Live A Conscious Life

In this episode, I get very passionate about the root of "toxic masculinity", which is patriarchy. I deconstruct "toxic masculinity" and encourage us to talk more about patriarchy and question gender altogether instead of preserving "men" to be "masculine". Press play to learn more!

Have you ever experienced burnout, or are currently experiencing it? Have or do you feel alone in your experience with burnout? In this episode, I'm sharing my experience with feeling burnt out with social justice (yes, it's a real thing)-something we don't talk about much. Maybe you can relate. I share my tips on how to be with and move through burnout and how to prevent it. If you're experiencing burnout, please know you are not alone. Press play to find out more.

So much of our society demands our energy and attention influencing us to think that we owe people our energy and attention whenever they demand it. In this episode, I remind you that you don't actually owe anyone your energy, and no one owes you their energy. Energy, time, and attention is a gift; not an expectation. You get to set boundaries with your energy and attention. You get to decide when you want to give your energy away, and to whom you want to give your energy and attention to. You have that power, and you get to exercise your power. Press play to learn more.

In this episode, I'm talking about what life coach, Brooke Castillo, calls, emotional adulthood. It's what we call emotional intelligence and emotional maturity. Also, the same as what I call being an "emotional badass" in my blog post. Brooke talks about how we are emotional children when we blame other people for how we feel and act. Being an emotional adult means owning your emotions, owning your thoughts, feeling your feelings, and taking responsibility for your own feelings and actions in your life. Press play to learn more and grow more into your emotional adulthood.

In this episode, I talk about the importance of taking care of our minds. We tend to think of mental health as a "cure" for some people, and others are "fine", but the truth is, mental health is on a spectrum, and every single one of us needs to take care of our minds.  We all have minds, thus it serves all of us with minds to take care of our minds. Taking care of our minds involves de-cluttering our minds, removing the clutter that prevents us from connecting more to who we really are. Your mind influences so much of how you feel and what actions you take. De-cluttering your mind will help you be more at ease in your everyday life, connect more to your joy, and live the life you really want.

Most of us haven't been taught to create boundaries for ourselves, or that it's okay to create boundaries for ourselves. We aren't even taught consent! So, it makes sense that we don't grow up learning about boundaries, and that we have to teach ourselves. In this episode, I go over why boundaries don't have to be "hard" and that they don't have to be a struggle. And, how boundaries can help you protect your energy and keep your heart open. Boundaries are a central part of you taking care of yourself and supporting you to be at your best.

Today marks 80 episodes, which means it's time to elevate another teacher/person who has had a major influence on my life and my work. I've been waiting too long to talk about the groundbreaking, Judith Butler, best known for her book, Gender Trouble. In this episode, I explain Judith Butler's theory that gender is a performance and that sex is as culturally constructed as gender, and debunks the theory that there are "original" genders. I love Judith Butler's work so much, and I'm excited to share it with you all today!

I share what I believe about taking responsibility for our emotions, mindset, actions, and life while also acknowledging privilege, oppression, and mental illness. It can be a tricky one, but I think we have more power than we think we do, and our lives are enhanced from how we take responsibility, and how we contribute to society.

This one's a different kind of episode, but I was inspired by Hannah Gatsby's special on Netflix to talk more about my experience with homophobia and sexism in the Christian community I grew up in. I think it's important that we are honest about the oppression that we've seen or experienced in our families, the Church, communities, friend circles, and society. I'm telling this story of mine today. Maybe you can relate.

Today, I get real about why our personal growth/development needs a feminist analysis, and if it doesn't have one, then we can still be perpetuating oppression. Also, the reverse is true as well. Feminists and people in the activist/social justice world need personal growth just as much. We cannot have one without the other, and, in fact, one does not exist without the other. It's just a matter of bringing our attention to how inner growth and feminism/social change are already interconnected.