WTF am I doing with my life?

Ever woken up and realized that the life you were living, looked totally perfect on paper but you still felt empty inside? You checked off all the boxes on the path you ‘were supposed to take,’ got all the degrees, achieved success by societal standards but none the less each day you still felt anxious, depressed and like your soul was begging you for a change?

Today’s guest, Dr. Erika Brown, knows that narrative all too well! In this episode, we broke down her journey leading up to all of her success and accomplishments in academia and corporate, to the warning signs her body was responding with, to when she took the leap to create a new life. Whether this is an experience you can relate with or not, you’ll be seriously inspired by her story and find plenty of nuggets of inspiration to apply towards your own journey on doing whatever it is that makes you happy! Must listen!

Things we dive into on this episode:

-Dr. Erika’s story going down the ‘educational path’ she felt she was supposed to follow

-Her experiences feeling super out of place in corporate, like she just didn’t fit into that box

-The trap we find ourselves in when we aren’t sure what else we’re supposed to be doing with our lives if what we’re doing now isn’t it

-Feeling pressure to prove everyone wrong and caring so deeply what other people think

-The unexpected hobby she picked up that ‘shook her up’ out of her corporate bubble (probably not what you’re expecting)…I loved this part!

-How she found the confidence and creativity to come back home to the places within herself she lost along the way

-Battling perfectionism, imposter syndrome and taking baby steps towards your dream life!

More on Dr. Erika:

Dr. Erika is a coach, consultant, speaker, and podcast host. She has been a perfectionist her entire life, graduating top of her class, becoming the first doctor in her family, and having a “successful” career at several large pharmaceutical companies. On paper she had the life that many people only dream of.

After dedicating 16 years of her life to the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Erika made a decision to bet on herself. In her heart, this was more than a personal decision, this was a decision that would impact women around the world. Through her platforms, Dr. Erika helps women get clear on their path, unleash the courage to step out of their comfort zone and optimize their capacity to prevent overwhelm and burnout in the process.

Follow Erika on Instagram: @drerikabydesign

Website: https://www.drerikabydesign.com/

If you’ve been seeking some inspiration on your life journey then today’s episode with Julia Berryman is FOR YOU. Consider this episode literally a permission slip to embrace all sides of you ready to be expressed. Plus lots of inspiration on making sense of the winding roads, zig-zags and pivots that pop up while doing your best on this journey we call life. 

You’ll hear us dive into things like:

+Julia’s journey following an academic path that was expected of her, to unleashing more of her creative and artistic side that she’d been suppressing, to coaching and sexual and somatic healing and beyond

+How all of the pieces of your journey are secretly threading together even if it doesn’t feel like the map is clear

+Following the breadcrumbs, weaving together the threads of your experiences and life

+Embracing all the sides of you and giving yourself to permission to express these

+Busting through the fears of what other people are thinking and the pressure we feel to ‘have it all figured out’

+How her religious upbringing suppressed her sexuality and the doorway that opened this back uMore on Julia:

More on Julia: 

Julia Berryman is an Artist + Sex, Creativity & Empowerment Coach. She loves to combine art, dance, emotional expression & somatic processing to help people discover their unique strengths & show up more fully expressed in their life.

Website: www.juliaberryman.com

Instagram: @julia.joyfulwild

As always if you liked what you heard, it would mean the world if you left a review on iTunes! :) 

Y’all come in and cozy up to today’s pleasure filled episode with sex and intimacy coach Kelley Bode! There’s so much more to living live from a state of pleasure than juuust sex and we break it allll down in today’s episode.

You’ll hear us dive into:

+Kelley’s journey into her work as a sex and intimacy coach

+the definition of pleasure: if you’re not just talking sex what are you talking about? We got you.

+the idea of “bringing 10% more pleasure to every moment”

+how to get clear on what it is you even desire

+self-pleasure 101

+recognizing the patterns you play out in your relationships and how this shows up in other areas of your life too

+andddd a juicy taboo story of Kelley’s best relationship yet and what she learned from it

More on Kelley: Kelley Bode is an intimacy and sex coach based in Bali. She works with women, helping them to tune into their bodies, turn on their relationships, and upgrade their sex lives. She does both group and 1:1 coaching. She is also a podcast host on her show called The Best You’ve Ever Had.

Connect with Kelley:

Instagram: @kelleymbode

Listen to her podcast: The Best You’ve Ever Had on iTunes & Spotify

Book we recommended in the episode: Pussy by Regena Thomhashauer (Mama Gena)

Today’s guest is one of my dear pals, Britny West, it’s always a joy to have a conversation with this lady!

Some topics you’ll hear us get into:  

+What is the Human Design chart and how you can use it as a tool in your life

+Getting in tune with your cycles (menstrual, lunar, etc.)

+Embodying a mindset of BEING, not doing

+How to work with the flow of your natural energy instead of against it

+The energetics of being in the place of doing less...while “accomplishing more”

More on Britny:

Britny is a Healer and Alignment Guide for women who are ready to end the burnout cycle and create a wildly fulfilling and soul-satisfying life. 

Through her free online content and intimate membership community, Wildly Fulfilled Collective, she teaches how to live in radical alignment with your natural energy cycles (menstrual, lunar, and seasonal), and your human design - all while making it feel like a fun sleepover with your closest girlfriends. 

When she's not helping women reclaim their feminine power and live fully expressed, Britny loves to travel, spend time in nature, and cuddle her two kitties Milo and Mario. 

Relevant Links:  

Be sure to snatch $50 off a human design reading with Britny by mentioning this episode!

Website: lifeasbritny.com

FREE Sacred Rest Virtual Retreat: lifeasbritny.com/sacred-rest-virtual-retreat/

Wildly Fulfilled Collective: lifeasbritny.com/wfc

Instagram: instagram.com/wildly_fulfilled

Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/britnywest

Today’s guest is Emily Holt-Gosselin! She quite literally, told me everything, about her entire journey into sobriety and eating disorder recovery. Some topics we covered:

+How much exercise and diet really have to do with health

+Rejecting diet culture from a social justice lens

+Spirituality, meditation and yoga in recovery

+The difference between recovery with food and recovery from alcohol

+Balance between trusting professionals and trusting our own intuition (and what it's like to repair that lost connection with our intuition)

+Systemic oppression & racism in diet culture (mention of other incredible humans you should follow/learn from about this topic -- details below)

+Privilege and activism in the anti-diet realm

*Just a heads up, we do talk briefly about eating disorder behaviors and suicidality but no explicit detail with any of those nor any mention numbers of weight in this episode*

More on Emily:

Emily Holt-Gosselin is an Integrative Wellness Coach and Yoga instructor who passionately aligns with the Anti-Diet movement, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. She strives to offer the same relief and healing she found through these movements and philosophies with others. Through hundreds of hours of yoga training & teaching, outspoken recovery work, and personal experience, she is able to combine the ancient wisdom of yoga with the modern path of body liberation. She aims to empower individuals to more easily acknowledge their inherent worthiness and unwavering radiance.

Links & resources:

Instagram: @em.poweredliving

Website: empoweredlivingwithemily.com

Recommended books on Anti-Diet, Intuitive Eating & Health at Every Size:

Sonya Renee Taylor (@sonyareneetaylor) : The Body is Not an Apology

Sabrina Strings: Fearing the black body: the racial origins of fatphobia

Aubrey Gordon (@yrfatfriend): What We Don't Talk about When We Talk about Fat

Today’s guest is Paige Wilhide! She’s an LA-based breakup coach, Author of, "The Breakup Breakthrough Journal", and the Founder of Breakup Breakthrough.

After experiencing a particularly devastating breakup that left her feeling like she had failed at yet another relationship, Paige knew something needed to change. So she set out on a journey to fall in love with herself, and that’s exactly what she did.

She spent a year saying yes to her desires, shattering unhealthy patterns, and recreating her life on her terms. Now, she's on a mission to help people look at their breakups, not as failures, but as opportunities for growth. She is committed to helping open-hearted people turn heartbreaking experiences into breakthroughs, so they can feel confident and empowered to create the future of their dreams.

Follow Paige on the interwebs:

Instagram: @ breakupbreakthrough

Website: https://www.breakupbreakthrough.com/

Today’s guest is one of my soul sisters, Taylor Lorenz! We broke down her entire journey from film school, to traveling the world making full time income as a blogger, to her path into personal development, becoming a yoga teacher and a body positivity hype queen. Plus, per usual, a whooole lot of real and raw chit chat on sex, body love & reaching a point of self-acceptance within yourself (without always thinking you need to work on yourself first). 

About Taylor: 

Taylor is a travel blogger, yoga teacher, podcast host, and self-acceptance/body confidence advocate. In a culture that deems one must first improve themselves before accepting themselves, Taylor takes a stance by sharing her raw and honest stories about travelling as a solo woman and coming to love her body, boldness, and fierce personality just as she is. She challenges our society's beliefs and calls out the BS around body image, self-improvement, and feminism so that women can feel at home in their bodies and accepting of their vibrant personalities. 

Follow Taylor:

Instagram/TikTok: @taylorstracks

Blog

Happy Tracks podcast

Youtube

Today’s guest is my friend and mentor, Leannah Lumauig! A life coach originally from San Francisco with experience working at Silicon Valley companies such as Adobe, eBay, and PayPal, Leannah is now based in Bali and pursuing her dreams of helping people cultivate more meaning and purpose in their lives in a sustainable way.

She continues to coach globally remotely, leads workshops around the world, and uses her passion for empowering talented professionals and creatives to become the greatest possible versions of themselves. She enjoys surfing, playing her ukulele, and pugs. 

Follow Leannah on Instagram: @leannahlumauig

Check out her website: https://www.leannahlumauig.com/ 

As always, if you liked this episode, PLEASE leave me a 5 star review on iTunes - it helps me to be able to continue creating and sharing this with you all! :) 

PHEW this episode is a dream conversation. Shoshanna and I connected on our mutual love for all things authenticity, vulnerability, and breaking down shame and stigmas. We also talked about Shoshanna's journey breaking up with her corporate life in New York City to traveling the world to becoming the CEO behind Living Brave. It's a juicy one!

 More about Shoshanna:

Shoshanna is a business and empowerment coach, shame slayer, mountain woman, and the host of the Living Brave podcast. She helps entrepreneurs turn their gifts into offers and grow businesses that serve their communities.

In 2015, she traded corporate consulting in NYC for a one-way ticket to India. After a yoga teacher training, 30+ countries, and a career in freelance journalism, she launched Living Brave. Living Brave quickly expanded from podcast to signature coaching programs, international retreats, and a global community.

In line with Shoshanna's mission to break down shame and stigma, she speaks openly about genital herpes and encourages others to harness the power of vulnerability.

Connect with Shoshanna!

shoshannaraven.com

https://www.instagram.com/shoshanna_raven/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livingbravecommunity

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-brave/id1481027725

On today’s episode I’m joined by the queen of taking leaps, Chelsey Benzel! We got freaking raw, and I loved every single minute of it. We relate a ton to shining light on those things we carry as ‘shameful secrets’ and how releasing ourselves from it and owning our stories, allows us to live such a more authentic, free and fully expressed life.

You'll also hear us get into:

+Chelsey’s journey thus far of taking leaps with travel and entrepreneurship

+moving through fear + shame

+the correlation between self expression and self love

+her experience with wearing masks and living off of a script

+saying yes to intuitive nudges and trusting the pieces will come together

+ the ‘shameful secret’ Chelsey recently opened up about on the internet

+ expressing our shame & guilt with the world

+ the link between social media and our healing

All in all, it’s a must listen.

About Chelsey:

Chelsey Benzel is a master of conscious leadership for purpose-driven entrepreneurs. As a writer, mentor, and host of the “And The Net Appeared” podcast, she mixes spiritual tools, intuitive guidance, and personal development (with a sprinkling of business strategy) to help conscious leaders get their work into the world in a big way.

With her faith in the non-physical, she’s here with the message that when you leap the net will always appear. If you know you’re here to spark a movement of awakening, growth, and spiritual expansion… Chelsey is your girl.

Links and resources:

Follow Chelsey on instagram: @chelseybenzel

Check out her website: https://chelseybenzel.com/

Listen to her podcast, And The Net Appeared!

We referenced this episode: Writing Yourself Permission Slips with Shoshanna Raven.