Life is a Treasure

Self-forgiveness is not a feeling, it is an act of our will.  In this episode, I share some personal stories of how difficult forgiving myself has been many times in my life.  I explain what it means to forgive ourselves, why it is important and offer tips to help you forgive yourself for the choices, mistakes and/or regrets in your life.  It is a process and practice but it is NOT impossible.  We all deserve and are worthy of forgiving ourselves.  I share the difference between guilt and shame.  If you struggle with regret, guilt, shame, self-condemnation, then this episode is for you!  You are not alone.  I hope you'll join me and please reach out to me https://lifeisatreasure.com and let me know your thoughts and any idea topic ideas that you would like for me to talk about on the show.  Self-forgiveness is the key to freedom in our mind, body, and soul.  I hope that this episode will inspire and encourage you to let go of the past, let yourself off the shame-based hook in order to heal and move on to create a life you treasure!  
PEACE, Love, and Joy,
Michelle

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Recognize your hurts, release your shame and reclaim your voice are the main themes in Daphne V. Smith's book "What's Your Scarlet Letter?"  Daphne joins me for a deep, real conversation discussing areas of our lives that have caused us pain, shame and even silenced us.  Daphne helps women take off their masks in order to live free, secure and empowered.  She helps them break free from traps and lies, embrace healing and hope and transform into a life of truth.  I share how my past abortion experience left me feeling like I was wearing a big red scarlet letter "A" and then I added a "D" after a divorce.  So whether you or someone you know has been hurt by abortion, abuse, bullying, divorce, infidelity or miscarriage, this conversation will offer hope, help, and healing!  We'd love to hear your feedback and how it's helped you in your situations.  Daphne was so generous and has a gift for you, a free chapter of her book!!!  You can redeem it at https://daphnevsmith.com/treasure
We hope you enjoy this episode and please share it to help spread hope and healing!!
Thank you so much,
Michelle and Daphne

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The NEW moon in Pisces is February 23, 2020 and this is a great time for planning and seeding our intentions.  It's a NEW year for a NEW you at a NEW moon!  I share a personal story regarding my divorce and the challenges that I had to overcome including learing how to forgive myself for the guilt that I had from causing pain to my children.  We all go through challenges and struggles but what matters most is that we get up, learn the lessons, forgive others and ourselves in order to let go and move on!  I hope that this episode will inspire and encourage you that no matter what choices you've made or what's been done to you, you too can find forgiveness and healing.  Please visit https://lifeisatreasure.com for other episodes and https://tearstotreasures.com for more information regarding forgiving yourself and healing after abortions.  

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Love Languages is inspired by the book:  The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman.  As Valentine's Day approaches on February 14, I thought it would an opportune time to share the importance of Love Languages in our relationships and lives.  People speak different love languages.  To have the best relationships in our lives, we must learn the language of those with whom we wish to communicate.  This is an emotional love language that helps us feel appreciated and loved unconditionally.  We all express and experience love in different ways.  The five love languages are:  words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service and physical touch.  In this episode, I share about each one and ways to express and experience them more in our lives with those we treasure most.  I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to hearing from you!!  You can visit my website https://lifeisatreasure.com to connect with me via my social media links.  
Happy Valentine's Day xoxoxo

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Self-Compassion allows us to heal from pain and grief.  It affects how we relate to ourselves and our situations or experiences.  We can choose to hold ourselves prisoner or we can choose to offer ourselves compassion.  Without self-compassion, we may stay stuck in pain and suffering which prolongs our grieving process and our healing.  It is possible to break the bad habits of self-criticism and self-judgment and transform them into more grace, kindness, understanding, and acceptance for the mistakes that we've made and the decisions that caused others pain.  My hope is that this episode will encourage you that no matter what storm or season of life you are in now, you can find the strength and courage to look within and see how strong, beautiful and deserving of self-compassion you are.   I encourage you to allow the treasures to emerge from the tears https://tearstotreasures.com  I believe in you and you can do it!  You can transform your LIFE into a TREASURE!  https://lifeisatreasure.com

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The FULL moon will be February 9, 2020, which is a Sunday.  A full moon is a great time for change and transformation in our lives.  It illuminates light into the dark areas that are interfering with our personal and spiritual advancements.  Once we allow this light in, we begin to see ways or things that are blocking or holding us back and it's easier to let them go.  We can forgive, release and surrender in order to heal and move on with our lives.  I also share a personal journal entry regarding my past abortion experience in hopes to encourage you that no matter what decisions or mistakes you've made, you can allow those tears to be transformed into treasured memories.  You can find out more information regarding abortion healing at my website https://tearstotreasures.com and other podcast episodes including links to my social media accounts at https://lifeisatreasure.com 
I'd love to hear from you and please share this episode with someone who may need encouragement and inspiration at this time.  Until next time, peace, love, and joy!  
Happy Valentine's Day!! 

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In this episode, I am joined with Jo Ridley, the founder of The Body Talks https://thebodytalks.online   Jo helps people feel healthy and safe in their bodies.  She helps them recover and avoid burnout so that they can increase their impact in the world.  Jo helps people to slow down, reconnect to their body wisdom and live more harmoniously with themselves and nature.  She helps those who desire to feel full of energy, strong, relaxed and healthy in their body.  Jo is an educator and facilitator with over a decade's worth of experience guiding groups all over the world, including Scotland, Africa, and South America and creating programs as the Education Manager at a center of transformation.  She has experienced varying degrees of ill health her whole life, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for an entire year.  Then, she decided to start listening to her body instead of seeing it as a problem that needed to be fixed.  If you're struggling will illness or fatigue, this episode will offer you hope and encouragement that you can also heal from the inside out and begin to treasure your life again!

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In this episode, I share what SELF-CARE is and what it is NOT and how to implement it more in our lives.  Self-care is our responsibility and we all need it for our mind, body, and soul to be healthy.  Self-care promotes healing and wellness in our lives.  We can make a choice to prioritize ourselves and not feel guilty once we realize that in order to take care of others to the best of our ability, we need to practice healthy self-care habits in our own lives.  I hope you enjoy this episode and please reach out to me and let me know if it has helped you in some way to create a mindset and life that you treasure!  You can find my social media links at https://lifeisatreasure.com

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The first NEW moon of 2020 is January 24th and this is a great time to start the new year and new decade with the energy of this moon.  It's time to release the old beliefs, habits, and behaviors that no longer serve us and replace them with NEW fresh insights, habits and healthier choices.  This NEW MOON will give you more energy to reach your goals, resolutions, and intentions that you set for yourself in order to create a life that you treasure daily.  Release, let go and learn to go with the flow of your life.  I hope that you enjoy this episode and share it with others to offer insight, inspiration, and information.  We all deserve a life that we treasure! 

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Rewiring our thoughts is key to setting our minds free from anger, guilt, shame, and grief.  We often believe thoughts and stories that are not the truth.  We've heard and thought these things since we were very young and they hide in our subconscious minds.  In the episode, I am joined with Cait Gossmann-Bond, Intuition Coach and Founder of Rewired for Joy.  https://www.rewiredforjoy.com/ and we'll be discussing mindset, feeling like a "victim" and how to find joy in the midst of pain, plus so many more gems.  We hope that you enjoy the show and would love to hear your take-aways, feedback, and suggestions for more topics.  You are a treasure to us!! Thank you for listening, subscribing and sharing!!

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