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Helping women break the relationship patterns they understand but canโ€™t seem to stop repeating.

Virtual Coaching & Programs Worldwide
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ.You finally work up the nerve to tell some...
10/15/2026

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ.

You finally work up the nerve to tell someone no.

And for about 30 seconds, you feel pretty damn proud of yourself.

Then your brain decides to ruin the moment.

Was I too harsh?
Are they upset with me?
Should I explain myself?
Maybe I should just do it anyway...

And before you know it, you're writing a three-paragraph apology for having a perfectly reasonable boundary.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป.

If you've spent years keeping other people happy to avoid conflict, rejection, or disappointment, saying no can feel like you're putting the relationship at risk.

Even when you know your boundary is reasonable.

So you start explaining, apologizing, or offering to compromise because you want that uncomfortable feeling to go away.

๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด.

You can care about someone's feelings without making yourself responsible for fixing them.

And you can feel guilty without changing your mind.

So tell me...

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚? Saying no or dealing with someone's reaction afterward?

Follow for more relationship insights, a little humor, and help breaking the patterns that keep you stuck.

๐—›๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ โ€œ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†.โ€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น.Was that an angry okay? An annoyed o...
10/12/2026

๐—›๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฑ โ€œ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†.โ€ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚'๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น.

Was that an angry okay? An annoyed okay? An "I'm about to break up with you" okay?

You've reviewed the evidence, interviewed yourself 17 times, and somehow reached a guilty verdict.

And all he said was "Okay."

You probably know you're overthinking it. But knowing that doesn't make your brain shut the hell up.

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:

When you don't know where you stand with someone, that uncertainty can feel threatening. So your brain starts searching for clues, trying to figure out what's wrong before something bad happens.

That's why telling yourself to "just stop overthinking" doesn't work. You're trying to think your way out of something that feels unsafe.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, โ€œ๐—ข๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜†.

Be honest. How many different meanings have you managed to find in a two-word text?

๐—™๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ relationship insights, a little humor, and help getting out of your own head.

What if the problem isn't that you're broken?Season 2, Episode 12 of Fine, I'll Talk About It features a fascinating con...
06/18/2026

What if the problem isn't that you're broken?

Season 2, Episode 12 of Fine, I'll Talk About It features a fascinating conversation with Terri Lee-Shield about trauma, self-trust, mental health labels, natural intelligence, and why so many people have become disconnected from themselves.

After recovering from addiction, abuse, trauma, and mental health struggles, Terri began noticing the same patterns in nature that she was experiencing in her own recovery. What followed was a completely different way of looking at healing, growth, and what it means to be human.

In this episode, we discuss:

โ€ข Why trauma affects both the mind and body
โ€ข The comfort and danger of mental health labels
โ€ข How nervous system stress impacts physical health
โ€ข Why self-trust is often missing from recovery
โ€ข The role nature can play in emotional well-being
โ€ข How small changes create lasting change
โ€ข Why healing isn't about becoming perfect

One of the biggest takeaways from this conversation:

Just because you're struggling doesn't mean you're broken.

Sometimes the next step isn't finding another diagnosis, another label, or another thing to fix.

Sometimes it's slowing down long enough to hear what your mind and body have been trying to tell you all along.

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Fine, I'll Talk About It
Season 2, Episode 12
Guest: Terri Lee-Shield

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, iHeartRadio, or at fineletstalk.riverside.com

06/05/2026

We live in a world where if you can't see it or touch it, people decide it isn't real.

And I get it. We were all raised to trust science and nothing else.

But here's what got me in this conversation with Beth. The research is there. Hundreds of peer-reviewed studies. The kind that can be replicated. Studies that say, yeah, this energy work actually does something.

And it's still not enough for people.

That's the part that stops me. We ask for proof, and then, when we get it, we move the goalposts. We'd rather call it woo than sit with the possibility that we don't have it all figured out yet.

I'm not asking you to believe anything blindly. I'm asking you to stay curious. What if there's more to healing than the one model we got handed?

๐ŸŽง When Talk Therapy Isn't Enough: Energy Work, Tapping, and Healing Trauma with Beth Chisholm
Season 2, Episode 9

Link in bio or at https://fineletstalk.riverside.com

06/04/2026

There's this idea floating around that healing means you stop feeling anxious. That if you've done the work, the hard emotions just go away.

That's not it.

My guest Beth said it perfectly. The goal was never to get rid of your emotions. You're supposed to feel anxious before a big test. You're supposed to feel nervous before something that matters. That's your body doing its job.

The problem isn't the anxiety. The problem is when the anxiety gets so big you can't get out of the car.

Your emotions are messages. They're telling you something. The work isn't about silencing them; it's about turning the volume down to where you can actually hear what they're saying.
Any strength taken to the extreme becomes a weakness. Even the ones that are trying to protect you.

๐ŸŽง When Talk Therapy Isn't Enough: Energy Work, Tapping, and Healing Trauma with Beth Chisholm
Season 2, Episode 9

Link in bio or at https://fineletstalk.riverside.com

๐ŸŽง When Talk Therapy Isn't Enough: Energy Work, Tapping, and Healing Trauma with Beth ChisholmSeason 2, Episode 9๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ...
06/04/2026

๐ŸŽง When Talk Therapy Isn't Enough: Energy Work, Tapping, and Healing Trauma with Beth Chisholm
Season 2, Episode 9

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ. ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Beth tried everything after she witnessed her friend's murder. Three years of talk therapy. Every traditional tool. None of it gave her relief.

Then she found tapping.

This episode is about what you do when the standard advice runs out, and you are still stuck.

We get into:

Why talk therapy talks to your thinking brain and misses where trauma lives
What EFT really is and how it works on the body
"Sit in the suck" instead of bypassing your pain
How to grow your bandwidth for hard things
A live nine-gamut technique you can try right now

Beth walked me through it on the show. My body tension dropped from a five to a two in minutes. I felt it happen.

If you have done all the work and still feel stuck, this one is for you.

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Listen now. Link in bio or https://fineletstalk.riverside.com

06/03/2026

I see so much hate online about nervous system regulation right now. Like, someone says the words "nervous system regulation," and everybody loses it.

And honestly? Roll your eyes and scream all you want. It doesn't change the fact that it works.

Here's the thing people miss: When your body thinks you're in danger, the thinking part of your brain basically goes offline. That's not a flaw, that's how you're built. Your body cares way more about keeping you alive than it cares about your affirmations. When your body is perpetually stuck in this state, you can't THINK your way out.

So when you're trying to journal your way out of it, or reframe it, or do the breathwork you tried that one time, none of it lands. Not because you're doing it wrong. Your brain is too busy trying to protect you to actually use any of it.

That's why the work doesn't stick. You're skipping the part where you tell your body you're safe.

So no, you can't skip it. You regulate first, then everything else has somewhere to go. There's really no way around it.

The full episode of "Fine, I'll Talk About It," drops Thursday 6/4. Subscribe so you don't miss this episode! It's a good one!!

05/27/2026

"Nobody's posting the part where they tripped over the shoes."

Here's the trap nobody clocks in the moment. When you scroll past someone's page and feel that little drop, you're not comparing your life to their life. You're comparing your whole messy day to the one frame they chose to show you.

Rob McCarthy lays it out perfectly. Nobody's posting the argument about the shoes by the door, the dirty bowl in the sink, the underwear on the bathroom floor. They're posting the highlight reel, the version they want you to see. And then you measure your behind-the-scenes against their best take and come up short every time.

You already know this. It still works on you, because the comparison hits the body before the brain gets a vote.

Full episode out now. Link in bio or at https://fineletstalk.riverside.com

05/26/2026

"If you won't admit it's broke, you'll never fix it."

Your self-worth is not the same as what you own. Once that actually lands, the stuff stops having so much power over you.

But Rob McCarthy names the harder part. The toughest conversation you will ever have is the one with yourself, the one where you stop pointing at everyone else and own your part in it. If you won't admit something's broken, you're never going to fix it.

That conversation is uncomfortable on purpose. It's also where the real change starts.
Full episode out now. Link in bio or https://fineletstalk.riverside.com

05/25/2026

Keeping up with the Joneses used to mean one guy down the street bought a new Cadillac. That was it. A small circle, mostly family, maybe a cousin or an uncle.

Now the circle is everyone who owns a phone, and Rob McCarthy makes the point that half of what they're posting isn't even real.

You're not measuring yourself against your neighbor. You're measuring yourself against a feed that's part performance and part fiction, and your nervous system reads the gap as a problem to solve every time.

Full episode out now. Link in bio or https://fineletstalk.riverside.com

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