The Self Care Creature Podcast

011 | Belonging To Yourself with Melissa Shafer

With guest Melissa Shafer, a wellness coach and instructor with the Nutritional Therapy Association, we discuss the high expectations that we place on food and the definition of and how to overcome orthorexia. 
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010 | Sitting In Your Power

With guest Megs Elemans of ME Photo, we chat all about shifting your focus from the arrival to the ride, empowerment photography, and sitting in your power.
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009 | Authenticity & Being Open In Our New World

With guest Hayley Siggs, we get into how you can remain authentic and be more open to being wrong and having difficult conversations in our new world post-2020.
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008 | Mindful Morning Routines

All your morning routine questions ​answered in this episode! Including, How to start a routine? What are the benefits of a morning routine? Routine vs. Coping mechanism. Setting boundaries with others, and oh so much more! Grab a notebook, your favorite beverage of choice and get to listening + learning.

007 | A Self-Care Perspective on Mood Swings

Many topics are covered in today's episode as Courtney shares her personal journey + realizations around her own mood swings. Listen and learn what your emotions have to do with the healing path. Courtney touches on fear, depression, bipolar, crippling anxiety, trauma, empowerment and more.

006 | Let’s talk about spiritual altars + rituals

In this episode, Courtney will discuss the purpose and power of intentional spaces and rituals and why it matters when developing a self-care lifestyle. She gives you the recipe and inspiration to make your own, with what you got, debunking the myth that it should look any certain way. Court calls for us to stop comparing and to start cultivating! This delicate dance between practicing gratitude and manifesting your heart’s desire is done gracefully when you learn to see the beauty hidden in plain sight! This episode will have you eager to set up a dedicated space to show up for yourself with excitement! What are the tokens and symbols that you will find? Since this episode was recorded Court has learned that the term “smudge” is specific to a group of indigenous individuals and would like to encourage use of the words “space clearing” or “blessing a space” rather than specifically referring to the burning of herbs as smudging. As a community driven podcast, your feedback is important! If you feel called, leaving a review greatly helps or you can submit a podcast topic idea here: bit.ly/SCCPF (case sensitive!)

005 | WTF Are Tarot + Oracle Cards Exactly?

Welcome back! Today you will hear about Courtney’s experience using Oracle/Goddess cards and fumbling her way into Tarot territory. During Courtney's travels in Central America and Mexico, this maternally transcendent deck found her in a sort of spiritual rights of passage. Participate in guided meditation lessons as Courtney tells her story that she hopes will inspire others.​​As a community driven podcast, your feedback is important! If you feel called, leaving a review greatly helps or you can submit a podcast topic idea here: bit.ly/SCCPF (case sensitive!) 

004 | My Simple 7 Step Self-Care Process

In this episode Courtney lays down 7 steps to help us make lasting changes in our life! The beauty of this information is that it prepares us for ways to respond when obstacles inevitably arise in life. We are reminded of the grace we will need to have with ourselves during the process of shedding old habits and the time it takes to find what you love and what works. Court talks about the humbling and spiritual experience of getting to know yourself, what you want and going after it!  As a community driven podcast, your feedback is important! If you feel called, leaving a review greatly helps or you can submit a podcast topic idea here! Topics covered in this episode: Decide Take Action Get off track, face an obstacle Show-up for yourself, face the push-back (internal and external) Pause. Listen. Observe the habitual tendencies and the loop it keeps you stuck in Practice grace (self-compassion) and accept yourself where you are at Break the cycle by trying something new! (again and again and again)

003 | Depression, Anxiety, and Showing Up For Yourself

“All I know is that my life is better when I assume that people are doing their best. It keeps me out of judgment and lets me focus on what is, and not what should or could be.” ~Brené Brown What would it be like to offer yourself that same compassion? In this episode, our Self-Care Creature and Educator, Courtney, advocates for ways to treat yourself lovingly while you objectively, and graciously observe your whole self, beliefs, stressors, cycles and all of it! Courtney shares her personal experience, observations and asks you to answer honestly, “How are you showing up for yourself?” As a community driven podcast, your feedback is important! If you feel called, leaving a review greatly helps or you can submit a podcast topic idea here! Topics Covered in this Episode:   Tips and Stories on objective and compassionate (self)observation Ways to embody and integrate shifts with daily tasks Uncover where you picked up beliefs in childhood that aren’t serving you Gratitude + Giving thanks Why crying is ok Getting comfortable with crying  

002 | Learning Self-Love

In this episode, Courtney discusses the ways that our inner critic can keep us feeling separated from pure, unconditional Self Love. That pesky voice inside that quietly, from behind the scenes, judges and compares. The one that puts tremendous pressure on you with all kinds of “shoulds” and “shouldn’ts,” and keeps you playing small. IT HAS TO GO! However, it needs to be caught before it can be stopped! Court shares simple and successful tools for flipping the script on those stubborn and un-loving inner voices. The best part??! They are simple shifts, not additional things for your already maxed out to-do list. As a community driven podcast, your feedback is important! If you feel called, leaving a review greatly helps or you can submit a podcast topic idea here! Topics Covered in this Episode: Self-Like + Self-Love That pesky Inner Critic How it's keeping you in a loop of suffering Body neutrality as a bridge Eye gazing YouTube tutorial Hands on body breathing breakdown