The Problem With Perfect

Happy Thanksgiving! This week marks the official start of the 2022 Holiday season and the beginning of a six-week eating fest. 

And as delicious as that sounds, for many of us, the holiday eating season brings more than just extra calories.  The guilt, shame, and anxiety around what we are eating and drinking and how it might derail any progress we've made around controlling our eating habits can suck the joy right out of the holiday season.

Here to help us in this episode is Registered Dietician Lynn Eaton from Bamboo Health. Lynn's three questions can not only help us make peace with food during the holidays but help us fully enjoy the wonder of the season.

Special Guest: Lynn Eaton, Registered Dietician and Diabetes Educator
To learn more about Lynn and her services, go to  https://www.bamboonutritionrd.com

Tonya and Jason Goodin's lives are divided distinctly into before and after and the divider is something unimaginable. 

Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency (MSD) is an ultra-rare disease that attacks children and leads to premature and horrific death. The chances of it striking your children are about one in a million and a half. 

Despite these odds, not one, but both of the Goodins' children were diagnosed with this beast of disease in 2019 at the tender ages of 8 and 6. Since then, the Goodins have been making history - fighting for their children's lives and every other child who comes after them.

Join me for this special episode, as Tonya shares their amazing story and how she finds hope amid her heartache. 

Special Guest: Tonya Goodin, co-founder of Grant Us Grace, a non-profit designed to bring awareness to rare diseases and to raise funding for the necessary research. To follow Tonya on social media at: https://www.facebook.com/GrantUsGrace2cureMSD

To learn more about their story, watch this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RNzmeMr5VZR2dP6NA3qDnjj0WeIk0x69/view
 

Episode edited by Jordan M Overkamp, Founder, PlayRoom Studio

In her recent blog post, Dr. Denise Bickel contemplates a quote she heard on a podcast: "You’ll have a happier life if you are an optimist. Choose that.” Not an optimist by nature, Denise explores what it means to be an optimist, a pessimist, and a realist.

This week, Denise joins Robin on the podcast to further the conversation. If you've ever wondered where you're at on the optimist/pessimist scale and how it impacts your life - then this episode is one you won't want to miss. 

Special Guest: Dr. Denise Bickel, PhD, MSW, LCSW
With over 20 years of counseling experience, Denise's areas of expertise include oncology, end-of-life care, and grief work. She has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver and a facilitator of guided meditation walks at the Denver Botanic Gardens. She's also Robin's mentor and a returning guest on the podcast.

7 Myths About Optimism and Pessimism 
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/between-cultures/202104/7-myths-about-optimism-and-pessimism

All There Is With Anderson Cooper Podcast
https://www.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/all-there-is-with-anderson-cooper/episodes/4273c25e-fc3b-450f-99b8-af320111295b

For more thoughts from Denise, check out her blog, Words To Live By, at www.DeniseBickel.com.

Sources cited:
Atlantic Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/why-success-wont-make-you-happy/614731/
The Drive Podcast: https://peterattiamd.com/arthurbrooks/

If you achieve success, you'll finally be happy, right? Wrong. In this episode, Rachel breaks down the meaning of success addiction. You'll discover what it is, how to tell if you have it, and what to do about it in order to realign your priorities. 

Thanks to Dr. Arthur Brooks for the content of this episode! Please visit the links above to dive deeper into the topic and learn more from his inspiring work. 

Pride issues threaten nearly every main character in the Bible, so why wouldn't we think they would us as well? 

If you're wondering how pride shows up in your life, then this episode is for you. Join us for a conversation about the ways pride is threatening our spiritual and emotional health, even when we don't realize it - and how we can overcome it. 

We're all getting older. Some of us are having "BIG" birthdays, and others are becoming wives and mothers. As we mature, are there things we shouldn't wear based on our stage in life? Or should fashion always be defined by what makes you feel good?

Join us for this cross-generational conversation as we ponder all of this and why Tik Tok might be the best place to help answer all your fashion questions.

Psychologists tell us that perfectionism is often rooted in trauma and is connected to our need for survival and safety. Designed to help us fly under the radar to avoid negative attention, perfectionism may protect us from others but eventually can hurt how we relate to ourselves. The habitual need for things to be perfect can leave us unraveling and feeling like we're not enough. 

Join us for this episode as we discuss our own trauma experiences that have impacted our tendency for perfectionism and pose a few questions to help us evaluate the health of our relationships with ourselves.

10 Signs You Are In A Healthy Relationships With Yourself:
https://www.yogiapproved.com/10-signs-you-are-in-a-healthy-relationship-with-yourself/

The passing of Queen Elizabeth  II has caused many of us to pause and reflect inward on our own lives and our impact on the world around us. It’s been said that we can’t all live extraordinary lives (like she did), but we can all do small things that are extraordinary. 

Join us for this episode as we consider three simple ways we can be an inspiration to others and in doing so- make a difference in the lives of the people around us.