Embrace Your Value | Boundaries, Self Worth & Limiting Beliefs for Women

Struggling to make time for fun in a productivity-driven world? Jen and Kristen explore why adults lose their sense of play and how reframing fun as self-care can help you rediscover joy. Learn simple ways to infuse creativity, playfulness, and happiness into your daily life. Takeaways: Why fun is essential for mental health. Easy tips to add joy to your routine. How play prevents burnout and boos...

This episode explores the impact of social media on self-worth and provides practical strategies to build healthy self-esteem outside of social validation. We discuss how social media can create a harmful validation loop, leading to decreased self-worth. We offer tips to set boundaries, unfollow accounts that make you feel bad, and cultivate self-appreciation through gratitude, affirmations, and f...

In this episode, hosts Kristen and Jen dive deep into the topic of forgiveness - what it means, why it's important, and how to go about the process. They discuss how forgiveness is not about condoning bad behavior, but rather about letting go of resentment for your own wellbeing.  The hosts share helpful tips and exercises, including: Writing a forgiveness letter to someone who has hurt you (or th...

In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Jen and Kristen guide listeners through a reflective journey to celebrate growth and practice gratitude from the past year. They emphasize the importance of reflection, noting that it gives meaning to experiences and helps understand their impact.  The hosts share journal prompts to facilitate this reflection, including: What challenge did you overcome this y...

In this special Christmas episode, hosts Kristen and Jen discuss the importance of holiday traditions and how to create meaningful ones that align with your values. They encourage listeners to share their own traditions and experiences, and the hosts promise to personally respond to those who reach out. The episode emphasizes finding joy, peace and fulfillment in the holiday season, rather than fe...

This episode explores different mental health diagnoses and the symptoms associated with them, with a focus on PTSD. Kristen, a trauma therapist, explains how mental health professionals diagnose conditions like anxiety, depression, and PTSD, and the key criteria for a PTSD diagnosis. She also discusses the link between trauma and other mental health issues. The hosts share personal examples to il...

This episode of the Embrace Your Value podcast tackles the important topic of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and seasonal affective depression disorder. Hosts Kristen and Jen dive deep into the symptoms, causes, and coping strategies for these common winter blues. They discuss the importance of self-awareness, building healthy routines, light therapy, nutrition, exercise, and sleep hygiene. The...

In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Kristen and Jen discuss the importance of maintaining accountability and self-care during the busy holiday season. They provide practical tips and tools to help you: - Set healthy boundaries and say "no" without guilt- Develop self-reflection habits to stay grounded and focused on your needs- Manage feelings of guilt when declining holiday invitations or requ...

Nervous System Regulation: The Key to Unlocking Your Confidence and Worth Are you struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, or feeling stuck in negative patterns? The key could be regulating your nervous system. In this episode, trauma therapist Kristen and coach Jen dive deep into the importance of nervous system regulation and how it directly impacts your sense of worthiness and confidence. You'll le...

In this episode of Embrace Your Value, Kristen and Jen discuss the importance of not taking on other people's negative energy. They explain how we can often absorb the moods and attitudes of those around us, and how this can impact our own mindset and behavior.  Kristen provides insights from a therapist's perspective, emphasizing the need for strong boundaries and recognizing that other people's...

This episode of "Embrace Your Value" focuses on building resilience, particularly in relationships and during challenging life and career situations. The hosts, Kristen (a trauma therapist) and Jen (a support coach), discuss strategies for couples and families to communicate and support each other through tough times. They also explore how adversity can be a catalyst for personal growth, and cauti...

This episode of "Embrace Your Value" focuses on the topic of resilience. Hosts Kristen, a trauma therapist, and Jen, a support coach, discuss their definitions and perspectives on resilience. They cover common misconceptions about resilience, practical steps people can take to build resilience, and strategies for overcoming challenges and maintaining resilience during prolonged stress or uncertain...

This episode of "Embrace Your Value" focuses on core values, particularly in the context of parenting and mental health. The hosts, Kristen and Jen, discuss how values can evolve over time and the importance of teaching children the "why" behind values rather than just the rules.  They explore the challenges of maintaining boundaries and protecting one's energy, emphasizing the need to surround on...

In this episode, Kristen and Jen discuss the importance of defining and living by your core values. They explain how core values guide our decision-making and help us live authentically. They also address navigating conflicts around values, both internally and in relationships. The hosts emphasize the need for flexibility, kindness, and avoiding scorekeeping when values clash.  Additionally, they...

The episode continues a discussion on building self-worth. The hosts, Kristen and Jen, believe this is an important topic that deserves more exploration. Kristen discusses using positive affirmations and the EMDR technique to help clients build self-worth. She emphasizes the importance of believing you are "enough" and worthy. Jen talks about the value of celebrating small wins and getting feedbac...

In this episode of "Embrace Your Value", Kristen and Jen dive deep into the topic of self-worth. They discuss how self-sabotage and negative self-talk can undermine our sense of value, and share personal experiences and examples from their clients. The hosts explore how childhood messages and stories we carry can impact our self-worth as adults. They provide strategies for countering those limitin...

In this episode, trauma therapist Kristen and support coach Jen dive deep into the importance of embracing your personal value and worth. Kristen shares her journey into the field of trauma therapy and how she helps clients navigate their healing process. Jen opens up about finding her passion for accountability coaching and the pivotal moment when she had to confront her own self-worth. Together,...