Self Approval School with Libby Bunten

Hello, my loves. I had one of those moments recently that felt so obvious that, once I processed it and landed back on Earth, I was actually able to get to a place where I laughed my ass off at myself. And also had some serious compassion for myself. You know those moments where you’ve known something intellectually for years, you’ve even taught it to other people, and then all of a sudden your bo...

For more information on how to coach with me, visit my website here. If you feel called to join my monthly coaching membership, THE SISTERHOOD, get information and join here. In this episode we discuss what many women in a Patriarchalized culture struggle with - The Sisterhood Wound. We define it, unpack it, and talk about ways to heal it. If you're a woman who is exhausted with performative frien...

Over the past several years as I’ve run deeply intimate and powerfully revealing groups with women, many themes and common threads emerged. As women unlearned their conditioning, as women relaxed into truly being seen and held, as women started to shine their light in front of a group of other real live women - all of these things pointed them directly back to the one thing they needed most. THEMS...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode references sexual assault, violence, and what is being referred to in the media as “the online rape academy.” This isn’t the episode I was planning to record today. I took the last few weeks off from recording because I was fully immersed in the the pleasure and joy of being celebrated for my birthday for the entire month of April. I brag. In that time I oriented enti...

*Edit to episode: In an inspired moment I vaguely referenced Brene Brown’s research on belonging and I misquoted it in my excitement. A more accurate reference is below: According to Brené Brown, fitting in is the opposite or even, in stronger words, the enemy of belonging. Fitting in is contorting your authentic self to be accepted by others, while belonging is being accepted for who you truly ar...

Trigger Warning: This episode includes mentions of suicide, trauma, and addiction. Please listen with care and honor your body's limits. It you're not in a place to hear that right now, you might want to skip this one or come back when you have more support. Episode Description: In this episode of Self Approval School, Libby shares why she is the one talking about self-approval - and why this work...

In this first episode, I share why I created Self Approval School and what you can expect when you're in this space. We talk about: -What "good-girl" conditioning looks like in real life -How internalized patriarchy and misogyny keep us doubting ourselves -Why self-approval isn't a mindset hack, but a practice of internal intimacy and embodiment -The kind of convos and stories you'll hear on this...