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Honest Talk about motherhood, Divorce, Dating in my 40’s, break-ups and trying to raise healthy teenagers through it all.

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36 episodes

And then suddenly…

There is no escaping trauma. You can’t love trauma away. Today I share some difficult news, and start a new, different chapter in my life, and in my healing ❤️‍🩹

4m
Feb 06, 2022
Some days are like that

Some days, some weeks are just shit. But things grow in shit! In this episode I talk about my shitty week in these dark, post sugar over-load days of January. I talk about how honesty, and the willingness to lean in when things get hard is the key to finding the passage out of the dark. ❤️

17m
Jan 14, 2022
Working around the Injury

In this episode I touch base with some new personal thoughts on trauma injury, and discuss where I am at on the path to recovery. 💔🏋️‍♀️🤕

11m
Jan 07, 2022
The Other Woman

In this short episode I contemplate my lurking anger towards the “other” woman, even though she is long gone. A psychological ghost that haunts me.

7m
Dec 08, 2021
December Sixth

I talk about how I am on the anniversary of my break-up.

10m
Dec 08, 2021
Darkest Days

As we enter into the darkest days of the year, and approach the one-year marker of the Rupture in my relationship, I contemplate the deliberate re-visiting I am doing. Maybe it is some awkward shadow-work, maybe I am cleaning out the dark corners, but for whatever reason, I need to go there over and over

6m
Dec 06, 2021
Coming out of the Fog

After a “big, juicy fight” this week, and a lot of long, sleepless nights, I am finally coming out of the grip that my trauma-wound fear had on me. I am learning to separate fearful thoughts from reality. With that, comes the realization that trust has nothing to do with passive healing and everything to do with being intentional and honest.

12m
Nov 28, 2021
Healing Continues ❤️‍🩹

In this episode I ruminate on where I am a year after the rupture in my relationship, and get real about how surprised I am at how slow and gross this process can be, EVEN when love comes back…hopefully to stay this time.

15m
Nov 10, 2021
Sitting in Discomfort

Today I try to put my thumb on how it feels to be almost 50 and living a life that has not ended up the way I had planned. I am learning to sit in discomfort and the unknown. Hanging out with my guilt and fear a little…

16m
Oct 05, 2021
Restoration

In this episode I speak about how we need to acknowledge the darkness and our destructive patterns in order to move forward to restoration

9m
Aug 20, 2021
One Foot in the Dark

Today I share a moment of slide-back. I talk about how the struggle to integrate truth and pain while respecting boundaries is a difficult one. Come walk the slow meandering path to healing with me ❤️

9m
Aug 19, 2021
In the Loop

The trauma loop, that is. In this episode I share more on my work to break out of destructive patterns, starting with understanding why I return to the source of my pain.

10m
Aug 18, 2021
The Monsters in My Head

I have started to deep-dive into my anxious attachment style. I finally admit I am a total scaredy-cat and it’s time to change that. I am (hopefully) at the beginning of a whole new chapter of integration and new communication and relational patterns. Wish me luck! It’s going to be a ride ❤️👌🏻👍🏻

16m
Aug 13, 2021
No Magic Timeline

This morning I talk about how there is no magic timeline to healing, and no “right” way to do life ❤️

10m
Jun 03, 2021
Be Your Own General Contractor

In this episode I talk about taking others advice and opinions with a grain of salt. You know what’s best for you deep down inside. You can run your own show if you listen to and believe your truth 🌸

10m
May 28, 2021
Garage Sale

Life is like a cluttered garage...sometimes you have to throw the doors open and muck it out ❤️

13m
May 22, 2021
Pain

Today I talk about the physical and mental pain link. No science here, just my feelings ❤️

13m
May 19, 2021
Pathways

Today I talk quickly about learning to tell the difference between my trauma playing mind games with me and reality, and express gratitude for the path I am on, even though it it rocky.

12m
May 09, 2021
Talk About Distance

I start to touch on the challenges of long distance love, and share a bit about how that feels and how we are slowly learning to overcome the intimidating obstacles in our path to being together ❤️

14m
May 07, 2021
Chapter One, A New Story

Today I start breaking open the beginning of a new love story. One with more honesty, deeper compassion. Love that transcends tragedy.

13m
May 04, 2021
Finding Gratitude Again

Today I talk through what’s troubling me and realize while I am rambling that a healthy dose of gratitude is what has been missing in my life lately ❤️

13m
May 03, 2021
Slump Happens

Today I talk about the natural slumps we all get in from time to time - just talking my way out of it with you!

9m
Apr 30, 2021
Nothing is ever Nothing

Today I talk about loss. About how feeling nothing is not a real thing. At least not in my case. I re-visit an old wound I thought was fixed.

14m
Apr 29, 2021
Change is Coming ❤️

In this episode I talk briefly about changes coming my way.

6m
Apr 26, 2021
Cut Yourself Some Slack

In this episode I talk about prioritizing as a parent and how that requires constant re-assessment and re-alignment...and some slack 💕

11m
Apr 21, 2021
Remember to Look Up

A quick episode to reminder us to look up and enjoy the beauty of life while we try to keep the balance ❤️

7m
Apr 19, 2021
Follow-through

I talk about how I feel at the final phase of a long split. It took forevah...but we made it.

10m
Apr 15, 2021
Fixin’ the Heart Takes Time

Today I talk about the time we need to allow ourselves to heal from trauma, and how reality of everyday life and others expectations put pressure on that timeline

12m
Apr 10, 2021
Those Shadows Tho

Dealing with darkness and anger is part of life, but lately my own struggle with it is really starting to pick my ass. Maybe the worst comes out right before you heal, or maybe I have a boatload of work ahead of me...either way change has to come ❤️

7m
Apr 08, 2021
Fear vs Intuition

I am thinking out loud in this episode, trying to help myself figure out how to decipher fear vs intuitive messages.

12m
Mar 29, 2021