Learning to trust again after you've been hurt can feel like one of the hardest things you'll ever do. When someone breaks your trust, it's natural to become more guarded and cautious with your heart. But sometimes you can build walls so high that no one can reach you. Deep inside you long for deep connection again, but are petrified to let those walls down.

In this episode, we're exploring how to rebuild trust after heartbreak, betrayal, and loss. You'll learn why trust is not about blindly believing in others, but about trusting yourself to recognize red flags, honor your boundaries, and make choices that support your well-being.

We'll discuss the difference between healthy caution and emotional shutdown, how to identify trustworthy people through their actions rather than their words, and why true healing happens when you stop fearing pain and start trusting yourself to navigate it.

You'll also learn:

🔑 Why self-trust is the foundation of all healthy relationships

🧭 The difference between fear and genuine intuition

⏳ Why trust should be earned gradually, not given all at once

🪞 How to separate past hurts from present relationships

🤝 The power of consistency in building healthy connections

🌱 How to take small emotional risks without losing yourself

💞 Why vulnerability is necessary for meaningful relationships

🛡️ How boundaries protect trust instead of preventing it

Remember: Trust isn't believing you'll never get hurt again. Trust is knowing that if you do, you'll have the wisdom, self-respect, and courage to honor and hold yourself through it.

🦋 If this episode resonates with you, please like, subscribe, share with someone you love, and leave a comment or review to help more people discover the power of self-healing.

You got this!

KB 💖

Do you feel responsible for keeping everyone happy?

Are you carrying the emotional weight of your relationships while everyone else seems to get a free ride?

Do you find yourself fixing, rescuing, over-giving, or sacrificing your own needs just to keep the peace?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this episode is for you.

Many of us were taught that being loving means being responsible for everyone else. Their emotions. Their happiness. Their comfort. Their problems. Their reactions. But that's not love. That's self-abandonment.

In this episode, we're diving into ten things that are NOT your responsibility in healthy relationships. We'll explore the difference between support and rescuing, kindness and people pleasing, empathy and emotional enmeshment. You'll learn how to stop carrying burdens that were never yours and start reclaiming your energy, peace, and personal power.

 In this episode you'll learn:

💡 The difference between healthy support and unhealthy rescuing

🧠 Why managing other people's emotions creates anxiety, resentment, and codependent patterns

🚫 How to stop sacrificing your needs, boundaries, and well-being to keep the peace

❤️ Why you don't need to convince anyone of your worth, value, or lovability

🌱 The key signs of codependency and enmeshment and how to begin untangling yourself from both

Remember, healthy relationships require two adults carrying their own emotional backpacks. You can care deeply about someone without carrying what belongs to them.

Let's goooooo!!

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Maybe it's just me, but I am continually blown away by the wisdom that comes out of my listeners' mouths.

In this conversation, I invited a few of my listeners to join me on stage to share their personal practices for regulating their nervous systems. 

The Noom Vibe community is (in my opinion) the BEST, most positive and supportive crew in all the social spaces. In today's episode, you'll hear real people, sharing valuable tips and practices you can use today!

You'll also learn:

🧠  How your nervous system influences how you think, feel, perceive, react, and heal 

🚨  How your body prioritizes protection over growth when stuck in survival mode and how connection, creativity, healing, clear thinking, and emotional regulation take a back seat

🌞 How a dysregulated nervous system becomes more sensitive to stress. Just as a sunburn makes even a light touch painful, an activated nervous system can make minor stressors feel overwhelming.

💡 Why a regulated nervous system gives you access to your best self - clearer thinking, effective communication, better decision making and emotional regulation

🌱 Why nervous system regulation is the foundation of healing and why a safe body creates the space for self-healing practices to work more effectively and sustainably

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Thank you for being here! If you're enjoying this podcast, we'd super appreciate if you left us a 5 star rating and review.

Much Love,

KB 🦋

Do you find yourself making excuses for behavior that hurts you?

Do you stay quiet to avoid someone's reaction, even when something feels wrong?

Do you feel emotionally drained after certain interactions, yet keep showing up anyway?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may be tolerating mistreatment without even realizing it.

In this episode, we're exploring why so many good, caring, empathetic people accept treatment they would never wish on someone they love. We'll discuss how childhood experiences, nervous system conditioning, and fear of disconnection can train us to ignore our own needs, dismiss our feelings, and remain in unhealthy dynamics far longer than we should.

You'll learn:

✨ How your nervous system can mistake what's familiar for what's safe

✨ The difference between empathy and self-abandonment and how the "empathy trap" keeps people stuck

✨ Why boundaries often trigger pushback and why that doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong

✨ The hidden inner healing that occurs when you stop betraying yourself to keep others comfortable

✨ How choosing self-respect over approval transforms your relationships, self-worth, and sense of personal power

This conversation is a reminder that healing isn't becoming cold, hard, or selfish. It's becoming unwilling to abandon yourself for the sake of connection. Because the moment you stop tolerating what hurts you, everything begins to change.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

_____________________________________

🌿 Self-Healing with Kristen Brown is recorded live on the Noom Vibe app — a space dedicated to whole-person wellness to live longer, happier lives. Guests are welcome to join the stage to share their experiences, ask questions, and be part of the conversation. 

To join Self-Healing with Kristen Brown LIVE, download the FREE Noom Vibe app on both Android and Apple devices. We'd love to see you there! 

🌱 Some guest segments may be edited out due to poor audio quality or moments unrelated to the topic to create the best listening experience. 

*This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

Have you ever said, "I can't meditate because I can't stop my thoughts"? 

Do stress, anxiety, or overthinking seem to run your life more than you'd like?

Have you tried meditation before and wondered if you were doing it wrong?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, this episode is for you.

In this talk, I break down meditation in a simple, practical way and share the exact practices that helped me calm my nervous system during some of the most challenging seasons of my life. You'll discover why meditation isn't about getting into a "no thoughts ever" space. And how creating space IS the practice.

In this episode, I'll teach you:

✨ What meditation really is (and the biggest misconceptions that keep people from practicing)

✨ How meditation physically rewires the brain and calms the nervous system

✨ Simple meditation techniques you can start using immediately (even if you've never meditated before)

✨ Why mantras, breathwork, and chanting are powerful tools for reducing stress and emotional reactivity

✨ How to create a meditation practice that works for you and fits into real life

If you've ever wanted more peace, better sleep, less anxiety, and a calmer mind, this conversation will give you the tools and confidence to begin. 

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

_____________________

🌿 Self-Healing with Kristen Brown is recorded live on the Noom Vibe app — a space dedicated to whole-person wellness to live longer, happier lives. Guests are welcome to join the stage to share their experiences, ask questions, and be part of the conversation.

To join Self-Healing with Kristen Brown LIVE, download the FREE Noom Vibe app on both Android and Apple devices. We'd love to see you there! 

🌱 Some guest segments may be edited out due to poor audio quality or moments unrelated to the topic to create the best listening experience.

*This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

_____________________

Hey Soul Sibling!

If you're loving this podcast, we'd be so grateful if you popped over to your app of choice and left a 5 star rating and review. Your reviews help to boost the pod to other like-minded seekers just like you.

Muchas gracias!

KB 🦋

Confidence is not something we are born with. It’s something we build. 

In this powerful episode, we’re diving into the truth about confidence, self-doubt, fear, shame, vulnerability, and why so many people wait to feel “ready” before going after the life they truly want.

If you constantly second-guess yourself, seek approval before taking action, replay conversations in your head, or avoid opportunities because you’re afraid of failing or being judged, this talk is for you.

You’ll learn why confidence is not the absence of fear, but the willingness to move forward despite it and how your brain literally rewires itself every time you take courageous action.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

✨ Why confidence cannot be handed to you by other people

🙌 Why your future confidence is hiding inside the actions you’re avoiding 

🧠 How the brain builds confidence 

🚶‍♀️ Why taking action BEFORE you feel ready is the secret to growth

🔥 The surprising evidence that you are expanding

💡 The baby steps that build true confidence

And boat loads more!

This episode is a reminder that confidence is not something you magically wake up with one day. And how you have everything you need to build unshakeable confidence that will move the needle in your life. You are far more capable than fear led you to believe. And what's waiting on the other side for you is 🤌🏻!

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Self-Love Quiz, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

_____________________

Hey Soul Sibling!

If you're enjoying this podcast, I would super appreciate if you popped your lil awesome self over to the app store and leave a 5 star rating and review. Your reviews help my pod reach other self-healing seekers just like you!

With much gratitude,

KB 🦋

Are you practicing self-love but still feel like something is missing? 

Have you read the books, said the affirmations, done the journaling and yet you're not feeling any better? 

Are you starting to wonder if self-love is just another pop trend that might work for some people but not for others?

I promise it's not. Self-love has likely not worked because of how you've been taught. 

Most of what the world calls self-love barely scratches the surface. It looks good on a poster but it doesn't penetrate in the places that make a difference. 

In this episode you'll learn:

🔑 What love actually is — not just an emotion, but an energy and a state of being that reorganizes everything it touches

🔑 What self-love is not — and why so many people are practicing a version that keeps them stuck

🔑 How self-love literally rewires your brain so your choices, relationships, and outer world begin to reflect your true worth 👈🏼 THIS THIS THIS!

🔑 The 5 Self-Love Tenets that reset your internal foundation of self-worth and how to practice them

🔑 Why healing never comes from self-hatred and how a gentle shift toward love changes everything

This isn't theory. This is over a decade of lived experience, profound transformation, neuroscience, and spiritual truth all wrapped into practical steps you can start today.

Because self-love is the miracle cure.

Note: If you'd like to skip to the 5 Self-Love Tenets, go to Chapters.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Are you the one everyone calls when they need something? 

Do you find yourself doing most of the planning, reaching out, accommodating, helping, and emotionally supporting others? 

Are you exhausted, overwhelmed, or quietly starting to feel taken for granted? 

If your answer is yes, you may have fallen into the painful pattern of overgiving.

In this deeply personal and eye-opening episode, I share my own journey from chronic over-giver to emotionally grounded and liberated. We’ll explore why so many people over-function in relationships at the expense of their own well-being, peace, and self-worth. And how to break free from this pattern in a kind and self-loving way. 

Giving is beautiful. But constantly abandoning yourself to keep others comfortable is not love, it’s self-neglect disguised as kindness.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

🧠  The hidden emotional drivers behind overgiving and people-pleasing
🚩  The biggest signs you’ve been giving too much
⏸️  How to interrupt the pattern of over-functioning and self-abandonment
⚖️  Why matching energy and effort changes your relationships dramatically
✨  How to start honoring your time, energy, needs, and emotional well-being without guilt

This conversation is about learning to stop living at the beck and call of everyone else and returning to a healthier, more balanced state where you feel valued, peaceful, respected, and free.

____________________

Hey Soul Sibling!

If you're loving this podcast, you could help boost it out to more like-minded seeker and healers like yourself. All you need to do is jump over to the app store and leave a 5 star rating and review. Let us know what's resonating.

Forever grateful,

KB 🦋

👉🏼 Do you constantly put everyone else’s needs ahead of your own?
👉🏼 Do you over explain your decisions, fear disappointing people, or feel responsible for keeping everyone happy?
👉🏼 Do you worry people will reject, misunderstand, or leave you if you start choosing yourself more?

If you answered yes to any of these, this episode is for you.

In this powerful conversation, I dive deep into why honoring yourself can feel so uncomfortable, especially for recovering people pleasers, empaths, and those struggling with codependent patterns. When your identity and self worth have been built around being needed, liked, helpful, or emotionally responsible for others, choosing yourself can feel unfamiliar, selfish, or even unsafe.

But healing begins the moment you stop abandoning yourself to maintain connection.

You'll learn:

✨ Why your nervous system reacts with guilt, anxiety, or fear when you start honoring your needs
 ✨ How people pleasing and self abandonment become deeply conditioned patterns
 ✨ Why discomfort does not mean you are doing something wrong, and what it does mean
 ✨ Practical ways to begin setting boundaries and saying no without guilt
 ✨ How honoring yourself strengthens self worth, self trust, healthier relationships, and inner peace

I also share practical tools and mindset shifts to help you interrupt automatic people pleasing behaviors, stop over-explaining yourself, communicate more clearly, and become more intentional with your yeses and noes.

This episode is not about becoming selfish. It is about making your well-being a priority by becoming aware of and tending to YOUR NEEDS.

When you stop asking, “How do I keep everyone else happy?” and start asking, “What do I need right now?” everything begins to change. 🦋

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

__________________________-

Hi Friend! 👋🏼

If you're enjoying this podcast, I would dearly appreciate it you popped over to the app store and left a 5 star rating and review. The only way podcasts are pushed out to other like-minded seekers is through ratings and reviews. Thank you in advance for supporting the show. You completely rock!

Much Love,

KB

Do any of these sound familiar for you or someone you know?

👉🏼 Do you ever explode or shut down in relationships and later wonder why you reacted so strongly? 

👉🏼 Do you find yourself in the same argument, with the same person (or different people) over and over again?

👉🏼 Have you ever felt totally justified in a big emotional reaction, only to realize later the moment didn't quite call for that level of intensity? 

👉🏼 Do you judge yourself harshly after being triggered or quietly see others as "too sensitive" or "too much" when they are?

In this episode, we pull back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood dynamics in relationships — emotional triggers — and reveal why they are not a flaw in a person's design, but a masterfully engineered feature of your healing journey.

You'll learn:

🔍 What an emotional trigger actually is and why the key word "disproportionate" is your most reliable signal that something deeper is asking to be seen and healed.

🧠 The neuroscience of the amygdala hijack, why your rational brain goes offline, why your body responds as if it's in danger, and why it feels so *real* even when the threat is just a look, a tone, or a five-second phone check.

💥 Why triggered people, trigger people and what to do about it.
Through a vivid real-life scenario, you'll see exactly how two people's unhealed wounds collide in real time and why the other person almost never created the wound. They just bumped into it.

🌱 How relationships are classrooms, not battlegrounds
Triggers are one of the most purposeful tools the universe uses to bring your shadow self into the light where healing becomes possible.

🛠️ 8 powerful steps to heal - Drawing on the wisdom of Viktor Frankl, Daniel Siegel, Byron Katie, Peter Levine, Bessel van der Kolk, and Kristen herself. You'll be walked through a practical, body-mind-soul roadmap for moving from reaction to self-awareness to lasting transformation.

All change happens on the inside first. And it often starts with one triggered moment if you know how to use it.

If feeling calm feels like a distant memory, if anxiety, fear, snapping, overthinking, or that wired-but-tired feeling has become your norm, survival mode has likely become your default, and it’s starting to feel like part of who you are. 

Many people come to accept this state as “normal”  When survival mode has been your baseline long enough, it starts to feel like part of your personality, like "this is just how I am."

But it isn’t who you are. It’s a nervous system that hasn’t felt safe enough to settle. Calm isn’t something you’ve lost; it's something your body hasn’t been supported to access yet. 

As your system regulates, everyday life changes in noticeable ways. This is the quiet power of regulation. It doesn’t make life perfect, but it makes it manageable. It gives you access to presence, resilience, and choice. 

When your body knows it’s safe, you don’t just feel calmer. You live differently. Ready to reclaim your calm? LISTEN NOW ✨

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Want to speak to me LIVE? Super simple! Download the FREE Noom Vibe app and join me and other experts exploring a wide range of topics focused on whole-person wellness and longevity.

Chapters:
00:00 Opening
01:21 Biological and physiological shifts
02:46 Improves mental health
03:40 Improves cognitive function
03:55 Improves resilience
04:07 Improves quality of life
08:49 What everyday life looks like when we're calm
26:01 Guest One: Imani
32:09 Guest Two: Queenbdivine
39:09 Guest Three: Steven
45:57 Technique One: Deep breathing
46:22 Technique Two: Movement
47:27 Technique Three: Sensory grounding
48:49 Technique Four: Vagus nerve stimulation
50:01 Technique Five: Crying
50:45 Technique Six: Sleep
52:26 Technique Seven: Nature
53:51 Technique Eight: Social connection
55:52 Technique Nine: Hydration and nutrition

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

If you're enjoying this podcast, we'd LOVE if you jump over to the app store and left us a 5 star rating and review. This helps us get our pod in front of other like-minded seekers just like you!

Much Love,

KB 🦋

Do you gravely fear someone being upset with you? 

So much that you fold on your truth, your needs, or your boundaries? 

You’re not alone. Many people carry this weight for years, thinking it’s safer to keep the peace than risk conflict. What we don't realize is this teaches others that our truth, needs and boundaries don't matter thus perpetuating painful situations in our lives. Are we truly finding peace? Far from it!

In this talk, you'll hear my shocking personal stories, the roots of this behavior, and why it keeps showing up in our relationships. More importantly, you're going to learn how to stop this behavior for good! 

It's time to speak your truth without fear, honor your boundaries, and stop sacrificing yourself for the comfort of others.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Want to speak to me LIVE? You got it! Download the Noom Vibe app and join me and many other coaches and mentors on a wide range of whole person wellness and longevity. Can't wait to hear from you! 

✨ ✨ ✨

Hey Superstar!

It honors me deeply that you spend some of your time with me. If you're enjoying the show, you can show your support by leaving a 5 star rating and review over at the app store. It would mean the world to me. 

Thank you for being here,

KB 🦋

Have you ever felt like the only way to get your life back is to leave the relationship?

What if you’ve been told a story about your partner that feels absolute… but might not be the full truth?

And what if the word “narcissist” has become the final answer instead of the beginning of deeper understanding?

In this episode, we’re exploring a much more nuanced conversation around one of the most charged labels in modern relationships and what it can look like to step outside of a fixed narrative and into real clarity.

This is not about staying in unhealthy dynamics.

It’s about questioning what we’ve been taught to assume, and expanding what we believe is possible when it comes to human behavior, responsibility, and change.

In this episode, you’ll begin to explore:

✅ Why the “leave immediately” narrative may not always reflect the full relational picture
✅ How labels can sometimes limit deeper understanding and healing
✅ What gets lost when we reduce people to fixed identities
✅ The complexity of accountability, change, and emotional responsibility in relationships
✅ How to start seeing patterns more clearly without collapsing into extremes

This conversation is meant to open perspective, not to provide simple answers. Because real clarity and relationship healing does not come from labels… it comes from a deeper understanding of human nature.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

To join future conversations LIVE, download the Noom Vibe app and join me and many other coaches and mentors on various topics of whole person wellness and longevity.

✨ ✨ ✨

Hey Seeker!

I'm so honored you chose to spend some of your time with me. If you're enjoying this podcast, you can say thank you by leaving a 5 star rating and review over at the app store. Your ratings and reviews helps this podcast get in front of other like-minded seekers like you. 

With much gratitude,

KB 🦋

Do you ever feel exhausted from constantly explaining yourself? Maybe you’ve bent over backward trying to prove your feelings matter, how their actions are hurting you or to simply connect, only to feel unseen, unheard, or judged anyway. The endless fight to be understood can be a massive energy drainer, but the problem is, we keep doing it hoping and praying they'll eventually get it. 

But they don't.

The truth is, you don’t need everyone to “get you” in order to live fully and freely. You don't need someone to "understand" in order to set and maintain boundaries or to choose peace over toxicity. Protecting your peace means letting go of the desire to be understood and standing strong in knowing you're not crazy, your needs matter and it is your job to take good care of yourself.

In this talk, I dive deep into how releasing the need to be understood opens the door to freedom, sovereignty and personal power. This is your reminder: peace isn’t something you earn — it’s something you choose. 

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hey Soul Sibling!

I'm so glad you're here. My hope is you have read this far into the description because you are really feeling this podcast. If the answer is yes, I'd super appreciate if you left a 5 star rating and review over on the app store. Your stars and words help my podcast reach more of our "seeker" family and together we are strong! Thank you in advance and feel free to drop me a personal note but clicking the link at the top of this description.

Much Love,

KB 🦋

What if the harshest voice in your life… is your own?

That relentless inner critic isn’t just background noise. It’s self-judgment in disguise, quietly shaping how you see yourself, how you show up, and what you believe you’re allowed to have. It chips away at your confidence, distorts your relationships, and keeps you playing small, even when you’re capable of so much more.

In this episode, we go beyond surface-level “positive thinking” and uncover what that voice really is, where it comes from, and why it feels so convincing. More importantly, you’ll learn how to separate from it, soften it, and stop letting it run the show.

Because that voice isn’t the truth. And the moment you stop believing it, everything begins to shift. You show up differently. You relate differently. You start moving through your life with a sense of self-trust, clarity, and freedom that was always available to you.

If you’re ready to release the voice that’s been holding you back and step into a more grounded, confident, and magnetic version of yourself, this episode is for you.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

____________________________

Hey you!

Thank you for being here! With all the content available to us all, I'm honored that you chose my show to listen to. I do my very best to share up to date, real and relatable content to help you feel less alone and to offer some perceptions that might change the very course of your life (as they did mine.)

If you have a couple minutes, I'd dearly appreciate it you popped over to the app store and left a 5 star rating and review. This helps my podcast get in front of other seekers like yourself. Together we are strong! 

Much Love,

KB 🦋

In today’s world, the word “narcissist” gets thrown around so much that it’s hard to know what’s real and what’s just part of the noise. The truth? Not everyone who hurts others or struggles with empathy is a narcissist. In this episode, we cut through the confusion and unpack the key differences between a narcissist and an emotionally immature person, so you can see the signs clearly so you can decide whether this relationship is worth your time and energy or one you should let go of. 

If you’ve been caught in the guessing game, confused about what you're dealing with, and if they will ever heal, this conversation will give you the clarity you're hoping for. Click play and get clear! ✨ 

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Dearest Seeker,

I am so honored that you have chosen my podcast to learn and grow from. It's people like you that keep this world going strong. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. If you're enjoying what you're hearing, I would super appreciate if you left me a 5 star rating and review over at the app store. This is the only way podcasts are put before more people and it would help me so much.

Keep thriving!

Much Love,

KB 🦋 

Your words are creating your reality, whether you realize it or not.

In this high vibe episode, we’re diving into the magnetic power of speaking your desires into existence. When you declare your desire with conviction, as if it’s already done, you send a clear signal to the universe, your subconscious, and your energy field that it’s time to align.

This isn’t wishful thinking. It’s intentional creation. It’s embodying the reality you want before it arrives, so it has no choice but to meet you there.

If you’re ready to turn your dreams into your lived experience, press play, your future is listening. 👂 

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hi Friend!

Are you enjoying this podcast? If yes, please do me a solid and jump over to the app store and leave a 5 Star Rating and Review. This helps send my message of love, healing and inspiration to others just like yourself. 

Much Love,

KB 🦋

In this episode, we’re diving into one of the most powerful concepts in both psychology and self-development: the True Self vs. the False Self.

Originally introduced by Donald Winnicott, this idea helps explain why so many of us feel disconnected from who we really are. At a young age, many of us learned to adapt, to become who we needed to be to feel safe, loved, or accepted. While that version of us helped us survive, it often keeps us stuck in patterns that no longer serve us.

We explore how the false self shows up in everyday life through people-pleasing, perfectionism, control, and self-criticism, and why it’s not something to shame, but something to understand.

More importantly, we talk about how to begin shifting out of it.

Because beneath all of that conditioning is your true self, the part of you that is grounded, clear, connected, and whole. The version of you that doesn’t need to perform to be worthy.

If you’ve been craving more authenticity, more peace, and a deeper connection to yourself, this conversation will help you understand why and show you where to begin.

⭐️ The real you isn’t something you have to become. It’s something you come back to. ⭐️

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Gratitude has been a reigning theme as of late. And the truth is, it should be! There’s a hidden power available to you every single day, and most people overlook it because it sounds too simple to be effective.

This isn’t something mystical, hippy-dippy, or based on blind positivity. It’s a measurable, science-backed shift that has an undeniable impact on your brain, nervous system, and emotional state. Researchers have shown that this one practice can literally change how your brain fires, how your body responds to stress, and how you perceive the world around you.

Once you understand how it works, you realize a powerful tool has been hiding in plain sight and why those who use it consistently experience deeper calm, clarity, and resilience. Let's GOOOOOO!

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hello Soul Sibling!

If you're enjoying this podcast, I would super appreciate if you left a 5 star rating and review over at the app store. This helps boost my podcast to get before other listeners. Thank you in advance. I appreciate you!

Much Love, 

KB

If you’ve ever felt consumed by someone… constantly thinking about them, riding emotional highs when they’re close and crashing when they pull away… this conversation will hit home. Love addiction can feel like obsession, anxiety, and emotional dependency all wrapped into one. Where your sense of peace, worth, and stability becomes tied to another person.

In this episode, Roman Wyden and I dive deep into what love addiction is, where it stems from, and what it actually takes to break free. 

We explore the key signs of love addiction, from ignoring red flags and overanalyzing every interaction, to feeling unable to leave even when you know the relationship isn’t right. You’ll begin to understand why inconsistent or emotionally unavailable partners can feel so addictive and why what feels like “love” is often a cycle of craving, withdrawal, and temporary relief.

We also unpack what’s happening in the brain and nervous system, how early attachment patterns shape who you’re drawn to, and why your system can confuse intensity with connection.

Most importantly, we talk about the way out.

Because this isn’t a life sentence.

There is a path to breaking the cycle. One that involves rebuilding self-worth, regulating your nervous system, and learning to tolerate the kind of love that feels calm, steady, and secure.

If you’re ready to stop chasing what hurts and start experiencing love that actually feels safe… this episode is for you!

To connect with Kristen and for FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

To connect with Roman: ADHD IS OVER on Social Media:

www.instagram.com/adhdisover

www.facebook.com/adhdisover

www.x.com/@adhdisover

www.youtube.com/@adhdisover

For media and press inquiries, please send a request to: hello@adhdisover.com

The ADHD IS OVER podcast is available on all popular podcast

platforms.

Let’s be honest—most of us have spent way too much time trying to change people, fix broken dynamics, or waiting for them to finally “get it.” But the truth? Nothing changes until you do. In this episode, we’re talking about what it really means to fix your side of the street and reclaim the only thing you actually have control over: yourself. You’ll learn why self-responsibility isn’t self-blame, how to recognize the ways you abandon your power, and how shifting your focus inward can radically transform your relationships, your energy, and your life. Ready to get out of the blame loop and back into your power seat? Press play. ▶️

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Dearest Seeker,

If you are enjoying this podcast, you could help me get it in front of other seekers like yourself by popping over the app store and leaving this podcast a 5 star rating and review. I would be so grateful! 

Much Love,

KB

👉🏼 Do you find yourself starting strong only to fall off and wonder what happened? 

👉🏼 Do you struggle to stay consistent, question your motivation, or feel like you just can’t get it together no matter how hard you try? 

👉🏼 Maybe you’ve told yourself you need more willpower, only to end up frustrated, stuck, and starting over again. 

What you really want is to feel in control of your habits, to trust yourself to follow through, and to finally create the consistency that leads to real results and a life that feels aligned.

In this episode, you’ll learn how your brain is wired when it comes to self-discipline, why it can feel so hard, especially when you’re tired, stressed, or overwhelmed, and why it’s not a personal failure. When you understand the neurological patterns driving your behavior, your struggle starts to make sense. And from that place of clarity, you can begin to work with your brain instead of against it building discipline in a way that feels doable, sustainable, and empowering. If you’re ready to finally follow-through so you can experience the results you’ve been wanting, this talk is for you!

 For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

___________________________________

Hey Seeker! 

We so pleased you're here! If you are enjoying this podcast, it would help us so much if you popped over to the app store and left a 5 Star Rating & Review. Share your take-a-ways, what keeps you coming back for more, or what particularly resonates with you. We'd super appreciate it!

Much Love,

KB 🦋

If you’ve ever found yourself creating stories in your mind, believing they’re real, and reacting in ways that spark conflict or chaos… often feeling like the one who “starts fights” or gets labeled “too sensitive”… you could be experiencing RSD. 

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) is a term you’ve probably been hearing more lately and for good reason. In this episode, we explore what’s really happening behind the "big reactions" people experience around perceived rejection, criticism, and failure. We also look at both sides of the experience—the world of the person with RSD, and what it's like for the person on the receiving end. 

You'll learn why RSD goes far beyond normal discomfort around rejection, and how at times it's driven by thoughts and beliefs that don’t reflect reality. This convo is not about labeling or diagnosing. It's about gaining a clear understanding of RSD so the healing tools make applicable sense. 

So, grab yourself a delicious beverage, a pad of paper and pen, and cozy up to an insightful episode of Empower Hour w/ KB - recorded LIVE on the Noom Vibe app.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

____________

Hey Beloved Seeker!

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you received what you came here for. And if you did, you can show your appreciation by popping over to the app store and leaving a 5 ⭐️ rating and review for this podcast. Your reviews help the podcast reach more seekers just like you and give me insight to what areas I should expand on. 

With my love and gratitude,

Do you feel that your relationship has reached a dangerous level of disconnection?
Do conflicts keep turning into blame, control, or emotional shutdown?
Do you want deeper connection—but don’t know how to stop reacting from hurt?
 
With every thought, action, reaction, word, and choice, we are always coming from either love or fear. When we choose fear, we bring behaviors into our relationships that create harm, distance, and disconnection. When we choose love, we bring behavior that has the power to heal, strengthen, and elevate our connections.
 
This talk goes beyond surface-level “be loving” advice and explores what acting from love truly looks like in real-life relationships—especially when things get messy. Because love isn’t just affection and harmony. Sometimes love looks like boundaries. Sometimes it looks like not enabling. Sometimes it looks like pausing, self-reflecting, and choosing growth over ego.
 
 We dive into:
📍8 key aspects of acting from Love
📍Key behaviors that create disharmony and disconnection
📍How to build unwavering trust
📍Emotional maturity and empathy
📍How looking within is the best action
📍How to be a refuge rather than a source of pain
 
If you're tired of the same destruction cyclical patterns, you desire a relationship rooted in safety, truth, and mutual respect and you're willing to do what works—this conversation will be your game changer! ✨

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hello Seeker! 👋🏼

If you're enjoying this podcast and would like to show your appreciation, you can help this podcast grow by leaving a 5 star rating and review! Thank you in advance for your time and love.

Onward and upward,

KB 🦋

In this episode, I sit down with Karim Hijazi — a 30-year veteran in cyber intelligence who has tracked spies, nation-state hackers, and some of the world’s most sophisticated cyber-attackers.

Karim has built and sold cybersecurity companies, contributed to one of the most famous global cyber reports, and has gone head-to-head with major hacking groups. His work has been featured across major news outlets, and his perspective on the future of tech is unlike anything you’ve heard.

This conversation is a wake-up call — not in a fear-based way, but in a stay-aware, stay-conscious, don’t-get-caught-off-guard way.

We explore questions like:
• What is AI really doing behind the scenes in our daily lives?
• How are tech platforms shaping human behavior — and profiting from it?
• Who is most vulnerable to the emotional “support” side of AI?
• Can AI truly replace humans, or will companies eventually realize the cost of losing the human touch?
• Where is all of this heading in the next few years — and why are experts sounding the alarm about 2026?
• What happens when technology begins writing its own code?
• How does intuition, awareness, and staying connected to our inner guidance protect us in a world that’s accelerating fast?
• And what should we understand about emerging technologies like Neuralink and brain–computer interfaces?

This is one of those conversations that expands your awareness and reminds you why staying grounded, intuitive, and awake matters more than ever.

If you want a deeper, clearer understanding of the direction tech is heading without panic, but with eyes wide open, this conversation is for you.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Do you beat yourself up for not healing fast enough?
Feel frustrated when you “know better” but still react the same way?
Struggle with guilt when you’re tired, overwhelmed, or not operating at your best?
Wonder why life feels harder the more you try to fix yourself?

Many of us were taught that personal growth comes from discipline, pressure, and pushing harder—but no one taught us about the quiet superpower of grace. Not the surface-level kind, but the kind that fundamentally changes how you relate to yourself during your healing journey. The kind that supports real self-healing, nervous system regulation, and sustainable self-growth especially while you’re unlearning old patterns, or navigating seasons of uncertainty.

In this talk, I explore the secret superpower of giving yourself grace, and why it may be the missing piece in your personal transformation. This isn’t about lowering standards or avoiding responsibility. It’s about staying connected to yourself when you make mistakes, emotions and/or patterns resurface, or life doesn’t go according to plan.

If you’re tired of turning every setback into self-criticism…
If you’re exhausted from feeling like you should be “further along by now”…
If you’re craving self-love that actually changes how you live, not just how you think…

This conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

✨  ✨  ✨

Hello Lovely!

If you are enjoying this podcast, I would deeply appreciate if you left a 5 star rating and review. Your reviews help the platform recognize that people are enjoying the podcast, which allows it to recommend the show to other seekers like yourself. High five, fist bump and belly bump!

Much Love,

KB 🦋

Gratitude has been a reigning theme as of late. And the truth is, it should be! There’s a hidden power available to you every single day, and most people overlook it because it sounds too simple to be effective.

This isn’t something mystical, hippy-dippy, or based on blind positivity. It’s a measurable, science-backed shift that has an undeniable impact on your brain, nervous system, and emotional state. Researchers have shown that this one practice can literally change how your brain fires, how your body responds to stress, and how you perceive the world around you.

Once you understand how it works, you realize a powerful tool has been hiding in plain sight and why those who use it consistently experience deeper calm, clarity, and resilience. Let's GOOOOOO!

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

✨  ✨ ✨

Hello Seeker!

We are so blessed you are here! If you are enjoying this podcast, you can share you appreciation by jumping over to the app store and leaving a 5 ⭐️ rating and review. This helps us get this podcast before other seekers just like you!

Many thanks and much love,

KB 🦋

It is incredibly painful and confusing when someone doesn't fight for you and the relationship. This pain is often turned inward.
You replay conversations. You question your worth. You wonder why they didn’t choose you, try harder, or show up when it mattered. Especially when you were so willing to do whatever it took to fix what wasn't working.

If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why wasn’t I worth fighting for?” this video is for you.

In this video, we unpack the deeper truth behind why someone doesn’t fight for a relationship and why it almost never means you weren’t enough. People don’t walk away because your value was lacking. They walk away because staying would require emotional growth, accountability, vulnerability, and self-examination they’re not prepared to face.

You’ll learn how avoidance in relationships can look like indifference, how emotional unavailability contributes, and why some people would rather lose connection than confront themselves. We’ll talk about fear of intimacy, emotional immaturity, unhealed wounds, and why accountability can feel more threatening than loss. Click play to understand what was really happening behind the scenes.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hey Seeker!

I'm so glad you're here! If you're enjoying the content of this podcast, you can show your appreciation by popping over to the app store and leaving a 5 ⭐️ rating and review. Your appreciation helps other seekers like yourself find content that can reset the foundation of their lives. 

Much Love,

KB 🦋

Do you have someone in your life who shuts down, gets defensive, or continually blows up at you? When you try to have real conversations, do they fail to take accountability, become the victim, or turn it around on you?

Being around emotionally immature people can leave you feeling drained, unseen, and deeply frustrated. It can feel like you’re carrying the emotional weight of the relationship, while repair is always left up to you.

And this does more than just feel exhausting. It disturbs your nervous system, steals your peace, and can slowly lead to losing yourself. You may start questioning your feelings, doubting your worth, and taking on more emotional labor than anyone should have to carry.

In this episode, we explore the impact of emotional immaturity and what it looks like in real life. We also talk about ways to navigate these relationships while staying grounded and protecting your energy. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by someone else’s inability to take responsibility or handle their emotions, this episode is for you.

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hey You!

If you're gathering some shiny gems for your empowerment toolbox and enjoying this podcast, you can offer your appreciation by popping over to your Apple Podcasts or Spotify app and leaving a 5 star rating and review. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Your review can help this podcast get before the ears of other empowerment seekers who are ready to change their lives.

With much love,

KB 🦋

What if your life isn’t stuck… you just stopped experimenting?

In this conversation, we explore what it means to become the mad scientist of your own life. The one who stops wishing and starts experimenting. The one who refuses to accept status quo and instead asks, “What else can I try?”

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about curiosity. It’s about small experiments. It’s about baby steps and perception shifts.

The defeatist mindset resigns. The curiosity mindset experiments.

This talk is about reclaiming the power seat in your life. It’s about focusing on solutions instead of rehearsing problems. About becoming the kind of person who tests a new way instead of repeating the old ones.

You are powerful beyond measure. You have everything it takes to attract and create the life, relationships, health, and wealth of your dreams. 

The question is: Are you willing to become the person who is willing to figure it out?

If you’re ready to stop circling the same problems and start creating new outcomes, this is your invitation. Grab a pad of paper, pen and a delicious beverage and cozy up to a conversation that will help you shift the way you’re approaching life!

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor
__________________________

Hey Seeker!

If you're enjoying this podcast, I'd super appreciate if would help us get it to more ears. Here's how you can help:

1. Share it with a loved one

2. Subscribe or Follow

3. Pop over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a 5 star rating and review.

Thank you for being a light in this world. 
Much Love,
KB 🦋

Maybe your emotions were minimized. Maybe love felt conditional. Maybe you learned to be easy, impressive, or invisible to stay connected. Whatever your story, part of you is still waiting for the steadiness and care you did not consistently receive as a child. And that part of you is calling out to you for help.

In this powerful episode, we explore the life changing practice of reparenting. This is the sacred work of becoming the safe, attuned, compassionate presence your younger self needed but did not always have. You will begin to understand your emotional patterns through a new lens, reconnect with the parts of you that adapted to survive, and step into a deeper sense of inner stability.

The love, safety, and validation you have been searching for are not out of reach. They are waiting to be reclaimed.

If you are ready to feel grounded, worthy, and deeply self supported, press play. Your healing begins here. ✨ 

For FREE Resources 📝, Book Link 📘, 1:1 Coaching 🗣️,  KB's Self-Love Merch Shop👕  and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

_________________

Hey You!

If you're gathering some shiny gems for your self-healing toolbox and enjoying this podcast, you can offer your appreciation by popping over to your Apple Podcasts or Spotify app and leaving a 5 star rating and review. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Your reviews help podcasts gain traction and get before they eyes and ears of others who would benefit from them too. 

With much love,

KB 🦋

Forgiveness isn’t what most people think and that misunderstanding may be the very thing keeping you stuck. When we don't forgive, we carry the past in our bodies. It shows up as resentment, tension, fear, depression, emotional triggers, and a quiet heaviness that never fully leaves. We think we are protecting ourselves by holding on or keeping them accountable for their actions, but in reality we are tying ourselves to the very person that hurt us. Non forgiveness drains your energy, clouds your peace, and keeps you emotionally entangled with what is already over.

In this talk, you will learn what forgiveness actually means and what it does not. This is not about excusing or condoning behavior or pretending it did not hurt. (I can promise you that!) 

When you truly forgive, you release and expand. You rise. You free your nervous system, your mind, and your future! If you are ready to stop carrying excess emotional weight and finally feel lighter, clearer, and sovereign again, this conversation is for you. 

So grab a pad of paper and pen and a delicious beverage and snuggle up to a talk that could change your life. ✨

For FREE Resources, 📖 Book Link, 📝 Quizzes, 👚 Self-Love Merch Shop, 🗣️ 1:1 Mentoring and more: https://www.linktr.ee/kristenbrownauthor

Hey you! 👋🏼

If this episode spoke to your heart, it would mean so much if you left a five star rating and a loving review. Your support helps this message reach other beautiful souls who are ready to heal, grow, and remember who they truly are.

Much Love,

KB