E15: Joyful Self-Love: Out of Your Head & Into Your Heart

It’s easy to get caught up in the thoughts racing through our own minds. We can certainly learn from our head, but connecting with our hearts may be the key to finding joy in our everyday lives. “If our hearts are that powerful, why do we live up in our heads?” Guest speaker Kate Berry challenges us to get into our hearts, shift our perspectives, embrace humility, and live a life of genuine joy. Why getting out of your head allows you to receive the best messages How compassion leaves less room for judgement How to bookend your day with practices that bring you joy Links Mentioned Heartmath Institute Tara Brach The Eight Pillars of Joy (from The Book of Joy) Nonviolent Communication Byron Katie Brene Brown Show Highlights 4:01     Easeful Living Practice 11:27   Kate Berry introduction 12:13   About Heartset Coaching 13:22   Getting out of your head and into your heart 16:36   Emotions and judgement 20:09   “Inviting My Dragons to Tea” 20:33   Ego, meditation, and the heart 22:42   The First Pillar of Joy: Perspective 25:24   Reality checking 27:55   The Second Pillar of Joy: Humility 39:34   Leaving a trail of joy in your wake 42:23   Seeking pleasure that causes pain 44:15   Surviving and thriving 48:25   The difference between joy and happiness 53:50   Strategies for keeping joy at the forefront 58:21   Courageous Self-Care Tip: Start and end your day with joy Favorite Quotes “The best messages that I receive or the changes that I’m able to make always happen when I get out of my head and into my body, particularly when I tune into my heart and my gut.” - Kate Berry “If our hearts are that powerful, why do we live up here in our heads?” - Kate Berry “Our emotions are huge drivers of our choices.” - Kate Berry “If we’re conscious of [our judgement of ourselves], we can see it’s actually in a way violence against ourselves. We’re not allowing ourselves to be compassionate.” - Andrea Catherine “Don’t judge the judgement.” - Kate Berry “There are seven and a half billion people on the planet Earth, which means that there are seven and a half billion different realities, there are seven and a half billion different truths. It’s crazy for me to think that my truth is the only truth and that my way of seeing things is the right way.” - Kate Berry “All of us humans are really trying to go for the same things in this world, and that is to love, to be loved, and to be of service.” - Kate Berry “You’re special, just like everyone else.” - Andrea Catherine “Am I willing to believe the kind things people have to offer me? And how does that add to believing in my own worth?” - Kate Berry “I don’t know if it matters where I’m headed; it’s just a joyride.” - Kate Berry “If I could choose ease or growth, I almost always choose growth, and then I’m like, ‘I wish it was easier!’” - Andrea Catherine “When you are thriving, what are you choosing and what are the common threads that run through each of those moments?” - Kate Berry Meet Kate Kate Berry is many things, including a "Heartset" Coach and Joyful Rebel.  She helps creative entrepreneurs and healers redefine balance and prioritize their well being so that they can shine their light without burning out.  Kate calls Whitefish home, where she embraces the ebb and flow of life with her husband, son, and 2 furry dogs. Visit her online at www.kberrycoaching.com