Done Apologizing

Courtney Koester took the journey from filmmaker + photographer to Empowerment Coach + Reiki Master Practitioner. Frequently found sipping tea, boarding a plane or getting lost in a sea of trees, this Sagittarian's heart was made to dive deep + explore. With firsthand experience in untangling from patterns of people pleasing, self-abandonment + self-judgment, Courtney's work focuses on the importance of self-reconnection + the invitation to rehumanize ourselves. Her medicine is in guiding humans to clear the harsh lens they've viewed themselves through and begin to explore their whole self from a widened + deeply aligned perspective. In this conversation, Tami and Courtney jam on: *Recognizing anxiety as a human and normal response, rather than pathologizing it *Pulling back the layers of what society has told us about selfishness and people pleasing *Holding positive regard for others, while also being able to recognize their full humanity *Being brave enough to unhook from supremacy culture *Supporting ourselves to move through our fight, flight, or freeze responses *Normalizing that some relationships naturally come to a close *Not apologizing for our full humanity; we will cause harm, but we will also cause joy! To connect with Courtney: Follow her on Instagram @ckoesterinspired, visit her website www.ckoesterinspired.com. Courtney also has a webinar replay on Shifting the People Pleasing Identity and a blog post on supportive language as an alternative to people pleasing. To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_, visit her website www.tamisasson.com, or email tami@tamisasson.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

James-Olivia Chu Hillman is a facilitator and enthusiastic advocate of necessary, uncomfortable, and life-changing conversations. They work with humans (mostly in small groups) who want more joyful connection and less suffering in their relationships with themselves, the people they love & lead, and the world. James-Olivia has a passion for asking questions that make us squirm a bit and point us back to who we are and what we care about most. In this conversation, Tami and James-Olivia jam on: *Recognizing our inherent and natural dependence and connection to others *Distinguishing between our needs and our desires *Being willing to readjust our boundaries and commitments by reflecting on how each experience lands *Tuning into our own resourcefulness to get our needs met *Knowing that we all have different ways of relating; that isn't bad or wrong *Unlearning the story that when someone doesn't meet all of our needs or expectations, it means that we are unworthy of love *Owning the responsibility of no longer having to fix yourself for someone else *Not apologizing for being where we are, even when it is unfinished and messy To connect with James-Olivia: Follow them on Instagram @inquisitive_human, visit their website www.inquisitivehuman.com. To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_, visit her website www.tamisasson.com, or email tami@tamisasson.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

Madison Morrigan is a 4x international award winning life coach, host of Everything Belongs The Podcast, a speaker, and is creator of Awaken Her Soul, a 14 week mentorship program designed to help women embody their worth, power and fullness. Centered on self-responsibility and full expression, Madison coaches ambitious and creative women as shed layers of old programming keeping them small and finally come home to their true selves. Madison has her degree in interpersonal communication with an emphasis in psychology from Missouri State University, has a certificate in conflict resolution, meditation and legal mediation, and is proudly Certified BYCA Coach. In this conversation, Tami and Madison jam on: *Moving away from over-sharing our stories and pain on social media *Creating an identity beyond our trauma and conditioning - there is so much more to us! *Resourcing ourselves with joy while also acknowledging the challenging aspects of our world *Saying no to participating in narcissistic supremacy, even when other people don't understand *Reconnecting and rooting in our land, cities, and homes *Claiming our rightful belonging, even when we've felt estranged from our inherent sense of it *Knowing that our presence on social media isn't the whole of who we are *Not apologizing for people's perceptions of you To connect with Madison: Follow her on Instagram @madisonmorrigan, visit her website www.madisonmorrigan.com. To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_, visit her website www.tamisasson.com, or email tami@tamisasson.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

Maxine Anne is an Embodiment Coach, Certified Yoga Teacher and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in-training. She supports women to cross thresholds into self-validation and inner nurturing, so that collectively we can access caring for others and the earth from a place of overflow, not depletion. She is dedicated to honouring grief and awe for the natural world, both within and outside of our bodies, to reclaim our wholeness and step into our power. In this conversation, Tami and Maxine jam on: *Connecting to what around us nurtures and sustains us in the midst of change *The difference between caregiving to be a fixer versus a nurturer *Practicing being witnessed by nature *Using nature to reconnect to what feels nurturing and supportive *Allowing our senses to effortlessly meet us, rather than constantly forcing *Embracing death and endings as part of life *Listening to the need that is underneath our limiting beliefs *The relationship between having a sense of place and belonging *Knowing that we're allowed to be human, even when we're apologizing To connect with Maxine through her offerings: TAKE root - 8 Week Group Coaching: www.maxineiharosy.com/take-root Nurture Your Nature 1:1 Coaching: www.maxineiharosy.com/nyn-mentorship Breathing Room 1:1 Somatic Sessions: http://www.maxineiharosy.com/br-sessions To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_, visit her website www.tamisasson.com, or email tami@tamisasson.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

Emma Tait is a writer, soul guide, and creator who helps people connect to their own inner knowing and guidance system so that they may have a career and life filled with purpose, joy, and peace. Her life's work is to empower others to meet, know, love, and express their whole selves through all of life's ebbs and flows, no matter where they are starting and what their goals are. She believes the way forward is for each of us to first come back to ourselves through understanding the innate emotional, physical, and spiritual wisdom we all hold. She guides others through her writing, 1:1 coaching, and online courses. In this conversation, Tami and Emma jam on: *Stepping out of the traditional paradigms of healing and stepping into full humanity *Being present with our pain and grief instead of always trying to fix it *Reframing the times when we get it “wrong” into information and experience that lead us to what we do want and what does feel good *Trusting that us humans have seasons just like nature *Remembering that you don't have to have your shit together in order to love yourself *Tuning into what feels like the next right move, rather than feeling overwhelmed by changing everything *Releasing from the notion that we must be constantly seeking healing instead of actually living our lives *The journey of unapologetically being unapologetic Resources mentioned in this episode: The book There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate by Cheri Huber To connect with Emma: Follow her on Instagram @emmarosetait or email her at emma@createthelove.com To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_ or visit her website www.tamisasson.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

Sarah Durham Wilson is the mother of the archetypal Maiden to Mother Movement. She midwives women from the wounded patriarchalized feminine across the bridge to the archetypal mother, or mature feminine. Before her service to the Goddess, she was a rock journalist in New York City, beginning with an internship at Rolling Stone and culminating as an editor at Interview magazine. Her soul work began with a witch awakening in 2011, which evolved into priestess work in 2015, and then into building the bridge from the immature to mature feminine — which involves exorcising poisonous patriarchal patterning and resurrecting the ancient healing ways of feminine wisdom. She's an Avalonian Wisdom Keeper, solo mother to a little girl, and currently working on a Maiden to Mother book for Sounds True. She lives on Martha's Vineyard. In this conversation, Tami and Sarah jam on: *What's possible when we go within for guidance instead of outsourcing our wisdom. *Not waiting until you're “ready” to go after what you want. *Stepping into our own mother energy to meet our needs that weren't met in childhood. *How healing it can be to let people see you - even the gory parts! *Recognizing the different parts of us that react to situations and how to care for them. *Showing up as an authentic, messy human; we're all still learning. *The myth that we should have things figured out by a certain stage of life. *Not apologizing for your greatness. Resources mentioned in this episode: The book "All About Love" by bell hooks To connect with Sarah: Follow her on Instagram @themotherspirit or visit her website www.themotherspirit.com To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_, visit her website www.tamisasson.com, or email tami@tamisasson.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

Maryam Abdulmalik supports (mostly) women in meeting their essence and leading their lives from that space. She was born and raised on a tiny island in the Middle East, into a set of restrictions that she later realized would free her. She believes that our ‘cage' encapsulates the roadmap to our freedom and that while mainstream emotional healing modalities are extremely potent in creating transformation, nothing will satiate you on a deep soul level as much as your own medicine. Maryam's primary intention is to guide those seeking deep freedom to consider reckoning with the ‘non freeing force' in their lives to find their true sovereignty. In this conversation, Tami and Maryam jam on: *What even is safety? How do you create safety when physical safety can't be guaranteed? *How Maryam broke free from the oppressive forces she was born into *Taking responsibility for our own healing, even when you want to blame others *Confronting the power that lives within us *How to reckon with instead of avoid *Not apologizing for following an unconventional path To connect with Maryam: Follow her on Instagram @maryamaabdulmalik or visit her website www.maryamabdulmalik.com To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_, visit her website www.tamisasson.com, or email tami@tamisasson.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support

Welcome to the Done Apologizing Podcast with your host Tami Sasson! Tami is an Embodiment Coach, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and human on her own journey dedicated to the collective liberation of all women through our own individual healing journeys of letting go of toxic shame and reclaiming our inherent wholeness. And now, she is honored to connect with you through the Done Apologizing Podcast. This podcast is for you if you're yearning to connect with women from a variety of backgrounds and experiences about healing and living fully - without apology. That all women may feel less alone knowing that so many other's are journeying alongside you. That you find hope and healing in the listening of other's so courageously sharing their stories through brave conversation that you may find the spaces and the audacity to do the same for yourself. Tami dreams that all women may feel deeply free in their bodies, their desires, their dreams, their needs and their wants and that they be celebrated for all that they are. Tami's hope is that through the listening of so many unapologetic stories, you too may find the desire to let go of being good to become exactly what you are. Her hope is that you listen to this podcast with your whole body instead of mindlessly consuming - allow listening to be an experience and allow yourself to find your heart in these words! This podcast is a reminder that all of our apologizing never made us more lovable and that when we release the shackles of our shame and come into full expression, there is no greater experience of love and belonging. Unapologetic living is living in possibility. To connect with Tami: Follow her on Instagram @tamisasson_ or visit her website www.tamisasson.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tami-sasson3/support