After a 7-month break....

What is necessary for happiness? Being yourself..  (not regurgitate words of others) Growth & challenges.. Not being a miserable fuck. Sense of personal responsibility Follow calls of own body, morals, values

What are you doing to challenge you? To better you? ...Being happy matters so you may be in a better state of mind, bring a better you to contribute to community.

References: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin Do Less by Kate Northrup.

Melissa Mortimer is an intuitive healer, psychic medium and spiritual coach. She incorporates multiple modalities to provide an empowering space for healing, spiritual growth & sacred self-discovery.

@mindfullymelissa shares her story on today's very Taurus ep about coming home to herself after taking leaps of faith & believing in what she wanted. Melissa explains how Reiki impacted her journey & how honored she is to guide others embodying what we uniquely are. Follow her on Instagram for access to her workshops + coaching.

Nicole talks with Liz about sobriety in her journey and how it impacted her confidence, ability to pay attention to herself and others and prosper in her business and life. Liz relates this to her own year of sobriety while deployed (how this catalyst self-awareness, social skills & coping without the crutch of weed and booze). We chat about how when you learn to love yourself and see the world through a new lens, people are naturally drawn in. Find Nicole on IG @thenicolevillani

Defining ourselves through external factors vs getting clear with our own wants and needs. Redefining our beliefs and values when they become limiting (all gained through self-awareness). Giving compassion to ourselves when things are difficult and accepting what is, acting on what we accept.

Ana is a Speaker, a Clarity and Confidence Empowerment Coach, and the creator of Empowered by Self-Love. Find her @ana_merced_ on IG, FB, or her website, www.anamerced.com

References:

Edge of Fear Pod Ep 52: The Love Yourself Challenge.

Book Kamal Ravikant - Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It

Being present (and facing your emotions instead of just numbing) even in the thick of it. Not waiting until next week, next year, the next season of life to be happy, because there will be hardships in that chapter too. Sharing vulnerably, especially when it’s uncomfortable, and how exchanging ideas facilitates us thinking differently. Stop talking to shitty people. Be the light & love yourself, but you gotta put good stuff in your ears, or you become shitty.

How has dieting effected us as a society? "Compulsive eating... is a way we leave our self when life gets hard."

If we've all hit this pandemic wall, and are still not sure when regular socializing will happen again, how can we connect more deeply within the constraints and activities of what we're already doing?

Sit with it. Speak it. Feel it. References: Women, Food and God - by Geneen Roth The Edge of Fear, Ep. 75 - Moving the Needle Forward with Jennifer Watson

MUST LISTEN EPISODE. In this conversation, Jennifer Watson gives us evidence of times slowing down and becoming self-aware has helped to drive us forward. She gives us some of the tools to use those tactics to push our own needle forward in our dreams and purpose, and how to lead a life filled with more flow, ease, and joy. Go-go-go hasn't been working! It's time to try something new. Find her @jenniferwatsonleadership on IG or on LinkedIn

Abundance v scarcity mentality. Uncomfortable situations and conversations. Just exactly how MANY feelings there are, and how heavy. The female cycle and its alignment - empowering to learn about. Spark Joy - deciding anything = trusting intuition - Have practices and set boundaries to learn how.

References: The Broken Brain Podcast @drstephanieestima Book: Taking Charge of Your Fertility

The Edge of Fear Podcast: Ep34 - Daniela Arrango @iamdanielaarango Ep 63 - Sara Chizek @thesarachizek

The confidence that comes from committing to yourself and keeping the promise.

Being kind and loving towards ourselves and others when it’s the hardest to do so. 

One size fits all mentality? Not really real. Everything (from skincare to relationships to how we learn), every single thing in our unique life is going to be individual to us. Listen to books and podcasts about what MIGHT work, but know you MUST try different things to find what works for you.

It’s hard to be an adult. But we can do it.

1. Pen to paper & keeping a notebook by your bed
2. Keeping promises to ourselves (a 20-minutes-per-day challenge since the last ep and the results in just a week)
3. Release the need for control - control is of a scarcity and fear mindset! Let whatever is in your life JUST BE. Let yourself be there instead of trying to control it.
4. Pour love into our darkest spaces - The Insight Timer App- Practicing Gentle Kindness Towards Ourselves, meditation by Sarah Blondin
5. Showing up for yourself for the sake of showing up, even when you don't feel like being good to yourself.