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Love Letters and Mixtapes132: A Love Letter to Surrendering the Mask and Embracing Our MessIn this candid love letter, listeners are invited to embrace the messy, uncertain sides of life without shame or apology. There’s no neat script or single “right” way to cope with challenges—only the encouragement to accept where you are, however imperfect it may look. By touching on topics like self-doubt, emotional overwhelm, and the pressure to maintain a polished exterior, this episode underscores the reality that everyone deserves the space to slow down, break down, or simply pause and breathe without needing to present a flawless image.You’ll hear a raw and heartfelt r...2025-03-0511 minLove Letters and Mixtapes122: Acceptance, Emotional Safety, and Surprising Transformations with Dylan HundleyThis week, I spoke with Dylan Hundley, an artist, mother, punk, and lover. Dylan is the lead singer of the New York post-punk/new wave band Lulu Lewis. We discuss mental health, including addiction, PTSD, and panic disorder, the importance of creating spaces where people feel seen, heard, and valued, the transformative power of extending a compassionate hand to others (and ourselves), and the liberating (and sometimes profoundly challenging) experience of letting go, whether that is a relationship, a job, or even a version of ourselves that no longer fits. Dylan shares about the impact of trauma, the healing...2024-03-1342 minLove Letters and Mixtapes120: A Personal Love Letter About Vulnerability, Willingness, and ConnectionI decided to share more about my recent journey of navigating life on life’s terms, including medical emergencies, relationships, fears, and judgments, while contemplating the power of showing up with willingness and compassion. Let’s explore our struggles with societal expectations of how and when we choose to do this, the healing power of surrender, and the transformative experience of challenging our habitual judgments. We’ll unpack the mental chatter that prevents us from setting down our emotional weapons and embracing vulnerability, curiosity, and generosity in daily interactions, highlighting that growth happens when we show up authentically and extend...2024-02-2523 minLove Letters and Mixtapes118: Boundaries, Energy Work, and Unconditional Love with Wendi EcksteinI am so excited to introduce all of you to Wendi Eckstein, my long-time friend and teacher. We sat down for a beautiful discussion about Reiki, energy work, boundaries, energetic hygiene, and the importance of honoring and cultivating our intuition. We explore what it means to be a deeply sensitive person while living a spiritual life in this human world and how it can be humble, powerful, and completely counterintuitive to the idea of spirituality that we are constantly sold. We talk about what it means to be a care conduit vs. a caretaker, showing up with both boundaries...2024-02-111h 07Love Letters and Mixtapes116: Finding Balance Between Physical, Mental, and Emotional Health with Acupuncturist Noell EanesWe are exploring the interconnectedness of our physical, mental, and emotional well-being and how holistic health can make a big impact by bringing our lives into balance. In today's episode, we spoke with Noell Eanes, M.Ac., an acupuncturist with over 10 years of experience in Eastern medicine and classical five-element acupuncture to understand the steps we can take to enhance our health and overall wellness and acknowledge our spiritual essence in the human experience. The episode is a rich dialogue about healing childhood trauma and the transformative power of honoring our intuition and aligning with our heart's desires. The discussion...2024-01-2724 minLove Letters and Mixtapes111: Navigating Failure With Grace, Compassion, and a Little ForgivenessSo often, discussions around failure focus on our education or our profession. But what happens when we experience real or perceived failure in other areas of our lives, whether that is our relationships, resources, or health?
This episode is a reminder that to fail is to be human and to be human is to be a little uncomfortable at times, yet society often stigmatizes failure as a mark of inadequacy. Failure often leaves emotional wounds, and while it can be difficult to access during moments of shame, accountability, discernment, and self-forgiveness become the balm...2023-12-1728 minLove Letters and Mixtapes110: Lone Wolves, Trauma, Forgiveness, and Tenderness with Lauren De VineMy dear friend Lauren De Vine joins us for a tender discussion about integrating the many different versions of ourselves, even if it may be uncomfortable for us or disappoint others.
We explore themes of trauma, forgiveness, and the practice of regularly asking ourselves challenging but liberating questions to move through this world with open-heartedness with a few tips from Vinny Ferraro, Frank Ostaseski, and Jiddu Krishnamurti.
To learn more about Lauren, visit her website HeyLDV.com, or connect with her on Instagram at @lauren_de.vine.
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But what about generosity as a lens through which we view our place in the world? This goes much deeper than gratitude or kindness; generosity is claiming responsibility for what we can bring to a situation and how, more often than not, our gift isn’t the shiny, glamorous, or attractive thing we hope th...2023-12-0714 minLove Letters and Mixtapes108: Radical Responsibility and Personal AccountabilityWhat does it mean to keep our side of the street clean?
In this episode, we will explore the power of owning our actions, energy, words, behavior, and choices, paving the way for positive change in our lives. In a world that encourages us to point fingers or critique instead of create, we’ll take a look at the other options we have: radical responsibility and personal accountability. We’ll discuss the incredible potential that unfolds when we choose to be accountable for our own narrative.
This episode is a mu...2023-12-0325 minLove Letters and Mixtapes107: Navigating Unexpected PTSD Triggers and Flare-upsI think it’s important to talk about post-traumatic stress disorder with compassion, and that’s exactly what I set out to do with this episode. This is a perfectly imperfect episode that someone who is struggling with PTSD might need to hear. In this episode, we’ll explore what it feels like to be blindsided by PTSD triggers and flare-ups and which emotional tools we can use to navigate the aftermath.
The truth is, this episode is not just about the struggle—it's about resilience, compassion, and the real-life experience of getting through a workday...2023-11-1620 minLove Letters and Mixtapes106: Life As The Filler Friend: What To Do When We Feel Like An Invisible, Overlooked, Backup OptionAre you the person everyone turns to in a crisis or when they need advice or resources, but you never feel you can ask that of others?
Do people only invite you to things if everyone else is busy?
Are you often the recipient of other people's drama and trauma but not their consistent friendship and support?
Today, we are exploring what it means to be the "filler" person, the overlooked or invisible backup option person who exists on the emotional outskirts of everyone else's life and is only called in to do...2023-11-0525 minLove Letters and Mixtapes105: Awakening Through Loss: Letting Go Of Who We Thought We WereWhat happens when the self dissolves and a deeper, more authentic essence emerges?
In this episode, we discuss the journey of self-discovery through loss. Whether shedding the layers of societal expectations, confronting the unknown, or navigating the aftermath of life-altering events, loss of our identity, our "somebody-ness" can shake us to our core, but it also offers us the opportunity to transcend the boundaries of self and tap into the energetic thread that connects all of us.
How does one navigate the void left by the dissolution of familiar roles and labels?
What...2023-10-3030 minLove Letters and Mixtapes104: Navigating Scapegoat Dynamics in Families and WorkplacesIn this episode, we dive deep into the intricate world of scapegoat dynamics within families and workplaces.
Being the scapegoat can be a heavy burden, impacting one's emotional well-being and influencing the dynamics of our everyday environments.
Together, we'll define and dissect the concept of being a scapegoat, shedding light on common patterns and behaviors, including the emotional toll of being the scapegoat. We'll gain valuable insights into how to recognize these dynamics in our lives, learn new coping strategies, and identify ways to reclaim our sense of self.
In the quest for...2023-10-2341 minLove Letters and Mixtapes103: You Are Allowed To Be Angry (Trust Me)In this episode, we're exploring the often misunderstood realm of anger and uncovering the surprising benefits and the highly intelligent messages it holds about our unmet needs. Together we will redefine anger, break down societal misconceptions and cultural influences shaping our perceptions of anger, and begin to understand anger as a natural and valid emotion that can also motivate us in critical moments. If you found this episode thought-provoking, please share it with someone who might benefit from a new perspective on anger.
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This happens in work environments, within our families, our friend groups, or in our intimate partnerships.
Let's explore why we sometimes struggle with the discomfort of asking for what we want and need and how we can increase our tolerance and acceptance through daily practices. We’ll explore some key questions including: Are you saying what needs to be said? Are you shutting down parts of yourself in order to keep the peace? Do you feel safe enough in your re...2023-09-1722 minLove Letters and Mixtapes98: Why Do We Self-Sabotage And What Can We Do About It?Self-sabotage takes on many forms and can cause damage to our relationships, our self-perception, and our ability to engage in behaviors that align with our values. How can we recognize when we are self-sabotaging, and what can we do about it? This episode is a message of hope and normalization around the very human topic of self-defeating behaviors that we use to control our fears and anxieties.
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This episode speaks directly to anyone who feels that if they don’t know what is going on at all ti...2023-08-2032 minLove Letters and Mixtapes95: How Are Fawning, People-Pleasing, And Manipulation Impacting Our Relationships?So many of us are familiar with fight, flight, and freeze trauma responses, but what about fawning? How does fawning lead to people pleasing? And how is people pleasing more than just a bid for connection, how is it a coping mechanism that has distorted to become a bit manipulative?
A very difficult lesson some of us learn the hard way is that people who are not treating us well won’t treat us better if we work harder. People pleasing may have been a survival mechanism when we were younger, but as adults, how can we ev...2023-08-1324 minLove Letters and Mixtapes94: Emotional Sobriety and Emotional IntoxicationWhat is emotional sobriety? What is emotional intoxication? And how are they distorting our perception, introducing grandiosity, reducing discernment, or negatively impacting our lives and our relationships? In this episode, we define emotional sobriety, walk through an emotional sobriety checklist and discuss 4 skills that can empower us on our emotional sobriety journey. If you are interested in learning more about emotional sobriety, listen to episode 2 of this podcast or follow my Emotional Sobriety podcast playlist on Spotify.
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If something in our lives is continually breaking down and always seems on the verge of falling apart, maybe we should just let it. Sometimes I think the “aha” moment occurs when we stop evaluating our strengths and skills by how hard we can work to fix things, how proficient we are at foreseeing problems, or how skilled we are at playing emotional and intellectual chess and instead appreciate how gracefully we can let things go.
2023-04-3023 minLove Letters and Mixtapes90: A Love Letter To Adult Children of Alcoholism, Addiction, And Dysfunctional Families"It's almost like we think the way other people drink."
"I am so afraid of being found out, but I don't even know what I did."
"If I don't know what is going on or can't see 5 steps ahead, then something must be wrong."
If these statements resonate with you, then you have found yourself in the right place. I sat down this evening with no notes or outlines, I hit record and just started talking to you the exact same way I talk to my younger self. It can...2023-04-1421 minLove Letters and Mixtapes89: Speaking Our Truth When There Are Things We Don’t Want To Say Out LoudIf we are not careful, we can go through our whole lives and only be known for what we did for people and what we hid from people instead of being known for who we are and what we thought, felt, liked, loved, and needed. In this episode, we explore what happens when we speak our truth and live authentically when there are things we don’t want to say out loud. If you've lost your voice, if you are choking on your words, if you worry about being rejected or abandoned when you show up in your wholeness, if...2023-04-0820 minLove Letters and Mixtapes88: Mirror Work, Getting Curious About Our Lives, And Integrating All Of Who We AreStepping away from compulsive "okayness" was heavy on my mind this morning as I hit record for this pre-coffee episode, where we explore getting curious about our lives, opening doors of perception, healing phantom pain, and integrating all of who we are. Together, we'll explore what mirror work is and how we can show up for the reality of our experience with a little more compassion and a little less judgment.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes87: Surrendering To Cycles of Transformation, Even (And Especially) When It's UncomfortableHow do we cultivate space for acceptance and discernment in cycles and seasons of uncomfortable transformation? Being a human being living a human life is not a medical condition that needs to be treated. Can we sit with our thoughts, feelings, and experiences and find value in what the world tells us are undesirable or unnecessary moments of challenging growth? Maybe these cycles in our life aren't punishment; maybe they're poetry.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes86: Taking Up Emotional Space: Making Connections In Moments Of ContractionLive from my backyard! Yes, that's right. I laid in the grass of my backyard and soaked up the sunshine while recording this week's episode, sacrificing audio quality for a heartfelt energy transmission. This week we explore what it means to take up emotional space, to see and be seen, to take off our masks of perfection and anchor into our authenticity. We also touch on the moments of contraction, whether big or small, when we attempt to manage ourselves or other people by making ourselves invisible or pushing others away.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes85: Grieving The Loss Of Our Imagined FutureThis episode is a pretty tender love letter to anyone grieving the loss of an imagined future. We'll explore what happens to our self-perception when our insides don’t match our outsides in the aftermath of trauma, grief, survival mode, and fight or flight. How do we see ourselves, treat ourselves, and show up for the reality of our experience when it is far different than what we hoped for?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes84: Our Walls Are Our WoundsI often say that my walls are my wounds, but what does this mean for our personal or professional lives? When are we limiting ourselves while convincing ourselves that we are actually protecting ourselves? How does shame contribute to our walls and keep us small? What would our lives look like if we became willing to become willing to try something new?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes83: Complex Grief: Ending Things When You Know It Is Time To GoComplex grief can cause us to feel disoriented and trapped in a loop of our pain. This episode explores how complex grief shows up in our lives, how we can meet our uncomfortable feelings with compassion, and maybe deconstructs some myths about how we "should" deal with our grief.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes82: Don't Go To The Hardware Store For Milk: Personal Accountability, Boundaries, And Emotional RegulationOne of the most powerful lessons in my own life took root in the very simple saying, "Don’t go to the hardware store for milk."
This episode explores personal accountability, boundaries, and emotional regulation by looking at those moments of anxiety when we find ourselves seeking resources, reactivity, and emotional responses from people, places, and things that are either inappropriate or don’t have what we are looking for.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes81: Accepting The Good Things That Come Our Way (Especially When It's Hard To Do)For so many of us, letting support, connection, or even compliments into our lives can be a struggle. Our crisis mentality convinces us it is protecting us when in reality, it's blocking us from showing up for our lives and receiving the good things that come our way. If you find yourself struggling to believe that something or someone good could possibly be meant for you, then this episode is for you. Let's give ourselves permission to accept and receive this year and see where it takes us.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes80: Lessons Learned From A Year Of RejectionRejection, like shame and loneliness, is one of those things that we all experience but are conditioned not to speak about. And sure, we can all admit to some rejection in our romantic partnerships, but what happens when we experience rejection from our friends, our family, or in a work environment? And what happens when rejection is the theme of your entire year, and you still don't know how to talk about it? Lucky for you, I experienced this myself and am comfortably uncomfortable sharing some lessons, missteps, and how to let go of a deeply personal story about rejection.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes79: Self-Sabotage: Abandoning Ourselves When We Need Us The Most"I want to be on your side, but it's a really lonely place to be because you aren't even on your own side."
This episode explores the many layers of self-abandonment and how it shows up in our relationships with ourselves and others, whether that is through not trusting ourselves, people-pleasing, perfectionism, harsh criticism, unworthiness, numbing ourselves, abandoning our values and integrity, co-dependent relationships, or not using our voice. We also explore the intoxicating impulse to base our emotional state on others through hyper-vigilance and judgment.
This episode is about writing ourselves a new story where we can show up as...2022-12-0526 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes78: Failure Is A Bruise, Not A TattooWhat story do you tell yourself about failure? In this episode, we explore self-sabotage, mischaracterization, and the rigidity and personalization of failure.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes77: Are We Allowed To Relax? Releasing Ourselves From The Trap Of Rigidity, Control, Punishment, And HypervigilanceHypervigilance and the impulse to control outcomes may have kept us safe in childhood, but how does this impact us in adulthood? If you struggle with an inability to step out of fight or flight mode, have trouble coping with uncertainty, or are unable to be compassionate and forgiving with yourself, this episode is for you.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes76: Navigating The In-Between PhasesHow do we view ourselves when we are no longer who we were and are not yet who we want to be? In this episode, we touch on finding stillness and acceptance of those challenging in-between phases in our lives. And maybe coming to terms with the fact that we are worthy and deserving as we are in this moment, even if we are not where we want to be...yet.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes75: Overcoming Resistance To Investing In OurselvesHave you ever stopped yourself from seeking help, expanding your skills, or utilizing your resources because you felt that you didn't need to...yet? Do you ever decide ahead of time that something is not worth it, not for you, or wouldn't be helpful, even though you have no experience with it? In this episode, we explore those imaginary lines we set for ourselves to hold us back, keep us small, or to means test our worthiness. Let's write a new story about how, when, and why we invest in ourselves.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes74: Navigating Failure While Struggling With Imposter SyndromeSo much of the conversation around imposter syndrome is how it is imagined and brought about by our own distorted perception or lack of self-confidence. But what happens when we do fail and the story of unworthiness that we have been telling ourselves for years finally comes true?
How do we navigate real-life experiences of failure while struggling with imposter syndrome?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes73: Showing Up For Difficult ConversationsDo we want to be right, or do we want to be in right relationship with ourselves and others? This is the primary question we explore in this episode as we shine a light on some of the ways we are showing up for difficult conversations that may actually be harming our relationships more than helping them. We discuss maladaptive coping mechanisms, the 5 E's of perception and communication, and tools for stepping away from the stories we tell ourselves about other people.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes72: A Love Letter To Grieving And HealingSometimes, we don't even have the words to describe what we are going through, what we have lost, or how much we are struggling to put one foot in front of the other and simply do the next right thing. I wrote us a stream-of-consciousness love letter to remind us that grief is a sob, but it's also an exhale.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes71: The Most Important Saying In Sobriety And Recovery (Sunday Morning Sobriety)It doesn't matter which path of sobriety or recovery you are on or which substance or behavior you are struggling with; there will always be common themes that pop up for anyone navigating a path of physical or emotional sobriety. We are all familiar with issues of control, resistance, reactivity, manipulation, and making excuses. This episode explores one of the simplest and most powerful sayings that can anchor you in your own journey of sobriety and recovery.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes70: Perfectionism vs. PresenceThis very personal episode explores perfectionism, abandonment wounds, imposter syndrome, and more.
What does perfectionism look like in our lives?
Which voice does it use to speak to us?
How does it limit us?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes69: Lessons We Learn During Eclipse SeasonEclipse season is upon us, and while I am by no means an astrologer, I am absolutely a human being going through it, just like all of you. This episode about observing what is eclipsing us in life, in relationships, in our professions, it’s less about doing something, and more about resting and receiving. Shine on.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes68: You Will Be Okay No Matter What (A Guide Through Fear And Rebirth)“What must I give more death to today, in order to generate more life?" - Clarissa Pinkola Estes
In this episode, we explore the exquisite pain and discomfort that comes with rebirthing through fear.
How do we let go of who we were?
How do we call in the things we want?
How do we trust the cycles of birth, life, death, and rebirth?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes67: Emotional Sobriety and Recovery (Sunday Morning Sobriety)What is emotional sobriety and what does it have to do with recovery?
In this episode, we explore the importance of emotional sobriety on our body, mind, and spirit. We explore ways to begin building new emotional muscles through inventories, the acronyms H.A.L.T. and T.H.I.N.K., and seeking out positions of neutrality.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes66: When Healing Happens In The OrdinaryIt's common for us to believe that we need complex or grandiose answers to our problems. But what if it's actually the ordinary things in our lives that end up being the most healing? This episode is an invitation to look at ourselves and our lives through a new pair of glasses and begin to see healing in the humble moments of our everyday lives.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes65: “What Is Wrong With You?” (Sunday Morning Sobriety)What is the one question that is asked of people struggling with addiction more than any other question? And why is it so difficult to answer? This episode is about increasing empathy, understanding, and acceptance of ourselves and others. It's also an invitation to let go of some of our fixed ideas about addiction, sobriety, and what motivates us to change.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes64: Letting Go Of The Harmful Stories We Tell OurselvesNegative self-talk and storytelling prevent us from accessing our vulnerability, holding back cathartic truths that need to surface and convincing us that they are protecting and defending us from the dangerous unknown and unreal "other."Can we disarm through surrender?Can we forgive the parts of ourselves that were taught to cut first and ask questions later?
How often are we stepping back to explore some of the stories we tell ourselves about people, places, and things?Do we ever reflect on the origin of those stories, where we learned them, whose voice narrates them...2022-04-0420 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes63: Putting Sobriety And Recovery First (Sunday Morning Sobriety)It's often said that "whatever we put in front of sobriety or recovery, we'll lose."
What does that mean for someone who is new to sobriety and recovery? What does it mean to someone who has 20 years of sobriety and recovery? And what important lessons can we learn from both of them?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes62: Spring Cleaning For The SoulA mini-episode honoring the change in season with some inspiration for the next month. Join me in a 30-day practice of shaking off the dust from this never-ending winter and embracing the alchemical power of a new cycle.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes61: Am I An Alcoholic Or An Addict? (Sunday Morning Sobriety)If you have ever found yourself asking:
Am I an alcoholic?
Am I an addict?
Do I have a problem with substance use?
What is wrong with me?
This is the episode for you.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes60: Can We Please Talk About Loneliness?"You get so alone at times that it just makes sense." - Charles Bukowski
In this episode, we explore the taboo topic of loneliness-the silent pandemic that has been moving through our lives these last few years (or maybe forever).
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Love Letters and Mixtapes59: Step Twelve In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step 12
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."
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Love Letters and Mixtapes58: The Courage And Strength To Be Gentle With Ourselves And OthersThe topic for this episode is having the courage and strength to be gentle with ourselves and others.
And you might think, what does being gentle have to do with courage, or you might think “of course, I’m gentle with myself and others. I love my friends, I love my family, or I love my partner. They know that.” But the reason I wanted to speak about this today is that this topic goes beyond how we feel about the people in our lives or how we react to them. Having the courage to be gentle with ourselves and others...2022-03-1429 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes57: Step Eleven In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step 11
“Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out.”
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Love Letters and Mixtapes56: Connecting (And Getting Comfortable) With Our SexualityThis episode explores 4 practices for connecting and getting comfortable with your sexuality. We discuss blocks, resistance, stigma, and ways to discover what it is that we really want to embody sexually. If you struggle to connect with your sexuality, if you have a hard time communicating your sexual wants or needs, or if you feel shame around your curiosity about sex, then this episode is for you.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes55: Step Ten In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step 10
“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.”
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Love Letters and Mixtapes54: It's Okay To Not Be Okay Right NowA love letter from my heart to yours. I want you to know that it's okay to not be okay right now. If you are feeling isolated, lonely, misunderstood, disconnected, anxious or simply just confused, then this episode is for you.
We all have things we think we can't or shouldn't say out loud - feelings too big for our bodies.
I hope you know that there's room for you here.
There's room for all of you.
Sometimes, it's the worst or most unattractive things about us, the things we think will push people away, which end up being exactly w...2022-02-2816 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes53: Step Nine In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step 9
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
What is needed to make intentional and impactful amends?
clarity
humility
acceptance
willingness
trust
Are we living the promises and expecting the 12 steps to simply unfold in our lives, or are we working the 12 steps and allowing the promises to unfold in our lives? What is the difference?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes52: Embodiment Practices: The Difference Between Trying And BeingAre we attempting to think our way into good actions or acting our way into good thinking?
In this episode, we explore embodiment practices and the impact they can have on our self-esteem, our perception, and our relationships. Together, we move out of "trying" and into "being."
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Love Letters and Mixtapes51: Step Eight In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step 8
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and become willing to make amends to them all."
How do we begin the process of getting back into right relationship with our family, friends, co-workers, and romantic partners?
Step 8 is a journey toward willingness, humility, community, and connection.
The obstacles we encounter on this journey can look like:
being unwilling to see how we have harmed others
a reluctance to forgive others
purposeful forgetting
rewriting the past
But, if we can move through these obstacles, this step leads us out of isolation and into connection.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes50: Are We Running Away From Ourselves?We have all had moments when it was difficult to look at ourselves in the mirror, when it was a challenge to be accountable for our own behavior, and when the story we told ourselves about a situation was so much louder than reality.
Why are we running away from ourselves?
How does this impact our relationships?
How does this impact our physical, mental, and emotional health?
In this episode, we explore coming back home to ourselves and strengthening our ability to access connection and vulnerability in our relationships.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes49: Step Seven In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step 7
"Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings."
What is humility?
How can it change our lives?
This step moves us out of self-will and towards our Higher Power.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes48: Four Practices For Healing What We Think Can’t Be HealedWe have all had experiences in our lives where we felt stuck on something that occurred in the past. Sometimes it feels as if our wounds simply won't heal. This episode explores four practices to support us as we heal what we think can't be healed.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes47: Step Six In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step Six
“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.”
In this step, we come face to face with our distorted perceptions about many things including:
readiness
a higher power
grandiosity and weaponized perfectionism
character defects, strengths, survival skills, and limitations
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Love Letters and Mixtapes46: Intention, Action, And Impact: I Am Less Than The Actions I TakeIn this episode, we explore humility, intention, action, and impact.
Are we perseverating on the past?
Is our integrity at the mercy of outside circumstances?
What story do we tell ourselves about who we are in the world?
We break down the phrase "I am less than the actions I take" and use what we learn to remove limits in our lives.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes45: Step Five In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step Five
“Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.”
A difficult but necessary part of sobriety and peace of mind, this step introduces us to honesty, openness, and willingness in action. We begin to shift our relationships with God, other people, and ourselves. We chip away at our sense of isolation, receive forgiveness and learn how to give it. We gain honesty and realism about ourselves and learn about humility and the danger of rationalization.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes44: The Aftermath Of Trauma: Making The Transition From Surviving To ThrivingIn this episode, we explore the impact of trauma and extended periods of fight or flight on the body, mind, and spirit. We also discuss alternative methods for moving from surviving to thriving
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Love Letters and Mixtapes43: Step Four In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step Four
“Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
The power of this step is that it offers us a template to follow for the rest of our lives, a new way of thinking, and an opportunity to begin cleaning up our side of the street.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes41: Step Three In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step Three
“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God, as we understood Him.”
Step Three is like opening a locked door. How do we let a High Power into our lives? In Step 3 we explore four core concepts:
1. Making a decision and cutting off everything except the things that matter most
2. Willingness and surrender
3. What it means to receive care
4. Our concept of a Higher Power
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Love Letters and Mixtapes40: Are We Afraid Of The Good Things That Come Our Way?This is such a deeply personal episode for me. I even share a journal entry from this week. If you are going through something similar, I hope you feel seen, heard, and supported.
Are we able to let good things happen in our lives? Do we automatically assume it must be a mistake, scam, trick, or just something good that will happen before something bad inevitably happens? Can we meet calamity and opportunity with serenity? How can we come to terms with being chosen after a lifetime of choosing ourselves?
These are just some of the questions we explore in th...2022-01-1026 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes39: Step Two In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step Two
“Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”
What can we believe in? The Twelve Steps are only suggestions, they do not demand anything from us. We explore four core concepts:
1. Spiritual experience
2. Sanity and insanity
3. Higher Power
4. Belief and faith
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Love Letters and Mixtapes38: Learning From Shame And Accepting Our WholenessIn this episode, we explore the ways that shame shows up in our lives, including; shame about who we are, shame about things we’ve said, done, felt or thought, and shame about the things that have happened to us. We will take a look at the relationship shame has with our fear, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and resentments. As always, I have included helpful journal prompts to support you in processing your own experience with shame.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes37: Step One In The Twelve Steps (Sunday Morning Sobriety)Step One
“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.”
Who cares to admit complete defeat? Admission of powerlessness is the first step in liberation. In this step, we explore the relationship between humility and sobriety.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes36: Welcome Everything And Push Away NothingIn this episode, we explore "The 5 Invitations" by Frank Ostaseski, how resistance shows up in our lives, and the transformative power of welcoming everything and pushing away nothing. I also share 20 questions to bring us into closer relationship with who we are and what we want.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes35: Coming Back Home To Ourselves After Wandering Off Our Path"This is how magic is done. By hurling yourself into the abyss and discovering it's a feather bed.” - Terence McKenna
How do we come back home to ourselves when we've fallen off our path? In this episode, we explore the journey of losing ourselves and finding ourselves again.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes31: Navigating Difficult Feelings And Complicated Relationships During The Holiday SeasonA mini-episode dedicated to anyone moving through difficult feelings and complicated relationships during this holiday season.
I know how challenging it can be to honor our conflicting feelings when the world around us celebrates with the ones they love. Maybe we struggle with difficult memories and experiences in our past or are exploring new terrain following a profound loss or separation, or we happen to find ourselves far away from those we love this year.
I created this episode as a reminder that you are not alone or forgotten this holiday season.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes19: Boundaries, Enmeshment, And Emotional IncestWe hear the word boundaries everywhere we turn, but what does this word actually mean?
Is it a wall to prevent people from accessing us? Is it something we can weaponize? Is it a way to clarify safety in a relationship?
In this episode, I'll be exploring boundaries, enmeshment, emotional incest, and ways to communicate, connect, and get our needs met without crossing someone else's boundaries.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes13: Adult Children Of Alcoholics, Addicts And Dysfunctional Families (part 1)In this episode, I'll discuss what it means to be an adult child of an alcoholic or dysfunctional family. I'll touch on addiction, alcoholism, 12-step groups, Alanon, Alateen, and one of my favorite books, "From Survival To Recovery."
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Love Letters and Mixtapes11: Why We Self-Sabotage And What We Can Do InsteadIn this episode, I'll be exploring self-sabotage; all the many causes of it, and all the ways it shows up in our lives.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes10: Uncomfortable Feelings And What To Do With ThemIn this episode, I'll explore feeling our feelings when we’re feeling them and the inconvenience and necessity of it all. And no, I'm not kidding. I'll also share some of my own uncomfortable feelings that have risen to the surface throughout the past year and how I'm meeting them now.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes9: Surviving The Apocalypse And Other Stories Of ResurrectionWhat an adventure it is to survive an apocalypse and all the mystery, magic, and mayhem that goes along with a resurrection.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes8: Endings, Finding Closure, And Welcoming New BeginningsLet's discuss endings, finding closure, and welcoming new beginnings. Whether you are navigating a breakup, a promotion at work, moving into a new home, or the end of one chapter of your life and the start of a new one, this episode is for you. Today, I'll explore the power and impact of decompression and how we can support ourselves and others as we navigate life on life's terms.
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Love Letters and MixtapesBonus Meditation: Abundance AffirmationsWelcome to the love letters and mixtapes podcast! I am so glad you're here. I thought it was important to create an abundance affirmation to support the people in our community who struggle with fears of financial insecurity, imposter syndrome, and fears of deprivation. These affirmations are to support you in rewriting the old story or script in your mind that says you are unworthy, incapable, or a fraud. I make no promise of miraculous or spontaneous wealth, but I encourage you to listen to this affirmation every day for 21 days to create new pathways in your body, mind...2021-06-1610 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes7: Coping With RejectionWhy does rejection sting so much? How we process it, react to it, or cope with it? Are there lessons to be learned from rejection?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes6: Processing Our Grief In All Its Many FormsGrief is such a complicated topic. Often, we never begin to think about it until it's too late, and we find ourselves navigating grief without a roadmap. Today, we'll explore the full spectrum of grief because grief is not limited to the death of a loved one. Grief can show up as anticipatory grief, PTSD, survivor's guilt, sobriety, grief surrounding the loss of a job, a way of life, a diagnosis, ending a relationship, and so much more.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes5: ForgivenessWhen, where, how, and why do we give and receive forgiveness? What holds us back? And how can we offer some forgiveness to ourselves?
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Love Letters and Mixtapes4: Accountability, Apologies, And Making AmendsWhat do we really mean when we say, "I'm sorry." What do we often feel is missing when someone else says this to us? Let's explore how we take accountability, apologize, and make amends.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes3: Dark Night Of The SoulLet's explore the dark night of the soul, what that can look or feel like in our lives, and how to show up for ourselves and move forward when it all falls apart.
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Twitter @LOVELETTERSNMIX2021-05-1719 minLove Letters and MixtapesBonus Meditation: Daily "I Am" AffirmationsWelcome to the love letters and mixtapes podcast! I am so glad you're here. Enjoy this "I am" affirmation that I recorded to support the people in our community between the weekly episodes. These affirmations are here to support you in rewriting the old story or script you hold within you. I encourage you to listen to this affirmation every day for 21 days to create new pathways in your body, mind, and spirit.
Drop into this space for weekly episodes where I'll explore the people, the places, and the practices that transform me as well as the...2021-05-1610 min
Love Letters and Mixtapes2: What Is Emotional Sobriety?What is emotional sobriety, and why is it so important? In this episode, I'll explore emotional sobriety and how to develop willingness, resilience, and emotional muscles so that we can meet calamity and opportunity with serenity.
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Love Letters and Mixtapes1: Finding Your Voice Through Creativity And CourageWelcome to the love letters and mixtapes podcast! I am so glad you're here. In my first episode, I'll explore the relationship between creativity and courage, perfectionism and imposter syndrome, and what it means to honor your own creative process and all the messiness that comes with it. Drop into this space for weekly episodes where I'll explore the people, the places, and the practices that transform me, as well as the music and magic that inspire me. Together, we'll discuss everything from mental health, emotional health, spirituality, trauma, PTSD, sobriety, coping skills, and all aspects of health and wellness.
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Love, Hate, and MixtapesLove, Hate, and Mixtapes - Ep 6 - Adrian doesn't like Sports anymore (RIP MAMBA)<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/2e/17/44/lososoundclt/3000x3000_14572514.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />This episode was recorded 1 week ago and is dedicated to a childhood hero of Adrian's, Kobe Bryant.
In anticipation to the Super Bowl, Adrian and Nate talk sports. Better said, Adrian's lack of interest in sports. This weeks mixtape is a blend of songs that Adrian used to rock in middle and high school while staying up late at night watching Kobe dominate.
"Everything negative - pressure, challenges - is all an opportunity for me to...2020-01-2750 minLove, Hate, and MixtapesLove, Hate, and Mixtapes - EP 5 - Nate's Funky Mix<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/2e/17/44/lososoundclt/3000x3000_14515185.jpg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />On this episode of the Podcast, Adrian and Nate are trying to prove to their wives that this isn't a phase they're going through while trying to figure out why the wives wont listen to the podcast. Nate gets ready for his family trip to Disney but shares why his wife wont be buying souvenirs. Diamonds are NOT forever.
Nate drops a new Funky hits mix that takes him back to dance-offs with his mom.
P.S...2020-01-2348 minLove, Hate, and MixtapesThe Love, Hate, and Mixtapes Podcast - 1 Motown Feels<img src="https://assets.podomatic.net/ts/2e/17/44/lososoundclt/3000x3000_14529269.jpeg" alt="itunes pic" /><br />Welcome to the first episode of the Love, Hate, and Mixtapes Podcast. After some brief intros , your host Adrian and Nate talk Motown Feels!2020-01-0143 min