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Love Your Life Show: Personal Growth, Mindset, + Habits for Busy Moms
This One is Personal. What I Want You to Know
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Hi. This is the Love youe Life show with Susie Pettit, Certified Life and Wellness Coach. Join Susie as she helps you with your wellness and mindset so you can live a life you love. Let's go warriors.
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Hello dear warrior, and welcome to another episode of the Love youe Life show with me, Susie Pettit. Your. Your Certified Life Relationship, Parenting, adhd. What else do I do? Wellness Coach. And I have said to you for years that if you listen to this show, you can call me your coach because I come on here every week with tips and tricks and tools and expertise to help you live a life that you love. And big news. Drum roll guys. This is my 400th episode. Woohoo. Super exciting. So fun. And with that, I want to report that this will be my final episode. I am ending the Love youe Life Show. I have. No. I'm kidding. I'm totally kidding. I can't even do it. It's April 1st when this airs. This is an April Fool's joke. I am not ending the show. I am going to be doing blogs a bit differently, but I'm not ending the show. I am so committed to you all. So sorry if you believe me for a bit, but I. I'm in. When I started this podcast 400 episodes again ago. Sorry. I was five years out from a horrendously contentious divorce that blew up my 25 year relationship and marriage to my college sweetheart. I wasn't in contact with my biological family. I had experienced deep betrayal by family members and friends. I had recently been basically bankrupt living in a basement in Arlington, Virginia. It sounds like a bad movie. Seriously, doesn't it? At that time that I started this podcast, I was living on my own. I was out of that basement. And yet times were different. I was supporting my three sons, ages 12, 14 and 17. Fun fact, the 17 year old is actually the voice you hear on the intro and outro. Okay, at that time when I started this podcast, I was living in a rental. I was still teaching an early morning exercise class for some income because I was not getting income from my ex or not much and spending every other spare moment building my coaching business so that I could support my boys and get food on the table. I did not have much free time. So why on earth did I choose to spend an extra four to ten hours a week creating a podcast, might ask? Well, I've asked myself that question many times. My business coaches have asked that. People I'm around. It's not a big money generator. I don't Run ads. This show isn't what drives people into my coaching or the Love youe Life school as much as other shows are. And yet every time I come back to that question, I have the same answer. And it's because of my mission. I here to help as many women as possible learn the things we were never taught in school. The things that help us live a life we love. When I was living in that unfinished basement of my marital home, waiting for my divorce to go through, I was stuck. If I left without the kids, I would be accused of abandonment and lose custody. If I left with them, I would be accused of kidnapping and lose custody because my dad was paying or helping my husband pay for his divorce lawyer. My dad with millions. My only option was to follow Virginia state law and stay put in that basement. Those were dark days. My kids were struggling. They needed clarity. They needed a mom who was not living in the basement. But we couldn't. It was awful. It was awful. I had 32 stress related seizures in a single weekend. My body was having all sorts of like, my fingers were so swollen, I couldn't get my rings on. I had so many things going on. And in the middle of all that, my biological family chose to support my ex rather than face the stigma of having a divorced daughter or sister. Times were bad. And that's when I found podcasts. I couldn't buy self help books because my husband controlled the finances, but I had a little Apple device that he thought was just for music. And that's how I discovered podcasts. Wayne Dyer, Lewis Howes, Pima Chaudron, Marianne Williamson, Brooke Castillo. And my life slowly began to change. And I remember lying on the basement after a particularly hard crying session and feeling particularly dark and making myself a promise. I promised that if I ever got out of that situation, I would make a podcast. I would share the knowledge that helped me survive. I wanted to teach how to take small, doable steps. So you, my dear listener, come feel better in your own life so that you were not stuck in this cycle. I had been in for the last 25, basically 40 years thinking one way. Because what was brought into my life was so limited. I didn't have podcasts in my ear. I wanted to be that reason, that extra knowledge and expertise. And that is why this podcast exists. And that's why I'm still here. Is it easy? No. There was a very real part of me that considered stopping at episode 400. It's been a year and like two weeks since my heart surgery. I'm intentionally in A lot of other areas of my life, stepping away from hustle culture, and yet this ability to be in your ear to encourage you, to gently remind you what's to do, what's best for you, encourage you to make being human feel a little easier for you. That's what keeps me coming back. Whenever I pre record and batch episodes so I don't quote, unquote, have to do the episode podcast. One week like this last week I was with my. That eldest son, got married. Okay. But I miss it. I miss you. I miss the Love youe Life community. All of us out here doing the best we can. Okay. Which brings me to the second reason why I do this show. I had that commitment on the basement of my house. Then I have my logo. Have you seen my logo? Yes. It has five points on it because it's for the five pillars of wellness. But it's also a starfish. Have you heard the starfish story? Hey, there's this little. I always say it's a girl. There's a big storm. All these store starfish came up and washed onto the beach after the big storm. And there's a little girl on the beach. I picture her like eight or nine, and she keeps bending down, picking up starfish and throwing them back in the water. She's walking past hundreds of starfish, and she picks up one, throws it in, one throws it in. Let all the moms out there with your brain. You're like, why is she walking alone on the beach? Let that go for a second. This is just a story. I heard it somewhere. Okay, but. So the girl's walking and she keeps bending down. Like every 10 starfish, she picks one up and throws it in. The same time a woman is walking towards her. Okay. As they get closer, the woman stops and she's like, hey, honey. Like, what are you doing? That's not helpful. Like, you can't make a difference here. Look at all these starfish. It's not. You might as well just stop. The little girl looks at the woman in her eyes, bends down, picks up a starfish, throws it in the water and says, I helped that one. That what I'm doing here. If I help one of you, if you get even one thing from any of these 400 episodes that helps you feel more seen, more loved, more connected. My heart is full. I do know others make a lot of money with ads and others who can market better to get more clients. I've been told I give away too much information for free, but in my 54 years here, on this planet, I have learned this that if something feels good, do more of it. And this feels good. Talking to you, encouraging you feels good. If I can be in your ear after a hard day of parenting and remind you that, sure, you acted a little unskilled. That doesn't mean you're awful, doesn't mean you've ruined your kids. If I can be with you when you finish the bag of chips or the whole cake again and told you it's okay, sweetheart, you're not awful. If I can be in your ear when you procrastinated from doing that thing you wanted to do, conversation with your husband, or the email you wanted to write to remind you that you're still worthy, you're still okay. You're not a broken model. You're not awful. You're a human doing the best you can. And hey, maybe try this next time. This thingy worked for me once. If I can do that, I'll keep making this podcast. I'll keep coming on here to whisper encouragement and life tips in your ear. I don't know If I have 400 more episodes in me, but for today, and this is not an April Fool's joke, I will keep showing up for you. If you keep showing up for you. Some of you say you can hear my voice in your head on those dark days, supporting you, encouraging you, cheering you on. Yes, that's why I do it. To get that supportive voice in your head on those dark days. Those lying on the floor crying days let you know you're not alone. We've all got them. Those days happen. And then when your energy lifts, put your headphones in and know I will be there cheering you on, reminding you of your greatness, of your brilliance, that you matter. You are my starfish. You matter to me. And so episode 400. I thank you so much much for being a part of the Love youe Life family. Even if this is your first episode, you're here. You're the type of person who clicks on podcasts like this. You're amazing. I love you. I support you. I'm committed to you. Let's go Warrior. Big hugs and thank you for listening to the end. If this was your first episode, you will want to grab the podcast Roadmap. It is the list of foundational episodes of emotional intelligence and mental health. The things that I've really wanted to teach people. Get that@smbwell.com roadmap I have. If you're sort of new here, I have a lot of other specific roadmaps too that are on like narcissism, parenting, codependency or the top five downloaded episodes. Put links below this in the show notes so you can get those and click on those and follow along with those episodes. The 400 and if you're feeling an extra pull to support me, my mission and this show, I would be genuinely touched if you went on patreon.com susipett and for the price of I always say a coffee but literally like a penny for every episode. What's that $4 once or monthly? That would mean a lot to me. You mean a lot to me. I love you. I thank you. I'm here supporting you and I will see you next week. Big Love Warrior
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thank you for listening to the Love youe Life show. If you want to hear more from Susie and support the show, be sure to subscribe to this podcast on itunes. Also leave a review and share this podcast with friends and family. Go get them Warriors.