If you need a little encouragement or know someone that needs it, I hope this helps. Feeling stuck, or not even realizing you're stuck, can be a lonely place. And if you stay there too long, you'll make a home somewhere that isn't meant for you. Better days are certainly coming, even if not-so-much-better days find you along the way. That's the journey- and it's one of your choosing.
You can move on and not be considered a quitter.... according to your own standards. Deciding what completion looks like is a personal journey. Sure, people were excited for you, supported you, and wanted more. Sure, you invested time and other resources that you'd hate to see go to waste. Let's get out of that thinking. The time you have ahead of you is more valuable than anything!
Crazy news- the not-so controversial Psychology Today article about single men being lonely, weird crimes, & a bomb inspirational quote of the day. Plus, I've decided to GO for something big and not so likely to happen, so naturally.. I feel like it's going to happen and be even better than I imagined. Tune in!
I'm over these -cute for nothing- restaurants, for starters. Also, let's talk about the growth-stunting limits we put on ourselves and the ones that we sometimes put on others- the healthy, unhealthy, and toss ups. It's all case by case.... but such is life. Tune in!
There are a few books that keep you moving in life and "We Should All Be Millionaires" is one of them. Also, I discuss how some influencers miss out on corporate opportunities and recommend a few things to increase their value (based on my 12 year corporate marketing career).
Let's talk about when we're left with no choice but to step back and gather ourselves, because even after our many efforts to move forward or move on.... we've gotten nowhere.
Adulting Topic #BeingAverage - Being called average is not typically met with a pleasant response. Do we hate being called average or do we actually hate being average? IF we truly hate being average, would our efforts, choices, accomplishments and lives look any different? Food for thought and a convo to be had! Tune in!
It's been a minute, but I'm back with a new direction and ready to share. Spread the word and follow TheSpikedSugarPodcast on Instagram to keep up with new episodes and comment on episode topics. Thanks for your time and letting me bend your ear.
Falling in and out of greatness happens constantly, but how other people convict the person that needs help up is an endless tragedy. We can be our own worst enemy but for your life's mistakes to suddenly be a disappointment to people that were simply riding your wave and won't lend you a life boat when you're in need- it's painful. Let's all learn to have some grace or keep other people's struggles out your mouth!
This isn't about facing your fears in the "you're so brave way"; this is about being too scared to even admit you're fearful, meanwhile you're fooling no one. It's rough trying to NOT wear your heart on your sleeve, yet it's inevitably unavoidable. Brandman Sean joins me for this conversation and this long episode goes through many different conversations about fear, strategy and acceptance.
We say we'll start our better habits or working on our better lives as soon as we get this new opportunity, or leave that relationship, or start school, or get back in the gym. Have you ever thought about how many fresh starts you've really had in life? Is being a nonstarter situational or behavioral. Tune in to hear why Spiked Sugar went ghost and how I'm hoping this fresh start is what I needed to keep it up.
Do you think you're beautiful? Like... do you really believe that and carry yourself in a way that honors the beauty you think you behold? Internal and external beauty. Current beauty. I'm catching up with Whitney Jordan about saying things to friends in poor taste and beauty. Tune in on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Soundcloud. #spikedsugar #spikedsugarpodcast
It is what it is. We are where we are. What's next though? This movement is our legacy. It's a legacy continued, and one that has its scars already. I'm afraid. I'm mad. I'm ready. #blacklivesmatter #blm
Relationships take work. If we're honest, sometimes just getting to the relationship takes work- is it worth it though? If it's not love at first sight or abiding by the 90 day rule, can it work? Of course! Every relationship has its own story, and so do the people a part of that bond. We can all learn from each other and today Jeff & Tristine share how their relationship went from friends, to "friends???" to lovers. Their story will be cute to some, a rollercoaster to others, and too familiar to many. Regardless, they have created something that works for them. Check it out!
I wish everything I said, that I absolutely know is right, was something I did. I also wish it didn't change from time to time. Unfortunately, this is life. Sometimes I preach it, and it stares me back in the face like "yeah right". Tune in as Ary joins me to discuss this constant growing pain.
Exposure got me together on many of occasions- it humbled me, empowered me, made me wiser, and sometimes took me beyond my wildest dreams (because my dreams were imagined based on what reality looked like to me). Exposure is one of the greatest teachers and when we're lucky, it hits us before experience teaches us the hard way. Tune in and get exposed!
Spiked Sugar is an overthinker's podcast and a true village. As a newbie in the podcasting world, we're connecting real stories to topics that are timely and necessary. Sometimes you'll laugh (that good hard laugh, sometimes you'll shed a thug tear, & sometimes you'll just nod your head softly in agreement. Whatever you do, I hope you'll learn, connect or grow. No matter what, you'll be reminded that the most powerful moments in life create the stories that we were meant to share. #spikedsugar
You know how you get a new job and just know that your life is about to be on a whole new level of lit?! That is not my testimony. This job is testing me in new ways, but I have to do it; I need whatever I’m going to get from this place and I’m not fully sure why yet, but I just know. It’s a bit of a struggle rant about a struggle time in my life (which is now). I’m talking weight gain, working more than ever before and still feeling like I’m sinking. Have you ever been here in life? I hope not, but at the same time… I hope so.. crazy! #anOverthinker's #podcast
From integrating a school to crying at shotgun weddings- this is definitely a story for the books. There is something so special about sitting in the presence of your elders, learning about their life experiences, getting occasionally shaded on behalf of “truth”, and growing wiser. My grandmother is in this interview giving us all of that! Listen to her story.