Feminist Wellness

Tune in this week as we kick off with a replay of episode two from way back when! One of the most helpful ways to get anchored in yourself, to see how you can transform your thought patterns and somatic experience of life, is to keep coming back to these tools, to reconnect with these lessons, and to relate in a new and different way that helps you grow even more. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/116  

Lauren Cash and I discuss the roots of perfectionism, nature versus nurture, and the beauty of recognizing the complexity of our humanity when we’re doing thought work. Lauren also has a scientific background and knows how to bring the fun, so we’re nerding-out about psychology, physiology, and sharing our own stories of getting to the bottom of what’s going on in our brains and our bodies. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/115

Tune in this week to discover a more feminist, empowering way for you to think about yourself and the people you love. We’re all doing the best we can in any moment, and I love you and believe in you too much to ever think you’re defective, so neither should you. And when you start down this path, I promise you’ll see that there is nothing to gain from beating yourself up for being you. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/114

Join me this week as I share a super helpful tool that my sister and I came up with years ago to navigate the world together. It’s the most simple and easy concept to start implementing into your life, and it’s going to help you live in true acceptance of the people in your life exactly as they are. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/113

From doing the work of overcoming codependency when your partner actively uses substances to learning how to trust your intuition, and whether thought work applies to those of you with an ADHD diagnosis, I’m exploring it all. So join me today and please keep those questions coming in! Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/112

Join me on the podcast this week as I show you the power of curiosity and how it steers you in the direction of living with intention, trusting yourself, and getting your needs met. This is truly the key to fully seeing and changing the habit of externalizing your self-worth, and I’m offering guiding questions here for you to start inviting this energy of not knowing into your life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/111

When we’ve been living with codependent habits, building healthy relationships can be challenging. To help you along today, I’m sharing the red flags to look out for that signal a codependent friendship, and as always, how to remedy it. I’m inviting you to start visualizing what a more balanced and healthy connection could look like and what is required of you to start that process right now. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/110

Listen in this week to discover how you might currently be disconnected and disembodied. I’m sharing how the somatic framework can provide the space for your mind-body connection to be understood on a deeper level, and how it has helped me anchor and come home to myself to live an intentional and aligned life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/109

Join me on the podcast this week as I show you why the notion of telling yourself you’ll be happy or worthy when you get “there” is so problematic, and what to do instead to create sustainable, life-long healing and shift out of your default thinking patterns. I’m inviting you to try a practice of checking in with your heart’s wildest desires and to see how you can cultivate that feeling within yourself right now. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/108

Join me today to discover what the thought work protocol entails and how our thoughts lead to our results. For those of us living with codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing habits, having this framework not only illuminates the stories and social conditioning that are running unconsciously, but it gives us the tools to attend to ourselves with the level of love and care we are truly worthy of. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/107

Listen in this week to discover what keeps us in a cycle of self-sacrifice and the remedies to help you stop putting yourself last. Doing the work of believing you are worthy of everything you want and need is not easy, but I promise it is so worth it, and I’m sharing how you can start figuring it out for yourself. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/106

Tune in this week to discover the difference between buffering and conscious distraction. Taking a moment to intentionally distract from a powerful emotion helps you use your physiology to your benefit, and I’m showing you the hints from your mind and body that signal you may need a break, and some of my favorite easy ways of doing this in my own life. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/105

Join me this week to discover what the pressured procrastination story often looks like and why it drives you to put things off until the very last minute. If this is a life-long habit that has been integral to the way you function, I assure you there is another way. So as always, I’m laying out the remedy so you can show up without pressure, to let self-love guide you instead. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/104

Tune in this week to discover why dropping into your emotions and body can feel dangerous, and why the frame in which you think about meditation might be making your experience of it even more excruciating. I’m showing you what you may need if meditation isn’t working for you right now, and the alternatives you can try instead to ease into the practice of building up mindfulness. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/103

Listen in this week as I show you why habitually calling something a problem is a common tendency in codependent thinkers, and the work required for you to shift your mind and energy to see the alternative. I’m sharing the antidote so you can start seeing the possibilities available for you when you stop living life filled with urgency, pressure, and worry. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/102

Listen in this week to discover why trying to manage other people’s emotions is not actually a caring thing to do, and how you're lying to yourself if you believe it is. I’m showing you how supporting those you love lies in honoring their real feelings, and I’m sharing the remedies you can use to begin to reprogram the code that tells you it is your job to fix or change their emotions. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/101

Life is full of beautiful, intense, confusing, and challenging lessons, seven of which I will be sharing with you all in today’s episode. These are the biggest takeaways I found on the road to reclaiming my body, mind, and spirit; the road to overcoming codependency and knowing my worth and value. I hope my life lessons inspire you to remember all the ways you’ve grown too. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/100

My loves, the perfect time for your dreams is right now. I’m showing you the science behind why we often choose the path of least resistance, and how to start rewriting the stories that are keeping you stuck in the perfectionistic waiting game so that you can stop putting off pursuing your dreams. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/99

If you want to learn how to start doing something new for yourself with peace, self-love, and dedication to your own growth, listen in. The gut-punching fear of trying something new is totally normal, and I’m sharing the remedies and the most important tool that will reframe how you approach doing something you’ve never done before and may even guide you in celebrating failure along the way. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/98

Join me this week as I urge you to set realistic goals that honor your humanity, instead of the perfectionist thought fantasy goals that often leave you exhausted, frozen, and stuck. Believing in yourself and your dreams is something you truly deserve, and I’m showing you how to start this practice in this episode. Get full show notes and more information here: https://victoriaalbina.com/97