Fearless Self-Love

Steph Plant and I chat about grief, collective and individual healing, the power of song, and our call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Listen in for deep wisdom from this musician and Montessori teacher as she reminds of our our true nature and our capacity to live full and beautiful lives. (Photo of Steph by Marie Esara) Links mentioned in the show: Groundedhere.com Jamiewymanband.com Michellecassandrajohnson.com Scott Blossom: doctorblossom.com Native_land.ca Rebekah Dawn https://www.instagram.com/mulberrymudd/ and https://www.facebook.com/MulberryMudd/  Steph Plant on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steph.plant/?hl=en Steph teaches at Metro East Montessori School: https://metroeastmontessori.com/  Steph Plant's Reflection Song on YouTube: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Op3nuZR5B3c    QUOTES “It feels easy to feel discouraged, but the truth is I don't feel hopeless, because I really do believe [we are] forcing out a very strong light frequency through the darkness.” - Steph Plant “The desire of my heart is to be able to share a deep hope, a deep peace, and a deep love, that we can embody, and then choose to send and share, and let that fly out to wherever it is that our soul wants to carry it to. I feel very far from the scene geographically, but I feel very close to the scene spiritually and emotionally. My heart is with the Palestinian people. My guts are with the Palestinian people. My cries and my songs are with the Palestinian people." - Steph Plant "I wish for grace and I wish for mercy and I wish for a ceasefire and I wish for an end to the occupation.” -Steph Plant “Collectively the more that we can step into our personal power - and our personal love and our personal truth and our personal peace - the less important our fear will be to us and that's really the only thing we actually have control over - is our own internal experience and how we respond to our external experiences.” - Steph Plant “Let this grief and this rage radicalize me towards more compassion and courage.” - Roza https://www.instagram.com/yallaroza  “There is risk, but without doing it you're risking never having the intimacy that you could have with that community or the power you could feel in actually making a change.” - Andrea Catherine Bachman  

Andrea chats with Intuitive Life Coach, Pavitra Gurumurthi. Pavitra and I explore the difference between letting go and trusting ourselves through major life transitions.   Pavitra's work is encompassed in one phrase "Walking the Path of Tenderized Authority," where she guides highly sensitive women to recognize the gifts held in their deeply empathic and feminine nature so they feel empowered to embrace a quiet confident approach to achieving their personal goals with ease. Part of this work includes embodied astrological readings that are therapeutic in nature. She has a unique way of marrying the wisdom of the cosmos with the innate wisdom held in the body and integrating free will and destiny in this lifetime. Check out her story & her work in this interview and at the following links: Website: https://www.pavitraguru.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavitragurumurthi/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pavitra.gurumurthi/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tenderauthority In this episode we talk about: - Gentleness in Major life transitions - Self-trust - Healthy boundaries - Financial Stability & Equity - Honoring our needs Links Mentioned: - George Kao - Scott Blossom

Efia Sulter is a mindset and manifestation coach who is on a mission to teach ambitious women how to confidently manifest their desires, stop playing small and live their EXTRAORDINARY lives. Check out her story & her work in this interview and at her website AND podcast: https://www.efiasulter.com/ https://anchor.fm/themanifestedit In this episode we talk about: - seasonal change (including how to make a perfect cup of tea) - how our love and understanding of self changes with the seasons of life - mental health and self-advocacy - navigating crossroads - conscious manifestation - the power of a good friendship - solo travel - anxiety ​ - race and gender representation in podcasting Book Mentioned: https://pemachodronfoundation.org/product/comfortable-with-uncertainty-book/ Chai Recipe: groundedhere.com/tea 

Graciela Moore is an ICF Certified Coach, Hope Expert, Licensed Sales Professional, HSP (highly sensitive person), and codependent in recovery. If you're struggling to find hope, Graciela recommends asking yourself, "Who do you know? Who do you trust? And is their hop cup filled?... so you can borrow form it!" Listen to learn more about Borrowed Hope, and lots of other kinds of hope! Learn more about Graciela at  SoMCoaching.com or follow her on Instagram: instagram.com/songofmyself.ig    

Join our chat about how an online directory of holistic practitioners can be utilized to build community for practitioners and clients alike. . Kate Maslowski is a sales and business development veteran of the marketing technology space. She is leveraging her personal experience on her own wellness journey and her passion for connecting people to helping them find their ideal holistic healthcare practitioners and doctors. Using her 15 years of experience in this field, she created Holistic Health Collaborative to help you on your journey to wellness. HHC is a searchable directory of Holistic practitioners and doctors. Whether you're seeking a practitioner to help alleviate chronic back pain, an unexplained bout of fatigue, or improve your overall health, this database is designed to match you with your ideal holistic health specialists. . https://www.about.holistichealthcollab.com/our-team https://www.instagram.com/holistichealthcollab/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/631818471033522   

Annie Moussu is a certified EFT Tapping Master Practitioner who helps people overcome blocks to confidence, success and healthy relationships. She's a first-generation Vietnamese-American, living in western France. Her struggles with low self-esteem, perfectionism and toxic relationships spurred her healing process and spiritual awakening. Now as an EFT Master Practitioner, Annie is passionate about helping others navigate their mind, heart, body and soul to create a better world. Join us as we share our personal journeys with EFT (Annie) and Ayurveda (Andrea) and how they have invited us to settle into our abundance selves and potential. Links: Miles4Migrants: https://miles4migrants.org/ Wold Medicine Magic on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wolfmedicinemagic George Kao: https://www.georgekao.com/ Blog article about EFT (free pdf with tapping points): https://hushyourmind.com/what-is-emotional-freedom-techniques/ EFT Group (I'll be there on 9/9!): https://hushyourmind.com/eft-tapping-group/ Website: https://hushyourmind.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hush.yourmind/  

Join me as Yoga teacher, beautycounter representative and digital content creator, Holly Wielkoszewski, and I discuss our shared core value of SUSTAINABILITY and how it is a guidepost for running our businesses with integrity. We talk about the role story-telling (the story we tell ourselves, and our ability to rewrite our stories) plays in our healing. Sustainability touching on so many topics in our conversation including antiracism, hustle culture, & make up, just to name a few. Learn more about Holly at http://hollyfromthebigsky.com/ Michelle Cassandra Johnson: michellecjohnson.com At Home in Your Body: groundedhere.com/yourbody Instagram: @fearlessselflove @groundedhere Email: andrea@groundedhere.com

This episode, while recorded last summer, is so timely with Amber's reminders of the values of discovery, play, and connecting with ourselves and what we love. Best to you as you navigate all the changes of our world and yourself while prioritizing what matters most! Favorite Quotes: "Wherever you go, there you are." -Anonymous "The greatest joy and the greatest inward journey that we can experience is going to come from doing the things that we love." -Amber Sears "Secrecy is where all the guilt and shame is." - Amber Sears "What cracked my shell was sharing." - Amber Sears "Dance is the ultimate freedom and ultimate connection to yourself." -Amber Sears Links Mentioned: Amber's Website, Epic Self Amber on Instagram  Amber's husband, JP Sears -  Ultra Spiritual Red Ants Pants Music Festival   Meet Amber: Amber Sears is a business & transformation coach deeply dedicated to helping women heal, awaken and transform from the inside out. She specializes in 1:1 coaching, group coaching programs, retreats and teacher training programs that empower women to rise higher than they thought possible.  

Diana Kirshner has spent a lifetime helping others find love within themselves and with others. Today Diana and I talk about how positive affirmations can change lives by changing our thinking. We also discuss how to free negative thoughts and rewire our brains. Lastly, Diana leads me through the steps of the “5 Minute Manifestation Miracle.” She is a joyful and vibrant guest who believes the sky’s the limit. Join me.   How to create a positive affirmation   How to free negative thoughts How to create a positive and fulfilling life   Links Mentioned:  Diana Kirshner: www.lovein90days.com Free Session for listeners: www.lovein90days.com click on coaching tab put in Andrea sent me Online University learn how to be a relationship and dating coach: https://www.lovein90daysuniversity.com/ Book Love In 90 Days: https://lovein90days.com/diana-kirschner/ make sure to get the 2019 edition Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com  Favorite Quotes: “Make a positive affirmation in the present tense as if there are no limits.” -Diana Kirshner “Growth is rarely linear, it is rocky.” -Diana Kirshner “When negative thoughts surface to sabotage our positive affirmation, embrace and recognize them. Let them be. Free them and then go back to the affirmation.” -Diana Kirshner “If we cling to self sabotage as an idea, then we’re not going to free that idea.” -Andrea Catherine “The positive affirmations become sewn into your brain when you don’t explore the negative thoughts and instead go back to the affirmation.” -Diana Kirshner “An affirmation can be about anything in your life. It’s about creating what you would prefer to experience.” -Diana Kirshner “Affirmations rewire the nervous system as long as we don’t dissect the negative thoughts.” -Diana Kirshner “Find confidence, passion and stability in yourself instead of seeking that in another person. Come to the table full.” -Andrea Catherine “The sky's the limit. Decide how you want to experience life. -Diana Kirshner Meet Diana: PBS Love expert, psychologist and bestselling author, Diana Kirschner, Ph.D. has helped tens of thousands of singles and couples to find the relationships of their dreams.  Along with her team of expert Love Mentor® and dating coaches, she uses a unique approach to help women and men heal from heartbreak, create high-value self-confidence, and find lasting passionate love. The team has given over 10,000 free sessions to women all over the world.  Dr. Diana is the author of the bestseller, Love in 90 Days, now out in its 10th Anniversary edition. She has also authored, the relationship advice book, Sealing the Deal: The Love Mentor’s Guide to Lasting Love, Find Your Soulmate Online, The Diamond Self Secret and 30 Days to Love: The Ultimate Relationship Turnaround Guide. Love Expert, Psychologist & Bestselling Author, Dr. Diana Kirschner, has handpicked a team of awesome Love Mentor® coaches. And you can talk with one of them for free for 40 minutes by phone or Skype! If you have any pressing dating or love questions just go to http://lovein90days.com/dating-coach/ and you will be talking to a wise helpful Love Mentor® very soon!  Say “Andrea sent me” for VIP treatment!   Dr. Diana’s new university course: The New Love in 90 Days Video and Teleconference course With Dr. Diana Kirschner Learn how to attract the One and create lasting passionate love,  And get trained as a dating and relationship coach!. Heal heartbreak and rejection. Become irresistibly confident. And create a life and career you absolutely love! www.Lovein90DaysUniversity.com  

  Quotes: "So now I'm a therapist, after being a photographer for all these year, and being a man for all these years. Now I'm a therapist that's a woman!" - Kimberly Anderson "I don't have a lot of time for art that doesn't mean anything, but I do have a lot of time for art that means everything." - Kimberly Anderson "Letting go of that control, that need to control, that has probably been the biggest lesson for me.It's that I've really had to force myself to relinquish any expectations of how this thing called life is going to go, and really just embrace life in the moment, and not only be ok with that, but celebrate it and cherish it as it unfolds." - Kimberly Anderson "The greater the distance between where we are and where want to be, the greater the pain...if we can narrow the gap, we can reduce the pain." - Kimberly Anderson "Don't set yourself on fire in order to keep other people warm." - Kimberly Anderson Links: Mama Dragon Project - support for mothers with LGBTQ children Meet Kimberly: Kimberly Anderson is a transgender woman embarking on the second half of her life reinventing nearly every aspect of who she is. She was raised in an orthodox Mormon home, living as a boy on a horse-farm in rural Northern Utah. Anderson has both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Utah State University. For over twenty-five years she was a practicing documentary and fine-art photographer and was a university lecturer for ten years in Utah. She has worked all over the world with an emphasis in Asia and Scandinavia. She was married for twenty years to a woman and together they have raised two children. Currently Anderson is a recent graduate of the University of San Francisco with an MA in Counseling Psychology. She has been practicing as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the San Francisco and Sacramento areas with concentrations on Native American populations, adolescents, eating disorders, and trauma. Her particular specialty is working with LGBTQ+ youth and their families transitioning through various journeys of faith and spirituality. Anderson is the photographer and author of the Mama Dragon Story Project, an ethnographic study which features portraits and autobiographical essays from over 135 Mormon moms who have decided their love for their LGBTQ+ child is greater than religious dogma. Anderson has pursued a new spiritual path based on truth, science, and love.

It's been 2 full years since the Fearless Self-Love Podcast Officially launched!!! This episode is all about the thank you's:) . Featured Sponsors: fearlessselflove.com thegreatbluesongproject.org kathleenhanagan.com

Are you a workaholic? Do you find your worth in what you do and hope that it will validate who you are? Psychologist Emee Estacio joins me to share her personal battle with imposter syndrome, how she found her way to asking for help and how she works with others to overcome it, too. She offers tools for imposter syndrome management and insight into how to reframe comparison so it doesn’t steal our joy. How to know whether or not you have imposter syndrome How to bounce back when imposter syndrome comes up When to offer your inner critic some TLC Links Mentioned:  Fearless Self Love Retreat: https://www.fearlessselflove.com/ Book with Emee (mention this podcast for 10% off): http://thepamecode.com/ “When I had my child, it felt as if I lost a bit of control and I started doubting if I’m truly capable of becoming an academic and second whether I’m fit as a mother.” -- Emee Estacio “Sometimes I would put in 60 hour work weeks, because I felt that if I didn’t that I wasn’t good enough.” -- Emee Estacio “One of the characteristics of imposter syndrome, especially if you have this persistent feeling of self-doubt,  incompetence and inadequacy, is that [you] tend to overwork and [you] tend to overstretch [yourself], to the point that [you] use every single time that [you] have to dedicate to [your] work. Because you have this false assumption that if you don’t work enough, if you don’t put that much time into your work, then … your’re going to make mistakes and people are going to find out that you’re incompentant.” -- Emee Estacio “I had to hit rock bottom before someone nudged me to ask for help.” -- Emee Estacio “We are all human; we get sick.” -- Emee Estacio “Continuing to have these things surface helps me to hone my skills...and to remind myself I’m human and I’m connected to all the people I’m serving.” -- Andrea Catherine “The inner critic is that tiny voice inside your head that tells you all these nasty things about yourself.” -- Emee Estacio “For people who experience very severe cases of imposter syndrome they tend to have a very fixed mindset. If they believe they’re not good at something, then they stick to it, as if there is no more room for growth.” -- Emee Estacio “Yes we might have imperfections...but that’s OK, it’s part of your learning experience, it’s part of growth and development.” -- Emee Estacio “Just because you make mistakes sometimes, it doesn’t mean you are a fraud...it means you are human.” -- Emee Estacio “Just because they are doing better than you, it doesn’t mean you’re not doing well.” -- Emee Estacio “Comparison is the thief of joy.”  -- Theodore Roosevelt "Celebrate the success of others because it shows you what is possible." -- Emee Estacio   Meet Emee: Emee is a chartered psychologist and Founder of the PAME Code. Her passion is to help people embrace their true worth, so they can live happy and fulfilling lives. Throughout her academic, coaching, and research career, she has worked closely with individuals and communities to unlock their full potential using simple and easy to apply methods for limitless success in life. She is the #1 best-selling author of the "Psychology in Your Life" book series, including titles such as "The Imposter Syndrome Remedy", "Change Your Life for Good", and "Fear is Not My Enemy". She is also now helping aspiring authors fulfil their lifelong ambition to write and publish their own books with her flagship course, "Self-Publishing Made Simple".

Circumstances ebb and flow in our lives with times of success and love, to times of failure and doubt. Jillie Johnston’s view is that no matter the circumstances, we can feel value and joy and learn to love ourselves just the way we are right now in this moment. On this episode, Jillie and I discuss self love and worthiness. Join me in this inspiring and vibrant discussion of navigating self love through this human experience we call life. How to love yourself just as you are right now.   How to sit in the hard times and be okay. How to frame time to be full of balance.   Links Mentioned:  www.jilliejohnston.com Instagram: @jilliejohnstoncoaching Podcast: http://theworthinessmindset.libsyn.com/2018 Fearless Self Love Retreat: https://www.fearlessselflove.com/ Favorite Quotes: “Shift your perspective. Choose to be and focus on seeing who you are right now. See yourself for everything you are, and are not and love that part of you.” -Jillie Johnston “I can be and that’s enough.” -Jillie Johnston Just because I have self doubt doesn’t mean I don’t love myself or believe in myself. Just because I struggle with anxiety and depression doesn’t mean I’m not a joyful person. It’s not a duality. It’s both and. You can be both. It’s part of our human experience.” -Jillie Johnston “You only know your confidence because you’ve struggled with self doubt. You only know your resilience because you’ve been brought to your knees.” -Jillie Johnston “ When you have a moment where you truly showed up for yourself, remember the path that brought you there. You can be our own role model. You did it once, you can do it again.” -Andrea Catherine “See yourself in others, it is a representation of you and your possibilities.” -Jillie Johnston “Loving yourself is not about actions. It is internal.” -Andrea Catherine “The journey doesn’t end, it just keeps expanding with opportunities and challenges.” -Andrea Catherine “It’s not about the destination. It’s about the journey and the relationships you cultivate along the way.” -Jillie Johnston “Don’t label your emotions. Look at them as data for changing your narrative.” -Jillie Johnston   Meet Jillie: Jillian Johnston, founder of The Worthiness Mindset Podcast, a life coach, joy spreader, and worthiness warrior, empowers people through self-love to rediscover their voice, worth, and power. Jillian has had a unique and uplifting journey that inspires people of all ages to rediscover their power and potential. In her workshops, speaking events, and 1:1 private coaching, she offers simple, creative ideas and daily practices to tap into self-love and cultivate worthiness.

Shame, trauma, fear, pain and dissociation are all words that many women associate with sexuality and body shaming. Salona Carlisle is on a mission to help women find pleasure and sensuality and come back home to their bodies. In this episode Salona and I openly discuss how being sensual in the everyday helps us heal and bring  wholeness back into our lives. Join me in this interesting and informative episode.   How to power down our nervous system to be home in our body. How to claim our freedom of expression and wholeness. How to invite more pleasure in our lives. Links Mentioned:  Salona’s podcast on sacred sexual empowerment  At home in your body course Free Gift!!!! 5 part audio series: The feminine soul fulfillment formula. A daily practice to feed your most luminous self and spirit. 7 practices and daily template Alexander Lowen Bioenergetics  Fearless Self Love Retreat   Favorite Quotes: “The power of sensuality is that it forces the nervous system to calm down, it forces us to become more receptive, and allows our aliveness to come forward.” Salona Carlisle “Being numbed out and estranged from our bodies creates pain.” -Salona Carlisle  “When women dissociate from their sexual essence, they often feel that part of them is missing. It creates a lack of wholeness or completeness and vibrancy” -Solana Carlisle “See the underlying sacredness of everyday life, of what seems like the ordinary experience.” -Salona Carlisle “When we embrace our sexual life force, it provides a beautiful road map that gives us permission to fall in love with sex again and come back home to our bodies and our sexual aliveness in the most wholistic way. It restores sacredness back into those places that have been disowned and shunned and rejected so we can reclaim our freedom of expression and wholeness.” -Salona Carlisle “We’ve turned away from the recognition of what is present and what is happening.” -Salona Carlisle “Loving ourselves is a lifelong journey.” -Andrea Catherine “The most powerful practice you can take on to wake up you sensual awareness, is self love. Practice coming back into your body and being with what is present in a space of unconditionality.” -Salona Carlisle “Lean into the moments of joy and pleasure in all moments of  life.” -Salona Carlisle Meet Salona: As a feminine embodiment coach, transformational guide, sacred sexuality mentor, and tantra practitioner, Salona guides women on the journey into radical self-love and back into their essential wholeness so they are empowered to truly master their fulfillment from the inside out.  Through her body-centered approach, she supports her clients in releasing the limiting beliefs and unconscious patterns that have been keeping them stuck and under-realized, so they can experience the freedom and fulfillment of embodying all of the women they aspire to become.  As a result, her clients are able to heal from deep-seated shame, discover their innermost beauty, reclaim their joie de vivre, and live into their most courageous selves, so they can liberate their fullest potential to do their soul’s sacred work in the world. She has dedicated her life to helping women like you feel radiantly alive, reconnect to their essential divinity, and reclaim sexual wholeness as the gateway to their highest potential. www.salonacarlisle.com      https://www.facebook.com/salonacarlisle https://twitter.com/salonacarlisle  

Like many women, Cammie has struggled with feelings of not being enough and feeling unworthy. Growing up in a Christian, she thought that loving God meant that she had to act, look, and be a certain way. This belief led her to look outward for acceptance and love until one day she “hit her head against the wall” and realized that love comes from within. Cammie discusses her journey to find love and unlearn the beliefs of who she thought God was and who she thought she should be. Join me as we discuss her journey to self-love.   Work with Cammie ~ How to Heal from Self-Sabotaging Beliefs course How stripping away beliefs of unworthiness helps us find love within ourselves  How to give yourself permission to do the things you want to do without guilt Why learning to love yourself creates healing Links Mentioned:  Podcast: Master Self Love https://podtail.com/podcast/master-self-love/ Higher Heart 6 week course with Cammie Knight starts August 18 https://www.cammieknight.org/a-higher-heart-1 Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com    Favorite Quotes: “Love is the absence of the presence of fear.” -Cammie Knight “The absence of love is fear because it hides the truth of what love really is.” -Cammie Knight “When we say we’re not enough we tear down our self-esteem.” -Cammie Knight “Love is not about doing things. It is not external. It is not about being enough and it is not about people accepting us.” -Cammie Knight “The unlearning and the stripping away of the beliefs that I was unworthy taught me that the love I was looking for was within me.” -Cammie Knight “Acceptance is an inside job” -Andrea Catherine “When we are In the fetal position of life, we surrender and let go of control.” -Cammie Knight   Meet Cammie: Cammie Knight is a Healing consultant for women. She helps women heal from “DEEPLY ROOTED” Self-Sabotaging Beliefs, so that they may stand in their TRUE POWER which is LOVE. This was as soul journey that she initially went on for herself and later found that the awakening that happened in her life was bigger than herself. She awakened to SELF LOVE, and ALLLLL of what was truly revealed to her about this truth. As she began unpacking the layers that was blocking her true self , she started seeing that the lower vibrations of feeling that “she wasn’t enough, feeling abandoned, having low self -esteem, and feeling unworthy was not “Her” beliefs but rather the agreements she said “yes” to on a subconscious level that she took on as herself. ANNNND SO THE UNPACKING BEGAN, and on “her,” journey she saw what was REAL and that was the LOVE that lived inside of her!  As she began aligning with this truth, it was revealed to her that this was a calling to help others, heal from Self Sabotaging BELIEFS. Because the truth is, the limiting beliefs that one may have towards themselves isn’t who we really ARE! And through her journey, she has helped others unlock the walls of what has blocked them from their Authentic selves. LOVE is the Key and she is grateful to help others on their journey of healing! ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cammie-knight-26822a161 Cammie's website:  https://www.cammieknight.org/ Cammie's email: ahigherlove@cammieknight.com Instagram: @camieluvs    

Kathleen Hanagan is a spiritual activist. She believes that being able to hold space for our own feelings as well as for the beliefs and opinions of others  -- without attaching ourselves to them -- creates healthy connections. Her compassion, humor, and candor help people discover deeper meaning in their own challenges. She shows us that courage and compassion can transform our lives, which then changes the world. In this episode, Kathleen and I have a thoughtful, poignant discussion about change, connections and the challenge of moving toward self love.    In this episode: How to embrace self-love through the power of mirroring How to  challenge your inner voice/critic through life’s changes How healthy connections can heal and transform in times of grieving   Links Mentioned:  https://www.kathleenhanagan.com/ https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.hanagan http://twitter.com/kathleenhanagan    http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathleenhanagan Instagram---hanagannow Loveseed, The Template For Birthing A New World by Kathleen Hanagan https://www.amazon.com/Loveseed-template-birthing-new-world/dp/1945586141 Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com  Johann Hari  Ted Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Book: Changing For Good by James O. Prochaska https://www.amazon.com/Changing-Good-Revolutionary...Positively/.../038072572X The seven chakras: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-91/The-7-Chakras-for-Beginners.html African Birth Song: https://neterianafricanreligion.net/the-role-of-birth-song-in-african-life/ Favorite Quotes: “Healthy connection is what allows us to heal and transform.” -Kathleen Hanagan “Our own life experiences are educational and serve us when we move into what we want.” -Andrea Catherine “The voice of the inner critic is very loud. It is not the voice of our real self. It is a fear based voice that tries to keep us small and quiet.” -Kathleen Hanagan “The best motivator for change is self-love.” -Kathleen Hanagan “We don’t have to have resolve every problem in our life to have self love.” -Andrea Catherine “If you don’t follow through with an intention, don’t judge or self criticize, examine why? What took precedence? Let it be. That is self love.” -Kathleen Hanagan “If you say you love yourself but don’t take care of yourself then it is easier to justify doing other things. It is self deception.” -Andrea Catherine “We are wired to feel things. It is not natural to stop the process of feeling.” -Kathleen Hanagan “Reflect and hold space for yourself and others without taking on negativity. I hear you, I see what you are saying. I reflect back but I don’t take it on. That, is an art.” -Kathleen Hanagan “You can’t heal until you feel. By bringing consciousness (without judgement) to pain, pain transforms. Grief transforms to compassion and love, anger transforms to power, and fear transforms to enthusiasm.” -Kathleen Hanagan   Meet Kathleen: Kathleen Hanagan is spiritual teacher, modern mystic, psychotherapist, and author, whose work integrates the essential wisdom of the great spiritual traditions with scientific knowledge, 30 years working intimately with individuals, couples, and groups, and her own quest for liberation. Kathleen’s gift is her ability to translate esoteric knowledge into practical tools that help us navigate the stormy waters of the human journey.  Her book, Loveseed: The Template To Birth A New World, teaches us how to live from the center of our being, and how to live our Soul’s purpose in full integrity and prosperity.

Social situations have always been a challenge for Harris Montanye. After years of practicing classic yoga and meditation, he realized this practice was creating a shell that kept him from engaging with others.  That realization has thrown Harris on a path of self discovery and authenticity. A path where “interaction and community, now feel like the healthiest thing for me. It feels like I just ate a nourishing meal,” he says. Harris and I discuss his journey, his insights along the way and what is next in his life. Join me in a thoughtful and engaging discussion about engaging in your world.   How can your insecurities can make you curious? How can you engage in the world in a practical way? Why noticing your behaviors, actions and thinking boost your authenticity? Fearless Self-Love Retreat Grain of Truth: The Real Case For and Against Wheat and Gluten by Stephen Yafa Eat Wheat : by Dr. John Douillard Wicked Good Farm Center For Restorative Youth Justice  Show Highlights: 02:58 Easeful Living Practice 05:28 Interview with Harris Begins!  14:48 How Harris’ Yoga perspective has changed -- from classical to Tantra 19:37 Tools for navigating insecurities and moving toward curiosity 24:38 Meaning of Authenticity 29:10 How Harris acts on Self-love 46:20 Courageous Self-Care Tip   Favorite Quotes: “Being with people helps me become a more realistic version of the person I want to become.” -Andrea Catherine “I’m trying to engage in my world rather than turn away from it.” -Harris Montanye “I believed in enlightenment and blissful reality. Now I’m trying to show up.” -Harris Montanye “What lights me up are my insecurities. When I really look at them, they make me turn toward life and make me curious.” -Harris Montanye “Sometimes I feel like I’m teaching myself when I say something to a client or a class. It is a reminder to self, a check, that I am in integrity with what I am saying.” -Andrea Catherine “Internal authenticity creates a conversation with external motivation and makes it more authentic. That conversation has to start from inside, not outside.” -Harris Montanye “Even when we are on a path of authenticity, if we are not in a place of self validation, then we can’t hear or understand that authenticity.” -Andrea Catherine “One of the gifts of human creation is that no one in the entire universe is like you. You get to decide who that person is going to be.” -Harris Montanye “Advice is only helpful if you make the changes.” -Harris Montanye “Self love is an action more than a feeling. I can feel upset with myself or feel really foolish about a mistake or an action I made. But that fool in me needs just as much compassion and care as the one who feels on top of the world...maybe even more.” -Andrea Catherine Meet Harris: Harris Montanye has his Bachelor's degree in psychology and has spent the last four years teaching and studying yoga. He is in his early twenties trying to find a way of living that is meaningful and authentic. In many ways he is lost and insecure trying to navigate the maze of life. He has found that the only way forward is to keep moving and to keep breathing. Knowing that sometimes the best movement is stillness and the greatest skill is being able to choose what you pay attention to.   

Flor Toraya is a traveler,  photographer and psychologist. She, like many of us, has experienced significant loss. Her loss propelled her to travel, and along the way rebuild herself and change her story. Join me as Flor and I examine how we each can live change in our lives through feeling our fear, and asking for help. Is being who you are still serving you, or is it time for a change? Why change is not something you can learn, you have to live it. Why it is important to turn fear into courage Links Mentioned: Eat, Pray, Love Yoga Health Coaching Tara Brach meditations Brene Brown   Show Highlights: 03:19 Easeful Living Practice 05:05 Introduction 07:25 Flor shares about the unplanned changes in her life and their impact on her family 25:17 Change, how to love yourself 31:30 The meaning behindFlor discusses tTraveling with POwer 37:30 Flor’s advice for women 49:04 Courageous Self-Care Tip   Favorite Quotes: “We all have a story we tell. We can choose whether we tell it through the lens of feeling weak and not being able to be strong, or we can choose a new direction.” -Andrea Catherine “We have to go through loss and grieving in order to get to a place that is more powerful.” -Flor Toraya “It is through moments of loss that we examine ourselves and realise this isn’t me being who I want to be anymore.” -Andrea Catherine “We need to learn to love ourselves and realize we are not perfect. Our body is not perfect, our face is not perfect. We are what we are and we have to accept that.” -Flor Toraya “Don’t worry about learning in books. Change is not something you can learn, you have to live it.” -Flor Toraya “You have to learn to feel every emotion including fear.” -Flor Toraya “Let the fear be with you and pause with it, say hello to it.” -Andrea Catherine “Sometimes we close our eyes to our problems. Go in front of it, face it and learn how to live with it.” -Flor Toraya “Comparison is the thief of joy” -Theodore Roosevelt “Just as we need help to move a sofa, sometimes we need help with in changing our lives.” -Flor Toraya   Meet Flor: Flor Toraya studied psychology and  earned her masters in Education. She worked more than 20 years with children, youth, teachers and parents. After several losses in her life she finally overcomes a time of sadness and depression. She continued working until one day she made a big decision, quit her job, sold her car, got rid of almost everything and started to travel and enjoy her freedom.Her mottos are now “one day at a time” and “more moments less things.” “Try to live in a minimalist way and practice new habits to protect the environment.” Follow her adventures on social networks like @TravelwithPOwer YouTube:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBmLHNoiI08  

Ned Cooney loves meetings, good meetings! Ned says that just as a river guide may not know a particular river or a particular group, the guide has been on a lot of rivers and knows what to do if the boat turns over. His job as a facilitator is to bring a group of people together and bring out the best thinking that leads the group to a better path. Listen and Ned and I discuss how his facilitation skills and his knowledge of music and its effects on the brain to bring out the best in people.   How finding sacredness leads to fulfillment How asking why you do what you do leads to discovery Why forgetting self allows you to be fully present     Links Mentioned:   Helpline https://connectriverside.org/helpline/ Malcolm Gladwell quote https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3364437-outliers-the-story-of-success Gracious Space http://www.washington.edu/admin/hr/publications/email/pod/convio/leadingedge/au17/gracious-space.htm Open Space https://openspaceworld.org/wp2/what-is/ Ned Cooney www.nedcooney.com     Show Highlights: 1:00 Introduction 4:08 Exploration of the sacred, being invited into a community and share in exploration 9:50 What it’s really like to bea facilitator 15:35 Fearlessness -- what it means to Ned 20:55 The role music plays in Ned’s life 33:00 Ned’s journey toward facilitation 41:20 Meeting strategies and the spectrum of “tions” 51:30 Ned’s self care tips   Favorite Quotes: “Sacredness, to me, is being invited into a common mission to help people with their passions.” -Ned Cooney “Selflessness helps me be fully present. When you forget yourself, you can be open to what comes and what shows up without having to own the outcome. -Ned Cooney “When you are nervous, switch your energy to being eager. Eagerness allows us to use energy without being frozen in fear.” -Andrea Catherine “Music creates richness, collaboration and connection. It is a common experience. Music makes us conscious of things we’re not really conscious of. It improves our lives and hearts.  It touches people’s core without words.” -Ned Cooney “Music is a uniquely human endeavor. Our brains are wired to respond to music.” -Andrea Catherine “If we’re going to be a civilization that has institutions and organizations then we should not avoid meetings or destroy them with our lack of attention.” -Ned Cooney Everything that we are passionate about or care about probably started with people gathering together to talk about it.” -Andrea Catherine   Meet Ned: Ned Cooney, Facilitator/Consultant is an independent consulting practice, specializing in nonprofits, philanthropy and public agencies. His early career has been in the nonprofit sector, as executive director, program staff and board member. Now, Ned serves many organizations by helping people learn and make better decisions together.  Ned specializes in organizational planning, board development, funding strategies, support for executives, and meetings/retreats. He is also rumored to be one Mellow Waters while singing songs on stage with a guitar.

Katie Visco pursues her passions with vibrancy and authenticity and every time she does, she finds her truth. She is a woman who is not afraid to face hard physical challenges. In those challenges she faces nothingness and exposes her truth. Her new adventure is  preparing to run solo across the deserts of Australia. Join me as Katie and I discuss living your truth, defining yourself, and getting out of your own way.   3 Bullet Points   How nothingness can bring beauty When you live in your own truth it helps others do the same How getting out of your own way brushes doubts and fears away   Links Mentioned: Tim Ferris https://tim.blog/podcast/Katie’s website and campaign www.katievisco.com; If you are interested in her soup and bone broth delivery in Austin Texas and Missoula Montana checkout: www.hotlovesoup.com; You can follow Katie on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/katievisco/ Help Katie earn money for Run Across Australia at Good Energy Juju Balls https://goodjujuenergyballs.weebly.com/ You can also help Katie at her Go Fund Me site https://www.gofundme.com/running-across-australia Marianne Williamson quote, “Our deepest fear is that we are weak.” https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/17297.Marianne_Williamson   Show Highlights: 02:30 Easeful Living Practice: “How easy can it be?” mantra 09:27 Interview with Katie Visco begins! ~ How to be a vibrant human being while pursuing your goals 13:08 Raising money for Run Across Australia…& why Australia!? Katie’s consistency, drive, and passion 24:02 Introspection and self care that comes with breaking routine 38:08 Just do you ~ Getting out of your own way & cover the distance at your own pace  40:20 Katie’s campaign to make this run trip happen & how you can help:)   Favorite Quotes: “Why run across Australia? Because it will allow me to confront all parts of myself. To be in nothingness. I’m curious what it will be like for my soul and my mind.” -Katie Visco “Moving our bodies provides a gateway to our mind and emotions” -Andrea Catherine “When we put ourselves in different experiences and different environments, our brain synapses in different ways.” -Katie Visco “If I live my heart, I am bound to be of service to other people” -Katie Visco “Think true and you will be true to yourself.” -Katie Visco “When people live their truth, their dream, their dharma, their desire, they are alive and vibrant because of it.” -Andrea Catherine “I am most passionate about helping others to simply shine.” -Katie Visco “Your dream is worth pursuing.” -Katie Visco “You are enough. Your joys, your, light, your offering in this world are enough and the stakes are way too high not to believe it!” -Katie Visco Meet Katie: In 2009, promoting the importance of a bold and passion-driven life, Katie ran solo across America, from Boston to San Diego, and became the 2nd youngest and 13th woman overall to make the crossing. She spoke with more than 200 audiences along the way to encourage people to leap towards their dreams. Katie also has 10+ years of experience as a community-builder and entrepreneur. She has started eight businesses and campaigns, and is currently the proud owner and soup maestra behind Hot Love Soup, a soup and bone broth delivery company in Austin, Texas and now also in Missoula, Montana. She loves people and the trails, and now, with her upcoming run across Australia this July 2019, she will teach others that curiosity can be enough of a reason to follow the still small voices in your heart.

Monica Rivera is a woman who is not afraid to try new paths. She won’t hesitate to agree that life has its ups and downs and every part of it matters, has something to teach us, and also invites us to respond as our best selves. Listen in asMonica and I talk about making big decisions, being true to yourself and taking risks. Can’t get enough, check out Monica’s podcast: YOU WANNA DO WHAT?!   How to ask yourself what you need, and answer that need, too!   Why being intentional with your decisions matters every time How to find a community that helps you live the life you love     Links Mentioned: “You Wanna Do What” podcast with Monica Rivera https://www.youwannadowhat.com/ Yogahealer podcast https://yogahealer.com/podcasts/ Fearless Self Love Retreat https://www.fearlessselflove.com/ Dancing Spirit Ranch https://www.dancingspiritranch.com/   Show Highlights: 02:30 Easeful Living Practice 26:02 Introduction of Monica Rivera 27:11 You can’t be what you can’t see, how others can help us believe what’s possible for ourselves 31:20 Staying in a curious mind set while balancing the old adage, “To thine own self be true.” 40:00 Self doubt and asking for help, premise of Monica’s show, You WANNA do WHAT?! 43:33 I love you affirmation, Andrea’s poem 45:33 Weight and self image -- oh this can be a doozy and we’re going there, gently 48:50 Confidence and Risk taking -- Is it worth it? How do we get more of it? 52:45 Community, connectedness, virtual community -- how can they each meet our needs for relationship 56:50 Paying someone to help you -- yes, it can be well worth it! 39:25 Making your own decisions is possible 104:50 Find your door and walk through it 109:17 Courageous Self-Care Tip & Insight into next episode with Katie Visco!   Favorite Quotes: “I’ve never been someone who is too shy to ask questions. I am the person who sees a panel of buttons and want to press all the buttons to see what they will do.” -Monica Rivera “I don’t want to do what everyone else is doing I want to give other paths a try.” -Monica Rivera “Be curious, just observe. The more you do it, the more you exercise your curious ‘muscle.’” -Monica Rivera “Sit in a space before you make a judgement.” -Monica Rivera “Observation teaches you what isn’t serving you.” -Andrea Catherine “Be intentional with the decision you make to help someone else. Ask yourself, does this feel good to the other person, and does it feel good to me?” -Monica Rivera “Our body takes longer to learn than our mind, and we can’t fault ourselves for our process and our progress.” -Andrea Catherine “If we’re not showing ourselves other forms of beauty aside from what’s popular, then how are we going to see ourselves as beautiful?” -Andrea Catherine   “When I’m making a big decision, I take people’s input up to a point, thank them for it, then I make the decision on my own and tell them about it afterward.” -Monica Rivera “Doors open that are intended to open. Find your door.” -Monica Rivera Meet Monica: Monica Rivera is an action-taking maven. She has a passion for converting ideas into execution - quickly. (She started her podcast, YOU WANNA DO WHAT?! in just 3 days).  A self-taught, NYC-based podcast producer, consultant and speaker, her signature approach comes down to giving you permission to pursue their personal goals through relatable stories and practical solutions.

As we move from winter to Spring, Aries is the fire of our transformation. It is also our birth into a new year and a new self.

Becky Shepherd reached out on Instagram after listening to, and loving this podcast. As a 22 year old the show helped her learn how to think about caring for herself rather than going through life as if it were an obstacle course. Join me as Becky and I explore how moving to a new place helps you redefine yourself and how anonymity allows you the freedom to be curious.   How we can learn from others of any age   How relocating can stimulate personal recreation How experiencing the difficult, helps us appreciate the beautiful     Links Mentioned: Fearless Self-Love Retreat: www.fearlessselflove.com  The Center for Restorative Youth Justice https://restorativeyouthjustice.org/ “No Baggage: A Minimalist Tale of Love and Wandering” by Clara Bensen http://www.clarabensen.com/no-baggage-1 Becky Shepherd email: rebecca.shepherd96@gmail.com Show Highlights: 01:21 Fearless Self-Love Retreat 2019: Embrace Your Story 02:30 Easeful Living Practice 07:37 Introduction of Becky Shepherd 10:45 Becky shares how this show has impacted her life 13:20 Becky shares her self care practices she’s taken on since listening to the show 18:16 We can learn from people of all ages 20:47 Becky shares about her graduate program epigenetics 25:40 What it is like to be anonymous after moving cities 34:31 Meaning of “It’s all going to work out”  -- Becky’s 3 mindsets 46:21 Andrea shares what’s changed and what’s remained since she was 22 years old 53:10 The magic of traveling alone   Favorite Quotes: “When we feel like we have a lot to learn it is a reminder of our zest for life.” - Andrea Catherine “Learning new things lights me up.” - Becky Shepherd “Epigenetics is the study of how we change; how we function and how we behave without changing our cells or our DNA.” - Becky Shepherd “It’s nice when you strip yourself away from your family and the comfortable. You have to learn. It’s been liberating to throw the ‘plan’ away in the bin.”- Becky Shepherd “Everything is so relative and I can’t appreciate beautiful amazing moments unless I’ve gone through some difficult moments that I can compare them to.” - Becky Shepherd “Though everyone’s burden is different, we all carry our heaviest one the same way”  - Andrea Catherine “It’s important to create margins, to move with ease and make time for the things I am really craving.” - Andrea Catherine “Travel helps remind me of my privilege and helps me understand more of what it is to be human.” - Andrea Catherine “All across the world, different cultures, different micro societies and different experiences shape the way our cells and our bodies work.” - Becky Shepherd “The real beauty in life comes from the unknown, and in order to change and grow it is important to keep learning, even from those we don’t think we can learn from.” - Becky Shepherd  

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Dr. Scott Blossom reminds us of why brain health is important. He challenges us to ask a question of our heart every morning, “What is it that I want? What is going to serve me and connect me with my hearts desire?” Join me in a conversation with Dr. Blossom and learn how  knowing our hearts desire leads us to change, redesigning our thinking and compassion. Attention: this conversation may challenge your perspective of self and motivate you to pay attention to your language judgments and paths for cultivating a more inclusive society.     Why a head and neck massage in the morning can change your mood How to use redesigning thinking as a way to change behavior How self-care and self-love broaden compassion     Links Mentioned: Dr. Scott Blossom - http://doctorblossom.com Dr. Robert Svaboda - http://www.drsvoboda.com/ Zhandor Remete  https://shadowyoga.com/ Chandra Easton, Scott’s wife, at Tara Mandala https://www.taramandala.org/all-teachers/2032/dorje-lopon-chandra-easton/ Jimmy Chang - pulse reading - http://pulsynergy.com/ Cate Stillman - yoga healer - https://yogahealer.com/ Kyra Bobinet - A Well Designed Life - http://www.drkyrabobinet.com/ Tara Brach - psychologist - https://www.tarabrach.com/ Integrative medicine for underserved https://im4us.org Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com Show Highlights: 06:52 Introduction of Scott Blossom 07:54 Scott introduces self and gives background of study 11:07 Scott talks about mid-career break to explore interest in neuroscience of behavior 17:10 Scott’s new understanding of brain health 24:22 The glymph of the brain 31:24 Scott’s morning health practices (that you can do, too!) 37:55 Moving forward after sabbatical 41:41 Integrative medicine for marginalized communities 46:20 How the health and wellness industry participate in systems of privilege and power 51:21 Behavior change, ways to circumvent the ways you keep score, and why to go for redesigning your thinking 54:10 Andrea talks about falling down as a way of learning   Favorite Quotes: “ Designers don’t see things as right or wrong, they just redesign.” - Dr. Scott Blossom “The brain is the ocean of the body.” - Andrea Bachman “Ask a question to your heart, what do you really want? What is going to serve me in connecting with my hearts desire?” - Dr. Scott Blossom “Being receptive to what I need and want [personally] has made it clearer as to what I need and want as a professional, and how I can give back to my community.” - Dr. Scott Blossom “It’s impossible not to look at the world through a lens, so to say you don’t have a lens is the ultimate blindness.” - Scott Blossom “Redesign, don’t think it’s right or it’s wrong.” - Dr. Scott Blossom

It’s a big day for the Fearless Self-Love Podcast, as Andrea Catherine welcomes Sara Hughes-Zabawa as her new co-host. As Andrea’s business partner in the Fearless Self-Love Retreats, Sara has been a guest on previous episodes but is thrilled to join as a co-host. Sara is licensed clinical social worker and yoga instructor. Sara and Andrea welcome Dana Pulis to today’s podcast. Dana is a big supporter of the Fearless Self Love Retreat, both as a previous participant and as marketing and communication consultant. Dana brings the hard-earned wisdom of her self-care hacks as a successful business woman to today’s discussion. She is a natural and unique leader. She is the owner and operator of Kinetic Marketing and Creative (https://kineticmc.com) and provides an overview of how she stays grounded and connected in a demanding profession and leadership role.   Why giving time and space for emotions is Dana’s Number 1 How to create time every morning for meditation, reading and “clearing the deck” How to Use the “delete” button to clear certain beliefs   Links Mentioned: Dana’s website https://kineticmc.com/   Abraham Hicks https://www.abraham-hicks.com/   Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com   Sara Hughes-Zabawa’s  website   Show Highlights:   01:29 Easeful Living Practice 10:25 Introduction of Sara Hughes-Zabawa & Interview with Dana Pulis begins 15:02 How to live life with Juxtapositions 17:52 Dana reflects on the challenges of her childhood, leading her to start writing and learning about the power of words 22:57 Dana talks about how to be centered and grounded -- “natural, organic, hippy Dana” 27:07 How do you speak to yourself in moments of transition? 38:01 Dana discusses how to manage stress and stay grounded 41:20 Utilizing the “delete button” 52:40 Creating a culture of change for women who want to be a part of Dana’s professional business 1:03:18 Courageous Self-Care Tip Favorite Quotes: I don’t walk out that door until I know that I’m walking out that door set for the day. I’ve brought my whole person into my company and my whole person to myself.” -Dana Pulis “Intentional living--that’s built in time, that’s built in structure, that’s built in self-care habits that allow you to show up as your best self.” -Sara Hughes-Zabawa “Really good thinking comes forward in the right time when you’ve invested in it.” -Dana Pulis “It’s just another day in this amazing paradise.” -Dana Pulis “If we do these things long enough, they flow through us and we are one with what we do everyday.” -Dana Pulis “I don’t believe I can be harmed anymore in most respects because I learned to carry with me my own safety and my own peace.” -Dana Pulis “If there is no exposure or experience with failure or deep disappointment we aren’t as practiced in it.“ -Sara Hughes-Zabawa We can’t control how other people show up, but we can choose our boundaries, and we can choose how much energy we allow them to take from us.” -Sara Hughes-Zabawa “Nurture yourself, fill your brain with the good things. Learn on a daily basis how to navigate through every place where there is conflict and contrast.” -Dana Pulis “Clear the deck: rage if you need to rage, let fear fly if it needs to fly. Whatever that emotion is, give it the place and the space and honor it.” -Dana Pulis “If I encounter a difficult situation in my day, if I feel emotion coming through, I will just tell myself hang tight, put it in the parking lot, we’ll catch it tomorrow.” -Dana Pulis “The biggest tool to change my thinking is delete or cancel or forgive the belief I have that is driving the results I don’t want. By doing that, I tell my brain, let go of that. I tell my brain we’re going to delete this thinking or this program and we’re going to fill it with this new program.” -Dana Pulis “Allow all of yourself to show up.” -Dana Pulis “The person who makes a mistake is the person who does something great.” -Andrea Bachman   Meet Guest: Since launching her marketing and communications firm, Kinetic, in 2007 Dana Pulis has focused on moving businesses forward through creative marketing communications. Her intense focus has produced amazing results for a long list of local, regional and national clients. That focus has allowed her to dramatically grow her company, which has doubled in size since 2016. Dana is a nationally-known marketing expert. She’s an award-winning writer, accomplished public speaker and respected business leader. She recruits top pros – account directors and project managers looking for the next challenge, and designers and writers looking to push their creative boundaries. While her professional credentials are undoubtedly impressive, what makes Dana so fascinating is how she shows up everyday as her multidimensional self. She describes herself as a “hippy boss, wearing a pencil skirt and stilettos, while smelling like patchouli”. Dana’s ability meld her advanced self-care practices, including meditation and nutrition, with how she moves through the hard and fast paced world of business, provides lessons for all of us.

Brea Johnson’s passion for connection and living her truth is contagious. Yoga teacher, travel lover, mother and business owner, Brea’s experiences have shown her that the “intersection between our work is that self-care is self-love.” Speaking with my guest this week gave me new found hope and inspiration for my own practice of Yoga and of simply (or not so simply) being human. Listen in to our conversation for insights on how to beat imposter syndrome -- that sense that you’re not qualified or enough -- as well as how to let both vulnerability and confidence be the co-pilots of your life.   How to overcome feeling like an imposter in your own field Why vulnerability and confidence are crucial to your success  What to do when it’s not your job to change the world   Links Mentioned: Interview with Liam Bowler, Season 2 Episode https://www.groundedhere.com/podcast-2 Show Highlights: 01:48 Easeful LIving Practice with Guest Brea Johnson 05:23 Interview with Brea Johnson begins 10:55 How Imposter Syndrome shows up when we start to teach Yoga 30:42 What’s vulnerability got to do with it? How to teach from a confident, yet vulnerable place? 40:22 Brea’s before & after Yoga pose posts for Yoga Teacher Training (AKA How to be a Human Being Training, AKA How Not to Be a Jerk training) Favorite Quotes: “The person who feels like they’re an imposter, that they’re not good enough, it’s because they care.” -- Brea Johnson “I’m not really doing my Yoga if I’m shoulding all over myself.” -- Brea Johnson “[Yoga is] being mindful, being aware, asking myself the hard questions...and the body stuff is a bonus.” -- Brea Johnson “An effective teacher is one who’s connecting with the people in front of them; one that offers a really intentional space where [they] can help people feel better.” -- Brea Johnson “There is so much more than the movement, and yet the movement is often what helps us connect inward, and helps us to feel better.” -- Andrea Catherine “We’re all in a movement deficit.” -- Brea Johnson “It’s not our job to change the world.” -- Brea Johnson “Release the pressure valve, it’s not all on you.” -- Andrea Catherine “The only way to be a good teacher is to actually make mistakes.” -- Brea Johnson “That love that we all crave is 1) universal and 2) our students are not where we’re going to get that.” -- Andrea Catherine   Meet Guest: Brea Johnson is a yoga teacher, mentor and community builder, with a focus on functional and sustainable approach to yoga, Brea teaches workshops, teacher trainings and retreats around the world. She is the founder of Heart + Bones online yoga studio and online yoga teacher continuing education. She is known for providing a safe foundation of healthy movement while remaining focused in the heart of the yogic teachings. As the popularity of yoga increases along with yoga-related injuries, this approach has made her a much sought-after teacher in the yoga and movement communities.

Listen for: ​ Why routine matters Don't over think it How to ground your body & mind ​ Check out Natha's podcast!​ ​ Star Narratives http://nathaperkins.com/star-narratives-the-podcast/

This cozy recording in which I hosted Spencre L.R. McGowan of @gingertoothandtwine in my tiny recording closet, she and I explore the impact of being publicly creative. What happens after the book is published, the art exhibit closes, the podcast launches? Then what? Do you pause, get sad, allow space for something new? Spencre boldly shares her story, the one of conception, birth, and a seeming postpartum depression before new ideas and clarity again blossomed. Join us as we explore this real thing we creatives feel, but don’t often reveal. We’ll leave you with a bath of tea and an herbal steam.     Why to create even when you think no one’s watching (of very few) What the afterbirth blues of a creative project can reveal How to nourish yourself with herbs in your bath and beverage     Links Mentioned: Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center http://ravenwoodolc.org/ Kim Krans Wild Unknown https://www.thewildunknown.com/ Blotto Botany http://www.gingertoothandtwine.com/the-book/ Gingertooth & Twine http://www.gingertoothandtwine.com/ California School of Herbal Studies http://cshs.com/ Rosemary Gladstar https://www.sagemountain.com/welcome-to-sage-mountain-2016/about-rosemary-gladstar/ Haus Witch https://hauswitchstore.com/ Harper Collins https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062740618/blotto-botany/ J.K. Rowling https://www.jkrowling.com/ Show Highlights: 01:50 Easeful Living Practice -- Creative Cooking 5:17 Interview with Spencre L.R. McGowan begins -- our cooking and teaching connections, and an intro to Spencre’s book, Blotto Botany 09:21 Spencre’s journey from Nantucket to Montana by way of Herbalism school & her love of cordials 19:48 The book’s release date and the postpartum depression of sorts that followed 26:20 What Spencre learned about herself in the process of producing her book, Blotto Botany 32:00 Spencre’s Pie Delivery service 33:33 Courageous Self-Care Tip   Favorite Quotes: “What we don’t talk about as creators is the process and the emotional toll that it can take on a person.” -- Spencre L.R. McGowan   “When you release a book, it’s like...a milestone birthday.” -- Spencre L.R. McGowan   “[In the process of writing a book] I’ve learned mostly what I don’t want.” -- Spencre L.R. McGowan   “I am fucking Harriet the Spy.” -- Andrea Catherine   Meet Spencre: Spencre L.R. McGowan is an herbalist and writer from many places, primarily Maine and Nantucket. She is the creator of Gingertooth & Twine, a blog and shop dedicated to enhancing herbal wisdom through plant based brews, meals and publications. Spencre received her certification as an herbalist from the California School of Herbal Studies in 2013 and is the author of Blotto Botany: a Lesson in Healing Cordials & Plant Magic. She currently lives alongside the icy caps of Montana with some plants.

Kick off your new year by trading in fear for creativity and comparison for curiosity. In episode 5 of season 3 of the Fearless Self-Love Podcast, I interview artist, teacher, and creative coach, Jenny Bevill. Jenny’s career and personal life have taught her time and again how healing and essential creativity is, not just for artists, but for everyone. “Everybody wants to be creative,” she says. The problem is, we often feel we’re not good enough or don’t have certain skills. Listen in for tricks to peak your own curiosity and ultimately bolster your own creativity.     How fear prevents us from being creative Why curiosity is the basis of creativity How to use your own personal connection to cultivate creativity   Links Mentioned: Reggio Emilia  https://www.reggioalliance.org/ Kylin O’Brien https://www.kylinobrien.net/ Kylin O’Brien Interview Season 1 Episode 19 https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Jamie Wyman https://www.jamiewymanmusic.com/ Jamie Wyman Interview Season 1 Episode 22  https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Kiki Smith’s Wolf Girl https://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/kiki-smith/wolf-girl Jenny’s Website: https://jennybevillcreative.com/ Show Highlights:   01:29 Easeful Living Practice ~ Reggio Emilia’s Emotional Continuum 13:25 Interview with Jenny Bevill begins! Our mutual gut feeling we would be collaborating in some way 19:20 Do we need a specific skill set to reflect our creativity? What about your fear? Is it getting in the way? 28:55 Jenny’s creative process ~ what lights her up 37:16 How Jenny helps people find their creativity Favorite Quotes: “When I’m feeling overwhelmed, I need to do something about it.” -- Jenny Bevill “We can’t try to feel amazing all the time. That’s just not human, and it’s going to take so much energy, and it’s just not possible.” -- Jenny Bevill “Everybody wants to be creative.” -- Jenny Bevill “Art is way bigger than ‘can you copy something realistically?’” -- Jenny Bevill “To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.” -- Joseph Chilton Pearce “If you’re fearful you really can’t learn, and you can’t be creative.” -- Jenny Bevill “If you never fail, you never learn to be resilient.” -- Jenny Bevill What stops people is they think [creativity] is one thing, and that one thing doesn’t work for them, so then they think they’re not creative.” -- Jenny Bevill   Meet Jenny: Jenny Bevill is passionate about creating shared experiences for children and adults around works of contemporary art. Her workshops help people unlock their own creativity by silencing their fearful inner critic and practicing creative behaviors and cultivating curiosity. Jenny began collaborating with NYC public school teachers to integrate visual arts into the classroom in 1992. Before joining the Guggenheim Museum’s Learning Through Art program in 2004, she worked with the Brooklyn Museum, Grand Street Settlement, and other cultural organizations, both as an artist and as an educator. She earned her BFA from Parsons School of Design and her MA in Art and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She and her teaching partner Ilana Ingber, are in their second year of a mentorship program with Success Academy, the largest charter school network in New York City. Happy HeART Teachers supports teacher wellness and prevents burnout. Jenny serves the Missoula Art Museum as Educator Coordinator. In this role she collaborates to design interpretive strategy and educational programming around exhibitions.

  Favorite Quotes: ​ "Do some thinking: Am I putting my efforts in the right places? Am I generating the kind of money and security I need to relax my nervous system? Are there rules I am following that I no longer need to follow?"  ​ "Capricorn and Saturn say 'no, you don't snap your fingers and get anything of true value, you really have to work for it.'"             -- Natha Perkins Campanella  

Lia Raz has reinvigorated my spirit! She brings to light the concept of eco-anxiety, its commonality and Her reminders about caring for ourselves through caring for the earth, serve as an affirmation and measure of accountability for some of my goals in 2019! As an Ayurvedic Health Counselor and current Horticulture student, Lia reminds us all of the connection between the nature within us and the nature all around us. We are the microcosm within the macrocosm. What we do impacts us all. After this interview, securing a composting system is at the top of my list for 2019! How gratitude can be the first step toward positive change Why composting matter and how to do it in your home How and why to be a contributor rather than a consumer   Links Mentioned: The Science of Gratitude: https://www.wnyc.org/story/science-gratitude/ United Nations on Climate Change: http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/climate-change/ Worm Bin Resources: From the EPA: https://www.epa.gov/recycle/how-create-and-maintain-indoor-worm-composting-bin Gardening Channel: https://www.gardeningchannel.com/worm-composting-indoors/ Dirt Rich Compost: https://www.dirtrichcompost.com/ Bio Bag: http://biobagusa.com/ Benefits of composting: https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home Lia’s website: http://www.liaraz.com/ Lia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesharedheart/   Show Highlights:   02:28 Easeful Living Practice ~ Travel Tips for the Holiday Season 07:38 Interview with Lia Raz begins with an exploration of eco-anxiety and self-compassion 13:22 How our relationships with ourselves reflect our relationship with the planet 18:41 Gratitude as the first step to making change…from passive hope to action 21:40 The staggering impact of rising temperatures on the fate of humanity 29:01 Worm composting! How and why to start composting immediately. 37:32 Make things for yourself…contribute rather than consume. 43:15 What’s next for Lia in 2019   Favorite Quotes: “Hope is great, hope is important, but it also needs to be active.” — Lia Raz “Everything comes back to compassion. The greatest teacher we can have in compassion…is our relationship with ourselves.” “To have that compassion for ourselves, to be kind to ourselves and forgive ourselves, that’s everything. That’s step one before we can really go out in the world and show compassion and care for others, for the planet. And not come at it from this kind of conflict.”— Lia Raz “I get kind of angry when I’m sick, and it’s not my body being upset with me, it’s loving me and showing me where I need to work.” — Lia Raz “What do we have to work with when we just feed ourselves processed food?” —Andrea Catherine “When we create that gratitude for what goes into our bodies and what heals us, we also create a connection to the planet.” — Lia Raz “All uncomfortable moments are gifts. They’re opportunities to practice and to learn. It’s just very hard to remember that when you’re in it.” — Lia Raz “Food scraps in landfill are just as bad as anything else. They’re not breaking down the way they would in a compost.” —Lia Raz “Be conscious of what you consume, and if you need it. Such a huge part of how we got to where we are is consuming things we don’t need.” —Lia Raz “We are whole, we are beautiful we are perfect, and we don’t need things to make us any better. We’re perfect as we are.” — Lia Raz   Meet Lia: I'm a Brooklyn native with a background in Ayurveda, birth and postpartum support, permaculture, composting and horticulture. My dream is to live in community, in self-sufficiency and in harmony with Mother Nature. I'm on the cosmic hero's journey to wholeness, just like everyone else, whether they know it or not.

Interviewing Jackie was a breath of fresh air. She offers enthusiasm, humor, insightful reflection and even sings her song for 2019! Host of the Organic Gardener Podcast, Jackie has interviewed hundreds of farmers and gardeners sharing insight on how to grow your own best garden. In this interview Jackie reveals her strategies for staying motivated. She shines a light on the power of creativity. And encourages us to celebrate our successes.   How to earn motivation Why tune into nature How creativity spawns creativity   www.fearlessselflove.com Organic Gardener Podcast with Jackie Marie Beyer https://organicgardenerpodcast.com/ Monte Dolack https://www.dolack.com/ Michael Hyatt https://michaelhyatt.com/ https://mailchi.mp/5611bc3d7dfd/free-garden-course Jackie’s paintings: Jackiebeyer.com   Show Highlights: 01:47 Fearless Self-Love Retreat 2019! Book your spot now and save $100! 02:28 Easeful Living Practice: Set up yourself for success in the kitchen 10:51 Why getting older rocks, and some of the hurdles we all face 15:58 What’s motivation got to do with it? 24:50 Why it lights Jackie up to be 50 years old -- self-publishing, podcasting and a trip to Paris 32:59 The motivation of celebration and connection 39:56 Jackie’s theme some for 2019   Favorite Quotes: “I feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life to be 50.” -- Jackie Marie Beyer “Life happens for you, not to you.” -- Jackie’s 2018 Mantra “Write it down, make it happen.” -- Michael Hyatt “Draw it down, make it happen.” -- Jackie Marie Beyer “I feel like Facebook could get rid of bullying, if it was used properly...how many kind comments can you make?” -- Jackie Marie Beyer “Can You Feel It?” -- Michael Jackson Meet Jackie: Jackie Marie Beyer is the host of the Organic Gardener Podcast where she interviews backyard gardeners, market famers, sustainable agriculture experts and nutritionists. She’s lived in NW Montana with her husband Mike for the last 25 years  where they grow as much food as they can each year. Their goal is to help you build an organic oasis of healthy food or an earth-friendly landscape using the best practices that will save you time and energy while developing a natural ecosystem that supports wildlife and the planet at the same time.

The host of an adventure podcast pauses to examine the internal adventures of kindness, humor, and stillness. Shelby Stanger of Wild Ideas Worth Living, sponsored by REI, shares her strategies for biohacking feeling good daily. She invites athletes to challenges themselves with quieter pursuits of meditation and Yoga and leaves listeners with the relief and encouragement she experienced when writing herself a letter from her future self. Join us as Shelby and I resonate on the challenges of carving out space for quiet, slowing down and learning we actually have the tools and insight to offer ourselves the self-help we need, perhaps without needing to consult an external “expert.”   How to biohack feeling good everyday How humor heals and helps us reach our goals Why kindness matters, especially when we’re kind to ourselves   Wild Ideas Worth Living Podcast https://wildideasworthliving.com/ Alex Honnold http://www.alexhonnold.com/ Courtney Carver https://courtneycarver.com/ Shelby’s Interview with Gabby Reece https://wildideasworthliving.com/gabby-reece-advice-on-life-finding-balance-and-optimizing-fitness-and-health/ Laird Hamilton https://www.lairdhamilton.com/ Jen Sincero https://jensincero.com/ Shelby’s interview with Cheryl Strayed https://wildideasworthliving.com/cheryl-strayed-on-hiking-getting-outside-being-kind-and-writing-like-a-mofo/ Shelby’s interview with Rebecca Rusch https://wildideasworthliving.com/rebecca-rusch-how-to-take-risks-and-carve-your-own-trail/ Yoga Healer Podcast https://yogahealer.com/podcasts/ Prince Harry surfing for Mental Health https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/prince-harry-and-meghan-join-mental-health-group-hug-on-bondi-beach-1.3669012 Show Highlights: 01:28 Easeful Living Practice ~ What are your internal adventures? 05:04 Interview with Shelby Stanger begins! 09:05 Another way to challenge yourself if you’re already an athlete: yoga, stillness, quiet 12:28 How Shelby biohacks feeling good everyday including JOMO (the joy of missing out!) 19:25 Letting go of perfectionism and being with the task at hand 24:00 Humor as a healer for perfectionism and its power to help us learn new things 29:57 Why kindness matters 33:24 Ayurvedic Self-Massage and quick transition into princess adventuring:) 37:21 More on humor and Shelby’s strategy of writing herself a letter, plus getting real about substances and emotions   Favorite Quotes: “A good adventure is one that gets you a little out of your comfort zone, but helps you make a positive change in your life.” -- Shelby Stanger “My physical challenge... is to try to do a little less, a little more consciously, and to carve some space for just quiet; that’s not easy for me though!” -- Shelby Stanger “I don’t stack, I focus. I monotask.” -- Shelby Stanger “I think being offended really sets us back, and doesn’t allow us to take power, it just allows us to divert our anger.” -- Shelby Stanger “The biggest thing we can all do is just be really kind to each other.” -- Shelby Stanger “There’s this perception (in the self-help world) that we have to wait for someone else to tell us what we need to help ourselves.” -- Andrea Catherine Meet Shelby: Shelby Stanger has been obsessed with storytelling since she inked her first article in a national newspaper at the ripe age of 15. As a longtime adventure journalist and marketing consultant in the action and outdoor sports world, the waterwoman has standup-paddled a portion of the Peruvian Amazon, dove into the punk rock scene reporting about a summer-long series called the Vans Warped Tour, surfed from Tofino to Tavarua, and interviewed countless CEOs, entrepreneurs and pro athletes on assignment for major international publications and brands like Outside Magazine and Vans. The common thread: A little adventure is life’s antidote. To second chances. To soul seeking. To success. Her Wild Ideas Worth Living podcast, established in 2016, amplifies these narratives with Shelby going further afield for high-impact storytelling that empowers others to live their passions, and get outside.

Book Recommendations for Sagittarius Season: Educated: https://tarawestover.com/book/ The Night Circus: http://erinmorgenstern.com/writing/the-night-circus/ A Place for Us: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/14/618351821/a-place-for-us-is-a-skillfully-drawn-family-saga 

This was a beautiful surprise of an interview with Dr. Diana Kirschner. Our conversation begins with Dr. Diana’s personal story of self-love. Reaching back to pains of childhood and launching into her relationship with her “Fairy Godmother,” Dr. Diana provides truth, courage and does anything but paint a fluffy, unrealistic picture of love. Her invitation to discover your Diamond Self-Name as a pathway to self-love, confidence and finding true love with another is a beautiful and heartfelt practice. Listen as she guides me through the practice and challenges me to step into my own radiance. With gratitude and excitement, I welcome you to Season three of the show!     How Life could Be even better than you can imagine Why explore your own diamond self name Who you already know to call on for love mentoring   Links Mentioned: Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com Get a Free Session with a Love Mentor: http://lovein90days.com/dating-coach/     Show Highlights: 03:40 Easeful Living Practice ~ Grateful for Yourself? 08:18 Interview with Dr. Diana Kirschner begins 10:18 synchronicity of Diana sharing that life could be “even better than you can imagine” with Andrea’s revelation from a Faiths of our Mothers meditation 13:29 Diana’s love journey for herself, the impact of her family only valuing boys; laughter as an expression of truth 21:08 Dr. Diana’s Fairy Godmother, her mentor who has offered her much support and love and exploring the Diamond Self 26:08 Andrea’s exploration of her Diamond Self name 33:29 Healing the Disappointing Self Identity 40:48 How Dr. Diana connected with her Fairy Godmother 49:12 Courageous Self-Care Tip ~ how to find a love mentor   Favorite Quotes: “Your life is going to be even better than you could ever imagine.” -- Andrea’s future self “I had the opposite of self-love. I just felt like I was useless, stupid, you name it, unworthy.” -- Dr. Diana Kirschner “Seeking out love and seeking out deservedness, and just a little bit of willingness to seek that out even though you’re in a terrible darkness, just that  little willingness to find some healing and to find some love, and then the Divine gives that to you in spades.” -- Dr. Diana Kirschner “We are wired to be healed. You don’t have to be stuck in the childhood you grew up in. We are wired to be reparented by loving figures.” -- Dr. Diana Kirschner “The word strong and the word radiant have different energy...the word strong...is also fairly rigid. When I think of radiant is also strong, but they’re open.” -- Andrea Catherine Meet Diana: Bestselling love expert Dr. Diana has handpicked and trained a team of awesome Love Mentor® coaches. And you can talk with one of them for free for 40 minutes by phone or Skype! If you have any pressing dating or love questions, sign up for your free session now. Just go to http://lovein90days.com/dating-coach/ and you will be talking to a wise helpful Love Mentor® very soon!  Just say “Andrea sent me” for VIP treatment!  

Sarah Clark, host of the Get Pregnant Naturally podcast, shares her story of infertility and the food intolerances behind it. As a Certified Life and Health Coach, Sarah now supports women and couples in their quest to get pregnant naturally. Join us as we explore pathways to slowing down, embracing grief, change, and personal growth.     How food sensitivities can impact fertility How patience for Functional and Ayurvedic medicine practices are worth while Why thoughts matter as much as action     Links Mentioned: Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com Kripalu Yoga Retreats  https://kripalu.org/stay/rr-retreats Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast https://fabfertile.com/project/podcsat/ Integrated Health Associates (IHA) Nurse Midwives http://www.ihacares.com/locations/iha-nurse-midwives Dr. Claudia Welch https://drclaudiawelch.com/ Sarah Clark’s Book, Fabulously Fertile https://fabfertile.com/product/fabulously-fertile/ Dr. John Douillard’s book Eat Wheat https://eatwheat.lifespa.com/ ShuNahSii Rose’s Women’s Sacred Mysteries Class https://www.insacredbalance.org/womens-sacred-mysteries/ Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly https://brenebrown.com/books-audio/ Show Highlights: 02:00 Easeful Living Practice, Dirgha Pranayama, 3 part Breath 07:01 Interview with Sarah Clark begins with Andrea’s connection to supporting women in their childbearing years 11:19 Sarah’s story of infertility related to food-intolerance 21:03 Sarah describes food sensitivity testing and elimination diet 26:54 Sarah’s journey in life-coaching and her method of care and practice 31:00 Why eat an earlier lighter supper and how the slow science actually works quickly 34:00 Sarah’s favorite self-care practices   Favorite Quotes: “I can’t keep doing it all; I have to take a step back. I can’t just add one more thing on. -- Sarah Clark “We believe in using a foundation of the testing...then you’ve got to actually change your diet.” -- Sarah Clark “99% of the thoughts you have today, you’ll have the same ones again tomorrow.” -- Sarah Clark “A lot of people that are going through fertility, they may feel broken... there’s a lot of heartache, there’s jealousy, there’s triggers almost everywhere...by people expanding their family, pregnant bellies, baby showers, feeling stuck, everyone’s moving on that seemingly every woman should be able to do.”  -- Sarah Clark “Where’s your joy?” -- Sarah Clark “We believe in it all, just not all at once, because that’s super overwhelming.” -- Sarah Clark “Crying is something you can do and actually feel better after it.” -- Sarah Clark “To help others, I have to work on myself first.” --Sarah Clark Meet Sarah: When Sarah Clark was 28 years old, she received a diagnosis of premature ovarian failure. She accepted the diagnosis and had both her children through in vitro fertilization. Years later she realized the root cause of her infertility was a food intolerance. She is a certified life coach with accreditation from the International Coaches Federation and a health coach with training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  She is the author of Fabulously Fertile - Supercharge your Fertility Naturally, Fabulously Fertile Cookbook and Fertility Preparation Program. Her fertility coaching program, which includes functional lab testing, supports couples to make diet and lifestyle changes that dramatically improve the chances of a healthy pregnancy and baby!   On her Get Pregnant Naturally Podcast she shares that with functional medicine and natural fertility solutions we can eventually reverse infertility.  Check it out on iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play.  

Lindsay-Jean Hard is the author of Cooking With Scraps. She has long taken action to ensure her actions promote sustainability and encouraged others to do the same. Her cookbook makes it easy to do this with your banana peels, coffee grounds, Swiss chard stems and other things you might otherwise compost or throw away.   I had a lot of fun chatting with Lindsay-Jean and reminiscing about my time in Ann Arbor, the start of my journey with local food, and contemplating what to prepare next with my food scraps!     How to cook with food scraps you normally toss Why feeding ourselves is an act of self-love How to cook unfamiliar foods in your CSA (community supported agriculture)     Links Mentioned: Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com Dr. Claudia Welch https://drclaudiawelch.com/ Workman Publishing https://www.workman.com/ Food 52 https://food52.com/   Lindsay-Jean’s recipes on Food 52 https://food52.com/recipes/search?q=lindsay-jean+hard Buy Cooking with Scraps here https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Scraps-Scrumptious-Surprising-Recipes/dp/0761193030/ Lab-grown meat 1:https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/lab-grown-meat/565049/ Lab Grown meat 2:  https://www.wired.com/story/lab-grown-meat/ Samantha’s American Girl Doll Cookbook https://www.amazon.com/Samanthas-Cookbook-Dining-American-Collection/dp/1562471147 Real Time Farms https://blog.realtimefarms.com/ Gabrielle Hamilton’s Prune https://www.amazon.com/Prune-Gabrielle-Hamilton/dp/1743790716   SELMA Café http://selmacafe.org/ What is Dolphin Safe https://food52.com/recipes/76633-potato-peel-focaccia Potato (Peel) Focaccia https://food52.com/recipes/76633-potato-peel-focaccia Zingerman’s Bakehouse https://www.zingermansbakehouse.com/   Show Highlights: 02:00 Easeful Living Practice, Grounding Breath to ease that sense of rushing within 09:24 Interview with Lindsay-Jean Hard begins, origin of her book and all about lab-grown meat 22:17 How Lindsey-Jean eats now and how her plate/bowl looks at mealtime, including what to do with Swiss Chard Stems 25:27 Lindsay-Jean’s introduction to Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) 31:30 Lindsay’s journey from Japan to publishing a book, including her support of start-up company, Real Time Farms 37:10 One person’s trash is another’s treasure--Lindsay-Jean’s history as a sustainability advocate and action-taker 41:31 Lindsay-Jean’s favorite go-to recipe for Fall: Potato (Peel) Focaccia Favorite Quotes: “It really was, and is, a form of self-love and self-care for me, because I do love cooking and making choices that make me feel good, and I like sharing that with others, too. It’s definitely a form of how I express love -- is by cooking for other people that I care about.” -- Lindsay-Jean Hard “I realized the dinner plate didn’t have to look like the one main thing and two different sides, it could be a lot of different things.” -- Lindsay-Jean Hard “I remember when I was little going to subway with my mom and being really concerned if the tuna was dolphin safe or not. So I went home and wrote Subway to make sure.” -- Lindsay-Jean Hard “I made new all new signs for the Ann Arbor office to make sure people recycled all of their plastic and I would  take all of that home and drive it to Grand Rapids periodically for my parents to recycle.” -- Lindsay-Jean Hard “If I’m junking all this stuff and putting back into the earth and expecting the earth to feed me and nourish me, I know there is something not quite lining up.” -- Andrea Catherine Meet Lindsay: Lindsay-Jean Hard received her Master's in Urban Planning from the University of Michigan. Her education and passion for sustainability went on to inform and inspire her work in the garden, home, and community. The seeds of her first cookbook, Cooking with Scraps, were planted in her Food52 column of the same name. Today, she works to share her passion for great food and great communities as a marketer at Zingerman's Bakehouse.  She lives, writes, loves, and creates in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  

  How ebbing and flowing with giving and receiving is tied to well-being How to begin your journey of finding your passion and purpose How to listen to yourself as way toward healing   Links Mentioned : Ithaka, poem by C.P. Cavafy https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51296/ithaka-56d22eef917ec Fearless Self Love Podcast on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/groundedhere/ Show Highlights: 01:59 Easeful Living Practice, Ithaka poem 05:44 Interview with Karinna of Inward to Ithaka begins, meaning and purpose of her work, how it began 12:40 Karinna’s journey in the wellness world, balancing learning and teaching, balancing self-care and service 16:28 discussion of how the body changes when we begin to up-level self-care, including her battle with endometriosis 21:58 The purpose (and benefits) of giving and serving 24:18 The impact of passion and the deception that we should know it from day one 31:19 What going inward means to Karinna 34:19 Courageous Self-Care Tip” Sit with yourself for 5 minutes, ask yourself “What have you been trying to say that I haven’t been listening to?”   Favorite Quotes   “Even if you’re going through something, you can still help someone else.”  -- Karinna of Inward to Ithaka   “Don’t underestimate your ability to help the people around you when you when you’re in a withdraw help myself phase.” -- Karinna of Inward to Ithaka   “To me, boredom, discussion lack of passion come from when we don’t have a sense of purpose.”-- Andrea Catherine   “When i’ve experienced giving as a way of receiving, it’s really connected to me feeling valued and valuable.” -- Andrea Catherine   “A lot of people are wandering around wondering what their purpose is and what their passion is...they know that their purpose is a big part of them, but they don’t know what their purpose is.” -- Karinna of Inward to Ithaka   “As humans, what creates connection for all of us, is that we inherently benefit form connecting, from giving.” -- Andrea Catherine   “Feel the fear and do it anyway.” -- Karinna of Inward to Ithaka   “Remember [you’re] this new upgraded model that is not in a rush. You’ve got patience now...so embrace it. Instead of being stressed out, just relax.“  -- Karinna of Inward to Ithaka   “To know where [others] end and I begin is just as important as how can we collaborate.” -- Andrea Catherine  

This is a replay from S1 E8: Do you think it’s possible to build future communities of belonging and connection? Living in a culture that values the immediacy and efficiency of life has placed a strain on the importance of connection and belonging to our natural roots. Open your heart and mind with an educational and engaging chat with Brett Holmquist, co-founder and Executive Director at Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center. Listen as we explore how to cultivate the “survival skill of belonging” and why it's important for young people to learn the beginning steps of fearless self-love in community as well as on our own.   How nature can teach us about gratitude and belonging How our connection to nature relates to our level of connection within ourselves/others How to help our youth foster self-sufficiency and self-love   Links Mentioned : Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center http://ravenwoodolc.org Jon Young’s “Coyote Mentoring” Book https://wildearth.org/shop/books/coyotes-guide-to-connecting-with-nature Wilderness Awareness School in Duvall, WA https://wildernessawareness.org/about/about Jake and Judy Swamp, http://www.thetrackingproject.org/ttp/native-communities/remembering-jake-tekaronianeken-swamp/

Life Coach Angela Christine and I dive into how thriving can look different than what we think of as success. Join us as we explore how we spent our much of our lives trying to be good enough for others and ultimately came to love ourselves. What I love most about this interview is how Angela shares about her journey to self-love and the power of her words of wisdom. It is undeniable that they come from her heart and personal experience, Angela asks me to share my self-love discovery story, too!     How thriving is connected to believing you deserve your dreams Why some of us flourish with change more than others What your number one job is and why it matters     Links Mentioned : Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com Dancing Spirit Ranch www.dancingspiritranch.com Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda Introduction to Ayurveda Podcast, S2 E11: Ayurveda: Co-Creating Lives We Love https://www.groundedhere.com/podcast Tim Ferris Show https://tim.blog/ Wayne Dyer https://www.drwaynedyer.com/ You Can Heal Your Life By Louise Hay https://www.hayhouse.com/you-can-heal-your-life-paperback Reiki https://www.reiki.org/faq/whatisreiki.html The Art of Extreme Self-Care by Cheryl Richardson http://www.cherylrichardson.com/store/the-art-of-extreme-self-care/ Tony Robbins https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ Satya Narayan Das  https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/presenters/satya-narayana-dasa Show Highlights: 00:58 Fearless Self-Love Retreat Details 02:14 Easeful Living Practice with Angela Christine 03:38 Interview begins! 12:10 Angela’s reflection on thriving 22:27 Vata Dosha ~ Ayurveda’s way of saying the qualities of air & ether 27:48 Our most basic fear of not being good enough and where this starts 29:44 Andrea’s story of discovering she loves herself 36:36 How putting self-care first led Angela to understanding her calling to be a life coach 53:00 Courageous Self-Care Tip   Favorite Quotes: “When I start to feel like I’m not successful, it’s because I’m ligning myself up with what the world sees as success...you’re on a growth path until you find what you want, and then you stay there.” -- Andrea Catherine “Thriving comes from not wanting to just get by; not wanting to pass on that life to my children of not having enough.” -- Angela Christine “I don’t want to have to put the grapes back. I want to be able to give my kids grapes, because that’s one of their favorite fruits to eat.” -- Angela Christine “What is that limiting belief and get it the heck out of my head, because it is affecting my life daily.” -- Angela Christine “[I’m] okay with where I am, but also...okay with my dreams...they are legitimate. I deserve them. I’m worthy. -- Angela Christine “Proximity is power! Whatever you are close to will grow.” -- Angela Christine “At the core we have the same basic fears...one of the biggest ones is we’re not good enough.” -- Angela Christine “My dreams [have] an innate value because they’re unique to me.” -- Andrea Catherine “You have to service your temple. No one else is going to do that for us...This is the body I was given. This is my temple. I have to take care of it. It is my number one job.” -- Angela Christine “The self-care, self-love piece, if it isn’t there, then you can’t continually grow. You’re either growing or you’re dying.” -- Angela Christine Meet Angela: Life Coach Angela Christine values love and connection above all else and these are the values that shine through her 20 years as an energy worker, healer and spa therapist (offering body treatments, aromatherapy, organic facials). Angela’s optimism, passion, and continual learning inform her growth as a practitioner. She is a spiritual, family-oriented mother, partner and friend, who believes in universal love and is eager to support with you on your wellness journey. Visit her at Angelachristinelifecoach.com angelactolton@gmail.com

Sara Hughes-Zabawa and I give you a taste of the Brené Brown Daring Way Curriculum, movement and reflection participants will experience on the Fearless Self-Love Retreat October 10-14, 2018. To learn more, visit www.fearlessselflove.com Join us for your 20 minute micro retreat! You’ll benefit most if you’re distraction free, have access to a wall to put your legs up, or a way to elevate your feet to at least hip height, something to write with and something to write on.   What it means to retreat and why we need to Why clarifying your values matters How to utilize your values to enhance a challenging situation     Links Mentioned: Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses S1 E3 | Self-Loving Self-Care: Can't Afford Not to Do It with Sara Hughes-Zabawa https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Fearless Self-Love Retreat www.fearlessselflove.com Brené Brown www.brenebrown.com Brené Brown’s Daring Way Curriculum https://thedaringway.org/ Center for Restorative Youth Justice https://restorativeyouthjustice.org/ Show Highlights: 02:55 Interview starts, easeful living practice included within interview! 06:29 Tools you’ll need for this practice today and what retreat means 10:35 Micro version of the Fearless Self-Love: at home in your heart retreat 36:11 Courageous Self-Care tip   Favorite Quotes: “[To retreat is] an act of mindfully withdrawing, protecting or preserving time or energy to do our soul, or heart work.” -- Sara Hughes-Zabawa “Our intention for our retreat is that people create the space and the container to really hear themselves and feel and learn and rest.” -- Sara Hughes-Zabawa “[Humanism is] seeing everyone, including myself, as human with the same needs (whether they’re in a different order than mine or not) and the same worth.” -- Andrea Catherine Meet Sara: Sara is a licensed clinical social worker (LMSW) and a certified yoga instructor (RYT). She is passionate about helping clients achieve better balance and thrive as they enhance the quality of their lives. Either through therapy, yoga, or wellness coaching Sara partners with her clients to help foster the bravery and skills necessary to step towards holistic wellness that honors their mind-body-spirit connection. Sara received a Masters of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Michigan, with an emphasis in Interpersonal Practice: Mental Health and Interpersonal Practice: Communities and Social Systems with a minor in Community Organizing. She also received a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan. Sara completed here RYT 200 hours through the Yoga Alliance certified Bodhi Yoga Studio in 2010.  

Connect with Natha at http://nathaperkins.com/ Connect with Andrea at www.groundedhere.com 

Jada Stewart is a wise soul in a 16 year old body. Listening to Jada, I am inspired and encouraged for the futures of our young people. I am reminded about the value of stepping away from social media and toward things I love, learning something new, and connecting with others. Join me as Jada and I talk about a teen journey to self-love, stepping back into strengths she had as a kid, and embracing who she is as she continues to look up to others, grow and change.   How to remember who you are with the support of those you admire How to learn from others, while staying grounded in yourself How to get off social media (if a 16 year old can do it, so can you!)     Links Mentioned: Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses Andrea's blog post about Your Bold Breakthrough with Jada https://www.groundedhere.com/single-post/2018/05/17/Whats-Your-Bold-Breakthrough Jada Stewart’s Your Bold Breakthrough Summit interview with Andrea http://boldbreakthrough.com/andrea-catherine/ Pace Kids TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/   Show Highlights: 03:01 Easeful Living Practice ~ Write a letter to someone you want to know 05;57 Interview with Jada Stewart begins; background on Your Bold Breakthrough 13:06 Jada’s past self as shy and nervous and how she reconnected to her strengths 24:04 Jada’s breakthrough moment, after breakdown 31:21 Jada’s tips and tricks to stay in self-love, including how to speak to others who have said hurtful things 37:03 How and why Jada took a real solid break from social media, and how you can, too! 47:32 Jada’s self-love tips   Favorite Quotes: “I shouldn’t rely on someone else to stand up for me, I should be confident enough to say, ‘You know what, I’m good enough for myself.’” -Jada Stewart “I started wearing different clothing to cover myself up and conform to other things that weren’t me.” -- Jada Stewart “At the end of the day, you’re going to be left with yourself and your own thoughts.” -- Jada Stewart “How could I be speaking about confidence and getting confident and building all this self-love on the summit…[if] I wasn’t in the same mindset?” --Jada Stewart “I need to stop this body shaming, because I love my body.” -- Jada Stewart “I can wear my natural hair, I can be myself, I love the color of my skin, I just love myself.” --Jada Stewart “Just ‘cause I don’t have what that person has, doesn’t mean that what I have is bad.” --Jada Stewart “I’ve got to stop looking at everyone else’s life on social media and look at just me as a person.” --Jada Stewart Meet Jada: Jada Stewart is a Sixteen Year old teen who hosted a online series called Your Bold Breakthrough for Women Seeking Guidance. Although she is a teen, she uses her Youthful Experience to influence others on a personal level, and she strives to help Guide those on a path to find their Authentic Self and Own their Power.

Kelsey Bryant Starr, owner of Numi Yoga in College Park, Maryland, interviews Andrea Catherine about Ayurveda. Andrea shares about what is a dosha, how the five elements influence Ayurvedic perspectives. Gain insight to navigate your emotions, digestion, and mind when you feel out of balance, and why you may notice particular changes in yourself during particular times of year, activities, and why you are just inherently unique in some ways.   How the five elements - ether, air, fire, water, earth - show up in each of us Why digestion is central to understanding our wellbeing Why everybody’s balance looks different Links Mentioned:   Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda Hilary Garivaltis http://ayurvedichealtheducation.com/ Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses Heather Stoken https://www.synergybloom.com/ Numi Yoga College Park, Maryland http://www.numiyoga.com/schedule/ Yoga Health Coaching www.yogahealthcoaching.com     Show Highlights: 01:00 Easeful Living Practice ~ visualize starting your day ahead, or your next important activity 09:42 What is Ayurveda? What does it mean? 11:48 What’s a dosha? 15:26 What is Vata dosha? What is it responsible for? Where does it live in the body? What role does Vata play in digestion? 20:53 What Pitta really means, and what it has to do with healthy eyes. 24:47 How Kapha manifests in our bodies, personalities, and memories. 28:56 How the doshas support one another and how we can, too! 33:08 What’s the end game? How to “find balance” as yourself 36:27 What doshas being “at fault” really means 37:10 Courageous Self-Care Tip   Favorite Quotes: “You are all already perfect, until you’re not.”  - Hilary Garivaltis “We disrupt [our enoughness, our perfection] with doubt and fear and choices and habits that don’t serve us well. It doesn’t take away from our deserving, or our humanness, though.” --Andrea Catherine “We need pitta people to lead, to step up... to follow through...to take action...and do so fearlessly. Kapha’s going to be the one who’s like, ‘slow down, we need to think this through a little more.’ Vata’s... throwing the idea way out there, and pitta’s like, ‘yea let’s go!” -- Andrea Catherine “As individuals who have different dispositions, we can offer our strengths to other people to help them find balance, to help them nurture and nourish their needs.” -- Kelsey Starr “We definitely need each other.” -- Andrea Catherine “Ayurveda is a wellness science that meets us all where we are.” -- Andrea Catherine   Meet Andrea: Andrea Catherine supports overwhelmed, highly responsible women boost energy, sleep better, and fearlessly love their bodies. Are you committed to being an active part of your own transformation, eager to step into a life you love? Andrea is the co-host of the Fearless Self-Love Retreats and group Ayurvedic Self-Care course, Body Bloom. She holds recognized certifications as an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, Yoga Health Coach, 500 hour Professional Level Kripalu Yoga Instructor along with her BA in social science from the University of Michigan.

Launching a heart-centered, community-oriented business is a cause that requires inner transformation. My guest, Kelsey Bryant Starr, owner of Numi Yoga in College Park, Maryland, seems to be a growth junkie, too. She’s on for asking the hard questions, like “am I enough?” and answering them with “‘yes I am , I showed up, I’m breathing, and I have something to offer.” In this interview Kelsey and I interview each other about our journeys to starting businesses that reflect our personal desires for growth and learning.  Listen as we share our reflections on our pathways to learning, loving and accepting ourselves while growing businesses that help others do the same.     How to notice abundance amidst the challenge Why we need each other for true healing How being open allows for what’s to come     Links Mentioned: Interview with Brett Holmquist (Season 1, Episode 8) https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Ravenwood Outdoor Learning Center www.ravenwoodoutdoorlearningcenter.org Grace Edison’s Yoga of Money http://www.graceedison.com/yoga-of-money/ Numi Yoga College Park, Maryland http://www.numiyoga.com/schedule/ Fearless Self-Love Retreat: www.fearlessselflove.com Body Bloom wellness course www.groundedhere.com/courses Kylin O’Brien interview (Season 1, Episode 19) https://www.groundedhere.com/season-1 Tim Ferriss Show https://tim.blog/ A2 Yoga in Ann Arbor, Michigan www.a2yoga.net Eat, Taste, Heal http://www.eattasteheal.com/ Kripalu School of Ayurveda https://kripalu.org/schools/kripalu-school-ayurveda Dr. Claudia Welch https://drclaudiawelch.com/ Cate Stillman https://yogahealer.com/ Scott Blossom http://www.shunyatayoga.com/ AmeriCorps VISTA https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorpsvista Pilar’s Tamales https://www.pilarstamales.com/ Show Highlights: 03:58 Easeful Living Practice ~ Take advice from your younger self 12:03 Interview begins with Kelsey sharing how she went from studying Yoga for her own learning to opening a Yoga studio in a new city 21:33 Holding challenge and abundance in the same hand (particularly when starting a studio) 26:55 Addressing fears and allowing them to be present; how personal yoga practice informs teaching and starting a business 33;20 Vision of Numi Yoga Studio in College Park, Maryland & the origin of the Numi name 39:53 Kelsey interviews Andrea, starting with Andrea’s interest in and study of Ayurveda 48:52 Andrea’s lessons learned starting her own business 101:19 Courageous Self-Care tip ~ mantra: I showed up, I’m breathing, and I have something to offer.   Your Favorite Quotes: “There is nothing less selfless than loving yourself.” -- Andrea Catherine “We all get both be served and be of service.” -- Kelsey Starr “Everyday something is a little bit beyond what I know about...but, everyday there’s someone who comes across my path...who is such a valuable resource.” -- Kelsey Bryant Starr “Everyday, when I get on my mat, I get to answer the question, ‘am I enough?’...I get to choose to say ‘yes I am , I showed up, I’m breathing, and I have something to offer” -- Kelsey Starr “Even when we’re experiencing so many blessings, and gifts and connections, it’s very human to wonder, am I even going to get by, can I even make it through?” -- Andrea Catherine “There’s no other journey but to get to know our own self. When we can come to our own selves with loving compassion, we can offer that unconditionally to other people.” -- Kelsey Starr “Those little nudges, for me, mostly come from when I’m able to let go of needing to have it a certain way or needing to let the thing I’m doing work, and rather open up to what could work, and knowing that may not be what I’m doing.”  --Andrea Catherine   Meet Kelsey: Kelsey is proud to join the ranks of the mighty Terrapins in College Park, MD.  Her yoga training began with Ana Hough in Ann Arbor (200hr), and continued with national teachers Christina Sell and Gioconda Parker at the San Marcos School of Yoga (300hr).  Kelsey participates in ongoing online studies with Christina Sell and attends DC-area continuing education. Kelsey is passionate about exploring.  Yoga is her map for the journey to love her body, community, and self.  In Kelsey’s yoga classes students will playfully explore actions within poses and have opportunities to integrate yoga with life off the mat.  She jokingly describes her classes as "offering too many alignment cues while you are trying to flow". Kelsey lives in University Park with her husband, Evan, and goldendoodle, Argo.  

Do you notice you have a body when you are not in pain? So much of the time we treat our bodies as if they are simply a vessel to carry around our brains. In this episode, Regina @wolfmedicinemagic dives into her experience of feeling connected to her body and how she supports Yoga, Barre and Ayurveda students to connect to their bodies outside of when they are in pain. Join us to go behind the scenes of the wellness professional’s hustle for building clientele, fearless marketing, and utilizing the power to say no, or yes, when it comes to self-care and socialization.   Why Yoga is about more than the perfect pose What it means to be connected to your body How to balance saying yes with saying no     Links Mentioned: Fearless Self-Love Retreat: www.fearlessselflove.com Dancing Spirit Ranch https://www.dancingspiritranch.com/workshops-retreats/ Brené Brown: The Daring Way https://thedaringway.org/ Email Andrea & Sara to sign up for the retreat bonus: hello@fearlessselflove.com https://www.instagram.com/wolfmedicinemagic/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/WolfMedicineMagic/ Regina’s favorite Hatha spiritual yoga class http://www.urbanasanas.com/ Dolores Cannon https://www.dolorescannon.com/ Show Highlights: 02:42 Easeful Living Practice ~ Downward Facing Dog 09:41 Interview begins with Regina @wolfmedicinemagic who came to Yoga through dance and how her view of Yoga transformed from one of resistance to one of love 13:58 Yoga classes Regina loves & why 21:21 Regina’s dance background and our riff on the stability or instability of teaching Yoga 28:32 Regina’s fearless approach to promoting workshops on Instagram. We get technical about being a solo-prenuer and what it takes 34:04 What Regina’s learned about self-care   Favorite Quotes “What lights me up is the profound learning I experience as a teacher in various modalities.  Whether it be yoga, barre fitness, Breathwork or Ayurveda I am constantly learning from students and participants. Through my interactions with others I learn about myself and become a better teacher.” -- Regina @wolfmedicinemagic “So much of we learn is impacted by who’s delivering it or how we’re learning it.” -- Andrea Catherine “I like a challenge, but I don’t always feel the need to do the most advanced class and be the best in the front row. Because I realize that’s...very much an ego thing.” --  Regina @wolfmedicinemagic “The point of yoga isn’t to get the perfect forearm stand...it’s very much about being in my body, being in my body, feeling my body, noticing my emotions and sensations as they come up, being a witness to them.” --  Regina @wolfmedicinemagic “As much as I’ve danced and as much as I teach, I have to be reminded that not everyone is connected to their body.” --  Regina @wolfmedicinemagic “Connect with your body outside of when your body’s in pain, because that’s often the only time when people recognize what’s happening in their body.” -- Regina @wolfmedicinemagic   Terminology: Pitta: the energetic combination of fire & water, the essence of summer, midday and midlife Ayurveda:  East Indian Medicine, meaning “life knowledge”   Meet Regina: Regina is an Ayurvedic Health Counselor, 500-hr registered Yoga Teacher and Breathwork healer living in Brooklyn, NY since 2004. She received her Ayurveda and yoga teaching certifications from the Kripalu School of Yoga and Ayurveda in 2014 and trained with master Breathwork healer and teacher David Elliot in 2017. @wolfmedicinemagic

Are you asking yourself safe or dangerous questions? In this hot off the mic interview with Liam Bowler of The Body Awake podcast we dive deep into the process of curiosity and inquiry and how to know when it's time to act instead of freezing in analysis paralysis.  Listen in as I interview a fellow Montanan about his experience with practicing introspection as a pathway to self-love. This interview prompted me , almost immediately, to shift how I approach my reaction to suffering within myself.     Why it’s important to ask the dangerous questions Why to sit with suffering instead of trying to relieve it How to move from inquiry into action     Links Mentioned: Fearless Self-Love Retreat: www.fearlessselflove.com Dancing Spirit Ranch https://www.dancingspiritranch.com/workshops-retreats/ Brené Brown: The Daring Way https://thedaringway.org/ Email Andrea & Sara to sign up for the retreat bonus: hello@fearlessselflove.com The Body Awake http://www.thebodyawake.com/about/ Camp Kitchen where Andrea will be cooking www.ravenwoodolc.org   Liam’s interview with Kimberly Ann Johnson http://www.thebodyawake.com/#/kaj/ Liam’s Body Work practice https://dynamicalignmentbodywork.com/ Stephen Porgus Polyvagal Theory http://stephenporges.com/ Liam’s first  interview with Irene Lyon http://www.thebodyawake.com/#/se-irene/ Banksy http://banksy.co.uk/ Liam’s upcoming workshops http://www.thebodyawake.com/workshops/ Liam’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR1pE63MWey2Fq9QMCfiyRQ Show Highlights: 00:58 Fearless Self love Retreat Bonus Details 02:48 Easeful Living Practice ~ What questions are you asking yourself? 05:15 Interview with Liam Bowler begins, Liam helps folks understand their body’s intelligence as well as their educational needs 10:14 Dangerous Questions are the ones that might change your life. Are you asking them? 22:44 Liam shares about dark days and months in his life and explore how he would interact with his younger self today 31;58 How to ask a dangerous question, the intimacy and the power behind the words 36:31 Liam’s invitation to reflect on what is being evoked by dangerous questions -- what is keeping you from being vulnerable? 41:38 Why try to relieve our own suffering? The pain of witnessing suffering and how it causes us to try to wish it away. 45:49 Anatomy of the Autonomic nervous system 49:55 How Liam navigates self-care and self-love as a practitioner and how he supports his clients and students in navigating their own dangerous questions with love and care Favorite Quotes   “There is a growing interest among us, not just a ‘fix me’ mentality, but a kind of education, which comes in many forms.”  --Liam Bowler “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” ― Socrates “Owning your own experience is infinitely more infinite and ambody and non-checked out.” -- Liam Bowler “You’re not doing anything wrong here by suffering.” -- Liam Bowler “Don’t wait for yourself to be perfectly healed and integrated before you start trying...to make something better.” -- Liam Bowler “I have so much more to learn about myself.” -- Andrea Catherine, as inspired by Paula Greenstein “Upon awakening, what gets liberated from what?” -- Adyashanti “I have, lots in my life, used that lack of needing to solve something as a conceptual bunker, with which to hide from taking action.” -- Liam Bowler “Self-hatred is one of the most narcissistic things out there; meanwhile life is happening.” -- Liam Bowler “Do you care who gets the credit?” -- Liam Bowler “Where are you hiding behind inquiry?” -- Liam Bowler   Meet Liam:   I’m Liam Bowler, a licensed massage therapist, structural bodyworker, musician and rock climbing guide (among other things, of course). Some of my loves lately: these heartbreakingly beautiful Montana sunsets, my weekly "Spotify suggests" playlist, yoga, cutting my own hair, this podcast, learning how my car works, meditation, taking my neighbors' dog for walks in the hills behind my house. I live in Missoula, Montana, and make regular trips to Seattle—for work and fun—and sometimes other places, too. If you'd like what I do to come near you, please shoot me a line and let me know. You can learn more about my bodywork practice at my website for that: Dynamic Alignment Bodywork.