Room to Grow Podcast with Emily Gough

I'm particularly excited about this episode, because I have the pleasure of introducing you to this incredible woman! Sophie Josephina is a sex & relating coach and masculine/feminine expert. As an ex data scientist, she knows how to walk both worlds, walking the bridge between tantra and neuroscience, the masculine and the feminine, the dark and the light. She leads deeply potent programs for bot...

My heart hurts a little bit every time I hear someone refer to a past relationship as "failed." To me, it diminishes what you shared with that person at one time or another. Even if things didn't work out, even if things ended badly, don't be so quick to dismiss the time and energy poured into that relationship, along with the lessons that can be and hopefully were gained from being with that pers...

I truly truly believe that most people are doing the absolute best that they can with what they have and the knowledge they possess at the time, and I believe in the best in people. I truly believe that when we choose to look for the best, people will find reasons to support that choice!   Today we're gonna be talking about; The belief that we should all try to both lead and to live with generous...

Our deepest human need is to feel seen, heard and understood.  And yet sometimes when we experience all of those things in a relationship, it becomes incredibly terrifying. Today we're talking all about; Why healthy love can end up feeling so incredibly scary What stops us from truly allowing ourselves to be fully seen within that healthy relationship A few signs to watch for that may signal yours...

I am incredibly excited for today's guest. I had the chance to sit down with Dr. Jeremy Goldberg, founder of Long Distance Love Bombs, whose mission is to make kindness cool, empathy popular, and compassion commonplace. Jeremy wants to make the world better than it was yesterday.  As part of that purpose, he writes articles, sends emails, hosts retreats and workshops, coaches clients, has a podcas...

We are most influenced by the people closest to us, whether we like it or not. We adopt their stories, belief systems, mindsets, and so much more.  Building yourself a very strong circle of influence is incredibly important, and feeling supported by them is even more important.  Today we are talking all about; How the people you surround yourself with have a large impact on how you show up every d...

Today's episode is a little bit different than anything I have ever done before! This is the VERY first ever LIVE podcast recording I've ever done and it was so fun, we will definitely be doing this again. We had so much engagement and interaction with the audience, it really was great!  Joining me today on the live recording is a good friend of mine, Sarah Silverstein.  Sarah is a breathwork faci...

If you've been listening for a while you know I talk about some pretty "uncomfortable" things around here.  Well today is no exception, in fact it may be the most uncomfortable episode I have ever recorded. Today is a conversation about abusive relationships, and I want to be clear that this episode does not have the answers, it is about opening the door to a highly uncomfortable, stigmatized, and...

Today's guest is so special and rapidly becoming one of my favourite humans. We're talking to Traver Boehm again today, originally featured for an epic conversation back on episode 266 - a personal favourite and one of the most powerful episodes on the entire Room To Grow ™  Podcast. Never have I received an outpouring of so much incredible feedback about a guest episode, and ever since we mention...

"Some of the biggest pain around infidelity is how we allow it to make us feel about ourselves. And we usually end up feeling things like our own sense of unworthiness rise to the surface, and we make it about us as though we're inadequate or not enough. We agonize over what the other person had that we don't. And we focus on this deep sense of lack within ourselves that we can experience. "   Thi...

On the podcast today we're talking to a friend and client of mine, Gilad Hanina. Gilad is a young and inspiring entrepreneur from Israel, founder of AOS Media and the Awareness of Success Podcast, and was able to change his circumstances and build his own business online while serving in the army without any prior knowledge or experience (or even proper English!) Gilad believes that anyone can cre...

Are you waiting to be chosen? There's a difference between simply hoping to be chosen and being an active participant in doing the choosing. Many times, a lot of us will just sit around waiting for somebody to choose us, and we then almost remove ourselves as being one of the conscious parties in that decision. We want someone to choose us so that we don't have to be vulnerable enough to put ourse...

Today we're talking to a dear friend of mine and powerhouse entrepreneur, Jessica Flynn of Flynn Collaboration. Jess is a  mom of two, a high school teacher for eleven years, and loves helping teens access and believe in their own potential. She's also launched several businesses, and when she mentioned this project she had created, Be Your Own B.O.S.S. Virtual Entrepreneurship Camp , I immediatel...

"When we're faking anything, it's an attempt to exercise control. Over the other person, over the imagined outcome, or over ourselves when we're ignoring our true feelings or experience in a relationship." Control blocks connection and sometimes we may not even realize that we're doing it. This can show up in a variety of different ways, including things like: Trying to mold ourselves into someone...

" When you can see someone in all of their human-ness, it will allow you to heal and let go, rather than gripping onto old hurts and keep your ego running the show." Ooof. Having compassion for someone who hurt us is harder than it seems, but we're breaking it all down today, including: Figuring out the stories we're creating that can be preventing us from viewing things with a lens of compassion...

"We won't always see our own bias either, that's the thing about being biased is that it can often be inherent and built in to the point where we don't even realize that it's actually a story that we're telling ourselves and that it might not actually be true."   Today on the podcast we are talking all about taking responsibility for our own behaviours, and patterns. I will be challenging you to l...

Today I'm talking to one of my absolute favourite humans, and now 4 time guest on the Room To Grow podcast, Sarah Swain! Sarah left her 6-figure corporate gig in January of 2018 with no back-up plan other than " I trust myself enough to make this happen ." 3 years later she is now the proud owner of a Canadian Media Company & Publishing House , a mentor to emerging leaders in entrepreneurship & st...

" Overall, this is what I want you to take away the most from this. You get to turn your pain into your purpose. That is your choice and yours alone. And even in the depths of despair, I held on to the same thought I've always managed to grasp onto, like some sort of life raft in the darkness, which is: this is an opportunity for growth." Today's episode is a little bit heavier than what everyone...

"The universe will remove anything you put your self worth in, to remind you it doesn't live there." -Mark Groves Your value and your worth is INNATE. You don't have to earn it, fix something about yourself that you may have believed in the past was broken, you don't need someone else to love you before your worth shows up. You are worthy. Period. Full stop. Todays we're talking all about; The dee...

Our bodies are so POWERFUL and learning to tap into the innate consciousness your body possess is a skill that will guide you through life. We can feel it when something doesn't feel quite right to us - but whether we choose to listen or not is another whole situation   Today we're talking all about; Tuning into our bodies and recognizing when it is telling us that something or someone doesn't fee...

Dr. Rachel Botsman defines trust as "a confident relationship with the unknown" and I thought that was such a beautiful way of phrasing it. Trust will provide growth, which requires patience, uncertainty, vulnerability, and looking inward with the understanding that you don't know what's next in the abyss. Today we're talking: Giving people close to us the benefit of the doubt While also learning...

I told this to a friend going through some difficulties in her relationship months ago when she was wondering if she was asking for too much from her partner, and it's something I've had to remind myself in various types of relationships over the years. You are not too much. You have needs, and if we avoid or sidestep communicating those needs for fear of losing the person, we're actually being in...

Out of over 260+ episodes here on the Room to Grow Podcast, this conversation is hands-down one of my favourites to date. We're speaking with Traver Boehm, an author of two books, 2 time TEDx Speaker, men's coach and founder of the UNcivilized Men's Movement, which is radically redefining the way men around the globe experience their masculinity by uniquely blending both primal elements of manhood...

This is an incredibly special episode with an extraordinary guest. I'm thrilled to have Sylvester McNutt III joining me today, and just some of the things I appreciate most about Sylvester is his genuine care, honesty, vulnerability, and how introspective he is. Getting to have a conversation with Sylvester, learning from what he teaches or reading his books is like a breath of fresh air, and toda...

Today I'm walking you through the 4-part framework I developed that will completely change how you connect with people and lead to better relationships. Curiosity Communication / Conversation Compassion Connection In my opinion, the one that gets neglected the most? Genuine curiosity. I can promise that no matter how well you think you know someone, there's always more to discover.  And what a bea...