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172. If You’re Exhausted From Trying to ...

Ryann Nicole
About this episode

Come hear what I have been avoiding saying for months... what losing control really taught me about feelings, fear, and how to start loosening your grip so you can enjoy your life again.

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Action Steps:

Control for me right now looks like _____

What am I really trying to protect myself from?

Name 3 ways continuing to control like this is robbing me of presence, ease, and joy.

What is ONE super tiny specific way I can loosen the grip just a bit this week?

 

TIMESTAMPS 

0:00 Why I avoided making this episode

2:00 – Postpartum struggle + identity crisis

6:00 – Control is really a feeling problem

8:00 – The cycle: how control shape-shifts when you avoid feeling

10:00 – Why we crave control

12:00 – What “I want control” really means

13:00 – How I started to loosen the grip and feel safe without control

14:30 – Fixing v Growing

16:30 – Why slow is hard but necessary

21:00 – The real question: what are you trying to avoid feeling

25:00 – Letting yourself feel, even when it’s uncomfortable

27:00 – Why fun and play are the point

29:00 – The next eight weeks: how we’ll do this together

30:00 – This week’s action steps

 

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ABOUT RYANN

I’m Ryann Nicole, a licensed therapist and certified nutritionist. I help people transform their relationship with food and break free from binge eating. My mission is to empower others to find mental peace, embrace balance, and live life unchained from food noise.

 

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