Unpacking Potato

Dating and Finding Love

Hi tater tots! Guess who's back, back again. I'm baaaack with some more quick life updates but mostly with some thoughts on dating and finding love. I saw a YouTube video that got me thinking and inspired to share my thoughts again and I was like yessss finally the podcast bug is backkkk so here we are. This episode is for anyone who feels like they're behind in their love life and/or maybe feels helpless when it comes to dating and their desire to find a partner. You guessed it, I have a ton of thoughts about it (but only about 20 minutes worth, don't worry I haven't changed that much). I just wanted to share my own experiences and also give a little bit of advice to anyone who might be feeling that way. The main point is that you gotta just go for it. Don't let fear stop you from getting into relationships, but also don't let fear get in your way of getting out of them either. You gotta do whatever is best for you! As always, sending you lots of love, and hoping this episode just brings you a moment to reflect and feel less alone <3

Birthday Episode: Traditions, Reflections, and Hard Realities

Hi Tater tots! It was my birthday and what better way to spend it than to talk into my mic for 20 minutes and empty my brain a bit? I am coming to realize that I am a very reflective person and I spend a lot of my time thinking about my thoughts, behaviours, and life in general. I am grateful to have this space to talk about things on my mind when I feel ready! This birthday has been like others in this self-reflective sense, but it's been also very different in my approach. I hope you enjoy this episode! I talk about my favourite birthday tradition, how important gratitude is in my life, and how the recent world's events have been heavy on my heart and how I have been dealing with that. It is so important to do this type of self reflection work, and if you are here reading this/about to listen to the episode there is a good chance you feel similarly. If that is you, I want to remind you as always: be kind to yourself and gentle with your heart. Show yourself the compassion you show others and don't forget to spend some time to decompress and clear your mind once in a while too ♡

Self-Compassion Was Cringe - Until it Changed My Life

Hello Tater Tots! It has been almost a year since my last episode... I thought it was around January when I posted last but I just checked and it was December!! Thank you for your patience as I navigate this new chapter of my life. I am happy to be back and updating you. I wanted to talk about my self-compassion journey. From thinking it was "cringe" to be kind to myself and how practicing it everyday has shaped and changed my life in a way I never thought it could. I could probably talk about this topic for hours tbh. I mention this in the intro, but I accidentally deleted the audio recording from my entire episode - but I did start filming myself part way through so I was able to salvage the audio from that - but I will warn you the quality is not the best! So I hope you can look past it for todays episode, I decided the content and message behind the recording was more important than the quality so I am uploading it as is! (If I had taken that audio engineering course as I planned to I probably could have fixed it but here we are ahah) I've missed you all. I plan to make episodes as I feel and not on a consistent schedule. I also have decided to share more of my personal life through youtube videos and share more "everyday content" so if you want a peek at my daily life come on over! Sending you soooo much love, your potato, Hanhy

S2 Ep 33 - Life Update & The Power of Mindset Reframing

Hello tater tots! It’s been a minute - I wanted to give you a small update on how life is going while also sharing a recent realization I’ve had on how I’ve learned to reframe my mindset and the absolute life changing power that has on my life! This is a podcast-only episode, so no video version will be out. I’ve missed sitting down and recording podcast episodes!! I didn’t even realize it until I started recording. I hope you have wonderful week ❤️

S2 Ep 31 - Slowing Down: Experiencing Life Fully

Hello Tater Tots! Do you ever feel like you’re rushing through life? Looking forward to the “next best thing” and achieving goals is the only time you feel truly fulfilled? I do this all the time, and I have been actively trying my best to slow down, be mindful of my present moment, and acknowledge and practice gratitude towards all the amazing parts of my life rather than focus on the challenges I’m facing. My hope for this episode is that it encourages you to allocate some of the time and energy you use on everything else in your life - to yourself! Instead of rushing through life, I hope this helps you see the benefit to slow down and truly feel and experience life. Even if it’s a difficult time. Life is meant to be experienced. Every little bit of it. ♡