This episode is about learning how to love something on purpose as opposed to the way we think we should love something: instantly

As a dancer, I’ve always learned how to love music. If it doesn’t hit immediately, I don’t write it off. I already know I want to love it, and that changes how I listen.

I can’t tell you how many times we finish a song in class and someone says, “I didn’t like this at first… and now I’m obsessed.” And that’s the magic. The choreography. The movement. The way dancing to something creates a relationship with it. That mindset is a big reason why I don’t announce class titles ahead of time, because the second people think they know what they like, they stop letting themselves be surprised. Sometimes the things we resist end up being the things we treasure the most.

In this episode, I talk about why we don’t like things at first (specifically in terms of music)

• maybe we don’t like the artist
• maybe it’s not our usual style
• maybe it reminds us of something we don’t like
• maybe it feels repetitive
• maybe we don’t understand how we’d move through it yet

And then I walk you through the art of learning to love, sometimes love comes after familiarity, not before.

We talk about:

• habit and exposure (and why repetition actually matters)
• how context changes everything
• how music becomes meaningful once it’s attached to memory
• why confidence grows from competence, and competence creates appreciation

I also connect this to life and relationships. The way I love Josh now is not the same way I loved him at the beginning, it’s deeper because I know more. I have more appreciation because I know more about him.

This episode is about meeting things where they are, letting them teach you, and allowing love to grow instead of demanding it show up immediately.

Appreciation isn’t passive, It’s a skill we get to practice!!

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This episode is about knowing yourself well enough to build a life that actually feels good to live in using an activity called the Wheel of Life (or life pie) and why you are never just one thing even when you accidentally live like you are.

We talk about how it’s easy to base your worth on one slice of the pie (work, fitness, dance, productivity), without realizing how much the other slices are quietly pushing and pulling on your energy.

I share how I did a time audit and could visually see where my time was actually going and how uneven it was across the different areas of my life.

We explore seasons of life and how sometimes if you're putting more energy somewhere it has to come from someplace else. If you’re always choosing the path of least resistance, you may be hiding in one slice so you don’t have to face the harder ones. And over time, that creates imbalance.

I walk you through:

• Rating your life across categories (you can use 8 or expand to 16)
• Understanding how boundaries keep your “wheel spokes” even
• Why an underfilled slice creates a bumpy ride, no matter how strong the others are
• How this framework makes journaling, reflection, and goal-setting clearer and way less overwhelming

When you know where your energy is leaking or missing, you finally know where to put your attention. And when you feel more complete, you move through life more aligned, more authentic, and with a lot more ease.

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This episode is for you if you’ve tried journaling and found it intimidating or hard to keep up with…

If you don't currently have a journal practice..

If you love making lists…

Or if you wish to have some moments of reflection at the end of the year.

In this episode, I completely rewrite what journaling gets to look like.

I share my own journaling journey and how it never looked like the perfect “Dear Diary” (Britney Spears) place. I recount how journaling first took place in my life and how it evolved.. the first notebook my teacher gave me with a handwritten note inside, to passing notebooks around with friends, to quotes, lists, colors, markers. Realizing that I was journaling before I even called it that.

We talk about:

• Why journaling doesn’t have to look one way

• How lists, colors, doodles, and even rereading old notes count

• How expression on paper mirrors improvisation on the dance floor

• Using journaling to get thoughts out of your head so they stop looping

• Why “boring” lives still hold powerful material when written down

I also share how pulling a card from my favorite deck has become part of my practice ... so stay with me toward the end for a little intuitive moment together.

And finally, we zoom out and talk about progress as journaling, including how our studio showcase videos and watching yourself grow over time is in fact, a form of journaling.

This episode is about making journaling easier, more playful, more expressive, and more you.

Another way to learn about yourself without rules and without pressure.

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Krissy: @krissyphillipino

KDFSTUDIO: @kdfstudio