Still Won’t Apologize

Bonus - Danielle Talks Dating and Dating Apps

*** NOTE*** This was originally supposed to go live on Super Bowl Sunday as our Super Bowl Bonus Episode.....but, life happened and we ran out of time to edit and prep it. So, now we give you our Fun Friday Episode!We hope you enjoy our bonus episode this week. After our conversation with Danielle, we thought it would be fun to have her back to talk dating and dating apps. We had some laughs, shocks, and more laughs.We hope you enjoy the dating stories Danielle shares with us. Let us know if you want us to have her back throughout the year to update us on her journey, share dating stories, and see her live her best life!

Creating Intentional Time for Yourself with Tish

This week we sat down with Tish from Austin Pop-Up Retreats. Tish has been a nurse for 21 years but, she knew she was meant for something greater. She had been hearing if there’s something you crave but can’t find it, create it yourself. What Tish, and most of us need is a day uninterrupted to ourselves. Tish gets vulnerable with us to share her most difficult struggle and how she healed. She’s turned her pain into something beautiful and we are here for it. You can find Tish on Instagram at @austinpopupretreats you definitely want to see what she’s doing. 

The Struggle with Self Love

This week we were preparing for a very different episode than what you are getting. We were both supposed to research self love and then discuss what it means to us and how we exercise self love in our own lives. Prior to recording we sat down together to compare notes and prepare our outline. Heather got a few minutes in, put her pen down, looked at Nikki and said, " I'm really struggling with this topic because I don't love myself." Then she broke down in full on ugly crying tears. 

We almost didn't record this but Heather felt it was important to share the real and raw moments of her struggles. Listen this week as we talk self love in real time how we feel and the few tips we share to learn to love yourself. This is a never ending journey and one we feel very strongly about making a priority.

Links - https://www.healthline.com/health/13-self-love-habits-every-woman-needs-to-have

Meditate On It with Danielle

This week we have Nikki's sister, Danielle with us. This week is the one year anniversary of her divorce. The last year was the most difficult year of her life. Danielle had to find a strength she never knew she had. Listen along as she takes us through the events leading up to her divorce and how she overcome the grief and pain to come out on the other side loving herself more than she thought she needed to. 

She leaned into meditation and yoga while reading all the books her friends gave her.

Books that helped Danielle -

https://www.amazon.com/Didnt-See-That-Coming-Together/dp/B087D6YQ9S/ref=sr_1_1?crid=276ZAY2KFRYPF&keywords=didnt+see+that+coming+rachel+hollis&qid=1643761159&sprefix=didn%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Elizabeth-Gilbert-audiobook/dp/B000FDFY9O/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=eat+pray+love&qid=1643761188&s=audible&sprefix=eat+pray+%2Caudible%2C88&sr=1-1

https://www.amazon.com/The-Four-Agreements-don-Miguel-Ruiz-audio/dp/B0007OB40E/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=four+agreements+book&qid=1643761217&s=audible&sprefix=four+agr%2Caudible%2C93&sr=1-1

Course Danielle took - https://www.theartofnewbeginnings.com/ 

Please be kind as we did have some technical issues and there may be one part of the episode the recording skips. 

Are you an over apologizer?

Did you know that women are 25% more likely to Apologize than men? Studies have shown that men and women define the word Apologize differently. This could be because women are raised to value empathy more than men, while men are raised to value strength more than women. Because of our empathic behavior we tend to feel that we are doing something wrong more often, thus creating the bad habit of apologizing over and over again.

This week we did some research on apologizing and how it relates to who we are individually. Some people over apologize out of habit while others do it because they are people pleasers. Heather shares how she over apologizes due to her lack of self esteem while Nikki is a confident person and therefore, she is not an over apologizer.

We offer alternatives to “I’m sorry” and challenge you to keep track of how often you apologize and what you find yourself apologizing for.

Links mentioned –

Sheep to Shark - sheeptoshark.com

Austin Pop Up Retreats - https://www.instagram.com/austinpopupretreats/

The Writing Barn - https://thewritingbarn.com/

RockRose Yoga - https://www.instagram.com/rockroseyoga/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/41062429

https://www.morefm.co.nz/home/trending/2019/10/women-say-sorry-more-often-than-men-according-to-research.html

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/trust-yourself/202110/how-stop-over-apologizing

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/runs-in-the-family/202107/i-apologize-over-apologizing

www.goodlifecounselingaustin.com

Emotions are Expensive with Brie

Brie Sodano is a personal finance expert and the founder of Sheep to Shark, a financial planning firm that works with people who aspire to be financially successful.  After seeing hundreds of people financially naked, Brie has developed a process that helps clients learn to accurately assess beliefs about money that affect the way they behave, identify and implement solutions to the “disappearing money syndrome,” align their actions with goals, and embrace habits that build wealth. Her successful strategies come from years of personal experience working one-on-one with her clients and the realization that people of all income levels are living paycheck to paycheck.  The barrier to wealth is getting your financial house in order, and Brie believes that anyone can be wealthy if they’re willing to put in the effort to learn how money works. Now Brie focuses clients on solving money problems—such as the issues that make people routinely overspend on things they don’t really need and don’t make them happy. She developed The Invisible System, the key program to learn how to successfully manage your money, as well as Find Your Bleed,  which helps to streamline expenses, eliminate waste, and identify low-joy purchases. Both programs are part of her Shark School program and have helped hundreds of clients start their journey towards financial success.  You can learn more about Brie and the programs she offers by visiting her website: https://www.sheeptoshark.com or email: brie@sheeptosharks.com

Breathe. Stretch. Shake & Let it Go with Caitlin

Caitlin with Rock Rose Yoga joined us today to discuss life as a trauma and ER nurse during the start of the Pandemic in 2020 and how some personal trauma led her to Somatic Release Yoga.  Caitlin is an Emergency & Trauma Registered Nurse. She is also a Trauma-Informed 200 hour trained Registered Yoga Teacher. She has done specialized trauma training through Yogafit for Warriors; yoga for TBI (traumatic brain injury) and PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder.) Sharing tools for stress reduction & trauma healing has become her passion. Somatic Release Yoga ™️ is an alternative yoga practice backed by scientifically proven techniques which reduce stress, anxiety & release stored tension and trauma from the body. In this (all levels and ages inclusive) trauma-sensitive class, she’ll teach you gentle yoga stretches, breathwork, tension and trauma releasing movements, meditation practices & tools to restore balance to your nervous system. Classes will release long held stress & tension from your body & leave you feeling relaxed and deeply restored. While classes are helpful for everyone, they are highly recommended for healthcare workers, frontlines, first responders, military, victims of violence or abuse & those in addiction recovery. Caitlin hopes to arm you with stress relief tools to take with you into your everyday lives & reach those who suffer from stress, anxiety, trauma & PTSD but might not normally try yoga as an alternative treatment. 

Find Caitlin on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rockroseyoga/ https://www.rockroseyoga.com/ 

Books Mentioned -  

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle - https://www.amazon.com/Burnout-Secret-Unlocking-Stress-Cycle/dp/1984818325/ref=sr_1_1?crid=905WIGSFMIOT&keywords=burnout+the+secret+to+unlocking+the+stress+cycle&qid=1641665215&sprefix=burnout%2Caps%2C293&sr=8-1 The Body Keeps the Score: https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FVA0IFW0FJ23&keywords=the+body+keeps+the+score&qid=1641665254&sprefix=the+body+%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-

Events that Caitlin will be a part of:

Curiousity + Connection Retreat Presented by Austin Pop Up Retreats https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curiosity-connection-retreat-tickets-229201867957You can find their Instagram here - https://instagram.com/austinpopupretreats?utm_medium=copy_link

Contrast Therapy as mentioned by Caitlin can be found here - https://lizardyoga.com/

Caitlin's Class Schedule:

Mondays @ 3rd Eye Meditation Lounge at 6:30 PM - https://3rdeyemeditationlounge.com/our-classes

Saturday @ Lizard Yoga at 12PM - https://lizardyoga.com/schedule/

Make Better Choices to Make Better Habits

New Year, New You! We call bs on that one. We don’t wake up on January 1 of a new year after some fairy godmother waived her wand on us while we slept to make us this new better version of ourselves. Though that is a fabulous thought. How about we change the narrative to New Year, Better Choices? 

This week we are discussing all the things that come with a New Year. Do you make giant resolutions and goals but fall flat on those by February? We are over here raising our hands on that one. We decided this year to change the toxic thinking of this magic thought of New Year, New You! We are sorry (but not really) to break the news to you, but that is not a thing. Let’s set realistic goals with attainable action steps to make better choices than we made last year. 

Join us Wednesday, January 5, 2022, and change your narrative with us! Happy 2022 and cheers to making better choices in this new year. 

Book Mention by Nikki - https://www.amazon.com/Verity-Colleen-Hoover-ebook/dp/B09H6T8LTR/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ABFSTT0HBAYH&keywords=verity+colleen+hoover&qid=1641242322&sprefix=ver%2Caps%2C118&sr=8-1

Habit Stacking mentioned by Heather - https://www.amazon.com/Habit-Stacking-Changes-Improve-Happiness-ebook/dp/B06XP2B5QC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TUW7BI49UDWY&keywords=habit+stacking&qid=1641242421&sprefix=habit+stacking+%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1

Boxing Gym Mentioned by Nikki - https://mayweather.fit/austin-domain/

Netflix show mentioned by Nikki - https://www.netflix.com/title/81078217