The Bold-Faced Truth Podcast

GET ON THE DEEP, DOWN + DIRTY VIP LIST!   Ever feel like if you tell someone you aren't available to help them/do something for them, then you are totally letting them down? (And subsequently find yourself riddled with guilt?) Ever feel like you are soooo busy doing everything for everyone else that you have little, if any, time for yourself? Or have you ever felt that if you actually say NO to so...

GET ON THE DEEP, DOWN + DIRTY VIP LIST!   So, you have this goal. This thing you desperately want to accomplish. Maybe it's a Master's Degree. Or maybe it's booking a luxe vaca to Italy. Maybe it's cleaning out your entire garage. Maybe losing that pesky 20lbs. so your knees didn't hurt so damn much. And, yet, despite how much you really want this goal to be realized, you sometimes find yourself l...

GET ON THE DEEP, DOWN + DIRTY VIP LIST! So, your partner gives you a little nudge that *maybe* you could do something a bit differently and you Totally. Fly. Off. The. Handle. Or maybe your bestie gently suggests that you may want to try to actually DO something about the shit-job you are always complaining about and you completely chew him out. If you have a hard time with feedback (uh-hem, criti...

RETREAT WITH ME IN MEXICO! You want to start your own biz, but you're not sure you're 'good' enough. You want to put your name in for the promotion, but you often think, "I'm not experienced enough". You want to go back to school, but you often feel like you're not young enough to start over. No matter what the goal… there is this constant phrase on loop in your mind… Not enough, not enough, not e...

You'd like to think you're a super evolved person… all open-minded. Super embracive of everyone. But, then you see someone on social media and you make up a whole story about who they are… without knowing a damn thing about them. Or maybe you're hangin' with your best buds and you find yourself talking shit about someone who you both work with… without knowing all the facts. Before you start beati...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST!   Ever find yourself dragging your feet on something you know you must get done, but you just keep putting it off and putting it off? Um. Yeah. Me too. And so does everyone else. So what is this really about? Often it's stuff we know will help us be more productive, change our quality of life, or make us healthier but we still put it off as long as we possibly can. Wel...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST!   Tell me if this sounds familiar: You get home and you're like, "Omg, WTF am I going to make for dinner?" or you are about to leave the house and you're like, "Did anyone take the dog out? Or feed him?" Or maybe everywhere you turn you just see stack after stack of shit you need to get to or pile after pile that you were sure someone else would have taken care of by n...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST!   You've made a mess. And you need to clean it up. But, GOD DAMN it's so uncomfortable to apologize to someone when you've fucked up. What do you usually do instead? Maybe sweep it under the rug? Maybe try various acts of kindness so they magically get the hint that you're sorry? Totally ghost them because it's just tooooo embarrassing and shameful to face? I get it. I...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST!   Ever find yourself trying to add yet another thing to your already-packed schedule and that little voice in your head screams, "I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS!!!" Or how 'bout this one: You just can't bring yourself to tell someone "No", so you pack on an additional obligation that totally sends you over the edge into Full. Blown. Overwhelm. Total straw-that-broke-the-ca...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST!   Shit has officially hit the fan. You just got laid off… or fired. You just went through a break-up. You lost someone super close to you. You got passed up for the promotion you thought you nailed. You just found out you have a condition that will require a scary-ass surgery. Your kid just got in legal trouble. We've all been there. Up against seemingly insurmountable...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST! Many years ago, I had a discussion with my coach which started out with me bitching and complaining about how unhappy I had been in my life lately. After working through a handful of things, I became SUPER clear that my day in and day out life wasn't reflective of the things I knew brought me joy and happiness. I wasn't taking care of my health, wasn't meditating, wasn...

GET ON THE RETREAT VIP LIST wonder why having difficult conversations causes soooo much anxiety, often leaving you tongue-tied, frustrated with how you're getting your point across, and down-right bummed-the-fuck-out? It can be super stressful to approach a sticky topic with someone in your life, especially if you are anticipating a less than enthusiastic response. Believe it or not, there are act...

JOIN AFTER HOURS ~> If it's not your kids who need something from you, then it's your boss. If it's not your boss, then it's your partner. If it's not your partner, it's your neighbor… or your sister or bestie or whoever else. And here you are in a cycle of being a yes-man/woman, constantly putting everyone in front of yourself and doing, doing, doing for everyone else, leaving you empty AF. Not t...

Grab your seat in Relationship Rx!   Sometimes communicating with your partner can feel like you're trying to solve a Rubik's cube with your feet… and with your eyes closed. And even though you feel like you are using all of the words and explaining yourself over and over and over, it seems like you are even farther away from solving this intricate puzzle. And, now somehow your partner is pissed a...

Grab your seat in Relationship Rx!   When you are at odds with your partner, it's highly likely that the two of you go over and over the exact same topic and get a shit-ton of NOWHERE. Perhaps you are discussing if the kids should go to public or private school or how much is reasonable to spend on new fencing for the yard or who's responsible for taking the dog to the vet. Each of you have a stro...

FIND OUT YOUR COMMUNICATION LEVEL. TAKE THE QUIZ!   Tell me if I'm onto something here… You'd love to foster deeper connection and intimacy with your partner but you have zero idea where to start. And, let me guess... he/she isn't making things any easier on you, amiright? You often find yourself thinking, "Well, why should I put any effort in? He never does." Or, "I know how she's going to respon...

GET ON THE NEW RELATIONSHIP COURSE VIP LIST! Ever think, "Jesus! How can my partner NOT know how much that means to me?!" or perhaps while the two of you are arguing you think, "How on earth does that shit makes sense? Clearly , I'm right about this." Or how about wanting to share how you really feel about her family, but you think, "There's no way I could tell her that... it would destroy her!" I...

NEW RELATIONSHIP COURSE VIP LIST! We've all heard the popular phrase and song lyric, "All you need is love", but how factual is this statement really? Not very. A romantic idea? For sure. But factual? I find that many people falsely assume that if they are in love with someone, then everything else should come really easily. Um… No. In this episode, I dig into why being soul-mates or being madly i...

FREE JOURNALING PAGES WITH THIS EPISODE! Ever find yourself thinking, "If my husband would just get his shit together, this relationship would be fine"? Or maybe you find yourself keeping score? Like, if he isn't initiating sex, why should I? Or, if he can't pick up his shit, why should I? And, then maybe you do passive-aggressive moves like let dishes pile up for 3 weeks or some other shit to "pr...

JOIN AFTER HOURS ~> If you took a look around you… to all of your close relationships, would they all be reciprocal? Do you have people in your world who constantly deposit into the "account" of your life or are they perpetually withdrawing? Do you ever feel like you give, and give, and give, and get nothing in return? This episode is all about looking at your relationships through a different len...

JOIN AFTER HOURS ~> Tell me if this sounds familiar: Your partner/bestie/boss/mom says something snarky and you immediately make it all your fault and assume that you MUST have done something horribly wrong. And then, without asking for any type of clarity, you just stew on it, ruminating, and make up all sorts of stories about what that other person is thinking and how you must clearly be a total...

FREE JOURNALING PAGES WITH THIS EPISODE! In our society that craves INSTANT gratification for damn-near everything, no wonder we get tripped up on the the continual chase for the next best thing. The next shiny object. Surely, *this new thing* will make me happy. But, wait… now I'm bored with *that thing*, but Ooooooo, what about *this new thing over here*... and then rinse, repeat. Jumping from s...

FREE JOURNALING PAGES WITH THIS EPISODE! Have you ever found yourself at your wits end with your partner and you think something to the effect of, "Well, if he would just _________, we'd be just fine!" Or "I totally wouldn't get all worked up if she would just ________." It's totally normal [and much easier] for us to blame our partner and conveniently NOT look at our role in the matter. Here's th...

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JOIN THE AFTER HOURS CLUB! Every so often, I do a special episode of the podcast that focuses on specific questions submitted by the PODiance. On this week's episode, I tackle three listener submissions that you may find helpful. One listener was unclear on knowing the difference between taking some down for herself and when she was slipping into isolating behavior. I mean… she does have 2 kids, a...