Tea & Trauma

I needed to vent & download my thoughts in today’s chin wag after a difficult week of sickness & reflection. Sit back and relax as I share my thoughts & feelings on guilt, and the impact it has on our health, wellbeing, and peace. | References: 🎥 Relationship with guilt - https://youtu.be/ozFMecgzjfM .

This week I want to expose my relationship a little bit 😋 & debunk the value we place on happiness. If the pursuit of happiness is nothing but an oversold lie from society: what is it that we should be chasing? #NoWaterfallsHere

Today’s ☕️ is all about evicting our inner-critic, shining a light on unknown shadows, & choosing to share ourselves & shine our light completely. ❤️‍🩹

You thought I was joking about that 2023 EOY Vision? 😂 Are you enabling the energy vamps in your life to jeopardise that vision? Are you sabotaging yourself by trying to help the energy vamps? Let’s chop it up & find out in today’s episode. 🧛🏻 | Reference: 🎥 Teal Sean - Psychic Vampires (How to recognise and protect yourself from an energy vampire): https://youtu.be/FWM-92ripck

New year, new goals. ✨ Grab your notebooks & let’s explore some questions that will help us uncover not only what we want to achieve this year: but also, why we want to achieve our goals and who we want to become in the process. 🪴✨ Happy planning! 💚 | References: 📖 The 5am club - Robin Sharma. 🎓 The Monk Who Stole His Ferrari Method - Robin Sharma. 📖 The courage to be disliked - Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Kota. 📖 The courage to be happy - Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga. 📓 23 goals to set in 2023: Goal ideas for self-investment - https://gentwenty.com/goals-to-set-in-2023/ . 💗 Dayplanner - https://www.kikki-k.com/au . 🏡🧽 Long handled scrubbing brush - Kmart: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/long-handled-scrubbing-brush-43140237/ . 🏡🧽 Wet & dry hand vacuum - Kmart: https://www.kmart.com.au/product/wet-and-dry-hand-vacuum-42735878/ .

Happy New Year Crazies!!! ✨🤍🙏🏽 To kickstart 2023, let’s discuss how we can begin moving away from denial and distraction, & closer to ourselves & our truth. ❤️‍🔥 | References: 🎥 Why denial is unhealthy (psychology): https://youtu.be/I2OYoauwv1I . 🎥 How to call bullshit on denial (Teal Swan): https://youtu.be/mcg1WPuMX5M .

Let’s explore the functions of shame, the implications of toxic shame, & how we can begin the process of ‘unshaming ourselves’. ❗️Trigger warning ❗️Shame is intense & painful to talk about, so be ready to step all over your triggers in today’s chat. | References: 🎥 What is the difference between guilt & shame (Dr. Todd Grande) - https://youtu.be/E-r0x6Sxrv4 . 🎥 Nietzsche - overcome shame, become who you are: https://youtu.be/XnGIzeVRcow . 🎥 Shame is physical -Yoga helps (Carolyn Cowan) - https://youtu.be/_Kwt5Fb50wc . 🎥 3 ways to work with toxic shame - Part 2: https://youtu.be/4dnOzP29OWA . 🎥 Self-hate (the most dangerous coping mechanism): https://youtu.be/uvhhubvTX1o .

Grab your shovels & your tea cups, & let’s discuss the most common mistake we make when it comes to understanding our self-worth. We’re digging deep today. ❤️‍🔥 | References: ✨ my go-to daily bath bomb: https://www.lush.com/au/en/p/sex-bomb-bath-bomb . ✨ My favorite bath bomb ever: https://www.lush.com/au/en/p/goddess-bath-bomb . ✨ My night time shower gel: https://www.lush.com/au/en/p/sleepy-shower-gel . ✨ Must-have post-shower body lotion: https://www.lush.com/au/en/p/sleepy-body-lotion .

In today’s episode, let’s breakdown the difference between good & bad stress, & investigate how our stress may be tied into our childhood trauma. | References: 🎧 Ms. Stress - Floetry. 📓Stress effects on the body - https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/body . 📓 How some stress can actually be good for you - https://time.com/5434826/stress-good-health/?amp=true . 🔍 Google: The effect of stress on human behavior research. 🙏🏽 10 minute guided meditation - https://youtu.be/QHfy9J89mmY .

Let’s explore our ideas around conflict & the important role it plays in our relationships. Our goal for today is to challenge our current perspective of conflict, to get better at building “good fences”, & to learn how to create more SYNERGY in our current relationships. ✨✨| References: 📖 The Symposium - Plato. 🎧 Amar Pelos Doir - Salvador Sobral. 🎧 Love Rain - Jill Scott. 🎥 Les Brown - Love Yourself: https://youtu.be/5dfC2OYh9VQ . 📖 The 5 Love Languages - Gary Chapman.