Project Loving Myself

You keep telling yourself you'll start when you feel ready. More confident. More sure. Less afraid of getting it wrong. But what if that feeling never shows up on its own?In this episode, we talk with Ana Lauren Hoare, model, actress, filmmaker, and author of Radiant AF: Confidence, Courage and the Art of Living Out Loud After 40, about why so many women wait to feel confident before they let themselves move. With warmth and refreshing honesty, Ana opens up about stepping away from the camera to raise her family, and what it took to walk back into a creative career in her mid 40s.Together, we sit with the questions underneath all that waiting. What happens to the way you see yourself when you keep letting yourself down? What do you do with the fear of falling flat in front of everyone? And how do you start choosing yourself after years of coming last, without it feeling selfish?Episode Resources✨ Download my free 99 Self-Love Journal Prompts - simple questions to help you slow down, hear yourself more clearly, and reconnect with what you need, one page at a time.In this episode, we explore:✨ What quietly happens inside you every time you break a promise to yourself✨ The habit from Ana's athletic background that changed how she handles failure✨ Why midlife may hold a superpower so many women overlook✨ What Ana did in the six months before she stepped back in front of the camera✨ The question Ana asks herself every morning, before she even gets out of bedIf you've been waiting for the day you finally feel ready, this conversation may be the nudge you didn't know you needed.Connect with Ana🌐 www.babyramproductions.com📸 @theanalauren📚 Radiant AF: Confidence, Courage and the Art of Living Out Loud After 40Connect with Me🌐 www.sanaiyahgurnamal.com▶️ @sanaiyahgurnamalIG @sanaiyahgurnamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can build the career, the home, and the life you love, and still quietly wish someone were there to share it with you. So why does admitting it feel like giving something up?In this episode, we talk with Treva Brandon Scharf, ICF-certified life coach, dating coach, and author of Done Being Single: A Late Bloomer’s Guide to Love, about the tension so many independent women feel between the life they’ve built and the love they still want. With her warmth, humor, and hard-won honesty, Treva shares her own long road to love, which didn’t arrive until she was 51.Together, we sit with the questions behind the pride. What are we protecting when we say we don’t need anyone? Can you believe in feminism and still enjoy traditional romance? And what is modern dating quietly doing to even the most confident women?Episode Resources✨ Free dating tools from Treva: break-up tips and first date conversation starters on her website, plus a 20% coaching discount for Project Loving Myself listeners✨ Take my Love Blocks Quiz: discover which patterns may be shaping the way you approach your love life and show up in your relationships. In this episode, we explore:✨ Why admitting you want love can feel like losing power✨ What independent women may be protecting when they say they don’t need anyone✨ Whether feminism and traditional romance can live in the same heart✨ What modern dating can bring out in even the most self-assured women✨ What changed for Treva when love finally arrived at 51If you’ve ever played down how much you want love so your independence stays intact, this conversation may change the way you think about wanting it.Connect with Treva🌐 www.trevabrandonscharf.com📸 @trevabme📚 Done Being Single: A Late Bloomer’s Guide to LoveConnect with Me🌐 www.sanaiyahgurnamal.com▶️ @sanaiyahgurnamalIG @sanaiyahgurnamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You told yourself to calm down. You told yourself to stop overreacting. And somehow the feeling only got bigger.In this episode, we talk with Dr. Suzanne Wallach, licensed psychotherapist and founder and executive director of SoCal DBT, about what happens when emotions feel too big to handle. With her candor and humor, Suzanne shares honest moments from her own life, including the ones where she’s the one who gets overwhelmed.Together, we sit with the questions behind the reaction. What’s actually happening inside you when a feeling takes over? Why do so many of us feel we have to get louder just to be heard? And what if the goal was never to feel less?Episode Resources✨ Download my 99 Self-Love Journal Prompts: simple questions to help you slow down, hear yourself more clearly, and reconnect with what you need, one page at a time.In this episode, we explore:✨ What’s really happening inside you when emotions feel too big✨ Why so many of us feel we have to get louder to be heard✨ What the emotional climate we grew up in can leave behind✨ What it looks like to parent a child who feels everything intensely✨ The question Dr. Suzanne asks herself when a conversation starts to heat upIf you’ve ever said something you couldn’t take back, or felt a feeling take over before you could decide how to respond, this conversation may change what you think emotional regulation really means.Connect with Dr. Suzanne🌐 www.socaldbt.com🌐 www.suzannewallach.com📸 @drsuzannewallachConnect with Me🌐 www.sanaiyahgurnamal.com▶️ @sanaiyahgurnamalIG @sanaiyahgurnamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's the life you pictured, and then there's the one you're actually living. What happens in the space between them?In this episode, we talk with Dr. Molly Burrets, licensed clinical psychologist and couples therapist with 20 years of experience in relationships and women's mental health, about what happens when life stops following the plan. Drawing on her work with women and couples, and on her own story, Dr. Molly opens up about the parts of this experience that so many of us carry quietly.Together, we sit with the questions that surface when the future you imagined starts to look different. Who are you when the plan falls apart? How do you stay close to the people you love when you're hurting in different ways? And what do you do with a dream you're not sure you can let go of?Episode Resources✨ Download my 99 Self-Love Journal Prompts: simple questions to help you slow down, hear yourself more clearly, and reconnect with what you need, one page at a time.In this episode, we explore:✨ What happens to your sense of self when the life you planned doesn't arrive✨ The one question Dr. Molly asks before letting go of a dream✨ Why two people who love each other can grieve the same loss so differently✨ The conversations around infertility that so many women are left to face alone✨ What Dr. Molly discovered at the lowest point of her lifeIf you've ever grieved a life you thought you'd have, or wondered who you became when the plan changed, this conversation may meet you right where you are.Connect with Dr. Molly🌐 www.drmollyburrets.com📸 @drmollyburrets🎙️ Kissing Frogs PodcastConnect with Me🌐 www.sanaiyahgurnamal.com▶️ @sanaiyahgurnamalIG @sanaiyahgurnamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That voice in your head that says you could have done better, should have worked harder, and it's still not enough? You've probably called it motivation for years. Maybe even discipline.In this episode, we talk with Loz Antonenko, well-being coach, speaker, and bestselling author of Get the Fuck Unstuck, about the voice so many high-achieving women rely on to keep moving forward, and what it might actually be costing them. With her unfiltered honesty and humor, Loz opens up about her own experience of looking like she had it all together on the outside while something very different was happening underneath.Together, we explore the tension between ambition and self-respect, what happens when the drive that built your success starts to feel like pressure, and the strange, unfamiliar space that opens up when you finally stop pushing. We also talk about the difference between the voice that pushes you forward and the voice that quietly wears you down, and why it can be so hard to tell them apart.Episode Resources✨ Work with Loz: Get Your Mojo Back in 12 Weeks is a personalised online coaching program for busy women who feel stuck with their energy, weight, and confidence, built around simple habits that fit real life.✨ Download my Self-Love Cheat Sheet: simple, practical reminders to help you replace self-judgment with self-respect and build a more loving relationship with yourself, one small choice at a time.In this episode, we explore:✨ Why so many of us confuse self-criticism with discipline✨ Where the voice in your head might have come from✨ What can be hiding behind a life that looks successful from the outside✨ Why slowing down can feel so uncomfortable for high-achieving women✨ What it means when self-love is something you do, not something you feelIf you've ever wondered whether the voice pushing you forward is also the one holding you back, this conversation may change how you hear it.Connect with Loz🌐 www.lozlife.comIG @lozantonenko▶️ Loz LifeConnect with Me🌐 www.sanaiyahgurnamal.com▶️ @sanaiyahgurnamalIG @sanaiyahgurnamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.