Chaos to Connection: Boundaries and Breakthroughs for Cycle-Breaking Women

Are you a doer? Do you keep yourself busy all day long? Cultural messages about “hard work” and “making something of yourself” have us in the busy hamster wheel. Busy makes us feel productive and important. It’s like I matter if I’m busy. Do you find yourself needing to look busy when your partner arrives home, or someone walks in the room or perhaps by your office? This habit of busy starts in ou...

Want to know how to solve any problem?  How do we help our children become problem solvers? There are 2 main ingredients to solving any problem - SAFETY & CONNECTION. Safety and connection take us from the drama roles to the empowerment dynamic where we create solutions. Tune into today’s episode to discover how to create safety and connection and get out of the drama. Continue the conversatio...

We all want our children to feel confident. We want them to have a voice, stand up for themselves and what they believe in. We want them to be involved and know they are enough. In this episode we discuss the path to confidence.   Continue the conversation:  on IG @dianesorensen.bb on Facebook @DianeSorensen Check out 3 WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER:   https://www.dianesorensen.net/   FREE RESOURCE: S...

As humans we all have 3 jobs. These are the gifts we all innately have – To THINK, to FEEL, To DO. We live in a culture that values thinking and doing but falls short when it comes to feeling. We tend to leave out the feeling and do anything to keep it at bay.  Rejecting this deep, intimate part of ourselves leads us to over-thinking and over-doing to compensate for avoiding feeling. Feeling is Un...

Are you the parent you want to be? I was not. There was a time I realized this parenting thing was not what I thought it was going to be. My image of being a parent and actually being a parent did not match up. I swore I was going to do it differently than my parents and in many ways I did but I also unknowingly carried some of the internalized behavior patterns into my own parenting journey. Thes...

“Setting boundaries will set you free.” -Nancy Levin Boundaries are a way to stay true to yourself. Boundaries are the path to respect and responsibility. Boundaries take you out of victimhood and put you in the driver’s seat. In today’s episode, we are talking about: ·        Shifting a generational pattern from rewards and punishment to healthy boundaries ·        How boundaries support us in be...

On today’s episode we separate fantasy from reality. “Should” “Shouldn’t” and “Supposed to” put you in a position of powerlessness. It puts you in the victim role and creates drama. Do these sound familiar? “I should go to the gym.” “You shouldn’t do that.” “I shouldn’t have done that.” “You should know better.” “What am I supposed to do?” We often “should” on ourselves and our children. Today, I...

Leah Hortin joins me today on this episode as we discuss the cultural trauma around body shame and diet. Join us for this informative conversation around healing our relationship with our body and food.   Leah Hortin is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Master Health and Life Coach specializing in helping women get off the diet rollercoaster for good. Using the principles of Intuitive Ea...

"One of the greatest (and least discussed) barriers to compassion is the fear of setting boundaries." -Brene Brown We often think of boundaries as restrictive. I want to invite you to seeing boundaries as expansive. As Nancy Levin says, "Setting boundaries will set you free." In today's episode we'll discuss how setting boundaries takes you closer to compassion. RESOURC...

We often think others, especially our children, have the power to make us feel certain ways. When we believe our children or others are responsible for our feelings we are a victim to them. It puts them in charge of us. We put them in charge of regulating our emotions.   In this episode, we will discuss how to take your power back by understanding what drives your emotions and taking ownership of...

Our triggers are our teachers. Triggers can be a powerful tool offering us an opportunity for healing. When we take ownership of our triggers our relationships bloom. If we allow it, triggers can be a beautiful journey to living a life of fulfillment. This episode is dedicated to understanding triggers and changing hurtful behavior into helpful relationships. What is your biggest trigger? Continue...

As a parent most of us have probably had the thought or worry about messing up our kids. Culture puts tremendous pressure on parents and in turn parents put tremendous pressure on themselves which transfers to the children. Tune in for today’s episode and start putting your worry of messing up your kids to rest. You can be a parent AND experience peace.   Continue to the conversation: Instagram @d...

When I talk about conscious parenting or connected relationships parents and teachers alike repeat this statement with conviction, “But they need to learn right from wrong.” I totally get it. I too was quite attached to this belief. And of course, we want our children to be accepted into society. We want our children to take ownership of their own behaviors. We all want to live in safe, compassion...

Most of us grew up around the message or some version of vulnerability being a weakness. We tend to see weakness as something bad or wrong, something we don’t want to be. We cover these so-called weaknesses up and hide behind what we think we’re supposed to be in order to be accepted. It forms shame around the parts of us that are deemed as bad or wrong. These are the parts of us that got us in tr...

In a culture of control, anger and blame run on autopilot. Ownership and compassion are generally not our go-to. And it doesn’t feel good. Control and blame create resentment. Relationships cannot thrive where resentment grows. Compassion requires ownership. Ownership creates trust. Relationships thrive where trust grows. In today’s episode we are closing the GAP between anger and compassion. We n...

Do you often gain information and then wonder, "How do I integrate this into my life?" I mean, it all makes sense but then what? Yes, it all starts with new information but there is a difference between having a new mindset and integrating new skills into daily living. In today's episode we are exploring how to BRIDGE the gap: *From drama to empowerment * From the old model (of blame...

 Have you been silenced? Do you feel comfortable sharing your opinion with others? Do you find yourself staying silent especially when your opinion might differ from others? Do you bend yourself to accommodate others?  Maybe you’ve noticed how you make yourself into whoever you have to be in order to fit in. Do you have an aversion to conflict or upsetting others? Are you a peacekeeper? These are...

Parenting is an inside job. What do I mean by that? That’s what we’re going to get into today. If you have ever had some version of this thought,  I don’t like being around my kids, then today’s episode is for you. This thought can elicit a lot of shame. Culture teaches us that we are supposed to love being with our kids but the truth is, it doesn’t always feel good. On today’s episode we go inwar...

“What we resist, persists and grows bigger.” -Carl Yung   Everything is a relationship and today I’m talking about my relationship with “pop” and what it has taught me.  If we are willing and open we can learn more about ourself through every relationship in our lives. On today’s episode we will dive into recognizing avoidance strategies, the power of noticing, and how acceptance (being open to) a...

Lead your life with confidence. Do you identify as a leader? Many of us don’t see ourselves as leaders. I for one never saw myself as a leader. I just wanted to fit in. I just wanted to go along with whatever others were doing. I wanted to be accepted. I wanted to be noticed but not stand out. To be good enough but not too much. On today’s episode we’ll talk about how to step out of of should, sho...

We all have drama in our lives.  We often blame that drama on our kids especially our teens. We often may even label them as drama queens (or kings). In fact, I thought I had the mother of all drama queens living in our home (and it wasn’t me). The truth is we all play a part in the drama in our lives AND there is a way out. In today’s episode I talk about the drama roles we play in our relationsh...

"I come from a long line of women who hate their bodies."  Can you relate to this? I know I can! Until recently I had zero body confidence. Cultural expectations of a woman's body is traumatizing; leaving so many of us hating our bodies and disconnected from our deepest, truest self.  In today's episode Krysti Beckett joins me to talk about body confidence, self-worth and self-love.&nbsp...

How do you experience fear? Fear shows up in many ways. Fear can be sneaky and at times not so obvious to detect. Fear can show up in procrastination, self-doubt, excuses, and many more ways. In fact, western traditional culture is based in fear. Today, I share how fear showed up in my life, how I made friends with it and  it and where it ultimately lead me. Tune in as we talk about fear, vul...

Creating safe environments? What does that mean? This goes beyond physical safety. In this week’s episode we delve into emotional safety. When we live our life believing some version of, “I’m not good enough,” we are living in a constant state of threat. This is problematic because threat works against the brain putting us into a survival state unable to access logical thinking skills. Without our...

Do you feel like you’ve failed if you don’t check all the to-do items on your list by the end of the day or week? Do you feel like a failure if your house isn’t always picked up and tidy? Are you under constant fear that you might mess up your kids? Today, we are talking about why we seem to always be running from any possibility of failure. Why are we are always doing, perfecting, and proving? &n...