You will spend forty five minutes researching a moisturizer and zero seconds asking why you talk to your skin like it betrayed you. In this episode, Dr. Nina Polyné shares her own history with severe eczema, dry skin, and sensitive skin, and why eczema on brown skin gets missed by the people trained to see it. She breaks down skin shame, body image, and the difference between a repair job and a ritual, plus the three minutes of gentle touch that change what your nervous system hears. If you have been treating your face like a problem to solve, this one is for you.

“My skin was never the thing that needed fixing. The way I talked to it was.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• What is one thing you have been calling a flaw that is actually just your body doing a hard job with fewer tools?
• Whose voice is it, when you look in the mirror and criticize your skin? Say the name out loud if you know it.
• What is one step in your routine you only kept because someone told you your face was a problem to solve?

What's actually on my shelf

I am a clinical psychologist, not a dermatologist. Nothing here is medical advice about your skin. These are things that work on my sensitive, dry, eczema prone skin. Eczema is not one condition, it is a hundred different conditions wearing the same name, and what calms mine could wreck yours. Nothing on this list is a treatment recommendation. If your skin is struggling, take this list to a dermatologist. Nothing here is sponsored, gifted, or an affiliate link. Nobody paid me and I earn nothing if you buy any of it.

Morning

• Vanicream Vitamin C, 5 percent
• Arencia Vitamin C Booster Shot
• Prequel Peptides and Ceramides Fluid Moisturizer
• Birch Juice Moisturizing UV Lock Sunscreen, SPF 45
• Eucerin Tinted Age Defense Hyaluronic Acid Sunscreen, SPF 50

Evening

• La Roche-Posay Hydrating Gentle Cleanser
• SKIN1004 Madagascar Centella serum
• Good Molecules Copper Peptide Serum with PDRN
• Prequel Barrier Therapy Skin Protecting Cream
• Good Molecules Retinol
• CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

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You can forgive someone completely and never speak to them again. Nobody tells you

that, which is exactly why so many of us stay stuck for years. In this episode, Dr. Nina

Polyné breaks down why forgiveness is not reconciliation, how to forgive someone who

never apologized, why the grudge you cannot put down is quietly doing a job for you,

and the four steps for actually putting it down. If you have been waiting to feel differently

before you let it go, that feeling was never coming, and this is the other way in.

“They did it once. You have been paying for it every month since.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• Who are you still carrying, and what has it cost you this year specifically?

• What did you forgive too fast, because being angry felt more dangerous than being

hurt?

• What would you spend the energy on if you put it down this week?

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not

therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not

create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide &

Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast

https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg

https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections,

honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today,

unapologetically.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why Can't I Forgive Myself? Guilt, Shame, and How to Stop Punishing the Woman Who Didn't Know Better Yet

You have forgiven people who never apologized to you, and you are still serving a sentence for something you did years ago. In this episode, Dr. Nina Polyné breaks down the difference between guilt and shame, why self forgiveness keeps failing when what you are actually carrying is grief, and how to be accountable and free at the same time instead of only ever being offered the first one. She also names the double standard underneath it: a man who was checked out during a hard season gets a chapter, and a woman in the same season gets a title that never expires. If you can recite your own case against yourself in full sentences, with dates, this one is for you.

“You already served the sentence. You are just the only one who never scheduled the release.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• What is the thing you have never once said out loud to another person, and how long have you been carrying it by yourself?
• Which version of yourself are you actually grieving, and what did you think she was going to be?
• What have you been withholding from yourself as punishment, and what would it take to give it back this week?

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You apologized, you did the work, and they still didn't come back. In this episode, Dr. Nina Polyné breaks down why rejection lands in your nervous system as danger instead of sadness, how self abandonment makes you quietly side with the person who left, and why being unchosen, whether that is family estrangement or someone who stays in your life and STILL never picks you, is not a verdict on your worth. She also names the double standard that turns a woman's broken relationship into her personal failure. If you have been holding your whole life in the waiting room until someone forgives you, start here.

“Their 'no' is information about their capacity. It is not information about your worth.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• What is one thing you have been postponing until this relationship gets resolved?
• What is a sentence you've been repeating about yourself that actually belongs to someone else, whether they walked away or never left?
• If your worth was already settled, and it is, what would you do differently this week?

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Someone compliments you, and before they even finish the sentence you are already saying oh, this old thing. In this episode, Dr. Nina Polyné breaks down why compliments make you uncomfortable, what deflecting praise says about your self worth, and how receiving is a self love practice most of us were never taught. If thank you is the hardest sentence you say all week, this one is for you.

“Thank you is a complete sentence.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• What’s your signature deflection move, and who taught it to you?
• What compliment have you received that you never actually let land?
• This week, can you say thank you, full stop, and just breathe?

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When was the last time someone asked how you were doing and actually waited for the answer? In this episode, Dr. Nina Polyné breaks down why the reliable one, the listener, the strong friend always ends up in the audience seat, what the fawn response has to do with your silence, and how to interrupt kindly without feeling rude. If you are the one who always listens and never gets asked, this episode is your permission slip to take up space.

“Every time you wait to be asked, you hand your worth to someone who may not be capable of curiosity. And waiting will not make them capable.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• In which relationship are you most often the audience? Name the actual person.
• What happened to you this week that you haven’t told anyone, only because nobody asked?
• What would you say tomorrow if you didn’t wait for an invitation?

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever felt that hot, uncomfortable rush of jealousy when another woman shines, then judged yourself for feeling it? Dr. Nina Polyné unpacks the psychology of envy through Carl Jung's golden shadow: the traits you can't stop noticing and admiring in other women are often gifts you own but haven't claimed yet. This episode turns jealousy of other women into a compass for your own self worth, with psychology and one very honest pedicure story.

In this episode:

• The pedicure story that made Dr. Nina realize her judgment of a stranger's directness was actually envy in disguise, and what that reframe taught her about claiming her own gifts.
• Carl Jung's golden shadow, explained in plain language: why the qualities you envy most in other women often already live inside you, unclaimed.
• The real difference between envy and admiration, and why that hot, contracted feeling is information, not proof you're a bad person.
• Real examples of golden shadow traits that got mocked before they became gifts, from Ms. Rachel's voice to Missy Elliott's originality.
• A simple practice for claiming your own greatness out loud, with no disclaimer and no apology attached.
• Why your body might cringe at the thought of complimenting yourself, and why that cringe is exactly where the growth lives.
• This week's Loud Challenge: catching yourself mid deflection and finishing the sentence without an apology.

“That cringe you just felt? That's the episode.”

Sit with these after you listen:

Whose light triggers you the most right now, and what's the exact quality you can't look away from?

Where does that quality already live in you, even in a small or early form?

What would it sound like to claim it out loud today, no disclaimer, full stop?

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You finally took the mental health leave, so why does resting feel more uncomfortable than working? In this episode, Dr. Nina Polyné breaks down why your nervous system can't go from go mode to zero, what burnout recovery actually requires, and how to build a gentle daily structure that helps you rest without guilt. If your stress leave turned into a to do list, this episode is your permission slip to stop.

In this episode:

• Why stepping away from work brings up guilt and shame, and how the "burden" belief keeps high achievers from ever really taking mental health leave.
• The two ways rest turns into another project, over scheduling it or collapsing into total shutdown, and why both block real burnout recovery.
• Nervous system regulation 101: the exit ramp metaphor for why your body can't go from go mode to zero without reading calm as unsafe.
• A simple 3 anchor structure for your day off: one thing you love, one thing for your body and intuition, and one scheduled block of rest without guilt.
• Why discomfort in stillness isn't a flaw but old wiring, and how to let it surface gently instead of numbing it.
• Where the belief that your needs make you a burden actually started, often long before your current job.

“You spent years being dedicated to the system. This is you re-learning how to be dedicated to yourself.”

Sit with these after you listen:

Where did you first learn that your needs make you a burden?

What are you afraid you'll feel if you truly slow down?

What's one thing from this leave that you refuse to give back?

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

DISCLAIMER

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She said no. No cushion, no apology, no explanation. And he decided she was the villain. If you've ever felt guilty after a clean no, or softened a boundary just to keep the peace, this episode is your permission slip. Psychologist Dr. Nina Polyné breaks down why women are conditioned to apologize for every no, and how to sit peacefully inside someone else's wrong story about you.

In this episode:

• The babysitter day: the two-syllable "no" that turned Dr. Nina into the villain of a story she never auditioned for
• "Apologetic Essence": the dialect women learn so they never have to say a bare no, and where that conditioning comes from
• What a bad reaction to your no actually reveals: a person who respects your right to say no does not punish you for it
• Why your solitude is not a public resource, especially for moms, and why protecting your alone time is self-love
• The advanced boundary skill: letting someone keep a wrong story about you without going back to defend yourself
• Why the guilt after a clean no is not your conscience, it's a social contract you never signed

“Loving yourself loudly sometimes sounds like a no without an apology attached.”

Sit with these after you listen:

1. Is there a no you've been softening or apologizing for that didn't need any of that?
2. Is someone's reaction to your boundary making you question whether the boundary was okay? What do you know, separate from their reaction?
3. What would a clean, cushion-free no look like for you this week?

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You say nobody shows up for you. But are you letting anyone know you need them to? If asking for help feels impossible, if you go quiet in your hardest moments and only share once you're back on solid ground, this one is for you. Psychologist Dr. Nina Polyné unpacks hyper-independence as a trauma response, and why letting yourself be supported is one of the most radical acts of self-love.

In this episode:

• Two truths at once: some people in your life genuinely aren't showing up, and you may not be letting anyone in
• The strong friend who goes silent: why we hide what we're going through until it becomes a footnote six weeks later
• Dr. Nina's groceries story: what happened when she named an actual need to a friendly acquaintance, and the vulnerability of asking for something specific
• Why hyper-independence is not a character strength; it's a trauma response your nervous system learned to keep you safe
• The biology of receiving: how accepting support regulates your nervous system and buffers stress
• How to build a tolerance for receiving with small, slightly uncomfortable steps (not terrifying ones)

“Receiving is not weakness. It is not burden. It is part of what it means to be human.”

Sit with these after you listen:

• Is there something you're going through right now that nobody knows about? What's keeping it there?
• Think of someone who would want to show up for you. Have you given them the chance?
• Are you protecting yourself, or closing yourself off from something you actually want?
• What is one small thing you could let someone do for you this week?

Connect with Dr. Nina Polyné:

All links (Linktree): https://linktr.ee/loveyourselfloudlymedia

Podcast Instagram: @loveyourselfloudlypodcast (https://www.instagram.com/loveyourselfloudlypodcast/)

Personal Instagram: @drninapolyne (https://www.instagram.com/drninapolyne/)

Personal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-nina-polyné-48494934a

Creative Direction, Producing + Editing by Dr. Nina Polyné ⚡

Audio/Visual Engineering & mix by Joel Edinberg @joeledinberg (https://www.instagram.com/joeledinberg/)

Podcast Advisor: Marisa Bramwell, MBA https://solas-creative.com/

Remember: Loving yourself loudly is a daily practice. Embrace your imperfections, honor your emotions, and speak your truth with confidence. Start today, unapologetically.

The content shared on Love Yourself Loudly is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not therapy, counseling, or a substitute for professional mental health care. Listening to this podcast does not create a therapist-client relationship. If you are in crisis or need support, please call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) or contact a licensed professional in your area.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.