The Bold-Faced Truth Podcast

You can find the resource document mentioned in the episode HERE .  Just start somewhere. One small step at a time.  Time to be better. Way fucking better. 

FREE WORKSHOP ~> One. More. Thing. One more thing and you may just lose your god-damned mind. If one more person asks something of you… If one more task gets added to your to-do list… You may just Lose. Your. Shit. We've all been in this crazy-ass-stressed-the-fuck-out place where we become, uh-hem, a little less than the best version of ourselves. We scream at our kids when they need something mi...

Forgiveness, especially SELF-forgiveness, can be one of the most challenging concepts to grasp on the up and down road of personal development. How on earth are you supposed to forgive yourself for past mistakes? I mean… if you forgive yourself, won't you be letting yourself off the hook? Or if you forgive yourself are you saying that it's actually okay that you fucked up that relationship or that...

FREE WORKSHOP ~> If you've hung out with me for a while, you know that I've spoken often about NOT apologizing for yourself in regards to your wants, opinions, needs, and desires…  As long as  you express those wants, opinions, needs, and desires with grace + kindness. Through my work, and talking on this subject frequently, I've realized that there is a slippery way we apologize for ourselves thr...

FREE WORKSHOP ~> You spent years in therapy dealing with your "family of origin" issues, so #WTF does dad still trigger you like crazy? Especially now during this whole quarantine bullshit? You learned how to deal with your inner critic and were handling it like a #boss, so why has Covid been bringing out your inner shit talker in full force? You know how to speak up for yourself, but you let your...

FREE WORKSHOP ~> 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 as...

FREE WORKSHOP ~> You're scrollin' through Insta or Facebook and you see all these lovely inspirational memes about self-care and making yourself important and you're like, "Yeah, lemme just book a facial. That should help me feel less stress from my shit job." If you've been cynical about self-care, honey, I feel you. Self-care's online reputation would have you believing that taking care of yours...

FREE HYPNOSIS MEDITATION ON FEAR + ANXIETY We are living in a time where there is no shortage of news coverage about stressful, overwhelming, and scary shit, which often leaves us feeling anxious, fearful, and focused on the worse-case scenarios. The great news is that there are a  TON  of other amazing examples of people winning at human during this crazy time in history and there are many people...

FREE HYPNOSIS MEDITATION ON FEAR + ANXIETY No matter how grounded you are in your own personal growth, you are undoubtedly dealing with some #covid crazy hardship that is proving extremely challenging and trying. We're in sort of a collective "shit hitting the fan" moment in history, no? So what is an evolved spirit to do when things beyond your control knock you flat on your ass; When you lose a...

FREE HYPNOSIS MEDITATION ON FEAR + ANXIETY We are living in a time where there is no shortage of news coverage about stressful, overwhelming, and scary shit, which often leaves us feeling anxious, fearful, and focused on the worse-case scenarios. The great news is that there are a  TON  of other amazing examples of people winning at human during this crazy time in history and there are many people...

NEW *FREE* HYPNOSIS MEDITATION ON FEAR + ANXIETY Well, shit. Can we just start 2020 over? I mean… I was looking forward to some awesome fashions like bowler hats, long-string pearls, feather headbands, and flapper dresses. I sure-as-shit wasn't looking for a world-wide pandemic a la turn of the century. But, alas, here we are. [insert virus emoji] And, if you are anything like me (and everyone I'v...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Have you ever felt anger boiling up inside of you but instead of processing it, you drink a bit too much, throw yourself into your work, try to "mantra" it away, or ignore it altogether? Or how about situations of extreme sadness? Tell yourself, " You have nothing to be sad about. Stop being so dramatic. Other people have it so much worse than you." If you have ever found yo...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Ever have that experience of getting rid of an old car and getting an amazing brand new one, but you still find yourself a bit sad to let go of your sentimental junker? Or maybe you get a new job that is totally perfect for you, but you can't shake the feeling of sadness surrounding leaving your current dead-end workplace? Or perhaps you've moved to an incredible new home/to...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Hey everyone, Darlene here, Amy's behind the scenes podcast ninja. The week Amy was supposed to record the episode, she got extremely sick. She felt the right choice was to take the week off from the podcast. This means we won't have an episode this week, but there's still some really great news. 1. We'll be back in your feed next week with a brand new episode. We promise. A...

If you've hung around these parts for awhile, you know that I love to GO OFF about how to establish and enforce a boundary. Of course, this is super helpful when you have a solid understanding of your boundaries, but what's a gal to do if you have no fucking clue what your boundaries even  are !? I mean… how do you even figure that out? Where to start? If you've ever found yourself wondering the s...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP We all want to consider ourselves honest people, but when it comes down to it, we spend quite a bit of time avoiding, fibbing, and sugar-coating our true thoughts and feelings out of fear of what others may think or say. Don't get me wrong-I don't think for one minute you're intentionally lying to everyone (or to yourself), but more often than not, you've bought into the fallac...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Are people-pleasers liars? Is putting yourself first selfish? If you feel you have "let someone down" does that mean the emotion you are feeling is 'guilt'? I'm guessing you have a gut response answer to all of these questions and those answers may be informed by faulty logic. Hear me out… Most of us grow up hearing that we "shouldn't rock the boat", we shouldn't "open a can...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Flip through Insta or Facebook and you'll find a litany of "Love Yourself" and "Just Think Positive" memes and you're likely over here like, "Lemme get right on that." When you've been struggling to simply accept yourself, actually  loving  yourself can feel like it would take an act of god. Perhaps you see super confident people and wonder how the hell they actually like th...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Recently a listener wrote in to the show, asking what to do when you find yourself feeling stuck. You know that racket, no? Stuck in a relationship… stuck in a soul-sucking job… stuck in a friendship that doesn't serve you. The list goes on. Many times, when we feel "stuck", we look outside ourselves for the magic answer instead of addressing things that are totally within o...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> You're no stranger to personal growth. You've read the books (or listened to them). You know the tools. And, yet, lately something has just felt a bit, well…  off . Perhaps the positive self-talk has taken a back seat. You've slacked a bit on your boundaries. Maybe you've dropped some of the habits that keep you grounded and flourishing. Just maybe… you've fallen off the per...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Ever find yourself cruisin' through Facebook, just minding your own business, and then BOOM! You see someone who is thinner than you posing in her bikini in her exotically sexy, annoying vaca pics and you instantly start comparing yourself to her. Or maybe it's that one guy you used to work with sharing about his amazing work promotion for his new, totally awesome company, a...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> 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 enoug...

FREE WORKSHOP ~> At the start of every year, it's likely you get pumped up and excited to make some serious change. You decide on a handful of things that you are GOING to conquer this year, god-damn-it! But what actually makes those goals a reality ? Throughout my decade-plus in this work, I have found that noble intentions have very little to do with bringing goals to fruition. Good ol' fashione...

FREE PLANNING GUIDE WITH THIS EPISODE ~> If you're like most people, you have an overwhelming sense of excitement and ambition come the new year. Also like most people, perhaps you hit Jan gang-busters-style, but when Feb rolls around you have slowly begun to lose steam, fervor, and action. Many people (and maybe YOU) enter the New Year with many plans and intentions, but somehow end up a bit off...

NEW *FREE* WORKSHOP ~> Even though the holiday season is supposed to be all merry and bright and full of glad tidings, it's quite certain that you've found yourself engaged with total overwhelm, buckling from the stress, and dangerously approaching burnout. Although fun and festive, it can take a sheer act of god to keep you from losing your ever-lovin' mind during the chaos of this time of year,...