Unabashed You

We are hungry for connection.  Jennifer Tamman is right about that.  A lot of people are drowning in loneliness and could use the power of being with others.  Yet how do we get there?  Start where you are.  Start with the people nearby.  We are all looking for things that bring us joy, ways to connect.  And we want to be a part of a community that gets us as we are, our authentic selves, accepted and loved.  So start showing up as that.  You.

Her emphasis on self-care needs to be far better woven into the priorities of our lives.  “You can’t pour from an empty pot” she reminds us.  I like that Jen is focused on being well.  Doing all the things you can before you become ill or afflicted with a health concern.  What drew me to her was the light she has in showing up on Instagram encouraging us to make positive choices that will benefit us.  Jen shares in fun, informative ways.  Whether it be simple, better food choices or simple habits we can easily incorporate into our lives.  Jen is the_healthyish_scientist.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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It was lovely to have Micah Burog back on the show.  (She was with us once before in Am I Making a Difference? Episode 61.)  As I’ve mentioned previously, my time in children’s theater was very fulfilling, working with creative, enthusiastic, and kind people like Micah was a big part of that.  I’m happy to hear she is pursuing a career in eduction.  She will thrive.  In this conversation we talked a bit about Christmas.  Then I asked what were her takeaways from 2022, and what does she see for 2023.

It turns out 2021 was a tough year for Micah as it was for many of us.  Her phrase for that year was ‘intentional impact.’  For 2022 she went with ‘release and embrace’ which is a positive way to make the best out of what comes your way.   And as she shared with us the phrase she will likely carry into 2023 is ‘pouring.’  This will be pouring into others with love even if she doesn’t know them., and pouring into herself.   It’s a very valuable, and healthy choice.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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The goal of this episode was to make merry.  And who to help us do that but Andrew Gumm and Greg Henninger.  I hired them both as teaching artists for children’s theater back in the day, and they went to college with Shaun.  Our connections run deep.  Even if I haven’t seen or talked to them in a while, all bets are off when we connect, and it’s like no time has gone by.  I cherish them both.  To make more merry, they were quizzed on some Christmas movie quotes, and then some questions around Christmas.

We actually ran out of time.  Maybe you could tell we could have kept going for many hours to come.  Hopefully you are as entertained as we clearly were. Whether we’re talking about the merits, or lack of them for My Favorite Things as a Christmas song, or whether The Twelve Days of Christmas has too many birds, we covered as much as we could. For those things we will be pondering, we’ve got our work cut out for us to look into them and then we’ll come back and share our findings.  Collaborating is fulfilling.  When you can come together and be more than you could have been on your own, it’s simply the best.  Just like these two. 

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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It’s Christmas time.  Why not invite Shaun to a conversation about something we both like.  Christmas movies.  We randomly found a list of the top 20 of all time and went from there.  Some on the list were obvious, It’s a Wonderful Life, Love Actually, A Muppet Christmas Carol, and other more recent ones didn’t make the cut like, The Family Stone and The Holiday.   There were the earlier ones which I look on fondly, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas.  Not so much for Shaun.  His nostalgia is for when he was growing up.  Makes sense.  It’s like a Venn diagram.  His, mine and the ones we both like in the middle like Daddy’s Home 2.   

Then there is the newest contender, Spirited.  It’s a musical with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds.  My bar for this was so low it was on the ground.  Not sure why, no offense to either actor.  Maybe it was it being yet another Christmas Carol adaption. Turns out it was better than I expected and I really did enjoy it.  Shaun hasn’t seen it yet but he’s added it to the list of the ones he wants to watch.  And I said I’d checkout the sequel to a Christmas Story.  Who knows, I may add another to my annual viewing list.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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I was recently asked to have Doug Peacock on the UY show.  (He is this week’s Thankful and Giving Back guest.) I said yes as long as Doug could show up and share as opposed to pitch.  There’s a difference and it matters to me.  I think there is a way to talk about your passion without leaving the audience feeling like they’ve listened to one long ad.  Doug, known most of his life as ‘coach’ has enthusiasm and drive.  That much is evident.  First it was football, and now its infinite banking.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around all the things Doug shared.  How do banks make money?  Rate of investment vs. rate of return.  Likely it will take some time to process and some conferring with those whose opinions I look up to (Ron, Dave, Kelly).  I appreciate how committed he is to this newer way of wanting to help himself and others.  He’s got the heart of a coach all right.

You can find Doug here Peacock Wealth Group.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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Bijou Mushengezi Lucas is a woman who wears many hats.  One of them is a philanthropic endeavor to help the women and children in Congo receive the support they need.  It’s called Moseka Action Project.  We got to know her some in Doing Everything with a Good Heart, episode 74, and today’s she’s back to tell us more about Moseka. She’s this week’s Thankful and Giving Back guest.

She brings up a good point about forgiveness.  It is hard but not as hard as it is to let go.  If you don’t it will stay in your mind and take up energy.  It is far better, for you in particular, to release it.  You don’t have control of the situation other people created, but you sure have the ability not to hold on to it.  It’s not productive.  It doesn’t serve you.  Just ask Bijou.  She knows.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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Many people like to surf, sky, swim, dive, along with other past-times that are done in water.  Spending time there is not without its risks.  There have been many rescues done and many have lived to tell the harrowing tale.  Of course that is not always the case.  What about their loved ones, the ones left behind?  Fallen Waterman’s Foundation was created to support the families of watermen, and women, with counseling and scholarships.  It was founded by Mark Hanley and he is today’s Thankful and Giving Back guest.

“Never let a swell go by” is more than a literal surfing philosophy.  As Mark shared it is a figurative expression too.  Don’t get so bogged down in the details of your day-to-day that you miss the things that are coming your way.  They are there for you to seize, to enjoy, and to help others with.  I am grateful Mark took advantage of the swell that came his way and is now serving the fallen watermen and women.  It’s his passion, a way to give back.   

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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Shaun is back to answer Thanksgiving trivia questions for the Thankful and Giving Back series we are in this month.  Like do you know how long the first Thanksgiving lasted?  Or which Christmas song was supposed to be sung on Thanksgiving Day?  This round is very entertaining with guaranteed chuckles.

Whether in the US or not, we can be still to notice all the many gifts around us.  I like that Shaun brought that up as a conversation point.  Are you currently keeping a list, a journal or verbal record of the simple pleasures that each day brings?  If you start it will change your life.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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The Comfort Cub was created by Marcella Johnson.  It is a therapeutic teddy bear originally designed to help grieving mothers and now it has become so much more.  The sweet bear has made its way into the arms of many women, men and children to support them in loss, trauma, depression, and anxiety.  Marcella is our guest today for Thankful and Giving Back.

As much as I thought I knew about the Comfort Cub before this conversation, I learned more about the additional benefits of holding the bear as shared by Marcella.  I think it’s astounding that a simple thing can reap such rewards.   I have my own and I have ordered them for people in need.   I know that little guy is a comfort.  Wherever there is pain there is a hug just a bear away.

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The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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Our new series, Thankful land Giving Back, begins today with Kathryn Mae Inman.  We just finished our conversation and I am basking in our natural connection.  Turns out Kathryn is a kindred spirit in that she is committed to living a life that is authentic, transparent and vulnerable.  She has done so by surviving, and now thriving, after her son’s heroin addiction.  Kathryn wants to share in the hopes it may help one other.  Or more.

She wrote Counting Spoons: A Memoir of Heroin, Heartache and Hope, her son Justin helped.  I’ve just ordered it.  I am drawn to her story, her ability to endure well.  It took some hard times to get her there and now she gets how critical it is to show up as the sum of her experiences plus all that she’s learned along the way.  As she can attest, it’s the hard times that make you who you are.  That and her faith.

Kathryn’s website: kathrynminman.com.

Thank you for being a part of the UY conversation.

The Unabashed You website has a page for each guest of photos, quotes and a blog with embedded audio at unabashedyou.com. You can find the show on other podcast platforms.  Want to lend your support and encouragement? We invite you to follow, rate, review and share.

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So be encouraged and continue to listen, read and be inspired. 🍐