I am officially into month 4 of my 6 month no dating self-love journey and I wanted to share some of the lessons I've learned along this ride so far. Things haven't gone exactly to plan as I've been handling some personal issues I never thought I'd have to and that's taken away from the homework each week and sharing it with you.

I will do my best going forward though and wanted to take this episode to recap what I've learned from our guest episodes, how I'm navigating becoming an influencer so quickly, and future guests and episodes on the horizon!

Time Stamps:

(0:36) What I’ve Learned So Far

(3:55) What Hasn’t Gone Away During This Journey

(4:54) My Meditation Coach Emily

(10:25) What Does Being an Influencer Mean?

(14:00) Over Scheduling Myself For Years

(17:20) A Friendship Audit

(23:38) Learning About Non-Traditional Households

(26:34) I’m An Internal Optimist

(29:06) Learning to Trust My Intuition

(32:00) My Drama Free 4 Months

(38:00) Epiphany Real Time

(41:30) 3pm vs 10pm Stephanie

(43:00) My Environment and My Mental Health

(45:49) I Love Plants

(48:00) Opening Up My Experience with Sexual Connection

(50:12) Upcoming Guests 

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I am so excited and nervous to share with you today's episode with Lily Womble! I've been following Lily for awhile on Tik Tok and she was the first person I thought of when I was thinking about starting this podcast. Lily is incredible at holding space for others and you'll hear that in today's episode. We get into how Lily found matchmaking, why self-compassion needs to come first, my emotional rollercoaster we talk through in real time, and more!

Time Stamps:

(0:20) What to Expect This Week

(2:35) Lily’s Background

(6:50) Finding Matchmaking

(12:13) Lily’s Self-Love Journey

(16:48) Making Oprah

(19:34) The Download Delete Cycle

(26:02) Self-Compassion Comes First

(26:49) 3 Steps to Self-Compassion

(37:40) Self-Soothing vs Self-Care

(48:53) This Week’s Homework

(56:47) Where to Find Lily

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Follow Lily on Tik Tok

Check Out Lily's Free Guide: Make Dating Like Self-Care

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Are you wanting to find your creativity in work or in life but feeling burnt out? Wanting to try something new but don't feel like you have the energy for it? My guest today is going to share with us both the science and her experience working with others on creativity and producing quality work.

Katina Bajaj is the Co-Founder of Daydreamers, a place to foster creative habits for well-being and fulfillment. She is also the author of On Adulting and received her Masters in Clinical Psychology at Columbia.

In today's episode, we discuss Katina's self-love journey, defining creativity, healing ourselves, and so much more!

Time Stamps:

(0:20) My Guest Today 

(1:30) Please Subscribe and Review

(7:05) The Multi-Hyphae Movement

(9:20) Where Katina is in Her Self-Love Journey

(11:40) The New York Hustle Culture

(13:02) Daydreamers

(15:43) What Creativity Means to Katina

(21:28) Getting Called a Sack of Potatoes

(31:49) Healing Ourselves

(35:35) Work-Life Balance and My Email Signature

(37:10) Burnout

(38:40) Getting Off the Hamster Wheel

(42:00) Getting Into Flow State

(45:14) Adventure Ideas

(51:48) The 8 Metrics of Creative Fulfillment

(58:18) Perfectionism and Heart Disease

(1:01:40) This Week’s Homework

(1:05:45) Where to Find Katina

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Follow Katina on Instagram

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