Self Care Spotlight
Alyssa Kuzins
Thank you for four years of listening! SCS is officially retired as my personal journey has shifted. Please enjoy these episodes and I hope they meet you where you are.
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Adult Friendships, Loneliness and Communication Like a Grown Up with Jillian Richardson
Self Care Spotlight
05/05/20 • 80 min
For the final installment of Season 5’s theme, relationships as self care, we’re talking adult friendships with The Joy List founder and author of Unlonely Planet, Jillian Richardson. During a global pandemic where seeing your friends isn’t an option, this conversation felt ironic and yet timely. Jillian told Alyssa she doesn’t really see herself as a friendship expert, but more like a communication expert, but isn’t that what we’re really talking about with mature friendships? From how friendship is like dating to how to communicate hurt feelings, Jillian provides beautiful, tangible communication techniques and wisdom. Because in a world where loneliness is just as detrimental as smoking (Jillian' drops stats), having these kinds of conversations is imperative to us finding conscious friendships to have these kinds of conversations with. This was one of the most anticipated topics of this season, and it doesn’t disappoint!
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10/02/23 • 1 min
Dropping October 4th - Welcome to my reality show, I mean, podcast, With Love From Charleston. This is an insider's club where Carrie Bradshaw meets embodied living. I’m not here to self help you. My hope is that you’ll find yourself in the memoirs & musings of my Iife as I spill the tea for listeners willing to risk it all & break their own hearts for the chance to be fully Alive in this holy human life.
Hi, I’m your host, Alyssa. A 33 year-old-divorcee, hopeful romantic who left her hometown of Pittsburgh for the pastel colored houses and palm trees of Charleston, SC.
What started as a blog, is now a podcast to connect in the human experience through stories, contemplation, and girlfriend chats. And as a heads up, this is not for baby ears.
So grab a cup because I’m about to spill the tea.
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Embracing Your Inner Artist, Imposter Syndrome, Joy and Self Love with Marcus Amaker
Self Care Spotlight
05/18/21 • 77 min
Ever thought about being a creative for a living or are in the midst of that path or are simply inspired by those whose presence oozes depth and art? Then you’re going to love this conversation! Marcus Amaker is the epitome of Artist as an award winning spoken word poet, graphic designer and musician and the Poet Laureate of Charleston.
He addresses the stereotype of the “starving artist” narrative to overcome our fears around pursing our creativity for a living and gives 3 tips on imposter syndrome. He provides fascinating insight into the child versus adult mind based on his experience working in schools. We talk about how/when we lose our identification as “artist” and what that term even means. Marcus generously offers a “self portrait” writing prompt PDF that he uses in schools to get kids writing their feelings, which you’ll find in the show notes for free (yes, it's for adults too).
We talk about what a Poet Laureate actually does, how he became one, and of course I ask him about his feelings on Amanda Gorman. We talk joy triggers, trauma porn, and I ask Marcus how he strikes a balance between pain and joy in this world, especially as a writer and black man. He tells me that balance doesn’t exist and asks us to look to how we respond to children’s joy versus our own.
We also talk about a second artist stereotype, that you have to suffer for great Art, in which Marcus refutes such argument. We talk healthy, empathic ways of processing stress and pain through creativity, and all of this concludes with Marcus sharing his take on self care as a self emptying. He reads 3 poems aloud, and the one on self love gave me the biggest chills! ________________
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1. The Reappearing Act Episode: Divorce, Self-help Fatigue & the Comeback of Stories
Self Care Spotlight
10/04/23 • 59 min
I’m back! After two years, I’m back on the mic to bring you a Carrie Bradshaw esque podcast, With Love From Charleston, formerly known as ‘Self Care Spotlight.’ This is the MOST honest project I've ever endeavored. Like many of you, I’m over the constant self-helping, so I’m sharing my reasoning for coming back with a story-based podcast, plus telling you everything you need to know about the past two years where the podcast poetically left off with me as a married woman. From moving alone, to divorce, my reality show moment, and falling in love, I’m giving you the backstory for the upcoming episodes to make sense, and we’ll muse on a reimagined ‘not self-helpy self-help.' My hope is this pod feels like a breath of air that you can simply insert yourself into. No hacking, no five steps, no interviews, just a shared human experience and all the love, loss, and beauty that comes with it.
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Masculine Sexuality, Redefining Masculinity, and Holding the Feminine with Matthew Ayriss
Self Care Spotlight
03/03/20 • 85 min
What does it mean to be a “man?” Why should women care about understanding men’s sexuality? Sacred sexuality coach and healer Matthew Ayriss, offers up an analysis to the confusing situation modern men find themselves in. On one hand they’re raised to “man up” and on the other end, they reject this toxic masculinity at the expense of embodying healthy masculinity. He explains in depth how the lack of support in men’s sexuality work and emotional mastery impacts boys and therefore our relationship with men. And what about women being “too much” for men to handle? He zones in on how the Masculine can uniquely hold space for the Feminine’s dynamic range.Chalk full of tangible tips and real-life examples, this episode is bound to serve you, especially if you identify as a man or are in relationship with men
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Traumatic brain injury, where I've been and what's next
Self Care Spotlight
04/06/21 • 60 min
After a year hiatus as I stepped into the role of caregiver, I’m back and with life perspectives that I never had access to before, but that I want to share. Because as hearts heal, they share. In July 2020, my husband, Brad, a 3 time half Iron Man finisher, was in a cycling accident. He survived but with a traumatic brain injury.
Trigger warning. This first episode is just me and the mic, telling our story to set the foundations. You’ll hear me recount in raw detail what happened and how the healing journey really went, and is going 8 months out. 2.8 million people in the US sustain a TBI ever year, and I never want anyone to feel alone.
This is about healing, resiliency, hope, and love.
I discuss why I'm writing a book and how poetry was a healing medium that I didn't even know I needed. I recite some pieces from my book, and I'm letting you in on what this new series, Poetic Healing, is all about and why I felt called to create it.
Every week after this, you’ll hear a different conversation with one of today’s well-known poetry authors on poems to heal racial injustice, sexual empowerment, to using your voice, love and more. As a bonus, they’ll share some pieces with spoken word!
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3. Meet Bestie Jodi: Sister Wound, Hot Girl Summer, Making Friends as an Adult & Platonic Romance
Self Care Spotlight
10/04/23 • 54 min
Enters bestie Jodi. In my first character introduction episode, you get to hear from bestie Jodi from Pittsburgh. She was the first bestie that I talked to in person about this guy named N after our next level first date. So we sat down together in our silk robes to talk all things sister wound, hot girl summer, making friends as an adult, being romanced by your friends and did she really think I should go on this date to begin with? Put on your robe and join us for this fun bff chat.
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Provence to Paris: Fighting for Your Joy and Healing
Self Care Spotlight
07/02/19 • 75 min
Bonjour! Summer is the season of vacations, and even if you love what you do, we all need space. Every now and again you need a vacation to step back into your center, have ZERO to-do lists (not even a self care agenda) and reset. I went to France with my husband on a delayed honeymoon/1 year anniversary from June 15-25, 2019, and I didn’t open my computer once in 2 weeks! It was lovely. In this episode, I share on how we almost didn't go (it’s a CRAZY story), my thoughts on self care while vacationing, social media anxiety, universal signs, and remembering that everything is figureoutable (thanks Marie Forleo). This trip was everything I needed, and it reminded me that sometimes we have to fight for our joy, but boy is it worth it! I'll wrap up the episode with trip highlights and try to answer the one question everyone keeps asking, which place did I like more?
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Dance as Embodiment, Expression and Empowerment with The Strut Club
Self Care Spotlight
06/04/19 • 81 min
Why does dancing feel so cathartic, how is it a spiritual practice, how does dance or a dance class differ from the experience of yoga, how can we get over the fear of being seen and owning our sensuality, femininity, and body, and why is this SO life-affirming not only for you, but for EVERYONE, especially right now? The right of a woman to have a say in what happens to her own body is being debated as we speak in the US, and India Dania, creator of the empowered embodiment dance class, The Strut Club, and I, were very much aware of that during this recording. I want you to FEEL this conversation so much that you do something with it. That maybe you make energetic moves in your life or you physically move your body without shame, guilt, embarrassment, or judgment. Whether that’s shaking it by yourself in your living room, in a dance class, or posting a video on Instagram. My woman crush India believes that you were born to dance and that movement really is soul medicine, so get to it. You’re so beautiful when you own it. And remember, your movement is a part of a bigger movement.
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#50 YOGA METAPHORS: HOW YOU DO YOUR YOGA IS HOW YOU DO YOUR LIFE WITH ANDREA MARCUM
Self Care Spotlight
03/27/18 • 62 min
Enlightening and fresh, yet practical and wise. Andrea has been teaching yoga for nearly 20 years, which is more like a rare gem in this day-an-age of rapid yoga teacher trainings. Andrea's new book, "Close To Om: Stretching yoga from your mat to your life," with it's unique layout and thought out message speaks as both a yoga manual and a memoir. It breaks down poses and even esoteric yogic texts and relates them to real life. In the same manner, Andrea does this effortlessly on this week's podcast. Whether you're a newbie or seasoned yogi, you're sure to get a new perspective for stepping on to your mat and into your best life! -On being a yoga teacher in pre-social media days and what we can learn from these teachers -Her take on the Instagram yoga world -Her inspiration for writing the book -The book's unique layout AND your yoga journey: Awaken, transform, unite -How you do your yoga is how you do your life -The story of teaching her first yoga class (it's a good one!) -Yoga as Metaphors for patience, forgiveness, presence, and much more -Yoga as physical, psychological, and philosophical and how that impacts us differently than other forms of exercise -Dharma (highest path) and Santosha (contentment) and how to find them -How to see obstacles as stepping stones -Her early days as a signer/songwriter and what that taught her -Creating Space is Creative Space -Her daily mindfulness recommendations: S.T.O.P., S.T.A.R.T., the ABC's and "little savasanas" -Her "On the Mat" Challenge for YOU! Full Show Notes at thejournaldeck.com/episode50 instagram.com/thejournaldeck facebook.com/journaldecktribe
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How many episodes does Self Care Spotlight have?
Self Care Spotlight currently has 107 episodes available.
What topics does Self Care Spotlight cover?
The podcast is about Poetry, Meditation, Yoga, Health & Fitness, Self Care, Journaling, Healing, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Female Empowerment, Women, Mental Health, Self Help, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Authors and Mindfulness.
What is the most popular episode on Self Care Spotlight?
The episode title 'Adult Friendships, Loneliness and Communication Like a Grown Up with Jillian Richardson' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Self Care Spotlight?
The average episode length on Self Care Spotlight is 52 minutes.
How often are episodes of Self Care Spotlight released?
Episodes of Self Care Spotlight are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Self Care Spotlight?
The first episode of Self Care Spotlight was released on Aug 25, 2017.
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