The New Sensitive

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166: An interview with Meg of Yoga Brain, a Secretly Ambitious student who took her biz full-time Jul 17, 2022

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Hi Soothers! I'm excited today to introduce you to Meg Brackett of Yoga Brain! Meg took Secretly Ambitious in the summer of 2021. Just a few weeks into the course, she was able to make the leap to leave her full-time job behind, go full-time in her business, get enough clients to replace her job's income, and continues to make an impact today through her work with wellness leaders helping them with marketing, design, branding and communication. You can find out more about Meg on her Instagram @theyogabrain. Tune in to hear us discuss mindset, fear, how her business is going now a year later, and much more.
Ready to know more about my biz? Register for a free training I am doing TONIGHT on Sunday, July 17th at 8pmET: How I Made My First $50k as a Highly Sensitive Coach and Business Owner.
Replay will be sent out. This is in support of Secretly Ambitious, which opens to the public July 18th! Register for the training here.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

165: The dangers of permission-based culture, and when it makes sense to get certifications Jul 10, 2022

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Hi Soothers! Today I talk about something I get asked a lot as a coach: certifications and if you need them or not in coaching. I talk about the dangers of permission-based culture; when it DOES and DOESN'T make sense to get certified (in anything, not just coaching!); and how to know if you are searching for permission out of a need of approval and safety, or because it feels really right and good to you for where you are in life right now.
Ready to know more about my biz? Register for a free training I am doing on Sunday, July 17th at 8pmET: How I Made My First $50k as a Highly Sensitive Coach and Business Owner. Replay will be sent out. This is in support of Secretly Ambitious, which opens to the public July 18th! Register for the training here.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

164: Answering your biz Qs: Overcoming perfectionism, fear of judgment, goal-setting, "boring" logistical stuff in biz and so much more Jul 03, 2022

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Hi Soothers! Today I do one of my favorite types of podcasts, a wide-ranging listener Q&A. I asked for your Qs about becoming a biz owner and life coach and you delivered! In this episode I answer about certifications and if they are or aren't necessary; how to overcome perfectionism and fear of judgment in starting a business; goal-setting in business; some tips on boring logistical stuff I either was glad I did or definitely wish I'd done; and lots more.
I answer about 8 questions on today's podcast but if you want the real dirt, I'll be answering about 20 more Qs on a Secretly Ambitious wait-list-only video. Sign up at the waitlist to hear me answer Qs about running a business like health insurance, how to hold space; how to create boundaries and routine when you work for yourself; pricing; and lots more.
I also created a brand-new free guide 20 Business Prompts for Any Wannabe Entrepreneur, available only to waitlisters, so get on over there!
Ready to exit the 9-5 system that's not working for you and build a way of working for yourself that's values- based, authentic, and will help your mental health? The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

163: The path from the good girl to the unapologetic woman Jun 26, 2022

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Today I talk about my journey of healing from codependency and people-pleasing through leaving the 9-5 system and starting to work for myself.
I never, NEVER desired to be an entrepreneur or to work for myself, but in my late 30s, after 4 corporate jobs, I realized... this ain't ever gonna change.
At the same time I was beginning my codependency and people-pleasing recovery journey, and realized that my codependency and low self-worth had THRIVED in the hierarchal, permission-based, patriarchal, rule-following world of the 9-5 and I truly had to begin to reckon with the depths of my people-pleasing if I wanted to ever be able to work for myself.
In today's episode, I talk about how I began to do that, and how you can too.
Ready to exit the 9-5 system that's not working for you and build a way of working for yourself that's values- based, authentic, and will help your mental health? The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

162: A small trick to begin recovering from people-pleasing Jun 19, 2022

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What's up my fellow people-pleasers, this one goes out to you. Codependency and people-pleasing stem from, at their core, a lack of identity. One of the primary ways a codependent struggles is because we never had the chance to develop a sense of identity that is independent of what others think of us. As we recover from people-pleasing and codependency, one small but effective shift is to start a daily practice of noticing when you're asking externally motivated questions ("What do they want, what do they need, what are they thinking about me?") and shift them to questions that are centered on the self.
Have you asked yourself what you need today? What you'd like today? What would feel good today? Start there, and let the path unfold in front of you. That's what today's episode is all about and how to start building these questions into your life.
The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

161: What does it mean to surrender, and how do we know when it's time to do so? Jun 12, 2022

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What does it mean to surrender? And why do we struggle so mightily with the concept, and resistance to it? And even if we understand we must surrender, how do we actually start? I ponder and explore the concept of surrender in our lives in today's podcast.
The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

160: The top 5 things that may be blocking you from starting a business and how to get over them Jun 05, 2022

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People-pleasing. Money mindset. Permission mindset and employee thinking. Nervous system dysregulation. Fear of visibility. What do these all have in common? These are just a few of the things that block highly sensitive people from success in entrepreneurship.
When I started my own business, I thought I would have to learn like, Quick Books. Turned out what I actually needed to focus on was these 5 issues first. I talk through each of these today and how you can began to overcome them in order to start the business of your dreams.
The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

159: Why your 9-5 job is *not* "safer" than entrepreneurship (Secretly Ambitious waitlist is now open!) Jun 02, 2022

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Today I go on a rant that's been on my heart for a while: all about why your 9-5 is NOT more "stable," "secure," or "safe" than working for yourself and starting your own business. Trust me on this one; after nearly two decades in a corporate 9-5 environment, I can tell you this: I hate to break it to you, but your corporate 9-5 is not more secure than you starting your own business. I break down why that is on today's episode.
The waitlist for Secretly Ambitious, the 12-week business course for highly sensitive people who want to start their own business but don't know how, is now open! By signing up for the waitlist you'll get $100 off the course when it opens in July.
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

158: How I healed a deep wound that was triggered in real time May 22, 2022

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Hi Soothers! In today's podcast, I talked about a real-time trigger happened recently around a female friendship/feeling left out wound. I discuss what the trigger was, how I noticed it, moved through it, and healed it, and the powerful outcome it had for me. I also share 6 steps to how you can process and heal your own triggers. To be triggered is to be human, but there ARE tools we can use to support ourselves through it so we are able to respond, rather than react and regret it later!
New workshop alert!!! Join me for a new workshop, How to Do Shadow Work, Saturday, June 4th, 2pm-4pmET.
Healing triggers like the one I talk about is a deep component of shadow work.
By taking the workshop you'll get...

A workbook and presentation all about what the shadow is, how it is created and how it is holding you back, complete with several exercises and journal prompts
Live training on how to begin to discover and integrate the shadow
Doing exercises live with Catherine to increase accountability and breakthroughs
Q&A with Catherine about shadow work
A chance to be in breakout rooms with other like-minded folks and discuss your insights and takeaways

Sliding scale, replay provided. Tix here!
The Sunday Soother is a spin-off of The Sunday Soother, a weekly newsletter that creates conversations around compassionate personal development and helps readers access their spirituality and mindfulness in practical, actionable ways.
You can find Catherine @candrews on Twitter and Instagram @catherineandrews, and her coaching website is catherinedandrews.com.

157: 8 tips on how to start using affirmations so they actually work for you May 15, 2022

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Ever tried affirmations but they just fell flat? If you're anything like me, you know that affirmations are a big cornerstone and tenet of self-development but they never fully just... clicked for you. Maybe they felt fake, they felt lame, you couldn't really actually believe they would work, or the affirmations you heard about felt like such a load of toxic positive hooey ("I am a gorgeous goddess, I am a millionaire many times over") that you were just turned off by the whole concept and gave up on them.

Well, I'm here to hopefully change that for you today. Consider this your guide to practically creating useful affirmations in a tangible way.
Listen on for my favorite tips to make my affirmations really work, but feel authentic and useful, too!

New workshop alert!!! Join me for a new workshop, How to Do Shadow Work, Saturday, June 4th, 2pm-4pmET.
By taking the workshop you'll get...

A workbook and presentation all about what the shadow is, how it is created and how it is holding you back, complete with several exercises and journal prompts
Live training on how to begin to discover and integrate the shadow
Doing exercises live with Catherine to increase accountability and breakthroughs
Q&A with Catherine about shadow work
A chance to be in breakout rooms with other like-minded folks and discuss your insights and takeaways

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