Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. Americans are more likely to die of an overdose than they are from a car accident or by a gun. Black Balloon Day helps create awareness around the important issue of providing support to those struggling with substance use disorder and their loved ones.

On today’s episode of The Be Ruthless Show, I discuss addiction. Not many people do - including those who have overcome addiction. The stigmas are real!

If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, please seek help. You are not alone and your life matters more than you know.

Connect anytime at [email protected]

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Relief From Grief Workshop on:

https://samantharuth.com/relief-from-grief-mar-2024

It’s National Words Matter Week - and on today’s episode of The Be Ruthless Show, I discuss all the ways to use this week to watch how you use your words with others - and with yourself!

Reach out anytime at [email protected]

Relief From Grief Workshop Registration:

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We live in a world where grieving consists of going to a funeral. Life then returns to normal for everyone - except the people suffering through the loss.

Their lives are forever changed.

Today’s guest on The Be Ruthless Show, Elizabeth Barbour, discusses the importance of designing rituals to prevent this dynamic.

Since 2000, Elizabeth has coached thousands of women to find their way back to solid ground when life gets chaotic and overwhelming. Elizabeth intimately understands the twists and turns of life's transitions, having weathered the pain of divorce (twice), the deaths of her parents, emotional struggles surrounding adoption, the indescribable heartache of miscarriage and fertility, complex family relationships, a near-fatal car accident, health setbacks, and cross-country relocations.

Elizabeth guides women through a self-care and ritual process where grief and gratitude can live side by side through her coaching program Solid Ground:

Navigating Transitions When It's All Just Too Much. A firm believer in the power of community, she guides her clients to create connections, so they aren't left to carry the weight of their grief alone. As a life coach and shamanic practitioner, she brings a unique blend of traditional coaching techniques and ancient wisdom to her practice. Elizabeth is the author of two books - Smart Self-Care for Busy Women and Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life's Milestone Transitions.

Learn more at www.elizabethbarbour.com and www.sacredcelebrations.com

Order Sacred Celebrations book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/BOCLTXRL56

New Coaching Program: www.elizabethbarbour.com/solid-ground

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And remember, you can reach out to me anytime at [email protected]

Learn more about Faces of Grief here:

https://samantharuth.com/faces-of-grief

Learn more about Healing Together Through the Holidays here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/healing-together-through-the-holidays-hybrid-conference-tickets-747362550507⁠⁠

It’s National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and on today’s episode of The Be Ruthless Show, I get into not only eating disorders, but disordered eating. 

No carbs. All soup. Fasting. Lemons only. I’ve heard it all. This world glamorizes dieting and we’re surrounded by unrealistic images of beauty everywhere. And unlike other diseases - we can’t stop eating. An alcoholic can choose not to go to a bar - but we need food to survive. 

I also discuss how to have conversations with someone you’re concerned about, and how NOT to have those conversations. 

Here are some eating disorder specific help lines: 

https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/treatment-for-eating-disorders/eating-disorder-hotlines

You can reach out to me anytime at 

[email protected]

Grief is an uncomfortable subject. Avoided. Infertility and miscarriage are among the least discussed types of grief.

It’s just not healthy. Today’s guest on The Be Ruthless Show agrees and is doing something about it.

Sarah Jane Smith is an embodiment teacher, grief ritual facilitator and coach who helps fellow childless not by choice women integrate grief, amplify agency and embody possibility.

Using the foundations of embodiment, self-compassion, grief tending and finding belonging she helps women uncover the confidence, spark and clarity that was buried on the way to becoming childless.

She has over 1000 hours of formal Yoga teacher + meditation training and over 4500 hours of experience leading classes, facilitating workshops, retreats and coaching cohorts in person and online.

She is a Health and Life Coach through the Health Coach Institute and has trained in grief tending and grief ritual facilitation with Francis Weller. Sarah Jane offers 1:1, group coaching, and courses online and in-person at embodiedpossibility.com

You can find her Self Compassion for Childless Women Course here;

https://the-nest.heymarvelous.com/product/59712

You can also find her on Instagram at @embodiedpossibility

Relief From Grief

You can reach out to me anytime at ⁠[email protected]⁠

Have you put off something small only for it to turn into something bigger? So many people avoid things because of fear. Others are too busy. The reasons are endless.

On today’s episode of The Be Ruthless Show, I discuss how avoidance can ultimately feed in to stigmas.

You can reach out anytime at [email protected]

Relief From Grief

Team Ruthless

Grief doesn’t come with a how to book. And what works for one person might not work for someone else.

One thing that’s absolutely universal - if you want support and resources to get through a loss, it’s up to you to find them. It shouldn’t be that way, and people like me are working every day to change this, but unfortunately, it’s the reality.

Today’s guest on The Be Ruthless Show made it her job to find any and every tool, resource, and support possible to help her after she lost the love of her life, her fiancé John.

It’s how we connected.

Shawn Dinneen, owner of Heartstrings Journals, my dear friend, and the most unbelievable soul joins us today to share her story of loss and her story of how she’s found her way through this loss.

Connect with Shawn
Find her journals here

Pre order your Griefhab journal

Learn about Ruthless in the Rockies

Reach out anytime: [email protected]

Some people, like me, speak loud and proud. Sometimes too loud 🤣

Others struggle finding their voices altogether.

On today’s episode of The Be Ruthless Show, I discuss why silence can speak volumes, and why this can be a problem!

Don’t spend Valentine’s Day alone:

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You can still get your 2024 Griefhab Awareness Calendar, with artwork designed by kids implant loss!

Send your address/shipping information to ⁠[email protected]⁠ and pay $24.99 here: ⁠https://app.autobooks.co/pay/griefhab⁠

You can reach out any time:[email protected]

I wear Jim’s wedding ring on my necklace. My Papa’s hat is in my office. I have my actual baby pillow ….. on my bed 🤣(Truth!)

It’s not the ring that matters, though. Or the hat. It’s the memories that are attached. The meaning. The stories.

On today’s episode of The Be Ruthless Show, we discuss the importance of sharing your stories. To connect. To heal. To grow.

Today’s guest, Martie McNabb, helps people share their stories in the most beautiful ways!

Martie is a legacy artist who creates heirloom visual narratives from her client’s photo, document & memorabilia collections. In other words, she tells stories with other people's stuff. She’s fascinated by the stories that get attached to these Things. She’s an interactive story-sharing facilitator who helps people build deeper connections, community & legacy by curating highly interactive public exhibitions & hosting gatherings about the Things that matter.

Check out her show Things That Matter on YouTube & where you listen to podcasts and connect with her on social media: showandtales

Learn more about Faces of Grief here: https://samantharuth.com/faces-of-grief

Contact [email protected] anytime!

I talk all of the time about the block button - literally and figuratively! I’m so intentional about who and what I allow into my universe. Nothing toxic!

You can still get your 2024 Griefhab Awareness Calendar, with artwork designed by kids implant loss! Send your address/shipping information to ⁠[email protected]⁠ and pay $24.99 here: ⁠https://app.autobooks.co/pay/griefhab⁠

Access Healing Together Through the Holidays Here:⁠⁠

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