The Inner Compass Podcast with Vanessa Bennett

Ep: 181 Q&A: Reciprocal vs Transactional Relationships

In today's episode, we explore the idea of what authentic reciprocity looks like in relationships and how we move away from relationships that are based on giving in an attempt to get something in return.  We talk about: * How resentment can be a barometer that indicates when and where our codependent tendencies are being activated * The idea that we entitled to anything from a partner being based on the ownership templates we’ve all been raised with * How often we over-give our time, effort, and energy to others into others hoping they’ll give the same back to us in return, and why the answer us to pull back some of that energy and begin putting into ourselves. * How over-functioners can reframe resentment into an opportunity to step into their own growing edge with vulnerability.  If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please rate and write a review of the podcast so we can get the podcast out to even more people! And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here [https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community] This podcast is, for sure, Cheaper Than Therapy. ------------------------------   Follow Cheaper Than Therapy on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cheaperthantherapythepodcast/%20]   Follow Vanessa Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/vanessasbennett/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thecodayoda] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TwhkSJxcmZyfs-fwcZYbg]   Follow Dené Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dene.logan/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@msinterdependent?_t=8XDVCGpiB2s&_r=1] ----------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Ep 180 The Yoga of Parenting with Sarah Ezrin

Sarah Ezrin is an author, world-renowned yoga educator, content creator, and mama based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sarah loves guiding people along their wellness and parenthood journeys. Her words, classes, and social media are supportive, healing spaces where people can feel seen and heard. We sat down with Sarah to talk about: * The unbelievably common sense of identity loss that early parenthood brings to the surface and how parenting can be an invitation to start cultivating a new sense of who we want to be in this life. * The need to understand and work with energy management as parents when we start to feel ourselves in the space of overwhelm. * The deficit we face as a society that has normalized a nuclear family system that has made parenting feel incredibly depleting and isolating. * The spiritual aspect of parenting and why the yoga of parenting is about so much more than being on a yoga mat. We took away so many potent nuggets of information from this conversation with Sarah and we know you will too!  Connect with Sarah: Website [https://sarahezrinyoga.com/] Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sarahezrinyoga/] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9UcjY-WVb_TxrPVCBXykVw/featured] If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please rate and write a review of the podcast so we can get the podcast out to even more people! And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here [https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community]. ------------------------------   Follow Cheaper Than Therapy on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cheaperthantherapythepodcast/%20]   Follow Vanessa Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/vanessasbennett/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thecodayoda] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TwhkSJxcmZyfs-fwcZYbg]   Follow Dené Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dene.logan/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@msinterdependent?_t=8XDVCGpiB2s&_r=1] ----------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Ep: 179 Q&A: Tough Conversations Around Sex & Porn Addiction

In this Q&A episode, a listener wrote in asking for advice about a struggle she’s having with the frequency of her partner's desire for sex.  We discuss: * Normalizing the understanding that someone having access to you sexually isn’t a given just because it’s within the parameters of a partnership, and what actually constitutes as sexual assault.  * How a society where men have been taught not to feel, often leads to sex as the primary outlet for connecting to their emotions and self-regulation.  * The importance of seeking support and taking accountability for facing the underlying codependency that so often accompanies addictive tendencies within ourselves and others..  Accounts we reference: Connor Beaton (@mantalks on instagram) If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please rate and write a review of the podcast so we can get the podcast out to even more people! And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here [https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community] This podcast is, for sure, Cheaper Than Therapy. ------------------------------   Follow Cheaper Than Therapy on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cheaperthantherapythepodcast/%20]   Follow Vanessa Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/vanessasbennett/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thecodayoda] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TwhkSJxcmZyfs-fwcZYbg]   Follow Dené Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dene.logan/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@msinterdependent?_t=8XDVCGpiB2s&_r=1] ----------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Ep: 178 Spirituality, Politics, and the Role of The Feminine Today with Marianne Williamson

In this highly anticipated episode of “Cheaper Than Therapy,” we got deep about collective generational healing with the formidable Marianne Williamson — a powerful changemaker whose insights have transformed countless personal and spiritual journeys for over 30 years, and who has been a monumental influence on both of us. Marianne Williamson has not only been a leader in spiritual and religiously progressive circles for over three decades, she’s published 15 books, is a 4-time NY Times Best Selling Author, and is the Founder of Project Angel Food, a non-profit organization that has delivered more than 16 million meals to ill and dying homebound patients since 1989; originally created to help people suffering from the ravages of HIV/AIDS. Marianne also co-founded The Peace Alliance in 2004, and is currently running for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. 🌟What You’ll Gain from this Episode:  * A Collective Feminine Awakening: Deep dive into the quandaries of the feminine’s role in our patriarchy-based society, and the courage required to break out of societal impositions by asking ourselves, “Who do I want to be and how do I want to show up?” to begin contributing to collective healing * Action Beyond Performance: An invitation for white women, specifically, to shift our focus from the masculine to the feminine and claim accountability for our direct role in upholding patriarchal structures so we may begin the deep generational healing required for the collective and stop metaphorically burning our sisters at the stake  * Political Perspective: A conversation about Marianne Williamson’s decision to run for a presidential nomination amid a fear-laden political landscape, coupled with insights on managing cyberbullying and choosing grace and love in a time when it may sometimes feel impossible to pull ourselves out of fear and “othering.” Join us for this rich conversation of complex topics with Marianne Williamson. Connect with Marianne: Website [https://marianne2024.com] YouTube Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mariannewilliamson/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@marwilliamsonofficial] 🎙This podcast is definitely Cheaper than Therapy 🌐 Dive Deeper Into The Show: * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cheaperthantherapypodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@cheaperthantherapypodcast]  * Instagram: @cheaperthantherapythepodcast [https://www.instagram.com/cheaperthantherapythepodcast/] * TikTok: @cheaperthantherapypod [https://www.tiktok.com/@cheaperthantherapypod] Connect with Vanessa: * Instagram: @vanessasbennett [https://www.instagram.com/vanessasbennett/] * TikTok: @thecodayoda [https://www.tiktok.com/@thecodayoda] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631 [https://www.youtube.com/@vanessabennettlmft5631]  Connect with Dené: * Instagram: @dene.logan [https://www.instagram.com/dene.logan/] * TikTok: @denelogan [https://www.tiktok.com/@denelogan] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].

Ep 177 What Are Your Thoughts On Soulmates?

In this Q&A episode, we’re responding to a listener that asked to hear our thoughts on soulmates. They wrote, “I’d love to hear your thoughts on soulmates. I feel like I met mine at a time in my life, but it wasn't possible to be together. It still isn’t,, but I still feel it to be true. I always thought I had a strong intuition, but I'm starting to think I'm crazy.” We talk about: How society conditions women to associate our intuition with being crazy, in an attempt to shut down the feminine energy within us and force us to embody the wounded masculine.The idea that a soulmate doesn’t have to be somebody that you are destined to be in partnership with in this lifetime, but that a soulmate is somebody that your soul has been with or will be with in another lifetime.That a soulmate doesn’t necessarily need to be a romantic love and may simply mean that your souls have agreed to embark on a journey together in whatever shape that may take form. If you love the conversations we’re bringing you as much as we do, please rate and write a review of the podcast so we can get the podcast out to even more people! And, if you want to connect with us personally and deepen your work, we just launched our private online Cheaper Than Therapy Community. Weekly process groups on multiple topics, two live workshops a month, one on one interaction with us and an amazing supportive community. Learn more here [https://vanessa-bennett-dene-logan.myshopify.com/collections/the-community] This podcast is, for sure, Cheaper Than Therapy. ------------------------------   Follow Cheaper Than Therapy on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/cheaperthantherapythepodcast/%20]   Follow Vanessa Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/vanessasbennett/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thecodayoda] YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3TwhkSJxcmZyfs-fwcZYbg]   Follow Dené Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dene.logan/] TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@msinterdependent?_t=8XDVCGpiB2s&_r=1] ----------------------------- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy [https://art19.com/privacy] and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info [https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info].