We Go Boldly Podcast

Buckle up friends, this is a good one.  We dig in deep learning about resilience and strength. Resilience involves the ability to recover and rebound from challenges and setbacks. While it may seem that some people are naturally better than others we’ve come to realize that we can build our resilience.  Like building a muscle, increasing your resilience takes time and intentionality.

Being resilient means facing difficulties head-on instead of falling into despair or using unhealthy coping strategies. We focus on the many ways we can build resilience as an individual and of course, a community. 

While resilience is so important in adults it is equally as important in children. Join us as we share many ways to help our kids become more resilient.  

The good news is that we can all build resilience without going through trauma.  Once we build resilience we are capable of so much more than we ever imagined.

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Resiliency is like building muscle, this week we are going to practice.  Take one or two skills that build resiliency and add them to your week.
Share with your accountability what you tried and how it worked.
Let us know how you had some resiliency into our life on our socials.

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It’s all about being sensitive on this episode of We Go Boldly as we talk through the idea of what it means to be a highly sensitive person in an overwhelming world. We delve into the definitions of sensitive, insensitive, and highly sensitive as a personality trait as defined by Elaine Aron many years ago. We talk through some of the science behind personality traits and how high sensitivity impacts us as individuals. 

The cultural impact of how we view sensitivity as individuals and then as a larger culture come into play as well. We examine how our own bias impacted our research, our responses, and how we went about unravelling that bias as highly sensitive people. 

Some of the key benefits to being highly sensitive are increased intuition, creativity, adaptability and capacity for empathy. Highly sensitive people are often more deeply impacted by sensory input. They think and feel deeply, and look for meaning in their lives. Some people believe that highly sensitive individuals tend to seek out more spiritual answers and connections. 

On the flip side of that there are some challenges to being sensitive, outside of the typical stereotyping and cultural stigmatization. Highly sensitive people are predisposed to sensory overload and need more time to themselves. They also are more prone to perfectionism, being deeply impacted by conflict, and overwhelmed by the expectations of others. Developing and maintaining healthy boundaries becomes extremely important for people with this personality trait. 

For anyone who expresses sensitivity, whether a highly sensitive person or otherwise, society often puts stigma and negative connotations on such expression. We often hear sensitivity equated with weakness or being “too sensitive.” People equate sensitivity in women with hysteria and delicate natures prone to overreacting. All of this is a reaction to discomfort, and not the discomfort of the sensitive person. Rather the discomfort of the reacting individual. Sensitivity is not as taboo as it once was, but we still have a long way to go. 

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Grab your device. Click through this link and take the HSP test: https://hsperson.com/test/highly-sensitive-test/
Consider all the negative and positive stereotypes around being highly sensitive and take some time to journal about your feelings on these. 
Reach out to your accountability partner and discuss!
Send us a note on Social Media and let us know your findings.

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Every week this season we are approaching empathy from a different and sometimes difficult perspective.  Acceptance is hard. Acceptance means embracing reality. It is a willingness to experience things as they are, instead of insisting that they be as you want them to be.

It is only with acceptance that we can truly embrace change and practice empathy. Acceptance allows you to move on instead of being perpetually stuck in a quagmire of “should haves” and “would haves”.

We reflect on our  own hesitancy with acceptance and the steps we can take to achieve it.  As with everything else, acceptance takes continue practice and hard work.  

Join us for this week and we can do the hard work to build collective empathy.

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Journal time: Where in your life could you be more accepting? EIther inwardly or outwardly?
Journal time: Think back to a time when you were not accepting?  How would it have been easier and so how can you apply it to your life today?
Check our Instagram stories for some mediation suggestions. If you’re up to it, share with us on social.

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Hard to believe but we are up to Episode 5 of Season 3! Talking this week about the foundational importance of trust and how it can help us work towards a more empathetic society. As we so often do, we refer back to our original episode today on finding your inner voice. In order to move forward in a trusting relationship; whether with yourself, other people, the Universe, it is important to first understand your own inner voice and self. Trusting yourself relies on an understanding of who you are and what you believe. Tune in and let us know what you think. As always we would love for you to subscribe, rate and review the show!

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Journal! Consider the following journal prompt:

When do you trust yourself the most? The least?


Accountability partner time - reach out and discuss your journal prompt.
Find us on social media and let us know your thoughts.

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“Hope is a function of struggle.” - Brene Brown

“The struggle is real.”  We see this in social media, on mugs, on t-shirts.  It’s overused and often shows a lack of understanding of actual struggle.  

In this episode we dig deep into the concept of true struggle and our need for empathy.  When we ask “How are you?” we need to really mean it.  Beyond individually, empathy is necessary in order for us to be able to provide help and advocate collectively. 

America is a country in deep pain. We need to create safe spaces.  Allow for different journeys.  Be open to difficult conversations.  We need to build collective empathy.

Join us as we take a closer  look at what true struggle is and how we can help.

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Journal on what your organization is doing to practice empathy?  What can you do to add more empathy?  What about in your individual life? 
Talk to your accountability and share your experiences and thoughts with adding empathy into your lives.
Join us on our social channels to share your thoughts and experiences on how you are taking part in the movement for collective empathy.

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Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 3 on We Go Boldly, and today we are talking about Nice versus Kind. We are looking closely at how to create a more empathetic society by taking a hard look at our own understanding and application of niceness and kindness.

Niceness is usually transactional in nature. Nice people do things for people with the expectation that we will get something in return, or that we will be more liked and/or included in a group. Often people mask their true feelings or desires in order to seem more nice and agreeable. People pleasers are nice. The niceness we are referring to grows out of insecurity and a need to be liked more than a need to 

Kindness is grounded in love, compassion and empathy for others or for yourself. When we act with kindness, we are giving or doing without thought for what we might receive in return. Sometimes when we do or say something with kindness, it can feel uncomfortable for us and the people around us. Kindness thrives in people with good boundaries, empathy, and societal understanding.

Many people confuse niceness for kindness and vice versa. For years we were told to “be nice,” “mind our manners,” and “be polite.” All too often we hear things like don’t bring up religion or politics in polite conversation. This can be a form of toxic niceness, not rocking the boat for the sake of the comfort of others, and people pleasing at the expense of standing up for your own personal ethics. 

Importantly, we need to learn to be kind to ourselves as well as the larger world. Starting with ourselves and growing outward helps create the kind of collective empathy we are talking about this season. The ability to talk to ourselves with love, compassion and kindness. To create real boundaries and stand up for what is right, even in the discomfort, begins to weave the thread that will help make up the collective empathy as we all work together.

“A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.” - Amelia Earhart 

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Break out your journal! Set a timer for 10 minutes and focus on the following journal prompt:

What is my motivation for my day to day behaviors?


Talk to your accountability partner about their motivations. Discuss kindness versus niceness in your life.
Find us on social media and let us know how it’s going. If you want a little extra help working on this or any other topic check out our coaching services now available!

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Maya Angelou once said, "I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it."

Join us this week as we dig deep into empathy.  As always we start with the definition of empathy and why we find it so important.  We look at empathy from both the individual perspective and the greater societal perspective.  It matters in situations both large and small.  Not ones to shy away from a little research we share what we learned about cognitive empathy, emotional empathy, and cognitive empathy.

The difference between sympathy and empathy can be confusing and so we take apart each issue to understand why we need more empathy, not sympathy, in the world.

Lastly, we focus on how to cultivate empathy in our own lives and in our children.  No surprise that the concept of books and reading comes up and is discussed.

Join us this week and share your thoughts on empathy with us!

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Take an empathy inventory.  Look back and see how you have handled other people’s challenges in the last day, week, month.
We can all benefit from practicing empathy.  Pick one of the ways we discussed to cultivate empathy and practice.
Discuss with your accountability partner and let us know how its going on our social.

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Welcome to Season 3!

Join us as we take a deep dive into empathy.  

From the beginning of this podcast we wanted to discuss the need for greater collective empathy.  We asked you all to dig deep into your inner worlds and start to live a more authentic life. All the tools we walked through meditation, grounding, boundary setting, feeling feelings, gives us space and permission to come to the outside world as whole humans, with empathy, compassion, kindness and grace

Maybe you are wondering why we are spending so much time on empathy.  It allows us to build relationships; personal, business, community, etc.  Empathy is an important part of a growth mindset and should be the basis for changing management in organizations. 

Let’s kick off season three together!

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Find us on Instagram or FB and leave us a comment letting us know how empathy impacts your life
Finally, reach out to your accountability partner, or if you don’t have one yet, reach out to us on social media so we can help, and create a plan to connect and work through the programming for the next few weeks. Everything is easier with a partner!

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Today we recap and review how far we have come.  Season one was a look at all the tools we need for this limitless life.  By the time we reached season two we were ready to dig in the dirt.  

True authentic living takes courageous living.  Being vulnerable is scary and we need to be brave.  Whether it’s feeling our feelings, practicing gratitude, or failing and rising up, it all takes courage.

In this episode we talk about how hard it is to live authentically.  It takes work and it often takes space.  Don’t get discouraged.  There is light and goodness with all of this work.  Reset and keep going. 

Thank you for joining us for another season.  We are proud to share this journey with you. 

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Subscribe to our podcast and follow us on social media!
Lastly, plan your summer.  What are you goals?  Where do you want to be come Labor Day weekend?  Are you hoping to set a new habit or add some joy to your life?  Find yourself a therapist or sign up for our Limitless Life Sisterhood.  Now is the time to do it.

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“Connection is the experience of oneness. It’s having shared experiences, relatable feelings, or similar ideas. It is the feeling of belonging to something greater than oneself.”

We are back with part two of our conversation on connection. Life, parenthood, schooling, career, marriage, can make it hard to keep the sense of connection between body, mind, and spirit.  Life becomes a series of check marks.  

The loss of connection makes it harder to hear your inner voice, to feel your purpose, to be open to the possibilities of the universe.

We talk about our struggles finding and maintaining connection both with our inner voice and with the outerworld.  

Music, art, shared experiences, and help keep the connection were especially necessary during the pandemic.

Join us as we dive back in and discuss connections.  Head over to our socials to tell us how you maintain connect. 

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Grab your journal!
Make a list of 3 ways you like to connect: meditation, grounding, prayer, talks with friends
Calendar time every week for the next month to incorporate connection for yourself




Connect with your accountability partner and let them know your plan - hold each other to your plans to connect each week

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