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This is where I actually recorded day 93.
Here’s a quick view of the little winery in Deukmejian Wilderness Park where I usually hike.
Tiger is disturbed by hearing the wind and pounding rain as we edit. This is what I escaped by minutes while recording.
Mentioned
The episode about current past lives
The Blog Post about ‘What do you really want?’
Blog post about Selfies, aging, and self-acceptance
My Bravery account on Twitter, TheBraveryCoach
Shell’s successful comment on day 92
Stéfanie’s welcome to new BCs on day 92
Amy from WI’s welcome to Shell
Cassie’s first public post and our comment conversation on my Selfie blog post
The new feature called ‘Advice Wanted’
Dawny’s brave letter and request on Advice Wanted
If you need professional help, here is a link to the NEDA find treatment page
The episode about legalizing chips that inspired Marquita’s brave speakpipe segment
February Album Writing Month – Fionna’s Album
Alen Standish’s blog and show, Progress, Not Perfection
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
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Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - Canada
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead - UK
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes
Intuitive Eating
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Intuitive Eating - Canada
Intuitive Eating - UK
Intuitive Eating
Ways to support the show financially
Catch up with Laurie
My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.
My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver
FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button
My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach
New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’
Bravery Hotline
Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.
Credits
Host: Laurie Weaver
Featured Song: The Brave and Free written and performed by Fionna Lane
Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1
Resource of the day
Episode 024 Lapses and Relapse. on the podcast and blog, Let’s Reverse Obesity by John Bukenas. I think this is a stellar example of 1. yes, men have this issue too, and 2. it’s never too late to be real and try again. Hooray for John! Please give a listen and see if John’s show will be of help to you and if so, give him a shout-out of support.
Laurie, and other Brave Companions, I’m inspired and humbled by what I heard from all of you in this episode. How truly courageous and talented and loving you all are. I’m proud to have been welcomed into such an incredible group. Thank you all!
P.S. The kids (twenty-somethings) I work with would have shortened my previous comments
to…RESPECT!
LOL Cassie, I’m sure glad you know what the 20 somethings are saying, I need a translator 😉 But thanks for your comments and support. I too was BLOWN away by all of the bravery this episode. Dawny being so vulnerable with her letter, Marquita wrestling with feeling her audio file was too rambling or not clear – and yet it was awesome, and Fionna’s wonderful talent with singing and songwriting are a testament to what we can do when we dare, and that we can find others on our paths who enjoy our thoughts and talents too. It is a very strange thought for some of us who have been so hidden behind masks and isolated out of fear, the BCs like us as we truly are. I’m so glad you found us, dear Cassie and you DESERVED your mention on the bravery report. xoxox0
Thanks Laurie. Having a rough time as always during the holidays, but I’m so grateful I have backup this time. It’s very comforting to not feel so alone.
Hugs dear Cassie xoxoxo We’re here for you. We can be holiday buddies. Jing Jing jing 🙂
Another marvelous debut laurie!! U NEVER disappoint. I love my Wog-a-bouts with you. Lol.
Oh my the singing!!! LOVELY! I hit rewind and re listened. BEAUTIFUL song. WOWSA
Thanks for helping me reach out for support & input Laurie. It will be greatly appreciated. It always helps me to hear my ‘tale’ from the outside in too as I have a different perception as if it were someone else that I don’t get when its in my head. Lol. I get lost in my weigh… Er Uh well I mean way. Lol. DOH.
Hooray Dawny! I hope your bravery generates some support for you, but even if not, I think having your story out there will be super valuable for others to hear as these feelings are pretty common and yet we all tend to think it’s only that WE aren’t doing things good enough/working hard enough. I also know what you mean about the ‘outside hearing’ of your words. Even when I read my OWN comments on the show, it sounds really different to me from when I wrote in my head. And I’m glad, glad, glad, that you loved Fionna’s song too. I am AMAZED she wrote 14 songs in 18 days and they are such good ones. Hugs dear Dawny, I’m so happy to go with you on your Wog-a-bouts. 🙂
Hi! I love your selfies. I’m not brave enough to take any photos of myself.
Thanks sooooo much for saying you love my selfies Vena! Believe me several can get deleted in pursuit of finding one I can tolerate on my prickly days. There are good days when I can take whatever comes and stay balanced, and other days (the prickly kind) where I feel jumpy and self-critical, weepy and everything can set me off on a feeling of non-perfection (nor even adequate) tangent that blows me out of the water. That is one reason why I usually post a selfie as part of my diary. Sometimes I really enjoy the photos. Especially some that are “arty” by accident. My very first selfie, the hiking photo of me looking at the sky was done by accident. I also liked one where the sun kind of sent a halo effect across it. But it is hard to see what I may look like to the camera some days. In my mind I am MUCH younger, more slender, and my skin is much better. But one good effect of all of these selfies is I’m growing to accept and love the skin I’m actually in. It’s been about 10 months now, and I’m just starting to not wince at selfies I consider “not my best” and to let them stand. I used to just not post any selfie if I felt it was too bad. Now I just post the best of the bunch and move on. In other words, don’t feel badly that you don’t like photos of yourself yet. You might try starting with a mirror and say neutral things to yourself. Such as my eyes are hazel (mine are) or I’m a lady. I have two arms. I can wink. I can smile. Stuff like that, then move on to things you like. For example. I like how my eyes sparkle when I’m happy. I like the dimple that looks like my dad’s. I like the way my hair curls over my shoulders. That builds you some tolerance for seeing yourself when you have been used to being self-critical. The other part that is weird, is that no matter how badly we think we look in our photos, to our loved ones, since they see us, the photos are not shocking. There can be more flattering and less flattering angles and light to any photo of anyone – including super models, but overall, to our loved ones, photos are just a reminder to them of us. It is sad to think of all the moments I refused to document in my past because I didn’t want to look fat. To my family and friends, I just looked like me. Thanks for the encouragement again Vena! Happy holidays xoxoxoxoxoxox
I have to say that I have been so uplifted by your podcasts, Laurie. And I am so delighted and impressed by the wonderful talents and kindness of the BCs! It’s just a wonderful thing to come here and be a part of this group. I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t been able to spend as much time here as I’ve wanted to. But I listen to the podcasts during my commute to and from work. It gets my mind going, and right away I think of things I want to write on the blog about, but then I get to work and I have to…work. Then the same thing on the way home, but then I have to teach piano or do some other task!
But wanted to say I’ve been listening, and want to catch up on some of the reading. I get a lot out of the podcast and the contributions of the great BCs.
Exciting about writing a song!!! As much as I’ve always loved music, I don’t think an original song ever rolled around in my mind. I am fascinated and impressed when people can write their very own songs!
On a quick break now…back to work!
Still meaning to write more….and time keeps slipping away from me. 🙂
So much to think about!
Ahhh Suzanne, thanks SO much for stopping by. I thought Fionna did an awesome job singing and writing and was brave to share her story too. Man, 14 songs in 18 days, that’s something I surely could not imagine. Don’t stress dear Suz, I know you will stop by when you can, and your comments are always so thoughtful and interesting to read. Right now, I’m trying to record me singing Winter Wonderland – my singing teacher gave me a version in my key and if I can get a take, I’ll put it in the next show or two near the holiday. If your technical glitches work out, maybe you’d like to play a holiday song also? We could be a mini-holiday special. But if too busy or no time, no biggie. Always thinking of you and wishing you very well. Happy Holidays
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Yes! My range extender is now working. I can use the ipad again. I’d like to maybe play Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. It’s sweet, and melancholy. And even though it talks about letting your heart be light, it makes you feel all nostalgic and verklempt. And I think of that scene from “Meet Me in St. Louis” where Judy Garland is singing it to little Margaret O’Brien, who, when she cries, can just break your heart in two.
Hooray! That is AWESOME. I love that song and it is perfect. PS, I fixed the typo. Dang auto spell checkers and other atrocities of modern life. hah! Can’t wait to hear the music and this will make a nice little segment for the holidays. I love that our show is morphing into fun and bravery and not just the eating issues. The more I go through this journey, the more I think it is all tied together, and this being brave, as you are being here, and having fun as a community is the OPPOSITE of being in our compulsive, critical, isolating brains. When we are having these fun and open times, I am not thinking of food. I am thinking of you. And I think connection with people who I can be myself with is the major ingredient of my recovery. Hugs and thanks and xoxoxoxoxoxox
Hi Laurie and BC’s!
welcome to our group Cassie!
It’s a beautiful song Fionna, and you have a beautiful voice too 🙂
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Bonjour, mon amie, I’m glad you enjoyed Fionna’s wonderful song too 🙂 xoxoxox
Hi, Bc’s! Love our group of ever growing bc’s. Has anyone read 10 mindful minutes by Goldie Hawn? I mostly listen to audio books because I fall asleep when I read. I listen to it awhile back but didn’t get to the to finish it i had it downloaded. But I lost it some how. So I’m ordering a new one. It’s teaches you ways to reduce stress and explains how the brain works and how to teach children live happy lives. I thought it was a good book. I need to re-listen to it again. I need to refresh my mindfulness.
Xoxoxoxo
Hi Vena, thanks SO MUCH for the book tip. I had never heard of Goldie Hawn’s work in this area, and went to check it out. Fascinating stuff and goes right along with what I have been discovering about changing attitude to find the positive and slowing down to appreciate moments. I’m putting it on my “To Read” list for sure.
Hugs xoxoxoxoxox