"Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."
--Yoda 

Yoda describes exactly what fear has done to me with this quote so I decided to do an episode around my journey with fear.  This episode is all about that little voice in my head telling me I can’t do something or I shouldn't do something. That little voice is my fear talking. 

 My fear or little voice can be really loud, even deafening at times, and I let it run my life for way too long.  I now believe fear is a liar and have a game plan when my fear, or that little voice, starts taking over. In this episode I share what my game plan is because I want everyone to find a way out from under their fear and into the light of living an inspired, fear free life. Ok, fear free isn’t technically possible for me so let’s rephrase that to a life of living with fear but not letting it make my decisions for me.   

Take a listen to hear three examples of how I overcame my fear and what that process has looked like for me based on where I was at in my journey. The most recent example, and the one I am most proud of and excited for, well, it’s happening right now, in real time, so you definitely want to take a listen to find out what it is! 

This episode is for all the single people out there who have ever found themselves labeled as "single".  Or have been asked the wonderful question of "why are you still single?" 

It is time to change the stigma around being single, for women and men, and that is exactly what my guest Cat Cantrill and I talk about in this episode. Cat is a dating coach who specializes in helping women take the business out of dating and attract true love, and this is why she was the perfect person to have this conversation with, because she works with women living under this label everyday.

In this conversation we talk about the stigma around being single and how we as the single person can find our power in being single. How we can take ownership of this label and our relationship with it. We talk about how the label is different for men and women in terms of societal pressure around relationships.

I even open up about my experience with the label single and how sometimes I am able to embrace it fully and other times I struggle with it. It turns into some wonderful advice and free coaching from Cat!

A bit more about Cat. She is the creator of The Single Women's Society and has built a coaching business and podcast around helping women find love and acceptance for themselves and then in relationships. I highly recommend checking out her website and podcast, link below. 

And, please subscribe so you don't miss out on future episodes where I discuss other labels or share more of my personal journey. Thanks for listening!

Cat's website and where you will find all of her podcasts: 

https://www.singlewomenssociety.com/

If I had to pick a label for this episode it would be selfish. Now, I don't believe self care is selfish but I have certainly been made to feel this way, as have many of us.  I don't talk about self care as being selfish directly because I didn't even want to open that door, I want self care to be viewed as necessary, not selfish. I want self care to be viewed as taking care of yourself so you can show up as your best self for your loved ones, which to me is the opposite of selfish.

This is another personal episode for me. In it,  I share what I do for myself that I consider to be self care and let's just say, my version of self care is not what all the ads and media tell us self care is or should be!   

There are two pieces to my self care that I talk about in this episode; acceptance and doing one thing for me everyday, for example drinking my green drink. You will have to listen to learn what the other things are!

I also go off on a bit of a tangent and talk about my latest tidbit that I learned through therapy and my coach. I learned I like to make myself wrong. This was a huge breakthrough for me. 

To learn what I mean by this, and how I make myself wrong, please listen and then I’d love to hear your thoughts on this and your self care routine.  Please comment and share what you do to help support your mental health and live your best life:)

 And don't forget to share with those who you think might benefit from this, or any of my other episodes. Thank you!