It's our season finale episode for Season 6 of the show! I'm reflecting on what I learned about my self-worth this year, especially in light of it being the most intense year of my life thus far. I love the perspective and clearing the end of the year offers, and I'm grateful for all the lessons I've learned this year about caring for my self-worth and what I'm responsible for. Wishing you a happy holiday season and a deep, peaceful sense of your own worth.

You can email me your feedback from this season to [email protected] :)

I've been looking forward to this guest episode for months! Maybe even years. The stars aligned and I got to sit down with two of my good friends, Bri and Tif, for a beautiful conversation about what we've learned from showing who we really are to the world -- in creativity, relationships, and how we speak. And of course, how that has built our self-worth. It was a delicious conversation and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Something I've been thinking about is what my worth can do when really big issues are happening all around me. When the world is in chaos, people are suffering, and the problems are huge, it's easy to feel like my worth has no merit or way to help. But, as always, there is a role for our worth to play even in times like these.

I re-discovered a delightful comic this week that I had saved months ago because it said so much in so few words. It's by the artist Harry Hambley and simply says, "Less egos more amigos." There is so much wisdom in this little mantra, and I'm going to try it on as my daily reminder for the next few months and report back what I learn about my self-worth as I seek out less egos and more amigos -- and practice this myself.

• Harry Hambley comics

Friends, here we are at episode 200 of the Worthfull Project podcast! I barely saw it coming, but I didn't want to miss the chance to reflect on the things I've learned about self-worth through six years (so far) of talking about it on this show. I'm so delighted to welcome back my dear friend and multiple-time guest on the podcast, Rebecca, to guest host this episode and . . . interview me! She is, as you will hear, quite the student of self-worth herself, and is a savvy coach who asks great questions. Thank you for listening, thank you for being on this journey with me, and thank you for remembering your worth.

• Rebecca's most recent guest appearance on the podcast
• EP 1 with Rebecca from November of 2017

I'm back from an unplanned summer break. And we are almost at episode 200! Wow. I'm excited to share again what I'm learning about worth in this season -- because it's a season where I'm working every day far out of my comfort zone, on stuff I'm not good at, and it feels like my performance-based worth is at a low. But my innate worth is unchanged. And that dissonance is a surprise.

“It's easier to build our self worth with kind words when things are going well."

It's just me today on the episode, reminding myself of some basic self-worth tips. I've noticed that it's easier to build my self-worth when things are going well -- and that's important to do so that when I'm in a tough chapter I have some self-worth reserves to lean on. One of the most effective ways to build our self-worth is to verbally acknowledge what we like and respect about ourselves that isn't related to the results we create. And that's easier to do when we are feeling good about ourselves.

“Are we making space for people or are we making space for stuff?"

In another installment of me catching up with my friends on the podcast, I got to have a conversation with Brandy, who you might remember from the bonus series Worthfull Home. She is so wise, so kind, and so productive -- which is why I was fascinated by her take on the benefit of slowing down, letting yourself empty out, and not trying to fill yourself up right away. I loved this conversation because I learned new things about myself and about the worth of being empty for a season. That's when the muse often comes and gives new ideas to our worth.

• Listen to Brandy on Bonus Series // Worthfull Home // Special Guests
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• Calling In the One book

“You're not going to get picked apart in the support role nearly as much as somebody gets picked apart in the melody or the spotlight role."

I have been texting friends I want to catch up with and asking them to come over to the studio to record a podcast as our hang out. It's a real win win. This episode is with my good friend Emily Snyder, who was a guest on two of our bonus episodes from season 3, linked below. She's an incredibly smart organizational consultant and she's worked in lots of women's groups. But our conversation ended up being about giving ourselves permission to take up space, being sovereign of our own lives, and singing the melody even though we are altos. Each story and metaphor she shared was so relatable, and I hope they speak to you too.

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• Listen to Emily on Bonus Series // Worthfull Home // Special Guests
• Listen to Emily on Bonus Series // Worthfull Work // Special Guests
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“Maybe owning our worth with our words is about being calm and trusting that we know the right channel and medium to communicate what we're trying to communicate."

My good friend Heather came back on the podcast after a couple of years to talk with me about ways she's learned to communicate her worth without words . . . and when words are really useful. If you didn't catch Heather's first episode, she's a dancer by background and works in arts education. As we were talking, I had a revelation about my natural style of communicating and how I've been operating outside of that for a long time -- but it's time to come back to my natural aesthetic language! I really loved this conversation, mostly because it was for me.

• Listen to EP 130 // How Our Bodies Teach Us Our Worth // Heather Francis
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