442. Maria's Career Advice, Stories from Hosting Eurovision & Dealing with Public Criticism

Welcome to the inaugural edition of potluck Saturday, your random Saturday Better Together. On this episode, we review this week’s Patreon Heal Event and dissect some of the teachings, therapy, and healing offered to members of our Heal Squad. Maria surprises us (and herself) by popping in on the episode. Maria, Kelsey, and Keven break down some of the interactions and offer advice and guidance for anyone who doesn’t feel they’re enough or is trapped in a situation that is killing them. We hope this is a great listen. This is the first of many random potluck Saturdays for when we feel the need to share. We look forward to your comments and to let us know if we are on to something. P.S. We are still open to ideas for our Slay for a Sleigh Christmas content. Again, we don’t know what Slay for a Sleigh means, we just know, who doesn’t want to Slay for a Sleigh?! Happy Saturday! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

28 Aug 202147min

Regular Guys and Gals, we fooled em again and made it through another week.  When you think everything is war, everything will be a war. Sometimes you need to go to war and when you do, it's where your focus must go.  When you ask the universe for answers in key moments of life transition, you'll get them. But beware! The universe's initial answers may be a means to test you: to see if you're truly ready to change. There are not bad days, just bad moments. Can we really change who we are?  Ida Kendall says speaking from your greatest place of inadequacy and where you're most vulnerable will cut through years of self-defense, survival constructs that prevent fulfillment.  Tony Robbins says the Dickens process, identifying three limiting life beliefs and the negative consequences they've produced and replacing them with three empowering beliefs will create fulfillment. Kels and Kev say summer may almost be over BUT Christmas is around the corner. ADD moment #1: can the movie Love Actually really be compared to It's a Wonderful Life.  A Regular Guy Christmas podcast could have the answers. ADD MOMENT #2: We still plan on holding our 'Slay for a Sleigh' contest. Still no idea what the contest is BUT who the F doesn't want to Sleigh for a Sleigh? Bye Betches. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

27 Aug 20211h 12min

Originally Aired: July 30, 2020 Feeling stuck? You NEED today's episode. All of us have been there, even Cornell trained Psychologist Dr. Nicole LePera. When she noticed she was stuck in the same negative thought patterns and beliefs, she pivoted her entire philosophy on psychological wellness. Now billed as @The.Holistic.Psychologist, Dr. LePera has built a community of nearly 2.7 million  #selfhealers on Instagram who have changed their lives through Dr. LePera's practical everyday healing tools. Dr. LePera believes in the enduring power of addressing our inner child, and believes that most of our negative thought patterns date back to lessons instilled by caregivers. By learning how deepen our conscious mind, engage in self-observation, and make deliberate choices, we can experience a full 180 in our own lives. You WILL leave this episode with new daily practices that can change your life as well! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

26 Aug 20211h

Originally Aired: February 11, 2021 Are you someone who believes you’re not living your life’s purpose. Better yet, do you not know what your life's purpose is at all? Leading wellness guru, bestselling author and Ayurvedic expert, Sahara Rose  has you covered. In this episode of Better Together, Sahara reveals to Maria the 9 basic personality archetypes that exist, helps us discover which archetype we are the most, and how to honor that archetype. In doing so, we can learn our life's true purpose and mission and have the fastest route to happiness and fulfillment.    Dharma Quiz: https://www.dharmaarchetypequiz.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

25 Aug 20211h 23min

Originally Aired: January 6, 2021 Have you been experiencing increased anxiety and depression  over the last year? I know I have and I'm sure we're not alone.  Anxiety and depression levels have been increasing for years and the pandemic has only heightened matters dramatically. Hope came today via my interview with performance expert/modern renaissance man Aubrey Marcus who shared incredible groundbreaking, natural remedies that could be the ultimate cure for so many mental and emotional ailments.   Aubrey is studied in the world's most ancient spiritual traditions including the use of psychedelics. If you're like me, you're TERRIFIED about the idea of #ayahuasca or #mdma (aka psychedelic drugs), but Aubrey makes a VERY compelling case to give it a shot. If that's not for you, he goes in depth on alternatives such as deprivation tanks, shamanic breathing and ecstatic dancing. There's PLENTY of safe, practical advice to settle your soul and turn your life around.     --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

24 Aug 20211h 34min

Originally Aired: January 14, 2021   Imagine your life if you shifted your thinking from: "how do I look," to "how to I FEEL?" Don't you think it could change your life? For Jessamyn Stanley, bestselling author and celebrated Yoga practitioner, it HAS changed her life, her followers lives and now your life. Jessamyn is a plus-sized Yoga teacher, who has proven Yoga isn't for skinny girls in Lululemon drinking expensive juices, it's for everybody and every BODY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, Jessamyn teaches us how Yoga is more than a physical exercise.  Yoga is the cure for anxiety, self loathing, envy and the feeling you're not enough.  It will also give you daily breakthroughs on who you are in this world and what your purpose is.  If you've ever thought, "why would I ever do Yoga," you'll leave this interview thinking, "why would I ever NOT do Yoga!?"   RESOURCES:   Jessamyn's Website: www.jessamynstanley.com IG: mynameisjessamyn --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

23 Aug 20211h 4min

Hay Kweenz, we fooled 'em again!  We made it through another week for another edition of Regular Guy Friday. If you have only a hammer in your tool box, then everything becomes a nail. Traumas are opportunities. People with talent AND consciousness will always question themselves. And people often can't see you beyond what they see in themselves. Narcissists believe the world owes them, says Lisa Romano. Kweenz are spelled with a K, says Astrid Brookes. Speaking of Kweenz, Kev and Kels have a bestie who works for Ava Max – whaaaaat??!!! PYE stands for Protect Your Energy and we must protect ours from toxic people. And speaking of toxic people, Maria thinks Kev's advice to Kelsey is toxic and so is he. Oh well, surely Kel's former co-worker, Tom from Nordstrom's, can do better. #kweenz #krisp #kweenfluencer --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

20 Aug 20211h 18min

Originally Aired: February 10, 2021 Movie, TV Star and best selling author Meagan Good sat down with Maria and the #HealSquad to discuss everything from Brittney Spears to working on the set of Friday. In between, Meagan shares the prayer rituals she developed and utilizes to get answers from God on major life questions and decisions. Meagans reveals how this process helped her to find a husband and teaches us how we can do the same.  She opens up on how her faith in God always comes first and how she navigates Hollywood carrying that sentiment.  She also discusses how she avoided the pitfalls of child stardom and how parents and kids today can do the same.  Maria and Meagan discuss Proactive Marriage Counseling, how parenting and marriage may not be for everyone and fear of being a parent, in general. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/better-together-w-maria/support

19 Aug 20211h 10min