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Skye and Amanda finish the season by spinning the block on a topic that’s on most people’s minds at the end of the year - healthy habits. The two revisit one of their favorite books, Atomic Habits by James Clear. This time with special guest, wellness enthusiast and holistic nutritionist, Arielle Simone AKA Holistic Mami. 

Together they discuss why they each love the book so much and which of Clear’s points on habit building have stayed with them over the years. Arielle gives her us her holistic approach to maintaining healthy habits and tells us why establishing a morning routine is key to unlocking your best self. 

They end with sharing the habits they want to prioritize in the upcoming new year and Arielle gives the ladies tips on how to achieve their 2023 goals with sustainable, atomic habits. 

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:
Atomic Habits
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Deep Work
Come As You Are
Mating in Captivity 

Arielle’s Book Recommendations
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
African Holistic Health
The 5am Club: Owning Your Morning. Elevate Your Life
So Good They Can’t Ignore You
The Artist Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
How to Do the Work
More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationships
Women, Food, and Desire

Check out Arielle
IG: @leariellesimone
Twitter: @leariellesimone
TikTok: @holisticmamii

Things We’ve Been Loving:
James Clear 3-2-1 Newsletter

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This week we have a rewind episode of one of our favorite books, Atomic Habits, in preparation for the final episode of the season. There would be a special guest so tune and and join us back here next week!

Skye & Amanda are back like they never left! With the new year here, resolutions are often a topic of conversation. The ladies decided to shift their mindset away from goals and focus more on the systems they have in place to keep up with the positive changes they are looking to make in their lives. This week the two have read Atomic Habits by James Clear, a jam packed self improvement book where Clear (a world leading expert of habits) teaches readers about the power of mastering tiny changes that will ultimately lead to remarkable results. 

Listen in to learn about why the tiny habits matter, why it is hard for some people to stick to healthy habits even when they know it's good for them and the 4 step process of building a habit and changing behaviors that don’t serve us. Hear what thoughts, revelations and next steps Skye & Amanda are both taking after reading Atomic Habits and what they’re holding each other accountable to when it comes to building new and better routines this year. 

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Atomic Habits by James Clear 

This week’s ‘Bout That Action! highlight is: Wellemental
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Check out the instrumental playlist that Amanda is using to help with her productivity.

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This week Skye and Amanda dig deeper into the topic of friendship and take a look at what might cause our friendships to end. The two discuss Jan Yager’s book, When Friendships Hurt, and discuss Yager’s list of the 21 negative friend types. 

Hear about how to recognize these destructive types, what can cause these experiences and how to answer the question, does the friendship end or can it be mended?

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:
When Friendships Hurt: How to Deal With Friends Who Betray, Abandon, or Wound You

Things We’ve Been Loving:
Kindred
White Lotus

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This week Skye and Amanda talk about reality show, The Real Housewives of Potomac and offer up each of the women on the show some book recommendations to help them alleviate the mess. 

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:
How to Stand Out: Proven Tactics for Getting Noticed
The Legs are the Last to Go
The Art of Gathering
Mother Hunger
Queen Bees and Wannabees
Smart Couples Finish Rich
Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work
Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Rest is Resistance
The New Rules of Divorce
The Ethical Slut
If You Have to Cry Then Go Outside
Master Your Emotions
How We Show Up
Nonviolent Communication

Things We’ve Been Loving:
Homey Don’t Play That: The Story of In Living Color

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This week Skye and Amanda touch on another human experience that we are all faced with at some point, rejection. While we all may hate the feelings that come with being rejected, some of us are more sensitive to it than others.

The two read several articles on the topic of rejection sensitivity and break down the signs, causes and impact of overreacting to rejection. They end with some tips on how to cope with the “no’s”. 

Articles mentioned in this week’s episode:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/rejection-sensitivity
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-rejection-sensitivity-4682652
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/relationships/a30719895/how-to-deal-with-rejection/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2viizjpWP/

Things We’ve Been Loving:
Wednesday on Netflix 
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

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The holidays can be a tough time for many - including Skye and Amanda. 

This week the two continue their discuss of Brené Brown’s Atlast of the Heart, by focusing on a collective human experience that impacts us all differently - grief. 

Hear about the ways that both ladies have grieved over the years - not just death, but also from life changes that left them at a loss. 

Trigger warning: suicide is mentioned within the episode.

Books mentioned in this week’s episode: 

Things We’ve Been Loving: 

Atlas of the Heart Docuseries on HBO Max

From Scratch on Netflix 

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Let’s talk about feelings! 

On this week’s episode Skye and Amanda read Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown, an exploration of eighty-seven of the different emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. The two talk about the power of having the language needed to properly process, communicate and validate our emoitions and the emotions of those in our lives. 

Hear which emotions they each resonate with the most when life takes them certain places. 

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

Things We’ve Been Loving: 

Atlas of the Heart Docuseries on HBO Max
The Emotions Wheel 
Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman’s Butler on HBO Max 

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This week the ladies take it back to one of their favorite sayings “it starts with childhood” and explore what it means to reparent themselves by reading the book, Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child by Margaret Paul. The two discuss Paul’s 5-step process to Inner Bonding, debunk the myths of who our inner child really is, and how to connect our inner child to the relationships around us. 

Books mentioned in this week’s episode:
Inner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to Your Inner Child

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This week the ladies keep it light with another “What Would You Do?” episode. They step into the lives of fictional characters in books that they have either read or are eye’ing as future reads, and ask themselves how they would handle similar situations. 

Books mentioned in this week’s episode: 

Dial A for Aunties
The Measure
Drunk on Love
Leave the World Behind
Wahala
Cult Classic
Soulmate Equation
The Midnight Library 

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Skye and Amanda wrap up their three-part series on building health relationships with a conversation around trust. Last week’s author John Gottman believes that while the floors of the Sound Relationship House (covered in Episode 2) are important, they don’t hold together without the pillars of trust. 

The two look to lecturer and researcher, Brene Brown for a lesson on the anatomy of trust by watching her 2015 Oprah Super Soul Session. They discuss Brown’s break down of the seven fundamentals of trust and how they impact our ability to build true connection with others and ourselves. 

Lectures mentioned in this week’s episode:
https://brenebrown.com/videos/anatomy-trust-video/

Episodes mentioned during Spin the Block segment: 
S2 E1 Long Story Short, Learn the 5 Love Languages
S2 E2 Long Story Short, Relationships Are Like a House

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