Training for, and running multiple ultra trail races, I have learned the value of keeping an ultra endurance mindset in life too. Taking things one day at a time and continuing forward no matter what your circumstances are will get you through each day. 

Do you find that you judge and compare yourself to others? Do you judge yourself or think others are judging you? These are traps of the ego and are definite self-love blockers. Listen in on this episode, where I divulge my vulnerable journal entries beginning at age 13 on how I began this detrimental cycle of judging and comparing. Through the years I discovered why I was doing this and figured out how to become aware of it and stop it. 

Feeling positive and optimistic is a choice you can make every day. This was not always easy for me as I've struggled with loving and accepting myself, and believing that my circumstances had to change before I could feel positive. It wasn't until I made the choice a few years ago to be positive in my current circumstances, that I truly started feeling the benefits of daily optimistic outcomes. 

Since last week's episode where I shared my current "life situation" of going through a divorce, I decided to create a segment called real-time talk. At the beginning of each episode, I will share how I am choosing to live in the present moment or "real-time", through this new chapter of my life. Our true lives are really only in the present, everything else is just "life situations". As I share the things I have learned through years of journaling, my models and applications are truly being put to the test now. I am so grateful I have developed these tools to help grow and guard my self-love, and to thrive while working daily to live in the present.  

Are you a perfectionist? Do you set too high of expectations for yourself, or assume others have expectations of you? Perfectionism and expectations are huge self-love blockers and are done out of fear of failure. Trust in yourself and in your abilities without putting perfection and expectations in the way of your true strength and potential. 

There sometimes is a stigma against therapy and medication, that it is bad or not needed. After almost 4 decades of neglecting my mental and emotional health by not talking to a therapist, my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner. For me, the way out of anxiety and depression has been by seeking help through therapy and medication to get me to the stable place I am in today. 

Depression is something I have dealt with since I was a teenager, but did not realize or acknowledge until I was 39 years old. My cycles of depression and mania, mixed with anxiety made it almost impossible for me to feel stable. But I kept moving forward and found a way out of the pit of despair I so often found myself in. If you suffer with clinical depression or deep sadness at times, this episode can offer some validation and relief. You are not alone.

Positive affirmations have the Power to re write old thought patterns, and claim new and empowering ones to replace them. Affirmations are a simple, yet highly effective tool to lead you in the direction you want to go to reach your highest potential that You set for yourself. In this episode, I share how I find and create affirmations for myself that manifest the absolute best possible outcomes. 

For years I've fought against anxiety to try and keep it out of my life, but that resistance only led to more anxiety. Working thorough anxiety, depression, and paranoia, I have learned to approach anxiety from a different angle to where it does not rule my life. This episode is packed with different ways to stop letting anxiety rule your life and to be your strongest self. 

In this episode, I share my highly effective models to help you Boost your self-love, and Block the things that get in the way of that. These Self-Love Booster and Blocker Buster Models I have created throughout my life to combat things like anxiety, depression, paranoia, compulsive thinking, self-loathing and many more. They are designed for quick reference to what you can do in moments where you need to boost or bust the things that block self-love.