Elisabeth and Merianna talk about the gift of time and space. How do you give yourself time and space to breathe and recuperate? What does this say about how you value yourself? Is valuing yourself the same as self-care?

Links:

• Calm - Meditation Techniques for Sleep and Stress Reduction
• ‎Stop, Breathe & Think on the App Store
• Use the Breathe app - Apple Support
• Insight Meditation Society – Tranquility. Wisdom. Compassion.
• Give Yourself More Time and Space
• 11 Strategies for Eliminating Time Stealers at Work - Bookboon Blog
• The Unexpected Power of Stillness – Personal Growth – Medium
• How to Hear Your Inner Wisdom When Making Tough Choices
• Listening To Your Inner Voice | Psychology Today
• Why You Should Listen to Your Inner Voice | The Chopra Center
• How Much Do You Value Yourself? | Psychology Today
• Four Ways to Start Valuing Yourself Properly - Verily
• 8 Ways to Love, Cherish, and Value Yourself - You Have A Calling

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about grief and how you never truly get over grief. Instead, grief becomes a part of who you are and a part of your story. They talk about the power of great authors and great words.

Links:

• South Carolina Poet Laureate - Wikipedia
• Marjory Heath Wentworth - Wikipedia
• Marjory Wentworth I Poet Laureate of South Carolina
• CITY OF GIRLS by Elizabeth Gilbert, coming June 4, 2019
• Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear: Elizabeth Gilbert: 9781594634727: Amazon.com: Books
• Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Big Magic’ - The New York Times
• Grief Isn't Something to Get Over | Psychology Today
• Should You Try To "Get Over" Grief? | Psychology Today

Elisabeth and Merianna are joined by MG McCullough, Doctor of Chinese Medicine who is about to have a little girl. They talk about self-care, parenting, rest, balance and harmony. How does it all fit together? Can it all fit together?

Links:

• 45 Simple Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind, Body & Soul
• Self Care 101 | Psychology Today
• Parenting Shouldn’t Be About Self-Sacrifice, Whatever Your Income | The New Republic
• Self-Care Is More Than Mani-Pedi And Requires Effort
• How to Overcome Shame Around Self-care - Becoming Who You Are
• Change How You Define Yourself and Change Your Life | Psychology Today
• The 9-to-5 workday isn't just hated—it's obsolete — Quartz at Work
• The First Forty Days – MotherBees
• 40 Days After Birth
• To Rebuild 'The Collapse Of Parenting,' It's Going To Be A Challenge : NPR
• Pregnancy: The Marriage of Yin and Yang | Pacific College
• Avoid the competitive parent trap | Life and style | The Guardian
• 10 Reasons I Quit Competitive Parenting –
• steelmagnolia
• Editing Services - Writing Refinery

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about the importance of taking time to rest. They discuss how much paid leave time isn't taken in America and why so many of us feel guilty about taking downtime or time off. What does it mean to be productive? Do you have to be exhausted all the time to be a "good worker?"

Links:

• Americans Waste Record-Setting 658 Million Vacation Days - Project: Time Off
• State of American Vacation 2018 - Project: Time Off
• Wasted PTO: Unused vacation costs workers $66 billion in lost benefits
• Inflated Self-Esteem: What Are You Trying to Hide? - Exploring your mind
• Repaying your sleep debt - Harvard Health
• Sleep Debt: Tips for Catching Up on Sleep | Sleep.org
• Can You Catch Up on Lost Sleep? - Scientific American
• Viktor Prokopenya on stress in IT: “The world won’t stop if we pause”
• Our Need To Feel Needed… And When It Must Change | HuffPost
• The On Being Project | The On Being Project
• Energy Vampires: Who They Are & How To Ditch Them - mindbodygreen

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about the changing seasons. Why do we resist change? Are there rituals and ways we could welcome change more readily?

Links:

• Overcoming Fear of Dentist
• Easing Dental Anxiety
• 12 Tips for Dental Anxiety
• YPO | An Inward Focus: The Power of Self-Reflection - YPO
• Four Ways to Reflect | Stable Transitions
• Fall is a Time of Renewal | The Basilica of Saint Mary
• Article View
• Restore-Renew-Revive in Autumn | Gaia Conceptions
• The Meaning Of Fall Equinox 2018 Will Help You See The Beauty In Darkness, So Believe In It
• Autumnal equinox | astronomy | Britannica.com
• If You Could Only Set One Intention, Let It Be This | HuffPost
• 10 Intentions To Set For Your Most Authentic Life - mindbodygreen
• Welcome to Autumn: Set Your Intentions | Brenda Dineen - Clinical Counselling and Mid-Life Crisis or Help in Vancouver

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about what happens when you have a plan and those plans changed. How do you judge productivity? How do you ride the waves of change as they come?

Links:

• Dear Everyone: Labor Day Is NOT The 'End Of Summer' | HuffPost
• First Days of Seasons 2018 | Fall Equinox, Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice | The Old Farmer's Almanac
• Positive Psychology: Five keys to preparing for change
• 3 Strategies to Overcome Resistance to Change | Inc.com
• Transition Plan: 10 Steps to Creating a Major Life Change | The Chopra Center
• Ariana Grande reminds us women have no safe place in America (opinion) - CNN
• Amazon.com: Parable of the Sower (Earthseed) (9780446675505): Octavia E. Butler: Books
• LeAnn Gardner
• Growing Up in the Church, I Know the Ariana Grande Groping Moment Well | Glamour
• Bishop Apologizes to Ariana Grande for Grope During Aretha Funeral – Variety
• Spiritual Abuse: Actions Speak Louder than Words - Merianna Neely Harrelson
• Marriage Advice On How To Maintain An Equal Partnership | HuffPost
• Complementarianism vs. egalitarianism—which view is biblically correct?
• 6 Ways to Know You’re Living Out an Egalitarian Marriage - The Junia Project

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about triggers to the past. Does experiencing triggers or bad days mean you haven't progressed or grown? How do you handle unexpected triggers? Do you have to adhere to societal norms or expectations when they are detrimental to your own health and growth?

Links:

• Southern Women
• Are we women wired for self-sacrifice? - HeartyLady
• Why Do Women Find It So Difficult to Put Themselves First? | HuffPost
• Why We Put Ourselves Last & Why Self-Care Should Be a Priority
• 8 Reasons Why Women Need Limits and Boundries and Self Care
• The Best Ways For Women To Take Care Of Themselves | American Medical Women's Association
• 15 Ways Grown-Ass Women Take Care Of Themselves Each Day
• Special for women: Is taking care of yourself really that selfish? | Precision Nutrition
• Social Roles and Social Norms | Simply Psychology
• 10 Social Niceties That Can Fuck Off - CollegeTimes.com | CollegeTimes.com
• The Psychology of Triggers and How They Affect Mental Health
• How to deal with ‘triggers’ which remind you of a traumatic event - Dr. Patrick Keelan, Calgary Psychologist
• Flashbacks and Traumatic Stress - The New York Times

Elisabeth brings a friend to this week's podcast! She introduces Merianna to Jennifer Gerhart, an artist, illustrator, and writer. They talk to Jenn about her journey to the outside and what she is discovering and learning along her way.

Links:

• Witches Tarot by Ellen Dugan, Mark Evans |, Other Format | Barnes & Noble®
• Witches Tarot
• When Tarot Says Wait
• Six Mistakes of Reading Tarot for Yourself | Biddy Tarot Blog
• Amazon.com: Customer reviews: The Original Rider Waite Tarot Pack
• Lesson 12 - Major and Minor Arcana Cards
• The Minor Arcana Tarot Cards
• Minor Arcana Tarot Card Meanings | Biddy Tarot
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help: Amanda Palmer, Brené Brown: 9781455581092: Amazon.com: Books
• Amanda Palmer: The art of asking | TED Talk
• Reading Lois Lowry's 'The Giver' as an Adult - The Atlantic

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about the longest lunar eclipse in this century and how to overcome misinformation. How do you know what to believe? Is everything you read on the Internet true?

Links:

• Lunar eclipse 2018: Blood moon offers thrilling views - CNN
• Photos: The longest lunar eclipse of the century captured around the world
• Can we control the weather? | HowStuffWorks
• The 23 Amazing Health Benefits of Mindfulness for Body and Brain (+ PDFs)

Elisabeth and Merianna talk about the importance of giving yourself time and space to breathe. When you take a breather you are recentered and are able to reconnect in relationships and work. But how do you convince yourself to actually take that time?

Links:

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien | Goodreads
• Pitch Perfect (2012) - IMDb
• Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) - IMDb
• Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)
• Travel Info for the Redwood Forests of California, Eureka and Humboldt County
• 8 Amazing Places to See the Redwoods in California
• The Benefits of Hiking Alone | REI Co-op Journal
• 18 Tips From Female Solo Hikers - Backpacker
• WILD - Cheryl Strayed
• Nothing to fear: How to find courage when you need it most - The Washington Post