Love Letters and Mixtapes

"We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it."

In this episode, we'll explore the process of forgiving our younger selves, whether that's who we were 20 years ago, 2 months ago, or yesterday. We'll discuss how forgiveness shows up in our relationships, our sex lives, our professional lives, and in processing our own experience with trauma.

In this episode, I explore the ways childhood trauma, loss, and abandonment show up in our adult lives and how we can support ourselves using tools of self-love, self-care, and self-control. I discuss symptoms of PTSD such as having a foreshortened future and the experience of narrative foreclosure.

What are emotional blackouts and emotional hangovers?

In this episode, we explore how our emotions and the stories we tell ourselves about people, places, and things can distort our perception and cause a physiological reaction that we have to recover from. We discuss how emotional sobriety, emotional intelligence, and emotional agility all play a part in our ability to tolerate life's challenges as well as four ways that we can better move through our own emotional rollercoasters. 

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

Make sure to follow on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

A mini-episode dedicated to anyone moving through difficult feelings and complicated relationships during this holiday season.

I know how challenging it can be to honor our conflicting feelings when the world around us celebrates with the ones they love. Maybe we struggle with difficult memories and experiences in our past or are exploring new terrain following a profound loss or separation, or we happen to find ourselves far away from those we love this year. 

I created this episode as a reminder that you are not alone or forgotten this holiday season. 

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

Make sure to follow on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

"Do nothing, and rest afterward.” - Harry Dean Stanton 

In this episode, we are exploring rest, relaxation, restoration, and recreation. 

Before we dive into any of it, we ask ourselves the burning question, "Are we allowed to rest?" How has an aggressive hustle and grind culture impacted our cycles of self-care and self-regulation? How do our experiences with imposter syndrome or as adult children of alcoholics distort our perception about the availability of rest? Do we have to monetize every passion? Can we just play, even as adults?

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

Make sure to follow on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

In this episode, we talk about how challenging it can be for us to walk towards the people, places, and things that we want most in our lives. I share some of my practices for clarifying and accepting what it is that I want and ways to take "Exquisite Risks" and show up as our whole selves.

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

Make sure to follow on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

In this episode, we explore fear and the many stories it can tell us about ourselves, the world, and what we deserve. We identify acronyms for fear such as False Evidence Appearing Real and Finding Excuses And Reasons. We discuss helpful mindfulness practices such as RAIN as taught by Michelle McDonald and Tara Brach to help us develop new tools to navigate our fearful storytelling. And as always, there is a quote or two in here to remind us that we are not alone in our experiences.

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

So make sure to hit the follow button on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

In this episode, we'll explore our first experiences with abandonment and how those wounds reappear in our lives. We'll talk about perfectionism, self-sabotaging behaviors, and how there are times when we become the person who abandons others and times when we abandon ourselves.

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

So make sure to hit the follow button on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

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"We're all just walking each other home." - Ram Dass

In this episode, I'll explore the (sometimes reluctant) journey of coming home to ourselves, the power of sharing our truth, and how to redirect when we find ourselves lost in the world.

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

So make sure to hit the follow button on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

Stay connected + subscribe to my mailing list.

Listen to music playlists on Spotify.

In this episode, I'll be exploring how we cultivate a relationship between intuition and discernment.

We'll discuss what blocks our intuition, what supports our discernment, and some of the important questions we can ask ourselves in order to bring balance and alignment into the equation.

Love Letters and Mixtapes is a weekly podcast with new episodes available every Monday at 9 am EST. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, ptsd, sobriety, recovery, grief, relationships, family dynamics, communication strategies, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.  The inspiration for the podcast was a desire to write, share, and talk about things that our younger selves needed to hear, whether that was 30 years ago, 3 years ago, or yesterday. Together we can remix all the tapes and unconscious programming we have that usually trigger us into reactivity and find a new perspective that allows us to live life on life's terms with a measure of emotional sobriety.

So make sure to hit the follow button on your favorite podcast listening platform and join me on Instagram at @lovelettersandmixtapes.

If you enjoyed this episode, consider donating to support this podcast by clicking the link in my Instagram bio.

Stay connected + subscribe to my mailing list.

Listen to music playlists on Spotify.