In this episode, I reflect on a lesson that took me far too long to learn: I am enough.

For years, I moved through life trying to prove my worth - to my family, to the world, and to myself. That drive was rooted in childhood insecurities, shaped by a critical upbringing, and reinforced by patterns of overworking and over-giving. I talk about how those early experiences created a cycle of self-doubt that left me feeling hollow, no matter how much I achieved.

I also share how reading The 5 Personality Patterns by Steven Kessler helped me better understand my own coping mechanisms, especially the “Enduring” and “Merging” patterns, and how they showed up in my leadership, relationships, and self-image.

But today? I’m betting on myself, not because I have it all figured out, but because I know I’m whole.

This episode is for anyone who’s ever questioned their worth, shrunk themselves to fit in, or carried the weight of needing to be “more.”

You’re already enough.

✨ Plus: a short guided visualization at the end to help you reconnect with your wholeness.

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In this episode, I sit down with Ashley Martin, a fifth-grade teacher and dear friend whose presence reminds you to breathe a little deeper. Ashley has dedicated her life to creating inclusive, culturally responsive classrooms that honor the full humanity of her students. But over the past few years, she’s also been on her own journey, learning how to slow down, listen inward, and honor her own humanity too.

Together, we talk about what it means to release the pressure to always be productive and instead embrace intentional slowness. Ashley shares how growing up in Oakland and Modesto shaped her worldview, and how slowing down has transformed not just her teaching, but the way she moves through life.

If you’ve ever felt like rest is something you have to earn or that you’re only as valuable as what you produce, this conversation is for you.

🎧 Tap in and hear how slowing down can lead to deeper connection, clarity, and care.

Ashley Martin email: ashleylevetm@gmail.com

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In this episode, I’m sharing something that took me way too long to learn: the power of slowing down.

For years, I stayed busy as a way to cope with grief, with pressure, with life. After my sister, Channon, passed, I didn’t stop to feel. I just kept moving. Work, school, building Life I Love, IVF. I kept piling it on. I told myself I was ambitious, but the truth is, I was avoiding.

Eventually, I started to see the pace of my life reflected in my daughter, the rushing, the anxiety, the constant forward motion. And that was my wake-up call.

This episode is about what slowing down gave me, how I’m learning to be more present, and how Dr. Philip Zimbardo’s Time Perspective Theory helped me reframe my relationship with time. That theory changed everything, the way I reflect on the past, show up in the present, and imagine the future.

If you’ve been feeling like life is speeding by, I hope this episode feels like a soft exhale.

In this episode, I share:

• How grief showed up as overworking
• The moment I realized my pace was impacting my daughter
• What Zimbardo’s Time Perspective Theory taught me about balance
• Small shifts that helped me feel more alive

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