
This transformative self-development podcast hosted by LaShonda Walker, a Certified Life Coach & Parent Educator, is your bi-weekly guide to navigating your emotions and fostering healthier relationships with family and friends through self-discovery, setting boundaries, and achieving personal goals as you tap into your highest potential.
Learn how to connect to your emotions and understand your needs. Discover how to identify and dismantle unhealthy mindsets, uncover hidden beliefs hindering your growth, and replace them with empowering perspectives for a more fulfilling life. Each episode provides the support and tools you need to break free from emotional barriers and build a life rooted in the present.
You have the power to write an authentic and empowered life story, and this show will help you do the same. Join us on this transformative journey to explore, heal and transform, and write "A New Life Story."
Welcome to A New Life Story Podcast
Nervous System Regulation Techniques to Connect to Your Emotions - Episode 35
Ever wonder why you feel anxious, shut down, or overwhelmed out of nowhere? In this episode, we explore the powerful connection between your emotions and your nervous system—your body’s built-in stress and safety response system. You'll learn how your nervous system responds to life experiences and how that response shapes your feelings.
From Stuck to Empowered: Transforming Your Career Through Emotional Awareness with Cherie Caldwell - Episode 34
Balancing career and personal life comes with emotional complexities. Transformative Leadership Consultant and Coach Cherie Caldwell share how learning to manage emotions, build self-worth, set boundaries, and heal childhood wounds is essential to your professional growth.
The Power of Self-Compassion: Practical Ways to Nurture Yourself - Episode 33
Feeling overwhelmed, exhausted, or like you’re constantly falling short? You’re not alone. We live in a world that glorifies overworking, over achieving, and always pushing forward—but the reality is, life is messy and complex. The one thing you need when life becomes overwhelming and things don’t go as you planned or expected, is self-compassion. In this episode, learn more about self-compassion, its key components, and simple ways to practice it.
Understanding the Ego: How Emotions and Fear Shape Our Responses - Episode 32
There’s a unique connection between our ego, emotions, and the fear-driven responses we develop throughout life. The ego acts as our inner protector, shaping how we perceive ourselves and even how we think others see us. This episode uses the Adult Chair® Model to demonstrate how these protective strategies, formed in our formative years, can hinder growth in adulthood.
The Human Show: Processing Emotions During Major Life Transitions
Navigating life transitions like divorce, career shifts, or parenthood can feel overwhelming, but they also offer opportunities for growth. On The Human Show podcast with Trish Herron, we explore the emotions behind major life changes—grief, fear, and uncertainty—and how to process them in healthy ways. By connecting with others and embracing these challenges, we uncover shared experiences and tools to move forward with resilience and grace.
From Stress to Rest: Emotional Wellness Tips for Closing the Year Strong - Episode 31
The Season 3 finale offers a thoughtful reflection on navigating the transformative emotions of midlife. The episode is filled with empowering discussions on managing stress, understanding midlife emotions, practicing somatic meditation, setting boundaries, and more. Practical advice is shared on starting where you are, with a focus on embracing even minimal effort, such as 3% progress, as a meaningful step forward. You’ll learn how managing emotions can transform relationships by fostering greater awareness and compassion.
The Emotional Benefits of Setting Boundaries: A Step-by-Step Guide - Episode 30
Boundaries are often misunderstood as selfish, yet they are one of the most empowering tools for protecting your emotional wellness and building healthier relationships. In this blog you’ll learn five transformative strategies for setting boundaries, using the Adult Chair® Model as a guide.
5 Essential Tips for Protecting Your Emotions and Managing Triggers - Episode 29
Navigate holiday emotions with ease by understanding emotional triggers tied to family dynamics. From joy to stress, old patterns can resurface, pulling you into past roles. Recognizing triggers like sibling rivalries or probing questions helps you stay grounded. Protect your energy, set boundaries, and maintain balance for a more fulfilling holiday season. Prioritize emotional well-being this festive time!
The Power of Somatic Healing Techniques: A Guide to Emotional Healing and Wellness with Karena Neukirchner - Episode 28
Trauma-informed somatic healing meditations offer a transformative path to reconnecting with the body and fostering deep emotional healing. In this episode, Trauma-Informed Emotional Healing Coach Karena Neukirchner discusses the power of somatic healing meditations. Unlike traditional therapeutic methods that tend to focus mainly on cognitive processes, somatic healing taps into the body’s wisdom, allowing us to process emotions and experiences at a cellular level.
Understanding Perimenopause: Navigating Emotional and Physical Changes with Dr. Brandi Sinkfield - Episode 27
Perimenopause is a profound time of transition for women, often accompanied by emotional shifts like anxiety, frustration, or brain fog. But did you know these feelings can also be linked to deeper health issues, such as high blood pressure or glucose imbalances? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Brandi Sinkfield, Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and we discuss the vital connections between your emotions, genetics, and overall health during perimenopause.
How Your Beliefs Affect Stress Hormones: Tips for Feeling Safe in Your Body - Episode 26
Our beliefs—whether conscious or hidden—affect our stress responses. Where our beliefs are off balance, our body is off balance. However, there are practical strategies you can use to bring balance by reconnecting with your body by uncovering those limiting beliefs to regulate your system.
Breaking the Cycle: How to Control Ruminating Thoughts for Better Mental Health - Episode 25
Racing thoughts can feel overwhelming, disrupting your focus, sleep, and overall mental well-being. These repetitive thought loops, common during moments of stress and midlife transitions, can lead to exhaustion and difficulty managing emotions.
Midlife Emotions: Embrace New Feelings As They Surface
I joined Wendy Olson on She’s Got Gumption Podcast to explore the emotional complexities of midlife. Our conversation focused on discovering a new depth within ourselves—especially the parts of us that are coming online now in midlife.
Creating Space for Emotions: Practical Tips for Personal Growth - Episode 24
Emotional blocks can significantly hinder your growth and overall well-being, often resulting in avoidance behaviors such as procrastination and denial. This episode will guide you through three simple yet powerful techniques to help you address and overcome these emotional barriers.
The Adult Chair® Podcast: Healing Generational Limiting Beliefs
In this episode I share how I help people write a new life story by incorporating The Adult Chair Model® and my Explore, Heal, and Transform method. This conversation was focuses on how beliefs formed in our past can affect our present emotional wellness and how healing these emotions can lead to empowerment.
Never Too Late: How to Rediscover Your Inner Child and Find Joy Again with Eileen Marder-Mirman - Episode 23
If you are going through the process of self-discovery, if you are challenging old beliefs to uncover the essence of who you are today, then this episode is for you.
Adopt These 5 Key Traits to Be Your Best Self - Episode 22
Connecting with your highest self is a journey of personal growth and transformation that involves embodying key traits essential for your development. It's about tapping into your inner potential and aligning your actions with your true essence. This episode discusses several crucial traits associated with being in your highest self.
4 Simple Practices for Your Next Major Life Transformation - Episode 21
In this episode I’ll help you navigate through overwhelm and emotional turbulence. You’ll discover how small, intentional steps can pave the way for profound personal growth. In this article you’ll learn more about practical tools for managing overwhelm, setting intentions, and embracing gratitude in this transformative journey.
The Value of Self-Awareness for Breaking Generational Patterns with Alisha Woodall - Episode 20
Self-awareness is the key to personal growth and healthier relationships, a concept Licensed Therapist Alisha Woodall shares about in this insightful episode. This discussion serves as a comprehensive guide to cultivating self-awareness, enhancing personal growth, and transforming relationships.
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