Freedom Is You Podcast

Send us Fan Mail A year ago, choosing homeschooling felt confusing. I didn't have a plan, but I had a nudge. I didn't feel supported. I didn't know how we would make it work financially. I had a vision for my work with no idea how homeschooling would fit. I had a million questions and almost no answers.  I felt completely alone in the decision. In this impromptu episode, I'm re...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share a real-time voice note I recorded in the middle of a worry spiral. One book club attendee rescheduled.  I offered a new time.  And as I was getting ready to leave, the second-guessing it all. Was I people-pleasing? Was I abandoning myself? Did I actually want to go — or was I trying to be “nice”? Instead of powering through or canceling, I pressed record....

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I’m sharing a fresh, unfiltered moment from inside my marriage. A 2:30am wake-up.  A simple request.  A “no” that didn’t land well.  And the familiar edge of disappointment and irritation rising in my body. What used to spiral into tension and reactive words… didn’t. Not because I suppressed it.  Not because I forced positivity.  But because I paused long enough t...

Send us Fan Mail I found an episode I had uploaded but never published from this summer - it was too good to not share. So here you go! Yesterday was a moment I once craved but didn't know how to name. There was a time when a spilled bowl of oatmeal would’ve ruined the whole day. Where my reaction would’ve triggered his. When my feelings would’ve become a fight. When something small turned in...

Send us Fan Mail I didn't realize how much I would avoid asking for help until recently. Then actually asking for said help and feeling like there was push back or annoyance to only find myself saying "if it's that big of a deal, I'll just do it myself!" And finding myself waking up ultra early to do the thing while feeling pissed I was doing the very thing I asked help wi...

Send us Fan Mail Part two of..  I didn't realize how much I would avoid asking for help until recently. Then actually asking for said help and feeling like there was push back or annoyance to only find myself saying "if it's that big of a deal, I'll just do it myself!" And finding myself waking up ultra early to do the thing while feeling pissed I was doing the very thing...

Send us Fan Mail As I go about my day today—I’d been invited last minute to my parents’ place, then my husband asked if we wanted to head into town and go shopping for golf pants together when he’s done work. Normally? I say yes to these things and go with it. Today was different. I found myself tuning in and asking: 🖤 If I say yes to these things, does anything feel squeezed or sacrificed? 🖤 Wi...

Send us Fan Mail A moment where, in the past, unresolved emotional wounds were causing conflict with my husband.  I was reflecting on a moment I had this past week where I felt irritated by my husband's absence on something, in the past, I would have definitely texted him out of irritation and it would have turned into a fight. It turned into worry spirals where my mind started going to worst...

Send us Fan Mail Straight from a voicenote in the thick of an oooof moment that hit me on a cellular level. A theme showing up lately..  That irritation we feel towards others. The resentment of having to do it all. The tension we feel in our relationships..  What if those moments are really illuminating where we are abandoning ourselves in the process? This is just a sneak peek into some of the v...

Send us Fan Mail Christmas shouldn't just be about surviving the holidays - or at least that's not what I want for me! I want presence and to cultivate deep connections. I deeply crave so many of those "special little moments" during the holiday season. But man do I find it also hard to have many of those little moments because it also comes with; an endless to do list, higher...

Send us Fan Mail If you ever find yourself reacting in ways you know were *wrong* only to feel bad about it later.. this is for you! I used to have A LOT of these moments too. I thought it was a part of who I was or that something was wrong with me. But as it turns out, it was really just a lack of tools + knowledge in how to grow beyond these points. I'm going to share some personal examples...

Send us Fan Mail I'm not sure if it's being in my childhood home or Thanksgiving happening this weekend here in Canada but I found myself struggling to show up at the mom I wanted to be. I was house sitting for my parents the night before I was to be hosting Thanksgiving supper at my place on the Friday. It almost felt like I was regressing or going backwards. Found myself reacting in wa...

Send us Fan Mail I decided to record an episode on a reel that went viral. My husband wanted to go golfing with the guys basically less then 24 hours after I had took the dogs and our little and we were away for three nights. At first it didn't feel like a big deal, but then I felt frustrated. I mean, why didn't he plan to go while we were away. Didn't he miss me? These moments have...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is LONG over due. I'm sharing with you the some of the SIMPLE yet impactful things that have helped me improve my mental + emotional wellbeing while navigating the unpredictability of fertility + early miscarriages. It has come to my attention that I had interest in how I supported my mental + emotional wellbeing through a fertility procedure/test I had back in D...

Send us Fan Mail I had made a post on my stories.. "I woke up feeling off, mostly anxious and overwhelmed. This used to consume my whole day and sometimes become days. I'd struggle with Haedyn, I'd feel so preoccupied with what was going on with me my patience was low, I'd get irritated and short with her all the time and have zero space to play. Things are different now. I did...

Send us Fan Mail There has been this habit Jason has started that I honestly despise. It's something that has been off and on for years and it's been back on again over this summer. He had said the words "I'm in the mindset to stop" and I noticed I was judging him hard, I came to a realization this morning that this was more about me then it was about him. I just love wher...

Send us Fan Mail It's been a long time coming getting back to recording episodes & here I am! In this episode I'm diving into an enlightening moment I had when Haedyn was around 2.5 throwing a tantrum where I discovered what it actually looked like to respond in a *healthy* way and how to do it. On this day my response had surprised me because of asking her to stop and get a grip on...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Miriam and Alyssa have an honest conversation in the struggles they’ve faced in their conception journeys. Between facing a late first trimester miscarriage, to the struggles that come within close relationships to the hardships we face internally. Miriam is on her journey to her becoming a mom, it’s not the journey she thought it would look like but she shares how...

Send us Fan Mail So I had an experience I’m feeling called to share I had not too long ago where I really felt like I wasn’t a priority or not important within my relationship with my husband. To be quite honest I would feel angry, quite triggered around him doing things where I wasn’t included. It was something that felt even worse after becoming a mom. I hated him doing things without me. I was...

Send us Fan Mail In this podcast episode Alyssa shares an experience she had with someone who she’s had a strained relationship with and it was a “holy sh*t this is cool moment”. Imagine getting to interact with someone who triggers the f*ck out of you where there is no judgement, no emotional fuel - just one being to another, curiosity and openness as if you were a little three year old experienc...

Send us Fan Mail If you are in a place where it feels like change is so far off, and you’re looking to find a glimmer of hope that you can make that change happen - this is for you! It’s the classic, “things are good but they aren’t great”. We talk dreading work, feeling trapped with finances, leaving a marriage allllll the way down to vagina’s shutting down to the point all you feel is pain, lite...

Send us Fan Mail It’s been seventeen months and three miscarriages, with no baby. My doctor said the last route for me was to go through IVF - and I decided to rip up the IVF referral papers. I share my experience of how I came to that grounded decision & why I made that decision. Fact is, we want to grow our family and have another baby - and we are still on that path, just following my own p...

Send us Fan Mail Fuck normalizing mom rage, or anger. Fact is, it isn’t normal. It’s a sign saying you’re hurting and lets fucking heal it so it doesn’t have to be your story anymore. There was one moment I had where the overwhelm, the anger took over and it was a moment that I will never forget. Because it was the moment I seen terror on my daughters face and in that moment, it broke me. I share...

Send us Fan Mail If you find yourself getting stuck in your head with intrusive thoughts, thinking things *should* be different, feeling consumed by the pain in your life, or no matter how hard you try you just can’t help but notice all the shitty things about someone and it drives you mad – this is for you. I had an interesting experience the week before Christmas that quite literally had me on m...

Send us Fan Mail When the most seemingly random conversation with a friend and mentor turned into something that was jam packed with a ton of value – you share it with your community!! Helen is a fertility, intimacy and menstrual health practitioner and expert. If there is anything I’ve learnt about Helen in the time we’ve spent together, it’s that she is natural space holder and passionate about...