The Baggage Reclaim Sessions

In this episode, Natalie questions whether we can really blame someone's inability to commit on whether they're just not that into us. Mr Unavailable and the Fallback Girl http://bit.ly/mrfbg In the second segment, where each week Natalie helps listeners to better understand their emotional baggage and grow in self-awareness, she explores our relationship with time, namely why some of us have a habit of being late and why some of us are so scared of it. Post on the blog about lateness: http://bit.ly/1fymR1H In the third segment, Natalie talks about the myth of 'overnight success' and why it's important not to discard other people's journeys. This week’s listener needs some tips on sticking to her boundaries and values. 30-Day Project: Embrace Healthy Boundaries http://bit.ly/EmbraceBoundaries Natalie also shares advice from her 6 and 8-year-old daughters on being clear on NO. The book I mention is the wonderful, The Little Girl Who Lost Her No by Amy M. Starkey http://amzn.to/1L7xeIT  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie explains the key reasons for the breakdown of a relationship and how bottom line, they're all the same reason—incompatibility. Understanding Why Some Relationships Don’t Work Out http://bit.ly/18WdqFx In the second segment where each week Natalie helps listeners to better understand their emotional baggage and grow in self-awareness, she explains some of the reasons why we get being triggered by birthdays. I discuss how to uncover what the baggage is behind an issue in episode 2.  In the third segment, Natalie talks about how we can all be a bit more tolerant when it comes to our minor irritations with loved ones and how we sometimes forget that we have our irritating ways too! This week’s listener needs some tips for calming herself down where she gets into a state of thinking and feeling awful things about herself. Download  7 Steps For Calming Yourself Down When You’re In A Negative Self-Talk Spiral: http://bit.ly/7stepscalm Check out the How To Self-Soothe Quick Guide I mentioned: http://bit.ly/brselfsoothe Natalie also shares what she learned from her 8-year-old daughter wrongly believing that she’d been in trouble when she hadn’t. Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie offers up some suggestions for dating as a single parent, explores the difference between help and support, and explains The Debit and Credit Trust System. This week’s listener wants to know how to cope with turning 30 when everyone else has gotten married etc, plus Natalie shares what she learned this week. In the first segment I mentioned Episode 1, you can find it on iTunes or listen here: https://bit.ly/BRSessions1 I also talk about: No Contact Rule book: https://bit.ly/NoContactRule Mr Unavailable and the Fallback Girl: https://bit.ly/MrUnavailable The Debit and Credit Trust System: https://bit.ly/BRTrust  and http://bit.ly/BRCommit  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie delves into the tricky subject of name-calling and swearing at someone in an argument and whether this is really ‘OK’, plus she shares three key admissions - admitting where you’ve made a mistake, admitting what you don’t know, and admitting what you’re pretending not to know - that keep us human and humble, and she explains some of the benefits of affirmations including sharing some of her personal experiences of them transforming how she was feeling. This week’s listener wants to know how to deal with a partner that shuts down discussion and Natalie shares what she’s learned this week. Free resources referred to in this episode: Unsent Letter Guide: http://bit.ly/NatsULG Feelings Diary: http://bit.ly/FeelingsDiary Affirmations “I am safe. I am secure. All is well”, “I trust my higher self. I listen with love to my inner voice. I release all that is unlike the action of love”. “I always deserve love, care, trust and respect”. You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay http://amzn.to/240ROAw Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie talks about why we get stressed out by Valentine’s Day and includes suggestions for putting things back into context plus she talks about why trying to get someone else to change won’t fix the problem, as well has how to keep a gossiping in check . This week’s listener question is about letting go after realising that even though a few years have gone by, you’re not over your divorce, plus Natalie shares what she learned about the need to take care of her inner child so that she isn’t always ‘serious’.  Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie explains why you shouldn't write off the year if it hasn't started out as you envisioned, why some of us struggle with decision-making and what we need to make healthy decisions as well as why the early stages of dating is guesswork. This week's listener question is about how to recover from being told by two exes that they're not sexually attracted to her, plus Natalie shares what she's learned about her resistance to certain types of planning.  Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie questions whether a couple would really get divorced over leaving a glass out after reading a blog on the subject (http://bit.ly/MustBeThisTall), as well as explaining the 8 types of inner critic and their individual motivations and irrational fears, plus she offers up 6 magic words for that certain someone that wants to dump their responsibility on you. This week's listener question is about what to do when you want to confront an issue that needs confronting but the other person refuses and has 'ghosted' you, plus Natalie shares about what she learned about intuition when her daughter was ill recently.  Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie explains why someone else’s partner isn’t the person for you, why change and happiness isn’t going to come from following rules that you’ve made based on guilt and fear, and why you can’t keep talking about intentions or how someone can’t help something, when they keep doing the same thing and they control themselves with others. This week’s listener question is from someone who wants to know why she hasn’t completely closed the door on a breakup from two years ago, plus Natalie shares what she learned this week when she got acknowledgment and an apology over 20 years after the original event.  Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie explains why sarcasm backfires sometimes and why you need to be mindful of using it on dates, as well as talking about how to let go of ‘woundedness’, and why consistent actions of self-esteem will reap more rewards than sporadic efforts. This week’s listener question is about how to strive for an equal relationship after a divorce from unhealthy marriage plus Natalie shares what she’s learned this week.  Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership

In this new year special, Natalie takes you through her 2015, sharing the lessons she learned from her bumpy but also joyful ride. In the second part of the show she talks about new year’s resolutions and why they need to matter in some way if they’re going to have any chance of sticking, and in the third and final part, she closes out with some final words about the year and looking ahead. Instagram | Break The Cycle Online Course | Blog | Membership