In today's episode I share my thoughts and emotions behind choosing to take a permanent pause from the podcast and from my business.

I appreciate you being here in this space for listening and for being a part of this community and I look forward to connecting with you again sometime in the future.

For right now I am taking a pause from social media so feel free to reach out directly with any questions via email @ amanda.strojny@gmail.com

Thank you for sharing time and space with me it has been an honor and a gift.

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In today's episode we explore the practice of self care. How can we incorporate it into our everyday and allow it to be manageable? Exploring how self care requires discipline, routine and self awareness.

Highlights from the episode:

• How self care be sabotaging
• Awareness to your financial connection to self care
• Self care as a form of distraction or disconnection
• Simple ways to achieve self awareness: mediation, stillness, gratitude, journaling, time in nature
• Finding ways to connect for 5, 10 or 15 minutes a day

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Natalie Bedard is a resilient single mother and founder of Lift OneSelf, guiding others towards self-discovery. Natalies transformative journey is filled with profound mindfulness and self-awareness through the exploration of actionable steps towards unlocking your true potential.

Together in this episode we share:

• Natalie’s journey through personal transformation over the past 10 years
• A guided meditation for grounding the nervous system
• How to have radical honesty with the self
• Handling trauma in the nervous system
• The importance of having safety with self
• The practice of engaging with the self
• Practices to bring the body back online
• Our relationship to power and attention
• How we can fall asleep to life and tools to wake ourselves up
• Relationship to the ego and the importance of befriending it
• Wisdom that arises through personal experiences
• Natalie’s untapped Power of listening

To connect with Natalie on facebook at liftoneself or instagram @liftoneself.

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