Jaysus, I feel as if I’ve birthed a child! I am thrilled to announce that I have launched my very own podcast! I present to you “The Baggage Reclaim Sessions“. It’s a weekly podcast where I’ll be sharing inspiration, practices and stories, for living and loving with healthy self-esteem.
Em (my husband) has been on my case to do a podcast for ages and combined with guesting on my local radio station each month, I realised that I love gassing away but also that there’s a real need for Baggage Reclaim to have this show.
I must admit that launching the podcast has stretched me. Stretched the hell out of me.
Doing something big and new has meant that I was overthinking things for a bit, trying to work out the “perfect” show and trying to figure out how the hell to do it.
I kept buying this and that piece of equipment, and then it would arrive, and I’d be stressing about how to use it so things would go on the long finger. So… I planned it all, booked to record at the radio station and it fell through! Someone had man flu. I could have panicked, but something else kicked into gear. Thanks to my friend’s husband, the brilliant musician Si Cranstoun, who sat me down, talked me through what the hell I’d bought but also gave me loads of great advice, I stopped worrying about how to record and got on with it. I then called up my little brother and asked him to put all of that equipment in his dark bedroom to use and put the recordings together for me. He also created the music for it as well. That’s something else I’ve had to do a lot of– ask for help!
The funny thing about inner critics is that they love to play the ‘ole switcheroo. When I hadn’t recorded yet, it would pipe up about it. Once I recorded, it piped up then too. I thanked it for its opinion and let it know that I’ve “got this”. It’s like the bait and switch that I talk about in Mr Unavailable and the Fallback Girl. You can’t win!
Anyway! Each week I’ll do three segments where I cover topics around empowering you to discover and reclaim the great you that already exists, offloading excess emotional baggage, and navigating dating, interpersonal relationships and tricky situations.
I’ll also feature a listener question plus I’ll share something from that week that has helped me to know and care for me better.
How do you know when you’re ready to date?: I talk about what can happen when you move too quickly or too fast and about how to find the middle ground with four key things to consider.
The self-care practice of Unsent Letters: Why Unsent Letters are transformative and the typical barriers to wanting to write out your feelings and why they exist. You can sign up for the free Unsent Letter Guide to help you along.
How do you know if you’re doing something for the wrong reasons? What are our motivations when we do good things for the wrong reasons and how to home in on whether you’re doing something with a hidden agenda.
Listener Question – How do you calm down negative chatter? Some quick tips for getting mindful when you experience things that set off a negative train of thought.
What Nat Learned This Week: I got ‘hangry’ (hungry and angry) and it reminded me of some vital lessons about self-care. You can read about the conference that I mention here.
You can listen to this podcast below.
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Leave a comment or post on Facebook, and please, if you enjoy it, subscribe. If you know someone who would enjoy it, please help spread the word. It all helps. Listener questions can be emailed to podcast AT baggagereclaim DOT com. If there’s a topic you’d love me to talk about, let me know!
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Thank you Natalie! I’m soooo happy this is here. Im listening now!! 🙂
You’re very welcome and thank you! xx
Please put on iTunes!!
It’s on iTunes now Hannah: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-baggage-reclaim-sessions/id1032835304?mt=2 x
It’s available on iTunes now 🙂
Congrats Natalie on your progress & success. I am a woman you have helped! Love you!
PS: I’m going to check it out.
Ah thank you Angelface. Sending you big hugs.
Great show and congratulations Nat! The first and last segments of the show really hit home for me. I’ve been working hard on changing old patterns thanks to this website, though I’ve failed every now and then, I am more much aware of my self and my feelings.
Thank you truthinclarity. It’s great to talk about this subjects on a different outlet. Self-awareness and self-knowledge is so empowering and they break patterns. It’s when you lack self-awareness and are operating unconsciously that you keep the pattern going. You are already changing yours.
I love your newsletters. I love your books. I love your courses. And now I love your podcast! You have been such an amazing help to me, Natalie. I’m so happy you’re growing, expanding, becoming more successful – and reaching more people to help. Thank you for all you’ve done for me. Good luck to your fantastic podcast!
Oh wow – thank you Rita! This feels like a really exciting part of my journey and I’m very fortunate to have you all along with me for the ride.
a congratulations is in order Natalie! I am so happy for your growth and success!
Thank you ljsrmissy! xx
Congratulations, Natalie! Thank you for all you do!
Thank you Veracity! xx
I have just listened and it was fantastic a bit painful but needed!!
Hi, DebbieB. Just wanted to say I can relate…..
At times, the things I read on the Baggage Reclaim site were so painful I had to walk away from my laptop. It is true that healing begins when we locate the site of pain.
I never even considered writing an unsent letter, until I listened to the podcast. I realize I am so out of touch with what I am angry about that I believed I was a person who didn’t have any unresolved “angry”. I thought my anger was of the moment – he/she did this/that to me OR did not do this/that for me.
But….I don’t know why…the podcast helped me realize my anger is present in things that I was not allowed to express or the message that I got early on that I was not allowed to BE exceptional in my sphere. I am a supportive person, always cheering others on. But I’ve noticed that there is a type of person that makes me feel envy – it is a person who always feels OK about achieving their dreams. Who never hesitates for one moment, who seems to never be found thinking, “that’s not something I can do”. For whatever reason, whether they had an innate belief in themselves, or they were encouraged and had good mentorship…whatever…it never occurred to them that they should NOT try.
With me, it ALWAYS occurs to me that I should NOT try. And I think my anger has been that the “Don’t Think You Can Do That” message was instilled in me by my parents, and reinforced by my sibling who got jealous about any achievements I had, and was supported in that thinking by parents who hid my report cards and withheld praise from me. I remember being told “don’t fish for compliments” at the dinner table. So somewhere, a little girl wanted acknowledgement, even tried begging for it, and was chastised for it.
So…I have found that I DO need to write an Unsent Letter. And I am subscribing, even though I don’t know how to do the whole podcast thing yet, but I’ll check it out.
This really resonated with me Elgie so thank you. My relationship with anger has changed over the last decade. Like you, I was not allowed to express anger so I got very used to putting a lid on things. It used to take me a while to feel angry. I’ve found that when family have let me down in recent years, it’s brought up old feelings that I’d forgotten about, so it’s turned out to be a good thing that they pissed me off 😉 Be a good friend to you and start allowing you to have that freedom of expression. The permission can have a profound effect.
Glad you enjoyed it even with the painful parts! 😉 Thank you! xx
Hey, big up for this! Much needed indeed. Really value your direct, action based approach. Been on a pity parade all year following a painful divorce. The unsent letters have been tough, hence their value. Keep up the great work!
Hi Sunny. It takes time to recover from a divorce and it’s unsurprising that it’s hit you hard. Before you can get to consistently feeling those nourishing feelings, you have to acknowledge the pain. Only then can you really truly move forward. Keep going with the Unsent Letters and thank you xx
Just listened! It was great! I am currently on a 90 day dating hiatus. I am half way to my end date, which isn’t set in stone and may need to be extednded. But taking this time has already been so beneficial. Your poscast reiterated this need to me. I am not ready to date as I am working on trusting my judgement. I am going to try and write an unsent letter! Thanks for the advice.
Hi Sissy26. As you know, I’m a firm believer in the dating hiatus so it’s heartwarming to hear that not only are you doing it but you’re open to listening to you so that you can discern what the timeframe needs to be for you.
Thank you xx
Fantastic podcast. Thank you!
Thank you Sparkle xx
Brilliant Podcast Natalie!
Thank you for all your wise words and excellent advice, your posts/books have been an enormous help whilst recovery from a toxic relationship.
Thank you for Baggage Reclaim..
Thank you K! Keep on striving and thriving xx
My phone is acting up, so I will have to check up from another medium. Anyhow, CONGRATULATIONS! You are awesome, and I’m so thankful for how much you have helped, and continue to help me!!! 🙂
Ah thanks Tiffrbug– my pleasure. I hope that you enjoyed the show xx
Natalie,
Awesome is the best way to describe your first podcast. WOW. I sat back with my pillow propped behind me and just listened. Your voice (delivery) was very calming. The content was so engaging and thought provoking.
This is obviously your calling. You have taken the challenges life has hurled your way and turned it into a way to help others. In doing so it appears that it has transformed your life. This is your passion.
The podcast was helpful and I will subscribe. I enjoyed the format (loved the background music) everything is so professionally done. I would only expect it to be this way coming from YOU. I loved the format with the question about how to calm negative chatter.
I really found the part about tips on knowing when you are ready to date again helpful. Just as you described I have been in a state of feeling paralyzed. After being betrayed I question everything now. Similar to what Noquay described I have double barbed wire (with a twist) set up as my boundaries. I was royally screwed over. So, naturally I am going to protect myself. This was so helpful and gave me a new way to look at things.
Your brother Shawn/Sean did a great job with supporting you on the podcast. Everyone involved help make this a first class podcast. Loved it. Please come to New York City -Manhattan and do a workshop. Oh, and please make sure you eat first (SMILE). We can all have cocktails and SHOP after. This is all apart of emotional recovery.
Thanks for this lovely website. The new look is very polished and professional looking. You put some major work into your 10 year old baby. This site has been SO HELPFUL. I am rebuilding my life and have found such warm support here. I could just cry because some people have given me a virtual shoulder to cry on and extended kind words that have helped me move forward. This site has helped soothe my broken heart. Thanks Natalie.
MJ
Wow thank you Mary Jane. I beamed away as I read your comment.
It’s understandable that you feel wary after that painful experience but if you allow you to grieve that loss and to take healthy protective steps in the form of boundaries and increased self-awareness, there will be no need for the barbed wire (or walls).
I will certainly see you in New York this autumn and it will most definitely be with a full stomach 😉 haha
I am very fortunate to be blessed by a wonderful tribe. BR is my home and I love that so many of you derive so much comfort and light from it and are so kind to each other.
Natalie and others, hearing about anger and the way it’s sometimes seen as a wholly bad thing, it makes me think of this beautiful kids’ book, ‘The day no one was angry’
I got it for my friend’s 7 year old daughter, but loved reading the stories first! A lot of it is funny, like a lobster going door-to-door with different types of anger, or another with a hyrax that begs the sun not to go down every night and when it does, complains that no one listens. But the overall message is that anger is ok and natural, and sometimes worth laughing at. Wish I’d known that as a child!
Thank you for this book suggestion. I’ve just ordered it for my girls. Another favourite is The Little Girl Who Lost Her No . I cried my eyes out when I read it the first time and it’s a powerful read that my girls have always held the lessons close to their hearts.
This will have to be one for my niece – though she definitely has her no at the moment! Enjoy the book and see you in a few weeks x
Thank you Natalie I love your work and the podcast is great…You have opened up my soul to so much and for that I’m greatful..xoxo Stacey
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