New year, new neural pathways? 🧠✨ This week kicks off our Self-Talk 2026 series—where we’re quietly rewriting those old scripts in our heads. If you’ve ever felt like your inner voice is more critic than coach, you’re in good company. 💬💛 Let’s start this shift together—one gentle reframe at a time. 🎙️ #TeamConfessions

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Purchase Shad Helmstetter’s book, What to Say When You Talk to Yourself*

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🎉 Happy Fend For Yourself Day! 🎉 This episode celebrates doing absolutely nothing—with love, humor, and a dash of self-talk magic. 🛋️ Whether you're lounging or traveling, this one's a cozy reminder that rest isn’t lazy—it’s imperative. ✨ Kids, you're on your own!

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Fend for Yourself Day

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Curious about What to Say When You Talk to Yourself? 📖🧠 This bonus episode offers a gentle, bite-sized summary of Shad Helmstetter’s classic book on self-talk—what it is, how it works, and why it matters 💬💗. If you’ve been looking for a kinder way to speak to yourself, this is a soft place to start. 🎧

RESOURCES:

1. The Book: What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter
2. The App: Self-Talk+ offers dozens of focused recordings
3. The Summary: Mags’ book synopsis

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My kids gave me a wake-up call years ago 😳—and it turns out, I needed another one! This episode explores how our self-talk 🧠 becomes the soundtrack of our lives—and the power of softening the script 💗. No pressure, no perfection—just one curious step toward a kinder inner voice. 🎧 Ready to rewire that brain-box, TeamConfessioners?

Links mentioned in this episode:

Mothering Can't Be This Hard

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Fend for Yourself Day

RESOURCES:

1. The Book: What To Say When You Talk To Yourself, by Shad Helmstetter
2. The App: Self-Talk+ offers dozens of focused recordings
3. The Summary: Mags’ book synopsis

As an Amazon Associate, I could earn a small commission if you shop through my links. It costs you nothing, but helps keep this wildly underfunded oversharing experiment heading in the right direction 😜.

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Ever feel like you're giving out standing ovations 👏... and getting occasional golf claps in return? 😬 This episode peeks behind the silence to explore the many ways love shows up—especially when praise isn't part of the package. From popcorn metaphors 🍿 to parallel parking 🚗, we're digging into validation, acts of service, and the quiet care that's there, but we might be missing 💛

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🎄 This season, I found myself juggling connection and control—again. A night out, a few unchecked texts, and a family FaceTime later, I realized the “hotline” I was running was one I created. Tune in for a reflection on presence, letting go, and that bittersweet shift when your kids grow up and stop needing you quite so much 😅 Let’s talk boundaries, and being where our feet are 💫

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What if your own branches 🌿 are crowding someone else’s light? A gentle look at parenting growing kids, inspired by gardening ✂️, overgrowth, and the quiet gift of letting go 💛

Posts referenced in this episode:

P-L-A-N — The Importance of Planning Ahead

Tightening the Screws — My 6 Essential Self-Care Routines

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Ever think about how your mood might be linked to your words? Inspired by Rumi, my mom’s birthday 🎉, and a well-timed @ShawnAchor book 📖, this episode dives into the quiet power of praise 🙌—and how forgetting it might dim our inner light ✨

Other episodes referenced in this post:

Mothering Can't Be This Hard

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