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Dec 2024
41m 11s

S09|19 - My Self-Help Journey

Crystal the Parenting Coach
About this episode

My healing journey included a ton of books, research, guides, teachers (and time) that all dropped in just when I needed them (less of self-help and more of a community project I guess!). I don’t even recognize the self that I was 5 years ago- negative attachment patterns, emotional dysregulation, indecision and overwhelm. But even when I had changed so much of that 2-3 years ago, I was still stuck in “hustle” and tapped out of my own inner wisdom. Time doesn’t heal all wounds- but time spent healing, heals. And my favourite reminder before you listen in: Healing is remembering… you aren’t broken. You never were. Healing is the process of coming back to that Truth. 

Join me in my new 1:1 coaching container for 12 months, and see what kind of life you can create through intuition, manifestation and trust: www.coachcrystal.ca/miracle (I’m also closing down my one-off open coaching session hours starting in January. I have several still open for December HERE). 

In this episode: 

  • What my own childhood and teenage-hood looked like (and how I was driven by people-pleasing and external validation, without knowing it)
  • My parenting and relationship journey: small shifts to big shifts, and how I saw a 180-degree difference in my kids’ behaviours too. 
  • How CBT and thought-work based modalities only took me so far, the further inner work was needed to see real change (like how I don’t EVER yell anymore, without trying!) 
  • Moving from hustle, marketing strategy and tactics and self-doubt in my business to intuition, manifestation and trust (everything is working out for my good).
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