Joyfully Ever After with Heidi Esther

Ever wonder how people just don't seem phased about stuff happening. Like they  adapt to it and keep going? HOW DO THEY DO THAT? The very first step that they do involves Engaging The Baby, to engage their inner worthiness. Listen to feel all the feels! Then post what you visualized in our facebook group at https://facebook.com/groups/MyJoyfullyEverAfter AND...how do people stay there are sou...

Get the pen and paper ready! Trauma therapist, Heather Pierce, MSEd, LCPC, and I are sharing about the oft-begroaned healing tool of WRITING today! Not about grammar, or outlines, but about how WRITING can help you better understand your inner and outer landscapes. Heidi shares her story about Cars and Bad Poetry, and Heather shares her, stories, wisdom, and  gifts from years using and teaching th...

What's really going on with this podcast? I'll tell you what! Self-Leadership!  You know that feeling, when someone asks you "what's that book or movie about, again?" and you're able to look at it from 10,000 feet and Just. Nail. It? That Elaine-happy-dance-don't-leave-me-hangin-Spidey-tingle feeling? I am proud to introduce you to the Visionary Leader of the Joy...

What do salt, pepper, sugar, and spice have to do with Joyfully Ever After? Everything! Watch as you hear the continuation of the story of dark and light, with fellow That's What She Said Sister and Community Healer,  Shandra Summerville. We shared about her Rotarian journey, the words Healer, Advocate, and Ally, the impact of the strong sisterhood she nurtured in college, and lemons she made...

I am back (third time's a charm!) with the brilliant, wise, and compassionate life coach, Jennifer Erwin, to have an honest conversation about Mindfulness. I know, she's getting close to being a co-host now. So, she's an Enneagram 4 (and that's my growth path, as an Enneagram 2...) Oh, sorry. Nerded out there. Back to mindfulness... Shall we say Mindfulness is the soil from whi...

LINKS REFERERNCED CoDA 12-Step program: https://coda.org/ Patterns and Characteristics of Codependency: https://coda.org/meeting-materials/patterns-and-characteristics-2011/ Chat with me to see if Codependency is a self-defeating pattern that's blocking your way to joy: https://heidiesther.com/contact-me/ When my kids were little, I can remember two things. First, calling myself a Mommy Doorm...

Does Drama follow you around and you can't seem to shake it? Do you ever get in conversations and situations you can't win? Do you worry a lot about what you said because of what other people will say behind your back?   PRE WORK! If you want out, you're gonna have to practice Letting Go of what other people think and feel about you. I know, you have to be willing to be seen as &quo...

Join me as Professional Life Coach + Self-Compassion Expert, Jennifer Erwin, and I break down our journeys and struggles and tools we've used to combat the formidable foe of Impostor Syndrome. We talked about using our Lego sets differently, how we hide, three powerful steps we can use to work with it, and what happened when Heidi had an emotional yard sale (brought on by, you guessed it, her...

Yepper, I went under the "pin" and was relaxed and ready to talk with the soft-spoken beautiful soul who is James Lorr, local acupunk. I am delighted to share James' Journey to Joy through the healing tool of Acupuncture.  No pins required, you don't wanna miss :) James trained in New York City and Shanghai and has been practicing acupuncture for over 23 years. After securing h...

Are you a woman who tries to do it all?  Manage the house and the kids and the cooking and the job and the volunteering and finances?  Do you ever wonder why your friends and family come to you, all the time?  Do you ever wonder when you're gonna get just a *wee* bit of a break, to do stuff that you want to do?  You're reliable. Independent. Loyal. Helpful. A World-Changer. A shoulder to...

Join me as I connect with fellow author, speaker, and powerful woman on a mission, Holly Melby! We get real and  connect over Impostor Syndrome, Mom-Guilt, Motherhood, and all the lessons she learned. Our conversation flows like we've been friends for years (we only recently met!) yet it goes deep and explores what life is really like in the trenches, with all the learning and lighthearted mo...

Join me with Love and Light Warrior, Founder of DailyBreadYoga.life and insightful, relatable, heart-centered and hilarious human, Rachel Bass-Guennewig. In this episode, Rachel shares a little of her story to and yoga, how yoga helped heal her, and how she has intentionally cultivated the Daily Bread Yoga community.  Though we didn't know it, we circled around to the ideas of Expectations an...

Do you wake up every day with a fire in your belly but less and less energy to answer its call? Do you feel like butter scraped over too much bread? Do you feel like quitting everything because it's all too much to handle, when there was a time that it filled you up? You, my dear, might be experiencing burnout. Join me as I share some Burnout Balm. I talk about what you can do now, and how yo...

A new friend recently said she learned that it's nearly impossible to learn from your mistakes and we can only learn from everyone else's. But, is it? Would we be wired to evolve without any input from the life we are living? I thought about it. I am here to say IT IS not only POSSIBLE, but easy to learn from one's mistakes, once you have a shift in mindset. This critical shift in m...

Join Heidi Esther as we have a heart to heart conversation about the tool of self-compassion with professional life coach, Jennifer Erwin. YES! Self-compassion is a powerful tool, once you see the miracles it can perform in every day lives. Jennifer Erwin is a professional life coach with expertise in serving physicians and others in caregiving positions. She supports women in decreasing burnout a...

Truth:  I used to be such a better giver than a receiver. I love planning and baking and sharing my love with others. But it was SOOO HARD not to feel bad when the tables were turned. This spring, instead of celebrating my book launch, I was filled with something other than happiness. It was an old feeling, too. Dread. I viewed each reason for celebration as one check box from an endless to do lis...

Join Heidi Esther in a Through the Looking Glass Conversation. What is that? A conversation that will give you a new tool to help you uncover more of your inner badass! Today, Heidi Esther chats with Authors and Energy Healers, Julia Buck Barton and Heather Kokx about, you guessed it, Energy Healing. We will do a deep dive into what energy healing is, how it can help you, and our experiences with...

"I got this." "I can figure it out myself, no problem." "I'm gonna Hulk through this and get it done." "They are so lucky I'm here to help." "I'm totally the rock of our (workplace/family/friend group/church)." "I would 100% rather GIVE help than RECEIVE it. And HEAVEN FORBID I should have to ASK for any. " I've LIVED...

Howdy! This month we are doing a 30-day gratitude challenge at http://facebook.com/groups/myJoyfully Ever After The FREE Prompts can be found at https://HeidiEsther.com/nov2022 Whether or not it's  NOVEMBER when you listen to it, grab the prompts, do a few before bed (MIX IN THE WHY you are grateful) and your heart will thank you for it! You can even do some around the dinner table.  Why Grat...

Take a less-than-snow-white trip down memory lane at Christmas with Heidi Esther and experience a typical holiday melt down when her kids were young. And learn  two very powerful starter tools to use, if you have some people pleasing in your toolbox that needs to go! What are the tools? Worth and Motives. PLUS!  Grab 5 more tools in a new printable that will move you into living more Joyfully and...

All her life, Katharina tried to fit in…into the box society made for her and the story she was telling herself. Moving to the USA from Germany catapulted Kat out of that box. Today, she’s left fear of judgment and need for outside validation behind. Taking responsibility for her own thoughts, feelings and actions helps her create the life she desires. She speaks up fiercely in full conference roo...

Seriously! Join me and learn what the top 5 regrets of the dying are and the two steps you can take to bypass them, starting today.  Wanna skip to the solution ➡️ Go to https://heidiesther.com/twostep Get the skinny on Peeling Your Onion at https://heidiesther.com/peeling-your-onion Link to transcript: https://heidiesther.com/what-good-are-savings/ Start your Journey to more Joy today, with a rese...

When you say the word Perfectionism, are you cringing with dread or filled with pride? Join Heidi Esther as she shares a story about Tweasers and Toothpicks as we break down the advantages and disadvantages of this hotly-debated topic.  You will come away with 6 POWERFUL STEPS  to look at how you live, so you can maximize your earthly happiness!   1) Start to live by the 80/20 principal 2) Put you...

Once a worrier, always a worrier? Is that true? A relative said that to me recently, in a conversation. And I had to pause. Was that true for me? I've spent many nights battling frightful dreams to wake up to a sore jaw. Or nights laying awake, staring at the ceiling. More recently, my distraction of choice is long scientific articles about space exploration to distract and bore me enough fro...

Are you tired of dealing with disappointment? Do you feel that's all the pandemic has handed you, one giant pile of disappointing $#!& ? Well, you're not alone.  Holding onto disappointments - or pretending it's not there at all - is going to take away your energy, daily happiness, and chance at long-term joy.   Ready to regain your shininess? Join Heidi Esther and learn how to...