Just Be Here With Me: Recent Episodes
Abbey Marie Graham
This is a podcast all about having honest conversations around self-care, self-love, authenticity, personal growth, the power of presence and simplicity, and what it really means to live an open, intentional life. This is a podcast about being human and honoring all the different aspects of those experiences, of life, while showing up honestly where you are. This is also occasionally a podcast about cottage-core, delighting in the little things life brings us, and having a love of all the fall colors + delights of the winter season. Your host is trying her best.
Today I’m sharing a list of things that help me feel grounded, connected, and safe when I’m feeling anxiety. This is Journal 1 in a series I’ll continue every so often on the podcast where I’ll talk about what’s helping me deal with my anxiety presently. As my anxiety shifts and grows and changes, I discover new things that help me along the way and through this series, I’ll be sharing those lessons with you every couple months or so. You can head to https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/justbeherewithme to send me a voice message and let me know how you liked this episode and what you want to see next. Have a great week!
I’m today’s episode, I’m breaking down a myth that I’ve reflected on a lot recently—that having a “perfect life” means that you can’t or won’t struggle with your mental health. If you’ve felt guilt or shame over struggling with your mental health when you have a good life or good life circumstances, this episode is for you. Send me a voice note to let me know your thoughts on today’s episode and what you want to see next on the podcast at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme
Today I’m sharing tools that have helped me to process recent losses in my life, including several apps that I’ve found have been helpful for my grief journey and what to keep in mind as you are going through this time. If you’re going through grief and would like to share your journey or share a tool that has been helpful for you, feel free to send me a voice message at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme. I would love to hear from you and thank you for listening today.
Today I’m talking all about what I wish I knew when I first got diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and all the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I found that I have learned so much about anxiety in the almost ten years that I’ve struggled with it that I had to split this episode up into two parts, so here’s two and you can head to last week’s episode to hear part one. Let me know what you want to see next at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme and thanks for listening!
Today I’m talking all about what I wish I knew when I first got diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and all the lessons I’ve learned along the way. I found that I have learned so much about anxiety in the almost ten years that I’ve struggled with it that I had to split this episode up into two parts, so here’s part one and next week, I will be releasing part two. Let me know what you want to see next at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme and thanks for listening!
In this episode, I talk all about the pros and cons of the online college experience and how to know if online college is the right choice for you. Whether you’re just out of high school and wanting to pursue a less traditional path with your college education or a working professional who wants more flexibility as they go back to school to finish their degree, I hope this episode sheds some light on all the different elements of the online college experience and whether it’s a good fit for your lifestyle. Let me know what you want me to share next by sending me a voice note at anchor.fm/justbeherewithme
In today’s episode, I talk about my career journey and how I chose my college major, from wanting to be an exotic animal trainer elementary school to how I found out what I wanted to major in and what I wanted my career to look like in college
In this episode, I talk about my journey with chronic illness, when my chronic illness started, and tips for how to manage chronic illness as a college student from how to plan your courseload, to preparing yourself for flare-up days, to setting up support systems to help yourself be successful.
In this episode, I share what I’ve been up to the past six months, updates on my health journey, what I’m learning, how I’m slowing down my life, and talk about where I want to go next with the podcast. Hope you all are well wherever you are and looking forward to releasing more episodes soon after this long hiatus! p.s. Let me know in a voice memo (if you feel comfortable) what you want me to see next and which episodes/topics would be most helpful for you.
The long-awaited episode is finally here! I am finishing my back-to-school series with a talkative episode on mental health, ironically after dealing with some mental health issues myself that caused me to delay this episode. I talk about my mental health journey, tips for you, how to reach out for help and find friends you trust, and the importance of taking care of the basics. I hope it helps you and gives you some tips for dealing with your own mental health journey. As always, sending you so much love, joy, and peace!
In this episode, I’m giving you all my top tips for staying organized as a student, whether you’re in middle school, high school, college, or beyond. I’m breaking down my Notion for school, which tools I use and which online and real life materials I find the most helpful, and study hacks to help you stay productive and organized throughout the whole year.
In this episode, I’m sharing all my best study hacks, tips, and tools to help you have your best year yet. Whether you’re in college, high school, or even middle school, these tips will help you become a straight A student and serve you well in the years to come. I hope you enjoy this episode and be sure to subscribe for more episodes on back to school tips this August. Leave me a review and let me know what you liked about this episode and what you’d like to see next. Join me next week for a conversation about how to stay organized this school year.
This is the first episode of the Back To School Series I’ll be doing for the month of August. In this episode, I share my top tips for how you can prepare for back to school and how to set yourself up for a successful year. Next week, I’ll be talking about my best study habits and hacks to help you get great grades this year, so be sure to subscribe for more helpful episodes coming your way. I post every Monday at 12:30pm, so I’ll be looking forward to speaking with you next week! Be sure to also leave me a review and let me know what you’d like to see next!
This is another rambley episode, so be prepared. 😂 Today I talk about how I’m feeling sadness, letting go of old businesses and dreams and goals, and giving yourself permission to be human and be in process.
These are a few questions I ask myself every morning to get myself ready for a great day ahead! Here they are written out for you guys if you want to copy and paste or write them into your own journal: 1. What am I grateful for today? 2. What do I want to achieve today / What would make today great? 3. Daily affirmation 4. What would Love have me do today? 5. What’s one kind thing I can do today?
A chatty episode about unplugging, pursuing a simpler lifestyle, and tips about how you can do the same and create a life centered around the things that matter to you. (p.s. Most of my episodes will now be around 20 minutes long; todays is very chatty but my intention is to make them much shorter - but this is a good one for sure, so you’ll definitely want to tune in!) Links Mentioned in This Episode: https://www.emilyley.com/collections/simplified-planner/products/2022-weekly-simplified-navy-hydrangeas
This week, I’m sharing my experience being off social media for nearly nine months, why I decided to quit, how I interact with social media now, and why I’m never going back.
Today I’m sharing my review of Francine Jay’s beautiful book, Lightly: How To Live A Simple, Serene, & Stress Free Life. I loved this book for a number of reasons and I hope that you’ll enjoy learning more about it too. You can check out Lightly for yourself (as well as Francine Jay’s other minimalist books) at this link: https://www.missminimalist.com/books/
In this episode I share where I’ve been since my last podcast, what I’ve been up to + what’s been going on in my life, and 5 clever organization hacks to help you feel more peace of mind in your home.
In this episode, I share my journey with exercise, how to make exercise work for you and your lifestyle, and tips for how you can form a positive relationship with exercise and your body. I also share my experience getting the Covid vaccine and why it’s important for you to get too if you haven’t.
Links:
Find A Vaccine Near You (US) - https://www.vaccines.gov/
My Email (for episode requests, comments, etc.) - helloqueencollective@gmail.com
Check Out The Queen Collective - https://www.thequeencollective.co/
Kinrgy - https://kinrgy.com/
FitOn - https://fitonapp.com/
Yoga with Adrienne - https://www.youtube.com/user/yogawithadriene
Today we're talking about diet culture, the impact of it, and how to counteract it by creating a positive relationship with food + your body. Full disclosure: This is a long episode. I actually say in the episode that I plan for it to be thirty minutes, but it ended up being way longer. I recorded part of this episode before a meeting and part of it after, and just felt like there was so much I had to say on the topic so it ended up being much longer than I originally thought. So you'll hear me say that it's probably only going to be thirty minutes - and then at the thirty-minute mark promptly realize that's probably not going to be the case, lol. :) Hope you enjoy!
Links:
The College Nutritionist - https://www.instagram.com/collegenutritionist/
Harvard Health Blog (I love to search this site whenever I have a question, want to learn about a certain food or food group, or want to learn more about nutrition) - https://www.health.harvard.edu/category/staying-healthy
An Intro To Intuitive Eating - https://www.intuitiveeating.org/what-is-intuitive-eating-tribole/
Principles of Intuitive Eating - https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/
Intuitive Eating Website (by the founders of Intuitive Eating, in case you're interested to hear more about the origins) - https://www.intuitiveeating.org/
Megan Batoon's Just A Tip Podcast - https://headgum.com/just-a-tip-with-megan-batoon
The Queen Collective (Join us for the month of August, where we're talking all things body positivity!) - https://www.thequeencollective.co/
Today I'm talking all about body positivity and my thoughts on why I think it goes hand in hand with a healthy lifestyle. This is something that is also a theme in my self-care membership for women for the month of August - Loving Your Body - and something we'll be having conversations around all this month on the show. I hope you enjoy and be sure to contribute to the conversation on Insta + leave me a review if you liked this podcast and share it with your friends. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the body positivity movement and how you feel about the body positivity vs. health debate, so feel free to DM me on Insta or Pinterest, or email me at helloqueencollective@gmail.com.
Links:
The Queen Collective - https://www.thequeencollective.co/
Sign Up For Our Free Resource Library (Masterclass, Virtual Retreat, and Self-Care Quiz) - https://www.thequeencollective.co/freebies
Kinrgy (I think I mentioned this in today's episode when talking about exercise + finding what felt fun for me - just wanted to link it here as something for you to explore if you'd like a new dance workout idea; some of their workouts are available for free through the FitOn app btw) - https://kinrgy.com/
Welcome to the Just Be Here With Me podcast! I am your host, Abbey Marie Graham - self-care enthusiast, entrepreneur, student, and lover of all things hygge/cottage-core. I’m also the creator of The Queen Collective - a self-care membership designed to provide busy women with simple + easy practices to help them take better care of themselves & cultivate holistic wellness in all areas of their life. This is a podcast about being human, having open + honest discussions on a wide variety of topics, and most of all taking care of yourself in different seasons of life. I hope you enjoy and thank you for being a member of this flourishing community! You can check out The Queen Collective + learn more about the membership at thequeencollective.co and head to thequeencollective.co/links to sign up for our free self-care retreat and masterclass (which signs you up for the free resource portal I mentioned in this episode).