Episode 29: Healing Her IBS Back Again

Hello again, everyone listening. I’m happy to be back recording today after quite a decent break from podcasting the Healing Her IBS show. Today I want to talk with you about what prompted this break for me and also what is bringing me back here again, more renewed and ready to record and share. I also want to speak with you about some of the changes that I am hoping and planning on making in this new year of podcasting and this new year of exploring how to heal your IBS.

Erin Maillo helps women with IBS who are sick of being sick reduce triggers, zap flareups, find peace and get their lives back.

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Episode 29-Healing Her IBS- Back Again

Hello again, everyone listening. I’m happy to be back recording today after quite a decent break from podcasting the Healing Her IBS show. Today I want to talk with you about what prompted this break for me and also what is bringing me back here again, more renewed and ready to record and share. I also want to speak with you about some of the changes that I am hoping and planning on making in this new year of podcasting and this new year of exploring how to heal your IBS.

Why I took a break
The honest truth of why I took a break from podcasting was because I started to feel a little disconnected from what I was doing and to who I was speaking to, to whom I was doing this for. In my mind, I have an image of the woman I hope finds my podcast and the ways in which it could help her. Help her see that she’s not alone with all of this, and help her see that there is a way out. I think that the reason I took a break was because I wasn’t sure who was listening or if they were enjoying what I was recording, if it actually was helping at all or not.I started  to put pressure on myself regarding the podcast and it started to feel a bit more like an obligation, and less like something that I was doing freely and happily. Whenever that happens in my life, I do try to take a break and re-evaluate. I like to think about what I am doing and why, and investigate what my feelings are and what they might be trying to communicate to me in those moments. What I realized after several months of reflecting was that helping women feel less alone, helping them feel supported and understood and guided towards a truer and happier life for them is something that  I was meant to do in this life. Living out that purpose for me in my life in all the different ways it manifests is what I want to do, just for the sake of doing it. I realized through a lot of journaling and conversations with friends and family and other coaches, that it doesn’t matter who is listening or how many people. What matters is that my intention of why I am doing it is clear, and if my intention is clear and it is good, then that is good enough. It’s inevitable that eventually I will help other women who were suffering as I was. I may not see it immediately, and I need to make peace with not  knowing who I am reaching in any given day or moment. I realized through  deeper reflection-that I am not doing the podcast t to get any particular outcome. It’s an interest and a passion of mine and that’s good enough reason. Of course-I would love to work with more women with IBS and help them. But I realized that this podcast is also it’s own separate being for me, it’s its own thing, and I want it to stand on it’s own two feet. 

Intentions Going Forward
As I have thought long and hard about what I do want this podcast to be and what I don’t want it to be, I’ve realized that I need to stop putting pressure on myself to write these perfect episodes that are going to be exactly what that listener needs to hear on any given day or week. I do want to support you, and I do want to speak on subjects that are useful for you and that are going to help you heal. But honestly, more than that, I want to express myself and feel free to follow my curiosities and my interests too.  I want to bring forward that mission of helping women with IBS heal by talking about what’s important for me, what my experience was and what I have learned over these past six years around healing in general, whether that’s healing IBS or healing other pain points in your life that are keeping you from truly living the way you know you want to live, how you meant to live. I think there is that voice inside of all of us that speaks to us and lets us know when we are off, when we need help and guidance and how to navigate towards the version of ourselves that we are most resonant with. So, I want to write on topics that are more personal to me. I want to speak with you all in a more emotional and real way, so that you can connect with me and my story and hopefully that will be a way for you to heal as well. And please, I would love to hear from you if you are listening today. If there is a topic that you would love to hear me discuss, or guests that you would like for me to have on, please write me at erin@healingheribs.com. You can also connect with my on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/healingheribswellness/.

I am really looking forward to this new year and this new way of podcasting. Thank you for listening and I’m so happy to be back.