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In our society, women’s fashion is always at the forefront of conversation in the media. 

It really frustrates me when I am reading or watching the news and they focus on what the person is wearing.   I want to hear about what is going on, not the fashion. 

The things that matter is not the clothing at all.  The important information is what did they experience?  What did they learn?  What do they want to share?

Feeling good inside your skin and being true to who you are is the most important thing.

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Today we continue the conversation with Frankie who last week began sharing the story of their transition with all the ups and downs of a young adult discovering their true self.

 Frankie went on a guided meditation and got to experience looking at a future version of Frankie with no breast tissue.  With both trusting their intuition and not feeling comfortable in the body that they were given, Frankie decided that surgery was the way to go.  After the surgery, Frankie no longer felt body dysmorphia.  Frankie’s mind and body were now in alignment.  It was beautiful and freeing.

 Deciding to have the surgery done is one thing, but the next is being able to afford the surgery.  Most surgeries are not covered by insurance.  The community that Frankie was in rallied behind them and helped Frankie raise the funds.  Frankie was fortunate because not everyone has that community around them.

 Finding your community is important and helpful for the support.  Frankie was able to find that in the town they moved to after college but would have never had that opportunity during their teenage years due to that specific town.  If you are in an area that you cannot get support in person, there are communities and organizations online to have that support.

 Frankie’s dad was not supportive of the change. Frankie has a lot to say to their dad but hasn’t ever had the conversation.  Frankie goes back and forth about writing a letter to their dad, but always decides not to because they aren’t ready.  I bring up the idea of still writing the letter and then burning it to let those feelings and emotions go so that Frankie can release. 

 Frankie’s relationship with the church has changed, evolved and is still complicated.  Frankie was hurt by the system and the people.  Frankie is a more spiritual person now connected more to energy, the universe, and ancestors.

 Frankie believes that there is a current, future and past version of ourselves. There is so much power in being able to talk with your past self after overcoming something big.   It’s not an easy conversation, but you can start with “You deserved this and what you received wasn’t fair.”

 Thank you, Frankie, for being brave and vulnerable to share your story with us. 

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Today’s episode is a two-part episode where I introduce you to our guest Frankie.  I met Frankie during their time in high school when I was a teacher.  

Frankie, like many other young adults, spent a lot of time in high school trying to figure out who they are and the path they want to go on.  Frankie and family moved to a new and small town.  Frankie was brought up in a very Christian home.  Their knowledge of relationships and how you should behave was very much guided through the Christian lifestyle. Making friends when you have moved into a smaller town later on is difficult.  

Frankie had very short relationships in high school. It wasn't until Frankie’s junior/ senior year, Frankie had their first long term relationship.  Frankie looked to her Christian upbringing about how relationships should look.  Looking back after the relationship, Frankie realized that it wasn’t a healthy relationship.

Frankie joined an underground group at their Christian school to be an ally for queer people during their freshman year.  Their sophomore year, something started to click that Frankie wasn’t just an ally.  Frankie started to analyze their self and past relationships to figure out who they truly are. Frankie had to untangle past trauma from childhood expectations of relationships, understanding who they are interested in as just friends or who is more of a romantic relationship.  Frankie was also trying to balance discovering who they are vs family expectations back at home.

Frankie learned quickly in the underground of a Christian college that the rules set in place weren’t for an all-inclusive student body.  It was geared towards heterosexual relationships.  Frankie learned ways to use those rules to their advantage.  During Frankie’s last year of school, they were the most open they have been about themselves thus far and even openly walked around on campus holding hands in a non-heterosexual relationship.

Join us next week as we continue to hear Frankie share their story about the journey of discovering their true self and their community of people. 

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In April 2022, I started my body transformation. I began to envision myself as a healthy person.  I signed up for a program called Wild Fit with two intentions.  One reason was to be healthier and to make good decisions.  The second reason was to fit into this beautiful dress that I bought that I just didn’t fit right.  During this journey, it has been a rollercoaster.  I have learned what food my body is able to digest.  I have learned what I needed to give up that wasn’t serving me or my body.   It wasn’t always easy, but most days I didn’t feel like I was missing out on any food.

I hadn’t gone shopping in a while and had lost a lot of weight.  This past weekend under the direction of my nutritionist, I went to the mall to get new clothes.  Most of my life I have been in large/ medium clothes.  After visiting the store this past weekend, I am a size small.  I am eating in such a way that my body is getting the nutrients that it needs from the food I am having.  I am able to eat less food now than before.  

I am working on becoming a new version of me.  When you change how you look and how you feel on the inside, it is an identity shift.  It’s an adjustment.  I am working on accepting myself in my new definitions.  There’s a brain shift of my own perception. I don’t care what the scale says.  I want to feel good in my own skin.

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In today’s episode, I am going to address how we numb ourselves from pain, emotions and overwhelm.  This isn’t an easy topic to talk about for anyone.  No one wants their substance of choice to be poked at.  

Let's talk about sadness and anger.  We can choose to use the coping mechanism to avoid it or we can dig deeper to find the root cause to help move through it.  A coping mechanism could be alcohol, marijuana, eating the box of cookies ect. 

Hurt and pain are telling us where we really are.  A lot of us like to take that hurt and pain and shove it down. It’s really good to sit with the positive. It isn’t easy to sit in grief, hurt, sadness, anger ect.

When you go numb you are turning off all of the emotions, the joy and the sadness.  

Recently, I had my own anger that I went through.   I could have gone to the box of cookies, but I chose something different.  I decided to meditate into the anger to discover what was the root cause of it.  I have been doing this work for a while.  It still doesn’t make it any easier.  What I have found is that doing this allows my emotions to move through it quicker the more I practice.  If I went for the box of cookies, I wouldn’t have acknowledged how I really feel.  I wouldn’t have been able to discover as much as I did.

How do we find the courage to go deeper to look behind the curtain of negative emotion?  This is how we grow otherwise we will be unattached from our body.

Being real, honest and open with yourself is the most important thing.  If you aren’t able to do that right now, you are starting the journey of the conversation with yourself.

If you want something different, you need to do something different.

How do you cope with hard things?  I am going to challenge you not to numb.  I want you to challenge yourself to treat yourself differently.  I encourage you to learn how to move the emotions out and through instead of squashing them.

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On today’s episode, we continue the conversation with Erin who is the direct services supervisor of victim services of Montgomery County.

 Erin steps back and remembers how she got interested in social work.  It all started when she had a school assignment of interviewing a friend’s mom who was a social worker.  She just always knew that is what she wanted to do.  Erin chose victim services after having her own interaction with a Philadelphia victim's services agency.  She became enthralled with that kind of work.  An advocate job came open a few months later and Erin applied, and the rest is history.

 Erin does very well with a lot on her plate.  She enjoys finding ways to help when it seems like everything is stacked up against them.  Erin is always up to the challenge of finding the answers and resources in the community to help. There is never the same situation.

 There’s a profound feeling of hopelessness whenever there's a response from the criminal justice world that isn’t what is expected.  It is their job to support the client no matter what, but not hearing the outcome you were hoping for makes it difficult.

 Supporting the client means putting your own personal baggage on the shelf now while you are supporting them and their needs.  After supporting the client when the day is done, Erin shares how she personally deals with her day and emotions so she can be ready for the next day.

 Erin dives into areas that she has seen that are systematically broken.  Sexual assault is one of the least reported crimes.  Meaningful language access is another challenge that victims must overcome.  Despite all the challenges, Erin loves finding ways to make miracles happen.

 Victim Services is available to anyone that may or think they may need it.  All you need to do is say that you need help.

If you need support google victim services in your county or RAINN

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On today’s episode, we meet Erin, the direct services supervisor of victim services of Montgomery County. Erin and her coworkers work specifically with victims of crime except for domestic violence.  

 These services are provided for free, and no insurance or co-pays are needed.  You don’t need to be documented.  They don’t want any barriers to prevent someone from getting services that they may need.

 Someone might not seek out this team's services on their own.  The team gets referrals in various ways including hospitals after a medical treatment or an officer.  

 The services can vary depending on the need of the client but happens after the fact of the crime.  The team is there for advocate and therapy.  Advocacy services are there to help those who have or are contemplating reporting or have reported.  They help set up reasonable expectations and are just there for the person in a scary time.  The outside world doesn’t understand the weight that something like this can be.  

 There’s the medical piece.  We help provide crisis support.  We will walk you through all your options.  The last piece is therapy.  We work with anyone from 5 years old and up. 

How do you counsel someone who doesn’t see themselves as a victim?  We are empowerment based.  If they don’t want to be there, then Erin and the team will honor that and let them know they are here if they ever change their mind. However, if they don’t see themselves as a victim but the team is able to meet and support you where you are.  The team will educate and provide a safe space for them.  Erin and the team must understand the law so when a client is describing a situation, they have the ability to let them know if what they have said is or is not a crime that had happened to them. 

 Tune in next week where we will continue the conversation with Erin and learn how she got started in this line of work.  

If you need support google victim services in your county or RAINN

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Today’s episode may be short and sweet but impactful on our busy lives.  We often find ourselves being very logical when it comes to things we need to accomplish instead of being guided by our heart.  

I was reminded of this when I was talking to a friend who was preparing for a presentation.  He kept saying that he needs to remember not to look down.  This made me think about how we lead ourselves every day.  Is it with our head and logic or is it with our heart and intuition?

When we lead with logic, we tend to find reasons not to do something that we may be passionate about.  We tend to narrow in on the small details.  When you lead with your heart, you will find your confidence, your stride and your happiness.  

Join me today as we stand tall and gain the confidence to be present each day.

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Today we are revisiting a previous topic of student loans. I left off that episode frustrated that my student loans were not being forgiven.  I was out of the timeframe they needed.  I was no longer working in a nonprofit even though I had enough hours and payments being made.  Instead of shutting down, I decided to refocus my mindset and regroup. I worked on manifesting a new way to pay them off through meditation.  I double downed on my intentions of my new business that I am growing. 

I continued with my day to day routines and then all of a sudden I had these 2 checks that had come into the mail from the Department of Education.  My mom and I went to our usual Friday night dinner and I couldn’t wait to share what I believed these checks to be.  I was in awe and still didn’t believe it to be true.  I even reached out to my accountant, financial advisor and even the student loan company holder to verify everything.

Everything had changed the moment those checks entered my mailbox.  I always had a hard time releasing to the universe and allowing things to just happen.  Even though I struggled with this, I would still do it and work with those challenges. This was a lesson for myself to trust in the process.

Tune in to this week’s episode to hear how I leveled up.

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Money and finances can be a stresser for many people.  Our approach and perspective of it is something that we control.  In today’s episode, I use my personal experience around my student loans.  I get vulnerable of how I feel and how to work through changing my mindset.

Frustration can be big and can be hard.  It can make you feel worthless and hopeless.  We get to choose how we deal with it.  You can choose to find the brighter side.  For me, I use meditation as a vortex to envision dreams becoming reality.  A space where anything is possible and everything is probable.  It feels free and exciting.  

Remember all of these challenges help shape us into our future selves.  In the future, we will be able to see how we adapted and came through it.

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