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Ep 0094 – Letting Go Unhealthy Fear and Having Fun!

Laurie with cheek in hand wearing glasses and a green fleece jacket by the podcast tree at the park
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I look weirdly relaxed in this selfie considering I have less than an hour of sunlight to record day 94 down on the podcast rock before the sun goes down.

Podcast Recap

Unhealthy fear blocks opportunities for adventures and fun in life. A HUGE SMOOCHEROO for my latest, generous coffee klatcher and Amazon holiday shoppers. Please help spread the word about our brave companion message by rating and reviewing the show where you listen. A special thank you to Stefanie from Quebec for giving Dawny feedback on the Advice wanted page. I request some holiday selfies and ask you to call the bravery hotline or use speakpipe to send holiday greetings. A snippet of the Brave Companions song Fionna is writing for us along with a volunteer demonstration by Mark of how you, the brave companions, can participate. Support for my latest blog post all about how I’m combating triggers for feeling fat and how I stood up for myself at the Dr.’s office. Comment conversations include moi, Cassie who goes on the bravery report AGAIN for her response to the blog post, Dawny, Sue from the UK, and Stefanie from Quebec. We’ll also have some comments about Fionna’s song, Brave and Free, shared with us last show. I do my first ever author requested book review of Dr. Marcia Sirota’s latest, Loving Heart, Quiet Mind, Healthy Body. Hear my latest adventure in nerdy character voice acting with my scene partner, Michael. Finish up with the FUN Stefanie from Quebec’s having with her account on Instagram.

Laurie puckering up to kiss a large wooden nutcracker's nose

Having fun taking holiday selfies at the hotel at Ventura to send to the COD newsletter BCs. Loved kissing the nutcracker – can’t resist a wooden man in uniform! If you’d like to sign up for the newsletter enter you name and email where is says ‘JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST FOR SPECIAL TOPICS’

Mentioned

How to Send your audio for the Brave Companion Song or holiday greetings for just for fun! Note: For the Brave Companion Song, please say your name, where you are from, in general, and why you are brave or like being a BC

My blog post about combatting feeling fat

Sue’s supportive comment on my blog

Cassie’s brave comment supporting me on my feeling fat post and our comment conversation

Dawny’s support of Cassie

Episode containing Fionna’s song, Brave and Free

Stéfanie from Quebec’s welcome to Cassie and love of Fionna’s song, Brave and Free

Suz’s comments about catching up and her love of BCs and the musical direction of the show

Dawny’s love of Fionna’s song, Brave and Free

The Advice Wanted page if YOU want some advice from the BCs about a situation

Stéfanie from Quebec’s advice to Dawny on the Advice Wanted page.

Stéfanie from Quebec’s motivating and fun Instagram Page Weightloss_Stef

My blog post that contains one of my crash and burn stories about character voice acting

Dr. Marcia Sirota, is a Toronto-based
psychiatrist, author of Emotional Overeating, as well as the founder
and CEO of the Ruthless Compassion Institute. Dr. Sirota has just
launched the first in a new series of self-help books, entitled the
Short and Sweet Guides to Life. The magic of the first book in the
series, Loving Heart, Quiet Mind, Healthy Body, lies in its heartfelt
sincerity. Through straightforward affirmations and encouragement Dr.
Sirota show readers how to lose weight and heal themselves by
developing a greater feeling of self-love and appreciation.
Book jacket of Loving Heart, Quiet Mind, Healthy Body by Dr. Marcia Sirota

Loving Heart, Quiet Mind, Healthy Body by Dr. Marcia Sirota. Note:Clicking the book image takes you to the USA Amazon store. If you wish to support the show and are in Canada or the UK, please use the links below.

Dr. Sirota’s wonderful self-affirming Book on Amazon – please use the links below to help the show AND give yourself a wonderful gift

Loving Heart, Quiet Mind, Healthy Body: Affirmations for transforming your body and your life (Short and Sweet Guides to Life Book 1)

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes
Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

My Second Twitter Account JUST for bravery sayings @TheBraveryCoach

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
The Brave Companions Song written and sung by: Fionna Lane
The Brave Companions Song voice over: Mark and Laurie Weaver
Voice Acting Director: Marc Cashman
Voice Acting Scene partner: Michael Palmer

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

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Ep 0085 – Bonus – COD Halloween Hijinks!

Laurie and Steve stand in front of the Rise of the Jack O'Lanterns sign
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My fake son, Steve, is part of the Halloween celebration when a group of us went to see the Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns at Descanso Gardens.

Podcast Recap

We celebrate Halloween with scary tales, tricks, special music and other surprises. Mark returns as our annual Ghost Host to intro all of the fun. Cheryl and Suz’s comment conversation on day 79 about how it feels when people comment on our weight loss, inspires me to ponder how I feel about that scary topic and to ask all of the BCs to post their feelings too. Halloween special segments include an opening Halloween greeting by Dawny, a true-life ghost story written by Cheryl, Music from Suz and my voice acting friend, Max, reads the Legend of Stingy Jack, a story Cheryl sent in about how the tradition to carve Jack O’ Lanterns began. Mark writes and narrates this year’s spooky campfire tale. Halloween songs by Apache Tomcat and TinyFolk.

Dominique, Sandy and Laurie arm in arm

Brave Companions Dominique and Sandy are also part of the group that went with me to see the Rise of the Jack O’Lanterns

Skeletons and gravestones carved from pumpkins

Here’s an example of the cool art we saw. Everything was carved from pumpkins!

Laurie in her hat under a tree

Just to keep my selfie tradition alive, this is what I looked like on the podcast rock the day I recorded my part of the Halloween episode.

Mentioned

Cheryl and Suz’s comment conversation on Day 79

My Intuitive Solo Adventure Day blog post

Subscribe to be notified of blog posts and episodes via email

Compulsive Overeating Diary on Facebook

My Instagram account, LaurieDreamWeaver

Daily Adventure Tales – Halloween Episode

Want to have Fun Being Foolish (Or Ghoulish) too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes
Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver
Halloween Ghost Host Announcer: Mark Weaver
The Legend of Stingy Jack voiced by: Laurie’s Voice Actor Friend, Max
The Legend of Stingy Jack content sent in by: Cheryl
Ghoulish Fun piano played by: Suz
A Real Life Ghost Story written by: Cheryl
A Real Life Ghost Story voiced by: Laurie
The Cats in the Glass, a Campfire Tale, written and voiced by : Mark Weaver
Halloween Greetings voiced by: Dawny

Halloween Music: I am a Monster by TinyFolk from Black Bears

I am a Monster (Tinyfolk) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Halloween Music:Scariest Monster Competition by Apache Tomcat from Halloweenie EP

Scariest Monster Competition (Apache Tomcat) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Sounds used in The Legend of Stingy Jack

  • Halloween Organ
    http://www.freesound.org/people/mistersherlock/sounds/159508/
  • Demented man laugh
    http://www.audiomicro.com/demented-man-laugh-monster-animal-demented-man-laugh-free-sound-effects-45461
  • Graveyard Wind
    http://www.freesound.org/people/mistersherlock/sounds/159509/
  • You will burn
    http://www.freesound.org/people/daf024/sounds/84615/
  • What are you doing here?
    http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/125919/
  • Coin
    http://www.freesound.org/people/jmaimarc/sounds/19778/
  • Ghostly Transition
    http://www.freesound.org/people/pcruzn/sounds/204817/
  • Spooky Breeze
    http://www.freesound.org/people/SKPI/sounds/252797/
  • Zinger
    http://www.freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/215163/
  • Chains
    http://www.audiomicro.com/demented-man-dragging-chains-monster-animal-demented-man-dragging-chains-sound-effects-45454

Sounds used in The Glass and the Cats

  • Graveyard Wind
    http://www.freesound.org/people/mistersherlock/sounds/159509/
  • Mad Cat
    http://www.freesound.org/people/Taira%20Komori/sounds/211690/
  • Happy Cat
    http://www.freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/sounds/28305/
  • Breaking Glass
    http://www.freesound.org/people/justBrando/sounds/159197/
  • Fire
    http://www.freesound.org/people/plingativator/sounds/106988/
  • Demonic Laugh
    http://www.freesound.org/people/TreyHolton/sounds/244667/
  • Scary Woods Music
    http://www.freesound.org/people/Aeonemi/sounds/232864/

Sounds used in Cheryl’s Ghost Tale

  • Eerie Music
    http://www.freesound.org/people/toiletrolltube/sounds/231518/

  • Chill Wind
    http://www.freesound.org/people/Prosser/sounds/233996/

  • Breaking Pot
    http://www.freesound.org/people/zerolagtime/sounds/214336/

  • Door open
    http://www.freesound.org/people/rivernile7/sounds/249573/

  • Rocking Chair
    http://www.freesound.org/people/stevelalonde/sounds/80474/

  • Graveyard Wind
    http://www.freesound.org/people/mistersherlock/sounds/159509/
  • Clatter
    http://www.freesound.org/people/Gingie/sounds/181678/

  • Woman Scream
    http://www.freesound.org/people/queen_westeros/sounds/222545/
  • Object fallhttp://www.freesound.org/people/MaxDemianAGL/sounds/183609/

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Free Sound A wonderful resource to find and upload sounds for your projects.
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Ep 0084 – Letting Go of Holding On

Laurie leans her cheek in her hand. Light brown hair mid-length, smiling
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It feels great to get away from stress and snafus and sit under the podcast tree on my podcast rock.

Podcast Recap

Where does using personal effort and energy best serve your life? I decide it makes the most sense for my personal energy to let the live YMCA group and the Sparkpeople team go due to lack of likely participation. I muse about various social media outlets and which ones I actually use more often than others and why. Thanks to an Amazon shopper for using Compulsive Overeating Diary’s link prior to an amazing purchase! New Episode and Blog Post index pages take the place of the broken episode widget. Suz and Cheryl have submitted their Halloween fun. Send your audio or written Halloween items in! Welcome to Lauren from Down Under, a friend of Amy from Australia. Featured comments supporting Corinna from Dawny and Suz. Thanks to others who took the time to post. Cheryl is not only the first BC to put herself on our new Bravery Report page, she’s also on the bravery report for her brave and heartfelt writing dedicated to BCs on her blog, Wellsprings and Dragonfly Wings. Stéfanie from Quebec gives us words to ponder about how literal are we with what we say.
Rocks on the branch of a tree

Someone else has been leaving cool prayer rocks on the branch of the podcast tree.

Mentioned

New Episode Index page replacing the widget to select episodes

New Blog Post Index page

Last episode with Corinna’s voice

New BC, Lauren’s, story on her first post on Day 81

New Brave Companion, Lauren’s blog, Just Full Enough and Facebook page.

Dawny’s welcome to Corinna on Day 83

Suz’s wonderfully warm and thoughtful welcome to Corinna on Day 83

Cheryl’s Bravery Report Post

Cheryl’s Story, Who Says God Has A Dog Anyway?, on her blog, Wellsprings and Dragonfly Wings

Stéfanie from Quebec’s comment about literal language standing in for emotions on Day 82

NEW! Put yourself on the Bravery Report!

All bravery should be celebrated. Come say Hooray on the Bravery Report page by commenting and telling about your bravery and/or downloading your own Bravery Report certificate.

Ways to support the show financially

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in “Foolish Fun for Halloween!“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

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Ep 0083 – Don’t Procrastinate Your Dreams Away

Laurie looking at her sheet music on a stand
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Here I am reviewing my sheet music before practicing. I record my lesson every week on the same recorder I use for the podcast and use the recording to practice.

Podcast Recap

Procrastination can delay more than your chores. It can put your entire life on hold and kill your dreams. Corinna, from the live YMCA support group, is on the bravery report for recording her thoughts after our first meeting. The YMCA group will continue on and we have an actual bravery report now! We also have a show audio archive again. Featured comments by Rachel about perfectionism, Amy from Australia about my weight photos, Suz about supporting Amy from WI and me, Cheryl about knowing when to give up an activity without guilt, and Sue from the U.K. about the value of persistence. I share my latest singing adventure as well as my voice acting report card results.
Hiking trailhead with cloudy sky above

You can see as I look toward the start of the trail that it is a cloudy, overcast morning. Feels good after all of the heat we’ve been having!

Mentioned

Alen’s show and blog, Progress, Not Perfection

Laurie’s live support group at the YMCA

My voice acting teacher, Marc Cashman’s website

The website of Vicki Hilferty, my singing teacher

My bikini photo on Day 28

Episode with Diane the Champion’s call to the bravery hotline following a binge

Last episode with Amy from WI’s call to the bravery hotline about intuitive eating.

My Photos of my weight up and down the scale

The new Bravery Report page – you can print out your OWN certificate!

The show audio archive page where you can listen to all of the past episodes in one convenient place

See my bio on the contact form page – and drop me a line while you’re there!

Brave Companion, Rachel’s, comments about perfectionism on Day 39

Amy from Australia weighs in about my photo journey on day 56

Suz’s comments on Day 82

Cheryl’s comments on Day 82

Sue from the UK’s comments on Day 82

My response to Sue on Day 82

Last year’s Halloween show on Daily Adventure Tales

NEW! Put yourself on the Bravery Report!

All bravery should be celebrated. Come say Hooray on the Bravery Report page by commenting and telling about your bravery and/or downloading your own Bravery Report certificate.
Intuitive Eating Book on Amazon – please use the links below

Intuitive Eating

Ways to support the show financially

Want to have Fun Being Foolish too?

Participate in our new feature called “Foolish Fun“. Just call the bravery hotline 206-350-6445 or check out the send audio page on https://www.compulsiveovereatingdiary.com/how-to-send-audio/
And tell us a joke, riddle, a silly story, limerick, sing a song, play a kazoo, ANYTHING but talk about compulsive eating. This is the feature where messing up is just part of the act! No names required and Silly Aliases are AOK! Need ideas? See Day 54’s Resource of the Day for my page of ToonaCat Jokes

Catch up with Laurie

My Spreaker page. Please follow me there if you are on Spreaker.

My Instagram page at LaurieDreamWeaver

FaceBook Page if you want to sign up for our email list by clicking Tiger the Cat’s Sign-up button

Laurie on Tumblr

My page with instructions for all of the ways (so far) that you can send audio and lend your voice to this podcast.

New free way to leave voicemail http://speakpipe.com/laurieweaver You can also click the blue button on this page that says ‘send a voice message.’

Bravery Hotline

Leave your comments, questions, feelings and stories on Laurie’s podcast voicemail hotline – 206-350-6445.

Credits

Host: Laurie Weaver

Main Theme:I’m Letting Go by Josh Woodward from The Simple Life Part 1

I’m Letting Go (Josh Woodward) / CC BY 3.0

Resource of the day

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