My guest Nora shares how choosing to embrace uncomfortable things is training her to navigate the tricky life stuff that we can't choose or predict. Nora also used a really simple strategy to make some big changes in her life that have led to more confidence and even a love for the great outdoors.

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Emma is a soon-to-be college graduate who's utilized remote school and work to pursue dreams of full-time travel. She has utilized this time to test the waters of solo travel and push her mental strength to new heights. You can find her on IG @eiffelemma and @ourendlessodyssey

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My guest Ranice shares some of her experience as an educator navigating difficult conversations and topics with other educators. She has some incredible tools and strategies that can help all of us manage the discomfort of conflict and hard conversations and make them our bitch instead!

Ranice Innocent (she/her) is a National Board Certified Teacher, K-5 Reading Interventionist, Race and Equity Educator & Leader, and holds a Master's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Ranice Innocent is an experienced and talented veteran educator and practitioner of culturally sustaining pedagogy. She provides supportive, useful and on-point advice and strategies.

Ranice identifies as a multiracial brown woman on a journey to thrive as: "100% of everything she is." Ranice leads unapologetically, with an urgency to disrupt and dismantle racist and oppressive systems.

You can connect with Ranice more through her Linktree!

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* Find me @cheranderton on Instagram and TikTok

Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

Just me, my microphone and some thoughts about networking and meeting strangers to talk about business and life.

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Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

My guest Dar'Nesha was all about the hustle as she built a business from the ground up. Now her hustle has shifted to also include dating herself, slowing down and making tiny shifts in what she thinks, says and does to hold herself accountable to the life and business she is creating.

Dar'Nesha Weary is a Seattle native with over twenty years of experience in the nonprofit sector, where her mission has been to serve others, build community, and make a positive impact by challenging racism, promoting acceptance of people from different backgrounds, raising awareness, and using her voice to address hate and to promote kindness. Dar'Nesha is the CEO and owner of one of the fastest-growing local coffee shops called Black Coffee Northwest.

In her spare time, Dar'Nesha is the director of the award-winning Northside Step Team, which recently worked with the artist LIZZO(!) on a sisterhood project, and is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (one of 9 Historically Black Greek Organizations). She is exceedingly active with community engagement and education around diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the greater Seattle area.

Socials:

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Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

My guest Mel has reframed discomfort as a teacher and shares that by sitting with it, we can learn some of the most important lessons life and relationships with ourselves and others have to offer us.

TW: We briefly discuss trauma and identify some specific types of trauma in this episode. Please check in with yourself before proceeding.

Mel Gentry Bosna (she/her) has a BS in Sociology, a Master of Social Work and is licensed as a clinical social worker in Arizona where she runs a private practice. She's passionate about joining people on their reclamation journey and aims to agitate systems of oppression (side-eyeing you capitalism, white supremacy, patriarchy and ableism). Mel identifies as a cis-woman, clinician, writer, mother and most of all, human. She primarily works with adults impacted by spiritual abuse, sexual trauma, early attachment disruption, betrayal-harm and consent violations. Mel's first book, 'In The House Of Me: A path of self-abandonment to self-reclamation through a practice of embodied consent' was released in 2023 and is available on Bookshop, Amazon or Changing Hands websites. Links:

• https://www.melgentrybosna.com
• https://www.phoenixtraumatherapists.com
• Purchase: In The House Of Me

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* If you'd like to level up your ability to manage discomfort through my LIVE, 10-week SHIFT Your Life Social Emotional Intelligence Intensive please fill out this form.

* Want to book me for a workshop or speaking event? Email me at [email protected]

* Read or listen to my book Could It Be Better? An unorthodox approach to experiencing more joy and connection in relationships

* Need a parent coach in your back pocket for those tricky child-rearing dilemmas? Join the SHIFT online parent support community!

* Find me @cheranderton on Instagram and TikTok

Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

My guest is Rachel Meyers, a life coach who helps other women navigate breast cancer with more grace, compassion and emotional agility. Rachel shares how accepting and taking ownership of our experiences can lead to increased resilience and joy.

You can connect with Rachel through the following links:

Website

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Workbook

* If you'd like to level up your ability to manage discomfort through my LIVE, 10-week SHIFT Your Life Social Emotional Intelligence Intensive please fill out this form.

* Want to book me for a workshop or speaking event? Email me at [email protected]

* Read or listen to my book Could It Be Better? An unorthodox approach to experiencing more joy and connection in relationships

* Need a parent coach in your back pocket for those tricky child-rearing dilemmas? Join the SHIFT online parent support community!

* Find me @cheranderton on Instagram and TikTok

Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

My guest Cory Strozier made a string of choices that became a lifestyle that ended with him in prison. He made a different string of choices that shifted his path towards creating a general contracting business and a lifestyle that supports the community, family and friends. Cory shows us what is possible when you practice personal responsibility and you're willing to put in the work!

Links: EMYTH by Michael Gerber

* If you'd like to level up your ability to manage discomfort through my LIVE, 10-week SHIFT Your Life Social Emotional Intelligence Intensive please fill out this form.

* Want to book me for a workshop or speaking event? Email me at [email protected]

* Read or listen to my book Could It Be Better? An unorthodox approach to experiencing more joy and connection in relationships

* Need a parent coach in your back pocket for those tricky child-rearing dilemmas? Join the SHIFT online parent support community!

* Find me @cheranderton on Instagram and TikTok

Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

My guest Brandon had a really cool turning point at age 16 that led him down a path of actually seeking out uncomfortable things to experience. We can all learn from this 21 year old and the tools and strategies he's using to keep stretching his comfort zone.

Below is the graphic we reference in the episode!

Brandon is majoring in Forest Fire Sciences and loves to pursue discomfort through adventure sports. He plans on full-time travel after university and becoming a firefighter later in his 20s. You can find out more about Brandon by following him on IG @ourendlessodyssey

* If you'd like to level up your ability to manage discomfort through my LIVE, 10-week Social Emotional Intelligence Intensive please fill out this form.

* Read my book Could It Be Better? An unorthodox approach to experiencing more joy and connection in relationships.

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Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.

Do you struggle with making a request? Do the feelings and stories you have keep you from asking for help? If so, this episode is for you!

* If you'd like to level up your ability to manage discomfort through my LIVE, 10-week Social Emotional Intelligence Intensive please fill out this form.

* Read my book Could It Be Better? An unorthodox approach to experiencing more joy and connection in relationships.

* Find me @could.it.be.better and @cheranderton on IG

Disclaimer: My podcast and other work on social platforms are for educational purposes only and are not meant to be a replacement for professional mental health services. We are not creating a client/therapist relationship through social media, including comments and direct messages. This platform is not monitored 24/7 so if you feel unsafe or need immediate help in any way, please call an emergency number that can meet your needs.