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45 Big Bad Beautiful Boundaries

November 21, 2020 By Shauna

WHAT THIS EPISODES ABOUT…

Hello and welcome, I’m Shauna Hoffman

I thought for this week’s podcast I would delve into boundaries. It’s funny, one of my original ideas for this podcast is the A to Z of self-awareness. Well, since I have done quite a few episodes on what awareness is it’s time for me to go to B. Boundaries! Stick with me as I navigate the whole alphabet of self-awareness.

So we hear the word “boundaries” thrown around a lot in the personal growth world. Let’s delve into the big bad and beautiful of boundaries in your world.

Basically, a boundary is a personal guideline you set up for yourself. Limitations that guide you to your own behavior and the kind of behavior you accept from others. Personal boundaries in the simplest terms are what you create to establish how other people treat you. Or how they behave when they are around you. When you have healthy boundaries you empower your relationships to be truly caring, emotionally respectful, and appropriate. Most importantly these are the kind of limitations you put on yourself and around yourself to keep you safe. These boundaries can be anything from physical boundaries, to emotional, social media, material, financial boundaries, sexual boundaries, personal space boundaries, tolerance. WOW! Where do we begin?

First, let’s delve into the reality that self-awareness and boundaries go hand in hand. Sometimes in order to set boundaries, you have to be really self-aware of what you DON’T want in life or in a relationship. You need to be able to check in with your own needs, emotions, hurts, growth. All that stuff that is wrapped up in self-awareness. You need to be able to see what is working in your life and what isn’t.

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44 The Glass Ceiling Is Shattered, Rebroadcast of The Voice Of A Woman

November 15, 2020 By Shauna

WHAT THIS EPISODES ABOUT…

Hello and welcome to a Journey To Self Awareness. I’m Shauna Hoffman.

This last week has been a whirlwind of excitement and emotion, fear, and confusion. So, I decided rather than trying to focus on a new podcast… which, honestly is a stretch for me this week… I would honor the fact that we have the First Female Vice President in our History! No matter if you are a man, woman, democrat or republican, the shattering of the glass ceiling to elect a female into the second-highest office of the land is groundbreaking and historical.

So I thought I would rebroadcast episode #22 The Voice of a woman. Oh, and just an FYI, when I speak of The last episode I am referring to Episode #21, The Great Unlearning.

So with great pleasure and with unbelievable pride in the fact that so many women came out to vote in this election, I offer you…The Voice Of a Woman.

Listen in…
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43 Talking Creativity With Mary Robinette Kowal

November 7, 2020 By Shauna

WHAT THIS EPISODES ABOUT…

Hello and Welcome, I’m Shauna Hoffman.

I hope you have been kind to yourself this past crazy week. Today I am so excited to welcome another conversation that will help us breathe a little easier and get in touch with one of the most joyous sides of ourselves, our creativity!

There is no one I am more excited to have as a guest than Mary Robinette Kowal. Let me share with you a little of the magic she brings to the world.

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut duology and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories series and Ghost Talkers.

She’s a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the RT Reviews award for Best Fantasy Novel, the Nebula, and Locus awards. Stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, several Year’s Best anthologies, and her collections Word Puppets and Scenting the Dark and Other Stories.

Her novel Calculating Stars is one of only eighteen novels to win the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards in a single year. As a professional puppeteer and voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), Mary Robinette has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures, and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She records fiction for authors such as Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi.

Seriously! And there is so much more to this creative woman that is not in that bio! Welcome, Mary Robinette!

Mary Robinette, you are one of the most creative people I know. You exude creativity. Not just what’s on your bio, puppeteer, writer, but the clothes you create, every social media post that describes your feline family, your passion for creating or finding the most delicious libations, your pie making! All of that is born out of your beautiful creative mind. Have you always been in touch with that side of you?

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41 I Don’t Agree, But I’m Listening

October 24, 2020 By Shauna

WHAT THIS EPISODES ABOUT…

Hello I’m Shauna Hoffman!

Well, we are just days away from this next election. And if you are listening to it after the election, listen even closer to see how you have navigated this time and if you could have done better.

The anxiety and fear that we are going through as a country has been so overwhelming for so many people. The saddest part is how it is affecting families and friends that have differing opinions, whether morally, ethically, religiously, or politically. The political drama is having a huge effect on families, on friends who would normally get along, with people in the workplace… with neighbors.

As a therapist, I am helping my clients navigate this difficult time. So I thought today I would try and bring some clarity to my podcast listeners. I felt that the best podcast I can do right now may be to help with some healing. A way for us to remember who we are personally, and yet find some level of compassion for those who do not see life as we do.

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40 I Learned a Damn Good Lesson. Moving On!

October 17, 2020 By Shauna

WHAT THIS EPISODES ABOUT…

Hello and Welcome! I’m Shauna Hoffman.

I can’t tell you how excited I am that the new revamp to A Journey To Awareness has been so successful! We have had more downloads in the last week than ever. And needless to say, the last podcast on “the art of healthy fighting” is getting the most downloads! I am hearing from couples who are having their partner listen to it, friends who are having issues with each other hang out with a glass of wine and listen, and a bunch of moms and daughters listen to it! Nothing like bringing a little peace to this crazy world right now!

Now let me share what we are digging into today. Lessons learned! And for some people… Lessons you just don’t want to learn! See here is the thing. Self-Awareness’s best growth comes from getting through some lesson… learning from it and then moving on! We are going to dig into these pieces and see where you may get stuck. It was easy when we were in school. We learned a lesson and then moved onto the next.. then onto the next grade.. then onto the next school. Then we graduate!

There is a great saying… The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. ~ Tom Bodett

But for some reason we humans have life lessons that we just don’t want to attack, or don’t want to learn from… or for some reason can’t let go of our emotions around in order to move on.

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