Seeking Sunshine

Welcome to this Minisode all about being human. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the incredible Brooke Jean. In this episode, we dive in to what it means to be un-perfected, how to embrace the gold in your mess and come home to who you really are. Brooke Jean, MA, LPC is a Licensed Therapist, Coach, Speaker, and the Host of The Unperfected Pod on a mission to normalize normal. She believes that life isn’t perfect, but it can be unperfected and using a blend of energy work, counseling, coaching, & facilitation, she guides her audience to let go of who they think they are, in order to create the life they’ve been waiting for. Favorite takeaways: 1. The Unperfected Movement is really just about us shedding the shoulds of conditioning and social priming and remembering who we are underneath all of our roles, our responsibilities, our trauma responses, our good-girl syndrome, our people pleasing- all the masks that we wear that we develop to fit in. It’s about letting it all go, showing up messy, embracing the gold in your mess, and finding freedom in the messy so that you can create from an authentic place. 2. When you shut down the feelings of anger or rage- whatever we’ve been conditioned is shameful- when you shut that down, you also shut down the capacity for joy. You can’t shut off some feelings. If you’re gonna shut off the rage, you’re gonna shut off the joy. If you’re gonna shut off the anger, you’re gonna shut off the passion. As humans, we’re designed to have a full spectrum of emotions. 3. Protect the precious jewels: time, energy, and sanity. We are not an endless supply, yet we are just bleeding out time, energy, and sanity all day every day and then wondering why we lose our crap at the end of the night with our families. Go through a real inventory of what is stealing and draining your energy that you need to clean up. 4. Your first no is painful, your second no feels a little better, by your tenth no you are liberated! Your like, what else can I say no to, this feels amazing! And the world doesn’t fall apart when we choose to live in alignment with who we are- actually things just start to get really good when we come from that place. 5. Here’s where the tough love comes in: Stop getting in your own way. Stop making excuses. You are the one telling yourself that you can’t because… fill in societal expectation and standard. And while that’s a real thing, we also get to choose. One of our most potent tools in our tool belt is our choice point, our power of choice. 6. For so many women, we are not going for the thing that lights our soul on fire because we are telling ourselves a lie that we can’t or we shouldn’t or we don’t deserve it and that’s where you need to step aside and do the work to rewire all that, because your soul wants bigger for you. 7. Follow the joy. Follow the things that remind you of who you were when you were little. What did you freaking LOVE to do? Who were you? What made you feel the most alive? You can find more from Brooke at www.liveunperfected.com or on IG @brookejeanunperfected. Also be sure to listen to her incredible podcast, The Unperfected Pod. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to this Minisode all about confronting shame. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the visionary deJoly LaBrier. In this episode we discuss authenticity, learning to not care what other people think, and having the vision to create. Dejoly LaBrier is an author, life and writing coach, speaker and artist. She was born in California, has lived in several different states, and finally settled in the woods of Northeast Alabama. Having recovered from the extreme trauma of childhood, she decided to use some of the wisdom she'd gained to help women do their own recovery work. Five years ago she became a life coach to guide women to heal from their traumas and embrace life with vitality, creating the life they desire. For 20 years she has spoken about this healing process nationally, and inspired others to do the work of healing through art, writing and a full palette of modalities. Today she has 4 published books, and writes personal development articles for the local newspapers. In addition to offering writing workshops and coaching, she’d also an avid gardener, and practices yoga and meditation. Favorite takeaways: 1. Faith IS vision. Faith is having that greater perspective. Faith is borrowing God’s vision for our life. It’s so powerful. 2. Failure is just another step in the process, and who’s measuring failure anyway? I don’t. I say we progress, and there are lots of things that are gonna happen. We can assign it some sort of negativity- we can assign it failure- or we can say, oh, there’s a blip. We can decide to pivot. 3. We decide what we’re capable of- we are in charge of our own potential, and our potential is limitless. It doesn’t matter what limits society perceives you have, your capacity for growth is completely limitless. 4. It’s actually really important to stop and just be. Your value is not increasing the faster you go. 5. We move at our own pace and I think we have to honor that pace. We can’t be judgemental about our pace. We do it in our own time. What can be so important that you have to do it right now? Go smell the roses. 6. There’s so much value in slowing down and soaking up the moment. 7. HALT: Never make a decision when you’re hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. You can find more from her on Facebook and Instagram, as well as on her website, www.dejoly.com. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to this Minisode all about choosing which voice to listen to- the one that tells us we are trash or the one that tells us we are worthy. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Today is a solo episode all about being triggered, the lessons of motherhood, and the ABC's of being selfish. Favorite takeaways: 1. Here’s the amazing thing: When you let yourself feel your anger, it starts to dissipate. The initial reaction can either fuel a bigger, badder secondary reaction or you can let it work itself out on its own. If you give it the attention that it’s calling for in the first place, it will dissipate in a minute or two. If you just validate your own emotions and your own thoughts, they will start to dissipate. 2. I hope you’ve had the experience of somebody telling you that you are justified in feeling angry over something and feeling your shoulders relax- of feeling your body un-tense. When somebody tells you you’re right. Because it’s magical to feel that. It’s truly magical. So tell yourself you’re right. You don’t need someone else to do it for you- you can do that all by yourself. You can validate your own emotions. 3. Knowing yourself is absolutely essential. Knowing how you react to the triggers around you is essential as well as what helps with those triggers. 4. What are your needs? The more that you understand your needs and you prioritize those, your gonna be a better human being for your kids, for your family, for everyone around you because you won’t be showing up bitter, you’ll be showing up as patient, loving, and fun. 5. The more you prioritize your own self care, your own mental health, your own needs, you really do show up better. Your energy is better, you’re just a better human being for everyone you want to be around. Don’t you want to show up as the best version of yourself? 6. The awareness piece is so key and without it, none of the rest can happen. Give yourself so much grace and so much permission to cheer yourself on if you even look back on your behavior and you are aware. Because even looking back on your reactions is a huge step. 7. Awareness is absolutely amazing. You can’t fix something you’re not aware of. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to this Minisode all about forgiving ourselves when we make a mistake. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the incredible Skye Warren. In this episode, we talk about the incredible possibilities that are available no matter what your limitations are, how it’s possible to make money without stress and extra work, and how self care is a mechanism for living to our full potential. Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance. Her books have sold over two million copies. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and sugar glider. Favorite takeaways: 1. Self care is a mechanism for living, not a take-it-or-leave-it luxury item. 2. Science is really an art. It’s like, what’s possible? Let’s investigate. Let’s explore and experiment with what could work. Let’s look into that. We often think that science and creativity are so different but they’re really not. 3. We think if I were a math and science person, I would have certainty. But that’s not actually the way that discovery happens- those things were found through trial and error and messy situations. That is science: to not know things. 4. I’m gonna decide what my success looks like. I’m gonna decide that it is about my abilities and not about what anyone else can do about it. It’s about things I actually have power over, because then success actually has meaning. 5. The peace is in the progress and the joy is in the journey. That’s where we’re meant to be. We’re in this life to move forward. 6. You have to be able to find the happiness and joy where you can. There’s always sunshine- even if it’s just the tiniest little sparkle of it. It’s always there somewhere. Flowers are still beautiful even if you don’t own them. There is beauty everywhere and you can find reasons to be appreciative in every stage of life. The thing is, all of us have power. And the more that you focus on any little tiny bit of beauty and strength and sunshine that you can find, it grows. 7. To actually experiment, you need a little bit of space. Here’s permission to give yourself space. You can find more from Skye on her website http://www.skyewarren.com. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to this Minisode all about giving yourself permission to feel your feelings. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Join Karaleigh in an interview with the beautiful Becca Ingersol. In this episode we talk about moving through trials, believing in our own worthiness, and how important it is to take time for ourselves. Becca is a wife, mom of twin boys with special needs, and survivor of many hard knocks of life. She also happens to be a writer, blogger, and podcaster. She is passionate about helping other women—especially moms and especially moms of kids with special needs—know that they are not alone. She enjoys sharing stories (her own as well as others') of resilience. Her podcast is called Finding Joy through Life's Trials, and it can be found on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Favorite takeaways: 1. Any trial that you go through has the potential to make you so much more empathetic. 2. It’s all about looking at the roses in life instead of the thorns. 3. It’s so amazing how many times we have to hear that we’re worth it before we’re willing to start believing it. We can never hear it enough times. 4. Now is the time to live your life. Now is the time to be your whole self, to be fully lit up, to be your most amazing sunshiny- star- filled- most rockin self. Now is the time to be fully you. 5. Memories over money. Experience things that make you happy! 6. Take time for yourself. It is not selfish. You need to fill your own cup so you can pour into others. It’s very important to take time to do things that you love so that you can be more likely to love life, because that’s the whole purpose. 7. So many more people are watching and are listening than you realize. There’s a lot of silent watchers. There are people who are watching you take your journey who are not sure that they’re worthy to act yet that need to be told another 100 times that they are worthy to even talk to you, because they don’t think that they’re worthy yet. They’re there, they just don’t see it in themselves yet and they need that encouragement more from you, not less. They need you to believe in yourself even more so that they can know that they’re worth rising to be even in your world. They need you to have that confidence in yourself. So don’t give up, keep going, because you are making an impact. Your energy, your light- it is being seen. Find more from Becca on her blog http://Mercy-rose.com, her podcast Finding Joy Through Life’s Trials, her patreon the Mercy Rose Society, and on Instagram @blingersol. Interested in learning how to create your own podcast? Check out Karaleigh’s new Podcast Creation Course here: https://podcastlikeamother.thinkific.com/courses/podcastcreationcourse Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe Learn more about Karaleigh on her website www.karaleighgarrison.com Find the Podcast Like A Mother podcast here: ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-like-a-mother/id1718846989⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support

Welcome to A Snippet of Sunshine, where we share a daily inspirational quote from the last interview. Snippet of Sunshine (daily quote): http://subscribepage.io/lQQXCe --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/seekingsunshine/support