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Grounded Wildness
Let's face it. You've been surrounded by messages your entire life telling you to prove your worth through achievement, success, likability, and a million other forms of being "good." Over time, those messages become rules you follow, often without even knowing it. Those rules make you believe everything will fall apart if you slow down. They tell you it’s your job to be responsible for everything and take care of everyone. They make you feel guilty for saying no. They tell you to prove, please, and perfect your way through life. It's time to stop. It's time to break those rules – and start living in grounded wildness. Join speaker, award-winning author of 'An Overachiever's Guide to Breaking the Rules' and 'Grounded Wildness', and recovering perfectionist Heather Whelpley as she shares honest conversations that will empower you to stop performing your life and start LIVING it. If you're tired of burnout, hustle culture, and the weight of “should” and “supposed-to” and want more joy, impact, and freedom in your life, this podcast is for you. Learn more at www.heatherwhelpley.com
Grounded Wildness
EP. 32 - Creating the Space To Live By Your Own Rules with Dara Beevas
Today's episode marks a totally new series for the podcast – interviews with women living in grounded wildness!
In each episode, we'll be discussing the rules different women have unraveled, how they've dealt with the challenges that have come up along their journey, and how they've created their own rules for life. These are going to be real conversations with real women. No pretending or performing – we're diving right into life.
Dara Beevas is the perfect first guest for this series! She is a writer, the co-founder of Wise Ink Creative Publishing, and my publisher for both An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules and Grounded Wildness! Dara is also a change-maker, full of joy, and living her own journey to grounded wildness. We dive into a wide-range of topics on the podcast, including:
- Unraveling the religious rules Dara was taught growing up and evolving them into a spirituality that works for her now
- What it means to be a "lady" and "good" – and letting go of those definitions to rediscover yourself
- The messages we got growing up to be attractive and desirable for boys
- Dara's key to creating space for herself (we can all use this one!)
Links:
- Learn more about Wise Ink Creative Publishing
- Get more info about Dara, her books, and her speaking on her website
- Order Grounded Wildness – coming October 17th!!!
- Learn more about hiring Heather as a speaker
Dara Beevas' Bio:
Dara Beevas is the co-founder of Wise Ink and works with authors on a mission to share powerful stories that ignite change, tolerance, and growth. She's worked with more than 400 authors to publish their books, including both Grounded Wildness and An Overachiever's Guide To Breaking The Rules.
Dara is also an author herself! She's authored The Indie Author Revolution, Social Media Secrets For Authors, Buzz: The Ultimate Guide To Book Marketing, and Amina of Zaria, a children's book that inspires li'l queens everywhere, especially Black and Brown girls, to fight for what they believe in.
She's a recipient of the Bush Foundation Fellowship, Woman in Business Award, Emerging Leader Award, and Emerging Writer Fellowship granted through the Given’s Foundation.