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Curiosity JunkieBelonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family & Kinship with Award Winning Author Julie McGueJulie Ryan McGue who is an author, a domestic adoptee, and an identical twin. She writes extensively about finding out who you are, where you belong, and making sense of it.Julie’s debut award winning memoir Twice a Daughter: A Search for Identity, Family, and Belonging (She Writes Press) came out in May 2021. It is the story of her five-year search for birth relatives. Julie has a weekly blog That Girl, This Life and a monthly column at The Beacher that fo...2024-05-1049 minCuriosity JunkieUpdate on Health Journey - Food Sensitivity Test ResultsToday Jamie and I dive into the food sensitivity test results, taking a look at the foods that are causing me and my body issues.I've been working with Jamie for about 7 weeks now and I am already seeing some success. I've lost inches in my mid-section (all bloating from food reactions), there is virtually no pain in my hands and my energy is on the rise.The food journal has become my best friend, even if I don't always use it. I am learning so much about which foods cause me pain and which foods...2024-03-1841 minCuriosity JunkieWhy Do We Talk Negatively to Ourselves with Tracy BradyWhile journaling my food habits I discovered I was doing a bit of negative self talk, and that got me thinking... Why do we talk negative to ourselves? And how do we find ways not to talk negatively to ourselves?Tracy Brady shares a few things throughout our conversation that we can do to help when we find we're in a negative conversation with ourselves. Music by Sonic Yogi: https://sonicyogi.com/ Support the showWebsite: https://cassieburton.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/chan...2024-03-041h 05Curiosity JunkieLet's Get Real!My daughter and I talk about once a week. And everytime we talk, we say, that would've made a great podcast. So a few weeks ago on a Saturday morning we talked for almost 3 hours and recorded the whole conversation. I'm sharing the first hour of our conversation, and will follow it up with the 2nd part later this month.Didn't do much editing so you are getting a very raw and real look at how our mother/daughter conversations typically go. We talk about consistency, trauma, values, being a chameleon, female conditioning, being on t...2024-02-261h 12Curiosity JunkieThe Health Journey BeginsAs I walk into 2024 I'm realizing the health issues I learned about in 2023 have continued to decline. I was told my cholesterol was on the rise, my good estrogen was at zero and my bad estrogen was elevated, and I’ve been slowly putting on weight for over a year now.My lack of action in 2023 leaves me with 2 options; go it alone, which has not worked for me so far. Or phone a friend (who also happens to be a functional nutritionist), and begin the process of working with my doctor and my nutritionist, to...2024-01-2957 minCuriosity JunkieNew Year ResolutionsDid you know that 9 out of 10 people will fail their new year resolutions?Did you know that the average resolutions last about 3.74 months?Yes, yes they will! And because failure of resolution setting is so common, there are unofficial dates commemorating resolution failure. I love this!!We already know we are going to fail, so why not create a day to celebrate our failures.The first one is called “Ditch New Year Resolutions Day” and it’s on January 17th.T...2024-01-0731 minCuriosity Junkie2023 - That's a Wrap!2023 has been a year of change, and with change comes the unknown and a bit of chaos.Join me as a recap 2023 and look forward to what's to come in 2024.Music by Sonic Yogi. For more music from Sonic Yogi, visit https://sonicyogi.com/Support the showWebsite: https://cassieburton.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNgStf4gnZo-MKQ0jU6pDw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiosityjunkiecass/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/621323495403041 2024-01-0127 minCuriosity JunkieSisters & Birth OrderOn Christmas day I woke up thinking about my sisters and all that we have been through together.Which got me thinking about birth order and how that impacts how we show up within the family dynamic and maybe in everyday life.The new music is from Sonic Yogi, AKA Jonathan Adams. You can check out more of his music at https://sonicyogi.com/Support the showWebsite: https://cassieburton.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNgStf4gnZo-MKQ0jU6pDw Instagram: https://www...2023-12-3118 minCuriosity JunkieComing HomeComing home to yourself.2023 has been a big year of change for me, one filled with endings and new beginnings. And it was important for me to come home to myself and re-establish a healthy and loving relationship with myself.Everything you desire in life is a reflection of your values. Our dreams and our goals represent the things we care most about. The things we feel we must have in order to express complete and true fulfillment.Living in alignment with our values is an ongoing journey. It requires lot...2023-10-2213 min
Make Up Your LifeSarah L Burton - The Knowing Within Ep 15“Are you comfortable in your own skin” it’s a great saying and I think some of us lie to our own selves about who we really are. My guest is Self-Development Consultant and author of "The Knowing Within" Sarah L Burton in this episode we go on a journey of self-development. You might just discover the better you by listening to this Podcast. Remember we are all capable of greatness and Sarah believes it all starts with understanding and truth. Love this Podcast? If you do please follow/subscribe it´s FREE and really helps me grow this...2023-07-271h 15Curiosity JunkieBelonging is Lifetime WorkWhy is it so challenging to feel like we belong with others, or in a group? Maybe it’s because we aren't in the practice of belonging to ourselves.So what exactly is belonging? Belonging is the feeling of security and support when there is a sense of acceptance, inclusion, and identity for a member of a certain group. When an individual can bring their authentic self. Here’s the cool thing. When we have the courage to be our authentic true self, we begin to communicate to others with clarity, with confidence and with...2023-07-0622 minCuriosity JunkieGurudhan - Trauma, PTSD, Addiction and His Healing JourneyGurudhan is a Yoga Alliance Certified Yoga Teacher in Kundalini. He found himself fully immersed in the 60’s developing a 5 yr meth addiction, which he quit cold turkey and then took almost 20 years to clear his head. He graduated from Brooklyn Law School and had a career in the “natural foods industry” as an executive sales manager. For many years he fell into the numbing practice of “Spiritual Bypassing” until he found therapy. Somatic therapy, he says, changed his life. Today he teaches yoga his way, connecting the heart, breath and body.Website: gurud...2023-06-201h 05Curiosity JunkieFather's Day - My Favorite Memory "Someday"Happy fathers day to all the dads out there!I want to share one of my favorite memories of my dad. It’s one I share with my sisters because it was part of our bedtime routine when we stayed with him. Support the showWebsite: https://cassieburton.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNgStf4gnZo-MKQ0jU6pDw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiosityjunkiecass/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/621323495403041 2023-06-1810 minCuriosity JunkieAuthor Michelle Dowd - Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family CultMichelle was raised on a mountain in the Angeles National Forest where she learned to identify flora and fauna, navigate by the stars, forage for edible plants, and care for the earth. As an Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, she has been teaching students and training teachers in southern California studios since 2008. Michelle’s memoir, Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult, showcases her life growing up on an isolated mountain in California as part of an apocalyptic cult, and how she found her way out of poverty and illness by drawing on the gifts of the wilderness.2023-06-0453 minCuriosity JunkieAuthor Brad Wetzler - Into The Soul Of The World: My Journey to HealingBrad Wetzler has a new book out, a memoir called Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing, published by Hachette Books. This memoir is a powerful personal story about Brad's rise to become a highly successful adventure journalist with stamps in his passport from a hundred-plus countries, and then his collapse into depression, PTSD, and addiction, and finally a decade-long, round-the-world quest to heal.Click the link below to grab your copy today.https://www.amazon.com/Into-Soul-World-Journey-Healing/dp/0306829304 https://bradwetzler.com/Support the show...2023-05-2154 minCuriosity JunkieRoad RageWhat is it about getting behind the wheel of a car that turns us all into racecar drivers? And why do some of us turn into complete and total assholes, forgetting everything we know about common courtesies. Did you know, that the typical reaction time, for stopping at a light, without texting was between one and two seconds, but while texting it increased to three to four seconds, regardless of whether the driver was typing or reading a text. This is significant because at highway speeds a driver can travel the length of a football field in t...2022-07-2419 min