Caitlin, my life and I

Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life. About the things we're figuring out, the things we've already messed up, and the things we're slowly starting to understand. Sometimes it'll be me on my own. Sometimes it'll be me with a friend. People who are ready to sit down and have a conversation. The whole idea behind this podcast is simple: someone has to go...

Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life, about the things we’re figuring out, the things we’ve already messed up, and the things we’re slowly starting to understand. Sometimes it’ll be me on my own. Sometimes it’ll be me with a friend. People who are ready to sit down and have a conversation. The whole idea behind this podcast is simple: someone has to go...

My dear friends, Welcome to The Authentic Social Club. A space for honest reflection, real talk and reconnection with yourself. Today we're diving into fear and how to take action anyway. I share the story behind the pink post-it on my desk that says "I'm scared, but I'm doing it anyways," my journey from being the shyest kid in the room to doing things that scare me, and the tools that help me mo...

My dear friends, welcome to The Authentic Social Club. A space for honest reflection, real talk and reconnection with yourself. Today we’re diving into this belief that everyone else has it figured out, but we don’t, and other lies we tell ourselves . I share my reflections, my own experiences and some small practices that help me shift my focus from looking for answers externally to zooming in on...

My dear friends, Welcome back to Caitlin, my life and I! ☀️ The past two weeks have been quite the rollercoaster, again. As usual nowadays 😅. But, times like these come with many learnings. And reminders!  Which is what this episode is about. A reminder that  - the grass is not always greener on the other side and - to trust the process.  Keeping it nice and short here to not spoil to much from t...

My dear friends, Welcome back to Caitlin, my life and I! Or maybe I should rename it to Caitlin, my chaos life and I.  Honestly, the beginning of this year has already felt like months!! So much has happened, emotional rollercoasters. Slightly overwhelming.  Which is also why I’ve been behind with this podcast. But one thing I’ve noticed while recording this episode: I do still really enjoy doing...

My dear friends,  Trying to be consistent with this is almost working. Let‘s see if I can uplevel myself in the next weeks :D !  At least I got my microphone working again, but I think I might have trashed it a little while traveling, so the quality is still not back to usual. But well, it‘s about the content and the message, right? That being said, this weeks episode is about feeling lost and not...

My dear friends ☀️,  Welcome to 2024 and the first episode of the year!  Honestly, this first week feels like it‘s been a month already 😅.  The year is basically starting of with EVERYTHING new!!!  New work environment, travelled to a new place, working fully remotely. Exciting and amazing, no question. Buuuut also some new frustrations, questions and topics have come up through this experience....

My dear friends, the podcast has not died. Don’t you worry! 😅 But I have had some technical issues the past weeks and my time management is completely off. I am very sorry about that. The technical set up is still not the best and out of emergency I recorded this episode with my phone. So please bear with me and excuse that the episode is not up to usual standards 🙊.  I feel like this episode is...

My dear friends, time for a November recap! Maybe I'll make this a regular thing, to have a little monthly reflection on learnings.  November was a time for a lot of changes, a lot of reflection. And some learnings are definitely nothing new, but just a reminder to re-focus on myself. Who knows, perhaps these learnings can also be of some help to you, too. So here we go, my 5 learnings in Nov...

My dear friends, this weeks topic, don't we all love it: Change. Do you avoid it or accept it? The past two weeks have brought up a lot from the past 6 months. Things feel aligned/not aligned anymore. People are in my life/not anymore. Feeling more at home in the city/close to nature. And so on and on and on. At the end of the day, all these situations have one thing in common for me: It&apos...

My dear friends, Guten Morgen from not so sunny Germany!  I have a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I ready for you. This weeks topic: Being yourself in a digital world.  Some of you might also be connected with me on LinkedIn and know, that the other day I wrote a post about this topic. But what a nice podcast topic this is! So I reused it and made an episode out of it.  Nowadays, we live in a...

My dear friends, it's that time of the week again and a new episode from Caitlin, my life and I is online!  This week's topic: Life is not infinite (unfortunately...?).  That's a fact. And I've come to the conclusion that I'm done with waiting around. Waiting for something to happen, waiting for people, and risk missing out on an experience. Be it something simple and odd...

My dear friends, welcome back to Caitlin, my life and I! This weeks episode is all about awakening your inner child. Because, guess what, we did a paint night. Well, it was a paint and wine night to be honest, but I mean, we are grown ups now, so wine is okey.  Anyhow, just painting with watercolours and glitter was so much fun! And I'm not talking about some fancy painting to hang on your li...

My dear friends, welcome back to Caitlin, my Life and I.  As I'm sitting here on this very rainy day in Portugal, I came to the conclusion that I actually quite like rainy days. When thinking about it I realised, that this definitely has not always been like that. I used to dislike rainy days so much! So what has changed?  Well, as I don't have any supernatural powers, I literally can no...

My dear friends, it's that time of the week again: A new episode of Caitlin, my Life and I is online!  In this weeks podcast I talk about how I have lost my confidence in the past weeks and what I did (well, still am doing) to gain it back. In my opinion, being confident all starts with being authentic and having trust in yourself. So I've been reminding myself of who I am, what I want i...

My dear friends, long time no see! It's time for a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! :)  In this episode I will talk about what surfing has taught me so far. And no, I don't mean any fancy surf moves (yeah, I'm still quite far away from that :D). I mean what this surf journey has taught me in terms of life lessons. A different perspective on things.  From taking a risk to creat...

My dear friends, time for a new episode of Caitlin, my Life and I! On this weeks menu: A mixed platter of your 5 closest people around you, with a side of their energies and a desert of your circle of trust (sheesh!). Have you ever noticed how different people affect you differently? Some people seem to lift you up and some seem to drag you down or drain you? And have you ever taken a close look a...

My dear friends, Portugal Part III: I promise, this is the last part about anything regarding my move to Portugal (at least I will try). This time focusing on life in Portugal now and thoughts that have come up since being here.  Taking a look into how to adapt in new situations (or new places). Taking things a little easier (and stop being overly on time in contrast to life in Germany :D), how I&...

My dear friends, here we go with Part II of the Portugal process. It was the right thing to do for me, but let me tell you - it was definitely not easy. I guess it would be boring if it were!  At first it all sounds fun and exciting, which it is, don't get me wrong! But, there are struggles and challenges to it. Sometimes more, sometimes less. From plans not working out, anxiety and new chall...

My dear friends, long time no see! The past weeks have been crazy times with a lot of decisions being made, traveling, fun. But also letting go, saying good bye. So I allowed myself some time to process.  Here we go again though! Caitlin, my life and I is back with a fresh new episode on (partially) what has been going on in the past weeks. How working remotely during the winter months not just wa...

My dear friends ☀️, better late than never: It’s time for a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! This weeks topic is letting go (and yes, I immediately have that song from Frozen in my mind, I hope you too now ⛄️. You‘re welcome).  I am currently in a phase of having to let go of many things. And it can be hard! But, at the end of the day, I actively choose to do so. It’s still okey to sometime...

My dear friends, it's time for a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I!  This time I will be talking about music. What effect music has on me, some random (but good!) facts about music related to health and stress management (did you know music makes your blood flow better?). And you know, the usual "what ever comes to my mind" - part 🤓. How do you experience music? Is it for you j...

Hello Sunshines, welcome to a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! This weeks topic is Gratitude.  In my opinion, gratitude is key to a fulfilled and happy life (well, at least one of the keys 😄). Being grateful is something we should always remind ourselves about. On a daily basis! Even if you are not feeling well, there is always something to be grateful for. It ca ben literally anything. A c...

My dear friends ☀️, I guess it's time for the first English episode! So many people have asked about it, so here you go: I gave it my all. I'd be happy to hear your feedback on it! Let's see if I will do more in English or stick with German ;). Or perhaps both? As you know, there are no strict guidelines to this podcast, so why not?  Anyhow, topic of this episode is that "after...