I used to be the hardest on myself - every single flaw and mistake in any finished project jumped out at me, and I was blind to seeing many positive results.

This continued even though I longed for something different. I longed to not feel so terrible and feel so controlled by repeating negative thought loops, yet wondered if I'd ever get anything done without them. 

Then I discovered meditation and a new way to journal and began befriending myself.

Today I'm sharing my journey with self-friendship and tangible steps to begin this yourself if you feel called to. 

I'm also sharing my favorite tips for journaling!

Take a listen whether you're early in your own self-friendship journey or have been on this path a while, you're sure to find value from today's episode. 

Mentioned in episode:

• FREE Masterclass video + Bonus PDF guide
• Turn Within Membership

Long-distance hiker and writer, Nicole Antoinette, shares the lessons learned from an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail in 2017 - an experience that pushed her beyond her comfort zone, brought up every fear, and flooded her thoughts with self-doubt. 

Confronted with so much, she realized the only way through was to decide to become a better friend to herself. 

While the full story can be found in her new book, How To Be Alone, available on April 3rd, 2023, Nicole shares with us her thoughts on:

• doing hard things that you don’t believe you can do
• self-soothing in the midst of paralyzing fear
• a tangible journey towards believing in yourself

If you’re longing to do something that you're not sure you can do, take a breath and take a listen! 

Mentioned in the episode:

• Find Nicole Antoinette's books and more here

I have a message for you that I think you need to hear. You’re worthy of seeing yourself clearly. That means seeing yourself the way your best friend does. That means seeing all of your gifts, your light, your value, and beautiful potential. That means seeing everything you’ve truly done in your life - not through the lens of self-judgment or self-criticism, but through a lens of gentleness, honesty, and clarity. 

Today I’m sharing my personal experience with this journey and the wonderful experiences and opportunities that came to me when I did. I’m sharing how I did it and how you can too. 

I didn’t prepare for today’s episode, instead I felt inspired to hit record with no notes, only the message I felt compelled to share. 

Take a deep breath, hit play and receive it. I made it for you. 

And when you’re done, send it to someone important to you in your life.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Matt Giordano, The Yogi Matt
• FREE Getting Started In Meditation PDF Guide

Have you been in the personal or spiritual development space so long that you’re aware of yourself and your patterns and have realized how much you judge, doubt, and criticize yourself that you have come to judge yourself for judging yourself? 

I’ve been there myself, and found that keeping the pattern of self-judgment alive only perpetuates it. Yet when you’re deep in that pattern it can be so hard and confusing to change it in any way.

This is why I've recorded this episode and created a free, downloadable guide to go with it to support you in reversing this pattern in the moment with a few simple questions.

Take a listen and download the guide at www.deeprootedbliss.com/tool to start freeing yourself and deepen a sense of self-connection and joy so that you can do what you'd love to do and feel how you deserve to feel. 

When you find yourself worrying - going over every conceivable worst-case scenario and want a way out, try this hack that I'm sharing in today's episode. 

Worrying is simply a way for our minds to (try) to protect us from uncertainty. Yet in an attempt to protect us from emotional harm, it usually creates it ahead of time. 

This hack I'm sharing will help you move through the energy of worry, ground into a feeling of safety, and then expand into hope and possibility. 

When you're aligned with the energies of hope and possibility, you're aligned with abundance. 

Use this episode as a guide any time you find yourself caught up in the worry-cycle! 

Mentioned in the episode:

• Matt Giordano - The Yogi Matt
• FREE Self-Criticism Reversal Guide

Imagine that you're needing to make a decision, so you're researching, taking notes, and the more you try to decide the harder it seems to get. 

Now you've got even more options to choose from, you're confused, and what's worse, self-doubt is welling up stronger than ever. 

You're questioning whether you can do it, whether it's possible, and asking painful questions like, "what if I make the wrong decision?" leaving you lost, exhausted, and at a loss of what to do. 

So you set it aside, put off making a decision and feel a bit of relief. 

What just happened? You stayed in indecision, and as a result doubted yourself, second guessed yourself, gathered so much conflicting information that you got more confused. 

And then the moment you *decided* to not decide, you felt a bit better. 

Today I'm sharing what happens when we stay in indecision and how it breeds self-doubt and confusion, why we tend to stay there too long, and what powerful things can happen when you get better at deciding! 

I'm talking about how when you start owning your ability to decide, inspiration, focus, determination, and ease can follow! 

So hit pause on your indecision for a moment, and take a listen. Chances are high that by the end of the episode, you'll know what to do! 

Mentioned in the episode: 

• 1:1 Coaching Mentorship 

Do you ever feel like you’re not doing enough? I get it. This was me.

For a long time I could only see the flaws in something I finished or only see the ways that I didn’t accomplish enough, and as a result I was left always striving and exhausted. 

No matter how hard I worked, it never seemed like it was enough. 

Until I realized that I didn’t necessarily need to keep doing more, instead I wasn’t seeing myself and what I was doing clearly.

Today I’m sharing a quick tool you can use to stop this hamster wheel and start seeing yourself - your skills, your knowledge, your experience, your accomplishments - more clearly and feel accomplished and rest easy each night.

I used to secretly worry if it were possible for my body to feel calm. I thought that I was somehow uniquely unable to relax, feel grounded, or experience peace inside without the stars all aligning perfectly. 

Then I was introduced to meditation and quickly discovered that I don't have to live in a stressed state, and feeling calm could become a more natural, constant state instead. 

Now years later as a meditation teacher and coach teaching skills, frameworks, and tools for how to cope with stress, find your peace, and ground yourself whenever you need to, I hear many of my students have wondered the same thing about themselves. 

In today’s episode, I’m talking about:

• What stress actually is and how it affects your life

• What meditation really is and how it works

• What to do with racing thoughts when you meditate so you can find your peace

By the end of the episode, you’ll understand that experiencing peace is possible for you and how to get there!

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Demystifying Meditation

Have you ever felt like you failed, lost all progress, and were completely exhausted at the idea of having to start again at zero when you miss a day in one of your desired habits?

This was me! For as long as I can remember. And as a result I was notorious for picking up new habits and letting them fall apart time and time again. 

Now that I’ve let go of three patterns (that I share in today’s episode) I no longer feel that way, and instead enjoy establishing and maintaining new habits. I love habits so much now that I see them as a tool to connect to myself, enjoy my life, and experience new things! 

Take a listen so you too can unravel the “all or nothing” mentality like me, and learn a new way of going about habits that will help you drop failure, and actually allow your progress to build.

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Demystifying Meditation Program
• Turn Within Self-Discovery Membership Community

Are you connected with what you desire, what you love, what brings you joy? Do you know how to receive those things and allow them to expand? What if you find yourself limiting those things, in an attempt to take care of everyone else? 

If that's you, then I'd say you're a very normal human being just trying to get through this life being as good of a person as you can be. Yet, what if we're missing a big piece of the puzzle when trying to take care of everyone else, putting ourselves last?

What if we forget to take care of ourselves? What if we find ourselves disconnected with who we really are, what lights us up, what brings us joy? 

In today's episode, I'm talking about what it might mean to allow yourself to rediscover what you love and bring that out into the world - whether that's creating something new or taking a crocheting class.

By the end of the episode you'll not only see how allowing yourself to expand in your own desires and joy will support your own wellbeing and close circle of people, but will benefit the world. 

Take a breath and listen along. 

Mentioned in the episode: 

• Demystifying Meditation Workshop
• Turn Within Membership Community