I am back with a vulnerable & juicy one after a week off sick (thanks for waiting!) - we talk the feeling of disillusion, and how this can affect our mental health. We cover:

- The aftermath of Covid on our working lives, timelines, goals and economic realities

- Mourning 'lost time' and grappling with feelings of being behind or running out of time

- Dealing with biological clocks

- The external pressure of getting back to 'the new normal', and a lack of space for Covid grief

- The loss of the traditional 'Australian dream', and how it has affected young people

- How to reconnect with hope during times that feel inherently hopeless

- How we can use mindfulness and spirituality to recreate meaning

- How to find empowerment in a disempowering society

PhhheeEEEWWWW - if there's one thing about me, it's that I'm gonna say it how it is. No censoring, no pandering, no BS. Let's GO.

Show notes:

Your FREE Rediscovering Simplicity Guide - a workbook full of all the best ways to simplify your life will be available on December 18th!

Free only for December before it becomes a paid offer - so head to www.simplifybykate.com and join our Simplicity Club to be the first to know when you can nab your free copy.

Welcome to December, Simplicity Club! I can't believe it's here, but I LOVE this time of year. This is when we get to slow down a little and reflect on the year that was, ready to manifest and reset for the year to come.

I take you through the simple end of year rituals that will have you CRYSTAL CLEAR on your goals & desires, and the habits and practices that will SIMPLIFY your 2024 - to leave more room for the good sh*t that you actually want to do.

We chat:

- End of year self-check in practises to reconnect with your intuition and desires

- Realistic & manageable goal setting

- The magic of vision boards

- Practical reset practices to go into the new year with fresh, abundant energy

- The power of systems and technology in setting ourselves up for simplicity and flow

- Just how bad I F with Google Calendar (please sponsor me Google Calendar, I love you)

- How self discipline and hard work NOW sets us up for FUN AND FLOW later

I am so freakin' excited about this episode!!!

Made a vision board? I wanna see! Tag me @simplifybykate

A girly located in Adelaide, SA? Want to make a vision board in nature with other women? Connect with me at @simplifybykate or www.simplifybykate.com and join us at our vision boarding event!

What we say matters - more than we know. Scientifically, we speak our reality into being. What kind of life are you creating for yourself through your words, intentionally or unintentionally? This episode, we dive into:

- Subconscious, shadow & core beliefs

- How we create self-fulfilling prophecies, and how these can limit us

- Empowering and disempowering labels

- How societal labels impact us throughout our lives

- How our self-imposed labels keep us stuck

- Language swaps we can implement to harness the power of language in shaping the lives we actually WANT to live

It's a juicy one with some hot takes that might leave some people offended 💦 Don't forget, defensiveness is a sign we have a shadow belief or wound to attend to!

How Does Our Language Shape The Way We Think? By Lera Boroditsky

Labelling Yourself Is Keeping You Down, Do This Instead

Extra Goodies:

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How often do you agree to things you don't actually want to do? How often do you laugh when you're uncomfortable? How often are you the go-to person for any emergencies or crisis? Uhoh - looks like you could be a people pleaser. Bonus points if you've been good girl conditioned, too!

Today we dive into:

- The big B - BOUNDARIES. What are they? How do we set them? What if it makes people mad?

- Boundaries in family and work contexts - often the toughest places to stand firm!

- How good girl conditioning is keeping us from speaking up, and what to do about it

- How people pleasing & good girl conditioning is making us sick

- The fawn response

- Emotional agility and harnessing the power of anger

- How a self check-in practice can help in lovingly breaking up with people pleasing

Ooooooft - so much good juicy stuff!

Need to reconnect with your intuition to begin the work? Book a 1:1 intuition healing with me.

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So you want to live a more values aligned, embodied life - but are you ready?

We dive into everything to expect, the pros of course, but also some of the more difficult hurdles. The juicy spots:

- How living as your true self may cause your relationships to suffer

- The importance of boundaries (and what they actually ARE)

- Calling OUT some of the toxic BS a lot of manifestation coaches spill

- How to call IN aligned relationships & love

- Beating people pleasing & good girl conditioning and how you have to be okay with looking like an a$$hole

It's no time to mince words - it's time to start living the life you really want.

This episode, we're diving into your NUMBER ONE barrier in achieving the things you desire: perfectionism.

We really unpack how this is holding you back, and what we can do to overcome it ONCE AND FOR ALL.

- How we use perfectionism as a self sabotage technique

- The strength of loss as a motivating force

- The most common excuses stopping us from actually living our dream life

- How to flip your mindset to expand and finally DO all the things you want to do - instead of just thinking about them

If you're sick to death of thinking about and planning all the amazing things you're going to do, but never actually DOING them - this one's for you.

Today we're diving into the second part of my healing journey - from rock bottom depression to thriving. We're talking all things physical this time round, and how I really levelled up my health to ELITE:

- Connecting on a deeper level with what I was putting into my body, and understanding the story of my food. How incorporating more plants into my diet and eating seasonally & organically was a game changer for my health.

- How I discovered the expansive philosophy of Ayurveda, the science of life, and how it changed my perspective on eating entirely. The beauty in balance and simplicity.

- My journey with GPs and Western Healthcare, and how I finally found empowerment through Naturopathy & Ayurvedic care

- My experience with antidepressants & yoyoing weight

- The empowerment of understanding your natural cycle

& soooo much MORE

Show Notes:

Shine SA Sexual Health Clinic (this is SA only, sorry!)

Discover Your Dosha - my recommended first step in exploring Ayurveda

Let's chat through the 6 tools that really were the pillars of the start of my healing journey - when I was not just finding myself, but creating who it was I wanted to be.

1) Intentional social media use

2) Break up with notifications

3) Phones and bedrooms don't vibe

4) Pick up a pen

5) Date yourself

6) Developing a check in practice

Plus, tangent off into my love for sunrise alarm clocks and disdain for autoplaying videos. Hot takes included.

Hiya! I'm Kate from SimplifyByKate, a Holistic Counselling & Wellness brand centred around scaling back and simplifying your life to rediscover contentment - especially in a world that is too crazy too often. Think simple joys, good food, connection, mindfulness, yoga & the like.

So how did I get here? How did Simplify By Kate start? This is my first ever episode, and is a re-telling of the crumbling of my entire life as I knew it - because it was only once it was gone that I could start again. The crumbling is where the healing is.

SHOW NOTES:

Book recommendation: The Road Less Travelled by Scott M Peck

Library app recommendation: Libby

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES:

Lifeline (Aus) - 13 11 14

Beyond Blue (Aus) - 1300 22 4636

Talk Suicide (Canada) - 1-833-456-4566

NAMI Helpline (US) - 1-800-950-NAMI

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