Unreasonably happy

New HUGE timeline started today, as I recorded this episode in my new apartment! My own home! There is chaos and I don’t have lights everywhere and all my clothes are in the corner and I have ONE spoon, but I'm so excited and emotional and grateful and this is simply a sweet little episode inspired by the fact that I brought Norwegian cinnamon back from Paris in my luggage today. Long timeline...

I'll let Laura tell her story below, and I hope you'll join us for this lovely, silly, honest conversation about perfectionism, should's, how long change can take, vulnerability around people pleasing and how hard (and rewarding) going after what you actually want is! I hope you find this as comforting and normalizing as I did, always nice to know we're not alone <3 For years, L...

An unreasonably happy year <3  Talking about kindness, some of my biggest lessons of the year and some reminders for youuu!

Oh how I loved this conversation! Join in our talk about self care and how we define it, how it's perfect to be an accountant (if you want to be an accountant), how putting yourself in new situations can unexpectedly bring you to exactly where you want to go, the battle of play and productivity, how to habit stack self care with picking up your phone and the importance of making your routines...

A thought or seven about moving, from the middle of a messy mess, all about big cleanups and decisions and changing and shifting and all the metaphors that come up with this process. What you hold on to, what you want to bring with you, what you accidentally accumulated and how to decide what comes into the next chapter.  Also, can you believe it's episode 40?!? So glad you're here! Assumi...

Todays episode is a clip from my gratitude class (so it's extra fancy and also has video)! As mentioned during the episode, this one was actually taken out of the Skillshare version, while left as a bonus in the version you can get directly from me, and I'm really excited to share the perspectives of what you're really doing and practicing when you start a gratitude habit. Because it s...

In the spirit of feeling for yourself if something is a big deal or not, here is the story of my first little tattoo and how that felt for me, it was such a fun sweet experience and I can't stop looking at it and showing it to everyone ✨ GREAT exercise for self trust! *Yes yes, technically this came out on a Wednesday, but I got it on a Tuesday ;)

Aaah, the skill of discomfort tolerance, a term I learned from Karin Nordin, is todays topic, and not just "How good are you at being uncomfortable?" but also "What kind of discomfort is worth it?" If both options are uncomfortable, what's the right one for me? Speaking up or not speaking up? Getting up early or being late for work? Staying or going? Not all discomfort is c...

Tina Ethridge is one of my favorite humans to follow online for acceptance and gentle self kindness reminders, which makes perfect sense, as she is a radical ADHD and AuDHD acceptance coach. In this glorious all-over-the-place conversation we touch on so many elements of happiness and figuring out who we are, topics of fun and joy and pleasure, how to work with your brain, how to know if you'r...

When you feel like nothing matters and everything feels blah and unnecessary and stuck and you're not sure what would help, let me share some Facebook/Reddit wisdom with you (which is backed with the book "Burnout" by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (sidenote, I haven't read it, but it's on the list!) about learned helpnessness and how much it matters to do something... that isn&#39...

One of my favorite permission slips and also a reminder I still need CONSTANTLY! Sneaky sneaky perfectionism showing up as "Oh, this isn't the right time to do this!" And catching it when it happens, like right now, this feels like the wrong time to post this episode (surprise surprise, brain is often like that) so here it is!

Not to play favorites, but y'all... I've been so excited to bring you this DELIGHT of a conversation, tune in, turn on the video to see both of our wonderful faces and enjoy! We cover everything from gratitude to depression, photography to raincoats and a lot of buckets and beach balls More about Marie-Claire: Marie-Claire Ashcroft, known as the Professional Rebel, is a Self-Expression Spe...

It's not even an exaggeration to say that other humans are my biggest source of joy. And yes, I realize that this is the most obvious thing in the world, because yours probably is too (even if you classify yourself as an introvert): your friends, your favorite artists, authors, musicians, your family, your favorite podcast-host, and also random people, the guy who makes your lattes, the woman...

Do you suspect that you're more loved/valuable/worthy, just overall BETTER, if you're not tired? Because this still sometimes trips me up. That if I can't "give it my all" then why bother, because it's not gonna be amazing and I might as well... not. But I don't actually believe that. And knowing what I know about persistent beliefs and how we change our minds and bra...

Is it too dramatic to say that friends make life worth living? Probably not! One of the longest running studies from Harvard university says this: "Robert Waldinger , director of the  Harvard Study of Adult Development , says one of the biggest surprises they encountered was that what makes people happy is also what helps keep them healthy — relationships." So if you want to be happy and...

"Be your own best friend" has SUCH a cliché ring to it, but I still wholeheartedly agree that it's one of the best recommendations for a happier life. Gretchen Rubin talks about this too, that yes, relationships with others are one of the biggest keys to happiness, but also supported by your relationship to yourself! So in this episode I'm talking about where to start if you don&...

One of my many many beloved jobs, so why did I stop? Sharing a lot of love for transformation and some new perspectives on makeup in this episode (a surprisingly vulnerable topic!) and I'd love to know what you think! Appearance and makeup and the visual aspect of someone is SO impactful and it's been on my mind lately, and even though there are still many paradoxes and more conversations...

Do you get stuck when making decisions? Even seemingly "easy" ones, like when you're decluttering? "Oooh but it's just things, this SHOULD be easy..." Blah Often, it's not a case of not knowing what to do or how to do it, but more a situation where you don't really want to be the one responsible for the decision made. For the consequences. Or (raising my hand he...

Do you feel like no matter how much you get done, it's never good enough? That the moment something is finished, you either overthink it (perfectionism, I see you) or go into comparison mode, wondering if someone else is doing it better? The thing is, it doesn't really matter how much you get done or how wonderfully you do something, if it never counts! This approach of "I won't b...

Another fantastic guest! Ah, I'm so excited for you to hear this conversation with Amber Abila, my friend and colleague. Hope you are ready to be pleasantly surprised by a conversation with a coach for bingeing and overeating! Because honestly? I was a liiiiittle skeptical to having food and eating and body image as a topic for a January episode, with diet culture feeling like it's EVERYWH...

Spot my three favorite new words... or not NEW-new, but important and reframed for your enjoyment! - Temporal landmarks like New years eve for energy and change! - Encouragement as a concept, I have fallen in love with the concept after reading it in "The courage to be disliked" - Congruence aka how your values, actions and words match to be an honest, whole, real version of you (one of...

You probably relate to and resonate with lot of different labels and so do I! And I believe they can be used as tools for change and be genuinely helpful, not just to put you into a restrictive box (all a matter of interpretation surprise surprise!). Listen in to hear what I think the two criterias and how much impact a newer one of mine has had. I wasn't sure I actually wanted to share this,...

I just found one of the best (!!!) explanations I've heard for why we shouldn't do our "best", and I wanted to share it with you, as the whole concept of "Doing your best" has been on my mind lately and annoys me more than it should. Join me for a lovely capacity rant (feel free to check out episode 19 about The Energy Budget if you want even more context for that!) and...

A two-for-one episode! First, a little reminder to not fix routines and habits and systems that ain't broken. Trying to reinvent something that works is rarely the most efficient use of your time and this quote always reminds me of that. Secondly, a silly exercise for when you feel stuck thinking there are only two options and a very theatre improv-y example of how there might be... a third wa...

I love coaching! And like most things I feel strongly about, it can sometimes be really hard to explain it in a coherent way (you might be able to relate, try explaining your favorite human!). SO, this is perhaps the most honest look into my brain yet, in the first (of many probably) attempts of an explanation of how coaching came into my life, how it works, what it means to ME and all the things...