What would your younger self say to you today? Nurturing your inner child helps you move forward with tools that allow you to address past and present issues in a healthy manner. Why are you a people pleaser? Why don't you handle stress well? How your inner child was developed plays an important role in the answers to these and many other questions.

Host Nicole Quinlan talks about trauma and the importance of acknowledging its short and long term affects, and why intentional healing is necessary to break the cycle of generational trauma.

Have you ever considered where your family traditions and your judgments come from? In this episode of the Phenomenally You podcast I talk about considering where your traditions and judgments come from. I'll tell you this...it's not from your mom or grandmother.

On this episode of the Phenomenally You podcast I talk about living our lives free of the judgment around us. This topic was inspired as I have been reading the 5 Levels of Attachment by Miguel Don Ruiz Jr. Although we all have our idea of what freedom is, Mr. Ruiz provided a definition of freedom that caught my attention and touched me in a way that I had to speak about it. I hope you enjoy the episode!

People experience different things during their life; some good and some bad. Everything we experience shapes who we are as people. Those experiences manifests within us differently. Society will try to tell you there is only one way an experience can affect you. It seems as if we have been conditioned to think we must be a certain way if we have had certain experiences. The fact is, it's okay to be okay, because of or despite what you have experienced. It's okay to have the experience, acknowledge it, accept it, use it as a learning tool, and then move the hell forward; as a complete human who has experienced some stuff, but is okay.

How do you embrace the natural texture of your hair? What is your perception of black hair whether it is on your head or someone else's? On this episode of the Phenomenally You podcast I discuss our relationship with natural hair, why it is such a complicated topic for some, and what can be done to embrace and love natural hair whether it is on your head or not.

This time last year if you would have told me 2020 was going to be what it has been, I would not have believed it. So much has taken place. The world has been confronted with reexamining integrity and values at a social and individual level. Everyday I ponder why people think the way they think. I don't believe in going back and forth, trying to convince others to think like me, but I wanted to talk about some things I have noticed. If nothing else, I hope you are inspired to take a deep look within. Enjoy!!!

Welcome to Phenomenally You! The one woman internet radio program that is rooted in positive, empowering, and insightful conversation. Each week the host, Nicole Quinlan, talks about topics that are relevant to seeking and acknowledging happiness that is rooted in self.

On May 19th at 8pm PST my guest is Paul Murphy. He is a teacher at Junipero Serra High School in Gardena California, where my daughter attends school. While working remotely during the pandemic my daughter has been attending school remotely. I know that parents have been faced with the challenge of making sure their children are doing what they need to do in terms of education and also coping as well as possible during the Pandemic. Teachers have also been challenged with educating their students from afar. Technology is a wonderful thing, but I am pretty sure 6 months ago teachers had no idea they would be educating students using technology like Zoom, Google classroom, and more.

Mr. Murphy is the Director of Campus Ministry, the Christian Service Coordinator and a Religion teacher. He not only teaches my daughter, but also taught  my niece who is a Junior at Arizona State University as well. The students at Serra love Mr. Murphy, who has continuosly challenged them academically and encouraged them to be accountable for the kind of people they want to be in the world. Mr. Murphy tells his students "some of you will love me, some of you will hate me, but if you don't have an opinion about me, I haven't done my job"