Is your inner voice soothing or ranting? We all have the tools we need to be kind with ourselves -- we use them every day with other people. Using them with ourselves is usually an unfamiliar practice that takes work like anything else. Today we talk about growing our capacity to think kind thoughts when we're alone, and use kind words when we're with others.

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Every episode comes with prompts for journaling and reflection. You can find these, submit your Qs and topic ideas, and learn more about Georgianna and Steph at http://wholeheartedloving.com.

The difference between caregiving and caretaking is significant: offering care someone needs and has requested, vs stepping in (usually unrequested) to manage other people's feelings, fears, worries, anxieties. Pro tip: we usually caretake others as an unconscious way of dealing with our own fears and anxieties...the feelings we don't care for for ourselves. In today's episode we talk about loving people while loving ourselves, and minding our own business instead of minding everyone else's.

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Every episode comes with prompts for journaling and reflection. You can find these, submit your Qs and topic ideas, and learn more about Georgianna and Steph at http://wholeheartedloving.com.

You know you can only take one step at a time. Yet, we expect ourselves to leap and jump and spin - and then we're surprised when we're tired and we flop. Or we give up on a new path that felt so exciting but quickly turned into an overwhelming pressure cooker of our own expectations. In this episode we talk about slowing down - forcing ourselves to slow down! - and the unexpected positive outcomes that brings. And most importantly, we practice together, again, bringing you one step closer to making these healthy coping tools habitual in your life.

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Every episode comes with prompts for journaling and reflection. You can find these, submit your Qs and topic ideas, and learn more about Georgianna and Steph at http://wholeheartedloving.com.

We all have limitations and constraints, and they are not a reflection of our love or care. When we recognize this, we learn not to take things so personally. When we recognize this, we learn to discern who can help us in the moment – which friend to call, where to get the support you need. You can absolutely fill your bucket, and there are people who can help you fill it. There are also people who can’t – but maybe they can help you hold the bucket, or repair the hole in the bucket, or maybe they feed you or help in other ways. This is our invitation not to pigeon-hole the people who love you.

Knowing what you want and need is an important part of living a fulfilling life. It's also important to be able to communicate, AND to be understanding and compassionate for the limitations of others.

In this episode we talk about all of the above, and making meaning from our lives and our stories.

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Every episode comes with prompts for journaling and reflection. You can find these, submit your Qs and topic ideas, and learn more about Georgianna and Steph at http://wholeheartedloving.com.

Hard truth: We can’t always be there for each other, or be there in the ways we might like, even if we love each other deeply. When we feel obligated to prove our love, when we feel pressure to perform even when we don’t have capacity, when we show up carrying our own baggage to someone else’s tragedy – we’ve slipped out of alignment and need to ground and centre.

It’s good to know your love language – but don’t let that limit your access to the love and care that are all around you. How can we practice shifting to really see how someone shows their love for you in simple and profound ways?

And how can we communicate our feelings such that – even in difficult conversations – our love can still be felt?

In this episode, we share tools that help you recognise sincerity, and unlimit yourself when it comes to giving and receiving love. We show you how to recognize love by reminding you it’s there, and that it looks so many different ways.

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Every episode comes with prompts for journaling and reflection. You can find these, submit your Qs and topic ideas, and learn more about Georgianna and Steph at http://wholeheartedloving.com.