In this episode we are digging into negative self-talk. People pleasing. Feeling crushed if people criticize us or don’t approve of us + how to break out of it.
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Today's guest Dr. Barbara Shabazz, founder of Intentional Activities, is a psychologist by trade, and a certified personal and executive coach by choice. After being laid off twice in one year from two academic positions, Intentional Activities was born out of her need to make lemonade out of the lemons. As an intentional life coach, she uses intentional activities (positive cognitive and behavioral tasks, actions, or exercises that require some degree of daily personal effort, and ult[...]
Can I be real with you for a second? My entire life has been built around the pattern of "I don't think I can succeed at this. Maybe other people can, but I can't." Does this sound familiar at all? This pattern showed up everywhere in my life This pattern was present in the following areas of my life: 1. "I will never recover from my eating disorder." 2. "The binge eating will never stop." 3. "I will alway[...]
Have you ever had one of those days... ...where you run around like a mad woman, but you feel like you get absolutely nothing done? I sometimes have days where I feel like a complete mess and I know exactly what my problem is: My perfectionism. I sometimes throw around the sentence “I am a perfectionist!” like it’s no big deal and just some quirky character trait of mine. However, if I’m truly honest, it's the most painful, frustrating and alienating part of being me. What it means[...]
Leslie McDonald is the face behind the social media account @balanced_life_leslie. She is a sound healer, reiki practitioner, and certified holistic health coach with a passion for creating community, sharing recipes, and meal prep tips as well as making wellness accessible to everyone. Her work has been featured in Mind Body Green, Thrive Global, Greatist, and Whole30recipes. Trigger warning: Leslie has suffered from some autoimmune conditions and has found eating Paleo to be very benefi[...]
This will be a quick episode, because I want to get straight to the point today and share my personal experience with fear. In this episode I share: - How my fear of not being enough sneaks into my life and what I do about it- How I channel this fear into courage- What courage feels like and how exactly I build my self-confidence through feeling my fear- How to unleash your inner superhero Links mentioned in this Episode Join my brand-new Self Love Jumpstart course at https://courses.ownit[...]
“Why are you always so mean to yourself?”, Shaun asked me last night as I was dwelling in self doubt and crippling fear. “Because”, I said, “I don’t know how else to treat myself.” He grabbed my shoulders, looked at me and said “where is this coming from? You’re nice to your body now, but you have moved on to being mean to yourself about everything else you do.” He was right. I made peace with food and with my body and I stopped letting my negative body image take over[...]
If I would have seen this body two years ago, I probably would have had a breakdown - that’s how disordered I was. I would have thought that this healthy body was flawed, because it doesn’t look like the body of my then-favourite fitness model. I would have beat myself up, because I was “too weak” to follow my food- and workout plan and “just suck it up”. Today, I look at this body with love and compassion. This body was never supposed to look like the[...]
HAPPY 10th birthday to my one and only sidekick! It’s a special day for my rescue “puppy” and cutest Boston Terrier in the world, Bruce. We got him exactly 5 years ago, after he was rescued from an illegal puppy-mill. Every day, I wish we could have rescued him sooner. Still, getting to have Bruce for the last 5 years has been a huge blessing in our lives. Since Bruce doesn’t have social media or access to this Blog and won’t see this post, I want to make it[...]
Wow, episode number 2 of my very own podcast, I still cannot believe I did it. I’ve been listening to podcasts for years now and never in a million years did I think I could pull off having my own show. But, here we are :) For the past few months, I have been busy with this new project of mine, because I want to make sure that I bring you the best value possible, while I hang out inside your ear buds as you clean the house, drive to work, walk your dog or any other time slots you dedicate to l[...]