Loving my body and having a positive self-image has always been hard for me. After realizing the effect MY negative body image could have on my kids, I have been working hard to change it. In this podcast, I explain how I've been able to love my body and myself more. The more I've learned, the more I feel so strongly about the importance of getting rid of our negative self-talk. Our negative self-talk becomes our kids' inner voice, and it would break my  heart for my kids to think the negative things about themselves that I have thought about myself. I hope this podcast can help you learn how to love yourself more and start on the journey to a positive self-image!

⦿ You can watch more of my journey that I've documented over the past year on my youtube channel: https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

⦿ Other places to find me:

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Podcasts that have helped me:

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Rise (Rachel Hollis - business): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628

Spark Joy (on Marie Kondo): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spark-joy/id1278047404

The Garyvee Audio Experience (*language warning): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-garyvee-audio-experience/id928159684 

The Life Coach School Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631

Cullen and I sat down and talked about some things we've recently learned about Shame & Blame in our marriage. How it was impacting us and how changing our communication patterns has changed the course of our marriage - and our relationship with our kids! We received several comments during the livestream we were doing on Youtube about how eye opening the discussion was, so I wanted to put the content here in podcast form to reach anyone else that might need to hear it. ❤️

⦿ See the video of this discussion starting at timestamp 16:34 here: https://youtu.be/wgn1MddNw2s 

⦿ My youtube channel: https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

⦿ Check out Cullen's podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-tell-mom/id1402890577

⦿ Katie's Socials:

https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Cullen's Socials:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1kcu7RN6kYRBEv0EPXB1Ag

https://instagram.com/Culligan27

https://twitter.com/Culligan27

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Our favorite marriage & family podcasts:

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focus-on-the-family-parenting-podcast/id261059112

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

"Other people's opinions are none of your business." I was first introduced to this idea by Rachel Hollis in her book, Girl, Wash Your Face, and I truly didn't understand how it could be possible. It's only been in the past year of working on my recovery from codependency that I have been able to truly NOT base my opinions of myself on other people's opinions. If you are struggling with basing your worth and your opinion of yourself on what somebody else thinks, hopefully this podcast will open your eyes to the joy that's on the other side of valuing yourself because of who YOU know you are. 

⦿ You can watch more of my journey that I've documented over the past year on my youtube channel: https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

⦿ Other places to find me:

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Podcasts that have helped me:

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Rise (Rachel Hollis - business): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Spark Joy (on Marie Kondo): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spark-joy/id1278047404

The Garyvee Audio Experience (*language warning): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-garyvee-audio-experience/id928159684 

The Life Coach School Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631

Being in a relationship with somebody who struggles with addiction is one of the loneliest and most difficult places to be. All you want is for them to stop using and get back to being themselves. I get so many questions about what to do when you're in that place and your partner has no desire to change or get help. I discuss my answer to that question in this podcast. 

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Podcast for Spouses / Partners of Addicts - Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

⦿ You can watch more of my journey that I've documented over the past year on my youtube channel: https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

⦿ Other places to find me:

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Podcasts that have helped me:

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Rise (Rachel Hollis - business): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Spark Joy (on Marie Kondo): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spark-joy/id1278047404

The Garyvee Audio Experience (*language warning): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-garyvee-audio-experience/id928159684 

The Life Coach School Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631

Over the past year, my husband and I have made so many personal changes and so many relationship changes. We have worked hard at learning how to understand each other better while we're learning about ourselves. Even with all the relationship work, we still disagree and fight! Today we are sitting down together and sharing a few things we've learned about accepting each other and minimizing the impact of a major argument or fight. We share with y'all about our Enneagram numbers and how those have impacted our understanding of ourselves and each other as well! 

Check out Cullen's podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-tell-mom/id1402890577

*You can watch the video from this episode here: https://youtu.be/cDnQkPZjZBE

⦿ Katie's Socials:

https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Cullen's Socials:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1kcu7RN6kYRBEv0EPXB1Ag

https://instagram.com/Culligan27

https://twitter.com/Culligan27

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Our favorite marriage & family podcasts:

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/focus-on-the-family-parenting-podcast/id261059112

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

Over the past year, I have learned for the FIRST time that it’s not just OKAY to say “No” when you need to without feeling guilty, but that it’s IMPORTANT and healthy to know how to do that! Just because your likes & dislikes, your life agenda, or your personal preferences are different from someone else’s doesn’t mean you should feel bad for wanting to live YOUR life the way that’s comfortable for you. It almost blows my mind that I didn’t understand that making decisions based on what somebody else likes doesn’t make any sense - you are living YOUR life, not theirs!! I’ve become so much more aware that listening to my gut feelings, reading the signals my body gives me, making my own decisions, and trusting myself to do what’s best for my family and me is so freeing. I know there are so many people who have told me they struggle with boundaries & saying “no” too. I don’t want anybody stuck where I was! I want to share what’s been helpful to me in overcoming this and what bumps I’ve run into along the way. ❤️

*This episode is audio from my livestream on 9-12-19 (you can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/ScsrlKoKE_s).

⦿ You can watch more of my journey that I've documented over the past year on my youtube channel: https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

⦿ Other places to find me:

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Podcasts that have helped me:

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Rise (Rachel Hollis - business): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Spark Joy (on Marie Kondo): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spark-joy/id1278047404

The Garyvee Audio Experience (*language warning): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-garyvee-audio-experience/id928159684 

The Life Coach School Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631

It’s been almost a year since I started creating a series of videos on Youtube sharing about how my life was starting to change. Although I shared A LOT as I learned and changed, I want to share more. I never know exactly how to answer all the questions I get recently: “How have you lost so much weight?” “How did you learn to trust again?” “How did you get past the resentment?” “How did you keep fear & obsessive thoughts about what else might happen from consuming your mind?” “How did you learn to trust yourself, love yourself, and believe in yourself?” There is no straight-line answer to any of those questions! And there’s no “quick fix” to overcoming any of this. I haven’t even mastered them all, but the truth is...it takes WORK. Actual work. Mental work. Emotional work. Learning constantly. Physically practicing new skills. Accepting that the clichés “two steps forward and one step back,” “progress, not perfection,” and “it gets worse before it gets better” are TRUE and NORMAL.

*This episode is audio from my livestream on 9-5-19 (you can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/JG5DQ5tMqg0). 

⦿ You can watch more of my journey that I've documented over the past year on my youtube channel: https://youtube.com/KatieOnTheFlipside

⦿ Other places to find me: 

https://instagram.com/Katiepie07

https://twitter.com/katiepie7

https://www.facebook.com/Cullen-and-Katie-183035531790398/

⦿ Books that changed my life: https://amzn.to/2k5btT6

⦿ Podcasts that have helped me: 

Love Over Addiction - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-over-addiction/id1024072304

Marriage Therapy Radio - https://podcasts.marriage-therapy-radio/id1295458667apple.com/us/podcast/

Rise (Rachel Hollis - business): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628

Rise Together (Rachel & Dave Hollis - marriage/family): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-together-podcast/id1407481308

Spark Joy (on Marie Kondo): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/spark-joy/id1278047404

The Garyvee Audio Experience (*language warning): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-garyvee-audio-experience/id928159684 

The Life Coach School Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-life-coach-school-podcast/id870239631