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Nobody likes to fail. But since messing up is part of the human condition, failure is a part of life. How can we turn the pain of failure into helpful life lessons?

That's what podcast guest, Deya Smith-Taylor (aka Deya Direct), is here to guide us through. Deya is an Author, Producer, Media Personality and Certified Life Coach who has been through her fair share of setbacks and is here to share them with us.

In this conversation, Deya walks us through a particularly difficult time in her life and the pivotal moment when she reclaimed her power. She educates us on how to make our pain pay us back and how we can shift fear into something more powerful and productive.

Deya offers tools and strategies for us acknowledge our truth, get back up from failure, and drop the pain, shame, and disappointment we may be carrying around.

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These Friday episodes are dedicated to casual conversations about real life. Your host, Jen Arnold, aims to share what she does to get through hard times but also wants to put podcast guests' advice into practice.

In this real talk episode, Jen walks through her own parenting struggles, where she's had to do some of her own work, and her advice to other struggling parents.

Parenting is one of the toughest jobs we take on, even in the best of times. Throw in a pandemic with isolation from peers and 24/7 social media, we have a recipe for mental health challenges.

According to the CDC, youths aged 10 to 24 years account for around 14% of all suicides. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for ages 15-24 years and the second leading cause of death among ages 10-14 years. Between 2010 and 2020, suicide attempts among children 10-to 12-years old have increased fivefold.

Faceless statistics are one thing but what happens when your child becomes part of the stats? Podcast guest, Justin Kruger, shares the story of his daughter's suicide attempts. He looks back at the signs, the actions, and the aftermath of both attempts.

Justin describes what it was like as a parent and the long journey to healing as a family. He talks about the lessons learned that came from it, a quote him and his daughter always come back to, and his advice for other parents going through something similar.

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These Friday episodes are dedicated to casual conversations about real life. Your host, Jen Arnold, aims to share what she does to get through hard times but also wants to put podcast guests' advice into practice.

In this real talk episode, Jen walks through what she learned from podcast guest, Jill Griffin, where she struggles with setting boundaries, and the steps she's taking to align her actions with what she wants out of life.

Are you overwhelmed at work? Do you have a never-ending pile of work you can't seem to accomplish? You're not alone. With the constant chatter of quiet and quick quitting, people are rallying against overwork and jobs where they don't feel valued. But many are grinding through the day to day feeling exhausted, draining our wellbeing along with it.

But what if work doesn't have to be that way? Career Strategist, Jill Griffin, shares her steps to boundary setting for the career success you want (however you define it for yourself).

She walks us through what boundary setting is and what it's not, what it can look like, and how she recommends understanding what you need before you start. Jill also shares her story of traumatic brain injury (TBI), how she recovered, and became the hero of her own journey.

For show notes and links mentioned, visit: https://bit.ly/GTIPodcastNotes

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These Friday episodes are dedicated to casual conversations about real life. Your host, Jen Arnold aims to share what she does to get through hard times but also wants to put podcast guests' advice into practice. In this real talk episode, Jen walks through the fear inoculation experiment suggested by podcast guest, Corey Wilks, Psy.D.

We all have value to give to the world but most of us spend our entire lives unable to give that value. A large reason for that is fear standing in our way. It's human to have fear pop up, especially when we are trying something new or putting ourselves or our work out into the universe. But what happens when we experience fear in the absence of real danger? It can lead us to live small lives where we don't experience our fullest potential.

So, how do we tackle our fears? Podcast guest, Corey Wilks, Psy.D, is here to help us. Corey walks us through the four horsemen of fear - failure, ridicule, uncertainty, and success. He explains how these fears may show up in us, and how to protect ourselves from them.

Corey also shares a time when he faced a big career setback - losing his job abruptly with 30 days notice and three paychecks left. He describes how he reacted, the process he went through, and how he got to where he is today.

For show notes and links mentioned, visit: https://bit.ly/GTIPodcastNotes

To sign up for 2 Tip Tuesday, visit: https://bit.ly/2TipTuesday

2 Tip Tuesday is a weekly email that break down podcast episodes into practical resilience tips you can put into action straight away.

"Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy and scared.Everyone, even the people who seem to have it most together."

Anne Lamott

We all have broken bits from being a human making our way through life. Our challenges are what make us human. By sharing our challenges, it connects us to a commonality among us – we all struggle at times.

Whether it's a professional setback or a personal one – we'll tackle them all. Through experts guiding us in getting through the challenges to sharing personal stories of struggle, we'll talk about the hurt, pain, and resilience of the human spirit.

In season 1, we'll cover facing fear, setting boundaries, relationships, failure, and much more!

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