Healthy Relationships: The Power of Choice - Lyn Smith & Shawnnell Batiste

Lyn is joined by Shawnell Batiste - your favourite no BS therapist - to discuss the power of choice, and why it should be our primary focus if we want healthy relationships.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Choices can be for our benefit or our demise. We don't always get to choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we react (from a place of fear/ hate) or respond (from a place of trust/ love).
Healthy relationships are two way streets built on trust. We can't sit in a position of being guarded and refusing to share with people who are open and want to share with us, and hope to carry this relationship forward in an equal and balanced way.
Human beings are programmed to want what society tells us we should want, instead of looking inwards at our own specific individual needs.
Surround yourself with people who nurture and take care of you, but remember that you also have to care and nurture them in return.

BEST MOMENTS

'My purpose is to heal my people'

'I find that people trust you more when they know more about you'

'If we were more "This is what I need" and be honest with ourselves, we'd be happier'

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ABOUT THE GUEST - Shawnnell Batiste - Therapist

Shawnnell is a barrier breaking, no bullshit, licensed professional counsellor who specializes in providing mental wealth services, to marginalized and disenfranchised populations, including BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, foster/ adoptive families, and formerly incarcerated individuals.

She offers virtual psychotherapy services to clients of all ages in Louisiana, Texas, and Internationally.

As the founder of Choosing Empowerment LLC, Shawnnell has built her practice on the principles of the power of choice, healthy relationships, and high accountability. She is dedicated to providing access to services for all and has created a training ground for therapists of color and those with a sincere passion for serving marginalized populations.

Shawnnell is also a mental Wealth advocate, coach, speaker, author, and leader in her community. With an honest, informative, supportive, compassionate, non-judgmental, and understanding approach, Shawnnell empowers her clients and everyone around her to do the work necessary to heal and become their best and highest selves.

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Website https://www.choosingempowerment.com

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ABOUT THE HOST

Lyn Smith – (The Queen of HEARTS) – Love, Dating & Relationship Expert

Lyn’s personal story is a very inspirational and harrowing one of how she went from having unhealthy and unfulfilling relationships with men (on the back of several serious traumatic sexual assaults in her teens) to now being in a soul fulfilling relationship which makes her feel alive, is full of passion and gives her inner peace.

She has a proven track record as a Love Solutions - Relationship Expert / Trainer / Inspirational Speaker and Best-Selling Author based upon her own vast personal research, experiential learning and training with the world’s leading industry experts.

Understanding the polarisation of masculine & feminine energy resulted in her creating massive attraction and a passionate, intimate, fulfilling relationship – that inspired her to design & present her own course programmes to share these break-through relationship techniques with women across the globe.

HEARTS Entwined is a world-class service based on care and understanding, which is committed to providing step-by-step high-value love, dating and relationship solutions.

Lyn makes a difference by helping you make a difference; she has a vision of contributing back on a global scale – to create a lasting legacy of safety, dignity and opportunity for children and women who have survived rape, abuse and severe trauma as a result of war crimes and sex trafficking – through the setting up of worldwide – ‘you can heal your life’ centres.

CONTACT METHOD

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