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EP204 "The Awkward Silence": All About Social Anxiety

Welcome episode 204 where we explore the origins and the aspects of social anxiety. In this episode we get into a form of anxiety that is so misunderstood and often hidden from others, because of the vicious cycle of shame and embarrassment and that is social anxiety. I have worked many years with clients around this issue, and I have learned a lot. I find it is so important if we want to have a fulfilling life – or maybe just actually LIVING one, that I’m designing an entire learning experience...

EP203 Tracing the Roots of Anxiety How Early Life Experiences Shape Our Inner Worlds

Welcome episode 203 where we look at the origins of anxiety and how it affects us in adulthood. In this episode we talk about how early childhood trauma, lack of family boundaries, and bad experiences with unhealthy people can all contribute to anxiety in different ways. Childhood trauma can lead to anxiety by disrupting healthy development, causing dysregulation of emotions, and impairing cognitive functioning. Lack of family boundaries can contribute to anxiety by leading to unclear expectatio...

EP202 The Faces of Anxiety: Conquering Your Inner Turmoil

EP202 The Faces of Anxiety: Conquering Your Inner Turmoil Welcome episode 202 where we open a new month dedicated to understanding fear and anxiety, and how they can greatly impact on your life. In this episode we introduce the concepts of fear and anxiety, specifically general anxiety and social anxiety and how they can play out in our life. This can lead into self-sabotaging behaviors – some we may not even be conscious of – and can have huge impacts. We will look at where it comes from, how i...

EP201 Afraid to Make a Choice: Overcoming the Fear of Making Decisions

Welcome episode 201 where we finish out the month digging deep about what makes it hard to just…make a choice. In this episode we talk about some of the reasons why we may struggle to own and make choices that could actually make our life better. We discuss the costs of missed opportunities, connection with others and our sense of self. From procrastination, perfectionism and resistance to change, we explore the reasons we struggle to climb out of the box of safety, and ways we can begin to get ...

EP200 The Mirror of Life: How Our Choices Reflect Who We Are

Welcome to WOOHOO! Episode 200! where we look at what we pick to focus on – the solution, the person, ourselves etc. and how our choices really do reflect who we are. In other words, folks looking in on your life from the outside – what would they see your choices are? In this episode we talk about how if people were looking at your life, they could tell that you take responsibility for your choices. This means, by looking at the quality of your relationship with yourself and others, and how muc...

EP199 The Power of Place: How to Pick Environments That Encourage Your Growth and Well-being

Welcome to Episode 199 where we talk about one of my favorite topics, and that is how we choose our environments, and how we need to be very intentional about what and WHAT and WHO have around us because they can have a tremendous impact on the quality of our life, and maybe even the length of it. We absorb what is around us, no matter what we tell ourselves! In this episode we look at an important area where we are making choices for our self-confidence and well-being, and one that has a huge i...

EP198 The Choice Effect: How Owning Your Choices Builds Confidence

Welcome to Episode 198 where we start out the new month talking about how owning your choices is foundational for self-esteem, and how confidence and ownership of your choices are intertwined. In this episode we start out a new month all about owning our choices and how that is so important if we want to feel confident, have trust in ourselves, and create the kind of life that truly reflects all of who we are. When we don’t own our choices, we often feel victimized by life and ironically end up ...

EP197 Building Confidence Means Owning Our Behavior

Welcome to Episode 197 where we look at when we don't take responsibility for our behavior, we can act out in a variety of ways. These behaviors can be harmful to ourselves and those around us and can create a cycle of blame and defensiveness that makes it difficult to move forward and grow. In this episode we talk about such an important part of self-confidence, and that is owning our behavior, regardless of how we feel or what others may be saying or doing. Our behavior is so interconnected wi...

EP196 Building Confidence Means Owning Unmet Needs

Welcome to Episode 196 where get into how taking responsibility for getting our needs met is an essential part of personal growth and self-care. In this episode, we talk about our emotional and psychological needs, identifying where we may have started to disown them, ways we may have been ignoring our needs, and steps to take to begin owning, validating and getting them met in healthier ways. We talk about what happens when we don't and ways we can begin to take care of ourselves while honoring...

EP195 Building Confidence Means Owning Your Feelings Avoiding Manipulation Gaslighting and Blaming

Welcome to Episode 195 where we get serious about a very important part of taking responsibility: and that is owning your feelings and taking responsibility for honoring them and not leaking them out on others. It involves acknowledging and accepting your emotions without letting them control your behavior or manipulate others. In this episode, we will explore the importance of emotional ownership in healthy relationships and communication. We will discuss the negative consequences of leaking fe...

EP194 Taking Responsibility: The Key to Building Confidence

EP193 The Power of Nutrition How What You Eat Impacts Your Health and Well-Being

Welcome to Episode 193 where my good friend Michelle Buckingham joins us again with her magic of simplifying wellness. Confusing nutrition and wellness information can make feeding yourself properly seem like an overwhelming task. Michelle reminds us that it shouldn't be that hard. You may know what to do, but not how to do it. Today is part II of my conversation with Michelle Buckingham, MA,RD,LDN registered dietitian and wellness coach. She specializes in simplifying this information and makin...

EP192 Healthy Habits Simplifying Nutrition for a Better Life

Welcome to Episode 192 where my good friend Michelle Buckingham shares with us some wonderful wisdom that simplifies the process of eating healthier and taking better care of our bodies. Confusing nutrition and wellness information can make feeding yourself properly seem like an overwhelming task. It shouldn't be that hard. You may know what to do, but not how to do it. Today I have Michelle Buckingham, MA,RD,LDN registered dietitian and wellness coach. She specializes in simplifying this inform...

EP191 Real Self-Care Means Following Through

Welcome to Episode 191 where we dig into how real self-care means following through on what we need to do to take care of ourselves. In this episode we dive deeper into the idea that TRUE self-care is when we make it real. When we follow through on both holding the line on our boundaries, and taking responsibility for what we have promised ourselves we would take care of. Self-care involves following through with actions that nourish your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. We talked las...

EP190 Real Self Care Means Caring About Your Boundaries

Welcome to Episode 190 where begin the month all about how self-care means caring about your boundaries. The ones you set with others and yourself. In this episode we start the month focusing on self-care: taking care of your physical, emotional, and mental well-being. Caring about our boundaries is an important aspect of self-care because it helps us protect our well-being and maintain a healthy balance in our relationships – especially our interactions with others. Having clear boundaries mean...

EP189 The Best of Connection Episodes

Welcome to Episode 189 where we listen in clips from the top five most listened to episodes about connection. In this episode we finish out the month with probably the best topic, because it can be a culmination of all the work we talked about in the previous episodes: connection. We need healthy separateness, boundaries, direct communication and to own our needs. Connecting in the healthiest, most authentic ways requires work in all of those, and other areas. It is also what we all crave to fee...

EP188 The Best of Assertiveness Episodes

Welcome to Episode 188 where we listen in to bits of top five most listened to episodes about assertiveness. In this episode we will be getting on my absolute soapbox – and that is the concept of assertiveness. Over many years of studying, teaching, learning, and doing my own work around personal growth, I believe we cannot have good self-esteem if we cannot own our voice. We cannot feel empowered unless we are standing and living our truth. We cannot have healthy relationships without being in ...

EP187 The Best of Boundaries Episodes

Welcome to Episode 187 where we will be getting into one of the more popular categories of boundaries and listening in on the five most downloaded episodes. In this episode we listen in on the top five boundaries episodes and how important boundaries are for confidence, healthy separateness in relationships, and for creating change. Know that boundaries is a huge concept with so many layers and flavors that we could probably never fully finish talking about it. What matters most is to keep learn...

EP186 The Best of Healthy Needs Episodes

Welcome to Episode 186 where we highlight the top four favorite episodes about getting needs met. In this episode we talk about how we can certainly underestimate the importance of getting our needs met in healthy ways, especially the emotional and psychological ones. We talk about why it matters to define them, own them and figure out healthier ways to get them met, because not taking ownership usually leads to some form of acting out and self-neglect. Key Elements: Discuss how it’s important t...

EP185 The Best of Self-Confidence Episodes

Welcome to Episode 185 where we highlight the top five most-listened to episodes about self-confidence. In this episode we focus on what YOU the listeners have voted as the most popular episodes that have focused on self-confidence, which is such a big part of empowerment. I realize that some of these episodes are the earlier ones and have been left off of some of the listening platforms. Know that you can always go to ownitopowercast.com to grab any episode you want, and I intend to keep as man...

EP184 Finding Hope Means Owning Your Choices

Welcome to Episode 184 where we finish out the month and the year wrapping up some big areas of change we have been talking about. In this episode we finish out the year talking about radical self-care, where we identify a few things in the areas of boundaries, healing, in daily self-care that can help us take charge of our life and really start changing things. We explore how owning our choices is so important if we want to feel empowered and hopeful, rather than anxious or depressed. Or perhap...

EP183 Finding Peace Means Healing First

Welcome to Episode 183 where we talk about how trauma comes in different forms and levels of severity, and how important it is to work toward healing so that we can feel more grounded, glued together and have more peace in our lives. In this episode we define the different types of trauma, its effects on us, and ways to begin healing. As many people either think about or engage with more family this holiday season, it may be a triggering time of year where many people struggle. Others may just h...

EP182 Finding Peace Means Making Peace with What Is

Welcome to Episode 182 where we focus on the interconnected Boundary/Detachment/Grief work we either are doing or need to do so we can heal and come to acceptance of the realities of our life. In this episode process the concepts of how griefwork, detachment and boundaries work together like three legs of a stool to help us sit with, face, and feel what is and has been true for us, and what we need to come to acceptance around. We focus on the many types of losses we may not be familiar with and...

EP181 Finding Hope and Peace Where You Can

EP181 Finding Hope and Peace Where You Can Welcome to Episode 181 where we focus on ways you can find some hope and peace no matter what is going on or where we are. It is also a great time of year to look back on all that’s happened and all you have accomplished in your work, as well as where you want to go next year. In this episode we SO today we start a new month all about self-focus, reflection, and self-care. The different areas we will look at is healing old wounds, boundary work, and wha...

EP180 Being Assertive Means Using Your Voice

Welcome to Episode 180 where we wrap up the month about assertiveness by getting down to what it takes to actually practice! In this episode we finish up the month talking all about the necessary components for assertiveness and examples of what this looks like, from setting boundaries, to shushing your inner critic and looking at how NOT to react emotionally. Just by making clear goal statements about how you want to change in the coming months – is empowering because you are choosing. You are ...

EP179 Being Assertive Means Detachment and Boundaries

Welcome to Episode 179 where we talk about the importance of making friends with healthy boundaries, and not be in a space where are secretly trying to get an outcome to happen. In this episode talk about how to be assertive and have healthy communication in our relationships, we MUST do work on boundaries and loving detachment. If not, we end up rescuing, controlling, and enmeshing, and avoiding the healthy risk of just asking for what we need and letting go of the outcome. Practicing staying i...

EP178 Being Assertive Requires Inner Strength

Welcome to Episode 178 where we look at just how you can build or continue to work on gaining your INNER strength so you can have a confident, strong voice on the OUTSIDE. In this episode we discuss how in order to feel strong enough on the outside, we might first need to do some work on the inside to build our confidence around the things that are private and personal. We get into what it means to work on building a strong inner core of self-trust, healthy boundaries and standing in your truth ...

EP177 Being Assertive Means Healing First

Welcome to Episode 177 where we get honest about how we need to heal on the inside before we present our authentic self confidently on the outside. In this episode we process the idea that in order to present our outside selves to the world in a confident manner and be able to speak assertively and with emotional honesty, we might need to do some inside work first to make sure we make peace with all of who we are… first. To then be able to advocate for ourselves, negotiate lovingly in our relati...

EP176 Assertiveness is All About Self-Concept

Welcome to Episode 176 where we start the new month describing how important our self-esteem is to our ability to be assertive. In this episode start to take a look at how important our self-concept is to our ability to be assertive and communicate to others in emotionally mature and healthy ways. We assess some common beliefs and behaviors that point to self-concept struggles we may have. This month we will break all this down and explore some of the most important aspects if this, including lo...

EP175 Feed Your Tigers Before They Eat You! Interview with Steven Rudolph

Welcome to Episode 175 and my conversation with Steven Rudolph, CEO of Multiple Natures International and creator of Feed Your Tigers. He helps people discover and align their tigers (innate talents) so they can thrive. In this episode we talk about how Steven has created an assessment process that helps you identify your unique talents, and to also help you explore life’s work and other ventures where you can feel fulfilled and find purpose and success. In 1989, while pursuing a career in music...