Can you honestly say you use your voice and live a life of yeses? Many women struggle with allowing their lives to be what they desire and deem most important.

This week I sat down with Jill Hollander, a resiliency coach who teaches women to find and use their voice. Her unique story of heart failure, a heart transplant, and surviving cancer will move and inspire you as she explains where our voice is first developed, how to be our own advocate, find our unshakable courage, and what it feels like to live a life of yes!

One of the hardest things to teach is self-connection—yet, connecting with yourself is the only way to create a sense of belonging and empowerment, and it’s the only way to find authenticity. With that much riding on inner connection, we have to build an inner relationship that starts somewhere, and that somewhere is within you.

Jillian from Bar Harbor, Maine, wrote in and said, “Danielle, I read a quote the other day that said, ‘If you do not feel like you have a place in the world, connect with your inner self.’ (End quote). That’s a fine statement, but what if you do not feel like you are connected with yourself, either? Sometimes I feel as if I’ve been asleep my entire life. As I do more work on healing and growing, as you suggest, I feel as though I need a few more tools to connect with myself. What would you suggest?

What would you say if I asked you to name five things you’ve learned during your self-love journey? Could you do it?

It’s a huge question that makes most women stop and reflect. Self-love is an ongoing lifelong journey, but there are definite lessons to reflect upon because loving yourself is not something that only happens in your heart and mind; it’s also found in your actions, beliefs, and the way you show up to your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and financial well-being and health.

This week we’re taking a one-on-one deep dive into fairly universal lessons that loving yourself teaches you and how to recognize that you may love yourself a bit more than you’ve given yourself credit.

Your mind craves stillness. It desires to feel good and be a peace. You find that peace right inside of you. It’s always been there and waiting for you to call it to the forefront. To find it, place your hand over your heart. Allow your breath to match the perfect beat inside your chest. Your heart is the center of peace—it’s your guide. When you go within and connect your heart and mind in one aligned source of energy, love, and light, you quiet the rumblings of your life.

This week we continue the conversation with Emotion & Body Code Expert Jennifer Bradford in Part 2 of our dive deep into how emotions influence our daily lives. We’re taking you on a journey through understanding the subconscious and its power to release what may be trapped and what you may be broadcasting into your experiences without even realizing it. Jennifer even hands over a powerful practice that you can try today.

Do you make sound decisions and bounce back quickly when hard times occur? Unfortunately, most people struggle with doing so because they are missing one fundamental daily practice that helps them thrive when life brings a storm their way.

What is it? It’s the practice of daily resiliency building.

This week we’re taking a one-on-one deep dive into what resiliency is and how we can mindfully create a practice that helps us not only elevate our thinking and emotional stability but also helps us when we experience massive, unexpected changes like the ending of a relationship, the loss of a job, or even the death of a loved one.

Resiliency is more than bouncing; it’s a life skill built, so we have it when hard times occur. Today I’ll show you exactly how and it is so simple you can start using it today!

Oh, my goodness, this is the 100th episode of the Get Your Life Together, Girl Podcast! What an adventure this has been—I’m so grateful for everyone who has listened, written in, asked questions, and suggested topics. You’ve made all 100 episodes incredibly special. I’m excited to see what another 100 brings.

Today, I thought we would chat about purpose!

So, let’s dive in. First, I want us to shift our perspective. I believe we have gotten too narrow in our thinking when it comes to the idea of living our purpose or finding one life purpose. This conversation may go against popular belief, and I’m okay with that.

Emotions give us humanity, and although we often make the mistake of classifying them into only negative and positive, every emotion is necessary and valuable as they influence every part of our daily lives. We make decisions based on whether we are happy, angry, sad, bored, or frustrated. We choose activities and hobbies based on the emotions they incite. Understanding emotions can help us navigate life with greater ease and stability.

But what happens when our emotions become trapped and are left unhealed? I asked Jennifer Bradford, an Emotion & Body Code expert, that question. Together we deep dived into what emotions are, how they can rule our lives, and how each of us has the power to shift any emotional experience no matter how long ago the event took place.

Change is the flow of life. It is the essence of life itself. We live and grow in seasons—the season of light and joy where grace and gratitude are born, the season of darkness and sorrow, where lessons are taught, and growth wraps its mighty presence around us in preparation for the moment we can and must spread our wings.

With every season, there is change. There is purpose. There is a rhythm we all have come to know and experience.

Your thoughts are powerful. They create your reality, but if your thoughts are not based on truth, the reality you create is off-balanced and holding you back.

This week we’re taking a one-on-one deep dive into examining the common lies we tell ourselves, why these powerful misdirectors show up in our lives, how they run against our ability to love ourselves fully, and how to break up with these mistruths once and for all.

Nearly everyone has heard the term “mindfulness,” but not everyone knows what mindfulness actually means. In fact, if you type the word Mindfulness into Google, you’ll be overwhelmed by the number of articles, books, videos, and content that appears. So I’ll save you two minutes—once you hit enter, over 739 MILLION results appear on Google alone.

Xander from Rhodes, Greece, wrote in and said, “Danielle, I have listened to every episode of your podcast, and you often mention being mindful or use the word mindfulness. I’ve heard a lot about mindfulness over the last year, but I’m not sure I know what it means or how to be mindful. Can you put mindfulness into simple terms that we can all understand? And is there an easy way to practice mindfulness that helps us in our healing and growth journey?

The road to self-love often comes with both endings and new beginnings. Yet, the ends tend to undo us and make us doubt our worth, abilities, and self-esteem, especially when talking about our most intimate relationships.

In continuing our search for building self-love, I sat down with my friend, Laura Patricia Martin, the host of the Happy and Healing Podcast, as she and I moved through what it takes to have full ownership of ourselves, self-love, steady relationships, and then we leaned into the important of self-inquiry.

Today, I am offering myself kindness and respect. I am actively and attentively honoring my body as I move beyond body standards and embrace my physical form, as it has been, as it is now, and as it will be. From today forward, I pledge to speak words of affirmation to myself each time I look in the mirror. I promise to respect my reflection by feeding it healthy thoughts and emotions, as I know this is as important as the food, I fuel myself with, too. I have the power to love myself without the conditions those around me have asked me to own and without the standards of anything I’ve been taught or told, and today I’m actively making this choice. I acknowledge that loving myself and the vehicle I have while on this earth is sometimes messy, and yet, from now on, I give the best of myself to honor the girl I am, from the outside in and vice versa. And if I mess up, take a sidestep, think or act out of alignment with this new frame of thought, I know I can start over right in the here and now.

Let me ask you a question: What do you see when you stand in the mirror? Do you like the way you look? Do you immediately notice your perceived flaws and begin to feel upset with what is before you?

Body image is not merely superficial. It can be so intense that it dysregulates your emotional well-being and mental and physical health, while it creates a storm so big that you struggle to find balance, self-love, and inner peace.

We are taking a one-on-one deep dive into loving ourselves from the outside in! First, we’re unpacking the one mistake most women make when loving their physical form, and it’s different than you might think. And then, we’ll talk about how to change your relationship with yourself so that you can elevate your life.

Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I here?” “What is my purpose?” Or worse, “How did I get here?!”

Not knowing your purpose or how your life has been molded into something you cannot recognize as yours directly challenges self-love, inner peace, and overall life fulfillment. The trust is taking steps, no matter how small, to live in alignment with our soul’s purpose can drastically change our inner and outer world in ways we can’t even imagine.

To go a step further, to get your life together, you must know what you want and where you’ve been. That’s why I sat down with soul-centered mentor Clarie Campagna to talk about the long-term impact of feeling stuck and uncertain of your life’s path and how each of us can start to identify our needs, passions, and ultimate purpose.

Do you lack balance? Most women do! Today, I am guiding you through creating daily balance through a simple process.

Every day we have an opportunity to start over—to dig our heels in, extract what is working in our lives and give ourselves permission to release what is not. As simple as that sounds, the radical act of starting over is far more entitled and can be paralyzing for some. Yet, no matter how many roadblocks we put in place or experience in our lives, the truth is: that each of us has the power to start over and begin again, no matter our circumstances, our age, or any other excuse we may use to keep ourselves trapped in the small boxes we were never meant to live within.

This week we’re taking a one-on-one deep dive into starting over, how we must confront what makes us uncomfortable, we’ll move through a plan on how to start over in a grounded, centered, and mindful way, and then we’ll uncover how starting over leads us into self-love and inner peace in ways we never thought were possible.

Each of us comes to a space and time in our lives where endings occur, things change, doors close, and new pathways open. While change, starting over, and finding new ground can be comfortable, it can also be the most revolutionary experience of your lifetime.

It’s in this time, this moment, that together we claim and honor where you are and where you are headed. It’s at this moment that we welcome a chance to start over.

As we do, being to slow down your mind. Take a deep breath, allowing the air to float down your throat and meet the bottom of your lungs. Bring your body to stillness, dropping your shoulders away from your ears and soften your expression. Listen to the noises around you while you clear your mind.

With your next inhale, prepare your heart and mind for a journey of welcoming new opportunities that are mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically gratifying.

This week we’re doing something a bit different. Life coach Rachel Varitimos from the ‎A to B With Rachel V.  podcast invited me on her show to talk about the long-term impact of negative thoughts and negative thought cycles. The conversation was so good that I had to share it with you. Together, Rachel and I uncover how your thoughts can own you, how to overcome anxiety produced by your thoughts, especially social anxiety, and how to discover your gifts by healing trauma and changing the thought cycle. Because, let’s face it, our thoughts can either support or break us, and without a solid thought foundation, the path to inner peace and self-love is an uphill, impossible battle. The next hour is meant to inspire you to take action to embody your greatest life and hand over the blueprint to ultimate self-love and inner peace.

Do you lack patience? Being patient is a massive struggle for many people, but for women, especially. Some of our impatience is due to our many roles and responsibilities, and some lead back to our habits and routines. We take on how to practice patience in today’s Mindset Reset.