Most True You

The conversation with Julia about becoming her most true self through aligning her daily actions and intentions with the person she wants to be and the life she wants to live was full of ease and the perfect reminder that we have the power to choose many of the directions our lives take--even when celebrating triple digit birthdays!

Julia de'Caneva is a coach and pro organizer who helps people and businesses strategize, organize, and simplify to beat burnout once and for all. She's a mindfulness + meditation facilitator, Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, young adult cancer survivor, and intentional living enthusiast. She loves to keep algorithms guessing and even better when she can encourage others to do the same and embrace all of the different parts of themselves.

Resources
Instagram @life.coach.Julia
Website Julia.Coach
Book Recommendations
Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski

mosttrueyou.com/oracle

Alysia Lyons is the host of the podcast Imperfect Mommying and is the author of Good Moms Don't: Ditch your mom guilt and find your happy."I grew up a pastor's daughter and at some point I got the message that I needed to be perfect. And I took it a step further because I'm an overachiever and I decided to be your perfect version of Alysia, which meant that, I have to figure out who your perfect version of me is." Coach Alysia Lyons goes there  early in our conversation about her journey to becoming her Most True Self and how she now helps others do the same.

Kelly Paris is an intuitive life coach and bodyworker for creative, driven, neurodivergent women who long to honor and embrace their fast brain, big heart energy. With  over 20 years experience in the healing modalities and more than 15,000 hours of hands-on client work, Kelly has supported more than 1000 clients on their healing journey.

Having extensive certifications in massage, myotherapy, energy healing, and life coaching Kelly passionately supports her clients to fully accommodate their unique neuro needs and harness their Nate neuro strengths so that they can probably rest in the sweet spot of their own intuitive success.

Passionately driven by a belief that all neurotypes are worthy and deserving of transformation, inspiration, nourishment, and success, kelly is on a mission to change the current narrative and a landscape for neurodivergent people across the world. That's amazing. It makes me so excited for this conversation.

Resources

Brene Brown's books Newest is Atlas of the Heart

A Radical Guide for Women with ADHD by Sari Solden and Michelle Frank

Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg

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Anja Simmons is a Parenting Success Coach who just released her book, Parent from This Place: How yoga changed the way I parent, and she joins us in this episode to talk about her book but we go so much deeper than that!

Anja let me ask her big questions like, "What was it like to become your Most True You within the context of your marriage?" and "What the heck are the Vagina Monolgues?"

We talk about the connection between making space to hear ourselves and making space to hear others, and becoming the kind of parent we actually want to be.

Resources

Anja's Website http://www.parentingsuccesscoach.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/parenting_success_coach/

Enterprise, TheGrio, and Complex and she is a TEDx Alum.Finding joy even in the middle of divorce, parenting from a place of respecting our kids, planning for future generations, showing up for ourselves, and finding our YES--we cover it all in this episode!

Janine Bell is a Jamaican-American, millennial mother. She is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, a former model, and a lover of DIY projects. Her work has been featured in Essence Magazine, NYDailyNews, SXSW, Yahoo!News, NBC News, Princeton University, Black

Janine holds a B.A in Communication from the University of Maryland, College Park. You can find her on social as @yessjanine.

of the best one (if you allow it to be).Her podcast, “Thanks Divorce” is inspired by her journey through divorce (still in progress as of publishing this episode). The awakening, the lessons, the gruesome beauty of it all. The purpose of the podcast is to show that divorce is not the end of the world- but rather the beginning

Follow @thanksdivorcepodcast to follow the journey and stream episodes of Thanks Divorce on Spotify, Apple and Google podcasts, and iHeartRadio.

Raven Scott is the author of  Empath and the Narcissist: A healing guide for people pleasers. She focuses on the North Node placement in helping others heal and find their life purpose.

In this conversation, Raven and I talk about how growing up in the church made her more susceptible to narcissistic abuse, what leaving looked like (it wasn't a one-time thing, and that's normal!), and how she has healed. Raven offers practical tips on learning to stand up for yourself.

Resources

Raven's website (and free healing guidebook!) https://www.unlockyourdestiny.net/offers

Raven's Instagram: @unlockyourdestiny.ravenscott

My review of Raven's book:

Raw, authentic, and practical -- Raven Scott delivers a powerful look at the life of an empath, how it so easily leads into the clutches the narcissist, and provides powerful tools to help the empath heal, grow, and live the life they're meant to live. In each chapter, Raven explores treasures lost, human elements at play, and "gifts from the emotional toolbox." She weaves in metaphysical concepts such as the chakras, or energy centers, and astrology, providing brief overviews and resources to learn more. In "Empath & The Narcissist," Raven Scott holds a lantern to those walking an otherwise dark path, providing not only the light of her own journey, but the tools needed to help others find their own way.

Ruthi Cohen-Joyner is gratefully addicted to yoga, meditation, and EFT Tapping. She is a nutritionist, transformational retreat leader, meditation teacher, coach, and motivational speaker ​certified ​in ​hypnotherapy, Akashic Record Reading, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), and Matrix Reimprinting.My friend and mentor, Ruthi Cohen-Joyner, shares her experience discovering her most true self through EFT Tapping and the Akashic Records.

Her focus is on helping women create loving relationships with their mind, body, and soul through releasing the emotional weight that is holding them back from ​​all of their deepest desires. This allows them to ​step more fully into their personal power, passion, and purpose and live more fulfilling lives.

She uses an incredibly effective combination of today's best tools to generate lasting breakthroughs, inspiration, and support. She also has several meditations, does Insight Lives, and is a published course creator on the popular meditation app, Insight Timer. Her program can be found here: https://insighttimer.com/meditation-courses/course_tips-tools-and-taps-for-daily-transformation

Resources

Ruthi's website https://yourtappingjourney.com

Linda Howe, How to Read the Akashic Records

Brian Weiss, Many Lives, Many Masters

Neale Donald Walsch, A Little Soul and the Sun

No More Narcissists by Candace LoveDo you have a walking rainbow in your life? I do. Her name is Courtney. We met on the playground in first grade and have been friends ever since. Courtney is the funniest, smartest, kindest, most colorful person I know, and being able to record a conversation with her was pure magic!

Courtney and I have lived a lot of life together or parallel to each other. We survived a week in the woods with only Annie Lennox to listen to, multiple church camp trips to the Florida beaches, a trip to London and Paris that she won on The Ricki Lake Show, and many many things in between or since all of that.

In Part 2 of 2 we pick up with the question posed to Courtney: "What brought healing after leaving a relationship with a narcissistic partner? " We get real about what healing has looked like, some of the challenges we have both faced along the way, and even talk about medication's role in the process.

Guest: Courtney Carini
Find her on: Tiktok at CourtneyCariniADHD

Resources Referenced:
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking your life back when someone you care about has borderline personality disorder by Randi Kreger
The Body Keeps the Score Workbook

Music by Curtis HarrisArtwork by Jennifer Shockey

Find her on: Tiktok at CourtneyCariniADHDDo you have a walking rainbow in your life? I do. Her name is Courtney. We met on the playground in first grade and have been friends ever since. Courtney is the funniest, smartest, kindest, most colorful person I know, and being able to record a conversation with her was pure magic!

Courtney and I have lived a lot of life together or parallel to each other. We survived a week in the woods with only Annie Lennox to listen to, multiple church camp trips to the Florida beaches, a trip to London and Paris that she won on The Ricki Lake Show, and many many things in between or since all of that.

In Part One of our conversation, Courtney shares her experience of being diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 38 and how she has been able to reinterpret her childhood in light of that diagnosis. We also go deep into our experiences with love, self-love, and narcissistic abuse. This episode is raw, funny, and--IMHO--a must-listen.

Guest: Courtney Carini

Music by Curtis HarrisArtwork by Jennifer Shockey

Michaela Rena is a Certified Tarot Master, Neurodynamic Wellness Coach, and Ordained Minister. It was through the ordination community that she began to branch out to discover metaphysics, tarot, and her role as a healer. In this conversation, Michaela and I talk about finding our Most True Selves, the Tarot deck she was told to leave under her bed until she was willing to listen to it, and building a welcoming, safe, and intentional community.

Resources Referenced:

Michaela's website https://www.michaela-rena.com

Michaela's book 7 Days to Blissful Abundance: Mastering the Inner Story 

Michaela's Facebook Community Clearly Magickal

Music: Hip Hop Trap Beat "Cradle" by Curtis Harris

Artwork by Jennifer Shockey https://www.jennifershockey.com

Through the challenges of chronic illness, Jasmine embraces being a Spoonie and finding ways to thrive as an entrepreneur in a world that doesn't always understand the challenges. We veer off course a bit to talk about our favorite books (because really, why not?!) and then come back to the conversation to address practical ways to embrace your most true self as a person with any kind of chronic illness or disability.

You can find Jasmine's free community for Spoonies at Connected Spoonies on Facebook.

Her website, Spoonie Business Strategy, is www.spooniebs.com.

Swipe templates, Spoonie-friendly business strategy courses, and much more can be found in her member vault! https://spooniebusinessstrategy.vipmembervault.com/

We do touch briefly on depression and suicide. If you or someone you know struggles with depression or suicidal thoughts, please use one of the resources below to get help.Larissa and I chat about her work helping others heal through creativity, some of our favorite oracle card decks, learning to own our stories through creative journaling, and much more!

• Crisis Text Line  Text HOME to 741741
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline |1-800-273-8255
• Trans Lifeline  1-877-565-8860 (for the transgender community)
• TrevorLifeline  1-866-488-7386 (for LGBTQ youth)

Other Resources talked about in this episode

• Creative U website-  Download  5 Best Creativity Tools for Healing and gain access to past Healing and Writing Summits
• Creative Soul Healing Podcast
• Andrea Gomoll Oracle Card Deck
• Queer Voicez Website
• Queer Voicez Podcast

Untamed by Glennon DoyleAngela Briones, host of They Can't All Be Betty,  opens up about her experience coming out both for the first time and during every day conversations. We talk about shame, God, family, and getting through some of the most difficult conversations of her life.

They Can't All Be Betty is "the gay podcast for everyone: the LBGTQ+ community, our families, and our allies!" The title references Betty Degeneres who was a prominent ally for the community and is about "celebrating the Bettys in our lives -- the people who made a difference simply by showing up and standing in unconditional love."

Resources from our conversation

Listen to TCABB Podcast on iTunes  

Listen to TCABB Podcast on Spotify 

PFLAG Parents and Family of Lesbians and Gays www.pflag.org

Episode 4 is all about the Four--Enneagram Four. Charlie Barker (my brother in law!) and I are both Fours and we do Big Feelings. Charlie goes deep about the dissonance he felt growing up in the church (Noah's Ark, anyone?!), recognizing the bleed over into dissonance in his relationships, and learning to embrace the chaos and beauty of his inner voice. We explore the ability to maintain relationships while distancing ourselves from the old stories that had once been at the center of those relationships. We chat about learning to listen to our bodies as a source of truth and knowing. And we laugh about becoming friends after years of being family.

Funny, explorational, honest, and at times slightly awkward, this episode is for those who, as Charlie says, recognize that their brains are trying to believe something their bodies simply can't.

As Charlie has come to embrace his Most True Self, he has self-published a book, continues to write and perform music, and has been able to embrace his life in its entirety.

Charlie's website is www.tinystudio92.com 
His book, Wind Walker, can be found on Amazon.

To learn more about the podcast, check the website, www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com.
Learn more about the host, Kelly Irene, on Instagram @ikellyirene

Many people who go down the road of deconstructing their faith end up finding a way to reconstruct it somehow. Spoiler alert: I did not rebuild. 

This episode covers my thoughts on choosing not to rebuild, calling out the bullsh*t of silencing victims in the church, and recognizing the exclusion of others and the threat of eternal torture as a mirage meant to control others.

A hope-filled recognition of pain,  healing, and beauty, this episode is for all who have felt excluded, silenced, shunned, shamed, or harmed in any way by the church.

www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com
Instagram: @ikellyirene

This episode goes all the way back to Eighth Grade church camp, high school youth group, and how my experience growing up in the church led me out of the church to embrace my Most True Me. This is the backstory for why this podcast exists and explores spiritual motherhood, leaving an abusive marriage, losing everything I knew to find who I was all along. While it is a story about my life, it's an invitation to find your own story. 

In the Most True You podcast, we tell stories with honesty, celebrate authenticity, and shine a light on the wild path of living the most genuine expression of who we are. We will also call bullsh!t on the systems that require us to live a less true version of our lives. 

We will explore new ways of hearing our inner voice,  practice owning our stories, and talk about finding a spirituality that supports us. Most True You is the podcast for those who believe the best gift we can give the world is to live as our truest, most authentic selves.

www.mosttrueyoupodcast.com
instagram.com/ikellyirene