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Ok, I still code switch, but I'm learning to be myself in the various version of ME. In today's episode we dig into how our anxiety impacts our relationships. The process of breaking free from anxiety has been one of the most liberating experiences. After listening, I hope you feel inspired to evaluate the temperature of the relationships within your community and recognize where you may be holding fear, anxiety, or nervousness. 

Key Takeaways

• Attachment styles are rooted in fear and distrust 
• As we mature, we realize the validation of others becomes less valuable than the validation we seek from ourselves

Resources

• Attachment Styles and How They Effect Adult Relationships
• How to Become Your Highest Self: Essential Glow Up Tips with Jaz Turner

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We need to take a pit stop. I'm checking in after some much needed maintenance. In this episode, I cue you into what's been cooking these past couple of months and setting foundation for what's to come. Exciting things ahead! Let's get it!

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It's time we let the past be the past so we can prepare ourselves for an abundant future. In today's episode, we get real about allowing old memories and experiences dictate our present and future. I'm absolutely guilty of letting old emotions guide my expectations of what's to come... but growing up is realizing how much I'm hindering myself.

Resources

• Witches & Warlocks — Pastor Brandon Watts | 1 Samuel 28
• Feeling stuck in the past? Here’s how to move on

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After reading Atomic Habits by James Clear, I'm  extremely charged to think critically about the small (atomic) changes I can make to my everyday in order to make my actions/habits congruent with the life I want to live and the person I am becoming. This is not a book recap... rather notes and takeaways that stuck out to me and inspire me in this season.

Comment your thoughts to this episode on YouTube! Let's chat - I'm eager to hear your POV!
YT: https://youtu.be/bxV7qWUflBE?si=ll3_9hJULfE-YyR4

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Coming in to inspire us all to lean into a new tool from our toolbox. In this episode we talk about anticipation. Anticipation is a superpower that when used for good - moves mountains... however when we lean into anxiety... anticipation can either slow us down or stop us in our tracks. By the end of this episode, I hope you feel inspired to lean into the power of anticipation and set achievements/milestones to look forward to!

Key Takeaways

• There are 2 types of anticipation: optimistic and anxious.
• Power of Anticipation involves visualization, goal setting, and self-reflection.
• By consistently creating moments in your life that you look forward to and optimistically anticipate... you shift your mindset and find excitement in your day-to-day

Resources

• Harnessing The Power Of Anticipation Mindset: How To Unleash Your Inner Potential
• A Curious Approach: The Energy of an Anticipation Mindset
• My Creative Type Test & Descriptions
• Unlocking the Joy of Anticipation
• PRAISEARA on TikTok - Intro Inspo <3 

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 The ultimate pursuit of happiness is the journey of pursuing yourself. We spend so much of our time and focus on pursuing dreams, our goals, people… and fail to apply those same methods in pursuing ourselves. In this episode we talk a little more about this and go into actionable ways in which we can pursue ourselves.

I hope that by the end of this episode, you feel inspired to evaluate yourself and the way you treat yourself so that you can take steps towards being the best, most excellent YOU that you can be.

Key Takeaways

• It takes intentionality to actively pursue yourself - analyze yourself and derive a plan to obtain the highest version of yourself.
• Pursuing yourself can mean a lot from giving yourself the deepest love to tearing down those limiting beliefs preventing you from reaching your highest self.

Resources

• Jaz Turner 
• How to Focus on Yourself — and Only Yourself
• 3 Ways to Pursue a Romantic Interest

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What if i told you that you're thinking about gossip all wrong. There are often negative connotations or sentiments around gossip, but in this episode... we explore not only the bad but the beauty of gossip as well. I hope that by the end of this episode, you feel inspired to think more critically about your shared conversations with people or different groups and what purpose the information that's shared brings to your relationships. What role does it play? I also hope you're inspired to evaluate how your conversations contribute to who you are as a person.

Key Takeaways

• Gossiping is inevitable and keen to our nature as human beings, however there's good, bad, and neutral gossip that either positively or negatively contributes to our environments.

Resources

• Why Do We Gossip?
• You're Thinking About Gossip All Wrong
• Who Are You? — Pastor Brandon Watts | Matthew 3
• Who Are You? PART II — Pastor Brandon Watts | Matthew 3

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It's long overdue that we walk in our purpose and reclaim our power. I don't know about you, but my 2023 was the year of questions. I KNOW 2024 will be my year of answers. I hope after listening to this episode you feel inspired to reclaim your power from anyone or anything that dimmed your light. Don't be afraid to return to your light.

Key Takeaways:

• (self) perception isn't always reality. 
• confusion could mean your mind, body and spirit are changing and the sooner you embrace it the sooner you level up!
• judgement in any capacity (whether it be towards yourself or others) isn't healthy and prevents you from reaching our full potential.
• it’s everyone’s first rodeo at life and we’re all facing our own silent battles.

Resources Mentioned:

• Stephanie Harrison - Judging others - fundamental attribution error
• Sarah Jakes Roberts - Your attention is your investment

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Let's take a quick pit stop and reflect on our first 10 episodes of I&I. This time I took a different approach and documented where I am in my podcasting journey through a series of questions. I hope that by the end of this episode. You feel inspired to either start that project or stop and reflect on an endeavor you've recently started. I appreciate everyone who's listened to an episode thus far. It's only the beginning and takes a village to build a strong and inspiring community! 

Cheers to a million more episodes!

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Relationships (in all forms) can be a sensitive topic. On this platform, I want to build comfortability in exploring how we conceptualize different concepts and perspectives regarding the relationships in our lives and how we approach them. In today’s episode, I share some of the revelations I’ve received around how I approach the relationships in my life spanning from platonic, familial, romantic, and professional relationships.

Key Takeaways

• The things we believe we deserve take work. What are we doing and manifesting to be served what we believe we’re entitled to?
• We are the average of the company we keep.
• In order to attract what we want, we must embody it energetically within ourselves and our environment to prepare ourselves to receive what's ours.

Links and Resources Mentioned

• For the healthy hoes. - Q&A: breakups, running out of time, religion, + difficult lessons in our long-term relationship.

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