Think Out Loud With Me

...this life stuff...sometimes it’s hard.

And when it’s hard, well, I look for input. I look for connection. I look for my tribe.
I recently hosted a guest that I consider a part of my tribe. Cathy Huddleston is a horse and people trainer, educator, student, author, speaker, mentor and believer in acceptance of self and others. She accepts me. And her heart desires to help me. And I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, her heart desires to help you.
As lifelong horsewoman and a co-facilitator in the experiences she offers in-person outside Kansas City, Missouri, or in some cases, virtually, Cathy wants to help you connect to your true self in a present state of being through the eyes of a horse. As a teacher, as a partner, as a friend, the horse is capable of walking with you as you seek congruence.
Horses are 100% present and do not pretend to be something they are not. They work towards coherence with the environment and co-authored regulation of returning to a FULLY present state of being.
Congruence. When your insides match your outsides. When your strange beauty flies. When the ‘what if’s die.
And you return to yourself.
“Through the Eyes of a Horse” is a children’s book Cathy authored to put words to this magic. It’s a unique story of how a little girl finds self-acceptance through the experience of seeing herself reflected through the eyes of a horse.
Get to know Cathy with me, if even for just these few minutes of a cast. She’s an incredible soul who has a beautiful gift to share with the world by helping humans heal beside horses. We visit about the beauty of it all. The opportunity of relationships with the horses in our communities around us.
Having personally experienced healing through horses in 1:1 sessions, as well as family and group and significant other, I can only share life-changing stories. Others have stories, too. Listen to more! Horses Helping Humans is a podcast Cathy hosts to bring even MORE awareness to the magic of horses helping humans heal and grow and thrive.
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Some of us are on a mission to bring voice to lived experiences, putting a microphone in front of humans to share stories and relatable journeys with the world. We have a particular level of curiosity and knack for engagement that draws out characters and plots and allows us to fade in to scenes of life that are especially meaningful and packed with perspective. I’m one of those. My guest in this episode is another.
Chris Denson is marketer, multimedia host, bestselling author, and former stand-up comic. He has spent his career building better companies, launching new ideas, and giving rise to cultural tastemakers through awe- inspired experiences, content, and advisory. Echoing an award-winning career across entertainment, marketing, media and technology industries, Chris has valuable insights, practices, and resources to thrive in an always- evolving cultural and technological landscape.

He has done this alongside The United Nations, Fast Company, Omnicom Media Group, MullenLowe, The Emmys, Cannes Lions, MassChallenge, HubSpot, Google Launchpad, The Obama Administration, and authored the 2018 #1 bestselling book, "10 Essential Rules for Breaking Essential Rules.” He is also trained and experienced in trauma response, body movement, meditation, and psychedelic facilitation.
Listen in. I stalked Chris and hold him down long enough to have a fantastic conversation. Here are the highlights:

🦁 Recap of Live from Cannes Lion with 🤖 Zeke, the Co-Host with the (Al)most
🥣 Soup Fixin's of AI, Innovation, Transition, Human Interaction
🤦🏽‍♂️ LOL'ing and Ideating with a Recovering Comedian
🧠 Growing the Super Power of Your Innovative Mind
🛄 The Innovator's Journey and the Value of Lived Experience
👁️‍🗨️ Visionology: Mental Health as Exploration and Excavation
Connect with and experience Chris Denson in the following ways:

• https://www.chrisdenson.co
• https://www.chrisdenson.co/visionology
• https://www.instagram.com/densonology
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdenson/

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Meet Lisa Boate, the founder and guiding force behind Liberated Menopause. Her passion lies in empowering women during a significant and often overlooked phase of their lives – menopause. With over 20 years of experience in Education and Coaching, Lisa brings a unique blend of expertise to the realm of menopause consulting. She joined me from her home just north of Toronto and shared with me the low-down of what is a very personal mission.

• Wait, what's happening here?!?
• Generations before us, misconceptions now
• The bookends of shame around becoming a woman
• A conversation for humanity
• The magic of menopause is more than the body
• Building connection and community

Lisa is launching Popcorn Programming that allows snack-size education opportunities to feed your mind with valuable and enlightening information about Perimenopause, Menopause, and more. Here's that link: https://www.thriveportal.reviveburnoutclinic.ca/the-magic-of-modern-menopause/order/
You can also find Lisa online at:
https://www.liberatedmenopause.ca/
https://www.instagram.com/lboate/
https://www.facebook.com/leaninfindyourwayhome/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-boate-menopause-consultant-and-coach-22b390261/
#menopause #perimenopause #hormones #puberty #menstruation #hotflash #nightsweats #midlife #lisaboate #liberatedmenopause #empowering #empowerment #femalebody #womenbodies #selflove #selfcare #hormonetherapy #menopausalhormonetherapy #thinkoutloudwithme #bloomstruck #community #connection

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For Sally, life started normal. She shared life with five siblings, and life was good - until it wasn't. After her mother's series of bad choices, Sally’s family was split up. At the age of six, she found herself a part of a doomsday cult who called themselves The Truth. ​At 16, Sally was asked to leave. There were many reasons, but mostly it started when she would no longer conform. ​
On top of growing up in a cult, Sally is also dyslexic, has ADHD, and is deaf in one ear. She has survived and thrived - and believes that anyone can. In this episode, you'll get to know Sally Lotz, author of The Truth is a Lie and many other works, writer's coach, speaker, and good human. Listen in as she shares her story and we think out loud together about an array of topics, including:
📖 Meet young Sally, joyful and confused
👪 The a-ha's of Inner Child work
✍🏻 BTS and how Sally's story of The Truth came to be
🤝🏻 Turning hurt into helping others
🩹 Sticks and stones and words and wounds
🪄 Writing with Sally on your team
Find Sally! Experience her firsthand and get in touch:

• https://www.sallylotz.com
• LinkedIn
• Medium
• YouTube
• Purchase The Truth is a Lie

#innerchild #thetruthisalie #writingasmedicine #yourstorymatters #speakup #cultrecovery #honesty #forgiveness #recovery #selflove #selfawareness
#motherwound #justiceforself #businesswriting #fictionwriting #nonfictionwriting #ghostwriter #publishedauthor #bloomstruck #thinkoutloudwithme

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To each their own. But until you experience any length of chronic pain, it is quite difficult not to judge someone who is living day in and day out in physical and mental despair and what lengths they go to in search of relief. "Pain will drive you to try things," says my guest, Greg.
Greg just finished his first full year of micro-dosing and realizing complete relief from a near life-long struggle with chronic pain. His resume of injuries, accidents, surgeries, procedures, and attempts at relief commenced at the age of 4 when he was flung from a horse. Having kicked an opioid addiction and finally being informed even the most drastic original last option of spinal fusion and losing 50-75% of the motion in his back was NOT going to work, Greg was desperate.
This 67-year-old, well-spent rancher with xrays that make doctors pause, decided to try microdosing. Today, Greg calls himself "living proof" that how the body processes pain can be rewired with the help of such alternative remedies as psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics.
Greg and I visit about his simply astounding journey, the lessons, some particulars, the non-negotiables, his new life, and what the future of pain relief might look like if we open our minds to the idea of psychedelics.
And careful! Check your bias on the label. This isn't about spending your day baked. In fact, if you knowingly have that bias, put both earbuds in and listen.
Neither Greg nor I are in a place to tell you to micro-dose. Serious research, guidance, awareness, self-inventory, and continued patience are highly suggested as the next steps in understanding micro-dosing as a physical and mental health alternative.
There are over 40M in the U.S. alone struggling with back issues that have some degree of associated 'severe' pain. It's a new year of new ideas and new invitations to consider, and there's someone out there who needs to hear this.
Send me your thoughts. I'd love to hear them.
RESOURCES:
Greg mentions The Bonati Institute, where he had a procedure that gave him complete relief. He also mentions the University of Michigan's M-PsyC Research Department. Here is a recent article from Vox that is valuable. Psychedelic Spotlight News is a source to investigate.
#chronicpain #suicide #microdose #painrelief #psilocybin #m

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