It’s a SOLO episode friends, and we are going all over the place today! We talk about the idea of “fake it till you make it”, what it used to mean for us and what it means to us NOW, using a fake it till you make it mentality as a mechanism to pump yourself up and channel the energy you want to feel, and not wanting to push through and put on a face anymore. We cover the layers of AUTHENTICITY, the pressures social media and imposter syndrome, the correlation of showing up authentically and confidence, how everyone’s “authentic” looks different ( and it should!!), and why we feel authenticity is a bit of a buzzword right now.  We open up about what “listening to your gut” feels like for us, why you need to build trust with yourself to tap into your intuition and how our experiences shape our responses. 
We are flipping the script on SELF CARE, how social media is turning self care into a comparison game, why we view self care as an “extra” instead of the little necessary things, why our self care may not be yours. We chat the power of the phrases "I get to" and "I choose to", the martyrdom of motherhood, taking back the "little things" and why we are channelling big Grandma energy.  We cover the importance of investing in yourself, HOW we are currently investing in us, the FREE and low cost ways you can - and ARE investing in yourself daily and why setting boundaries is an important piece of doing so. 

PLUS: 
-Megan shares her personal struggle with distinguishing excitement and anxiety as a trauma response, and the journey of allowing herself to feel excitement without anticipating what will go wrong. 
-CJ opens up about battling perfectionism, how she’s actively working to let go and shed the things that hinder her, and the layers of perfectionism and the vulnerability that happens from self awareness.
-Erikas favourite self care methods and why she champions the simple things being the most important self care. 

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