My name is Lindsey Cacy and I'm so excited you're here! Choose To Become is a personal development podcast about discovering your Self, cultivating self-love, and choosing to do the work to become the very best version of YOU. Together we will explore tactical tips that will inspire you to step into your unique power and greatness - it's time to live your best life, in real life.
I am back after a five-month hiatus!! This week on the podcast, I am talking about my 4 tips for building an authentic brand that works for you. Sometimes people forget that the brand we are building to help support or promote other aspects of our business should actually be a reflection of us. If you're an entrepreneur or interested in creating your personal brand, this episode is for you! Please leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On this episode of Choose To Become, we are getting really real - what do you truly value? And does your life actually reflect these values? It is easy to say we value our relationships and/or our health but are we actually creating time and space to make sure these things thrive? Let's talk about it! I am also providing tips on how to align how you live your life with the things you say you value. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy Order my books: Choose To Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book Serenity's Search: https://forms.gle/y5op2J4cEH5XBpgW8 For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog
On this week's episode, we are talking about how to go with the flow in your life and relationships. Are you someone who tries to control situations, people, or outcomes? If so, this episode is for you!! Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On today's episode of Choose To Become, I am giving you some questions to consider that will bring you closer to self-fidelity. Have you been taking good care of Yourself lately? Or have you been spending most of your time and energy tending to what everyone else needs? Let's do better! When we remember that showing up for our needs is just as important as helping others with there's, we can shine and show up authentically.
We've all heard the saying, "we all make mistakes", but how many of us are truly learning from them or keeping that same, compassionate energy when it comes to the honest mistakes we make in our own lives?? Usually we internally berate ourselves or blame others for our shortcomings, mistakes, and failures. On this weeks episode of Choose To Become, we talk about how to look at our mistakes as opportunities to grow, understanding that failure is either redirection OR lack of preparation, and even a little bit about how these things can help us actually be kinder humans. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
It's the first episode of 2022! I am here to, 1. Check in and, 2. Admit that I have started zero of my New Year Resolutions - and that's ok! Let's talk about it, LOL. This episode is all about checking in, starting again and how to be less anxious in these crazy times. Sending you all so much love! Welcome to 2022 babiessss!!!! XO. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am giving you my five steps to deciding what you're leaving behind in 2021. With only a few days left in this year, it's time to take inventory of how your year went so you can decide what you want to let of. Let's make 2022 our best year yet! Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
Telling the truth can be hard in some situations but it ALWAYS serves us to be more honest. On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am talking all about honesty: why people lie, how we can live in more integrity, and the power of trust in our relationships. Truth has power and also can heal us. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am giving you some personal, tried and true advice on how to take space AND give space within your closest relationships. Whether you're a busy parent, in another kind of live-in relationship, or have a job that you spend a lot of time at - it is so important to know when to take some space to recharge and connect with yourself. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Connect with me on social media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy Buy my book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am telling you how to WRITE A BOOK! SO excited to share this part of my life with you! Writing a whole book is hard but you can definitely do it. I will give you tips for staying motivated, setting up a realistic schedule, and finding writer buddies to keep you going when inspiration inevitably leaves and writers block kicks in. It's time to get your story out into the world. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support. For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, we are talking about the importance of consciously responding to negative people and situations instead of reacting with old, regurgitated (not so cute!) reactions. I will give you my top three tips to help you be more mindful about your responses in difficult situations. When we can think before we speak or act, we can save ourselves regret and save relationships. Please be sure to leave me a review if you enjoyed this episode and share it with your people! Thanks so much for the support!! For more content like this, check out my blog: https://www.lindseycacy.com/blog Social media links: IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseycacy_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lindseycacy My book, Choose to Become: https://www.lindseycacy.com/ctb-book
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I share the story of my recent move + unexpected hospital stay, and how it all reminded me of the importance of letting go. I also give you some tips on how to identify which mindsets and habitual thought patterns are no longer serving you. If it resonates, share this episode with a friend! Also, follow me on Instagram for more updates @lindseycacy_. Thanks for all the support!!
On this week's episode, I am reading you the first chapter of my book, Choose to Become. Audiobook coming soon but here is a sneak peek! Love ya'll so much - thanks for rocking with me. Be sure to follow me on Instagram @lindseycacy_ so you don't miss a thing. XOXO!!
On this episode of Choose to Become, we are discussing what it truly means to be brave. Being brave looks different for everyone and sometimes what seems like a small decision to one person, is a huge, scary decision for someone else. We will also talk about different ways you can be brave and show up more fully to your own amazingly beautiful life. I also have a big life update to share! So glad you're here.
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am sharing my experience and advice on SIDE HUSTLES! More specifically, how to balance a passion project or side hustle and your day job with integrity and mindfulness. I have been attracted to entrepreneurship for years now, but because I had a full-time job, I never took my side hustles seriously up until a couple years ago when I started teaching Yoga. On this episode, I share my experience, plus four tips that will get you clear on what you want to create and how to do it the right way. Thank you so much to all of you who come back and listen - ya'll are the real MVPs!
Are you being mindful or is your mind just FULL? Mindfulness can be so useful for helping ease anxiety and depression and a whole host of other issues we face as humans. With so much focus on the external world and that never ending feeling of "what's next?", mindfulness is more important (and popular!) than ever. On today's episode, I give you my top 5 tips for incorporating mindfulness into your day to day life. Be sure to check out the Choose to Become book! It is out now and available everywhere. As always, thank you for the support and patience as we become our best selves together! Love y'all!! xo!
Choose to Become is BACK! On this week's episode, I am unpacking the popular concept of Main Character Energy. It is easy to get lost in comparison and feelings of lack - we forget sometimes that we are actually co-creating our lives and we get to decide the narrative. We'll also discuss how to romanticize our lives so we feel enchanted by our day-to-day. Take ownership of your life by embodying true main character energy, and I will tell you exactly how!
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am so excited to be sharing the first chapter of my upcoming book! Choose to become (the book!) will be available on May 1! Book blurb: We get to decide who we become...what are you choosing? If you’ve ever wondered how to finally feel better and live your life to the fullest, you’re not alone. That’s exactly what author and yoga teacher, Lindsey Cacy, wondered, too: what to do when you feel stuck and unfulfilled, and how to escape this frustrating cycle of self-doubt and negative thoughts? Especially if you’ve walked through trauma, addiction and abusive relationships like she has throughout her life. The answers she found, and the answers she’s teaching her students, are all here, together with her story. The how of inner healing. Cultivating self-awareness. Sitting with emotional wounds. Kicking the inner critic. Falling in love with yourself. Finally, truly living, perhaps for the first time in your life. And, through it all, there’s humor, and vulnerability, and love. It’s possible. You’re possible. Choose to do the work so you can become the best version of you.
Nobody is coming to save you so you gotta save yourself! On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am talking about how to love + show up for yourself and the importance of saving yourself. If we want the life we have always dreamed of, we must first have the bravery to show up authentically and unapologetically.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I provide you with a guided meditation that will help you check in and self-soothe. Pause, sit down, and B R E A T H E. Enjoy!!
Where my single and "in between relationships" folks at?? I have created this special V-Day episode just for you! So often we jump from one relationship to the next out of habit or as a way to feel fulfilled, but what we fail to realize is that we aren't taking the time we need to heal between relationships. How can we fully heal and get clear on what we truly need from a romantic relationship if we don't take time to process? On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am giving you all the benefits that come along with taking time to process relationships after they end so we can show up more healed and aware in our future partnerships.
On this week's episode of Choose to become, I am giving you a little pep talk! If you are having a hard day or within a hard season of your life, this will be a great episode to listen to. Light your favorite candle, grab your journal and find a comfy place to sit. You Got This.
Ever feel suffocated by the opinions of others? It's a normal thing that most people struggle with sometimes. So often we play small out of fear of what other's might think of us. On this first episode of 2021, I am talking to you about just that: how to know what opinions matter and how to discern between people projecting their sh*t onto you and people giving helpful feedback. When we trust our choices and ourselves, we make better choices. The truth is, people are going to judge us either way, so let's stop playing small out of fear of judgment and create the life we want!
I'm back! After a month break, we are back with new episodes. This episode of Choose To Become is all about deciding what you want to leave in 2020 so you can step into 2021 feeling clear and empowered. Although there is still much collective uncertainty, we do get to choose how we show up in this new year - and that starts with leaving behind the things that weigh us down.
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am helping you get your sh*t together! I give your the four things I am currently doing to help me re-focus on the vision I have for my life. It's time to recommit to creating the life we truly want - we deserve it.
It's STORY TIME!!! On this week's episode of Choose to Become I am telling you all the things about my crazy health journey: surgeries, ostomies, and the connection between emotional health and gut health. I also discuss the importance of listening to your body so you can catch any issues early. When we are in tune with how we feel (emotionally and physically), we can better hear when our body is telling us something isn't right.
Ahhh boundaries - so important, yet lowkey elusive, right?? On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am giving you some tangible tips to help you get clear on your boundaries (or lack of boundaries!) What areas of your life just don't feel as good anymore? Perhaps setting some concious boundaries could help. I also help you reframe what setting boundaires actually means, as well as how to create your own.
On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am giving you a little pep talk about getting serious about your emotional wellbeing. With so much going on in the external world that feels out of our control, it's easy to get caught up in drama or overwhelm. I provide you with some tips and tough love advice about the importance of choosing to put your mental health first.
Are you walking the walk of just talking the talk? On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I give you ALL the reasons you should (and can!) show up in the world as your authentic self. There is no worse feeling than being bamboozled by someone not being the person they claimed to be! By getting to know ourselves and doing the internal work to grow, we can ensure that all of our actions align with who we say we are.
Feeling a little unsettled lately but can't quite put your finger on why? On this week's episode, I have a special gift for you - a guided meditation that will allow you some space to explore how you're truly feeling while also receiving the grounding benefits of conscious breathing. I suggest doing this first thing in the morning and follow up with some journaling. Namaste!
What is that thing you've been doing lately that YOU KNOW you need a break from? On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am giving you the play-by-play of my juice cleanse and social media fast: how they worked, how I felt, and what I learned. I also provide tips for how to make detoxing a kickstart to more lasting change so we don't just jump right back into the things that weren't working.
When was the last time you consciously asked yourself what you truly needed? Usually, when we are feeling stressed, frustrated, or anxious, it is because we are not feeling fulfilled or at ease within our lives. On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am giving you some framework and practices for getting really clear on what your current needs are. Through the practice of regularly asking ourselves the two questions "What do I need?" and "How does this serve me?", we become more in tune with what we truly need.
Do you also feel kinda played by 2020? That 2020 vision became Covid-19 vision and dreams seem to have taken a backseat to reality. On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am giving you 5 tips to bring those visions back to life. The year is only half over - with some discipline and focus, we can still make progress on our goals and dreams this year!
We can't control how people treat us but we can choose to stay in alignment with our light when we are treated badly. On this week's episode of Choose to Become, I am giving you 7 tips for staying in your light while also allowing yourself to process your emotions when faced with toxic/negative people and situations.
Whether you realize it or not, most things we do in life require some level of vulnerability. On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am talking all about the topic of vulnerability - misconceptions about what it means and some of the reasons we tend to live less authentically. Being more vulnerable in our lives and within our relationships allows for truer, deeper connections.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am discussing the topic of loss. I know this is a heavy subject but it is also real life. Death and loss can bring up so many emotions for us and grieving is such a personal experience - no two people experience death in the same way. In this episode, I am giving you some tips and personal stories that will hopefully make coping with loss a little easier.
Say what you mean and mean what you say! On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am discussing the importance of practicing clear communication. Healthy communication is the foundation of any solid relationship - when we learn how to communicate productivity, our relationships flourish. I am giving you 4 powerful tips to help you enhance your communication skills.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am having a heartfelt conversation about the power (and necessity!) of doing the work. What is "doing the work"? It means putting in the time and conscious effort to look at your triggers and patterns of behavior so that you can make positive changes in your life. I also talk about how all of our life experiences serve us and can be powerful catalysts for growth. Doing the work isn't always easy but it's always rewarding.
A gift to my fellow mothers - a guided meditation to enhance your feelings of self-love and empowerment. You are strong. You are Powerful. Don't forget to breathe. Enjoy!
Ahhhh, emotions... Let's talk about all the feels, shall we? On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am talking about how we can better manage our emotions. Although emotions can be triggered by outside experiences (and people!), we are ultimately responsible for working through them. I offer some funny stories, as well as tips for helping you feel better, faster.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am giving you my top three ingredients for setting powerful intentions: trust, focus, and repetition. In our fast-paced society, we are often going through our days on auto-pilot; not really able to be fully present because we are constantly inundated with distractions. Living more intentionally can inspire positive change in your mental health and your relationships. By becoming more intentional about how we spend our time and how we treat people, we can begin to make more compassionate choices.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I will be talking about the somewhat elusive concept of letting go. What does it mean to "let go", what should we let go of, and how do we even do it? The tools in this episode will help us identify which habits, beliefs and behaviors we need to release. Letting go of what no longer serves us frees up the emotional and energetic space for things that do feed us. No matter what is happening in the external world, we get to choose how we respond and take care of ourselves.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I will be talking about the dreams we have for our lives - it's time to bust out that vision board or list of goals, y'all! With all this unexpected time at home, what better time to take a fresh look at those goals and long-forgotten New Year Resolutions we created? Just because we are social distancing, doesn't mean we should be distancing ourselves from our dreams and growth. Do something today that your future self will thank you for.
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am talking all about the transformative power of gratitude. Studies have shown that gratitude directly affects our psychological health - it effectively increases happiness and reduces depression. I'm giving you 5 simple ways to cultivate more gratitude into your daily routine. Whether you choose to write a few sentences in a gratitude journal or simply take a moment to silently acknowledge all that you have, giving thanks will transform your life.
On today's episode of Choose To Become I am giving you some ideas and tools for getting through this time of quarantine due to the coronavirus we are all facing. Take some time to pause and reflect - to let go of fear-based thinking so you can get through this time of uncertainty with more ease and trust. There is nothing more important than maintaining your inner peace and mental health - especially now.
In honor of International Women's Day, I am sharing some of the most important lessons I have learned over the years about being a woman. In the words of Coco Chanel: "Keep your heels, head, and standards high."
On this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am talking about the T-Word: Trauma. Let's be real - we've all walked through something that changed how we viewed ourselves and the world. Unprocessed trauma leads to feelings of unworthiness and unhealthy patterns of behavior within our closest relationships. You'll also be getting a sneak peek of my book, Choose To Become! This is one of my favorite episodes that I've ever recorded because I know it will help a lot of people tap into their trauma so they can truly heal and live happier lives. Please be sure to share this with your friends!
"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional" -Haruki MurakamiLife happens, but we can choose to make empowering choices that will lead us out of victim-mentality and into solution-based thinking. On this week's episode, I am giving you some simple yet powerful tools that will help you maintain your inner peace when you are faced with stressful situations.
In this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am discussing romantic relationships - and - we have a very special guest!! We have a candid conversation about topics like the importance of understanding compatibility and communication within a partnership. We will each share some of our experiences in relationships and what we've learned about ourselves through the process of dating. We will also discuss six different tips for maintaining a healthy relationship. Whether you are currently single or in a relationship - this episode will serve you.
Meditation reduces stress, helps us sleep better, increases our brain function, and so much more! In this week's episode of Choose To Become, I am talking about the many benefits of beginning a meditation practice. I will also help dispel the misconceptions you may have about meditation.The episode ends with a special guided meditation to help you feel the benefits of meditation for yourself. Take ownership of how you want to feel and choose to incorporate healthy tools and habits that will help you feel your best.
In this week's episode of Choose To Become, I will be openly discussing all things related to the topic of insecurity. I provide you with 4 tips that will help you explore your triggers and identify your own unhealthy internal narrative while encouraging you to change those thoughts and beliefs to more accurate, positive affirmations. Unexplored insecurities can suffocate healthy partnerships - personally and professionally. We will always have triggers and moments of insecurity, but with practice and self-awareness, we can control how we let them affect our lives.