To round out a second great season of Living Freely, listen in to hear a collection of life lessons to inspire you and motivate you no matter where you may be in your life journey. Rachel Ann Dine, LPC shares 19 different tenets to hold near and dear and remember as you move forward in your life. Thank you for being a listener to Living Freely! We hope this second season has imparted some information and motivation you can implement in your life. Be empowered to live well and be well!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Sometimes it really is them and not you. Being in a relationship with a narcissistic individual can cause high levels of self-doubt, questioning, low self-confidence, and flat-out confusion on the reality of the situation. Narcissistic abuse is REAL. Listen in to Living Freely today as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC shares the traits of someone with narcissistic personality disorder, common experiences that a survivor/victim of being in a relationship with a narcissist can have, and ways to start the recovery process. **If the topic on the show today resonates with you, it is highly encouraged that you reach out to a mental health professional to receive counseling support. Be empowered to be aware, trust yourself, and break from a relationship with a narcissist. You deserve a healthy relationship filled with love and peace!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Do you consider yourself happy? When was the last time you checked in with yourself to assess your level of contentment with life? Listen in to Living Freely Podcast today as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC provides strategies and techniques that people who identify as happy practice (all backed by research!). Being happy and finding your happy can take work, but it IS possible with the help of creating daily habits and practices. You are worthy of happiness! Be empowered to create habits in YOUR life that cultivate and set a foundation for feeling happier and more content in your life.

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Struggle with trying to be perfect? Look perfect? Do everything perfectly? Perfectionism is real and can cause you to struggle with being vulnerable or even ask for help for fear of being viewed as a failure. Today on Living Freely, listen in as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC shares a quick self assessment to understand the traits of perfectionism, guideposts from Brene Brown's book, The Gifts of Imperfection to start letting perfectionism go, and ways you can ask for help + recognizing mental barriers that may arise and keep you from asking help. Being perfect is a myth. It's imperfection that makes you human and allows love to grow! Be your #perfectlyimperfect self!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? 

Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

We all experience shame from time to time. But did you know shame can become toxic? How about the difference between guilt and shame and how they each can help or harm self-worth? Today on Living Freely, listen in as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC defines what shame is, when it becomes toxic, and how to recognize if you are carrying shame around + how to start letting it go. Be empowered to be self-compassionate (because hint: it's the antidote to shame)!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? 

Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

We all have a body, but is your relationship with your body positive or negative? Messages about how we "should" look and body image can start at a very early age, but sometimes those messages are negative and can be lasting into adulthood. Today on Living Freely, Rachel Ann Dine, LPC is sharing what body image is, how a negative body image develops can be harmful, body positivity, and how can you cultivate a more positive body image. Be empowered to celebrate yourself for all of the unique traits you bring to the world. You are so much more than the way you look and today (and always!) we empower you to have a positive view of you!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? 

Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Comparing ourselves to others is largely in part, a normal part of human existence. BUT, if not monitored and feelings of jealousy enter the scene, can cause anxiety, depression, and feelings that "you're not enough". Today on Living Freely podcast, Rachel Ann Dine, LPC is talking all about what the comparison trap is, ways to self-assess if you're engaging in comparison thinking, and strategies to regain focus + stop comparing. Be empowered to embrace and honor your unique self and know you are one of a kind!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? 

Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Tragic events can happen in life. These events can be traumatic for the person experiencing them without a doubt. There are ways to work through and deal with trauma in a way that feels good to you. Listen in to Living Freely Podcast today as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC provides information on two types of trauma: Little T and Big T, what PTSD is, and strategies for mindset + managing symptoms of trauma and even validating yourself. Be empowered to know there is help available and you are able to work through traumatic events.

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? 

Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Feeling more self-confident is a journey, not a final destination! It's a process that involves careful attendance to your needs and thoughts. Listen in to Living Freely as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC shares strategies for living more self-confident and breaking down that myth that to be self-confident is arrogant. You are allowed to not tolerate less than what you deserve in life-which just one of MANY positive benefits of being more self-confident!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine? Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com

Is what you're carrying around emotionally worth the weight? Sometimes it can be so easy to hold onto past negative experiences with people, places, and things that negative thoughts become a part of our daily mindset. What would it be like to forgive (for your own well-being) and let go? Listen in to Living Freely Podcast today as Rachel Ann Dine, LPC shares ways self-limiting beliefs can cause us to hold onto things that ultimately hold us back and ways you can start to let go of the past to move forward. Be empowered to pick and choose what you hold onto for your own sense of healing and well-being!

Want to learn more about what Norfolk Public Library is offering? Visit their website to see events and other podcast episodes: https://www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org/

Want to connect with our host, Rachel Ann Dine?  Connect with her on Instagram for more inspiration and empowerment: www.instagram.com/rachelanndinecounseling

To find a mental health provider in your area, visit: www.psychologytoday.com