An Invitation to Empower Yourself During Uncertain Times

Ever wondered why you're feeling so overwhelmed and disconnected lately? In this episode, I jump back into the podcasting world to unpack the reasons behind our collective stress and trauma, and more importantly, what we can do about it. I share essential insights into how our brains and bodies respond to prolonged stress and how this impacts our overall well-being.

Join me as I break down the key components of my upcoming FREE self-guided course, to be released piece by piece, which will help you manage stress, enhance cognitive function, and elevate your mood and energy because you deserve to feel more confident and capable of taking control of your health and showing up in the world as your best self. Let's embark on this journey together and reclaim our well-being amidst the chaos!

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Hey friend, oh my god, it's been a long, freaking time since I've talked to you here from podcast land. I've been busy Between maintaining my own self-care and creating workshops for organizations who work with trauma victims. Say what, who am I? What's going on? This is awesome, but yeah, but also building a self-guided online course. I really haven't had much energy for anything outside of the essentials, but in light of recent events and with November creeping up on us rather quickly, I've been struck by a newfound energy and compulsion to jump back in with the blog and podcast, and I've also decided to stop worrying about whether or not the online course is complete before sharing it. So today I want to tell you a little bit about this course and why I feel like it's really important that I just start putting it out there, piece by piece, and why I feel like it's really important that you join me as I do.

Speaker 1: 1:04

So. What's happening in our world these days is we are being bombarded by one stressful event after another, and we've been rolling like this for fucking years. On top of that, the average person is over consuming traumatic information all day, every day, and as far as I can tell, there isn't going to be an end to these events and we are certainly not going to give up our scrolling. But here's the thing we humans are not designed to experience and process this amount of stress, especially for this long. The consequences of this are pretty significant Our physical, mental and emotional well-being are suffering considerably, and it's taking a toll on the quality of your life and probably, if I'm not mistaken, leaving you feeling rather overwhelmed, hopeless or even detached from any feelings at all. But you deserve better. You deserve to feel like a confident, capable person in this world, and I want to teach you how. I want to teach you the basics about brain and body function and how these two things work together to maintain your optimal health and well-being. I also want to teach you the effects that stress has on this functionality, that stress has on this functionality, and I want to teach you these things in conjunction with practical self-care skills, because that is what's going to help you to make real, empowering changes in your life.

Speaker 1: 2:37

We're all born into these bodies, but we're never really taught how they work and what they need and why. Why we're consistently reminded of things like diet and exercise Sleep is good for us, manage our stress but then we're sold products and prescriptions that promise a healthier, happier you. But let's be honest these things aren't really living up to your expectations, are they? Now, I'm not here to say that these products and prescriptions aren't valid. What I am saying is they are very small pieces to a much bigger puzzle, to your overall health, wellness and satisfaction, and I want to empower you with more pieces to that puzzle, and I want to teach you how to get curious so you can put these pieces together and get creative with your self-care.

Speaker 1: 3:35

This body, this brain, this vessel that you will literally spend your entire life in, is the dictator of how you show up in this world, and you deserve to know how to take care of it so you can show up like a mother-loving boss, and I'm talking about caring for your whole self, not just your fucking waistline. So in this course, I'm going to teach you the basic functions of the human organism, as well as its fundamental needs. Along with this baseline information, I'm going to give you simple prompts and activities that will personalize the material and train your brain to become more curious and creative, and, through this combination of scientific insights and practical exercises, you're going to discover techniques that will enhance your cognitive function, manage stress more effectively and boost your overall mood and energy. Over the course of our time together, you should develop a deeper understanding of how your brain and body work together to achieve your optimal health and well-being. You should be able to connect the dots between your thoughts, feelings, actions and circumstances, and how they influence your mental and physical states. And, finally, you should feel more confident, capable and motivated to create the changes you need and deserve throughout your life.

Speaker 1: 5:06

Again, this course is not complete. Again, this course is not complete. You'll be receiving it in real time as each piece is completed, because I feel like we don't have the luxury of waiting around for its totality is a paid subscription, where folks who value my content pledge a monthly amount ranging from three to twenty dollars a month, depending on what they can afford. But I know that even three dollars a month can be a stretch for a lot of people, so that's why I'm making the online course accessible for free. If you do want to make a monthly pledge to help support my work, that would be very much appreciated.

Speaker 1: 5:51

But honestly, sharing this podcast episode with your trusted loved ones is also a great way to show your appreciation. And I say trusted loved ones, because here at CMC, we strive to make our community a safe space for our marginalized friends and family. A safe space for our marginalized friends and family. We believe that people have the right to make their own choices about their bodies, including the choice for abortion and gender affirming procedures. We believe everyone, no matter their age, race, gender, religion or physical or cognitive abilities, deserves respect, and we believe creating a safe space looks like acceptance, empathy, encouragement and autonomy. So if you're down for diversity and want to empower yourself and others with practical, effective self-care, please join us at Patreon. You can find links at crystalmcclaincreativecom or in the show notes below. I love you, I appreciate you, thank you so much for being here and I hope to see you soon.