Conversations from the Heart
A weekly, soul-nourishing podcast offering psychologically grounded, heart-centered reflections on human relationships, inner healing, and compassion-based communication.
Focused on live mini-coaching moments to help callers shift from reactive, domination-based communication to collaborative, heart-centered connection. Listen for new scripts for stuck situations, new ways of responding to old relationship dynamics and guidance on how to approach these situations with empathy, self-awareness, and effective communication strategies. Here, we emphasize understanding both one's own needs and the needs of others, creating safe spaces for vulnerable conversations, and finding ways to express ourselves authentically while respecting others' boundaries.
Conversations from the Heart
#81 - Unlearning the Things That No Longer Serve Us
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From the moment we enter the world, we begin learning. We absorb the rules of our families, communities, and larger societies. Some of these lessons serve us well, fostering connection, growth, and resilience.
But others come from systems designed to control and dominate, systems that teach us to trade our authenticity for approval, our agency for compliance, and our creativity for conformity.
In this episode, we speak with Carol and Jen who are working with ways to voice their needs with an eye to getting those needs met. We discuss:
- 1:02 Opening thoughts
- 3:45 How can I create a more mutual friendship with an old friend?
- 9:55 How to check out my assumption with my friend
- 16:06 I'm scared to speak up about what I want
- 23:20 My suggestion was shot down in a meeting and I collapsed afterwards. How can I show up when I'm shut down?
- 27:20 Step 1: Accepting where I am
- 28:00 Step 2: Ask a question. ANY QUESTION.
- 35:25 How to lead with more "I" and less "You"
- 40:06 Shadow work: I get to take up space
- 47:30 What can I do for myself once I've woken from a freeze response?
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Twice a month, I host live calls where members bring real relationship dilemmas. We slow things down and I'll help you see what's actually happening and how to respond with more integrity, strength and care.
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