I learned the hard way to never defer my authority. We have the right and freedom to make our own choices and they are ours to have. The truth is that we know deep inside our being what is OUR way at THIS time. This is your authority. Your intuition and core desires are your authority. Of course, you can take input from others and consider these opinions, but each person’s way is exquisitely unique.
Legacy Burdens Cross-Cultural Healing With Ifs & Embrace Your Unicorn Self With Deran Young — EP60
In this poignant and powerful conversation with Deran Young, founder of Black Therapists Rock, learn all about Internal Family Systems (IFS) and how you can use that to claim unseen parts of yourself as well as heal racism and racial and cross-cultural wounds. Deran shares about her perspectives on the Legacy Burden of the Black Community, her experiences of being Muslim for 5 years, in the US Air Force for 17, and her fascination with the magic of Unicorns.
Invite Your Younger Self to Meet Your Present Day Self ❤ Self – Love Note
So often our younger selves did not get what we needed and we go searching in the world as an adult for those needs to be met. We can gently shift out of that cycle. We have the resources now — more than we did when we were children. We can embrace our own worth — the worth that is inherent in our existence. Invite the younger part of you to turn towards and meet your present-day self in this practice.
Why Feel? Emotions & Embodiment for the Skeptic in You — EP59
In this episode, I talk about embodiment 101 for the skeptic in you, what qualities and capacities healing and integration requires, moving from rationalizing to feeling, the steps to feeling, the myths about being still or quiet, and accessing your wisdom.
Self-Forgiveness ❤ Self – Love Note
Forgiveness is a way to support your movement forward – to learn and grow. It makes space for the possibilities in the moment and the opportunity to respond differently towards yourself and therefore towards the world. This is loving yourself and having compassion. You are human and you are “in training.”
Healing the Belief “I Am Not Enough or Good Enough” ❤ Self – Love Note
Sometimes we believe we aren’t enough unless we do or achieve a specific thing, or because we aren’t a certain way or have a certain quality in us. We are all enough because we exist. Try this Self-Love Exercise to support you in transforming your nervous system to calibrate to the belief that You Are Enough.
