 Leanne walks us through the steps of an honest self-inquiry to assess what things are going well, what things you're struggling with and what areas you want to focus on now. We've got to set aside time to contemplate how we're feeling regularly. Be kind to yourself and know that much of our development and growth will happen underground at first.   Thanks for joining us today!   We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Check out Leanne at: www.leannepeterson.com   Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!   To keep an eye on Leanne's handy gear and must-have, beautiful things follow her on Instagram. She's In-the-Know Mama. https://instagram.com/intheknowmama?igshid=fef4rhsi0o0e 

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78 - Time to Conduct an Honest Self-Inquiry

Last year Leanne got a tiny bit caught off guard by the end of the year so this year she's developed a complete End-of-Year Wrap-up series to help us get things settled and to help us bridge over to the new year smoothly! Today's end-of-year topic is relationships. How are you feeling in your friendships, work and personal relationships? Do you feel supported? Are you spending time on the relationships that matter to you? Thanks for joining us today! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Check out Leanne at: www.leannepeterson.com Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want! To keep an eye on Leanne's handy gear and must-have, beautiful things follow her on Instagram. She's In-the-Know Mama. https://bit.ly/2KEMi3A

77- End-of-Year Relationship Wrap-up

Last year Leanne got a tiny bit caught off guard by the end of the year so this year she's developed a complete End-of-Year Wrap-up series to help us get things settled and to help us bridge over to the new year smoothly! Today's end-of-year topic is space. How do you feel in your home or in your office? Is it how you want to feel? Leanne has 3 tips for making sure you space is aligned with the way you want to feel. We're talking about lighting, wall colors, de-cluttering and much more.  To see photos of Leanne's cute home and office check her out on Instagram she's In-the-Know Mama so you can follow her there to keep an eye on all of the best must-haves. https://instagram.com/intheknowmama?igshid=fef4rhsi0o0e   Thanks for joining us today! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Check out Leanne at: www.leannepeterson.com Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

76- End-of-Year Home Wrap-up

Last year Leanne got a tiny bit caught off guard by the end of the year so this year she's developed a complete End-of-Year Wrap-up series to help us get things settled and to help us bridge over to the new year smoothly! Today's end-of-year topic is money. What were your financial goals for the year? Did you meet them? Next, briefly analyze your spending to see if your purchases are in alignment with your values. Do it now; don't wait until tax season of next year.  Thanks for joining us today! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Check out Leanne at: www.leannepeterson.com Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

75 - End-of-Year Money Wrap-up

I’m not a mind reader. You are similarly not a mind reader. So, why are we so certain others will be able to step in and help us well and we’ll be able to help others well? Leanne recently was the recipient of so much loving help since she’s had her baby and she’s realized some super interesting things about service that she wants to share today. Our episode is all about learning how to ask for what you need so that others are better able to serve you in a way that is comfortable for them. And remember, it’s always good to be a gracious recipient of service, too, so you can build strong ties! Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Check out Leanne at: www.leannepeterson.com Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

74 - How to Ask for What You Want

Do you ever think that things are not quite as fun as you thought they would be? Today Natalie tells a couple stories from her recent summer vacations and Leanne offers some really solid therapy tools to help with getting clear on what fun looks like. She teaches us how to "play the tape forward" so we can see how things will likely go. She wants us to give ourselves PERMISSION to set up the kind of environment or setting that will be fun for us in our unique way. Thanks for tuning in!

73 - How to Make Family Time Actually Fun

Welcome to Take the Upgrade Podcast Episode 72! Your host is Leanne Peterson and today she’s back with her co-host Natalie to catch us up on her big life transitions and her return from maternity leave. Usually we can manage our own exposure to others pretty well, but during a major life event, we are likely to have a little bit of an audience. We just have more friends and family around, which is great, but it does mean we’re being watched real-time as we learn new things. This is forced vulnerability and Leanne has a few tips to help ease the discomfort! Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! https://www.leannepeterson.com/ Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

72 - Forced Vulnerability

Today in Episode 71 Leanne tells why unmatched expectations can be a very scary thing and how to communicate in a way that promotes understanding on both parties. We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

71 - Very Scary Episode About Hair Coloring Incident and “Painting Done”

Episode 70 is all about designing a routine that works for you! Thanks for tuning in to Take the Upgrade. Your host is Leanne Peterson and she’s here today to teach us the newest tips and tricks to make the most out of your day. We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

70 - Design a Routine that Works for You and the Newest Trick on the Block

Thanks for tuning in to Take the Upgrade! Today in Episode 69 Leanne is giving you the tools to distinguish between Intuition and Emotion. And, since they both feel about the same but mean two very different things, this is a good thing to practice!   We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance!   Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

69 - Intuition vs. Emotion and How to Tell the Difference

Welcome to Take the Upgrade! In Episode 68 Leanne and Natalie are talking about the aspect of intuition that we most often try to ignore: fear. We have the gift of sensing when something isn’t right, similarly we all too often quiet that fear. We even try to talk ourselves out of it! Leanne wants us to pause and honor our intuition. Check on your surroundings and be ready to activate if you need to. Whether you’re in a life-threatening situation or not, this means standing up for yourself and heeding the red flag. Be sure to listen to Oprah's Super Soul Conversation on Lifesaving Lessons linked below. Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

68 - Knowing When Fear Can Be Your Teacher and Friend

Welcome to Take the Upgrade! In Episode 67 Leanne and Natalie discuss what’s happening when you get too invested in other people. This is a pretty common pattern that can begin from a place of wanting to help others, to love and be loved. Remember to keep a dividing line between your job and the other person’s job. Learning how to share kindness, empower others and listen is key. That’s how to counteract the tendency to get too invested in helping others. Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

67 - Moving From Codependence to Empowerment

Welcome to Take the Upgrade! In Episode 66 Leanne and Natalie talk about your relationship with your future self. It’s so fascinating to think about who you’ll be in the future. Leanne wants us to consider whether we are doing things for our future self or whether we’re expecting our future self to do things for us. The truth is that you are the one who’ll make your future self a reality. You have to do the things now that you would like to be doing in the future. Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

66 - How to Get to Your Future Self

Welcome to Take the Upgrade! In Episode 65 Leanne and Natalie talk about comparison and the illusion of what everyone around us is doing.  Obviously many social scientist of our day are concerned with the effects that social media is having on issues like depression, inter-connection and debt. Leanne really wants to offer you a clear vision to cut through the illusion of other peoples’ lives. Thanks for tuning in! We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!        

65 - What Everyone Else is Doing is an Illusion

Welcome to Take the Upgrade Podcast Episode 64! Today Leanne and Natalie dig deep into analyzing what feelings of jealousy can teach us.  Leanne doesn’t subscribe to the old narrative of jealousy being “bad” and immediately shutting it down. Pondering your feelings of jealousy will actually give you insight into what you value in life and what you fear. Let yourself feel the negative emotion and then trace it back to learn what is important to you. We’ll be back next week with another dose of soulful guidance! Leanne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Houston and she works with clients all over the country. She is committed to helping you find peace in the midst of difficult life situations and transitions. Using powerful insights into health and energy alignment, Leanne helps you create the beautiful life you want!

64 - Learn What Jealous Feelings Are Actually Showing You

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