Out With the Old, In With the YOU!

Today my youngest daughter joins me to talk about how she uses her imagination in her daily life to help bring fun to boring or challenging tasks. 

We also discuss the recent “Revel”ution Campfire” event that we hosted and how I am starting a new movement that refuses to live stressed and unhappy by choosing playfulness over productivity. :)

We wrap this episode up with an impromptu game to tell each other an audiobook. We take turns and make up the story as we go and it involves lots of silliness and laughter - two of the things that we ALL could use a whole lot more of. ;)

Check out the book that I mention called “Play” by Dr. Stuart Brown!

Oh my goodness. Today I was honored to have a very meaningful conversation with my dear friend, Eden Holt. She joined me in my corral to share her life story and how her experiences have shaped where she is today. 

Eden doesn’t have an easy story. She shares with us how she grew up in the foster care system and the difficult challenges it created for her as an adult. Her healing journey is not complete, (none of us will be until we die), but it’s evident that Eden has done the work and she continues to do the work to keep walking towards deeper healing. 

Eden has learned to embrace herself, rewrite her story, and build a life where she feels fulfilled. As a life coach with her own business now, she helps others achieve their goals by first digging in deep to help them work their way to healing, then they can begin to set goals and achieve their dreams.

The honesty and vulnerability that Eden so graciously embodies immediately gives space for listeners to “just be human”. This conversation even helped me rewire areas I felt stuck in my brain which allowed me to see things in a new light. It was incredibly refreshing and enlightening! 

This woman is amazing, full of life and light, and she has beautiful, compassionate, wisdom that each of us can benefit from. 

Go learn more about her and follow her at:

Website:

www.connectioneffect.com (this website is currently under construction for an update)

FaceBook: 

@theconnectioneffect

Instagram:

@connection_effect

Contact Eden Holt-Ball:

417-597-3581

Today is a FFT - “fucking first time” to do a podcast episode while it’s snowing. ❄️ 😊

Amidst a heavy snowfall and in between Zelle’s frequent interruptions, I share my blog entry from this week. I have recently been listening to Martha Beck and it is challenging me to look at how I go through my life. This blog talks about my thoughts and ponderings about humans and happiness and how I can not be so stressed out. 🤪

You can visit biketotype.com to read it for yourself if you would like!

I have been trying to learn how to live “IN” my life instead of “through” my life. 

There are 5 questions you can ask yourself at any moment that help ground you and also remind you that feeling good doesn’t have to cost us a lot of money. Listen and participate in the 5 questions I ask today!

Gifting ourselves with things that make us happy doesn’t have to be complicated. Stay to the end of the episode to hear my campfire story!

Favorite podcast links that I am listening to right now:

Good Life Project - with Jonathan Fields and Leo Babautahttps://open.spotify.com/episode/0SalM45FtOQbnp1eHqYLcO?si=DM6OvCbZR4aTTlZvwnDrLA

BEWILDERED - With Martha Beck and Rowan Mangan

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0NYWmSA2Zdl7urbcD3Mlr2?si=MGh5ur50Qx6dXG04GGw30g

Today I share my recent experience of how being interviewed on TV helped me see some progress in my healing journey.

Then I read an article on how our physical bodies heal. 

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/how-wounds-heal

I share how learning these facts enlightened me to have compassion for my own healing journey. 

These are my takeaways:

Each step, every day is a success worth celebrating. 

Healing doesn’t feel very healing but I promise you it’s worth it. 

This week I finally got to talk with my new, amazing friend, Allison Short! It was an absolute delight chatting with her and hearing about some of the things she has learned through her many adventures. Allison shares with us:

You will love this episode. I promise. This woman is creative, positive, fun-loving, and full of adventurous spirit!! 

Want to see what next adventure Allison is up to?

Follow Allison on Instagram @ayfosho

Today was my record for the coldest podcast yet! 

It was 2 degrees outside with a wind chill of -10. 😱

Good thing I love extreme challenges!

Join me in my barn, in front of my little propane heater while I discuss some of the recent struggles that I am working on. 

Happy New Year! Today I summarize my 2023 and share how I am reframing my perspective. It’s easy to see how many goals I didn’t reach and forget to acknowledge all the other things that I did accomplish. 

We can plan for our year but we can never plan for all the shit that we don’t know is coming. It’s important that we recognize all the challenges we faced last year and the obstacles we overcame so we can celebrate our successes instead of just seeing what we failed to do.

Listen to this episode to hear my thoughts on these questions!!

Today I discuss my recent epiphany about a new kind of list that I am implementing into my life. We are usually pretty good at writing “To Do” lists but are we forgetting to write our “To Grow” lists?

For the second half of this episode, I pose the question, “How many summers do you have left?” and then we dive into the vital topic of not wasting our lives pleasing others. 

I hope you all find moments of peace in the middle of this often chaotic, sometimes painful season. I love ya. I got ya.

This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Michelle Steverson. She shares the second half of her life story when she struggled for many years in search of connection.

Life is messy but Michelle's candor and openness bring a lighter note to what sometimes feels unbearable. Her shit honesty is refreshing and often comical. ;)

Michelle leaves us with the important reminder that "Nothing is wrong with us." Her tenacity to heal and continue sharing her story so that she can empower others is truly stunning.