Redefining Love with Tara Portelli

#60 Who Are You When No One Is Watching? Reclaiming the Truth of Who You Are

What if the biggest thing standing between you and the life you want isn't your circumstances...What if it's the stories you've been telling yourself? In this week's podcast, we're diving into the gap between our intentions and our actions, the stories we tell ourselves about who we are, and why true self-love begins with radical honesty. So many of us live our lives telling stories about who we are, but who are you acting as? That is the question. For many of us, there's a gap between our actions and our intentions. We have been lying to ourselves. When you can get real with yourself and take accountability for your actions, walking in your truth becomes that much easier. Why are we so afraid to be honest with the people we love? Why do we feel the need to tell people we are good people, yet at times we act in a different way? Why is it that we do not walk in alignment with our own values? These conversations with ourselves are not easy, but if you want to truly live as your authentic self, they are necessary. When we can be real with ourselves, we can stop abandoning our truth. We can truly begin to love ourselves and honour those parts of us that have made mistakes, knowing they are part of our growth. This week's podcast is an opportunity to dive deep inside yourself, let go of the masks, become the real you, and ask yourself the hard questions. Because the relationship you have with yourself is built on truth, and self-love cannot exist where self-deception lives.   If you are enjoying this podcast please send a link to a friend you think could benefit:) Subscribe, rate and review..gives me the opportunity to get this to those that need it.   Connect with me:  Follow me on IG @iamtaraportelli [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaraportelli/?hl=en] www.taraportelli.com [https://www.taraportelli.com/]   #SelfLove #Authenticity #Truth #PersonalGrowth #HealingJourney #InnerWork #SelfAwareness #ConsciousLiving #AuthenticSelf #EmotionalHealing #GrowthMindset #Transformation #Mindset #Healing #SelfDiscovery #SpiritualGrowth #Accountability #InnerHealing #RelationshipWithSelf #LifeLessons #PersonalDevelopment #SelfReflection #Awakening #Podcast #RedefiningLove #TaraPortelli

#59 The Dark Side of Self-Love No One Talks About

Have you ever had a moment where you realized the life you were living didn't fully match the person you knew you were meant to be? A moment when you could see the subtle ways you were giving away your energy, compromising your boundaries, or accepting less than you deserved while telling yourself you were simply being kind, open, or compassionate? In this episode, we explore the often painful awakening that comes when we begin to see where we are not truly honouring, valuing, or respecting ourselves. Through a deeply personal story of reflection, self-discovery, and transformation, I share how recognizing the gap between who I was being and who I envisioned myself becoming became the catalyst for profound change. This conversation is an invitation to look at how you're showing up in the world, who you're allowing into your life, and whether your actions, relationships, and energy align with the future version of yourself. Because sometimes the greatest act of self-love is having the courage to see where you've been out of alignment and choosing to step fully into your own worth. If you are enjoying this podcast please send a link to a friend you think could benefit:) Subscribe, rate and review..gives me the opportunity to get this to those that need it.   Connect with me: Follow me on IG: @iamtaraportelli [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaraportelli/] Learn about my Retreats: www.arcadiahealing.ca [http://www.arcadiahealing.ca]   #SelfRespect #SelfWorth #SelfLoveJourney #HealingJourney #PersonalGrowth #Awakening #ConsciousRelationships #BoundariesMatter #EnergyProtection #EmotionalHealing #AuthenticLiving #InnerWork #MindsetShift #WomenEmpoweringWomen #ConfidenceBuilding #PersonalTransformation #SpiritualAwakening #HealthyRelationships #SelfLeadership #Worthiness #GrowthMindset #HealingAndGrowth #BecomeHer #Alignment #Embodiment #RedefiningLove #TaraPortelli

#58 Life Didn’t Break You, You Were Redirected (Book Part VII)

This conversation is about the power of perception and how, when we continue to focus on the emotions, pain, and situations from our past, reliving them in the present through fear, we often recreate those same experiences in our future. So many of us unknowingly stay trapped in cycles because we continue to identify with the wounds instead of the wisdom they were meant to reveal. Life is constantly giving us opportunities to grow, evolve, and access deeper levels of awareness. The struggles, heartbreaks, disappointments, and moments that feel like everything is falling apart are often the very experiences guiding us toward greater clarity, alignment, and purpose when we choose to look at them through that lens. In this solo episode, I read one last meaningful chapter from my book, NUDE. Through this book, I am not sharing my stories simply to tell them. I am sharing them to show how life sometimes has a different plan than the one we imagined and how the moments that break us open can also become the moments that awaken us. When we can step back and see the lessons woven through our challenges, we begin to understand why certain things needed to fall apart so that something greater could come together. This episode is a reminder that life is happening for you, not to you. Although things do not always unfold the way we hoped, it is often because life is making space for possibilities, connections, and transformations beyond anything we could have imagined for ourselves. If you are enjoying this podcast please send a link to a friend you think could benefit:) Subscribe, rate and review..gives me the opportunity to get this to those that need it.   Just new to these book readings? Here are previous readings to get you started.   Book Reading Nude: Episode #46 -  Intro & Chapter 1 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cNy66EiF1flRGmuVzOKLo?si=L0EgOjLcRd6BpRh2raVt_Q]                                    Episode #48 - Chapter 2 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IpzhwBj3IkMVequfiE25y?si=40c5b8657dae4759]                                    Episode #50 - Chapter 3 - 4 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0A8FesV7kuSNAOhrhTTWCF?si=5d5a0a0cd9514277]                                    Episode #52 - Chapter 5 - 7 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gAFAFny8vS7sv6QcGx64Y?si=lBrkU57yRsq0xN-NYC9OEQ]                                     Episode #54 - Chapter 8 - 10 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0d9K6T3cNok976IBNzUUqo?si=a491ee42879040b3]                                    Episode #56 - Chapter 11 - 12 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1l6hZFyRQQ4mjx5BKDCdJu?si=49af0c19e1974379] Episode Mentioned: The Practise That Will Turn Your Manifestations into Realtiy [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0a0zoz5faMqxYt7rjrz8Lk?si=56b6042765434737]   Get a copy of my book: NUDE; Saying a Beautiful Goodbye To Who You Think You Are and Stepping Into Who You Truly Are  Buy in Canada:  Amazon [https://www.amazon.ca/Nude-Beautiful-Goodbye-Thought-Stepping-ebook/dp/B0BNPXW97C] Chapters/Indigo [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/nude-saying-a-beautiful-goodbye-to-who-you-thought-you-were-and-stepping-into-who-you-truly-are./9798765236444.html] Buy in USA: Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Nude-Beautiful-Goodbye-Thought-Stepping-ebook/dp/B0BNPXW97C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13DQNXNAP23Z4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FdkDWUxEqmHI6tm-CDvkgg.7S1EgnyXKVE8lsfXHvwRGcovFyERUvtno2bKlgH22q0&dib_tag=se&keywords=nude+tara+portelli&qid=1758551343&sprefix=nude+tara+portelli%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1]     Connect with me:  Follow me on IG @iamtaraportelli [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaraportelli/?hl=en] www.taraportelli.com [https://www.taraportelli.com/]     #HealingJourney #SelfLove #PersonalGrowth #SpiritualAwakening #MindsetShift #EmotionalHealing #InnerHealing #Transformation #ConsciousLiving #TraumaHealing #SelfWorth #GrowthMindset #HealingPodcast #SpiritualGrowth #LifeLessons #AwakenYourself #EnergyHealing #Manifestation #LetGoAndGrow #HealingThroughPain #AuthenticLiving #Empowerment #MentalWellness #SoulJourney #PodcastEpisode #redefininglove #taraportelli

#57 From Dating Burnout to Real Love: What You Need to Know About Healing Before Your Soulmate Arrives

Have you been trying to manifest the relationship you have always wanted and instead you find yourself drained with dating apps, meaningless connection, plagued with toxicity. You wonder, what am I doing wrong? Will I be alone forever? Sometimes in a moment of weakness, you may even settle for less than you deserve and it leads you down the briar patch and questioning everything. In this episode, will illuminate where you have been giving your power away, how to begin the process to take it back and what begin to understand where you have gone wrong and understand where you may be leaking energy, that attracts in all of the wrong people. In this solo episode, I share my personal 8 year journey alone, attracting in nothing but toxicity and then reveal what it took, to finally meet a man who values and loves me, as I deserve but it all started with loving and valuing me. We all dream of fairytale love and the truth is..it is available. You just need to become the version of you that is just as amazing as the partner you desire. This episode will help you claim the life you deserve and the relationship with it.   Connect with me: Follow me on IG: @iamtaraportelli [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaraportelli/] Learn about my Retreats: www.arcadiahealing.ca [http://www.arcadiahealing.ca]     #ManifestLove #HealthyRelationships #SelfWorth #DatingAdvice #HealingJourney #ToxicRelationships #LoveManifestation #SelfLoveJourney #RelationshipHealing #ConsciousDating #FeminineEnergy #AttachmentHealing #DatingApps #RelationshipAdvice #HealingTrauma #PersonalGrowth #SpiritualHealing #ManifestYourDreamLife #LoveAfterHealing #MindsetShift #HighValueWoman #EmotionalHealing #SoulmateJourney #InnerHealing #PodcastEpisode #taraportelli #redefininglove

#56 Stop Surviving Your Life; How Pain Can Create a Deeper Capacity to Love (Book Part VI)

What if pain was a door way that could lead you to have the capacity to love more? In this episode, we dive into how hardship can either harden us or awaken us. So many people spend their lives searching for love, validation, purpose and fulfillment outside of themselves, only to feel even more disconnected underneath it all. But what if healing was never about becoming someone else? What if it was about creating deeper connection with others, void of the ego and having greater compassion for others? In this solo book reading from my book NUDE, we explore how self-love goes far beyond surface level habits. We explore how life circumstances, create opportunities, even the hardest ones to transform your pain into purpose instead of allowing it to define you. This conversation is about compassion, humanity, healing and reconnecting to the deepest parts of yourself so you can stop surviving your life and start living it with intention, meaning and authenticity. Maybe the difficult chapters of your life were never meant to break you. Maybe they were meant to awaken you. If you are enjoying this podcast please send a link to a friend you think could benefit:) Subscribe, rate and review..gives me the opportunity to get this to those that need it.   Just new to these book readings? Here are previous readings to get you started.   Book Reading Nude:                                 Episode #46 -  Intro & Chapter 1 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0cNy66EiF1flRGmuVzOKLo?si=L0EgOjLcRd6BpRh2raVt_Q]                                 Episode #48 - Chapter 2 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IpzhwBj3IkMVequfiE25y?si=40c5b8657dae4759]                                 Episode #50 - Chapter 3 - 4 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0A8FesV7kuSNAOhrhTTWCF?si=5d5a0a0cd9514277]                                 Episode #52 - Chapter 5 - 7 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gAFAFny8vS7sv6QcGx64Y?si=lBrkU57yRsq0xN-NYC9OEQ]                                 Episode #54 - Chapter 8 - 12 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0d9K6T3cNok976IBNzUUqo?si=a491ee42879040b3]     Get a copy of my book: NUDE; Saying a Beautiful Goodbye To Who You Think You Are and Stepping Into Who You Truly Are  Buy in Canada:  Amazon [https://www.amazon.ca/Nude-Beautiful-Goodbye-Thought-Stepping-ebook/dp/B0BNPXW97C] Chapters/Indigo [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/nude-saying-a-beautiful-goodbye-to-who-you-thought-you-were-and-stepping-into-who-you-truly-are./9798765236444.html] Buy in USA: Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/Nude-Beautiful-Goodbye-Thought-Stepping-ebook/dp/B0BNPXW97C/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13DQNXNAP23Z4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FdkDWUxEqmHI6tm-CDvkgg.7S1EgnyXKVE8lsfXHvwRGcovFyERUvtno2bKlgH22q0&dib_tag=se&keywords=nude+tara+portelli&qid=1758551343&sprefix=nude+tara+portelli%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1]   Connect with me:  Follow me on IG @iamtaraportelli [https://www.instagram.com/iamtaraportelli/?hl=en] www.taraportelli.com [https://www.taraportelli.com/]   #SelfLove #HealingJourney #AuthenticSelf #PersonalGrowth #EmotionalHealing #SpiritualAwakening #SelfWorth #InnerHealing #MindsetShift #PurposeDrivenLife #TraumaHealing #ConsciousLiving #HumanConnection #SelfDiscovery #HealingThroughPain #Compassion #MentalHealthAwareness #AwakenYourself #TransformYourLife #SpiritualGrowth #EmotionalWellness #PodcastLife #HealingPodcast #SelfAwareness #LiveAuthentically #redefininglove #taraportelli