The Messy Part

One of the best things that has come out of this experience is that this space serves as our own immersion therapy to STOP PLAYING SMALL and step into our spotlight. To talk more trust more share more Here’s to us staying messy and practicing some candid vulnerability The Messy Part is not only labor of love it is also us trying to show up and take our own advice in real time. This is our video jo...

Your memory is your map, you can take a step. On this episode, Adeline and Linda listen fondly to their past selves. They listen long enough to let the lesson soak in. They figured out that sometimes all they need to do is look back to see how far they've come. Sure, that's cliché. But when everything fails, returning to what we've done and what we've said offers us a sense of relief. Maybe we kne...

Sharing your dreams out loud is good for your health. On this episode Adeline and Linda wonder whose imagination they’re living in and how much of their imagination has been stifled. They journey on to rediscover all the joy that dreaming can offer us. Messy Mantra #13: I am worthy of my dreams. Dream a little a dream for me. For your consideration: If nothing was in your way what dream of yours w...

You are in front of who needs to see you. In this episode, Adeline and Linda delve into the complicated layers of representation: the good, the bad, the messy. They find that representation is not in some far away place, it's right in your community. How you show up matters. You are a representation of your values (hint: people look to you to show them the way).  Messy Mantra #12: Visibility is my...

3 to 5 year plans are a hoax. On this episode Adeline and Linda come up for air to reflect, reminisce, and giggle about living and finding ease in limbo. They spend time consoling each other about having nothing figured out. (Hint: we should be dreaming about following our hearts.) Messy Mantra #11: Define us by our dreams For your consideration: What childhood dream have you upheld?

An idea is just an idea until there are actions behind it. We wanted to have a podcast and look at how far we’ve come (hint: Start by starting). In this episode, Adeline and Linda talk through the becoming both teachers and students and relish on their cells regenerating. Question:  What’s the first step you can take? When will you take it? 👀

The outcome isn't only income. In this episode, Adeline and Linda reflect on how their relationship to wealth has changed overtime (hint: money leaves imprints). Mantra: Abundance is my birthright. Question: What is your earliest memory concerning money?

Parents don’t belong on pedestals. In this episode, Adeline and Linda talk about the labor and gratitude caretaking has taught them (Hint: Blood is not thicker than water. We raise each other). Mantra: We are not alone, and we find people anywhere we go.  Question: What did you parents teach you that you want to hold on to? What did they teach you that you want to let go of?

People are put on our path to support our evolution. In this episode, Adeline and Linda talk about synchronicities and rooting themselves to something bigger. (Hint: the universe responds to our actions) Mantra: Be here now.   For your consideration: What emotions do I give myself permission to feel often? 

Love is our first coat of armor. In this episode, Adeline and Linda de-center romantic love as the most important form of love. (Hint: We don’t fall in love, we choose to love) Mantra #6: I love you on purpose. For your consideration: What form of love do you have a hard time receiving?

Unlearning requires levity. On this episode, Adeline and Linda reintroduce themselves with humor. Last year was unhinged and so are they. Messy Mantra #5: Say all your internal thoughts out loud. For your consideration: Who are you most playful with?

Success requires stumbling. On this episode, Adeline and Linda unlearn and redefine success on their own terms (Hint: not becoming a lawyer, doctor, or engineer doesn’t mean you are a waste of space as our parents might have told us.)  Messy Mantra #4: success invites change, action changes experience For your consideration: success is (fill in the blank) 

Forgiveness can be grueling. On this episode, Adeline and Linda come to terms with the reality that at some point we all have to forgive somebody (hint: even if that somebody is ourselves). Messy Mantra#3: Forgiveness is in no one’s hands, but your own.  For your consideration:  What do you easily forgive? 

Nourishment takes many forms. In this episode Adeline and Linda explore their relationship to food and rituals (hint: they need more water). Messy Mantra #2: You can always restart your rituals. For your consideration: How do you nourish yourself?

Who we are starts from the ground up. In this episode Adeline and Linda explore their first relationships (hint: its with themselves) and practice some truth telling. Messy Mantra #1: Name your feelings again and again and again. For your consideration: Do you notice how you talk to yourself?

In each episode of The Messy Part , we'll navigate through the messy, beautiful, and often overlooked aspects of life that shape who we are. In this episode, you meet your hosts!