Episode 1: Learning to Live Out F.E.E.L with OUR OWN Charlotte Feehan
Welcome to Season 2 of The F.E.E.L Podcast! We are so excited to be back here with you with all new episodes with more smart, intuitive, curious, adventurous women that we have the great privilege of being connected to. We are kicking off the first couple of months of this season with some very insightful 20 somethings that I’m so honored to get to share with you.
With all things new, we have a few new things here at the F.E.E.L Podcast in our new season, and that includes some new staff that you are going to get a chance to meet over the next few weeks. We will also be coming at you bi-weekly this season rather than weekly. We all have full time jobs outside of our work here so this gives us more time to come up with great content for you without wearing ourselves out :). We’re also going with one, universal theme song for our intro and outro this season so you’ll have to let us know what you think about that. If you loved our Season 1 walk up songs that were different with each episode based on what our guest picked, now worries, we are going to share how you can get to those regularly soon, so be on the lookout for that!
Before doing that though, I want to give a huge shout out to Abby Bekele, our original Social Media/Brand/Website Specialist who has a great new Marketing job, so it was time to step away from this opportunity. She built our website, our logo, and our Instagram, and I could not have done this without her! So happy for her in this new opportunity and so thankful for what she gave to the F.E.E.L Podcast. She will always be part of our team here, and hopefully we’ll all get to see flashes of her from time to time. Thank you Abby! We love you and appreciate you so much!
Now, I am equally thankful that through a 2+ month search we were able to find our new Social Media Specialist, Charlotte Feehan, who you will get to meet in this week’s episode to kick off our new season. She is bright, creative, insightful, and intuitive, and we can’t wait to see all the great ideas and content she comes up with this season. Those are just my words to describe her. You’re going to get to hear how she describes herself and her thoughts around all of our talking points (that are slightly revamped, but have the same feel, no pun intended) as we get to know Charlotte this week.
This episode was almost as revealing to me as it will be to you. Unlike Abby and Valencia, who I had a previous relationship with before starting this podcast, Charlotte I only knew through our Zoom interview process, Zoom staff meetings over the last month, and the content she was creating. I knew she was more than qualified and capable of doing this work well, and that she believes in what we do here at The F.E.E.L Podcast, but beyond that I had not had the chance to get to know her more, until we recorded this episode. What a great opportunity for me and for her to share her insights, struggles, triumphs, and what she’s learning with the world.
Here’s a snapshot of some of the highlights Charlotte shares:
Self Care is not selfish, and necessary to be the best version of yourself for you and for others
Self care changes with the season you’re in
Getting out for a walk and outside when you’ve been on zoom and screens all day is so important for her self care
Boundaries are very hard to set when you’re a “people pleaser”
If someone truly cares about you, they will respect the boundaries you set
Taking breaks from Social Media for the good of your emotional health (even the Social Media Specialist needs a break sometimes :) )
Expressing our emotions, being vulnerable, crying are not a bad thing, but are healthy and allow you to move feelings and emotions through our bodies
You are worthy of living the life you want to live without judgment
We all have our own unique values, and don’t need to be doing what others around you are doing when it does not align with those values and your uniqueness
If people can’t accept all of your layers then they can’t truly love you
Find empowerment in yourself and in your experiences as you’ve overcome things
Your vulnerability gives others permission to be vulnerable
The surprising things I learned about Charlotte when she was sharing how she shows up in her relationships
There’s so much that Charlotte shares within each of these points so make sure you get on this week to meet and learn more from meeting Charlotte Feehan. Welcome back to our new season. We’re so happy to have you!