101: REAL Self Love with Dr. Andrea Pennington
If you struggle with perfectionism, striving, hustle and believing that if you just achieved X,Y or Z then you would feel happy, this is ONE EPISODE YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!
Today's guest, Dr. Andrea Pennington has been a sought-after media personality for over twenty years, She has shared her empowering wellness advice on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Dr. Oz Show, CNN, the Today Show, and as a news anchor for Discovery Health Channel. She is also a featured teacher on the Insight Timer app.
Dr. Andrea is also leader of The #RealSelfLove Movement, a comprehensive online community offering free resources designed to empower you to heal the inner child, reprogram your subconscious mind, transform from victim to hero and rewrite your life story.
Dr. Andrea brings her unique nerdy blend of medical science, positive psychology and mindfulness meditation to empower you to show up authentically, love passionately and live orgasmically. She facilitates a variety of workshops around the world which promote holistic healing, resilience, trauma recovery and self-love using trauma-informed positive psychology.
In this episode we go deep into Dr. Andrea's 5 step REAL selflove process and she shares candidly about her own healing journey and what she had to go through in order to start loving the woman in the mirror.
This work can often feel heavy, as so much of it is about grieving the childhood's many of us never got to have. Our parents are not perfect. They often wound us. And that can be a hard notion to accept because what happens when we are faced with that truth? Dr. Andrea shares with us some insightful tips to navigate the grief that often arises as a result of our relationship with our parents.
Listen to Learn:
The definition of REAL self love
Some of the best boundaries you can set for yourself while working on your self love
The five steps to REAL self love
The difference between spiritual bypassing (toxic positivity) and allowing ourselves to ride the wave of a feeling
How to not get swept away by your emotions
AND SO MUCH MORE.....
“Lack of self love is what drove my perfectionism and compulsive need to prove myself.” ~Andrea Pennington
“Even when I had the big successful career, the car, the expense account and the fame, I was still feeling inadequate.” ~Andrea Pennington
“I had a fundamental belief that I am not worthy of love or attention unless I’m doing, performing or achieving.” ~Andrea Pennington
LINKS:
COMING HOME TO YOU WORKSHOP
How to escape victim mentality
3 Keys to Become the Hero in Your Life
Guided Meditation Series