Life: TBD with Emalee

Have you ever heard the phrase, "You're too sensitive," from someone when you expressed your feelings. Let's talk about it. I consider myself sensitive and I don't believe that's a negative quality. I actually consider it a strength. QUOTE: " I used to dislike being sensitive. I thought it made me weak. But take away that single trait and you take away the very essen...

If the flower does not grow, do you blame the flower or the environment? A deliberation on understanding when it’s time to close one chapter and begin a new one. Quote : “Life is like a book, where most people write one book and then spend the rest of their lives rereading the same chapter over and over. When you feel things come up, it’s time to write a whole new chapter. What makes a great book...

"No matter what gets done and how much is left undone, I am enough." -  Brené Brown . Am I enough? I dig into this question and the obstacles that seem to stand in the way of the answer always being YES!!!

"When something is for you, it will bring clarity and alignment to your life. Not chaos and confusion." - Alex Elle

It's all about procrastination, cause yeah. I did that. I am a master procrastinator and it's time to talk about after a month hiatus from the pod. "Wisdom is knowing when you are being patient, and when you are wasting time by waiting."

Welcome to People Pleasers Anonymous...Enough said. “Every time you're given a choice between disappointing someone else and disappointing yourself, your duty is to disappoint that someone else. Your job, throughout your entire life, is to disappoint as many people as it takes to avoid disappointing yourself.” - Glennon Doyle Featured Poem: Cristi Steyn

I'm out here trying to THRIVE and my limiting beliefs want to keep me in survival. Let's talk about it. "My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style." - Maya Angelou.

Loneliness VS Solitude - One is painful, the other is peaceful. Here's my journey within both places. “Knowing how to be solitary is central to the art of loving. When we can be alone, we can be with others without using them as a means of escape.” Bell Hooks

The Podcast has a NAME! Find out the origin story of Life: TBD. I dig into the ways fear held me back and how I moved past it. Special shout out to our inspirations for the episode: Eleanor Roosevelt and Mother Teresa. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this hor...

Let's talk about Acceptance - which I'm pretty sure is the key to life. "Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is rather than how it should be."

First episode of TBD - I swear I'll figure out a name at some point. Until then... :) *Sigh* Resting and it feels so gooood...so why do I feel guilty? Society has conditioned us to be overachieving "doers" vs peaceful "beings." These are my thoughts after taking some time to rest and be alone. “It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is se...