Podcast

#321- Journey of Attachment: I Feel Abandoned—Help!

By Shelley / January 15, 2019 /

#321- Journey of Attachment: I Feel Abandoned—Help! Your partner has left the building—physically, emotionally or both. Your world is slipping way, so anxiety takes over. You’re afraid you’ll never again experience what you had with this person. Even if your relationship was dysfunctional, you look at this person as your reason for living, thinking they have…

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#320- Loneliness and Disconnection

By Shelley / January 11, 2019 /

#320- Loneliness and Disconnection You don’t have to be alone to feel lonely. Loneliness is a sense of internal isolation which serves as protection. Instead of opening up and sharing your feelings, you retreat because it feels safer. This not only disconnects you from others, but also from yourself. True connection requires vulnerability, which is uncomfortable…

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#319- Journey of Attachment: The Undeniable Urge to Bolt

By Shelley / January 8, 2019 /

#319- Journey of Attachment: The Undeniable Urge to Bolt You say you want a relationship, so why do you feel an urge to bolt after a date? Or when things start to get serious? You think it’s because they aren’t the right one, but it has nothing to do with them. It’s about you. You’re afraid…

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#318- The Gift of Gratitude

By Shelley / January 4, 2019 /

#318- The Gift of Gratitude It’s hard to be grateful for misfortune, and the suffering that results. It’s much easier to wallow in “Why me? Poor me!” than to look for the gift. The truth is, you can find gratitude in every situation. It’s being thankful for some aspect of every situation rather than only…

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Surviving to Thriving: Chelsea Nielsen

By Shelley / January 2, 2019 /

Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming My Darkest Moment Chelsea Nielsen In this episode of “Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming My Darkest Moment,” I talk with yoga teacher, digital nomad and lifestyle coach Chelsea Nielsen. Growing up in New England Chelsea lived a happy, stable and comfortable life… until the age of 12 when her father told her…

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#317- Journey of Attachment: What Could’ve Been

By Shelley / January 1, 2019 /

#317- Journey of Attachment: What Could’ve Been There’s FOMO (fear of missing out), then there’s another layer where you beat yourself up over what you think you missed. When you’re attached to what could’ve been, it keeps you focused on the rear view mirror. You may find yourself reliving the missed opportunity over and over,…

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#316- I’m Not OK Unless You Think I’m OK

By Shelley / December 28, 2018 /

#316- I’m Not OK Unless You Think I’m OK Do you have trouble accepting when someone is upset with you or mad at something you’ve done? Maybe you try to get back into their good graces or go the opposite way and get pissed. Either way, a sinking feeling usually accompanies it. The knots in your…

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#315- Journey of Attachment: Upsetting the Apple Cart

By Shelley / December 24, 2018 /

#315- Journey of Attachment: Upsetting the Apple Cart To have what you want in life—whether that’s a fulfilling job, relationship, fame, fortune—you have to upset the apple cart. That means saying and doing what is true for you and taking action from that place. It’s a willingness to step into the messiness of life instead of…

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#314- Self-Protection Leads to More Pain, Not Less

By Shelley / December 21, 2018 /

#314- Self-Protection Leads to More Pain, Not Less You know those strategies you have to emotionally protect yourself from pain? Yeah, they don’t work. Because there is no such thing as emotional protection; you still get hurt, you’re still in pain. Safeguarding against it is an illusion, and half the time those same strategies actually help…

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Surviving to Thriving: Kelli Miller

By Shelley / December 19, 2018 /

Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming My Darkest Moment Kelli Miller In this episode of “Surviving to Thriving: Overcoming My Darkest Moment,” I talk with psychotherapist, radio host and author, Kelli Miller. Kelli grew up as a bit of a control freak, believing working harder was the way to make things happen. This manifested as an eating…

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