The Baggage Reclaim Sessions

Natalie delves into the topic of jealousy and envy in friendships, including recognising the difference, some of the reasons why they show up, why they're not 'bad' emotions, and what we can do to move forward from a place of love, care, trust and respect.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie explains how if we desire a mutually fulfilling relationship where our emotional needs can and will be met, we need to be, recognise and seek out four qualities.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

In the second in a series of episodes this autumn on friendship, Natalie explores how and why some of the expectations we have lead to pain. It turns out, we often expect a friend to be, say or do something, not because it's who *they* are but because of who we think we are or what we think we've done to earn it. Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

In this week's episode, Natalie talks anxiety and intuition, and why we're bound to feel anxious in any situations where we've routinely ignored our intuition and pretended to be something we're not.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

They say our friends are the family we'd choose for ourselves, but so many people who struggle with friendship tolerate unsatisfying relationships the way they suffer through family they can't escape. This autumn, there will be several episodes on the topic of friendship. In this episode, Natalie looks at what friendship means and why tension, rules, imbalances, lack of genuine mutual affection and more, contribute to some of our angst about friendship.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie explores why so many people experience pain over receiving (or not receiving) an apology. From feeling unworthy due to how someone has responded to their wrongdoing, to feeling guilty that someone needs to apologise to us, to backing down in an attempt to provoke the other party into doing so and more, we have a complicated relationship with apologies.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

Chatted with somebody online or been on a first date that seemed so promising, only to experience crickets or hear that they don't feel the same way? Natalie explains why we find these situations so perplexing and the common assumptions and misconceptions that cause dating blind spots.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

Ever kicked yourself for missing out on something, convinced that it was the perfect person/job/house/opportunity only to discover later that you dodged a bullet? Recently, Natalie found out that the 'dream house' they missed out on 5 years ago turned out to be a money pit. In this episode, she explains why hindsight allows us to see how wrong some things would have been for us, but how we still have to move forward and let go even when we haven't had the gift of hindsight yet.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie talks about confronting her fear of failure, fear of success.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

This week, Natalie explores the tricky subject of distinguishing between help and support so that we can maintain the healthy boundaries we need to enjoy mutually fulfilling relationships and take of ourselves. Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

In this week's episode, Natalie explains the concept of recognising your bandwidth so that you can take care of your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being.  Instagram | Events | Blog | Membership

Natalie is back with The Baggage Reclaim Sessions. What do you do when you have a grand plan? Discover that life might have other ideas in store for you. In this episode, Natalie gives the cliff notes version of what's been going on during the almost ten-month break -- letting go, book proposal challenges that echo life, a marathon, hitting a low point and getting back up again. She also offers some insight into what she'll be exploring in upcoming episodes.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this final episode, Natalie talks about big decisions, why we get stuck, and why we can't see what lies up ahead but we've still got to take the leap anyway. She also shares why she's decided to end the show--such a tough decision!  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

Warning: This episode includes references to incidences that some listeners may prefer not to hear about or they may find triggering if they’ve experienced it themselves. In this episode, Natalie shares why she feels that she needs to speak out about speaking out. Sharing personal experiences of having spoken out about very difficult issues including harassment and assault, as well as anecdotes from readers, listeners and friends, Natalie created this episode because she hears all too often from people who don’t speak up or speak out because they ‘don’t want to make a scene/fuss’ or they fear being perceived as ‘dramatic’, ‘needy’, ‘a psycho’, ‘lying’ etc., who are struggle to grapple with the emotional, mental and even physical consequences. We forget when we ‘play nice’ and keep silent, we very often struggle to live with ourselves.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this week's episode, Natalie talks about why focusing is about being discerning and committing, and why we allow ourselves to get busied up in all manner of distractions because we are afraid of putting our stake in the sand and saying, ‘This is who I am, this is what I’m about, and this is what I need’. She also talks about why a lot of our painful relationships and problems are about avoiding our potential and purpose, along with delaying on reaching a resolution about outstanding decisions.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this week's episode, Natalie shares what she's learned from ten months of being on a social media diet. What started off as temporarily deleting Facebook from her phone so that she could finish her book last November, became an experiment in discovering whether her life, both personal and business, would fall apart and be that much worse off without being on social media. In short, the answer was.... no.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie talks about what ambiguity is, the types of situation that can result, and how we can use our participation in an ambiguous situation to get more clear about ourselves and to become more assertive.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie talks about how despite exceeding our own or other people's expectations for us, it's as if we don't dare to believe it, instead grappling with Imposter Syndrome and waiting for the other shoe to drop because, in truth, we wonder who we are to dare not to be that kid, that portrayal or perception, anymore.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie talks about how to recognise when we're not exactly being truthful with ourselves, what causes us to do things like denying, rationalising, minimising, excusing and justifying, and how to move beyond our own untruths so that we get grounded in who we really are.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership

In this episode, Natalie shares a story about a relatively new relationship to illustrate why we mustn't ignore code amber/red warnings.  Email: podcast@baggagereclaim.com  Instagram | Courses | Events | Blog | Membership