From Lemons to Limoncello Lisa Marie DeSanto

Are there people in your life that would love it if you just kept quiet? Who tell you not to make waves? Who make you feel like you need to ignore your own feelings to protect theirs or show them “respect?”



When we keep quiet to keep the peace with someone, it’s a lot like swallowing poison on a regular basis. After a while, all that toxicity starts to build up and eat away at you, causing real emotional and physical stress. And all that stress has very real impacts on our physical health. 



In this episode, a short-and-sweet Sunday Shot, we talk about the downstream impacts that happen when people mistreat us and we don’t speak up for ourselves. We cover kinds of health issues that can develop from bottling up our feelings, and why it’s so important to set boundaries with people who don’t value our needs as much as their own.

 

This episode is a Sunday Shot: a short and sweet solo episode with a runtime of approximately 10 - 20 minutes. 



For a little added information, check out these articles on The Impact of Everyday Stressors on the Immune System and Health and Stress Symptoms.



To learn more about my journey with stress, its impacts on my health, and how I healed check out my guest appearance on the "Food, Feels & Banana Peels" podcast:


On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/food-feels-banana-peels/id1707873263?i=1000642380902
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jpKiKMwgQr1o3lWMfR9i2?si=dc2f917529e542e2

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In episode 13, we started our conversation with Sarah Bracey White, an amazing woman whose creative life expanded exponentially at the age of 75 years old. Over the last three years, Sarah has become a celebrated author of books, poems, and recorded stories. She's written and produced plays. She's acted on stage in an immersive theater production based on her memoir — a show that was produced and staged by Hollywood professionals who worked with The Who and contributed to prime time television shows and the Olympics. Now 78, Sarah continues to write, speak, and educate others on the value of sharing our stories and connecting with each other to heal and grow.

In this episode — part 2 of our inspiring conversation — Sarah and I talk about what to do when your mother can't be the kind of mother you need, the importance of connecting with each other to transcend life's challenges, looking past your past to live in the present, and why the fearless pursuit of the things that make you happy is the key to fulfillment and success at every age.

NOTE: Be sure to listen to Part 1 of this conversation (Episode 13) to hear about Sarah's challenging childhood, from growing up in the Jim Crow South to the conflicted relationship she shared with a mother who habitually tried to curb her inquisitive independent nature. You'll also learn how writing her book, Primary Lessons, taught Sarah that her mother may not have been the kind of mother she wanted, but she was the kind of mother she needed.



More about Sarah Bracey White:

Visit her website at ⁠www.onmymind.org⁠

Buy her book, "Primary Lessons:" https://bit.ly/4aFJXQg

More About Lisa Marie:

To learn more about Lisa Marie, send her a message, connect with her on social, or subscribe for more content, visit her website at: ⁠www.lisamarieconnections.com⁠.



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What happens when the woman that raised you isn't the mother you had in mind — when what you need or deserve isn't what she's able to give you?

Sarah Bracey White is no stranger to adversity. In fact, she's endured and transcended what would break most of us. At the tender age of 5 years old (in the 1940s) Sarah was uprooted from the only home she ever knew and loved — a nurturing, supportive home in an integrated neighborhood that she shared with her aunt — and relocated to her mother’s poverty stricken, dysfunctional home in the segregated Jim Crow South. Facing limitations she'd never experienced before because of her race, poverty and a mother's efforts to curb her inquisitive and independent nature, Sarah found herself struggling with feelings of culture shock, abandonment, restriction and isolation that lasted well into young adulthood.

Today, after a lifetime of finding — and reinventing — her identity, Sarah is a beacon of wisdom whose life experience serves us all as a master class in resilience and possibility. A 78 year-old celebrated author whose work has been turned into immersive theatrical experiences, she continues to write, speak, and educate others on the value of sharing our stories, connecting with each other, and continuing to heal and grow.

In this episode we talk with Sarah about her childhood, why she thinks we've made great strides when it comes to racism, and how writing her book, Primary Lessons, became a love letter to an imperfect mother that she didn't even realize she loved. According to Sarah, “What I wanted was a warm, loving mother. What I got was a loving mother’s guide to life. It wasn’t perfect, but it was enough.”

NOTE: This is part 1 of 2 episodes featuring my conversation with Sarah. Tune in to part 2 next week, when we'll talk about what to do if you have a mother who can’t give you what you need, how to look past your past so you can really live in the present, and why age is just a number when it comes to pursuing your dreams. 

Additional Information: In this espisode, Sarah refers to the Talented Tenth and the A.M.E. Church. For more information on these references, see below:

The Talented Tenth: Britannica | BlackPast.org

African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church: ame-church.org



More about Sarah Bracey White:

Visit her website at www.onmymind.org

Buy her book, "Primary Lessons: https://bit.ly/4aFJXQg

More About Lisa Marie:

To learn more about Lisa Marie, send her a message, connect with her on social, or subscribe for more content, visit her website at: www.lisamarieconnections.com.



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Balancing life's demands seems to be getting tougher and tougher: We're being asked to do more at work with fewer resources. We're caring for our homes and children, often while caring for aging parents. Layoffs have meant higher stress and lower energy, but our friends and loved ones need our emotional support for all the stress they're dealing with, too. Our high school students are facing challenges never seen by their age group before and our college-aged kids are accumulating higher debt and facing lower salaries when they graduate.

How can we deal with it all? It starts by taking better care of ourselves.

Mothers Day is this month, so this episode is dedicated to all of the hardworking women out there who are caring for the people they love. It's about avoiding burnout, remembering to breathe, and why conserving your energy and practicing self-care results in better care for everyone we love.

This episode is a Sunday Shot: a short and sweet solo episode with a runtime of approximately 10 - 20 minutes. 

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Kristina Italic ignored her passions to pursue a traditional career in healthcare — and ended up sick herself in the process. In this episode, Kristina talks about her journey from burnout to following her bliss, why we should all be fearless when it comes to reinventing ourselves, and how listening to her own body and inner voice ended up being the secret to regaining her health and happiness.

More About Kristina:

To hire Kristina as a speaker or visit her website, go to: https://www.kristinaitalic.com/

Listen to her podcast, Bold Beyond, on Spotify or Apple.



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To learn more about Lisa Marie, send her a message, connect with her on social, or subscribe for more content, visit her website at: www.lisamarieconnections.com.



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Are you someone who always needs to know where your life is headed? Who plans every step and tries to be prepared for any possible future outcome? Are you so caught up in overthinking and working for future stability that you don’t feel fulfilled right now? 

Where does a need to control our lives come from, and what does it cost us when we focus more on “being ok” than actually living? In this episode, we’re going to talk about some of the reasons we let a need for control overtake our lives, why fear- and control-based decisions usually backfire, and what to do when things fall apart. (Because often, despite all of our best efforts, they just do.)  



This episode is a Sunday Shot: a short and sweet solo episode with a runtime of approximately 10 - 20 minutes. 



More About Lisa Marie:

To learn more about Lisa Marie, send her a message, connect with her on social, or subscribe for more content, visit her website at: www.lisamarieconnections.com.



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