Post-Travel Recap, Setting Better Boundaries + Taking Breaks

07/04/23 • 34 min

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Hi friends! Checking in with a short solo episode recapping my trip to Europe, talking through how I'm navigating my current season of burnout, and talking through the importance of taking breaks.

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Hi friends! Checking in with a short solo episode recapping my trip to Europe, talking through how I'm navigating my current season of burnout, and talking through the importance of taking breaks.

Sponsors:

Foria | Try Foria’s intimacy bestsellers including their Awaken Arousal Oil. Get 20% off your first order by visiting foriawellness.com/BALANCED or use code BALANCED at checkout.
Babbel | Learn a new language with Babbel. Get 55% off your Babbel subscription by visiting babbel.com/BALANCED
Black Girl Vitamins | Black Girl Vitamins is a proudly Black-owned brand that develops vitamins to address the specific needs of Black women. Get $10 off your first order with code BALANCED at blackgirlvitamins.co
The Honey Pot | Get 25% off your first order from the honeypot.co/summer
Thirteen Lune | Discover your next beauty obsession. Use the code BALANCED at thirteenlune.com to get 20% off your first order.

Keep in Touch:

Visit our website at balancedblackgirl.com
Join Club Balanced, our community on Geneva
Subscribe to our newsletter, Mirror Notes
Follow on IG: @balancedblackgirlpodcast @balancedles
Follow on TikTok @balancedblackgirl @balancedles

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* Check out Babbel: http://babbel.com/balanced
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/balanced-black-girl/donations

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Navigating Life’s Pivots, Reframing Aging, and Starting Over with Simone Alyssa

June is coming to an end, and that means this is our last episode in the Black Women Doing Cool Shit series. So we are going out on a high note and talking with Simone Alyssa.

Simone is a social media guru with hundreds of thousands of followers across her platforms. She’s also a business owner navigating the ever-expanding world of creativity.

Together, we talk about how she stays sane with a changing career focus, moving and being unafraid to start over, and her thoughts about the concept of manifestation. This is a fun episode you won’t want to miss.

We Also Talk About...

The changes Simone hopes see for content creators
The social construct element of aging and the fallacy of milestones
Allowing our whys to change with who we are becoming
Balancing our masculine and feminine energy
Rethinking our ideas about dating and what partnership looks like
Astrocartography and human design

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Healing Through Rest: Balancing Your Nervous System [REWIND]

In this rewind episode, we dive deeper into what it means to feel "rested."

There’s a lot of messaging encouraging us to rest and be soft. But what should we do if we’re trying to take it easy, but still don’t feel rested? What even is rest? I’m closing out our Modalities of Healing series with a solo episode about how we can heal through rest, and what our minds and bodies need to feel rested (in addition to adequate sleep).

With so much happening in the world, it can be natural to have a “tired but wired” feeling when we’re constantly on alert. This episode explores what rest is on a physiological level, and shares techniques we can use to start feeling more rested to support our healing.

I also talk about...

Your “fight or flight” and “rest and digest” systems, and how they work together.
Habits and techniques to help you feel more rested.
How to create better mind-body synergy.
Defining what it means to be “soft” for yourself.
The importance of taking a break.

Resources:

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The Honey Pot | Get 25% off your first order from the honeypot.co/summer
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