Posts by Victoria Albina
Saying Yes from Obligation: How to Say No from Love
When we believe that the only way to feel good about ourselves is to look outside of us, to get other people, our job, our career title or credential, our anything and everything to fill that whole in your heart that says “I’m not good enough unless other people say I am” it makes so…
Read MoreEp #116: Getting Anchored: Be Your Own Watcher
Over the last couple of years of releasing this podcast, lots of new folks have joined us, and if you’ve been here from the beginning, you’ve listened in to me teach you countless tools and concepts each week. So, I thought it was the perfect time to re-release the first of some of the most…
Read MoreEp #115: Understanding Beyond Mindset with Lauren Cash
I am thrilled to introduce to you my first ever guest on the podcast. I was tempted to call it an interview, but this was not so much of a grilling as it was more a delightful conversation with a dear friend and colleague. So, with love, I bring you the magnificent Lauren Cash. Lauren…
Read MoreEp #114: Choosing the Wrong People
Do you look back at your life and feel like you’re the worst at picking friends or romantic partners? Maybe you’ve even had people tell you that you’re terrible at this, and so you’ve been operating in the world fearful of your own mind, walking around with a chronic distrust of yourself. If you’re raising…
Read MoreChoosing the Wrong People: Why You’re Not Broken
For years, I was told that I had a broken picker—that I picked the “wrong people” to date, picked the wrong friends, the wrong jobs and confidants because my picker was broken. And I believed it. I was in a challenging place in my life, a vulnerable-feeling place, and I believed what I was told…
Read MoreEp #113: Of Course They Did!
How often do you find yourself wishing someone in your life was different than who they are? In codependent thinking, we frequently wish, will, and want other people to live by the how-to guides we have for them, but my love, this is simply not kind to you or them. So if you spend your…
Read MoreOf Course They Did: A Tool for Accepting People
Back in the mid-90s my sister, Maria Eugenia, and I came up with this super helpful way of navigating the world together. We didn’t realize we were coming up with an absolutely brilliant coaching tool but we were! So this tool is a way to live in true acceptance of the people in our lives…
Read MoreEp #112: Listener Q&A Volume 2
Getting the opportunity to be in conversation with you folks is always such a delight, and I always love it when you send in questions you’d like for me to answer on the show. This is exactly what we’re doing this week as I bring you another listener Q&A episode! I’m all about supporting you…
Read MoreEp #111: Curiosity
When did we lose that energy of passion, excitement, and curiosity we were all born with? Babies are all about not knowing and curiously learning, and we seem to have lost that going into adulthood, with defensiveness and the fear of not knowing taking over instead. When we’re living with codependent, perfectionist, and people-pleasing thought…
Read MoreCuriosity Rules: Why It’s so Important to Get Curious
Humans are such funny animals. We are born these wildly curious creatures who put literally everything we can reach into our mouths. We explore the world with this passion and excitement. We are born soooo curious, so comfortable in not knowing anything. Curiosity is powerful. It helps us live with a big open heart, trust…
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