Such a powerful conversation with Kim Flores exploring her own experience with a deadly illness and how she reclaimed her connection to herself and her body.

More about Kim:

"I am a former anorexic turned CEO. After working in healthcare for over 10 years, I realized how the healthcare system never fully addressed the emotional or psychological well-being of patients, which ultimately contributed to ongoing illness. I created a company that addresses all aspects of health by connecting the heart, brain, and gut."

Connect with Kim:

In this week's solo episode, we are talking about negative thoughts and what we need to do to regain control over them instead of letting them consume us.

Be sure to check out the Shame Overview episode mentioned in the episode.

Stay Connected:

Don't miss out on future episodes of "Untethering Shame." Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and be sure to leave a review to let us know your thoughts on this episode. Be sure to visit our website or YouTube channel for more engaging content.

Brittney Phillips & I talk about her own experience and her work with other families to blend after divorce or loss and a subsequent remarriage.

Some of the key points from this episode:

More About Brittney:

Brittney is a mom of 4 in a 'yours, mine, and ours' dynamic and a certified stepfamily coach and teacher. She has experience blending her own family and spent many years learning strategies in the 'school of hard knocks'. Her approach is centered around empowering women to strengthen themselves, ultimately influencing and benefiting the whole family.

Connect with Brittney:

I loved this episode with CéShaun N. Armstrong Hankins and feel like we only just started to scratch the surface on such a powerful topic. Some of the key takeaways for me include:

More About CéShaun:

CéShaun is a mother, a friend, a nurturer, an edible gardener, an artist, a lover of delicious food and drink, and a therapist passionate about moving mental health towards anti-oppressive and decolonial care. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 14 years of experience working with individuals both community-based and private practice settings. She is currently the founder of Cypher Mental Health, a private practice serving clients in California and Oregon with a focus on somatic therapy and EMDR for Black and Brown people.

Connect:

Resources Mentioned:

Does anyone else feel like they would get a blue ribbon in rumination? You know, sitting around replaying a thought repeatedly until you aren’t even sure what to do with it anymore?

We spent countless hours stuck in those headspaces, attempting to control or make sense of things completely out of our control. Why? And what can we do about it? Let's dive in together!

Stay Connected:

Don't miss out on future episodes of "Untethering Shame." Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and be sure to leave a review to let us know your thoughts on this episode. Be sure to visit our website or YouTube channel for more engaging content.

Such a joy having Ashley with me to talk about the tension that can exist for the working mom and what we can do to shift the way we show up to and in these roles and how to build a more supportive community. Some of my favorite takeaways included:

More About Ashley:

Ashley Quinto Powell is a serial entrepreneur and Founder of the Virtual Assistant Agency, myVA Rocks. She is passionate about keeping women in the workforce and is the author of Executive Motherhood: The Art of Having It All, Without Doing It All.

Connect with Ashley:

Join Catherine Quiring & I as we dive deep into the topic of people-pleasers and covert narcissism. There are so many layers to this; Catherine is a wealth of information and exploration.

Some of my favorite points we covered included:

More about Catherine:

"I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and Self-Trust Coach. I help exvangelicals learn to trust their desires and reconnect to their inner wisdom. I also help people-pleasers learn to trust themselves and recenter themselves at the helm of their lives. I love this life-changing work of therapy and healing and feel so privileged that I get to spend my days doing this.

Connect:

Resources Mentioned:

In this week's solo episode, we are talking about perfection, particularly why we are stuck in a cycle trying to be and do everything perfect AND how we get out of it.

Resources:

Don't miss out on future episodes of "Untethering Shame." Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and be sure to leave a review to let us know your thoughts on this episode. Be sure to visit our website or YouTube channel for more engaging content.

What a powerful and open dialogue with my dear friend, Austin Kayser on what is often a very polarizing and difficult topic to explore - Veganism. We covered so much in this episode. Here are some of my favorite points:

More About Austin:

Austin is a training psychiatrist, kombucha lover and grateful Dad of a toothless pitbull who was convinced to go vegan after offering a heroic effort to resist the ethical arguments for animal rights.

Resources:

• 22 & Vegan

• Earthling Ed

It will come as no surprise I've known Jessica Meisner for 14 years when you listen to our episode. Such a powerful conversation - with a little silly bonus talk at the end - that we all need to reflect on.

Some of the key takeaways included:

More about Jes:

"I am so many things all at once. A mother, wife, boss, friend, sister, daughter. But also, just "me" and that one takes some work. "Me" I don't know all of yet. I have spent my adult life raising children and fixing problems for everyone. Currently, I am passionate about defining "me" to myself and no one else. I am making choices that are mine and maybe a little selfish, but could we redefine that word? Maybe selfish doesn't have to be so bad?"