The Devotion Potion

Carly Crotwell

May this podcast serve as a reminder for the many ways that you can start, or continue, to show up for you, in full devotion, to who you are and who you are becoming.

  1. 17 juill.

    Ep. 34 - Devotion to Entrepreneurship: Business as Personal Development

    In this episode, I'm sharing the messy, beautiful journey of my several experiences with entrepreneurship and why I've come to believe that starting a business is one of the greatest personal development journeys a person can choose. We talk about failure, burnout, fear, values, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves about success. I open up about the businesses that didn't work, the ideas I abandoned, the course I was terrified to launch, and why this third chapter feels completely different. If you've been sitting on an idea, wondering if you're qualified, or feeling the pull to create something of your own, I hope this conversation reminds you that your path doesn't have to look like anyone else's. Resources• Becoming You by Becoming You • The Values Bridge assessment • Join my weekly Substack newsletter, where I document the real-time journey of building a business while working a 9-to-5, including the wins, the setbacks, and everything I'm learning along the way. • My Instagram If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who's been sitting on an idea they can't seem to let go of. Sometimes the dream doesn't leave because it isn't finished with you. And if you're in the middle of building something that no one else can see yet, keep going. The small, devoted actions you take today are quietly becoming the life you're creating tomorrow. Love you, mean it. ❤️

    Ep. 34 - Devotion to Entrepreneurship: Business as Personal Development
  2. 2025-12-05

    Ep. 29 - Devotion to Your Parts: An Intro to Parts Work

    In this week’s intimate and illuminating episode, Carly cracks open one of the most transformative inner practices she’s ever worked with: Parts Work, also known as Internal Family Systems (IFS). Inspired by her year-long initiation with her fiancé — and her recent reread of No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz — Carly shares how this modality has reshaped not only her relationship with herself but also how she shows up inside her partnership, her creativity, and her growth. She breaks down the three core types of parts we all carry — Exiles, Managers, and Firefighters — and explains how each one, in its own messy, well-intentioned way, is always trying to protect us. From the people-pleasing perfectionist… to the hyper-independent achiever… to the tender inner child who still thinks you’re 8 years old… every part is doing its best with what it learned long ago. Carly also walks through the difference between the 8 C’s of Self-leadership  and the “self-like” 5 P’s. You’ll hear how to recognize when you’re truly in Self — and when a part has quietly hijacked the wheel. To bring the work alive, Carly offers a real-time parts work demo, showing how to identify a “trailhead,” make gentle contact with a part, hear its needs, and soften the internal system. This episode is equal parts practical, emotional, spiritual, and deeply human — a devotional return to your own complexity. If you’ve ever felt like you’re “too much,” “not enough,” contradictory, chaotic, or confusing… this episode is a homecoming. You’re not broken. You’re a whole ecosystem. And all of you belongs. ✨Resources: No Bad Parts by Dr. Richard Schwartz IFS Practitioner Directory Connect with me on Instagram: @carlyalexandraofficial Begin your Return to Reverence

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May this podcast serve as a reminder for the many ways that you can start, or continue, to show up for you, in full devotion, to who you are and who you are becoming.