Tending Your Life

A couple of years ago, I wrote one of my most popular newsletters ever. I think it remains my most replied-to email of all time. In it, I talked about my depression—and what I wanted you to know.

Earlier this year, I wanted to update the list—and was so proud to have it published on The Mighty. Whether you have depression or love someone who does, this episode is full of good reminders. I hope that it feels useful for you.

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• You can read the original article here.

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Elena Brower is one of my long-time yoga teachers, one of the first people who got me thinking about the kind of mom I wanted to be, and one of the first people I texted when I decided to get sober two years ago. At this, my two-year sober anniversary, I'm taking things full circle by welcoming Elena to the podcast so that we can talk parenting, sobriety, creative process, and more.

About Elena: Mama, teacher, bestselling author and Double Diamond leader with doTERRA, Elena has taught yoga and meditation since 1999. Her first book, Art of Attention, has been translated into seven languages, and her second, Practice You, is a bestseller. Her Essential Mentorship is beloved for bringing analog creativity to online coursework, and her third book, Being You, was released in early 2021. Her spoken word poems can be found on Above & Beyond's Flow State albums.  Listen to her renowned Practice You Podcast atpracticeyou.com, and practice with Elena on Glo.com.

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• The Ritual of Recovery spoken word
• Kim Krans and The Wild Unknown
• Podcast episode on Urgency
• Elena's podcast
• Elena's website
• Elena's Instagram

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Sarah Von Bargen is one of my favorite people on the Internet. Everything she does comes from a place of true integrity and helpfulness. She tells the truth about even the most awkward subjects with warmth and wit. And I cannot wait for you to hear our conversation.

Sarah Von Bargen is a writer, coach, and educator who helps people spend their time, money, and energy on purpose.

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• Self-Compassion by Dr. Kristen Neff
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How do you move out of the burn out and overwhelm cycle, and move your self care from a place that is reactive (something you do after a taxing event) to proactive (something built in to your routines). This is the topic for this week's episode.

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This week's episode aims to answer a question that I've had in my own practice for years: How do we learn how to celebrate when we hold ourselves to sky-high standards?

In this episode, I talk about:

• Lowering your standards—and how being more compassionate with yourself can help you celebrate more
• Celebrating your efforts (instead of just your accomplishments)—which is really about focusing on what we can control (what we do) instead of what we can't (what others do/how others react).
• Challenging the ways we celebrate in our culture—and learning to celebrate without alcohol or simply buying more stuff.
• And more!

Listen to the whole thing for more thoughts and tips on how to celebrate.

• Michelle Ward
• Your Win Book
• Christy on Instagram

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I'm so delighted to welcome Vanessa Mentor to the show today! Vanessa and I originally connected via Instagram. Then she invited me to be a part of her free series, Tending (perfect, right?). And now I'm so excited to have her on the podcast.

Vanessa and I share an affinity for looking at self-care through an anti-capitalist lens, which was the perfect jumping off point. But Vanessa and I have very different backgrounds: she was born in Haiti, and talks openly about the effects of colonialism on her sense of self and self-worth. She talks about growing up in a patriarchal family—and how that led to her mission to help women live unrestrained.

I can't wait for you to hear the whole thing.

Vanessa Mentor is a Self-Care Educator and Coach who connects the dots between our individual self-care  and the care of the world so we can take actions that heal and restore both. Her clients are working moms/women who've been burned out before and don't wan to go there but are torn between taking care of their needs and caring for their family's needs.

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• Vanessa's series, Tending
• Christy on Instagram

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More of us are feeling overwhelmed, feeling, really spread thin and verging on burn out. What happens when you choose to tap into your own sacred focus and do less, but do it better?

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I cannot wait for you to hear this conversation. L'Erin lays out so much deep wisdom in this episode. I took so many notes—putting stars next to things and circling others—because I felt, in the best way, like I was back in school.

In this episode, we talk about intuition and power; being an empathic person; boundaries and trauma; and so much more. We talk about how empaths are made (not necessarily born)—and how to care for (and perhaps reparent) yourself as an empath.

We talk about accessing your personal power in difficult times. And we talk about intuition as something anticapitalist. Plus, we dive into how to tell the difference between the voice of your intuition and the voice of your fear.

L’Erin Alta is a powerful medicine woman + mystic living in full devotion of her spiritual calling. She has over 20-years of experience teaching classes, workshops and leading retreats that help people align their selves with their souls so that they can live their true purpose and share their spiritual gifts with the world.

A world traveler with 24 countries under her belt, L’Erin has worked with medicine men + women, spiritual teachers, mystics, gurus and guides from a diversity of spiritual paths + practices.

As the host of the “Black Girl Mystic” podcast, L’Erin talks with Black Girl Mystic highlights Black women + femme healers, spiritual teachers + modern day mystics who are changing the world by living their soul's calling.

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In this episode, I'm talking about cycles. And specifically, how we can choose to respect our nature as the cyclical beings we are? In this episode, I'm breaking down how I'm doing this in my own life. And at the end, I ask you to consider how you might approach this in your unique situation.

If things feel a little flat in your world at the moment, or if you're going through a difficult time, this one is for you. It's a gentle reminder that nothing blooms all year; we are all cyclical beings.

• Free Intuition Meditation

Consider how you could allow for more respect for the cyclical nature of your life. Would it be possible to make your weekends totally work free? Could you do a better job of turning off notifications at night?

How could you allow for the full expression of yourself as a cyclical being to come into the world a little bit more? Or put a different way: How could you simply bring some awareness and mindfulness to the ways in which you are a cyclical being—so that perhaps you can allow in some of this grace, compassion, forgiveness, and acceptance for yourself?

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Born a farm girl, guest Candice English, the owner and operator at The Farmer's Daughter Fibers, embodies her heritage & home state of Montana into all aspects of her work. She's also an activist with Sisters United in Montana.

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• FDF on Instagram
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