Words with Me Podcast

So it's December and while I am preparing to mentally check out for the holidays, I am also looking ahead towards the end of the year. This time brings up so many emotions. There's the expectation of great things to come and also a little bit of anxiety about the unknowns of the year to come.  My motto for 2022? "Choose you in 2022!"  Looking back on this year I am happy about everything I've acco...

Hey everyone and welcome back to the podcast! I know I've been away for a bit, but it's for a good reason. While I've been away I've actually passed 200 plays! In this episode I talk about quieting the mind, monitoring your self-talk and gaslighting yourself. It's easy for us to get in our heads and be our own worst critic.  One of the books that has helped a lot in this area i...

Social media is kind of a big deal now. We need to promote ourselves and our businesses. We use it to share life moments and connect. It can be good and just as bad. What does it mean when social media becomes too much?  In this episode I get into managing your social media usage and cultivating confidence, self-worth, and self-esteem. In a world of social media, retweets, followers and likes it c...

So you want to get into therapy? First of all, congratulations on making that decision! It takes guts and determination to be able to say you need help and to go out and get it. Therapy has been such a blessing for me and in this episode of the podcast I get into some of the lessons learned from my own healing journey about: Doing things scared Understanding and coping with negative emotions Corre...

One thing we have to do in life is learn how to work with difficult people. Whether it's a family member, friend, colleague, etc. we have to be able to make sure we can accomplish our goals and tasks. In my own personal experience there are certain people who will act harshly either because they don't care or they have nothing to lose. In other cases it could be something deeper than that like may...

Let's talk about a quarter-life crisis. It's something that is real and we should normalize extending grace to ourselves and people who are in their mid 20's and early 30's. Life is hard and it's important to know how to cope when times are tough. We shouldn't be expected to know every detail of our lives and lets not even get into the economy. The factors that keep millennials from being able to...

One way to know that you are healing and changing for the better is examining the way you treat yourself. How have you been treating yourself lately? What do you think about the person you are becoming? Let’s talk about becoming the main character, overcoming self-sabotage and limiting beliefs and choosing ourselves. I can honestly say that I feel a shift between the old ways in which I treated my...

Success is such an interesting topic to discuss. Success can mean so many different things to each of us, but we are all striving for it in one way or another. Whether it’s success in work, life, relationship, our business ventures, etc. we still would like to be considered successful…  So what does success actually mean?  What does it even look like and why do we feel so much pressure t...

Words with Me is a blog and podcast for thought and curiosity. This space is meant to encourage conversation on a range of topics including life, faith, and inspiration. Karsten Bush is an engineer and millennial who is finding her footing and becoming the highest version of herself.