Medicated

Is failing on purpose better than giving it a chance and realizing it's not good enough? In the mind of a self-sabotager, the answer is yes. I clearly don't have the answers but let's dig into the topic and I also address something for the first time publically that I (surprisingly) am not sabotaging.

How many times have you prejudged a situation? Assumed someone acted a certain way without knowing facts about their day. How many times has your anxiety taken over reality and convinced yourself why things are happening without any facts to back it up? How to solve this in one simple sentence...

Right when I thought I had everything under control, life decided to make some unexpected changes. The past two weeks have been a rollercoaster. Hear what's happening from my perspective and how YOU have helped me get through it all.

People are more concerned with themselves than they are with you. Plain and simple. We talk about how failure is a blessing and how Oprah and Brene Brown explain it in such an eye opening way.www.courageworks.com

How a random trip to Home Goods led to finding out what makes you happy. Think about the best part of your day. Now think about the favorite part of your day. Chances are, they're not the same. Take a listen to how I found joy on a clearance rack and how you can, too.

Losing weight is hard. If it were easy, no one would struggle with it. But making a lifestyle change while dealing with anxiety is especially hard. In this episode, we discuss some of my own thoughts and I ask, "Is it just me?"

When a new manfriend tried to do something nice for me, I self-sabotaged myself over and over again. He'd had enough and tried to prove a point. Did his tactics go too far? Or was it much needed tough love? You decide.

I still wanted to be me. I didn't want to be a ghost or a shell of myself. Would medication change who I am? Was I ready to know the real me? Why I hesistated, what I wished I would have known then and how I shared my story to those around me.

It's through friends we discover who we really are. We're vulnerable to them and they are to us. We learn from each other. We have our similarities and our differences. Deanna Cruz, mornings on HOT 103.7, joins this episode to talk about what intimidates her, where she gets her strength from, and how to deal with those who are unlike her.

Feeling the pressure to make this episode as good as the last, I explore feeling overwhelmed by the reaction to "Medicated" and I admit I'm a hypocrite.

After a family emergency, I realized I needed to start living life at my fullest potential. I knew I needed help. I had no idea how much until after I got it. Why is this so embarrassing? Why did I not tell anyone? The more people I did open up to, the more I discovered I wasn't the only one thinking this way. Here's where my story begins...