Overwhelm, imposter syndrome, indecision, and time management struggles can take us out. Tune into this episode where Beth Krajewski covers tips and tricks for overcoming these challenges that can interfere with your ability to love your job and yourself. Beth is a self-empowerment coach who helps corporate women change their relationship to themselves and to their job. With over 20 years of experience in corporate America, she knows first hand the realities of working in these organizations. Sh...
Jun 25, 2023•47 min•Ep. 75
Relationships can be challenging, or (ahem, and ) they can be an opportunity to grow and evolve. Join me and guest Kristin Lindell for a conversation on the importance of support, validation, and normalization in relationships. In this episode we normalize feelings of dread, resentment, and even hatred that come up in relationships. Having big emotions inside a relationship doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem. It just means it involves humans. Tune in for useful tips on how to navigate r...
Jun 11, 2023•55 min•Ep. 74
This episode might break your brain, in the BEST WAY possible when it comes to desire. We talk about what desire is, why it matters, what gets in the way, and how to go after it. Tune in for a refreshing conversation on owning your desires, from an angle that supports and empowers you to go after the things you genuinely want. Now is the time to honor the voice of desire within and develop a relationship with it that serves you in creating a life meant for you. Go to jessicasmarro.com to start y...
May 28, 2023•56 min•Ep. 73
Saying no doesn't come easy for everyone. People pleasing, "good" person tendencies, and fear of missing out can make "no" seem impossible. But saying no to something is saying YES to something else. Tune in to hear more on that. If you need support in being able to say no when yes is a lie, then let's work together. Go to jessicasmarro.com to schedule your free consult call. If you haven’t already gotten your FREE digital copy of The Unblocked Journal, click HERE to grab one. Feel free to share...
May 14, 2023•16 min•Ep. 72
Self-discovery is a process of seeing ALL of your parts and not making them wrong. It is a journey of exploration, learning, and understanding. Tune into this episode for a conversation with Robin Keesler where we have soul-baring conversations about owning our "shadow" parts and learning from our experiences rather than using them to define us. Join us as we unpack the gritty work of discovering ourselves, knowing ourselves, and not making ourselves wrong in the process. If you are ready to kno...
Apr 30, 2023•49 min•Ep. 71
Friends! I'm having a party and you're invited. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (May) and my birthday month (June), I have a gift for you. Tune in to this episode for all the deets. Click HERE to grab your spot. Let's Get Unblocked!
Apr 28, 2023•7 min0
Get comfy. Grab your beverage of choice. Tune into this episode for a girlfriend-style conversation on growing joy in your life. I am joined by LaTasha Deloach who shares with us her journey to joy. This isn't your average joy journey. It has a whole hashtag. She drops some one-liners that are so full of wisdom and juice, they could be entire episode in themselves. Tune in for laughter, inspiration, and maybe even a few tears. May this episode be the inspiration you need to start your own #joyjo...
Apr 16, 2023•54 min•Ep. 70
**Trigger Warning** Please note that today’s episode includes discussion of suicide. Take care of yourself and skip this episode if it best serves you. If you find yourself in crisis, help is available. You can access the national crisis hotline by dialing 988. ********* Prepare your heart and mind for some seismic shifts in this episode. I am joined by guest Robert Mack. He shares his experiences, insights, and wisdom to guide us into the truth of what happiness and love are and how we can trul...
Apr 02, 2023•50 min•Ep. 69
Hey friends! In this episode, I have a candid conversation about a recent experience in developing trust. Trust can be a tricky thing for some. I don't struggle to trust other people, but turns out I have some blocks around trusting that I will have what I need when I need it. Take a listen for what feels like a breakthrough in trust for me. This episode is an example of what happens with coaching. We tend to the soil of our minds so that seeds planted can grow into the fruits of our labor. The ...
Mar 19, 2023•19 min•Ep. 68
I am thrilled to have Avianna Castro on today's episode. Avianna is an intuitive transformational coach and meditation teacher, founder of Avianna Castro, LLC and Oneness Wellness. Her passion is to assist others in recognizing and connecting to their own intuition, potential, and purpose, guiding souls on remembering who they are at their core, envisioning a life filled with dreams that can now become a reality. Over the last two years, Avianna has had a complete transformation of her own, rele...
Mar 05, 2023•56 min•Ep. 67
Regardless of your current relationship to money, this is a conversation you don't want to miss. Jill and I talk about the various money stories people have and reframing them in ways that will actually serve us. Tune in for a conversation about developing a value-based relationship with money so that you have more of you want in life and less of what you don't. Jill shares some specific and tangible approaches that you can implement right now to create more alignment with what you want out of l...
Feb 19, 2023•53 min•Ep. 66
It's time to witness and un-shame our humanity. Kierkegaard told us that life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced. The same holds true for us. We are a reality to be experienced. In the self-help movement, some of us lost the "self" we were intending to help. This episode is an invitation to shift the focus from fixing yourself to getting to know yourself. We are a 1 in 400 trillion reality to be experienced. It's time to shift from judging, changing, fixing, improving ...
Feb 05, 2023•21 min•Ep. 65
This episode was inspired by a Matt Kahn quote "In order to be who I was born to become, life couldn't have happened any other way." There is an opportunity to squeeze learning, growth, awareness, and meaning out of all of life's experiences. This gets missed when we are busy making ourselves, others, and events "wrong." Tune in for reflections on how to reframe the story in a way that serves you and supports who you were here to be. As you listen, there is a good chance you will get hit in ALL ...
Jan 22, 2023•17 min•Ep. 64
For many people, women especially, food, body image, sexuality are often intertwined in a conflicting mix of desire and denial. In this episode, I am joined by Kayla Van Egdom to explore the path to body freedom. Kayla is a health coach, energy healer, author, and podcaster who is on a mission to help liberate women everywhere from food prison and body shame. She spent two decades trying to fix her weight and food issues by treating herself like a problem that needed to be solved before she foun...
Jan 08, 2023•52 min•Ep. 63
Recording this episode was a fun treat, a gift of sorts, so it feels right to have it release on Christmas Day. In this episode, the eldest Smarro boy is making an appearance. I am joined by 15-year-old Gavin Smarro. As parents, it's easy to get caught up in the role of caretaker, teacher, molder, and director of children. While there is certainly a time and place for all of that, we don't want to miss out on exploring the personality, ideas, and perspectives that exist inside the young people w...
Dec 25, 2022•39 min•Ep. 62
In this episode, we continue the conversation from the previous episode on self-worth. I am joined by Dr. Adia Gooden to take a closer look at what self-worth is, what gets in the way of knowing our worth, and how to feel more worthy. Dr. Gooden is a licensed clinical psychologist, a dynamic speaker, and a coach who is passionate about helping others embrace their unconditional self-worth. Through her clinical work, she has spent more than a decide helping people embody mental wellness and engag...
Dec 11, 2022•44 min•Ep. 61
Many of us find ourselves in the worthiness hustle, caught up in perfectionism, overworking, overexerting our way to the next big goal so that we can accomplish enough to believe in our self-worth. This episode examines the question "how do we actually create self-worth?" Tune in for some answers. If something in you is feeling a pull toward a life where you can feel and know your worth outside and beyond your accomplishments (or lack thereof), let's set up a time to talk. Go to jessicasmarro.co...
Nov 27, 2022•24 min•Ep. 60
If you are living with a sense that something is off or missing, feeling unfulfilled, aimless, lacking vision, or feeling like life is passing you by, be sure to tune in to this episode for an invitation to follow what lights you up. As Howard Thurman said "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." If you need support figuring out what lights you up and/or having the courage to brave the path of pursui...
Nov 13, 2022•23 min•Ep. 59
Let's be honest, sometimes relationships are infuriating. Other times, they're euphoric. Sometimes they fall somewhere in between. In this episode I talk about why the "lows" aren't necessarily a problem and provide some guideposts to help navigate those times. If you find yourself struggling to navigate the ups and downs, highs and lows, in your relationships, let's set up a time to chat so we can equip you with the skills to successfully show up in, and experience, your relationships. You can ...
Oct 30, 2022•18 min•Ep. 58
Life is a mixed bag of traumatic and beautiful moments. Having practices, tools, skills, resources, and supports to help us handle ALL the moments, is imperative. In this episode, Heather Lescault shares with us the healing practices that helped her navigate postpartum depression and all the experiences life has to offer. Tune in for a conversation about finding your voice and embracing the wild ride that is the human experience. If you're ready to start (or level up) your healing journey and ne...
Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 57
What do you think about yourself when you're by yourself? Tom Bilyeu says that your answer to this question is what matters most in this life. In this episode I talk about what we think about ourselves, why it can be hard to receive compliments and praise, and offer some tools and strategies to access beliefs that serve us well. If your inner monologue has gone rogue and you'd like to shift how you think about yourself, let's set up a time to chat and see if working together would be a good fit....
Oct 02, 2022•23 min•Ep. 56
Tune in for this conversation with the one and only Cam Nichols. Cam is a life coach who works with shy introverts to help them stop hiding and start living. In this episode we have a soulful conversation about identity and the social conditioning we experience that shapes what we perceive to be our identity. We explore the reasons we feel compelled to make ourselves wrong, and share some strategies we use to let go of the conditioning and embrace our true identity. If you're ready to let go of ...
Sep 18, 2022•54 min•Ep. 55
For some, self-love is a bit of a mystery or feels like an impossible goal. If the starting point is self-loathing, it completely makes sense that self-love would seem out of the question. In today's episode, I talk about recalibrating the goal to adjust the focus toward building a relationship with ourselves rather than trying to jump straight into love. Settle in for a conversation on getting to know yourself, adjusting how you talk and think about yourself, and rethinking the story about rela...
Sep 04, 2022•19 min•Ep. 54
Allow me to introduce you all to Cassondra Preer Taylor. She is an entrepreneur, decorated military veteran, and a business woman with a highly awarded corporate career. While all of that is impressive, it doesn't hold a candle the experience of her presence. In today's episode, she shares a bit of that with us. Cassondra was remarkably close to the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Witnessing people's "ledge" moments that day, Cassondra found herself considering what they might be conte...
Aug 21, 2022•58 min•Ep. 53
Full well knowing that there is a possibility of winning or losing, athletes show up to their games anyway. They train, practice, workout, develop their craft day in and day out even though they know there is a chance that their efforts will result in a loss. Win or lose, they'd do it anyway. What is the thing that you want and think, win or lose, I'd do it anyway? Whether you have an answer to that question, this episode will help you explore what it is that you want and what you're willing to ...
Aug 07, 2022•21 min•Ep. 52
You guys, a conversation with Sarah Rose is like being wrapped in a zen-filled blanket of wisdom and goodness. So if you need a healthy dose of that, this is an episode you won't want to miss. We talk about the blocks we erect in our lives that get in the way of experiencing the full possibility, joy, and happiness that could be available to us RIGHT NOW. Tune in for moments of laughter, tenderness, and wisdom. If you are ready to shift from pursuing happiness to experiencing happiness in the pu...
Jul 24, 2022•49 min•Ep. 51
I recently found myself in a conversation considering the qualities of a good leader. Words like "inspiring people to do things they never thought they could" caught my attention and got me thinking, do we do this for ourselves? What does it look like to be a good self-leader? Tune into today's episode to find out. If this episode got you excited about self-leadership and self-inspiration and you want support in developing these qualities, head on over to jessicasmarro.com to schedule your free ...
Jul 10, 2022•24 min•Ep. 50
The lovely Melanie Hill joins me in this episode to talk all things Human Design. Human Design is a road map to who we are and how we are meant to move through the world. Living in alignment with our Human Design helps us navigate ourselves, and the world, in a more effective and easeful manner. Tune into this episode to get the 411 on Human Design basics and how you can tap into your inner authority in a way that better serves you and what you're here to do. If you haven’t already gotten your F...
Jun 26, 2022•59 min•Ep. 49
Life happens. Sometimes it happens in ways we prefer it didn't. We can choose to resist it, ignore it, or we can be transformed by it. In today's episode, I talk about a few strategies to employ that will allow you to leverage those "bad" experiences into something that serves you and others. If something in today's episode struck a chord and you're feeling inspired to repurpose something in your life that is holding you back, let's chat. Go to jessicasmarro.com to schedule your free consult cal...
Jun 12, 2022•15 min•Ep. 48
Recently there were a handful of quotes and comments brought to my awareness that got me thinking about hustle. In this episode, I discuss how hustle, at times, gets used as an escape hatch to doing needed inner work. I also talk through the difference between productive action and hustle. There *is* a difference. Take a listen to learn more. If you haven’t already gotten your FREE digital copy of The Unblocked Journal, click HERE to get your copy. The journal is a tool that helps bring awarenes...
May 29, 2022•18 min•Ep. 47
