In this episode, I explore how to set healthy boundaries during the holiday season to reduce stress, avoid burnout, and focus on what truly matters. Learn practical tools to protect your energy, honor your priorities, and say "no" without guilt. This episode is your guide to navigating the holidays with intention, balance, and peace.

The 24-Hour Rule: Pause before responding to any holiday requests.

Alignment Check-In: Rate commitments based on alignment with your top three priorities.

Energy Budget: Track your energy levels and ensure you have time for activities that recharge you.

Support Squad: Identify friends to help support stick to your boundaries.

Self-Compassion Affirmation: A calming exercise to counter feelings of guilt when saying "no."

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This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a replacement for therapy or medical advice. Always consult with a healthcare professional for personal health concerns.

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Next Episode Coming Out on December 15, 2024

"Embracing the Spirit of Winter’s Solstice"

In this deeply personal episode, join me as I reflect on a year filled with professional changes, health challenges, personal growth, and profound loss. From opening a private practice to navigating health scares and grief, this episode explores the importance of slowing down, self-care, and listening to your body.

Key Highlights:

Navigating professional transitions

Coping with unexpected health challenges

Dealing with grief and loss

The importance of listening to your body

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Next Episode Coming Out on December 08. 2024

"The Art of Holiday Boundaries: From Feeling Overwhelm to Calm"

Episode Overview:

To connect or learn more about Dr. Don St. John:

Website: https://pathsofconnection.com/

IG: @drdonstjohn

Key Points Discussed:

Dr. Don St John's Journey in Psychology and Healing with over fifty years of experience in psychological, somatic, relational, and spiritual realms

b. Psycho-Emotional

c. Relational

d. Spiritual

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Todays' discussion:

Today I encourage listeners to reflect on their own journey, and inviting you to share your experience's on creating authentic deeper connections.

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I cover topics like:

I share candid insights into fear, workaholism, binge eating and drink and trauma responses.

I share how integrating the darkness and light guided me to unveiling unhealthy coping mechanisms, and the profound journey of facing one's shadow.

The episode wraps up with a journal prompt to help guide listers to explore their live more deeply.

#HealingJourney #EmbraceTheShadows

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Website:

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Have you ever been curious about healing family dynamics or felt called to break away from family behavior patterns or belief systems?

In today's episode, I will talk about my path moving through ancestral healing and ways for you to start this path for yourself.

I often get asked the question about where to start ancestral healing.

Here are some reflection questions to help you get started:

1. The first step is to look at your family line on both sides of your mother and father. What themes have you observed that have been repeating in multiple generations?

2. What limited beliefs or fears are cycling through your family line? Go back to at least 4 generations starting with you.

3. Do you see self-sabotage behaviors being repeated across generations?

4. Are you aware of family behavior patterns, belief systems, and emotional responses that you repeat in your life?

Focus on one area to begin your journey and the rest will begin to reveal itself along your healing journey.

Book resource to guide you deeper on inherited family trauma:

It Didn't Start With You by Mark Wolynn

This is a great book to guide an understanding and gain insight into how generational trauma may have begun at the cellular level and passed down through multiple generations. What I love about this book is the reflection questions in each chapter to help guide you on a deeper healing journey.

*I am not affiliated with this author in any way. I am just sharing this as a valuable resource.

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I hope today's episode was helpful and gave some insight into the direction of your own path to healing.

Like today's podcast? If so, please leave a review. Your review helps this podcast reach those who are meant to hear today's message. As always I am grateful for your support!!!

In today's episode, I share how we as women must stop muting our voices to avoid feeling uncomfortable or avoiding conflict. I explore the 4th trauma response--FAWNING and how it will show up as people pleasing during uncomfortable conversations or when our boundaries are being violated. Your will learn how body sensations will manifest when you are not standing in your truth. Beautiful souls, its time to step into your truth and stop muting your voice!

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In today's episode, I share the generational wounds that have been passed down from mothers to daughters. I will discuss how negative body image and poor sense of self may be unintentionally being passed down from mother to daughter, and the origin of perfectionism.

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IG: @woo_woo_therapist

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In today's episode, I will discuss how imposter Syndrome shows up in our life and how to release it and begin to focus on understanding who we are at the core of our being, and how to connect to our inner wisdom by reframing our thoughts and becoming attuned to our feelings.

Today's Show Notes:

Positive Me journal exercise. I invite you to get a special notebook, that is going to be called your "positive me journal". In your positive me journal you are going to start keeping a record of all the amazing things you have done and explore it. Lean into how you feel physically and emotionally.

1. What do I like about who I am? 

2. What characteristics do I have that are positive? 

3. What are some of my achievements? 

4. What are some challenges I have overcome? 

5. What are some skills or talents that I have? 

Reframe Your Thoughts & Emotions~Creating affirmations:

You will know that you have a powerful affirmation when you feel a surge of emotional energy and you engage in creating a plan that you can visually see you living in your affirmation.

Some Examples: 

I love myself. I am beautiful. My spirit is unique. I am uniquely made.

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IG: @woo_woo_therapist

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In today's episode, I share a visualization and guided meditation to help increase your vibrational energy.

A simple and powerful visual exercise using light energy. Light is the fastest way to transmute energy and increase our energetic body's vibration.

Before you begin this meditation find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed for 7 minutes.

PSA~Be sure you're not driving or operating machinery during this visual guided meditation.

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