Self-love Science with Janice Cruz

Janice Cruz
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Welcome to the Self-love Science Podcast. I'm Janice Cruz, a self-love scientist. One day before a breast cancer diagnosis the life I lived was one of extreme fear, sadness, worthlessness, and despondency. I was propelled into an incubator style healing journey where, under pressurized circumstances, I learned to become fearless, resilient, brave, and most importantly I learned how to recognize the hero in the mirror.

  1. 04/13/2022

    Episode 13: Hope - A Warrior's Emotion

    I believe hope is a warrior's emotion that we evolved with as a survival mechanism. It is the part of the human spirit that will blast through broken resolve. It is the feeling that flood's through someone in the most dire of circumstance and gives them the sensation of triumph so that they can push through. Where does your hope live? What would you need to do to access is? Tune in for a unique perspective on what purpose this emotion serves.  Connect with me Follow me on Instagram

    Episode 13: Hope - A Warrior's Emotion

  2. 03/13/2022

    Episode 12: Worthy of Sunshine

    Are you worthy of sunshine? We all create our own worldview and we end up filling up with logic that prevents us from our own greatness. Sometimes this way of being feels unchangeable but where did these beliefs come from? Whose permission do you need to feel love, joy, and happiness? Whose permission do you need to be brave enough, daring enough, or good enough to follow your dreams? This week is about self-worth and the simple ways we can prove that we are, in fact, worthy and deserving of everything we desire.  https://instagram.com/selflovesciencepodcast https://instagram.com/coachjanicecruz https://janicecruz.com

    Episode 12: Worthy of Sunshine

  3. 02/07/2022

    Episode 11: Cancer and PTSD

    Are you running from fate or towards your dreams? This week's episode was recorded in July 2021 on the day that I decided to quit living life fully. Sometimes you're running so fast from your fears it seems as though they have disappeared, until you crash into a wall. When all of life is spent on developing strength, being independent, when we're taught that being complete self sufficient is by definition what makes you strong, falling apart feels like losing. It isn't. There are moments when you need let everything break so much that it can't fit back together the same.  Post traumatic stress can come from anything from critical illness to growing up in poverty. It feels like someone is standing behind reminding you that time is running out and that if you don't do everything at once, if you don't get it right the first time, you will lose everything and have nothing.  I'm grateful for this experience and even more for the bravery I have developed. janicecruz.com instagram.com/selflovescience Music by Ariel https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/coping/survivorship/new-normal/ptsd-pdq

    Episode 11: Cancer and PTSD

  4. 12/27/2021

    Episode 10: Believing in Good

    In this week's episode I talk about a model of reality where everything works. Throughout a very long and intense journey through healing from critical illness, there was one way of thinking that remained in tact. This belief in "goodness" is what has allowed me to survive through emotional and physical hell, through pain and loss, through self-destruction and hopelessness. Creating even just a mustard seed sized amount of belief in something outside of yourself has an incredible amount of power to pull you out of dire circumstances. This is one of the foundational beliefs that ended up leading me down this path of deep reverence for life and happiness.  Self-love Science Instagram janicecruz.com

    Episode 10: Believing in Good

  5. 12/07/2021

    Episode 9: On Bravery

    If bravery were your superpower, what would you do with it? The science of self-love is a process of reducing the contracting emotions, such as fear, and increasing the expanding emotions, such as courage. When you stop at fear you don't get to experience the rush of expansive emotion that comes with taking brave action on something you thought you would never be able to to.  The reward for bravery is knowing where the fork in the road ends. You know that popular concept of asking old people what their regrets are in life or what they're happy they did? I learned to make choices starting from that moment and working backwards. Ask the question, if I don't take the brave action, when I look back at this moment will I wonder what would have happened if I didn't do this? Bravery gives you answers. What you learn isn't always what you wanted. You don't always land on what you hoped something would result in. But you'll know.  https://instagram.com/selflovesciencepodcast https://janicecruz.com

    Episode 9: On Bravery

  6. 11/27/2021

    Episode 8: Conquering Fear

    This week I'll talk about how I conquered fear. Fear can be the most debilitating of emotions. When we think about danger and trauma, either from memory or imagination, our bodies go into a fight or flight mode. Intelligent design has a built in future prediction module. If you imagine bad things are happening, your brain sends the protection signals out to your body even if you're just stirring your coffee and anticipating a conversation in the future.  I suffered from crippling fear for years until the worst case scenario actually happened and I was diagnosed with critical illness. I instantly recognized that living in fear does not protect danger from coming. Listen in for how you can stop fear from controlling you.  Social Media:  Instagram @selflovesciencepodcast janicecruz.com

    Episode 8: Conquering Fear

  7. 11/20/2021

    Episode 7: Forgiveness + Gratitude = Peace

    This week I dive into the formula for peace and joy. As I worked intensely on my healing journey, I spent a lot of my time analyzing the process. I was working as a test and quality engineer at the time and part of my role was to streamline process and to analyze what worked well and what could have gone better. I was creating test plans by utilize logical thinking that required me to break processes down into the very basic foundational data. I applied this thinking to healing and what I found was that with emotions, the formulas are very basic. The depth to which we can heal is dependent on various layers of commitment, drive, emotional intelligence, and willingness to release the identity that holds on to the brokenness.

    Episode 7: Forgiveness + Gratitude = Peace

  8. 11/07/2021

    Episode 6: Attachment to Outcome

    Is attachment the root of all suffering? This week I get real about cancer. (This episode is prerecorded from July). Imagine the dealing with suffering as a result of attachment the thing matters most in life: life itself. I had a day where all of the pain from all the different areas in my life decided to meet up in an effort to knock me down so that I could re-evaluate life from the ground up. I think these breakdowns are an essential part of massive growth and change that makes us who we are. I think breakdowns are part of the intelligent design. It's the overflow of emotions that are meant to keep us away from what doesn't serve our greater good.  Dr. Michael Beckwith said "pain pushes until vision pulls." I think everything needs to crash and burn so that we can rebuild from the wreckage. Sometimes the pieces need to shatter so much that they can never be put back together the same way because we would just be rebuilding the vessel that holds our pain.  Trigger warning: I talk about death in this episode and share a level of vulnerability that I don't believe I've share with anyone in life. It is terrifying on some days and incredible on other days. I am so happy and grateful for life, for joy, for another day. Sometimes I need to let myself fall apart. Sometimes I need to share the uncomfortable truth that of what critical illness really is. Sometimes I need to be brave enough to be honest and let light into the room.  Follow me on Instagram @selflovesciencepodcast janicecruz.com

    Episode 6: Attachment to Outcome
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Welcome to the Self-love Science Podcast. I'm Janice Cruz, a self-love scientist. One day before a breast cancer diagnosis the life I lived was one of extreme fear, sadness, worthlessness, and despondency. I was propelled into an incubator style healing journey where, under pressurized circumstances, I learned to become fearless, resilient, brave, and most importantly I learned how to recognize the hero in the mirror.

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