I hit my goal of 5 episodes for the year and now I'm off the the races -- 2 episodes in one month!

In this episode I yap about a recent dating experience that helped show me how much my feeling my feelings practice has increased my capacity for discomfort 😀. I share about some books I've been loving, my subconscious fears around dating from the deepest fear inventory exercise in Existential Kink, my new flower remedy I've just started, a fun family realization that came out of the aforementioned dating scenario, and I celebrate some wins! Get cozy for this girly catch up sesh.

Thanks for rocking with me for 25 episodes 🥳

I mention:

• Existential Kink by Carolyn Lovewell
• What Now? with Trevor Noah: Neuro-Spicy: Discussing ADHD with Dr. Kristin Carothers
• How To Be Dateable by Julie Krafchick and Yue Xu
• The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
• Alexis Smart's Flower Remedy Beauty Formula #9
• The Life Coach School Podcast with Brook Castillo
• Lymphatic Drainage video on instagram

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• IG: @BrightlySika_
• www.BrightlySika.com
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• In the DMV area? Join Cozy Growth Book Club!

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In todays solo episode, I go over the practice I've been using to actually feel my feelings over the past couple of months. So often, we think we're feeling our feelings when really we're intellectualizing them. Actually feeling them is a somatic experience that happens in the body, not the mind.

I share the benefits of cultivating a feeling your feelings practice and how growing your capacity for feelings creates courage and leads to us being able to do brave things that get us closer to our dream life!

I mentioned:

• Take Back your Brain by Kara Loewenthile
• Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy
• Existential Kink by Carolyn Lovewell
• Welcoming the Unwelcome by Pema Chodron
• Bella Lively's Sophia Sessions and Bean Bag release
• Alexis Smart's Whole Hearted Flower Remedy
• The Life Coach School Podcast with Brook Castillo
• Armchair Expert Podcast

Connect with me!

• IG: @BrightlySika_
• www.BrightlySika.com
• Want advice? Submit a conundrum for an upcoming advice episode
• Want coaching support? Reach out for a free coaching consult!
• In the DMV area? Join Cozy Growth Book Club!

Thanks for listening! ❤️

In this episode, I’m joined for the THIRD time by our ~unofficial~ resident astrologer, Camille Michelle Gray. This time to chat about the wild and wacky current astrology we're living in: the Virgo/Pisces Eclipses, Mercury retrograde, Venus Retrograde, Neptune entering Aries, and how we can all care for ourselves in the midst of all of it.

I love Camille's approach to astrology because she never harps on the doom and gloom, she gives us tools and shows us the path to extract whatever lesson the moment is teaching us.

During our chat, we go over what eclipses are and the current eclipses affecting us, we dig into the 8th house (once again), she shares how to make the best use of mercury rx and venus rx, she goes over the upcoming astrology of the next 3 months leading up to summer and she generously goes through each rising sign and shares how each can plan to care for themselves through the themes of the current eclipses (which will be felt for the next 6 months!!).

We mentioned:

• Camille’s first episode: Ep. 4. Astrology 101 with Camille Michelle Gray
• Camille's second episode: Ep 19. Astrology 201
• Find your chart on astro.com, astro-charts.com or on Chani Nicholas
• Bella Lively - Inner Voice journaling
• Everything Happens for a Reason by Mira Kirshenbaum
  
  

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• camillemichellegray.com
• IG: @millymichelle
• G: @BrightlySika_
• Ease & Grow Website – www.brightlysika.com/ease-and-grow-podcast
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In this episode, I chat with Atim Bassey, LCSW-C, an amazing therapist and my real life cousin (lucky me!).

We talk about her journey to becoming a therapist -- from case management to being a functional family therapist and now having her own private practice. How to know if your therapy relationship is working, What inspired her to recommend the book Codependent No More to me, the experience that taught me to be less passive aggressive, how to break a codependent cycle, and how to create healthy boundaries -- especially emotionally.

I hope this sheds light on any codependent patterns you may notice in yourself and gives you a first step to help liberate you from the pain it can cause.

We mention:

• Codependent No More by Melody Beattie
• The Codependency Recovery Plan: A 5-Step Guide to Understand, Accept, and Break Free from the Codependent Cycle by Krystal Mazzola Wood, LMFT

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• Atim's Psychology Today Page
• IG: @BrightlySika_
• Ease & Grow Website – www.brightlysika.com/ease-and-grow-podcast
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In this episode I share a recent experience, personal diary style, that brought me face to face with a personal pattern that I recognized was holding me back in 2024. I share my intention for 2025 and the words guiding me this year and breakdown of what key elements lead to a fulfilling life (in my humble opinion). Enjoy the show!

I mention:

• Self-Love in Full Bloom Girly Galentines Event in Alexandria VA on Feb 23
• Failing Forward by John Maxwell
• Secrets of Six-figure Women by Barbara Stanny
• Libby app
• Momentum Magic Group Coaching - feel free to sign up for the next cohort!

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• IG: @BrightlySika_
• Ease & Grow Website – www.brightlysika.com/ease-and-grow-podcast
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In this solo warm up episode, I share where I've been for the past couple of years. I'm excited to be back after some curveballs during my own Saturn Return!

I mentioned:

• Ep 19: Astrology 201 with Camille Michelle Gray 💫: Surviving your Saturn Return and the 12 Houses
• The Pattern App
• Momentum Magic Group Coaching Sign Up form - We start January 27th!
• New Instagram: @BrightlySika_
• Write into my advice column in this form!
• Get semi-monthly love notes in your inbox - Sign up for Bright Musings
  
  

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• Ease & Grow Website – www.brightlysika.com/ease-and-grow-podcast
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In this episode, I’m joined again by our ~unofficial~ resident astrologer, Camille Gray, to chat about Saturn Returns and the 12 houses of astrology. Saturn Returns are times in our lives where we typically face significant change and transformation.

During our chat, we cover the gamut of what a Saturn return is, how Saturn behaves in different kinds of charts, how to figure out the theme of your specific Saturn return, the themes of each of the 12 houses, what it means to have an empty house, and we answer listener questions! (Join the fun over on IG (@easeandgrowpod) if you ever want to submit questions for an upcoming episode) Full shownotes: https://rb.gy/vv5m1d

Camille also generously shares the details of her Saturn return in Capricorn which was highly transformational. With my Saturn in Aquarius, mine started in March of this year and goes direct in December. I’ll be sure to keep you posted on my transformations as they come!

We mentioned:

• Black Widow movie
• Episode 15: Balancing it all as a Multi-Passionate Creative with Yuan Q.
• Listen to Camille’s first episode: Ep. 4. Astrology 101 with Camille Michelle Gray
• Tarot meanings website: Psychic Revelations
• www.Saturnreturnstories.com
• Camille’s blog in Zora: Fortune Favors the Bold: Mars in Leo Predictions
• www.Zora.medium.com

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• camillemichellegray.com
• IG: @millymichelle
• Twitter: @millymichelle
• IG: @Easeandgrowpod
• Ease & Grow Website – www.brightlysika.com/ease-and-grow-podcast
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In this episode, I chat with Joyful Living Coach, Intuitive, Ayurvedic practitioner, and Capricorn sun, Pitta-Kapha dosha, Christine Miura. After having a wonderful Ayurvedic reading with her in May, I knew I had to have her on the show to share her wisdom. Full shownotes: https://rb.gy/jt2xv4

We discuss her background, how she learned about her intuitive gifts and discovered Ayurveda, and we run through the Dosha types and how they present themselves. We also discuss the importance of self-acceptance as a way to heal the collective, parenting styles and allowing children to express all of their emotions, the societal shift from masculine to the divine feminine, how to use food as medicine, the importance of connecting to our breath, and so much more!

I hope this teaches you something new about yourself and how to better relate to the people in your life!

We mention:

• Ayurveda (Idiot’s Guides) by Sahara Rose
• Episode 13: Call a Friend with Eliza Rodrigs
• Find out your Ayurvedic Dosha type (Banyan Botanical quiz)
• Man's Eternal Quest by Parmahansa Yogananda
• Metaphysical meditations by Parmahansa Yogananda

Connect with us:

• Christinemiura@gmail.com
• Facebook: Christine Miura
• Instagram: @miurachristine
• @Easeandgrowpod
• Ease & Grow Website
• Pod Suggestion Box! – let me know what you want to hear!
• Leave us a rating & review!

Thanks for listening! ❤️