Living a healthy, balanced life requires having good emotional health. Unfortunately, many people overlook this crucial element, and most of the time we hardly understand what is actually beneficial or not, like toxic positivity. In today's episode, we focus on how to take care of our emotional self, toxic positivity, dysfunctional family patterns, and understanding the definition of trauma on a higher level. Join us today in this information-packed episode with Whitney Goodman and learn more about emotional wellness to live a better life. Whitney Goodman is the radically honest psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account @sitwithwhit, author, and the owner of The Collaborative Counseling Center, a virtual therapy practice in Florida. Whitney's debut book, Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy, shows readers how to shift the goal from being happy to being authentic in order to live fully. A millennial on a quest to make mental health information accessible and easy to understand, Whitney helps people who want to improve their relationships and emotional wellness. ☀️ Join our new Dream Life Club—your ultimate resource for personal growth, wellbeing & community | https://lavendaire.com/DLC TIMESTAMPS: 6:33 - Radical acceptance 7:26 - What is Toxic Positivity? 8:33 - What is Optimism? 10:23 - Positive affirmation is not for everyone 12:32 - Examples of toxic positivity phrases 14:27 - Keys to living a full life 18:26 - The basics of emotional wellness 21:52 - How to take care of our emotional self 29:54 - How to heal from trauma: do's and dont’s 31:57 - Trauma is a part of your story 33:44 - The concept of Parentification 41:36 - How to set boundaries within your family 43:07 - Nurture better mental health 46:54 - Definition of Trauma 50:54 - Alleviate Childhood Trauma FIND WHITNEY ONLINE: Website Instagram SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

Have you ever felt lost and unsure of what life has in store for you? In today's episode highlighting our community, Aileen talks to lavi love Teresa Fong about her experience of feeling lost and floating through life for years until she discovered a career she loves and a life full of meaningful connections. Teresa is a senior product designer at Skydea, an agency in Tokyo. As a designer, she builds apps and websites. But she most enjoys building community. She manages Creative Tokyo, a community with over 2,800 members connecting and finding friends with similar interests. TIMESTAMPS 2:50 - Teresa's journey to becoming a Product Designer 5:13 - Product Designer vs. Product Manager 16:33 - How to apply the product design process to life 19:40 - Figuring out that fit 22:25 - Teresa's Lifestyle 24:30 - Contributions to Teresa's success in her career 27:24 - Lavendaire's role in Teresa's life 32:22 - Building relationships and connections 37:21 - Definition of Teresa's dream life FIND TERESA ONLINE Website LinkedIn SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts  Spotify  Stitcher YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

In this episode, we present powerful guided morning meditation for positive energy, refreshing your energy with visualization and positive affirmations. This 5 minute meditation will help you cultivate gratitude, positivity and motivation for your day.  Great for beginners and all levels. Stay tuned for more guided audios every other Wednesday! SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

When you're going after a big dream, challenges are inevitable. And one of these challenges is that you will have to deal with impostor syndrome. In today's episode highlighting our community, Aileen talks to lavi love Samantha van der Sluis about her experience working in the video game industry, dealing with impostor syndrome, and finding success in creating her dream life. Samantha is a New Zealand-born Australian music composer for various media including video games, films, TV, podcasts, and animation. She has worked in the music department for films including Star Wars IX, Toy Story 4, and Avengers: Endgame. Her love of games led her down the path to becoming a lead composer in the gaming industry. TIMESTAMPS 5:14 - Falling out of love with your passion 6:01 - The path to the gaming industry 7:23 - Working in the game industry vs. the film industry 17:07 - Lavendaire's impact on Samantha's life 19:00 - Dealing with impostor's syndrome 21:11 - Finding success in a male-dominated industry as a woman 27:55 - Tips for freelancers to get more projects 29:49 - Achieving a dream 30:27 - Samantha's creative process 35:21 - Learning breeds confidence 39:55 - Dealing with burnout and finding motivation 43:57 - Definition of Samantha’s dream life SPONSOR BetterHelp | This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month: betterhelp.com/TLL The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 222 FIND SAMANTHA ONLINE Website  Twitter | @sam_vandersluis SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts  Spotify  Stitcher YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

Have you ever questioned why certain things happened at a certain point in your life? Have you ever been curious about how tarot or astrology works? While we can’t depend on tarot or astrology to predict the future, we can use it to improve our wellbeing. Today we talk with Stefanie Caponi about leaning into the unknown and how tarot can help you strengthen your intuition and grow. Stefanie Caponi is the bestselling author of Guided Tarot, Guided Tarot for Teens, Guided Astrology, and the creator of three editions of The Moon Void Tarot. She has been reading tarot for over twenty years and established her business as a professional tarot reader and astrologer after creating her first tarot deck in 2018. Her passion for astrology led her to write the monthly horoscopes for Dame, which focus on sex, intimacy, and relationships. Stefanie's work is centered around guiding her clients on their personal journeys of healing, upleveling, and creating their dream lives using both tarot and astrology as their unique road map of cosmic guidance. TIMESTAMPS 16:00 - Learning the Tarot Symbols 20:36 - Tarot vs. Astrology 26:01 - Do’s & Don’ts of Tarot 28:55 - Tarot Routines & Rituals 33:46 - Practicing Shadow Work with Tarot & Astrology 40:18 - Strengethening Your Intuition 47:00 - Projectors vs. Generators FIND STEFANIE ONLINE Instagram: @moonvoidtarot Website SPONSORS New Moon Ritual Event, March 21st | RSVP: lavendaire.com/newmoon The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 221 SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

In this episode, we present powerful guided affirmations for self-love, self-esteem, and confidence. Listen to these self-love affirmations for 21 days as a way to reprogram your mind while you sleep or as daily morning affirmations. Repeating these "I am" affirmations is intended to utilize the law of attraction, raise your vibration, release negative thoughts, and encourage more positive thinking and positive energy in your life. These affirmations are an excellent way to cultivate more self-love and positivity in your life. Stay tuned for more guided audios every other Wednesday! SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

Many of us dream of a world where we don’t have to rely on cars to get around everywhere. The long commutes can take a toll on you and your relationships overtime. How can we make the world better not just for ourselves but the whole community? Join our conversation with Coby Lefkowitz as we explore how we can build better communities together and how it all starts by simply talking with each other. Coby Lefkowitz is a real estate developer, writer, and thought leader in the worlds of urban planning and development. Based in New York, and in addition to his own projects at his firm Backyard, Coby works with people and cities around the world in the pursuit of creating more beautiful, walkable, sustainable, and dynamic communities for all. Through his "On Building Optimism" Project, and forthcoming book, he tries to help people understand why the world looks the way it does, and how to create the types of places we all love from scratch, highlighting projects that are doing this today around North America. Coby tries to marry romantic ways of looking at the world with how to actually implement them in our built environment, something he calls romantic pragmatism. FIND COBY ONLINE Twitter: @cobylefko Website SPONSORS Paired The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 220 SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

Sophie Daquis, content creator behind Malama Life, talks about minimalism, slow living, finding courage, intentionally designing your dream life, switching up routines, balance between public and private, and following passions.

Want to design your future but don’t know where to start? The best way to predict the future is to create the future. But how is that done exactly? In this conversation we explore how to become extraordinary at creating futures big and small. Get inspired to go from Me to We and start creating a new future and a better community for everyone. Michael Shaun Conaway is endlessly curious about how life works, why we do the things we do and how we might live our lives boldly.  His purpose is to illuminate people’s true nature, to give insights and tools to transcend our collective trauma and generate a thriving future for humanity. Boldly YOU, his life development platform, was founded to help you discover your life path, and adopt a life of learning and growth. He is the award winning film director of WeRiseUP, a philosopher, spiritual teacher, and frequent speaker who is out to help you thrive in your life. TIMESTAMPS: 2:26 - What Is Generative Futurism? 12:12 - Imagination vs. Manifestation 14:38 - Imposter Syndrome & Self Doubt 18:10 - How Meditation Helps Create Your Future 21:48 - Quick Meditation with Michael 46:30 - Creating A More Beautiful Community 55:48 - The Futurist & Exploring Being A Being of Time FIND MICHAEL ONLINE: Bold.ly The Generative Futurist Instagram: @the.generative.futurist SPONSORS: Paired Asian Boss Girl The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 218 SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram

Do you ever struggle with body acceptance, self worth and confidence? In this episode, we explore how we can finally feel good about ourselves and our bodies. Erica Mather is a lifelong teacher who has struggled with emotional overeating, compulsive overexercising, and body dysmorphic disorder. As an embodiment educator, she guides people to feel better in, and about, their bodies. Her Adore Your Body Transformational Programs help overcome body image challenges, and The Yoga Clinic of New York City helps students, teachers, and health professionals to learn about empowered self-care for the body. Listen to this inspiring episode on Erica’s journey and how she is inspiring others to build more balanced lifestyles based in empowerment and not insecurities. FIND ERICA ONLINE: Website Instagram: @erica_mather MENTIONED: Book | Your Body, Your Best Friend: End the Confidence-Crushing Pursuit of Unrealistic Beauty Standards and Embrace Your True Power. The video version of this interview is available on YouTube: Episode 217 SUBSCRIBE TO THE LAVENDAIRE LIFESTYLE PODCAST Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube LAVENDAIRE YouTube Instagram