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This episode we're addressing the tension or challenge between meeting two human needs, Authenticity and Belonging. Kate overviews the concept of Authenticity and then illustrates the tension that can be felt between choosing to be authentic and belong using models of development and motivation from humanistic psychology including, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Erickson's Stages of Psychosocial Development. Questions Kate poses to help you explore your values and driving motives, to help facilitate authenticity: What matters to me?What do I want to stand for and want to orient my life around?What do I believe are the ingredients of a great and happy life?Resources Kate references: Scientific American Article (Maslow & Rogers): https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/choose-growth/#:~:text=Maslow%20argued%20that%20all%20the,belonging%2C%20or%20self%2Desteem.Erick Erickson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development: https://www.psychologynoteshq.com/erikson-stages/Wikipedia Article on 8 stages of Psychosocial Development with Existential Questions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erikson%27s_stages_of_psychosocial_developmentBook that prompted Kate consider these concepts and their ongoing tension:The Myth of Normal by Gabor Mate and Daniel Mate

As a natural skeptic, there is one question that helps me suspend my judgment and move into faith. In this episode, I'm diving into what that question is, and how I apply it to support me. To learn more about the podcast, head here > www.heretothrive.com

Kate is breaking down the crucially important difference between supportive compassionate helping, and enabling bad behavior. There is a blurry line between the two that is often complicated by personal and caring relationships. But it is a slippery slope, and while no one ever intends to enable behavior in another that is unhealthy, supportive helping can turn into enabling behavior. In this episode Kate outlines: The difference between Compassion & EnablingHow enabling can do harmThe relationships where we need to be aware of the potential to become an enablerHow we can recognize enabling behavior in ourselves3 ways we can move away from enabling, and back towards compassionKate recommends Nancy Levin's Here to Thrive Interview - Episode 132. She also recommends two books (these are affiliate links): Setting Boundaries will Set You FreeTED: The Empowerment DynamicTo sign up for the Here to Thrive community, head to www.heretothrive.com

Welcome back! Here to Thrive is back for Season 6. You can expect an every other week release schedule, and thoughts from Kate along with guest interviews to help widen your perspective on life, and introduce you to new thoughts and ideas. If you'd like to connect with Kate, you can head to www.heretothrive.com or www.katesnowise.com to learn more.

In this episode we are asking the question - How Do You Know if You're Heading in the Wrong Direction in Life? What are the signs you can rely on, and how can you check in with yourself to see if you re-route. Host, Kate Snowise, talks about having to go-back on a recent decision about a direction she was hell-bent on taking. She talks about going through three phases:Realizing that she was being called to check-in after seeing signs and obstacles on her pathOpening up to possibilityBefore exploring and tuning in with yourself to work out if she was on the right pathKate offers some questions that she asked herself. These are: What particular needs or values are driving this decision deep down? (What needs of mine are being met here?)How do I want to feel deep down? Is this taking me closer to that?What advice would my higher-self have for me right now? Journalling on these questions helped Kate identify that she need to re-route and adjust course, moving away from a vision she had in her head and onto another path. As she notes, this was uncomfortable, but once she had explored and tuned-in, she could be at peace with her decision and see the longer term implications it would bring with it. If you would like to learn more about the Here to Thrive podcast, or join our mailing list, head here >> www.heretothrive.com

Shannon Kaiser is the bestselling author of five books on happiness and fulfillment, including the #1 bestseller, The Self-Love Experiment, and Adventures for Your Soul, Find Your Happy and Find Your Happy Daily Mantras, Joy Seeker and newest book Return to You: 11 Spiritual Lessons for Unshakable Inner Peace. She’s been named “Top 100 Women to Watch in Wellness,” by MindBodyGreen and “One of the freshest voices in mental health and wellness,” by Chicken Soup for the Woman’s Soul.Everything Shannon does is to help people connect to their true self and unapologetically live their authentic purpose.Shannon is a personal mentor to host Kate. In this episode, Kate shares her insights from having worked with Shannon for years, as well as what she has noted about Shannon's evolution as a teacher.They dive into many lessons and thoughts, including:How Shannon ultimately overcame unexpected anxiety and panic attacksThe Age of Aquarius and what it means for our growing intuitionHow we all have differing ways to connect with our intuition, and what those types areThe power in looking at your life journey through the metaphor of seasonsAnd how important authenticity is on our journeysWe highlight the 11 Spiritual Lessons that make up the chapters of her forthcoming book: Return to You: 11 Spiritual Lessons for Unshakeable Inner Peace.For a summary they are:You Are in a School Called Planet EarthYour Soul Has SeasonsIf You Don't Go Within, You'll Go WithoutFaith is Freedom From FearYour Beliefs Create Your RealityEveryone is On Their Own JourneyYour Purpose is Personal ExpansionIn Order to Receive, You Must ReleaseThe Universe Rewards MotionNothing Real Can Be ThreatenedLove Is All There IsTo learn more about Shannon Kaiser, you can head to hear website at >> www.playwiththeworld.comTo order a copy of her new book Return to You head here >> Return to You AmazonAnd to order the accompanying Unshakeable Inner Peace Oracle Cards, head here >> Unshakeable Inner Peace Deck Amazon

If Life is a School, then ultimately we're here to learn lessons. And how do we know if we've mastered a lesson? The Universe inevitably has to offer us a test. So how can we check in with ourselves and work out with we're facing tests or opportunities?In this episode, Kate goes over three "rules for life" that are from Dr. Cherie Carter Scott. She then offers three areas of inquiry from Lacy Phillips (from To Be Magnetic) that can help us really check in with ourselves and see whether we're facing a test, an opportunity or possibly even a bridge to the future we desire. You can listen to Lacy Phillips from the Expanded podcast episode which inspired this episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/expanded-podcast-by-to-be-magnetic/id1419732648?i=1000549256028You can find Kate's Amazon Reading List here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/kate.snowise (this is an affiliate page)And to learn more about the Here to Thrive podcast and stay up to date head here > www.heretothrive.com

This conversation is all about how we can have more Fun. Science journalist Catherine Price has investigated fun, and come up with a practical framework to help us really live life with more fun. True fun fills up our spirit. It revives and restores us, and helps us build the required resilience we all need to deal with life. Catherine's definition includes three core components: PlayfulnessConnection FlowTo grab your copy of How to Have Fun head here >> How to Have FunTo visit Catherine Price's websites, head here: www.howtohavefun.com or www.catherineprice.com