Ambiguous Happiness Ambiguity with Ambi

Happiness and inner peace are something that we all want and it is 100% obtainable if you are ready to do the work to get to that place of happiness. In this week’s episode, my guest LaJune takes us through her journey of experiencing grief and trauma and shares how she was able to release her past and find her happiness.

LaJune is a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Mindset Strategist, Nutritional Lifestyle Coach, the author of “Releasing My Trauma: The Root of Self-Sabotage”, Podcaster, Cycling Instructor, and Personal Trainer with over 10 years of experience working with busy diverse women and girls, in the areas of obesity, fitness, chronic illnesses, mindset, nutrition, wellness, mental/physical health, and injury recovery.

Join me and listen as LaJune shares her journey facing ambiguity and uncertainty and how she navigated it.

Key Highlights:

·  (01: 23 – 07:44) Get to know LaJune and the work she does in the black and brown community which she is very passionate about.

·  Her journey facing ambiguity and uncertainty which started when she lost her dad at the age of 6 years old.

·  Dealing with feelings of grief, fear and abandonment as a result of losing her father at a young age.

·  How she overcome self-sabotage.

·  (07: 48 – 12:09) Realizing that she was not committed to herself and the factors that made her realize that she was not committed to herself.

·  Identifying past behaviors and relationships and realizing that it was the fear of uncertainty and the inability to control the outcomes that resulted in her not to be committed in her relationships.

·  How you treating and investing in yourself is being committed to yourself.

·  Her journey with anorexia and being in a pre-obese state.

·  (12:53 – 16:03) Emotional eating as a way to deal with areas of uncertainty or ambiguity, internal areas of trauma and hurt.

·  Putting on weight and realizing that she will never lose the weight until she deals with her past.

·  Realizing that a lot of the things she was feeling was because of her past trauma and her decision to release her past.

·  (16:28 – 22:53) How she got to the point where she could release her past

·  How she was equating happiness and weakness.

·  Realizing that she needs to forgive herself first and then forgiving everyone else she thought did something to her and how she navigated it

·  LaJune’s Book called, “Releasing my trauma, The root of Self Sabotage”

·  (25:03 – 27:58) How she found the strength to forgive those who did her wrong.

·  Identifying where it all starts and realizing that she needs to forgive herself first.

·  Being a testimony to others who are dealing with grief, trauma etc. and looking at things from a different lens.

·  (30:17- 33:45) How she viewed happiness before and how her perspective of happiness has changed.

·  (34:49 – 37:07) Wrapping Up

·  LaJune’s advice for listeners is to release their past, to forgive themselves, to get the resources and services needed to start loving themselves, to find self- happiness, self-joy, and to turn into ourselves and start learning about ourselves.

·  Start looking at how you are contributing in relationships, employment and towards your own happiness.

·  Start getting to know you and learn about you, so you can attract what you want.



You can connect with our guest LaJune on:Instagram: @imalajunesingleton, Facebook and YouTube: LaJune Singleton, Website: www.lajunesingleton.com



You can connect with our host @IAmAmberLatrece on Instagram.