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Have you ever been overwhelmed by positive stress? And what does that even mean anyway?In this episode, we discuss the types of stress that are currently plaguing us, and how we are managing it. Join us as we cover everything from eating cake, and military retirement, to traveling Europe, and moving to a new city!This journey has been a wild one, but in this episode we want to enco

We made it! FINALLY! Part four, the LAST PART of our review of Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection is here!In this ep. we dig into Guideposts 8-10 of Wholehearted living: 8 : Cultivating Calm and Stillness: Letting Go of Anxiety as a Lifestyle9: Cultivating Meaningful Work: Letting Go of Self-Doubt and “Supposed To”10: Cultivating Laughter, Song, and Dance: Letting Go

We're back! We missed you guys!!!Injury, illness, and crazy schedules has kept us away, but today we jumped into part three of our review of Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection! In this ep. we dig into Guideposts 4-7 of Wholehearted living! 4 : Cultivating Gratitude & Joy: Letting Go of Scarcity & Fear of the Dark5: Cultivating Intuition & Trusting Faith:

We made it to part two of our review of Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection!In this ep. we get to dive into the first three Guideposts of Wholehearted living! 1 : Cultivating Authenticity: Letting Go of What People Think2: Cultivating Self-Compassion: Letting Go of Perfectionism3: Cultivating a Resilient Spirit: Letting Go of Numbing and PowerlessnessWe discuss the idea o

Wholehearted living is the perfect theme for February!Join us book club style in a review of Brené Brown's The Gifts of Imperfection!In this ep. we trudge through the Slough of Despond to take a deep look at the three C's:Courage, Compassion & Connection, keys to unlocking the power of Love, Belonging & Being Enough. We discuss what gets in the way of wholehearte

If you made a list of everything you loved most in this world, how long would it take you to list yourself?It's season two baby! We're digging in.Lets be real. We were not excited for 2022. The idea of planning goals felt overwhelming and like wishful thinking. And we haven't been on our own love lists for a long while.Instead of goal mapping or making trite resoluti

We're wrapping season 1 by sharing experiences from Next to North filming on location in Alaska, and discussing the prevalent thought that we need to make up for the lost pandemic year. Hint: No, we don't!We touch on the idea that Resiliency is the choices we make, not the outcomes.So when you're trying to film a happy scene, and it pours rain..... we can choose to s

James and Rebecca review their four square challenge and the effect projects like publishing a book and film production can have on our progress. Reminding ourselves it's okay to have laser focus on one square for a season is an important step in battling the self-doubt dragon. Letting go of any guilt that weighs us down allows us to step into who we're created to be; and

Octopus Bread Lady! We act like we have 8 arms when we KNOW we only have 2. And we both love bread. We love all our carbs.We were talking in the kitchen and our kiddo came up with the persona of an Octopus Bread Lady- and it's the most relatable spirit animal ever!PLUS, this is our 8th episode. A perfect fit!We discuss the fallacy of the 'work/life' balance myth in t

Join us as we take our first foray into Stoic Philosophy and learn about Marcus Aurelius - a Roman Emporer, and Epictetus - a Greek slave turned Philosopher who was banished from Rome when he became too self-actualized.We discuss stoic ideas pertaining to self-motivation, self-control, and forbearance brought about by reading the book: The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday.The ph