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Send us Fan Mail Jodi shares her journey of healing from an 18-year abusive marriage and the courage it took to rebuild her life on her own terms. Through raw conversation, she reveals how starting over multiple times taught her the power of putting herself first and recognizing her own worth independent of relationships. • Embracing "day one, not one day" as a philosophy for starting ov...

Send us Fan Mail Today I am sharing a personal milestone: my published poetry collection titled "Love: Thoughts from Crumpled Pages" *Dedication: to those who continue to cheer me on (in public and in private). To those who broke my heart into pieces. To me. With my deepest appreciation, thank you.  *This collection of poems, thoughts, and ramblings has been sown together from notes, jou...

Send us Fan Mail Justin shares his powerful journey of being adopted from Tijuana, Mexico to two white lesbian parents in rural Wisconsin and how he navigated identity, loss, and finding his authentic self. From dealing with the passing of his beloved grandparents to meeting his birth mother in a full-circle moment, his story reveals how breaking free from limiting environments leads to personal h...

Send us Fan Mail Jamie shares her healing journey from anxiety, stress, guilt, and shame, revealing how therapy helped her recognize these feelings stemmed from childhood patterns rather than personal failings. • Growing up in a household with alcoholism where Jamie took on the caretaker role • Learning to separate her emotions from others' through EMDR therapy • Understanding that her value...

Send us Fan Mail Beth shares her decade-long healing journey from divorce, revealing how losing her marriage helped her discover she'd never truly found herself. We explore the difference between healthy independence and over-independence, why yellow flags deserve as much attention as red ones, and how building a metaphorical toolbox helps navigate future challenges. • Moving from blame to ac...

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Send us Fan Mail We explore what makes healthy friendships, how they evolve over time, and why these connections are essential to our wellbeing.  • Healthy friendships include people who cheer for you, show up when you're vulnerable, and lovingly call you out when needed • True friends welcome you back after periods of absence without judgment • Outgrowing friendships often happens naturally...

Send us Fan Mail Season 5 kicks off with my friend Toya from Universal Teas! In our mini series,  Backyard Conversations, we will dig into healing, friendships, and shining bright. Sit back and join us for episode 1 - Healing isn't Happiness.  Healing isn't happiness, and happiness isn't healing. In this candid conversation with Toya from Universal Tees, we explore what healing real...

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of our journaling series, we explore how healing comes in circles and manifests when familiar wounds are triggered but we respond differently. Mercury retrograde creates a perfect opportunity to slow down and reflect on our personal growth since April, measuring healing not by perfect avoidance of pain but by our newfound tools to navigate it without drowning...

Send us Fan Mail What we don't say in relationships is still speaking. Silence, people-pleasing, and passive-aggressive behavior become forms of dishonesty that create voids in our relationships instead of keeping the peace. • Avoiding hard conversations doesn't keep the peace but creates a quiet war and builds resentment • The longer we swallow small frustrations, the harder it becomes...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our emotional honesty series, focusing on what it costs us to always be "the strong one" in our relationships and how this role can lead to feelings of resentment and invisibility. • Exploring the pride and shadow side of being the reliable, strong person in relationships • Understanding how always being "the strong one" can create distance and bree...

Send us Fan Mail Our journaling series continues with an exploration of how to identify and pursue your "personal legend," inspired by Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. • Three-minute brain dump exercise to clear your mind • Reflecting on faith, cutting cords, and trusting your path • Identifying dreams that feel "stupidly big" yet call to you • Visualizing in detail what life...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're taking a break from our series on lying to explore the liberating concepts of faith, cord cutting, and not giving a fuck anymore—where true freedom lives when we're tired of explaining ourselves or hoping others will finally see us. • Faith isn't the kind you might have been forced to accept growing up, but the messy, grounded faith that chooses you befo...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the concept of emotional masks and how they impact our authenticity, focusing on identifying which masks we wear and why we put them on in the first place. • Continuing our journaling series "The Truth of it All" focusing on emotional honesty • Examining common masks: the people pleaser, the fixer, and the overachiever • Understanding what's beneath our m...

Send us Fan Mail We're continuing our journaling series "The Truth of it All: A Journey into Emotional Honesty" by examining the lies we tell ourselves and how they impact our emotional wellbeing. • Beginning with a three-minute journaling brain dump to clear our minds • Exploring common self-deceptions like saying "I'm fine" when we're not • Discussing how we mi...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the beginning of our eight-week series on emotional honesty, examining why we lie to ourselves and others, and how these deceptions impact our physical health and emotional wellbeing. Uncovering the roots of dishonesty reveals how we've been conditioned to prioritize deception over truth in certain situations, creating misalignment between our authentic selves and...

Send us Fan Mail It's time to shake things off after weeks of deep work exploring purpose, shame, settling, and processing difficult emotions like anger. This week is about opposites - saying yes to something you'd normally decline and no to something you'd typically accept. • Set your timer for three minutes and freely write whatever comes to mind • Embrace Isaiah 43:18-19 - "...

Send us Fan Mail Anger often serves as a secondary emotion that masks our deeper feelings and needs, especially when we've suppressed our true emotions or allowed our boundaries to be crossed for too long. • Journaling helps uncover emotions beneath anger like feeling disrespected, embarrassed, or unheard • Bible verses like Psalms 37:8 remind us that unchecked anger rarely leads to positive...

Send us Fan Mail We explore why we settle for less than we deserve in relationships, jobs, and life situations, examining how journaling can help us recognize patterns and reconnect with our true desires. • Settling often stems from not believing we're worthy of better options • Fear of the unknown and change keeps us in uncomfortable but familiar situations • We often don't realize we&a...

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Send us Fan Mail This journaling podcast focuses on worthiness and how to recognize your inherent value without external validation. Through guided exercises and personal reflections, we explore how to break free from patterns of seeking validation from people who don't choose us back. • Bring your journal and something to write with, or use your notes app • Set aside 15-20 minutes for reflec...

Send us Fan Mail After feeling lost for nearly two years, I've found myself again and am starting a new journaling series focused on purposeful healing and radical self-acceptance. This journey begins with understanding our shadow self—those parts we hide from others—and learning to love ourselves so completely that we naturally repel people who don't honor our light. • Using morning pag...

Send us Fan Mail Can you recognize when a friendship has run its course, or are you still holding on to a relationship that's draining your energy? On this episode of Go Ask Sawyer, I share my personal journey of grappling with ending friendships, reflecting on my own shortcomings and struggles to show up for others. From constant arguments to feeling emotionally exhausted and untrue to mysel...

Send us Fan Mail Can embracing your flaws lead to genuine happiness and stronger character? Tune into this enlightening episode of Go Ask Sawyer, where we explore the profound impact of self-acceptance on personal growth. We delve into the essence of integrity, not as an absence of mistakes, but as the courage to own up to them. This episode emphasizes the critical importance of being honest with...

Send us Fan Mail Ever found yourself paralyzed at the starting line of your own ambitions? Join me, Jamie, as we tackle the mental hurdles that keep us from chasing our dreams in today's episode, with insights from Brianna West's illuminating work. I'll open up about my own dance with procrastination and how embracing the philosophy of 'starting before you're ready' c...