You can email me your feedback from this season to christine@worthfullproject.com :)

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• Follow Bri
• Follow Tiff

I re-discovered a delightful comic this week that I had saved months ago because it said so much in so few words. It's by the artist Harry Hambley and simply says, "Less egos more amigos." There is so much wisdom in this little mantra, and I'm going to try it on as my daily reminder for the next few months and report back what I learn about my self-worth as I seek out less egos and more amigos -- and practice this myself.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Harry Hambley comics

Friends, here we are at episode 200 of the Worthfull Project podcast! I barely saw it coming, but I didn't want to miss the chance to reflect on the things I've learned about self-worth through six years (so far) of talking about it on this show. I'm so delighted to welcome back my dear friend and multiple-time guest on the podcast, Rebecca, to guest host this episode and . . . interview me! She is, as you will hear, quite the student of self-worth herself, and is a savvy coach who asks great questions. Thank you for listening, thank you for being on this journey with me, and thank you for remembering your worth.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Rebecca's most recent guest appearance on the podcast
• EP 1 with Rebecca from November of 2017

"It's easier to build our self worth with kind words when things are going well."

It's just me today on the episode, reminding myself of some basic self-worth tips. I've noticed that it's easier to build my self-worth when things are going well -- and that's important to do so that when I'm in a tough chapter I have some self-worth reserves to lean on. One of the most effective ways to build our self-worth is to verbally acknowledge what we like and respect about ourselves that isn't related to the results we create. And that's easier to do when we are feeling good about ourselves.

"Are we making space for people or are we making space for stuff?"

In another installment of me catching up with my friends on the podcast, I got to have a conversation with Brandy, who you might remember from the bonus series Worthfull Home. She is so wise, so kind, and so productive -- which is why I was fascinated by her take on the benefit of slowing down, letting yourself empty out, and not trying to fill yourself up right away. I loved this conversation because I learned new things about myself and about the worth of being empty for a season. That's when the muse often comes and gives new ideas to our worth.

Links mentioned:

• Listen to Brandy on Bonus Series // Worthfull Home // Special Guests
• Follow Brandy
• Calling In the One book

"You're not going to get picked apart in the support role nearly as much as somebody gets picked apart in the melody or the spotlight role."

I have been texting friends I want to catch up with and asking them to come over to the studio to record a podcast as our hang out. It's a real win win. This episode is with my good friend Emily Snyder, who was a guest on two of our bonus episodes from season 3, linked below. She's an incredibly smart organizational consultant and she's worked in lots of women's groups. But our conversation ended up being about giving ourselves permission to take up space, being sovereign of our own lives, and singing the melody even though we are altos. Each story and metaphor she shared was so relatable, and I hope they speak to you too.

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Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Podcasts  | Stitcher

Links mentioned:

• Listen to Emily on Bonus Series // Worthfull Home // Special Guests
• Listen to Emily on Bonus Series // Worthfull Work // Special Guests
• Follow Emily

"Maybe owning our worth with our words is about being calm and trusting that we know the right channel and medium to communicate what we're trying to communicate."

My good friend Heather came back on the podcast after a couple of years to talk with me about ways she's learned to communicate her worth without words . . . and when words are really useful. If you didn't catch Heather's first episode, she's a dancer by background and works in arts education. As we were talking, I had a revelation about my natural style of communicating and how I've been operating outside of that for a long time -- but it's time to come back to my natural aesthetic language! I really loved this conversation, mostly because it was for me.

Links mentioned:

• Listen to EP 130 // How Our Bodies Teach Us Our Worth // Heather Francis
• Follow Heather

"What happens when we're courageous enough and clear enough to be specific about what we're up to?"

I'm back with a solo episode (a week late) and this one is about something I've been mulling on for months/years, but has really hit home for me lately. It has to do with the worth of our words when we are specific -- especially when it comes to our work, our values, our decisions, our relationships, and more. Something I've noticed that I get much more excited and inspired by someone who is specific about what they are up to in the world than someone who is vaguely broad in how they talk about themselves or their work. I'm trying to get specific when I talk about what I do, believe, care about, etc. It's a work in progress, but I believe it's helping me align my words with my worth.

"Listening can be a way to align your words with your worth."

My dear friend Elise Gubler came on the show to talk about her experiences with worth and words as a PR professional for both a large international church and now as a MBA student in her mid-30s. I love Elise for many reasons, but her insight about why it matters what we say (and don't say) on public stages and in private situations is really great. This is something I think about a lot and I hope you get as much value out of the conversation as I did.

Links mentioned:

• Follow Elise

"The best stories are the ones with turns and twists that you're not expecting."

My dear friend Kristen Metzger, who you just heard from 2 episodes ago, was back in town, and while we were catching up, I asked if she wanted to turn the mics back on so that we could "process out loud" what we've been learning about pursuing our purpose when we don't know what that purpose is. She obliged, and we have another episode for you. Does this mean that Kristen becomes my co-host for all of Season 6? I hope so. I love Kristen and I loved talking about the connection between our words and worth and purpose with her.

Links mentioned:

• Kristen's first WP episode from this season
• Follow Kristen

"It's what we take into ourselves that we then communicate to others in some form or other. Maybe that's what we see in the faces of the holy ones. What glows so brightly in them is the serenity and kindness they have nourished within themselves all their lives." - Sister Joan Chittister

I read this quote on one of my favorite blogs this month and saved it immediately so that I could record a podcast episode about it. I think this is such a beautiful way to describe aligning our words with our work. What if we all could be holy ones, if we nourish ourselves with serenity and kindness -- so that THAT is what we communicate with others?

Links mentioned:

• Sister Joan Chittister's Monastic Way blog

I asked my good friend Kristen Metzger if she would come back for a second appearance on the podcast to start exploring what it means to have our words match our self-worth. The twist here is that Kristen is trying to be on vocal rest to heal some vocal damage -- and she's a professional actress, singer, and salesperson. We had a fascinating conversation about the silent retreat she attended in Portugal, the distractions she discovered that words can be, and when there are no words to communicate our worth. I love Kristen and I loved bringing back guest conversations on the show with her.

Links mentioned:

• Kristen's WP episode from 2019
• Follow Kristen

"Being honest is always interesting." - The Boy, the Mole, The Fox, and The Horse

Welcome to Season 6 of the show! I feel lots of gratitude to my past self for starting it in 2017 and lots of gratitude for my present self for continually finding ways to keep it enjoyable, creative, and nourishing. I still love podcasting, what can I say? This season I feel pulled to explore what it means to align our words with our worth. What I mean by that is how to share what we know is true with the world while keeping our self-worth, boundaries, and relationships alive and well. I'm also excited to share that I'm bringing back guest episodes this season! I've taken a 2 year hiatus from them and am ready to share conversations around this topic with longtime friends and peers who I respect and know have wisdom on this. Subscribe to the show on your favorite listening app -- we'll be dropping episodes at least bi-weekly (or maybe weekly if I decide haha).

Links mentioned:

• Seth Godin blog post
• The Boy, the Mole, The Fox, and The Horse

It's the final episode of season 5 of the show! It always seems to surprise me, but especially this year, I just realized that it's the end of the year and the end of the season. I've really loved exploring the theme of worthfull work this year as I've been expanding my own work and business and growing far beyond my comfort zone. I summarized my 3 biggest takeaways from this year when it comes to owning my worth at work in this episode. I invite you to do the same -- I'm proud of us. Let's keep going because the world needs our worthfull contributions through our work.

"You don't just get acknowledged every day for what you're developing, what you're learning, how you're evolving."

I hosted a little gathering at my studio a couple of weeks ago for some of my friends and peers who work in media production. It was such a dreamy, cozy, intimate day sharing perspective, wisdom, ideas, and validation that we have in-demand skills but we don't want to use them to make just anything. I have been digesting what I learned since then, but I wanted to share one of the takeaways for me that related to worthfull work. I learned that sometimes the easiest way to see the worth of our work is to listen to a peer and let them be a mirror of the worth of what we do.

"It is inevitable that we will be impacting people so much more than we will ever realize over the long haul."

I have been thinking about impact over the long haul lately. Partly because it's coming to the end of the year and I'm thinking about what I contributed and made this year, and partly because I always feel the responsibility to make a good impact through my work in media production. I read two quotes recently that put me in a good perspective on this -- because there's actually no way to fully understand the impact our work has. It's a long game, so let's play it full of worth.

Links mentioned:

• Alex Steele newsletter
• Amila Dulic quote
• Sister Joan Chittister

"I've learned a different way to value my work, my contribution, and to communicate that to the people I work with."

I just spent a week at a couple of lovely client events in California and I'm reflecting on how different my way of working has evolved from my early days of media production and event programming. I have worked a lot of events in the last 8 years, and most of them were completely exhausting. After I left LA, I thought my days of working events were done because I was so burned out from them. But after the pandemic, and after my own work worth and boundaries had evolved, I realized that I could set different parameters for how I could work. That's what I did, and it has completely changed my experience working events. I wanted to share how I've evolved my relationship to this kind of work from being pure exhaustion to what I call "easy magic."

"When we are willing to take a read on the room every time we get into a workflow with someone else, that goes miles to help us make sure we are respecting their worth and that can be reciprocated back to us."

I've been learning a lot this year about showing up to my work in the way I want people to see me so that I attract the work I want -- which means the people I want to work with. It's relevant to me because I own my own business and choose my clients and co-workers but I think it's relevant to all of us because we all do work with other people and we want them to "get us" and our worth and respect it. I'm sharing 3 ways I've learned to work with people who get me, and no surprise, that means that I respect their worth first.

"It's a wild time for us reckoning with the effects of the media that we've created."

I am being a little tongue-in-cheek with the name of this episode because my company's name is Worthfull Media. However, it literally means media that shows someone's worth, which is my goal with all the work I do. As I've been investing in my own values-driven work and business, I've been thinking a lot about how we consume media and how it affects our worth. It's a wild web to untangle, but I think it's so worth it, and I'm sharing some of the ways I've learned to make worthfull media choices for myself.

Links mentioned:

• Rethinking Categories of Media blog post by Seth Godin
• Max Fisher episode on the Rich Roll p

"It's been really positive for me to trust that my worth is behind my intuition and energy and if I paid attention to it, it would guide me to the work that I'm best built to do."

You've maybe heard about Human Design as a trending way to understand your personality and energy. It's a system for understanding yourself that's been around for a few decades, but it's really hot right now in the world of self-development. I've been slowly learning about my own design for the past year or so and it's been really interesting and helpful for me to apply to how I work, what I work in, and what to pursue in my work. I wanted to share this on the podcast during our worthfull work season because I think the idea behind human design is very closely related to owning our worth at work.

Links mentioned:

• Human Design Blueprint
• Erin Claire Jones

"We work best in seasons. Our worth understands seasons."

I've been having the same conversation with friends and clients lately and it's about how we are humans, not machines, and that means we have different energy and productivity capacity in different seasons. That means seasons of the year, seasons of work, seasons of life, seasons of relationships, seasons of energy, and more. How much we produce will never change our worth, but it will change how we feel about ourselves, especially if we aren't honoring the season we are in.

"If you want to shift people's lives, do less."

Alexandra Franzen

I read something in an email from writer and book coach Alexandra Franzen last week that resonated deeply. She said, "The simplest product or service is often the best. If you want to shift people's lives, do less." I was inspired to record an episode on this idea for our season of worthfull work because I think it's key to owning our worth in our work. The myth of more has never been more dominant than now, but it doesn't mean that it's true.

"When we are doing worthfull work, there's an expansion that happens and a vulnerability that goes along with it."

You know the vulnerability that comes from making something new and inviting other people to see/watch/read/listen/use it? I've been feeling that this week as I mailed out invitations to the opening party of my new studio. It reminded me that the vulnerability of expansion isn't bad, but it usually shows up when we enter new waters in our worthfull work.

"Oftentimes the fog is super valuable, even if it's super uncomfortable most of the time . . . it's valuable if we decide to find value in it."

I'm sharing some perspective that I now have from the last year -- specifically how I moved from a foggy hibernation professionally to an energetic creative period with an abundant flow of clients. I believe that foggy hibernations can be very valuable and important, however uncomfortable they may be. But I also believe that it's really helpful to have some guideposts to follow as we step by step make our way out of them. That's what I'm sharing from my own life -- I hope it serves you in some way.

"It's so much more valuable within your career, and remember career can mean anything right now, to attach yourself to missions, ideas, and causes versus people, companies, and brands."

Because I've been reading and listening to some trend reports on our current economy, society, and culture, I've been thinking about how the inevitably of bubbles bursting relates to our worthfull work. We know from history that no hot item/brand/person/industry will stay that way forever. But if we have attached our worthfull work to missions and causes versus companies or people, it's not a big deal when the bubble bursts on the specific space we've been working in. We can gracefully shift into the new space we find opening and go on contributing our worthfull work over there.

"We don't have to be pro athletes to understand that bad things happen if you go all in for too long on anything, anywhere in your life."

I've been thinking lately about how much I've been told during my professional career that if I really want to be successful, I need to go all in. That idea has never fully resonated with me and I'm just starting to unpack why. Going all in is meant for sprinting - short intense bursts of focus or output. And for most of us, those moments are few and far between. Our worth knows that and reminds us that it's good to not go all in most of the time.

Links mentioned:

• EP 165 The Passion v. Skills Myth

"Pay attention to what you're paying attention to."

- @peopleiveloved

I saw this note on the lovely artist Carissa Potter Carlson's Instagram account several months ago and haven't stopped thinking about it. It's become a tool I've used to orient myself on what kind of work my worth wants me to be focusing on. If I'm paying a lot of attention to certain topics, creative projects, or people, that's a good sign I'll do good work around that. And the opposite is true too. I hope this tool serves you as well, in whatever way you need it to right now.

Links mentioned:

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
• Category Pirates

"And I think that's one of the biggest perks of doing worthfull work -- when we've aligned our work, whatever it is, whatever you consider your day's work, with our worth, it starts to remind us of all the other things that are aligned with our worth."

Here's what I'm discovering as I've been paring back my use of media, tech devices, and being plugged into work: I've gotten rusty at being curious, creative, and bored. I'm re-learning how to let myself get lost in hobbies, pursue things I'm curious about, and learn offline. This is the result of worthfull work -- we remember all the other ways our worth lights up our creativity.

"Our worth has had a chance to be heard during this really disruptive past couple of years and we're realizing, 'If I'm not doing creative work, what that means to me and my gifts and talent, then I'm not doing it.'"

I am in the middle of a creative evolution with my work. And probably my life. You probably are too, amirite? I'm thinking a lot about creative work and how that's connected to worthfull work, and specifically what this new studio I am opening is all about. It's telling me that it's going to be something so cool that I don't even know what that is yet. I'm sharing a few ways I've learned that all worthfull work is creative work and why that might help you evolve in your own space.

Links mentioned:

• Chase Jarvis

"That's what can lead us back to trusting our worth, trusting our energy, pursuing the work and the ideas that don't make sense yet but are absolutely calling to us -- that is where worth will lead us home."

I've been paying a lot of attention to my energy and how it fuels my work in the past year. I've been in the slow slog of feeling depleted and uninspired and I've recently come through that chapter and found my way to clarity, excitement, and creativity again. Of course, the chapter I'm entering now is much more pleasant. But I know the value of going through the dark nights of the soul as well and that's what I'm sharing with you in this episode. We are all uniquely designed for specific types of work, and when we align what we do with our design, that is when our worth can do its best work.

Links mentioned:

• Human Design Blueprint on Instagram
• Erin Claire Jones

"What got me here wasn't just chance. It was that I had consciously started -- before these clients showed up and before these projects had started to come in -- I had already decided that I was ready for an energetic shift."

I'm wrapping this little mini series on money and worth and work with one of the big lessons I have learned this year so far about energy and why it's important to trust it. Money can be considered a form of energy, and it definitely tends to follow our energy and where we are investing it. This is what I've experienced as I've been preparing to shift my role within my own work and thus started attracting new kinds of clients that I'm excited to work with.

"What if I started thinking about making really great work because I was curious, because I was passionate, because I just wanted to experiment and try and learn and take it a step further - I wonder what kind of abundance would come to me for that?"

This episode is about abundance and its relationship to money, work, and creativity. I think about this every day. You probably do too. As I'm expanding my company and taking on more team members, a studio, and overhead, I'm also seeing the potential of new areas of service and how an abundance mindset can work in very practical ways in business and the rest of life.

"Money in no way is the sum definition of our worth. But if we don't connect the dots for ourselves first between our worth and money, it's very challenging for someone else to."

 

I want to talk about the relationship between our self-worth, our work, and money for a few episodes. Obviously, this is a super impactful relationship in all of our lives. I've been learning a lot about this relationship for the past several years, especially as a professional who sets her own prices for her work. I don't have all the answers, but I have found some helpful questions to ask ourselves as we explore the current state of affairs inside our own minds when it comes to how we value our worth, work, and money.

Links mentioned:

• The Eyes of Tammy Faye

"Just like our brain is never going to stop forcefully telling us to stay in our comfort zone, our worth is never going to stop gently prodding us to leave it."

 

I really enjoyed International Women's Day this year and took it to heart. I remembered the ways women do incredible work every day and the ways I do great work every day. It prompted me to record an episode about the lie our brain likes to tell us that when we are struggling in our work, we are the only ones. Not true. We are not the only ones; in fact, we are in great company when we are pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones and letting our worth direct us to new horizons.

Links mentioned:

• Lilly Singh
• Sounds Profitable women in podcasting feature

"It's easy for us to forget, in times like this, that we actually do have the power to do good with our platforms."

 

It's been a rough week in the world, specifically because Russia invaded Ukraine and brought a lot of of suffering to innocent people. But these are the times we live in and they require us to decide how we use our platforms and our spheres of influence to do good when lots of bad is happening around us. I think about this a lot because I work in media production, but I think this choice is relevant to all of us, regardless of what we do for work. I'm sharing what I'm learning about the power of letting our worth guide our choices in our work and our content when the world is in chaos and why that matters, no matter how big or small our sphere of influence is.

"I think we're ending a 10 year cycle of a certain kind of messaging and marketing about this idea that you can monetize your passion if you just use the right tools and buy the right program and hire the right coach."

 

I'm unpacking the super popular idea that if you learn how to monetize your passion, your worth will be fully owned in your work and the money you've dreamed of making will be yours. I do in fact know people who have done this. But I also know many others who do great work in a field that isn't their true passion and they are also fully owning their worth in their work. Since this is such a sell-able idea, and can be a source of comparisonitis for many, I wanted to suggest some ways I've been navigating these ideas.

"The technology keeps changing, but connection and trust are what still work. Ideas that spread, win. Ideas that stick are worth even more. You can race to be first on a new platform, but it's far better to be the voice that we would miss if you weren't there."

 

Seth Godin

It's the beginning of Season 5! I took a good break over the holidays and into the new year and now I'm ready for a new season -- which means a new theme and a new format for the episodes. I'm excited to dedicate a whole season of this podcast to the thing thing has been top of mind for me for a while: owning my worth in my work and encouraging others to do the same.

As I'm learning how to be a better business owner, service provider, sales person, marketer, and human being who gets paid for her skills, I have so many new thoughts about how to own our worth in our work . . . and how not to. That's what we'll be exploring this season! Subscribe on your favorite listening app and let's begin.

"Let's remember that our worth has been with us throughout this entire season and probably supported us in ways we didn't fully realize."

 

It's the end of Season 4! Wow, what a year this was and what a gift committing to making these affirmation episodes has been to me. There were many weeks this year that I didn't think I had it in me to record another affirmation from my worth, but I did it anyway and I'm grateful.

I'm recapping what I learned this year from this creative project and what I have in store for Season 5. I hope you experience a beautiful end to your year and a deep reconnection to your worth.

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Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google Podcasts  | Stitcher

Links mentioned:

• Worthfull Project blog
• Worthfull Media

"Maybe you've been going at your very highest pace for a very long time."

 

The phrase "grace for your pace" descended into my mind a few weeks ago, and I saved it for a worthfull affirmation episode. It seems that the times we live in are a constant pull on our pace. There's always a request for us to go faster or to give more, but that isn't always what's actually needed. Our pace is often just fine, or a little too fast already, and giving ourselves grace for that makes all the difference.

This worthfull affirmation is a reminder to check in on the grace you are giving yourself. For your pace, for other's pace, and for the greater community's pace. Could you give a little more grace for that pace? Give it a try.

Links mentioned:

• Music Credit: These Times by Blue Dot Sessions

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"How well are you stewarding yourself?"

 

I get to edit my friend Tiffany Peterson's podcast, which is a delight. Recently on her show, she posed the question, "How well are you stewarding yourself?" It struck me immediately because I'd never thought about self-care in that way before. Then I started to think about how this relates to our worth.

This worthfull affirmation is an opportunity for you to ask yourself the same question. If our worth is the best steward we can ask for, are we letting it fill that role? What would happen if we did? I think we'd experience the best care we can imagine, and we can decide to do this starting right now.

Links mentioned:

• Tiffany Peterson
• Music Credit: Idle Ways by Blue Dot Sessions

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"You are known by the best parts of yourself."

 

I love reading Esther Perel's monthly email letters. She's a world-renown relationship therapist that teaches about how important it is to be connected to our aliveness, the fact that we are seen and known. I've been thinking about how powerful it is to know that we are known. Not just by others, but by ourselves, and by our worth.

This worthfull affirmation is a reminder to you that you are known. For all of your best qualities and choices and efforts. And that you are known for who you really are by your worth.

Links mentioned:

• Esther Perel
• Music Credit: Crumbling Dock by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Change nothing except the amount of love you give to yourself." - Sarah Blondin

 

I heard this beautiful phrase while listening to a meditation a few weeks ago, and it sunk right into my heart. I hadn't ever thought that the only thing that might need to change in my life is the amount of love I give to myself. I loved exploring this idea and asking myself the question, what would happen if I only increased the amount of love I showed to myself?

This worthfull affirmation is a reminder to you, and an invitation, to change the amount of love you give to yourself. To increase it wildly. And to believe that when we change nothing except the amount of love we give to ourselves, we change everything.

Links mentioned:

• Music Credit: A Palace of Cedar by Blue Dot Sessions

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"I know that you're working your very hardest at being the kind of person you wish you were."

 

As usual, I recorded this affirmation for myself, because it's what I needed to hear. I read a snippet somewhere recently that started with, "I know that life is . . ." and it felt so comforting to hear someone else acknowledge the circumstances I was feeling. One of the best ways I've found to soothe myself is to speak to myself through the voice of my worth. So that's where this affirmation is coming from.

This worthfull affirmation is a comfort for you. A chair to sit down on for a minute. A warm cup of tea to sip. A beautiful scene to take in. It's a reminder that all of your effort and all of your demands are seen and known. And that you don't have to carry the weight of the world, even if it feels like it.

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• Music Credit: Morning Colorwheel by Blue Dot Sessions

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"What can I do to make this mountain taller so the women after me can see farther."

 

Rupi Kaur

It's been a heavy and overwhelming week in the world. Crises in Afghanistan, Haiti, and so many places as a result of the Earth's climate crisis and humanity's crises around politics and social justice have all hit at once. I've been doing my best to educate myself on how to help and also to understand what we've let happen to get us here. I know that worth is at the center of the way forward. It always is.

This worthfull affirmation is a tribute to the women in Afghanistan, and around the world, who have built the mountain taller for those who come after them, and the pain they are experiencing right now as it appears to be swept away.

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• Music Credit: Flor Vjell by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Maybe when it hasn't happened yet, it's because the very best version of it hasn't quite been birthed."

 

I've been working on something for a long time that hasn't happened yet. It's felt like a marathon that's lasted months, maybe years. It's a really good thing that I know will be good for everyone involved. It's the thing I really care about right now. And it hasn't happened yet. I'm starting to see the wisdom in this wait; it's a time for my worth to really come to the surface and reveal herself to me.

This worthfull affirmation is a reminder that when it hasn't happened yet, it's not because your worth is on the line. In fact, it may very well be because your worth needed to remind you that nothing you are waiting on will add to your worth.

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• Music Credit: Watercooler Quiet by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Being the best, when you're in a class of one, is a privilege and a joy."

I recently found a card I wrote to myself years ago. It was a simple pick-me-up, a reminder for a rainy day. On the front of the card it said, "You're the best," in lovely gold scripting. I set it on my desk for a nice little reminder. And then I started thinking about that idea. What does it mean to be the best at being ourselves? Isn't that what's at the heart of living worthfully? I think so.

This worthfull affirmation is a reminder that you are the best at being you. You're in a class of one. Being the best comes with no burden, no competition, and no hierarchy. It's just the truth.

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• Music Credit: So Go We by Blue Dot Sessions

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"Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year."

I've been practicing a lot of patience so far this year. In the pandemic, in my business, in my marriage, in other ways. It's been powerful and stretching and at times tiring. But I'm trusting that seasons of patience are leading to seasons of blooming and activity and excitement. And that I'll be so grateful I had the patience to experience all of these quiet moments before the bloom.

This worthfull affirmation is a reminder that every season has deep value for us - the blooming, the shedding, the hibernation, and the germination. Patience is what lets our worth do its work and bring us again and again to a new bloom.

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• Music Credit: Morning Colorwheel by Blue Dot Sessions

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I heard a short poem by Goethe in a mediation class a few years ago, and I jotted it down in a note on my phone because it struck me so much. Every so often, I'll see the note and re-read it and it still lands for me in the same way. The idea of death and birth being a natural cycle, that can happen again and again within a lifetime, is so powerful when we remember that our worth is intact through every chapter. It's the spark that allows a new phoenix of ourselves to emerge after every chapter ends.

I recorded a worthfull affirmation to share the thoughts I've collected through the years about this cycle. As we come out of this chapter of a global death and rebirth through a pandemic and societal unraveling, I am especially grateful for this knowledge. Our worth will birth us into every new chapter if we remember its purpose is just that.

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• Music Credit: Passing Station by Blue Dot Sessions

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Worth is constantly birthing belief.

I've been listening to some great new voices in business, entrepreneurship, mindset, and lifestyle. They're refreshing, honest, empowering, and grounded. (And they happen to be women, mostly women of color. Coincidence?) They are reminding me that belief in myself is the beginning of making my dreams reality. Not the daydream kind of belief -- I'm already excellent at that. But belief in my own strength, talent, and ability, as well as belief in a higher source that is supporting and invested in my success.

I recorded a worthfull affirmation to capture the thoughts I've been having lately as a result of tuning into new energy, new sources, and new stories about how to make my bigger dreams happen. I hope it serves you in the same way.

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• Music Credit: Idle Ways by Blue Dot Sessions

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Faith, hope and charity are the three highest virtues espoused in Christianity. I've been raised on their power and importance my whole life, and I believe in them. But I had a thought before I made this affirmation that worth is the foundation piece that allows us to believe in these.

This affirmation episode is for you -- to remember that faith, hope, and worth have the power to keep you going through anything.

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• Music Credit: Flor Vjell by Blue Dot Sessions

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Freedom is an experience we create for ourselves.

I've been thinking about freedom lately and not in the physical sense. I've been thinking about freedom of spirit and of mind. Freedom from the walls I can build around myself when I think I'm not good enough. When I am not meeting my own expectations.

This affirmation episode is for you -- to remember where freedom really comes from and that our worth is perpetually free, in the best way.

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You are capable of staying uncomfortable and finding comfort there.

We're back to affirmation episodes this week. I'm all about breathers and breaks because they re-energize me around the things I love. I spent some time last week in a national park, off the grid, and soaked in all the medicine Mother Nature offers. It was a wonderful breather, and it gave me perspective on all the discomfort I've felt the past several months.

Just like hiking up a mountain, discomfort is temporary. It's a growing process. We come out stronger from it if we choose. More importantly, our worth reminds us that we are still everything we feel when we are comfortable, when we are uncomfortable. And we can remind ourselves of that at any time.

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If you've been wondering if it's the right time to be creative, it is. And you are.

I'm breaking the affirmation episode streak to tell a little story and do a little check-in with my year-long resolution to be a maker. To create. To reconnect with all my desires and abilities to explore art forms and make new things. I am loving it! Just a few months into the year, I've been making so much more than in any chapter of my life. And I'm noticing a shift in my identity.

My confidence is growing. Other people are starting to think of me as a creative. I'm starting to think of myself as a true maker. I'm feeling the strength grow in my creative muscles. I'm settling into new habits of how I do work and play and expression.

If you've been feeling the call to create, to express, and to explore, I hope you do. It's the worthfull way.

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• Music Credit: So Go We by Blue Dot Sessions

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Your worth is ready for you to be the same on the outside and completely different on the inside.

Welcome to a new season of the show: the Worthfull Affirmations season. Every other week, I'll release a new episode on the podcast that will be a short affirmation set to music on a topic related to owning our worth.

When I asked myself what affirmation I was ready to receive and give this week, I heard the phrase "your worth is ready." As soon as I heard that, I realized that my worth is always ready - for whatever I most deeply desire. Your worth is also ready. It's ready for the things you've been brave enough to admit only to yourself. Because your worth is listening to it all, and it is ready to walk with you.

Let me know what you think! Are you enjoying these affirmation episodes?

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• Music Credit: A Palace of Cedar by Blue Dot Sessions

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Quiet down, listen in, and trust that you do know what to do.

Welcome to a new season of the show: the Worthfull Affirmations season. Every other week, I'll release a new episode on the podcast that will be a short affirmation set to music on a topic related to owning our worth.

I've been learning how to navigate new levels of possibility and self-doubt, simultaneously. As they say, new level new devil. So today's affirmation is based on the infinite truth that I'm constantly reminding myself of: my innate wisdom already knows what to do.

Let me know what you think! Are you enjoying these affirmation episodes?

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• Music Credit: Tumblehome by Blue Dot Sessions

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There is no proving needed.

Welcome to a new season of the show: the Worthfull Affirmations season. Every other week, I'll release a new episode on the podcast that will be a short affirmation set to music on a topic related to owning our worth.

I've been thinking a lot about my value, both in my career and as a human being. It's easy to get fixated on certain markers of value that we've made up in this world. But if we choose, we can focus instead on what makes us valuable already, as we are, with no markers necessary.

Let me know what you think! Are you enjoying these affirmation episodes?

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• Music Credit: Crumbling Dock by Blue Dot Sessions

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Welcome to a new season of the show: the Worthfull Affirmations season. Every other week, I'll release a new episode on the podcast that will be a short affirmation set to music on a topic related to owning our worth.

This week's affirmation is inspired by the poet and illustrator Danica Gim and her note: "She will find her way again and again and again."

Let me know what you think! Shall I do more of these?

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• Music Credit: Watercooler Quiet by Blue Dot Sessions

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The value you see in others' creativity is a reflection of the value of your own creativity.

It's a new year, a new season of Worthfull Project, and a whole new kind of offering on the podcast. I took my time letting Season 4 of the show marinate inside me (6 weeks!). I feel like WP is a teenager now and she tells me what she wants to be.

I've been so uplifted and nourished and inspired by a combo of things recently: classical music, photography, meditation, spoken word, poetry. And so I'm trying my hand (or voice rather) at the things that have been inspiring me.

Welcome to a new season of the show: the Worthfull Affirmations season. Every other week, I'll release a new episode on the podcast that will be a short affirmation set to music on a topic related to owning our worth. It's a new creative project for me, so no surprise that this first affirmation episode is about your innate creative worth.

Let me know what you think! Shall I do more of these?

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• Sarah Blondin
• Music Credit: So Go We by Blue Dot Sessions

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"If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now." - Kali De Wild

As I wrap this season and year of Worthfull Project, I'm filled with all the emotions this year has brought into my heart. I'm digesting, processing, understanding them all at my own pace, but certain truths are already clear.

We're always worth something. Always. No matter the circumstances or emotions or what is being said. And that's a truth I can know at any time, if I just remember.

I'm very excited to digest all the things I've learned this year and fashion a new season and new offering of the Worthfull Project next year. I'm not sure when I'll start back on the podcast, but I'll be sure to let you know when the next chapter begins. Happy holidays worthfull ones.

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• Pinterest quote from this episode

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Welcome to the fourth Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work or Worthfull Motherhood Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in our health -- yes, we're talking mind, body, and spirit!

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in how we take care of ourselves. This is something I feel very passionate about, having spent the last decade of my life learning to take care of my body and spirit through wholesome diet, exercise, therapy, and self-care routines. If you knew me back in 2012, you'd know I had a significant lifestyle change that resulted in falling in love with plant-based eating, distance running, yoga, and more. Since then, I've been on a constant search for holistically healthful practices, which of course means worthfull as well. To dive deeper into this topic, I interviewed three friends who I think exemplify worthfull health beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my bestie Rebecca Regnier, who has appeared many times on the podcast, and is back to share her deep wisdom on leaving her 20+ year in corporate life to found a self-care company and put her own wellness first.

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Welcome to the fourth Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work or Worthfull Motherhood Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in our health -- yes, we're talking mind, body, and spirit!

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in how we take care of ourselves. This is something I feel very passionate about, having spent the last decade of my life learning to take care of my body and spirit through wholesome diet, exercise, therapy, and self-care routines. If you knew me back in 2012, you'd know I had a significant lifestyle change that resulted in falling in love with plant-based eating, distance running, yoga, and more. Since then, I've been on a constant search for holistically healthful practices, which of course means worthfull as well. To dive deeper into this topic, I interviewed three friends who I think exemplify worthfull health beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my beautiful healer friend Lucy Rodriguez, a reiki master and deeply intuitive woman who has taught me so much about honoring myself. She has been on a powerful healing journey as I've known her, and I loved hearing her perspective on worthfull health.

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Welcome to the fourth Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work or Worthfull Motherhood Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in our health -- yes, we're talking mind, body, and spirit!

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in how we take care of ourselves. This is something I feel very passionate about, having spent the last decade of my life learning to take care of my body and spirit through wholesome diet, exercise, therapy, and self-care routines. If you knew me back in 2012, you'd know I had a significant lifestyle change that resulted in falling in love with plant-based eating, distance running, yoga, and more. Since then, I've been on a constant search for holistically healthful practices, which of course means worthfull as well. To dive deeper into this topic, I interviewed three friends who I think exemplify worthfull health beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my interior designer and healthy-food enthusiast friend, Alyssa Sherman. We share many similar interests, but in this episode we discuss our shared love of healthy eating, intuitive relationships to food, and being conscious consumers.

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"The things that light me up and bring me joy are always the things that remind me of my worth."

As a Christian, I love the Christmas season because of what it reminds me in my faith. The hope of a savior and redeemer from all things, the worth of each soul, the mercy of a loving god. I also love this season as a creative because the aesthetic of Christmas is pure joy.

So this year I'm remembering a few key things about my worth at the holidays -- that the things that bring me light and joy are also the things that remind me of my worth. And my worth is the generator of light and joy within me. It's a beautiful circle that I'm so grateful to be focusing on this month. I invite you to join me!

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• Think Like a Producer podcast

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"My gratitude is focused on the peace I've been able to experience."

It's Thanksgiving eve, in a truly unique year of challenge and heartache, and I'm feeling gratitude in a different way this year. I'm sharing a variety of thoughts in today's solo episode -- about what I learned from the Worthfull Motherhood bonus series, about what it means to be an American citizen with our challenging history, and the gifts of time and creativity that the pandemic has given me, resulting in a brand new podcast I am co-hosting.

This is my open heart, recorded in real time, as a reminder that the heartbreaking and the heart-healing can walk hand in hand with us as our teachers.

Links mentioned:

• Worthfull Motherhood Bonus Series
• Tiff Tyler episode on the Worthfull Project
• Think Like a Producer podcast

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Welcome to the third Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in the experience of motherhood.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in being mothers -- whatever that may look like for you. As a current mother of children at home, children who are grown and gone, or actively serving children from many families as a bonus mom, I think there is something really deep and profound about self-worth and motherhood. I interviewed four friends who I think exemplify worthfull motherhood beautifully and I think the holidays are a beautiful time to reflect on the worth of mothers. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my beautiful healer friend Lucy Rodriguez, a reiki master, mother, and deeply intuitive woman who has taught me so much about honoring myself. I loved hearing her insight into being a new mother and how she is healing through this process.

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Welcome to the third Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in the experience of motherhood.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in being mothers -- whatever that may look like for you. As a current mother of children at home, children who are grown and gone, or actively serving children from many families as a bonus mom, I think there is something really deep and profound about self-worth and motherhood. I interviewed four friends who I think exemplify worthfull motherhood beautifully and I think the holidays are a beautiful time to reflect on the worth of mothers. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my designer and crafter friend Rebecca Woolston. You heard her on the Worthfull Home series talking about how she has consciously created a home for her family, but I equally love what she had to say about being a mother and what it's taught her about her worth.

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Welcome to the third Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in the experience of motherhood.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in being mothers -- whatever that may look like for you. As a current mother of children at home, children who are grown and gone, or actively serving children from many families as a bonus mom, I think there is something really deep and profound about self-worth and motherhood. I interviewed four friends who I think exemplify worthfull motherhood beautifully and I think the holidays are a beautiful time to reflect on the worth of mothers. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my sister friend Christina Baltazar, a realtor, home stylist, wife, mom of 2, and woman of God. You heard her on the Worthfull Home series talking about how she thinks of coming home to herself, and when she shared her thoughts on becoming a mother, I learned so much from her.

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Welcome to the third Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home or Worthfull Work Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in the experience of motherhood.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in being mothers -- whatever that may look like for you. As a current mother of children at home, children who are grown and gone, or actively serving children from many families as a bonus mom, I think there is something really deep and profound about self-worth and motherhood. I interviewed four friends who I think exemplify worthfull motherhood beautifully and I think the holidays are a beautiful time to reflect on the worth of mothers. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my artistic friend, Alex Steele, a photographer, mother of 3, wife, incredible homemaker, and one of my favorite style curators (as discussed on her episode of the Worthfull Home series). Talking with Alex about motherhood is such a joy because she loves being a mom so much.

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"We may never have a holiday like this again . . . when we have time to be and reflect and create."

I am very excited about this unique holiday season. I've been looking forward to it for a while because I feel like this holiday will have an abundance of something that is usually scarce this time of year . . . time to create.

As this extraordinary year draws to a close and we reflect and celebrate the good, as we do during the holidays, I'm dedicating myself to the art of creation. Yes holiday gifts and delicious recipes and beautiful wrappings, but also home. Peace. Joy. Clarity. I can't wait to see what this season yields.

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• Worthfull Media
• Worthfull Home

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"Creating isn't just thinking about it."

I love talking to creatives and artists. They always inspire me to look inside myself for my own creative worth. So when I got to talk to Josh Rossi, world-renowned digital artist of viral photo fame, I was delighted.

You've probably already seen some of Josh's work floating around your Facebook feed, or featured in People Magazine, or on Good Morning America. I remember first seeing his work when he created a photo series of his daughter as Wonder Woman, to show her that she is a superhero.

In our conversation, we talk about owning our worth as creatives, but we also talk about what happens when we create the unimaginable and realize how big our potential really is. I love hearing yet another successful creative share how important it is to mirror back other's worth in everything we create.

Show notes

• The backstory on how Josh became the world-renowned digital artist he is today (3:10)
• The point when Josh started owning his worth as an artist (8:00)
• What opens up when we realize we can create the unimaginable (16:15)
• How to get going on a creative project when you're terrified (21:45)
• Why mentors and non-traditional education are so valuable (27:30)
• Why owning our worth makes us want to see others do the same (34:10)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Mentorcamp

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"Seeing our results-based worth mirrored back to us helps us realize how infinite and huge our worth really is."

I have been a busy worker bee the past week designing a new site for my company, a new media kit for my personal brand, a new group coaching program, and a new podcast! I will share all the good updates as they roll out.

During this process, I've been looking at my results and really taking in the worth of them. I know we don't usually talk about results-based worth, but there's a time and place to take them in and own them.

What I've realized is this: looking at our results makes us realize how infinitely deeper our worth runs than just what we can list on paper.

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• Worthfull Media

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"Your needs will diminish as you embody your own beauty." - Sarah Blondin

I have been LOVING Sarah Blondin's meditations the past few months. See below for links where you can listen - highly recommend! She is worthfull at it's best.

Today, I was listening to one while on my afternoon walk, and the line she said about embodying your own beauty struck me powerfully. What a wonderful way of describing owning your worth. I'm sharing my thoughts on this, and how timely it is for me, in this solo episode.

Links mentioned:

• Sarah Blondin meditations on Insight Timer
• Sarah Blondin podcast Live Awake
• Human Design

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"Loneliness can also be grace and rest and the pause and the opportunity to rejuvenate."

I'm sharing a quote I saved months ago and just rediscovered. It really encapsulated what I've been in this season of post-wedding integration and processing.

I can tell that I'm on the verge of all the doors opening in my professional life. I've got really cool projects cooking that I'm quite excited about and this little chapter of quiet and alone-ness has been just the ticket to let the creative juices flow. I hope you can see the same for yourself, in whatever way serves you the most.

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• The quote that inspired today's episode

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"Worth is the freedom to fall as opposed to the freedom to succeed."

Ok, this one is special. Tiff Tyler and I have been co-workers and friends for years, working in the trenches on building influencer podcasts and brands. She is a seasoned videographer, video marketer, producer, and more. But her insight into owning her worth in her work goes beyond what we have done together.

I knew it was time to record this episode once the Worthfull Work series had come about. I have watched Tiff own her worth, as a minority on multiple levels, in an industry known for being dominated by white men.

This conversation is such a treasure trove of insights, truths, inspiration, and it's just the beginning. Stay tuned for more from Tiff and I talking about worthfull work!

Show notes

• How being a multi-hyphenate in her profession has impacted Tiff's self-worth (3:45)
• How to manage perfectionism when failure is frequently required (7:40)
• What working as a female minority in your industry teaches you about your worth (14:40)
• The prices we pay when we don't seek out diverse perspectives (29:17)
• How to let your identity be an integration into your work (40:50)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• The School of Greatness
• Koya Webb
• The Mask of Masculinity
• Let's Talk About Race
• White Fragility

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"The value of their relationships was a huge reflector of how their worth was carrying their careers forward."

If you caught the Worthfull Work Bonus Series on the podcast last week, you know it was a gem. I'm sharing my recap and takeaways in today's episode to make sure I take note of them for myself. And I hope they spark a few new thoughts about your worth in your work as well.

Also, I'm sharing an exciting teaser for next week's episode and a very fun new project I'm working on that involves #worthfullwork. :)

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• Worthfull Work Bonus Series

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Welcome to the second Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in our work.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in our careers -- whatever that may look like for you. As an entrepreneur and business owner, I think about this all the time, so I interviewed three of my dear friends who I think exemplify worthfull work beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my bestie Rebecca Regnier, who has appeared many times on the podcast, and is back to share her deep wisdom on pivoting from a successful career as an ad sales queen to founding her own self-care advocacy company.

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Welcome to the second Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in our work.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in our careers -- whatever that may look like for you. As an entrepreneur and business owner, I think about this all the time, so I interviewed three of my dear friends who I think exemplify worthfull work beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my sister-friend, life coach, mentor, peer, podcast-buddy, client and joy of a woman, Tiff Peterson. I could go on for days why I love Tiff as a friend, but learning from her as a career mentor has been one of the great gifts of her friendship. Not only does she professionally coach thousands of people, she has created a career that supports a life she loves.

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Welcome to the second Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! If you listened to any of the Worthfull Home Special Series, you'll enjoy this one focused on how we own our worth in our work.

I have found certain topics relating to self-worth that are especially interesting to me, so I wanted to record mini episodes on each of these topics where I interview several people on the same topic to get a rich perspective on how to own my worth in these areas.

This series is all about owning our worth in our careers -- whatever that may look like for you. As an entrepreneur and business owner, I think about this all the time, so I interviewed three of my dear friends who I think exemplify worthfull work beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

• This episode is with my brilliant friend, Emily Snyder, the Chief of Staff at Magnolia, a deep thinker and old soul, who is one of the bravest women I know in her career choices. Talking with Emily is always a gift because we usually laugh and cry in the same conversation.

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"Change is here to serve us, to teach us, to help us evolve. It's not just here to fill us with doubt."

As I'm sure you can relate, I've been experiencing a LOT of change this year, this month, this season. For me it's been the pandemic, and getting married, and moving, and evolving my career, but I'm sure you can list all all your own top changes as well.

I've been thinking lately about how all this change has impacted my self-worth; how it challenges my identity and worth -- and how it helps it. So I've recorded a solo episode to explore some of this, and I have a feeling I'll be exploring this for a while longer.

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• Liz Gilbert
• Rob Bell
• Rich Roll
• Esther Perel

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"A big part of living worthfully is owning our desire."

I want to hear your thoughts. We are coming up on 3 years of the Worthfull Project podcast, which is delightful, and also means it's time for a new chapter.

I've been dreaming bigger and envisioning what that next chapter looks like, and I want to know your thoughts -- because you are as much a part of this project as I am.

After listening to the show (or skip to minute 12 if you want to get the highlights), I'd LOVE to hear what would serve you the most in the coming months from yours truly and the Worthfull Project. I cannot wait to hear from you! Leave a comment, write me an email (christine@worthfullproject.com), DM me on Instagram, whatever way you want to tell me, I'm all ears.

Links mentioned:

• Tiffany Peterson Podcast - EP 36 Dream Bigger
• Magnolia Journal
• EP 130 with Heather Francis
• Jason Wachob - Wellth

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"The more awareness we have, the more choices we have."

This conversation is a continuation of one my friend Heather and I started the other night about one of my favorite topics -- somatic intelligence, or body awareness.

Heather is the perfect person to talk to about this because she is a dancer, a dance teacher, and just as passionate about body awareness as I am.

In this episode, we discuss several pieces of what it means to hold our body as a home for our worth, the maturing process of learning to befriend and listen to our body, and how increasing our awareness of our body increases our choices. I loved all of this and you can expect more episodes on this topic -- I think it's endlessly interesting.

Show notes

• What somatic intelligence is and why it matters (4:30)
• The power of body awareness Heather has learned as a teacher versus a student (7:18)
• How our choices increase as our awareness increases (14:22)
• How our bodies teach us about our worth (20:27)
• What Heather has noticed about teenager's connections to their bodies and worth (25:08)
• What it means for our bodies to be homes for our worth (32:55)

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Jamie Baker episode on somatic intelligence
• Susan Bauer's Embodied Teen course
• Cally Flox's Teacher's Guide to Resiliency Through the Arts
• Danielle Doby
• Sensing, Feeling, and Action by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

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"How you frame it shapes what it even becomes." - Rob Bell

"Joy has no shame in repeating itself."

I didn't feel like speaking today, so I put off recording this episode for most of the afternoon. But then I gifted myself a pick-me-up by watching all 1 hour and 19 minutes of Rob Bell's film, An Introduction to Joy, and I found something to say.

I learned that how I frame my self-worth shapes what it even becomes - and that's worth sharing.

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• Rob Bell's An Introduction to Joy

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"This truly is the new set point of this new chapter of my life."

Here is the final chapter in the worthfull wedding saga that I've been sharing pieces of this year. I felt it would be worth it to recap what I felt and learned as our wedding finally happened, in all its beautiful reality, and the worthfull lessons of being a pandemic bride.

I am deeply grateful for the whole experience, the incredible support from so many, the beautiful miracle of our wedding, and the massive relief of it being complete (ha!). If I learned anything it was that I have always been worthy of all of the love and support I need, and this wedding was a beautiful reminder of that truth.

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"Depression is the need for deep rest from the person we've become and not who we are."

What a treat I have for you today. I recorded this conversation a couple of months ago with my brother-from-another-mother Jake Kauffman about the good stuff - mental health, vulnerability, healing, depression, worth, and coming home to ourselves.

Jake and I met in a self-development workshop years ago in LA and it's been a strong bond ever since. He is now a thriving coach, writer, filmmaker, and more, and he has the chops to show for it.

Jake is a special kind of treat and I recommend a listen. Bonus - he loves sharing the origin and meanings of words, so there's a few of those treasures sprinkled throughout.

Show notes

• What coming home to himself has felt like to Jake this past year (4:34)
• What it's like to read about your own life in your own words (7:25)
• What the word persona actually means (11:15)
• The difference between who you think you are and the truth of who you are (16:42)
• A different way to look at depression (19:55)
• What belonging feels like to Jake (23:48)
• What the meaning of vulnerability translates to (25:45)
• Why getting wounded in relationships can be worth it (28:45)

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"When we don't own our choices, it's a direct sign that we're not owning our worth."

Sharing a thought from my journal today. I've been mostly silent about my wedding because it's been such a touch and go thing to plan during this pandemic. But as I thought today, 2.5 weeks out from the event, that silence hasn't been helpful. It's felt safe. But it's kept people who love me in the dark as to what's really going on in my life.

The line I journaled this morning that really got me was, "Expression is powerful, even when silence seems safer." It occurred to me that this truth applies to ALL kinds of expression, on all topics, and that this as timely right now for anything you are struggling to express as it is for me. We really are worthy to express what we're experiencing. And that's what worthfullness looks like.

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I wanted to recap my takeaways and learnings from the Bonus Series I released last week on Worthfull Home. I had so much fun doing the series, and of course I learned quite a bit, so this episode is my own thoughts after listening to the series.

I'd love to know your thoughts if you listened to any or all of the series! Let me know if you enjoyed the format, what future topics you'd like to see featured, and your favorite learnings.

Links mentioned:

• Bonus Series // Worthfull Home // Special Guests
• EP 117 // A Home for My Worth // Christine Baird

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This episode is with my dear sister friend Christina Baltazar, a realtor, home stylist, wife, mother, and brilliant woman, who I look up to as a conscious creator in all areas of life. When I need a solid pick-me-up-with-a-dose-of-God-wisdom, I listen to Christina.

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This episode is with my gorgeous friend, photographer, home remodeler, marketer, and huge heart, Brandy Lee. Brandy and I tend to giggle with joy when we are talking, and to hear her talk about remodeling her home and creating a space that is intentionally for her was no exception.

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This episode is with the incredibly talented artist, photographer, home creator, mother, and wife, Alex Steele. We met through a dear friend years ago when we all lived in LA, and it has been so fun and inspiring to follow Alex's work through the years. To date, she still writes one of my favorite weekly email newsletters.

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This episode is with my sister-friend, life coach, mentor, peer, podcast-buddy, client and joy of a woman, Tiff Peterson. I could go on for days why I love Tiff as a friend, but the experience of being in her home is magical. It's the most nourishing, calm, beautiful experience, and I love her thoughts on how she creates this.

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This episode is with my main Marco-Polo-during-quarantine friend, interior designer and healthy-food enthusiast, Alyssa Sherman. Not only is she a professional residential interior designer (aka she designs homes for a living), Alyssa is someone who thinks deeply about what curating a home means. We talk about this all the time on Marco Polo, so I brought our conversation to the podcast.

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This episode is with my long-time friend, Rebecca Woolston, a graphic designer, professional crafter, wife, mother, and amazing woman, who is constantly making beautiful objects, as well as renovating her home. Also, Becca keeps it real. (Fun fact: she and Emily Snyder are sisters!)

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Welcome to the first ever Special Series on the Worthfull Project podcast! This series is all about creating a worthfull home - or a home for your worth. Since this is my current obsession, I splurged and interviewed seven of my dear friends who I think exemplify a worthfull home beautifully. I made this series with the intention to binge listen, but enjoy however you want.

This episode is with my brilliant friend, Emily Snyder, the Chief of Staff at Magnolia, a deep thinker and old soul, who is one of the most conscious home-creators that I know. Talking with Emily is always a gift because we usually laugh and cry in the same conversation.

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"The darkness doesn't change our worth. It changes our experience of our worth."

I have had some real lows and some real breakthroughs this week in owning my worth. In choosing to believe in miracles, light, joy, and more. For me, the test has come through trying to plan a wedding during a pandemic. But as I've thought about what I'm being taught, I know it's universal.

Whether you are experiencing the darkness of racial injustice, grieving the loss of the life you knew before a pandemic, or any other personal challenge, you are still worthy of being filled with the light of your worth. This episode is my reminder to myself (and you) to choose to fill ourselves with the light.

Links mentioned:

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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"Worth is such a gateway to everything else we want."

I've had some perspective in the past couple weeks about what losing control (or the illusion of it) has taught me in the pandemic about my worth. I've been tested at deep, new levels to own my worth when so much feels like it's out of my control.

I'm sharing what I've learned about the relationship between control and worth, what I've remembered I always have control over, and why this is all a beautiful chapter in coming home to myself.

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I recorded a podcast this week, June 3rd, 2020, to remind myself what I was learning about worth in the wake of demands for justice after the murder of George Floyd. I don't expect anyone to listen, since there are much more important voices to listen to right now, but I wanted to record my internal experience so that I would remember.

If there's one thing that I know about worth, it's that it has nothing to do with the color of your skin and everything to do with being human. I have learned so much this week as I've been listening and educating myself. There's so much more for me to learn about owning one's worth when you are discriminated against for your race. I am committed.

Links mentioned:

• Cleo Wade reading her essay "Silence Is Not the Answer to Your Pain"
• Sultan Sharrief sharing his story of protesting on the front lines in LA
• NAACP

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"Worth gives you the strength to hold space for what you actually need."

Today's guest episode is covering some of my very favorite topics - get ready for it: grief, sadness, loneliness, and addiction. I know, it's odd to say these are my favorites, but I learn so much about myself and others every time I talk about them.

I got to talk to my friend Kylee, who is a licensed clinical social worker and has a wealth of experience supporting people of all ages through these emotions. I love her perspective on why addiction isn't all bad, what we learn from our shame, how worth isn't an antidote to loneliness, and lots more.

If we don't understand our darkest experiences, how are we to know the full extent of our worth despite them?

Show notes

• What boundaries have to do with self-love and worth (1:50)
• How to reconcile losing something we care about with our worth (7:55)
• Why self-worth doesn't resolve loneliness (14:10)
• What addiction really is and how to shift out of it (15:40)
• What coming home to yourself means to Kylee (26:56)

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"There's a god force in this world and an adversarial force in this world."

I realized last week that there has been some dark energy at work in me the last few weeks/quarantine/pandemic. It's been revealing to let it come to the surface and start to re-program my thoughts.

In a nutshell, one of my oldest and deepest insecurities, "I'm not worthy of good things" has reinvented itself on a grander scale and I've been feeling down during the pandemic. Ex. I'm not worthy of getting married, creating a new home, financial stability, etc.

Just in case you also have been noticing these kinds of *untrue* thoughts, I recorded a solo episode on how I'm starting to shift out of them and embrace my full worth, expect miracles, and fill up my hope bucket once again.

Links mentioned:

• Deepak Chopra 21 Day Abundance Meditation

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"You can't know the meaning of something the day it happens."

I remember the first time I heard the idea that as humans, we are meaning-making machines. Wow, okay, yes, that makes sense. This has taken on another layer of meaning during a global pandemic when we are all desperate for meaning and can't find it yet.

I heard the above quote at a community meditation gathering last month and have been pondering on it for a month. It feels relieving and freeing and also like something I need to constantly remember. My worth is not based in me knowing the meaning of something the day it happens.

Links mentioned:

• Lower Lights Meditation

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"The time I feel most full of my own worth is when I'm pursuing my creative interests."

I have had a surge of creative energy in the past two weeks, stemming from my decision to focus on worthfull home and whatever else sparks joy in me. It has been a welcome boost, I can say that much. But it also isn't random.

I know that when I shift how I spend my time and energy to focus the bulk of it on things that light me up, my creativity flows, my happiness soars, and my overall productivity and quality of life improves.

I recorded a solo episode this week to talk about how all of this reflects my worth and how creative work is one of the truest reminders of what my worth really is.

Links mentioned:

• Heather Crosby's Yum Universe Good Food Cooking School
• Creative Calling by Chase Jarvis

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"Our environment deeply impacts our wellbeing and our experience of self-worth."

I have something to share that is bursting out of me. It's in rough form, newly coming together, and still in ideation phase, but it's COMING. I can't stop thinking, especially during this shelter-in-place, about what makes a worthfull home. It has become the most interesting and important topic to me.

I recorded a solo episode to start introducing the idea, while it's still in formation, and I can't wait to see it unfold. If I know one thing, it's that our worth needs the best kind of home - space, body, and lifestyle - in order to thrive.

Links mentioned:

• Worthfull Home Pinterest board
• Magnolia

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"The camera brings up all of our insecurities."

I am thrilled to know the people I know. My friend Carmina is a gorgeous woman with an amazing career as a former TV host and now on camera transformational coach. But that's all beside the point because what we talked about in our conversation for the podcast was about something deep and important.

Carmina has spent years and years coaching people about how to show up as their true, best self. On camera and off, she has seen how our insecurities rise to the surface when we compare the image of ourselves to what we think we are supposed to be.

In this episode, we talk about what it actually looks like to own your worth while showing up imperfect, as you are, and loving exactly who that is. (*Note: you're going to want to check out Carmina's online workshops that are just SO TIMELY right now while we are all showing up on camera during quarantine.)

Show notes

• Why everyone can struggle with feeling confident on camera (3:09)
• What happens when we see ourselves on camera (7:25)
• How working as a TV host cut away at Carmina's confidence to be herself (11:15)
• Why our imperfections make us valuable and interesting to others (21:40)
• How to think of fear as excitement because you care (25:10)
• How Carmina has learned to come home to herself (34:01)

Links we mention

• Camera Ready
• Camera Ready Online Workshops
• MITT Training

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"My intuition is already, always full of worth."

I was talking to a friend this week about how challenging it can be to trust your intuition when you feel like it has betrayed you or led you astray. When things haven't gone well even though you felt like they were going to. When you've been deeply hurt by someone you felt connected to.

As I talked on and on about my thoughts about this, I realized I needed to record a podcast to note what I've learned. I had a rather intense experience with this in my own life several years ago regarding a romantic relationship that was very painful and it became a great teacher to me of how important it is to trust my intuition no matter what the results are.

As I thought about how intuition and worth are connected, I realized they are innately intertwined. Trusting myself has become one of the pillars of owning my worth. I hope it becomes one of yours as well.

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"I am who I've always been."

I have been doing a lot of thinking. A lot of listening. A lot of noticing. I'm feeling some big things shifting in me.

And the through line is that my innate persona, my true self, my full worth, is emerging from deep down. It's noticed that I've slowed down and quieted down and am ready to receive it.

I recorded a solo episode to note this moment in my journey. I'm as interested as you in what comes next.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Soothing sounds playlist
• Dr Trisha Smith
• Good Food Cooking School

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"If I don't allow this paradigm shift to actually shift me, then what's the point of it?"

I don't know about you, but I have been EMOTIONAL this past week. Combo of the world turning upside down indefinitely, postponing my wedding indefinitely, and taking on way too much energy as an empath, just to name a few.

But one thing that has been showing up as I've been weeping my way through the week is support - from all sources. I've been so blessed with support from people and places that I couldn't have anticipated. It inspired me to record this week's episode about the practice of receiving support - since we are already, always worthy of it.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Lucero Rodriguez, Reiki Healer
• Corrie Ten Boom quote

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"There's a bigger divine alignment happening that I don't fully understand yet, but I trust it."

I did a little journaling last night and was surprised by what came out of me. So I'm sharing it + my thoughts about it on today's episode.

I'm noticing how relieving the quiet and slow down of world is right now during the coronavirus pandemic. It's so anxious, but also so peaceful. So uncertain, but also so calm. So disruptive, but so quiet. A freedom born from chaos. A "divine alignment" as my journaling says.

I hope you're taking care of yourself. Loving on yourself and those close to you. Listening in to what you can learn about your own worth right now. I am.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Humans of New York
• Insight Timer app

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"If there's one thing I know, we all have something to contribute."

Well here we are, all trying to figure out how to be. Me included. Earthquake wake-up calls, quarantining, economic ???, and more.

I've felt the call to slow down. To contribute. To connect. To isolate. And above all to be compassionate and worthfull at a whole new level.

This solo episode is my contribution for the week - some thoughts I've been having about how we care for each other and ourselves and why owning our worth is as important now as ever. Much love!

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Worthfull Project Podcast Course - use code TOGETHER to get it for free!
• Chris Martin #TogetherAtHome video
• Tiffany Peterson podcast
• Trent Shelton

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"The expression of beauty is called freedom."

I've been looking forward to sharing this guest episode for weeks. If you're a long time listener of the podcast, you already know Jenna from episode 3, where she shared her powerful story of growing up in a cult and owning her worth as a extremely successful makeup artist.

In the last 2 years since that recording, Jenna has expanded into a whole new world of worth and beauty. A year ago, she decided to pivot into working exclusively with clean, sustainable beauty brands and become an ambassador for green beauty.

It has been amazing to watch her teach, educate, and radiate in this new calling and since beauty is one of my personal favorite topics to explore, I was so excited to have her back on the show to talk about it. In this conversation, Jenna shares insight into what it means to cultivate our beauty and how that is a beautiful reflection of our worth.

Show notes

• How to feel safe owning your beauty (3:35)
• What it means to be the source of beauty for yourself (13:25)
• What it means to cultivate versus replicate beauty (19:15)
• How to shift your perspective on what beauty is (28:25)
• The brands that Jenna recommends to shift into clean, sustainable beauty products (34:43)
• How our self-worth is affected by how we cultivate our beauty (50:15)

Links we mention

• EP 3 Robbing No One of My True Self
• Dr. Joe Dispenza
• ILIA Beauty
• The Detox Market
• Clove + Hallow
• RMS Beauty
• The Organic Skin Co
• Ere Perez Cosmetics
• Lily Lolo
• Hynt Beauty
• Alima Pure
• Kjaer Weis
• Kosas Cosmetics
• Shop Good

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"We live in the state of what we already want."

If you've been feeling a spot of overwhelm or doubt lately, you're in great company. Me too.

Everyone says being engaged and planning a wedding isn't easy, and it's not. It's also not all bad, but I've definitely had a full plate between that and building my business and planning a move.

So today's episode is all about reconnecting to the truth - that it's all going to work out. And no matter what and when that looks like, my worth is intact regardless.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Rob Bell's Robcast

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"My results changed; that's a fact. But my worth didn't; and that's also a fact."

I've been reading, listening, and watching several things lately about the difference between self-worth and self-confidence. I love this conversation and it's not one I've often brought up on the podcast. Or is it? Haha, I don't know, all my thoughts run together on this.

Today I went to the DMV to get a new drivers license and register my car. It felt like I climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro (not quite Everest-level, but close). I had a big surge of self-confidence after I finished because I had created new, hard-to-achieve results. But my worth didn't change.

I came home and recorded a solo episode on the marriage between self-worth (important) and self-confidence (also important). I think a worthfull life comes from honoring both.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Chase Jarvis
• Creative Calling
• Ford V. Ferrari
• Mel Robbins
• The 5 Second Rule

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"Our bodies know the truth."

I took a trip down memory lane this morning flipping through the pages of my childhood photo album. It was so fun. I was giggling and smiling from ear to ear.

It reminded me of all the good of my childhood, all the things it's easy to forget, and of course, how worthfull I have always been.

I recorded a solo episode about why I was looking at childhood photos, what I'm learning about being the sole adult authority figure in my life, and how coming home to myself starts with remembering my childhood.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• EP 103 Sovereign of My Life
• Chen Lizra

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"The most important part of owning our worth is just being."

I did a little check in with myself this morning. It's about six weeks into the new year and I have been PRODUCTIVE. Really getting things done. Busy, full, focused, intentional.

I noticed recently that I've also been having a little trouble falling asleep. I've not been doing as much of the things that bring me joy. I've been spending more time on my laptop.

I remembered the truism from self-development, "Be. Do. Have." It always starts with the being. And I've been pretty focused on the doing. So today is a little re-calibration of myself to center back on the being worthfull and trusting that all the doing will lead to having - but it starts with me being.

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"If you aren't vulnerable, there is a lot less pain but a lot less love." - A Man Frozen In Time

I spent the weekend in St. Louis for a best friends high school reunion girls trip. These 3 ladies have known me since I was a teenager, and we still have the best time when we get together.

I wanted to record a solo episode about what I'm learning regarding owning my worth in friendships - how to create worthfull friendships and how to maintain them.

It's something I'm always learning and improving on, but it feels especially important the older I get.

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"I've changed in order to love you in the ways you need to be loved."

Well here it is - the episode where you get to meet my  fiancé  Michael and hear about our relationship from his own mouth.

Per popular request, I asked him if he'd be willing to come on the podcast to share some of his insight into building a worthfull kind of love in our relationship. Of course, this is really a treat for me more than anything.

You get a front row seat to our process as we are learning daily what this looks like. In our conversation we talk about what we are both learning about worth and love, partnership, honesty, and how each person needs to be loved for who they are.

Show notes

• What Michael is learning about loving me in my full worth by being honest (3:37)
• How you can prepare someone to receive your love (14:32)
• What Michael has learned about the ways I need to be loved (16:08)
• What I have learned about worthfull love from dating Michael (30:02)

Links we mention

• Sundance Film Festival

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"What could be more of a homecoming than claiming my sovereignty, my birthright?"

I met and had a wonderful session with a top-notch healer this week. It was the kind of meeting that I knew was perfectly timed and I was ready for it.

She talked to me about my body's alignment, misalignment, how that is a reflection of my inner world and workings, and what I get to shift to become fully empowered and healed. And she also worked out quite a bit of tightness in my neck and shoulders, bless her.

One thing in particular that she pointed out about my posture and current status struck me. She talked to me about survival archetypes and how many of us stay stuck in the child self when what we are meant to become is sovereign. I was all ears and am already learning what this means in my body and life. I shared my current thoughts on this in the solo round episode for this week. I can't wait to share more as I learn more!

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Carl Jung survival archetypes
• Chen Lizra
• Ashley Graham
• Mama Gena

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"For no other reason than that I feel it, I feel the need for extra joy and pleasure right now."

I've been really good at journaling in the morning so far this year. What came up for me this morning was that I'm experiencing a dip in my daily pleasure and joy. And that gets to be fixed!

I've been so good at being productive, focused, and getting stuff done at the start of this new year, that I've let my priority of experiencing joy and pleasure daily slip down to tenth place.

This solo episode is my recommitment to putting daily joy and pleasure at the top of the priority list and seven ways I've learned to do this. As my intention to come home to myself leads the way, I'm going to practice what I preach and create a joyful, pleasurable space inside myself every day.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Whole30 Diet

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"Coming home to myself is the intention. Honoring my boundaries and living my values is the method.

This is the beginning of Season 3 of the Worthfull Project podcast! I am delighted to be here and to announce some lovely new developments with the podcast.

First, the theme of this season on the show (and in my life) is "coming home to myself." Every episode with explore this topic and how it relates to owning one's worth. I'm as excited as anyone to discover this along the way.

Second, I'm going to be posting 3 episodes a month and then 1 guest interview. The guests will all be fantastic. It's going to be a great season.

If you've been along with me on the worthfull journey so far, here's to the best year yet. If you're joining me now, welcome. You are on a beautiful path.

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"We were born with the innate abilities to be at peace."

Wowie! Episode 100! It didn't hit me that the podcast has come this far until I edited today's episode, recorded with my bestie and bi-annual co-host Rebecca.

I am feeling a little emotional as I write this (also because I went to therapy today) and I'm letting it all come up. This podcast is the longest running personal project I've ever taken on. It's something I have learned to value, cherish, and commit to, even when I am tempted to skip it, downplay it, or just coast for a while.

In commemoration of two years of the show, the end of 2019, and the start of a new chapter of life, Rebecca and I discussed the ways we are learning to cultivate inner peace, let go of what we no longer need, and turn our hearts and minds forward to what we want to create. Thank you for being with me on this worthfull journey.

Show notes

• How to experience growth and creation while maintaining calm (4:37)
• A different definition of peace (10:04)
• Ways to cultivate peace in your heart (12:31)
• Why we must believe we are worthy of inner peace (20:50)
• How to find out what you're ready to let go of (26:55)
• What Rebecca and I are letting go of for the new year (28:20)
• How a scarcity mentality can limit you and how to reverse it (42:35)
• A meditation to let go and get clear on your new year intentions (44:26)

Links we mention

• EP 1 Re-Exposing Myself to My Worth
• EP 26 The Worth of Buddies and Accountability
• EP 50 Reflections on One Year of Worthfull Living
• EP 75 Practicing My Worth In My Spiritual Journey
• Enneagram

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"Home will always be a construct of my mind and heart."

It's the holidays (which I love), so I'm thinking about home, family, tradition, gratitude, etc. This is the last solo episode of Season 2 of the show, so I tuned into myself to see what I wanted to talk about.

The word home came to me as a feeling, not a place. I've lived all over the country, so to me, this is normal. But as I thought about home from a worthfull perspective, it reminded me that we create home within ourselves when we own our worth. I recorded this little episode for anyone who is wondering how the holidays are going to feel homey this year. Because they always can, no matter what.

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"We only receive the things we believe we are worthy to have."

I have waited about six months to bring you today's episode. Not intentionally, just because of scheduling and distractions, etc. But it's worth the wait.

I met my beautiful friend Tara a year ago at a birthday party and I have been continually impressed by who she is and what she is creating in the world. By profession, she is an amazing makeup artist for television and film. But her bigger work goes beyond that and is about helping people see their true inner beauty.

Tara brings so much wisdom and heart to this conversation. She shares her light and stories with so much love. I was on a high the whole rest of the day. We discuss some of my very favorite topics in this episode, including our relationship to beauty, abundance, and "worth nirvana," as Tara calls it. It's one of my favorite episodes I've recorded so far.

Show notes

• How our beliefs create our reality (8:41)
• What it takes to fall in love with ourselves (13:01)
• Where to start when you are ready to re-invent your self-worth (16:04)
• Why simplicity is more transformative than complexity (20:39)
• What comes after accepting your full worth (23:52)
• How the law of abundance works with owning your worth (26:30)
• How to view beauty as a celebration rather than a mask (33:10)
• How to navigate the resistance against doing what you are meant to do (36:34)
• What owning your worth in a healthy relationship looks like (51:45)
• How to see your worth in everything around you (1:02:10)

Links we mention

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
• The Miracle Makeover

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"It is no coincidence that you are on the planet right now living the life you are living."

I recorded a podcast episode today with a beautiful friend that I'll share next week. Stay tuned. After we finished recording, we had a really special conversation in which she acknowledged me for what I am giving to the world because I am choosing to own my worth. That stuck with me the whole day and I was still thinking about it tonight, so I recorded a solo episode on my thoughts.

I believe we are all designed with a very unique offering to give the world while we are here in it. It has nothing to do with being the best at something or making a certain level of impact. It's just part of the bigger plan of life - we each give a valuable contribution. So if we don't give what we are here to give, we are robbing the people who are waiting to receive our offering. I hope this will be a reminder to you, as it was to me today, that the world needs the contribution that only you can give.

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"You're not the only one going through whatever you are going through."

I met a beautiful woman at a podcasting workshop I taught a few weeks ago. She came up after the class and gave me her book. She told me she also is on a journey to own her worth and share her experience. So naturally, I invited her on the podcast.

Roxanne was married to a sex addict for 21 years and lived through the trauma of constant betrayal and lies. Of course it required her to reinvent her relationship to her worth, her intuition, and to others. She has since written a book about her healing journey, and she now speaks often to audiences about this process of remembering your worth.

I loved this conversation because it's so clear that Roxanne has done (and is always doing) THE work - that deep inner cleaning and sorting of everything that doesn't serve you in order to become in total ownership of your worth.

Show notes

• What to do when you think you're the only one going through what you're going through (3:23)
• Why it can be hard but very important to tell yourself the truth (7:46)
• When you must hand over responsibility for someone's actions to them (11:59)
• What it can look like to remember your worth after forgetting it (19:58)
• How to reunite with your intuition after feeling separated from it (25:21)
• How to avoid blaming and shaming yourself while doing deep inner work (28:25)
• Where hopeful confidence comes from during challenging times (31:42)
• How to trust in love again after you have been betrayed (33:50)
• What long-term challenges teach us about self-love and self-worth (38:43)

Links we mention

• Cutting Ties: Healing from Betrayal Trauma as the Spouse of an Addict
• Roxanne's wedding video

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I've been reading Ryan Holiday's new book, Stillness Is the Key, and I can't recommend it highly enough. Today I read a chapter about being at peace with having enough. And it got me thinking that we always already have enough.

This is an interesting topic, laced with lots of emotion and opinion. It deals with scarcity, survival, comparison, power, validation, and much more. So I wanted to record a solo episode sharing my thoughts about what it means to be enough and have enough - already, always. I got a little fired up while talking about this - I can tell I have more thoughts coming on this.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Stillness Is the Key by Ryan Holiday

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"Hard times happen, and it has nothing to do with our worth."

When things are challenging, it's easy for me to focus on how I'm not enough, how I deserve to struggle, and how it's all my fault. Don't know if you can relate, haha. However, even though I'm in a challenging chapter right now, supporting my boyfriend through a transitional, disruptive time, I've really felt the power of my worthfull habits sustaining me.

I recorded a little solo episode, as a reminder to myself of at least four things I've learned about how to navigate struggles and challenges worthfully. Once again, this podcast has been a blessing to keep me accountable to my own worthfull journey - at all times.

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"Try to see your own worth creatively."

I got to sit down and record an episode with a friend of over a decade this past week. Emily and I met when we were babies in our twenties in Texas. Both our lives look drastically different than when we became friends. But we've been learning so many of the same lessons about worth.

Emily is an incredible jazz singer, teacher, podcast host, and all around creative. She's been through really intense challenges to her worth - through her family and profession - and you can tell her wisdom and courage comes from those experiences.

We dive into many topics in this conversation including how to view your worth as a creative, go out of your comfort zone, handle really difficult family dynamics, and embrace our inner love of magic as adults. It's a great conversation, in my humble opinion. Also, something wonky was happening with the mics during this recording, so please forgive the little scratchy sound that randomly shows up here and there. C'est la vie.

Show notes

• Why Emily considers her recent work her first "authentic" work (3:15)
• Why "not being good enough" syndrome is so crippling for creativity (5:45)
• How to face uncomfortable truths about how you were raised (8:23)
• Why letting go of responsibility for not measuring up to someone's expectations can be so scary (10:40)
• What helps start the process of healing from worth wounds (13:31)
• Why getting out of your comfort zone supports your worth (16:58)
• Why it's so important to let yourself be imaginative and creative (18:40)
• How to manage critical self-talk (20:30)
• How to navigate parental disapproval (29:30)
• What it feels like to own your worth while redefining yourself (33:20)
• What being honest about our pain and challenges teaches us about our worth (36:25)
• How to set healthy boundaries around your worth and circumstances (37:30)

Links we mention

• Artifice podcast

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"A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention." - Herbert Simon

I have become VERY interested in stillness and mindfulness in the last year. Since moving from LA to Salt Lake City, I've slowed everything down. It's been magical.

I've also become more and more aware of the mental health challenges that affect all of us everyday. These are all intertwined in my mind. Self-worth, mental health, mindfulness, slowing down. So I recorded a solo episode, inspired by a new book I'm reading, on what I'm learning about my worth as I practice stillness as a mental health habit.

Show Notes:

• Stillness Is the Key
• Ryan Holiday
• Ego Is the Enemy

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"I know my worth is not-negotiable."

I met a new fast friend last week through her publicist. Once I saw her dancing for fun on her Instagram, I knew she was the real deal.

Tracy Litt is a certified mindset coach, best selling author, rapid transformational therapist, and awe-inspiring speaker. She is the founder of The Litt Factor, a personal growth and coaching company, and Worthy Human, an inspirational and empowering merchandise line.

This conversation is not only a documentation of the beginning of our genuine friendship, but a gold mine of solid coaching on self-worth, mindset, and why taking responsibility for every part of your life is the beginning of a worthfull life.

Show notes

• Why taking responsibility for everything in your life is key to self-worth (2:15)
• What has us not show up for our own lives (3:39)
• The turning point in Tracy's life where she began to own her worth (7:10)
• How worth is really about choice (11:12)
• How to choose a different story than one where you are the victim (13:21)
• Why we need to give ourselves permission to be happy regardless of our circumstances (20:05)
• What it means to be gentle with ourselves (32:05)
• What self-image is and why it matters (34:30)

Links we mention

• Worthy Human
• Liz Gilbert interview on Oprah's podcast
• Go to Tracy's event in January 2020, Worthy Human LIVE

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I have a long-standing habit, that I am constantly working on shifting, of judging the people closest to me. It's one of the parts of my ego I dislike the most, but am also learning to be graceful with.

I have been working for a couple of weeks on shifting into love every time I notice myself judging my boyfriend. This is a conscious effort on my part to stop judging him for things that might never change -- or need to for that matter.

But it is work, and I want to be accountable for my goals, so I recorded a solo episode about what I'm learning as I focus on loving him as he is. Of course, this also means I'm learning to love myself on a whole new level. Because that is the worthfull journey.

Show Notes:

• The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People

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I have been looking forward to recording a podcast episode with my sister-friend Kristen for over a year. Because she lives such a world citizen, nomadic lifestyle, it finally happened after several attempts, and I'm so happy to share this conversation with you.

Kristen is many things, but acting is her biggest passion between all of her professions. She has such a huge heart, vision, and empathy for telling the stories of humans. But in this conversation, I asked her questions about how she has learned to own her worth as an actress, in one of the most competitive industries, where she is constantly being told no, we don't want you.

Kristen has incredible insight and depth into what she is learning about where our worth comes from and how we can always be shaping our experiences to build our worth, no matter what our results are.

Show notes

• How to maintain self-worth in a highly personal, competitive environment (4:15)
• How honoring our boundaries increases our self-worth (9:12)
• How empathy lets you see others' and your own worth (13:05)
• How honoring our boundaries frees up our time to do what we value most (15:47)
• Why self-worth can't be based on results (21:26)

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I am thrilled to say, I practiced self-care at a level that I have never experienced this last weekend. After an intense 10 day work trip, I knew I needed some quality time to replenish. And I delivered on my promise to myself.

I was so overjoyed at experiencing self-care from a place of worth that I couldn't wait to record an episode sharing my experience. In this solo episode, I share how I prepped beforehand to make this blissful weekend possible, how I practiced self-care during my trip, and what self-care looks like for me on an emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical level.

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"The truth is somewhere in the middle."

I read a post by one of my favorite marketing and business mentors, Seth Godin, about how we are innately biased when it comes to our opinion of our own work. I took that a step farther and thought about how we are innately biased when it comes to our opinion of our worth.

If you've ever felt the struggle of perfectionism, you can probably relate. We perfectionists tend to either think we aren't ever going to be enough, or we think if we just work a little harder, we can prove our worth. Both are lies. And the truth is somewhere in the middle.

I recorded a solo episode sharing my thoughts on Seth's thoughts on this topic and I'd love to hear yours as well.

Show Notes:

• Seth Godin

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I spent the weekend at my parent's house for my nephew's baptism and it was lovely. I also had a minor emotional meltdown because it was the first time I'd taken my boyfriend to my parent's home. And it felt vulnerable.

I recorded a little solo episode on my experience to share what I'm learning about owning my worth around who I was raised to be and who I've chosen to become. In my opinion, ownership and authenticity come from owning the whole of who we are, and that includes where we came from.

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How do you feel when you make a mistake? I used to feel a lot of shame - especially when it was something I knew how to do better. As I've learned to own my worth, I've been shifting how I feel about making mistakes. And since I've been making lots of mistakes lately (new clients, business growth, relationship, etc), I've been really practicing owning my worth in all of them.

I recorded a solo episode to share some helpful tools I've learned to own my worth through making mistakes - small and big. If you're like me, it's a life-long process, but it makes a world of difference.

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I had a little epiphany while working on multiple client's projects last week and realized it had to do with worth. I work with mostly personal brands, so how a client prioritizes their work tells me how much they own their worth.

I recorded a quick solo episode as a little business behind-the-scenes note on what I am learning about how to get the best service for your business, brand, project, or whatever you're working on that is important to you. And, of course, it has to do with how you own your worth.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Rebecca Regnier

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"Human beings were created to experience joy."

I had a beautiful experience this weekend in which I let myself be so "still" and rejuvenate so fully that I was actually energized and looking forward to a new work week by Sunday night. Novel.

I realized that this was only possible because I've been practicing putting the things that bring me joy (and consequently fill me up with energy) first in my day to day priorities . . . and seeing everything else (work, to do lists, etc) fall into place around that. It has been revolutionary to say the least.

I wanted to record a solo episode about what I'm learning about putting joy first, while I'm learning it, so that we can all run this big experiment together if you're interested. I believe we are here on planet Earth to experience joy, and the rest of life can fit in around that. Owning my worth is where this starts.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Christina Tosi
• Manoush Zomorodi
• Rob Bell

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I read this quote tonight on Instagram and it hit me like Bob's quotes always do - THE TRUTH.

The thought of dazzling God is beyond. But when I considered what Bob was saying, I started to really get behind it. What happens when we own our worth is that we acknowledge our infinite capacity to love and give. We mirror God's love. And that's something pretty amazing.

I'm sharing my thoughts on this in a short and dazzling solo episode (see what I did there?).

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Bob Goff

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I met a new friend in a line at a wedding a few months ago and it turns out we definitely were meant to record an episode on the Worthfull Project.

Kristen has lived with intense anxiety, depression, OCD and more for over nine years, and as she's learned to create a new life through managing her mental health, she has also learned that she has a musical gift that is meant to be shared.

We said we were going to record an episode about her new music, but what we really discussed was the incredible lessons she has been learning about her worth regardless of what her mind tells her. I love this conversation because at some point in all of our lives, we need to face our mental health and decide what we believe is really true about our worth, no matter what the thoughts and feelings inside of us are saying.

Show notes

• How music helps us relax through mental illness (1:30)
• The power of using our talents to help more people than just ourselves (6:20)
• What shifts in our self-worth when we share our talents (10:08)
• The steps out of a mental illness into a new life (12:20)
• What Kristen had to give up in order to live worthfully (18:50)
• The importance of shifting our perspective on the glossy expectations we have for our lives (21:13)
• What Kristen is learning about humility and worth from owning her musical talent (24:05)

Links we mention

• Netflix's Explained episode on Music
• Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life by Steven Hayes

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I was recently introduced to a beautiful friend who knows first hand the experience of reinventing herself as an immigrant. Diana immigrated from Mexico to Canada 8 years ago, and through her experience she has been inspired to create a worldwide organization to support other immigrants in the process.

What was extra special for me about this conversation, in which we discuss what it's like to own your worth as an immigrant in a new country, is that Diana has been a fan of the Worthfull Project for a while. She sees the vision and knows the power of what happens when we own our worth.

I loved learning about what it takes to own your worth when you are in a new country, with a new language, with little validation that you are valued. This one applies to all of us, because in the end, we're all immigrants in some part of our lives.

Show notes

• What caused Diana to stand up for her worth as a working immigrant in a new country (8:30)
• The transition from feeling low self-worth to getting a good job (12:58)
• Diana's advice to anyone who feels deeply undervalued (18:45)
• The effect that the experience of immigration has on someone's self-worth (21:32)
• The sources of worth-deflation for immigrants (28:18)
• What it takes to reinvent yourself (30:06)
• What Diana learned about herself when she immigrated from Mexico to Canada (32:04)
• Why it's so important to be committed to our goals and flexible with the process (33:05)
• What Diana wishes more people understood about immigration (36:05)

Links we mention

• My interview on Mind Gourmet with Nina Kaiser
• Worldwide Immigrants Association

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I spent last weekend with my family at a little reunion and it inspired me to record a solo episode on owning my worth within my family relationships. Ever struggled with that? Hahahahaha.

I love my family and I love spending time with them. I've also learned lessons over the years about how I can own my worth no matter what they do or don't understand about me, as long as I take responsibility for my relationships with them.

Taking responsibility for what I share with them about my life, as well as being responsible with how I take their feedback to me, has been one of the greatest supports in owning my worth around my family. I hope this episode serves you in some way if you've been struggling to feel worthfull around your family.

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I have experienced so much of the unexpected in the last year of my life. And it's had me thinking recently about how blessed the unexpected can turn out to be. But I don't know that I've always seen it that way.

A poem from Morgan Harper Nichols caught my eye on Pinterest a few weeks back, and I revisited it recently with a new perspective. I'm learning to see the unexpected as a mirror of my worth, as proof that no matter what my circumstances are, my worth is independently intact.

Sometimes, the unexpected can be a greater blessing than anything I would have expected to come to me. And that is proof that my worth is not based on results of my own making.

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I have been looking forward to sharing this conversation with my good friend Danelle for months and months. We finally got it recorded, and it doesn't disappoint (in my opinion).

Danelle and I both love Brene Brown, learning how to be vulnerable, eating amazing food, and talking about ADD, yes that so-called "disorder" known for making people have distractable brains. Danelle was diagnosed with it in grad school and I've been deeply fascinated by that kind of brain for years -- most of my best friends are wired that way.

As I've learned more and more about the differences in our brains and how much that impacts our self-perception and self-worth, I've come to believe that there are no mistakes about how we come to planet Earth. We all have innate strengths and weaknesses, and the ability to own those is what sets us free to enjoy our time here.

This episode is about a lot of things, but mostly it's about experiencing the relief of letting yourself be yourself.

Show notes

• Why we think everyone should take advantage of therapy (4:45)
• What ADHD (ADD) is and what it's like to live with it in 2019 (7:32)
• What a shame trigger feels like (17:15)
• How to change our experience of shame (23:00)
• How understanding your personality's strengths helps you own your worth (25:37)
• The value of playing to your strengths instead of focusing on your weaknesses (33:55)
• What it feels like to own your worth (41:47)
• Why we don't want to hustle (45:10)

Links we mention

• Brene Brown
• Rising Strong by Brene Brown
• Sally Hogshead's How to Fascinate test
• Dean Graziosi

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"We are all here to be the expression of God that is within us."

Well wouldn't you know it, it's the 18 month anniversary of the Worthfull Project podcast! Time flies when you're having fun, and if it wasn't for good friends like my guest co-host Rebecca, I'd practically forget any of these milestones were coming up.

If you have been listening to the WP podcast for a while, you know Rebecca is my guest on episode 1, 26, and 50 (yes, she comes on every six months to compare notes with me about how we are learning to own our worth.) She's a dear friend, wise woman, and huge support system to me.

In this episode, we talk about what we are learning on our spiritual journeys since both of us have invested heavily in deepening our faith and spiritual practices in the past six months. This is definitely a "notes from the field" kind of episode, and we'd love to hear your thoughts about what you are learning in the same journey.

Show notes

• What reiki is and how it supports spiritual healing (4:30)
• How we speak things into existence in our lives (9:35)
• How God uses multiple channels to speak to us (14:14)
• What it looks like to explore new sources of spiritual teaching (19:38)
• The value of taking our problems to God first and friends second (26:25)
• How we can shift our prayers to receive the answers we are ready for (34:30)
• What it means to be a humble servant (38:30)
• The connection between our spiritual journeys and owning our worth (44:54)

Links we mention

• EP 1 Re-Exposing Myself to My Worth
• EP 26 The Worth of Buddies and Accountability
• EP 50 Reflections on One Year of Worthfull Living
• Reiki
• Heal documentary
• EP 2 Showing My Whole Self to the World with Christina Baltazar
• Stephanie Kwong
• Dr. Joe Dispenza

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I recently had some photos taken of myself for some forthcoming brand updates. My dear friend Meagan took them. My other dear friend Shelley was there too. It was the most supportive environment possible to have photos taken of myself. And I was still insecure.

I got back the photos this weekend and looking through them I could feel my insecurities about my beauty pop right up. This didn't surprise me, but it made me think deeper about how heavily influenced I am, to this day, by our co-created society standards of beauty.

An Instagram post poured out of me on this topic and I knew I had more to say, so I recorded a solo round on the podcast to share a continuation of my thoughts. I think the best way for us to shift our relationship to broken beauty is to talk about it. I'd love to hear your thoughts if you'd like to share.

Links I mention in this episode:

• The Instagram post that inspired this episode
• Sign up for the Worthfull Weekly Post
• Beauty Redefined
• Jameela Jamil
• Femme playlist

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On my weekly accountability buddy call today, my sister friend Lucy mentioned that she is a fan of the podcast but hasn't heard me talk about how I struggle (and move through struggle) very often on it.

Lucy knows I struggle. She hears me talk each week about my struggles. But I really appreciated her feedback that I maybe hadn't realized I don't talk much about that on the podcast.

Well, here you go. I have learned so much from many other podcasters who have shared their stories of struggle and overcoming, it would be indecent of me to keep my stories from anyone listening.

I sat down this afternoon on my bedroom floor and recorded this (longer) solo round as an intro to anyone new to my story about how I struggle to own my worth on the daily, and how I'm learning to manage that struggle in a healthy way.

Links I mention in this episode:

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Rich Roll
• The School of Greatness with Lewis Howes
• The Icarus Deception by Seth Godin
• Good Life Project
• Holstee Manifesto

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I had a beautiful holiday weekend (which I actually took as a holiday) and am feeling so refreshed, rejuvenated and happy. Like deeply happy.

As I got into my to-do list this morning, I knew I wanted to record a solo episode on how I'm learning to put what's most important to my heart first. This quote has been a foundational rock in my worthfull journey. It's a reminder that I'm the one who knows best how my time should be spent. I do know what will fill me up with energy and love and joy -- which will allow me to do my best work and give my best contribution.

It felt like a scary risk at first to try this (instead of always putting work and other people's priorities first). But the more I explore putting my heart's priorities first, the more I'm learning that everything else gets taken care of with my leftover time and energy. I like to call this the magic of worthfull living.

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I am grateful that my friend Chelsie wanted to record an episode on this podcast, because I just knew she had solid insight into worthfull living.

You may know Chelsie already if you're a longtime fan of TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance or Dancing with the Stars. She competed on both of them for years and is truly an extraordinary dancer (I can say that because I was a fan of hers way back in college).

Chelsie has ridden the wild rollercoaster of fame, media, influence, celebrity-dom, and more. She's learned to manage anxiety in a healthy way, pass on opportunities that don't feel good anymore, and reconnect to what matters the most to her - again and again.

I have a feeling you'll resonate with what she's learned about self-worth; the truth is, we're all learning the same worthfull lessons, no matter what our journeys look like.

Show notes

• How each of our timelines will look different for developing emotional intelligence (4:43)
• The difference between our perception of our worth and others' perception of our worth (7:31)
• Why fame doesn't reflect true worth (12:15)
• The danger of relying on social media to validate our worth (14:01)
• The importance of face-to-face connection for healthy relationships (19:25)
• The difference between being confident and having a big ego (26:53)
• Why you don't have to be perfect to be liked (31:30)
• How to own your worth so that it replenishes you (35:45)
• What happens when we share our talents to be in service (versus to look good) (43:05)

Links we mention

• Chelsie's "Bleeding Love" dance on So You Think You Can Dance
• Chelsie's Emmy-nominated dance on Dancing with the Stars
• Lindsey Stirling
• Dance Elevated
• Morgan Jones

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I read this quote this afternoon, and it validated a lot of my thoughts on fear and worth through the years.

It's very easy for me to think of fear as a truth-teller; after all, it's an instinct designed for survival.

But what it doesn't tell the truth about is my worth. I can be terrified of all kinds of things and my worth is completely unaffected. Being fearless isn't a sign of ultimate worth. Fear is simply a response to the unknown that tries to keep me safe.

I can do things that I'm scared of, while being scared of them, and rely on my worth to see me through the process. Knowing that my worth is unrelated to how afraid I am has been a beautiful revelation through the years.

In this solo episode, I share some thoughts on this, and why fearlessness as a badge of honor isn't the best place to judge our worth.

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I have been making a lot more rejuvenation space in my days lately. I've been taking more breaks. I've been giving myself more time to rest. And I love it.

I still have a voice in my head that pops up to tell me that I'm lazy or irresponsible or dumb when I do that, but I'm learning to let it go in one ear and out the other.

I'm learning, as I own my worth, that we're built to require rest -- and we perform at our best when we take frequent breaks. I think that overworking and glorifying that habit is a big sickness in our society and we're all trying to right the ship together.

Here are my short and sweet words of encouragement to you as you are considering how many breaks to take in a day (add a few more in).

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Links I mention in this episode:

• Jay Shetty

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I experience grace coming in and covering the gaps in my life on a daily basis.

It's something that has been a huge part of learning to own my worth. Every time I notice how grace has made up the difference between my efforts and my results, I am amazed by it. I'm learning that grace is a perfect reflection of my unchanging worth.

Today was one of those days where grace came in and made up the difference in multiple, beautiful ways. I realized I hadn't shared on the podcast yet how powerful of a force grace is in reminding me of my worth. This episode is an invitation to you to receive the grace that is coming to you everyday - because you are worthy of it.

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I'm clearly obsessed with telling people's stories (including my own). I think deep down, we all are because they are so validating and revelatory to us.

We learn best through stories, as science has proven. We are moved to tears by stories. We feel them in our hearts.

When I sat down with my friend Morgan Jones, a journalist by trade and a current podcast host and producer herself, I knew she'd have some deep wisdom to share about the value of storytelling to reveal our worth.

This conversation did not disappoint, for one because Morgan is such a delight, and two, because it speaks the core of every human. We can't ignore our worth if we tell our authentic stories. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this after you listen to Morgan's story.

Show notes

• How telling human stories evolves our self-awareness (9:27)
• If it's possible for us to understand fully our own worth while we are young (18:35)
• How other's stories act as mirrors for our own (23:15)
• The struggle around choosing intimacy in relationships and how to do it anyway (26:17)
• What is available to us when we share our stories from a place of worth (28:30)
• Morgan's advice about how to do this if you've never shared your story (34:06)
• What would happen if we valued our personal stories like they were Oprah's life story (37:50)

Links we mention

• Katie Lee
• Chelsie Hightower
• Chelsie's "Bleeding Love" dance on So You Think You Can Dance

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I've had a thought on my heart for months and months and I finally felt ready to talk about it on today's solo episode. I was out for a run this morning in the beautiful springtime city, listening to one of my favorite podcasts, and feeling 100.

I knew there was no other place or activity that would be a better use of my time in that hour than exactly what I was doing - and yet it was 9am on a Tuesday, and for most of my life I would have considered that obvious "work time."

I've come a long way in prioritizing my time to spend it on the things I most value, and I'm still in process. But I believe this is one of the most important decisions we can make in owning our worth. We don't have much time given to us; we are worthy of joyful days as the rule and not the exception.

I'm sharing my thoughts in how to realign your time to reflect what you most value in this episode, and I would love to hear your thoughts on this after you listen.

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Links I mention:

• RobCast by Rob Bell

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It seems I start all my solo episodes with, "I saw this quote on Pinterest and . . . " Pinterest is truly a wonderland of inspirational quotes.

Today's quote is roughly attributed to Vincent Van Gogh, but regardless of who said, I resonate with it deeply. As I've been taking some perspective on the unpaved path I keep choosing to walk on my worthfull journey, I notice the highs and lows.

The highs keep outweighing the lows, but that doesn't mean I haven't needed to develop some practices for managing the lows.

In this episode, I share 3 simple practices that keep me grounded on the unpaved road, with my worth intact. I hope they support you as well.

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I read this quote on Pinterest a few weeks ago, and it stuck with me.

This has been a huge work-in-progress for me on my worthfull journey. From years of putting myself as low priority in my own life, I've been slowly learning to put myself higher and higher up on my own priority list.

It's part of what prompted my recent career and lifestyle shift. It's what anchors my morning routine. It's why I take time to put myself together everyday.

I'm sharing my thoughts on the importance (and how to) of putting yourself as a priority in your own life in today's solo episode. It's as much a reminder to myself as to anyone else. We can do this.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• Asana

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Last year, my friend Sam asked me if he could shoot some headshots of me to practice for his new photography business. 

I said yes having no idea what would come of it. Some beautiful, worthfull images came out of that shoot (linked below) and since then I've seen Sam flourish as a photographer.

One of the most beautiful things to witness is how he is owning his worth in this process, while at the same time showing others' worth through his work.

Sam reached out recently and suggested recording a podcast about this whole process and I was delighted to sit down to talk about it.

Many people don't feel their worth when they see photographs of themselves, but I think after this conversation, you'll think differently.

Show notes

• What Sam has learned about worth from photographing portraits of people (3:20)
• How his view of himself has changed over the years (13:40)
• Why letting others see our messy side is beautiful and important (15:44)
• What capturing the drama of other people's stories is teaching Sam about his own (19:42)
• How we find the evidence for the idea we already believe is true (26:31)
• What would be possible if we saw ourselves as we truly are (27:57)
• Why it can be scary to be seen (32:38)
• The process of becoming of fan of who we really are (33:25)

Links we mention

• The photo of me that Sam shot
• Liz Montgomery episode of Worthfull Project
• Salt Lake City Temple
• Getty Museum

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• Website

I read this quote on Pinterest the other morning, and it struck a chord.

I haven't been grieving anything in particular lately, but I know the feeling of grief and how healing it is to allow it to run its course. It truly is freeing.

And then I started thinking about how allowing any emotion that comes up to be felt is just as important.

When I allow myself to feel what is alive in me in the present moment, I free myself to evolve and move forward. That is part of owning my worth - owning my feelings and letting them go when it's time.

I recorded a quick solo episode on these thoughts and hope it serves you as a reminder that your feelings are your friends - and they won't stick around forever if you let yourself just feel them.

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I had the delightful opportunity to visit the home of my dear friend, client, and co-worker Sammy last weekend while in LA, and we recorded an episode for the podcast.

This isn't a typical Worthfull Project episode. It's a deep dive into the nuance of worthfull communication and leadership from the perspective of someone who has some SKILLS.

Sammy is an incredible businesswoman, talent scout, and has a mind for curation and powerful conversation like few people I've met. She works with some of the most successful and influential people in the world and she finds ways to present them in the best light. Working with her has been wonderful, and becoming friends has been even better.

I am grateful for the chance to record this conversation so that more people can hear the brilliance of a worthfull woman in the workplace and in life.

Show notes

• What some of the most important people in the world teach us about self-worth (4:32)
• How to understand the appropriate level of vulnerability to share in professional settings (11:12)
• How Sammy learned to own her worth as a successful businesswoman (18:07)
• The difference between being a strong, type A leader and being a stereotyped "boss bitch" (22:14)
• Leaders who have inspired Sammy in her own leadership style (24:10)
• How to own your worth as a leader (26:03)
• The value of candor and optimism as a leader (30:19)
• What death teaches us about our purpose (43:06)
• How our worth is built by being honest with ourselves (51:36)

Links we mention

• Mimi Truong
• PTTOW!
• WORLDZ

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"I've learned new ways to be protected and stay soft."

I just got to LA for a work trip and have been noticing my emotions and thoughts on returning to the city that so much of my worthfull journey has happened in.

The most palpable feeling I recognized on my first night here was the weight of the armor that I wore when I lived here -- armor I thought I needed to protect my self-worth as I rediscovered it.

It was a powerful moment of perspective as I realized how heavy that armor was and how much energy it took for me to wear it for 4 years in this city.

I recorded a short solo episode on this topic because I want anyone who feels like they are wearing emotional armor to know that it doesn't always have to be that way.

It's possible to be soft, tender, worthfull, happy, and at peace AND to be strong, safe, protected, and armor-less. I hope this message serves you as much as it has me.

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I have been working on (and procrastinating on) a big project for months now. It's going to be a really wonderful thing once I finish it. But I've had plenty of resistance come up against me doing just that.

I realized today, after committing that no matter what, today was the day that I would finish the project, that this resistance has been pushing on me the whole time, but it was subtle. As it often is.

Instead of me feeling burdened by the resistance to finishing my project, I found all kinds of great things to distract myself with.

And it wasn't until I got some serious accountability from true friends that I could really feel the power of the resistance to me creating something really great that would force me to own my worth.

Of course I wanted to record a solo episode about this because the resistance shows up for any of us who are choosing to own our worth. Our egos want nothing more than to keep us safe and hidden in our comfort zones. But that's not what our worth is meant to do.

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Links I mention:

• Chase Jarvis Live Show

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I read this little snippet of a poem this morning during my morning routine and it sunk right into me.

What a beautiful way to think about happiness - a holy redemption that is our choice.

At the end of the day, I had a conversation with my friend Henry, and found myself telling him about all the beautiful parts of my life that I have cultivated because I said so.

I realized that the happiness I have attracted -- the holy, redemptive kind -- is possible because of the conscious choices I made to shift my lifestyle. Because I said so, I have never been happier.

This is one of the most beautiful parts of owning your worth. Here are a few short thoughts on what level of happiness is possible because YOU say so.

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Links I mention:

• Henry Ammar

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I have something special to share with you in honor Valentine's Day today -- and in honor of the journey I've been on to open my heart back up to love, from a place of worth.

For the past few years, and the past year specifically, I have been healing some deep wounds around love. I've been learning new habits, letting old ones go, rewiring my brain and heart to attract love based on worth.

It's been an extraordinary journey, that I am still in the middle of, and I've been blessed with so many tools along the way. I've also recently attracted a wonderful man into my life, so it felt time to share what has been working to do that.

I wanted to open my heart and share more than I have before. To offer anything that has supported me to you and trust that it will be of service.

I wanted to send you a love note today, a reminder that when we live worthfull lives, we attract in the very best, and that includes amazing relationships and the partner of our dreams.

I'd love to hear what tools have supported you in opening yourself to love and attracting worthfull relationships. We're all in this together. Much love today and always xoxo.

Links I mention:

• Calling in the One by Katherine Woodward Thomas
• Cole Bombino
• The Dark Between Stars: Poems by Atticus
• If You're In My Office, It's Already Too Late by James J. Sexton
• Esther Perel
• mindbodygreen.com
• Rob Bell
• Pema Chodron
• Joan Chittister
• Rick Warren
• Modern Love podcast
• Where Should We Begin podcast
• Couples Therapy podcast with Casey and Candice Neistat
• Rich Roll podcast - episodes with his wife Julie Piatt
• My Femme playlist on Spotify
• My Lovey playlist on Spotify

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I watched a TED talk today that made my whole world pause and sort itself out. You know the kind?

This one is by a couple, Mark and Simone, who have faced extreme challenges. They called their talk, "A love letter to realism," and it made me think of the choice I have every day to own my worth regardless of my circumstances.

I've thought about this topic a lot, especially while on this worthfull journey, and something about the TED talk inspired me to put my thoughts into a solo episode so that I wouldn't forget what I'm learning.

In short, I know that I bring value to any situation I am in, regardless of my personal circumstances, when I choose to own my worth. This is the foundation of a worthfull life.

I hope you watch the TED talk, and I hope you remember how capable you are of sharing value by being your whole self.

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Links I mention:

• TED Talk: A love letter to realism in a time of grief
• Victor Frankl / Man's Search for Meaning

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I read a note in my phone this morning (during my morning routine) that I wrote 4.5 years ago.

It was from the very beginning of my big life transformation - when I quit my corporate job, was in therapy, building a whole new kind of life.

I had written out a list of blog post ideas for a blog I hadn't even fully designed yet; one of them was this: "Your time may be now or you may be in process. Be patient and don't rush the journey."

As I read that again this morning, I realized I've been having this conversation repeatedly lately.

It's something I think we all struggle with at times -- while we are in process -- and the timing felt just right to revisit this topic years down the road with some perspective.

My intention is that if you are in "the process" of finding your worth, becoming the best version of yourself, building your dream, etc. this episode gives you a boost to keep going for another day, while being kind to yourself.

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"I was willing and committed, but I didn't know what that meant yet."

Links I mention:

• Cole Bombino

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"I felt myself come back home to myself. And I didn't even know I was away."

I've been so excited to share a solo episode on Season 2 of the podcast because I have SO MUCH to share.

Over the holidays, I moved from LA to Salt Lake City, shifted my entire work flow and clientele, took a six week break from work, reconnected with old friends, made lots of new ones, spent time with my family, let myself enjoy the holidays and . . . healed.

That's the word that keeps coming up for me when I think about what the last couple of months have felt like -- a deep healing on a physical, emotional, and mental level.

I have never felt more calm, joy, peace, health, or energy and it's because I've come home to myself.

I've let go of trauma and energy and lifestyles that don't serve me. I've received support and love and abundance from all sides.

I've remembered how it feels to be myself. It's the best feeling and I can't wait to share my thoughts with you -- because I know it's possible for you too.

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Links I mention:

• Cole Bombino

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"All the messy things that happen in our lives make our message stronger."

I recently met a gorgeous angel in real life - my new friend Marj who is an incredible singer, vocal coach, actor, mother, wife, speaker, author, etc.

I barely knew Marj when we sat down to record this episode, but I knew she had a wealth of wisdom about worth to share.

As we talked about her extraordinarily challenging life (growing up in Haiti, surviving one of the biggest earthquakes ever, moving to the states and so much more), her light just kept shining brighter.

I loved talking with her about how committing to your vision is essential for creating the life you want - above any circumstances, labels, or challenges.

I also loved talking with her about what to do when you aren't clear on what you want and why that isn't a bad thing.

This is yet another gem of a conversation that I'm delighted to be sharing.

Show notes

• How breakdowns reveal the beauty in our lives (6:45)
• What extraordinary challenges teach us about our worth (11:50)
• The power of labels to keep us captive or set us free (14:19)
• How we can lose our identity in how we talk about our worth (18:30)
• What being a singer has taught Marj about self-care (25:10)
• How to create consistency in your life when your circumstances are all over the place (26:32)
• The value of being anchored to your worth (28:40)
• How to create a life worth living (29:53)
• Why we need to let go of perfectionism (34:17)
• What to do if you are unclear about what you want (36:40)

"Say yes to realize why you'll say no later."

Links we mention:

• Be Still

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"When you give God time, He'll talk to you."

Wowie zowie. Season 2 of the Worthfull Project podcast is upon us, and there is a change in the wind.

I knew I wanted to elevate the show and the conversations I was having. Because why not?

So I thought about the best conversations I have and how I can bring those to the show.

And I started recording them with some of the most beautiful, brilliant people I've met.

This first one was revelatory to me, and maybe it will be for you as well. I sat down with my dear friend Traci, who is a master scriptorian and just started teaching the study of ancient scripture at the university level.

You can imagine the kind of conversations we have about God, purpose, life, faith, etc.

And while I thought we were going to be discussing just the worth of studying ancient spiritual texts to find wisdom about ourselves, we ended up going down rabbit holes we didn't know the direction of.

What we ended up discussing at the end of the episode is one of the most exciting and meaningful lessons I've learned on this worthfull journey so far. It's a clarity that came to me about how our infinite worth is related to the worth we place on our actions.

This is the beginning of a whole new chapter of the Worthfull Project. Thank you for joining me in it.

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Show notes:

• Basic helpful tips to find value in studying ancient spiritual texts (4:46)
• Why you don't need to live in an exotic location to have deep spiritual experiences (6:40)
• Why written words are so powerful to learn spiritual wisdom from (11:40)
• The benefits of going straight to the source when seeking wisdom (13:12)
• What we can learn in between the words that are written (14:18)
• Why it's valuable to learn from imperfectly written records (19:05)
• Why we feel self-worth when we achieve something that we committed to (24:10)
• How our self-worth is affected when we do something that doesn't fit our moral code (26:32)
• The choice we have to become unworthy or become worthy (33:04)
• The connection between feeling unworthy because of our actions and our relationship with God (36:40)
• Why God will always want to be in relationship with us (40:53)
• How God holds the vision of our worth (44:22)

"The feeling of unworthy is actually the feeling of being separated from my worth."

Links we mention:

• The Book of Mormon

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Wowie zowie, here we are at Episode 50 and the end of the first season (and the first year!) of the Worthfull Project podcast!

I have all joyful emotions at this moment. Gratitude, grace, abundance, happiness, appreciation, respect, humility, and more.

To think that a year ago I started this podcast because I said I would and now I've been able to experience so much beauty and connection through it is a BLESSING.

To celebrate this little milestone, I invited back my first guest (and one of my best friends), Rebecca, who has been my accountability partner the whole way through.

We reflect on a whole year of worthfull living, what we have created, and where we still have room to grow.

I'm taking the last few weeks of the year to meditate and prep for an elevated Season 2. I can't wait to keep going on this journey with you.

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Show notes:

• The relationship between good things happening to us and standing in our worth (3:03)
• How to own your worth when you aren't working a "job" (4:51)
• What ownership actually means (9:20)
• What it looks like to own your worth while in uncharted waters (10:54)
• A near death experience perspective on why worth and love are the foundation of our existence (20:10)
• Why our perspective on our worth impacts our choices so much (24:27)
• The worthfull practices that have meant the most to me this year (25:30)
• Where Rebecca and I are still learning to own our worth (29:31)
• How your body signals to you when you are not owning your worth (36:05)
• The relationship between money and self-worth (37:30)

"Recognizing where you have choice, and choosing to exercise it, is a very big deal."

Links we mention:

• Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander
• Margo Majdi

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Sometimes a friend offers to record a podcast episode with me and they are the type of person who is willing to discuss the things most people are not willing to discuss.

That is when I get really grateful that we are recording a conversation together. I've found so much value through the years in hearing the candid truth about the unpretty parts of life. Because that's how I've learned to accept and love myself through my own unpretty chapters.

My friend Rebekah is one of those candid, self-loving kind of people. She's been THROUGH IT -- divorce, financial scarcity, perfectionism, food addiction, etc. And she's coming through it like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

We decided to record an episode about how she learned to own her worth while in a crucible of reinvention. I felt like I was looking in a mirror while she told her story. I think you might too.

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Show notes:

• Why it's important to heal your body in order to heal your mind and heart (5:45)
• How to begin the process of a massive life change (9:04)
• The power of the stories we tell ourselves (14:26)
• How to get out of a crucible into hope and healing (15:59)
• An analogy for forgiving yourself or others (19:27)
• The power of deciding where our worth comes from (22:30)
• What perfectionism holds us back from (27:50)
• How to view a crucible as a gift (30:20)
• What self-love looks like in hard times (38:01)
• The importance of trusting yourself (45:40)

"Knowing at the core who I am is what helped me the most."

Links we mention:

• Summit of Greatness
• Forks Over Knives
• Brene Brown
• Eat to Live
• The Book of Forgiving
• The Gifts of Imperfection
• Khalil Gibran
• Boundaries
• The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
• Experience Gratishift
• Henry Ammar

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My friend Aimee and I have endless conversations about the worth of being artists, how to value our creative time, what is possible when we spend more time in creative pursuits, and on and on.

So when she mentioned it could be an interesting conversation to record a worthfull episode on, I AGREED.

I've always had an artistic side to me and even studied Humanities in college. I've spent years and years pondering on the worth of the arts. This conversation is different though, because we talk about the worth of the artist.

I love Aimee's perspective because she is not only a prolific artist herself (photography, glass blowing, ceramics, etc), she teaches the rising generation how to do the same.

This episode is for all the listeners who wish they spent more time being creative but have doubted the worth of that time. 

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Show notes:

• How to identify your worth separate from the value of your creations (8:02)
• The value of ideas over outcomes (10:40)
• Why artists add so much value to communities independent of their art (14:30)
• The process of valuing your artistic work (19:05)
• Why we need to treat our creative ideas like they are worthfull (28:40)

 

"The idea might be more important than the actual object."

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I had a few ideas of what I was going to record today's episode on. I have been traveling and wrapping up some chapters of my life in LA.

I wanted to skip today's episode because I'm tired and ready to vacation. And I'm traveling. And it's late. And I've been doing a lot.

And then as I was texting my dear friend Rebecca, I was reminded of how much this project matters to me. And that it's important for me to be honest about what matters to me. And it's important for me to do what matters to me.

So I recorded this quick solo round as a reminder to myself as much as to anyone listening that telling the truth MATTERS. It matters so much -- in our relationships, with ourselves, and in all our actions.

The foundation of my self-worth is built on how I keep my word. And it is so worth it to tell the truth.

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I just moved from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City and was a little occupied for the past two weeks (hence missing a week of posting an episode).

However, what I experienced during the move was so beautiful, I couldn't wait to share an episode on the topic.

I have moved many times in my life but rarely have I ever received all the support people offer me. When I wasn't owning my worth, I thought that other people should receive support before me -- people who "needed it more."

Due to my commitment to worthfull living, I said yes to ALL the support I was offered this time around, and MY OH MY what a beautiful, easy, joyful, non-exhausting experience it has been. I am overflowing with abundance in all areas as a result of receiving support.

In this episode, I use my move as an example of what's possible when we receive all the support that is offered to us on a constant basis -- because we're worthy of it.

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I got a text from my friend Danielle recently that said, "I'd be happy to share how I'm learning to own my worth while going through a divorce."

Wow, yes. What a gift this conversation was. Danielle and I met a couple of years ago when she moved to LA, but rarely saw each other. When she separated from her husband, we connected again and I was immediately impressed with her candor and courage in the middle of an extraordinarily hard situation.

When we sat down to record this episode, we spent a long time talking about all the things we've learned from broken relationships. It was poignant and profound and this conversation is no different. 

I value these conversations so much, and in this one, I remembered so much of what it means to be human, to choose love, and to own our worth when we are grieving the loss of the things we care most about. I hope you do too as you listen.

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Show notes:

• How to manage your thoughts and emotions when you are going through a breakup (5:46)
• How our feelings are a reflection of our worth (10:37)
• What to do when you are emotionally exhausted (11:35)
• How seeing worth in others reveals our worth to ourselves (14:01)
• The power of vulnerability in our co-worker relationships (17:57)
• Danielle's list of tips for navigating divorce (14:15)
• The value of doing things out of your comfort zone when your life is in transition (35:07)
• Why staying in a toxic relationship is doing no favors to anyone (50:01)

"Everything that you are feeling is valid. And no one should be able to take that away from you."

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I'm right in the middle of a busy stretch of work weeks and having a great time. So it felt fitting when my good friend Nick asked me to record an episode on the difference between value and worth.

I've been thinking a lot about my value in the workplace lately as I've been transitioning my clientele and getting interesting new gigs.

But I know that the very best gigs come when I own my worth. My value is a reflection of how I own my worth.

Here's a solo round on my journey to extricate my value from my wo

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Links I mention:

• Chase Jarvis
• Creative Live

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I have been a mentor coach in one of my favorite leadership trainings for the past couple of months and it has been wonderful, as always.

But this past weekend, during one of our weekend trainings, our coach led us through a visualization that was so powerful, I knew I needed to write it all down so that I'd never forget.

I then decided it would be even better if I recorded an episode about it as well -- so that I really don't forget :)

And of course, my invitation is for you to take advantage of this visualization as well. It's so simple and so profound.

It has to do with the very core of our worth -- the wisdom we have always had but that we often forget to tap into.

I hope you take the time to do this visualization. And I hope you remember how full of worth you are when you do.

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Links I mention:

• Ascension Leadership Academy
• Jenna Phillips Ballard

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One of the biggest lessons I've learned from living in Los Angeles for the past few years is to honor the worth of everyone around me -- no matter their circumstances.

So many people in this city are experiencing homelessness. I see people sleeping on the street I live on every night. 

It can feel like an overwhelming issue -- so much suffering and challenge and struggle. But I've been learning to see this as a chance to honor the worth of everyone around me, to see myself in them, and to give the most simple offering I can -- my acknowledgment of their worth. 

As I was walking home tonight and pondering this, I realized that my energy levels are directly related to my level of worth. When I let my circumstances dictate my worth, my energy can plummet. But when I anchor myself in habits that remind me of my worth, my energy soars, despite my circumstances. 

I recorded a few of my thoughts on this to remind myself that my relationship with my worth determines my level of energy. And I can always control my relationship with my worth.

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Do you ever feel like your worth goes down the toilet when you haven't created any results lately that you can show others to prove it?

I definitely experience this. Not as much as I used to. But I definitely feel this still at times.

I was feeling this way a couple of days ago and actually got excited. I realized it was a perfect worthfull episode in the making.

Because if there's one thing I've learned on my worthfull journey so far, it's this: my worth will never be reflected fully by my results. So there's no need to measure my worth by them.

Here's a short and sweet reminder of what to do when your inner voice is telling you your results aren't good enough.

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I got to have one of the most important Worthfull Project conversations so far while visiting my dear friend (and college roommate) Liann Seiter last week.

Liann has known me for 11 years, long before worthfull was an idea in my head or I had any idea what it meant to own my worth.

She has witnessed me in so many phases of my own evolution and growth and we've talked about the whole journey as it unfolds.

So when she recently went through a big personal transition in her identity -- leaving her religion of 30 years, changing careers, and building a new belief system -- we knew there was a juicy conversation waiting to be recorded.

Liann graciously shared what it was like to go through such a significant identity change, what opened up to her through deep grief, and what all of this taught her about her worth.

I love this conversation. I think it's so important to talk about our differences and how we find our worth within them. It matters so much.

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Show notes:

• The challenges of leaving an identity you've had for a long time (5:30)
• Why we try to prove our worth with keeping ourselves busy (8:15)
• What our fear tells us about leaving an identity (11:10)
• Why our actions can never prove our worth (12:25)
• How to begin to build a new relationship with your worth after a crisis (16:10)
• The value of doing versus being (17:25)
• What happens to our worth when we stop trying to prove ourselves (18:57)
• A mindfulness practice to get present with yourself, just as you are (23:15)
• Why it's so much better to acknowledge our fears than to ignore them (28:15)
• How to create new relationships with people after a big identity shift (34:39)
• The difference between being nice and being kind (39:01)
• Liann's tips for building a new identity during transition (41:45)

"The value of a life does not come from what they do, but just from being."

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I keep having conversations and getting asked questions about how to own your worth during big life transitions.

Things like marriage, divorce, becoming a parent, starting a new career, etc. I've been thinking a lot about this as well since I'm in the middle of some big life transitions myself (career shift, moving, dating again).

I LOVE this part of being worthfull. Big life transitions are some of the best opportunities to practice owning my worth. They are times when how I decide to show up matters way more than any particular identity I am labeled with.

It's when I remember that my energy, or spirit, speaks much louder than my labels. And that is at the core of what it means to own my worth.

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Show notes:

• Dallas Clayton

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I was talking to my roommate Candice last night about how I'm learning to manage my responsibilities and also take care of myself.

We talked about how responsibilities can feel like battles - career, money, relationships, spirituality, etc. - and how they can overwhelm us if we're not mindful.

I found myself sharing a thought that I've had many times but had never spoken out loud. I've learned to choose my battles on any given day and only expect so much of myself.

This has made a dramatic difference in my life. Instead of expecting a constant production and output of myself, I'm learning to ebb and flow with the battles I'm facing. 

I'm learning to respect my unique journey and only choose the battles I'm capable of handling. This has become a standard for me of living a worthfull life.

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I had a few requests from friends for episode topics and I was about to record one on career change. But then I realized I had an opportunity to talk about something much closer to my heart today.

I am single, I've been single for a long time, and I just got rejected yesterday in a promising relationship. So it's a perfect time for me to check in with how I'm owning my worth while being alone.

I know a lot of us experience alone-ness on many levels. Being alone in the sense of being single, without a romantic partner, is definitely a poignant and sometimes heavy kind of aloneness.

But something changed for me in how I view this experience of aloneness in the last year.

My relationship with myself has beautifully transformed as I've practiced owning my worth by myself. And I'm really grateful for this transformation.

In this episode, straight from my humble, single heart, I'm sharing the ways I've learned to be at home and whole with myself. It's one of the best parts of worthfull living.

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Show notes:

• What it means to create home within yourself (5:55)
• How to shift from being rejected to valuing yourself (10:35)
• Ways to take care of yourself like you are your dream partner (15:40)

Links I mention:

• Ascension Leadership Academy
• My Pinterest quote board
• Rupi Kaur

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I got to talk to my dear friend Bryce this week about how he's learning to tell the truth. He's been on a journey of opening up and finding his voice again after years of brutal challenge.

Not only has he weathered abuse, addiction, and a 9 year ongoing bout of cancer, Bryce has lived a lot of his life in fear of what other people will think of him if he tells the truth.

So relatable.

As we discussed his recent breakthrough around speaking the truth and using his voice again, I realized that this conversation is at the core of self-worth. So I asked him if he'd record an episode with me. It's incredibly powerful.

Bryce has been a great teacher and friend to me the six years I've known him. I've seen him at all stages of health and sickness, misery and joy, despair and miraculous healing. 

To hear him talk about how he's learning to own his worth is stunning. 

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Show notes:

• How to find your voice if you've lost yours (6:45)
• The power of choice to choose our perspective on anything (9:00)
• Why we need to let go of our attachment to how people view us (10:38)
• How important tough love is in our relationships (12:50)
• A helpful way to think about feedback (16:02)
• The value of honesty in our relationships (19:03)
• How telling the truth improves our health (22:40)
• Why Bryce views cancer as a self-worth teacher (29:20)
• What rehab taught him about the value of truth-telling (33:30)
• Bryce's advice to addicts of destructive habits (38:10)

"Cancerous thoughts are so much worse than cancer itself."

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I had the huge blessing to be a mentor in a leadership training this past weekend. It's something I do once a year and it always fills me up with gratitude.

About 3 years ago, I took the training myself, and it was transformational to say the least. To this day, it's still a huge part of me learning to own my worth.

Since I was back in that environment this weekend, I was reflecting on how far I've come, but also what I still am working on.

I remembered a quote that I discovered back when I was fresh in this new mindset of possibility, responsibility, and self-love. It's simple and to the point, but every time I read it, it reminds what owning my worth really means.

I recorded a short and sweet episode around this quote to encourage each of us to love the parts of ourselves no one claps for. It's where a worthfull life begins.

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• Ascension Leadership Academy

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I wanted to dive into one of the most important topics of living worthfully today -- dropping the habit of self-judgment and returning to the habit of self-love.

This has been a HUGE part of my journey to own my worth. Huge. It's ongoing, and I'm constantly learning as I go.

It's one of the most challenging pieces of living worthfully, but it's also one of the most rewarding.

As I was journaling this morning, I wrote down a list of things that have changed in my life since I stopped judging myself. It was one of the most beautiful lists I've ever made.

This episode is one of my favorites so far. I hope you enjoy it as much as I've enjoyed re-learning to love myself.

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Show notes:

• How I learned to judge myself as a child (5:05)
• The first step towards shifting out of self-judgment (10:34)
• How the process of detoxing from self-judgment is opening Pandora's box (13:20)
• The mental checklist I run through now when I catch myself in self-judgment (14:30)
• Why I needed a foundation of self-love to face my deepest insecurities (18:25)
• How our self-judgment gets reflected in our judgment of others (20:35)
• Things that changed when I stopped judging myself (24:12)

 

"My self-judgment was cutting my dreams off at the knees."

 

Links I mention:

• Judgment Detox by Gabby Bernstein

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