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⚠️ Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault

In this special Podcasthon episode of The FEEL Podcast, Tracy DeTomasi returns to discuss how Callisto is transforming campus sexual assault prevention through survivor-centered technology and trauma-informed advocacy. This innovative nonprofit is creating safer reporting options for survivors while addressing one of the most urgent issues affecting college campuses today.

Founded by Jess Ladd, Callisto developed a privacy-focused reporting platform that allows survivors to securely document sexual assault incidents in an encrypted system without immediately reporting to law enforcement. This approach gives individuals control, privacy, and time while navigating deeply personal decisions about reporting and healing.

Through Callisto’s matching technology, survivors may discover if the same perpetrator has harmed others—an important step in identifying repeat offenders and strengthening campus safety initiatives. Because many sexual assaults on college campuses involve repeat perpetrators, tools like this can empower survivors to come forward when they feel ready and supported.

In this conversation, Tracy explains how Callisto provides multiple pathways for survivor empowerment, including secure documentation of assaults, access to trained advocates, support navigating the Title IX reporting process, and resources for legal action, counseling, or personal healing. By prioritizing survivor autonomy and trauma-informed care, the organization helps individuals reclaim agency after sexual violence.

With millions of college students experiencing sexual assault each year and many cases going unreported due to fear, shame, or distrust of institutions, organizations like Callisto play a vital role in expanding survivor advocacy resources and advancing meaningful prevention efforts.

This episode explores sexual assault awareness, survivor empowerment, campus safety, and how technology for social good can help transform systems that have historically failed survivors.

If this conversation resonates with you, consider learning more, supporting the organization, or sharing these resources so more survivors can access the support they deserve.

Visit Callisto to explore: https://www.projectcallisto.org/

• Survivor support services

• Campus safety and advocacy resources

• Educational programs and research

• Volunteer and donation opportunities

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Breaking the Silence: How Callisto Is Empowering Survivors & Preventing Campus Sexual Assault with Tracy DeTomasi

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In this deeply moving episode of The FEEL Podcast, speaker and author Julie Barth shares her journey through grief, survivor’s guilt, and the long path toward emotional healing after losing her husband while raising young children. What began as survival mode eventually became a powerful exploration of generational trauma, self-worth, and reclaiming identity after loss.

Julie reflects on how grief and unresolved trauma can shape parenting, relationships, and the way we speak to ourselves. Through honest storytelling, she explores how emotional suppression, learned behaviors, and toxic relationship dynamics can quietly pass through generations until we choose to confront them. Her journey reveals the courage it takes to rebuild confidence, set healthy boundaries, and break cycles that no longer serve us.

We also discuss the hidden weight of survivor’s guilt and how grief recovery often requires redefining who you are beyond tragedy. Julie’s story is a reminder that healing generational cycles begins with awareness, compassion for our past selves, and the willingness to ask for support.

Her memoir, Notes From a Blackberry, explores this grief journey with raw honesty and poetic reflection, offering hope for anyone navigating trauma, loss, or self-doubt.

If you’ve experienced grief, emotional invalidation, toxic relationships, or the challenge of parenting while healing, this conversation offers validation, perspective, and encouragement to begin your own emotional healing journey.

You are allowed to heal out loud.



Reflection Questions/Ways To Engage

• How do others describe you?

• What labels have you accepted that may not truly belong to you?

• How would you describe yourself without outside influence?

Write down what no longer serves you and release it. Your voice and your story belong to you.



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#EmotionalHealing

#GriefJourney

#SurvivorsGuilt

#MentalHealthAwareness

#BreakingCycles

#SelfWorth

#HealingAfterLoss

#TraumaRecovery

#WomenEmpowerment

#PersonalGrowthJourney

#BoundariesMatter

#ParentingAfterLoss

#SelfDiscovery

#OvercomingAdversity

#EmotionalResilience

#MemoirAuthor

#HealingOutLoud



Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 2:29 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 6:35 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 19:37 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 24:09 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 32:37 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 37:46 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 45:44 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 51:17 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 56:11 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 57:05 )



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Breaking Generational Trauma, Survivor’s Guilt & Emotional Healing with Julie Barth

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If you’ve ever wondered how The FEEL Framework was born, this episode of The FEEL Podcast takes you behind the scenes with founder and host Melissa Crook. In this powerful conversation from a women’s empowerment podcast centered on intentional living, Melissa shares the origin story of the framework that has transformed conversations around personal growth for women, emotional wellness, authentic living, and women’s mental health.

Alongside original collaborators Valencia Saint-Louis and Abby Bekele, Melissa developed eight intentional talking points and three foundational key questions that now serve as guiding self-awareness questions for women seeking deeper clarity, confidence, and purpose. What began as a quiet inner calling eventually evolved into an intentional living framework designed to support women across every stage of their self-discovery journey.

This episode explores:

• The intentional creation of the FEEL Framework as a personal development resource
• Why mental health for women and emotional well-being require safe, intentional spaces
• How societal pressures, stereotypes, misogyny, and lived experiences shape the “layers” women carry
• The power of meaningful conversation as a tool for healing and self-love
• How the 8 Talking Points and 3 Key Questions support women’s personal development
• Why curiosity and intentional reflection are essential for mindset transformation
• How guided conversation strengthens emotional wellness tools and self-awareness
• Ways to reconnect with yourself and begin living your healthiest, most authentic life



Women are often conditioned to prioritize everyone else — family, career, relationships — while neglecting their own needs. This episode serves as both a reminder and a roadmap for women navigating their feminine growth journey: your layers matter, your story matters, and your growth deserves space.

Through the Embracing Layers Network, Melissa and her team continue cultivating an empowered women network and women’s wellness community where women can:

• Reclaim their identity

• Prioritize mental and physical health

• Embrace every season of life

• Step fully into authenticity• Strengthen confidence building and leadership development



Whether you’re just beginning your self-discovery journey or already deep in your personal growth work, this episode offers meaningful reflection prompts, mindset insights, and powerful inspiration for overcoming societal expectations and stepping into empowered living.


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It’s never too late to become the most aligned, confident, and empowered version of yourself.



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The FEEL Framework: Women’s Empowerment, Self-Discovery & Personal Growth Explained with Melissa Crook

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In this powerful personal growth conversation, Dr. Audrey Schnell joins us to explore how ambitious professionals can overcome self-doubt, break self-sabotage patterns, and redefine what success truly means. If you’ve struggled with imposter syndrome, burnout, or living according to external expectations, this episode offers mindset transformation tools to help you realign with your authentic self.

Audrey shares how emotional wellness and mental health awareness are foundational to sustainable success. True confidence isn’t built on achievement alone—it’s built through self-compassion, value alignment, and learning how to stop negative self-talk. Together, we unpack how high achievers can move from self-criticism to clarity by asking powerful questions: Who do I want to be? Does this align with my values? Am I choosing this life intentionally?

We also explore healing childhood trauma as an adult, offering grace to past versions of ourselves, and reframing failure as feedback. Language shapes identity. The way you speak to yourself directly impacts your resilience, confidence, and capacity for growth.

Success is personal. For Audrey, happiness equals success. When you are living aligned with your values and truth, you are already successful.



As she reminds us: your past does not define your present or future.

Reflection After Listening

• What does success mean to me?

• Does my current path reflect my values?

• Am I building a life I consciously chose?





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#PurposeDrivenLife



Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 2:34 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 10:52 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 14:04 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 30:22 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 36:42 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 43:11 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 55:45 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 56:23 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 1:01:13 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 1:03:43 )

Original Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis

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Reclaiming Your Power, Redefining Success & Breaking Free from Self-Doubt with Dr. Audrey Schnell

Support our work by becoming a Paid Substack Subscriber Here -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ [https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast]⁠⁠https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast⁠⁠ [https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]In this powerful episode of The FEEL Podcast, Melissa Crook delivers a transformational reminder rooted in women’s empowerment motivation: stop accepting the scraps and start choosing yourself.

Too often, women pour their energy, time, and emotional labor into everyone else — family, career, relationships, business — leaving themselves with whatever is left over. This women’s empowerment podcast episode challenges that pattern and explores what happens when you begin choosing yourself first instead of waiting until everyone else is satisfied.



Melissa dives deep into:

• Why building self-worth as a woman can feel uncomfortable• The fear of pushback when learning how to set healthy boundaries• How to stay consistent when others resist your growth• Why time management is self-respect — and how to value your time• How to stop people pleasing and start self-honoring• Practical steps for protecting your energy and reclaiming your calendar• Why investing in yourself prevents burnout before it happens• How choosing yourself first strengthens confidence and self-esteem growth



She also unpacks emotional boundaries in relationships, work-life balance for women, and how self-care and productivity must coexist if you want sustainable success. Protecting your peace is not selfish — it’s an empowered living strategy.

Melissa shares vulnerably that even as a life coaching for women professional who teaches confidence building and high value woman mindset principles, she sometimes faces the same struggles. Setting boundaries can feel uncomfortable, especially when people are used to you putting them first. But when you raise your standard and commit to personal growth mindset work, others eventually adjust.



This episode is your reminder:

Your time belongs to you.Your energy is valuable.Your work deserves proper compensation.Your relationships should reflect your worth.You don’t have to settle in your own life.



Take a look at your calendar. Are you honoring yourself — or accepting leftovers?

It’s time to:

✔ Invest in yourself✔ Ask for what you deserve✔ Protect your energy✔ Set healthy boundarie✔ Build unshakable confidence✔ Create a life aligned with your value



This is your permission slip.

No more scraps. Choose YOU.





#WomenEmpowerment#SelfWorth#HealthyBoundaries#ChooseYourself#ConfidenceBuilding#PeoplePleaserRecovery#LifeCoachingForWomen#PersonalGrowthJourney#IntentionalLiving#ProtectYourEnergy#EmpoweredWomen#WorkLifeBalance#MindsetShift#HighValueWoman#SelfCareMatters

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No More Accepting the Scraps, It’s Time to Choose YOU: Self-Worth, Boundaries & Women’s Empowerment with Melissa Crook

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In this powerful episode, Angela Iacobellis joins us for an honest conversation about emotional wellness, self-care for women, and how to stop people pleasing without guilt. Through personal stories and practical insight, we explore what it means to live unapologetically while protecting your mental health and building resilience.

Angela shares how fitness became more than physical training—it became emotional release. From strength training and running to meditation and mindful breathing, she explains how movement supports anxiety relief, stress regulation, and the mind-body connection. During her mother’s cancer treatment, she experienced firsthand how emotional stress lives in the body—and how intentional self-care creates clarity, stability, and strength during family illness.

We also unpack the “24-hour rule” for decision making, a powerful strategy for women who struggle with overcommitting. Instead of automatically saying yes, pause. Assess your emotional capacity. Ask whether the request aligns with your goals. Protecting your boundaries is not selfish—it’s burnout prevention.

This episode is for women navigating personal growth, healing emotionally through movement, and learning how to build healthy boundaries rooted in self-awareness and emotional intelligence. Empowerment begins within—through forgiveness, resilience, and choosing yourself without apology.



Ways to Engage:

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or emotionally stuck, try moving the emotion through your body: walk, lift weights, stretch, meditate, or take ten intentional minutes for yourself. Your well-being deserves space.



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Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 4:16 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 7:04 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 10:01 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 15:13 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 21:35 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 34:40 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 41:41 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 46:58 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 1:00:33 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 1:02:41 )

Original Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis

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Women, Boundaries & Emotional Wellness: How to Stop People Pleasing and Prioritize Self-Care with Angela Iacobellis

Support our work by becoming a Paid Substack Subscriber Here -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ [https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast]⁠https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast⁠ [https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]In this powerful solo episode of The FEEL Podcast, Melissa Crook dives deeper into the transformative FEEL Framework — a personal development framework and women’s empowerment podcast conversation designed for women who are tired of performing, perfecting, and people-pleasing.

If you've ever felt burned out, overextended, or disconnected from who you truly are, this episode will help you move from doing to being, from chasing external validation to authentic living rooted in your values. Through practical burnout recovery strategies and value-based decision making, Melissa offers a grounded path back to self-worth and identity.



Melissa unpacks her North Star Core Positioning and explains how the FEEL Framework supports self-leadership for women who are ready to:

• Reclaim their identity beyond roles and titles• Build healthy boundaries for women without guilt or apology• Lead with confidence without arrogance• Align daily decisions with personal values• Practice holistic wellness for women — integrating mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and relational health• Stop self-betrayal and strengthen self-trust



This episode explores how to stop people pleasing, how to prevent burnout before it takes over, and how emotional and mental alignment shape the way women show up in leadership, relationships, and personal growth.

This isn’t about hustle culture or checking more boxes. It’s about unapologetic living — leading with clarity, confidence, and embodied choice.



🔑 Key Themes in This Episode:

✨ Identity Over ProductivityYou are more than your to-do list. Grounding yourself in identity over productivity builds sustainable confidence, purpose, and self-worth.



✨ Liberation Through BoundariesHealthy boundaries are not walls — they are bridges to deeper relationships, energy protection, and sustainable success. Learn practical tools for communicating limits while maintaining integrity.



✨ Embodied WholenessMental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health are interconnected. Alignment across these areas reduces burnout and supports long-term personal growth for women.



✨ The FEEL TestBefore saying yes, ask:
Does this align with how I want to feel in the next six months?
A simple but powerful filter for empowered, value-based decision making.



💡 What You’ll Walk Away With

• A clearer understanding of self-leadership for women• Tools to prevent burnout and overperformance• Confidence to show up without shrinking• A framework for women reclaiming identity• Practical reflection questions you can apply immediately



If you’re ready to stop living from cultural expectations and start living from alignment, this episode is your reminder:

You are valuable.You are worthy.And you get to choose.





#WomenEmpowerment#SelfLeadership#HealthyBoundaries#AuthenticLiving#HolisticWellness#BurnoutRecovery#SelfWorth#PersonalGrowth#MindsetShift#WomenInLeadership#LifeAlignment#SelfTrust#ValueBasedLiving#EmpoweredWomen#MentalWellness



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Reclaiming Your Identity: The FEEL Framework for Self-Leadership, Healthy Boundaries & Unapologetic Living

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In this empowering episode, Dr. Corinne Auman—author of Keenagers: Telling a New Story about Aging—joins us to challenge ageism in society and redefine what it truly means to grow older as a woman. Together, we unpack how outdated narratives around beauty, ambition, and success shape women’s confidence and self-worth at every stage of life.

From workplace age discrimination to social media comparison culture, Dr. Auman explains how internalized ageism quietly limits potential—and how shifting from judgment to curiosity opens the door to reinvention. We explore midlife reinvention, female confidence at any age, and why aging is not decline, but possibility.

This conversation is especially meaningful for women navigating milestone pressure, questioning societal timelines, or redefining personal growth after 50. Through powerful stories of individuals launching businesses, traveling the world, and starting new chapters later in life, Dr. Auman reframes aging as a privilege—one that deserves visibility, respect, and celebration.

Aging is not something to fear. It’s something to honor.



Key Reflections:

• You are not behind—growth has no universal timeline.

• Social media often distorts what success and beauty look like.

• Challenging internalized ageism begins within.

• Women deserve empowerment, representation, and value at every age.

• Reinvention is always available to you.



#Ageism #WomenEmpowerment #HealthyAging #UnapologeticWomen #PersonalGrowth #SelfDevelopment #MidlifeWomen #FemaleLeadership #ConfidenceAtAnyAge #AgingGracefully #BreakTheStereotype #SocialMediaMindset #WomenSupportingWomen #DiversityAndInclusion #MindsetShift #EmpoweredWomen #ReinventYourself #LifeAfter50 #Keenagers #PodcastLife



Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 3:30 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 8:23 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 11:10 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 19:36 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 28:42 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 37:33 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 43:20 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 48:27 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 50:56 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 51:58 )

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Breaking Ageism & Redefining What It Means to Age with Dr. Corinne Auman

Support our work by becoming a Paid Substack Subscriber Here -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast]https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast⁠⁠ [https://substack.com/@thefeelpodcast%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]In this empowering solo episode of The FEEL Podcast, host Melissa Crook breaks down the core messaging and guiding pillars of the FEEL Framework — a transformative personal growth framework designed to support self-worth for women, embodied leadership, and intentional self-leadership for women who are ready to live with clarity and agency.

Melissa shares the deeper why behind the phrases you’ve heard her repeat:

“You are worthy. You are valuable. And you get to choose.”

These are not affirmations rooted in performance or productivity. They are grounding truths meant to restore identity and self-worth, strengthen self-trust and confidence, and guide women back into alignment with their values and purpose.

This episode explores how to move from reactive living to responsive leadership, why inner work and healing are foundational to sustainable empowerment, and how understanding your inherent value reshapes the way you show up in relationships, work, and the world. Through this lens, women and personal development become less about hustle and more about wholeness.



Melissa walks listeners through:

• How to identify your own core values and embrace values-based living• Why worth is rooted in being, not doing• The power of pause, reflection, and self-awareness practices• Shifting from productivity-driven identity to harmony and embodied leadership• Reframing boundaries and self-care as acts of self-choice and self-fulfillment• Why emotions are not problems to fix, but invitations that build emotional intelligence• How embodied choice strengthens agency, alignment, and authentic leadership





At its heart, the FEEL Framework offers a radical reimagining of wellness and leadership for women who are tired of performing, perfecting, and pleasing. It challenges the pressure to hustle and instead encourages women to reclaim their agency and live from intention.

This episode invites you into a mindset shift — grounded in values, guided by awareness, and rooted in empowerment.

✨ If you’re craving alignment and purpose, clarity, and a reminder of who you truly are, this conversation is for you.



#SelfWorth#WomenEmpowerment#SelfLeadership#PersonalGrowth#WomenInLeadership#EmotionalWellness#InnerWork#EmbodiedLeadership#MindsetShift#SelfTrust#ValuesBasedLiving#HealingJourney#AuthenticLiving#EmpoweredWomen#ChooseYourself

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You Are Worthy, You Are Valuable, and You Get to Choose: A Self-Leadership Framework for Women with Melissa Crook

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Trigger Warning: Abuse

In this powerful episode, we sit with Amanda J. Scott—author, advocate, and survivor—for an honest conversation about reclaiming your voice after emotional and financial abuse. After spending 17 years in a marriage marked by isolation and control, Amanda shares how breaking the silence became essential to her healing and her journey back to herself.

Amanda reflects on how core values can act as a compass when rebuilding self-worth after trauma, and why women healing from emotional abuse need safe, affirming relationships to remind them they are not alone. This conversation highlights the life-saving impact of women supporting women, the importance of boundaries, and what it looks like to stop tolerating disrespect in the name of love.

We also explore the courage it took for Amanda to tell her story in her book, Finding My Way Back To Me, chronicling the moment she chose to leave her abusive marriage and reclaim her identity. By embracing every layer of herself, Amanda found resilience, empowerment, and the strength to live authentically—modeling self-respect and healthy relationships for her daughters.

This episode is a reminder that women’s stories matter, healing after abuse is possible, and it’s never too late to choose yourself.

As Amanda beautifully says: “It’s never too late to come home to yourself.”

Ways to Engage:

Ask yourself:

• What does love look like for me?

• What does a healthy relationship look like to me?

Answer honestly, without comparison or expectation, and allow yourself to begin living those answers.



Resources:

National Domestic Violence Hotline

Call: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

Text: START to 88788

Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness

StopRelationshipAbuse.org



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#DomesticViolenceAwareness

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#HealingAfterAbuse

#TraumaInformed

#HealthyRelationships

#WomenEmpowerment

#FindingYourVoice

#SelfWorth

#LeavingAbuse

#UnapologeticLiving

#Resilience

#BreakingTheSilence

#MentalHealthAwareness

#WomenHealing

#ReclaimYourLife



Timestamps:

Prioritizing Self Care - ( 3:02 )

Confidently Setting Boundaries - ( 8:32 )

Taking Care of Your Emotional Health as much as Your Physical Health - ( 10:38 )

Support self & other women unapologetically - ( 18:05 )

Coming Back to Your WHY and Your VALUES - ( 23:06 )

Living Out of Your Own Expectations - ( 25:33 )

Accepting the Layered Aspects of Yourself - ( 29:10 )

Living out FEEL, how does it affect your relationships - ( 30:51 )

5 Activities That Nourish You - ( 34:52 )

5 Words for How You Want to Feel in the Next Six Months - ( 38:56 )

Original Music by Rio & Valencia Saint-Louis

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Finding Your Voice After Emotional and Financial Abuse with Amanda J. Scott

A podcast that helps women at any age, but especially 20 somethings, prioritize self-care without feelings of guilt or selfishness, set healthy boundaries in jobs, activities, and relationships, and deal with all emotions and feelings fully and in a healthy way so they don't get stuck in their body and produce physical and emotional problems down the road. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefeelpodcast/support

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