Do you get frustrated with communication within your relationship? Like you just can't get the other person to understand where you're coming from? 

Having been with my husband for eight years, we've had our fair shares of ups and downs. Miscommunication seemed to be the only communication we knew.

That is... until we discovered the enneagram. 

Today's podcast guest is my husband Brian Journagan! 

He's joining us today to have a conversation about how we have been using the enneagram not only for self-development but also to strengthen our marriage. Sharing some advice, tips, and steps we took to get to where we are now.

The enneagram has given us a way to articulate things that we haven’t been able to before. Eight years into our relationship and have drastically changed the way we communicate and have a deeper understanding of each other than we ever have before. 

We hope that this episode will help others see how the enneagram can help you with communication in your own relationships, even if it’s not a marriage!  

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Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and have real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more.

My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone.

Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.  I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change.

We can overcome, together.

- Heather Journagan

Do you know what the Enneagram is? Did you take a test once and kinda know what your number is? My friend Callie Ammons, a certified Enneagram Coach and host of the Living Enneagram podcast is joining us today to help us better understand what the Enneagram is. How we can utilize this tool to help us discover who we are and why we think and respond in certain ways.  

If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, the Enneagram is a personality assessment of nine interconnected personality types.  

If you don't know what your type is, no worries, we’ll talk about how you can figure that out at the end of the episode. 

Casually knowing your Enneagram type is one thing, but when you actually dive in, you’ll find that it’s actually an extremely valuable tool to help us better understand ourselves. 

Knowing my Enneagram type has been huge for me on my journey of self-discovery, it has opened a door to a deeper understanding of myself that I didn’t even know existed. It’s like I now have a guide to help me understand my brain, emotions, reactions, tendencies and so much more. 

I asked Callie to come share her knowledge with us today because I truly believe that by utilizing this knowledge, we can consciously work towards being the healthiest version of ourselves and also be able to recognize our unhealthy tendencies.  

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Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and have real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more. My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone.

Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.  I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change. We can overcome, together.

I'm going on a journey of self-discovery. I hope you'll join me.

-Heather Journagan

Do you ever feel like you're living your life on autopilot?

I know I did. One day I looked up and had no clue how I had gotten to this place.

In the process of rediscovering who I am, I became extremely overwhelmed with how disorganized my mind was.

I had no clue where to start.

I realized that in order to create the life I want, to become the person I thrive to be, I have to start with my core values.

In this episode, we dive into how intentionally and clearly defining your values will change everything from your perspective, how you schedule your time, how you interact with others, what you agree to, and more. It truly changes your life.

If you're ready to switch off autopilot and take control of your life, this is the episode for you. 

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Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and have real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more.

My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone.

Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.  I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change.

We can overcome, together.

- Heather Journagan

Do you find yourself feeling guilty for "wasting" time? Especially these last six months with so much uncertainty. In today's episode, we discuss how many of us have or are currently experiencing the five stages of grief:

1. Denial
2. Anger 
3. Bargaining 
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Knowing what these stages look like and how they actually work and affect us can be a game-changer when it comes to our mental health during this season of life.

We also dive into that sense of guilt that has been clouding over many of us in recent months. If you can't seem to shake that feeling, this episode is for you! 

This episode is short, I didn't feel the need to add unnecessary things just to make the episode longer. It's a short episode, but it is powerful.

I hope this episode helps motivate you and helps you feel less alone.

You are strong and can/will do amazing things.

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Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and have real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more. My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone.

Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.  I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change. We can overcome, together.

DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor. I do not have any type of medical degree. Everything I talk about is either my own personal experiences or research I have done online. 

I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen Vincent, a licensed mental health therapist, certified life coach, certified health coach, AND a certified integrative nutrition coach!! 

We discuss what it looks like to recognize destructive behaviors or coping mechanisms, how to get out of a rut, her top 3 critical foundational habits to building a healthy lifestyle, and how we can implement these habits into our own lives.  Karen Vincent's Website! Follow on Instagram Or Facebook!

Hey guys! I had a listener message me and ask if I could talk about parenting disagreements on the podcast. In the last episode of the podcast, "When You Listen To Your Heart" with Crystalynn Godek, a certified life coach and founder of Heart Over Head Coaching I asked Crystalynn this listener's requested question. However, I couldn't get it to flow well with the overall conversation topic of the episode. I still wanted to post it since I think it's really great advice.

I decided to go ahead and post it as bonus content! I also added a few bloopers from Episode 5 at the end. 

If you are a parent finding yourself in new territory with working from home, learning from home, or even just finding yourself disagreeing with your parent on how to discipline your child. This bonus content is for you!

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Do you struggle with achieving your goals? Do you struggle with even knowing what those goals are?! In this episode, I'm interviewing our FIRST EVER podcast guest, Crystalynn Godek, a certified life coach and founder of Heart Over Head Coaching!

We discuss how to figure out our dreams and intentionally aligning with our goals with our busy schedules.

We talk about what holds us back from achieving our goals, and what happens when you are lacking support from the ones around you?

What does it look like to protect our energy during these uncertain times and listen to our hearts instead of our heads?

It's time we stop letting our heads get in the way of our hearts. 

Crystalynn has a ton of amazing resources available! Check out her links! Check out all things Heart Over Head Coaching!

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Dedicated in loving memory to my dear friend, David Colbert. All things shining.

In this episode, we discuss how we want to be remembered. Not just when we pass away, but in daily interactions. Are we a hero or a villain? 

We have more impact than we realize. Our words matter.

My Grandma once said, "Don't take compliments to the grave."

If you have someone in your life that has impacted you, inspired you, pushed you to grow. Tell them how much they mean to you. Don't let them go throughout their life not knowing how much they matter.

Don't forget to use #mydavid or #allthingsshining so that we can celebrate those people who have impacted your life with you.

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Here is a message from David's friend Matt.

I will never forget sitting in a pledge meeting at the fraternity David and I were joining together at Ole Miss. At the end of the meeting, active members were tormenting all of us pledges and asking us to do ridiculous acts, chores, etc. David looked at me and said, “What are we doing Matty? We don’t need this.” The two of us quickly escaped to my car and sped away. I’m sure our escape route ended somewhere enjoying a cold beer and discussing life. Just like that, our fraternity days were short lived. David took me under his wing and helped me quickly realize to stop caring so much about what people think, to be myself, and to enjoy the brotherhood and fellowship of friends that life would naturally bestow upon me.   David had no fear and lived life to its absolute fullest. He had no reservation about following his instincts, often even on a whim. This allowed him to live in many different places, experience new things, and make many friends around the world. Most importantly, David never forgot about the friends he made throughout his journey. I hope the streets of gold have speed limits that share a similar leniency to those of Texas. I’m sure he’s up there with a big truck cruising in the wind, writing the next chapter of his journey.

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Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and has real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more. My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone. I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change. Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.

This episode is meant to motivate, inspire, and encourage you to be your authentic self. To embrace the parts of you that you have been made to feel ashamed of. 

We discuss what toxic shame is, some steps you can take to overcome it and what happens when you start taking those first steps on the journey of recovery. 

I share my own struggle with toxic shame and how it almost stopped me from even starting this podcast! 

I'm hoping to put a purpose to my experiences. Which is why I am opening up to you. 

I hope this episode will encourage you to be unapologetically you.

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Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and have real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more. My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone. I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change. Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.

 

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In this episode, I am stepping outside of my comfort zone to share some really vulnerable, personal stories. Opening a window into the mind of someone who struggled with depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety, intrusive thoughts, and suicidal thoughts. Sharing how I fought to overcome such a dark time in my life.

This episode is very honest, raw, and real.

I'm hoping to put a purpose to my experiences. Which is why I am opening up to you. 

Whether you are a spouse seeking some insight, someone who is pregnant or planning on becoming pregnant, or someone who is or has experienced this I hope that this podcast episode will help you. Help you know what to look out for, help you to be better prepared, or even just help you feel less alone. 

I hope that by speaking more openly about mental illness we can work towards changing the stigma around mental health. Bringing awareness and advocating for change. Mental health matters, you matter. You’re not alone.

Overcoming Together is a podcast that serves as a platform to dive deeper and have real, honest conversations about mental health. Covering a range of topics from pregnancy, parenthood, stress, depression, anxiety, postpartum depression, and/or postpartum anxiety, loss, and more. My goal is to help provide support with practical tips, tools, and advice. To motivate and inspire anyone who is struggling and feels alone. We can overcome, together.

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