The holiday season is the perfect time to explore compassion, and the bonds we share when we're in community.  Millions of us grapple with loneliness, especially this time of year. We feel it at home and we feel it at work. And loneliness in the workplace is even more pronounced for high achieving women. My guest, Rachel Clar, Founder and CEO of Interconnected Us, is doing something about it. 

This week, as we continue our mindful holiday series, Rachel reminds us about the life changing power of connection and community. She reflects on sisterhood, bravery, and the power of self talk.

We explore compassionate activism and disruption and combatting loneliness by connecting with one another in community where we come together to create meaningful change in the world.

Interconnected Us isa community designed to support the positive growth and connection of women attorneys.
Visit Rachel's website: https://www.interconnectedus.com/

Connect with Rachel on LinkedIn.

Resources mentioned:
Teach A Woman to Fish

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We're officially in full holiday swing. What are you saying yes to that stresses you out the most this time of year? When would saying no make you smile?

This week, I'm kicking off a mindful holiday series because Lord knows, we all need a little extra love, sanity, and support this time of year.

In this episode, we'll talk about resisting your conditioned urge to say 'yes' and deep dive into why saying 'no' could be your biggest holiday miracle.

We'll explore why 'yes' is women's automatic default and how saying 'yes' leads to feelings of stress, overwhelm, and tension that negatively impact our minds and bodies- especially during the mad dash of the holiday season.

You'll learn about brain science from Harvard Medical School and glean stats on holiday stress from a survey led by The American Psychological Association.

I'll offer you a big ass mindset shift around the word 'no' and share three ways you can use 'no' to reduce your stress, tension, and overwhelm this holiday season and make way for more peace, joy, good health, and happiness.  ❤️

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How's your level of confidence right now? How often do you wish you had more? These are important questions because the truth is, roughly 80% of all us struggle with low self-esteem (confidence). This mindset negatively affects how we feel about ourselves, our relationships, our work, and our lives.  You have the power to change your mindset which means you have the power to change your life. 

In this episode, Christina Langdon and I are grabbing the mic and taking a deep dive into confidence. We're coming together with the shared goal of helping as many women as possible build more confidence, from the inside out, and thrive.

We talk about everything from Venn Diagrams and aging with confidence to selling Avon and shattering the social media trap of compare and despair.

You'll learn:
What confidence is.
What prevents you from feeling confident.
How mindset, intentionality, and self love fuel confidence.
What you can do to avoid a confidence power outage.
How to build a confidence practice and end your year thriving!

Christina Langdon spent 30 years running sales and marketing teams at companies like Martha Stewart and Fast Company before becoming a  High Performance Coach. Today, she maximizes the joy and potential of high-performing leaders and organizations. She is the author of  For Success Sake , an amazing soul, and a courageous cancer survivor.

Check out her website to learn more about her work. https://www.christinalangdon.com/

Resources mentioned:
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Cambridge Institute of Technology

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What are you most grateful for right now? As you head into the hustle and bustle of the holidays, I can't think of a better time than right now to give this question some TLC.

Gratitude is underrated. And that's a tragedy because it's one of the most powerful things you can practice when it comes to your overall health, and happiness.
In this episode, I'll offer you a new definition of gratitude and share a personal story that illustrates the profound transformative effect gratitude can have on your life, if you choose it.

You'll learn:
What positive psychology research says about the connection between gratitude and happiness.
How neuroscience explains why gratitude improves your overall health.
Why gratitude and mindfulness are BFFs.
Three ways you can cultivate a simple gratitude practice to live happier, healthier, and supercharged with mindfulness every day of your life- no matter where you are on your journey or what you're navigating right now.

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How do you see the world? How would you like to see the world? Let's get real. It's easy to get stuck in negative thinking loops. If you've found yourself waiting for the other shoe to drop or focusing on the one negative thing that happened to you today I see you. Thinking this way does not make you a negative Nelly. It just makes you human. 

You were born with a little something called negative bias. We all were. This is brain science. And by understanding the science, it's my hope that you will leave this episode with a more compassionate understanding of yourself. 

You will learn:

About the power you have to control what you think and feel.

What science tells us about negative bias. 

How your brain is hard wired.  

Stats that will give you clarity around your thought patterns.

Three steps to  override negative thinking and live a happier and healthier life.

And, this episode won't be dry because I'll connect you with all of this brain-body science by telling you a personal story, to help you know you are seen, understood, and never alone. 

 People and resources mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Rick Hanson, Buddha's Brain
John Gottman 5:1 Ratio
National Institute of Health

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The way we grow up shapes our hearts and minds. As little girls, we learn fundamental human skills from our family and friends that shape us: how to love, be kind, share, communicate, and trust our intuition. We learn what to believe and we model what we learn.

We're super porous during these peak learning years.
Everything we experience has an affect on our minds and bodies, for better or worse. And, as adults, we get to choose what we do with whatever it is that we learn.

In this episode, you'll hear from the amazing and soulful Elaine Morgan who courageously shares her story of thriving on the other side of childhood, where she was raised as a Jehovah's Witness.

Elaine vulnerably shares what it was like to grow up in a world of repression, confusion, fear, and emotional poverty in a family awaiting armageddon. 

She reflects on the secrets she held and the mindset of never being good enough.
Elaine also talks about the curiosity and determination that have been a fundamental part of who she's always been. She connects us with the role these qualities have played in helping her navigate her life to now.

Elaine shares early lessons of persistent rejection. She talks about how they've shown up across her life and ironically, how they fueled her successful sales career, across multiple software companies, including LinkedIn.

And, you will hear how Elaine overrode her early neural conditioning to become a thriving woman and loving Momma. And, as she reflects on her life long journey of mindfulness and healing, she sums it all up with one of Carrie Bradshaw's most kick ass quotes.


Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-morgan-6269763

Outside sources referenced in this episode:
Under The Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Sex In The City

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How often are you zoning out on the news? How about social media? How do you feel energetically, emotionally, and mentally after a media binge?
 
The world can be scary, overwhelming, and uncertain as heck. The last few weeks have been a ringer. It's easy to get inundated with media overload when we're mindlessly scrolling. 

This week, I have this good news to share: You have the power to control how you feel on the inside no matter what's happening on the outside. It all boils down to a little something I call "Cactus and Blanket." 

In this episode, you'll learn:

The impact digital media is having on your mental and physical health.

Mind blowing, holy shit level data about your digital and social media habits.

 How screen time is affecting your brain.

How your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems control the way you think, and feel. 

The every day choices you may be making that are wreaking havoc on your body and mind. 

Actionable tips you can bring into your daily routine to be and feel more well. (Even when life on the outside gets really freakin' hard.)

Resources referenced:
Statista research
SUNY Potsdam

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How many times a day do you hear, I'm fine? How often do you say those same words when someone asks, "How are you?" When was the last time you really thought about how you're actually feeling and why? 

Your body and mind are co-conspirators of your experience. The interplay between them is constantly happening, even when it goes unnoticed. And when you're unaware of how you feel and why you feel that big range of emotions you feel, you miss one of your greatest opportunities to choose how you experience your life.

In this episode, I'll break down the very complex topic of the interplay between the body and mind so it is understandable, relatable, and actionable. 

You will learn: 

How to tune into what your body is telling you. 

How to start connecting the dots between what you think and what you feel. 

Why you feel the way you feel in certain environments, situations, and relationships.

Questions I ask my life coaching clients to help them boost their clarity and awareness.

 A micro mindfulness practice that has the power to change your awareness and your life.

By the end of this episode, I hope you will understand a little more about yourself and have greater insight into the agency you have to rock your life.

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Has grief rocked your life? Are you feeling angry, lost or overwhelmed? Have you found yourself wondering, "Will I ever feel happiness, breathe easy, or recognize my life again?" If you've answered yes to any of these questions, this episode is for you.
 
Grief is unpredictable. It takes a different shape for each of us. And there is no set time or one clear path to navigate it. There is only finding your way back to yourself by mustering the courage, strength, and presence to take one step forward, then another. And Angelique Bolding has had a front row seat to all of that truth.

In this episode, she courageously and vulnerably shares her personal story of navigating compounded grief across a three month stretch of time that flooded her body, mind, and soul with more sadness and pain than she could ever imagine. You'll hear about her feelings of frustration and loneliness as she navigated mental health systems, medical systems, and legal systems in search of help and support. And, she will tell you about the point in time when she grabbed the mic and chose to thrive.

You will learn:
The intentional choices she made that allowed her to serve, grow, and rediscover happiness.
How courage, mindfulness, strength, and time became her ultimate healing agents.
The steps she took to reclaim her life and her personal power.

Check out Angelique's podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/angeliquembailey/videos 

Connect with her through her website: https://www.angeliquemarya.com/ 
Or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angeliquemarya_/

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Have you ever thought about the useless, heavy, toxic crap you're lugging around? The "unchecked baggage" that you're storing energetically, emotionally, mentally, and physically? This stuff is taking up space. It's impacting the way you think, feel, react, relate, and experience your life. 

In this episode, my aim is to empower you with knowledge, choice, and practice. I'll open by sharing an unlikely story that inspired this episode and the namesake for one of the frameworks I use in my life coaching practice for women. And I'll bring it all home by telling you a real life story of a client who took an extreme approach to unpacking every single bit of toxicity that was weighing her down. 

You will learn:
The different types of "unchecked baggage" that could be weighing you down and how it's manifesting in your daily life.
What mindfulness is and what it isn't.
How to practice mindfulness and recognize the heavy crap you're carrying. 
What neural plasticity is. 
Your power to change your brain, your mindset, and your life.
Two questions you can ask yourself to step into your power and Marie Kondo your "unchecked baggage."

I'll share all of this to help you understand and approach yourself with more awareness, acceptance, curiosity, kindness, and self love.

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