That's Aloud!

What would you do if, after dedicating your life to the teachings of Jesus Christ to help cope with childhood physical and sexual abuse, you were excommunicated from your church? Would you, perhaps, develop an addiction or two? Literally claw your own face off? Struggle against a daily urge to end your own life? Understandable. But would you then befriend a psychotic 15 year old girl who tried to murder her mother and, through that unlikely relationship, discover your own self worth? Would you develop your own system to heal from all those layers of trauma and create healthy boundaries for yourself? And would you start teaching that system to suicidal teens, chronic cheaters, addicts, and anyone else who could use a solid sense of self-worth? You would if you were this week's guest, Rene Schultz. To learn more, find Rene on IG: @thatwickedsmahtchick.

Highlight Reel:

3:45 Excommunicated!

9:00 Rene hits rock bottom and learns to stop handing people her worth on a silver platter

10:30 Rene discovers that mentoring others can help her heal

12:00 Some tools for healing from trauma and addiction

20:00 Tips on shaping a memoir

21:00 Rene's memoir "Imagine If I Looked Like Me": healing from dysmorphia and low self-image

25:50 Boundaries are FOR you, not against you

26:45 The Respect Test: are they relationship material?

31:00 How the cycle of abuse perpetuates itself, and how to put a stop to it

What would you do if your spouse was seriously ill, and mainstream medicine was failing them at every turn? If you're anything like this week's guest, Scott Manduck, you'd turn every stone until you got at the root cause and found a viable alternative treatment. Scott's commitment to helping his wife heal and the incredible discoveries they made along the way will BLOW YOUR FREAKING MINDS, yogis. Learn more about Scott and the technology he discovered at essentialvibes.ca, and use the promo code "aloud20" to give it a go at a 20% discount. 

Highlight Reel:

4:00 The root cause - how our teeth affect our bodies

7:00 The limitations of Western medicine

10:30 Synchronicity: TFW the doctor from the documentary you just watched randomly walks into the office where you happen to be

13:00 The story of Essential Vibes

14:00 The Schumann Resonances

15:00 EMFs, 5G, and how they're affecting our bodies

20:20 How to stop a runny nose using essential oils

24:00 My best friend's chronic illness story

29:00 The Autoimmune Solution by Amy Myers, MD

30:00 Weaning off of high oxalate foods

50:00 What it feels like to find that thing that you know is going to make a massive impact

51:00 How to start healing and take your life back

Every so often I realize there's a story *I'm* still not telling. This one was a bit of a doozy.

It's taken me two decades and a whole lot of help from my support network to get enough distance on this epic survival story to be able to share it with the world. Melting Ivory chronicles my adventures as a naive Fulbright scholar studying theatre in a country on the brink of civil war, and the far more dangerous romance that resulted. 

In this bonus episode, I offer a sneak preview of this true tale of personal and political upheaval, love, loss, and liberation. 

Now available on Kindle, or in paperback. 

If you've ever been made to feel like you're taking up too much space, this is the episode for you. Nutritional wellness and conscious eating coach Suzanne Carpenter shares the hero's journey that showed her that change is possible: all you have to do is start. Find out more about Suzanne's "Suz On your Shoulder" (SOS) program to clear up food confusion for good, and sign up for a free 7-day trial on her website: https://carpenterone80.com/

Highlight Reel:

3:00 A quiet eating disorder

8:40 Why extreme diets don't work

10:20 Comparison kills (and mansplaining sucks)

14:00 A handy trick for sloughing off unsolicited commentary

19:00 The secret to success: get comfortable with discomfort, and do the scary thing

24:40 How to build a healthy plate

39:00 Just start!

41ish: BONUS! All about eating your feelings

Have you ever changed the right thing, but for the wrong reasons? Transformed your outsides, only to realize it was your insides that actually needed to change? Sheltered from the storm when you should have been dancing in the rain? Listen to find out what happened when this week's guest, Jag Sandhu, host of the International Connection Podcast, made the decision to stop trying to live up to the expectations of random weeds that popped up around him, and start cultivating a garden of like-minded, positive people instead. 

Learn more and listen to Jag's inspiring and delightful podcast at https://theinternationalconnection.com/ 

Highlight Reel:

2:30 Why you should aim to be the dumbest person in the room

4:10 What happens when you change your outsides without changing your insides

11:00 Why relationships are everything

12:50 Can you overcome introversion?

15:20 Measure your life in fun

16:40 People only throw stones at trees that bear fruit (so if the haters are after you, you're doing something right!)

18:00 Jag's life-changing decision

23:00 How to get and keep a mentor

29:50 The GEMS method for navigating difficult conversations

37:30 Jag's #1 tool for mental wellness

How do you win at Pac-Man? You stop playing the game. 

Kimberley Milousis is at the top of her game. But for a self-proclaimed growth-addict like her, there's no such thing as "done." Kimberley knows the next level is to start showing her vulnerable side to her team. Together we navigate how to do just that without drowning in insecurity, making anyone else responsible for her feelings, or taking personal drama as an excuse not to show up for those who need her. 

Highlight Reel:

3:40 Who cheers for the cheerleaders? The fraud complex is forreal, y'all.

8:50 Why ask why? Accepting what is.

9:40 Interrupting the shame cycle

12:00 How to win at the game of life

18:00 How vulnerability begets empathy

21:30 Learning to be "on" with honesty

23:00 Pursue healing - even a great heart surgeon can't perform heart surgery on themself

27:00 What a strength really is (spoiler: it's not just something you're good at)

30:00 The far-reaching impacts of self-talk

33:00 Abundance: it's not about the money

39:20 "Life More Abundantly," Kimberley's holistic abundance course: kimm.me/lma