The Self Investment Project with Kathy Washburn | Emotional Wellness, Midlife Reinvention & Reclaiming Your Authentic Self
The Self Investment Project is a transformative podcast dedicated to those grappling with Type C traits—people-pleasing, emotional suppression, and conflict avoidance. Join us as we explore unique strategies to cultivate emotional well-being, empowering you to reclaim authenticity and resilience. Tune in to discover how prioritizing your emotional health can lead to a more fulfilling, joyful life, positively impacting your relationships and overall well-being. You are worth investing in!
This podcast may be helpful if you have ever asked:
What are Type C personality traits?
How to stop being a people pleaser?
What is emotional suppression and how does it affect me?
What are the benefits of emotional intelligence in daily life?
How to express my true feelings without fear?
What are less talked about ways to boost immunity?
- To learn more about Kathy and her coaching services, head over to: https://kathywashburn.net/
Episodes
81 episodes
Ep. 80 - Reclaiming Your Story: How Writing the Truth Can Heal Your Body with Cristina Simmons
What if the story you have never told is the very thing standing between you and your own healing?In this episode, Kathy sits down with Cristina Simmons, an occupational therapist turned publisher, author, and founder of a comp...
Ep 79 - Capacity vs. Capability: The Equation That Changes Everything with Emily Forbes
Emily Forbes spent nine years as a CEO, winning awards and passing every performance review, while her body was quietly falling apart. In this conversation, Emily shares the equation she developed after ill-health retirement forced her to separ...
Ep. 78 - Type C to Type D: A Therapist’s Honest Look at Building Your New Normal with Leonore Tjia
This week I'm bringing back a conversation that has stayed with me since we first recorded it, and repositioning it inside our Building Your New Normal arc, because it's the piece that unlocks what this quarter is really about.My guest i...
Ep. 77 - Learning to Say No: The First Brave Act of Building Your New Normal with Kathy Washburn
A people-pleaser's guide to saying no without guilt. Three practical scripts, one story about a boss who wouldn't take no, and why no is information, not rejection.If you've ever said yes when every part of you wanted to say no, th...
Ep. 76 - The Art of Listening to Yourself: Collage, Creativity and Coming Home to Your Body with Molly Meng
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Ep. 75 - The Habit Your Body Has Been Waiting to Build with Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 74 - Pelvic Floor Health, Emotional Suppression & Empowerment with Erin Michael
Erin Michael — physical therapist, competitive powerlifter, breast cancer survivor, and co-founder of Rebuild A Bitch (RAB) — joins the show for a powerful conversation about pelvic floor health, perfectionism, emotional suppression, and what i...
Ep. 73 - When Did Your Time Stop Feeling Like Yours? How Values Change Everything with Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 72 - Consciousness Skills to Create Change and Prevent Burnout with Andrew Parsons
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Ep. 71 - How to Listen to Your Body with Miranda Holder
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Ep. 70 - Be Kind, Not Nice: The Type C Guide to Self-Advocacy with Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 69 - Investing in Your Future Self with Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 68 - Your Body as Partner: Why Pain Is a Signal, Not a Sentence with Dr. Taelon Parson
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Ep. 67 - Get Curious Instead of Critical with Rose Ann Cerofeci
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Ep. 66: From Choiceless to Conscious How Breathwork Breaks Unconscious Patterns with Anthony Abbagnano
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Ep. 65 - The Body Keeps Score: How People-Pleasing is Messing with Your Hormones with Dr. Seth Osgood
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Ep. 64 - The Integrity Trap: Can following through for everyone else be breaking you down? with Natasha Skolny
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Ep. 63 - When Giving Becomes a Wall: Learning to Receive by Taking Time and Retreating With Jennifer Miller
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Ep. 62 - Changing Perspective in Dark Times with Andra Davidson
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Ep. 61 - The Currency of Your Attention - How Paying Attention Can Change Everything with Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 60 - You'll Never Walk Alone : The Art of Building Supportive Relationships with Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 59 - The Sweetest Devotion - Why Self Care Isn't Selfish Kathy Washburn
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Ep. 58 - Midlife Reinvention: How to Stop People-Pleasing and Tap into Your Soul's Intuition with Christina Deering
What if the feeling of being stuck is actually your soul guiding you toward your greatest self? This episode offers a roadmap for Midlife Reinvention starting with tuning into your body's wisdom. Host Kathy Washburn interviews ...
Ep. 57 - Adversity as a Superpower with Terry Healey
Facing adversity can completely transform your life—but what if you could use your toughest moments to build unshakable resilience and rediscover your authentic self? In this powerful episode, we dive deep into emotional wellness and post-traum...
Ep. 56 - Kindness Revolution How a Technology Executive is Solving the Loneliness Epidemic at Work with Natalie Semmes
Are you tired of the endless cycle of people-pleasing, emotional suppression, and disconnected “social junk food”—but not sure how to reclaim your authentic self? In this empowering episode of The Self Investment Project, we dive deep into the ...