Your Messy Friend

Hi, my messy friends! In today's tangential episode, I weave together thoughts about depression, getting in touch with our desires and fears, being an ally to ourselves and how that might allow us to show up more fully for others. 

My anti-fear manifesto: I'm grateful for this space to practice vulnerability and grow my emotional endurance. 

What's your anti-fear manifesto?

xoxo

Your Messy Friend :)

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!! In this episode, I talk about how I recently went to church and quickly realized the pastor was homophobic (!!), and how the spirit of Jesus him/themself, or my highest self, dealt with it. I also talk about the difference between accepting and embracing the people in your life for who they are. I hope that something I've said resonates with you or at least makes you laugh, and to all of my queers out there: I LOVE YOU! YOU ARE VALID! I HOPE YOU WEAR A CROP TOP THIS MONTH!

xoxo

Your Messy Friend :)

Hi my messy friends - in this episode, we honor ten lives tragically taken by a white supremacist in Buffalo NY on March 14th, 2022. Thank you to my friend Chloe who created the list of names and brief descriptions that I share in this episode.

I ask you to please not shy away from potential discomfort, which can inherently perpetuate white supremacist culture. I lovingly challenge you to be here with me. To feel it and be here and breathe. To show up fully in the world, whole, for all that it is: painful, joyful, ugly, beautiful, frightening, and magical. 

**This episode has been edited since it's release in 2022; it is now shorter and focuses solely on the 10 lives lost.**

With love, 

Your Messy Friend

Hi my messy friends,

Today we get into outgrowing our comfort zones, the discomfort of breaking patterns and why it's time to say "no more."

As always, I hope that something I've said landed on your heart. Please feel free to connect with me about it over Instagram (or text or email if you know me, whatever!) and I hope you take some time soon to:

-Practice self awareness/body check ins

-Remind yourself that you're worthy of unknown, incredible outcomes

-Take yourself on a date to congratulate yourself on all of the awesome human-ing you've been doing lately :)

xoxo

Your Messy Friend :)

Hi friends - omw out the door to a job I ~*manifested*~ back in 2020. Tune in to hear about that, the power of believing in yourself and why you shouldn't wait to be an ophthalmologist. 

**I will be doing another episode addressing this, but just want to say here: I speak to the immense joy and liberation I feel living as an out, loud 'n proud queer. I want to acknowledge that this speaks to my privilege, and that I am very lucky to be able to live my truth so freely. There are so many valid reasons that people can't or struggle to come out. Please know this: it is enough to know it and feel proud of yourself. It is enough to whisper to yourself "... I'm gay (or an ophthalmologist) and I know it." I am proud of you, and love you for being here.

xoxo

Your Messy Friend :)

Hi my messy friends :) Today's episode is full of deep breaths and giggly tangents about talking more kindly to ourselves, and the value of checking in with how we're feeling. 

I hope you'll talk to yourself like someone you love today (ahem) and let yourself know how appreciated you are. You're doing great.

Tune in for more short episodes!

Xoxo,

Your Messy Friend

It only took 22 days of overthinking it to post this raw, unedited episode... but here we are! I did it! Go me :)

In today’s episode we’ll take a tangential stroll through topics such as how we talk to ourselves, how a need to be liked can lead to resentment (dun dun DUN) and the powers getting vulnerable and asking for help. Grab a cozy blanket and your favorite seasonal beverage (or, you know, Gatorade) and join me as I sip some cold apple cider (ah, so fresh) and get us in our feels.

Thanks to all of you, my messy friends, for listening and connecting with me. I appreciate you.

Message me @yourmessyfriend with topics you’d like me to cover, your thoughts on the latest episode, or to say hi! :)

Xoxo

Your Messy Friend

MY MESSY FRIENDS! It's been a hot minute since our last episode and I appreciate your patience and words of encouragement in the meantime. The desire to connect with you is what brings me back, and so this podcast would be nothing without you. Thank you.

Today's episode is unscripted, unplanned, unedited & messy. I share how I've been feeling these past few weeks, what home means to me and what from it I am learning to treasure and let go, how accepting imperfection is the key to forward motion, and a whole lot more. It's a rambling look at the inside of my brain and my greatest hope is that a piece of it lands on your heart. We begin with some deep breaths and end with a little tarot reading - listen in for some self-reflection and a reminder that YOU are your number one and deserving of self love & care.

Hello my messy friends! I am back with another wonderful guest this week! We met at the workshop I mentioned in last week’s episode, On Being Human by Jen Pastiloff. We cried and hugged and sang and held hands and, luckily, connected on Instagram afterward.

*TW - Discussion of miscarriages and depression. My guest, Allison, has experienced some of the most painful grief imaginable - that of losing a child. I am so grateful to her for being brave and generous enough to share her feelings about this with us. I know I learned so much about grief and healing in this conversation, and I hope you will too. Thank you, Allison. 

She is a writer, researcher, published memoir editor and medicine woman, and inspires the people in her life with raw, authentic and truly relatable takes on mental health, what it means to own our fears and the meaning of grief. Also a Reiki practitioner and yoga teacher, this woman knows a thing or two about healing. She offers coaching through her website wearelivingbravely.com where you can also find her blog, Bravely, and her podcast Braving the Storm. I am so excited to welcome to the show, my friend, Allison Blair Snyder.

Where can we find Allison?

@allisonislivingbravely on IG

wearelivingbravely.com

Hi, welcome to the podcast... I'm Your Messy Friend :)

It's just you and me this week, friend. I'm back after a week of recuperating from burn out, and in this week's episode I share the story of how a podcast episode changed my life, the "why" behind my work and the village it has taken to get me here. I hope you'll join me in answering the following prompts this week:

1) What qualities do I desire in my relationships?

2) What do I need to feel good right now?

As always, thanks for listening and tune in next Monday for another episode.

xoxo, Your Messy Friend

What was that thing you mentioned?

"On Being Human" by Jennifer Pastiloff

Where can we find Overactive?

@overactiveshortfilm on IG & Venmo