Loving Me, Myself & Life

Today I celebrate my one year anniversary of doing this podcast! I thought it would be a good time to share, as openly and honestly as possible, a time where I wasn't as graceful or loving - I let my frustrations and anger run the show. If I would have remembered "What Would Love Do?" that day may have turned out very differently for both myself and those around me. Whether you are...

Hi again! We've all done this. This thing that can sap our zest for life and love for ourselves. Today I'm sharing my thoughts on falling into this trap: comparing yourself to others. In today's always-online world full of social media platforms our thoughts can instantly shift to "comparison-mode" with ease. And when you compare yourself to others, you're not being f...

Welcome back, or if this is your first podcast me with, hello! Today I share my thoughts about body image and how to love yourself no matter where you are right now. I'm going to talk about some of my own personal struggles in this area in the hopes that I can inspire you to love your own body - because it is from this place of love that we can make real changes in our lives. (I got a little...

Hello listeners, please join me today as I share an important lesson that many people, including myself, forget. You may be thinking as you pick up that next book, or tune in to the next podcast, or take that next course that "This, this is the thing that will fix me." But that's the thing - you don't need fixing. You're just as you need to be right now. It doesn't ma...

Familiarity with something isn't always a good thing. It can dull your senses and you can trick yourself into thinking that the way it is now is the way it always has to be. Join me today as I share about how comfortably uncomfortable my family and I had become. From the smaller inconveniences to larger issues that were dragging me down emotionally, physically, and spiritually. By adopting se...

The title for this episode says it all: Yes, I'm self-centered. But does that mean what you think it means? Join me today as I share what the term "self-centered" means to me, and what it could mean for you too. You can't pour from an empty cup, so take care of yourself first from a place of love, and the rest will flow. Support the show

Hello you lovely listener, you! We're friends, right? And friends share things, right? Well join me today as I share my thoughts and feelings about how even I don't always enjoy life. I can get focused on the endgame, what comes next, or my ever-present to-do list, so I forget my own advice sometimes. Maybe you do too sometimes? This podcast is a reminder to both you and me to take in th...

Today I'd like to share about what happened to me when my family and I were able to achieve our goal of moving to the West Coast. Whatever your goal, once you reach it, what next? Well, for me, I dropped a lot of the tools that I used to get me here! And so I slipped into old habits that do not serve me or the life I want to live here. The good news is that I can pick them back up again, star...

Happy New Year! Welcome to my first podcast in 2021! This is a time for both reflection and a time to recharge. Join me today as I look back at the things I did in 2020 to bring me to the West Coast of Canada, and also share about the things I left by the wayside on my journey here. Now some of those things I want to bring back into my life because I know that I'm not taking care of myself as...

Hello dear listeners and welcome to 2021! Today I would like to talk to you about manifesting your greatest life and how I can help you do that by sharing more of the story behind how my family and I picked up and moved across Canada to the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia (hint: vision boards are not part of it, but you do you!) Many happy thoughts and well wishes to you and yours in the coming...

Today is the last podcast of 2020, and I wanted to share something with you that has carried me to this moment, something that I tried to live by and repeat to myself over the years. Something I had, in all honesty, forgotten from time to time. "Dare To Live Your Dream" - well, I dared, and I'm here now, where so much of what I wanted is now before me. All because I dared, and I sha...

Today I'd like to share with you the single most important lesson I learned to break the habits and mental patterns I had formed early in life that had me squarely in the "people pleaser" role for a very long time. Once I learned this lesson, I gradually came into my own empowerment and really understood both who I was and what made me happy. But it's not just about setting bou...

We're well into the Christmas season, and it's so very easy to get wrapped up (pun intended) in the hustle and bustle of gift giving, tree trimming, cookie baking, and all the other things that you do this time of year. But do you recall, the most wonderful person of all? YOU! I'd like to share today about how important it is to be checking in with yourself...about giving yourself t...

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Today I wanted to share some advice about stress - advice that I should have taken myself - since I had gotten so stressed out over our move that the stress manifested in all kinds of different ways in my body. It is my hope that by sharing this story with you, that you take the time to understand and heal the stress in your life before your body forces you to, before you have to see a doctor or w...

This time of year, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season. It's easy to get overwhelmed with to-dos and must-haves. Today I share about what I do when I'm feeling overwhelmed. It may sound crazy, but trust me when I say that it has helped me so many times in the past that I go back to it again and again when it all feels like just too much. So I hope it wi...

We've all experienced it at some point in our lives. Loss. An ending. And when that happens, sometimes we feel like we are lost. Without direction or purpose. Join me today as I share some stories about when I felt lost and what I did to help find my way back again. Remember: You're not really lost, you're just discovering what is meant to be. Support the show

Join me to today as I share about different kinds of baggage, starting with the physical like old things you don't use anymore, then move to the emotional kind of baggage - stuff that can clutter up your mental space and that's not as obvious as the physical baggage lying around. No matter what the baggage, it lingers around until you get rid of it. Physical baggage can be thrown away or...

It's my birthday today (yes today), but this podcast is for YOU. I love all of you and I would love it if you took some time today for yourself. If you need an excuse to do so, then let my birthday be that excuse for you! If you feel like sending me some birthday love, or have any questions, you can connect with me on Facebook or e-mail me directly: info at jodymyicak dot com And if you want...

We've all felt this way at some point in our lives. That we are not worthy of that promotion, that new car, that person's love, etc., etc., etc. Well, I'm here to let you know you ARE worthy enough - right now, as you are. Join me today as share about some moments of weakness where I too felt unworthy and also moments of clarity where I understood that by releasing these thoughts I...

This week I'd like to share a bit about my own experiences in trying to make everyone happy. I'll be the first to admit that I would push my own happiness aside to make those around me happy, and the lesson I eventually learned was "if you try to make other people happy - if that's all you are focused on - you'll just wind up making yourself miserable". Giving and giv...

Today I'd like to lovingly remind all of you listeners out there that you don't have to do everything yourself. We live in a society with a lot of expectations on us as parents, partners, and individuals. But we're not meant to do everything by ourselves. For me, it's been a journey of self-love and self-discovery to learn to ask for help, and even to accept it when it's o...

Today I share some more lessons learned from our move to the Sunshine Coast of Canada. One of the biggest was discovering just how strong I really am. I wanted to call it quits so many times in those weeks leading up to our move, but I couldn't, so I had to dig deep to find the strength to push through it... When things get tough, try to focus on the good things in your life right now, or sim...

In this podcast, I open up and honestly talk about some of our personal "curve balls" we've experienced in the past month. I also go in to a lot of detail about our move to the West Coast of Canada - to highlight the middle part of my new favourite quote, "Change is hard is the beginning, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end". Fair warning, I get a bit emotional, b...

Today I talk about something that I still struggle with - and that is sometimes I'm just too serious and I forget to have fun. Does this sound like you? If it does, don't beat yourself up about it, embrace that aspect of you, then allow yourself to let your hair down! Or maybe you think you are too stubborn, or too much of a pushover, or <insert thing you don't like about yoursel...