Behindleweyes: The Podcast

Hi hello & welcome to Behindleweyes The Podcast where we are transparently chatting about the messy parts of life in order to help those who are silently struggling with similar things, feel seen & heard.

Today I am joined by, Alisha Brown is from Calgary, Alberta, and is a mental health advocate and Ms. Tourism, Canada.

Alisha and I chat about what it takes to compete in a pageant, how she originally got into this, what her talent is, and how she represents Canada across the world during these pageants. Miss Tourism 2021 is incredibly lucky to have her this year!

Alisha educates us on the science behind how beneficial music is for our minds and we dive deep into a conversation about how important it is to take care of our mental health, how our brains are a muscle, that need to be exercised, and fed good and positive things.

You can find her at https://www.instagram.com/alisha.m.brown/ & alisha.m.brown on all other social media platforms. Every Sunday, Alisha hosts a guest on instagram live as part of her Coffee Talks segment!

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For all podcast inquiries, questions, comments, concerns & collaborations shoot an email to:
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I am also accepting donations via https://www.buymeacoffee.com/behindleweyes

Thanks for listening and we will catch you next WEDNESDAY with a brand new interview episode!

Hi hello and welcome to Behindleweyes The Podcast!

Where we are transparently chatting about the messy parts of life in order to help those silently struggling with similar things, feel seen and heard.

I'm your host, Lauren Williams.

You can follow me on all social media platforms @behindleweyes, I do live in my instagram stories so be sure to follow along with my daily shenanigans over there and check out our brand new website, www.behindleweyes.com

If you like what you hear in today's episode, there are a few ways to support the podcast! You can share this episode on your instagram story, and be sure to tag me again, @behindleweyes

And as always, rate review and subscribe over on apple podcasts; I am eternally grateful for all of your support.

YOU GUYS! This is the FINAL episode of season 1 which means my final solo episode for the forseeable future.

This does not mean this will be my last solo episode by any means BUT we are launching SEASON 2 of Behindleweyes The Podcast next Wednesday, April 7th! Season 2 will be completely interview based and on the 7th I will be dropping 3 episodes for you guys!

ALSO, the night of the 7th, I will be hosting a virtual launch event/30th birthday party/vision board making event! Head to www.behindleweyes.com and be sure to join our email list for updates!

Today's episode is a fun bonus episode to celebrate 30 years on this earth. I rank the top 30, happiest moments in my life and break them down into the following categories:

1. Moments I often feel nostalgic for
2. Growing experiences/pivotal moments
3. Quirky relationships
4. Moments that took my breath away
5. Overall happiest days/moments of pure bliss

Be sure to tune in to hear stories from being on Plymouth Rock, to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket trips, to road trips into Canada and across the United States, to making speeches and failing forward, to graduating high school, to failing out of college and all of the proudest moments I've experienced in between!

Be sure to FOLLOW & tune in to my daily stories on Instagram: www.instagram.com/behindleweyes

PEEP my brand new website:
www.behindleweyes.com

For all podcast inquiries, questions, comments, concerns & collaborations shoot an email to:
[email protected] 

Hi, Hello and welcome to Behindleweyes, the podcast! 

Where we are transparently chatting about the things in life that we don't normally talk about, in order to help those who could be silently struggling with the same things, feel seen and heard. I'm your host, Lauren! 

You can find me on all social media platforms, @behindlewyes. I'm on instagram, TikTok and Clubhouse most frequently! I do live in my instagram stories so be sure to follow along for daily shenanigans!

I also recently launched my website, www.behindleweys.com.

If you like what you heard in today's episode, there are a few ways to support the podcast:
You can share today's episode on your instagram story, be sure to tag me @behindleweyes.
And as always, rate, review, and subscribe over on apple podcasts; I am eternally grateful for all of the support!

REVIEW OF THE WEEK!
"Lauren keeps it real with the listener. You can tell as she goes she opens herself up to being vulnerable and honest with everyone. She’s never off the mark either! She makes wonderful content with extreme humility and truly makes it a fun experience! Podcasts can be a drag but 30 mins isnt 30 mins with Lauren! Well done! Keep doing awesome stuff!" -thatguy1496

Good to know we have some men in the audience, that makes my heart smile!

Today's episode is episode 15! Fun little milestone to note and we are also coming up on 1K downloads which is AMAZING! Thank you all for the support; it means the absolute world to me.

A couple shoutouts today:
Happy birthday to my dear friend, Krista! Love you!
Happy belated International Women's Day to all my female listeners!
Today also marks 2 years since I've met Patrick! Hehe
Humble shoutout to myself for going viral for the first time on TikTok last week! WOO!

DAILY AFFIRMATION:
"I can feel it rising within me. I was made to feel love, to give love, to search for beauty in our every day."

In today's episode, we chat about:
- turning 30 next month & the comparison game
- showing your highlight *real* on social media vs. a highlight *reel*
- giving ourselves more grace than we are
- listening to what your gut is telling you
- the path we're on is the path we're meant to be on

Be sure to FOLLOW & tune in to my daily stories on Instagram: www.instagram.com/behindleweyes

PEEP my brand new website:
www.behindleweyes.com

For all podcast inquiries, questions, comments, concerns & collaborations shoot an email to:
[email protected]

Hi, Hello and welcome to Behindleweyes, the podcast, where we are transparently chatting about the things in life that we don't normally talk about, in order to help those who could be silently struggling with the same things, feel seen and heard. I'm your host, Lauren. You can find me on all social media platforms, @behindlewyes. I do live in my Instagram stories and you can also find me on tik tok. Those are the two platforms that I am on the most. If what you hear today resonates with you, if you really like what you hear, please share this episode to your Instagram story. Make sure to tag me. And as always rate review and subscribe. 

This is take 21!! And I finally got through that! I tried so hard the other night to record that intro and I could not get it. I just did the same thing for, I wish you could see my screen right now it says recording number 21. This has never happened to me before. Normally things come natural. I am switching up my intro a little bit. So maybe that's what it is. But Hi, hello, how are we? It is Monday evening, I had a stellar Monday, I haven't had like a really good Monday in a really long time. I rode on my SoulCycle bike. For the first time in over a month, I did not get on that bike once in the month of February. I mean, I did have COVID and I'm still fatigued. I think it also has to do with me just not moving my body. And I think I'm just tired. And also I was out of the loop for three weeks. So getting back into work is kind of taking taking a lot out of me. 

So let's get into the meat and potatoes of this episode! Today I want to talk about my feelings and where I'm at in my health and wellness journey. Mostly because- I took up a lot of space on social media in the health coaching realm for a while. And I feel like I'm finally completely transitioned out of that. I mean, not 100% because I do share some things. I've always shared my journey as an accountability tool. I share things now because I'm constantly starting all over; I'll fall off and then I'm constantly starting over. And I'll share that start-over. And that momentum again. I say this all the time, motivation doesn't grow on trees, you have to create the motivation. And that's starting with you, that first workout you know, today I got on the bike for the first time in over a month. That's momentum towards something that's going to build that's going to snowball into something bigger. 

I shared something on my Instagram stories recently also about where I was a couple years ago and I've been been doing a lot of reflecting on my behaviors and the habits that I had at that time. And I want to tell the story. I hate the word journey. Just using the word journey for everything, I roll my eyes at myself. So when I was in the thick of my fitness "journey", I called it my fitness revolution. And I really liked that because it was, it was very fitness heavy for me.

Make sure to tune into this episode to hear all about how I went from fitness obsessed, to loving my body exactly how it is and how I've empowered by the life it gets me through!

Be sure to FOLLOW & tune in to my daily stories on Instagram: www.instagram.com/behindleweyes

PEEP my brand new website:
www.behindleweyes.com

For all podcast inquiries, questions, comments, concerns & collaborations shoot an email to:
[email protected]

We're back! I did drop off the face of the earth there for a while. After being quarantined for 3 whole weeks and having an absolute shitty time with COVID, I am slowly getting back to life. 

Despite all efforts, I was exposed to COVID here at home, before we knew my roommate was positive. I was a little bit in denial at the beginning- like, there's no way this is actually happening, is it?? Well, it did. I originally tested negative and was fine for about a week.

Week 1 of quarantine was filled with productive moments for the pod's future! 

I had so many podcast ideas; I was spending a lot of time on clubhouse and my creative juices were flowing. And I was being so productive with all the things that I've gained momentum with the past couple months, with the podcast, kind of like putting those future goals and plans into place. And it felt really good. I mean, I didn't feel the greatest being confined to my room. But I was getting like a lot of stuff done. 

After originally testing negative, I felt fine up until a certain point  so I scheduled another test and the morning of the test felt like i got hit by a truck. I was so congested and woke up with a splitting headache. Ended up testing positive and again, was in complete disbelief.

I had nasty congestion & headache for an entire week straight. Completely fatigued & had no motivation. Spent the second week sick & in bed watching Grey's Anatomy, which I've since finally finished. I had very mild symptoms but was still super miserable for an entire week. Despite that, I am so very grateful my symptoms weren't any worse because I would have been the most dramatic, biggest baby.

But we're back in action! Or at least, doing my best to be back in action, physically & mentally. The first week was fine. Obviously I just said I was super productive. And on the second week, I was just actively sick. And so it was mostly just like sitting around doing nothing.  But that third week just also straight up sucked. I wasn't as sick but I was still in quarantine. We had heating AND plumbing issues in the apartment, like didn't have heat for a couple days. So 2/3 weeks I was quarantined was just straight up not a good time haha

Lots of time spent on Clubhouse, networking & learning how to scale the podcast a bit more. If you're unfamiliar with Clubhouse (and you're around my age) think back to the AOL days & chat rooms, but Clubhouse is audio based. If you're interested, I get about 3-6 invites a week, as it is an invite-only platform right now, so if you want one, hit a sister up!

I really love the smaller rooms because I'm very, y'all know me, I'm very into cultivating relationships with different kinds of people. So if you can get up on stage, and you start having these conversations with different people, it's a really great networking opportunity. And it's where my creative flow that I've had going on with the podcast lately is coming from; I'm really trying to scale the podcast. Which isn't the most important thing for me, right now. My podcast is very therapeutic. I really enjoy it. You know, if I'm touching one life, that's all that really matters to me. But I would like to scale it a little bit. And so I've just been working on things like, I made a website today. I kind of want a general hub of where all things podcast is. Because right now, I'm obviously promoting the podcast on just my social media platforms.

Make sure to tune into this episode to learn about the direction the podcast is heading in!

Be sure to FOLLOW & tune in to my daily stories on Instagram: www.instagram.com/behindleweyes

PEEP my brand new website:
www.behindleweyes.com

For all podcast inquiries, questions, comments, concerns & collaborations shoot an email to:
[email protected]

Today's episode we talked about all things morning routines & what the audience's favorite things to do when they first wake up:

Lindsay & Kat drink water immediately! We love to hear this!
Nicolette drinks lemon & ginger water, feels like this is a great cleansing way to wake up!
Maureen (and myself) love a good hearty breakfast to wake us up in the morning! I'm a huge breakfast gal- I know a lot of people love waking up & working up on an empty stomach (fasted cardio??) but it is not my thing! Your girl loves all da food to fuel her workout!
Liz opens the blinds! I don't sleep with my blinds down because I'm a weirdo but we love this one!
Kelly crushes her skincare routine while dance partying to her girl power playlist and we are LIVING for this one! Also a huge shoutout to my girl Kelly for getting into Vermont's #1 nursing program! YGG you go girl!!
Anna, Melissa & Melissa (hi hello all the Melissa's!!) drink COFFEE! I'm not a huge coffee drinker (I love me some preworkout though)
Angela gets a gold star for her morning routine. I see her waking up at the ass crack of dawn every single day with her daily gratitude practice & meditations. Shoutout to Angela for being the BOSS we all wish we could be- or at least I wish I could be- don't want to speak for anyone here, especially my fellow night owls!

Speaking of gratitude practices, they are SO important! I've been following Rachel Hollis for YEARS and when she came out with her START TODAY journal I was all over that shit. Listing 5 things you're grateful for THAT day, is so so great for your mental health. So are positive affirmations. Look at yourself in the mirror every morning and SAY SOMETHING NICE TO YOURSELF.

YOU ARE A BOSS ASS BITCH AND YOU'RE GOING TO CRUSH THIS DAY. Do it, I triple dog dare you.

I'm not crushing my morning routine like Angela lately. I'm actually not crushing any kind of morning routine that doesn't look like rolling over, chugging water & scrolling TikTok. I'm not proud to admit it but I'm also not ashamed because this is the season of life I'm in right now and I won't apologize for it. Do I want to be better? Yes, of course. But I'm also in a season where I'm allowing myself the grace my body & soul need at this time, as life just hasn't been very easy.

I had an anxiety attack the other night. A full blown anxiety attack. I let the mean girl in my head get the best of me. She was asking my questions like, "what is wrong with you? What are you even doing with your life? Why do you keep making the same mistakes? Girl really, what is wrong with you." And i just had to positively self talk my way out it. Because that's what we do to grow. We overcome the shit the universe throws our way.

It's throwing it our way because it knows we can handle it. The universe isn't going to give you anything you can't deal with. I truly believe that. So we must continue to push against the resistance of life, push ourselves outside that comfort zone that we're so used to.

Don't settle. Keep going.

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An infamous FIRED UP episode encouraging you to be your most authentic, TRUEST self, unapologetically because anything that anyone has to say about your or your appearance, does not define your WORTH. Our experiences, the good, the bad and the ugly, shape us into who we are and THAT'S what makes us resilient.

On June 3rd, I woke up from a sound sleep after a nightmare that felt like a warning sign. In that moment, I made the decision to stop my consumption of alcohol moving forward. Since then, I've evaluated my relationship with alcohol and in this episode, I share a lot of vulnerable thoughts that cross my mind & may cross yours as well, through your own journey.

I talk about how Taylor's relatable & vulnerable lyrics & music leave me feeling heard and HAPPY. I relive tour moments & my favorites from her albums. Thanks Tay Tay for being such an amazing role model & creative artist to look up to for over a decade xo

Thanks for joining me in this bonus episode! I open up about my journey & experience with BPES and how it's shaped me as a human, embracing what makes me unique!