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Welcome to the Girls Gotta Heal podcast where we dive into the everyday issues of your modern day resilient healing woman and get real about the ups and downs of healing and personal growth. The course of our life and state of our mental health drastically changes as we go through trauma, losses, setbacks and relationships coming and going while we're also trying to figure out who we are and where we want to go. You may have gone through it or are currently going through it now but you don’t have to do it alone. You don’t have to have it all figured out today either, but you’re here and now is good start. This is the season of bettering you and levelling up. It all starts with exploring your relationship with yourself, owning your story and being open to self help guidance. Looking out for future you is a lifestyle and we can all get there- we so deserve it too!
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It can feel upsetting when a partner, friend or family member struggling with mental health, addiction and unhealthy lifestyle choices does not want to receive help. From a trauma lens, this episode uncovers how this predicament can impact us. There are multiple ways we can continue to show up for our loved ones and also make choices that honour our boundaries. Go to https://betterhelp.com/girlsgottaheal for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored
Have you ever found yourself paralyzed with fear or being complacent when it comes to making changes in your career and relationships and ultimately asking for what you want?Let's get into why it can be so difficult to ask for what you want in your relationships in workplace. I'll give you some tips along the way!Go to https://betterhelp.com/girlsgottaheal for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored
If you don't feel like you're where you want to be or where you think you should be, don't worry, many millennials experience these waves. Lets ditch the goals by 30 lists and negatively comparing ourselves to others! Time to embrace a new era. I unpack what to look forward to in your 30s and how relationships change in this stage of life. Go to https://betterhelp.com/girlsgottaheal for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored
What is non-attachment and how does it benefit our relationships? When it comes to relationships, it's easy to get lost and entangled in the attachment. Isn't attaching a part of connecting with someone though? We might become too attached when conflict is arising from being too hung up on an end goal or have when we have placed too much expectation and weight on relationships. It usually takes rupture in the relationship or stepping back to gain perspective. The three questions I leave you with will get you SO reflective, you might have to call your bestie. *I do use the terms detachment and non-attachment quite interchangeably but when referring to relationships and healthy boundaries, non-attachment is the correct term.* Go to https://betterhelp.com/girlsgottaheal for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored
Trauma has an impact on the mind and body and does it ever impact our daily functioning. Gut feelings can feel unclear. I leave you with 3 reflection prompts and give you my top 4 tips on how to work on rebuilding trust within yourself and connection back to yourself including leaning on therapeutic supports.Go to https://betterhelp.com/girlsgottaheal for 10% off your first month of therapy with BetterHelp and get matched with a therapist who will listen and help #sponsored
The healing in between relationships is essential. Moving from one connection to the next can push down feelings of guilt or shame from past heartbreak. We often talk about needing closure when addressing relationship endings. Forgiving ourselves for missing signs , overlooking red flags and giving ourselves to someone who couldn't sustain the connection is also a large part of the healing process.
Our feelings aren't facts but they sure can drive the direction of our connections and experiences (especially the new and exciting ones or the one's that are coming to an end). Why do we self-sabotage? What is imposter syndrome anyways? Take a deeper look into why you may be engaging in self-sabotaging and how that presents in your life as I go through some of the reasoning behind it. You're not alone, we've all been there!
Pitching yourself to an employer or any new opportunity can be daunting but it's so needed! In this episode, I cover why it might be hard for you to pitch yourself in new situations, spaces and opportunities and reasons why it's so important to practice your elevator pitch!Of course we can fake it until we make it but nothing compares to always being as authentic and intentional as possible. Get out of your head, you deserve this!
Have you experienced burnout in the last year? I get into proactive and preventative tips as well as having a closer look at the difficult decisions we have to make once we gain awareness that we are in fact going through burnout. I share about about my recent experience with burnout and how it impacted my health. The signs of burnout aren't always visible to us but our body will tend to set off some internal alarms to warn us.
Reflecting on a decade of lessons, heartbreak and self love. No regrets just lessons learned. Maybe could've done without all of the hair bleach! We keep learning more about ourselves each year and it's SO key for us to be able to reflect on what worked well for us, what shaped us and what needs our attention going forward. Stay tuned for some of my favourite self reflection questions that I've created for you at the end.
There is always choice in how we show up for our friends. We might fully understand what they're going through or relate to it but we can continue to communicate through it. Girls Gotta Heal Presents Connecting Through Grief card deck. In this episode I share how to best use this deck as someone holding space for a friend. Our 3 reflection questions in this episode are 3 question prompts from the card deck. Go to the GGH website shop to order yours for you or your friend.
Part 2 of this seasons ask me anything! Friendships ending can be as painful as romantic relationships ending in their own way. Why is it so hard to let go? And why does fear have such a power over us? Our relationships with others and the one we have with ourself all come back to connection. Connection plays a huge part at the various stages of a relationship whether one is forming, growing or ending.
I'm answering your relationship related questions in this episode. Grief extends to loss of romantic relationships. Why is it so hard to move forward? When is the right time to get back on dating apps? How can we heal from a codependent relationship?
Let's take a look inward and reflect on our past and current relationships. Have you ever been loyal to a fault? What has that looked like for you? It takes courage in letting go of certain relationships and knowing that that wasn’t for you and that did not best serve you. In order reach that place there is a bit of work that has to be done with how you view your self and placing higher value on what you deserve.
We can get fixated on the notion of feeling 'chosen' when building and maintaining relationships. We might not even realize how wrapped up we are in this idea until we experience loss, rejection and/or abandonment. Should we always choose ourselves first and view relationships in that regard? How can we work toward balancing a love for ourselves and others? Let's get into it!
Are you challenging certain perceptions within your home and relationships? Do you find it incredibly pressing to better yourself with the tools you have? Are you aware and feeling tired of the some dysfunctional and harmful issues repeating themselves within your social and family circles? Change is something that is uncomfortable in family’s where this is generational trauma. To stay stuck or to make change for you and future generations while you deal with the impacts of disrupting the cycle? We look at some key factors of a cycle breaker and all that comes with beginning to make those changes.
Have you found yourself unsatisfied after reaching certain milestones and constantly chasing success? Success is subjective including through the lens of a trauma survivor. I touch on some of the realities of the discomfort of comparing success, finding the balance between success and happiness and losing yourself at times in striving for success.
Happy Season 2 premiere! Picking up where I left off in Season 1, I share what my ‘healing girl summer’ looked like. I share my personal reflections from 2022 and intentions for 2023 while prompting you to consider where you’re at and where you want to go. Starting a new year comes with adjusting our goals and intentions or continuing with what’s been working well so far. Tying that all in to tips for finishing what you start. As always, I'm ending the episode with 3 reflection questions for you that you can use for self reflection solo or with a friend or as journal prompts.
Time for a reset! This is the summer of giving back to yourself and setting the tone for the next 6 months. We're ending season one with some GGH tips and insights going into this next phase of your life with healing and bettering your relationship with yourself on the forefront.
Modern dating is challenging as it is. Let's be real, many people dive into dating as a way to cope with a previous relationship loss or a way to feel an immediate connection regardless of how authentic and safe it feels. Healing is ongoing but where is the line where we can confidently date and feel like we are a healthy space enough to access tools, strategies and supports if it all falls a part? This episode gets into debunking dating myths around individuals who are healing and getting into the do's and don'ts of dating while healing.
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