In this episode the gals dive into a number of listener submitted topics. As per usual the topics prompt a lot of stories, reflection, and thoughts. And as always please remember to take what you like and leave the rest. Georgie and Engrid are not therapists and they’re certainly not your gurus. Enjoy the episode :)  _______ Listener Submitted Topics: Boredom Vs. Depression Vs. Disinterest thru the lens of post-pandemic burnout Learning to trust your gut and not being swayed by others advice/opinions  Arriving at the realization that not all people with authority should be listened to. How to let go of a situation where you didn’t get to say everything you wanted to - but making peace with that.  How to share past traumas with a new friend or in a new relationship  Maintaining a sense of independence in a relationship _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY:   Putting People on Pedestals  Receiving Feedback Giving Feedback Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking    _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

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Not Losing Yourself, Trusting Your Gut, Post-Pandemic Burnout, & Sharing Past Traumas [Grab Bag]

Today we are diving into this feeling of social media burnout and our relationship with social media. We want to have an honest, imperfect conversation about where we’re at with social media knowing that our thoughts and feelings may change, contradict each other and be overall just messy. _______ QUESTIONS WE COVER IN THIS EPISODE: How does being on social media make you feel right now What are the positive things that social media has brought to your life/what do you enjoy about it? What are the negatives? Has it gotten worse? Can we live without it? Do we want to? How does it make you feel about yourself? Where do you think it’s going? We would love to revisit this topic in a future episode to share your thoughts, input, and experience with these questions too. Be sure to follow us on instagram @galpalspodcast where we ask questions on our stories for upcoming episodes to feature you (always shared anonymously of course).  _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Apologizing Receiving Feedback Giving Feedback Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking  _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @galpalspodcast Join The Facebook Group: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website  

Social Media Burnout

  In this episode the gals revisit the episode about letting go: how we process letting go & moving on. In this episode the gals asked YOU - our amazing listeners to share their experiences with the idea of outgrowing your story and letting go. Listeners share their stories with us on our instagram @galpalspodcast Questions listeners answer in this episode: What’s a story/belief you’ve let go of? How do you know when you’ve outgrown a belief? What does letting go of an old story look like for you?  Is there a material item that you’ve had to let go of that symbolizes a time in your life that you’ve outgrown?  Have you parted with something that keeps an old story/belief alive?  Can we look back at times in our lives and see them realistically? _______   ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY:   Apologizing   Receiving Feedback   Giving Feedback   Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking    _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Letting Go [Listener Edition]

On this week's episode, Georgie and Engrid discuss the healthy self-soothing tools they use when they're experiencing difficult and overwhelming emotions. Self Soothing: Self-soothing refers to behaviors that we use to restore emotional equilibrium when we’ve experienced a setback or feel stressed out. - Physcology Today  We use self soothing tools in the height of difficult emotions (“triage’”) What negative coping tools have you relied on in the past to manage overwhelming emotions? What helped you stop relying on them? What soothing tools do you reach for when you’re feeling: angry What soothing tools do you reach for when you’re feeling: lonely What soothing tools do you reach for when you’re feeling: sad What soothing tools do you reach for when you’re feeling: anxious/overwhelmed  What’s a recent example of feeling overwhelmed/anxious - and what did you do to soothe yourself? (what thoughts were racing, how did your body feel, how long did it take to calm down)   CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Self Soothing During Stressful Moments

Purpose of Today’s Episode: To discuss the nuances of different non-direct communication styles and the potential driving forces behind them. The gals discuss the fawn trauma/stress response. They discuss helpful tools that have proven to be beneficial when it comes to clear, direct (and kind) communication. And they unpack the nuances of navigating potential conflict when there has been a misunderstanding.  _______ Inspiration for this Episode: The Fawn Trauma Response (@theholisticpsychologist) People pleasing Going along with another person's perspective, beliefs, or values without connecting to your own Dissociating (leaving the body) “spacing out” Lets other people make decisions Avoids any situation that could lead to conflict Fears saying “no” Overly polite + agreeable Hyper aware of other people's emotions + needs while betraying their own _______ IN THIS EPISODE: Different Non-Direct Communication Styles What are some helpful tools you’ve learned to be more clear (and kind) with your communication with others? How do you navigate communication with someone who is asking you to “read between the lines”?  Potential conflict can feel uncomfortable - how did you navigate these situations in the past? How do you navigate them now?  How do you stay true to YOUR own beliefs/feelings without being influenced (guilt tripped) into how someone else wants you to act/feel/believe? _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Apologizing Receiving Feedback Giving Feedback Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking  _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Reading Between The Lines

In this episode the gals revisit a popular past episode Body Image In Photos - except this time they hear all from YOU! Listeners share their personal stories of how they relate to this topic, what comes up for them, and stories they have around what seeing a bad photo can bring up. TRIGGER WARNING:Talk about bodies including sizeInternalized fatphobia _____ IN THIS EPISODE:  How do you feel when you see a photo of yourself you don't like? Do you have a hard time viewing photos of yourself? What comes up for you when you know you're going to have your photo taken (like going to a wedding etc)? What makes you like a photo of yourself? What does it feel like to see a photo of yourself you don’t like? How has your relationship with seeing photos of themselves has improved over the years? Have you been able to look back at a photo  see it differently as time has passed? _______   EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Body Image In Photos Apologizing Receiving Feedback Giving Feedback Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking  _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website  

Body Image & Seeing Yourself Clearly

In this episode, the gals aim to unpack the ways they have unlearned old patterns that no longer serve them. The gals share how they are learning to override our old narratives and adopt new ways of navigating situations instead. How can we let go of old behavior patterns that are no longer serving us and instead choose differently from our default programming.    QUESTIONS IN THIS EPISODE:  What are some of your triggers?  How do you know when a behavior of yours isn't serving you anymore? What does the process of changing your behavior look like?  What things have helped you make this change last?  What are some examples of behaviors you’ve changed?    ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Lopsided Relationships & Codependency Putting Other People On Pedestals  Perfectionism & Self Sabotage  Jealousy  Resentment Letting Go _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Breaking Patterns

Purpose of This Episode: This week the gals unpack the nuances of comparison. What it feels like, what triggers it, their relationship with comparison from childhood, and more.     _______   EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY:   Apologizing   Receiving Feedback   Giving Feedback   Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking    _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website  

Comparison

Purpose of This Episode: In this episode Engrid joins you solo to share about the experiences & influences that have shaped her approach to personal training. She discusses the influences of diet culture, rejecting the diet mentality, and how she navigates this with clients. She discusses why diets ultimately don’t work and the Non-Weight Loss Benefits of Training. She shares common beliefs she hears from clients and how she shifts the focus.  _________ HELPFUL RESOURCES: Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach (4th edition) Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling - by Anita Johnston Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating  - by Christie Harrison Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma - by Peter Levine The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - by Bessel Van Der Kolk The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma - by Robert M. Sapolsky Food Psych Podcast  Nourishing Women’s Podcast Fearing The Black Body - by Sabrina Strings _______ PODCASTS EPISODES MENTIONED: Nourishing Womens Podcast Ep. 57 Orthorexia - An Eating Disorder on the Rise and in Disguise LPP #127 My Vyvnase Addiction Story Feldenkrais Method _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Wellness Without Obsession: A Non-Weight Loss Approach to Training

Purpose of This Episode: In honor of Georgie’s birthday last week, Engrid asks Georgie a bunch of questions. The convo really centers around Georgie and  the life lessons she’s walked away with from her “Saturn Return” year. We dive into some themes she keeps getting invited to learn over and over. George also shares things that helped her to choose to transition her business away from influencer marketing and more towards full-time photographer. As always we laugh and we cry - it’s a classic Gal Pal episode. Enjoy! _______ EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Apologizing Receiving Feedback Giving Feedback Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website 

Fear of Success, Letting Go Of Perfection, & Sitting With Disappointment

Purpose of This Episode: To reflect on our relationship with apologizing. To discuss the nuances of what we expect in an apology. What makes us feel like someone has truly apologized? What makes an apology feel genuine? How do we come to a resolution post-conflict? Is how we apologize different from what we expect from others when they apologize?  _______ IN THIS EPISODE: The 5 Apology Languages How were apologies modeled for you growing up? Over & Under Apologizing How has your relationship with apologies changed over the years? What kind of situation do you feel warrants an apology? Is it difficult for you to own when you’ve made a mistake with someone? Do you struggle to admit when you’re wrong - even when you know you are? What makes you feel like an apology is genuine? What do you need, to feel that you’ve reached a resolution after a conflict/ disagreement with someone?  _______ EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Lopsided Relationships & Codependency Receiving Feedback Giving Feedback Harriet Lerner and Brené: I’m Sorry: How To Apologize & Why It Matters _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Apologizing

Purpose Of This Episode: To explore our relationships with craving attention and what we do when we get it. ____ We love creating this show AND want to make it more sustainable for our lives going forward.  We brainstormed ways that this would best work for Gal Pals. We wanted to offer you the opportunity to directly support the creation of the show that respects both of us and you as the listener of this podcast. To directly support the show you can venmo: @EngridLatina Thank you! _______ Questions We Unpack In This Episode: When is wanting attention healthy versus unhealthy? What situations/feelings trigger us to seek attention? (example: jealousy, loneliness, abandonment) What were your default attention seeking behaviors as a kid? Have they changed? Thoughts on how “seeking attention” is perceived/talked about? What are times in our lives when we’ve sought out attention in an unhealthy way? How did you know it was unhealthy? Have you ever suppressed your desire for attention? How does that feel? How does it feel to see someone else receive attention? _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Lopsided Relationships & Codependency Putting Other People On Pedestals  Perfectionism & Self Sabotage  Jealousy  Resentment Letting Go _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website   ____ RESOURCES MENTIONED: Attention Seeking Behavior https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/attention-seeking-behavior#common-causes Why we need Attention https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-traits-excellence/201611/why-we-all-just-need-little-attention https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-possibility/201007/paying-attention

Can I Have Your Attention?

In this week’s episode the gals are sharing how their lives have changed post-pandemic. The purpose of this episode is to talk about what they feel grateful for since things have started to open back up and return to normal. ____ We love creating this show AND want to make it more sustainable for our lives going forward.  We brainstormed ways that this would best work for Gal Pals. We wanted to offer you the opportunity to directly support the creation of the show that respects both of us and you as the listener of this podcast.   To directly support the show you can venmo: @EngridLatina   Thank you! _______ IN THIS EPISODE: What do you feel most grateful for as things have returned back to normal? What things do you think we will continue to be carry-overs because of the pandemic? What other changes have you noticed in yourself/ others? _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Lopsided Relationships & Codependency Putting Other People On Pedestals  Perfectionism & Self Sabotage  Jealousy  Resentment Letting Go _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Returning To Normal

We love creating this show AND want to make it more sustainable for our lives going forward.  We brainstormed ways that this would best work for Gal Pals. We wanted to offer you the opportunity to directly support the creation of the show that respects both of us and you as the listener of this podcast.   To directly support the show you can venmo: @EngridLatina   Thank you!   _______   IN THIS EPISODE:   Overthinking how I’m perceived (allowing it to get in my head) Not all friendships are created equal Not taking it personally when you’re not invited to something How do you filter creative feedback? How people react/act is a reflection of them (we are mirrors) How one comment from someone can be hurtful and send you off into a rumination spiral  Nuanced new friendship dynamics Being invited but trying to decipher if they really mean it (I’ll believe it when I see it) Finding out mutual friends hung out without you If you learn as a kid that most people lie, you grow up to be an adult that assume most people lie “If most people lie, I have to lie to keep up” How people act is not a reflection of me Family members of people we are close with - their behavior - is not a reflection of me Finding healthy outlets to express anger Learning to hold space with someone else’s anger (with you or because of something else) Taking ownership for your own behavior without needing to control or manipulate someone else’s feelings about it _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY:   The Pressure To Prove Yourself Lopsided Relationships & Codependency Putting Other People On Pedestals  Perfectionism & Self Sabotage  Jealousy  Resentment Letting Go _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website

Nuances of Friendships, Not Taking It Personally, & Overthinking

In this episode Georgie and Engrid are discussing the situations where we feel pressure to prove ourselves. This feels especially noticeable in newer relationships or group dynamics. The gals explore where this comes from, who it shows up around and how their need to prove themselves has changed over the years.  The gals also share from listeners who wrote in to on Instagram to share about their experiences with situations where they felt like they needed to prove themselves .    _______ IN THIS EPISODE: In what situations do you feel like you have to prove yourself? What does “proving yourself” look like for you? How do you feel after an interaction where you felt like you had to prove yourself? How does it feel to meet someone or be around someone where you DON’T feel pressure to prove yourself? Where do you think this feeling/impulse comes from? How do you THINK you come off in first impressions? Do you assume most people like you? Or that most people don’t like you? (has that changed over the years?)   MORE IDEAS WE DISCUSS: Group dynamics (one upping) Assuming people won’t like you unless you prove yourself The way you feel about yourself being projected onto others - and that energy impacting how they see you   _______ ADDITIONAL EPISODES YOU MIGHT ALSO ENJOY: Lopsided Relationships & Codependency Putting Other People On Pedestals  Perfectionism & Self Sabotage  Jealousy  Resentment Letting Go _______ CONNECT WITH US Instagram Join: Gal Pal Corral   ENGRID Instagram: @livengproof Email: engrid@livengproof.com  Liveng Proof Podcast Website   GEORGIE Instagram: @georgiemorley The Chasing Joy Podcast Website ______

The Pressure To Prove Yourself

Welcome to Gal Pals, a deep-dive lifestyle podcast hosted by Georgie Morely & Engrid Latina. Tune in every Thursday to hang out with us, as we candidly chat about navigating specific life moments like: dealing with conflict, getting out of our own heads, owning your ish, healthy communication, and seeing the stories we tell ourselves. This show dives into the kinds of topics you might talk about in therapy. We keep it candid, playful, and abundantly detailed!

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