Even Me

Did you know that accountability and responsibility are not the same? One is a personal response to what happens, and the other is about task orientation. Because they are different, yet both equivalent to progress, avoiding or lacking either can cause devastating outcomes and create burnout. This episode is for you if it has been tough getting motivated or maintaining discipline, especially if you misunderstand (or are unsure abou...

Receiving what we give is not the goal. This goal is positioning ourselves with people and things that can return what we provide equivalently. Every interaction has an opportunity to have your cup filled. Filling a void that is triggered by unmet needs and trauma is not the same as filling your cup. If you have started tolerating not having that cup filled, this episode is for you! If you continue to engage in romantic relationshi...

Do you feel safe in emotional connections? Have you been stuck at an age when you experienced the trauma of separation or abandonment? Are you codependent on familiarity? How do you prevent regret from turning into resentment without grieving what you cannot control? This episode is for you if you have ever identified with being codependent or have a loved one who you feel might struggle with codependent behaviors. This episode is ...

This episode is for you if you are an overthinker. This episode is also for you if you allow scenarios outside of your control to live rent-free in your mind. The minute that wounds are identified, we have a responsibility to cleanse them and understand how to grieve without consistently compartmentalizing the hurt. If you are often trying to "pray it away" or hoping that time itself will help you forget about a wound tha...

Have you ever understood love bombing to be a form of anxiety? We most commonly understand this definition in conversations about narcissistic behaviors, yet the more we learn about our own relationship expectations, upbringing, and inability to be emotionally available, we may start to learn that the capacity to love bomb others is within us all. We often miss that grand gestures within days of meeting or a constant need to be in ...

Have you ever noticed if you are more attracted to people who ignore you or blow hot and cold? Do you find yourself running to people, places, and things trying to get away from you, or avoiding love completely feeling that no one is trustworthy enough to receive your vulnerability? How do you respond when others put up boundaries around their time and require space to decompress and self-identify? This episode is for you if you se...

Did you know that dimming your light is a form of people-pleasing? What if I told you that playing small is a way of telling yourself that external validation holds more power than your own objectivity about what you have been through? Today's episode is for you if you convince yourself that you are fraudulent in your achievements or if you feel guilty in consistently sharing them with others. Today's message is also for ...

Are you aware that you could be perpetuating your fear of failure or fear of success through Impostor Syndrome? What happens when you do not feel that you are enough and try that much harder to prove it to yourself just to stand in your way and prevent the best result? Are you picking specific people, places, and things that cannot elevate you just to prove the point that you can control external validation to make your fears more ...

Men resist temptation too. Men are tired of the games too. Men want to be faithfully married too. Men are great parents too. Men want to cry too. Men can make love and be in love too. However, how many of us have shamed men for their decision to explore vulnerability and safety? How many of us lead with outdated social norms that create unrealistic expectations for men to deeply connect with others without first allowing them to ac...

Whether on your favorite social platforms, dating someone new, conversing with someone familiar, or during conversations with strangers in your daily life, we have all been exposed to oversharing. How can we not be when it's normalized? Some might call "telling all" a method of release to help others understand they are not alone. Others might say sharing too much personal information could be a reaction to feeling m...

Whether it's increased sadness around the holidays, or a dip in your mood from the colder months that lack sunshine, we have all experienced seasonal depression. We may more commonly understand it as winter or holidays blues, and it is more clinically known as Seasonal Affective Disorder if it becomes a routine occurrence. Not only does it impact mood and performance, it plays on the Vitamin D deficiency many of us experience,...

When you hear the word "breakup" does your brain typically associate romantic relationships? Friendship breakups happen so frequently and they can change your entire life. This episode is for you if you have ever ended a friendship, no matter how long you knew each other. It's also for you if you have trouble befriending new people, forming a friendship in romantic relationships, and even if you were in a relationshi...