Fight For Yourself Michelle O'Connor

Getting to know yourself is no easy task when you operate from a place of negativity and shame.







In this episode, we discuss a fresh approach to our relationship to ourselves, full of curiosity and compassion through meditation and using the love we give to everyone else.

In this episode, I am celebrating a milestone – one year of no drinking. I talk through why I chose to move out of old habits with this experiment, what inspired me, and what it was like for me. 







I go through making the decision to be present with the tough emotions I was feeling, to be truly here for the full human experience – the good stuff as well as the stuff that feels unbearable.

Are you tired of making a resolution that fizzles out in a few weeks? As we approach a new year, naturally our brains move towards what we would like to see change. It’s a time of renewal and hope. Whether you are the type who makes resolutions or not, this episode is helpful in guiding on how to make solid changes in your life that last! Gathering both my personal experience and professional training, I walk you through my top ten ways to create the change you would like to see in your life.Linked here is a corresponding worksheet with questions and planning space to help support your goal setting. Download your copy and go for it (pdf). You are worth the effort!

In this episode, I explore how slowing down has helped me heal in so many ways, especially during quarantine. This theme is showing up everywhere right now, from meditation practice to social life to the beauty of slowing down while eating. Slowing down has helped me center and listen to my intuition, and in this episode I go over ways that you can slow down in your life to feel better, eat better, live better.







Here’s a link to a book I reference in this episode: The Slow Down Diet by Marc DavidAnd the meditation app I use: Insight Timer

This episode is my most personal show yet, and is the epitome of my mission with this show: To talk about hard things and how we might be able to work through them. I share my experience with grief over the loss of my mother, and how I am doing my best to use that vulnerability as a power source. I also dig into how I am doing my best to fight for myself through action and share 10 steps to fighting for yourself when life feels like it’s falling apart.







BONUS: Listen through to the end for an original song from our audio engineer, Brian O’Connor

Making big changes in your health and your life in general takes one thing: Consistency. It takes small modifications in behavior over a long time, and that can be a pain, but you know what? You are worth the effort. You are worth the daily grind of self awareness, dedication, and focus. Little by little, these moves will change your life, and the only way you will stay consistent for the long haul is to believe. Believe that YOU ARE WORTH THE EFFORT.