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The Life of a Sex Therapist | Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife Sep 28, 2022

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Kirsten and Alexis are excited to share this episode, a conversation with Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife.

During their conversation with Jennifer, the women discuss Jennifer's journey to become a sex therapist—highlighting important life moments along the way.

Interwoven within the story are valuable concepts for any woman's life:

+The ability to belong in a relationship is deeply connected with our ability to belong to ourselves.

+The beauty of growing up in two different types of communities.

+How the decisions of everyday interests can lead to something remarkable in our lives.

+What partnership can look like with your spouse…and HOW Jennifer and her husband created their last name together.

+The lecture she listened to by Dr. David Schnarch, which led to her connecting and learning professionally from him.

+The stories we tell ourselves versus the actions we take. The need to self-confront.

+The gift of differentiating and the challenge for some adult children to do so with their parents.

+A SNEAK PEAK into her UPCOMING BOOK!

+How her podcast, Room for Two, has impacted her as a coach.

The list is long on subjects covered…and there is even more within the episode.

Thank you for joining the conversation today. We hope you enjoy.

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Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is a relationship and sexuality educator and coach, as well as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Boston College. She is a frequent contributor about sexuality, relationships, and spirituality to blogs, magazines, and podcasts.

You can find her on her own podcast titled, Room for Two.

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Helping You Bridge the Gap | Jen Bobodzhanov Sep 21, 2022

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Life is good when we get to welcome back a guest with the MOST downloaded episodes to date. Jen Bobodzhanov (Jen on IG) is owner of two Barre3 studios in the Treasure Valley and is a certified life coach.

This episode is ladened with pieces of gold.

+How to get unstuck in your mind and translating that out into your life.

+What it means to believe something is possible and train your brain.

+The mother/daughter relationship and HOW Jenn transformed the relationship with her own mother in the most powerful way possible.

+Listen as Jen walks Kirsten through how to work through thoughts and ideas that are limiting her.

+What it means to be a business owner and work through the hard limiting ideas of today for women.

+Kirsten shares her experience working with Jen in the post episode wrap up! One of her favorite phrases she has taken from coaching is "Nothing has gone wrong".

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There's no more TGIF | Season 3 Sep 14, 2022

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Season 3 Here We Come!

Kirsten and Alexis embark on a conversation that takes them through the reflections of summer, lessons learned, and the BIG announcement for the Sharing Her Journey community.

Have you ever wondered how Kirsten works through her anxiety?

What would cause Alexis to mentaly lose it in her kitchen on a casual Thursday morning?

Remember what it means to eagerly wait for a your favorite television show to start up again in the fall time?

How an enneagram event could be the beginning of more exciting announcements to come?

Sharing Her Journey is growing and all the amazing details are found within the episode.

As Kirsten says, "tune in" to learn more.

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Understanding You and Your Relationships using the Enneagram Aug 31, 2022

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Kirsten and Alexis welcome a local Treasure Valley Enneagram expert, Gina Gomez to the pod today.

The enneagram is such an awesome tool to learning about yourself and navigating your relationships in a way that feels natural, authentic, and profound.

Gina shares about how she uses the enneagram in her life, why clients continue to come to her seeking relationship advice, and gives a FABULOUS breakdown of EACH Enneagram number.

Join us on Friday September 9th for our Enneagram Event in Meridian, Idaho.

Grab your ticket here: Enneagram Event Tickets

Here's Gina's Website to learn more: https://ginagomez.co/

The test Gina suggests: Enneagram Test

Tips when taking the FREE test:

1. Answer only YES or NO - choose "Partly" no more than3 times. 2. Answer the questions with how you've been most of your life, starting as early as you can remember, not from a place of how you are now, after all you've learned and worked on.

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Gina Gomez is a break up recovery coach, enneagram expert, and author of The Enneagram and You.

You can find her on her podcast: God Bless the Enneagram

Books Gina Recommends:

The Road Back to You by Ian Cron and Suzanne Stabile

The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Riso and Hudson

Connecting with your TEEN and with YOURSELF | Brooke Romney Aug 17, 2022

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This week's episode is ALL about CONNECTION. We are positive there is a message for every soul within this conversation.

Learning from Brooke's life experiences, we discuss:

+the value and HOW to step outside your comfort area to meet new people,

+the belief that there is a seat for every women at the table,

+learning HOW to connect with your teenager,

+the gift of working through feedback,

+being true to yourself through life's experiences.

As Kirsten and Alexis are both mom's to teenagers and Brooke is too, the pieces of the teen convo are so needed. As Brooke shares, we need to create space for mom's to talk about their normal experiences while raising kids. It's essential.

Come join the conversation by getting on our email list and finding us on social media.

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We have an Enneagram Event coming up on Friday September 9th in Meridian, Idaho. We'd love to have you join us. Click the next link to reserve your seat for the fun girls night out.

Get a TICKET for the Enneagram Event

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Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker, educator, and connector. She is published in numerous print and online publications. She currently speaks on the Time Out For Women circuit and is author of two books: "I Like Me Anyway" and "52 Modern Manners for Today's Teens." Both can be purcashed via Amazon.

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How Understanding YOUR Enneagram # is FUN and Impactful | @enneagramashton Aug 03, 2022

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*This episode is a re-release* with new bonus thoughts and takeaways from Kirsten & Alexis in the begining and end.

We wanted our new listeners and others who may have missed this one, to have a foundation of what the enneagram is all about in preparation for our FIRST in-person event! We could not be more excited about this happening in Meridian, ID. on September 9th. We talk about more details in the podcast. We hope to meet some of our local listeners at this event and also introduce new people to the enneagram!

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What is the Enneagram anyway?

It is a system of personality typing that describes patterns in how people interpret the world and manage their emotions. It is essentially what motivates you versus your behavior. It has 9 personality types and maps each of these on a diagram.

The original episode is with Collette, Nicole, Kirsten, and enneagram expert Ashton Whitmoyer-Ober. (She has become even more famous since our interview last year thanks to our friend Glennon Doyle!)

-She talks about how to use the enneagram as a TOOL to become a better version of yourself. It can help you realize why you (and others) do things the way that they do. We can use it to grow into who we were created to be and improve realtionships.

@enneagramashton

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Summer Plans SHJ Style Jul 06, 2022

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We are so looking forward to moving our community to the next level...which for us means EVENTS.

This is an exciting moment for us and we share our plans with you.

We also discuss summer schedules: what that looks like for us, others, and ways we can still connect.

Connection is Life.

Cheers from Alexis and Kirsten

AND...find the deets on ALL our upcoming events on our socials. The link for the Virtual Girls Night In will be in our private facebook group...titled Sharing Her Journey.

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Help! I'm a Parent | Bunmi Laditan Jun 29, 2022

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We had such a wonderful, real talk with Bunmi Laditan... aka the woman behind 'The Honest Toddler'.

Her remarkable Journey began young:

*We talk about the internal split she felt as an immigrant and a 1st generation American.

*Bunmi shares how for a period of time she was a homeless teenager.

*She went on to get married very young and eventually would become Jewish...Learning the traditions and teaching her children.

*When her marriage ended she found herself lost and searching once again.

*She felt her career success, but was feeling very lost personally.

*Bunmi talks about discovering her new self as she has progressed through life.

*Her desire to be a part of a tribe (we all want this!)

*What it means to wander and how that leads to self discovery

*We talk about her writing and how she was inspired to write her latest book! It is called "HELP ME GOD, I'M A PARENT"... Honest Prayers for Hectic Days and Endless Nights.

To all weary parents out there you are not alone on this journey!

**Enjoy being inspired by Bunmi's journey-She is heart and humor**

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Bunmi Laditan is an award-winning, Webby-nominated writer from California who lives in Quebec, Canada, with her family. She has contributed to the New York Times, Parenting, and the Huffington Post and is best known for the satirical Twitter account Honest Toddler (1.6 million followers). Her debut novel, "Confessions of a Domestic Failure" quickly became a USA Today Bestseller. She has written poetry, such as Dear Mother: Poems for the Hot Mess of Motherhood, and appeared on the TODAY show, CBS Sunday Morning, and GMA. Her new book, HELP ME GOD, I'M A PARENT released yesterday 6/28 from Zondervan Books.

Conversations: Learning to Observe | Alexis Morgan Jun 08, 2022

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In this Come Home and Talk Series conversation, Alexis takes Kirsten through the part of a conversation where she can learn to observe is she feels safe or not. Knowing if you feel safe in the conversation means...do I feel comfortable being honest, why or why not? Does the other person feel safe to share? This skill is called Learning to Look. It's one that often overlooked, but it's ESSENTIAL if you want to learn HOW to have hard conversations.

(And from our experience, life is learning about HOW to have conversations---the easy, the hard, and all parts inbetween).

Learning to notice body cues, emotions, physical responses in ourselves is a key part in determining HOW to proceed when we've entered a hard conversation.

The other part of this process is learning to understand the other person's behavior.

What does it mean when my teen goes silent?

What does it mean when my co-worker starts trying to control the conversation or collaboration experience?

How do I proceed when my spouse is clearly upset? What can I say to help?

We hop you come join the conversation.

AND...we have some amazing upcoming events. Go to our private FB group to sign up for them. Fun fact--nearly ALL events are free.

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Alexis Morgan is a communication consultant focusing on individuals and organizations. She helps both work through communication patterns and issues, leadership development needs, and creating couragous cultures.

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Summer has arrived so come JOIN us Jun 01, 2022

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Welcome to our conversation where we discuss Sharing Her Journey's exciting upcoming summer plans. We have been planning and discussing ways we can engage our audience on a more personal scale and we think we've come up with some fantastic ideas. (and all events are FREE ...ok one has a small fee, but that's just to share in lodging costs). Listen to learn about those plans for the summer.

And no conversation is complete without a few deets on our current life experiences.

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