She Uncensored

When I started running, the most helpful pieces of information I learnt was the difference between discomfort and pain. Discomfort is a long-term struggle that builds up over time; you can run through this, as far as you can, because this indicates growth and pushing past limitations. Pain is a short, sharp feeling that comes on suddenly; it ought to cause you to stop. Running through this is detrimental and will lead to further, long-term injury. However, we’re very quick to interpret discomfort as pain, we don’t push through, and we never gain.

And so, with life.

This week’s episode is all about discomfort and staying present through it all. Growth is an uncomfortable process but, so often, we misinterpret discomfort as a reason to not continue with something. Leaning into discomfort lends itself to learning from our discomfort. When the challenges in life come our way, we can either go through it, or grow through it. The choice lies in how much we choose to stay present, stay aware, and not take the easy route out.

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Sending love.

(PS: Here's the painting.)

For the longest time, I was haunted by the fear of making 'wrong decisions' in life. I was so scared that I would go off the 'right path' for me, and that I would fuck my life up. Living with regret was one of the things I tried so hard to avoid. However, this fear caused me to play things safe all the time and not branch out to realise my full potential, or lean fully into my humanity.

As I get older, I'm learning to adjust my ways of thinking and realise that there may not be such a thing as a wrong decision. All decisions we make in life shape our experiences and, as I was reminded earlier this week by the wonderful Danielle LaPorte, the circumstance you reflect on one day as a 'wrong choice' may be the thing you're thankful for tomorrow for teaching you so much...

In this episode, I talk about letting go of my inner-teenager's dream and how, in the end, I didn't realise I would be so thankful that I did. I'm here, now, and I am so grateful. I'm starting to believe that life finds a way, things work out, as long as you commit to staying present with every step you take.

Hi, hello, hey.

I'm sorry I was gone for so long but I'm back this week with a brand new episode and I am so excited to speak to you again! 

This week, I talk about crying in my friends car, getting sick of adulting (we all do), and how we can become active participants in our lives again. 

Sometimes, we just feel like we're on auto-pilot, getting buffeted along by circumstances, and not really paying attention to what's going on. Life can sometimes get stuck in a rut of just getting things done, and the same old routines. There is a time for going with the flow, and there's a time for actively pursuing what we want. 

Over the past few weeks, I've been challenged to get my life in alignment and how, once again, I'm starting to make decisions to create the life I want to live. 

In this episode, I talk about how we can become active participants in the creation of our lives, and how we can balance our day-to-day responsibilities, must-dos, and have-to-dos. It all comes back to having some good, old fashioned fun and connecting with our inner child. At the end of the day, balance is everything.

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We all have those aspects of our personality that we don't like and the bits of ourselves that not many people see. How do we accept those? And what happens when we do?

Following a challenging two weeks, I'm here with some thoughts about loving all aspects of ourselves - especially the bits we don't like.

Any thoughts or questions? Email me - [email protected]. I can't wait to hear from you.

Let's catch up.

This episode is a summary of what I've been up to lately, my thoughts on minimalism, and my new Etsy store.

This one is entirely unstructured - just a cup of tea, some snacks, and a rambling of my thoughts over the past few weeks.

Also, sorry this is late. 

Check out my Etsy store here: https://etsy.me/37ANQY6

What are your thoughts on minimalism? Have you ever considered it, or are you a minimalist? Maybe you're not a believer in it at all and love living with more...

Let me know! [email protected]

Love love love xx

Episode 20! Twenty! I feel like this is a mini-landmark episode...If you've been here from the beginning, or you've only just joined - thank you so much for being here and choosing to listen. It means so much and I appreciate every single one of you.

In this episode, I wanted to talk about inviting more of what you desire in life - whether it's finally starting that art class, or finding a new career, or starting over in a new place. Whatever it is that your heart is telling you to do, go do it and see what happens. So often we bury our desires under our obligations and things that need to get done throughout the day. We don't give what we want enough importance because we're not taught that our joy and fulfilment in life is important. Sometimes, we don't go after what we want because we have a lack of belief in ourselves and our ambitions...

No matter what the reasons are that have made you place your desires on the bottom of your priority list, let 2021 be the year that they're given first place. For this episode, I talk about the many reasons we may not pursue what we want, and how we can start inviting more of what we desire into our lives every single day.

[Also, the podcast episode I briefly mention can be found here: https://bit.ly/2LLLXQq]

At the beginning of December, or thereabouts, I decided to quit social media for a while. I'm not a huge social media user anyway and I've never felt comfortable putting my personal life online for just anyone to see. Personally, it doesn't feel right for me to allow strangers insight into my life and to have a bigger audience than the people directly around me. Quitting social media basically meant deactivating my Instagram account as that was my main vice. (I said farewell to Facebook a few years ago, Twitter was something I never really understood the hype, Snapchat was a no, and TikTok I'll leave to Gen Z.)

I just thought it would be a nice break from constantly picking up my phone and mindlessly scrolling for fifteen - twenty minutes. What I didn't expect was all the other benefits that came with it...Quite honestly, I'm shocked at how I feel now.

So, in this week's episode, I discuss what I've discovered in the last few weeks, the changes I feel, and what my thoughts about social media are. This is all my opinion, by the way - you can disagree and you can argue. Right now, I'm more than happy to continue with this social media free way of life.

What do you think of social media?

Whatever your thoughts, let me know. Email me at [email protected] or head to www.sheuncensored.com

Fear. We all know her but I feel I've let her have the command of the direction of my life for too long. In this final episode of 2020, I discuss my feelings about fear and what I want to change in 2021.

Thank you for joining me on this journey through 2020 and for listening. You've allowed me a space to dive deeper into myself and I hope, through doing so, you've been able to find undiscovered parts of yourself, too.