Welcome friend! I'm Kaitey, and I'm so happy we're connected! Through my teens I felt incredibly alone, hopeless, and didn't have any tools to help myself escape the darkness that was severe anxiety and depression. Now that I'm in a healthier place years later, I have created Triumph After Trauma in hopes of preventing you from feeling as alone or hopeless as I once did, and providing you with tools and resources that will help you navigate really tough shit in life when the universes decide ...
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Ep. 96: A Conversation About Re-Wiring The Brain
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my show and we're now connected! Just like biceps and hamstrings, the brain is a muscle that we can work or train. If you struggle with self-love/appreciation, to see the good in yourself or the world, or see yourself through someone else's eyes, it doesn't have to be this…
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Ep. 95: My Experience Living Sick + Advice For Those Who Do
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected! I'm excited for you all to tune into this episode - I'm sharing openly what living in a sick body looks like for me. Living sick is hard, there is absolutely no denying that. But, I hope by sharing my own personal experience I can be liv…
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Ep. 94: Three Reminders/Lessons I Always Come Back To When Life Gets Hard
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected! We always have a lot going on behind closed doors, and not everything going on behind the scenes will come to the fore front. Whether you are an open book or like to keep all non-professional parts of your life private, it's a fact that …
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Ep. 93: A Conversation About Meeting And Loving Our Bodies Where They're At
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected! Over the last couple of years I have dealt with different health issues - anxiety levels all over the place dealing with serious life stuff, chronic migraines kicked my ass through 2023, I have had period/hormone issues for years that st…
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Ep. 92: A Conversation About How All Grief We Feel Is Real And Valid
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected! I'm in a weird season of life right now. Things were going one way before I left for a trip to Texas June 20th - 23rd, and I have come home to everything changed. We have a new dress code and policies at my job, a relationship with someo…
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Ep. 91: Understanding Types Of Depression We Can Be Diagnosed With (Pt. 2 of 2)
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Welcome back to the podcast friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my show and we're now connected! Today is the final episode of our three part mini series, friends! We've talked about the types of anxiety disorders and six (of 10) types of depression people can be diagnosed with. We're finishing up this series with a great conversatio…
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Ep. 90: Understanding Types of Depression We Can Be Diagnosed With (Pt. 1 of 2)
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Welcome back to the podcast friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found the show and we're now connected! Last week we spoke about different anxiety disorders us humans can be diagnosed with, and dove into signs/symptoms and treatment options for each of them. Over the next two episodes, we'll be having important conversations about the type…
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Ep. 89: A Conversation About Anxiety Disorders
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Welcome (back) the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! I have been open about struggling with my mental health and being diagnosed with anxiety disorders, and a form of depression. I find being open beneficial for me, but also a lot of people who are struggling with their mental health/well b…
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Ep. 88: Why The Things Your Brain/Fear Wants You To Do When You're Struggling Won't Be Most Helpful
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Ep. 87: "Small" Daily Habits That Benefit My Mental Health + A Chat About The Journal I'm Publishing!
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Welcome back to the show, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you've found my podcast and we're now connected! There is a lot of stigma surrounding mental illness and many misunderstandings about how people should take care of theirs. What kind of resources, habits, and support an individual needs depends on what they're diagnosed with - menta…
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Ep. 86: Hard Truths I Had To Truly Accept Before I Could Start Taking Care Of My Mental Health
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Welcome back friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Life comes with high highs and low lows. It also involves many beautiful realizations and incredibly hard truths. When I was at my rock bottom with anxiety and depression, there was a period of time as much as I truly wanted to get better, there was res…
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Ep. 85: Podcast Pivoting - Why I'm Changing Things And What To Expect Going Forward
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Ep. 84: A Chat About Anxiety Toolkits And What Is In Mine
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Welcome back, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Before I tell you what today's episode is about, I want to apologize for not getting an episode out last week. I had a much busier week than expected and unintentionally let time slip away from me. What I got busy with is this: connecting with Tell Wel…
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Ep. 83: Talking About The Delicate Balance Between Grief And Gratitude
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! For the past month or so I have been feeling both gratitude and grief deeply. I believe as humans no matter how well life may be going, we are always grieving something on someone. I also believe that no matter how hard, scary, or imposs…
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Ep. 82: A Conversation About PTSD And Common Myths Surrounding It
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Welcome back to the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! It has been two weeks since I've released a podcast episode, and that was not at all intentional. Before we dive into what today's episode is about, I'd like to apologize for not being consistent with this as some humans are. This pod…
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Ep. 81: 3 Things I (Re)learned In The First Quarter Of 2024
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Welcome back the podcast, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! I don't know about you, but the first three months of 2024 went by fast and somehow also dragged on. Through the good days, frustrating moments, and setbacks I found there were three lessons I needed to (re)learn that kept coming up. In tod…
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Ep. 80: Five Ways To Tell If We Are Gaslighting Ourselves
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Welcome back to the show, friends! If you're new here, I'm happy you found my podcast and we're now connected! On today's episode I wanted to discuss something that might be a little bit uncomfortable for some people, but I feel is an important topic to speak openly about. We know how it feels to be gaslight by someone, but have you ever considered…
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Ep. 79: Using The Three R's To Truly Heal From/Break Traumas
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Welcome back, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! From the title of this podcast, I'm sure one can guess that trauma and mental health are my main focuses here. As a human diagnosed with anxiety and dysthymia (a mild but long lasting form of depression), and who has experienced more trauma than I woul…
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Ep. 78: A Conversation About The Mind-Body Connection & Understanding It Better
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Welcome back, friends! I'm so glad you're tuning into this episode! If you're new here, hello and welcome! I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Before saying anything else, I want to apologize for not having this episode out last week like originally planned! I changed banking stuff and until Buzzsprout could verify it was me w…
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EP. 77: Common Signs You May Be Experiencing Trauma
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Welcome back, friends! If you're new here, I'm glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Have you ever gone through something that hit you like a freight train or left you wondering if you could get back up again (or if it would be worth it to, if you could)? You're not the only one. In fact, you're far from being the only one. Sometimes l…
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Ep. 76: Ways To Tell If You're Experiencing Trauma
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Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're now connected! Welcome to the community! Sometimes we go through something in life that deeply affects us, but we can't quite tell if what we're feeling is categorized as trauma or if what we're stuck in is a state of trauma. This can happe…
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Ep. 75: A Conversation About Health Related And Medical Trauma
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Welcome back, friends! I'm so happy you're here for the 75th episode of Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, hello & welcome to this community! I'm so happy you have found your way here, and we're now connected! I cannot believe it ( but am also so thankful), but I have officially released 75 episodes since starting this journey with you all D…
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Ep. 74: Trauma Responses That May Not Be Helpful & The Why Behind It
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73: The Importance Of Having A Toolkit That Will Help You Through Initial Moments/Days Of A Hard Season
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Ep. 72: An Important Chat About Struggling With Body Image & Our Inner Critics
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Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma, friends! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and we're connected! In my late teens/early 20's when my mental health was at its worst, I heavily struggled with having respect for, liking, or appreciating my body. I didn't like any of me including the body I had, and I didn't see myself through m…
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Ep. 71: 10 Years Clean & My Advice For Those (Who Love Someone) Struggling With Self Harm
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Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma, friends! If you've just found my podcast, I'm so glad you're here and we can connect! I recently hit a huge milestone in my life, 10 years clean from self harm, and it honestly feels a little surreal. It has been a long and extremely tough road to get myself to this point, but every ounce of work over the years…
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Ep. 70: What You Don't Work Through Will Keep You Weighed Down
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HAPPY 2024 YOU LOVELY HUMAN BEINGS! I can't believe we're already in 2024, time goes by quicker and quicker the older I get! I hope you brought yourself into this year in ways that felt right/safe/good for you. For the first episode of 2024 friends, we're having a great chat about the statement "what you don't work through, will keep you weighed do…
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Ep. 69: Important Lessons I (Re)Learned In 2023
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Hello friends, and welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so excited you found this podcast and we can start connecting! This is it friends, the final episode of 2023. What a year it has been. The roller coaster called life had plenty of ups and incredible memories were made, but I'd be lying to say there were no massive bump…
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Ep. 68: Advice For Any Of You Who Know 2024 Will Start Rough
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Welcome back friends, to the show and the last few weeks of 2023! I can't believe we're already at the end of the year, but here we are, into the final TWO episodes of Triumph After Trauma for 2023! If you're new here, I'm so excited you found my podcast and can't wait to connect! Today we're having an important and heartfelt conversation. Life thr…
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Welcome (back) to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast and are here friends! As we enter the last few weeks of 2023, I wanted us to have a conversation where I take some time to remind you all of a few important reminders as we get into the height of the holiday season, and (somehow, already) the end of this ye…
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Ep. 66: Ways You Can Support Those You Love In Rough Seasons Of Life
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Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast! Welcome to the show, I'm happy to be connected with you! This podcast is all about mental health, understanding/working through trauma together, and supporting one another on this life journey. I love growing, learning, and connecting with every one of you w…
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Ep. 65: Turning 32 & Sharing Some Of The Toughest Things I've Overcome That Built Me Most
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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY EPISODE! Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so glad you found my podcast! Thank you so much for being here! I turned 32 yesterday! While most of the time I don't feel any specific age which makes it often feel surreal I'm truly in my 30's, I'm in fact now part of the 32 club. Life has been beautiful, incr…
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Ep. 64: Differences In How Women Vs. Men Process Trauma, And Why They're Important To Understand
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After an unplanned two week break due to my microphone breaking I am back, and it feels SO good! If this is your first time listening into Triumph After Trauma, welcome! I'm so happy you're here! As you know, this podcast is dedicated to talking openly about three things essentially: talking openly about mental health, understanding ourselves bette…
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Ep. 63: Way To Tell Your Nervous System Is Resetting + Healing
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Welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so happy you found this podcast! We have recently had good conversations about things such as navigating seasons that are both good and really hard (ep. 61), signs your body/nervous system need a reset (ep. 60), and ways to recall trauma if your memory is repressed (ep. 59). Today friend…
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Ep. 62: Answering A Common Question About Hard Seasons And Showing Up
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Hello friends, welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, I'm so happy you found my podcast. Welcome! For those of you who don't know much or anything about me I'm 31 (will be 32 next month) and have lost almost everyone on my mothers side of the family. I lost my first uncle when I was 9 years old. In total I have lost both my aunts…
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Ep. 61: Ways To Work Through Life Simultaneously Being Good And Hard/Bad
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Hello friends, and welcome to another episode of Triumph After Trauma! If you're new here, welcome to my podcast! In last week's episode (#60, wow!) we had a good but important conversation about ways you can tell your body and nervous system are signalling it's time for a slow down, or complete reset. If you haven't checked it out, you can by clic…
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Ep. 60: Signs Our Body And Nervous System Need A Reset
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Hello and welcome back to Triumph After Trauma! On today's episode friends, which is somehow already episode 60, we're going to have a chat about some signs that you and your entire nervous system need to slow down and completely reset. Since last week we had a great chat about signs of trauma that may currently be repressed/suppressed memories you…
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Ep. 59: Signs We May Be Dealing With Suppressed/Repressed Trauma And What We Can Do About It
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Welcome (back) to Triumph After Trauma; I'm so glad you're here for another chat! Today friends, we're taking a slightly deeper dive into talks about trauma than we're already used to. I felt like having a conversation about signs of suppressed or repressed trauma and what we can do for ourselves (or people we care about) when these signs show up i…
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Ep. 58: A Chat About Anxiety Triggers But Not Often Talked About
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In this week's episode friends, we're having a chat about some triggers of anxiety that while are common aren't talked about as othe triggers are. Not only do we have a chat about what some of them are, but I sharw how each of the triggers mentioned have and/or do affect me. I also share some tips on how when we are triggered (because we are human …
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Ep. 57: Talking About Little T And Large T Traumas
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All trauma is valid, I want to start by saying that. But, the kind of resources/support we need to work through our trauma is different. I have learned recently about little T and big T trauma, and how knowing (when working through a specific event/experience) which type of trauma you're working through can not only help you understand better what …
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Ep. 56: Why It's Important To Work Through Your Trauma
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I'm going to share something that really irritated me when I first heard this, but turned out to be an incredibly important piece of advice. I don't remember the exact wording, but it went something like this "an important part of your healing is you admitting where and how you are creating your own suffering". If you felt a twitch of anger or a we…
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Ep. 55: A Health Update & Chat About How Our Physical Health Can Affect Our Mental Health/Life
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I am an advocate of rest and taking breaks when needed. Sometimes we plan for it, sometimes (and not always in the best ways) we really don't. I had some health issues really kick my ass the past few weeks and someone I love going through something tough needed me, so I was of course there to support them. That is why I unexpectedly have been away.…
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Ep. 55: An Honest Talk About Rough Family Dynamics
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This topic and (some of) what I say may ruffle some feathers, but I'm going there. Today we're having an important discussion about family dynamics, and how the dynamic you have with any number of family members (whoever it is you consider to be your real family) can either help or hinder and hurt your mental health. A healthy and supportive relati…
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Ep. 54 The Story Of How I Saved My Own Life Pt. 2
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PART TWO OF TWO, HERE WE GO! You have heard (if not, check out episode 53 first) about some of the things that got me to my lowest points and over time heard different stories of some of the hardest obstacles I have had to overcome. Now it's time to share the hard work, amount of time, patience, self dedication + responsibility and resources/tools …
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Ep. 53: The Story Of How I Saved My Own Life Pt. 1
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TW: This is my personal story (part one of two) of where I was at, how I felt, and how I was(not) showing up in the world when I was at my worst. Parts of what I talk about may be hard for people currently in a rough season or struggling mentally. If you are not in a good mental state, other episodes of mine may be better for you to hear. I asked m…
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Ep. 52: Let's Talk About The B Word.. Boundaries!
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In today's episode we're talking about the b word. That's right friends, today we have a conversation about boundaries! They are hard to stick to. Some people don't even have any. Other people's can feel hard to accept and respect (because you know, us humans can take things personally we dang well know we shouldn't). Yet, having and respecting bou…
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Ep. 51: Automatic Trauma Responses, The Four F's, And Rewiring The Brain
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In today's episode, we're having a great conversation and unpacking a lot! We're diving into automatic trauma responses, what the four F's are in regards to automatic trauma responses, and what it takes/ways we can rewire our brains. As someone who has been through a lot of trauma but also done a lot of hard work to work through different things, I…
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Ep. 50: A Thank You & Chat About Holding Yourself Accountable vs. Bullying Yourself
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This is my 50th episode of Triumph After Trauma, holy freaking crap! I am so grateful to be here, have this opportunity to be a podcast host, and help change lives (in all sorts of ways) doing this! I wanted to first say thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I'm beyond grateful to be connected to you! For my 50th episode friends, I decided we'…
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Ep. 49: The Importance Of + Beauty In Taking Responsibility For Yourself
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Believe it or not, there is a version of me that was not the most kind or responsible. There is a time I lashed out when I was angry, cut people off the second I felt betrayed in any way, isolated myself a lot, didn't prioritize my mental health, sabotaged myself, self harmed, and didn't make an effort to be healthy/responsible/self-compassionate. …
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Ep 48: Why I Took A Long Break, And Why Breaks Aren't Bad
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HELLO PODCAST FRIENDS <3 After a full two month break that I didn't plan for, I am elated to be back! This episode is short and sweet but I wanted to talk about what lead to that break, and share why I think breaks are important not bad. I felt a little squirrely brained here, but I hope (at least some of) what I said make sense, and resonates with…
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