It can feel hard to get into the festive spirit, especially if you’ve got trauma in your past, and especially if it’s tied to a Christmas memory. BUT, my shining light on the Christmas tree is… it can get better! In this week’s episode, I chat about what I’ve done in the last year to really shift my mindset and how Christmas can be an important time for anyone in any kind of recovery.

In this week’s episode, I discuss:

• How Christmas felt when I had an eating disorder, and what I wish I’d done differently.
• How to cope if your trauma memories are linked to the festive system
• Why Christmas can cause us to be sooo hard on ourselves and our recovery.
• Why your Negative Bias can kick in over Christmas, and how to rebalance it with the good stuff.
• 3 ways I keep my triggers in check over Chrissie.
• How to rewrite your own Christmas story and challenge your inner critic
• How a set of matching pyjamas became of symbol of my recovery

As this season of Sass & Something! comes to a close, you can follow along and reach out on Instagram @amy_molloy. Or, if you’re ready to share your trauma, come and write with me through my Book Writing Remedy course or mentoring program.

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Today, we're joined once again by Ally Hensley, who you might remember from episode 3 of season 2. When we last spoke, Ally was just finishing writing her memoir about the rare condition, which transformed her sexual identity. Since then, she's signed a book agent in the UK (no small feat!). This episode is a must, if you dream of writing a book but you believe you have to be famous for people to care about your story (spoiler alert: you don't!)

In this episode, we talk about:

• Dealing with rejection during the pitching process
• Writing about a taboo topic – and getting the publishing world to buy in.
• The pitfalls of writing about gender and sexuality
• The mistake people make when writing memoirs, and how ot avoid it
• Writing about traumatic experiences before you’ve even shared it with your friends or family.
• The legal juggle of writing a memoir, and how to still share your truth whilst protecting yourself
• A sneak behind the curtain of how I support my writers.
• Why I say memoir writing can be like therapy therapy!

If you're ready to write that book, doors are now open for my course, The Book Writing Remedy or enquire about working with me 1:1. We can even ghost-write your memoir if you want us to transform your past into a book for you.

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JESSIE CRIPPS: is a sponsored spear-fisher, free-diver and the cofounder of Underwater Ally Productions who pivoted a career working in TV and events, to dive headfirst (literally!) into the adventure world. Pre-lockdown, Jessie and her partner pooled their savings on a 37ft Catamaran, which they now live on full time. From their YouTube channel, it looks idyllic, but, of course, it comes with challenges!

In this episode, Amy and Jessie talk about:

• Spending lockdown at sea as the world shuts down.
• Why it can feel easy to postpone your dreams.
• Coping with fear, in and out of the water.
• How to soothe your body when it feels under threat.
• Letting go of what you can’t control.
• The freedom of life when you stop comparing.
• And, how everyone can chase their own version of adventure.

If you love this episode, please share and leave a review — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

Follow Jessie’s adventures on her Youtube channel, Sailing Popao and follow her on Instagram @jessie_cripps_sv_popao

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FLEUR CHAMBERS is a multi-award winning meditation teacher and the gentle voice and curious heart behind The Happy Habit mindfulness app, which helps people to get their daily dose of ‘feel good.’. Her book, 10 Pathways, shares her journey with chronic pain, and how it inspired her to explore the power of the mind and find peace without a cure.

In this episode, Amy and Fleur discuss:

• What your pain (physical or emotional) is trying to tell you.
• How she found the emotional cause of her chronic pain.
• The two arrows of suffering, and the stories we tell ourselves.
• How soothing our inner child can transform our bodies.
• Softening your attitude to ‘relapsing’.
• Not attaching yourself to a diagnosis.
• The healing effect of wonder and awe.
• Being more mindful in all areas of life.

Listen to Sass & Something! wherever you get your podcasts. If you love this episode please review and share — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

Follow Fleur on Instagram @thehappyhabitwithfleurchambers, download her app, The Happy Habit App and buy her book, 10 Pathways: A Framework for Redefining Happiness.

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As the writer behind The Space mindfulness podcast, Amy Molloy (that's me!) spends her days packaging up meditation in a way that is attainable and relatable, and she hears all the reasons you can’t ‘get’ it.

Whether you’re a beginner or a ‘boomerang meditation’ who returns to it in desperate times, how can you make it a regular part of your life, and really start to feel the benefits?

In this episode, Amy discusses:

• Her journey from teen meditator to mindful content creator.
• Making meditation work in the real world with your limitations.
• Why your car is the best place to meditate and how to trick yourself into it.
• Finding the time when it feels impossible.
• Meditating as a family – in your own unique ways!
• How to go from chore to ‘cure’.
• And, we end with a guided meditation that will become your go-to!

In the future, to skip straight to the guided meditation go to 22minutes on this episode. Or download the track for free here at https://www.amymolloy.com.au/meditation-tracks

Listen to Sass & Something! wherever you get your podcasts. If you liked this episode, please share it and leave a review — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

For a twice-daily dose of meditation and mindfulness, follow Amy’s other podcast, The Space at @thespace_podcast and listen here: https://omny.fm/shows/the-space

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JESSICA DA SILVA is a marriage and family therapist, an attachment coach and creator of The Secure Attachment Academy. She helps adults to end their unhealthy dating patterns and create healthier, strong relationships using ‘attachment theory framework’.

Ever wondered why you can’t take constructive criticism? Why you self-sabotage relationship? Why you’re always on the edge of an anxious spiral? It could be your Attachment Style — and there is something you can do about it!

In this episode, Amy and Jessica discuss:

• The four types of Attachment Style and how they show up.
• How our childhood attachment impacts us as adults.
• The patterns we replay in our relationships.
• Attachment styles with friends and co-workers.
• How you can outgrow and evolve your attachment style.
• And, Jessica’s own lessons as she records this podcast with a back injury!

If you love this episode, please share and leave a review — let’s spread some feel-good vibes together.

Follow Jessica on Instagram @thejessicadasilva and TikTok: @jessicadasilvacoaching. Take her attachment style quiz and learn more about her course and services at Jessicadasilvacoaching.

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MEL JUDD is a Cognitive Behavioural Coach (CBT), Counsellor and Trauma practitioner and founder of Integra Healing Co. The creator of This is Me Academy, she helps girls to move through their teen years and into adulthood with confidence, courage and resilience. She also works with women to process past trauma with a full-body approach to healing.

On today’s episode, Amy and Mel talk about:

• How our teenage angst can shape us in positive and negative ways.
• The downsides of mental health going viral, and our over-attachment to labels.
• How to break the cycle of passing down trauma to our daughters.
• Reframing social media so it’s not the enemy.
• Why talk therapy isn’t always enough — and what to add to the mix!
• And, how to get over your teenage angst as an adult, once and for all!

If you love this episode, share and subscribe — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

Follow Mel on Instagram @integrahealingco and find out more about her services and programs at MelJudd.com

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CATHRINE MAHONEY had a very enviable job as a celebrity publicist, when she decided to try and make it as an author. Spoiler alert: she got the book deal! Her memoir, Currently in Between Husbands charts the breakdown of her marriage to one of Australia’s highest profile sport stars It wasn’t the topic she thought she write about, but it became a passion project, which has propelled her forward.

In this episode, Amy and Cathrine discuss:

• How it feel when your breakup story is told for you.
• Writing a funny book about your biggest heartbreak.
• Why Cathrine is glad she waited before sharing her story.
• Owning your identity when you’re tied to a big personality.
• Her coping tips for when life derails.
• And, why she has thrived in her forties without finding love.

If you loved this episode, please share and review — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

Follow Cathrine on Instagram @cathrinemahoney and buy her book, Currently Between Husbands wherever books are sold. www.cathrinemahoney.com

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Whether you’ve turned a painful past into a product or you’ve just been open with your friends, family or followers, sharing our toughest memories is an important part of the healing process.

Amy has spent a career championing the benefits of ‘Storytelling for Healing’. There is, however, a final part of the formula — one she hasn’t talked about before now.

Talking about trauma, and revisiting our past pain, can be an addictive process and one we grow to rely on for self-worth, validation and a sense of purpose. It can also stopping you from really overcoming heartbreak and enjoying the full freedom of recovery.

So, how can we share our trauma, and then set ourselves free of it?

In today’s episode, Amy discusses:

• How sharing our trauma stories can become a crutch.
• Why we tend to revisit pain when we feel vulnerable or disconnected.
• What Closing the Loop on trauma means to her and YOU.
• Taking back control of who, what and how you share your story.
• Sharing your happiness with as much courage as you share your pain.
• How to really enjoy the freedom of recovery — at last!

Listen to Sass & Something! wherever you get your podcasts. If you liked this episode, please share it and leave a review — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

Spots are now open for the Closing the Loop mini-course. Sign up for instant access to the self-paced content and start your journey to Close the Loop today. www.amymolloy.com.au

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TW: This episode includes references to self-harm and disordered eating.

ALLY HENSLEY is a writer, speaker and advocate, who has built a global community for girls and women living with the rare disorder she was born with. Her story and content has spread across the world, but she is sooo much more than “the woman born without a vagina.”

Since the age of 16, when she began the journey to ‘create’ her own vagina canal — without surgery – she has been on a path to body love and sexual acceptance. She is also Amy’s best friend — a friendship forged by uncensored honesty.

On today’s episode, Amy and Ally talk about: 

• How ‘creating’ her own vagina (mostly in her own bedroom!) impacted her relationship with her body and sexuality.
• Why she kept her condition a secret for years, and why she finally decided to ‘out’ herself.
• The upsides and downsides of advocacy.
• How it feels to be told your true story is too ‘confronting’.
• Infertility and how they navigate the ‘baby divide.’
• How a ‘boob selfie’ became a symbol of healing.

If you love this episode, share and subscribe — let’s spread some feel-good content together.

Follow Ally on Instagram @ally__hensley and watch this space for when her book launches into the world. You can also read her writing on Contently at https://achensley.contently.com/ 

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