Love Notes From a Soul Coach: Recent Episodes
Mary Welch
A podcast from Soul Coach and author Mary Welch that picks up where most conversations about healing leave off or fall short. What does it actually mean to "heal"? How are we meant to "let go" of the stuff that feels super-glued to our hearts and psyches? What's the real reason we sabotage ourselves? What does it take to transcend the wounds of childhood and honestly, authentically love and accept ourselves? If you like hanging out in the deep, existential end of the pool: this is your show! A change in perspective can change your life. And this podcast was designed to do just that. We can share the journey together. It's less lonely that way. Learn more about Mary's work: www.marywelch.com Follow along on IG: @marywelchofficial
In the mechanical sense of the word, to depress something means to hold it down. Today we're taking a different look at depression from this POV. What are we holding down when we feel depressed? Our hope? Our truth? Anger? And what would it be like to access those feelings and release them instead? Sadness is often associated as a cause of depression but today we're reconsidering this. What if sadness is more like the byproduct of an ongoing situation where the body isn't able to express what it needs to express or honor the deeper feelings asking to be felt? And what are the role of hormones in depression as well? This is a rich topic and we may do a part 2 at some point but let's at least get the ball rolling today! Always love to hear your feedback at: marywelch.com or on Insta: @marywelchofficial Check out my FREE guided meditation for inner child healing and my new library of guided meditations for purchase here! As always, thank you for sharing the journey with me! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today we're talking about what keeps us going when we feel disconnected from our path and our deeper sense of purpose. Even Mother Teresa had days like these! What are the key ingredients we want to be cultivating when it comes to our healing? What is the right framework to use when we're feeling off course and overwhelmed? When we forget our mission, what can help us to remember and recommit to it? Let's talk about it! Join the convo! And check out all the goodies in addition to the podcast, to support you along your journey at: marywelch.com As always, thanks for being here friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Here's a little inspiration for you, if you ever find yourself standing next to your magic instead of in it. The end of summer is a great time to take stock and recalibrate as we aim to move ever more into close alignment with the destiny we came here to fulfill. Sometimes a metaphor has a powerful way of making us think about our lives in new ways or to open new pathways of seeing. I'm sharing one today that I hope will do just that! Hope you'll listen and enjoy! You can learn more about my practice and check out my FREE guided meditation on the homepage at: marywelch.com. As always, thanks for listening friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Do you struggle with summertime FOMO? That feeling where the profound beauty and brevity of this season gut punches you and you fear that you’re failing at squeezing every last drop out of the loveliest time of year? Or checking all the boxes of impossibly precious and special things one is expected to do during the summer?
If this resonates, this episode is for you!
I'm sharing some personal writing on the idea of the anti-fomo summer. A summer where going slow, having some solitude and letting the unfolding unfold are the only goals on the radar. And being totally ok with that.
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We will never appease the ‘out of control’ fear by reassuring ourselves that we’re in control. Because that is a lie. And the body knows a lie when it hears one. When confronted by how terrifyingly little control we actually have inside our lives, the best thing we can offer ourselves is compassion. And refuge in the present moment. The answer to being out of control is not control. It’s surrender. It’s an acknowledgement: 'Oh yes, I’m suffering right now because I’m working against my nature. I’m trying to do a job that is above my pay grade.' We're talking about all of this and more on today's show. Please tune in and give a listen! Lots of juicy insights to take away and have a deeper think on. Have you heard my FREE guided meditation for inner child healing yet?! You can find it here - at marywelch.com As always, thanks for listening friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We do not outgrow our childhood wounds like old shoes. We integrate them. They inform so much in our lives. It’s never as simple as: well, I am who I am. Today on the show we're taking a deeper look at all of this in the context of Sinead O'Connor's passing. Sinead wasn’t just an incredible talent or a trailblazer or a rebel or a feminist or an outspoken trouble maker. She was also an abused child. And that piece played a huge role in the way her path unfolded, as it does FOR ALL OF US who’ve grown from difficult childhoods. Please join me here for this intimate convo and check out my FREE guided meditation for inner child healing at my website: marywelch.com Thank you, as always, for listening : ) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spoiler Alert! I don't know the answer to this question! BUT - even if we don't necessarily know where our thoughts come from, we can still make it an aim of our healing to deal skillfully with them. This is what we're exploring on the podcast today - what are the different categories of negative thoughts and what are some strategies for managing them, given that we don't want to deny our feelings and we don't want to over identify with them either. Tune in for a juicy exploration of a complex topic. And: if you have a question you've always wanted to process with a coach, you can submit it to me on my website: marywelch.com You can also check out my FREE guided meditation while you're there :) Thanks so much for listening to Love Notes From a Soul Coach! Catch you next time, Mary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Many of us have been experiencing what it's like to shift out of a kind of collective ignorance into deeper levels of awareness over the past few years. This is a process that can feel jarring and overwhelming at times - to be confronted by the enormity of what one does not know yet or fully comprehend. Both on the personal level and the sociopolitical one too. There is a lot of comfort to be found in one another sometimes, sharing this journey and the insights it brings, together. This is the aim of today's show - to reminder you, if you've been feeling alone inside the vortex of all the sweeping changes of recent years, that you're not alone. Not by a long shot! I'm sharing a personal piece of writing I put together over the July 4th holiday and reflecting on what it means to live through a time of spells breaking, veils lifting, identities and understandings changing. All while holding the paradoxes of life thoughtfully. Not trying to be one thing, resolutely, or another. Learning to leave room for 'bothness'. Thanks for being here! You can learn more about my work and listen to my FREE GUIDED MEDITATION for inner child healing at: marywelch.com Till next time friends! Mary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The art of letting something or someone go takes practice. Life gives us many opportunities but it's also important to consider ways of supporting ourselves, emotionally, through the process. I'm sharing some very personal stories from my life today as an example of what I've learned when it comes to holding on, letting go and finding the grace to acknowledge all the messy feelings along the way. I hope you'll tune into the conversation today! You can learn more about my work at: marywelch.com And share the journey on Instagram @marywelchofficial Thanks for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There is no way to grow and evolve without changing. And yet so many of us brace against change and wind up stunting our progress in life. What if we knew we could edit our stories? Toss the pages in the bin and begin again anytime we needed? When we regard ourselves as the author's of our own lives, we feel empowered to take chances. And that's where the magic is :) Tune in to episode 21 of Love Notes From a Soul Coach for a deeper look at what it means to embrace chance and change and not just achieve our goals but achieve contentment beyond the benchmark moments; engaged with the totality of our lives. Learn more about my work and offerings at: marywelch.com or on Instagram @marywelchofficial And get transcripts for each show via Medium (medium.com/@maryawelch) Thank you for listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices