Self Love Ignited with Katie Allen

Learning to shine your light into the dark spaces within is a beautiful journey and one that today's guest shares eloquently.

Leah Lovelight came on to share her story of learning to love and accept the woman she is today. Stemming from a childhood of abuse and trauma, she lived many years of her life unwilling to feel and focused on simply achieving things like she was "supposed" to do.

Following a series of lifechanging events and some big decisions, Leah made the move to a small mountain town and dove into healing and learning to accept and appreciate herself.

Her story is raw, real, and a true testament to the fact that anyone can learn to treat themselves with compassion and kindness.

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Leah Lovelight Michael is a sought-after Experience Designer. She is the founder of Lovelight Way, co-creator of REVEAL Retreat, author of the book Modern Fear The Invisible Prison, and a soulFULL teacher for change makers, soul seekers, intuitive curious and heart centered leaders. She is a Master Facilitator, an international award-winning retreat leader, a certified XCHANGE Guide and intenSati Leader.

Leah is a student of life, a connoisseur of people, and a leader in self-discovery. After spending 16 years in corporate America, she saw a need to balance her type A personality with her intuitive connection to life. Through her own deep inner work, radical self-acceptance, applied understanding of sociology, reiki, energy work, mindset development and craniosacral therapy she has developed and designed a proven path to self-liberation and wholeness.

Leah believes that the change of the world starts within, and she is on a mission to support those that want to support others, so that collectively we all rise together.

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Speaking about shame, about vulnerability, eating disorders, childhood trauma, and the "shoulds" many people live by makes for a juicy and eye opening conversation.

Chatting with Kyira Wackett was all that and more! Kyira came on to share her own story of finding love for herself through discovery, acceptance, vulnerability, and more.

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Kyira Wackett is a licensed mental health therapist specializing in shame and anxiety. She is the owner of Adversity Rising, a company who equips people with the confidence and skills to write their own stories. 

Her work ranges from one on one coaching to corporate wellness packages with a focus on what she calls the anti-band-aid movement or resisting the quick fix in favor of doing the work necessary to make meaningful and sustainable change.

The highlight of her work is her signature program, That Life AR, where she walks people through her 5-step therapeutic process she believes can combat any pain point that comes our way because we all deserve to live a life in which we can thrive.

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Learning to love and nurture yourself is challenging, and for many men there's an extra layer on top.

The idea that men should just "tough it out" or "walk it off" when times are challening is old and outdated. And there is a better way!

Chris came on to share his relationship with himself, his own self love journey with all it's ups and downs.

He's here to be vulnerable to show that it's normal to have challenges, it takes courage to ask for help, and to share that nurturing yourself is actually quite simple, though not always easy.

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Relationships are the most important, wonderful, and challenging part of being human. The quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. This is why Chris focuses his life coaching practice on helping people create and maintain healthy, joyful relationships.

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Your differences can be your biggest strengths!

Today's guest has dyslexia, and for years she felt like it was the thing holding her back. It affected her relationship with herself, it impacted her career, and became the thing she felt she needed to hide.

By embracing and fully accepting herself as she is - dyslexia included - Louise has discovered her greatest strength and is here to share with you how you can do the same.

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Louise is a mum of three and an award winning marketing communications consultant and founder of Connected Comms Society.  She has nearly 20 years of experience working with some of the biggest and smallest companies, agencies and charities  who want to grow authentically with purpose.

Louise believes that you grow from the inside out and those positive connections have the power to change the world.

For herself, she has overcome lessons of acceptance and the need for support to be successful. Which is why, she is extending her reach to help other professionals wanting to specialise and develop their  craft of marketing communications by building their strategic knowledge, skills and confidence.

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If you're hating on yourself and your body, how can you be open and have a great attitude towards money?

Like so many things in life, these two tend to mirror each other.

Today's guest Eileen is passionate about sharing her own story of coming to a place of self love, but also of sharing how she overcame losing almost everything she had. Eileen dug herself out of a devastatingly low financial situation and is here to help other women do the same.

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Eileen Joy is the money coach for moms. She makes money easy and empowers moms and their kids with a financial education. She teaches moms how to create wealth without the sacrifice and still enjoy their lives, so they can stop living paycheck to paycheck and have a healthy relationship with money. And she shows them how to teach their kids about money so they can be set for life! Her 10 year old son knows more about money than most adults.

Eileen is a divorced, single mom who hit rock bottom after her divorce. Eileen had to get a new house, a new car and a new job all at the same time. She went from bankrupt and broke to now totally debt free, a fully funded emergency fund, a paid off car three years early, and on track to retire early!

She has created an easy system that any busy and overwhelmed mom can follow and specializes in working one on one with self-led, professional moms who are committed to investing in themselves. Eileen has created a safe and comfortable environment to learn about one of the most avoided and taboo subjects, money. No more Shame, No More Guilt and No More Embarrassment.

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Everything is energy, and that's what Natalie so lovingly shares.

Natalie Kehren has an incredible story of overcoming trauma, adversity, and creating the life she always dreamt about.

She is passionate about sharing that growth happens in the dark places, she speaks candidly about devotion, and we dive into the concept of women as divine portals birthing (literally and energetically) new life into this world.

This conversation is at once grounding and inspiring, and includes some beautiful fundamental practices that you can incorporate into your own life to help right now, regardless of where you find yourself on the journey.

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Natalie Kehren is a Canadian holistic life coach and spiritual energy specialist whose mission is to help women unlock their true potential by finding their voices, facing their past and present traumas and clearing their inner debris in order to make the world a better place. After going through a healing journey of her own as a survivor of addictions and abusive relationships, Natalie merged her psychic abilities, experience as a Certified Natural Health Practitioner, Reiki Level 2, Sacred Women's Circle Creatrix, Spiritual Director and passion for helping others into holistic life coaching.

Natalie’s global reach has helped many women become the best version of themselves. She created a safe + supportive space for women, featuring a library of free guided meditations, a healing shop, eight step and twelve step one-on-one healing programs, psychic and energetic readings and more.

When Natalie is not coaching one-on-one, she puts on her teaching hat. She leads a parent and toddler group at her son Gabriel’s school, with sessions focusing on the energy of the collective and the energy exchange between parent and child.

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It's time to find some calm and tranquility, both at Christmas time and year round.

This episode is a short tapping (EFT) sequence to help you release tension, find calm, and discover a sense of tranquility in just minutes.

I also give you a great tip on how you can tap no matter where you are (think holiday parties, at the mall, or at a crazy family gathering) to help you feel better, all without anyone else ever even knowing you're doing it!

So you want to have a great Christmas, but you're stressed already...

There's a million things to do, a lot of things pulling you in different directions, and you're skeptical that things could be different.

If you have a desire to be present with the people in your world, to cultivate peace, and to feel more calm through the holidays (and everyday) then you've got to tend to your inner world. 

Let's talk about what you can do starting today, plus I give you some tips on how to make this actually happen in a way that feels super easy.

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In this episode, Ange and I talk about the fear of judgment in business, how fear works, how to overcome it, and how to handle haters.

We also talked about wanting to be liked, authenticity online, and how to know what to share (not too much and not too little).

We finished with a short tapping sequence to shift that fear so that it does not stop us being present and active in our businesses.

This will be the final Business Chat episode for now as Ange has decided to step away from podcasting for the time being, but you can reach her through the links below.

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Learning to not just live with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, but to truly thrive with it is something today's guest is passionate about sharing!

Nicola came on to share her personal story of learning to understand that she's not broken, that she doesn't need to be fixed, and that in fact she is strong and completely worthy and deserving of love just as she is.

If you or someone you love has struggled with anxiety or panic attacks, this episode holds so many gems of wisdom and inspiration for you.

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Nicola is a transformational health coach helping women entrepreneurs and corporates to build healthy habits to take back control and achieve the success they’re striving for. Having been made redundant from the corporate world early in 2021, Nicola made a big decision to flip her career and enter the entrepreneur world, launching Life Now Coaching.

Nicola has lived with anxiety and panic disorder for over 26 years, and along with other health challenges she experienced, has learned through the power of moving her body daily and putting the right habits in place, the difference these steps can make to your overall wellbeing. She believes that living a great life and feeling happy results from the way you take care of your mind, body and soul.

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Sometimes it takes a massive wake up call - like nearly losing your vision - to help you make a change.

Today's guest had been living in a state of anger and begrudgingly doing things for everyone else while not attending to her own needs for years, when she was shocked back to reality.

Who was she and what value did she bring if she lost her vision?

This question led her down a path of healing, learning to see and appreciate herself just as she is, and in finding joy on her terms.

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Philippa studied law at university and she spent most of her career exploring the UK, subconsciously seeking "home". She settled in the beautiful city of Bristol where she now lives with her husband, two teenage sons and Bob the dog.

During her own personal transformation, through healing childhood trauma and learning to love and live for herself, she arrived at her soul mission to guide people to be the truest versions of themselves because she believes that is the greatest gift we can give ourselves.

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On this business chat episode, we are talking about visibility in business. But not just "post a selfie" kind of visibility, we're diving into the energy underneath it all.

If you're an online business owner, you've likely heard that it's important you be visible with your audience. There are many reasons this is important (which we dive into), but just putting your face out there isn't enough.

Everything is energy after all, so how can you step into a positive energy being visible?

Ange and myself share our own visibility journeys, plus we give you some great tips and direction to help you get started.

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Join us as we dive into talking about overcoming anxiety around food, learning to feel your feelings, honouring all parts of who you are, plus using Tantra on the path to self love and full self acceptance.

Some people see personal growth and healing their relationship with themselves as something serious or really difficult.

While it's true that it's common to have ups and downs, that doesn't mean that the process has to be void of pleasure or joy, quite the opposite!

Let's talk Tantra and pursuing pleasure on the road to self love.

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Emma McCann is your pleasure coach. Emma supports women to experience intuitive, mindful and embodied pleasure in life and bed. Working with Emma is an invitation to a deep unlearning and then re-learning a new, more intuitive way of being full of integrity to self. Emma's work relies on building a strong foundation of nervous system regulation from which the capacity and mindset for pleasure can be developed.

Emma blends her training in psychology, trauma-informed practice, yoga, tantra, meditation, EFT, intuition and pleasure to support clients to activate their most pleasurable life and soulful sexual intimacy.

One of Emma's strongest gifts is the way she reflects back the most poignant parts of your journey/story so you feel completely held and heard. The deep rapport and validation creates a foundation for unparalleled real, meaningful and lasting transformation.

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It's normal to have difficult body image days, even when you're intentionally learning to love and accept your body.

You are still human, and there's nothing wrong with you.

In this episode I share about a hard body image day I had recently, as well as a couple of tips  to help you move through it when it happens to you.

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Let's talk reworking your programming, developing self-esteem, and discovering emotional intelligence.

Sometimes a lack of self love stems from a traumatic event, and sometimes it's from a multitude of small conversations, life lessons, and circumstances.

But that doesn't mean you're powerless against it.

Today's guest Orrin Lieuwen shares his story of overcoming low self-esteem and low self-worth, of learning about and developing emotional intelligence, and of choosing to do the hard things.

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Orrin helps frustrated and overwhelmed entrepreneurs understand how they create their beliefs and emotions, so that they can change them in order to fuel high performance behaviour and massively increase their results.

Coming from a background of social anxiety, low self esteem, lots of internal resistance, and almost no self-awareness, he now experiences life as a confident, purpose-driven entrepreneur who loves bringing others into the internal freedom and resourcefulness that he has experienced.

His expertise is in Personal Development, Faith and Work, Neuro-linguistic Programming and Emotional Intelligence.

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Let's talk about recovering from complex trauma - addiction, sexual assault, and PTSD - with a twist.

Today I am chatting with Robert Goodland about his story of learning to love and accept all the different parts of himself and his past. Hearing how one person can overcome so much and create a beautiful life dedicated to uplifting others is truly inspirational.

Working with horses has been an integral part of Roberts' healing journey, and it's something he enthusiastically shares.

Let's talk about learning to shine your flashlight with intention, how to see that things are happening for you instead of to you, and how to begin your journey of healing from trauma.

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Robert Goodland is a retired firefighter-paramedic and the founder of The Heart Of A Horse LLC. He is a certified Equine Gestalt Coach practitioner living in rural Wisconsin in the United States.

Together with his equine partners, he uses his decades of work as a first responder, combined with his own personal traumas to help people along their own healing journeys. Robert is a childhood sexual assault survivor and was diagnosed with PTSD following a work-related near drowning.

Before becoming a coach, his love of horses led him to become a horsemanship instructor, assisting people to form deeper, more meaningful relationships with their own equine partners.

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Early in life, today's guest suffered abuse, had little support, and lived with a lot of fear.

She found the courage within to stand up and reclaim her power. Leaving her abuser, finding strength in her connection to that which is greater, and empowering herself to create the beautiful life she desired.

Nidhi-Amanda came on to share her multi-layered and deeply textured story of learning to love herself. This deeply touching story will have you nodding along, will leave you inspired, and may even bring tears to your eyes. 

It is a beautiful recollection of what it truly means to reclaim your power and to be on a journey of coming home to self.

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Nidhi-Amanda Chaitow is a Life and Death Doula. She is on a quest to Awaken you into Wholeness by providing emotional and spiritual support so that you can live an intentional and self-fulfilled life of deep meaning, inner freedom and incredible joy. She runs her practice online working with clients all over the globe.

Nidhi is Certified with the South African Council of Counsellors and her qualifications include a Bachelor Degree in Applied Psychology, Certified End-of-Life Doula and Certified Integrative Life Coach. Nidhi offers Life Support and Reset Sessions and Transformational Packages to support you with anxiety, grief, life changes and transitions, loss of the sense of self, overwhelm and trauma. She is on a journey of Sacred Wise Womanhood offering support and guidance for women 50+ navigating menopause and beyond.

Nidhi weaves the ancient wisdom of the medicine wheel together with psychosocial aspects (spiritual, mental, emotional, relational and physical), nature’s elements, life developmental stages, many years of experience and her innate wisdom in her unique and individual offerings.

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Let's talk about the connection between body image and business in a completely new type of episode.

I sat down with my friend, mentor, and client Ange to record this business chat episode. We talked about body image and how important that is for us online entrepreneurs. This is my zone of genius and the thing I could talk about for hours on end.

Ange shared why she has been working with me now for over eighteen months and how it has helped her to reach the next level of confidence.

I also share my top three tips on how to improve your body image so you can show up in your businesses and on camera and video.

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Being childless not by choice is something today's guest opens up about.

Sarah Jane has a complicated story of infertility, and she shares the highs, the lows, and how she reclaimed her body, her identity as a woman, and created a loving relationship with herself in the aftermath.

Whether you have children or not, and whether you've dealt with infertility or not, this episode will help shine a light on how you can learn to be friends with your body, even if you feel like it's sometimes working against you.

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Sarah Jane is an embodiment teacher and coach who helps fellow childless not by choice women establish trust and connection with themselves and their bodies so that they can open up to life's possibilities.

Using a framework of trauma-informed yoga, embodied self-compassion and community connection, Sarah Jane offers monthly online Mindful Yoga sessions, a bi-annual six-week small group course and 1:1 coaching.

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Divorce is all too common these days, but what does it have to do with self love?

Karin shares her personal story with divorce, and how it was also the beginning of her journey to honouring herself, respecting her needs, and getting to know who she really is.

The ending of a marriage is never easy, but it absolutely can be the catalyst to jump start you into a life better than you could ever imagine.

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Karin Nelson is a divorce confidence coach helping moms move past the misery of their broken marriage helping them redefine their life after divorce. Karin went through her own divorce 5 years ago after a 20 year marriage and has since reinvented herself. She has been helping women for over three years through her coaching practice and her podcast, Becoming You Again, teaching women to live a happy, independent life after divorce.

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You've heard that you "should" have a morning routine a million times, but do you know why? Or how?

Let's talk about why having a morning routine is a great idea and all the benefits it offers, plus how to make it work for you.

A morning routine is something that can help you get into alignment with your best self, your best life, and is a beautiful act of kindness and love. It's something you have the privilege of giving to yourself, so let's find a way to make it feel good.

After listening to this episode, I challenge you to email me or send me a DM via socials and tell me the ONE thing you're going to implement each day to be intentional about coming into alignment with yourself.

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Receiving the message "you are broken and need to be fixed" from a young age is a challenging thing to overcome, but it absolutely can be done.

If you've ever felt like your body is letting you down, like you're broken, or like there's something wrong with who you are, this conversation will be healing.

Today I chat with Brenda where she shares her personal story of overcoming this deeply engrained belief, plus she has some beautiful insights and wisdom to help you do the same.

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Brenda Carey is passionate about guiding people to Energetically align with their heart’s deepest desire. Her calling is to inspire others from her own personal transformation of the struggles of spinal fusion surgery and autoimmune issues.

She is a Holistic Lifestyle Health Coach and Energy Healer utilizing the wisdom of Ayurveda, yoga and meditation to guide others to vibrant health in the body, mind, and soul.

She is the owner of Sacred Path Healing Yoga & Reiki and is the creator of Inspired Living, an online conscious holistic health program. As co-host of Be The Love podcast, she is dedicated to raise the vibration of humans and the planet.

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Burnout is something that happens to many of us.

Firstly, what is it?

According to helpguide.org, burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands.

Let's talk about how you can manage your burnout in the kindest, most compassionate way possible.

Pushing through it will just result in more burnout - it's likely part of what got you there in the first place.

Be gentle with yourself, you deserve to be taken care of.

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Writing or journaling about life's challenges is often talked about, but todays guest shines new light on how these simple practices can be truly transformative.

Shelby Leigh shares her unique journey of overcoming self doubt and moving towards self love, all while sharing it with her audience through her writing and poetry.

Though she used to be a wallflower and do anything to hide her face from social media, Shelby has learned to embrace being on camera and now helps other writers learn to stand proud and get their work out into the world!

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Shelby Leigh is a mental health poet and self-love advocate who has been sharing her work online for 7+ years, amassing a following of more than 450,000 readers. She is the author of the bestselling book, changing with the tides, published by Gallery Books in July 2022. In addition to writing poetry, Shelby hosts an online poetry community with monthly workshops, and helps others writers confidently market their books.

Find her at shelbyleigh.co, and Instagram and TikTok @shelbyleighpoetry.

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Love is a choice.

Do you believe it? Does it seem impossible? Or too simple? 

Let's talk about how you can choose love for yourself, and the practice and awareness you need to develop to make this choice a simple one that becomes your new default setting.

Love is available to you now and always, you've just got to choose it.

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Talking about self love from the perspective of integration is a complete game changer, and that's exactly what Vasundhra does in this episode.

By acknowledging all parts of yourself, by looking at self-sabotage from a new point of view, and by being willing to get friendly with your shadow self, your healing journey will forever be changed.

Join us for a fresh conversation about integrating all parts of who you are and learning to appreciate yourself on this journey called life!

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Vasundhra is a trauma-informed life coach, spiritual author and speaker, deeply passionate about helping people overcome life’s challenges using a blend of modern psychology and ancient spirituality. Her blog, My Spiritual Shenanigans is a sacred space for all her readers and clients to gain deep insights and education about all things self-development through articles, workbooks, workshops, coaching, and more.

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Tapping, also known as EFT or the Emotional Freedom Technique, is a beautiful self-help tool for you to incorporate on your self love journey.

It is a simple modality that may seem a little woo woo at first, but it has a sound basis in science and has been proven in over 100 studies to be incredibly affective at supporting positive change.

In this episode, we talk about what tapping is, how it can help you, how to do it, plus I lead you through a beautiful self love tapping exercise included right in the episode!

If you've not tapped before or you prefer a visual aid, please note that this podcast is published as a video on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube.

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The personal development space is full of people talking about goal setting, but we're going to mix it up a little bit.

Yes, setting goals using the S.M.A.R.T. method can be great (we'll talk about what that means), but it's not the be all and end all.

By looking at your goals from a different perspective, it's possible to completely shift the energy around them.

Work less. Take the pressure off. Make your goals more attainable, have more wins, and have a clear direction.

Let's make goal setting, and actually achieving those goals, feel simple and expansive!

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What if that feeling of being a fraud, that feeling that you're an imposter, could actually be a good thing?

The vast majority of people have, at one time or another, felt like an imposter.

What matters is not whether or not you feel it, but what you choose to do with it.

Todays guest is the wonderful Paul Larsen. He shares his own journey to self love that came to him not from overcoming imposter syndrome, but from embracing it and learning to thrive WITH it.

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From flipping hamburgers on Main Street to leading HR for Wall Street, Paul has continually reinvented his leadership voice throughout his life, to thrive within the uncertainty of our ever-chaotic world.

As an Imposter Syndrome survivor and now a mental-fitness coach, Paul has  successfully partnered with hundreds of leaders and teams to help them build a management brand of compassion and collaboration and lead from a mindset of strength and confidence.

His amusing and practical corporate life experiences led him to author the award-winning management coaching book, Find Your VOICE as a Leader™ (2016, Aviva Publishing).

Paul is honored to work with the incredible global teams and leaders at Twitter, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, SAP, Cisco and Salesforce, along with many successful life entrepreneurs looking to make their mark on the world. 

A certified executive coach with the Marshall Goldsmith Group, an expert panelist with Forbes Coaches Council, Paul also loves to engage audiences around the world as he shares his insights on finding  your purpose, passion and ultimately your true  voice as a leader.

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Living a healthy life is one that many people aspire to - but what does that really mean? What is it to be healthy?

And if you are hating yourself, criticizing yourself, and depriving yourself of food, joy, or forcing yourself to do militant exercise just to shrink your body under the guise of health, think again.

Let's talk about building holistic health from the view of self love, kindness, compassion, and adding a whole lot of good to your life!

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Do self acceptance and weight loss go together? Is that even possible? And if so, how do we even begin to navigate that?

This is a controversial conversation, and a super important one.

If you want to love yourself, accept your body, and lose weight at the same time, you are not alone.

And you are not wrong.

Let's talk about where these seemingly contradictory desires meet and how we can make both self love and weight loss a reality for you.

You don't have to choose, and I have a really juicy resource to help you out.

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Exploring the ways in which we can actively bring more love into our lives is an important part of this journey!

One simple, yet incredibly effective tool is meditation.

For many it can feel like it's too religious/spiritual (it doesn't have to be), too confronting, complicated, or simply an unknown "weird thing" that other people do...

So let's break it down. In this episode we talk about what meditation is, what it isn't, some of the benefits you can expect when you commit to a regular practice, and we explore how it is a fabulous addition to your self love journey.

Plus there are some great free resources available to you down in the show notes!

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Accepting yourself can be challenging at any age, but when you start growing a beard as a teenage girl and you don't know why, it can add a whole extra layer of shame and self doubt.

Living with PCOS (Polycyctic Ovarian Syndrome) is something today's guest has been dealing with for many years, and she is here to give us all permission to unapologetically love ourselves just as we are right now.

Yes - Gennevieve is your self love fairy godmother - and she is here to represent people living with hirsutism and take away any shame or stigma around this common condition. This episode is full of laughter, wisdom, and a whole lot of inspiration.

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Gennevieve Vaillancourt is a Bearded Woman,  Empowerment & Mindset Coach, PCOS & Hirsutism Advocate and Mother living in Ontario Canada. She started growing hair on her face at the age of 15 due to a hormonal condition called PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome).

After several years being silent about her Hirsutism, removing the hair to "fit in" with societal norms and hiding her shame she got tired of hating herself, grew out her beard and took a Radical Stand for Self Acceptance & Self Love.

Since then she has been featured on Studio Ten, Fabulous To Meet You, The Positivity Fix & Shake My Beauty. She is now sharing her self love tools & mindset techniques with other women & non-binary people by supporting them in reconnecting with their authentic selves through her Feminine Mindset Transformation program.

She is committed to helping women & non-binary people learn how to love themselves authentically so that they can confidently create thriving connections with others & reconnect with their true selves from a place of worthiness.

When she is not playing with her three year old, working with clients or learning from other women you can find her barefoot in her kitchen, methodically preparing kale salad or connecting to nature.

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The meanings you choose to assign to events dictates how you feel about them... and yes, it is a choice!

Your brain is constantly taking in information, analyzing it, and creating meanings out of it.

It’s one of the amazing ways our brains are always working for us on autopilot – keeping us safe and keeping life ticking ahead with ease.

However, that doesn’t mean this system is without its pitfalls.

Today we are talking about helping your brain make meanings of things that support your growth instead of keeping you trapped in the same old cycles. 

Understanding that it’s the meanings behind circumstances that dictate how we feel and not the circumstances themselves is HUGE!

It's time to teach your brain how to create a new loving, supportive, growth-centered reality.

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What we call self love is often seen as the end goal, but today I speak with Adelina who sees it as just the beginning. The new baseline.

She opens up and shares her own journey to self love(+) starting from early childhood trauma, discovering she had a spiritual gift at a young age that she was told to hide from the world, and eventually being put in a position to forgive someone who hurt her deeply.

Adelina is funny and refreshingly real about her story and now stands proud and strong in embracing this incredible ancestral spiritual gift she was given.

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Adelina Tancioco, MSW, is trained as a mental health & restorative justice practitioner, and certified coach & consultant, however, she most identifies with being a vessel of healing.

She has intuitive gifts that have been passed down in her family for generations. She has spent more than half of her life learning from her ancestors and God about how to connect with those who have passed, those who are alive and in pain, and most importantly our own inner knowing.

As the founder of Surrendered Healing, she specializes in serving Women of Color who question their inherent deservingness and helps them trust their higher selves to create the abundant businesses and lives they truly deserve!

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Welcome to the 100th episode of Self Love Ignited!!! This is such an incredible benchmark to have reached and I could not be more proud of all of the growth and positive change this podcast has influenced so far.

Do you find trusting yourself hard?

What about believing in the Universe/God/Higher Power?

Have you heard the term "surrender" around the personal development space but don't know what the heck it means or how you can get there?

In this episode I tell you about a couple of times I've surrendered (the creation of the podcast is one of those times!) and how things have worked out better than I could ever have imagined. 

Plus I give you a simple practice you can incorporate to build your trust in yourself, your trust in the Universe, listen to your intuition with ease, and tap into your ability to surrender gracefully.

It's time to drop the overwhelm, reduce your anxiety, and build a life that's better than you could ever imagine.

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Does the title of this episode make you cringe? If you answered yes, then you know it was made just for you.

Celebrating your achievements, benchmarks and your wins is an important, yet much overlooked, step in personal growth.

It's the pause where you look up and go "damn look what I did! If I did all that, I wonder what else is possible..."

But it's common to feel guilt, shame, and a lot of discomfort around this.

In this episode we unpack where those feelings come from, plus I give you one simple tool that you can implement right away to help you learn to celebrate yourself with ease on your journey to self acceptance.

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Discovering who you are and falling in love with that person is a lifelong journey and one that todays' guest shares with us.

In this episode I chat with Tosha Toste who is is a full-time recruiter by trade, but in her free time is a mental health and body positivity advocate. She shares her journey of struggling with an eating disorder, depression and anxiety as a young person and not knowing who she was. Along the way she has learned to love the woman she is, she is an advocate for people following what lights them up, and is a powerhouse of inspiration and beacon of hope for so many.

She has competed in pageants for 16 years and has spent that time promoting her platform "Imperfectly, Perfect". Imperfectly, Perfect focuses on teaching mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health, to ultimately help find self-love and fulfillment. Her platform is all based on her own personal experiences, from an eating disorder as a young girl to her diagnoses of anxiety and depression.

Through the last 16 years of promoting on her message, Tosha has had the privilege of helping start a non-profit called SELFiD, sitting on the board of multiple non-profits focused on health, sharing her story and platform to multiple audiences, and most recently became a Body Positivity Ambassador.

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You are a masterpiece, and you are a work in progress. How beautiful!

In this episode I am joined by the lovely Sarah Mayland who shares her own story of finding and choosing self love, she shares how she practices self care daily, plus we talk about the connection of weight loss and body positivity - are you allowed to have both?

Sarah Mayland is the owner of Inside Out Transformations, where she is on a mission to empower women to love themselves and their bodies so that together, we can empower the next generation of women to do the same.

As a fitness nutrition specialist and certified personal trainer with a background in clinical mental health counseling, Sarah works with women who want to lose weight to help them change the stories they have about themselves and their bodies so they can successfully (and sustainably) change their habits.

When she's not working, Sarah is having dance parties and sing-alongs with her 6-year-old son, watching operas and ballets, playing the piano, singing, tending her plants, and knitting.

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Understanding why you do what you do can feel nearly impossible.

Have you ever hated your inner critic, despised the fact that you keep sabotaging your efforts to get healthy, or been confused as to why you just can't seem to do the thing you want?

You're not alone.

But there is in fact a good reason why these things happen, and it can be understood and transformed by doing parts work.

The concept of parts work is a simple one that will change your life and help you not only step towards self acceptance, but also enable you to uplevel in your health, in your business, and in every other area of life.

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Most people wouldn't do a long distance trek by themselves when their children are grown, but todays' guest has done this multiple times. Darene Puttergill joins me to share her personal story of self love and shows us that it doesn't have to look like anyone else's journey to be wonderful and fulfilling. Just take it one step at a time.

Darene is an advanced certified eutaptics® FasterEFT tapping practitioner specialising in helping women entrepreneurs with self belief and visibility blocks so they can show up as their authentic selves. She champions them to create a unique blueprint, and connect to their dreams. She also consults the public in a pharmacy in Noosa, Queensland where she lives with her husband. She has 3 grown sons and a granddaughter. 

Becoming visible is her story. And overcoming an autoimmune disease is part of the story. She has walked thousands of kilometres on long pilgrimages through Spain and Italy which have become ongoing healing and self love journeys. She first guided her own group in Spain in 2019.

Darene believes we are here to find our unique track and move through the obstacles with purpose and excitement for what lies ahead. It’s really about connecting to the beauty in plain sight. 

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If you are sabotaging yourself and find your thought patterns being caught in loops of "I'm not good enough", "I can't have this", or "I'm not worthy", then let's talk about why.

In this episode, we cover:

Why self sabotage is a sign of self love.

I answer the question: "What's your top tip for us to allow ourselves not to get in the way of our success whilst we progress on our journey of increasing our self worth?"

Plus give you a simple and powerful journaling exercise to help you shift those stories you've been telling yourself so that you can get out of your own way and create the life you desire.

Grab a journal, listen in, and create success on your terms 💪

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Growing up being self-critical and battling anxiety set todays guest up for years of disordered eating and challenges within herself.

In this episode I am chatting with Abby Doyle. We hear about her story, how things changed when she was forced to slow down and live in the moment, and how she now lives her life anchored in self love.

Her message is that even on the hard days, you deserve care, you deserve nourishment, and you are lovable.

Abby Doyle is a Food & Body Freedom Coach who's mission is to help women break free from diet culture, reconnect to their body and heal their relationship to food. Her work blends science and spirituality to bring a unique, grounded and holistic approach.

Her background as a recovered disordered eater, certified IIN health coach, meditation guide and provide the training, insight and personal experience to support women through their healing transition from restriction to freedom.

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Self love is just a simplified term for describing a kind, loving and positive relationship with self.

Whether you're consciously and intentionally working on your relationship with yourself or not, these five principles will apply to you.

Just like any relationship, it's normal for it to ebb and flow. There can be so much pressure to get it "right" and it's all too common to think that if you're not madly in love with yourself every moment of every day you're failing. Or to feel like outside influences are to blame when it's not going smoothly.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Listen in for the five principles of radical self love to help you on your journey - these will support and inspire you whether you're a novice or seasoned veteran!

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This conversation of self love often centers on the theme of coming home to yourself, and today we do a deep dive into that concept. 

Arliss shares her deeply personal story of self love, really seeing herself, and how that has impacted her journey into entrepreneurship at every step of the way.

#1 International Best-Selling Author, Business Consultant, and Self Love Coach Arliss Dudley-Cash is an inspirational speaker and self-love movement leader. 

With a background in business, neuroscience, and forensics her career expands over several industries including operations management, research scientist, and death investigation. Arliss unites this eclectic background with her personal journey to overcome the odds and survive a terminal diagnosis.

Her awarding winning presentations include topics on extreme self-love and body positivity. Arliss is a big believer in the magic of our individual stories and the power of storytelling to affect positive change in this world. In 2021, she co-founded The Body Positivity Podcast which she hosts with her friend Diana Gremillion. Through her company Soullutions LLC, she is passionate about helping her clients to become powerful, joyful, authentic business owners experiencing freedom, having a lot more fun in their business, and experiencing the success of their dreams. Arliss’s dream is for each of us to become the loves of our lives!

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Have you ever felt like you were being pulled in a million directions?

Or that the choices you wanted to make didn't make sense logically but felt SO right?

Following your heart is a practice that takes courage, trust, and tenacity. Being willing to take the leap into the unknown and trust that you'll be okay can be scary, but is also exhilerating and the ultimate way to grow as a human.

You were not put on this planet to breathe, work, pay bills and die.

You were put here to LIVE.

And to really do that and get all the juicy goodness that life has to offer, you've got to follow your heart.

In this episode I share my ultimate story of following my heart as well as the personal crossroads I'm at right now.

It's time to lean in and follow your heart home.

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If you're drowning in clutter or feeling like your life is in chaos, todays guest knows that scenario all too well.

Speaking with Conny Graf is enlighening, engaging, and hearing her story of growing up feeling like she didn't belong hits close to home. If you've ever felt like you're just too different, like you don't quite fit in, or like your life is swirling our of control, this conversation will help.

Decluttering is a personal transformation tool, so is Astrology. Conny Graf is a Swiss certified Expert in Finance & Accounting, a certified Clutter Clearing Practitioner, and an Astrologer. She's helping people create supportive, clutter-free environments in their home, office, files, and finances but more importantly, she helps them develop intentional habits and systems that prevent clutter from creeping back in. She says decluttering is Self-Love and a few minutes a day keeps the chaos away.

Clutter Clearing is not just about purging and organizing, it’s about exploring and releasing the limiting beliefs we tell ourselves and the stories that keep us stuck in the past. It's self-development, self-actualization, and a spiritual journey. Dealing with clutter brings us up-to-date with who we are right now and where we are heading in your life and business while being organized is simply a welcome side-effect.

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Talking about alcohol can be triggering and challenging for many, but it's something I personally feel strongly about.

I have been alcohol free for about two years now, and it's something people are often surprised and curious about.

Why would I choose this? Three simple reasons that I dive into in this episode.

Plus, it's time we have an open honest conversation about it. If you've been feeling like maybe your relationship with alcohol isn't a healthy one, or you're curious about what life would be like without it, listen in.

For me it's a huge act of self love, but this is 100% personal.

There is no right or wrong. Only what's right or wrong for you.

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Today's conversation with Renae Bartlett is all about food, health, and it's relationship to that of self love.

Renae is not your typical Nutritionist. She doesn't do meal plans or ask what your goal weight is. She doesn't ask you to do a diet recall or teach you how to count calories or macros. Instead, Renae helps women to free themselves of the internal struggle they have with their body image and food related behaviours, so they can finally show up in the world as their authentic selves - not some 'other' version they are trying to be!

Her journey as a professional Soldier and competitive athlete formed part of her history with disordered eating, and it wasn't until she had her two daughters that she realised her 'healthy eating and lifestyle' was actually quite the opposite.

Drawing on her own personal experience and her professional training in Intuitive eating and body image coaching, Renae now helps other women move beyond dieting and start living!

Listen in to hear about Renae's personal journey of finding food freedom, happiness within her body, and redefining health through a lens of self acceptance and ultimately love.

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