I'm Speaking...with Elizabeth West Elizabeth West

Hello lovely! Thanks for listening!



Welcome to the Summer of Self-love! 🌞🥰



In this episode I speak about how I make things easier.



For example, pre-cooking and pre-packing my lunch meals for the week (like making a big pot of spaghetti 🍝) and putting it into 5 containers so lunch is packed for the week!



All I gotta do is ‘grab & go’ in the morning!



Something else that I do is pick out my work attire (from head to toe) for the week or the next few days.



This way in the morning I don’t have to think about what I’m gonna wear and what goes with what. And I can just (you guessed it), grab & go’ with my clothes for the day for that workweek!



💞My self-love ‘supplement’ for this episode is: Glennon Doyle’s podcast called “We Can Do Hard Things”. Glennon Doyle (also the author of the amazing book 📖 , “Untamed”) hosts the show with her sister Amanda and her wife, soccer champion, 🏟 Abby Wambach.



They talk about things from Asking for help and how it’s bettering their lives to Amanda’s recent cancer scare and all of the feels that come along with it. 🧐:(


Wanna check it out —> Here’s the link for it on Apple—> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-can-do-hard-things/id1564530722 | And on Spotify —> https://open.spotify.com/show/0eFL5HJejQHZrdgAFdPnOm?si=tDaX4P3JTh-urBsSgy3FTg.



I talk more about this on my newsletter or my ‘love letters’ 💌 as I like to call them). 😉


Wanna get my newsletter? 🗞Here’s the link to join the list! —> www.westelizabeth.com/newsletter.


I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you in some way, shape or form.


I podcast for the love of connecting with others, encouraging others and sharing information with others.



Cheers 🥂 to speaking up and for making your voice heard! 🗣


Sincerely,

Elizabeth

www.westelizabeth.com

Hello lovely…thanks for listening!

Welcome to the Summer of Self-love! 🌞🥰

In this episode I speak about how I started to take on this idea 💡of asking myself if I’ve ‘done my best’ instead of ‘how many tasks I have accomplished on my to-do list’ 📝 and in how changing this question ❓lowered and continues to lower my anxiety and stress to this day. 😌

We can’t do any better than our best y’all so whether we’ve accomplished only a couple of tasks on our ‘to-do’ list or
0️⃣ zero tasks, if the answer is ‘yes’ to “Did I do my best?” then my hope is that we can instead move-on and not continue to kick ourselves 😣for what we did ‘not’ get done on our to-do list. 😏

I talk more about this on my newsletter or my ‘love letters’ 💌 as I like to call them). 😉

Wanna get my newsletter? 🗞Here’s the link to join the list! —> www.westelizabeth.com/newsletter.

I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you in some way, shape or form.

I podcast for the love of connecting with others, encouraging others and sharing information with others.

Cheers 🥂 to speaking up and for making your voice heard! 🗣

Sincerely,
Elizabeth https://www.westelizabeth.com

💞My self-love ‘supplement’ for this episode is: Kate Northrup’s book “Do Less”. https://shop.katenorthrup.com/products/do-less-a-revolutionary-approach-to-time-and-energy-management-for-ambitious-women

Hello lovely, thanks for listening!


Welcome to the Summer of Self-love! 🌞🥰


A friend of mine named Adrienne gave me this great quote which is “second guessing yourself is self-sabotage”. 😖


We were having dinner or lunch and I started to say something along the lines of “I shouldn’t have second guessed myself!” and she says to me “second guessing yourself is self-sabotage” and it was an ‘ah-ha’ moment for me. 😲


It’s really true.


When I’m at work for example and someone asks me a question…almost every time I’ll know the correct answer but more often than not, I’ll second guess myself and proceed to ask a colleague which will have the exact same answer almost word for word that I was gonna say.


So frustrating.


My colleague looks like a genius and I look like an idiot. It feels like that anyway. 😖


In this Summer of self-love let’s not second guess ourselves if we know in our gut what to do or say already.


Let’s listen to our inner child/our instincts/our gut and follow that instead.


I think it was on the Oprah show back when it was on regular television (back in the day) where she said, “if you keep ignoring that voice trying to guide you, eventually you won’t hear it or it will get more and more quiet until it goes away”.


I talk more about this on my newsletter or my ‘love letters’ 💌 as I like to call them). 😉


Wanna get my newsletter? Here’s the link to join the list! —> www.westelizabeth.com/newsletter.


I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you in some way, shape or form.


I podcast for the love of connecting with others, encouraging others and sharing information with others.



Cheers to speaking up and for making your voice heard! 🗣


Sincerely,

Elizabeth


💞My ‘self-love supplement’ for this episode is:
The Mavenelle app by Ivirlei, it gives you daily advice and positive words that just make me feel all so much better and is just what I need to hear. ☺️

Wanna check it out —> Here’s the link for it https://mavenelle.com/.

Hi lovely…thanks for listening!


This is a re-released episode from July 3, 2022.
I originally titled it "Independence Day?" but later changed it to "Independence Day to Whom?"(Which was my original title.)


I ask this question because back in July 4, 1776 (when this later became the United States' 🇺🇸 Independence Day, it only included white men with property).


Let's think about this for a second…this would *exclude everyone else.


Friendly history reminder: In the US, White women were only able to vote in 1920 and white women couldn't open a bank account until 1974! WTF?!?


And we all know people of color couldn't vote until 1964! 😲🤬


It was not that long ago, y'all.


And a lot of these liberties 🗽are slowly but surely getting rolled back sad to say. 🫤Roe v. Wade and civil rights to name a couple.


Which brings me to this…in the US 🇺🇸we need to Vote 🗳 in the upcoming election on November 5, 2024.



I can't believe it's coming up so fast.



We need to vote 🗳 up and down the ticket and leave no stone ‘unturned’.



And we need to be aware of who our representatives are.



We need to do homework too. 📑



We are all busy and our lives keep getting busier but this isn't the time for us to "sleep on this". 😴


In the same amount of time that it takes for us to share or forward a joke or a meme we can share information about our democracy and how fragile it is right now.


For more info click on www.vote.gov


I talk more about this on my newsletter or my ‘love letters’ 💌 as I like to call them). 😉


Wanna get my newsletter? Here’s the link to join the list! —> www.westelizabeth.com/newsletter.


I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you in some way, shape or form.


I podcast for the love of connecting with others, encouraging others and sharing information with others.


Cheers to speaking up and for making your voice heard! 🗣


Sincerely,

Elizabeth

Hello lovely! Thanks for listening!


Welcome to the Summer of Self-love! 🌞💞


In this episode I talk about how I’m loving planning “me time” dates with myself. 🥰


I remember years ago, a friend of mine (she was like an older sister and mentor really), she advised me to go to places and to do things by myself and that it’s very empowering (for women especially) to do these things.


She talked about things like taking solo trips, 🏖 taking myself out to dinner 🍱 and even to the movies! 🍿


At this time (around 10-15) years ago, this was unheard of for me. 😲


I didn’t wanna look like a "loser" and I didn’t want people giving me the look of pity like I don’t have any friends to go with. Haha!


Which brings me to my recent podcast episode 105 titled “What others think of me is none of my business”. 😏


What are ‘me time’ dates?


Anything and everything that you love to do and it’s exactly what you wanna do, it makes you feel cozy and it gives you all of the feels.

(Hint: And others’ thoughts or judgements aren’t allowed, just yours.) 😉


It should be something that you look forward to, that you feel giddy and excited about and it ‘fills your cup’! 🥛


I talk more about this on my newsletter or my ‘love letters’ 💌 as I like to call them). 😉


Wanna get my newsletter? Here’s the link to join the list! —> www.westelizabeth.com/newsletter.


I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you in some way, shape or form.


I podcast for the love of connecting with others, encouraging others and sharing information with others.


Cheers to speaking up and for making your voice heard! 🗣


Sincerely,

Elizabeth

https://www.westelizabeth.com



💕My ‘self-love supplement’ for this episode is: the podcast called Inner Workout by Taylor Elyse Morrison https://www.innerworkout.co

Hello lovely, thanks for listening!


Welcome to the Summer of Self-love!🌞💞


In this particular episode I’m speaking about ‘Listening to my inner child’.


For me my inner child goes hand in hand 🤝with my gut instincts and my heart and it feels easy and “cozy” and all the good feels.


Long story short is that I was having anxiety for not accomplishing all or most of my to-do’s. 📝


When I listened to my inner child it said “it’s okay”, “it’s not the end of the world” and “what’s the alternative?”.


With these thoughts my heart rate went back to normal, my anxiety went away and I was able to go back to sleep for the rest of the night. 🥱


What are we sacrificing for ignoring our inner child? And is it worth it?


There are many studies that show that too much stress and anxiety will eventually lead to poor health and even death. 🧐😞


I talk more about this on my newsletter or my ‘love letters’ 💌 as I like to call them). ;)


Wanna get my newsletter? 🗞Here’s the link to join the list!


I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you in some way, shape or form.


I podcast for love of connecting with others, encouraging others and sharing information with others.



Cheers to speaking up and for making your voice heard! 🗣


Sincerely,

Elizabeth


💕My ‘self-love supplement’ for this episode is: Michelle Rohr’s program called ‘Say Yes to Desire’. You can find out more about it as well as to sign-up here.