This is the 13th episode in our incredible Body Positivity series. This life changing series will help you see, think and feel differently about your body. Listen to all the episodes and share them with the people you love! Support Alli Louthain in getting more of the Awesome out into the world! Share, Rate, Review or Subscribe to Monday Mindset With Isha Warriors!!

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Amy Pickett-Williams is a seasoned psychotherapist with over 25 years of expertise in grief and loss. Her career began in oncology and pediatric care, where she provided compassionate support to patients and families navigating the challenges of illness and death. As she transitioned into community mental health, Amy broadened her focus to address various forms
of loss—ranging from death and illness to relationship breakdowns, identity shifts, financial struggles, loss of sense of safety/peace, and more. This holistic approach led her to open her private practice, where she integrates somatic tools and therapies inspired by her study of yoga and mind-body-spirit/soul healing.
In 2023, with her personal and professional experiences, Amy founded The LIGHT Movement. This transformative non-profit has reached close to 5000 people through offerings of donation-based yoga, workshops, training, retreats, and community support. The mission is to make somatic healing accessible to all people, helping individuals integrate their grief, rediscover purpose, and grow through their experiences. Through her work, Amy continues to bridge the
gap between therapeutic counseling, yoga, and other somatic-based tools to offer powerful education and support that empowers people to grow from their grief and thrive.

Check out the LIGHT Movement!
Website
LIGHT Movement Offerings
Contact: info@lightmvmt.com

Show Highlights:

• How the LIGHT Movement began.
• What does somatic mean and how do you implement somatic tools?
• What is the science of grief, how is your nervous system impacted by grief and trauma and and what does it mean to grow with your grief?

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This is the 12th episode in our incredible Body Positivity series. This life changing series will help you see, think and feel differently about your body. Listen to all the episodes and share them with the people you love! Support Alli Louthain in getting more of the Awesome out into the world! Share, Rate, Review or Subscribe to Monday Mindset With Isha Warriors!!

And start being proactive about how you think and feel about your body today!
The magic happens on the mat.
Learn more about 6 Week Body Positivity Yoga Series with Isha Warriors

I am a huge fan of my guest today!! Brooke Romney is a writer, speaker, and connector and is committed to sharing real life with a hopeful twist. She is the best-selling author of three books: 52 Modern Manners for Today's Teens Volume 1 and 2 and I Like Me Anyway: Embracing Imperfection, Connection, and Christ. Her fresh perspective and relatable style has engaged millions of readers in The Washington Post, Deseret News, Studio 5, Time Out for Women, and on her own blog and Instagram @brookeromneywrites where she has created a vibrant community of women who learn and lift. Brooke comes from girly roots but has morphed into an outdoor adventuring, dirt loving mom of 4 boys, one daughter-in-law, and a new grandbaby. When she is not writing or mothering, you can find her in a good book, speaking to groups, volunteering in the schools or on a walk with a friend.

Show Highlights:
When you realize that even if you work hard and make good decisions-life doesn’t go just as you planned…how do you lean into that discomfort and work through it?

What helped you with eating disorder?
-doesn’t miraculously go away
-has a husband who loves me exactly how I look
-seeing the miraculous things my body could do through pregnancy
-seeing my body as a gift
-wanted to take care of my body for my children
-I have slowly learned to not define myself by my looks… I want to spend my energy on things I can control.
-God loves variety.
-used to think that the world will love me better if they don’t see my flaws…Now I know that I connect with people because I am willing to be real about my flaws.
-people don’t love my home because it’s perfectly decorated-they come because they got an invite.
-being a mom of teen boys; they have helped me not take myself so seriously.

More from Brooke:
Instagram
Book "I Like Me Anyway"
Modern Manners For Teens Vol. 1
Modern Manners For Teens Vol. 2

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Start being proactive about how you think and feel about your body today!
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Today you’ll hear the perspective of a 16 year-old perfectionist; how perfectionism shows up in her life, how it effects her life in a negative way and how she actively makes gains in changing her mindset.

1. When did you realize you were a perfectionist and how does the need for perfection manifest in your life?

• All of nothing or catastrophic thinking
• Highly critical of self/put pressure on yourself
• Heightened anxiety/irrational fears
• Think you know what others are thinking and become obsessed with what you think they are thinking
• Don’t want to be a burden on others
• Worth wrapped up in results.
• Goals that are made out of excitement soon become pressure points that cause pain.

4. How does it make you feel? What does being a perfectionist prevent you from doing or experiencing?!

• It takes away joy
• You feel trapped in your brain/like you are in a cage
• Pressure builds up which leads to more anxiety & panic attacks
• You don’t want to try new things

5. Are there things that your parents do or day that make it worse?

• Getting frustrated, mad, impatient with or questioning perfectionist tendencies
• Saying things like “it doesn’t need to be perfect.” “Just get it done.”
• Trying to solve the problem for the perfectionist
• ALL the above feels invalidating and scary because perfectionist is losing control/not in control

6. Things that parents do or say that are helpful?

• Help perfectionist feel safe “you have all the time you need to get this done.”
• Say “help me understand.”
• Allow them to pour out the messy thoughts n their head no mater how irrational they may seem; so they can process and move through feelings
• Ask, “How can I help you with this?”

7. Things that help THIS perfectionist steer the car instead of letting her perfectionism drive!

-Putting yourself specifically into situations that you know you will struggle in, are scary or new to you. This helps you learn more about yourself and what you love and shows you that you can do hard things. It is so empowering after you have survived the scare.
-Try on the thought “What is the best that can happen?”
-Practice seeing the big picture.
-Don’t spend 5 minutes on something that won’t matter in 5 years…ie it seems like everything is important but honestly it isn’t. Let go of this feeling that everything you do needs to be special or important or make a mark.
-Give yourself permission to mess up.

Check out other episodes in this series:
How Do I Accept Myself?

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