Happiest Thanksgiving, my love. This week’s episode is all about one of my very favorite things: Gratitude. 2020 has been hard, but it’s taught all of us what’s important. My gratitude list is long this year – longer than it has been ever before.

So in this episode, I share My Grateful 8 (okay, it’s a lot more than just 8, but what can I say, I celebrate that I’m good at being grateful!), I provide you with the science on why gratitude is so good for us (and the lasting effects of it on our overall happiness), plus I share gratitude tools and games you can play right now to improve relationships and your life.

No matter who is around your Thanksgiving table this year – or if Thanksgiving is even a happy holiday at all in your home – we can all choose gratitude in our lives every day. I would love to hear about your Grateful 8, so please share that with me if you wish to.

In this episode I share:

• The people and things I’m most grateful for this year
• Personal stories that contributed to my deep gratitude
• The science of gratitude and how it has lasting impacts on your life
• Gratitude games you can play around the Thanksgiving table – even from a distance!

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In this episode, I mention my son Shay’s birth story – he almost died at birth – so to hear about it, listen here: (http://www.blog.carinrockind.com/episode121)

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Thank you so much for listening, love, and if you aren’t following me already, you can find me on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/carinrockind) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CarinRockindPurposeGirl).

May you live purposefully, may you love yourself, and may you love life!!

Bye for now!
XO,
Carin

If you’ve been around for the last couple months, you know my big news – I became a mother! I love it so much – and I don’t shy away from talking about the hard parts. Motherhood can bring about a new type of anxiety and a new type of depression. And many women – including me – even experience a feeling of distance from our babies that is scary and confusing and so. Damn. Hard.

In this episode of The PurposeGirl Podcast, I’m fortunate to be joined by Chiara Townley, a woman who caught my attention because she wrote an article entitled “It Took Me Months to Love My Baby and I Don’t Feel Guilty About It” in Good Housekeeping magazine. I mean, HELLO?! It was like she took my story, my feelings, and shared it. In this episode, Chiara and I talk about the challenges of becoming a new mom, and how she moved past the depression to find inner peace, plus how all of us can find inner peace through any and every challenge.

In this episode, Chiara and I discuss:

• The overwhelming, confusing, sad feelings many women experience when they become mothers and how those feelings are valid and normal.
• Discovering your essence.
• How to discover and live your soul purpose.
• The connection between the physical manifestation of our fears, anxieties, and depressions and how they connect to the chakras, our mindset, and energy fields.
• How affirmations of self-love can heal you as a woman, and a mother.
• She leads me through a breathing and energy meditation that you can follow along.

You can connect with Chiara on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cbtwriting/), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/chiarabtownley/), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/chiarabtownley). Or you can check out her website (https://www.chiarabtownley.com/guidance).  

As a special gift for listeners of The PurposeGirl Podcast, Chiara is making available her written report & action plan for $50 instead of $80. Plus, read Chiara’s groundbreaking article, “It Took Me Months to Love My Baby, and I Don’t Feel Guilty About It” here (https://bit.ly/2IyZSIl)

Want to get on the waitlist for my upcoming event? It's the LAST TIME I'll ever hold this space – literally ever!!!! – and you need to be a part of it if you're ready to dive deep inside, get juiced up, and make 2021 the year you wished 2020 had been. Email us at team@purposegirl.com to let us know you want to be on the waitlist! 

Want more PurposeGirl?? Ready to be your full Goddess on Purpose self? And desire Sisterhood who feels the same? Join the Free PurposeGirls Facebook Group! I post prompts, motivation, and do free live videos and challenges to get you on purpose and loving life!! Click here to join (https://www.facebook.com/groups/PurposeGirlsGroup/).

Also make sure you’re getting my newsletter – that’s the first place I send announcements about events, programs and share purpose and happiness tips. Click here to receive my newsletter for free (https://blog.carinrockind.com/newsletter)!

Love this episode? Love The PurposeGirl Podcast? Then share the love!! Go to Apple Podcasts and leave a 5 star review, subscribe so you never miss an episode, and download ALL the episodes to listen again and again! And share the PurposeGirl Podcast with every woman you know – that’s how we change the world one woman at a time!!

Thank you so much for listening, love, and if you aren’t following me already, you can find me on Instagram and Facebook.

May you live purposefully, may you love yourself, and may you love life!!

Bye for now!
XO,
Carin

About Chiara Townley

Chiara Townley was born in Italy, lived in the UK, and Spain, and now she lives in Portland, Oregon. She is a published writer and contributed to several publications. In the year 2020, she transformed her personal challenges into a spiritual business. She uses writing and intuition to provide guidance.

We all have dreams. Huge, amazing, juicy dreams. And maybe we feel like they’re not possible. And maybe it’s because we don’t see people who look like us doing those things. But you can shatter any glass ceiling, and we saw proof of that in this year’s election results. Regardless of your politics it’s so inspiring to see people who really represent America’s beautiful diversity getting recognized and elected. The value of inspiration or the feeling of being inspired is not just the juicy feeling itself – the value of inspiration is that it breathes life into us and shows us what already exists in our truest selves. Think about it – when we are inspired by someone or something that they’ve done, it speaks to the part of us that says, “me too. I want that, too.” This year’s election has allowed a lot of people to say “me too” who have never had the chance to. And that, my love, is so inspiring.  

In this solo episode of The PurposeGirl Podcast, I talk about how this election was one of inspiration, how it provided millions of people all over the world with positive evidence of what is possible for them, and of course how much I freaking LOVED Madame Vice President-Elect’s (AH, I cannot believe I get to call her that!) Suffragette white pant suit. I mean, where do I get one!?  We talk about all the firsts that happened this election: everything from Kamala’s win, to the first two gay, black men getting elected to congress, the first openly trans congressperson, the first Korean – American elected to congress, and so much more.

In this episode, I talk about:

• The importance of celebrating the glass-ceiling-shattering events that occurred this week, regardless of political affiliation.
• Inspiration leading to creativity, which leads to endless possibility and opportunity.
• What confirmation bias is and how this week was an example of moving the lever.
• PurposePower Tips on how to break any glass ceiling, how to cultivate a list of your desires to allow you to dream and achieve, and how to take action.

Want more PurposeGirl?? Ready to be your full Goddess on Purpose self? And desire Sisterhood who feels the same? Join the Free PurposeGirls Facebook Group! I post prompts, motivation, and do free live videos and challenges to get you on purpose and loving life!! Click here to join (https://www.facebook.com/groups/PurposeGirlsGroup/).

Also make sure you’re getting my newsletter – that’s the first place I send announcements about events, programs and share purpose and happiness tips.

Click here to receive my newsletter for free (https://blog.carinrockind.com/newsletter)!

Want to get on the waitlist for the very last run of my group program, Empowered, EVER?! Email my team and let them know you want to be on the waitlist (team@purposegirl.com)!

Love this episode? Love The PurposeGirl Podcast? Then share the love!! Go to Apple Podcasts and leave a 5 star review, subscribe so you never miss an episode, and download ALL the episodes to listen again and again! And share the PurposeGirl Podcast with every woman you know – that’s how we change the world one woman at a time!!

Thank you so much for listening, love, and if you aren’t following me already, you can find me on Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/carinrockind) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CarinRockindPurposeGirl).

May you live purposefully, may you love yourself, and may you love life!!

Bye for now!

XO,

Carin