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In this episode, I reflect on personal growth and how we increase our capacity to do more, be more, and get more out of the 24 hours in a day.  How do you increase your capacity to do what fulfills you when you have the same number of hours that you've always had? How do we grow our capacity to deal with the harder parts of life without letting them get us down? I reflect on all of those questions in this episode and was evidently very excited recording it because I speak at double my usual speed in here. Part of why I make this podcast is because sometimes past me has messages and teachings that current me needs to be reminded about. Editing this episode made me laugh out loud and I hope the joy and excitement that I felt when recording it touches you and makes *you* excited too about our capacity to keep shaping our lives in the way we want.  And even if this doesn't resonate right now, I hope you bookmark it and save it for when it might. In the meantime, enjoy how excited Steph mangles her favorite quote and immediately forgives herself because "it has all the important words".   --- Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

Making changes in our lives is all about teaching our brains new ways of thinking, in other words, change is just the creation of new neural pathways. In this mini stephisode, I talk about how understanding neural plasticity and neural pathways can help us persist on the journey of making changes. I also share a little tip I use to keep myself going when I stumble on my own path to making changes that stick.  In this episode, I mention: Every Human Heart Episode 24: What is your body telling you? The Huberman Lab Podcast --- Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

In the last year, I've really worked on getting attuned to what my body is telling me. We are getting better, as a society, to paying attention to our emotional cues and intellectual cues to make sense of the world, and we miss out on valuable information when we ignore what our bodies are trying to tell us. Oftentimes, our visceral experiences are the most primitive and telling signals of what is happening to us.  In this episode, I discuss what this means and why it's important to learn to get attuned to what our bodies are telling us. I reflect on why we have increasingly distrusted our bodies and what we need to do to get back in attunement.  I highly recommend 'Burnout' by Amelia and Emily Nagoski for more information on stress and dealing with it.  --- Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

Sometimes we don't realise how far we've come till someone remarks on our growth. Come along with me as I reflect on what what it means to live unapologetically and how you can continue to grow and evolve even when being unapologetic about who you are. This reflection was sparked by some very unexpected but well-received comments about me and was recorded at the end of 2021. The year-end reflection was particularly poignant for me and I invite you to come along as I think about what it means to live in alignment and acceptance of who we are now and continue to shape who we want to become.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

This episode's musings focus on the relationship we have with ourselves and how, when we work on that and learn to accept and love ourselves, it winds up shaping our relationships with others for the better.  --- Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

Sometimes we think that making the best decision is just a matter of getting all the information we need so we go down the rabbit hole of research research research. And buried under this endless research -- especially when we outsource decision-making -- is the inner knowing, the quiet whisper of our intuition. Yet both knowledge and knowing need to go hand in hand for us to make the best decision *for us*.  Join me in this mini stephisode as I reflected out loud on this :)  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

There's one small but mighty attitude change that change not only help you understand yourself better but also build empathy in your interpersonal relationships.  Join me in this episode as I reflect on what it is and how it works. Also, this is my 20th episode! Woot woot! Thank you for joining me on this incredible journey!  --   Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

It was my birthday last week and turning a year older gets you thinking. Join me in this episode as I reflect on change, my propensity to pursue growth, personal purpose, and what makes us who we are throughout the years.  Mentions: Check out my other podcast, Entre Nous, with my friend and colleague Marcus Wermuth.  Also, happy birthday to me! 🥳 --- Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

Raise your hand if you've ever asked yourself this question at the dawn of a new relationship, friendship, job, or experience? Heck, maybe even in the middle of it! Sometimes we can be so overcome with anxiety and uncertainty that the possibility of THIS not working paralyzes us.  In this episode, I dive into this question: where it comes from and what's really important whenever this question pops up.  What should we refocus on? How should we be in the face of the possibility that this may not work out?  Stick with me till the end for a particularly juicy set of reflection prompts on this topic.  What do you think when confronted with the possibility that this time may be like the last time? How do you pull yourself out of a downward spiral? (I refer to Episode 1 of Every Human Heart, Just because it ended doesn't mean it failed. Give it a listen here.)  --- Get in touch: Podcast Instagram: @everyhumanheart My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ P.S. You'll hear my dogs chomping on their toys in the background of this episode 😂I was going to apologize at the start of the episode and then I thought, "But that's real life, isn't it?"  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

a.k.a. the uncomfortable step after setting your boundaries.  Don't get me wrong: boundaries are absolutely essential and everyone must undergo the difficult process of figuring out their boundaries, establishing them, and communicating them to the people in their lives. That's a non-negotiable. Boundary-setting is a part of identity formation, in my opinion.  BUT... Sometimes our boundaries become gilded cages that we live in. They become the crutch that we use as an excuse to stop evolving. THAT's when we need to reimagine what our boundaries are. You see, boundaries are the means to the end; and the end -- that 'thing' we're trying to protect? That's the non-negotiable. And when boundaries no longer serve us, we owe it to ourselves to respectfully acknowledge that we've outgrown them.  --- Get in touch: My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

What does it mean to co-create your life? What does freedom mean? Is it the absolute absence of outside influence? Or does freedom consist in how you choose to respond to outside influence?  In this episode, I reflect on what it means to live authentically and co-create your life despite the external pressures that all of us face. If you've ever resisted fitting the molds that others try to impress upon you, or if you've wondered about how to live a life of congruence and resonance, give this episode a listen and drop me a message on @everyhumanheart; I would love to hear your story! P.S. I share a quote by Dr Susan David from Brené Brown's Dare to Lead podcast. You can listen to it here.  --- Get in touch: My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ Click here to purchase a copy of Untamed by Glennon Doyle (full disclosure: this is an affiliate link :)) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message

People often say that things happen for us, not to us. What does that even mean? Is it some kind of toxic positivity mantra that demands that we deny all the crappy things that happen to us?  Come along with me as I reflect on how to authentically embrace the notion that things happen for us and not to us, and the four questions that can help you transform your experiences so that you're always in the driver's seat of your life.  Journal prompts for this episode are available at @everyhumanheart :) Share it with someone in your life who needs that little nudge.  Drop me a DM/comment on Instagram to share what resonated with you and the mindsets that have gotten you through your toughest times. --- Get in touch: My Instagram: @stephe_lee Buy me a coffee! ☕️ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/everyhumanheart/message