https://simplecast.com It's Hard Welcome to It's Hard -- a sober curious podcast + community that has authentic conversations allowing people to learn, grow and feel less alone as they reimagine their relationship with alcohol. Join me, Utah based Sober Twenty-Something, Paige Boner (yes, that is really my last name + yes the podcast name is 100% intentional), for authentic, raw, and fun conversations about something that a lot of us are navigating, our relationship with alcohol. The sober curious movement picked up after 2020 and now has become a nationwide phenomenon. People of all ages and backgrounds are actively choosing not to drink. However, the sober community is still mostly centered around those who struggle with alcoholism and addiction. There is room for more content regarding the active choice to stop drinking. With every episode, my mission is to showcase a world where it is normal to say no to a night out, wine with dinner, and a hangover Saturday morning. I hope you feel seen and understood through my show, to know you aren’t alone in the journey to reimagine your relationship with alcohol. I am not an expert, just learning right alongside you and hoping to find community in the hard stuff. Join me for new episodes every Monday -- I hope these make mondays a little less hard. @itshardpodcast // www.itshardpodcast.com 2019 It's Hard Podcast with Paige Boner en Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:03:13 +0000 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:03:24 +0000 https://itshard.simplecast.com It's Hard https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/fc2315c2-fc22-4388-984e-89096c2efaeb/ad5fa986-af31-4df3-85c0-5f0cf4bd50ca/3000x3000/cover-art-2.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://itshard.simplecast.com episodic Welcome to It's Hard -- a sober curious podcast + community that has authentic conversations allowing people to learn, grow and feel less alone as they reimagine their relationship with alcohol. Join me, Utah based Sober Twenty-Something, Paige Boner (yes, that is really my last name + yes the podcast name is 100% intentional), for authentic, raw, and fun conversations about something that a lot of us are navigating, our relationship with alcohol. The sober curious movement picked up after 2020 and now has become a nationwide phenomenon. People of all ages and backgrounds are actively choosing not to drink. However, the sober community is still mostly centered around those who struggle with alcoholism and addiction. There is room for more content regarding the active choice to stop drinking. With every episode, my mission is to showcase a world where it is normal to say no to a night out, wine with dinner, and a hangover Saturday morning. I hope you feel seen and understood through my show, to know you aren’t alone in the journey to reimagine your relationship with alcohol. I am not an expert, just learning right alongside you and hoping to find community in the hard stuff. Join me for new episodes every Monday -- I hope these make mondays a little less hard. @itshardpodcast // www.itshardpodcast.com Paige Boner yes https://feeds.simplecast.com/sku0qPP0 self-improvement, be better, boldness, bravery, conversations, do better, friendships, fun, funny, honesty, irony, mental health, relationships, self awareness, self help, self reflection, social media, struggles, vulnerability, hardship, community, relate, relateable, self-help Paige Boner hello@itshardpodcast.com a462ae38-4ef1-4b9d-8861-05a3c074cc7d Goodbye + Thank You First, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. To all of you who have supported It's Hard over the past 4 years, I am forever grateful. In this episode, I explain why I made this difficult decision to move on from this chapter in my life. It wasn't an easy choice but I know it is what is best for me in the long run.

In this transition, I am thrilled about my time being shifted toward Sober Squad -- here to cultivate a community of sober curious people by creating spaces and events where we can connect with likeminded individuals. We are operating fully in SLC at the moment but are open to conversations regarding other cities. Message me at @paigejholmgren if you are interested in learning more. 

I love you all so much, please don't hesitate to reach out if you need someone to talk to, have questions, or want to share something!

 

]]> Sun, 27 Aug 2023 18:03:13 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/goodbye-thank-you-N25Gdenp First, I want to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. To all of you who have supported It's Hard over the past 4 years, I am forever grateful. In this episode, I explain why I made this difficult decision to move on from this chapter in my life. It wasn't an easy choice but I know it is what is best for me in the long run.

In this transition, I am thrilled about my time being shifted toward Sober Squad -- here to cultivate a community of sober curious people by creating spaces and events where we can connect with likeminded individuals. We are operating fully in SLC at the moment but are open to conversations regarding other cities. Message me at @paigejholmgren if you are interested in learning more. 

I love you all so much, please don't hesitate to reach out if you need someone to talk to, have questions, or want to share something!

 

]]> Goodbye + Thank You Paige Boner 00:38:39 yes bonus 778bb470-3508-48fb-a4c7-d31a8c5c86ec Season Finale: Toxic Relationships + Alcohol Toxic relationships are heavy and hard to understand. Why me? Why would this happen? Did I deserve that? Today, I talk openly about my personal experience in a toxic relationship and how studies have shown the way alcoholism and addiction play a role. It is highly likely that you or someone you know has experienced or is experiencing abuse and toxicity in a relationship, you aren't alone. 

SALT LAKE CITY EVENTS:

June 8th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiousity! Free event and just show up, no need to sign up anywhere. 

July 5th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiosity pt. 2! 

If you are interested in more consistent sober events in SLC or MPLS please reach out to me on social media. 

 

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]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 05:15:07 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/toxic-relationships-alcohol-g88169_S Toxic relationships are heavy and hard to understand. Why me? Why would this happen? Did I deserve that? Today, I talk openly about my personal experience in a toxic relationship and how studies have shown the way alcoholism and addiction play a role. It is highly likely that you or someone you know has experienced or is experiencing abuse and toxicity in a relationship, you aren't alone. 

SALT LAKE CITY EVENTS:

June 8th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiousity! Free event and just show up, no need to sign up anywhere. 

July 5th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiosity pt. 2! 

If you are interested in more consistent sober events in SLC or MPLS please reach out to me on social media. 

 

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]]> Season Finale: Toxic Relationships + Alcohol Paige Boner 00:25:02 Season Finale!! See you all in September! Season Finale!! See you all in September! sober, alcohol, alcohols, sobriety, abusive, alcoholism, addiction, abusive relationshipa, toxic relationship, toxicity, sober curious, abuse yes full 31 f2b73164-59f4-45cb-9b13-852c6076b6dc Should I Stop Drinking? Do you often google: "How to know if I should stop drinking?" or "Do I have a problem with alcohol?" and come up with the same unhelpful results? This episode is centered around encouraging you to ask yourself the questions that will help you come to the conclusion of how alcohol plays a role in your life and what you want that to look like moving forward. I am not giving professional advice on how to get sober, but rather helping you get curious and come to that decision on your own. 

SALT LAKE CITY EVENTS:

June 8th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiousity! Free event and just show up, no need to sign up anywhere. 

July 5th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiosity pt. 2! 

If you are interested in more consistent sober events in SLC or MPLS please reach out to me on social media. 

 

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]]> Mon, 22 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/should-i-stop-drinking-CEMSnNUd Do you often google: "How to know if I should stop drinking?" or "Do I have a problem with alcohol?" and come up with the same unhelpful results? This episode is centered around encouraging you to ask yourself the questions that will help you come to the conclusion of how alcohol plays a role in your life and what you want that to look like moving forward. I am not giving professional advice on how to get sober, but rather helping you get curious and come to that decision on your own. 

SALT LAKE CITY EVENTS:

June 8th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiousity! Free event and just show up, no need to sign up anywhere. 

July 5th at 6:30PM - Sober Meetup at Curiosity pt. 2! 

If you are interested in more consistent sober events in SLC or MPLS please reach out to me on social media. 

 

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]]> Should I Stop Drinking? Paige Boner 00:27:49 How do you know if it is time to reimagine your relationship with alcohol? How do you know if it is time to reimagine your relationship with alcohol? yes full 30 3bdc5abe-c49e-4f13-8575-8fdd6f4df230 Momma Boner on Her Experience with Alcohol We Talk About:

  • What drinking was when she was young
  • When/why/how she drank for the first time
  • My Dad's struggle with alcohol + how it impacted her
  • My drinking habits
  • My decision to get sober + her thoughts on it

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]]> Mon, 15 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Gruvi, Kind Lips, Better Help, Three Spirits) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/momma-boner-on-her-experience-with-alcohol-93yrq2TJ We Talk About:

  • What drinking was when she was young
  • When/why/how she drank for the first time
  • My Dad's struggle with alcohol + how it impacted her
  • My drinking habits
  • My decision to get sober + her thoughts on it

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]]> Momma Boner on Her Experience with Alcohol Gruvi, Kind Lips, Better Help, Three Spirits 01:03:08 Happy Belated Mothers Day!! My momma is on the show to talk about her experiences + relationship with alcohol. Happy Belated Mothers Day!! My momma is on the show to talk about her experiences + relationship with alcohol. sober, mindful drinking, alcoholism, mom, sober curious, mothers, drinking yes full 29 6351f7ab-fb2a-424b-8fb0-7ac9ae194cf7 Accepting Your Past with Drinking How to accept your past with drinking. We all know we made mistakes, embarrassed ourselves, and failes miserably. How can we move forward and accept that part of our past? 

Today I talk aboout:

  1. Remembering/Reflecting on what you did in your past. Who did it impact? Who might you have hurt? How and why?
  2. Forgive YOURSELF
  3. How to Apologize Properly
  4. Decide to put your best foot forward
  5. Show graditude towards those who stuck it out with you
  6. Accept that part of your life and use it as fuel to move forward

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]]> Mon, 8 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Three Spirits, gruvi, kindlips, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/accepting-your-past-with-drinking-k89hbVnZ How to accept your past with drinking. We all know we made mistakes, embarrassed ourselves, and failes miserably. How can we move forward and accept that part of our past? 

Today I talk aboout:

  1. Remembering/Reflecting on what you did in your past. Who did it impact? Who might you have hurt? How and why?
  2. Forgive YOURSELF
  3. How to Apologize Properly
  4. Decide to put your best foot forward
  5. Show graditude towards those who stuck it out with you
  6. Accept that part of your life and use it as fuel to move forward

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]]> Accepting Your Past with Drinking Three Spirits, gruvi, kindlips, Bizzy Coffee 00:21:26 How to accept your past with drinking. We all know we made mistakes, embarrassed ourselves, and failes miserably. How can we move forward and accept that part of our past? How to accept your past with drinking. We all know we made mistakes, embarrassed ourselves, and failes miserably. How can we move forward and accept that part of our past? sober, mindful drinking, sobriety, self forgiveness, drunk, sober twenties, sober 20s, sobers, forgivness, forgiving, apologies, sober curious, sober girl, self acceptance, drinking yes full 28 c18771d2-69a5-4c2c-b74b-a99cf92d255c I am 2 Years Sober!!!! It’s Hard Resources: 

]]> Mon, 1 May 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (KindLips, Three Spirits, betterhelp, Gruvi) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/i-am-2-years-sober-U2o6VPJb It’s Hard Resources: 

]]> I am 2 Years Sober!!!! KindLips, Three Spirits, betterhelp, Gruvi 00:32:19 I am 2 years sober! Here is why/how I got sober and what sobriety looks like for me after 2 years. I am 2 years sober! Here is why/how I got sober and what sobriety looks like for me after 2 years. sobriety, sober twenty year old, sober in 20s, sober in twenties, sober 20, sober podcast, sober twenties, sober 20s, sober curious, sober girl, sober anniversary yes full 27 94376d58-3c60-4977-81c1-e3e7b78d153b Sobriety when Alcohol is the "Main Activity" with Emerson Hannon (ClassyCleanChic) Emerson Hannon is an engineer turned full-time blogger/content creator based in Minneapolis, MN. She has been sober for over 6 years and she comes on the show to share her experience through choosing sobriety and enhancing her life through this choice. 

What we talk about:

  • Finding sobriety through trial and error
  • Bachelorette Parties
  • Blogger events
  • How sobriety impacts health and wellness 
  • Fun things to do while sober
  • Getting sober 6 years ago
  • Negative connotation around sobriety
  • Living in a new place + meeting people while sober
  • Being surrounded by people who drink

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]]> Mon, 24 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (emerson hannon, bizzy coffee, kind lips, Three Spirits, Gruvi) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/sobriety-when-alcohol-is-the-main-activity-with-emerson-hannon-classycleanchic-jYVg5S3c Emerson Hannon is an engineer turned full-time blogger/content creator based in Minneapolis, MN. She has been sober for over 6 years and she comes on the show to share her experience through choosing sobriety and enhancing her life through this choice. 

What we talk about:

  • Finding sobriety through trial and error
  • Bachelorette Parties
  • Blogger events
  • How sobriety impacts health and wellness 
  • Fun things to do while sober
  • Getting sober 6 years ago
  • Negative connotation around sobriety
  • Living in a new place + meeting people while sober
  • Being surrounded by people who drink

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]]> Sobriety when Alcohol is the "Main Activity" with Emerson Hannon (ClassyCleanChic) emerson hannon, bizzy coffee, kind lips, Three Spirits, Gruvi 00:53:06 Emerson Hannon of the blog, ClassyCleanChic, shares her journey of sobriety that started 6 years ago. Emerson Hannon of the blog, ClassyCleanChic, shares her journey of sobriety that started 6 years ago. thirty and sober, sober 30s, sober, mindful drinking, sobriety in 20s, sobriety, sober curious, twenties and sober yes full 26 a193382f-f4c1-4556-9f57-c353f277f072 Yes, I Still Crave Alcohol It's been nearly 2 years since my last drink, but I still crave the buzz of alcohol, getting drunk with friends, and the taste of a true IPA. In today's episode, I share what I do when I have those feelings. 

 

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]]> Mon, 10 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Three Spirits, Gruvi) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/yes-i-still-crave-alcohol-8YFYb_pD It's been nearly 2 years since my last drink, but I still crave the buzz of alcohol, getting drunk with friends, and the taste of a true IPA. In today's episode, I share what I do when I have those feelings. 

 

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]]> Yes, I Still Crave Alcohol Three Spirits, Gruvi 00:32:19 I still crave alcohol, the buzz, getting drunk, and here is what I do when that happens. I still crave alcohol, the buzz, getting drunk, and here is what I do when that happens. sober community, sober, mindful drinking, alcohol, sobriety, mindful drinig, sober curious, sober girl, drinking yes full 25 104a928f-5fcf-4972-9d14-0ecce9dc71d7 The Hard Things We Don't Talk About: Alcoholism What did you grow up believing you couldn't talk about? My friend Sandy and I are starting a new series where we chat openly about the stuff we were all taught to keep quiet growing up. Today we talk openly about alcoholism. 

Catch Sandy and I every first Thursday of each month for this new series!

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]]> Mon, 3 Apr 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Gruvi, Kind Lips, Three Spirits, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/the-hard-things-we-dont-talk-about-alcoholism-CVSOKou7 What did you grow up believing you couldn't talk about? My friend Sandy and I are starting a new series where we chat openly about the stuff we were all taught to keep quiet growing up. Today we talk openly about alcoholism. 

Catch Sandy and I every first Thursday of each month for this new series!

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]]> The Hard Things We Don't Talk About: Alcoholism Gruvi, Kind Lips, Three Spirits, Bizzy Coffee 00:53:56 My dear friend, Sandy Hernandez, and I are starting a new series "The Hard Stuff We Don't Talk About". It will be released on the first Thursday of each month. Today we are talking about alcoholism. My dear friend, Sandy Hernandez, and I are starting a new series "The Hard Stuff We Don't Talk About". It will be released on the first Thursday of each month. Today we are talking about alcoholism. authenticity, sobriety, alcohol abuse, alcoholism, sober curiosu, sober curious, vulnerability yes full 24 6b7b1b78-bb32-4c50-bbb7-816b8019f823 Choosing Sobriety + Becoming a New Mom Fiona Peterson joins the podcast today to share her story of choosing sobriety and becoming a new mom within the same year. Fiona understands her privlege of being able to CHOOSE sobriety. She got sober and found out she was pregnant just a few weeks later. Today, she shares her story of choosing sobriety while becoming a new mom and how it has impacted her life. 

 

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]]> Mon, 27 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Gruvi, Three Spirits, kindlips, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/choosing-sobriety-becoming-a-new-mom-hyqqpShY Fiona Peterson joins the podcast today to share her story of choosing sobriety and becoming a new mom within the same year. Fiona understands her privlege of being able to CHOOSE sobriety. She got sober and found out she was pregnant just a few weeks later. Today, she shares her story of choosing sobriety while becoming a new mom and how it has impacted her life. 

 

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]]> Choosing Sobriety + Becoming a New Mom Gruvi, Three Spirits, kindlips, Bizzy Coffee 00:49:26 Fiona Peterson joins the podcast today to share her story of choosing sobriety and becoming a new mom within the same year. Fiona Peterson joins the podcast today to share her story of choosing sobriety and becoming a new mom within the same year. sober community, sober, sober mom, sober moms, sobriety, sober new mom, sober curious, new mom, sobriety as a mom yes full 23 10d4a135-114c-4520-b626-4fd47639904c Answering Your Questions!!! Is it appropriate to ask if someone will ever drink again? Sober on holidays? Answering your questions about sobriety! 

  1. Participating in holidays that are surrounded by alcohol? 
  2. Sober friends?
  3. Tips for a sober friend attending a bachelor/bachelorette party?
  4. Is it appropriate to ask someone if they will ever drink again?
  5. What to say if your friend says "I miss when you used to drink"? 

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]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Three Spirits, Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, Gruvi) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/answering-your-questions-is-it-appropriate-to-ask-if-someone-will-ever-drink-again-sober-on-holidays-qqkxdD05 Answering your questions about sobriety! 

  1. Participating in holidays that are surrounded by alcohol? 
  2. Sober friends?
  3. Tips for a sober friend attending a bachelor/bachelorette party?
  4. Is it appropriate to ask someone if they will ever drink again?
  5. What to say if your friend says "I miss when you used to drink"? 

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]]> Answering Your Questions!!! Is it appropriate to ask if someone will ever drink again? Sober on holidays? Three Spirits, Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, Gruvi 00:18:35 Paige is answering your questions about sobriety Paige is answering your questions about sobriety sober community, sober, mindful drinking, sobriety, sober friends, sober st patricks, sober podcast, sober twenties, sober curious, sober holidays yes full 22 57c61fdb-8442-4c51-943a-85d247bff41d From College Blackouts to Moderating to Sobriety in your 30s with Adam Kirr Adam Kirr is a non-alcoholic beverage advocate and recently sober. Today he shares his journey from blacking out in college, to drinking in moderation to being sober. He shares how reducing alcohol consumption can benefit our health, why dating is harder when you don't drink, and the BEST NA options in his opinion. 

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]]> Mon, 13 Mar 2023 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/from-college-blackouts-to-moderating-to-sobriety-in-your-30s-with-adam-kirr-CFwFSays Adam Kirr is a non-alcoholic beverage advocate and recently sober. Today he shares his journey from blacking out in college, to drinking in moderation to being sober. He shares how reducing alcohol consumption can benefit our health, why dating is harder when you don't drink, and the BEST NA options in his opinion. 

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]]> From College Blackouts to Moderating to Sobriety in your 30s with Adam Kirr Paige Boner 00:56:37 Adam Kirr - an NA Beverage advocate joins It's Hard to talk about his journey to sobriety and why reducing our alcohol consumption is best for our health. Adam Kirr - an NA Beverage advocate joins It's Hard to talk about his journey to sobriety and why reducing our alcohol consumption is best for our health. sober community, sober curious dating, non alcoholic options, sober, sobriety, na beverages, sober podcast, na, sober dating, sober curious, sober curious podcast yes full 21 fd654ce8-bc99-4288-a71c-cc759fedfce1 Finding Community in Sobriety with Alex Zauner Alex Zauner has been sober since 2014. Before the sober curious movement, before NA bars, before delicious NA options. The only option for her when getting sober was going to recovery. Today, she has created various modalities that help people on their journey of getting sober. She does 1 on 1 coaching, group coaching, and has started more than one sober community that meets weekly. In this episode, she shares how the power of community can support us through sobriety, that there are more options out there today than there were in 2014, and that we can all reimagine our relationship with alcohol. 

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]]> Mon, 6 Mar 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (bizzy Coffee, Three Spirits, Kind Lips, Gruvi) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/finding-community-in-sobriety-with-alex-zauner-9MyGLU4b Alex Zauner has been sober since 2014. Before the sober curious movement, before NA bars, before delicious NA options. The only option for her when getting sober was going to recovery. Today, she has created various modalities that help people on their journey of getting sober. She does 1 on 1 coaching, group coaching, and has started more than one sober community that meets weekly. In this episode, she shares how the power of community can support us through sobriety, that there are more options out there today than there were in 2014, and that we can all reimagine our relationship with alcohol. 

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]]> Finding Community in Sobriety with Alex Zauner bizzy Coffee, Three Spirits, Kind Lips, Gruvi 00:43:27 Alex Zauner returns to the pod to talk about getting sober before it was "cool" and how she has created community through sobriety. Alex Zauner returns to the pod to talk about getting sober before it was "cool" and how she has created community through sobriety. sober community, sober, community, sobriety, sober and free, sober in twenties, treatment, sober podcast, young and sober, sober curious, sober curious podcast, sober at 25 yes full 20 88763c7c-246b-45c5-a4fe-698209056537 How to tell someone you don't drink...and what if they don't support you???? Paige shares easy ways to tell people you are sober, sober curious, you aren't drinking or you don't drink. She also talks about the sad truth that people will bully you about it and full blown not support your decision. How do you overcome that, how do you set boundaries with those people?

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]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Three Spirits, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee, Gruvi, Better Help) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/how-to-tell-someone-you-dont-drinkand-what-if-they-dont-support-you-xtGMZBAg Paige shares easy ways to tell people you are sober, sober curious, you aren't drinking or you don't drink. She also talks about the sad truth that people will bully you about it and full blown not support your decision. How do you overcome that, how do you set boundaries with those people?

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]]> How to tell someone you don't drink...and what if they don't support you???? Three Spirits, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee, Gruvi, Better Help 00:25:02 How do you tell someone you don't drink? What if they are not supportive? How do you tell someone you don't drink? What if they are not supportive? sober community, sober, support, when people don't support, sobriety, sober in twenties, telling people, sober curious, sober girl, sober at 25, telling people you don't drink yes full 19 aca8d45a-2a6e-44bb-a508-3f588b4353c4 Being a Sober Bride Do you serve alcohol? What do you do at your bachelorette? How does sobriety and being a bride work? Will your partner drink?

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]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, three spirits, Gruvi, betterhelp) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/being-a-sober-bride-07rL7fGY Do you serve alcohol? What do you do at your bachelorette? How does sobriety and being a bride work? Will your partner drink?

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]]> Being a Sober Bride Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, three spirits, Gruvi, betterhelp 00:39:00 Paige talks about her experience as a sober bride. From bachelorette all the way to the big day. Paige talks about her experience as a sober bride. From bachelorette all the way to the big day. sober, sobriety, sober bride, non-alcoholic, bachelorette, wedding, sober curious, bride, sober curiosity, bridal party yes full 18 03ad7451-d3ff-4c19-8745-bce0da8c06e8 Re-Release: I'm One Year Sober EPISODE RE-RELEASE - This episode is from May 2022 when I was one year sober. 

TW: This episode contains mention of suicidal ideation + alcoholism.

I got sober one year ago today. In this episode, I talk about why I got sober and what the journey has looked like ever since. Sobirety has impacted my mental health in ways that I never would have imagined. What better way to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month than with my biggest mental health hack - sobriety!

DISCLAIMER: You don't have to be sober or sober curious to enjoy/benefit from this episode!!! 

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]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (three spirits, gruvi, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-im-one-year-sober-P2S_q_cM EPISODE RE-RELEASE - This episode is from May 2022 when I was one year sober. 

TW: This episode contains mention of suicidal ideation + alcoholism.

I got sober one year ago today. In this episode, I talk about why I got sober and what the journey has looked like ever since. Sobirety has impacted my mental health in ways that I never would have imagined. What better way to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month than with my biggest mental health hack - sobriety!

DISCLAIMER: You don't have to be sober or sober curious to enjoy/benefit from this episode!!! 

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]]> Re-Release: I'm One Year Sober three spirits, gruvi, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee 00:49:45 24 and sober, why? How? In this episode from May of 2022, I share why I got sober at 23 and what the first year looked like for me. 24 and sober, why? How? In this episode from May of 2022, I share why I got sober at 23 and what the first year looked like for me. sober, sober at 24, alcohol, sobriety, sober journey, non alcoholic, sober curious yes bonus c3f71df2-13ba-467d-9fb8-17737e795d1c Sober Sex: Overcoming Sexual Trauma Without Alcohol Lets talk about sex! Disclaimer: my journey to overcoming my sexual trauma is still underway. Another disclaimer: I don't go into any unneccesary detail, this episode is focused on mindset, mental health, and overcoming trauma. 

Sex while sober can be hard. Add trauma from past sexual experiences on top of that, it is a doozy. I am here to share my personal experience as I work through sexual trauma without alcohol. Buckle up baby!

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]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kind Lips, Gruvi, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/sober-sex-overcoming-sexual-trauma-without-alcohol-XofCxtqf Lets talk about sex! Disclaimer: my journey to overcoming my sexual trauma is still underway. Another disclaimer: I don't go into any unneccesary detail, this episode is focused on mindset, mental health, and overcoming trauma. 

Sex while sober can be hard. Add trauma from past sexual experiences on top of that, it is a doozy. I am here to share my personal experience as I work through sexual trauma without alcohol. Buckle up baby!

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]]> Sober Sex: Overcoming Sexual Trauma Without Alcohol Kind Lips, Gruvi, Bizzy Coffee 00:24:18 This is a vulnerable one...I am sharing about the process of dealing with sexual trauma without alcohol and how that impacts my relationship with sex. This is a vulnerable one...I am sharing about the process of dealing with sexual trauma without alcohol and how that impacts my relationship with sex. sober, mindful drinking, sober sex, sobriety, dry january, sobriety and sex, sex, sober curious yes full 17 6c87fde4-8219-45d8-8293-9c74bcf97a6c Dry January is Over...Now What??? Dry January is coming to a close, and with that is the thought of "what does drinking look like now?". Are you going back to how it was before? Are you making small changes? Is sobriety in your future? I am here to talk you through alllllll these feelings you might have in these final days of an alcohol free month!

 

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]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, Better Help, Gruvi) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/dry-january-is-overnow-what-hAv5EdrK Dry January is coming to a close, and with that is the thought of "what does drinking look like now?". Are you going back to how it was before? Are you making small changes? Is sobriety in your future? I am here to talk you through alllllll these feelings you might have in these final days of an alcohol free month!

 

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]]> Dry January is Over...Now What??? Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, Better Help, Gruvi 00:17:32 As Dry January comes to a close... you might be thinking "what is next"? As Dry January comes to a close... you might be thinking "what is next"? sober, mindful drinking, sobriety, dry january, sober curious yes full 16 fb61af4c-49b8-4d78-b7e2-0e8e531e6ea8 What if my partner drinks?? The #1 question I get asked is "what do you do if your partner drinks??". I thought, who better to bring on than MY partner to talk openly about this dynamic. 

What we talk about:

  • His thoughts when I decided to get sober
  • Boundaries with alcohol
  • My insecurities when I got sober
  • What he wants as a partner
  • How to meet each other where we are at
  • Communication 
  • Triggers

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]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Gruvi, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee, Better Help) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/what-if-my-partner-drinks-_TUyRBtp The #1 question I get asked is "what do you do if your partner drinks??". I thought, who better to bring on than MY partner to talk openly about this dynamic. 

What we talk about:

  • His thoughts when I decided to get sober
  • Boundaries with alcohol
  • My insecurities when I got sober
  • What he wants as a partner
  • How to meet each other where we are at
  • Communication 
  • Triggers

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]]> What if my partner drinks?? Gruvi, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee, Better Help 00:53:31 My husband, Jack, joins the podcast today to talk about how we navigate my sobriety even though he drinks. My husband, Jack, joins the podcast today to talk about how we navigate my sobriety even though he drinks. s, sober, relationship, sobriety, sobriety in marriage, marriage, relationships, sober curious yes full 15 564edc19-9619-4d88-b107-b234c13f8f81 BONUS EPISODE! Menty B in a Foreign Country while Sober w. Chelsey Larson Chelsey is sharing the voice recording of her having a live mental breakdown in a foreign country. She talks about the honesty of feelings, contemplating checking yourself into a hospital, considering drinking again after more than a year of sobriety, and MORE. We listen to the whole recording, it is raw, vulnerable and so honest. 

Chelsey's Resources:

BUY HER BOOK: https://i-like-you-minneapolis.myshopify.com/products/chelsey-larson-my-savage-truth?_pos=1&_sid=970d94efe&_ss=r

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]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (kind lips, Better Help) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/bonus-episode-menty-b-in-a-foreign-country-while-sober-w-chelsey-larson-4L7yLLHX Chelsey is sharing the voice recording of her having a live mental breakdown in a foreign country. She talks about the honesty of feelings, contemplating checking yourself into a hospital, considering drinking again after more than a year of sobriety, and MORE. We listen to the whole recording, it is raw, vulnerable and so honest. 

Chelsey's Resources:

BUY HER BOOK: https://i-like-you-minneapolis.myshopify.com/products/chelsey-larson-my-savage-truth?_pos=1&_sid=970d94efe&_ss=r

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]]> BONUS EPISODE! Menty B in a Foreign Country while Sober w. Chelsey Larson kind lips, Better Help 01:13:59 Chelsey Larson, author of "My Savage Truth" and one of my BEST friends gets realllyyyyy vulnerable on todays episode. Chelsey Larson, author of "My Savage Truth" and one of my BEST friends gets realllyyyyy vulnerable on todays episode. sober, sobriety, mental health, sober curious, mental breakdown yes bonus 17ba540d-91ea-4b00-8e12-5183a610982d Oh, you are gonna feel it!! Processing emotions without alcohol Being sober while dealing with emotions is HARD. If you have drank, you know the feeling of needing a glass of wine after a long day. Taking the edge off makes things a bit easier. So what happens when you decide to stop drinking? How tf do you deal with emotions?

Well, it is hard, and I am still figuring it out. The one thing I can promise, is that you will feel everything, which is a blessing and a curse. Alcohol offers a buffer when you are down, in this episode, I talk about how I have processed emotions since I stopped drinking.

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]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kind Lips, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/oh-you-are-gonna-feel-it-processing-emotions-without-alcohol-vtQ6ZR81 Being sober while dealing with emotions is HARD. If you have drank, you know the feeling of needing a glass of wine after a long day. Taking the edge off makes things a bit easier. So what happens when you decide to stop drinking? How tf do you deal with emotions?

Well, it is hard, and I am still figuring it out. The one thing I can promise, is that you will feel everything, which is a blessing and a curse. Alcohol offers a buffer when you are down, in this episode, I talk about how I have processed emotions since I stopped drinking.

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]]> Oh, you are gonna feel it!! Processing emotions without alcohol Kind Lips, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee 00:26:59 How do you process emotions without alcohol? You feel allllll the feels. How do you process emotions without alcohol? You feel allllll the feels. sober, mindful drinking, alcohol, sobriety, dry january, non alcoholic, sober curious yes full 14 f7954ab0-e13e-4ca3-8c78-6007d69eebb1 Am I Not Fun Anymore??? The Fears of Choosing Sobriety One of the biggest fears I had when I decided to stop drinking at 22 years old was...am I not going to be fun anymore? In this episode I talk about how I am finding that my "fun factor" is up to ME! How fun we are is not determined by society's measure of fun but rather how we see ourselves and what we enjoy. 

What I talk about in this episode:

  • My fears going into sobriety
  • Will I be enough?
  • Will people still want to be my friend?
  • How do I make friends while sober?
  • How I shifted my mindset to knowing I am fun without alcohol
  • What is even considered "fun"?
  • I don't go out everytime I am invited 
  • Answering the question: How do you handle when you get bored/annoyed around people who are drinking?

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]]> Mon, 9 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kind Lips, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/am-i-not-fun-anymore-the-fears-of-choosing-sobriety-33E4HrJE One of the biggest fears I had when I decided to stop drinking at 22 years old was...am I not going to be fun anymore? In this episode I talk about how I am finding that my "fun factor" is up to ME! How fun we are is not determined by society's measure of fun but rather how we see ourselves and what we enjoy. 

What I talk about in this episode:

  • My fears going into sobriety
  • Will I be enough?
  • Will people still want to be my friend?
  • How do I make friends while sober?
  • How I shifted my mindset to knowing I am fun without alcohol
  • What is even considered "fun"?
  • I don't go out everytime I am invited 
  • Answering the question: How do you handle when you get bored/annoyed around people who are drinking?

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]]> Am I Not Fun Anymore??? The Fears of Choosing Sobriety Kind Lips, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee 00:36:13 Dry January Pt. 2!! What happens to your fun factor when you decide to stop drinking? Dry January Pt. 2!! What happens to your fun factor when you decide to stop drinking? sober, mindful drinking, sobriety, sober twenties, dry january, fun, sober curious, sober curious movement yes full 13 cfa105dd-7118-4411-b95a-a25d509e0799 A Guide to Dry/Damp January: Experimenting with Life Without Alcohol Dry January? Damp January? How can you experiment with life without alcohol?

What I Talk About:

  • How 2022 shifted the sober curious movement
  • What is Dry January?
  • How to do Dry January with purpose and intention
  • What happens if you have a craving for alcohol? How can you shift it to damp january?
  • Sober Curious vs Sober vs Zero-Proof Forward vs Mindful Drinking
  • How important is alcohol to you? Can you go a week? Month? Without it?
  • What is next for It's Hard

 

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]]> Mon, 2 Jan 2023 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Better Help, Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/a-guide-to-dry-damp-january-experimenting-with-life-without-alcohol-VVuvFbxk Dry January? Damp January? How can you experiment with life without alcohol?

What I Talk About:

  • How 2022 shifted the sober curious movement
  • What is Dry January?
  • How to do Dry January with purpose and intention
  • What happens if you have a craving for alcohol? How can you shift it to damp january?
  • Sober Curious vs Sober vs Zero-Proof Forward vs Mindful Drinking
  • How important is alcohol to you? Can you go a week? Month? Without it?
  • What is next for It's Hard

 

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]]> A Guide to Dry/Damp January: Experimenting with Life Without Alcohol Better Help, Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips 00:33:06 What the f is Dry January? How can you do it with intention and purpose? I am giving you all the tips and tricks to make this month worth while! What the f is Dry January? How can you do it with intention and purpose? I am giving you all the tips and tricks to make this month worth while! sober, mindful drinking, sobriety, sober curious, zero-proof forward yes full 12 e47c5306-a3c2-4f00-a350-a5e061793b27 100th Episode!! I still don't know what I am doing.... This episode is a perfect depiction of the entirety of this show. Relateable and all over the place. Thank you for listening for 100 episodes -- wtf???

Today we talk about:

  • Random shit
  • Embarassing stories (ours and YOURS)
  • Insecurity of not being athletic 
  • Being driven by childhood passions
  • Basic things that are hard

Gruvi is doing a giveaway for my 100th episode! Go to @itshardpodcast on instagram to enter. 

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]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (gruvi, Better Help, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/100th-episode-i-still-dont-know-what-i-am-doing-kHFszENy This episode is a perfect depiction of the entirety of this show. Relateable and all over the place. Thank you for listening for 100 episodes -- wtf???

Today we talk about:

  • Random shit
  • Embarassing stories (ours and YOURS)
  • Insecurity of not being athletic 
  • Being driven by childhood passions
  • Basic things that are hard

Gruvi is doing a giveaway for my 100th episode! Go to @itshardpodcast on instagram to enter. 

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]]> 100th Episode!! I still don't know what I am doing.... gruvi, Better Help, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee 01:02:35 It is my 100th episode!! Jack is on the show to celebrate with me. We talk embarassing stories, my insecurity of not being a "sports girl", and basic things that are hard. It is my 100th episode!! Jack is on the show to celebrate with me. We talk embarassing stories, my insecurity of not being a "sports girl", and basic things that are hard. relatable, community, sports, authentic, passion, athletic, not athletic, mental health, embarassing stories, not alone, childhood yes full 11 3254c8ac-8f30-46c8-a9e2-2805a01353c1 Vision Board?? New Years Resolution?? Dry January?? Sober During the Holidays?? The New Year is coming up and if you are anything like me, you don't realllyyy stress about jumping into a new year. However, it is a good time to reflect, level set, and create a vision for the next year of your life. I deeply believe in doing everything with intention. If you want your life to be a certain way, you have the capacity to create the life you desire. You just have to do the WORK. In this episode, I talk about the power of vision planning (when you do it with intention), the challenges of new years resolutions, and I end with tips for sobriety during the holidays and how to be intentional with Dry January. Enjoy the 2nd to last pod of the year!

 

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]]> Mon, 5 Dec 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee, Better Help) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/vision-board-new-years-resolution-dry-january-sober-during-the-holidays-KqnBsdYF The New Year is coming up and if you are anything like me, you don't realllyyy stress about jumping into a new year. However, it is a good time to reflect, level set, and create a vision for the next year of your life. I deeply believe in doing everything with intention. If you want your life to be a certain way, you have the capacity to create the life you desire. You just have to do the WORK. In this episode, I talk about the power of vision planning (when you do it with intention), the challenges of new years resolutions, and I end with tips for sobriety during the holidays and how to be intentional with Dry January. Enjoy the 2nd to last pod of the year!

 

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]]> Vision Board?? New Years Resolution?? Dry January?? Sober During the Holidays?? Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee, Better Help 00:52:11 Create that vision board! Skip New Years Resolutions! Do everything with INTENTION! Paige talks about what has worked for her in preparation for the new year. Create that vision board! Skip New Years Resolutions! Do everything with INTENTION! Paige talks about what has worked for her in preparation for the new year. new years, vision board, sober, vision, new year, sobriety, planning, 2023 vision, vision planning, holidays, dry january, new years resolution, 2023 new year yes full 10 bda7ee23-2f8f-4f32-bf33-8efe89ce27b9 Holidays are HARD...and beautiful, messy, nostalgic, etc. Holidays are HARD for most of us. They are also nostalgic, joyful, beautiful, and happy. They are everything all at once. Today Paige talks about the messiness of holidays and how you can make the most of this season by looking out for YOU!

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]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Better Help, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/holidays-are-hardand-beautiful-messy-nostalgic-etc-oYF3_f_5 Holidays are HARD for most of us. They are also nostalgic, joyful, beautiful, and happy. They are everything all at once. Today Paige talks about the messiness of holidays and how you can make the most of this season by looking out for YOU!

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]]> Holidays are HARD...and beautiful, messy, nostalgic, etc. Better Help, Kind Lips, Bizzy Coffee 00:41:43 Paige is talking about holidays today -- the messiness, joyfulness, imperfection, and challenges. Paige is talking about holidays today -- the messiness, joyfulness, imperfection, and challenges. mental health, holiday season, holidays, family, holiday boundaries, boundaries yes full 9 8094bfa6-f4b3-4a23-8fd0-846e54f6b2d4 Chronic Illness...A Hard but Necesary Conversation!! Lauren Cunningham shares her hard thing --- her struggle with chronic illness -- specifically the struggle to be properly diagnosed. Chronic Illness is still such a misunderstood illness and struggle. Most people go misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for years before recieving proper treatment. Hearing these stories allows you to be more aware of personal signs of chronic illness and to have more empathy and understanding for those who struggle. 

Lauren does holistic health coaching, recipe development, and has her own podcast. Check out her website to learn more about how to connect with Lauren.

https://laurencunningham.co

 

 

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]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Lauren Cunningham, Bizzy Coffee, Better Help, kindlips) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/chronic-illnessa-hard-but-necesary-conversation-LtgijuSq Lauren Cunningham shares her hard thing --- her struggle with chronic illness -- specifically the struggle to be properly diagnosed. Chronic Illness is still such a misunderstood illness and struggle. Most people go misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for years before recieving proper treatment. Hearing these stories allows you to be more aware of personal signs of chronic illness and to have more empathy and understanding for those who struggle. 

Lauren does holistic health coaching, recipe development, and has her own podcast. Check out her website to learn more about how to connect with Lauren.

https://laurencunningham.co

 

 

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]]> Chronic Illness...A Hard but Necesary Conversation!! Lauren Cunningham, Bizzy Coffee, Better Help, kindlips 00:40:29 Lauren Cunningham joins the show to share her vulnerable experience with chronic illness. Lauren Cunningham joins the show to share her vulnerable experience with chronic illness. chrons, community, sickness, mental health, depression, chronic illness, you are not alone, anxiety, illness yes full 8 2caf78c1-97b9-4194-9bd1-18dabac388ca It's Hard is 3!!! How the heck did I start a podcast and keep it going? It’s Hard Resources: 

]]> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/its-hard-is-3-how-the-heck-did-i-start-a-podcast-and-keep-it-going-W5gSTXgb It’s Hard Resources: 

]]> It's Hard is 3!!! How the heck did I start a podcast and keep it going? Paige Boner 00:37:43 Paige talks all about starting a podcast and growing it for the past 3 years. Spoiler alert: the listeners are 100% of the reason. Paige talks all about starting a podcast and growing it for the past 3 years. Spoiler alert: the listeners are 100% of the reason. yes full 7 cdb31371-a746-4982-b806-426943b1e099 How do I get over heartbreak??? Have you been heartbroken? You aren't alone. I think majority of the world has felt heartbreak on some level. Emily and I sit down to chat about the truth and challenge of heartbreak and how someone can move on. 

 

We talk about:

  • What you can learn from heartbreak
  • Being on your own
  • Knowing what you want
  • Moving on
  • Dating!!
  • Being independent in a relationship and outside of it
  • and MORE

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]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/how-do-i-get-over-heartbreak-4jaw_Qbz Have you been heartbroken? You aren't alone. I think majority of the world has felt heartbreak on some level. Emily and I sit down to chat about the truth and challenge of heartbreak and how someone can move on. 

 

We talk about:

  • What you can learn from heartbreak
  • Being on your own
  • Knowing what you want
  • Moving on
  • Dating!!
  • Being independent in a relationship and outside of it
  • and MORE

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]]> How do I get over heartbreak??? Paige Boner 00:44:17 Whether it has been 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months or 3 years, heartbreak is HARD. Emily Johnson, friend and avid It's Hard listener joins the pod today to talk about the universal pain of HEARTBREAK. Whether it has been 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months or 3 years, heartbreak is HARD. Emily Johnson, friend and avid It's Hard listener joins the pod today to talk about the universal pain of HEARTBREAK. yes full 6 4f142d3b-59a6-4155-8301-a2838d5ef926 Our Wedding: Doing things your way? No bridal party? My dress ripped! Answering all your Qs We talk about:

  • Small wedding size
  • Spending time with guests
  • Feeling overwhelmed during the weekend
  • Feeling anxious and scared the weeks leading up
  • The best song we danced to
  • Not having a bridal party
  • How we met
  • Our vows
  • Favorite part of the day
  • What went WRONG -- yes, my dress ripped

Our Wedding Vendors:

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]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (bizzy coffee, gruuvi, dewitt planning, kind lips, better help) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/our-wedding-doing-things-your-way-no-bridal-party-my-dress-ripped-answering-all-your-qs-S1VJPdyq We talk about:

  • Small wedding size
  • Spending time with guests
  • Feeling overwhelmed during the weekend
  • Feeling anxious and scared the weeks leading up
  • The best song we danced to
  • Not having a bridal party
  • How we met
  • Our vows
  • Favorite part of the day
  • What went WRONG -- yes, my dress ripped

Our Wedding Vendors:

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]]> Our Wedding: Doing things your way? No bridal party? My dress ripped! Answering all your Qs bizzy coffee, gruuvi, dewitt planning, kind lips, better help 01:02:49 Jack is on the pod today!! He is here to talk about OUR WEDDING! Finally we are talking all the details of our big day. What went wrong? What was the best song on our playlist? Why didn't we have a bridal party? Answering all of your questions! Jack is on the pod today!! He is here to talk about OUR WEDDING! Finally we are talking all the details of our big day. What went wrong? What was the best song on our playlist? Why didn't we have a bridal party? Answering all of your questions! wedding day, wedding nerves, mental health, wedding, wedding story, bridal party yes full 5 51d9d603-0ac0-4592-bf1f-99107750ad97 What is a Zero-Proof Forward Lifestyle?? Make My Mocktails is the BEST mocktail account, but that isn't all Tori Bertschy does. She has started the conversation around a Zero-Proof Forward Lifestyle. Tori talks about following your intuition and gut when it comes to drinking alcohol. In this podcast, we talk honestly about the sober community and how it is possible to live in the gray area and do things YOUR way. Sober curious is a buzz-word right now. We are here to talk about how to balance alcohol and become a mindful drinker instead of going in a direction that doesn't align with what you want. 

We talk about:

  • Being Zero-Proof Forward
  • Mindful drinking
  • How does the sober community fit into ZPF?
  • Choosing not to drink
  • Setting boundaries
  • Being around people who drink
  • It doesn't have to be one or the other
  • Making decisions based on how you feel
  • Avoiding restriction
  • Being sober curious
  • Non-alcoholic options at your wedding
  • The best NA options in Tori's opinion
  • .5 alcohol percentage?

It’s Hard Resources: 

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]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2022 05:04:14 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Make My Mocktails, Tori Bertschy, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/what-is-a-zero-proof-forward-lifestyle-FESrpocD Make My Mocktails is the BEST mocktail account, but that isn't all Tori Bertschy does. She has started the conversation around a Zero-Proof Forward Lifestyle. Tori talks about following your intuition and gut when it comes to drinking alcohol. In this podcast, we talk honestly about the sober community and how it is possible to live in the gray area and do things YOUR way. Sober curious is a buzz-word right now. We are here to talk about how to balance alcohol and become a mindful drinker instead of going in a direction that doesn't align with what you want. 

We talk about:

  • Being Zero-Proof Forward
  • Mindful drinking
  • How does the sober community fit into ZPF?
  • Choosing not to drink
  • Setting boundaries
  • Being around people who drink
  • It doesn't have to be one or the other
  • Making decisions based on how you feel
  • Avoiding restriction
  • Being sober curious
  • Non-alcoholic options at your wedding
  • The best NA options in Tori's opinion
  • .5 alcohol percentage?

It’s Hard Resources: 

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]]> What is a Zero-Proof Forward Lifestyle?? Make My Mocktails, Tori Bertschy, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips 01:03:57 Tori Bertschy of Make My Mocktails is on the pod today! She has created a community centered around making mocktails and having open conversations regarding a Zero-Proof Forward Lifestyle and Mindful Drinking. Tori Bertschy of Make My Mocktails is on the pod today! She has created a community centered around making mocktails and having open conversations regarding a Zero-Proof Forward Lifestyle and Mindful Drinking. relatable, sober, mindful drinking, sober lifestyle, community, sobriety, non-alcoholic, mental health, sober living, sober curious, zero-proof forward, mockatils yes full 4 2a0525a4-111a-45a0-809b-c14dd90a8cab FOMO: What are we so scared of??? Listener, friend, and incredible person, Jessie Gosso, joins It's Hard to talk about FOMO. The Fear of Missing Out is something that many people struggle with. We often feel alone in it because we are scared to admit this type of fear. 

Jessie shares her experience with FOMO and how it has impacted her relationship with herself and others. 

What we talk about:

  • What IS FOMO?
  • How does anxiety play a part?
  • How does FOMO impact our relationships?
  • Confrontation
  • What are we afraid of?
  • The power of listening to yourself

 

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]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Jesse Gosso, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee, Paige Boner, Kind Lips) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/fomo-what-are-we-so-scared-of-f4wgFEFt Listener, friend, and incredible person, Jessie Gosso, joins It's Hard to talk about FOMO. The Fear of Missing Out is something that many people struggle with. We often feel alone in it because we are scared to admit this type of fear. 

Jessie shares her experience with FOMO and how it has impacted her relationship with herself and others. 

What we talk about:

  • What IS FOMO?
  • How does anxiety play a part?
  • How does FOMO impact our relationships?
  • Confrontation
  • What are we afraid of?
  • The power of listening to yourself

 

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]]> FOMO: What are we so scared of??? Jesse Gosso, Better Help, Bizzy Coffee, Paige Boner, Kind Lips 00:32:56 It's spooky season so we need to talk about one of the biggest fears we have...that of MiSsInG OuT. It's spooky season so we need to talk about one of the biggest fears we have...that of MiSsInG OuT. relateable, fomo, authentic, fear, mental health, afraid, anxiety, friendships, fear of missing out yes full 3 22d92007-72f4-4070-b385-f316e09f7da7 Sober October! Make the Trend Intentional Are you participating in Sober October or looking to? Are you looking for a break from booze or a BREAKTHROUGH?

Either is totally fine, I am here to share different ways you could come out of this month with more intention and clarity on your relationship with alcohol. 

Things I talk about:

  • Sober October
  • Taking a break from alcohol
  • Becoming sober
  • Sobriety
  • Zero-Proof forward lifestyle
  • Reclaiming your relationship with booze
  • INTENTIONALITY!
  • Options for drinks this month and beyond!

It’s Hard Resources: 

]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kind Lips, betterhelp, Bizzy Coffee) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/sober-october-make-the-trend-intentional-yuLWYN_x Are you participating in Sober October or looking to? Are you looking for a break from booze or a BREAKTHROUGH?

Either is totally fine, I am here to share different ways you could come out of this month with more intention and clarity on your relationship with alcohol. 

Things I talk about:

  • Sober October
  • Taking a break from alcohol
  • Becoming sober
  • Sobriety
  • Zero-Proof forward lifestyle
  • Reclaiming your relationship with booze
  • INTENTIONALITY!
  • Options for drinks this month and beyond!

It’s Hard Resources: 

]]> Sober October! Make the Trend Intentional Kind Lips, betterhelp, Bizzy Coffee 00:39:22 Paige talks about making Sober October intentional based on what YOU want to get out of it. Paige talks about making Sober October intentional based on what YOU want to get out of it. zero proof forward, sobriety, mocktails, sober curious, sober october yes full 2 3230ae40-b8a5-4933-a1e1-20982ac951cf I'M BACKKKK!!! What's New SZN 5?
  • Updates on the new structure of the show 
  • Why perfection isn't what this show is about
  • How do you submit your story to be on the show?
  • Life updates
    • New job
    • Getting married 
    • Facts vs Feelings
    • Fear = Interest 

    • It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 3 Oct 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, better help, Paige Boner, It's Hard Podcast) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/im-backkkk-whats-new-szn-5-h4vJnSqH
  • Updates on the new structure of the show 
  • Why perfection isn't what this show is about
  • How do you submit your story to be on the show?
  • Life updates
    • New job
    • Getting married 
    • Facts vs Feelings
    • Fear = Interest 

    • It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     I'M BACKKKK!!! What's New SZN 5? Bizzy Coffee, Kind Lips, better help, Paige Boner, It's Hard Podcast 00:19:06 Paige is back!! She is married, motivated, still struggling but ready for a new season! She shares how the show structure has evolved and changed for this new season. Paige is back!! She is married, motivated, still struggling but ready for a new season! She shares how the show structure has evolved and changed for this new season. authenticity, mental health podcast, nerves, fear, submission based show, mental health, marriage, getting married, adjusting, perfectionism yes full 1     f140dc98-e425-4e7d-9f32-9e5d2d1b4355 Mental Health Awareness Month Reflections Mental Health Awareness Month is the month of May. This year, I took a lot of action in ensuring that I made the most of MHAM. In this episode, I chat with you all about some amazing things that I have learned, reflected on, and now will start to implement after this past month. 

    Some things I talk about include:

    • The NAMI walk in Utah.
    • Alternative resources for therapy.
    • Mental health resources
    • Finding a therapist
    • Parents struggling with their kids mental health
    • Social media 
    • Medicine 
    • Feeling content in life 
    • Monthly Mental Health Check-Ins -- DM or email me if you are interested in joining

    Resources from NAMI walk:

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 23 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (sather audio, kindlips, betterhelp, NAMI) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/mental-health-awareness-month-reflections-_Nmx4TjK Mental Health Awareness Month is the month of May. This year, I took a lot of action in ensuring that I made the most of MHAM. In this episode, I chat with you all about some amazing things that I have learned, reflected on, and now will start to implement after this past month. 

    Some things I talk about include:

    • The NAMI walk in Utah.
    • Alternative resources for therapy.
    • Mental health resources
    • Finding a therapist
    • Parents struggling with their kids mental health
    • Social media 
    • Medicine 
    • Feeling content in life 
    • Monthly Mental Health Check-Ins -- DM or email me if you are interested in joining

    Resources from NAMI walk:

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mental Health Awareness Month Reflections sather audio, kindlips, betterhelp, NAMI 00:39:25 SOLO: Paige sits down to reflect on Mental Health Awareness Month. SOLO: Paige sits down to reflect on Mental Health Awareness Month. social media, therapy, mental health, mental health awareness month, mental health resources, medicine, therapist yes full 8     d69c5390-5f8a-4850-8ef6-d0d75e63f7cf Mental Health in Relationships Part 1 Mental health looks different for everyone. Jack and I sit down to talk about his experience with mental health and how it has shown up for him over the years. He gets vulnerable about struggles with anxiety, feeling stuck, depression, drinking and more. However, he also shares his outlook on life and how his upbringing positively impacted his relationship with his mental health.

    We also talk about…

    • Voices in your head
    • Anxiety
    • Feeling stuck
    • Expressing emotions
    • Homeschooling
    • Family

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 16 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/mental-health-in-relationships-part-1-_gaIYbOS Mental health looks different for everyone. Jack and I sit down to talk about his experience with mental health and how it has shown up for him over the years. He gets vulnerable about struggles with anxiety, feeling stuck, depression, drinking and more. However, he also shares his outlook on life and how his upbringing positively impacted his relationship with his mental health.

    We also talk about…

    • Voices in your head
    • Anxiety
    • Feeling stuck
    • Expressing emotions
    • Homeschooling
    • Family

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mental Health in Relationships Part 1 Paige Boner 00:49:40 SOLO: Paige and Jack sit down to talk about Jack's journey with mental health and how mental health shows up in their relationship. SOLO: Paige and Jack sit down to talk about Jack's journey with mental health and how mental health shows up in their relationship. yes full 7     fa4acbbf-4cd4-4314-980e-c2eaed980d7e My Experience with Disordered Eating + Body Dysmorphia TW: This episode contains mention of anorexia, body dysmorphia, binging, and disordered eating. 

    I was diagnosed with generalized anorexia and body dysmorphia at the age of 17. In this episode, I share everything that led up to my diagnosis and everything that has happened through my recovery. 

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 9 May 2022 12:39:23 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (kind lips, nami, better help, sather audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/my-experience-with-disordered-eating-body-dysmorphia-dkxGnSLA TW: This episode contains mention of anorexia, body dysmorphia, binging, and disordered eating. 

    I was diagnosed with generalized anorexia and body dysmorphia at the age of 17. In this episode, I share everything that led up to my diagnosis and everything that has happened through my recovery. 

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     My Experience with Disordered Eating + Body Dysmorphia kind lips, nami, better help, sather audio 00:35:34 SOLO: Paige shares her experience with disordered eating + body dysmorphia. SOLO: Paige shares her experience with disordered eating + body dysmorphia. mental health, recovery, eating disorder, body dysmporphia, anorexia, mental illness, disordered eating recovery, nami, disordered eating yes full 6     634c7dac-02aa-4db5-a6ce-f197337d9ff1 I'm One Year Sober TW: This episode contains mention of suicidal ideation + alcoholism.

    I got sober one year ago today. In this episode, I talk about why I got sober and what the journey has looked like ever since. Sobirety has impacted my mental health in ways that I never would have imagined. What better way to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month than with my biggest mental health hack - sobriety!

    DISCLAIMER: You don't have to be sober or sober curious to enjoy/benefit from this episode!!! 

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

    ]]>     Mon, 2 May 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (paige boner, sather audio, itshard, better help, kind lips) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/im-one-year-sober-gQI2fEOh TW: This episode contains mention of suicidal ideation + alcoholism.

    I got sober one year ago today. In this episode, I talk about why I got sober and what the journey has looked like ever since. Sobirety has impacted my mental health in ways that I never would have imagined. What better way to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month than with my biggest mental health hack - sobriety!

    DISCLAIMER: You don't have to be sober or sober curious to enjoy/benefit from this episode!!! 

    SUPPORT NAMI THIS MONTH (and beyond) BY DONATING TO MY WALK WITH NAMI-UTAH: https://www.namiwalks.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=3817

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

    ]]>     I'm One Year Sober paige boner, sather audio, itshard, better help, kind lips 00:50:10 SOLO: Mental Health Awareness Month Pt. 1 - Paige is ONE YEAR SOBER! SOLO: Mental Health Awareness Month Pt. 1 - Paige is ONE YEAR SOBER! s, sober, sober at 24, sobriety, sober journey, sobriety journey, mental health, hangxiety, sober twenty-something, depression, suicidal ideation, anxiety yes full 5     7caab0c7-55ae-4470-b8c9-d2dc3e7f3565 Release The Pressure + Face Those Feelings with Mark Dowdle "Every single day that you wake up, you are setting a new record for yourself." - Mark Dowdle

    Paige and Mark sit down to catch up and talk about what the past two years have brought up for them. This episode will leave you thinking, feeling, and with tangible truths to apply to your own life. 

    We also talk about…

    • Ego
    • Telling people you love them
    • Releasing baggage
    • Enoughness
    • Supporting people
    • Journaling
    • Believing in oneself
    • Authenticity
    • Serving others
    • Heartbreak
    • Breakups
    • The in between

    Christina's Resources:

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

    ]]>     Mon, 25 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/release-the-pressure-face-those-feelings-with-mark-dowdle-CJU21Db7 "Every single day that you wake up, you are setting a new record for yourself." - Mark Dowdle

    Paige and Mark sit down to catch up and talk about what the past two years have brought up for them. This episode will leave you thinking, feeling, and with tangible truths to apply to your own life. 

    We also talk about…

    • Ego
    • Telling people you love them
    • Releasing baggage
    • Enoughness
    • Supporting people
    • Journaling
    • Believing in oneself
    • Authenticity
    • Serving others
    • Heartbreak
    • Breakups
    • The in between

    Christina's Resources:

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

    ]]>     Release The Pressure + Face Those Feelings with Mark Dowdle Paige Boner 01:44:40 CONVERSATION: Mark Dowdle RETURNS to talk about the past 2 years and what he has been learning. CONVERSATION: Mark Dowdle RETURNS to talk about the past 2 years and what he has been learning. yes full 4     adae3c35-ad09-48ea-b6b5-d932d13a5c53 Lets Get Real About Suicidal Ideation + Addiction with Christina Kimbrough TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, we talk about suicidal ideation. 

    Paige and Christina have a real conversation about the various ways that mental illness can defeat us. Christina lives with bipolar disorder and genralized anxiety, her mission is to spread awareness around mental illness and normalize the conversation in hopes to end the stigma. She also got sober in 2020 and shares her journey to recovery. Listen along for an honest, raw, and relateable conversation about hard things in life. We make the hard things easier! 

    We also talk about…

    • Sobriety
    • Anxiety
    • Bipolar Disorder
    • Social Media
    • Addiction
    • Suicidal Ideation
    • Partnerships and Mental Health

    Christina's Resources:

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

     

    ]]>     Mon, 18 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (christina kimbrough, girl heal podcast, paige boner, sather audio, its hard podcast) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/lets-get-real-about-suicidal-ideation-addiction-with-christina-kimbrough-UUJnlHDY TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode, we talk about suicidal ideation. 

    Paige and Christina have a real conversation about the various ways that mental illness can defeat us. Christina lives with bipolar disorder and genralized anxiety, her mission is to spread awareness around mental illness and normalize the conversation in hopes to end the stigma. She also got sober in 2020 and shares her journey to recovery. Listen along for an honest, raw, and relateable conversation about hard things in life. We make the hard things easier! 

    We also talk about…

    • Sobriety
    • Anxiety
    • Bipolar Disorder
    • Social Media
    • Addiction
    • Suicidal Ideation
    • Partnerships and Mental Health

    Christina's Resources:

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

     

    ]]>     Lets Get Real About Suicidal Ideation + Addiction with Christina Kimbrough christina kimbrough, girl heal podcast, paige boner, sather audio, its hard podcast 01:37:47 CONVERSATION: Paige sits down with Christina Kimbrough, fellow mental health advocate, to talk openly about addicition, suicidal ideation and all things mental health. CONVERSATION: Paige sits down with Christina Kimbrough, fellow mental health advocate, to talk openly about addicition, suicidal ideation and all things mental health. mental health awareness, bipolar, alone, alcoholism, addiction, addict, mental health, suicidal ideation, anxiety, mental illness yes full 3     1ec817ff-9003-41ac-bb5b-9e54108792b8 Momma Boner on Motherhood + Identity EPISODE NOTES:  

    • How parents struggle with the hardships of kids growing up, moving on, and moving away 
    • The comfort we feel when we are missed, how this makes us accomplished and proud in many ways 
    • The differences we face with our relationship versus the relationship our parents have and the people in our lives have. 
    • How mothers and parents struggle at every stage of their child’s life to navigate life, watching your child face hardships and how this affects parents mentally 

    We also talk about:

    • Moving away
    • Distance 
    • Confidence 
    • Missing someone 
    • Experiences 
    • Meeting in the middle 
    • Hardships 
    • Parents 
    • Motherhood
    • Children
    • Grandchildren 
    • Navigating life

    It's Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/momma-boner-on-motherhood-identity-DSBNLSZO EPISODE NOTES:  

    • How parents struggle with the hardships of kids growing up, moving on, and moving away 
    • The comfort we feel when we are missed, how this makes us accomplished and proud in many ways 
    • The differences we face with our relationship versus the relationship our parents have and the people in our lives have. 
    • How mothers and parents struggle at every stage of their child’s life to navigate life, watching your child face hardships and how this affects parents mentally 

    We also talk about:

    • Moving away
    • Distance 
    • Confidence 
    • Missing someone 
    • Experiences 
    • Meeting in the middle 
    • Hardships 
    • Parents 
    • Motherhood
    • Children
    • Grandchildren 
    • Navigating life

    It's Hard Resources: 

    ]]>     Momma Boner on Motherhood + Identity Paige Boner 01:33:33 SOLO: Paige sits down with her mom to discuss the mental health struggles of having a child grow up and move on. SOLO: Paige sits down with her mom to discuss the mental health struggles of having a child grow up and move on. yes full 2     6832128a-1cc4-41f8-952c-d97bd474b85b Moving Didn't Fix My Mental Health In this episode, Paige and Jack go over the following:

    • Leaving can be good, when you feel a need to leave. However moving and leaving won’t make your problems disappear. As humans we need to have that at the forefront of our minds
    • Moving can be very isolating and hard causing you to have mental health struggles still, mental health is not dependent on a specific place. Vacations, kids, moving, things, will not cure our mental health issues.
    • Starting over and resetting is beneficial, but not running away from things
    • Having a support system will result in a great growing and learning experience

    We also talk about…

    • Work life balance
    • Moving
    • Mental health
    • Starting over
    • Support system
    • Growing
    • Intentions and Expectations

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

    ]]>     Mon, 4 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Jack Holmgren, Paige Boner, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/moving-didnt-fix-my-mental-health-ViC_6BM6 In this episode, Paige and Jack go over the following:

    • Leaving can be good, when you feel a need to leave. However moving and leaving won’t make your problems disappear. As humans we need to have that at the forefront of our minds
    • Moving can be very isolating and hard causing you to have mental health struggles still, mental health is not dependent on a specific place. Vacations, kids, moving, things, will not cure our mental health issues.
    • Starting over and resetting is beneficial, but not running away from things
    • Having a support system will result in a great growing and learning experience

    We also talk about…

    • Work life balance
    • Moving
    • Mental health
    • Starting over
    • Support system
    • Growing
    • Intentions and Expectations

    It’s Hard Resources: 

     

    ]]>     Moving Didn't Fix My Mental Health Jack Holmgren, Paige Boner, Sather Audio 00:58:00 SOLO: Welcome to season 4! To kick off the season, Paige and Jack discuss how moving does not fix mental health and the struggles that they have faced with their move to Utah. SOLO: Welcome to season 4! To kick off the season, Paige and Jack discuss how moving does not fix mental health and the struggles that they have faced with their move to Utah. intention, support, work, starting over, moving, new season, mental health, expectations, work life balance, resetting, podcast, move, utah yes full 1     3f613787-64cc-436a-b100-db1be364062a Relationships Are Hard Part 4: Communicating with your Partner In this episode, Paige and Jack discuss the following:

    • What is effective communication in a relationship? And how can we understand different communication styles within a relationship?
    • You are responsible for your own happiness, not your partner
    • We must be willing to meet in the middle within a relationship, without this a relationship may not suffice
    • Communication is the most important aspect of a healthy relationship because it allows each partner to discuss what they need within the relationship.

    It’s Hard resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/relationships-are-hard-part-4-effective-communication-fFVxTX0X In this episode, Paige and Jack discuss the following:

    • What is effective communication in a relationship? And how can we understand different communication styles within a relationship?
    • You are responsible for your own happiness, not your partner
    • We must be willing to meet in the middle within a relationship, without this a relationship may not suffice
    • Communication is the most important aspect of a healthy relationship because it allows each partner to discuss what they need within the relationship.

    It’s Hard resources: 

    ]]>     Relationships Are Hard Part 4: Communicating with your Partner Paige Boner 00:22:41 FEB SERIES: Paige and Jack talk honestly about the challenges of communicating effectively with one another. FEB SERIES: Paige and Jack talk honestly about the challenges of communicating effectively with one another. yes full 26     7fc266d5-847f-40eb-9cb9-e246211da597 Relationships Are Hard Part 3: Living With Your Partner
  • While cohabiting, healthy relationships require alone time, finding your own space and own niche allows for a healthier stronger relationship
  • Finding what you like least and setting expectations in a new home together 
  • Cohabiting is difficult but not impossible, setting boundaries and talking openingly allow for a healthier relationship 
  • Something that you enjoy doing doesn’t need to be shared with a partner. 

    • It’s Hard resources: 

    ]]>     Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:56:18 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (sather audio, paige boner, its hard) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/relationships-are-hard-part-3-living-with-your-partner-dpT_hVod
  • While cohabiting, healthy relationships require alone time, finding your own space and own niche allows for a healthier stronger relationship
  • Finding what you like least and setting expectations in a new home together 
  • Cohabiting is difficult but not impossible, setting boundaries and talking openingly allow for a healthier relationship 
  • Something that you enjoy doing doesn’t need to be shared with a partner. 

    • It’s Hard resources: 

    ]]>     Relationships Are Hard Part 3: Living With Your Partner sather audio, paige boner, its hard 00:20:40 SOLO: Paige and Jack sit down for their third mini episode of the month of February, talking about cohabiting. SOLO: Paige and Jack sit down for their third mini episode of the month of February, talking about cohabiting. living together, living with partner, couples, relationships, cohabitating, partnership yes full 25     f19adeba-3206-42eb-bc51-2c404365e5cd Relationships Are Hard Part 2: Valentines Day Realness Paige and Jack sit down to talk about Valentine’s Day and their feelings surrounding the holiday of love.

     

    •  Valentine’s Day: how the commercialized holiday has strayed away from love
    •  Valentine’s Day v. Love day, showing someone you love them versus showing up the people around you
    •  How can you implement and use love languages in your daily lives and relationships.
    •  The seasons of life we go through and how to adjust and endure these encounters together 

    It’s Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (sather audio, paige boner, its hard podcast) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/relationships-are-hard-part-2-valentines-day-realness-PGiirZBR Paige and Jack sit down to talk about Valentine’s Day and their feelings surrounding the holiday of love.

     

    •  Valentine’s Day: how the commercialized holiday has strayed away from love
    •  Valentine’s Day v. Love day, showing someone you love them versus showing up the people around you
    •  How can you implement and use love languages in your daily lives and relationships.
    •  The seasons of life we go through and how to adjust and endure these encounters together 

    It’s Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Relationships Are Hard Part 2: Valentines Day Realness sather audio, paige boner, its hard podcast 00:25:35 SOLO: Relationships Are Hard Part 2 -- Paige and Jack talk all things Valentines Day SOLO: Relationships Are Hard Part 2 -- Paige and Jack talk all things Valentines Day authenticity, being in love, mental health, relationships, valentines day, anxiety, love, partnership, love day yes full 24     c86c71b8-e2ef-4b2c-a347-f4e18ab3f7bf Relationships Are Hard Part 1: Being Different is HARD + OKAY! NOTES:

    • Fear of wasting time or risking failure
    • Feminine versus masculine energy, what is our energy and what gender norms run our household
    • How can we deal with differences in relationships and how can we continue to grow and be happy despite the differences

    It’s Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 7 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (its hard podcast, paige boner, better help) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/relationships-are-hard-part-1-we-are-so-different-Ptpsd10V NOTES:

    • Fear of wasting time or risking failure
    • Feminine versus masculine energy, what is our energy and what gender norms run our household
    • How can we deal with differences in relationships and how can we continue to grow and be happy despite the differences

    It’s Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Relationships Are Hard Part 1: Being Different is HARD + OKAY! its hard podcast, paige boner, better help 00:28:56 FEB SERIES: Paige and Jack sit down to talk about their relationship and how they work through certain difficulties together as a couple. FEB SERIES: Paige and Jack sit down to talk about their relationship and how they work through certain difficulties together as a couple. different, mental health, its hard, differences, relationships, love, partnership yes full 23     8554fae7-c28a-4598-a1b1-652e6bccf45d Mental Health in Teens + Young Adults: Are They Being Taken Care Of? with Dr. Michele Finneran In this episode, Michele discusses the following:

    1. A lot of children struggle finding mental health help because their guardians do not believe in these services. How can we help these children in these situations?
    2. Assessing to see what is needed from you as a listener or helper in certain situations, and how to approach the situation.
    3. Improving and becoming the best version of ourselves even with the negativity that is surrounding us in the world. What are you gracious and appreciative for?
    4. Distancing from our familial ties is harder than ever with the economy we are in, making mental health a bigger and harder issue in many teens and young adults lives.

    Dr. Michele Finneran's resources: 

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Michele Finneran, Dr. Michele Finneran, Sather Audio, Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/mental-health-in-teens-young-adults-are-they-being-taken-care-of-with-dr-michele-finneran-jViblZsL In this episode, Michele discusses the following:

    1. A lot of children struggle finding mental health help because their guardians do not believe in these services. How can we help these children in these situations?
    2. Assessing to see what is needed from you as a listener or helper in certain situations, and how to approach the situation.
    3. Improving and becoming the best version of ourselves even with the negativity that is surrounding us in the world. What are you gracious and appreciative for?
    4. Distancing from our familial ties is harder than ever with the economy we are in, making mental health a bigger and harder issue in many teens and young adults lives.

    Dr. Michele Finneran's resources: 

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mental Health in Teens + Young Adults: Are They Being Taken Care Of? with Dr. Michele Finneran Michele Finneran, Dr. Michele Finneran, Sather Audio, Paige Boner 01:12:52 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Michele Finneran, a licensed professional counselor, who works with youth in communities near her to help them access the mental health resources they may need. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Michele Finneran, a licensed professional counselor, who works with youth in communities near her to help them access the mental health resources they may need. youth, therapy, self improvement, mental health, family, children, health, situational analysis, resources, economy yes full 22     ca949f2e-b913-414c-91fd-0b961b1d8f18 The Power of Being KIND with Josh Neumann Josh Neumann launched KIND LIPS in 2017 with an intention to offer a quality lip balm with a deeper intention. 

    1.  What is the deeper meaning of kindness? What is my intention when expressing kindness?
    2. What does it look like to follow a dream that makes an impact rather than following the money?
    3. The power of giving back, how do you implement it into your business plan from the start?
    4. Starting a business and the signs that show themselves through the process. 

    Josh's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:31:47 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (josh neumann, kind lips, better help, the flower girls, hearts 4 henry, its hard podcast, sather audio, paige boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/the-power-of-being-kind-with-josh-neumann-PuyJoODG Josh Neumann launched KIND LIPS in 2017 with an intention to offer a quality lip balm with a deeper intention. 

    1.  What is the deeper meaning of kindness? What is my intention when expressing kindness?
    2. What does it look like to follow a dream that makes an impact rather than following the money?
    3. The power of giving back, how do you implement it into your business plan from the start?
    4. Starting a business and the signs that show themselves through the process. 

    Josh's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     The Power of Being KIND with Josh Neumann josh neumann, kind lips, better help, the flower girls, hearts 4 henry, its hard podcast, sather audio, paige boner 01:15:11 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Josh Neumann, founder of KIND LIPS. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Josh Neumann, founder of KIND LIPS. kindness, intention, chapstick, mental health, giving back, kind, entrepreneurship, love, bullying, career path, lip balm yes full 21     aa8a1241-5d58-44cc-b20b-eb5f7bea7ab2 Being Honest About Postpartum Depression with Dr. Shahana Alibhai Dr. Shahana Alibhai, a professional speaker, family physician and mental health expert, joins us to discuss:

    1. Her mental health experience and how it has impacted her life. 
    2. How can we help youth with navigating the world and their mental health, that is continually being affected by the world around us.

    Dr. Shahana's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 17 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/with-dr-shahana-alibhai-Cqko0alo Dr. Shahana Alibhai, a professional speaker, family physician and mental health expert, joins us to discuss:

    1. Her mental health experience and how it has impacted her life. 
    2. How can we help youth with navigating the world and their mental health, that is continually being affected by the world around us.

    Dr. Shahana's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Being Honest About Postpartum Depression with Dr. Shahana Alibhai Paige Boner, Sather Audio 01:18:15 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Shahana to talk about her work with young people and their mental health. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Shahana to talk about her work with young people and their mental health. yes full 20     6a367e6e-6560-4d4c-afe2-97527fb9f854 Following Your Passion + Showing Up Authentically with Brooke Nickelatti Food blogger and recipe developer, Brooke Nickelatti, joins us today to talk about building her business + community online, following her passion, and showing up authentically on social media. 

    1. How do you overcome the fear of putting yourself out there in order to follow your passion?
    2. What does building a business online look like?
    3. How do you put authenticity first when there are other monetary temptations?
    4. How can having a presence on social media impact our mental health?
    5. What does it take to make your side hustle a full-time job?

    Brooke's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 10 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (brooklyn's bites, its hard podcast, paige boner, brooke nickelatti) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/following-your-passion-showing-up-authentically-with-brooke-nickelatti-_lNmXfAd Food blogger and recipe developer, Brooke Nickelatti, joins us today to talk about building her business + community online, following her passion, and showing up authentically on social media. 

    1. How do you overcome the fear of putting yourself out there in order to follow your passion?
    2. What does building a business online look like?
    3. How do you put authenticity first when there are other monetary temptations?
    4. How can having a presence on social media impact our mental health?
    5. What does it take to make your side hustle a full-time job?

    Brooke's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Following Your Passion + Showing Up Authentically with Brooke Nickelatti brooklyn's bites, its hard podcast, paige boner, brooke nickelatti 01:12:00 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Brooke Nickelatti of Brooklyn's Bites to talk about following your passion and showing up authentically on social media and beyond. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Brooke Nickelatti of Brooklyn's Bites to talk about following your passion and showing up authentically on social media and beyond. food blogger, authenticity, social media, food, online business, wellness, how to, fear, passion, mental health, mindfulness, self-improvement, well-being, recipe developer, health, it's hard, self-help, it's hard podcast, health and wellness yes full 19     8d1bc8e6-cb93-4ec1-81f8-3f05868fc678 Let's Be Honest About Your New Years Resolutions
  • Has your New Years Resolution ever truly stuck? All 365 days?
  • Are you being realistic about your resolution or are you setting yourself up for disappointment? 
  • How can we be gracious with ourselves during a time of immense pressure?
  • How can we look at each day as a new start and new opportunity to walk in the direction of our goals + desires?
  • Are we trying to put a bow on our old selves in hopes that a new year will truly bring a "new me"? 

    •  

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 3 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, It's Hard Podcast, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/lets-be-honest-about-your-new-years-resolution-wZIzk8aG
  • Has your New Years Resolution ever truly stuck? All 365 days?
  • Are you being realistic about your resolution or are you setting yourself up for disappointment? 
  • How can we be gracious with ourselves during a time of immense pressure?
  • How can we look at each day as a new start and new opportunity to walk in the direction of our goals + desires?
  • Are we trying to put a bow on our old selves in hopes that a new year will truly bring a "new me"? 

    •  

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Let's Be Honest About Your New Years Resolutions Paige Boner, It's Hard Podcast, Sather Audio 00:22:44 SOLO: Paige gets honest and real about New Years Resolutions -- are they realistic or ridiculous? SOLO: Paige gets honest and real about New Years Resolutions -- are they realistic or ridiculous? new years, lets get honest, reality, vision, resolutions, honesty, goal setting, mental health, vision planning, new years resolutions, goals, vulnerability yes full 18     a959aa4a-f672-4990-b37b-1c2d2c658908 Reclaiming Your Power After Trauma with Michael Anthony TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains conversation about child abuse, if this is triggering for you please take care of yourself. 

    Michael Anthony is a trauma and CPTSD healing coach. His passion for helping people was inspired by his own experience with child abuse and generational trauma. Now, the mission of Think Unbroken is as follows "To guide individuals who have suffered trauma in our mentorship programs and workshops. We believe that by creating palatable and practical tools that Trauma Warriors around the world can overcome. Our principles will allow survivors of child abuse to develop healthy habits, understanding of themselves, and how to be present in the world that will ultimately change their current lifestyle. We believe that by approaching trauma and abuse on a mindset-first basis, we will be able to help our clients create the life that they've always wanted.  

    Our goal with each client is to give them the support that they have so desperately needed. Our focus is on creating quality programs, tools, and content that are practical and efficacious for your healing journey."

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Child abuse
    • Generational trauma
    • Trauma
    • Drug abuse 
    • CPTSD
    • Suicidal ideation
    • Depression
    • Reclaiming your power
    • Owning your past 
    • Therapy
    • The power of healing
    • Vulnerability

    Michael's Resources: 

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:56:43 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Think Unbroken, Michael Unbroken, Michael Anthony, it's hard podcast, paige boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/reclaiming-your-power-after-trauma-zfaLmO_t TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains conversation about child abuse, if this is triggering for you please take care of yourself. 

    Michael Anthony is a trauma and CPTSD healing coach. His passion for helping people was inspired by his own experience with child abuse and generational trauma. Now, the mission of Think Unbroken is as follows "To guide individuals who have suffered trauma in our mentorship programs and workshops. We believe that by creating palatable and practical tools that Trauma Warriors around the world can overcome. Our principles will allow survivors of child abuse to develop healthy habits, understanding of themselves, and how to be present in the world that will ultimately change their current lifestyle. We believe that by approaching trauma and abuse on a mindset-first basis, we will be able to help our clients create the life that they've always wanted.  

    Our goal with each client is to give them the support that they have so desperately needed. Our focus is on creating quality programs, tools, and content that are practical and efficacious for your healing journey."

    In this episode we talk about:

    • Child abuse
    • Generational trauma
    • Trauma
    • Drug abuse 
    • CPTSD
    • Suicidal ideation
    • Depression
    • Reclaiming your power
    • Owning your past 
    • Therapy
    • The power of healing
    • Vulnerability

    Michael's Resources: 

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Reclaiming Your Power After Trauma with Michael Anthony Think Unbroken, Michael Unbroken, Michael Anthony, it's hard podcast, paige boner 01:09:40 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Michael Anthony of Think Unbroken to talk about being a survior of trauma and child abuse. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Michael Anthony of Think Unbroken to talk about being a survior of trauma and child abuse. reclaiming power, healing, therapy, trauma, drug abuse, child abuse, depression, abuse, reclaiming identity, vulnerability yes full 17     539b6e41-b499-4135-99a0-1db0652e3bbe Abusive Relationships: Understanding + Overcoming Abuse with Emmy Marie Emmy Marie is a certified trauma-informed life coach who strives to create content that makes understanding trauma and healing more accessible and achievable. She hopes to help as many people as possible reject toxic shame, grow to love and accept themselves, and create joyful lives and relationships post trauma. 

    In this episode, Emmy dives into her experience with trauma and how it led her to where she is now. At age 15, she entered an abusive relationship. She had a skewed idea of “what love is” due to this, and it reduced her from being her happiest, healthiest self. After three years, she was finally able to get out. She began to experience PTSD and started going to therapy, which started her healing journey and journey towards learning and educating others about trauma. 

    Emmy defines trauma as, “something in the past that overwhelmed your nervous system to the point that you were not able to reconcile what happened and feel safe”. There are multiple types of trauma, and it depends on each person and their reaction to a situation. She also explains the healing process and how there is no linear process towards it, as well as how to move into a new relationship post-trauma and post-healing. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Relationships
    • Safety
    • Types of trauma
      • Abuse
      • Neglect
      • Bullying
      • Homophobia
      • Sexism
      • Racism
    • Types of abuse
      • Physical
      • Emotional
      • Financial
      • Religious
      • Sexual
    • Love-bonding
    • Manipulation
    • Self-blame
    • Responsibility
    • Leaving abusive relationships 
    • Healing
    • Trust

    Emmy’s Resources: 

    • Website: Emmymarie.com and
    • IG, TikTok, Pinterest: @bloomingwithemmy

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Emmy Marie, It's Hard Podcast, Paige Boner, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/abusive-relationships-understanding-overcoming-abuse-with-emmy-marie-K6OSd7Xq Emmy Marie is a certified trauma-informed life coach who strives to create content that makes understanding trauma and healing more accessible and achievable. She hopes to help as many people as possible reject toxic shame, grow to love and accept themselves, and create joyful lives and relationships post trauma. 

    In this episode, Emmy dives into her experience with trauma and how it led her to where she is now. At age 15, she entered an abusive relationship. She had a skewed idea of “what love is” due to this, and it reduced her from being her happiest, healthiest self. After three years, she was finally able to get out. She began to experience PTSD and started going to therapy, which started her healing journey and journey towards learning and educating others about trauma. 

    Emmy defines trauma as, “something in the past that overwhelmed your nervous system to the point that you were not able to reconcile what happened and feel safe”. There are multiple types of trauma, and it depends on each person and their reaction to a situation. She also explains the healing process and how there is no linear process towards it, as well as how to move into a new relationship post-trauma and post-healing. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Relationships
    • Safety
    • Types of trauma
      • Abuse
      • Neglect
      • Bullying
      • Homophobia
      • Sexism
      • Racism
    • Types of abuse
      • Physical
      • Emotional
      • Financial
      • Religious
      • Sexual
    • Love-bonding
    • Manipulation
    • Self-blame
    • Responsibility
    • Leaving abusive relationships 
    • Healing
    • Trust

    Emmy’s Resources: 

    • Website: Emmymarie.com and
    • IG, TikTok, Pinterest: @bloomingwithemmy

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Abusive Relationships: Understanding + Overcoming Abuse with Emmy Marie Emmy Marie, It's Hard Podcast, Paige Boner, Sather Audio 01:16:16 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Emmy Marie to discuss her experience with an abusive relationship, trauma, healing, and how it’s impacted her life as a whole. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Emmy Marie to discuss her experience with an abusive relationship, trauma, healing, and how it’s impacted her life as a whole. yes full 16     fdb846ea-145e-4a75-b47c-8335722d8a4e Cultivating Meaningful Connections: How to Be Intentional with Those Around You with Dr. Elnur Gajiev Paige sits down with psychologist Dr. Elnur Gajiev to strives to give the people around him a sense of meaning within their lives. Mental health has always been a factor in his life and he hopes to empower those around him through his experiences. 

    As a child, Elnur and his family immigrated to the United States. This large change really impacted the way Dr. Elnur lived his life. He encountered many challenges as he moved from place to place and changed the way he lived his daily life. Many things came to light later in life as he realized all the challenges he went through. From moving across the world, experiencing a culture shock, adapting to a new area, and the many other things he and his family faced, completely changed the trajectory of his life. He did not have the resources and help to work through his mental health journey, but this allowed him to become an advocate for this journey for others. He has done this by working with children to empower them and help them work through the many things they may be feeling. 

    Life encompasses many different things. From reflection, wisdom, community, family, differences and much more. Within our lives, we form many relationships--some lasting longer than others--however we should be grateful for each and every one because life has many chapters. We all evolve, move on, move out, and transform into the people we meant to be. Our lives all have meaning, sometimes harder to find than other times. Mental health is important in each and every life, when we improve ourselves we then improve our mental health. Nobody is alone, we all have a community around us. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Adaptability 
    • Immigration
    • Culture shock
    • Transformations
    • Relationships 
    • Consistency
    • Comfortability 
    • Wisdom 
    • Expectations
    • Rights of Passage
    • Community 
    • Bounded life
    • Moving
    • Differences 
    • Gratitude 

    Dr Elnur’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @PoetryInPsychology 
    • Website: www.Dr-El.com
    • Learn more about Pace at Pace.Group

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 13 Dec 2021 16:17:05 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Elnur Gajiev, Paige Boner, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/cultivating-meaningful-connections-how-to-be-intentional-with-those-around-you-with-dr-elnur-gajiev-EK8iDAku Paige sits down with psychologist Dr. Elnur Gajiev to strives to give the people around him a sense of meaning within their lives. Mental health has always been a factor in his life and he hopes to empower those around him through his experiences. 

    As a child, Elnur and his family immigrated to the United States. This large change really impacted the way Dr. Elnur lived his life. He encountered many challenges as he moved from place to place and changed the way he lived his daily life. Many things came to light later in life as he realized all the challenges he went through. From moving across the world, experiencing a culture shock, adapting to a new area, and the many other things he and his family faced, completely changed the trajectory of his life. He did not have the resources and help to work through his mental health journey, but this allowed him to become an advocate for this journey for others. He has done this by working with children to empower them and help them work through the many things they may be feeling. 

    Life encompasses many different things. From reflection, wisdom, community, family, differences and much more. Within our lives, we form many relationships--some lasting longer than others--however we should be grateful for each and every one because life has many chapters. We all evolve, move on, move out, and transform into the people we meant to be. Our lives all have meaning, sometimes harder to find than other times. Mental health is important in each and every life, when we improve ourselves we then improve our mental health. Nobody is alone, we all have a community around us. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Adaptability 
    • Immigration
    • Culture shock
    • Transformations
    • Relationships 
    • Consistency
    • Comfortability 
    • Wisdom 
    • Expectations
    • Rights of Passage
    • Community 
    • Bounded life
    • Moving
    • Differences 
    • Gratitude 

    Dr Elnur’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @PoetryInPsychology 
    • Website: www.Dr-El.com
    • Learn more about Pace at Pace.Group

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Cultivating Meaningful Connections: How to Be Intentional with Those Around You with Dr. Elnur Gajiev Elnur Gajiev, Paige Boner, Sather Audio 01:32:40 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Elnur Gajiev to discuss the mental health journey he has gone through as a result of immigrating to the United States as a child. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Elnur Gajiev to discuss the mental health journey he has gone through as a result of immigrating to the United States as a child. transformations, community, moving, new podcast episode, mental health, culture, wisdom, immigration, podcast episode, gratitude, consistency, differences, relationships, podcast, reflection, comfortability, adaptability, culture shock yes full 15     87dcfc54-1240-4887-a8e3-31e7d87a63fd You Are in Charge of Your Happiness with Jack Holmgren The episode begins with a question about Paige's decision to commit to sobriety. Paige is sober because of the trauma and anxiety that drinking brought to her. While for her it is something that she needed to do and it has helped her mental wellbeing, sobriety is something that many people around us do not understand; some will even try to persuade you into breaking that sobriety. This goes into the next point of self sabotaging, we have conditioned ourselves from a young age of believing we have specific limits on us as human beings. This makes us believe we cannot do certain things or achieve things that are a bit more difficult. You can achieve whatever you put your mind towards and work towards, nothing is in your way but yourself. 

    Our mental health is important in many ways, if we are not on track and doing well ourselves it is difficult and even sometimes impossible to help those around us. Just as we rely on those around us, they also rely on us. We have to surround ourselves with people who are willing to help us and watch us thrive. Having a support system is very important to our mental health. 

    The last topic of this episode is Paige and Jack's engagement. When committing to each other they decided not to go a traditional route, but go in a route that fit them best. Everyone is different and having one traditional approach is not for everyone. Both Paige and Jack asked each other's parents, and decided to both ask each other to commit to each for an eternity. This commitment was a special moment for them and they will be able to remember it and live through it for forever. Relationships are all different and are meant to be that way! 

    We also talk about…

    • Sobriety
    • Sober curious
    • Trauma
    • Anxiety
    • Support system
    • Self sabotaging
    • Boundaries
    • Mental wellbeing
    • Therapy
    • Time apart
    • Relationship
    • Growing
    • Future
    • Regrets
    • Engagement

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 6 Dec 2021 14:56:09 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Jack Holmgren) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/you-are-in-charge-of-your-happiness-with-jack-holmgren-WWa4MvN3 The episode begins with a question about Paige's decision to commit to sobriety. Paige is sober because of the trauma and anxiety that drinking brought to her. While for her it is something that she needed to do and it has helped her mental wellbeing, sobriety is something that many people around us do not understand; some will even try to persuade you into breaking that sobriety. This goes into the next point of self sabotaging, we have conditioned ourselves from a young age of believing we have specific limits on us as human beings. This makes us believe we cannot do certain things or achieve things that are a bit more difficult. You can achieve whatever you put your mind towards and work towards, nothing is in your way but yourself. 

    Our mental health is important in many ways, if we are not on track and doing well ourselves it is difficult and even sometimes impossible to help those around us. Just as we rely on those around us, they also rely on us. We have to surround ourselves with people who are willing to help us and watch us thrive. Having a support system is very important to our mental health. 

    The last topic of this episode is Paige and Jack's engagement. When committing to each other they decided not to go a traditional route, but go in a route that fit them best. Everyone is different and having one traditional approach is not for everyone. Both Paige and Jack asked each other's parents, and decided to both ask each other to commit to each for an eternity. This commitment was a special moment for them and they will be able to remember it and live through it for forever. Relationships are all different and are meant to be that way! 

    We also talk about…

    • Sobriety
    • Sober curious
    • Trauma
    • Anxiety
    • Support system
    • Self sabotaging
    • Boundaries
    • Mental wellbeing
    • Therapy
    • Time apart
    • Relationship
    • Growing
    • Future
    • Regrets
    • Engagement

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     You Are in Charge of Your Happiness with Jack Holmgren Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Jack Holmgren 01:07:34 SOLO: This week, Paige sits down with her fiancé Jack to answer listeners questions about sobriety, friendships, mental wellbeing, their engagement, and more. SOLO: This week, Paige sits down with her fiancé Jack to answer listeners questions about sobriety, friendships, mental wellbeing, their engagement, and more. growth, sobriety, therapy, trauma, wellbeing, distance, mental health, time, support system, relationships, anxiety, sel sabatoge, engagements, future, regret, boundaries yes full 14     12d826d1-762a-47b5-94ca-1025e52579f0 Being Yourself: How Truth and Authenticity Impact Our Lives with Liz Krueger Liz Krueger is a social media influencer who shares her life to thousands on instagram. With sharing her life, Liz has realized she has had to be very open and vulnerable with her followers. This was not  something new to Liz, as she has always been an open and vulnerable person, but being vulnerable to thousands of people was a big jump. With online bullies and people being mean to her through the screen she wondered if being vulnerable was something she could continue to do, or if it was a mentally good place. She quickly realized that this was something she could not invite onto her page, she realized she too is human and not every human is perfect in any sense. Sharing her real and raw life is what she wanted to do instead of sharing a staged and fake life, and if she got hate while doing that, she did not care. 

    Liz further opened up about an instance that occurred to her at a wedding. At a friend's wedding, she opted to wear a bodycon dress that she felt comfortable in. As she was on the dance floor, a woman approached her and slapped her butt, saying that "she was asking for this to occur wearing an outfit like that". Liz did not see this as fun or a game at all, but instead felt as if she was assaulted by this woman. She later took to a radio station to share her story that  day at the wedding, however this did not go over well. As people were giving her threats, bullying her, calling her slurs, and much more; saying she was inviting this to happen by wearing a dress like that. Instead of attacking the woman's actions, they attacked her. This really rocked Liz’s world as people from across the world caught onto this story and attacked her, but she took control of this and did not let it affect her mental health. She says, just because people don’t agree with your feelings doesn’t mean your feelings aren’t real. As a result of this, Liz began a  kindness campaign that helped others who were bullied. She took control of the situation and made it into something that meant something. 

    We cannot always let big things bring us down, instead we have to take control of the situations that are put in front of us. Life can be difficult with the societal norms that are placed all around us and social media, however our mental health must always be a priority. Your struggle is no less than the person beside you, they are just struggling differently. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Mental health
    • Social media
    • Assault
    • Bullying
    • Societal norms
    • Therapy
    • Vulnerability
    • Kindness
    • Struggling
    • Environments
    • Energy

    Liz’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @wearethekruegers

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 29 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Liz Krueger, Sather Audio, Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/being-yourself-how-truth-and-authenticity-impact-our-lives-with-liz-krueger-w5LQ_p3C Liz Krueger is a social media influencer who shares her life to thousands on instagram. With sharing her life, Liz has realized she has had to be very open and vulnerable with her followers. This was not  something new to Liz, as she has always been an open and vulnerable person, but being vulnerable to thousands of people was a big jump. With online bullies and people being mean to her through the screen she wondered if being vulnerable was something she could continue to do, or if it was a mentally good place. She quickly realized that this was something she could not invite onto her page, she realized she too is human and not every human is perfect in any sense. Sharing her real and raw life is what she wanted to do instead of sharing a staged and fake life, and if she got hate while doing that, she did not care. 

    Liz further opened up about an instance that occurred to her at a wedding. At a friend's wedding, she opted to wear a bodycon dress that she felt comfortable in. As she was on the dance floor, a woman approached her and slapped her butt, saying that "she was asking for this to occur wearing an outfit like that". Liz did not see this as fun or a game at all, but instead felt as if she was assaulted by this woman. She later took to a radio station to share her story that  day at the wedding, however this did not go over well. As people were giving her threats, bullying her, calling her slurs, and much more; saying she was inviting this to happen by wearing a dress like that. Instead of attacking the woman's actions, they attacked her. This really rocked Liz’s world as people from across the world caught onto this story and attacked her, but she took control of this and did not let it affect her mental health. She says, just because people don’t agree with your feelings doesn’t mean your feelings aren’t real. As a result of this, Liz began a  kindness campaign that helped others who were bullied. She took control of the situation and made it into something that meant something. 

    We cannot always let big things bring us down, instead we have to take control of the situations that are put in front of us. Life can be difficult with the societal norms that are placed all around us and social media, however our mental health must always be a priority. Your struggle is no less than the person beside you, they are just struggling differently. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Mental health
    • Social media
    • Assault
    • Bullying
    • Societal norms
    • Therapy
    • Vulnerability
    • Kindness
    • Struggling
    • Environments
    • Energy

    Liz’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @wearethekruegers

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Being Yourself: How Truth and Authenticity Impact Our Lives with Liz Krueger Liz Krueger, Sather Audio, Paige Boner 01:19:18 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Liz Krueger to discuss the real and raw struggles people face when placing their lives on the forefront of social media, being a stomping ground to bullying while being vulnerable to thousands. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Liz Krueger to discuss the real and raw struggles people face when placing their lives on the forefront of social media, being a stomping ground to bullying while being vulnerable to thousands. energy, kindness, influencer, therapy, mental health, bullying, societal norms, assault, vulnerability yes full 13     2b5e2be2-0a15-4580-b901-ca90daf87a04 Social Anxiety: From Socially Anxious to Socially Confident with Kyle Mitchell Kyle Mitchell, a public speaker, took control of his fears and struggles and turned it into something to help others around him. He realized he was not the only person who has or had social anxiety, which made him eager to help others. He began this by creating an Instagram page, and posted everyday, from tips of things he has learned to the things he has endured. This was one of the many baby steps Kyle has taken throughout his life to overcome this social anxiety. 

    Kyle begins this episode by talking about his mental health struggle through his social anxiety he faced. As a child he would have tough times trying to realize what was occurring, wondering what the problem was. Once he realized it was a real issue he was able to open up to adults in his life to navigate his way around his social anxiety and mental health. However, his metal health journey did not take a leap until college. In college, he knew it was time to take action for his mental health. He would slowly take baby steps in his journey, it started off as raising his hand once during class and the fear of doing that subsided overtime. He controlled his anxiety instead of allowing his anxiety to control him. All it takes is small steps to achieve the bigger picture. 

    Social anxiety is a mental health struggle many people struggle with, and many people do not realize others around them are struggling. Kyle continued hating parts of himself, such as being pale or the way he walks, these are things that are unchangeable and he realized that. He realized he had to stop hating his appearance and stop having self doubt in himself. He overcame social anxiety by realizing being himself is the best thing for his mental health. Now he travels to schools advocating to teens how to become socially confident in themselves and become their best selves. We must take care of ourselves in order to take care of those around us. 

    We also talk about…

    • Social anxiety
    • Mental health
    • Anxiety
    • Challenges
    • Baby steps of uncomfortable things
    • Socially anxious → socially confident
    • Signs of social anxiety
    • Confidence
    • Social media's impact
    • Morning routine
    • Self care
    • Self affirmations
    • Self Love
    • Effort v. Result

    Kyle Mitchells Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Kyle Mitchell, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/social-anxiety-from-socially-anxious-to-socially-confident-with-kyle-mitchell-7kJ76Zb_ Kyle Mitchell, a public speaker, took control of his fears and struggles and turned it into something to help others around him. He realized he was not the only person who has or had social anxiety, which made him eager to help others. He began this by creating an Instagram page, and posted everyday, from tips of things he has learned to the things he has endured. This was one of the many baby steps Kyle has taken throughout his life to overcome this social anxiety. 

    Kyle begins this episode by talking about his mental health struggle through his social anxiety he faced. As a child he would have tough times trying to realize what was occurring, wondering what the problem was. Once he realized it was a real issue he was able to open up to adults in his life to navigate his way around his social anxiety and mental health. However, his metal health journey did not take a leap until college. In college, he knew it was time to take action for his mental health. He would slowly take baby steps in his journey, it started off as raising his hand once during class and the fear of doing that subsided overtime. He controlled his anxiety instead of allowing his anxiety to control him. All it takes is small steps to achieve the bigger picture. 

    Social anxiety is a mental health struggle many people struggle with, and many people do not realize others around them are struggling. Kyle continued hating parts of himself, such as being pale or the way he walks, these are things that are unchangeable and he realized that. He realized he had to stop hating his appearance and stop having self doubt in himself. He overcame social anxiety by realizing being himself is the best thing for his mental health. Now he travels to schools advocating to teens how to become socially confident in themselves and become their best selves. We must take care of ourselves in order to take care of those around us. 

    We also talk about…

    • Social anxiety
    • Mental health
    • Anxiety
    • Challenges
    • Baby steps of uncomfortable things
    • Socially anxious → socially confident
    • Signs of social anxiety
    • Confidence
    • Social media's impact
    • Morning routine
    • Self care
    • Self affirmations
    • Self Love
    • Effort v. Result

    Kyle Mitchells Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Social Anxiety: From Socially Anxious to Socially Confident with Kyle Mitchell Paige Boner, Kyle Mitchell, Sather Audio 01:16:50 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Kyle Mitchell to talk about the struggles of social anxiety and how Kyle navigated this throughout his life. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Kyle Mitchell to talk about the struggles of social anxiety and how Kyle navigated this throughout his life. social media, effort, result, self care, self love, mental health, uncomfortable, confidence, affirmations, anxiety, social anxiety yes full 12     90b57c9d-d7e2-4ee8-9046-b5bc2dc1da8e The Inextricable Connection of Mind + Body with Emily Schickli Paige and Emily preface this episode with the overarching theme of mental health. Many people in our lives are struggling with mental health, and many people don’t have the support to help them navigate their way through it. 

    Emily had a tough time trying to diagnose these invisible illnesses she was encountering as a result of her struggle with mental health. As she discusses, mental health and physical health go hand in hand, and people do not need to suffer as a result of their mental health. She now realizes how parallel the two are, they are so interconnected. Emily’s healing journey included changing her diet such as cutting out dairy, many people did not understand her and why she was embarking on this journey. Another big topic within this episode is burnout. Emily describes how she was burning herself out, by overworking herself and proving her worth. She was continually overworking, this caused chronic pain, she then realized that there was a disconnect between her mind and body. Emily started her mind, body, darma when she realized this disconnect and realized she needed a change. People all over feel this burnout, many doctors try to make people change everything at once, whereas like Emily says our nervous system is in survival mode and changes make us more overwhelmed. To actually heal we need to change slowly or do “bite size self care”.

    We must be able to open up to others around us and share our mental health struggles. Sharing and allowing ourselves to talk about our struggles allows us to figure out a way to help us and help others around us. Having a safe space to open up is very important. Emily did this by having an open story time at her workplace, they all were able to open up and talk about their struggles. This allows others to see that we are all going through something, and we can all help each other. We have to make a culture of inclusivity and support for more and more people to open up and share, knowing they are not alone. 

    We also talk about….

    • Physical v mental health
    • chronic stress
    • Chronic illness
    • Healing
    • Struggles
    • Safe space
    • Inclusivity
    • Transparency
    • Creating communities
    • Mind, body, dharma
    • Identity cohesion
    • Flight, fight, freeze
    • Powerlessness
    • Card reading
    • Ripple effect
    • Challenges -> adventures

    Emily’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     Mon, 15 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Emily Schickli) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/with-emily-schickli-UkRYIFCQ Paige and Emily preface this episode with the overarching theme of mental health. Many people in our lives are struggling with mental health, and many people don’t have the support to help them navigate their way through it. 

    Emily had a tough time trying to diagnose these invisible illnesses she was encountering as a result of her struggle with mental health. As she discusses, mental health and physical health go hand in hand, and people do not need to suffer as a result of their mental health. She now realizes how parallel the two are, they are so interconnected. Emily’s healing journey included changing her diet such as cutting out dairy, many people did not understand her and why she was embarking on this journey. Another big topic within this episode is burnout. Emily describes how she was burning herself out, by overworking herself and proving her worth. She was continually overworking, this caused chronic pain, she then realized that there was a disconnect between her mind and body. Emily started her mind, body, darma when she realized this disconnect and realized she needed a change. People all over feel this burnout, many doctors try to make people change everything at once, whereas like Emily says our nervous system is in survival mode and changes make us more overwhelmed. To actually heal we need to change slowly or do “bite size self care”.

    We must be able to open up to others around us and share our mental health struggles. Sharing and allowing ourselves to talk about our struggles allows us to figure out a way to help us and help others around us. Having a safe space to open up is very important. Emily did this by having an open story time at her workplace, they all were able to open up and talk about their struggles. This allows others to see that we are all going through something, and we can all help each other. We have to make a culture of inclusivity and support for more and more people to open up and share, knowing they are not alone. 

    We also talk about….

    • Physical v mental health
    • chronic stress
    • Chronic illness
    • Healing
    • Struggles
    • Safe space
    • Inclusivity
    • Transparency
    • Creating communities
    • Mind, body, dharma
    • Identity cohesion
    • Flight, fight, freeze
    • Powerlessness
    • Card reading
    • Ripple effect
    • Challenges -> adventures

    Emily’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    ]]>     The Inextricable Connection of Mind + Body with Emily Schickli Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Emily Schickli 01:41:06 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Emily Schickli to discuss mental health and the things Emily experienced in her younger years to accept how far she has come now. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Emily Schickli to discuss mental health and the things Emily experienced in her younger years to accept how far she has come now. adventure, stress, ripple effect, healing, struggles, mental health, physical health, card reading, body, challenges, illness, power, mind, dharma yes full 11     d04ae42d-01ed-474a-aff5-34204cf61dd6 Thriving vs Surviving: The Impact of Societal Pressures on our Mental Health with Chrissy Kyles Chrissy Kyles knew she was overwhelmed and anxious; in a mindset of surviving life instead of thriving with life. Chrissy knew it was time for a change with trying to juggle a new normal. Therapy helped Chrissy juggling her life, navigating what emotions she is experiencing and understanding herself more deeply. Therapy is a very powerful source that showed Chrissy that what she was going through was normal, and it is okay to go through these things. 

    Chrissy found herself wanting to be a counselor because of those things she wasn’t getting as a child, to be able to give those mental health tips to kids. Being able to have deep conversations with the students is a way of coping with the things she didn't get as a child but also to show the students that they are not suffering alone. Everyone struggles with mental health in one form or another, giving access to children at a young age can give them more efficient help to navigate their mental health. 

    Another big topic talked about was checklists in life. We often find ourselves comparing ourselves to the people around us. Making deadlines of what we should be doing, such as having kids, getting married, going to college. Chrissy says that we feel an intense pressure to keep up with those around us, which shouldn’t be the case, we all have to work at our own pace and live life on our own time. Society pushes things when we all need time to grow, instead of being pressured. 

    Life throws so much at us. It is hard but we must realize it's hard to navigate our way through life and make our mental health a top priority. Within this episode Chrissy Kyles and Paige give a lot of advice on how we can be the best version of ourselves and how we can find our normal within an ever changing world. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Work - life juggle
    • Letting go of guilt
    • Mental Health
    • Navigating new things
    • Adjusting as needed
    • Thriving v. Surviving
    • Anxiety
    • Covid
    • Flight or Fight
    • Normal
    • Power of therapy
    • Depression
    • Deadlines in life
    • Pressure
    • Unrealistic timelines

    Chrissy Kyles Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 8 Nov 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry, Paige Boner, Chrissy Kyles) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/thriving-vs-surviving-the-impact-of-societal-pressures-on-our-mental-health-with-chrissy-kyles-JsWOxSfM Chrissy Kyles knew she was overwhelmed and anxious; in a mindset of surviving life instead of thriving with life. Chrissy knew it was time for a change with trying to juggle a new normal. Therapy helped Chrissy juggling her life, navigating what emotions she is experiencing and understanding herself more deeply. Therapy is a very powerful source that showed Chrissy that what she was going through was normal, and it is okay to go through these things. 

    Chrissy found herself wanting to be a counselor because of those things she wasn’t getting as a child, to be able to give those mental health tips to kids. Being able to have deep conversations with the students is a way of coping with the things she didn't get as a child but also to show the students that they are not suffering alone. Everyone struggles with mental health in one form or another, giving access to children at a young age can give them more efficient help to navigate their mental health. 

    Another big topic talked about was checklists in life. We often find ourselves comparing ourselves to the people around us. Making deadlines of what we should be doing, such as having kids, getting married, going to college. Chrissy says that we feel an intense pressure to keep up with those around us, which shouldn’t be the case, we all have to work at our own pace and live life on our own time. Society pushes things when we all need time to grow, instead of being pressured. 

    Life throws so much at us. It is hard but we must realize it's hard to navigate our way through life and make our mental health a top priority. Within this episode Chrissy Kyles and Paige give a lot of advice on how we can be the best version of ourselves and how we can find our normal within an ever changing world. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Work - life juggle
    • Letting go of guilt
    • Mental Health
    • Navigating new things
    • Adjusting as needed
    • Thriving v. Surviving
    • Anxiety
    • Covid
    • Flight or Fight
    • Normal
    • Power of therapy
    • Depression
    • Deadlines in life
    • Pressure
    • Unrealistic timelines

    Chrissy Kyles Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Thriving vs Surviving: The Impact of Societal Pressures on our Mental Health with Chrissy Kyles Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry, Paige Boner, Chrissy Kyles 01:21:25 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Chrissy Kyles, the host of the ‘Bliss with Chriss’ Podcast and a higher education professional, to discuss our mental health through the ever changing world. With an ongoing pandemic altering our realities and our normal day to day lives, Chrissy Kyles and Paige chat about these mental health struggles we are all dealing with. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Chrissy Kyles, the host of the ‘Bliss with Chriss’ Podcast and a higher education professional, to discuss our mental health through the ever changing world. With an ongoing pandemic altering our realities and our normal day to day lives, Chrissy Kyles and Paige chat about these mental health struggles we are all dealing with. surviving, guilt, fight or flight, work, therapy, mental health, covid-19, timeline, adjustment, change, depression, anxiety, work balance, pressure, thriving yes full 10     861684ba-891d-4567-8e2d-f241cba95a52 Creating Yourself: Building the Foundation of Your Life with Paige Boner This solo episode is focusing on the idea of finding yourself. Throughout every obstacle in our lives we are told by others what to do and what to be, but when we do this we lose ourselves. We have to put ourselves first to create who we are, someone who is independent and not dependent on those around us. Our mental health relies on what we do in our daily lives, Paige talks wildly on preferences. Preferences show us who we are and what we prefer, we need to allow our preferences to be above those around us. Our preferences matter to us and  to our mental health. Values are also very important within our lives, the things we value in life show us what we can put above other things to aid in our mental health wellness. 

    Becoming more self aware allows us to be able to become the best version of ourselves, we are meant to put ourselves first. Everyday as we embark on the journey of finding ourselves we grow. We must grow and build upon our lives, every step we take we are building up and upon our life this allows us to create our true selves. 

    “Creating Yourself” workbook is now released. This workbook was created by Paige Boner of It’s Hard Podcast, check it out to build your foundation and be able to understand yourself deeper!

    We also talk about… 

    • Finding yourself
    • Create ourselves
    • Becoming oneself
    • Uncontrollable situations
    • Creating standards 
    • Values
    • Experiences
    • Desires
    • Preferences
    • Building our lives
    • Our stories
    • Next steps

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 1 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/creating-yourself-building-the-foundation-of-your-life-with-paige-boner-GvH_Spys This solo episode is focusing on the idea of finding yourself. Throughout every obstacle in our lives we are told by others what to do and what to be, but when we do this we lose ourselves. We have to put ourselves first to create who we are, someone who is independent and not dependent on those around us. Our mental health relies on what we do in our daily lives, Paige talks wildly on preferences. Preferences show us who we are and what we prefer, we need to allow our preferences to be above those around us. Our preferences matter to us and  to our mental health. Values are also very important within our lives, the things we value in life show us what we can put above other things to aid in our mental health wellness. 

    Becoming more self aware allows us to be able to become the best version of ourselves, we are meant to put ourselves first. Everyday as we embark on the journey of finding ourselves we grow. We must grow and build upon our lives, every step we take we are building up and upon our life this allows us to create our true selves. 

    “Creating Yourself” workbook is now released. This workbook was created by Paige Boner of It’s Hard Podcast, check it out to build your foundation and be able to understand yourself deeper!

    We also talk about… 

    • Finding yourself
    • Create ourselves
    • Becoming oneself
    • Uncontrollable situations
    • Creating standards 
    • Values
    • Experiences
    • Desires
    • Preferences
    • Building our lives
    • Our stories
    • Next steps

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Creating Yourself: Building the Foundation of Your Life with Paige Boner Paige Boner 00:26:00 SOLO: As the beginning of another month rolls around, Paige sits down to share some big news within her life and how we can find ourselves in the ever changing world. SOLO: As the beginning of another month rolls around, Paige sits down to share some big news within her life and how we can find ourselves in the ever changing world. control, standards, uncontrollable situations, creation, finding yourself, preferences, values, experiences, desires yes full 9     3d541253-72aa-4647-abc4-3a519653c85a The Power of Self-Awareness + Emotional Intelligence with Lynn Casaletto Lynn Casaletto owns her own consulting company called, Core Growth. Core Growth helps individuals and teams realize their greatness. 

    Within the episode the term emotional intelligence is the forefront of much of the conversation. Emotional intelligence is understanding yourself and your emotions in the moment and not getting burnt out because your emotions are taking over, but instead you are taking over your emotions. Instead of becoming irrational and lashing out you can be able to better regulate your emotions and yourself. We become hijacked by our own emotions many times because we are not regulating our emotions. It is difficult sometimes to even realize and become self-aware that we are being hijacked by our emotions. 

    We all have to be able to slow down and look around us and be present with ourselves. It is oftentimes very difficult to slow your life down, however it is very important for your mental health. You have to do the things that matter the most within your lives, you don’t always have to be in a go, go, go state of mind. Other things are just as important, if not more important. 

    We can ask those around us to aid us in working on our own emotional intelligence. The people you surround yourself with, and the things you do will help you stabilize your emotions that you may not see you are having. We have to be open to the ability to learn who we are, the real and raw parts. 

    We also talk about…

    • Emotional intelligence
    • Rest
    • Value
    • Greatness
    • Growth
    • Therapy
    • Emotions
    • Awareness
    • Recovery
    • Mental Health
    • Confidence
    • Force vs. Flow

    Lynn's Resources:

    Website: https://www.coregrowthconsulting.com

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Lynn Casaletto, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/the-power-of-self-awareness-emotional-intelligence-with-lynn-casaletto-qrhlvHP7 Lynn Casaletto owns her own consulting company called, Core Growth. Core Growth helps individuals and teams realize their greatness. 

    Within the episode the term emotional intelligence is the forefront of much of the conversation. Emotional intelligence is understanding yourself and your emotions in the moment and not getting burnt out because your emotions are taking over, but instead you are taking over your emotions. Instead of becoming irrational and lashing out you can be able to better regulate your emotions and yourself. We become hijacked by our own emotions many times because we are not regulating our emotions. It is difficult sometimes to even realize and become self-aware that we are being hijacked by our emotions. 

    We all have to be able to slow down and look around us and be present with ourselves. It is oftentimes very difficult to slow your life down, however it is very important for your mental health. You have to do the things that matter the most within your lives, you don’t always have to be in a go, go, go state of mind. Other things are just as important, if not more important. 

    We can ask those around us to aid us in working on our own emotional intelligence. The people you surround yourself with, and the things you do will help you stabilize your emotions that you may not see you are having. We have to be open to the ability to learn who we are, the real and raw parts. 

    We also talk about…

    • Emotional intelligence
    • Rest
    • Value
    • Greatness
    • Growth
    • Therapy
    • Emotions
    • Awareness
    • Recovery
    • Mental Health
    • Confidence
    • Force vs. Flow

    Lynn's Resources:

    Website: https://www.coregrowthconsulting.com

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     The Power of Self-Awareness + Emotional Intelligence with Lynn Casaletto Paige Boner, Lynn Casaletto, Sather Audio 01:16:16 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Lynn Casaletto to discuss emotional intelligence and how everyone has greatness within them. Emotions overrun many of our lives some days, and we can control this instead of allowing our emotions to consume us. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Lynn Casaletto to discuss emotional intelligence and how everyone has greatness within them. Emotions overrun many of our lives some days, and we can control this instead of allowing our emotions to consume us. value, force, flow, emotional intelligence, rest, growth, therapy, mental health, greatness, emotions, recovery, confidence, awareness yes full 8     5f69966d-7268-4577-80eb-d3a809abf3df Knowing What You Need: Taking Ownership of Your Mental Health with Reid Bervik Reid Bervik has a podcast centered around mental health called Recess. Within his podcast he details both his mental health struggle and opens up to the struggles millions are going through daily in fifteen minute short episodes. 

    Mental health is an all encompassing topic within so many people's lives, and Reid is not a stranger to mental health struggles. Through this episode we sit down and talk about this. Reid began his mental health journey at thirteen, he began to have huge amounts of seasonal depression, he felt alone in his struggle. But after ten years he started therapy and felt a huge sense of relief to understand that he was not alone in his struggles and that it was a REAL thing. Reid began to realize through his journey that he could help those around him as well. He outlines the many real things he has learned and experienced. As your own person you can and have the authority over yourself to make decisions that work for you. Asking for what you need and what you want, is extremely important for your mental health. Without attending to your needs and wants you can not healthy express your emotions.  

    Every human has a story. Everybody goes through a series of events within their life that affects the outcome of their mental health. Many people go through trauma that affects them but you need to be able to be free to focus on your mental health journey. Your emotions are meant to be heard, not suppressed. It is sometimes difficult to understand why we matter and why we are here, but we all have a purpose and a reason. 

    We also talk about…

    • Therapy
    • Depression
    • Seasonal Depression
    • Mental health
    • Emotional neglect
    • Physical neglect
    • Emotion
    • Emotion regulation

    Reids Resources: 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 18 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/knowing-what-you-need-taking-ownership-of-your-mental-health-8Sc74UIj Reid Bervik has a podcast centered around mental health called Recess. Within his podcast he details both his mental health struggle and opens up to the struggles millions are going through daily in fifteen minute short episodes. 

    Mental health is an all encompassing topic within so many people's lives, and Reid is not a stranger to mental health struggles. Through this episode we sit down and talk about this. Reid began his mental health journey at thirteen, he began to have huge amounts of seasonal depression, he felt alone in his struggle. But after ten years he started therapy and felt a huge sense of relief to understand that he was not alone in his struggles and that it was a REAL thing. Reid began to realize through his journey that he could help those around him as well. He outlines the many real things he has learned and experienced. As your own person you can and have the authority over yourself to make decisions that work for you. Asking for what you need and what you want, is extremely important for your mental health. Without attending to your needs and wants you can not healthy express your emotions.  

    Every human has a story. Everybody goes through a series of events within their life that affects the outcome of their mental health. Many people go through trauma that affects them but you need to be able to be free to focus on your mental health journey. Your emotions are meant to be heard, not suppressed. It is sometimes difficult to understand why we matter and why we are here, but we all have a purpose and a reason. 

    We also talk about…

    • Therapy
    • Depression
    • Seasonal Depression
    • Mental health
    • Emotional neglect
    • Physical neglect
    • Emotion
    • Emotion regulation

    Reids Resources: 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Knowing What You Need: Taking Ownership of Your Mental Health with Reid Bervik Paige Boner 01:31:17 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Reid Bervik to discuss the journey through mental health both Reid and many other people encounter daily. Mental health is a very real and raw struggle millions deal with, through this episode we talk about the different ways to help yourself and identify some of the issues. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Reid Bervik to discuss the journey through mental health both Reid and many other people encounter daily. Mental health is a very real and raw struggle millions deal with, through this episode we talk about the different ways to help yourself and identify some of the issues. emotional neglect, therapy, physical neglect, mental health, emotions, purpose, depression, seasonal depression, reason, emotion regulation, emotion yes full 7     7d65a377-5aae-4d56-80d5-157c7b6f8f06 It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: How the Stigma Impacts Us with McKenna Grass McKenna Grass is a fourteen year old mental health advocate who is raising awareness for mental health within her community. She is on a mission to make as many people as she can not feel alone, and change the stigma surrounding mental health.  

    In this episode we discuss the idea of ‘it’s okay to not be okay’ and Mckenna’s journey surrounding mental health. Mental health is a big part of many people’s lives, especially McKenna’s as she details her story about her fathers mental health struggle and how it has impacted her, and even her own journey through mental health as a result. McKenna’s father committed suicide as a result of the tremendous struggle he endured with mental health. McKenna tried hard to get her old self back, when her mental health began to plummet. She now feels like her old self again, with the help of her therapist who works for her and helps her heal. Her and her family have grown together as a result of her fathers tragic death, and have realized that it is okay to have mental health struggles. 

    People have to open up and find those people surrounding them who can help them through their mental health journey. Being open and realizing that mental health is not shameful, is a step toward realizing mental health is just as important as any other health issue. Mental health is not something to feel ashamed about. You are enough, you are heard, and you deserve everything.

    We also talk about…

    • Mental health
    • Mental illness
    • Therapy 
    • Trauma 
    • Suicide 
    • Alcoholism
    • Struggles
    • Change 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (McKenna Grass, Paige Boner, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/its-okay-to-not-be-okay-how-the-stigma-impacts-uswith-mckenna-grass-DxMrDRZm McKenna Grass is a fourteen year old mental health advocate who is raising awareness for mental health within her community. She is on a mission to make as many people as she can not feel alone, and change the stigma surrounding mental health.  

    In this episode we discuss the idea of ‘it’s okay to not be okay’ and Mckenna’s journey surrounding mental health. Mental health is a big part of many people’s lives, especially McKenna’s as she details her story about her fathers mental health struggle and how it has impacted her, and even her own journey through mental health as a result. McKenna’s father committed suicide as a result of the tremendous struggle he endured with mental health. McKenna tried hard to get her old self back, when her mental health began to plummet. She now feels like her old self again, with the help of her therapist who works for her and helps her heal. Her and her family have grown together as a result of her fathers tragic death, and have realized that it is okay to have mental health struggles. 

    People have to open up and find those people surrounding them who can help them through their mental health journey. Being open and realizing that mental health is not shameful, is a step toward realizing mental health is just as important as any other health issue. Mental health is not something to feel ashamed about. You are enough, you are heard, and you deserve everything.

    We also talk about…

    • Mental health
    • Mental illness
    • Therapy 
    • Trauma 
    • Suicide 
    • Alcoholism
    • Struggles
    • Change 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     It’s Okay to Not Be Okay: How the Stigma Impacts Us with McKenna Grass McKenna Grass, Paige Boner, Sather Audio 00:59:56 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with McKenna Grass to discuss the journey and struggle surrounding mental health and to remind us that it's okay not to be okay--help is always there. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with McKenna Grass to discuss the journey and struggle surrounding mental health and to remind us that it's okay not to be okay--help is always there. struggles, therapy, trauma, alcoholism, mental health, change, mental illness, suicide yes full 6     14b4941d-c861-41c9-8708-ce777b04eef9 You are Enough: Leaning into Insecurity + Uncertainty with Jack and Paige In this episode, Jack and I discuss our big move to Utah and the feelings we have been feeling throughout it all. Moving across the country is a big jump between trying to find your place and feeling like we are enough for each other. From the good days to the bad days, trying to adjust to all the different things that come about from a big move. We discuss how we want to be the best version of ourselves for each other throughout these new shifts within our lives. From job hunts, routines, and figuring out what makes you happy and how it impacts the people who are around you. Trying to make each other happy while also being the best versions of ourselves, it can be difficult however worth it. Through the adjustments we have had in moving we have been able to learn more about ourselves and each other. Moving is more than just moving, it is finding yourself, and changing. Change can be a great thing. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Change 
    • Self improvement 
    • New life shifts
    • Self discovery
    • Transitions
    • Insecurities 
    • Impacts you have on the people around you
    • How things make you feel ex. Social media 
    • Relying on each other
    • Anxiety 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 4 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Paige Boner, Hearst 4 Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/you-are-enough-leaning-into-insecurity-uncertainty-uIDEysWw In this episode, Jack and I discuss our big move to Utah and the feelings we have been feeling throughout it all. Moving across the country is a big jump between trying to find your place and feeling like we are enough for each other. From the good days to the bad days, trying to adjust to all the different things that come about from a big move. We discuss how we want to be the best version of ourselves for each other throughout these new shifts within our lives. From job hunts, routines, and figuring out what makes you happy and how it impacts the people who are around you. Trying to make each other happy while also being the best versions of ourselves, it can be difficult however worth it. Through the adjustments we have had in moving we have been able to learn more about ourselves and each other. Moving is more than just moving, it is finding yourself, and changing. Change can be a great thing. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Change 
    • Self improvement 
    • New life shifts
    • Self discovery
    • Transitions
    • Insecurities 
    • Impacts you have on the people around you
    • How things make you feel ex. Social media 
    • Relying on each other
    • Anxiety 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     You are Enough: Leaning into Insecurity + Uncertainty with Jack and Paige Sather Audio, Paige Boner, Hearst 4 Henry 00:57:12 SOLO: Paige sits down with her partner Jack to talk about their big move to Utah by showing the realness of moving across the country. SOLO: Paige sits down with her partner Jack to talk about their big move to Utah by showing the realness of moving across the country. social media, improvement, life shifts, relying on one another, impact, change, transitions, anxiety, job hunt, insecurities, self discovery yes full 5     ad8ed0f5-fc24-424e-9593-9ee7697b1648 How Social Media Impacts Your Mental Health with Dr. Nikki Sammet Dr. Nikki Sammet is the founder of Confident Coach Accelerator, Becoming Mama & Beyond, the What Nik Knows Podcast, and is a Transcendental Meditator and a yoga teacher… she does it all!

    In this episode, Nikki opens up about her journey with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and how the fight to “not be different” caused her to lose hold of her identity. Nikki has struggled with her mental health since she was a very young age. At age 10, she was diagnosed with ADHD and she explains how being silenced about it impacted her socially, academically, and her self-esteem as a whole. Nikki emphasizes the importance of viewing these diagnoses as mental health, not mental illness. She encourages others to have the hard conversations about what they are going through is what makes you uniquely, YOU!

    Nikki also discusses her Ph.D. research which revolves around how social media impacts millennial women. Social media, when used in an unhealthy manner, causes us the inability to distinguish what’s real and what is not. We associate what we view as the standard and get down on ourselves when we aren’t “meeting” the standard. Nikki stresses the importance of establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with technology, whether that’s setting boundaries, following only people we want to follow, or putting it away at a designated time. She reminds us that “we need to start and end each day with ourselves”, not just the posts and stories we see. 

    We also talk about 

    • High functioning anxiety, ADHD & depression
    • Education
    • Boundaries
    • Identity
    • Motherhood
    • Meditation
    • How being different makes us unique
    • Grounding ourselves
    • Worthiness

    Dr. Nikki Sammet’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Dr. Nikki Sammet, Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/how-social-media-impacts-your-mental-health-with-dr-nikki-sammet-6uU595v9 Dr. Nikki Sammet is the founder of Confident Coach Accelerator, Becoming Mama & Beyond, the What Nik Knows Podcast, and is a Transcendental Meditator and a yoga teacher… she does it all!

    In this episode, Nikki opens up about her journey with ADHD, anxiety, depression, and how the fight to “not be different” caused her to lose hold of her identity. Nikki has struggled with her mental health since she was a very young age. At age 10, she was diagnosed with ADHD and she explains how being silenced about it impacted her socially, academically, and her self-esteem as a whole. Nikki emphasizes the importance of viewing these diagnoses as mental health, not mental illness. She encourages others to have the hard conversations about what they are going through is what makes you uniquely, YOU!

    Nikki also discusses her Ph.D. research which revolves around how social media impacts millennial women. Social media, when used in an unhealthy manner, causes us the inability to distinguish what’s real and what is not. We associate what we view as the standard and get down on ourselves when we aren’t “meeting” the standard. Nikki stresses the importance of establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with technology, whether that’s setting boundaries, following only people we want to follow, or putting it away at a designated time. She reminds us that “we need to start and end each day with ourselves”, not just the posts and stories we see. 

    We also talk about 

    • High functioning anxiety, ADHD & depression
    • Education
    • Boundaries
    • Identity
    • Motherhood
    • Meditation
    • How being different makes us unique
    • Grounding ourselves
    • Worthiness

    Dr. Nikki Sammet’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     How Social Media Impacts Your Mental Health with Dr. Nikki Sammet Paige Boner, Dr. Nikki Sammet, Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio 01:36:00 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Nikki Sammet to discuss her experience with mental health, the impact social media has on our reality, and working on our own internal validation. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Nikki Sammet to discuss her experience with mental health, the impact social media has on our reality, and working on our own internal validation. motherhood, social media, influencer, validation, mental health, meditation, differences, depression, anxiety, worthiness, identity, boundaries, adhd yes full 4     dc4f3b5b-110b-43c1-bd5e-c10817667217 Being a Pre-Med Student is Hard: The Truth + Challenges of Medicine with Mackenzie Fannin Mackenzie Fannin is a Pre-Med Student from Florida who shares her journey on the road to Med School. 

    In this episode, Paige sits down with Mackenzie who explains the highs and lows of her journey through med school. She discusses how to follow your dreams and become the person you aspire to be, especially as struggles of mental health surface. 

    Mackenzie opens up about her mental health struggles and the challenges she's faced throughout the entirety of her life as she navigates her way to becoming a doctor. She outlines the idea of following one's heart as being the most important thing to do with wherever you want to go within your life. Being who you want to be and doing what you want to do is not only best for you but also your mental health. Mental health is an important aspect of who you are and who you become, without allowing mental health to thrive you are not allowing your best self. Being yourself and working at your own pace is important as well, we cannot compare ourselves to the people around us. Everyone goes through life's phases at a different pace, which can be different than us. Going at different paces than the ones around us does not make it wrong, it just makes it more uniquely our own journey. Do what you love and don’t let anyone hinder that. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Mental health
    • Challenges of Med School
    • Mental and Physical ware being a doctor has on people
    • Following your dreams
    • Confidence
    • Applications and Resumes
    • How to follow your heart
    • Self Care
    • Comparing yourself

    Mackenzie Fannin’s resources:

    • Mackenzies Personal Instagram: @mackenziefannin
    • Follow Mackenzie’s Pre-med journey on Instagram at: @mackstudiesmed

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 20 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kenzie Fannin, Heartts 4 Henry, Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Mackenzie Fannin) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/being-a-pre-med-student-is-hard-the-truth-challenges-of-medicine-with-mackenzie-fannin-qkauTj9v Mackenzie Fannin is a Pre-Med Student from Florida who shares her journey on the road to Med School. 

    In this episode, Paige sits down with Mackenzie who explains the highs and lows of her journey through med school. She discusses how to follow your dreams and become the person you aspire to be, especially as struggles of mental health surface. 

    Mackenzie opens up about her mental health struggles and the challenges she's faced throughout the entirety of her life as she navigates her way to becoming a doctor. She outlines the idea of following one's heart as being the most important thing to do with wherever you want to go within your life. Being who you want to be and doing what you want to do is not only best for you but also your mental health. Mental health is an important aspect of who you are and who you become, without allowing mental health to thrive you are not allowing your best self. Being yourself and working at your own pace is important as well, we cannot compare ourselves to the people around us. Everyone goes through life's phases at a different pace, which can be different than us. Going at different paces than the ones around us does not make it wrong, it just makes it more uniquely our own journey. Do what you love and don’t let anyone hinder that. 

    We also talk about… 

    • Mental health
    • Challenges of Med School
    • Mental and Physical ware being a doctor has on people
    • Following your dreams
    • Confidence
    • Applications and Resumes
    • How to follow your heart
    • Self Care
    • Comparing yourself

    Mackenzie Fannin’s resources:

    • Mackenzies Personal Instagram: @mackenziefannin
    • Follow Mackenzie’s Pre-med journey on Instagram at: @mackstudiesmed

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Being a Pre-Med Student is Hard: The Truth + Challenges of Medicine with Mackenzie Fannin Kenzie Fannin, Heartts 4 Henry, Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Mackenzie Fannin 01:16:42 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Mackenzie Fannin to discuss her journey to med school, the mental health struggles faced, and the importance of following your heart. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Mackenzie Fannin to discuss her journey to med school, the mental health struggles faced, and the importance of following your heart. self care, applications, pre-med, mental health, med school, confidence, physical health, doctor, resume, comparison yes full 3     481920aa-13cd-4037-b927-fcc33986739a Transitions are Hard: Following Your Intuition + Navigating Change with Lindsey Simcik Lindsey Simcik is the co-founder of Almost 30, a top 50 podcast, global brand, and community. 

    In this episode, Paige and Lindsey discuss mental health and how we can navigate our way through big changes within our lives. We all go through changes in our lives which often leave us wondering if they are worth going through, will they hurt the people around us, will it hurt us, and overall what this big change means for us. Lindsey tells us that if you have the intuition and feeling that you need to make this change, it is meant to be and you need to follow your heart. Your life is about making the right decision for you and for your mental health. Where we are is right where we are supposed to be in life.  

    Mental health is the overarching theme within this episode, as Lindsey discusses her mental health journey and the things we can do to put mental health first. We have to listen to ourselves and our physical bodies to see what is needed for the betterment of ourselves. We have to allow ourselves to feel every feeling from sadness, mourning, happiness, excitement, and so much more to be at our highest level of expression. You have to be able to make the right decision for yourself and find your center in the midst of the craziness around you. They also talk about codependencies and how throughout our lives, we rely on other people for our own happiness. Through these big transitions, we decide to endeavor to slowly relinquish these co-dependencies, which allows us not to be so caught up in what other people think about us, but in what we think about ourselves.

    Any path we choose to take in this life is the correct path for us, we are meant to be right here at this moment. 

    What we cover:

    • People pleasing
    • Following your heart
    • Life transitions
    • Listening to your intuition
    • Asking for what you need
    • Codependent tendencies
    • Navigating relationships through transition
    • Moving across the country
    • Making decisions
    • Being self-responsible 

    Lindsey Simcik's Resources:

    • Follow Lindsey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lindseysimcik/
    • Follow Almost30 on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/almost30podcast/?hl=en
    • Almost30 WEBSITE:  www.almost30podcast.com
    • Visit Lindsey's personal website to learn more about her platform and connect with her,  https://www.lindseysimcik.co/podcast 
    • Listen to Almost30 Podcast if you don't already on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almost-30/id114818361

     

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Hearts 4 Henry, Lindsey Simcik, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/transitions-are-hard-following-your-intuition-navigating-change-with-lindsey-simcik-RqdTmI8M Lindsey Simcik is the co-founder of Almost 30, a top 50 podcast, global brand, and community. 

    In this episode, Paige and Lindsey discuss mental health and how we can navigate our way through big changes within our lives. We all go through changes in our lives which often leave us wondering if they are worth going through, will they hurt the people around us, will it hurt us, and overall what this big change means for us. Lindsey tells us that if you have the intuition and feeling that you need to make this change, it is meant to be and you need to follow your heart. Your life is about making the right decision for you and for your mental health. Where we are is right where we are supposed to be in life.  

    Mental health is the overarching theme within this episode, as Lindsey discusses her mental health journey and the things we can do to put mental health first. We have to listen to ourselves and our physical bodies to see what is needed for the betterment of ourselves. We have to allow ourselves to feel every feeling from sadness, mourning, happiness, excitement, and so much more to be at our highest level of expression. You have to be able to make the right decision for yourself and find your center in the midst of the craziness around you. They also talk about codependencies and how throughout our lives, we rely on other people for our own happiness. Through these big transitions, we decide to endeavor to slowly relinquish these co-dependencies, which allows us not to be so caught up in what other people think about us, but in what we think about ourselves.

    Any path we choose to take in this life is the correct path for us, we are meant to be right here at this moment. 

    What we cover:

    • People pleasing
    • Following your heart
    • Life transitions
    • Listening to your intuition
    • Asking for what you need
    • Codependent tendencies
    • Navigating relationships through transition
    • Moving across the country
    • Making decisions
    • Being self-responsible 

    Lindsey Simcik's Resources:

    • Follow Lindsey on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/lindseysimcik/
    • Follow Almost30 on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/almost30podcast/?hl=en
    • Almost30 WEBSITE:  www.almost30podcast.com
    • Visit Lindsey's personal website to learn more about her platform and connect with her,  https://www.lindseysimcik.co/podcast 
    • Listen to Almost30 Podcast if you don't already on Apple Podcasts!  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almost-30/id114818361

     

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Transitions are Hard: Following Your Intuition + Navigating Change with Lindsey Simcik Paige Boner, Hearts 4 Henry, Lindsey Simcik, Sather Audio 01:19:06 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Lindsey Simcik to discuss the stigma around mental health and how we can navigate our way through life transitions by following our heart and not conforming to the people around us. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Lindsey Simcik to discuss the stigma around mental health and how we can navigate our way through life transitions by following our heart and not conforming to the people around us. therapy, following your heart, moving, mental health, big changes, intuition, friends, path, transitions, family, relationships, responsibility yes full 2     2a34d24a-293f-4efb-9f07-772f956c93ec Sobriety is Hard: My Journey to Becoming Sober We are back! Season 3 is here! 

    I am kicking off season 3 with a solo episode. Every first Monday of the month I will be serving you a slice of solo chats. This is hopefully going to be an opportunity for you all to get to know me better and for me to share what is at the top of my mind in that moment. 

    Today, I chat about Jack + I's heart centered move across the country, making the "right" decisions, going against the grain, and my journey to becoming sober at 23. 

    What is covered in this episode:

    • Moving across the country -- why we decided on Utah instead of Arizona
    • Transitions 
    • Doing what feels right
    • Making decisions for YOU
    • Becoming sober at 23
    • Sobriety as a whole
    • Going against the grain 
    • Learning + growing 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Mon, 6 Sep 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (paige boner, its hard podcast, hearts 4 henry, satheraudio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/sobriety-is-hard-my-journey-to-becoming-sober-pJnPy4eB We are back! Season 3 is here! 

    I am kicking off season 3 with a solo episode. Every first Monday of the month I will be serving you a slice of solo chats. This is hopefully going to be an opportunity for you all to get to know me better and for me to share what is at the top of my mind in that moment. 

    Today, I chat about Jack + I's heart centered move across the country, making the "right" decisions, going against the grain, and my journey to becoming sober at 23. 

    What is covered in this episode:

    • Moving across the country -- why we decided on Utah instead of Arizona
    • Transitions 
    • Doing what feels right
    • Making decisions for YOU
    • Becoming sober at 23
    • Sobriety as a whole
    • Going against the grain 
    • Learning + growing 

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    https://www.hearts4henry.org

    ]]>     Sobriety is Hard: My Journey to Becoming Sober paige boner, its hard podcast, hearts 4 henry, satheraudio 00:50:50 SOLO: Season 3 KICKOFF! Paige sits down to share about her personal experience of becoming sober at 23. SOLO: Season 3 KICKOFF! Paige sits down to share about her personal experience of becoming sober at 23. doing what is best for you, sober, sober at 23, sobriety is hard, sobriety, self improvement, moving, mental health, becoming sober, transitions, becoming sober in your 20s, sober 20 something, you do you, self help yes full 1     f45e85d2-50ce-42f7-85ea-ab84536aa885 Losing Yourself in a Relationship: How to Find Yourself Post-Breakup Hi fam! Welcome to the season 2 FINALE. What a season it has been, 36 episodes later + I could not be more proud of my team and all they have accomplished. Most importantly, we are incredibly grateful for those of you who choose to listen to It's Hard. I feel like I am truly fulfilling my mission to help people feel less alone in what they are going through, the messages you send + the proof that you listen everyday is what keeps me going each week. 

    This episode was inspired by someone who messaged me and asked to speak on this topic. Honestly, it is a challenging thing for me to talk about and an incredibly vulnerable conversation. However, I know that many people struggle or have struggled with this and sharing stories is how we connect and get through the hard things in life. 

    Have you ever felt as though you lost yourself in a relationship? You and your partner break up and you feel lost + have no clue who you are anymore? You aren't alone. I jumped from relationship to relationship at a young age, I felt as though I knew who I was but in hindsight, I had no clue. This led to me having no idea what I wanted or deserved and allowing behaviors that ultimately caused an intense amount of anxiety + trauma. 

    In this episode, I share my story and how I pulled myself up after being at rock bottom post-breakup. I hope you know that you aren't alone, you deserve love + respect, and it is always okay to do what is best for YOU. 

    Thank you all for continuing to support It's Hard, I truly am forever grateful for all the love + support. I hope you continue to find this community to be a safe place that offers you love and belonging. We will be back on SEPTEMBER 6th for It's Hard SEASON 3! See you soon.

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 26 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Paige Boner, Hearts 4 Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/losing-yourself-in-a-relationship-how-to-find-yourself-post-breakup-eRiTen6X Hi fam! Welcome to the season 2 FINALE. What a season it has been, 36 episodes later + I could not be more proud of my team and all they have accomplished. Most importantly, we are incredibly grateful for those of you who choose to listen to It's Hard. I feel like I am truly fulfilling my mission to help people feel less alone in what they are going through, the messages you send + the proof that you listen everyday is what keeps me going each week. 

    This episode was inspired by someone who messaged me and asked to speak on this topic. Honestly, it is a challenging thing for me to talk about and an incredibly vulnerable conversation. However, I know that many people struggle or have struggled with this and sharing stories is how we connect and get through the hard things in life. 

    Have you ever felt as though you lost yourself in a relationship? You and your partner break up and you feel lost + have no clue who you are anymore? You aren't alone. I jumped from relationship to relationship at a young age, I felt as though I knew who I was but in hindsight, I had no clue. This led to me having no idea what I wanted or deserved and allowing behaviors that ultimately caused an intense amount of anxiety + trauma. 

    In this episode, I share my story and how I pulled myself up after being at rock bottom post-breakup. I hope you know that you aren't alone, you deserve love + respect, and it is always okay to do what is best for YOU. 

    Thank you all for continuing to support It's Hard, I truly am forever grateful for all the love + support. I hope you continue to find this community to be a safe place that offers you love and belonging. We will be back on SEPTEMBER 6th for It's Hard SEASON 3! See you soon.

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Losing Yourself in a Relationship: How to Find Yourself Post-Breakup Sather Audio, Paige Boner, Hearts 4 Henry 01:13:40 SOLO: Paige here! I sit down with my best friend, my Momma, to talk about my experience with losing myself in an unhealthy relationship and how I discovered who I was post-breakup. SOLO: Paige here! I sit down with my best friend, my Momma, to talk about my experience with losing myself in an unhealthy relationship and how I discovered who I was post-breakup. relationship, unhealthy relationship, becoming who you are, losing yourself, finding yourself yes full 36     3cf5493a-a886-4420-943b-405396025599 Life Transitions: Moving Across the Country, Overcoming Disordered Eating + The Future of It’s Hard with Jack Holmgren In this episode, Jack puts Paige on the hot seat! They give the inside scoop of what's new in their life and what’s coming up, as well as opening up about vulnerable topics and experiences. The two give relationship advice and reflect on the different ways they process life changes. 

    Paige gets vulnerable about her eating disorder. She discusses the societal pressures in summer to look a certain way in a bikini, the guilt and shame that comes with slacking off workouts and skipping meals. Eating disorders are often an old pattern and a vicious cycle, and she shares the importance of having support from others to hold you accountable and ensure your health is where it needs to be. 

    They also talk about the next steps in their relationship following their move to Arizona, and the challenges and excitement that come with living together. New experiences, different geography, new community... how could it be better? While the excitement is a valid emotion, so are the others. Paige says, “Whenever you do something brave and outside of your comfort zone, it doesn’t come easy and natural... It is going to be hard. An adventure that will expose all the emotions... sadness, excitement, fear, and more.” Everyone processes their emotions differently, but every new adventure is one to be a light in the world and see it as an opportunity to grow.  

    Finally, what’s the future of the podcast going to look like? To stay centered around mental health. Mental health is hard. Everyone has a story, and everyone’s story is important, has depth, and matters. The connection with other people’s stories is what reveals our humanness and that we are not alone! 

    We also talk about 

    • Eating disorders
    • Moving
    • Relationship advice
    • Life transitions
    • Societal pressures
    • Getting out of your comfort zone
    • Family sickness
    • Death
    • The future of the pod

    Jack’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @jackholmgren

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 19 Jul 2021 22:05:29 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Jack Holmgren, Hearts 4 Henry, Paige Boner, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/life-transitions-moving-across-the-country-overcoming-disordered-eating-the-future-of-its-hard-IFH8hUIu In this episode, Jack puts Paige on the hot seat! They give the inside scoop of what's new in their life and what’s coming up, as well as opening up about vulnerable topics and experiences. The two give relationship advice and reflect on the different ways they process life changes. 

    Paige gets vulnerable about her eating disorder. She discusses the societal pressures in summer to look a certain way in a bikini, the guilt and shame that comes with slacking off workouts and skipping meals. Eating disorders are often an old pattern and a vicious cycle, and she shares the importance of having support from others to hold you accountable and ensure your health is where it needs to be. 

    They also talk about the next steps in their relationship following their move to Arizona, and the challenges and excitement that come with living together. New experiences, different geography, new community... how could it be better? While the excitement is a valid emotion, so are the others. Paige says, “Whenever you do something brave and outside of your comfort zone, it doesn’t come easy and natural... It is going to be hard. An adventure that will expose all the emotions... sadness, excitement, fear, and more.” Everyone processes their emotions differently, but every new adventure is one to be a light in the world and see it as an opportunity to grow.  

    Finally, what’s the future of the podcast going to look like? To stay centered around mental health. Mental health is hard. Everyone has a story, and everyone’s story is important, has depth, and matters. The connection with other people’s stories is what reveals our humanness and that we are not alone! 

    We also talk about 

    • Eating disorders
    • Moving
    • Relationship advice
    • Life transitions
    • Societal pressures
    • Getting out of your comfort zone
    • Family sickness
    • Death
    • The future of the pod

    Jack’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @jackholmgren

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Life Transitions: Moving Across the Country, Overcoming Disordered Eating + The Future of It’s Hard with Jack Holmgren Jack Holmgren, Hearts 4 Henry, Paige Boner, Sather Audio 00:53:50 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with her partner, Jack Holmgren, to discuss eating disorders, life transitions, relationships, and everything in between. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with her partner, Jack Holmgren, to discuss eating disorders, life transitions, relationships, and everything in between. life transitions, stigma, relationship, sickness, moving, eating disorders, family, death, challenges, comfort zone, societal pressures, future yes full 35     efc00cb4-0e1e-4135-839e-8d366266ecfd Being Queer in America: The Beauty + Struggles of Staying True to Yourself with Jayna Davis Jayna Davis was 15 years old when she first came out as a lesbian to those around her. However, her coming out journey never stops. Due to her femme-presenting nature, she is constantly challenged on her identity and has to correct others about her romantic preference. She opens up about what it’s like having to prove herself and her sexuality to others, battling comments like “you don’t look lesbian”, “I have girl friends, too” and “I could change your mind”. 

    She also discusses the shame aspect of going against what is “expected” from a woman who looks like her. Sexism, undermining, and harassment occur regularly and unfortunately probably always will. While we have come far in taking steps towards equality for the queer community, there is so much more work that needs to be done. Jayna emphasizes the importance of asking questions, getting informed, and enforcing change. This can be as simple as permitting queer friends to correct you if/when you make a mistake, allowing them the space to open up, and validating their experiences. 

    Jayna reminds us to own who you are with confidence; that “your dreams, desires, and identities are not defined by the way others see you. As you become more in touch with who you are and what you want in life, you might lose connections with people who don't understand. And that's okay. Don't let somebody else's biases steer you away from who you really are”.

    We also talk about: 

    • Mental health
    • Social norms
    • Shame
    • Gender identity and expression
    • Validation 
    • Family 
    • How to support the LGBTQ+ community
    • Ignorance

    Jayna’s Resources:

    • Find her music on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and wherever else you stream music @ Jayna Davis
    • Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok: @jaynadavismusic
    • Website: Jaynadavismusic.com 
    • Stay tuned for an EP of all-original songs that will be released later this summer!

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 12 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Paige Boner, Hearts 4 Henry, Jayna Davis) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/sexuality-and-proving-oneself-with-jayna-davis-HHPCzjFV Jayna Davis was 15 years old when she first came out as a lesbian to those around her. However, her coming out journey never stops. Due to her femme-presenting nature, she is constantly challenged on her identity and has to correct others about her romantic preference. She opens up about what it’s like having to prove herself and her sexuality to others, battling comments like “you don’t look lesbian”, “I have girl friends, too” and “I could change your mind”. 

    She also discusses the shame aspect of going against what is “expected” from a woman who looks like her. Sexism, undermining, and harassment occur regularly and unfortunately probably always will. While we have come far in taking steps towards equality for the queer community, there is so much more work that needs to be done. Jayna emphasizes the importance of asking questions, getting informed, and enforcing change. This can be as simple as permitting queer friends to correct you if/when you make a mistake, allowing them the space to open up, and validating their experiences. 

    Jayna reminds us to own who you are with confidence; that “your dreams, desires, and identities are not defined by the way others see you. As you become more in touch with who you are and what you want in life, you might lose connections with people who don't understand. And that's okay. Don't let somebody else's biases steer you away from who you really are”.

    We also talk about: 

    • Mental health
    • Social norms
    • Shame
    • Gender identity and expression
    • Validation 
    • Family 
    • How to support the LGBTQ+ community
    • Ignorance

    Jayna’s Resources:

    • Find her music on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music, and wherever else you stream music @ Jayna Davis
    • Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok: @jaynadavismusic
    • Website: Jaynadavismusic.com 
    • Stay tuned for an EP of all-original songs that will be released later this summer!

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Being Queer in America: The Beauty + Struggles of Staying True to Yourself with Jayna Davis Sather Audio, Paige Boner, Hearts 4 Henry, Jayna Davis 01:25:35 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Jayna Davis to discuss her journey as a queer woman, including misconceptions, coming to terms with your identity, people-pleasing, and homophobia. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Jayna Davis to discuss her journey as a queer woman, including misconceptions, coming to terms with your identity, people-pleasing, and homophobia. lesbian, shame, validation, mental health, ignorance, family, expression, lgbtq+, identity, sexuality, queer, gender identity, social norms yes full 34     1881980d-8585-4892-85f7-a011c00a42ba Breaking the Stigma of Mental Disorders: Seeing Mental Health as a Superpower with Sam Led Sam Led is a mindset and transformation coach, author of the book “Fear Less”, powerful speaker, and group facilitator. 

    In this episode, Paige and Sam discuss the stigma of mental health and the impact it has. Mental health is typically associated with illness, that something is wrong with you, or that you are “broken”. In reality, everyone has mental health and you are more than your ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc. We all feel differently, think differently, and face things differently. As soon as our society begins to normalize mental health and talk about it in a positive light, we will be better off. 

    They also discuss thought control and what to do with the negative thoughts that take over your mind in times of discomfort. Sam reminds us that pushing thoughts down and utilizing thought-stopping techniques is actually detrimental. Instead, he encourages us to remember that these bad thoughts will pass and your mind will settle. It’s okay to not be okay at that moment. But, by giving ourselves space and grace, prioritizing our mental health, and allowing ourselves to accept that we aren’t perfect beings - the easier it will be to recognize that you are exactly where you need to be.

    We also talk about: 

    • Mental health
    • Thought processes
    • Stereotypes
    • Perfectionism
    • Addiction
    • Physical health
    • Treatment

    Sam’s Resources:

    • Website: www.samledconsulting.com
    • IG: @samledconsulting
    • Facebook: @samledconsulting

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 5 Jul 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Sam Led, Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/breaking-the-stigma-of-mental-disorders-seeing-mental-health-as-a-superpower-vzrbqBkQ Sam Led is a mindset and transformation coach, author of the book “Fear Less”, powerful speaker, and group facilitator. 

    In this episode, Paige and Sam discuss the stigma of mental health and the impact it has. Mental health is typically associated with illness, that something is wrong with you, or that you are “broken”. In reality, everyone has mental health and you are more than your ADHD, anxiety, depression, etc. We all feel differently, think differently, and face things differently. As soon as our society begins to normalize mental health and talk about it in a positive light, we will be better off. 

    They also discuss thought control and what to do with the negative thoughts that take over your mind in times of discomfort. Sam reminds us that pushing thoughts down and utilizing thought-stopping techniques is actually detrimental. Instead, he encourages us to remember that these bad thoughts will pass and your mind will settle. It’s okay to not be okay at that moment. But, by giving ourselves space and grace, prioritizing our mental health, and allowing ourselves to accept that we aren’t perfect beings - the easier it will be to recognize that you are exactly where you need to be.

    We also talk about: 

    • Mental health
    • Thought processes
    • Stereotypes
    • Perfectionism
    • Addiction
    • Physical health
    • Treatment

    Sam’s Resources:

    • Website: www.samledconsulting.com
    • IG: @samledconsulting
    • Facebook: @samledconsulting

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Breaking the Stigma of Mental Disorders: Seeing Mental Health as a Superpower with Sam Led Paige Boner, Sam Led, Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry 01:33:34 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Sam Led to discuss destigmatizing mental health and seeing people for who they are beyond their diagnoses. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Sam Led to discuss destigmatizing mental health and seeing people for who they are beyond their diagnoses. thoughts, addiction, mental health, treatment, thought process, physical health, depression, anxiety, stereotypes, perfectionism, adhd yes full 33     26690646-f4f9-4b63-a0ec-0c2856541589 Adulting is Hard with Done w/ Adulting Done with Adulting is a podcast created to break down societal expectations of “adulting” to relieve listeners of life’s many pressures. Asia and Jareed create a safe space of insightful conversations for whatever phase of life you are in. They talk openly about their experiences with relatable guests to connect listeners, provide resources, and allow themselves + others to grow.

    In this episode, Asia, Jareed, and Paige discuss the concept of adulting and all of the decisions that come with it. At the ripe age of 18, our society is forced to make a decision that will determine the rest of our lives: to attend college, to attend community college, to go to trade school, to go straight to work, perhaps even none of the above. What if I told you there was no right or wrong path? There is an expectation that young people will all follow the same path. Our generation is starting to change that narrative. It is okay not to go to college, it is okay to go into a trade, it is okay to do something different than everyone around you. 

    We live with the idea that there is one trajectory to follow and you can't make any turns off that. Asia and Jareed remind us that this is not the case and that the “norm” looks different for everyone. We must make the decisions that are best for ourselves, not simply based on what others are doing. 

    We also discuss the different experiences that each person has with vulnerability, opening up, race + identity, mental health, and more. While it can be hard to believe at times, the hardships we face make us who we are. We can choose to react positively or negatively no matter what life throws at us.  

    Adulting is hard. Find what makes you happy. Make decisions you support. The rest will follow!

    We also talk about: 

    • Supporting others
    • The perception of fear
    • Money management
    • Job/work life
    • Doing what you love
    • Failure
    • Internal vs external processing
    • Empathy
    • Race + identity

    DWA Resources:

    • Instagram: @donewithadultingpod
    • Twitter: @donewthadulting
    • Website: www.donewithadulting.com
    • Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all podcast platforms

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 28 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Jareed Gaines, Asia Watson, Hearts 4 Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/adulting-is-hard-with-done-with-adulting-MBVc5jya Done with Adulting is a podcast created to break down societal expectations of “adulting” to relieve listeners of life’s many pressures. Asia and Jareed create a safe space of insightful conversations for whatever phase of life you are in. They talk openly about their experiences with relatable guests to connect listeners, provide resources, and allow themselves + others to grow.

    In this episode, Asia, Jareed, and Paige discuss the concept of adulting and all of the decisions that come with it. At the ripe age of 18, our society is forced to make a decision that will determine the rest of our lives: to attend college, to attend community college, to go to trade school, to go straight to work, perhaps even none of the above. What if I told you there was no right or wrong path? There is an expectation that young people will all follow the same path. Our generation is starting to change that narrative. It is okay not to go to college, it is okay to go into a trade, it is okay to do something different than everyone around you. 

    We live with the idea that there is one trajectory to follow and you can't make any turns off that. Asia and Jareed remind us that this is not the case and that the “norm” looks different for everyone. We must make the decisions that are best for ourselves, not simply based on what others are doing. 

    We also discuss the different experiences that each person has with vulnerability, opening up, race + identity, mental health, and more. While it can be hard to believe at times, the hardships we face make us who we are. We can choose to react positively or negatively no matter what life throws at us.  

    Adulting is hard. Find what makes you happy. Make decisions you support. The rest will follow!

    We also talk about: 

    • Supporting others
    • The perception of fear
    • Money management
    • Job/work life
    • Doing what you love
    • Failure
    • Internal vs external processing
    • Empathy
    • Race + identity

    DWA Resources:

    • Instagram: @donewithadultingpod
    • Twitter: @donewthadulting
    • Website: www.donewithadulting.com
    • Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all podcast platforms

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Adulting is Hard with Done w/ Adulting Paige Boner, Sather Audio, Jareed Gaines, Asia Watson, Hearts 4 Henry 01:43:41 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Asia Watson and Jareed Gaines of the Done with Adulting Podcast to unpack the challenges of adulting, everyday life, and following your own path. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Asia Watson and Jareed Gaines of the Done with Adulting Podcast to unpack the challenges of adulting, everyday life, and following your own path. failure, support, work, therapy, fear, mental health, race, jobs, identity, money, empathy, life, external processing, internal processing yes full 32     981183d6-2ccd-4df5-8a2b-c065038dccf3 Enduring, Processing, and Overcoming Grief with Miki Speer At age 13, Miki Speer lost her mother to cancer. Miki pushed this trauma down, claiming “I’m fine” out of fear of standing out when all she wanted to do was fit in. This unprocessed grief lasted a decade until finally, in college, she started experiencing its impact. She began crying at the drop of a hat and her relationships with friends, school, and sports faced negative repercussions. Miki went to a doctor, simply thinking she had a tear duct problem! Instead, she learned her “mystery crying” was years of pent up grief and trauma that hadn't had anywhere to go. She went to counseling and began working through her grief, which inspired the brand she has created today. Through her music, books, and shows, Miki Speer’s mission is to create impactful content that helps people process their grief and teach others how to help grievers.

    In this episode, Miki explains what you can do to help yourself + others with their loss, explains the phases of grief, discusses “loss-privilege”, resilience, comparison, and more. Grief looks so different for everyone and it is important to remember these three things:

    1. Don’t bring it up in public. While sympathy is greatly appreciated, no-one wants to be the one to stand out. This is especially true for kids, as they work so hard to fit in and be normal.
    2. Remind the grieving person that their loss matters. Their life is going to change, even when the world spins on as normal. Let them know that it is okay to take a step back and process things and it is okay to be sad. 
    3. Remember that grief is vulnerable. Opening up is hard; it is emotional, raw, and not something people will be comfortable talking about with everyone. Don’t expect someone to open up right away--just be a safe spot and be there in other aspects of their life. 

    We all have unprocessed grief, whether that is a family death, the loss of significant experiences due to COVID-19, or a friend moving away. It is important to take pressure off of yourself because any loss deserves respect, time, and sympathy. Avoid comparison and don't dismiss grief just because it isn't as extreme as something else. Let yourself heal, no matter how large or small its impact was. 

    Grief is hard. We aren’t taught how to be resilient, it is something you train and strengthen as you go through life. Being a support for yourself and others through tough times is key... Miki is a force in teaching us how! 

    We also talk about…

    • Types of losses: cancer, suicide, non-death related
    • The grief pit
    • Privilege 
    • Comparison 
    • Trust
    • Resilience
    • Vulnerability
    • How to process grief

    Miki’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 21 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Miki Speer, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/enduring-processing-and-overcoming-grief-with-miki-speer-Rnbg8Q6L At age 13, Miki Speer lost her mother to cancer. Miki pushed this trauma down, claiming “I’m fine” out of fear of standing out when all she wanted to do was fit in. This unprocessed grief lasted a decade until finally, in college, she started experiencing its impact. She began crying at the drop of a hat and her relationships with friends, school, and sports faced negative repercussions. Miki went to a doctor, simply thinking she had a tear duct problem! Instead, she learned her “mystery crying” was years of pent up grief and trauma that hadn't had anywhere to go. She went to counseling and began working through her grief, which inspired the brand she has created today. Through her music, books, and shows, Miki Speer’s mission is to create impactful content that helps people process their grief and teach others how to help grievers.

    In this episode, Miki explains what you can do to help yourself + others with their loss, explains the phases of grief, discusses “loss-privilege”, resilience, comparison, and more. Grief looks so different for everyone and it is important to remember these three things:

    1. Don’t bring it up in public. While sympathy is greatly appreciated, no-one wants to be the one to stand out. This is especially true for kids, as they work so hard to fit in and be normal.
    2. Remind the grieving person that their loss matters. Their life is going to change, even when the world spins on as normal. Let them know that it is okay to take a step back and process things and it is okay to be sad. 
    3. Remember that grief is vulnerable. Opening up is hard; it is emotional, raw, and not something people will be comfortable talking about with everyone. Don’t expect someone to open up right away--just be a safe spot and be there in other aspects of their life. 

    We all have unprocessed grief, whether that is a family death, the loss of significant experiences due to COVID-19, or a friend moving away. It is important to take pressure off of yourself because any loss deserves respect, time, and sympathy. Avoid comparison and don't dismiss grief just because it isn't as extreme as something else. Let yourself heal, no matter how large or small its impact was. 

    Grief is hard. We aren’t taught how to be resilient, it is something you train and strengthen as you go through life. Being a support for yourself and others through tough times is key... Miki is a force in teaching us how! 

    We also talk about…

    • Types of losses: cancer, suicide, non-death related
    • The grief pit
    • Privilege 
    • Comparison 
    • Trust
    • Resilience
    • Vulnerability
    • How to process grief

    Miki’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Enduring, Processing, and Overcoming Grief with Miki Speer Hearts 4 Henry, Miki Speer, Sather Audio 01:12:41 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Miki Speer, a grief musician, author, and host, to discuss all things grief, including her own experiences, the different phases, loss privilege, and how to support yourself + others. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Miki Speer, a grief musician, author, and host, to discuss all things grief, including her own experiences, the different phases, loss privilege, and how to support yourself + others. cancer, loss privilege, trust, loss, suicide, comparison, resilience, grief, vulnerability yes full 31     8837b173-ad71-486d-960f-bddd25c5d518 Sobriety: The Journey, Challenges, and Fulfillment with Alex Zauner The Creating Ripples podcast was designed to create empowerment, inspiration, community, and provide guidance to elevate those around us. Alex Zauner believes in the power of showing up and sharing our experiences + knowledge with others to create ripples of impact around us. We have the opportunity to create ripples, both small and large, everyday. Whether it’s smiling at a stranger or complimenting someone on a new hairdo, these simple acts can change the course of their whole day and everyone else they come in contact with. With honest conversations, sharing stories, “aha” moments, and more, Creating Ripples Podcast does exactly as its title implies. 

    In this episode, Alex opens up about her sobriety journey after countless negative drinking experiences in college. Blacking out, causing trouble, fighting, getting bad grades, and making decisions she wouldn’t support if she was sober became her normal--something too many people can relate to. After waking up in a hospital and seeing how her drinking habits impact her relationships, she decided to make a change. She enrolled in an outpatient program and has been sober since September, 2014; her 24th birthday. 

    Alcohol is a forefront for social activities and we see it in our lives constantly in phrases like: “Let's go out for drinks!”, “Drinks after work?”, or, “It’s Friday, drink up for the weekend”. Drinking has become the status quo! People don’t react well to the word sober, nor alcoholic. However, sobriety--removing something that isn’t serving you anymore--should be normalized without the negative perception that follows. 

    Being sober has allowed Alex to be her best and truest self and show up for those around her. She is fun, trustworthy, reliable, supportive, kind, and resilient. She is creating ripples through her platform and reminds us that we can keep going, we are wildly capable of doing hard things, and there is a spot for you in whatever dream you are going after.

    We also talk about…

    • College drinking culture
    • Blacking out
    • Status quos
    • Intention
    • Resilience
    • False narratives
    • Comparison
    • The “why” behind doing what you do

    Alex’s Resources:

    • Creating Ripples Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creatingripplespod/
    • Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrazauner/
    • Listen to Creating Ripples on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: .

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 14 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Alexandra Zauner, Hearts 4 Henry, Creating Ripples Podcast) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/sobriety-the-journey-challenges-and-fulfillment-with-alex-zauner-T_RB__ad The Creating Ripples podcast was designed to create empowerment, inspiration, community, and provide guidance to elevate those around us. Alex Zauner believes in the power of showing up and sharing our experiences + knowledge with others to create ripples of impact around us. We have the opportunity to create ripples, both small and large, everyday. Whether it’s smiling at a stranger or complimenting someone on a new hairdo, these simple acts can change the course of their whole day and everyone else they come in contact with. With honest conversations, sharing stories, “aha” moments, and more, Creating Ripples Podcast does exactly as its title implies. 

    In this episode, Alex opens up about her sobriety journey after countless negative drinking experiences in college. Blacking out, causing trouble, fighting, getting bad grades, and making decisions she wouldn’t support if she was sober became her normal--something too many people can relate to. After waking up in a hospital and seeing how her drinking habits impact her relationships, she decided to make a change. She enrolled in an outpatient program and has been sober since September, 2014; her 24th birthday. 

    Alcohol is a forefront for social activities and we see it in our lives constantly in phrases like: “Let's go out for drinks!”, “Drinks after work?”, or, “It’s Friday, drink up for the weekend”. Drinking has become the status quo! People don’t react well to the word sober, nor alcoholic. However, sobriety--removing something that isn’t serving you anymore--should be normalized without the negative perception that follows. 

    Being sober has allowed Alex to be her best and truest self and show up for those around her. She is fun, trustworthy, reliable, supportive, kind, and resilient. She is creating ripples through her platform and reminds us that we can keep going, we are wildly capable of doing hard things, and there is a spot for you in whatever dream you are going after.

    We also talk about…

    • College drinking culture
    • Blacking out
    • Status quos
    • Intention
    • Resilience
    • False narratives
    • Comparison
    • The “why” behind doing what you do

    Alex’s Resources:

    • Creating Ripples Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/creatingripplespod/
    • Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrazauner/
    • Listen to Creating Ripples on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: .

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Sobriety: The Journey, Challenges, and Fulfillment with Alex Zauner Sather Audio, Alexandra Zauner, Hearts 4 Henry, Creating Ripples Podcast 01:45:01 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Alex Zauner, host of the Creating Ripples podcast, to discuss her journey to sobriety and the amazing capabilities each of us have. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Alex Zauner, host of the Creating Ripples podcast, to discuss her journey to sobriety and the amazing capabilities each of us have. intention, alcohol, sobriety, alcoholism, status quo, blackout, college, false narratives, comparison, resilience, drinking yes full 30     5b4deaf5-aa0b-4f21-88ec-fa49c360940b An Honest Conversation About Anxiety: Confidence, Boundaries + People Pleasing with Girls w/ Anxiety Girls w/ Anxiety (GWA) is a podcast about anxiety and mental health where laughter and light-heartedness is emphasized. It is co-hosted by Heike and Neg to share their stories and experiences with anxiety so people can feel less alone. They are building a community of friendship, encouragement, and care. They are here to be a friend and provide support for those going through similar things. 

    In this episode, Heike and Paige discuss all things anxiety: what anxiety looks like for them, the impact it has on their lives, and how they fight it. They also open up about the challenges of being a people pleaser and the importance of setting boundaries in order to give themselves the care they deserve.

    Heike wants listeners to understand that you are not alone in your struggles and you must give yourself some grace and compassion. She reminds us that you are not weak for asking for help, quite the opposite, actually. 

    “I know anxiety is such a lonely and isolating feeling, but you're not alone. That when you're feeling overwhelmed, and anxious, and your thoughts start to spiral, to be gentle with yourself to have compassion. Of course, this is easier said than done, but if you can remember to step back, remove yourself from those thoughts and see that they are just thoughts, you can take back a bit of control. That if you're able to go to therapy and receive the tools to help navigate your anxiety it can be the biggest blessing. And that asking for help doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're so strong for putting yourself first”.

    We also talk about…

    • Empathy
    • Self-love
    • Control
    • Boundaries
    • Saying “no”
    • People pleasing
    • Divorce
    • Self-care

    GWA’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @girlswaxnietypodcast
    • Website: girlswanxietypodcast.com
    • Podcast: Listen to Girls w/ Anxiety on Apple, Spotify, and on all podcast platforms.

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 7 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio, Girls w/ Anxiety) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/an-honest-conversation-about-anxiety-confidence-boundaries-people-pleasing-with-girls-w-anxiety-UxNo52RO Girls w/ Anxiety (GWA) is a podcast about anxiety and mental health where laughter and light-heartedness is emphasized. It is co-hosted by Heike and Neg to share their stories and experiences with anxiety so people can feel less alone. They are building a community of friendship, encouragement, and care. They are here to be a friend and provide support for those going through similar things. 

    In this episode, Heike and Paige discuss all things anxiety: what anxiety looks like for them, the impact it has on their lives, and how they fight it. They also open up about the challenges of being a people pleaser and the importance of setting boundaries in order to give themselves the care they deserve.

    Heike wants listeners to understand that you are not alone in your struggles and you must give yourself some grace and compassion. She reminds us that you are not weak for asking for help, quite the opposite, actually. 

    “I know anxiety is such a lonely and isolating feeling, but you're not alone. That when you're feeling overwhelmed, and anxious, and your thoughts start to spiral, to be gentle with yourself to have compassion. Of course, this is easier said than done, but if you can remember to step back, remove yourself from those thoughts and see that they are just thoughts, you can take back a bit of control. That if you're able to go to therapy and receive the tools to help navigate your anxiety it can be the biggest blessing. And that asking for help doesn't mean you're weak, it means you're so strong for putting yourself first”.

    We also talk about…

    • Empathy
    • Self-love
    • Control
    • Boundaries
    • Saying “no”
    • People pleasing
    • Divorce
    • Self-care

    GWA’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @girlswaxnietypodcast
    • Website: girlswanxietypodcast.com
    • Podcast: Listen to Girls w/ Anxiety on Apple, Spotify, and on all podcast platforms.

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     An Honest Conversation About Anxiety: Confidence, Boundaries + People Pleasing with Girls w/ Anxiety Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio, Girls w/ Anxiety 01:12:35 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Heike Leming, co-host of Girls w/ Anxiety, to discuss the impact anxiety, setting boundaries, and saying “no” has on their lives. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Heike Leming, co-host of Girls w/ Anxiety, to discuss the impact anxiety, setting boundaries, and saying “no” has on their lives. self-care, divorce, self-love, anxiety, empathy, boundaries, people pleasing yes full 29     e4770cbc-427a-4193-b2eb-ef61a6f22f12 Phobias + OCD: Breaking The Stigma Around Mental Disorders with Dr. Lauren Cook Dr. Lauren Cook is a therapist, keynote speaker, career coach, and author who specializes in supporting people with their life transitions and the corresponding anxiety that often comes along with this. She is the creator of the Find Your Why, Know Your Way course, which helps millennials make efficient and effective life decisions with confidence. She is also an author of two books: Name Your Story: How to Talk Openly About Mental Health and The Sunny Side Up: Celebrating Happiness.  

    In this episode, we discuss what phobias are and the impact they have. Phobias are fears that debilitate your life in such a way that you will try to get out of it at all costs, even if it has a negative outcome for you. This can be the phobia of public speaking, heights, needles, etc. For Dr. Cook, this phobia is emetophobia— the extreme fear of vomiting, seeing vomit or watching other people vomit. This causes her to face internal suffering and impacts the decisions she makes. While someone would be excited to go to a bachelorette party or 21st birthday party, Lauren would dread it due to a high chance of vomit. 

    Dr. Cook also talks about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and hopes to break the stigma around it. OCD is more than just a fear of germs or a keen eye for organization, like most may think. It is excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) about anything the brain has internalized as bad or taboo. 

    She encourages being who you are, showing up for your life wholeheartedly, and provides resources to do so!: “My tagline is helping people live what they believe and love who they are. I'm all about helping people identify their values and live out those values with intention. I'm about embracing the discomfort and challenging ourselves to live meaningful, purposeful lives.” - Dr. Lauren Cook.

    We also talk about…

    • Life transitions
    • Shame
    • Therapy
    • Self-diagnosis
    • Decisions 
    • Treatment
    • Exposure response prevention
    • Relationships

    Lauren’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 31 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio, Dr. Lauren Cook) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/phobias-ocd-breaking-the-stigma-around-mental-disorders-with-dr-lauren-cook-PKxAIkvh Dr. Lauren Cook is a therapist, keynote speaker, career coach, and author who specializes in supporting people with their life transitions and the corresponding anxiety that often comes along with this. She is the creator of the Find Your Why, Know Your Way course, which helps millennials make efficient and effective life decisions with confidence. She is also an author of two books: Name Your Story: How to Talk Openly About Mental Health and The Sunny Side Up: Celebrating Happiness.  

    In this episode, we discuss what phobias are and the impact they have. Phobias are fears that debilitate your life in such a way that you will try to get out of it at all costs, even if it has a negative outcome for you. This can be the phobia of public speaking, heights, needles, etc. For Dr. Cook, this phobia is emetophobia— the extreme fear of vomiting, seeing vomit or watching other people vomit. This causes her to face internal suffering and impacts the decisions she makes. While someone would be excited to go to a bachelorette party or 21st birthday party, Lauren would dread it due to a high chance of vomit. 

    Dr. Cook also talks about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and hopes to break the stigma around it. OCD is more than just a fear of germs or a keen eye for organization, like most may think. It is excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions) about anything the brain has internalized as bad or taboo. 

    She encourages being who you are, showing up for your life wholeheartedly, and provides resources to do so!: “My tagline is helping people live what they believe and love who they are. I'm all about helping people identify their values and live out those values with intention. I'm about embracing the discomfort and challenging ourselves to live meaningful, purposeful lives.” - Dr. Lauren Cook.

    We also talk about…

    • Life transitions
    • Shame
    • Therapy
    • Self-diagnosis
    • Decisions 
    • Treatment
    • Exposure response prevention
    • Relationships

    Lauren’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Phobias + OCD: Breaking The Stigma Around Mental Disorders with Dr. Lauren Cook Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio, Dr. Lauren Cook 01:13:35 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Lauren Cook to discuss the impact phobias and OCD have on decision-making and life in general. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Dr. Lauren Cook to discuss the impact phobias and OCD have on decision-making and life in general. life transitions, decision-making, phobias, stigma, shame, therapy, diagnoses, relationships, erp, ocd yes full 28     c7a41777-339f-4a98-a700-432ddcc11f02 Loss is Hard: Grief and Gratitude with Sarah Leverett Sarah is a certified hypnotherapist, oracle reader, and intuitive coach who is committed to a life of self-study and spiritual seeking. Through her work at Intuitive Empowerment, she helps uplift others, be a light for those along the way, and openly welcomes all. Her mission is to remind people of their power by claiming and living out the energy from her intuitive gifts for the sake of creating a life of peace, joy, creativity, and unconditional love.

    In 2016, Sarah Leverett lost her fun-loving, passionate, best friend of a partner. In this episode, Sarah opens up about her experience with this loss and the repercussions that followed: confusion, despair, grief, and immediate suffering. While this loss was the biggest suffering of her life, knowing and loving him was also one of the greatest blessings. She stopped simply checking boxes and going through the motions of life, turned off auto-pilot, and really became aware of the present moment. Sarah became determined to figure out who she is as a person. She tapped into spirit and began taking charge of her mental, physical, and spiritual health. Even in her deepest suffering, she experienced gratitude. 

    Sarah reminds us of the importance of slowing down and remembering that “You are a Divine, intuitive being. You hold the power. You can not only survive grief, but thrive through grief”. 

    We also talk about…

    • Spiritual seeking
    • Energetic boundaries 
    • Meditation
    • Loss
    • Grief
    • Slowing down
    • Support systems

    Sarah’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 24 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/loss-is-hard-grief-and-gratitude-with-sarah-leverett-4sKpWLNT Sarah is a certified hypnotherapist, oracle reader, and intuitive coach who is committed to a life of self-study and spiritual seeking. Through her work at Intuitive Empowerment, she helps uplift others, be a light for those along the way, and openly welcomes all. Her mission is to remind people of their power by claiming and living out the energy from her intuitive gifts for the sake of creating a life of peace, joy, creativity, and unconditional love.

    In 2016, Sarah Leverett lost her fun-loving, passionate, best friend of a partner. In this episode, Sarah opens up about her experience with this loss and the repercussions that followed: confusion, despair, grief, and immediate suffering. While this loss was the biggest suffering of her life, knowing and loving him was also one of the greatest blessings. She stopped simply checking boxes and going through the motions of life, turned off auto-pilot, and really became aware of the present moment. Sarah became determined to figure out who she is as a person. She tapped into spirit and began taking charge of her mental, physical, and spiritual health. Even in her deepest suffering, she experienced gratitude. 

    Sarah reminds us of the importance of slowing down and remembering that “You are a Divine, intuitive being. You hold the power. You can not only survive grief, but thrive through grief”. 

    We also talk about…

    • Spiritual seeking
    • Energetic boundaries 
    • Meditation
    • Loss
    • Grief
    • Slowing down
    • Support systems

    Sarah’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Loss is Hard: Grief and Gratitude with Sarah Leverett Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio 01:10:33 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Sarah Leverett, a spiritual seeker and the founder of Intuitive Empowerment, to discuss her experience with loss, grief, and gratitude. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Sarah Leverett, a spiritual seeker and the founder of Intuitive Empowerment, to discuss her experience with loss, grief, and gratitude. energy, widow, loss, intuition, gratitude, hypnotherapy, spirituality, grief yes full 27     38361541-f07b-4a26-9aef-c2d26fe67c26 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Power of Empathy, Slowing Down, and Listening with Ericka Jones After growing up experiencing acts of racism, gaslighting, close mindedness, and even hearing “you’re what’s wrong with America'' from a so-called “friend”, Ericka Jones is not going to let discrimination win. She recognizes her responsibility to speak out, lead, and enforce change-- a  responsibility that we all have. This goes beyond just reposting an Instagram or not personally making rude comments. It is about being an ally by calling someone in or out when necessary. 

    “Calling in” means circling back to a hurtful or oppressive comment someone made in private, such as by shooting them an email or grabbing lunch to discuss what was said. “Calling out” means letting someone know their comment was hurtful in a public space, such as in a board meeting or company call. There can be learning opportunities and growth from both for the person who said it and those who heard it. 

    There are other options for fighting against discrimination or harassment that Ericka touches on. These are described as the 5 D’s, which are: 

    • Distract: derail the incident by interrupting it
    • Delegate:  asking for assistance, a resource, or for help from a third party
    • Document: take note of what is going on
    • Delay (check-in): offer a listening ear and provide emotional support
    • Direct: responding to harassment by naming what is happening or confronting the harasser

    Ericka’s work is based on her goal of connection and respect. She values “connection through difference and encouraging others to hear both sides. To disagree and know we can walk away with dignity and respect based on our differences”. She strives to promote love, kindness, inclusivity, and reminds us that the experiences we face are valid.  

    We also talk about…

    • Comparative suffering
    • Irresponsible leadership
    • Minnesota’s culture
    • Selflessness
    • Vulnerability
    • Making change
    • Current heinous tragedies
    • Being single in your 40’s

    Ericka’s Resources:

    • Personal Instagram: @Ericka.jones_
    • Meditation Community: @abi.learntomeditate

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 17 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-the-power-of-empathy-slowing-down-and-listening-with-ericka-jones-fIEBlFdf After growing up experiencing acts of racism, gaslighting, close mindedness, and even hearing “you’re what’s wrong with America'' from a so-called “friend”, Ericka Jones is not going to let discrimination win. She recognizes her responsibility to speak out, lead, and enforce change-- a  responsibility that we all have. This goes beyond just reposting an Instagram or not personally making rude comments. It is about being an ally by calling someone in or out when necessary. 

    “Calling in” means circling back to a hurtful or oppressive comment someone made in private, such as by shooting them an email or grabbing lunch to discuss what was said. “Calling out” means letting someone know their comment was hurtful in a public space, such as in a board meeting or company call. There can be learning opportunities and growth from both for the person who said it and those who heard it. 

    There are other options for fighting against discrimination or harassment that Ericka touches on. These are described as the 5 D’s, which are: 

    • Distract: derail the incident by interrupting it
    • Delegate:  asking for assistance, a resource, or for help from a third party
    • Document: take note of what is going on
    • Delay (check-in): offer a listening ear and provide emotional support
    • Direct: responding to harassment by naming what is happening or confronting the harasser

    Ericka’s work is based on her goal of connection and respect. She values “connection through difference and encouraging others to hear both sides. To disagree and know we can walk away with dignity and respect based on our differences”. She strives to promote love, kindness, inclusivity, and reminds us that the experiences we face are valid.  

    We also talk about…

    • Comparative suffering
    • Irresponsible leadership
    • Minnesota’s culture
    • Selflessness
    • Vulnerability
    • Making change
    • Current heinous tragedies
    • Being single in your 40’s

    Ericka’s Resources:

    • Personal Instagram: @Ericka.jones_
    • Meditation Community: @abi.learntomeditate

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: The Power of Empathy, Slowing Down, and Listening with Ericka Jones Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry 01:36:37 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Ericka Jones, a DEI leader and yoga and meditation teacher who strives to promote diversity, connection, inclusivity, and compassion. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Ericka Jones, a DEI leader and yoga and meditation teacher who strives to promote diversity, connection, inclusivity, and compassion. selflessness, leadership, compassion, dating, equity, comparative suffering, discrimination, diversity, change, inclusion, tradegies, racism, comparison, gaslighting, vulnerability yes full 26     31281f68-7efa-48a1-83e1-f36279f47d03 Work Hard Play Harder: How Play Can Benefit Your Mental Health with Kara Latta Do you remember what you were like as a child? Were you creative... curious… playful? Why do we lose this as we grow up? Kara Latta doesn’t think we have to. Kara is the founder of The Playful Warrior, whose mission is to reconnect adults back to their inherent creative nature and playful inner child. The goal is to encourage embracing all parts of ourselves: the dark parts, the playful parts, and the parts that make us unique. 

    So… what really is play? According to Kara, “play is a mindset. It doesn’t matter what specific activity you are doing, it’s about doing whatever gets you in that playful mindset to return to who we were as kids”. This could include sports, games, dancing and singing, painting, puzzles, and more. With these activities, it doesn’t matter if you are good at it or not, if you win or lose, or what the end result is. It’s all about the journey of having fun for the sake of having fun, not the outcome. Seeking and working towards releasing the inner child in us will bring success, adaptability, productivity, creativity, joy, enhanced focus, and better health! By incorporating play into a daily routine, our lives can be shaped into a life we love. 

    Kara also talks about…

    • Validation
    • Creativity
    • Perfectionism
    • Self-Esteem
    • Forgiveness
    • Epilepsy

    Kara’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 10 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/work-hard-play-harder-_jcP3lku Do you remember what you were like as a child? Were you creative... curious… playful? Why do we lose this as we grow up? Kara Latta doesn’t think we have to. Kara is the founder of The Playful Warrior, whose mission is to reconnect adults back to their inherent creative nature and playful inner child. The goal is to encourage embracing all parts of ourselves: the dark parts, the playful parts, and the parts that make us unique. 

    So… what really is play? According to Kara, “play is a mindset. It doesn’t matter what specific activity you are doing, it’s about doing whatever gets you in that playful mindset to return to who we were as kids”. This could include sports, games, dancing and singing, painting, puzzles, and more. With these activities, it doesn’t matter if you are good at it or not, if you win or lose, or what the end result is. It’s all about the journey of having fun for the sake of having fun, not the outcome. Seeking and working towards releasing the inner child in us will bring success, adaptability, productivity, creativity, joy, enhanced focus, and better health! By incorporating play into a daily routine, our lives can be shaped into a life we love. 

    Kara also talks about…

    • Validation
    • Creativity
    • Perfectionism
    • Self-Esteem
    • Forgiveness
    • Epilepsy

    Kara’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Work Hard Play Harder: How Play Can Benefit Your Mental Health with Kara Latta Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio 01:12:07 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Kara Latta, a play and mindset coach and founder of The Playful Warrior, to discuss the impact play has on our lives and our mental health. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Kara Latta, a play and mindset coach and founder of The Playful Warrior, to discuss the impact play has on our lives and our mental health. validation, self-esteem, mental health, forgiveness, epilepsy, play, playfulness, creativity, perfectionism yes full 25     a1492a43-05ee-4ed5-b2b8-128fb0fe75bd SOLO: Mental Health Awareness Month + Q & A It's May which means... Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Everyone has a mental health and taking steps to care for yourself is so important, both this month and every month! Whether that’s starting your day off with some meditation, grabbing a cup of coffee with a friend, taking some alone time to journal, the daily things you do can be HUGE! 

    We also have some exciting news… It’s Hard is growing! Within the next couple of months, we are hosting events such as mediation, workout classes, conversations about the hard things in life, weekly mental health check-ins with Antonio Sundquist, so much more. You will NOT want to miss this! To stay in the loop about these amazing opportunities coming up, send your email over to itshardpod@gmail.com or DM @itshardpodcast on Instagram. Come be a part of the It’s Hard community, we would love to have you!

    In this episode, Paige answers all of the questions listeners sent in. From topics like finding yourself, post-grad life tips, acne, being present, and so much more, Paige doesn't hold back. She even opens up about her most embarrassing moment, which involves a large staircase and an even larger audience… but you’ll have to tune in to hear about that ;-)

    Paige also talks about…

    • Past trauma
    • Therapy and meditation
    • Post grad life
    • Career goals
    • Finding something that wakes you up
    • Acne
    • Change
    • Boundaries

    Paige’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @paigeboner

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 3 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/solo-mental-health-awareness-month-q-a-AjtwOZpO It's May which means... Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! Everyone has a mental health and taking steps to care for yourself is so important, both this month and every month! Whether that’s starting your day off with some meditation, grabbing a cup of coffee with a friend, taking some alone time to journal, the daily things you do can be HUGE! 

    We also have some exciting news… It’s Hard is growing! Within the next couple of months, we are hosting events such as mediation, workout classes, conversations about the hard things in life, weekly mental health check-ins with Antonio Sundquist, so much more. You will NOT want to miss this! To stay in the loop about these amazing opportunities coming up, send your email over to itshardpod@gmail.com or DM @itshardpodcast on Instagram. Come be a part of the It’s Hard community, we would love to have you!

    In this episode, Paige answers all of the questions listeners sent in. From topics like finding yourself, post-grad life tips, acne, being present, and so much more, Paige doesn't hold back. She even opens up about her most embarrassing moment, which involves a large staircase and an even larger audience… but you’ll have to tune in to hear about that ;-)

    Paige also talks about…

    • Past trauma
    • Therapy and meditation
    • Post grad life
    • Career goals
    • Finding something that wakes you up
    • Acne
    • Change
    • Boundaries

    Paige’s Resources:

    • Instagram: @paigeboner

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     SOLO: Mental Health Awareness Month + Q & A Sather Audio, Hearts 4 Henry 00:57:41 SOLO: Paige discusses all of the exciting things coming up with It’s Hard and answers the burning questions listeners sent in. SOLO: Paige discusses all of the exciting things coming up with It’s Hard and answers the burning questions listeners sent in. therapy, trauma, mental health, mental health awareness month, meditation, career, change, acne, post grad, boundaries no full 24     bc7f4cb4-f95a-4566-a245-87e91bfa89f2 Growth Isn’t Linear: The Process of Balance, Happiness + Success with Chelsea Glaser Chelsea Glaser is a Brand Strategist and the co-founder of two companies; Launch It Girl and Fredi. 

    • Launch It Girl is a brand & web design shop, studio, and community whose mission is to get more women into business and to break down barriers to launching! 
    • Fredi is a wellness brand offering an all-natural brain-boosting supplement called Focused by Fredi that helps you feel sharp, focused, collected, and energized all day long. 

    In this episode, Chelsea talks about her struggle of saying “yes” to everything and how stretching herself thin across all aspects of her life led to disregarding her mental health. With two different companies, hobbies, passion projects, a social life, and whatever else life decides to dish out, she found herself asking, “am I cut out for this?”. 

    She opens up about the importance of trusting yourself and taking life as it comes, that “no matter how big your goals are, no matter how far away from achieving them you feel— every single thing is just one step at a time. You don't need to know how to do everything before you start, you only need to know how to do the next thing, and that will lead you to learning what you need to know for the thing after that, and so on. The path unfolds as you walk down it.” 

    Chelsea reminds us that happy people deal with hard things too, that it’s okay to say no, crying does not make you weak, and growth is not linear. We are all unique with our own personal struggles. By doing what feels right and giving ourselves more grace, we can create a life we are happy to live.

    We also talk about…

    • Anxiety
    • Under-evaluating oneself
    • Toxic positivity
    • Growth
    • Work and side hustles 
    • Staying mentally healthy

    Chelsea’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 26 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/practicing-self-compassion-accountability-to-growth-with-chelsea-glaser-RVDt3TVA Chelsea Glaser is a Brand Strategist and the co-founder of two companies; Launch It Girl and Fredi. 

    • Launch It Girl is a brand & web design shop, studio, and community whose mission is to get more women into business and to break down barriers to launching! 
    • Fredi is a wellness brand offering an all-natural brain-boosting supplement called Focused by Fredi that helps you feel sharp, focused, collected, and energized all day long. 

    In this episode, Chelsea talks about her struggle of saying “yes” to everything and how stretching herself thin across all aspects of her life led to disregarding her mental health. With two different companies, hobbies, passion projects, a social life, and whatever else life decides to dish out, she found herself asking, “am I cut out for this?”. 

    She opens up about the importance of trusting yourself and taking life as it comes, that “no matter how big your goals are, no matter how far away from achieving them you feel— every single thing is just one step at a time. You don't need to know how to do everything before you start, you only need to know how to do the next thing, and that will lead you to learning what you need to know for the thing after that, and so on. The path unfolds as you walk down it.” 

    Chelsea reminds us that happy people deal with hard things too, that it’s okay to say no, crying does not make you weak, and growth is not linear. We are all unique with our own personal struggles. By doing what feels right and giving ourselves more grace, we can create a life we are happy to live.

    We also talk about…

    • Anxiety
    • Under-evaluating oneself
    • Toxic positivity
    • Growth
    • Work and side hustles 
    • Staying mentally healthy

    Chelsea’s Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Growth Isn’t Linear: The Process of Balance, Happiness + Success with Chelsea Glaser Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio 01:32:43 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Chelsea Glaser, the co-founder of Launch It Girl & the co-founder of Fredi, to discuss stretching yourself thin and the importance of taking life one step at a time. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Chelsea Glaser, the co-founder of Launch It Girl & the co-founder of Fredi, to discuss stretching yourself thin and the importance of taking life one step at a time. intention, growth, work, mental health, mindfulness, purpose, anxiety, entrepreneurship yes full 23     d44a6a9c-3560-4439-a02d-8a31c6b28218 Our Relationship Unpacked: It's Hard and Worth It with Jack Holmgren Jack and I met by a chance encounter in Arizona after both of us were visiting friends for a New Years Eve party. We immediately hit it off; asking each other meaningful questions, holding great conversations, even picking each other for flip cup! ;-) The last year and a half hasn’t been easy... through long-distance, differing communication styles and love languages, mental health struggles, and hard conversations, Jack and I allow the listeners inside our relationship to hear how we face and overcome these challenges.

    Relationships are hard! Especially through the tough times, it is so important to make each other feel valued, loved, and respected. This can be as simple as washing the dishes or making a cup of coffee! By working towards what you want, trusting one another, and allowing each other the space to learn, grow, and heal, it makes it worth it. After all, Jack and I are teammates in this little game called life.

    We also talk about…

    • Communication
    • Intention
    • Love languages
    • Mental health
    • Past traumas
    • Being in control of your feelings
    • Patience
    • Trust

    Jack’s Resources:

    Instagram: @jackholmgren

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/our-relationship-unpacked-its-hard-and-worth-it-with-jack-holmgren-aT_mp_ub Jack and I met by a chance encounter in Arizona after both of us were visiting friends for a New Years Eve party. We immediately hit it off; asking each other meaningful questions, holding great conversations, even picking each other for flip cup! ;-) The last year and a half hasn’t been easy... through long-distance, differing communication styles and love languages, mental health struggles, and hard conversations, Jack and I allow the listeners inside our relationship to hear how we face and overcome these challenges.

    Relationships are hard! Especially through the tough times, it is so important to make each other feel valued, loved, and respected. This can be as simple as washing the dishes or making a cup of coffee! By working towards what you want, trusting one another, and allowing each other the space to learn, grow, and heal, it makes it worth it. After all, Jack and I are teammates in this little game called life.

    We also talk about…

    • Communication
    • Intention
    • Love languages
    • Mental health
    • Past traumas
    • Being in control of your feelings
    • Patience
    • Trust

    Jack’s Resources:

    Instagram: @jackholmgren

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Our Relationship Unpacked: It's Hard and Worth It with Jack Holmgren Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio 01:03:05 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with her partner, Jack Holmgren, to discuss how they navigate their relationship challenges + how they make each other feel valued and loved through it all. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with her partner, Jack Holmgren, to discuss how they navigate their relationship challenges + how they make each other feel valued and loved through it all. intention, control, trauma, jealousy, patience, mental health, trust, relationships, communication, love languages yes full 22     f779b4d9-b341-4639-b258-1620569a8844 Battling Heteronormativity + Practicing Self Acceptance with Molly Frisch Heteronormativity is the belief that heterosexuality is the preferred or normal mode of sexual orientation. For queer individuals, this creates a constant battle of homophobia, a non-stop coming out process to new people, having to correct others, or fear of rejection. Molly discusses her experiences with these struggles as a bisexual/pansexual individual and sheds light on the things people can do to be a good ally. 

    Being an ally is as simple as doing “little actionable things”. This could mean talking to a friend who is making off-handed comments, using correct pronouns, changing “boyfriend/girlfriend” to “partner”, and much more. Molly says---You can do little actionable things to advocate without going to every single protest, without doing every single thing all the time… just do one thing at a time.

    Molly tackles life head-on. She is creative, raw, real, and loves to make connections with everyone she meets. Her story encourages being in control of your own life, giving yourself permission to feel all of the emotions, and being your authentic self, because really, “who the hell cares!?”

    Molly and I also talk about…

    • Loneliness
    • Guilt
    • Mental health
    • Sexual identity
    • Being an ally
    • Privilege
    • Self-love
    • Friendships

    Molly’s Resources:

    Instagram: @mollyfrisch

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 12 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/battling-heteronormativity-practicing-self-acceptance-_LCzGOEt Heteronormativity is the belief that heterosexuality is the preferred or normal mode of sexual orientation. For queer individuals, this creates a constant battle of homophobia, a non-stop coming out process to new people, having to correct others, or fear of rejection. Molly discusses her experiences with these struggles as a bisexual/pansexual individual and sheds light on the things people can do to be a good ally. 

    Being an ally is as simple as doing “little actionable things”. This could mean talking to a friend who is making off-handed comments, using correct pronouns, changing “boyfriend/girlfriend” to “partner”, and much more. Molly says---You can do little actionable things to advocate without going to every single protest, without doing every single thing all the time… just do one thing at a time.

    Molly tackles life head-on. She is creative, raw, real, and loves to make connections with everyone she meets. Her story encourages being in control of your own life, giving yourself permission to feel all of the emotions, and being your authentic self, because really, “who the hell cares!?”

    Molly and I also talk about…

    • Loneliness
    • Guilt
    • Mental health
    • Sexual identity
    • Being an ally
    • Privilege
    • Self-love
    • Friendships

    Molly’s Resources:

    Instagram: @mollyfrisch

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Battling Heteronormativity + Practicing Self Acceptance with Molly Frisch Hearts 4 Henry, Sather Audio 01:28:35 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Molly Frisch to talk about self-love, acceptance, and navigating sexuality in a world where heterosexual is the default. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Molly Frisch to talk about self-love, acceptance, and navigating sexuality in a world where heterosexual is the default. guilt, loneliness, mental health, acceptance, privilege, sexual identity, being an ally, self-love, friendships yes full 21     7ec6a7d3-68b7-43b3-aaff-e09833d2d02d Leading a Creatively Designed Life + Living with Purpose with Kelsey Erickson Kelsey is the founder of Everme Coaching, a company dedicated to teaching how to lead creatively designed lives through inspirational storytelling, teaching and intuitive coaching. Kelsey offers resources and services that teach you how to create magic through the combination of intuition and action so that you can live your legacy with intention. 

    What is a creatively designed life? According to Kelsey---Simply put, a creatively designed life is a life in which you create your life by thinking outside of the box. You think in terms of what is best for you, not what is normal. I used to try and design my life around a traditional 9-5 job, mainstream values, the “shoulds” and failed miserably. I was creating a life on someone else’s turf.

    A Creatively Designed Life is not a blueprint and it’s not a prescription. Even if I could give you a detailed outline of how I live my life, you couldn’t copy it and it wouldn’t be your Creatively Designed Life.

    Also, it doesn’t matter  what you do in your Creatively Designed Life as long as you do it with intention, a sense of purpose and confidence in yourself. You can be anything you want in this life, you can even LOVE having a 9-5 job. I’m here to make sure that you have taken a step back and decided to LEAD your life versus FOLLOWING society’s definition of who you are supposed to be.

    CREATIVELY: Actively creating, using your innate creativity to make the mural of your life a masterpiece

    DESIGNED: As an extension of the Master Designer, you get to have a say in how this life expresses itself

    LIFE: breathing in and out, joy, happiness, sadness, frustration, the full spectrum of human emotion

    A Creatively Designed Life is also about filling your life and time with things you love and things you will be glad you did at the end of your life. I believe that if we are all leading Creatively Designed Lives we will see a world in which regrets are no longer present on death beds.

    In this episode, Kelsey sheds light on the common struggles that prevent us from living out our purpose and fulfilling the life we truly want. She is inspiring, intelligent, and intuitive.

    We also talk about…

    • What is a life coach? What do they do?
    • Purpose
    • Leadership
    • How to go against what you “should” do
    • Turning your mess into a message
    • Actions with intentions

    Kelsey's Resources:

    Everme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evermecoaching/

    Everme's Website: http://www.evermecoaching.com/

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Mon, 5 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (everme coaching, hearts for henry, paige boner, sather audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/leading-a-creatively-designed-life-living-with-purpose-with-kelsey-erickson-TyTWOL2k Kelsey is the founder of Everme Coaching, a company dedicated to teaching how to lead creatively designed lives through inspirational storytelling, teaching and intuitive coaching. Kelsey offers resources and services that teach you how to create magic through the combination of intuition and action so that you can live your legacy with intention. 

    What is a creatively designed life? According to Kelsey---Simply put, a creatively designed life is a life in which you create your life by thinking outside of the box. You think in terms of what is best for you, not what is normal. I used to try and design my life around a traditional 9-5 job, mainstream values, the “shoulds” and failed miserably. I was creating a life on someone else’s turf.

    A Creatively Designed Life is not a blueprint and it’s not a prescription. Even if I could give you a detailed outline of how I live my life, you couldn’t copy it and it wouldn’t be your Creatively Designed Life.

    Also, it doesn’t matter  what you do in your Creatively Designed Life as long as you do it with intention, a sense of purpose and confidence in yourself. You can be anything you want in this life, you can even LOVE having a 9-5 job. I’m here to make sure that you have taken a step back and decided to LEAD your life versus FOLLOWING society’s definition of who you are supposed to be.

    CREATIVELY: Actively creating, using your innate creativity to make the mural of your life a masterpiece

    DESIGNED: As an extension of the Master Designer, you get to have a say in how this life expresses itself

    LIFE: breathing in and out, joy, happiness, sadness, frustration, the full spectrum of human emotion

    A Creatively Designed Life is also about filling your life and time with things you love and things you will be glad you did at the end of your life. I believe that if we are all leading Creatively Designed Lives we will see a world in which regrets are no longer present on death beds.

    In this episode, Kelsey sheds light on the common struggles that prevent us from living out our purpose and fulfilling the life we truly want. She is inspiring, intelligent, and intuitive.

    We also talk about…

    • What is a life coach? What do they do?
    • Purpose
    • Leadership
    • How to go against what you “should” do
    • Turning your mess into a message
    • Actions with intentions

    Kelsey's Resources:

    Everme Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evermecoaching/

    Everme's Website: http://www.evermecoaching.com/

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    ]]>     Leading a Creatively Designed Life + Living with Purpose with Kelsey Erickson everme coaching, hearts for henry, paige boner, sather audio 01:34:51 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Kelsey Erickson, CPCC, to talk about leading a creatively designed life and living your purpose. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Kelsey Erickson, CPCC, to talk about leading a creatively designed life and living your purpose. intention, leadership, life coaching, mental fitness, mental health, purposeful life, purpose, inspiration, life coach, inspiring, mental wellness yes full 20     05039489-9749-43b8-8a99-83a1298cc20b The Experience of Trauma: How our Bodies Respond + How we Process with Chelsey Larson What do you really know about trauma? Would you believe me if I told you that pretty much every human has trauma? Thats right, trauma doesn't only happen when you go to war or have a severe accident or loss. 

    Chelsey Larson shares how she discovered through therapy that she was having a "trauma response" and that she had PTSD. She was shocked because she was convinced that trauma was only something that people who had been to war experienced. Since discovering this about herself, she has learned a lot about trauma and PTSD. Through this research she learned about "big T" (war, car accident, assault, etc.) vs "little t" trauma which is much more common and includes a lot of emotional trauma and can be something as small as being pushed down or bullied on the playground and no one was there to help you. 

    Trauma can manifest in many ways: depression, anxiety, people pleasing, addiction, perfectionism, procrastination, etc. Chelsey learned that as a child, she learned to operate out of freeze (vs. fight or flight), which completely shut her off from her body. She made progress with her therapist, but it wasn't until she found somatic therapy that she felt connected to her body. 

    Her story is incredibly moving, impactful, and educational. We all need to be able to process our traumas and learn more about them in order to live our lives fully. 

    We also talk about...

    • Sexual assault
    • Big T vs Little t
    • Trauma responses
    • Generational trauma
    • Being in your body
    • Somatic therapy
    • Drinking alcohol
    • Divorce
    • Masculine/Feminine Energy

    Chelsey's Resources:

    https://www.instagram.com/c_lard/

    Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker

    http://www.thecenterofmvmt.com/breathhouse/

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (hearts 4 henry, fit for me by courtney, satheraudio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/the-experience-of-trauma-how-our-bodies-respond-how-we-process-with-chelsey-larson-2qaXN_Fc What do you really know about trauma? Would you believe me if I told you that pretty much every human has trauma? Thats right, trauma doesn't only happen when you go to war or have a severe accident or loss. 

    Chelsey Larson shares how she discovered through therapy that she was having a "trauma response" and that she had PTSD. She was shocked because she was convinced that trauma was only something that people who had been to war experienced. Since discovering this about herself, she has learned a lot about trauma and PTSD. Through this research she learned about "big T" (war, car accident, assault, etc.) vs "little t" trauma which is much more common and includes a lot of emotional trauma and can be something as small as being pushed down or bullied on the playground and no one was there to help you. 

    Trauma can manifest in many ways: depression, anxiety, people pleasing, addiction, perfectionism, procrastination, etc. Chelsey learned that as a child, she learned to operate out of freeze (vs. fight or flight), which completely shut her off from her body. She made progress with her therapist, but it wasn't until she found somatic therapy that she felt connected to her body. 

    Her story is incredibly moving, impactful, and educational. We all need to be able to process our traumas and learn more about them in order to live our lives fully. 

    We also talk about...

    • Sexual assault
    • Big T vs Little t
    • Trauma responses
    • Generational trauma
    • Being in your body
    • Somatic therapy
    • Drinking alcohol
    • Divorce
    • Masculine/Feminine Energy

    Chelsey's Resources:

    https://www.instagram.com/c_lard/

    Quit Like a Woman by Holly Whitaker

    http://www.thecenterofmvmt.com/breathhouse/

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     The Experience of Trauma: How our Bodies Respond + How we Process with Chelsey Larson hearts 4 henry, fit for me by courtney, satheraudio 01:37:38 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Chelsey Larson to talk vulnerably about the experience of trauma. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Chelsey Larson to talk vulnerably about the experience of trauma. mental health matters, somatic therapy, mental health podcast, trauma, wellness, talk therapy, mental health, body awareness, generational trauma, body response, body, ptsd, trauma response, big t, little t yes full 19     061d7596-35ae-40dc-9b5e-ddb7818f45ae Being Broken Open + Embracing the Mess with Cooper Hanson Have you ever been emotionally broken open? How about being emotionally broken open and then getting on a plane to Paris with an empty seat next to you because your partner and you planned the trip together but you couldn't get a refund. Talk about facing your wounds head on. 

    Cooper Hanson joins Paige to get vulnerable about his experience with heartbreak, growth, shame, depression + anxiety, and more. Through beautiful storytelling, Cooper takes us through his heartbreak that resulted in a solo trip around Europe that was meant for him and his ex partner. Throughout this trip, he met incredible people, faced fear head on, and grew immensly. 

    Today, Cooper runs his own copy writing and digital marketing business. He recently completed my BEAUTIFUL website-- go check it out -- itshardpodcast.com ! He is also about to become married to his wonderful fiancé, Miranda. Above all, he is the most kindred, warm, and itentional soul. There is immense graditude for this vulnerability and kindness through this conversation. 

    We also talk about...

    • Shame
    • Guilt
    • Fear
    • Heartbreak
    • Identity
    • Life changes
    • Choosing negativity
    • Mental health
    • Therapy
    • Embracing the mess

    Cooper's Resources:

    www.concinnitywriting.com

    www.linkedin.com/in/cooper-hanson

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (cooper hanson, hearts 4 henry, Satheraudio, Fit for Me by Courtney) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/being-broken-open-embracing-the-mess-with-cooper-hanson-mprExlE9 Have you ever been emotionally broken open? How about being emotionally broken open and then getting on a plane to Paris with an empty seat next to you because your partner and you planned the trip together but you couldn't get a refund. Talk about facing your wounds head on. 

    Cooper Hanson joins Paige to get vulnerable about his experience with heartbreak, growth, shame, depression + anxiety, and more. Through beautiful storytelling, Cooper takes us through his heartbreak that resulted in a solo trip around Europe that was meant for him and his ex partner. Throughout this trip, he met incredible people, faced fear head on, and grew immensly. 

    Today, Cooper runs his own copy writing and digital marketing business. He recently completed my BEAUTIFUL website-- go check it out -- itshardpodcast.com ! He is also about to become married to his wonderful fiancé, Miranda. Above all, he is the most kindred, warm, and itentional soul. There is immense graditude for this vulnerability and kindness through this conversation. 

    We also talk about...

    • Shame
    • Guilt
    • Fear
    • Heartbreak
    • Identity
    • Life changes
    • Choosing negativity
    • Mental health
    • Therapy
    • Embracing the mess

    Cooper's Resources:

    www.concinnitywriting.com

    www.linkedin.com/in/cooper-hanson

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Being Broken Open + Embracing the Mess with Cooper Hanson cooper hanson, hearts 4 henry, Satheraudio, Fit for Me by Courtney 01:47:41 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Cooper Hanson to talk about being broken open and embracing the mess of life. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Cooper Hanson to talk about being broken open and embracing the mess of life. guilt, feelings, heartbreak, embrace, shame, wounds, mental health, emotions, broken, self-love, heartbroken, identity, self-acceptance yes full 18     aa8981f6-4a56-42fe-bc6d-cf1d36a7e861 Being a Sober Twenty-Something with Molly Britt Molly Britt opens up about her journey to sobriety as a twenty-something. Molly discovered she had a negative relationship with alcohol when she realized that her relationships and what she valued was being negatively impacted by her drinking habits. Through therapy and recalling her relationship with alcohol, she was diagnosed with a mild substance disorder and in May of 2020 she decided to stop drinking alcohol.

    Molly is not anti-alcohol, she believes that if people can handle alcohol, they should be able to consume it. However, she wants to just explore all concepts that come up when you start taking a deeper look at your relationship with alcohol and how it affects your life - both positive and negative. She also wants to start normalizing sobriety and take away the stereotypical image of someone who decides to get sober (like a 40 year old male in a mid life crisis that was waking up and couldn't make it through the day without alcohol). 

    Through this conversation we talk openly about drinking culture, societal pressures, and being sober curious. College culture creates this idealogy that we need to get drunk to have fun and if we don't, we aren't fun. This pressure happens post-college and in many aspects of our lives.

    Molly's vulnerability is opening up the conversation and normalizing sobriety at all ages. She wants people to know that they aren't alone and your journey is based on your happiness. 

    We also talk about...

    • Positive and negative relationships with alochol
    • Drinking culture
    • Societal pressures
    • Approaching social situations when sober
    • Prohibition 
    • Blacking out
    • Sober curious

    Molly Britt's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (The Sober Twenty-something, Fit for me by Courtney, Satheraudio, Hearts for Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/being-a-sober-twenty-something-with-molly-britt-ZN9kvNQA Molly Britt opens up about her journey to sobriety as a twenty-something. Molly discovered she had a negative relationship with alcohol when she realized that her relationships and what she valued was being negatively impacted by her drinking habits. Through therapy and recalling her relationship with alcohol, she was diagnosed with a mild substance disorder and in May of 2020 she decided to stop drinking alcohol.

    Molly is not anti-alcohol, she believes that if people can handle alcohol, they should be able to consume it. However, she wants to just explore all concepts that come up when you start taking a deeper look at your relationship with alcohol and how it affects your life - both positive and negative. She also wants to start normalizing sobriety and take away the stereotypical image of someone who decides to get sober (like a 40 year old male in a mid life crisis that was waking up and couldn't make it through the day without alcohol). 

    Through this conversation we talk openly about drinking culture, societal pressures, and being sober curious. College culture creates this idealogy that we need to get drunk to have fun and if we don't, we aren't fun. This pressure happens post-college and in many aspects of our lives.

    Molly's vulnerability is opening up the conversation and normalizing sobriety at all ages. She wants people to know that they aren't alone and your journey is based on your happiness. 

    We also talk about...

    • Positive and negative relationships with alochol
    • Drinking culture
    • Societal pressures
    • Approaching social situations when sober
    • Prohibition 
    • Blacking out
    • Sober curious

    Molly Britt's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Being a Sober Twenty-Something with Molly Britt The Sober Twenty-something, Fit for me by Courtney, Satheraudio, Hearts for Henry 01:26:26 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Molly Brit to talk about her journey to sobriety at age 25. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Molly Brit to talk about her journey to sobriety at age 25. sober, alcohol, sobriety, blacking out, bravery, mental health, drinking culture, sober curious, mental illness, self-help, mental wellness, vulnerability yes full 17     b7754c7f-eef1-4489-b3eb-96e4ff7caee3 Let's Talk About FCKN Therapy with Brenna Guinan Brenna Guinan is a Mental Health Counselor and host of the Real FCKN Talk Podcast. Paige and Brenna sit down to talk about mental health + therapy. 

    Real FCKN Talk is a podcast dedicated to breaking down the walls of everyone's "perfect life". Brenna recognizes that we all have our shit and that is ok. The podcast normalizes the discussion around mental health in a relateable and fun way. 

    In this episode, we talk about everything from becoming a therapist, the stigmas around mental health, to spirituality and being a witch. Brenna's passion for mental health and helping people while being incredibly relateable brings an incredible realness to the world of therapy. 

    We also talk about...

    • The Stigmas around Therapy
    • Mental Health
    • Your gifts
    • Anxiety + Depression
    • Physical Representations of Mental Health
    • Shadow Work
    • Medication
    • Combining Eastern and Western Medicine
    • Sprituality
    • Affordable Therapy

    Brenna Guinan's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Mon, 8 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Hearts for Henry, Real FCKN Talk, Satheraudio, Fit for me by Courtney) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/lets-talk-about-fckn-therapy-with-brenna-guinan-B8WB_cX0 Brenna Guinan is a Mental Health Counselor and host of the Real FCKN Talk Podcast. Paige and Brenna sit down to talk about mental health + therapy. 

    Real FCKN Talk is a podcast dedicated to breaking down the walls of everyone's "perfect life". Brenna recognizes that we all have our shit and that is ok. The podcast normalizes the discussion around mental health in a relateable and fun way. 

    In this episode, we talk about everything from becoming a therapist, the stigmas around mental health, to spirituality and being a witch. Brenna's passion for mental health and helping people while being incredibly relateable brings an incredible realness to the world of therapy. 

    We also talk about...

    • The Stigmas around Therapy
    • Mental Health
    • Your gifts
    • Anxiety + Depression
    • Physical Representations of Mental Health
    • Shadow Work
    • Medication
    • Combining Eastern and Western Medicine
    • Sprituality
    • Affordable Therapy

    Brenna Guinan's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Let's Talk About FCKN Therapy with Brenna Guinan Hearts for Henry, Real FCKN Talk, Satheraudio, Fit for me by Courtney 01:18:01 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Brenna Guinan, Mental Health Counselor and host of the Real FCKN Talk Podcast. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Brenna Guinan, Mental Health Counselor and host of the Real FCKN Talk Podcast. mental health matters, mental health awareness, therapy, mental health, medication, spirituality, self-help, stigma of mental health, real talk, vulnerability yes full 16     fe7e25c5-41a3-4455-b68f-a04cb2556427 Mental Health is Universal with Antonio Sundquist Antonio Sundquist was adopted from Paraguay and is the co-founder of Activ, host of The Human Capital Podcast and is the local mental health guy here in MPLS. 

    Antonio aims to lead by example, advocate for mental health, and embody what it means to be a critical thinker in modern society. His work in the mental health space is something that he believes to be his service to society. With ease, he articulates the process of our minds and why anxiety, depression, and other mental health experiences are not meant to be shameful or scary. 

    Antonio and I have a deep dive conversation around mental health in regards to anxiety, depression, triggers, mindfulness, education, and more. We talk about the truth around lack of education about our minds and how this has impacted our society. 

    We also talk about...

    • Mental health
    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Triggers
    • Panic attacks
    • The universality of mental health
    • Mental health and men
    • Education
    • Mindset/mindfulness
    • Mental empowerment

    Antonio and I are going to start having monthly mental health chats, stay tuned for more info on that to come!

    Antonio's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Mon, 1 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (It's Hard Podcast, Antonio Sundquist, Fit for me by Courtney, The Human Capital Podcast, Sather Audio, Hearts for Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/mental-health-is-universal-with-antonio-sundquist-hmp9g7bt-mNJZpe_z Antonio Sundquist was adopted from Paraguay and is the co-founder of Activ, host of The Human Capital Podcast and is the local mental health guy here in MPLS. 

    Antonio aims to lead by example, advocate for mental health, and embody what it means to be a critical thinker in modern society. His work in the mental health space is something that he believes to be his service to society. With ease, he articulates the process of our minds and why anxiety, depression, and other mental health experiences are not meant to be shameful or scary. 

    Antonio and I have a deep dive conversation around mental health in regards to anxiety, depression, triggers, mindfulness, education, and more. We talk about the truth around lack of education about our minds and how this has impacted our society. 

    We also talk about...

    • Mental health
    • Anxiety
    • Depression
    • Triggers
    • Panic attacks
    • The universality of mental health
    • Mental health and men
    • Education
    • Mindset/mindfulness
    • Mental empowerment

    Antonio and I are going to start having monthly mental health chats, stay tuned for more info on that to come!

    Antonio's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    ]]>     Mental Health is Universal with Antonio Sundquist It's Hard Podcast, Antonio Sundquist, Fit for me by Courtney, The Human Capital Podcast, Sather Audio, Hearts for Henry 01:39:07 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Antonio Sundquist to talk all things mental health. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Antonio Sundquist to talk all things mental health. empowerment, growth, self help podcast, mental health podcast, personal growth, mental health, mindfulness, panic attack, depression, trigger, anxiety, mindset, comunnity, self help yes full 15     4e0de6de-2e43-479c-93a1-1d8c3357a5c1 Leadership and Building Confidence with Darren Fisher Darren Fisher is here to get us pumped up and give us tangible ways to build confidence and become leaders in our everyday life. In this episode, we talk about appreciating both success and failure, leadership, the importance of confidence, black history, and much more.

    Darren is an incredibly inspiring and generous soul. He has been a natural leader since he can remember, and now it has become his lifes work to develop others as they work to become great leaders as well. His story is one of resilience, hard work, dedication, and faith. He appreciates failure and encourages others to try and fail rather than never try at all. 

    "Failure is only a negative if you don’t have time to recover from it, but if you’re breathing, you have time."

    In honor of Black History Month, Darren shares his history with us. His family of natural born leaders, but there was a stark difference in opportunity that was available to him versus his great grandfather who was a slave. Darren and his family have had to work so hard to get to where they are today, I can't wait to see how far they will go and how much of an impact they will continue to make. 

    Darren + I talk about:

    • Leadership in many different forms
    • Success 
    • Failure
    • Building confidence
    • Our academic system
    • Entreprenuership
    • Family
    • Vision
    • Effort and dedication
    • Rest and recovery
    • How to pursue greatness 
    • Objective right principle
    • Black history 

    and more...

    IT'S HARD LISTENERS-- WE ARE TAKING A LIBERATE CLASS TOGETHER! On February 27th at 10AM, we are taking "Get Present" and It's Hard listeners are invited to join at a special discounted rate. This is a great opportunity to try something and ultimately better your mental fitness! Sign up using this link: https://www.liberatestudio.com/its-hard-class and use the code: ITSHARD for $11 off the class "Get Present" at 10AM.

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Darren's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/
     

     

    ]]>     Mon, 22 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/leadership-and-building-confidence-with-darren-fisher-qJoLp8Bo Darren Fisher is here to get us pumped up and give us tangible ways to build confidence and become leaders in our everyday life. In this episode, we talk about appreciating both success and failure, leadership, the importance of confidence, black history, and much more.

    Darren is an incredibly inspiring and generous soul. He has been a natural leader since he can remember, and now it has become his lifes work to develop others as they work to become great leaders as well. His story is one of resilience, hard work, dedication, and faith. He appreciates failure and encourages others to try and fail rather than never try at all. 

    "Failure is only a negative if you don’t have time to recover from it, but if you’re breathing, you have time."

    In honor of Black History Month, Darren shares his history with us. His family of natural born leaders, but there was a stark difference in opportunity that was available to him versus his great grandfather who was a slave. Darren and his family have had to work so hard to get to where they are today, I can't wait to see how far they will go and how much of an impact they will continue to make. 

    Darren + I talk about:

    • Leadership in many different forms
    • Success 
    • Failure
    • Building confidence
    • Our academic system
    • Entreprenuership
    • Family
    • Vision
    • Effort and dedication
    • Rest and recovery
    • How to pursue greatness 
    • Objective right principle
    • Black history 

    and more...

    IT'S HARD LISTENERS-- WE ARE TAKING A LIBERATE CLASS TOGETHER! On February 27th at 10AM, we are taking "Get Present" and It's Hard listeners are invited to join at a special discounted rate. This is a great opportunity to try something and ultimately better your mental fitness! Sign up using this link: https://www.liberatestudio.com/its-hard-class and use the code: ITSHARD for $11 off the class "Get Present" at 10AM.

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Darren's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/
     

     

    ]]>     Leadership and Building Confidence with Darren Fisher Paige Boner 01:26:07 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Darren Fisher, founder and CEO of Spearity, a company that aims to develop a strategic leadership culture in organization and is focused on helping others become greater. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Darren Fisher, founder and CEO of Spearity, a company that aims to develop a strategic leadership culture in organization and is focused on helping others become greater. no full 14     a01449bc-38c9-4328-9fbd-2496be4885ad Mental Fitness and Becoming Your Best Self with Liv Bowser Mental fitness is just as, if not more, important than physical fitness. We spend hours in the gym, at yoga studios, crossfit, soulcycle exercising our bodies...what about our minds?

    Liv Bowser is passionate about our mental health and wellbeing, so she created Liberate, the first ever mental fitness studio. At Liberate, you can choose from several different class titles based on what you need that day. Throughout the duration of the 60 minute class, you will exercise your mind by setting an intention, moving through light yoga, journaling, conversation, and meditation. 

    Mental fitness, a term that Liberate uses, is a practice where you are exercising your mind and practicing concrete skills that ultimately better your mental well being. 

    Liv found her own mental well being to fall to the back burner in comparison to her physical health when she experienced feelings of anxiety. When going through big life transitions, she felt a strong sense of lonliness which sparked the first idea behind Liberate, to create space for people to connect.  

    Mental health was something that Liv was able to ignore for a while, until she could not withstand anxious moments as they came into her mind and she realized that she needed to make a change. Meditation and yoga became a big part of her life and ultimately Liberate studio was born. 

    Today, Liberate hosts virtual classes with the hope to eventually have an in-person studio. Their mission is to mainstream mental health and bring human beings together on the journey to become our best selves. They have amazing teachers who are dedicated to creating a space for people to feel less alone and talk openly about mental health.

    IT'S HARD LISTENERS-- WE ARE TAKING A LIBERATE CLASS TOGETHER! On February 27th at 10AM, we are taking "Get Present" and It's Hard listeners are invited to join at a special discounted rate. This is a great opportunity to try something and ultimately better your mental fitness! Sign up using this link: https://www.liberatestudio.com/its-hard-class and use the code: ITSHARD for $11 off the class "Get Present" at 10AM.

    Liv + I talk about:

    • Mental fitness vs physical fitness
    • Anxiety and anxious thoughts
    • The desire to "fix" mental illness
    • Lonliness
    • Connection
    • Mental health
    • Meditation
    • Community
    • Solo trips
    • Knowing yourself
    • Impact
    • Naming your anxiety
    • "Comparison is the thief of joy"
    • Media consumption

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Liv's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Olivia Bowser, Fit for Me by Courtney, Liberate Studio, Sather Audio, Hearts for Henry) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/mental-fitness-and-becoming-your-best-self-with-liv-bowser-oj_Sycei Mental fitness is just as, if not more, important than physical fitness. We spend hours in the gym, at yoga studios, crossfit, soulcycle exercising our bodies...what about our minds?

    Liv Bowser is passionate about our mental health and wellbeing, so she created Liberate, the first ever mental fitness studio. At Liberate, you can choose from several different class titles based on what you need that day. Throughout the duration of the 60 minute class, you will exercise your mind by setting an intention, moving through light yoga, journaling, conversation, and meditation. 

    Mental fitness, a term that Liberate uses, is a practice where you are exercising your mind and practicing concrete skills that ultimately better your mental well being. 

    Liv found her own mental well being to fall to the back burner in comparison to her physical health when she experienced feelings of anxiety. When going through big life transitions, she felt a strong sense of lonliness which sparked the first idea behind Liberate, to create space for people to connect.  

    Mental health was something that Liv was able to ignore for a while, until she could not withstand anxious moments as they came into her mind and she realized that she needed to make a change. Meditation and yoga became a big part of her life and ultimately Liberate studio was born. 

    Today, Liberate hosts virtual classes with the hope to eventually have an in-person studio. Their mission is to mainstream mental health and bring human beings together on the journey to become our best selves. They have amazing teachers who are dedicated to creating a space for people to feel less alone and talk openly about mental health.

    IT'S HARD LISTENERS-- WE ARE TAKING A LIBERATE CLASS TOGETHER! On February 27th at 10AM, we are taking "Get Present" and It's Hard listeners are invited to join at a special discounted rate. This is a great opportunity to try something and ultimately better your mental fitness! Sign up using this link: https://www.liberatestudio.com/its-hard-class and use the code: ITSHARD for $11 off the class "Get Present" at 10AM.

    Liv + I talk about:

    • Mental fitness vs physical fitness
    • Anxiety and anxious thoughts
    • The desire to "fix" mental illness
    • Lonliness
    • Connection
    • Mental health
    • Meditation
    • Community
    • Solo trips
    • Knowing yourself
    • Impact
    • Naming your anxiety
    • "Comparison is the thief of joy"
    • Media consumption

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Liv's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Mental Fitness and Becoming Your Best Self with Liv Bowser Olivia Bowser, Fit for Me by Courtney, Liberate Studio, Sather Audio, Hearts for Henry 01:24:10 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Liv Bowser, CEO and founder of the first ever mental fitness studio, Liberate Studio. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Liv Bowser, CEO and founder of the first ever mental fitness studio, Liberate Studio. mental fitness studio, community, mental fitness, lonliness, mental health podcast, connection, mental health, liberate studio, meditation, mindfulness, anxiety, anxiousness, being your best, solo trips, mental wellbeing, self-help yes full 13     a798425d-dff5-41bf-9806-71f00b6c29e6 Optimism and Impacting Those Around You with Ike Wynter Ike Wynter is an eco-sustainable wood artist who makes art out of reclaimed wood and aims to convey his delusional optimism to his audience in order to be a light and help them face challenges in their life. 

    He uses his art as an avenue to speak his thoughts into the world and be a source of positivity for people following his journey. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs and was encouraged to live his life the way he wanted, he shares his thoughts on the expectations that are put on people and why we should choose our own paths. 

    Ike's perspective on life is inspiring, encouraging, and full of love. Our conversation is filled with many great nuggets, here are some other things we touch on:

    • Optimism
    • Toxic masculinity
    • Mental health
    • Perspective
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Simple day-to-day interactions
    • Energy
    • Recognizing differences
    • Standing up for what you believe in
    • The power that you have to impact others
    • The ripple effect
    • Checking up on your people
    • Your gifts 
    • Kindness

    and more...

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Ike's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Mon, 8 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Fit for Me by Courtney, hearts 4 henry, Sather Audio, Ike Wynter) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/optimism-and-impacting-those-around-you-with-ike-wynter-fChKK_cn Ike Wynter is an eco-sustainable wood artist who makes art out of reclaimed wood and aims to convey his delusional optimism to his audience in order to be a light and help them face challenges in their life. 

    He uses his art as an avenue to speak his thoughts into the world and be a source of positivity for people following his journey. He comes from a family of entrepreneurs and was encouraged to live his life the way he wanted, he shares his thoughts on the expectations that are put on people and why we should choose our own paths. 

    Ike's perspective on life is inspiring, encouraging, and full of love. Our conversation is filled with many great nuggets, here are some other things we touch on:

    • Optimism
    • Toxic masculinity
    • Mental health
    • Perspective
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Simple day-to-day interactions
    • Energy
    • Recognizing differences
    • Standing up for what you believe in
    • The power that you have to impact others
    • The ripple effect
    • Checking up on your people
    • Your gifts 
    • Kindness

    and more...

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Ike's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Optimism and Impacting Those Around You with Ike Wynter Fit for Me by Courtney, hearts 4 henry, Sather Audio, Ike Wynter 01:46:41 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Ike Wynter, an eco-sustainable wood artist who aims to convey a message of optimism and offer perspective to the people in his life. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Ike Wynter, an eco-sustainable wood artist who aims to convey a message of optimism and offer perspective to the people in his life. positivity, mental health, toxic masculinity, interactions, differences, relationships, optimism, entrepreneurship, empathy, self-help, vulnerability yes full 12     2a29caa1-fbf4-416d-9520-29b1eb59a665 Resilience, Depression + Anxiety, and Embracing Change with Julia Yanchek This is a candid conversation with Julia Yanchek as she opens up about her struggles with depression and anxiety, frequent change, bullying, and more. Her vulnerability shines through as she shares experiences that many people can relate to. 

    Julia is an advocate for change, by embracing it, we lead to true self awareness and acceptance. Change, the unknown, and judgement have been the catalyst she needed to find out who she truly is, and what she needs and desires. 

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Depression
    • Anxiety
    • Bullying
    • Moving 
    • Post-grad life
    • Soulcycle 
    • Change
    • The unknown
    • Self-acceptance

    and more...

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Julia's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    PODCASTERS! Ashley Sondergaard and I are hosting a Podcaster Mastermind Happy Hour in February - Follow this link for more info and to RSVP!

    https://www.ashleysondergaard.com/event-details/podcaster-happy-hour-mastermind 

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Mon, 1 Feb 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Sather Audio, julia yanchek, hlhs, hearts 4 henry, Fit for Me by Courtney) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/embracing-change-and-BpbI9ZH5 This is a candid conversation with Julia Yanchek as she opens up about her struggles with depression and anxiety, frequent change, bullying, and more. Her vulnerability shines through as she shares experiences that many people can relate to. 

    Julia is an advocate for change, by embracing it, we lead to true self awareness and acceptance. Change, the unknown, and judgement have been the catalyst she needed to find out who she truly is, and what she needs and desires. 

    In this episode, we talk about:

    • Depression
    • Anxiety
    • Bullying
    • Moving 
    • Post-grad life
    • Soulcycle 
    • Change
    • The unknown
    • Self-acceptance

    and more...

    Hearts 4 Henry: https://www.instagram.com/hearts_4_henry/

    https://www.etsy.com/shop/Hearts4Henry?ref=l2-about-shopname

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Julia's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    PODCASTERS! Ashley Sondergaard and I are hosting a Podcaster Mastermind Happy Hour in February - Follow this link for more info and to RSVP!

    https://www.ashleysondergaard.com/event-details/podcaster-happy-hour-mastermind 

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Resilience, Depression + Anxiety, and Embracing Change with Julia Yanchek Sather Audio, julia yanchek, hlhs, hearts 4 henry, Fit for Me by Courtney 01:14:46 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Julia Yanchek to talk resilience, depression + anxiety, and embracing change. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Julia Yanchek to talk resilience, depression + anxiety, and embracing change. fear, bravery, mental health, change, depression, anxiety, judgement, resilience, self acceptance yes full 11     7856d5c0-48a0-47a0-b8c8-12edd8ad0a00 Vulnerability, Social Media, and Heartbreak with Falen Falen is from Southern Indiana and has been in radio since 2002. She has been the is the co-host of the Dave Ryan in the morning show for 9 years. She is married to Jake and has a step-son and 15 month old baby, Olive. 

    Falen has a podcast, Heartbroken, where real people share real stories of heartbreak. It is mainly relationship based, however, they cover topics around death of a partner, parents, still birth, etc. 

    In this episode, we have an honest conversation around vulnerability as a person in the public eye, the two sides of social media, the universaility of heartbreak, and much more. 

    Falen has been vulnerable since before it was cool, her image and career is built on her ability to connect with people through her voice and authenticity. While this has led to success, it has also come with challenges. She recieves negative comments on social media, struggles with people disliking her, went through her own heartbreak publicly, and now is contemplating the future of her podcast, Heartbroken. 

    Falen wants to help people feel less alone, be real and authentic, and pursue things that are creative, help people, and that she has pure passion for. Her journey is relateable and inspiring. 

    In this episode, we talk about: 

    • Vulnerability
    • The upsides and downsides of social media
    • Recieving negative comments 
    • The struggle of people not liking you
    • Heartbreak
    • Mental circling
    • Heartbreak
    • Toxic relationships 
    • Podcasting
    • Pursuing what you are passionate about

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Falen's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    PODCASTERS! Ashley Sondergaard and I are hosting a Podcaster Mastermind Happy Hour in February - Follow this link for more info and to RSVP!

    https://www.ashleysondergaard.com/event-details/podcaster-happy-hour-mastermind 

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Mon, 25 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (KDWB, Falen, satheraudio, Heartbroken Podcast) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/vulnerability-social-media-and-heartbreak-with-falen-Mm3aBP5F Falen is from Southern Indiana and has been in radio since 2002. She has been the is the co-host of the Dave Ryan in the morning show for 9 years. She is married to Jake and has a step-son and 15 month old baby, Olive. 

    Falen has a podcast, Heartbroken, where real people share real stories of heartbreak. It is mainly relationship based, however, they cover topics around death of a partner, parents, still birth, etc. 

    In this episode, we have an honest conversation around vulnerability as a person in the public eye, the two sides of social media, the universaility of heartbreak, and much more. 

    Falen has been vulnerable since before it was cool, her image and career is built on her ability to connect with people through her voice and authenticity. While this has led to success, it has also come with challenges. She recieves negative comments on social media, struggles with people disliking her, went through her own heartbreak publicly, and now is contemplating the future of her podcast, Heartbroken. 

    Falen wants to help people feel less alone, be real and authentic, and pursue things that are creative, help people, and that she has pure passion for. Her journey is relateable and inspiring. 

    In this episode, we talk about: 

    • Vulnerability
    • The upsides and downsides of social media
    • Recieving negative comments 
    • The struggle of people not liking you
    • Heartbreak
    • Mental circling
    • Heartbreak
    • Toxic relationships 
    • Podcasting
    • Pursuing what you are passionate about

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Falen's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    PODCASTERS! Ashley Sondergaard and I are hosting a Podcaster Mastermind Happy Hour in February - Follow this link for more info and to RSVP!

    https://www.ashleysondergaard.com/event-details/podcaster-happy-hour-mastermind 

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Vulnerability, Social Media, and Heartbreak with Falen KDWB, Falen, satheraudio, Heartbroken Podcast 01:44:49 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Falen from Minneapolis radio station, KDWB, to talk vulnerability, social media, heartbreak and more. Falen is the co-host of the Dave Ryan in the morning show and has her own podcast, Heartbroken. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Falen from Minneapolis radio station, KDWB, to talk vulnerability, social media, heartbreak and more. Falen is the co-host of the Dave Ryan in the morning show and has her own podcast, Heartbroken. authenticity, relateable, social media, heartbreak, honesty, mental health podcast, mental health, podcasting, radio, podcaster, relationships, toxic relationships, self-help, vulnerability yes full 10     410201e3-3143-4566-971f-a07e10b1f288 Self-Discovery and Manifestation with Ashley Sondergaard Ashley Sondergaard is the founder of Ashley Sondergaard Yoga and host of Yoga Magic Podcast. She is passionate about self-discovery and self-care for everyone. In this episode, we talk about the process of discovering your true self, leaning into your gifts, taking care of yourself in a way that works for YOU and following your path without worrying about the "shoulds". 

    Ashley is such a warm, inspiring, and intelligent change maker. She cares deeply about encouraging others to find their true self and discover their best self-care ritual. This conversation flowed into many different directions, we covered various topics around self-discovery and awareness. 

    "Ashley Sondergaard is a yoga teacher, an entrepreneur and host of the Yoga Magic podcast. For 8 years, she has studied yoga, meditation, astrology and mindfulness practices that prioritize self-care and self-discovery. After having her two girls, Ashley discovered the hard way that taking care of yourself first is the only way to take care of others. Today, she supports her students & clients in up leveling their everyday routines into magical self-care rituals." 

    In this episode, we talk about: 

    • Accepting your path
    • Listening to yourself
    • Manifestation
    • Shadow work 
    • Societal Pressures
    • Mindfulness
    • Contentment 
    • Making decisions for yourself
    • Astrology as a mirror
    • Self-Care 
    • Triggers

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Ashley's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    PODCASTERS! Ashley and I are hosting a Podcaster Mastermind Happy Hour in February - Follow this link for more info and to RSVP!

    https://www.ashleysondergaard.com/event-details/podcaster-happy-hour-mastermind 

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Fit for Me by Courtney, Courtney Leivermann, Yoga Magic Podcast, Ashley Sondergaard) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/self-discovery-and-manifestation-with-ashley-sondergaard-TDVNfvs1 Ashley Sondergaard is the founder of Ashley Sondergaard Yoga and host of Yoga Magic Podcast. She is passionate about self-discovery and self-care for everyone. In this episode, we talk about the process of discovering your true self, leaning into your gifts, taking care of yourself in a way that works for YOU and following your path without worrying about the "shoulds". 

    Ashley is such a warm, inspiring, and intelligent change maker. She cares deeply about encouraging others to find their true self and discover their best self-care ritual. This conversation flowed into many different directions, we covered various topics around self-discovery and awareness. 

    "Ashley Sondergaard is a yoga teacher, an entrepreneur and host of the Yoga Magic podcast. For 8 years, she has studied yoga, meditation, astrology and mindfulness practices that prioritize self-care and self-discovery. After having her two girls, Ashley discovered the hard way that taking care of yourself first is the only way to take care of others. Today, she supports her students & clients in up leveling their everyday routines into magical self-care rituals." 

    In this episode, we talk about: 

    • Accepting your path
    • Listening to yourself
    • Manifestation
    • Shadow work 
    • Societal Pressures
    • Mindfulness
    • Contentment 
    • Making decisions for yourself
    • Astrology as a mirror
    • Self-Care 
    • Triggers

    Fit for Me by Courtney is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Ashley's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

    PODCASTERS! Ashley and I are hosting a Podcaster Mastermind Happy Hour in February - Follow this link for more info and to RSVP!

    https://www.ashleysondergaard.com/event-details/podcaster-happy-hour-mastermind 

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Self-Discovery and Manifestation with Ashley Sondergaard Fit for Me by Courtney, Courtney Leivermann, Yoga Magic Podcast, Ashley Sondergaard 01:13:10 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Ashley Sondergaard, founder of Ashley Sondergaard Yoga and host of the Yoga Magic Podcast, to talk about self discovery, manifestation, self-care, astrology, and more. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Ashley Sondergaard, founder of Ashley Sondergaard Yoga and host of the Yoga Magic Podcast, to talk about self discovery, manifestation, self-care, astrology, and more. self-care, yoga, manifestation, shadow work, knowing, mental health, mindfulness, self-discovery, inspiration, triggers, contentment, astrology yes full 9     1144a314-76b1-4cd7-95ff-d5f800ec0da4 Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia with Hannah Studee This episode is raw and vulnerable. Eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and body image are not talked about enough in our society. In this episode, both Hannah Studee and Paige open up about their personal experiences with anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphia, body shaming, comparison, and more.

    Hannah Studee has been a gymnast since age 3, she has always been passionate about the body--why does it move a certain way, how does it operate, why do we do exercises the way we do? She also grew up incredibly passionate about art, water sports, longboarding, and fitness. Today, she has her own makeup business, Beauty by Studee. She is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer as she also runs her fitness business, Body by Studee. 

    Hannah was in 7th grade when she experienced her first bout of an eating disorder. She had been criticized for the appearance of her body by coaches and dance teachers and eventually it became too much, so she started restricting and over exercsising. 

    For years, Hannah has struggled with orthorexia, anorexia, bulimia, and  body dysmorphia. This past year, Hannah came to the realization that she needed help, she needed to take back the control and learn how to love herself and her body.

    Hannah wants to make a difference by raising awareness for eating disorders in the fitness industry and beyond. She wants to open up about her struggles for the sake of her clients and others who possibly have been in or currently are struggling with the same thing. 

    Eating Disorders are a mental illness. They take control of people's lives and consume their every thought. We need to have more conversations around the commonality of these disorders and how we can help one another through them. One of the hardest things to do is to admit that you need help. If you want to talk futher, reach out to Hannah or myself. Listed below are Eating Disorder Treatment Centers in MPLS, if you live elsewhere, google "eating disorder treatment near me". 

    • Melrose Center - Where Hannah is seeking treatment.
    • The Emily Program - Were I recieved treatment

    Hannah's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:30:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/eating-disorders-and-body-dysmorphia-with-hannah-studee-EZ_EQ58h This episode is raw and vulnerable. Eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and body image are not talked about enough in our society. In this episode, both Hannah Studee and Paige open up about their personal experiences with anorexia, bulimia, body dysmorphia, body shaming, comparison, and more.

    Hannah Studee has been a gymnast since age 3, she has always been passionate about the body--why does it move a certain way, how does it operate, why do we do exercises the way we do? She also grew up incredibly passionate about art, water sports, longboarding, and fitness. Today, she has her own makeup business, Beauty by Studee. She is also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Certified Personal Trainer as she also runs her fitness business, Body by Studee. 

    Hannah was in 7th grade when she experienced her first bout of an eating disorder. She had been criticized for the appearance of her body by coaches and dance teachers and eventually it became too much, so she started restricting and over exercsising. 

    For years, Hannah has struggled with orthorexia, anorexia, bulimia, and  body dysmorphia. This past year, Hannah came to the realization that she needed help, she needed to take back the control and learn how to love herself and her body.

    Hannah wants to make a difference by raising awareness for eating disorders in the fitness industry and beyond. She wants to open up about her struggles for the sake of her clients and others who possibly have been in or currently are struggling with the same thing. 

    Eating Disorders are a mental illness. They take control of people's lives and consume their every thought. We need to have more conversations around the commonality of these disorders and how we can help one another through them. One of the hardest things to do is to admit that you need help. If you want to talk futher, reach out to Hannah or myself. Listed below are Eating Disorder Treatment Centers in MPLS, if you live elsewhere, google "eating disorder treatment near me". 

    • Melrose Center - Where Hannah is seeking treatment.
    • The Emily Program - Were I recieved treatment

    Hannah's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia with Hannah Studee Paige Boner 01:28:15 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Hannah Studee as she opens up about her long time struggle with an eating disorder. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Hannah Studee as she opens up about her long time struggle with an eating disorder. yes full 8     da427969-dacd-4024-b285-bfa084018b29 Movement, Motivation, and Mindfulness with Courtney Leivermann Courtney Leivermann is the founder of Fit for Me by Courtney app and community. On her app & website, she shares Mat Pilates, Barre, and Yoga inspired workouts that are efficient and effective, low impact, and are meant to leave you feeling good. Courtney also has a Fit for Me Community that she mostly communicates with on Instagram (her profile is linked below), where she shares real food, mindfulness tips, some fashion/lifestyle, and uplifting quotes.

    Courtney is such kind, warm, and inspiring spirit and the insights that she shares on the ability we have to move our bodies in a way that feels good to us personally is so valuable. She also opens up about the challenges behind being an entrpreneur and how she worked through the obstacles that she came across.

    She also has her own podcast as well! Listen to her show anywhere where you listen to podcasts. 

    Fit for Me by Courtney is an important part of how I stay mentally healthy. I do Courtney's workouts every morning and it truly helps me feel refreshed and ready to take on the day. It also has helped me reach the health goals that I aim for, both physically and mentally.

    I am excited to announce Courtney and I's partnership for the first time on this episode. She is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Courtney's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Mon, 4 Jan 2021 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Courtney Leivermann, Fit for Me by Courtney) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/movement-motvation-and-mindfulness-with-courtney-leivermann-iABSJmQu Courtney Leivermann is the founder of Fit for Me by Courtney app and community. On her app & website, she shares Mat Pilates, Barre, and Yoga inspired workouts that are efficient and effective, low impact, and are meant to leave you feeling good. Courtney also has a Fit for Me Community that she mostly communicates with on Instagram (her profile is linked below), where she shares real food, mindfulness tips, some fashion/lifestyle, and uplifting quotes.

    Courtney is such kind, warm, and inspiring spirit and the insights that she shares on the ability we have to move our bodies in a way that feels good to us personally is so valuable. She also opens up about the challenges behind being an entrpreneur and how she worked through the obstacles that she came across.

    She also has her own podcast as well! Listen to her show anywhere where you listen to podcasts. 

    Fit for Me by Courtney is an important part of how I stay mentally healthy. I do Courtney's workouts every morning and it truly helps me feel refreshed and ready to take on the day. It also has helped me reach the health goals that I aim for, both physically and mentally.

    I am excited to announce Courtney and I's partnership for the first time on this episode. She is offering my listeners 25% off your first month and a free two week trial when you use the code ITSHARD25 on her website, https://fitformebycourtney.com  and then you can download the app. 

    Courtney's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Movement, Motivation, and Mindfulness with Courtney Leivermann Courtney Leivermann, Fit for Me by Courtney 01:14:31 INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Courtney Leivermann of Fit for Me by Courtney, an app filled with Mat Pilates, Barre and Yoga inspired workouts, to talk working out to FEEL GOOD, taking care of your body, and your mind. INTERVIEW: Paige sits down with Courtney Leivermann of Fit for Me by Courtney, an app filled with Mat Pilates, Barre and Yoga inspired workouts, to talk working out to FEEL GOOD, taking care of your body, and your mind. fitness, movement, itshard, entrepreneur, move your body, positivity, wellness, mental health, motivation, mindfulness, its hard, real food, health, self-help, its hard podcast, body positivity, health and wellness, vulnerability yes full 7     ab0c7bc3-aef6-4065-94b3-317dba933b6c SOLO: Reflection and Looking Into 2021 The Unplug for the Holidays Challenge is going on right now--check out @itshardpodcast on Instagram for more information. This episode is a reflection on the challenge thus far, what this past year has brought, and looking forward into 2021.

    Paige talks about:

    -Spending Holidays unplugged

    -Clarity and boundaries around social media

    -Holidays are hard for some people

    -The 12/21 portal

    -Spirituality

    -Self-doubt

    -What she plans to release and attract going into 2021

    -Mental Health awareness 

    -Choosing a "word of the year"

    -Appreciating and growing from this past year

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Mon, 28 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/solo-reflection-and-looking-into-2021-E3W4MrZD The Unplug for the Holidays Challenge is going on right now--check out @itshardpodcast on Instagram for more information. This episode is a reflection on the challenge thus far, what this past year has brought, and looking forward into 2021.

    Paige talks about:

    -Spending Holidays unplugged

    -Clarity and boundaries around social media

    -Holidays are hard for some people

    -The 12/21 portal

    -Spirituality

    -Self-doubt

    -What she plans to release and attract going into 2021

    -Mental Health awareness 

    -Choosing a "word of the year"

    -Appreciating and growing from this past year

    It's Hard Resources:

    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

     

    ]]>     SOLO: Reflection and Looking Into 2021 Paige Boner 00:25:03 SOLO: Paige reflects on spending the holidays unplugged, this past year, and sets intentions and talks through mental health going into 2021. SOLO: Paige reflects on spending the holidays unplugged, this past year, and sets intentions and talks through mental health going into 2021. intention, new year, social media, mental health awareness, 2021, 2020, mental health, unplugged, holidays, spirituality, anxiety, 12/21 portal, reflection, self-help, boundaries, self doubt, vulnerability yes full 6     eeda61c5-20fd-4d27-8989-07ee272bdb1e Teen Pregnancy and Becoming a Young Mom with Josie Scherek Teen pregnancy and becoming a young mom is hard, Josie knows this first hand. However, her mindset and perspective around her journey is so beautiful. She wants to open up about her story in hopes that it will help others who became pregnant at a young age. 

    She has struggled with closing doors on her past, re-imagining her future, shifting her life sooner than expected, and more. She also has discovered beautiful things about herself, spent more intentional time with family, and matured faster than she ever imagined.

    Josie is here to discuss the stigmas around being a teen mom and that it is hard, but you can be lifted by the love and support of those around you and your personal mindset. 

    Josie wants to help others and be an outlet for people on a similar journey as her, please reach out if you have questions or need support. 

    Josie's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Mon, 21 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Josie Scherek) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/teen-pregnancy-and-becoming-a-young-mom-gb5Cl2Yn Teen pregnancy and becoming a young mom is hard, Josie knows this first hand. However, her mindset and perspective around her journey is so beautiful. She wants to open up about her story in hopes that it will help others who became pregnant at a young age. 

    She has struggled with closing doors on her past, re-imagining her future, shifting her life sooner than expected, and more. She also has discovered beautiful things about herself, spent more intentional time with family, and matured faster than she ever imagined.

    Josie is here to discuss the stigmas around being a teen mom and that it is hard, but you can be lifted by the love and support of those around you and your personal mindset. 

    Josie wants to help others and be an outlet for people on a similar journey as her, please reach out if you have questions or need support. 

    Josie's Resources:

    It's Hard Resources:

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    ]]>     Teen Pregnancy and Becoming a Young Mom with Josie Scherek Josie Scherek 01:18:23 INTERVIEW Paige sits down with Josie Scherek, who was one month into her sophomore year of college and discovered she was pregnant at 19 years old. INTERVIEW Paige sits down with Josie Scherek, who was one month into her sophomore year of college and discovered she was pregnant at 19 years old. motherhood, mother, young pregnancy, pregnant, bravery, mental health, mom, college, teen pregnancy, pregnancy, young mom, self-help, vulnerability yes full 5     52d3740a-3768-4331-b233-1ceb43d9ec65 Entrepreneurship and Mitigating Anxiety with Josh Parks Josh Parks is the founder of GhostFit Apparel, a fitness clothing brand with a mission to help individuals overcome daily obstacles. They partner with mental health organizations to help individuals learn how to mitigate mental health issues. 

    Josh is passionate about fitness and helping others. In this episode, he opens up about his experience with severe anxiety and how it impacted his life. Fitness was something that helped him mitigate anxiety, but he also discusses the power of mindset and growth. 

    Josh is inspiring, vulnerable, kind, and incredibly generous. He is passionate about giving back to the community and organizations that are close to his heart. He started "Kids Eat First" at the beginning of the pandemic, the mission was to help kids who rely on a meal at school to recieve a meal for free. They are bringing it back but on a larger scale in January, check out Josh's social media pages for more info! 

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    ]]>     Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:00:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Josh Parks, GhostFitApparel, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/entrepreneurship-and-mitigating-anxiety-with-josh-parks-pcSSZr7z Josh Parks is the founder of GhostFit Apparel, a fitness clothing brand with a mission to help individuals overcome daily obstacles. They partner with mental health organizations to help individuals learn how to mitigate mental health issues. 

    Josh is passionate about fitness and helping others. In this episode, he opens up about his experience with severe anxiety and how it impacted his life. Fitness was something that helped him mitigate anxiety, but he also discusses the power of mindset and growth. 

    Josh is inspiring, vulnerable, kind, and incredibly generous. He is passionate about giving back to the community and organizations that are close to his heart. He started "Kids Eat First" at the beginning of the pandemic, the mission was to help kids who rely on a meal at school to recieve a meal for free. They are bringing it back but on a larger scale in January, check out Josh's social media pages for more info! 

    Josh's Resources:

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    It's Hard is edited by Sather Audio https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/

    ]]>     Entrepreneurship and Mitigating Anxiety with Josh Parks Josh Parks, GhostFitApparel, Sather Audio 01:11:38 INTERVIEW Paige sits down with entrepreneur, athlete, and founder of GhostFit Apparel to talk entrepreneurship and mitigating anxiety. INTERVIEW Paige sits down with entrepreneur, athlete, and founder of GhostFit Apparel to talk entrepreneurship and mitigating anxiety. fitness, mental health awareness, itshard, growth, entrepreneur, mental health podcast, mitigate anxiety, overcome, anxiety, mindset, entrepreneurship, self-help, vulnerability no full 4     f334272c-530b-4fae-aecf-33a21c5df11d First Dates are Hard with Katie Sir Katie Sir, the First Date Expert, "First Date Expert" is a beautiful movement of empowering young adults, especially men, to pursue healthy relationships by starting on the right foot. For Katie, it's a way of educating the people she loves with holistic information with social and dating skill development. 

    Katie aims to "look out for the good guys". Her target market is the "goodhearted guys" that feel like they are constantly being friendzoned or the nice guy finishing last. She believes that they are incredible humans that just need a little guidance for how to make situations work FOR them, without needing them to turn into a tool. All of her content is universal, so women and even non-single people will find value because it's simply just about human connection and interpersonal skills. 

    In this episode, we cover all things dating. We talk about basic tips for entering the dating world, how to make your online dating profile perfect for you, why coffee dates are cancelled, how to date in a pandemic and much much more. We also answer your burning questions that you sent in! 

    Dating is HARD, Katie makes it a little bit easier. To connect with Katie and join her community you can:

    Follow her on Instagram @katie_sir and visit her website www.katiesir.com

    Her book, "Become a First Date Expert" is OUT NOW! Visit her website to learn more. 

    Audio/Theme song done by: Andy Bjerk of Sather Audio. Follow him @satheraudio on Instagram and email him at satheraudio@gmail.com for all of your sound needs!

    Are you a part of the It's Hard community yet? Join us! Follow along on Instagram @itshardpodcast where I share more information on episodes, spark conversations around mental health, and share my daily life! 

    If you want to join the weekly email list, fill out this form! https://forms.gle/yJeXtsjEZjErqjg69

     

    ]]>     Mon, 7 Dec 2020 13:01:00 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Katie Sir) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/first-dates-are-hard-with-katie-sir-9VwsMswq Katie Sir, the First Date Expert, "First Date Expert" is a beautiful movement of empowering young adults, especially men, to pursue healthy relationships by starting on the right foot. For Katie, it's a way of educating the people she loves with holistic information with social and dating skill development. 

    Katie aims to "look out for the good guys". Her target market is the "goodhearted guys" that feel like they are constantly being friendzoned or the nice guy finishing last. She believes that they are incredible humans that just need a little guidance for how to make situations work FOR them, without needing them to turn into a tool. All of her content is universal, so women and even non-single people will find value because it's simply just about human connection and interpersonal skills. 

    In this episode, we cover all things dating. We talk about basic tips for entering the dating world, how to make your online dating profile perfect for you, why coffee dates are cancelled, how to date in a pandemic and much much more. We also answer your burning questions that you sent in! 

    Dating is HARD, Katie makes it a little bit easier. To connect with Katie and join her community you can:

    Follow her on Instagram @katie_sir and visit her website www.katiesir.com

    Her book, "Become a First Date Expert" is OUT NOW! Visit her website to learn more. 

    Audio/Theme song done by: Andy Bjerk of Sather Audio. Follow him @satheraudio on Instagram and email him at satheraudio@gmail.com for all of your sound needs!

    Are you a part of the It's Hard community yet? Join us! Follow along on Instagram @itshardpodcast where I share more information on episodes, spark conversations around mental health, and share my daily life! 

    If you want to join the weekly email list, fill out this form! https://forms.gle/yJeXtsjEZjErqjg69

     

    ]]>     First Dates are Hard with Katie Sir Katie Sir 01:44:24 INTERVIEW Paige sits down with Katie Sir the First Date Expert to talk all things first dates, dating during a pandemic, why coffee dates are cancelled, and much more. INTERVIEW Paige sits down with Katie Sir the First Date Expert to talk all things first dates, dating during a pandemic, why coffee dates are cancelled, and much more. dating during covid, covid, mental health awareness, dating, dating during a pandemic, mental health podcast, bravery, first dates, first date, self-help, vulnerability yes full 3     a41db62e-d976-4722-9833-e21d90455637 Anxiety is Hard I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when I was a sophomore in college. I was having panic attacks at least twice a week and there were days when I couldn't get out of bed. I felt so alone in my experience, I was losing friends, distancing from my family, and creating dangerous habits around eating, drinking, and exercise. Anxiety led to me abandoning myself and allowing other people and my mind to control me.

    Anxiety is hard, vulnerable, scary, and incredibly lonely. This episode is an opportunity for me to open the dialogue around anxiety and allow others to feel less alone in what they are feeling.

    If you struggle with anxiety or any part of this episode triggers you, please reach out to me. I am happy to talk about it, work through things, and give space for what you are feeling.

    We are all in this together, you are not alone!

    Rate! Review! Subscribe! Share this episode with people that you care about! 

    Follow us on Instagram! We are cultivating a community of people who want to end the stigma of mental health and start having authentic and vulnerable conversations! I share my healing techniques anywhere from what I eat, how I move my body, what journals/books/podcasts I am listening to, etc. I also ask questions, get dialogue going and I am starting to get on the reel train a little bit. LOL! 

    Follow along at @itshardpodcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/

    Sound by: Andy Bjerk of Sather Audio-- https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/ -- Contact him at satheraudio@gmail.com for all of your sound needs!

    NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY! COMING UP 12/7/20 IS KATIE SIR X IT'S HARD

    Katie Sir the First Date Expert is coming on It's Hard on Monday, December 7th! Get ready to have all your juicy questions answered. 

     

     

     

    ]]>     Fri, 4 Dec 2020 20:32:13 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/anxiety-is-hard-kUYARafp I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety when I was a sophomore in college. I was having panic attacks at least twice a week and there were days when I couldn't get out of bed. I felt so alone in my experience, I was losing friends, distancing from my family, and creating dangerous habits around eating, drinking, and exercise. Anxiety led to me abandoning myself and allowing other people and my mind to control me.

    Anxiety is hard, vulnerable, scary, and incredibly lonely. This episode is an opportunity for me to open the dialogue around anxiety and allow others to feel less alone in what they are feeling.

    If you struggle with anxiety or any part of this episode triggers you, please reach out to me. I am happy to talk about it, work through things, and give space for what you are feeling.

    We are all in this together, you are not alone!

    Rate! Review! Subscribe! Share this episode with people that you care about! 

    Follow us on Instagram! We are cultivating a community of people who want to end the stigma of mental health and start having authentic and vulnerable conversations! I share my healing techniques anywhere from what I eat, how I move my body, what journals/books/podcasts I am listening to, etc. I also ask questions, get dialogue going and I am starting to get on the reel train a little bit. LOL! 

    Follow along at @itshardpodcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itshardpodcast/

    Sound by: Andy Bjerk of Sather Audio-- https://www.instagram.com/satheraudio/ -- Contact him at satheraudio@gmail.com for all of your sound needs!

    NEW EPISODES EVERY MONDAY! COMING UP 12/7/20 IS KATIE SIR X IT'S HARD

    Katie Sir the First Date Expert is coming on It's Hard on Monday, December 7th! Get ready to have all your juicy questions answered. 

     

     

     

    ]]>     Anxiety is Hard Paige Boner 00:22:05 SOLO Anxiety is HARD. Many of us struggle with anxiety at some capacity, and it has been heightened as we navigate through a pandemic, racial injustice, death, heartbreak, lonlieness, etc. In this episode, Paige opens up about her struggle with anxiety and how it has impacted her. SOLO Anxiety is HARD. Many of us struggle with anxiety at some capacity, and it has been heightened as we navigate through a pandemic, racial injustice, death, heartbreak, lonlieness, etc. In this episode, Paige opens up about her struggle with anxiety and how it has impacted her. yes full 2     4f9bf389-14c5-4d80-8e55-11910afaf1d6 Season 2 is Hard In this episode, I talk about my "why" and my mission behind starting this podcast. It's Hard has authentic conversations to allow others to learn, grow, and feel less alone in what they are going through. 

    This community is made for people who are seeking a sense of belonging, people who are struggling with something and feel incredibly alone, and those who just want to have real conversations. 

    All are welcome here and I am so pumped that you chose to be here! 

    Follow us on Instagram @itshardpodcast to join our community of authentic, fun, and vulnerable conversations!

    Episodes are released every Monday to make Monday's a little less hard. 

    Sound/intro music & editing done by Andy Bjerk of @satheraudio. Contact him at satheraudio@gmail.com for any of your sound needs!

    ]]>     Mon, 30 Nov 2020 12:54:06 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/season-2-is-hard-5zMRefwA In this episode, I talk about my "why" and my mission behind starting this podcast. It's Hard has authentic conversations to allow others to learn, grow, and feel less alone in what they are going through. 

    This community is made for people who are seeking a sense of belonging, people who are struggling with something and feel incredibly alone, and those who just want to have real conversations. 

    All are welcome here and I am so pumped that you chose to be here! 

    Follow us on Instagram @itshardpodcast to join our community of authentic, fun, and vulnerable conversations!

    Episodes are released every Monday to make Monday's a little less hard. 

    Sound/intro music & editing done by Andy Bjerk of @satheraudio. Contact him at satheraudio@gmail.com for any of your sound needs!

    ]]>     Season 2 is Hard Paige Boner 00:14:04 SOLO IT IS OFFICIALLY SEASON 2! Thank you so much for being here, I am so excited for a new season of vulnerability, bravery, and mental health awareness. SOLO IT IS OFFICIALLY SEASON 2! Thank you so much for being here, I am so excited for a new season of vulnerability, bravery, and mental health awareness. kindness, authenticity, mental health awareness, feelings, processing, bravery, mental health, anxiety, anxiety awareness, it's hard, self-help, conversations, vulnerability yes full 1     beca8f56-d300-4508-947d-ff6380fb20a4 BLACK LIVES MATTER  I felt pain, guilt, sadness, and anger after learning about the murder of George Floyd. I realized that I am ignorant and uneducated in the face of systemic racism in the United States. I knew I needed to educate myself, help in anyway I could, and have conversations about this issue. This podcast is a vulnerable self-reflection that I hope people can relate to and learn something from. I am not here to teach or preach. I am imperfect and I am learning, but I will not quit showing up. Please, if I misunderstood, mispoke, or need to be corrected on anything, reach out to me. I am learning and am prepared to make mistakes. However, I am willing to learn. This is HARD, but together we can fight for change. 

     

    Resources:

    Sign petitions @ https://www.change.org

    Petitions that need to be signed: Justice for George Floyd, Justice for Breonna Taylor, Justice for Willie Simmons, Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, Repeal 50-a: a law that deems police and correctional officer files "confidential", Hands Up Act: punish police for shooting unarmed citizens, Ban Rubber Bullets.

    https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/

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    Books:

    White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

    A Good Time for the Truth: Racism in Minnesota

    How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi

     

     

    ]]>     Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:30:47 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/black-lives-matter-1V2d3b3X  I felt pain, guilt, sadness, and anger after learning about the murder of George Floyd. I realized that I am ignorant and uneducated in the face of systemic racism in the United States. I knew I needed to educate myself, help in anyway I could, and have conversations about this issue. This podcast is a vulnerable self-reflection that I hope people can relate to and learn something from. I am not here to teach or preach. I am imperfect and I am learning, but I will not quit showing up. Please, if I misunderstood, mispoke, or need to be corrected on anything, reach out to me. I am learning and am prepared to make mistakes. However, I am willing to learn. This is HARD, but together we can fight for change. 

     

    Resources:

    Sign petitions @ https://www.change.org

    Petitions that need to be signed: Justice for George Floyd, Justice for Breonna Taylor, Justice for Willie Simmons, Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, Repeal 50-a: a law that deems police and correctional officer files "confidential", Hands Up Act: punish police for shooting unarmed citizens, Ban Rubber Bullets.

    https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist/

    FOLLOW:

    @reclaimtheblock

    @ethelsclub

    @colorofchange

    @theconsciouskid

    @privtoprog

    @naacp

    @civilrightsorg

    @showingupforracialjustice

    @blklivesmatter

    @unitedwedream

    @mvmnt4blklives

    Books:

    White Fragility by Robin Diangelo

    A Good Time for the Truth: Racism in Minnesota

    How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi

     

     

    ]]>     BLACK LIVES MATTER Paige Boner 00:19:40 Racism exists, ignorance exists, white privilege exists. It is time for us to educate ourselves about the systemic racism that exists in our country. We must stand up and fight for people of color. No lives matter until black lives matter. Racism exists, ignorance exists, white privilege exists. It is time for us to educate ourselves about the systemic racism that exists in our country. We must stand up and fight for people of color. No lives matter until black lives matter. george floyd, black lives matter, anti-racism yes bonus     e0ef293c-ee02-4a56-907f-b8a62cbdab70 BONUS: This Pandemic is Hard feat. Papa Boner Papa Boner and I wanted to record a bonus episode for you all during this hard time. We talked about things that we assume most of you are feeling. Obivously, there are plenty of issues that we didn't even cover. We just wanted to share feelings that we have had in hopes to ensure that you do not feel alone. 

    We are all in this together and there are better days ahead! 

    ]]>     Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:53:30 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Papa Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/bonus-this-pandemic-is-hard-feat-papa-boner-hXgODXcs Papa Boner and I wanted to record a bonus episode for you all during this hard time. We talked about things that we assume most of you are feeling. Obivously, there are plenty of issues that we didn't even cover. We just wanted to share feelings that we have had in hopes to ensure that you do not feel alone. 

    We are all in this together and there are better days ahead! 

    ]]>     BONUS: This Pandemic is Hard feat. Papa Boner Papa Boner 01:02:38 This pandemic is HARD but you are not alone. This pandemic is HARD but you are not alone. bravery, mental health, covid-19, we are in this together, you are not alone, corona virus, self-help, pandemic, vulnerability yes bonus     5cfa1fbb-cb88-4589-bcde-42c3e74d5803 Post Graduation Life is Hard feat. Lisa Evanson Graduating is an exciting accomplishment in life. Whether you experienced it in high school, college, grad school, etc. It is a time of great joy and happiness. However, there are hard things about it as well. Lisa Evanson tells us about the not so glamourous side of post graduation life. For some people, this transition is terrifying, sad, and difficult. Lisa shares her experience with these challenges and offers some motivating advice and insight. 

    Lisa is a bright, intelligent, fun, and hilarious woman. I had a blast talking with her and I know that you will LOVE what she has to say! Be sure to follow her on Instagram to see when she has open mic nights or a comedy show. 

    Lisa concludes our official interviews for season 1! Stay tuned for a season 1 finale episode with Papa Boner! 

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    ]]>     Mon, 2 Mar 2020 06:00:07 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Lisa Evanson) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/post-graduation-life-is-hard-feat-lisa-evanson-UTl7pP3K Graduating is an exciting accomplishment in life. Whether you experienced it in high school, college, grad school, etc. It is a time of great joy and happiness. However, there are hard things about it as well. Lisa Evanson tells us about the not so glamourous side of post graduation life. For some people, this transition is terrifying, sad, and difficult. Lisa shares her experience with these challenges and offers some motivating advice and insight. 

    Lisa is a bright, intelligent, fun, and hilarious woman. I had a blast talking with her and I know that you will LOVE what she has to say! Be sure to follow her on Instagram to see when she has open mic nights or a comedy show. 

    Lisa concludes our official interviews for season 1! Stay tuned for a season 1 finale episode with Papa Boner! 

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    ]]>     Post Graduation Life is Hard feat. Lisa Evanson Lisa Evanson 01:26:01 Paige sits down for her last official interview of season 1 with Lisa Evanson to talk about life after graduating. Paige sits down for her last official interview of season 1 with Lisa Evanson to talk about life after graduating. high school, bravery, college, graduation, self-help, vulnerability yes full 16     8b8463c1-4001-4a29-aa71-252e7e82dd4d Finding your Identity is Hard feat. Danielle Swanson Who are you really? Have you ever thought of how you identitfy yourself, what you believe in, what you want for yourself? It is hard to know ourselves at our core... it takes time, commitment, and dedication. We don't figure out our identity over night. 

    Danielle shares her experience with identity crisis and how she overcame it. She offers great advice and encouragement for figuring out who you are. 

    Your identity is the core for all of your relationships and your well being. Danielle and I want to encourage you all to take the time to get to know yourself and learn everything you can. Also, know that you will ALWAYS be learning about yourself as we never stop changing and growing!

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    ]]>     Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:00:07 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/finding-your-identity-is-hard-feat-danielle-swanson-8kv7jhib Who are you really? Have you ever thought of how you identitfy yourself, what you believe in, what you want for yourself? It is hard to know ourselves at our core... it takes time, commitment, and dedication. We don't figure out our identity over night. 

    Danielle shares her experience with identity crisis and how she overcame it. She offers great advice and encouragement for figuring out who you are. 

    Your identity is the core for all of your relationships and your well being. Danielle and I want to encourage you all to take the time to get to know yourself and learn everything you can. Also, know that you will ALWAYS be learning about yourself as we never stop changing and growing!

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    ]]>     Finding your Identity is Hard feat. Danielle Swanson Paige Boner 01:04:10 Paige sits down with her friend, Danielle Swanson, to talk about figuring out who you are. Paige sits down with her friend, Danielle Swanson, to talk about figuring out who you are. learning, bravery, struggle, know yourself, find yourself, who am i, identity, self help, vulnerability yes full 15     a75f0794-7bff-447b-81e1-96996095ddaa Healthy Relationships are Hard feat. Khadijah Cooper Whether it is a friend, family member, or partner...having healthy relationships can be hard. Khadijah Cooper talks everything vulnerability, sex, and relationships. As a sexuality educator, Khadijah has educated insight on how to have healthy relationships in all aspects of your life. 

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    2G Comedy Show with Khadijah Cooper and headliner Ci Ci Cooper: MARCH 14th 2020.

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    ]]>     Mon, 17 Feb 2020 06:00:06 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Khadijah Cooper, Paige Boner, Andy Bjerk, Sather Audio) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/healthy-relationships-are-hard-feat-khadijah-cooper-RNLVmupn Whether it is a friend, family member, or partner...having healthy relationships can be hard. Khadijah Cooper talks everything vulnerability, sex, and relationships. As a sexuality educator, Khadijah has educated insight on how to have healthy relationships in all aspects of your life. 

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    2G Comedy Show with Khadijah Cooper and headliner Ci Ci Cooper: MARCH 14th 2020.

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    ]]>     Healthy Relationships are Hard feat. Khadijah Cooper Khadijah Cooper, Paige Boner, Andy Bjerk, Sather Audio 01:08:34 Paige sits down with comedian and sexuality educator, Khadijah Cooper, to talk about healthy relationships. Paige sits down with comedian and sexuality educator, Khadijah Cooper, to talk about healthy relationships. healthy relationships, bravery, mental health, relationships, sex, self-help, vulnerability yes full 14     c2f3df74-cccd-4236-944a-fd4d8019ac32 Infertility is Hard feat. Kolby Fahlsing Kolby Fahlsing found out at just 18 years old that she was born without fallopian tubes or eggs. She was told that she would never be able to have children. 

    Kolby was devastated and for many years thought that she would never be able to carry her own baby. However, after several "second opinions" she learned that she in fact could carry a baby through IVF. This journey has been scary, painful and difficult for both Kolby and her amazing husband, Jake. However, they now have 3-year-old Wilder and the second baby on the way.

    Kolby opens up about her struggles with infertility and IVF and shows her strength and resilience through it all. 

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    ]]>     Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:25 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kolby Fahlsing) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/infertility-is-hard-feat-kolby-fahlsing-eWFipbro Kolby Fahlsing found out at just 18 years old that she was born without fallopian tubes or eggs. She was told that she would never be able to have children. 

    Kolby was devastated and for many years thought that she would never be able to carry her own baby. However, after several "second opinions" she learned that she in fact could carry a baby through IVF. This journey has been scary, painful and difficult for both Kolby and her amazing husband, Jake. However, they now have 3-year-old Wilder and the second baby on the way.

    Kolby opens up about her struggles with infertility and IVF and shows her strength and resilience through it all. 

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    ]]>     Infertility is Hard feat. Kolby Fahlsing Kolby Fahlsing 01:09:40 Paige sits down with Kolby Fahlsing to talk about infertility and IVF. Paige sits down with Kolby Fahlsing to talk about infertility and IVF. ivf, open, bravery, struggle, fet bfp, infertility, honest, self-help, de ivf, vulnerability yes full 13     e536807c-248f-4b35-8c46-b0fd9431ea24 Chasing a Dream is Hard feat. The Backpocket Podcast In Febuary of 2017, two wildly average guys, Declan Brown and Andrew Inserra took a leap of faith and launched the Backpocket Podcast. They were juniors in college when they decided that they wanted to chase the dream of having a podcast. They bought a mic, came up with a name, and just went for it.

    3 seasons, 246 episodes and over 100,000 downloads later, these boys are dominating the Minneapolis sandbox. Their passion, drive, and hard work has led them to amazing guests and impactful conversations.

    Chasing your dream is not an easy process. Putting yourself out there is hard, being vulnerable is hard, taking a chance is hard. The process of chasing your dream is filled with self doubt and failure. The Backpocket guys show us how positivity and passion will drive your dreams. 

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    Be sure to listen, like, and subscribe to the Backpocket Podcast! 

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    ]]>     Mon, 3 Feb 2020 06:00:04 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Andrew Inserra, Declan Brown, The Backpocket Podcast) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/chasing-a-dream-is-hard-feat-the-backpocket-podcast-CqFN2Me5 In Febuary of 2017, two wildly average guys, Declan Brown and Andrew Inserra took a leap of faith and launched the Backpocket Podcast. They were juniors in college when they decided that they wanted to chase the dream of having a podcast. They bought a mic, came up with a name, and just went for it.

    3 seasons, 246 episodes and over 100,000 downloads later, these boys are dominating the Minneapolis sandbox. Their passion, drive, and hard work has led them to amazing guests and impactful conversations.

    Chasing your dream is not an easy process. Putting yourself out there is hard, being vulnerable is hard, taking a chance is hard. The process of chasing your dream is filled with self doubt and failure. The Backpocket guys show us how positivity and passion will drive your dreams. 

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    ]]>     Chasing a Dream is Hard feat. The Backpocket Podcast Andrew Inserra, Declan Brown, The Backpocket Podcast 01:37:41 Paige sits down with Declan Brown and Andrew Inserra of the Backpocket Podcast. Paige sits down with Declan Brown and Andrew Inserra of the Backpocket Podcast. believe, risk, passion, bravery, dream, dedication, self-help, vulnerability yes full 12     cd5ece47-417c-4a24-8907-1f8583b01cbd Being a Widow is Hard feat. Carrie Mortrud Carrie Mortrud's life changed forever when her husband died unexpectedly from a heart attack. She went from being happily married with a 9-year-old daughter, to being a widow and single mom trying to find her "new normal". 

    That tragic day has brought a lot of pain, sadness, anger, and grief into Carrie and her daughter's lives. However, Carrie has shown strength and resilience in her pain. Through opening up on social media, Carrie was able to connect with several women who also became widows at a young age and started a group that allows these women to connect and support  one another.

    Carrie is an incredible woman with great strength and resilience. We all can learn something from her story. 

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    ]]>     Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:00:03 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Carrie Mortrud) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/being-a-widow-is-hard-feat-carrie-mortrud-06FP2ZXQ Carrie Mortrud's life changed forever when her husband died unexpectedly from a heart attack. She went from being happily married with a 9-year-old daughter, to being a widow and single mom trying to find her "new normal". 

    That tragic day has brought a lot of pain, sadness, anger, and grief into Carrie and her daughter's lives. However, Carrie has shown strength and resilience in her pain. Through opening up on social media, Carrie was able to connect with several women who also became widows at a young age and started a group that allows these women to connect and support  one another.

    Carrie is an incredible woman with great strength and resilience. We all can learn something from her story. 

    Instagram:

    @itshardpodcast

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    @lifetimelegacynutrition --- First time customers get $2 off their shake if you see Coach Delaney and say Paige Boner sent you! 

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    ]]>     Being a Widow is Hard feat. Carrie Mortrud Carrie Mortrud 01:23:46 Paige sits down with Carrie Mortrud to talk about the loss of her husband. Paige sits down with Carrie Mortrud to talk about the loss of her husband. widow, young widow, pain, bravery, strength, death, resilience, grief, vulnerability yes full 11     b1fc8e57-2745-42f2-8a8d-5620985629cb Changing Your Mindset is Hard feat. Mark Dowdle Growth and change is hard. It is uncomfortable to push your limits, make mistakes, and challenge yourself. However, that is where the growth happens. We learn and grow through the moments that are the most painful and uncomfortable.

    Mark Dowdle's story shows the power of your mind and body. A healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body. We have the power to take control of our lives and it starts with our mindset. 

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    ]]>     Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:03 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/changing-your-mindset-is-hard-feat-mark-dowdle-S_VymvC_ Growth and change is hard. It is uncomfortable to push your limits, make mistakes, and challenge yourself. However, that is where the growth happens. We learn and grow through the moments that are the most painful and uncomfortable.

    Mark Dowdle's story shows the power of your mind and body. A healthy mind is just as important as a healthy body. We have the power to take control of our lives and it starts with our mindset. 

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    ]]>     Changing Your Mindset is Hard feat. Mark Dowdle Paige Boner 01:12:25 Paige sits down with Mark Dowdle to talk about growth, change, and becoming the best version of yourself. Paige sits down with Mark Dowdle to talk about growth, change, and becoming the best version of yourself. yes full 10     6899f8bf-28a2-48eb-9987-595c12f67be9 Singleness is Hard feat. Sarah Nelson Sarah Nelson is an inspiring, vulnerable, silly, intentional, and caring woman with many stories to tell. She is filled with passion and it shows in everything that she goes after. 

    Sarah opens up about her Instagram page, @wordsbysarahlouise and how being vulnerable on social media can be challenging but it is essential in our society today. She also lets us in on her struggle with singleness and how she overcame her insecurity and found peace in standing alone. 

    "I stand alone, and so can you" 

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    S/o to Carrie and Dylan, my loyal patrons! 

     

     

     

    ]]>     Mon, 13 Jan 2020 06:00:01 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/singleness-is-hard-feat-sarah-nelson-uUFWx1th Sarah Nelson is an inspiring, vulnerable, silly, intentional, and caring woman with many stories to tell. She is filled with passion and it shows in everything that she goes after. 

    Sarah opens up about her Instagram page, @wordsbysarahlouise and how being vulnerable on social media can be challenging but it is essential in our society today. She also lets us in on her struggle with singleness and how she overcame her insecurity and found peace in standing alone. 

    "I stand alone, and so can you" 

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    S/o to Carrie and Dylan, my loyal patrons! 

     

     

     

    ]]>     Singleness is Hard feat. Sarah Nelson Paige Boner 01:24:34 Paige sits down with her childhood friend, Sarah Nelson, to talk about being vulnerable on social media and struggling with singleness. Paige sits down with her childhood friend, Sarah Nelson, to talk about being vulnerable on social media and struggling with singleness. stand alone, support, social media, singleness, bravery, strength, single, you are not alone, self-help, vulnerability yes full 9     81381149-c6d8-45e6-9adb-ac8254feb4a2 My Story feat. Paige Boner We all have a story... I have asked 7 people to share their story with me. It seems only fair that I share mine with you all as well. It has been a journey and it hasn't been easy...in fact it has been hard.

    Heartbreak is hard, figuring out who you are is hard, setting boundaries is hard, losing friends is hard, upsetting your family is hard, being vulnerable about it all is hard.

    We all have stories that matter, we all struggle on different levels, and what matters to me might not matter to you but it is all important nontheless.

    I hope that this podcast helps one person, I hope that someone out there hears this and can relate and stand up for themselves.

    If you are listening, you are brave, strong, capable and amazing. Fall in love with the process of becoming who you want to be, figure out who that person is, and stand up for that person.

    I hope this story and this podcast will help someone, that is the goal. Thank you all for your support, love, and kindness...I am so grateful for what 2019 has brought and I cannot wait for 2020.

    ]]>     Mon, 30 Dec 2019 06:00:20 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/paige-boner-PFiz_E9r We all have a story... I have asked 7 people to share their story with me. It seems only fair that I share mine with you all as well. It has been a journey and it hasn't been easy...in fact it has been hard.

    Heartbreak is hard, figuring out who you are is hard, setting boundaries is hard, losing friends is hard, upsetting your family is hard, being vulnerable about it all is hard.

    We all have stories that matter, we all struggle on different levels, and what matters to me might not matter to you but it is all important nontheless.

    I hope that this podcast helps one person, I hope that someone out there hears this and can relate and stand up for themselves.

    If you are listening, you are brave, strong, capable and amazing. Fall in love with the process of becoming who you want to be, figure out who that person is, and stand up for that person.

    I hope this story and this podcast will help someone, that is the goal. Thank you all for your support, love, and kindness...I am so grateful for what 2019 has brought and I cannot wait for 2020.

    ]]>     My Story feat. Paige Boner Paige Boner 01:18:10 It's time for me to be vulnerable, open, and honest. Here is my story! It's time for me to be vulnerable, open, and honest. Here is my story! relationship, heartbreak, bravery, friendship, struggle, hard, breakup, difficult, self-help, vulnerability yes full 8     715e88a4-ac76-4e06-9eea-d49d36a97ae4 Finding Your "Why" is Hard feat. Austin Jochum Being a leader and finding your "why" in life is hard. Austin is a natural leader, entrepreneur and coach with an inspiring and motivational mindset on life. His intentionality and intelligence makes him a coach that goes one step further than just your physical appearance.

    This episode focuses in on the importance of finding your "why" and becoming a leader. We all have the ability to lead and inspire people in our own way, we just have to find our niche and what we are passionate about. 

    Your "why" is your reason for getting up each day, pursuing your dreams, being intentional in your relationships and many other aspects of your life. This gives your life purpose and makes your journey meaningful as you continuously grow. 

    Austin will inspire you to find your "why" and create a life of meaningful leadership and intention. You rock, Austin!!! 

    Be sure to follow Austin on Instagram: @austinjochum

    Check out Jochum Strength: https://www.jochumstrength.com

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    ]]>     Mon, 23 Dec 2019 06:00:19 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/finding-your-why-is-hard-feat-austin-jochum-NMaEUMgH Being a leader and finding your "why" in life is hard. Austin is a natural leader, entrepreneur and coach with an inspiring and motivational mindset on life. His intentionality and intelligence makes him a coach that goes one step further than just your physical appearance.

    This episode focuses in on the importance of finding your "why" and becoming a leader. We all have the ability to lead and inspire people in our own way, we just have to find our niche and what we are passionate about. 

    Your "why" is your reason for getting up each day, pursuing your dreams, being intentional in your relationships and many other aspects of your life. This gives your life purpose and makes your journey meaningful as you continuously grow. 

    Austin will inspire you to find your "why" and create a life of meaningful leadership and intention. You rock, Austin!!! 

    Be sure to follow Austin on Instagram: @austinjochum

    Check out Jochum Strength: https://www.jochumstrength.com

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    ]]>     Finding Your "Why" is Hard feat. Austin Jochum Paige Boner 01:18:37 Paige sits down with Austin Jochum to talk leadership, growth and finding your "why" in life. Paige sits down with Austin Jochum to talk leadership, growth and finding your "why" in life. why, leadership, growth, leader, bravery, strength, struggle, men, vulnerability in men, it's hard, vulnerability yes full 7     ea1f9544-a183-4cc4-ba9e-0b5d0c292ab8 Holidays are Hard feat. Papa Boner The holidays are expected to be a time full of joy, excitement, happiness, and love. However, people everywhere are struggling at some level during this season. Loss, depression, divorce, singleness, finals, work, boundaries, family dynamics, living up to someone, stress, indulgence, guilt are just a few of the things that people experience during this season. 

    It is important to address the hard times of this season in order to shed light on the fact that you are not alone. We all are struggling on some level...be sure to take care of yourself this holiday season.

    I hope that this episode helps you have a better mindset as you head into this season! 

    Patreon link: Become a Patron!

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    Papa Boner's Instagram: @therealpapaboner

    ]]>     Mon, 16 Dec 2019 06:00:02 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Greg Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/holidays-are-hard-feat-papa-boner-4x0PixSz The holidays are expected to be a time full of joy, excitement, happiness, and love. However, people everywhere are struggling at some level during this season. Loss, depression, divorce, singleness, finals, work, boundaries, family dynamics, living up to someone, stress, indulgence, guilt are just a few of the things that people experience during this season. 

    It is important to address the hard times of this season in order to shed light on the fact that you are not alone. We all are struggling on some level...be sure to take care of yourself this holiday season.

    I hope that this episode helps you have a better mindset as you head into this season! 

    Patreon link: Become a Patron!

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    Papa Boner's Instagram: @therealpapaboner

    ]]>     Holidays are Hard feat. Papa Boner Greg Boner 01:03:30 Paige sits down with Papa Boner to talk about the struggles during the holiday season. Paige sits down with Papa Boner to talk about the struggles during the holiday season. sad, stress, family during holidays, missing people, lonliness, singleness, indulgence, divorce, loss, holidays, joy, holiday eating, depression, struggle of holidays, holidays are hard, boundaries, grief yes full 6     5dd4151e-caae-4d70-a8fe-424811f253b2 Loving Yourself is Hard feat. Molly Frisch Jealousy is hard, self-worth is hard, body image is hard, owning your feelings is hard, loving yourself is HARD. Molly Frisch is sunshine, love, generosity and kindness. However, it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows along the way.

    Molly has great tips about owning your feelings, loving yourself and appreciating those around you despite your differences.

    This conversation is moving, inspiring, and joyful. Loving yourself is hard, but Molly sheds light on the process.

    GET HYPED!!

    If you feel inclined to give to the It's Hard Podcast, here is the Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27140446

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    ]]>     Mon, 9 Dec 2019 06:00:10 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/loving-yourself-is-hard-feat-molly-frisch-g38FpWZY Jealousy is hard, self-worth is hard, body image is hard, owning your feelings is hard, loving yourself is HARD. Molly Frisch is sunshine, love, generosity and kindness. However, it hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows along the way.

    Molly has great tips about owning your feelings, loving yourself and appreciating those around you despite your differences.

    This conversation is moving, inspiring, and joyful. Loving yourself is hard, but Molly sheds light on the process.

    GET HYPED!!

    If you feel inclined to give to the It's Hard Podcast, here is the Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27140446

    Follow It's Hard on Instagram: @itshardpodcast

     

    ]]>     Loving Yourself is Hard feat. Molly Frisch Paige Boner 01:37:22 Paige sits down with Molly Frisch to talk about the journey to loving yourself and appreciating those around you despite your differences. Paige sits down with Molly Frisch to talk about the journey to loving yourself and appreciating those around you despite your differences. kindness, loving yourself, jealousy, joy, self-love, body image, self-worth, self-help, inspiring, vulnerability yes full 5     64f27876-9b11-4ada-9383-2f46169decfb Chronic Disease is Hard feat. Corri Gardner Chronic diseases are hard...Corri Gardner opens up about her experience and how it has impacted every aspect of her life. 

    Corri went from living in California, fresh out of high school, and experiencing what she assumed would be the best part of her life...to laying in a hospital bed with her future completely uncertain. Depression, fear, anger, and hopelessness were among the many feelings she endured after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. However, Corri managed to stand up and fight for her beliefs and live her life the way she wanted, not the way her disease wanted her to.

    "We don't always choose what happens to us, but we can choose to see it as a positive, to believe it is for the best, and to use it to grow." -Unknown 

    Corri decided to write her story after it seemed as though her story was going to be written for her. She exudes resilience, strength, kindness, and vulnerability. 

    Follow Corri on Instagram: @corri.gardner

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    Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27140446

    ]]>     Mon, 2 Dec 2019 06:00:10 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Corri Gardner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/chronic-disease-is-hard-feat-corri-gardner-I8wNDkc8 Chronic diseases are hard...Corri Gardner opens up about her experience and how it has impacted every aspect of her life. 

    Corri went from living in California, fresh out of high school, and experiencing what she assumed would be the best part of her life...to laying in a hospital bed with her future completely uncertain. Depression, fear, anger, and hopelessness were among the many feelings she endured after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. However, Corri managed to stand up and fight for her beliefs and live her life the way she wanted, not the way her disease wanted her to.

    "We don't always choose what happens to us, but we can choose to see it as a positive, to believe it is for the best, and to use it to grow." -Unknown 

    Corri decided to write her story after it seemed as though her story was going to be written for her. She exudes resilience, strength, kindness, and vulnerability. 

    Follow Corri on Instagram: @corri.gardner

    Follow It's Hard on Instagram: @itshardpodcast 

    Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27140446

    ]]>     Chronic Disease is Hard feat. Corri Gardner Corri Gardner 01:23:53 Paige sits down with Corri Gardner, whose life changed when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Having a chronic disease is hard, Corri is here to tell us how she has grown and learned from the process. Paige sits down with Corri Gardner, whose life changed when she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. Having a chronic disease is hard, Corri is here to tell us how she has grown and learned from the process. fear, bravery, strength, chronic disease, chronic illness podcast, ulcerative colitis, depression, chronic illness, you are not alone, anxiety, auto-immune disease, self-help podcast, resilience, self-help, vulnerability yes full 4     6790ede0-dc9c-4345-ae74-46fea02e4b7b Friendships are Hard feat. Anna Falk Friendships are hard...Anna and Paige open up about the struggles and triumphs of their long time friendship.

    Intentionality, communication, and vulnerability are essential to successful relationships. These are among the many things that have attributed to the success of the friendship between Paige and her freshman year roomate, Anna Falk.

    After 4 years, the two have been able to reflect on what has worked, what hasn't, and how they both can grow. Friendships are hard, but they are worth the work!

     

    Here is a link to the It's Hard Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27140446

    If you feel so inclined to give, much love. 

    ]]>     Mon, 25 Nov 2019 06:00:04 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Anna Falk) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/friendships-are-hard-feat-anna-falk-5oStRqum Friendships are hard...Anna and Paige open up about the struggles and triumphs of their long time friendship.

    Intentionality, communication, and vulnerability are essential to successful relationships. These are among the many things that have attributed to the success of the friendship between Paige and her freshman year roomate, Anna Falk.

    After 4 years, the two have been able to reflect on what has worked, what hasn't, and how they both can grow. Friendships are hard, but they are worth the work!

     

    Here is a link to the It's Hard Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=27140446

    If you feel so inclined to give, much love. 

    ]]>     Friendships are Hard feat. Anna Falk Anna Falk 01:43:12 Paige sits down with her freshman year roomate and best friend to talk about intentional frienships and relationships. Paige sits down with her freshman year roomate and best friend to talk about intentional frienships and relationships. kindness, hardwork, friendships are hard, appreciation, funny, struggles, honesty, bravery, friendship, roomates, mental health, friends, boldness, hard times, communication, love, self-help, intentionality, vulnerability yes full 3     4874706e-f4b5-4f29-a0bc-5b985e9fb8b6 Vulnerability is Hard feat. Kelly Schuna Let's get vulnerable! Let's praise Brené Brown! Let's talk about camp! Kelly Schuna is the co-owner and director of Hidden Pines Ranch day camp. Kelly has brought vulnerability to the workplace by implementing it into our staff training at camp. By listening, watching, and practicing the tools that she provided, my perspective on so many things inside and outside of work have changed.

     

    I chose to have Kelly on It's Hard due to her ability to articulate and express the importance of vulnerability in both the workplace and our everyday lives. She is inspiring, kind, and funny...making her a perfect candidate for this podcast. She explains how Brené Brown changed the way she trained and percieved her staff, she let's us in on her secret cry spot at camp (we all need to let out a good cry right?), and she dives in to her vulnerabilities and pivotal moments.

     

    It's Hard...life, work, family, vulnerability...let's make it a little easier to talk about! Enjoy!

     

    ]]>     Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:12 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Kelly Schuna) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/2-all-things-vulnerability-feat-kelly-schuna-pNNdQDcP Let's get vulnerable! Let's praise Brené Brown! Let's talk about camp! Kelly Schuna is the co-owner and director of Hidden Pines Ranch day camp. Kelly has brought vulnerability to the workplace by implementing it into our staff training at camp. By listening, watching, and practicing the tools that she provided, my perspective on so many things inside and outside of work have changed.

     

    I chose to have Kelly on It's Hard due to her ability to articulate and express the importance of vulnerability in both the workplace and our everyday lives. She is inspiring, kind, and funny...making her a perfect candidate for this podcast. She explains how Brené Brown changed the way she trained and percieved her staff, she let's us in on her secret cry spot at camp (we all need to let out a good cry right?), and she dives in to her vulnerabilities and pivotal moments.

     

    It's Hard...life, work, family, vulnerability...let's make it a little easier to talk about! Enjoy!

     

    ]]>     Vulnerability is Hard feat. Kelly Schuna Kelly Schuna 01:35:07 Kelly Schuna is the co-owner and director of Hidden Pines Ranch day camp. Kelly has brought vulnerability to the workplace by implementing it into staff training at camp. Kelly Schuna is the co-owner and director of Hidden Pines Ranch day camp. Kelly has brought vulnerability to the workplace by implementing it into staff training at camp. motivational, watching, life skills, brene brown, listen, life lessons, work, camp, divorce, vulnerability at camp, disability, depression, family, kind, anxiety, mental illness, life, self-help, summer camp, inspiring, vulnerability yes full 2     012f3a72-43df-41a9-a7ba-9f8fb2117e5f Family is Hard feat. The Boners I chose to sit down with my parents for my first podcast because they are the reason I am who I am today. Both of them have had their fair share of hardships separately and together. However, their marriage is stronger than it has ever been as they are coming up on 30 years.

    The Boner clan is far from perfect and this episode will prove that. We have been through hard stuff as a family but we have learned from the hard stuff and we are aware that more tough times are to come. However, we are able to inspire, share, trust and have fun with one another.

    My dad, Greg (aspiring It's Hard Co-Host), has an interesting story and his life has been filled with challenging moments. He is a strong man that loves fiercly and stays loyal to his pack. People percieve him as a "hard ass", however, he is vulnerable, kind, loyal and thoughtful. He has taught me lessons in life that are essential to who I am today.

    My mom, Jen (rockstar wife, mother, and friend), is notorious for her contagious laugh and little sayings that keep our family mentally healthy. She is the most important woman in my life; she inspires me, helps me grow, cheers me on, and challenges me each day. I am so proud of how much she has overcome while still being an amazing mother. 

    I hope you all learn something from the people that have taught me the most, my parents. 

    Be sure to rate, subscribe and share this podcast! 

    ]]>     Mon, 11 Nov 2019 06:00:11 +0000 hello@itshardpodcast.com (Paige Boner) https://itshard.simplecast.com/episodes/1-the-imperfection-of-family-feat-the-boners-oSj426Vp I chose to sit down with my parents for my first podcast because they are the reason I am who I am today. Both of them have had their fair share of hardships separately and together. However, their marriage is stronger than it has ever been as they are coming up on 30 years.

    The Boner clan is far from perfect and this episode will prove that. We have been through hard stuff as a family but we have learned from the hard stuff and we are aware that more tough times are to come. However, we are able to inspire, share, trust and have fun with one another.

    My dad, Greg (aspiring It's Hard Co-Host), has an interesting story and his life has been filled with challenging moments. He is a strong man that loves fiercly and stays loyal to his pack. People percieve him as a "hard ass", however, he is vulnerable, kind, loyal and thoughtful. He has taught me lessons in life that are essential to who I am today.

    My mom, Jen (rockstar wife, mother, and friend), is notorious for her contagious laugh and little sayings that keep our family mentally healthy. She is the most important woman in my life; she inspires me, helps me grow, cheers me on, and challenges me each day. I am so proud of how much she has overcome while still being an amazing mother. 

    I hope you all learn something from the people that have taught me the most, my parents. 

    Be sure to rate, subscribe and share this podcast! 

    ]]>     Family is Hard feat. The Boners Paige Boner 01:32:57 I sat down with my parents to talk about the hardships in their lives and how it impacted who they are today. I sat down with my parents to talk about the hardships in their lives and how it impacted who they are today. life struggle, family life, funny, mental health, human connection, family, vulnerability yes full 1