I’ve heard one too many women mention that they struggle with being too controlling. I find it hard to believe that 90% of women out there are controlling. Where is this coming from? Why do we feel this way? Is it an unhealthy need for control or a necessity for the things we are responsible for? Do we have a heightened sense of self-doubt around this? Listen to this episode where I share a new perspective on feeling like you are too controlling and how to unpack it for yourself..

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Our mind should get an Oscar for the stories it can come up with. Sometimes those stories are excuses so that we can “excuse” ourselves from any responsibility or accountability for what is happening in our lives and the choices we are making in our life. It’s easier when we don’t have to feel the weight of the consequences especially when they are uncomfortable or undesirable. In this episode, I unpack why we do this, where this comes from and the downside of making excuses and putting blinders on with the choices we make. LIsten in!

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My birthday yesterday got me thinking and I want to share some of the realizations I had with you. I’ve always been intrigued by the varying range of reactions and emotions people feel during their birthday - some are happy and excited, some are depressed and sad, some hide under a pillow. Why is this? Why do we feel so many emotions around birthdays? I then asked myself a question that completely changed how I saw the last 41 years of my life and how I felt about where I am in my life today. Listen in as I share this one question that I think every person should reflect on during their birthday. It’s a good one!

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I tried out the Oculus goggles in the Metaverse this week. I was amazed at how immersed you can feel in this pretend, digital world but then you take the goggles off and boom, back to reality. What if we had the ability to do this with our lives. The moments where we are deep into the dramas of life, the pain of life, the emotions of life - what if we had the ability to just “take the goggles off.” Is this even possible? Is it a thing? Leave it to me to turn the “metaverse” into a deeper, spiritual realization about life ;) 

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We have all done it at some point - talked about other people to someone else. Sometimes it impacts us and we need advice or feedback, and sometimes it has zero impact on us and we still do it. What makes us want to talk about other people? Where does the desire stem from? Why do some people do it more than others? How can we be more aware and conscious even if we do it sometimes? I unpack all of this on this week’s episode.

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Most of us have compared ourselves to others. It could be looks or money or lifestyle. Often times what follows is envy which can be a toxic and negative feeling if we allow it to. In this episode, I unpack why we even compare in the first place. Where did we learn this? And when we do and feel envious, how do we get past the negativity that emotion brings so that we can have a positive outcome and actually have envy work for us! Sounds crazy but in this episode, I share how I learned to not see envy as an evil trait so that it could simply help me be better.

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The word “self-care” has become more popular in the last 2 years than ever before. Why? What was the true intention of this term and encouraging people to do #selfcare? Have we strayed from the true meaning of self-care? Have marketing companies made us stray away from real self-care? In this episode I unpack all these questions that popped into my head last week. Self-care is needed and so good for us… if we know what true self-care really is. Check it out as I unpack this topic. Let me know what you think!

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Feeling conflicted about decisions is something most of us experience on a daily basis. Should I do this or not? Do I clear my schedule for this? Do I prioritize this? Do I say this or not? Our mind sometimes hurts from the back and forth. Oftentimes we look at the facts, the logistics or go with our gut but erring on the side of love is a great way to help ease the mind in making some of these decisions. This week I share a personal story of how a little foster puppy reminded me of how this can help us make decisions throughout our lives.

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It can be hard to admit that you were wrong or that you don’t know something. All our insecurities and feelings of not being good enough seem to come knocking as soon as you say these statements but that couldn’t be furthest from reality. In this episode, I share an incident with my daughters on how this can manifest in day to day life and why it’s so important to say these statements more. 

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We all have our ways of protecting ourselves from pain inside - not in a physical sense but rather psychological and emotional pain. Our defense mechanisms can often be traced back to our life experiences, and our mind tells us that it’s just trying to help us but what if the downside of this protection was less love flowing through our hearts and souls. Defense mechanisms are often rooted in a fear and when fear is the source then there is something amiss. In this episode, I share my own defense mechanism, where they stemmed from and how it was holding me back. Listen in!

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