How often do you connect with your inner child? Most of us go on about our daily lives without giving much thought to the little girl that still lives within our body. Ignoring her existence won’t change that. 

Why are we triggered over things other people say or some random thing that happens? Because we are carrying unresolved pain. 

One of the ways to reconnect that Sunny has found powerful is through returning to a consistent yoga practice. She will share her experiences in this episode, as well as the correlation with shadow work and why it is so important to release what you have been carrying. 

As long as you live and breathe, you are a work in progress. Part of that work includes going deeper than the thoughts created by your mind. 

Quote share with attribution: 

“and I said to my body. softly. ‘i want to be your friend.’ it took a long breath. and replied, ‘i have been waiting my whole life for this.’” ― Nayyirah Waheed

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It’s interesting to recognize how often we want others to behave a certain way and when they don’t, we think we need to understand why. If only there were a good reason or an explanation for their actions, then we could extend compassion. 

What if this simply isn’t true? What if we could choose to provide grace without having a good reason? This is entirely possible! We are going to share situations where we have learned how to relinquish our need to control the outcome and simply allow others to be who they are – even our children. The experience is freeing and the reward is greater peace with yourself and those around you.   

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Continuing our conversation around “Break The Good Girl Myth,” in this episode we are exploring the final myth of sacrifice and how it shows up in our lives. While women in general have developed the tendency to put everyone else first, this goes even deeper when we take on the role of mother. We have created a false belief that we will be perceived as selfless and helpful if we do this. 

Our “need” to do this has been passed from generations before us and it is the most contagious of all myths. We rarely pause to ask ourselves why are doing the things we do. Take the opportunity today to take that pause and perform internal inquiry. Learn ways to create new habits that support your own well-being so that your contributions are meaningful, and your life experience will improve. 

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We put ourselves through so much in trying to control the outcome of what other people think of us. We’ve been trained, conditioned to believe that if we can just “keep the peace,” then everyone around us will be happy and life will be easier. This doesn’t work as well as we think it does. As outlined in the book, “Break The Good Myth,” we are always giving up a part of ourselves in order to satisfy society’s script for how women should behave. With harmony, we see to avoid being judged, ridiculed, hurt, or rejected. 

Reclaim your agency and learn new strategies to break the cycle of endless attempts to please everyone around you. 

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“Break The Good Girl Myth” explains the downfalls of applying our logical, thinking brain in our life experience. We often don’t realize how much we are in our heads when it comes to decision-making or in the ways that we show up for ourselves and others. We have been conditioned to focus on logic and in so doing, we bypass the power of our innate emotionality. It often feels safer to avoid our emotions so we can escape the judgment or labels. 

To break this cycle, we will need to step outside of our comfort zone and perhaps even recall a time when we didn’t feel the need to suppress our true nature. This will take patience and practice, but it is a worthy pursuit. Life becomes so much richer when you don’t take things so seriously.

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The strive for perfection that we as women put ourselves into is a recipe for a overwhelm. We not only do it for ourselves, but we also often unknowingly project it onto our children. This seems to just come naturally, because we have been conditioned to believe that perfect children put us in a better light. All of our relationships suffer, we wear ourselves down, and snuff out our authenticity, all to project an image built on lies. 

While this episode contains references from the book, “Break The Good Girl Myth,” much of our sharing comes from personal experience. All of the ways we have bought into the myth of perfection don’t mean we have to stay there. It’s time to break free! 

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Continuing the review of the book, “Break The Good Girl Myth,” by Majo Molfino we are discussing the Myth of Rules. We have all of these rules for how we should be as humans and as moms, then we feel stress and overwhelm for not fulfilling them. We have been socialized in so many ways to not only do all of the things for all of the people in our lives but also to do them while looking great and with a smile. 

In this conversation, we dig deep into our culture, our upbringing, and how we use these unspoken, invisible rules against ourselves to define not only what is right and wrong, but also our identity and our destiny. 

As Liene says in this episode, “we just dipped our toes into the Sea of Rules!” 

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Earlier this year, Sunny and Liene recorded some live conversations in our Facebook group that started with addressing the topic of overwhelm for moms. We wanted to know why it is that we agree to take on so much, why struggle with creating boundaries, and why we find it so difficult to say no. We do these things consistently to the detriment of our own well-being. 

Along the way, we discovered a book that helped us to find some insights into our own behaviour patterns. “Break The Good Girl Myth” identifies five primary myths that we tend to live by through our conditioning and the associated beliefs about ourselves that we have created. This episode is the first in a series where we will introduce the five myths before we break down each one in future episodes, how we personally relate to these myths, and what we can do to free ourselves of these patterns to create a life we enjoy and deserve.

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Time flies when you’re having fun. Yet, are you truly having fun in your life experience? 

In this episode, Sunny opens up to Liene regarding the possibility that the “happy, high vibe, love and light” approach might not always be the one that we need in the moment. Liene, as always, drops some truth bombs and brings it all back to reality. 

We are coaches. That doesn’t mean we don’t feel. In fact, we feel deeply and in ways that you may not have yet considered. It doesn’t mean we want YOU to bypass your own feelings and “hurry” to find a better place. Not at all. Some days, we have to sit with our grief, rejection, pain, and downright disappointment in the way that others show up. These are facts. This is how life works. 

Perhaps it is also where the magic happens. 

We are here for you. 

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It’s so important to have an awareness of your mind chatter as you move through daily life. Understanding how our brains work is the key that can unlock your full potential. Often, moms become so focused on raising our tiny humans that we neglect ourselves in the process. 

We are going to talk about negative self-talk, subconscious thoughts, beliefs, and coming to the realization that knowing ourselves on this level will help us to show up in a better way for those we care about. We are just skimming the surface of a larger conversation here! It’s about moving away from the thoughts of “this is just how I am, and I can’t change” because we do indeed have that power. We are ALL here to evolve and create our own experience.

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