Grit & Grace Genevieve Pardoe // Grit + Grace

A short and sweet chat with Megan Swan from @meganswanwellness about the best ways to detox from all things digital. I've been mostly digitally detoxing this summer as I downshift from my previous workload and look towards the next chapter of life for myself and my family. It's been wonderful but repatterining really does take practice. As with anything, Megan reminds us that the magic happens with small shifts. Wishing you a wonderful summer and we'll see you in September for season 2 of The Grit + Grace Podcast @fallonpublishing 


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Victoria is a homeschooling mom of 2, Author, and Emotional Energy Empowerment Coach. In 2019 she became a widow losing her husband of almost 11 years to suicide. By harnessing her extensive background in yoga, mindfulness, NLP, Hypnotherapy, and an array of other mind/body modalities, she has turned her pain into a purpose by educating others on the importance of living happier and healthier.

For the last decade Victoria has been empowering and inspiring others to live happier and healthier through her business Yogi Mami where she shared healthy living tips and recipes and created a strong community of people passionate about healthy and wellness. Since embarking on her grief journey she has been using her knowledge and skills for networking and connecting like-minded people to create a safe and healthy environment for other grief warriors to heal. Victoria uses the following mind-body techniques to help with grief and trauma support:


Meditation
Hypnotherapy
Chakra Balancing
Reiki
Sound Therapy
Mindful Nutrition
Emotional Freedom Technique
Aroma Freedom Technique
Somatic Healing
Yoga

Interested in learning more about how to access grief and trauma support. Visit here for more: https://victoriaannemoore.com/services/




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Hi and thanks for joining. Today I'll talk about the three elements of grit that contribute to resiliency: self-soothing, self-regulating, and self-delaying. Resiliency helps us arrive at the next chapter of life feeling nourished and excited, not depleted and drained. And grit helps us get there. 

We often think of grit as this big mud-covered masculine energy that is forcing its way up a hill aggressively. But grit can play a vital role in helping us ride the waves with ease. 

Find out more at:

fallonpublishing.ca

@fallonpublishing








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I am constantly amazed at the narratives I hear from women about themselves that are not their own. I’m this. I’m that. I’m too old. I’m not good enough. I’m not qualified enough. I don’t have enough education / credentials for that… Ahem. Said who?

Yes. It starts with self-inquiry. That’s step one. You have to cut the fantasy out of your own story first. That, to me, is the highest form of self-care and self-love... it is super uncomfortable and awkward. It’s hard but it’s worthy work. What is it?

⚡️ Shadow Work
⚡️ Journaling
⚡️ Inquiry-Driven Coaching
⚡️ Trigger Point Work

Trigger Point Work - taking active steps to question what you ‘know to be true’ in your own story. It starts with being honest with yourself about where / how you get triggered. That’s usually where you’re holding ideas / feelings that you’d be better served by dropping, hard.

Once you’ve done all that awesome and awkward work… let it go, Elsa. Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business. They are nothing more than transparent projections of what that person desires anyway.

Other than cases of clear abuse or prejudice, people typically don’t villainize others unless they envy them. So take it as a compliment, own those skinny jeans mama, and rock on. (References: Shadow Work, Jungian Somatics.)

Likewise, watch out for getting lost in flattery. As Georgia O’keefe said, “compliments and criticisms go down the same drain.” You are neither good nor bad, you are wholly human and that, gorgeous, is enough. In fact it’s plenty.

Takeaway - it doesn’t matter who you are in someone else’s story, it matters that you are the leading lady in yours. Have the best day lovely ladies. 💛 Get in touch for more hello@fallonpublishing.ca // @fallonpublishing.ca // fallonpublishing.ca

 
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This week on the show that has no name with @meganswanwellness…

B is for boundaries and boundaries are there to protect us all, especially ourselves from… ourselves. Boundaries also help us identify where previous overstepping has been taking place in the form of resistance (to these boundaries) by others. That’s step one.

Two… triggers. notice how you react when parts of your story (or new boundaries) are challenged. What are you taking offence to? Can you create space between the thing that offends you and your reaction to it? Ask yourself, is it trigger, or is it truth? Can you change your perspective to think of triggers as emotional feedback for the parts of your story that need to be challenged, changed, or dropped.

Let’s go further…

Then, appreciation. Appreciate your triggers. They are there to show you where you need more love, compassion, patience, trust, and meditation. They are love notes in disguise. And finally, “cut the cord”, sage, buy some crystals, do your thing to let that shit go. As my five year old says, don’t hate, mediate.

Other takeaways and snippets:

Notice where stress responses pop up for you in your body

You don’t have to play with your kids all the time, seriously

Take cold showers or plunge into water when you’re stressed, it works

You are not the project manager of everyone else’s life, focus on your beautiful self

Resources:

MIchaleen Doucleff, Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us about Raising Children (March 2021)

www.meganswanwellness.com 


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Today I speak with Senior Graphic, Marketing + Product Designer Mae-Lynn Slater about #femtech, imposter syndrome, and how to hold your own in toxic work environments. I enjoyed this chat especially because Mae is able to take some pretty serious, sticky topics and still see the upside. Like, how to speak up, how to be heard, and how to bring continuous creative learning into your career... and seriously, how to have fun. This episode is for any creative who works in a tough environment. Follow along as we continue to amplify the voices of exceptional women @gritandgracepodcast 


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