This episode I want to speak to you about another iteration of fear: self-criticism. A lifelong journey for me as well, and therefore important to honor the call to speak on this.

We all feel fear and we all desire love. Many of us learned early on that love and acceptance was only provided under certain circumstances. Love was conditional, love came with expectations. Many of us have used perfectionistic tendencies fueled by self-criticism to keep ourselves behaving in confined ways that we believe are pleasing to others and will result in connection, love, and acceptance. However, we're here to get beyond the belief that we need to make another person comfortable in order to maintain connection with them.

No more, I say. I bring you insight into finding your own way through getting out of the alluring trap of self-criticism. You are more creative than past patterning. You can be your authentic self and remain accepted by the people who are meant for you. You are not here to live in limitation, you are meant to be free.

Allowing our human experience is about getting uncomfortable. We live in a society that is making us sick. We are conditioned to suppress our feelings, live in shame and hide from others, while believing that we must suffer like this to have what we want. This is all wrong; we need to wake up from this programming and embrace the truth of our essence.

Suffering is about the resistance to our humanness, to our feelings. Pain is a part of life, but suffering is optional. Resisting our pain is what causes suffering and I'm here to offer guidance on how to course-correct.

Allowing our emotional range can be a simple practice and a beautiful art form. I encourage you to get into your body, breathe and embrace what is being shown to you in order to offer it compassionate understanding and release it out.

In this episode, I encourage you to embrace trust which will allow you to connect with your divinity. The truth of your being is pure love and light. Do not let the ego keep you stuck in fear and survival. We are meant to be free.

In this episode, I discuss two fundamental human needs: authentic expression and connection to others. Somewhere along the way, these two needs have been disrupted for many of us, resulting in immense shame and a pervasive feeling of unworthiness. I want to help you work toward getting beyond this shame so you can live a life that is in alignment with who you truly are. Shame instills a profound sense of unworthiness with us which causes us to hide and isolate our true selves from those around us. It is a self-perpetuating cycle and one that our capitalist economy reinforces easily. Our vulnerabilities are what connect us as human beings and it is time we step into the light and out of hiding. There is truly no separation among us as people, only that which we allow the mind to create.