Love Your Life Show: Personal Growth, Mindset, + Habits for Busy Moms
304 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 163 ratingsThis podcast is for you if you want to learn how to love the life you’re living, the things we weren’t taught in school. Learn more at www.SMBwell.com or Instagram @smb.wellnessThings like mindset, habit formation, goal achievement, value-based scheduling, purpose, midlife reinvention, menopause and perimenopause health and wellness tips, how to have difficult conversations, how to handle conflict better, how to heal from narcissistic abuse, and much, much more! Susie Pettit has been helping high achieving women and moms learn and practice the foundations to life satisfaction. You are here to thrive, not just survive. I help overwhelmed, stressed, and busy moms feel less resentment, less frustration, less overwhelm, and more joy. I teach how to use emotional intelligence, the 5 pillars of wellness, and mindfulness tools to bring inner calm to moms, midlife women, and you!
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How to Stop Overthinking
July 07, 2021 04:04 - 28 minutes - 32.3 MBOverthinking paralyzes us, creates anxiety, and lets our child reactive brain run the show. This week gift yourself FREEDOM from overthinking. Susie used to be the best overthinker out there and today she shares her simple framework that's helped her break free so you can too! Show notes and image of this framework at www.smbwell.com/152 Join the movement and become a midlife warrior today: www.smbwell.com/membership Tell Susie what you thought of the episode on instagram: https://www.i...
How To Overcome Debilitating Anxiety and Childhood Trauma with Christen Bensten
June 30, 2021 04:07 - 48 minutes - 50.7 MBToday we have author and small business owner, Christen Bensten on the show. While many of us have not experienced the level of childhood trauma or debilitating anxiety that Christen has experienced, we all have had childhood experiences that mark us. As a result of this, this interview is one you don't want to miss. This past year, Christen published her memoir, Starving. In it she shares her difficult, yet hopeful story of growing up in a constant state of fear, managing her anxiety and...
My Top Energy Hacks
June 23, 2021 04:09 - 23 minutes - 28 MBI'm often asked how I have so much energy. Listen in because I tell all today. I give my top energy hacks and then one super bonus tip just for you. Please do me a favor and share this with at least one other person today. The more of us feeling good and high vibe in our life, the more good and high vibe there is in this world. Let's go warriors! You matter to me! Show notes at www.smbwell.com/150 Follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/smb.wellness/ Get your special copy ...
3 Practices to Stop People Pleasing
June 16, 2021 04:25 - 25 minutes - 30 MBPeople pleasing isn't nice. It isn't nice to you and it's not nice to the other person. We are lying to ourselves,. saying yes when we mean no and we are setting our relationships up for disconnect and pissiness (is that a word?!) When I say yes in order to avoid conflict or because I want others to think I'm nice, I'm BSing myself and the other person. My BS leads to the land of BS (bitter and sour). I lived many years like this and so have the experience to lead you out of this. To h...
Boundaries without the B*tchiness
June 09, 2021 04:05 - 27 minutes - 31.3 MBWhat comes up for you when you hear the word boundary? For some, it's a B word....b*tch. You think you are a b*tch if you set a boundary or if you set one you're being b*tchy. The reality is quite different. It's when I don't set boundaries that I act like a b*tch. When I don't set boundaries I feel misunderstood, used, resentful, angry....you name it (and it's not good). Please listen in and then share this episode. We are not taught this in school and most of our homes were codependent ...
Drama Free Conversations with Michelle Icard
June 02, 2021 04:09 - 33 minutes - 37.1 MBHow much drama do you bring into your conversations? Oh warriors, I have brought a LOT of drama into my conversations over the years. Whether it's been in my delivery (jumping in too fast anyone?!) or beating around the bush or being defensive or being overly bossy (I know, hard to believe!).... Help is here! Michelle Icard is on the show today to help us have drama free conversations, whether it's with our middle school aged child or our partner. Listen in and then let us know what you...
Beat Burnout Now
May 26, 2021 04:48 - 19 minutes - 24.2 MBIf you're anything like most right now, then you're feeling burnout big time right now. And you want to beat burnout now. I get it. And I want you to beat it too! The world needs you! I made this episode for you because I know you don't have much time.... AND....you're probably sick of feeling how you're feeling. Listen in and then commit to these two things (they take under a minute). Action is the antidote to despair. Commit in the comments. We are more than 90% more likely to do s...
5 Ways to Feel Better post COVID
May 19, 2021 04:30 - 25 minutes - 30 MBYou feeling it? Excited to be getting back into it and exhausted about getting back into it? Energized to see people and do things again and overwhelmed about seeing people and doing things again? YEP! It's a both and! And you're not alone. Tune in to this week's show to learn of 5 ways to start feeling better today. Choose one and then leave me a comment on an instagram post from this week or in the show notes at www.smbwell.com/145. We are 80% more likely to do something if we tell...
3 Best (and Quickest) Mindfulness Tools
May 12, 2021 04:50 - 24 minutes - 29.2 MB2020 has us feeling like we've been hit by a truck. Here are my 3 quickest (and most effective!) mindfulness tools to learn how to feel better. Resources mentioned in this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/144 Continue with the conversation over in our Private Facebook community of women just like you facebook.com/groups/smbwell If you liked this episode and you want more Susie, she can be found daily on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/smb.wellness/ If you're ready ...
Forgiveness
May 05, 2021 04:51 - 30 minutes - 34.3 MBHow often do you feel angry? Resentful? Listen in because this podcast on forgiveness is for you (it's not what you think!) The post Forgiveness appeared first on Susie Pettit.
Anger
April 28, 2021 04:54 - 21 minutes - 26 MBWhat do do when you feel angry? What can you do when you feel anger? How often do you feel anger about things that happened in your past? How much resentment do you hold towards other people? How annoyed are you at other family members? Or maybe you're never angry. You say "It's all right" or "it's okay" more times a week than you can count. This episode is for you. Anger happens. When we resist it, ignore it, or try to talk it away, our mental and physical health suffers. Let me help y...
What are you Tolerating?
April 21, 2021 04:44 - 20 minutes - 24.7 MBThere is a lot of heaviness out there. We are tired of “this”. We’re worn out. We're fed up. We feel tired, sluggish, and heavy. We are tolerating a lot in our lives and that leads us to these feeling states. I hear you and am I am here to offer help and support as you are not at all alone. Listen in, This episode is for you. The post What are you Tolerating? appeared first on Susie Pettit.
Anxiety and Parenting
April 14, 2021 04:32 - 22 minutes - 27.3 MBWhen I meet with parents, I hear two main things: how stressed or anxious they are about their child. Well lucky us! Listen in as I share my top two tools to help! And don't skip this just because you don't have children. You are in relationships, whether with your own parents or with your spouse, friends, or coworkers. You don't want to miss learning about these SMB fan fave tools! Show notes at https://smbwell.com/140 Parenting Teens Survival Course at https://smbwell.com/parenting T...
Emotional Labor with Gemma Hartley
April 07, 2021 04:25 - 38 minutes - 41.2 MBFed up? Burnt out? Feel like if you don't ask, it will never get done? Sick of doing it all? Oh my warriors, have you ever heard of emotional labor? Listen in to this week's episode as I get to interview Gemma Hartley, the interview of the book: FED UP! Emotional Labor, Women and the Way Forward. Listen in and then tell us what you think on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/smb.wellness or in the Warrior Women Facebook Community at facebook.com/groups/smbwell Show notes for this ...
Conscious Parenting and Compassionate Living
March 31, 2021 04:08 - 26 minutes - 30.6 MBThis post is for anyone who has a parent. Lol though not kidding. If you're a parent, even better. If you're in a relationship, platonic or romantic, even better! Today let's drop our defenses so that we can learn, love, and accept ourselves and those around us. Here are two tools to become more conscious, compassionate and mindful in our parenting and in our living. The post Conscious Parenting and Compassionate Living appeared first on Susie Pettit.
3 Steps to Strengthen Your Decision Making Muscle
March 24, 2021 04:24 - 30 minutes - 33.8 MBShortening the time it takes to make a decision moves us towards living that life we want to be living. When we spend a lot of time in indecision, we feel stress, overwhelm, and mental fatigue. That's not what I want for you warriors. Listen in to learn the three main factors to consider when making a decision and then let's work together to strengthen our decision making muscle. I'm here for you warriors! This is where coaches are magical. I am not in your life. I have the unique abilit...
Future Casting
March 17, 2021 04:56 - 20 minutes - 25.3 MBDo you spend more time believing in future you want or finding excuses for why it's not possible? If you're like most of us, you spend time imagining your worst life rather than your best life. If you're like most of us, you spend time using your imagination to futurecast a life you don't want to be living instead of one you do want to be living. Tune in to this week's podcast as I speak of futurecasting and offer tools to make sure you're programming your brain to work for you. You matte...
Story Telling: Past and Present
March 10, 2021 05:25 - 18 minutes - 23.1 MBWhen people ask you about your past, what story do you tell? This is important because as humans, we are unreliable narrators. We think we are telling an accurate version of our life story but we are telling it through our subjective lens. In simple terms, the way we experience life is filtered through the lens through which we see it. Listen in as I share two different stories I can tell about my past and how they help and hurt me. Let me help you find the both and experience that sets u...
Playing Big with Kim Strobel
March 03, 2021 05:17 - 46 minutes - 48.8 MBHave you been told you're too much? You laugh too loud? Talk too much? Are too direct? Or is it just me? Lol because I know it's not. From very young ages, women are taught to play small, to be small, and to not rock the boat. I was praised when I did what others wanted me to do over what I wanted to do. I was threatened or punished if I spoke up for myself or my needs. How does this show up in our lives as young women and beyond? We learn to hide our true selves and abandon our de...
The Enneagram: A Brief Overview
February 24, 2021 05:12 - 20 minutes - 25.2 MBOh warriors, this is a great episode! Today I am diving into an ancient personality typing system called the enneagram. I discovered it last year and learning about it has helped me deepen my discovery of myself and why I do what I do. This month we have been focusing on our relationships with other people and today, we're finishing up the series by focusing on your most important relationship, the one we have with ourselves. The enneagram is a magical tool that can help us with all of thi...
Top Ways to Ruin Relationships
February 16, 2021 05:32 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBHere you go: The top ways to ruin your romantic relationship. Frankly, these ways can be applied to most any relationship. The irony is, we tend to be better behaved in our other relatksohips; more mindful of what we are doing and what comes out of our mouth. We are experts at adding drama to our intimate relationships and here are some ways we do that. If you liked this episode and you want more Susie, sign up for the weekly wellness newsletter full of more awesome tips and tools to help Y...
You’re Not Broken
February 10, 2021 05:28 - 20 minutes - 25.2 MBYou're not broken Did you need to hear that? Listen in to this week's episode as this is the sex-ed we never received. The sex education, that because I didn't get it, I went through the first thirty years of my life thinking something was wrong with me. Thinking that I was broken. Truly. And I'm not alone. Coaches and sex therapists report that the number one complaint of women is that they fear something is wrong with them. That they are broken. You're not. We don't know what we do...
Let’s Talk about Sex with Dr. Sonia Wright
February 03, 2021 05:43 - 48 minutes - 50.5 MBSex is a wonderful part of our wellness and healthy relationships yet we rarely talk frankly about it. Let's change that today!! In this episode of the Love Your Life Show, Dr. Sonia Wright, a sex coach for midlife women, is on the show! We discuss some amazingly helpful topics to help you feel empowered and uplifted. -Show notes and all links mentioned for this episode can be found at www.SMBwell.com/130 -More freebies from Susie: www.smbwell.com/newsletter -Don't miss a single episod...
Choose to Live This Year For You
January 27, 2021 05:02 - 10 minutes - 17.4 MBWhen we say yes to something new, we are saying no to something else. If you’re a woman growing up in the society, that probably means you’ve been saying no to you. The choices you've been making may have led you to say no to your dreams, to your goals, to your health; to your life. Let’s change that. Choose You this year. Listen in to specific steps on how to choose you. You matter to me. Please share this episode with one other person who may resonate with this message. If everyone ...
Is This All There Is?
January 20, 2021 05:09 - 17 minutes - 24.7 MBHave you ever asked yourself the question: Is this all there is? This episode is for you. I've asked that question and I now know why. I call this your soul ache. That inner knowing that you keep putting yourself off. Your soul knows. You feel it. It’s a gentle nudging. A longing. Glennon Doyle speaks of the knowing. Let me help you. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/128 If you liked this episode and you want more Susie, sign up for the weekly welln...
Don’t Waste Anymore Time
January 13, 2021 05:18 - 18 minutes - 23.3 MBWe waste a lot of time getting distracted from our best lived life. Thinking we need to do what others want us to do or focusing too much on our weaknesses instead of strengthening our strengths. We waste a lot of time avoiding our life in our thoughts and in our actions. We think up excuses of why things are as they are. We take action that isn't most aligned for us. Looking on facebook, drinking, organizing our desk, you name it. Let's stop wasting time. In this week's podcast episode ...
Your Future Self
January 06, 2021 05:43 - 22 minutes - 26.8 MBWe humans often define ourselves based on what we have or haven't done in the past. That leads to futures that look very similar to our past. In fact, our futures looks very similar to what everyone else around us is doing and has done also. If we want something different, we need to start using this tool. Listen in to learn where can you use your future self to create the future your best dreams are made of. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/126 Conti...
New Year’s Resolutions or a Word of the Year?
December 30, 2020 05:59 - 17 minutes - 22.1 MBWell, here we are. At the end of a year that none of us could have ever imagined. There were many many lessons and discoveries this past calendar year, and if I could highlight one above all it would be this: we do not have as much control over the external circumstances of our lives as we like to think we do. Things happen around us. Quarantines, violence, elections, to name a few. 2020 reminded us that, as individuals, we have limited control over many events and outcomes in our life. Th...
The Gift of Self Acceptance
December 23, 2020 05:06 - 25 minutes - 29.8 MBHow you think of yourself, how you treat yourself, how you value yourself, how you speak of yourself has more of an impact on your wellness and health than any other relationship. How much attention do you pay to you? How well do you know yourself? Here are three ways to get started nurturing that important relationship this year. Give yourself the most important gift this year. The gift of learning about yourself. The gift of being yourself. Listen in and learn what I'm talking about...
Emotional Abuse, Manipulation and Emotional Immaturity
December 16, 2020 10:37 - 25 minutes - 30 MBFear has no place in love. Deep connected relationships have a foundation of understanding and love, not tiptoeing and fear. Listen in as our experience of 2020 has brought many troubling relationship patterns to the surface. I share and speak openly about my past experiences of emotional and verbal abuse while providing support to help you or a loved one out of this untenable situation. Love is open. Love is kind. Love does not involve fear or manipulation. Please listen in to learn the...
Sober Living with Lori Massicot
December 09, 2020 05:35 - 38 minutes - 41.9 MBHave you gone to a book club or event with the intention to not drink and had alcohol pushed on you? When you say: "I'm not drinking tonight" people look at you like you must be ill or pregnant? Alcohol is one of the most widely-used and normalized drug on the planet. My own experience with sober living and wanting to learn more about aging healthy and what alcohol does to my brain and body led me to discover the awesome Lori Massicot. Lori Mossicot is a life coach specializing in sobriet...
It’s Not About You, It’s About Them!
December 02, 2020 05:32 - 23 minutes - 27.6 MBHey dear warriors, lean in close. I have a big secret for you today. A big aha that will impact your overall happiness and the health of all of your relationships…. It’s not about you. What they said; What they did; What they didn't say; What they didn't do... It’s not about you. Listen in for my two ways to bring some freedom back into your life. One of the greatest things we can do for ourselves and for the people with whom we are in relationship with, is to set them free to be ...
10 Ways to Raise Your Vibrational Frequency
November 25, 2020 05:39 - 17 minutes - 22.7 MBHow you feeling dear warrior? How do you WANT to be feeling? While we don't have control over a lot of what's happening in our lives, we do have control over our reaction and thoughts about what's happening. In today's episode I go through 10 ways you can deliberately raise your vibe! Whatever and wherever we put attention on grows. When we train our brain to look for what’s wrong in the world or in our life, we find evidence for that. I am here to assure you that the opposite is also t...
How to Deal With Energy Vampires in Your Life
November 18, 2020 05:17 - 26 minutes - 31 MBOh dear warriors. I honestly can’t believe I haven’t yet shared these tools with you or made a post about my experience with energy vampires. I will cut myself a break as I probably needed to do more healing first. Today I'm ready. Energy vampires, cluster B personality disorders, negative people....they're out there. This podcast will help you identify them and give you tools that work magic in these relationships. If you are currently married to one of these personality types, please ...
Your Own Worst Enemy: Comparison, Judgement, Jealousy
November 11, 2020 05:35 - 19 minutes - 24.4 MBOh dear warriors, I am so excited to talk about how I cut back on drama by switching my view on this one area of my life. What’s the area? Listen in. We all do it and I have tricks to not only do it less but also feel better about yourself in the process. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/118 If you liked this episode and you want more Susie, sign up for the weekly wellness newsletter full of more awesome tips and tools to help YOU! http://bit.ly/2gYQMl...
How to De-Stress Your Home
October 28, 2020 04:06 - 21 minutes - 26.1 MBThe majority of my work and my podcasts address the internal clutter and crap that we add to our lives. The cognitive distortions, the limiting beliefs, the inner critic, the stuff happening in our brains. That's because that is where the magic occurs. When we change how we think of things, the way we feel about those things changes. When we take control of our mind and manage the 60 to 80,000 thoughts that we think each day, we will feel less drama, less stress, and more ease. This doesn’t ...
Drama Free Living with Tanja Shaw
October 21, 2020 04:14 - 37 minutes - 40.2 MBFun conversation on the show today with weight loss and life coach Tanja Shaw! Join us as we talk about: -how we add drama to our life through our language -the importance of being kind and curious with ourselves -how mindset can help us -how to set goals that work for you -her daily practices that help set her up for drama free living and much more! *Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/116 *Continue with the conversation over in our Private Facebook...
How to Ask Yourself Powerful Questions
October 14, 2020 04:46 - 14 minutes - 20 MBWe ask ourselves questions all day every day. Listen in to see why it's important to pay attention to the questions we are asking of ourselves, how our brain reacts to questions we ask, and one big thing to avoid when going through our days. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/115 If you liked this episode and you want more Susie, sign up for the weekly wellness newsletter full of more awesome tips and tools to help YOU! http://bit.ly/2gYQMlA Continue with...
Top 10 Ways to Get Out of a Funk
October 07, 2020 04:42 - 19 minutes - 24.1 MBFunks happen. Here are my top 10 ways to get out of a funk, and aside from the first one, they’re in no particular order. Do what works. Just do something. You matter to me. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/114 If you liked this episode and you want more Susie, sign up for the weekly wellness newsletter full of more awesome tips and tools to help YOU! http://bit.ly/2gYQMlA Continue with the conversation over in our Private Facebook community of women...
3 Ways to Give Yourself Permission to Be Happy
September 30, 2020 04:48 - 15 minutes - 20.3 MBToday's final episode in the happiness series and its a great one! Today I give you permission warriors. I give you permission to lay down the superwoman cape and lean into these 3 things to bring more ease and happiness to the life you’re living. You matter to me. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/113 If you liked this episode and you want more, sign up for the weekly wellness newsletter full of more awesome tips and tools to help YOU! http://bit.ly/2g...
A Happiness Journey with Georgia Woodbine
September 23, 2020 04:22 - 40 minutes - 43.5 MBThis week I bring you one the world’s top female speakers. Georgia Woodbine! She has helped to motivate and inspire an entire generation of women and men and I wanted to have her on the show today to lift you up during this interesting year. She illustrates and reinforces how we can have a journey of happiness no matter what external circumstances we have going on in our lives (COVID19, the election, racial transformation, and on and on...). Listen in warriors and then please let us know y...
The Top 5 things Getting in the Way of Our Happiness
September 16, 2020 04:04 - 24 minutes - 29.1 MBToday's episode it a great one! We have so many things on our to do list. This is about noticing the things we're doing and choosing to put them on our to don't list! Listen in as I review the top 5 things getting in the way of our happiness. I introduce the nasty happiness zapper, give an example of how it shows up in my life and then, YAY, provide a solution for each. Your happiness matters to me! Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/111 If you liked th...
9 Things That Happy People Don’t Do
September 09, 2020 04:03 - 19 minutes - 24 MBHave you ever been told to "Be Happy" or to "Think Happy Thoughts"? How about telling you things you could be doing to be happier? I don't know about you but for me, I have enough things on my to do list. In fact, I much prefer a "to don't" list. I love learning of things that, if I stop doing them, life will feel better. Here's your list. 9 things happy people don't do. Adopt one today and feel better tonight. . Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/110 ...
4 Easy Ways to Be Happier
September 02, 2020 04:14 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MBREALITY CHECK: Things weren’t working before COVID Life was just so busy that we didn’t have to pay attention to it. Now life has slowed down and we have the time to pay attention and it's not feeling so great. Good thing I know about this magical thing called our happiness set point and how we can influence it with our daily habits, behaviors and thoughts. Listen in as I tell you 4 easy ways to increase your happiness today . If you want support on your path of raising your happiness ...
Deliberate and Intentional Living
August 26, 2020 04:22 - 15 minutes - 20.2 MB2020. Anyone else tired? Over this? I am hearing from a lot of you that you’re tired of “this”. You're saying you’re worn out. You feel tired, sluggish, and heavy. You are feeling despair. I hear you and am here for you. This episode is the final in a series on deliberate living and intentionality. This whole series supports you to move out of the drain and despair. Instead of hunkering down and waiting for the past to come back, I invite, urge, encourage you to listen in and get de...
Deliberate Thinking
August 19, 2020 04:50 - 17 minutes - 22.5 MBIn order to have a future different than our past, we have to start thinking and believing different and bigger thoughts. On purpose. Over and over. As Dr. Joe Dispenza says, we have to break the habit of being ourselves. If you want things to be different, you must do things differently. Join me this week as I explain how this will help you. Show notes for this episode can be found at https://www.smbwell.com/107 If you're ready to get started with Susie her most popular program is op...
Deliberate Confidence
August 12, 2020 04:40 - 16 minutes - 21.7 MBDo you know what the biggest killer of a dream is? Self doubt. Years ago, it was a big aha moment for me to realize that the reason I wasn't living the life I wanted to be living, the reason I was floating along, surviving in a puddle of stress, was because of what was going on between my two ears. Because of my thoughts about myself and what was possible for me. Oh geez. What we think about ourselves matters. Confidence is underrated. It is the fuel that our dreams are made of. I am...
Avoiding Stable Misery with Dr. Lynyetta Willis
August 05, 2020 04:03 - 39 minutes - 42.9 MBDr. Lynyetta Willis is a psychologist and family empowerment coach. She joins us today to discuss stable misery, what it is, how to avoid it, and how to get out of it. She is an incredible guest and I know you will get a lot out of this show. All links mentioned, including how to sign up for her awesome program launching NOW are in the show notes at https://www.SMBwell.com/105 The post Avoiding Stable Misery with Dr. Lynyetta Willis appeared first on Susie Pettit.
Radical Self Acceptance
July 29, 2020 09:30 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBWhy do so many of us coaches and light spreaders speak of the importance of self compassion, self acceptance, or self love? Oh because, dear warriors! How we think about ourselves impacts all areas of our mental, physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual health. And there are far too many of us out there doubting our brilliance; doubting our amazingness; doubting our excellence. I know I did. Which is why this week I introduce you to the term radical self acceptance. Join in. It's ...
How To Vacation From Home
July 22, 2020 04:25 - 23 minutes - 27.4 MBMany of us are experiencing different summers, whether it's plans being cancelled because of COVID-19 or because of our personal choice to stay at home, it's time to get creative with vacations. Help is here! In this post I explain each and include an “At Home Challenge” so you can make your every day life more like a vacation. Show notes for this episode are at www.SMBwell.com/103 Did you like this episode? Several options for you: -Sign up for Susie's Weekly WELLNESS Newsletter so you ...