The idea of boundaries started showing up for us around two years ago, and ever since then, the idea of them has always been appealing, yet it hasn't been until recently that we've actually implemented some boundaries in both our life and our business.

Even though we've written out an extensive birth day recap from the day that Birdy was born, we wanted to share a verbal recount today of March 8th, 2017 from start to finish. Birdy even joins in on the conversation to share her own thoughts on her birth story haha.

What is our life if it's not infused with joy? Where do we turn when our cup is empty and we long so strongly for it to be filled? Do you turn to external sources such as clothes, promotions, words of affirmation, success, money? Or have you learned how to turn inward and cultivate joy deep within your own heart and soul?

Mark and I have experienced both those exuberant moments of joyous highs, but are also familiar with that empty-pit-in-your-stomach sort of low. While still in the midst of trying to learn each and every day how to turn inwards to source joy as opposed to outward, we wanted to have a discussion around what joy really means to us, how we know we're living without, as well as ways that we have learned to cultivate it for ourselves.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Untethered Soul - Michael A. Singer

Today we wanted to chat about a few of our tips and tricks when it comes to travelling with a baby. Birdy has been on her fair share of flights since she's been born, and we've learned a handful of things since then in regards to air travel.

You've scrolled yourself into a black hole of self doubt, and now place more weight on your followers, likes, and klout than what's healthy. Why do we do that to ourselves? How can we learn to not only take back our self worth, while simultaneously putting our most authentic self out into the online world?

Struggling with authenticity can be so hard, not only in our day-to-day real lives, but even more so when we try to translate pieces of who we are onto a social media platform. We wanted to share in a conversation around authenticity, what it means to us, and how we try and radiate that outward in everything that we do. It's not easy, especially when we get caught up in the headspace of self-worth, followers, likes, and all of that social stuff that at the end of the day, doesn't define who we are. 

Blog post mentioned in today's episode: http://www.dawnbradleyhair.com/blog-entries/secrets

Intro/outro music by Ty Sander

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You, friends, are the absolute best! We can't believe that we've successfully pulled off our very first interactive podcast episode. We loved it so much that we can certainly say that although it was our first time, it definitely won't be our last. Listen in to see how we conversed with you guys throughout the episode in real time.

Not only is maintaining friendships as an adult something that's quite hard to do, but how do we even find these friends to begin with. It seems that as kids friendships come, and are maintained, quite easily, but as adults--especially once we're more in tune to who we are as human beings--finding friends that can easily ebb and flow into our lives doesn't seem to come as easily.

Why is that?

Why do some friendships last forever, while others end after months or years?

Navigating the off season in your business can be tricky! I remember my first off season trying so hard to stay busy every single day by writing blog posts that I'm pretty sure only my mom read...but hey! If that contributed to where we are today then I'll take it. Listen in to hear about our off seasons and how they've changed over the last four years.

This is part two of a two part episode where we share our journey over the course of the last six months while battling postpartum depression. You can find part one in Episode 004.

This is part one of a two part episode where we share our journey over the course of the last six months while battling postpartum depression.