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Let That Shift GoThe Real Plot Twist? "You're Not A Victim!"Send us a textWe explore the transformative shift from victimhood to radical responsibility and how honesty with ourselves can change our relationships. • Looking at what triggers our emotional reactions and getting curious about their source• Recognizing when we're parenting from performance anxiety rather than genuine connection• Understanding the subtle ways we deceive ourselves with phrases like "I'm fine" or "I'm just a people-pleaser"• Learning what it truly means to hold space for others without inserting ourselves• Practicing radical responsibility by owning how we relate to situations, not just what happens to us•...2025-07-2338 minLet That Shift GoWhat if Your Alone Season is Actually Your Becoming Season?Send us a textWe explore the transformative difference between loneliness and solitude, revealing how embracing time alone can lead to self-discovery, personal growth, and healthier relationships. • Examining society's negative perception of being alone and how it stems from primal survival instincts• Distinguishing between loneliness (feeling incomplete without others) and solitude (finding strength in being with yourself)• The benefits of learning to enjoy your own company and discovering what truly brings you joy• How avoiding silence through constant distraction prevents necessary inner work• Why relationships thrive when two whole people come together in...2025-06-0437 minLet That Shift GoRest Is Not WeaknessSend us a textWe explore why rest feels hard and why doing nothing feels like failure in our overstimulated world. Stillness often brings up what we've been avoiding, making vulnerability feel scary.• Our addiction to being overstimulated comes from inherited beliefs around productivity• "Capitalism and trauma pairing" describes how our culture glorifies burnout and devalues rest• Rest shouldn't be something earned - it should be deserved• Many of us struggle with over-functioning and tying our value to productivity• Social media scrolling isn't actually rest - it's stimulation and avoidance• Real rest me...2025-05-2826 minLet That Shift Go"Who The F --- am I now?" : A Journey Through GriefSend us a textWhat happens when your entire life changes in a single week? After 30 years in high-tech, 27 years of marriage, and raising two children, Nicole Rousseau suddenly found herself navigating life as both a new widow and recent retiree—all within five days. Nicole's story reveals the raw, messy, and often unspoken truth about grief in American culture. With remarkable candor, she describes what she calls the "three chapters of grief" and the particular challenges of anticipatory grief while caring for her husband through both dementia and ALS. "You start losing them before you...2025-05-2146 minLet That Shift GoStop Explaining Yourself: The Revolutionary Act of Being StillSend us a textHave you ever noticed how uncomfortable silence can be? In this deeply reflective episode, we explore why quiet feels so threatening in our noise-filled world and how reclaiming silence might be the most radical power move of all.Growing up in vibrant, expressive cultural households meant we learned early that to be seen, we needed to be heard – often loudly. Many of us carry this programming into adulthood, filling every moment with noise, from background music to constant social sharing. But what if this compulsive need to fill space and explain ou...2025-04-3031 minLet That Shift GoWhat Happens When You Stop Lying to Yourself?Send us a textChad Aranzonzo, veteran and cousin of host Noel, shares his powerful journey from rock bottom to recovery after waking up in the hospital from alcohol poisoning and seeing the pain on his mother's face.• Serving in the military taught Chad to accept death, creating a mindset he couldn't turn off in civilian life• After returning home, Chad drank heavily to numb PTSD symptoms, eventually reaching two bottles a day• January 19th, 2023 became his turning point when he woke up in the hospital after vomiting blood• Recovery forced him to face...2025-04-2242 min