The Self-Awareness and Self-Compassion Podcast

This episode marked a moment of completion for this podcast, and since then, this work has continued in a new way. If you find yourself resonating with this transition, I now host a podcast called Anchored & Alive with Blaze, where we explore emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and living in rhythm with your energy as it evolves. You can listen to it here. It's been a wonderful three years of creating and producing this podcast, but for now it's time for a break. I am so apprec...

🌿 If you’re here, you may be exploring what it means to treat yourself with more care, respect, and honesty. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a podcast focused on emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself over time. You can listen to it here. When life presents us with difficult situations, we often forget to pause and assess ourselves for all of the things we are capable of and offer. But when...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. Sometimes we have feelings about the hobbies we choose to pursue, despite starting with all good intentions. Part of learning any new skill is coming to terms with being te...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. Depending on how you work best, you might prefer a schedule that is fairly rigid and has smaller bursts of scheduled activities, or you might thrive when you clock out mult...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. How do you use technology? Do you feel it benefits you? This week I share my experience using fitness trackers and the ways it has both helped me and stressed me out. ...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. How do you value your time? Is there a threshold of excellence you strive to achieve that holds you back from enjoying hobbies? Sometimes we compare ourselves to people who...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. This time of year is about a quieter execution of goals. The exuberance of the Spring and Summer have come to an end, and while that brings with it a sense of loss and list...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. Technology is always changing and disrupting industries. But the shift into using artificial intelligence on the scale that is being offered today seems deeper than any oth...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. I tend to discount small actions as if I only get a little done it’s not enough. But, I don’t need to get everything done all at once, and what I’m capable of doing and sho...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. A chronic symptom of the culture we are in is that we want to consume more, do more, and be more all the time. Our expectation is that self-growth is the most positive thin...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. Where do you look for confirmation that you’re on the right track in life? We sometimes wait for the feedback we get from the world to be positive to keep moving forward on...

🌿 This podcast is now archived, but these conversations around self-awareness and self-compassion still matter deeply. I now continue this work on Anchored & Alive with Blaze, a seasonal approach to emotional regulation, burnout recovery, and building a steady, supportive relationship with yourself. Listen here. Mental and physical exertion both take a lot of energy, but we often forget how much learning costs our energy reserves. Back in 2008, I went to the first Illustration Mast...