Twinkle lights, gingerbread and…dread? The holiday season can be complicated for those of us who are approaching the first Christmas without a loved one – by death or by breakup. When we share our lives so closely with someone, it can be startling to imagine special days of the year without them. How do you love yourself through these times where grief might be amplified?

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Do you ever have a personal epiphany more than once? It might be tempting to feel like you failed to hear it the first time. But what if it was by design? What if there are some “aha!” moments that require time to release, like a vitamin? Listen to this episode if you are judging yourself for not yet making the changes you know you need to make.

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After an unplanned pause, Danette returns to the Soft Shoulder with reflections on what it means to tend to your grief in a self loving way, the importance of language in this process and the tenderness of loss.

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No music? No problem! Danette embraces imperfection by recording this personal message for you while cooking pasta in her kitchen. If you are in a fog and having a hard time finding your way out, listen in. May this episode be a tiny flashlight helping you move closer to your own light.

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Hey Hey Paula! You’re an awesome human deserving of love, romance and respect no matter what. This podcast is to help you reflect on what you want from relationships, while kindly inquiring where you got that desire from in the first place. What changes when you make yourself your primary partner? Are you a rebel when it comes to love?

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After over 20 years of self marriage, Danette can tell you how deciding to be in a conscious, committed relationship with herself helped her move through breakups and become more of herself in the process.

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Whether you like it or not, you’re already in a lifelong relationship with yourself. Literally, till death do you part. If you look at your relationship with yourself as a marriage, how would you say it is going? This episode is a guided reflection on what your #couplegoals could be for yourself. Yours is a marriage that can be saved – it can even be the adventure of a lifetime.

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At least, not as complicated as we might be making it seem. At least, just as complicated as loving anyone at all.

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In celebration of Danette’s new book Crash Bloom: a creative guide for growing through your breakup (just in time for Valentine’s Day) this episode offers a reminder that sometimes we all need a little cocoon time in our lives. Not just when healing from a breakup. If you need a little hope that your wings are coming soon and they just might be glorious, listen in.

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Finally ready to face that decluttering project that has been looming in your subconscious? Feeling the new-year-new-energy feels and have the urge to make some changes in your living space? BUT – you aren’t sure where to start and you don’t have time to read the (maybe?) hundreds of books Danette has read on this topic? This is your episode for keeping-it-real inspiration, seriously helpful guidance all with the humour and self-love energy that you come to the Soft Shoulder for. Put this on while you do a Declutter-Putter, or for some excellent journaling prompts to set you up for success.

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