We Go Boldly Podcast

In another light episode…we kid, we kid. Mental health is essential to your overall health and quality of life. Self-care can play a role in maintaining your mental health and help support your treatment and recovery if you have a mental illness.

How are women affected by mental health compared to men? The news isn’t good folks. Not for our mental health or our physical health. There is hope.

When it comes to your mental health, self-care can help you manage stress, lower your risk of illness, and increase your energy. Even small acts of self-care in your daily life can have a big impact.

Join us this week as we dive deep and share what has us stressing and what we’re going to do to care for ourselves.

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Sign up for our circle.
2. Sign up for a free intake session with us to decide what service best suits your needs.
3. Do a mental health inventory. Are you doing what you need to do to protect and improve your mental health?
   

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We Go Boldly into bodies and the weight of the world's expectations. How is your heart leads us into a deeper discussion about what it means to be kind and compassionate towards ourselves and others. We talk about our own struggles with our bodies, with what the world puts on us, and what we put on us. Kindness, self-love, self-compassion and practice are keys to dealing with our complex feelings relating to our bodies.

We also get into the difficult side of diet culture, the way in which it invades our lives, and how it can create unhealthy behaviors and expectations. Culturally and socially we are conditioned to look a certain way, to find beauty in a standardized way, and that is hard to shake. Letting go of social norms around bodies is a challenge but a necessary step in supporting your heart.

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Make a list of five things that you LOVE about your body.
2. Make a list of five ways you can be kind to yourself.

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How is your heart?

Soul, spirit, physical, mental existential well being. Rather than asking how you are; asking how is your heart gets to the whole person. Why do we care about changing this perspective? Addressing our "whole humanity" is the basis for moving toward whole health and building a caring community.

Why ask how is your heart?

We often get caught up in a single minded focus on what it means to be happy, healthy, well… Asking how is your heart is an attempt to capture the whole human experience - physical, mental, emotional.

This is going to be a big season where we touch on many issues related to how we are feeling and how we can life our most honest, authentic, and whole life.

We can’t wait for you to join us! Don’t forget to share with your friends and follow us and subscribe!

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Ask yourself the question - how is your heart?
2. Ask someone you love the same question. Take the time to actively listen.
3. Join our circle!

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“When you rest, you catch your breath and it holds you up, like water wings…” — Anne Lamott

“Renewal is what happens when you realize that some of this stuff you’ve been carrying around doesn’t matter.” — Rob Bell

It’s AUGUST baby!  That’s right dear listeners we are manifesting our way to a workfree August.  While we aren’t quite there yet (I’m looking at you lack of beach house), we are choosing to set the tone for the life we want to lead and we’re taking a break this month.  We have a lot of creative plans for the fall and are excited to get to them, but we are saying so long to boring, uninspiring admin work.  

Recovery, Rest, Renewal.  We’ve talked your ear off on how important it is.  This month we are practicing what we preach. 

Here’s your homework, and ours as well.  We have a month before Labor Day and still a big chunk of time before the official end of summer.  What feeling do you want to have when the summer is over, what vibe do you want to have?  What’s your plan to get there?

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Join us this week as we wrap up our mini season on embracing and accepting differences in our lives. We take this week to talk about neurodiversity and why it is so important to not only accept but value the differences in our lives.

Neurodiversity is something we can all embrace in our lives. Whether you experience neurodiversity in your life, your family, or community you can find ways to be more understanding, open, and accepting of differences.

We talk through definitions, and a greater understanding that differences are not deficits. They are the beautiful variations in the world that make life interesting and exciting. Tune in wherever you listen to podcasts today. Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review.

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We take a brief break between our seasons for a mini season focused on our kids, our families, mental health, and neurodiversity.  We will take these two episodes to discuss how we can support those we love who deal with challenges and how to support our families. 

Research shows that parental well-being is strongly affected by their children’s mental health challenges. A child's mental health challenges has quantifiable costs (time and money) but also emotional burdens on parents and the entire family. Improving our children's mental health improves the wellbeing of the entire family.

Join us in this important conversation, because we can and will make this world a more caring and empathetic place. 

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Season 8 wrap up! We are closing out Unlocking What Holds Us Back in this episode. Wondering how to implement some of the things we talked about over the season? Looking for practical suggestions on what to do with your new knowledge? Join us today as we walk through our thoughts and ideas, and research, on how to unlock all those fears, voices, habits that are keeping you from living your best life.

We also introduce you to our upcoming mini season, the inspiration for our new and exciting season 9, and a host of other information. We will be resting in August and starting our new episodes in September so be sure to subscribe so you don't miss anything!

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Do you practice feeling your emotions? Write down some ways you can safely feel your emotions.
2. How will you nourish your heart and soul this week?

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On We Go Boldly this week we are diving into our political and advocacy sides. We know that living in the world today demands attention to more than our own lives. We talk about our journeys as advocates, moms, and political humans. When you work and/or volunteer in advocacy or politics there is so much potential for burnout, overwhelm, even despair. It can be exhausting to work towards social change, justice, and any change really. Listen in as we talk about how to avoid and then get out of real burnout, overwhelm and exhaustion. 

Soon we will be re-launching our sister company, Moms Running, where we coach, support, and create space for moms in advocacy and politics. We can't be our whole selves without talking about our core values, and how they impact our relationships, purpose, work, and all life in general. 

Join us and let us know how we can support you in your own political and advocacy journey. 

GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Are you a woman in politics or advocacy? Great! Join us over at Moms Running Network on FB and let us know what you are doing. 
2. Join our weekly women's circle!

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This season on We Go Boldly we will walk through what holds us back from living our best lives and doing all the things we dream about doing. We are focusing on how we can overcome our fear and doubt, be bolstered by faith, take risks, meet opportunity, and imagine unlimited possibilities. Every week we will work through a different aspect of what it means to both pursue our passions and accomplish the mundane; and how these topics help us to reach for our potential and live our boldest, most honest lives. 

Our goal this season is to explore what is holding us back, keeping us locked away behind our imagined limitations, and stopping our growth. We coach women to live their version of a bold life and pursue their unique path. This season is all about taking action and living our best lives. 

Today we are broadening our own horizons and talking to an incredible guest and new friend to the show. Welcome Orjanel Lewis!

Orjanel K. Lewis, Esq. was born and raised in Missouri City, Texas.   Double majoring in Political Science and English, Orjanel graduated summa cum laude in 2008 from Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama.  Entering the historic Tuskegee University in the fall of 2004, Orjanel realized that it would behoove her to take advantage of all that the “pride of the swift growing south” had to offer! She participated in several organizations including Student Government Association where she served as Vice President during her Senior year, Texas Club serving as President for two years, President of the Student Senate, and a member of the Spanish Club. Ms. Lewis received several awards while studying at Tuskegee including the President Benjamin F. Payton Distinguished Student Award, Terrance D. Smith Student Leader Award, and Pi Sigma Alpha and Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Societies.

Upon graduation from Tuskegee, Orjanel attended and graduated from Tulane University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate and a Certificate of Maritime Law.  Orjanel served as an Associate Attorney for nearly four years at a small boutique firm located in Houston, Texas practicing in various areas of civil litigation including but not limited to consumer, estate, personal injury and business.  Ms. Lewis was previously promoted to Policy Advisor, after serving as in-house counsel in the litigation department, for a consumer debt buyer company, while simultaneously serving as a member of the adjunct faculty of Houston Community College teaching Civil Litigation I and II, Wills and Probate Administration, Law Office Management and Contracts. Orjanel is licensed to practice law in Texas and Alabama. 

In addition to professional work, Ms. Lewis has tremendous community involvement serving as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Houston Lawyers’ Association, Kappa Silhouettes of Houston (President), Burton ES PTO (President), a member of the Fort Bend Independent School District’s We Are Hightower Task Force, Gifted and Talented Task Force, Bond Oversight Committee and Academy Design Task Force.  In her spare time, Orjanel enjoys life at home with her husband, Dr. Marcus Lewis, and two kids, Olivia and Marcus Alexander.

Let’s get to know Orjanel!

You follow all the amazing things Orjanel does on twitter @OrjanelLewis.

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Join us today as we combine so many of the lessons learned from this season on unlocking what is holding us back in our lives. We talk all about not just what is holding us back, but how to move through those things and where possible, overcome.

We Go Boldly into a variety of methods, tools, and theories on how you can let go of those things that get in your way of your dreams. Everything from starting with incremental changes in your life to setting boundaries to finding a coach is up for discussion this week. We leave you with some practical steps on what you can do in your daily life to help clear out bad habits, unhealthy preconceptions, and the ways in which we all keep ourselves from living our purpose fueled life.

We end with a discussion on the power and importance of hope, both on a micro and macro scale. Hope is something that can lessen the burden of hard times and brighten the possibilities for the future. Tune in today wherever you listen to podcasts. 
 

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GO BOLDLY HOMEWORK

1. Figure out one of the things that we listed that you can put into action today. Do any one thing - let us know what you choose and how it goes. 
2. Reach out if you need help with those first steps. Remember baby steps are important steps!
    

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