14 episodes

Best Friends and Love Warriors Amy Palatnick and Jess Donohue have been stockpiling self-love wisdom for decades. Amy is a therapist, coach, author, Nia instructor, meditation teacher, and professional potter. Jess is a yoga (and SUP yoga) teacher, massage therapist, photographer, group leader, and weight lifter. Together, they strive towards their best possible lives, and hope to inspire others to do the same.

Big Love Hug Amy and Jess

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    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

Best Friends and Love Warriors Amy Palatnick and Jess Donohue have been stockpiling self-love wisdom for decades. Amy is a therapist, coach, author, Nia instructor, meditation teacher, and professional potter. Jess is a yoga (and SUP yoga) teacher, massage therapist, photographer, group leader, and weight lifter. Together, they strive towards their best possible lives, and hope to inspire others to do the same.

    Love Everyone; Trust No One

    Love Everyone; Trust No One

    In this episode, Jess and Amy explore the question "What is trust?"
    Some of the areas they cover are: 

    * Love everyone (even Putin?!) 
    * See everyone as a child of the universe/spiritual being/related to us
    * The masks we wear/unmasking
    * The "Winning formula" concept
    * What does it mean to trust someone?
    * The compelling desire to give our hearts away 
    * "Find my center in my center"
    * What CAN we trust? >>Flow, life, spirit
    * Fear and trust
    * Using nervous system to contact intuition
    * Our amazing bodies, and the privilege of being able bodied
    * How trust can be Role-constellating
    * Using sex to find intimacy in the absence of trust
    * How to help people love themselves
    * Love/Fear/Peace
    * What is underneath trusting? What are we really looking for?
    * Embodiment as a key to intimacy
    * The body: your multibillion dollar temple
    * We can trust this moment

    • 44 min
    Pleasure and the Inner Critic

    Pleasure and the Inner Critic

    Pleasure and the Inner (Internalized) Critic
    In this Episode, Amy and Jess explore the concept of the Internalized Critic: a voice and energy in society that we internalize to our own detriment. Is it necessary? Are there ways to get it out of our heads? YES!
     
     The Internalized Critic is like a parasite, sucking our life force, making us believe we don't like ourselves, and blocking our opportunity for peace, joy, happiness, and PLEASURE (P.S. those are not all the same!).
     
     Once we learn to externalize the Inner Critic, we have much more space inside to experience Pleasure. If you'd like to be guided through this experience, check out the FREE Inner Critic workshop, and the Pleasure Bootcamp Summer Intensive!

    • 47 min
    Personal Seasons, Passing Weather

    Personal Seasons, Passing Weather

    This was a special episode in that—for the first time ever—we recorded the podcast together in person, sitting side-by-side...post-covid and pre-Amy's move to California!

    Jess and Amy talk about the Weather and the Seasons: not outside, but inside. 

    The focus is on letting the "weather"—circumstances of daily life, and our responses to those circumstances—be the passing weather, separate from our deeper, more true selves. 

    We also touched on lots of interesting topics like Essence versus personality, the concept that "people die, but relationships don't," the full-body eye roll whenever we say "should," and why perfectionism is such a waste of energy.

    At the end, there's an exercise to help you find your life's purpose! Plus, a blooper!

    We hope you'll enjoy it, and please do post your life's purpose in the comments! 

    We'd of course love it if you would take a moment to give the podcast a rating (I think we have 4 so far...). And/or share with friends and community, anyone you think could use a BIG LOVE HUG from us!

    xoxo Jess and Amy

    • 44 min
    Attuning to the Vertical Channel

    Attuning to the Vertical Channel

    In this episode, Amy and Jess explore the difference between locating ourselves on the vertical line versus the horizontal line, where we form attachments to others.

    This is a relationship game changer, a hack for a better, much happier and more fulfilled life!

    If you enjoy our Podcast, we would love to hear from you! Please rate and review the podcast wherever you listen. We'd love to have you join our Facebook group!

    • 35 min
    Supporting Depression

    Supporting Depression

    In this episode, Amy and Jess talk about the process of depression: how people can re-frame or understand depression more deeply, the beautiful and challenging power of  emotions, and how we can support ourselves through depressive phases or experiences. 

    We both really enjoyed the conversation and hope you will too! 

    Please take a moment to review our podcast on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify... Everywhere! 

    We SO appreciate your support in sharing this with anyone who might need (or just enjoy) a Big Love Hug from us!

    • 45 min
    The Power of Choice

    The Power of Choice

    Where do we have agency in our lives? What is in our power? How can we re-orient to a position of empowered choice? Join Amy and Jess for a dynamic exploration of the Power of Choice.

    • 41 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
7 Ratings

7 Ratings

Sequoiablue ,

Personable and entertaining

I found Amy and Jess’s podcast fully entertaining and also educational! I love their comfort around talking about hard stuff. Highly recommend!

Kevinm_41 ,

Great podcast

Great content and a fun listen!

Phanimanon ,

Love the Big Hugs

Love the content, laughing and voices from these two ladies. I can’t wait to see what topics they end up covering. They are all about that positivity.

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