It is part of being human that we will feel vulnerable, pain and suffering. It is also part of being human to avoid those feelings. By avoiding, we are actually missing out on living. This episode, speaks into vulnerability and how we can let our light shine. Dr Mel Baker speaks from her own story and recent experience.

Numbing is so easy and we do it without thinking. It is a natural human condition in wanting to find the easiest way out of difficult times. In this episode, Dr Mel Baker will explore the way forward to growth by reversing our subconscious programming to form new pathways to overcome rather than numb. Also this episode, has a reprogram tool to listen to at night as you are going to sleep to believe in you more and to know you are worth it.

Today's guest is Anchal Singh, with her first published book, RISE AND FALL: The Unpredictable Life. Anchal is a 17 years old, a blogger, writer and poet, who reflects different aspects of life through her writings. She has appeared on LivingWell Talks previously and published her poetry in 2020 and 2021 in Living Expressions publication to give hope to those who have lost hope. You can purchase a copy of her new book from Kindle Amazon.

Have you ever felt burnt out? So mentally, emotionally and physically drained from working under pressure for a long period of time? This describes my last 3 weeks. In this episode, I work through what is happening within our mind and body in such a tense time and the need to slow down. It could cost more than we know, if we don't. Whatever life is throwing at you right now, know that you matter. Your story matters. Stand in your truth, fortified by kindness to yourself. I know I will be paying a lot more attention to this.

How many of us carry around with us beliefs of our childhood and adulthood, saying that I am not enough or you don't measure up? We hold onto these negative things people say about us and allow those words to define us. It is time that we stood up for our truth to free yourself from these lies. They are no longer yours to carry. In this episode, I give examples of my own experiences and how I freed myself once and for all of these internal beliefs towards claiming my actual truth.

Do you carry a sense of shame from your past? As I worked through my trauma, things that were protection mechanisms to keep me safe, came into light. One of these was this feeling of invisibility. It made the fear of rejection and abandonment a more deadly sting. Having gone past the need to protect oneself, it is important to peel these subconscious layers back and start living. In this episode, I share how I turned invisibility into a gift.

It makes sense that many people today might be facing a lack of confidence. It might be from trauma or the pandemic, especially if that is one of the hardest things you have gone through in life. Have you noticed that daily activities are taking longer or you are struggling to make decisions? You might not have even noticed it.

The world needs you as the confident person you are. You need this too, more than anything else, so you can live your true self. This episode, works through how we can build our confidence and belief in self, and how this will help you to keep growing stronger each day to get through anything. My validation analysis tool is available on the website as well.

How do you balance growth with self-love? In wrestling with this question recently, I have discovered how to find that balance towards a path of healing. Whether we are evaluating our lives for the coming year ahead or trying to work through trauma or an obstacle that is blocking our freedom, the process is a similar one. How we work through the beginning dialogue with ourselves is vital towards finding our key to living.

As we all draw closer to Christmas and the end of another year, why not bring a little more hope, love and gratefulness into our homes. Particularly this year as COVID cases are rising across the world causing a rise in stress levels into the unknown. I suggest in this episode to embrace an idea of bringing something to share with one another that you experience as family / friends together; to inspire hope, love and gratefulness. Change starts with us.

After suffering through horrendous loss in health, career and housing, I went through a rough period. I could only feel the suffering and the pain. Trying to find my way out, I wrote letters to emotions. One to Misery and one to Coup de grâce that were published with 25 other letters in my book 'Painting Beauty with the Ashes' along with my art. On my website, under this episode you can view 2 art pieces I did that belong to these letters as I moved from suffering depression and chronic pain to victory.