Well Sh*t. It really is that simple...

By The Universal Needs

Join Claire & Serena as they take you through a journey to discover more about your Universal Needs, WHY they aren't currently being well met, HOW to meet them in ways that work for you and how to... more

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Well Sh*t. It really is that simple... episodes:

February 07, 2022 Podcast Pause (Between Episodes 12 and 13) - Oh No! Where did we go?!
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this mini-episode we explain why we disappeared, and when we'll be back!
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2min
January 24, 2022Episode 12 - When the 'Well Sh*t' hits the fan...
In this week's episode you get to experience a day in the life of Claire & Serena, and see how The Universal Needs makes all the difference when the 'Well Sh*t' hits the fan...
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode we cover:
How to start your day in a way that meets your needs

How the needs practice triggers other behaviours that meet your needs too

What happens when you experience an intense trauma with your needs

How we dealt with a serious traffic accident when it happened in front of us

How we process when the 'Well Sh*t' hits the fan

How to find your flow when your day has been derailed

What happens when even MORE goes wrong...

How to navigate it when things REALLY aren't going your way

How to create unlimited refills to your Universal Needs cup

How to continually check in with your needs when things get tough

The importance of re-nourishing the newts!

Why your Universal Needs are not a one and done
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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37min
January 17, 2022Episode 11 - When it meets your needs to be a hot mess...
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this week's episode you get to learn a little bit more about Claire & Serena's story, and how it sometimes meets your needs to be a hot mess!
In this episode we cover:
How we didn't know how to do friendship at this level before we learned about The Universal Needs

Why it's helpful in a friendship not to be able to bullshit each other!

Why transparency is essential...even when it's not easy

Why our friendship isn't always sunshine and rainbows

Why most people don't REALLY want honesty in their relationships

How tears on sidewalk brought us closer together

How screw ups are an opportunity to get closer and create a better relationship

How business and friendship do NOT usually mix

How transparency and boundaries saved our business relationship

How knowing our own needs AND the needs of the business has transformed our business partnership

How we run our business...and yes, it's VERY different!

How intuition plays a part in our business relationship...and how Serena learned to follow hers

We didn't believe it was possible for creating a business partnership to bring our friendship closer together

If we weren't living this we wouldn't believe it

So what comes next...?

People are going to think this is bullshit...or fantasyfal?!
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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51min
January 10, 2022Episode 10 - Well sh*t. This changes everything...
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this week's episode you get to learn a little bit more about Serena's story, how she got here, and her journey with her Universal Needs.
In this episode we cover:
How Serena's journey was a little more indirect when it came to needs

Serena's journey began with Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs...and what she thinks about that!

How every conversation suddenly became about needs, and how that made sense

How Serena was disempowering and harming herself when it came to her needs

The moment Serena realised that everyone needs to understand The Universal Needs...especially her!

How Serena went from 'getting it' intellectually to actually embodying it

What Serena found the most challenging with needs

Why it's not the same for everyone

How The Universal Needs has helped Serena most

How The Universal Needs has transformed Serena's relationships

How to neutralise the bait and switch in your relationships

The biggest impact The Universal Needs has had on Serena

The difference between confidence and self-worth

Why having a nap isn't a waste of time

The one thing that Serena would want everyone to know about needs
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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32min
January 03, 2022Episode 09 - Trying to fill a bucket with a hole in the bottom…
In this week's episode you get to learn a little bit more about Claire's story, how she got here, how The Universal Needs was developed and how she learned to fill a bucket with a hole in the bottom.
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode we cover:
How working a job that most people would have given anything to do was sucking the life out of Claire

What it was like to completely quit my life

The tale of two six months

How Claire was so exhausted she started to worry for her health

The thunderclap of clarity that helped Claire understood how she had got to rock bottom and how to ensure she never got there again

The things that Claire has found the most challenging when it comes to needs

How The Universal Needs helped Claire survive a category 5 hurricane, being run over by a truck and a global pandemic.

The key to empowerment and liberation

How to feel wanted, desired and chosen in your relationships

What is the one thing that Claire would want everyone to know about needs

How Serena thought she understood what needs meant...and then realised she was wrong!
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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38min
December 27, 2021Episode 08 - Shhh, I've got a secret...
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode Serena tells a story about her husband's frustration about not sharing the detail of The Universal Needs with him.
In this episode we cover:
Why Serena wouldn't show her husband her needs practice

Why that created a 'What the duck' moment

Why she wouldn't tell him what his Universal Needs are

Why doing so was her caring FOR him, not being mean to him

Why Claire wouldn't share The Universal Needs with Serena even when she first started working for The Universal Needs

Why the way we're conditioned to meet our needs means that learning what they are can sometimes work AGAINST us, and leave us more drained

Why when it comes to needs, a little information can be more problematic than no information at all

What you need to know for The Universal Needs to really serve you

How to short cut your understanding of The Universal Needs

Why The Universal Needs is kind of like a chain saw
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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27min
December 20, 2021Episode 07 - Boundaries: If you don't respect the door, you get the gate…
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode we cover:
Why boundaries are so difficult

How people pleasers struggle more than most with boundaries...and how we are recovering people pleasers

How we've struggled with boundaries in the past

Why we resist saying 'no'

What boundaries are (and are not!)

Why boundaries are essential to not just getting our needs met, but keeping them met

How boundaries bring us closer together

What are the different kids of boundaries we have

How we set and manage our boundaries

Why if you don't respect the door, you get the gate...or the street!

The key things that will help you to set healthy boundaries
"Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” – Prentis Hemphil
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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42min
December 13, 2021Episode 06 - Practice makes permanent not perfect…
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode we cover:
How Serena has struggled with her Universal Needs...

What is rollercoaster self-care?

Why do we need consistency?

How vacations from work can sometimes drain our needs more than meet them

How consistently meeting your needs has a ripple effect on everyone and everything around you

How to create consistency?

What are the 4 things you need to build a habit of meeting your needs

How the Universal Needs practice is vital even to the person who even developed it!!

How running late can sometimes meet your needs...
"Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent." - Hamza Yusuf
BJ Fogg's TED Talk "Forget big change, start with a tiny habit": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdKUJxjn-R8
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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35min
December 06, 2021Episode 05 - Let our ignorance be your education...
Today we're going to talk about two of the most important things when it comes to meeting our needs, interconnectedness and equity.
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode we cover:
How ignorant we used to be

What we mean by interconnectedness

What happens if we meet our needs in ways that negatively impact others

What happened for us personally when we ignored interconnectedness

How we don't live in an equitable society

What that means for the meeting of our needs, other people to meet their needs, and the affect that has on OUR needs being met too

Serena's personal experience of being on two different sides of a systemic inequity

How we're being conditioned by the media to perpetuate these problems
This are the TED talks we reference in the episode:
The Urgency of Intersectionality by Dr Kimberlé Crenshaw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o
I've lived as a man & a woman -- here's what I learned by Paula Stone Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYx7HaUlMY&t=34s
Some more resources on some aspects of systemic privilege:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/121uE187yIWuw1QA_sORr7RS0lTe6-f3YHYAYu_uhuog/
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nw8OjUhKPWlOBiV_E5cTJILo2FCti1iCk7hbM0S2PJ0/
“But I was poor growing up, I didn’t have any privilege” - Often the term ‘privilege’ doesn’t resonate with people who did not have wealth or class privilege growing up. This article explains this: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/explaining-white-privilege-to-a-broke-white-person_b_5269255
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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39min
November 29, 2021Episode 04 - Well that wasn't his 'ducking' responsibility, was it?
Full Show notes: https://bit.ly/WellShitEpisodeGuide
In this episode, we cover:
How it's possible to meet a lot of your own needs for yourself

Why most people are walking around like emotional toddlers without even realising it

Which needs you can't meet for yourself

Why meeting your needs is a little like being intimate with someone new for the first time

What happens when our needs are unmet

How to discover your superpower

What Spiderman teaches us

How to take your power back
To see the Vodcast (Video podcast) preview, check it out on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoyLFobMUaJiJuNzy_nsT7Q
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31min

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