91. Setting Healthy Boundaries for Ultimate Self-Care with Susie Pettit

07/23/24 • 40 min

Asserting your needs without feeling selfish? Join us as we sit down with Susie Pettit, life coach and host of the Love Your Life Show, who opens up about her journey from a codependent upbringing to mastering the art of setting healthy boundaries. Susie provides invaluable insights into how prioritizing self-care can combat perfectionism and people-pleasing habits, which often lead to emotional burnout. With her personal story she shares the transformative power of boundarie setting in achieving greater happiness and well-being.
Gain practical, mindfulness-based cognitive tools to help you redefine how you approach relationships and self-care. Susie shares strategies to maintain internal boundaries, such as daily exercise and abstaining from alcohol, amidst societal pressures. Learn how to focus on your behavior rather than trying to control others, fostering unconditional love without unconditional tolerance. Through community support and nervous system healing, Susie highlights the importance of overcoming the fear of setting boundaries.
We also explore the complexities of balancing empathy and assertiveness, especially in social settings where your choices may make others uncomfortable. Susie offers practical tips for reinforcing personal decisions and prioritizing self-care over external approval.
Finally, discover the benefits of the Love Your Life School, an online membership platform dedicated to women over 40, offering live coaching and classes to enhance emotional intelligence and tackle core issues like people-pleasing.
For more details, visit Susie at smbwell.com or follow on Instagram at smbwellness.
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Real Food Stories - 91. Setting Healthy Boundaries for Ultimate Self-Care with Susie Pettit

Transcript

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Hi everybody and welcome back to the Real Food Stories podcast . I'm here today with Susie Pettit , who is a life coach and host of her own podcast , the Love your Life Show . She is passionate about providing mindfulness-based cognitive tools to help women live lives they love .

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