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Welcome to the Optimistically salty podcast, where real life is happening. This is going to be awkward.

Trace M Thompson


    • Dec 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 14m AVG DURATION
    • 86 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Optimistically salty

    Rebuilding your home

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 16:14


    Learning about your patterns of coping, and allowing for the discomfort of growth through Yoga, inner child work and EMDR.

    The pendulum swing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2023 11:12


    I am noticing a swing of the pendulum is heading my direction, and that leaves me questioning how far have I slide. Before hustle culture was all the craze, and now living slowly (my jam) is the ideal. Why does this work for me? Is it the answer to how to live life well, or just the swing of the pendulum? Also, I invite you to watch Hi Ren.

    Art is therapeutic, not therapy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 19:14


    Oh how I wish there was one simple answer to life's challenges. It seems that is just not the way of things. Reflecting back on the years and a few books that keep me coming back. Also, optimistically salty has hit 12 thousand listers?!?

    The one about a snake

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 18:27


    Maybe, just maybe, your weird side passion is taking you on a journey. And maybe, just maybe, you were created for joy. This is a brief conversation on my passion for animals, and seeing how my love for design, problem solving, animals and behavior meet.

    I lack follow through

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2023 14:28


    Really amazing insight from YouTuber Heidi Priebe, on how we can lose ourselves to the safety of future Day dreaming, and miss out on what life is really about. What can you do in the next 72 hours?

    FYOV, Forty Year Old Version.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 10:05


    I wasn't really sure if I wanted to share, well anything personal, let alone my age. So this podcast is been gathering some dust. But so much of what is happening currently, shifted with this birthday. So, here's to being lucky enough to be 40.

    Life's Fluffers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 10:07


    Gag, I have felt a little stalled out in life. As I am getting older, it feels like a waste to continue to avoid experiencing these things I have read so much about.

    4 leg'd therapists

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 16:41


    Equine therapy, actually feeling the difference between fight/flight and rest/digest, and then abandoning the practice of trying to drag and force life. There is something pretty awesome, when you can feel the boundaries of “yes and no” in my life.

    And just like that…

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 10:06


    Caught up in The magic of thriving and surviving, I found my spark. Catching up on creativity and how trying new things helps you reconnect with yourself. As always, thank you to my listeners.

    Who are you making plans for?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2023 7:37


    Just a quick pop in, talking about making plans.

    Behavior is communication

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 12:32


    Rabbit hole ahead, horse behavior and working with my own avoidance patterns.

    New Year, Same Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 9:00


    Life in my own lane, seeking less, and settling into self transcendence.

    Closer to fine

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 14:17


    Oh how I wish I could make massive changes overnight. However, the slow steady progress of 2022 has still brought me to a new place. And so the bud began to blossom.

    Creatively constipated

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 10:18


    Writer's block, bored, content? I have the desire to create, but there is a space of balance.

    Choice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 23:47


    Sitting on my yoga mat, probably picking up background noise of my dog licking his foot, the jets and kids, but I wanted to mark this moment. I have been working a CBT program for the past 6 weeks, and had one of those break through weeks. May you be inspired to choose a different life.

    Still worthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 17:23


    Almost the end of July, aka the month of trying new tools, and it is time to try to remember the plan, revisit failure, acknowledge growth, and my initial thoughts after working with a coach. Onward to August. YouTube mentioned during the episode, Cinima Therapy and Kati Morton.

    Tools! July is renovation month.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2022 14:51


    The beautiful thing that happens with self discovery and acceptance, is that you can finally start living!! Using both Neurodiverse and time management tools in the month of July, to see if I can get this brain and body working together again.

    A is for?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 19:47


    More to come.

    A general look at life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2022 29:41


    Hello, hello, hello! 2022 has not disappointed, when it comes to life lessons and self discovery. Today is a dive into personal responsibility and reflections on addiction, while appreciating trusting yourself.

    The Character Arc

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 17:15


    A conversation about information, eating disorders, rants, and infantilizing of the adults. Growing is painful. Making mistakes is embarrassing. Sharing it helps a bit… Good luck out there.

    Life in movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 10:04


    Lessons after 2 years on ice, life must be lived in movement. To quote both my therapist and a friend, “Stop thinking and feeling, and start doing.” I have a plan.

    Anti-diet January Blues

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 15:54


    I think the anti diet community is almost as bad as diet culture. Welcome to the new year, quick catch up and making a plan to function in 2022. Enjoy.

    Pulling at loose threads

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2021 7:56


    Post sickness anxiety/ ocd/ agoraphobia, everything I want is right there! Why can't I reach it?! Just a quick update.

    Strawberry jam and rest

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 20:26


    My post sickface podcast, losing taste and smell while recovering from an eating disorder. Also, woo woo November feels. Enjoy

    strawberry jam
    Mindfulness and codependency

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 20:26


    Back after depression and therapy collided, with a few tool and tricks. Quick touch on codependency, reparenting and mindfulness. Podcasts are not therapy, but they are amazing tools for self reflection.

    If it's coming, let it come.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 27:59


    In the past, I might not notice my depression until it began to lift. This time, I saw it coming. This seems to be a new chapter in my story with depression. Maybe it's therapy. Maybe the desire to have something new. Maybe, maybe, maybe. #depression #therapy

    Self censorship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 21:47


    A conversation about How we give ourselves up for a ideology. Is wokeness and SJW just a social media cult? Also, back to therapy I go.

    Rise of The MLM Hun

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 45:00


    Story time, I am going to process my experience working an MLM and the damage of a commercial cult. If you have not experienced working in network marketing, that might seem a little extreme. As you will hear, it seems extreme to me… but I drank the kook-aid. If you care to you tube dive Emily Baker, #savy writes books, and Kiki Chanel all have some painfully amazing content around MLMs. Let the brainwashing begin.

    story mlm mlms emily baker
    Trash Friend here...

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 25:11


    A reflection on trash friend qualities. I notice I only like to show up when I am at my best. Let’s be honest, that is not often. How do radically accept ourselves as a whole messy person and then show up in our friendships? Be sure to check out Kristen Newton’s Ted talk. Time to dive deep.

    Contemplating Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 13:40


    More than 2 months without social media, trusting both myself and others more, and acknowledging all the feels, anger, sorrow, guilt and joy. 2021 is bring out some big opportunities.

    Wellnessessess......

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 27:00


    The wellness Industry, 2020 weight gain, and Walter Mitty. Have you ever done the “drink a gallon of water a day” water plan? Okay, how about this, have you ever stopped listening to all of the people outside of you, and drank water when you were thirsty? Moving away from the wellness movement and getting quiet, here we go.

    Ballet in the kitchen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 18:36


    At some point, between rock bottom and now, I realized what it means to be worthy. But remembering your worth daily, and seeing the worth in others, that’s when the you realize how far you still have to go. Welcome to 2021

    Rock bottom and other things

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 15:52


    One of those podcast, that you don’t actually want to share, but it might help someone. Depression, giving up on life, and the people who bring you back.

    A nice firm slap

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 21:46


    Sometimes you need your friends to get you moving again. A little talk about enneagrams, diet, and moving into action, finally. Oy.

    The great foot episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 18:34


    For years and years I have been collecting information about and observing feet. And once you understand something, it is time to start putting things into practice. A conversation about shoes, walking and toes. PS feet completely fascinate me.

    Reflect and rebuild.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2020 18:25


    For the first time, actually turning to myself for my own body. Never in my life have I ever had the confidence to think that I might have the answers, with the help from humans who actually know me, I am rebuilding.

    Before you read another book... blerg

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 15:30


    The horrible realization that your patterns in life are in all areas of your life, and most of them are considered socially acceptable. And the big question, are the books you are reading telling you that you are whole and have all the answers within yourself already?

    Primordial goo.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 18:58


    I have taken advantage of this opportunity to completely take my life back to nothing, and then slowly begin to recognize my own behavioral patterns, and start to rebuild.

    Standing still

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 21:56


    The thing you don’t always notices when you have an eating disorder, your life is standing still. People are moving all around you, but you are hiding and avoiding life. I didn’t realize I had fallen into my old habits. It is time to get honest about what works for me and what doesn’t. Back to recovery. Resources: National eating disorder association helpline 8009312237 and https://www.feast-ed.org

    Atomic Habits

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 20:14


    We all have bad habits we want to change. But they are somehow comforting, and we are literally programmed to be lazy. We also LOVE planning big habit changes. We think we can research our way into perfect habits. This book has me completely flipping my ways when it comes to habit building. Enjoy

    To all the boys I’ve ever loved and enneagrams

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 14:06


    Enneagram, have you heard of it? This personality test stitched all of the pieces together.

    ‘Duck Brene Brown’

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2020 22:53


    I am deep in Brene Brown territory right now. Looking back at how I have been showing up, how to be vulnerable and the painful awakening of my core values. I knew what they were, but I didn’t want to actually acknowledge them or live them.

    Alignment and being alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 13:13


    I have been working on a little habit of correcting my physical alignment over the past few weeks, now let’s add in emotional alignment.

    Shamu, movement, and Dance Monkey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 17:12


    Happy new Year! I have been reading, of course, and making plans for 2020. This year is about reconnecting here on this earth. I classically spend a ridiculous amount of time in my own head. It’s time to move back into my body, and explore what it means to live in an aging body and to spend time scrolling my phone while sitting on the couch.

    2019 comes full circle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 13:58


    Started the year working on my mindset, ending the year working on my mindset. And a painful realization about my walled fortress. Apparently I need to let people in to help me... which I knew, but I couldn’t change it.

    Oops, Did I do that?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 8:27


    Taking things personally, the lesson I have yet to master apparently. A reminder about the second agreement, do not take anything personally. Also little reflection on your values.

    The silence is deafening.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2019 15:30


    Living with boundaries. Down sizing my life has given me the freedom to set all kinds of boundaries, the space to crave new things, and the clarity to see the difference between boundaries and control.

    Beyond a little woo woo

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2019 14:44


    Creativity, spiritual growth, and sorting out religion and woo woo.

    Trust Fall and reiki

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 13:21


    Been a while, with summer ending and running at life. I also experienced my first reiki session and cried a lot.

    You go NiteNite now

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019 19:37


    I finally was handed a copy of The four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I believe the right books find us at the right time, and I am just grateful to be in This place to receive the agreements. My new Instagram name is tracy_nitenite_thompson if you have any questions about past episodes, or books to send my way.

    Everything at once

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 12:14


    While that cats away... all of my people are super busy living their best lives, and this is my chance to do the same. Continuing to declutter my home and life, and setting my intentions on downsizing my home, paying off debt, and getting past my lazy habits. Big but though, everyone is busy and I can be completely selfish with this time! Also my favorite read for the week, The Fuck it Diet by Caroline Dooner. This book best describes when I am with my food and how I am learning to simply accept myself and move on already. Keeping it salty and optimistic as always.

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