I'm on a mission to change my relationship with my body. I want to lose around 150 lbs overall. Today I'm giving you a check-in for where I am at two months in. In full honesty I'm not super excited to share this one, but I want to continue being honest about where I am and what I'm working through. Thanks for being here with me, I'm so grateful to have you along for the ride!

Kat Herro is the co-founder of The TTC Society (Trying to Conceive Society). We talked about her journey with fertility and the struggles that she went through to conceive her second child. Out of that experience she wanted to create a space where women who are trying to conceive could have a safe space and community to embark on that journey together. We discussed many factors that can effect fertility, the enormous cost of treatments that are NOT covered by insurance, and so much more. 

If you're on a fertility journey, join Kat's wonderful Facebook group here.

Last week we talked about the importance of knowing your values and how they shape your identity. Now, let's move into how to have boundaries and how to say no. My friend Susan Brennan, an Accountability Coach, joins me to discuss why having established boundaries and saying no can really set you up for the most delicious and perfect YES in all areas of your life.

Today, Megan Myers, a Career Coach & Counsellor, joins us as we explore how having values in our life help us make sense of the world and build a strong foundation for cultivating boundaries and a sense of identity. We talk about what transpires when our values shift, the grief that can happen when we might feel estranged from communities or ideas that were once really important to us, and why values are so important.  

I've been overweight since about the fourth grade. It's been an area of my life that I haven't been ready to address until now. I wanted to bring you into the journey because it's one that I think mimics much of life; small intentional steps lead us to lasting transformation. If you're interested in checking out the App I mention in the episode, it's called Noom, if you want to give it a try, use this link for a 14-Day Free Trial & 20% off a subscription if you decide you want to stick with it. I will get a little monetary compensation if you decide to purchase a subscription so that's pretty cool! 

Today you'll meet a childhood friend of mine, Kristin. In her early 20's, Kristin would leave the police force to become a full-time step-mama to two teenage daughters. Fast forward seven years, she has two little girls of her own, her step-daughters have left for their first year of college, and she's now living on what I've affectionately been calling The Homestead. I asked Kristin to come on the show because she is thriving more in her life than I've ever seen! She talks about her journey of navigating marriage, being a mother, and ultimately where she is now. Fun fact, Kristin has always had one of my favorite laughs! If you'd like to follow her on her journey, you can find her on Instagram @ksherrod33.  

"I'm not sure where I belong anymore." On Easter 2020, I remember crying as I watched the video for the service because for the first time in my life I didn't know where I fit within the Christian community. To be honest, I'm still on a path of deconstruction of my beliefs. I invited my good friend Tara onto the show to discuss our journey's with faith up to this point as I needed someone that I felt safe enough talking to about it. Tara has been on a similar journey of breaking down her faith to understand what she believes and wants to embody in her own life as well.

My boyfriend Serg joins me in this episode as we take a behind the scenes look at one of our favorite growth tools: The Enneagram. The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing tool and in this episode we take you through a basic understanding of what it is, the different types that comprise the Enneagram, and of course tell you a few stories about our own relationship along the way. I am an Enneagram 8w7 and he is an Enneagram 3w4. SPOILER ALERT: Serg and I mistyped him as a 1 for almost TWO YEARS!

At one point Tony woke up in a jail cell facing a 20 year sentence. I invited him here to talk about his journey through his life, what landed him there, what brought him out, and what ultimately he sets his life upon today. I asked him here because I love the messages that he shares on his social platforms and he's up to some exciting and new creative ventures that I really want to champion forward. 

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I want this podcast to be a place for honest conversations with people that I admire and with myself. I'm inviting you into the place where I've found myself; the messy middle. Far too often I think we're blindly running toward things that we never cared about because someone somewhere told us that's what we should be running after. I hope that as I share more about my own journey that you might feel seen in your own and led to take the best path forward for YOU. If you're feeling led to create something of your own, don't wait, just start! This is your life, the gate is open, you just have to run through it!