BONUS: BRAVE Thoughts From The Road - Beyond the Rainbows and Unicorns
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Release Date: 12/29/2023
Travel, Drones, and Pickleball: Christine Lozada’s Badass Journey to Authenticity
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Christine Lozada is an award-winning travel creator, drone educator, speaker, host of the Everyday Badassery podcast, and traveling pickleball player who helps millions travel smarter on YouTube. Today, she’s with me to share her transformative journey from following prescribed societal “shoulds” to living a life full of passion, travel, and authenticity. From small steps toward change to monumental life shifts, you’ll learn all about the importance of embracing vulnerability, staying true to oneself, and the ongoing evolution toward a fulfilling life. Christine discusses the...
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The Power of Community & Connection When Navigating Transformation
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Do you ever feel stuck between stages in life, questioning everything? This episode explores the importance of community and connection, especially during challenging times. We talk about the power of community and connection as essential tools for navigating these cycles, the paradox of individualism versus finding your tribe, the impact of vulnerability on personal growth, and how stepping past fear can lead to true freedom. Whether seeking deeper human connections or struggling with the fear of showing your authentic self, this episode offers valuable insights and practical advice to...
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Navigating Social Media Perfection: A Journey to Authenticity with Elaine Tsung
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
How can you navigate the complexities of identity and personal branding in today's interconnected world? Elaine Tsung joins me to share her journey from projecting a curated social media image to embracing authenticity in life and business. We talk about her experience navigating a toxic relationship masked by Instagram perfectionism, her pivotal moments of self-realization, and the challenges of balancing her online persona with personal truth. Elaine Tsung left the corporate world four years ago, impulsively relocating to Mexico to pursue her coaching business. In her first year, she...
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Stuck Between the ‘Now and the Not Yet’: Navigating Self-Doubt, Negative Talk, & Feelings of Failure in the Messy Middle
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Do you feel stuck in a period where you feel lost or that you’re failing? I’m going to be really honest and vulnerable here. I see the goals I'm striving for and the impact I want to make, yet everything just feels stuck. I’ve found myself spiraling with negative self-talk and questioning my abilities and progress. Frustrating is an understatement. Demoralizing? Definitely. But here's the thing: I've been down this road before. And each time, I come out stronger, with a new set of tools in my belt—and you do, too. In this episode, we’re exploring how to navigate that messy middle...
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From Corporate Burnout to Off-Beat Travel Influencer Redefining Success with Jordan Campbell
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Today’s episode will inspire you to step out of your comfort zone, reinvent yourself, and live a life that’s authentic to you. I’m chatting with Jordan Campbell, a former award-winning creative director who left the hectic corporate world to become a freelance designer and travel blogger specializing in off-beat destinations and tasty beverages. We talk all about what led up to quitting her successful six-figure career, detoxing from corporate culture, and breaking the mold as a 40-something social media influencer. In this episode, you’ll hear all about: The challenges of...
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Getting Curious Instead of Critical: Why Asking Questions Can Change Your Life
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
We often hear messages discouraging curiosity, like "curiosity killed the cat" or "ignorance is bliss." But what if those sayings are holding us back? This episode explores the concept of curiosity and its importance in living a fulfilling life. You’ll learn how curiosity can be a powerful tool for personal growth, helping us to learn new things, challenging our assumptions and limiting beliefs (about ourselves and the world), and connecting with others on a deeper level. Top Reasons to Listen to This Episode: Discover how our expectations about what we "should" be learning get in the way...
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Unpacking & Reintegrating After A Transformative Experience
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Are you struggling to reintegrate into “normal” life after a transformative experience? Do you feel yourself slipping back into autopilot and finding it difficult to maintain the positive changes you’ve made (or want to make)? In this episode, I reflect on what I learned from my adventure through Central America and talk about some of the challenges I’ve faced since returning home to the United States. Even if you haven’t just returned from a transformative adventure, you can still apply these lessons to your everyday life! Top Reasons to Listen to This Episode: Explore why...
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Happiness Does Not Exist Out There
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Have you ever thought to yourself, “When I do XYZ, when I achieve that goal, when I get that thing…. then I will be happy?” I’m sure you’ve heard the term “happiness comes from within,” but it's hard to believe when social media and societal pressures constantly bombard us with messages that happiness lies outside ourselves. Today, we are flipping the script on what it means to be happy. We'll explore how to cultivate genuine joy in your everyday life by redefining "enough" and discovering the power of mindfulness. I'll also share a simple practice to help you stay grounded...
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The Art of Integration & Rest for Sustainable Personal Growth
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Do you ever feel like you just crushed a personal development goal, but then you begin to feel uninspired or stuck, or the pressure to do more hits you? This episode dives into the importance of rest and integration after periods of significant personal growth and why it's crucial for lasting transformation. We'll explore why we often feel compelled to chase the "next thing" after a breakthrough and how prioritizing integration can be the key to unlocking your full potential. Top Reasons to Listen to This Episode: Understand why we often feel compelled to chase the next achievement after...
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The Seduction of Comfort: Why We Fight Against Our Best Intentions
A Brave Journey: Reclaiming Your Identity After 40
Do you find yourself slipping back into old patterns, even after making a conscious effort to change? Today, I’m sharing how to overcome those automatic behaviors and habits that interfere with personal growth. This episode is your guide to understanding why we get stuck in those comfy (but ultimately unhelpful) routines, the sneaky ways our egos can sabotage our progress, and how to reprogram your mind so you can live the life you deserve. Learn how to identify limiting beliefs, cultivate curiosity, and rewrite your internal script for lasting change. Top Reasons to Listen to This...
info_outlineI don't know who needs to hear this - but I bet there are more of us who do than who don't. Having all your stuff together and being empowered and happy and healthy and killin' it 24/7 is NOT a thing. You are a human being with lots going on - lots to balance. And you exist in a universe that has other things to do than to make you feel comfortable and "practically-perfect-in-every-way."
And that is OK!! We would never appreciate the blessings in our lives if we had nothing to measure them against. And we would never get the opportunity to truly step into our own personal power if we didn't get to practice how we choose to respond to the chaos that invariably surrounds us.
You have permission to take a day off - hell, take 6! You have permission to not be productive at all for whatever amount of time feels best for you to recharge. You have permission to have an off day, to feel blue, to eat a pint of ice cream to self soothe - if that's your thing. There is no panel of judges just waiting for you to slip up so you can be voted off the island. There is just you - knowing yourself - and granting yourself the grace to go at your own pace, pause to drink a glass of water, set down your mobile phone for a couple hours to just breathe, mess things up royally while you experiment with your life . . . . you have permission to do any and all of it. Don't let the Instagram filters tell you any different. It's all made up - and all we can do is powerfully choose our own behavior, emotional response and thoughts.