Fair warning - we've left in allllll of the utter nonsense of our normal conversations in. We lost count of how many times we lost our train of thought!

Yet somehow through it all, we end up having a rather robust conversation on self-awareness. How did we get there, how does it show up in our lives and tips on how to improve it...

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CONTENT WARNING: Child s*x abuse

Sam & Jess individually met Lena in Roxby Downs over 10yrs ago, and we were so excited to reunite for this epic pod floor chat. Lena now lives on a BOAT (from the desert to the ocean - talk about extremes!) and spends her time pushing herself through her limits emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually so that she can serve community through the embodiment of her work as an educator across a holistic range of human centric practices. Lena is a certified (twice!) teacher in tantric principals, a registered counsellor, certified coach and personal trainer who works with people on their holistic wellness goals, teaching from a place of personal embodiment of her work. Find Lena on Instagram at @ljbholisticcoaching

Sam & Jess x

Sam shares her internal journey of cultivating self love through the development of self awareness. Calling out the problem in focusing on the external results (over 40kg of weight loss) as the focal point, cautious of contributing to body image issues caused by the 'before and after' process often perceived as 'good and bad', whilst acknowledging the power of using photos & imagery in bringing people into a conversation about achieving sustainable health. What a head fuck!

Ever see a human out in the wild and think "I reckon I'd be mates with that person if we got to know each other!"? Well, Sam did, and so she decided to reach out to Tiff and see whether she'd like to come chat on the pod in a live demonstration of 'making friends as adults', haha! Another experiment in giving ourselves permission to be our weird, awkward, authentic selves.

Tiff Cook is the host of Roll With The Punches, a podcast Sam has been following for a while now, which hosts incredible conversations with fascinating guests about all things life, growth & learning and .. well, a bit like what we're doing here at I Hear You.

If you can make it through the clunky editing job at the beginning of this chat (remember, we're fumbling proudly), I hope you enjoy listening to some banter and feel inspired to give yourself permission to reach out to that person you've been friend ogling, and live your authentic, natural, best adult friendship life!

Life's too short not to surround yourself with people you think will help you to learn, laugh and live better with.

Sam x

Unconditional Positive Regard - well that’s a mouthful!

So what is it? And why does it matter?

It’s all about accepting and valuing someone, no matter what - totally up our alley.

Sam & Jess chat about what relationships feel like with and without it, unconditional positive regard vs unconditional love and how important it is to have a safe space to fall into.

Big loves and cuddles after this one x

Cheeky little mid-week ep, triggered by the media controversy surrounding Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.

READ: Imane is NOT the controversy, the behaviour of everyday humans vilifying her is.

WARNING: Lots of swearing, energy {rage} level eleventy-hundred.

Moral of this long winded, waffled on story: let's be kind.

When confronted with 'juicy news', can we learn to pause, get curious and seek more understanding before blindly joining the angry mob?

We, the people, ARE the news.

Let's stop enabling the media to damage lives by playing their game. It's old, it's boring, it's embarrassing.

Sam & Jess x

CONTENT WARNING - This ep contains discussions about suicide and death.

We're discussing controversial opinions! Here's some potentially odd things we think:

- If you still hang out with the same group of friends that you've had since high school, I'm doubting your emotional growth

- A formal education should not be a requirement for most jobs

- Euthanasia should be available for suicide

- I'm not proud to be Australian

Woah - that's sounds so harsh without all the extra explanations that go with them. You better go have a listen!