Mental Notes From My Minivan

I’m back my darling babies and today I’m talking about how after a major holiday season breakdown I’m embracing the liberation of Having No Perfect (or even Good) Choices right now. Also chatting about our collective burnout and how Just Being is truly all we need to be. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

I’ve had ADHD all my life was diagnosed in my late 30’s but have not done much research or sought treatment until how. How the fiasco of my first pottery lesson led to me to understand how much it has been limiting me and hindering my self acceptance. And why I’m ready to make some real changes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

When Survivors speak publicly they are often met with crushing pushback. Many sense that they then need to manage the public perception and fallout. This episode helps survivors to navigate these fears and to stay in their own lane to healing. I also speak to how we can all be better at understanding why Survivors choose to go public and how critical it is that we support them. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

In part 1 of this episode: How I put an end to my tormented striving to find my Purpose and started living an life of self acceptance and purpose fulfilled. In part 2 I talk about how the fear of the opinions of others can keep victims silenced and forever trapped in trauma. How finding the courage to risk upsetting and alienating others will ultimately bring us more love peace and healing than anything we ever stood to lose. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Returning after a very long hiatus with a crowd favourite MMA fighter coach and gym owner, Joe Garcia! We talk about how devastating Covid-19 was to his business, his lifestyle and even his identity and how he pivoted, got creative and grew. A really inspiring chat! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

If you are feeling overwhelmed depleted numb disconnected frightened or all of the above right now you are not alone. I have been struggling with the same but I can shift to a better state when I choose to. It’s never been more important for us to take care of ourselves. I talk about what I’m doing to protect my mental health and proactively manage this season of grief and chaos in this short and impromptu podcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Darlings! I’m back with some affirmations and guided breathing and stretches you can incorporate into any situation or challenge to manage stress and help you to know that you are capable of managing each moment as it comes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Do you find that you do fine with the “New Normal” for a few days, and then suddenly find yourself dipping into a zone where everything feels *super* weird, overwhelming and even scary? In today’s episode, I’m talking about this common new phenomenon and my personal strategies for how to get out of the valley and making the rollercoaster ride less intense in general. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Dr. Gardner has the perspective of treating patients with Co-vid-19 in various markets: suburban, rural, sleepy towns and Las Vegas. Our chat focuses on making the best of our new normal, doing all we can do to protect ourselves without spiralling into paralysing fear and an overwhelming preoccupation with the virus. And ways we can protect our mental health, build immunity and create unity during this trying time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Is quarantine making you bitchy, intolerant, irritable. judgmental and generally not your best self ? ME TOO! In this 2nd anniversary of my podcast I unpack why fear can look like unkindness, how love is not about being controlling and the things which are helping me to start being kinder to myself and others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

A permission slip to give yourself grace and just be YOU as you adjust to this new normal. I also walk you through calming grounding exercise that works for me when I’m having difficulty interrupting an anxiety spiral. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

On this week’s episode I chat to mega accomplished college scholar athlete (and the new “ridiculously photogenic running guy” meme) Ryland Black about the Wim Hof method. He’s used the method to help him run a 4 hr marathon without training, recover from serious injury, prepare for exams, and achieve excellence in every area of life. He introduced me to it and I’m so grateful! A fascinating chat about the science and simple discipline behind becoming a little more superhuman every day. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Jason Ratliff joins us from Dubai to talk about some of the challenges which face African American men who deal with mental illness. He candidly speaks of his own path toward healing from debilitating anxiety and depression and makes a strong plea to his community to recognize how prevalent this is and stand up to the stigma around seeking help and healing. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

In this “way out of my comfort zone” impromptu episode I talk about the things that have been helping me to thrive lately and the sacred comfort I have been receiving in between. Talking about the Wim Hof Method, cold exposure, pole dancing?! and opening my mind more to metaphysical messages and signs with some pretty amazing results. (I don’t care if you think I’m crazy -she says..kinda caring but not enough ;) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Today I talk about the “emotional guidance scale” and how if we identify how we are feeling we can make the choice in the next moment to move ever so slightly up the emotional scale. This gives a very solid, accessible and practical breakdown of how we can climb the emotional ladder from despair/fear/shame/hopelessness.... rung by rung to feelings of joy, peace and empowerment. We can also give ourselves grace for whatever state we find ourselves in, and gently and kindly introduce other options. This REALLY WORKS. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

By popular demand my lil bro is back! We are talking about the courage it takes to be willing to sit in the present moment and the enormous gains that can result from that. If you are constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop, stuck in the past or obsessed about the future, if you keep waiting to arrive or to do enough to feel as though you are enough, if you are self sabotaging or feeling paralysed about living your purpose or if you just love listening to South African accents.. This gem of an episode is for YOU --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

My teenage son and I talk about how our relationship has helped him to stay out of trouble and his theories regarding parenting style and teenage rebellion. . This one is for any teen or parent of a teen who want to have a more trusting, open and fulfilling relationship --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

My brother Seth has been an extraordinary support to me in healing from Complex PTSD which he too deals with. His compassionate wisdom and solid, scientific insights have helped me to negotiate some of the most complicated relationships and emotions of my life. Please tune in as we discuss reuniting after I left the Mormon faith and he remains devout, and how we are protecting ourselves with good boundaries while we also work to heal ourselves through the peace of forgiveness and moving forward. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

In this episode I recount the shame spiral I went into after running my first marathon and why . I share the extremely effective tools I’m using to silence my harsh inner critic, while gaining increasing peace with myself and others regardless of what I can, have or will achieve. These things are allowing me to confidently go after what I really want and fully enjoy the *process* of accomplishing my goals while detaching from the outcomes outside of my control. It’s a really good one! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support

Why I hold back from promoting my creative work and why that’s about EGO! How I turned a tantrum over being injured a week before my first marathon into recognizing it as the gift I had been asking for. This isn’t the Pollyanna approach it sounds like but it is helping me to stay in the game. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kirsty-sayer/support