EPISODE 91 | After weeks of collecting your questions, these five questions were the ones that came up the most. If you are heading into a time of reflection, this may be just what you need today.

Listen carefully, make some time to reflect, and share this one with a friend. Who doesn't want free advice from an experienced life coach?

Please rate and review the show before you go, and PLEASE mention if you'd love more episodes like this. In fact, your call to action is to send me more of YOUR questions!

To send your own questions OR to go deeper, reach out for a FREE 30 minute session as our gift to you! Email Ashley at [email protected] to schedule.

Your needs matter, because you matter.

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EPISODE 90 | In today's episode, you're going to take home feel good and worthy lessons from an entrepreneur mom, Lindsay Scheidell. I had the privilege of being her coach at a crucial time in her life. Lindsay does not hold back on her honest bumps, recoveries and discoveries she experienced as she stepped more authentically into her own life.

As founder and lead of Hadley Public Relations, Lindsay shares on bold decisions, her view of success and "hustle culture", and how to create your own toolbox for happiness.

You'll hear things about:

We all need encouragement and realistic ways to claim our humanity while striving for what makes sense for our lives.

This episode will leave you with lasting nuggets of wisdom you can actually apply to your own life.

Big thank you to Lindsay for her wisdom, honesty and time.

Your needs matter, because you matter!

BIO: Lindsay Scheidell is the founder and lead for Hadley Public Relations, married and a mom of three, an advocate for working moms, gifted with grit and Midwest charisma, and a satisfied past client of ABL Life Coaching.

As a special thank you for listening to the Needy and Normal Podcast, I am extending a special offer just for you. Book a 30 minute coaching session with me for FREE! YES, FREE!

DETAILS: Email [email protected] and put "NN Listener deal" in the subject line. I'll personally reach out and get you scheduled. No obligation to become a client. It is simply my gift to you. AND if you do choose to hire me, I will give you $500 off your first coaching package! 

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EPISODE 89 | Did you know that we, humans, not only need connection for our emotional well-being, but also for our biological health? It's pretty incredible and makes sense. Think about it...how often have you felt resentful, overwhelmed or lonely, and found that you were actually craving connection with another person? Happens every day.

This episode gives you a reality check on loneliness vs being alone, what you can do about it today, and how to reconnect with yourself, too.

Your needs matter, because you matter!

As a special thank you for listening to the Needy and Normal Podcast, I am extending a special offer just for you. Book a 30 minute coaching session with me for FREE! YES, FREE!

DETAILS: Email [email protected] and put "NN Listener deal" in the subject line. I'll personally reach out and get you scheduled. No obligation to become a client. It is simply my gift to you. AND if you do choose to hire me, I will give you $500 off your first coaching package! 

Don't forget to rate and review the show before you go, share it with a friend, and follow @needyandnormalpod and @abllifecoaching on Instagram!

EPISODE 88 | Gratitude can squash anger, calm your nervous system and help you push the reset button! With all that power, is gratitude a regular part of your life? For this short episode, bring a pen and paper. I will share easy tools to access your own gratitude practice, no matter what. 

Your needs matter, because you matter!

As a special thank you for listening to the Needy and Normal Podcast, I am extending a special offer just for you. Book a free 30 minute coaching session with me for FREE! YES, FREE!

DETAILS: Email [email protected] and put "NN Listener deal" in the subject line. I'll personally reach out and get you scheduled. No obligation to become a client. It is simply my gift to you. AND if you do choose to hire me, I will give you $500 off your first coaching package! Visit abllifecoaching.com to learn more!

Don't forget to rate and review the show before you go, share it with a friend, and follow @needyandnormalpod and @abllifecoaching on Instagram!

Happy Thanksgiving!

EPISODE 87 | Health and fitness is SO frustrating and it can feel MUCH easier to get down on ourselves than to actually achieve our results, right? I get it, personally, I do. BUT, this does not have to be a "this for that" journey. We don't need to dim our self esteems to motivate towards our goals! I am challenging you AND myself to stop crushing our spirits in order to start crushing our goals.

Stay until the end for a very simple tip, and to hear some encouragement everyone needs....even the life coach. 

Sending you love!

Your needs matter because you matter. 

Thank you for listening to The Needy and Normal Podcast. Please rate and review the show before you go! And share this episode with a friend! Follow us @needyandnormalpod and @abllifecoaching.

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EPISODE 86 | Sharrie Williams SHINES through her storytelling of the fabulous and terrible times of being in the Maybelline family. As the great-niece of Tom Lyle Williams, founder of the Maybelline Company, she holds the truths.

What began as a kitchen fire in 1915, turned into combining petroleum jelly with coal dust, to help Tom's sister Mabel fill in her lashes and eyebrows that burned away. And an empire was born.

Sharrie starts this episode with the terrible and controversial tale of her grandmother, Evelyn's (Miss Maybelline's) tragic death. Sharrie continues to take us on a journey of the pressures to always perform and be "perfect", stay hush about family secrets, life changing events, and finding herself finally in her seventies.

You will not want to miss a moment of this interview.

Sharrie Williams, heir to the Maybelline legacy, is Tom Lyle Williams great-niece and is steward of the vast Maybelline archives. Williams tells the story of the birth of the Maybelline empire and reveals intimate and never-before-told details about the fascinating family dynasty behind it in her book, The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It. Sharrie is available for interviews, speaking engagements, workshops and seminars upon request. Sharrie loves an active and healthy lifestyle, being mom and grandma, and encouraging other woman to live life on purpose!

Follow Sharrie on X @SWMaybelline

Learn more at www.sharriewilliamsauthor.com and read her blog at www.maybellinebook.com

Your needs matter because you matter. 

Thank you for listening to The Needy and Normal Podcast. Please rate and review the show before you go! And share this episode with a friend! Follow us @needyandnormalpod and @abllifecoaching.

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Episode 85 | Parents, stop cutting it close and over scheduling yourself and your kids! Do you have so many things on your calendar, that your head is spinning? Is it a (nice) surprise when you actually get a moment to stop and breathe and sit down or eat a real meal?

In this episode, I will recommend five solutions for how to take more control of your schedule (starting at minute 10:00). This can help you make real changes, so your nervous system does not feel like it’s on fire, as you jump from one thing to the next! 

Be kind to yourself. Your needs matter because you matter. 

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EPISODE 84 | Last Halloween, I shared a TRUE and haunting story, of when I experienced a real ghost encounter working alone in an old building. This year, please enjoy an original story. Fiction, yes, but real life lessons? Also yes. Enjoy, Zoe.

I would love to hear your reflections, things you picked up on from the story, and even your take on the moral of the story. Visit @needyandnormalpod to leave your comments!

And don't forget to leave a rating and a review before you go. I would very much appreciate the support! Share your favorite episode with a friend, and come back next week!

Your needs matter, because you matter.

The Needy and Normal Podcast is brought to you by ABL Life Coaching: one on one coaching with a change management life coach. Visit abllifecoaching.com to book a free initial session and follow @abllifecoaching.

Thanks for listening! Take care. 

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EPISODE 83 | In the spirit of the seasons changing, let's try to focus on self care in a nurturing way. In order to do things like heal or sleep, we need our nervous systems to feel safe. Then we can relax, and switch our bodies into calm and repair. Studies show that stress in your body can feel the same whether you're in an accident or overwhelmed by emotional difficulties.

This sleep meditation/body scan begins at minute 7:05, and is used in the military, works on my seven year old, and made a skeptic in my husband a believer.

Prior to the sleep meditation, yes including music, enjoy some updates, interesting info, and one extra body relaxation tip you can use anytime.

Be gentle with yourself, especially as the seasons change.

Your needs matter, because you matter.

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EP 82 | Jay Fotsch is who I like to call "the Ryan Seacrest of the midwest"! Jay has dominated Springfield, Missouri (and beyond) in radio, TV, and live entertainment (including emceeing for the AA Cardinals baseball team) for over 25 years. While his production and broadcasting days are not totally behind him, he's taken on a new career in an entirely new industry. He shares on the key(s) to balancing family and career life, best lessons he's learned from making mistakes, meeting cool people along the way, and never being too scared to try new things.

BIO: Jay Fotsch, long time radio personality on Power 96.5, on field DJ for the Springfield Cardinals AA baseball team, Missouri native, the first call to emcee events within the community, producer, voice for hire, who will always make you laugh and take you up on a challenge, and married with two young kiddos.

Your needs matter, because you matter.

Thank you for listening to The Needy and Normal Podcast. Please rate and review the show before you go! And share your favorite episode with a friend! Follow us @needyandnormalpod and @abllifecoaching.

***Accepting new clients for one on one coaching! Visit abllifecoaching.com to schedule a complimentary discovery call!