truth for your insides. Truth and ponderings.

With some shared “learning moments” based on life, um, “situations”. I really hope it’s going to be useful or at least an interesting chew.

⚡️*contains swearing because Ethel cannot help herself. sorry tender ears* ⚡️

⚠️ also contains a really bad Norwegian accent!

Let me know how you go - what you think, what you feel, and as always, feel free to hit me up via the show email, or comment below with your own thoughts and ideas! 💌

Hope you dig!

The story continues in the shownotes as always, and you can find them over here: dionne.space/podcastepisode/15

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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Empaths! Feelers! Humans! Unite!

This one’s for those of you who like me, feel it all. 💜💦

We are exploring ways to balance staying informed and maintaining our own mental health in the age of timelines.

To those of you who want to be involved in changing the world but struggle to balance the feels of sadness, pain and grief, we’re exploring tools to implement into your days that can support you to process the feels.

I feel you. And i’m with you. So i’m sharing some ideas that i hope will be useful for you, so that you can move beyond the freeze of emotional overwhelm, without ignoring or bypassing what’s there. The world needs your compassion and feelings, so treasure your sensitivity my friends.

Let me know how you go - and as always, feel free to hit me up via the show email, or comment below with your own thoughts and ideas! 💌

Hope you dig!

The story continues in the shownotes as always, and you can find them over here: dionne.space/podcastepisode/14

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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Hallo!

We are outside!

Yes, “we”!

Cause Finemann is my guest in this week’s show!

We are talking about the creative life and finding balance between work and rest and play (which is an ongoing struggle tbh!).

Expect chats about how we juggle the projects, (still) learning to take a (damn) break and going on holiday after 7 years, the perils (guilt) and pleasures (Tom) of working internationally, self belief, creative processes, tools and techniques to support you to create boundaries that support you in your quest for balance, all whilst making coffee and dodging the elements 🎾. Imagine!

Also: unhinged audio. Like thunder and bears. Maybe not bears. Outside SOUNDS. "Atmospherically unhinged", if you will. Hooray!

Hope you dig!

The party continues in the shownotes as always, and you can find them over here: dionne.space/podcastepisode/13

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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I’m just back from Norway running my BLOOM 🌸workshops in Bergen + Oslo which featured lots of yoga + movement + creativity + meditation + energy explorations. My fave. Shoutout to everyone who joined, thank you so much for your vibes!

I realised in planning these workshops that i could spend an age talking about wellness related stuff to do with spring, and it seems that there are lots of you who are also interested in it too - so wanted to put together an episode that’s kind of a brief wellness guide featuring things that help me find balance and transition the seasons and that i hope will serve and inspire you too!

We'll cover things related to stereotypes in wellness (salty warning! ✨👌🏾), Ayurveda, energy, immunity, accessible self care tools plus i also made you a present! Check the shownotes below!

I really hope you find it useful.

The party continues in the shownotes as always, and you can find them over here: http://dionne.space/podcastepisode/12

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen www.ketxl.com

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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/// Things i spoke about:

✨ "body mind + spirit" - a salty interlude

✨ The seasons and their impact

✨ The principles of Ayurveda

✨ How i survived winters in Norway

✨ Podcast episode 2: UK vs Norway the art of chill )

✨ Holistic wellness approaches

✨ How Ayurveda and spring are connected

✨ Find your dosha quiz! (take with lots of saltbae pinches of ...um, salt, obvs)

✨How we can sync up with the seasons - things to consider when exploring taking care of yourself in the spring

✨ Fluids and mountains

✨ Protect ya neck!

✨ A bit about my thyroid disorder

✨Writing about my issues with food + wellness

- On: the yoga + food thing (part 1)

- On: the yoga + food "thing" revisited

✨ Essential oils for spring

✨ 15 self care ideas to shift your state

✨ Make your own self care box

✨ A self care manifesto

✨ More blog posts about self care!

✨ Immunity boosters for your skin

✨ More spring wellness info from my BLOOM workshops (includes visionboard + playlist)

✨A playful energising yoga video for spring!

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✨Show email: [email protected]

✨ Work with me to get free in one of my 1-1 creative coaching programmes - NOW BOOKING FOR JUNE ONWARDS! dionne.space/creativecoaching

✨ My blog! dionne.space/blog

✨ Get my free weekly Digest the *ahem* "love club" featuring goodies, encouraging whooping, playlists, ideas, memes, news nuggets and first dibs on all my events! dionne.space/digest

Have you lot met my alter ego Ethel? I mention her enough. Please refer to previous episodes.

My kink is dressing up as her and channeling her energy as i move through the house slash world.

So, in honour of this unapologetic muse, this episode is about stepping out of comfort zone and how an Ethel costume/persona/alter ego can help you to have more courage to take up space, to move forward with courage, to speak your truth and to feel free to do you. So if you’re feeling a little stuck either due to imposter syndrome or just lacking the gusto to move forward and you’re up for some weird creative inspiration, you’re in the right place.

I really hope you dig.

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen www.ketxl.com

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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/// Things i spoke about:

✨ Unblocking one's pipes - how to speak when things feel difficult or how to do something when you're afraid of doing it

✨ Just do the damn thing already podcast episode 1

✨ What i do when i feel stuck

✨ The value of a costume

✨ Who the hell is Ethel?!

✨ The key to getting unstuck

✨ My weird ritual

✨ Imposter syndrome

✨ Dealing with "shoulds"

✨ How a persona can help you to grow and move forwards and step outside your comfort zone

✨ Seeing the world differently

✨ What is being brave?

✨ Locating fear and worry

✨ The hinderance of the thinking brain

✨Show email: [email protected]

✨ Work with me to get free in one of my 1-1 creative coaching programmes - NOW BOOKING FOR JUNE ONWARDS! http://dionne.space/creativecoaching

✨ My blog! http://dionne.space/blog

✨ Get my free weekly Digest the *ahem* "love club" featuring goodies, encouraging whooping, playlists, ideas, memes, news nuggets and first dibs on all my events! http://dionne.space/digest

This week's episode is about asking for what you want - and i don't know about you, but it's certainly something i felt nervous about doing for a really long time.

So this show is especially for those of you who have felt you are undeserving of asking for what you want, or who haven't felt that it was an option for you to even consider putting that out there before OR, perhaps most commonly, for those of you who feel so uncomfortable asking for what you want that struggle through, doing it all, alone.

I've got you, and i'm sharing some ideas on how you can explore asking for help as well as some practices to wet your whistle!

Really hope you enjoy the show!

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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/// Things i spoke about:

✨ Why is it so hard to ask for help?

✨ How my work ethic gets in the way sometimes

✨ Dancing with narcissists

✨ The tension and resistance of being vulnerable

✨ Fears of being a burden + being judged

✨ Ways to explore how to ask for help

✨ The intricate balance of give + take

✨ Letting our bodies lead by example

✨ A mini meditation practice on giving + receiving

✨ A mini breathwork practice

✨ Giving ourselves permission to be vulnerable

✨ Link to Bernie Mac's motivational clip (featured in last week's podcast....contains swearing!)

✨ Energy exchange

✨ An anecdote about me learning to ask for what i want and need (to hopefully save you some valuable time)

✨ The strong person and why you need to be extra mindful my friends

✨ Permission slip - a practice in asking

✨ Worst case scenarios - let's real talk

✨ Mantra time!

✨ Affirmation time!

✨ My workshops in Oslo this weekend - last spaces!

✨ My yoga approach + events

✨ Work with me to get free in one of my 1-1 creative coaching programmes - NOW BOOKING FROM JUNE ONWARDS!

✨ My blog!

✨ Get my free weekly Digest the *ahem* "love club" featuring goodies, encouraging whooping, playlists, ideas, memes, news nuggets and first dibs on all my events!

This week we are asking, "what are you doing?!" especially, when you don't fit into a box and it confuses people. Plus a pep talk for anyone who wants to go out there and create your own rules.

To those who don't want to fit into limiting boxes or labels, who are doing stuff differently, crafting your own road, going against the grain, and perhaps lacking confidence or trust in your vision or being challenged by resistance from others who want you to conform, this one's especially for you.

I'm talking about some of my personal experiences in my "nonconforming" / "radical" / "controversial" yoga teaching journey, the music industry, radio, coaching and more.

Disclaimer: Ethel (my alter ego) comes out in this episode, and i'm striding around passionately at points. Hope that's not too distracting!

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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/// Things i spoke about:

✨ A dissection of my experience in mainstream "yogaland": the lack of inclusivity + the abundance of labels and why i chose to make my create my own path

✨ Why i designed my yoga "career" the way i did

✨ Creating your own spaces

✨ Why i've avoided yoga studios

✨ Dinosaurs (yoga unleashed project)

✨ My frank interview with Yoked Podcast with Kelly Sunrose which serves more tea on some of the bs in yogaland "on: life as a yoga teacher + polymath"

✨ Cultivating community

✨ The importance of integrity, intention + spacemaking when creating your own path

✨ Some of my projects

✨ My definition of yoga

✨ Self love (yep we go there)

✨ Music as a channel for connection

✨ My Spotify (playlists) + FEELINGS (my radio show)

✨ Creativity, catching a vibe + the sweet spot (+ how i "plan" yoga classes"

✨ My dj career

✨ Hire me for a silent disco/ to dj / sound related stuff

✨ Sound design + podcasting

✨ Letting go of perfection

✨ My coaching career and why i'm shy of labels

✨ Challenging perceptions and being deemed "radical" or "controversial" just by existing and doing your work

✨Being a black/brown woman in yogaland/the world (this is probably a whole episode on its own tbh...)

✨ 💃🏽 Ethel unhinged: yoga farts + yoga snobs ⚡️

✨ My art + yoga project + retreats in composers villas

✨ Persistence + never giving up

✨ Combining careers - polymaths unite!

✨ Dismantling ideas + asking questions + challenging ideas about the way things are always done

✨The connotations of coaching (cringe)

✨Dealing with boxes when you don't fit into a box in life and work

✨ How all the "different" things i do makes sense to me

✨ What yoga + music + coaching + skincare have in common

✨ People pleasing + why you have to do you, unapologetically (link to last week's episode)

✨ Being open to adventure and change

✨ Following your compass

✨How i'm trying to live my life (and why i get into so much trouble!) 💥

✨ Why none of this is about me

✨ You get to decide (on making your own rules + eating them too)

✨ Creating a life that feels good and feels free

✨ Why you HAVE to do you (not copy anyone else) in order to live your best life

✨ Advice on what to do when you feel you're in a job that's not a dream job

✨ Advice on when you feel like a weirdo cause no one gets it and you don't fit into a system or a box

✨Trusting your guts in every way

✨ My yoga approach + events

✨ Work with me in one of my 1-1 creative coaching programmes

✨ Get my free weekly Digest featuring goodies, encouraging whooping, playlists, news nuggets and first dibs on all my events!

This week we are diving deep! We are diving into the juicy niblets of being yourself (Bernie Mac inspired - *contains swearing!*):  

⚡️The perils of expressing yourself and putting yourself out there (because it's kind of terrifying!).⚡️

✨How do you do that authentically?

✨How do you do it in a way that feels safe?

✨And also, what do you do when you're feeling that other people don't want you do do it?

Yes! We're going in. You ready? 🌶👅

Hold my hand - - -let's go!

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Episode produced by me, with music from Ketil Kinden Endresen (ketxl.com)

I really hope you dig the show! And if you do, please consider subscribing, and maybe even rating the show on iTunes and even leaving me a review so other likeminded good people can find it! ❤️

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/// Things i spoke about:

✨ Insecurity in stepping outside your comfort zone and being you fully, living your life your own way, especially when people don't want you to.

✨Staying true to yourself (especially when others want you to stay small)

✨ Stepping out of your comfort zone

✨ Embracing all parts of you

✨ The reality of growth + transformation

✨ Dealing with haters that want you to be small

✨ Filtering ourselves

✨ Beautiful rainbows + the fullest expression of ourselves

✨ Inner child stuff (especially in relation to painful childhoods) and the key to being true to ourselves

✨ The systematic lens + codes of conforming

✨ Getting real and super honest

✨ People pleasing + the consequence of not doing you (dismantling boxes and RuPaul)

✨ Liberation + thigh rubs

✨ The importance of being vulnerable (link to last week's episode with tools + techniques to help support you when emerging from the cave into the open in your bejewelled sequin cape)