The Encouragement Collective

6. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: My Health Journey

Hello, ladies. This episode is going to be a bit different because it is so personal and so emotional. Today we're talking about my personal health journey... the good, the bad, and the ugly. While my story is super tough to share, I know many women (and men) have been where I've been and will be able to relate. My thought is, if even just one person can feel empowered or feel seen today, then my job here is done! This episode has a trigger warning: I will be talking about depression, anxiety, and my personal experience with an eating disorder. Give yourself permission to pause, fast forward, or bypass this episode completely and know you have my full support. If you or anyone you know is struggling with an eating disorder and need help, text HOME to 741741 for free, 24/7 crisis counseling.

5. Doing the Work

Whether you're in the thick of motherhood, building a career, navigating life as a newlywed, or in school... I know you have goals, passions, and big dreams you want to pursue. Structured settings like school and most jobs make it easier to follow an upward path, but what if you're starting from scratch? What if you know where you want to go, but aren't sure how to get there?  We're exploring those questions and more in today's episode, "Doing the Work".

4. Setting Healthy Boundaries

Do you struggle to set and maintain appropriate boundaries? Have you ever let yourself stay in a relationship or friendship way past its prime because you weren't sure how to get out of it, or didn't want to hurt someone's feelings? Today's episode was created with you in mind, friend. Setting boundaries is a super important skill because it’s crucial to our mental health and well-being. So, pull up a chair and get ready to chat about what healthy boundaries look like, how to set them, and how to explain your personal boundaries to the people in your life.

3. Self-Care: Beyond the Bubble Bath

While solo grocery trips, bubble baths, and monthly face masks DO count as self-care, they provide only a fraction of what our soul really needs. Why? Because there are actually six (yes, SIX!) areas of self-care. Sometimes filling up one area does the trick, and sometimes it's a combination of a few. It depends on the individual, and only YOU know what works in your life.  Pull up a chair and chat with me about the 3 reasons why self-care may not be working for you, the six different types of self-care, and what that might look like in your life.

2. Leveraging Growth Mindset

What would you say if I told you that the starting point of any goal doesn’t determine its success? That ability and intelligence aren’t fixed, but things that can evolve over time? Growth mindset is an ideology that leans into those questions, and it’s a mindset you can cultivate at any point in life. Join us as we chat about growth vs. fixed mindset, determine which category you are currently in, and how to transition from a fixed mindset to one of growth in order to achieve your goals.