Do you believe you are worth the love you give others? I don’t mean do you think others should love you as much as I mean, do you believe you deserve your own love. Yes, you can pause here. Breathe. This is a big question. It’s the question Melanie Redd and I explore in this wide-ranging interview in which she shares her story of self-love by way of parenthood at an early age, launching a fitness business and learning new sports in her forties.

Melanie has passion for making self-love a prerequisite for meeting particular fitness goals. Looking at our bodies with disgust gets us nowhere we want to be, and fast. Listen in for tips to move gently into self-love no matter what your wellness goals are.

 

• Why authenticity is worth the hard work
• How to take a compliment, and mean it!
• How to learn something new at any age

Links Mentioned in Your Episode:

• Fearless Self-Love Retreat: www.fearlessselflove.com
• Dancing Spirit Ranch https://www.dancingspiritranch.com/workshops-retreats/
• Brené Brown: The Daring Way https://thedaringway.org/
• Email Andrea to sign up for the retreat bonus: [email protected]
• Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com
• Shapr App where Melanie & I met http://www.shapr.co/
• Natha Campanella Interview Cancer Season and Pitta Dosha ~ http://fearlessselflove.libsyn.com/bonus-6-cancer-season-pitta-dosha
• Glennon Melton’s Love Warrior https://momastery.com/blog/about-glennon/
• Can You Take a Compliment? Blog Post https://www.groundedhere.com/single-post/2018/01/15/Can-You-Take-A-Compliment
• Yoga Health Coaching www.yogahealthcoaching.com

Show Highlights:

02:15 Fearless Self-love Retreat Early Bird Bonus Details!!

06:36 Easeful LIving Practice ~ Cooling Breath

11:14 Interview with Melanie Redd begins

14:14 What does it mean to deserve self-love?

18:58 Melanie’s personal journey into self-love and self-care -- intentional life disruption as an act of self-love

32:42 The work it takes to be authentic and why it’s worth it. We can all do hard things.

52:21 How to take a compliment -- “Thank you, it’s true.” (hat tip: Yoga Health

Coaching community)

1:05:40 How to shift and name boundaries in order to show up and being loving to myself.

1:10:03 Learning new things at any age is possible, including skateboarding at 40 and snowboarding at 42

Favorite Quotes

“I’m learning to skateboard; what’s the big deal?” -- Melanie Redd

“There is great risk for people to not love themselves.” -- Melanie Redd

“The moment I found out I was pregnant was the day I started practicing the figure-it-out way of life.” -- Melanie Redd

“I’m done sending my representative; I’m going to send me!” -- Andrea Catherine (in reference to Glennon Melton in Love Warrior)

“I just don’t want to feel, ever again, like I’m coming from that place of inauthenticity, and I want to do the work that it takes to be authentic.” -- Melanie Redd

“You’ve got to work on yourself, and I don’t think I can help you with it.” -- Melanie’s husband

“The act of being vulnerable includes admitting what we don’t know.” --Andrea Catherine

 

Meet Melanie:

Melanie Redd is a Fitness business owner and runs a virtual training program for holistic exercise and total wellness programs. She is also a Strength & Conditioning Coach for a highschool football team and specializes in Functional Movement and corrective exercise for athletic performance and reduced injury risk.