The Influencer Podcast : Marketing, Influence, Blogging, Entrepreneur, Branding, Business, Social Media, Growth

I'll admit it. The day we recorded this episode of The Influencer Podcast, I was in a funky place. Here's the deal: At the time of this recording, I had just made a mistake and missed something important to me for the second time! I was incredibly embarrassed. I started going down the storyline of how I could have handled things differently. I was blaming myself. I was seeing everything through the lens of fear. I was being very hard on myself and creating a lot of unnecessary pain. I kept saying, "What's wrong with you? How could you let this happen? You should be ashamed of yourself!" ^^ This, my friend, is what I call the misery cycle. It ain't fun. But you can escape this vicious cycle and feel freer than you ever have before. In this live talk, I'll tell you exactly how. But that's not all... I paused and reached for one of my favorite writing practices to use whenever I am hard on myself … and I chose again! I chose to recognize that although this outcome wasn't what I'd hoped for, it was exactly