We all find ourselves playing "small" in the midst of dreaming big and having big dreams! It seems like the bigger the dream within you, the smaller you seem to shrink in the world existing around you .... UNTIL the day comes that you know you can no longer play small in this world that calls you forth to dream out loud!

This is my own true story about finding myself miserable and "caged" in a career that seemed impossible to escape. I was making great money, getting on a plane to go work more than I did a car, had the big title and position and began waking up everyday ... MISERABLE! And wanting to escape into what was really calling me forth,

We were brought on this planet to share our own unique and special gifts given graciously by God himself. What we do with those gifts is our own free will. Playing small in such a vast and expansive Universe is all FEAR based and in this podcast I share how I broke out of the professional cage of my position and became free on so many levels.... professionally AND personally! AND I'VE NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE! THANK GOD!

... "And The Day Came When The Risk To Remain Tight In A Bud Was More Painful Than The Risk It Took To Blossom"
Anais Nin

I am super excited to introduce you to Laurn Dickens ... an amazing friend, peer and labor and delivery nurse that fell in love with everything related to OB Nursing.... from pregnancy to the birthing, breast feeding and the mother-baby bonding process. Lauren is amazing in all aspects of her loving OB nursing service to her patients but one particular patient and family always holds a special place in her heart ... a patient and family that has just experienced a miscarriage or intrautertine fetal demise. Lauren understands this deep grief and traumatic loss as you will come to understand in this podcast as she shares her own perosnal journey of a baby lost and grieved for .... even 24 years later.

The grief and loss of losing a child is beyond what anyone can even comprehend and there are no words in the moment, or any time that follows, to adequately describe and explain this unimaginable pain and heartache. A pain and heartache that never ends. The pain might dull and the grief might lessen but you are forever changed and life as you once knew it... will bever be the same.

Lauren shares her beautiful insight and loving gift with our audience in dealing with her own personal loss and the grief that ensued. Join us as we lovingly share some time together discussing one of lifes hardest losses... the sudden loss and death of a baby.

It all began with a conversation where two self proclaimed verbal extroverts (Katherine and Kristin) shared their own intimate stories about how they found themselves residing in an unfamiliar stillness and silenced arena and how they ended up craving more and more silence as it began transforming our day-to-day existence and reshaping how they manage their lives, careers and personal space.

Come explore the impact of silence and its deafening message as we share how we use it in our everyday lives. It is so true that intentional silence signals thoughtfulness, deliberation and encourages a deep internal reflection.

True to the old saying ... “Speech May Be Silver But Silence Is Golden!”

Join Kristin and I as we reflect and share just how much silence has helped change us both for the better and continues to make space for us to expand into stillness!

It FEELS SO GOOD to be back on the mic and with Kristin Walker for this introduction back home on The Mental Health News Radio Network. I am excited to settle into my own podcast and share such inspiring and inventive ways that can help ENDURE, ENGAGE & EVOLVE ourselves, our lives and our unfolding moments.

This podcast is truly a labor of love! It’s an amalgamation of laughter, longing and learning on a platform that shares some of the most incredible humans changing the world one act of love, bravery and courage at a time. So buckle up, Buttercup, and come along for the ride that just might alter the course of your moment, day or life!!! Summon the courage to find your own unique ways to live deeper within your own life and intentionally plot your evolution.

You do not want to miss what is happening along this journey.

OUR EXPLORATION IS LIMITLESS AND NO TOPIC IS OFF LIMITS.



You will find yourself laughing, crying, questioning and happily evolving throughout our time together - sometimes all in one episode.