Mindfully Moody | Highest Self, Manifestation, Dating Advice & Feminine Energy
Welcome to Mindfully Moody, a transformative space where self-discovery, spiritual exploration, and personal growth come together. We, Hannah Andersen and Sara Swanson, are best friends navigating our spiritual journeys and authentically sharing our experiences along the way. Our podcast was born from our shared love of life’s flow—the highs, the lows, and the magic found in between. We’re here to inspire you to live a more conscious, fulfilled, and aligned life.
Podcast Topics we cover:
How to become your highest self
How to live an aligned life
How to date intentionally
How to quit your job
Spiritual Awakening
How to be in your feminine energy
How to manifest
At Mindfully Moody, we dive deep into powerful topics like self-love, healing past wounds, and embracing your true, authentic self. We explore all things spirituality, from manifestation to energy work, and how to tap into your divine feminine energy for a more balanced life. Each episode is crafted to provide real-life stories and tools that resonate with our listeners, designed to help you in your journey to self-growth and empowerment.
We explore how to create meaningful relationships, from dating and romantic connections to friendships that nourish your soul. Whether you're single, dating, or in a long-term partnership, our discussions on relationships focus on aligning your values, discovering true freedom within yourself, and finding love that supports your highest self. We know from experience that dating can be challenging in today’s world, but it can also be a powerful tool for growth and self-discovery. Join us as we talk about navigating the complexities of modern dating, learning to listen to your intuition, and finding a relationship that truly aligns with your life’s purpose.
Living an aligned life means finding true freedom within yourself and embracing the things that bring you the most joy, peace, and fulfillment. We share stories of how we broke free from limiting beliefs, self-doubt, and toxic relationships, and found freedom in building the life we desire. You’ll hear our personal transformations, from overcoming childhood trauma and navigating divorce to creating thriving businesses aligned with our passions.
We also dive into mindfulness practices that guide us in living fully in the present moment, helping you create a life that feels authentic to your soul. Topics like mindfulness, meditation, journaling, and breathwork offer powerful tools for healing and reconnecting with your inner wisdom. These practices are key to creating emotional resilience and aligning with your true desires.
If you’re feeling stuck or overwhelmed by the pressures of life, career, and relationships, this podcast is your guide to realigning with your purpose and reclaiming your power. We explore ways to overcome burnout, manage stress, and achieve harmony between your personal and professional life. For the female entrepreneurs and creatives, we offer insights into balancing your masculine and feminine energy so you can achieve success without sacrificing your well-being.
Our episodes are infused with practical advice and tangible action steps, helping you make small shifts that lead to big changes in your life. We’re here to support you in your journey of personal transformation, offering our experiences as a roadmap for you to live a life that is more intentional, fulfilled, and joyful.
We release new episodes every Monday morning, so start your week with us as we dive into the soul-nourishing work of self-discovery, love, and transformation.
With light and love,
Hannah & Sara
Mindfully Moody | Highest Self, Manifestation, Dating Advice & Feminine Energy
141: Feel Like You Want To Give Up On Your Dreams & Goals? Listen to THIS.
Have you ever felt like giving up on your dreams? Have you ever felt like you're running in place, putting in all the effort but not seeing any progress? Join us on this week's episode of Mindfully Moody as we open up about our own struggles with feeling stuck despite relentless work towards our dreams. Hannah and Sara get real about the emotional roller coaster of self-development, from the frustration of hitting walls to the small yet significant victories that often go unnoticed. Hannah talks about her recent battles with stagnation, while Sara shares her ongoing journey balancing health challenges and business goals. Together, we emphasize the importance of recognizing and celebrating every bit of progress, no matter how small it seems.
In our reflective segment, we dive into how our goals and passions have evolved since graduating college and how crucial it is to stay aligned with our true selves. We discuss the pain of pursuing paths that don't resonate with our core values, drawing from personal experiences of career misalignment and the joy of building businesses fueled by passion. We offer insights on distinguishing between challenges that build character and signs of genuine misalignment. Remember, don't give up on your dreams. This episode is a heartfelt reminder to honor your soul's desires, to persist in your endeavors, and to find fulfillment in aligning your goals with your true self.
Wishing you a week full of love, light, and healing, beautiful souls.
xoxo,
Sara & Hannah
01:39 - Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Fears
02:10 - Building a Foundation for Success
02:52 - Navigating Life's Ups and Downs
03:09 - Facing Frustration When Progress Feels Slow
04:38 - Balancing Effort and Results
05:30 - Struggles with Health and Business Goals
06:54 - The Trap of Moving the Goalpost
09:55 - The Bamboo Tree Metaphor: Growth Takes Time
10:07 - The Process of Unlearning and Relearning
11:40 - Understanding Life Alignment and Personal Growth
12:09 - The Importance of Getting into Alignment
14:52 - Recognizing Misalignment in Pursuing Goals
16:05 - Strategies for Realigning with Your True Desires
18:45 - Focusing on Small Wins and Daily Habits
21:12 - The Role of Self-Compassion in Goal Setting
22:33 - How to Maintain Motivation Over Time
23:47 - Re-evaluating Goals and Adjusting When Necessary
26:15 - Setting Realistic Expectations and Milestones
27:34 - The Importance of Celebrating Progress
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Imagine you're driving a car and you look down at the wheels and the wheels are just spinning, spinning, spinning, but you're not making any distance to your destination. That is what we are experiencing. That's what I'm experiencing right now is feeling like I'm trying, trying, trying so hard to get to all my goals and dreams and I feel like I'm not making any momentum. So, if you're interested in this topic, stay tuned, we're jumping right in.
Speaker 2:Welcome back to Mindfully Moody. Hello, this is Sarah. I'm joined with my best friend and co-host, hannah, and we are so grateful that you are joining us for another episode. If you are just finding our podcast, welcome. We have so many episodes for you to discover.
Speaker 2:We've been recording for almost three years now I feel like we can officially start saying almost three years and we have been just covering every single little bit of our spiritual journeys, our growth journeys along the way, every single little bit of our spiritual journeys, our growth journeys along the way, and there's just so much juiciness for you to dig into and if you are ready to empower yourself in a new way.
Speaker 2:I just want to drop a little tidbit about our program, self-love Formula, which we have rebranded from the journey from self-doubt to self-love in 30 days.
Speaker 2:This is our program that we created using all of the tools, techniques, exercises, journal prompts, all of the things that have gotten us to where we are on our journeys.
Speaker 2:We took all of that and created this program for you to push past limiting beliefs, your fears, the things that have been keeping you stuck in your life, so that you can create your dream reality, you can step into a place of self-acceptance and self-love, and this is really the foundation that we had to build for ourselves so that we could start our own businesses, become entrepreneurs, so that we could find deeper alignment in our lives.
Speaker 2:These are the first things that we did, the first things that were necessary. So check out in the show notes right now you can click and it is 50% off right now for a limited time. So just wanted to drop that little note in there and, yeah, let's get into the topic. What are you feeling? I know this is one that is like on your heart right now and we've been talking a lot about this in our friendship lives outside of Mindfully Moody, and I think it's really beneficial to bring this to the podcast, because this is what we always do we want to talk about the things that we are going through in the moment and process along with our listeners.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think life is filled with so many ups and downs. We have such high highs where we're in this blissful state where nothing can bring me down. I love myself. Everything is going as expected, life is fucking awesome.
Speaker 1:One little girl, that little TikTok, she's like I'm beautiful, you know, you're just like feeling like so blissful and then the shoe drops and then something happens right, and then you're back in a little bit of a down spiral and I feel like I just found myself in that kind of like down place recently and I think where my brain can go sometimes is victim mode, right, and specifically like. What I'm talking about is when I feel like I'm trying so hard in all of these aspects of my life right, when I'm trying to build my dream business, when I'm trying to attract the dream partner, when I'm trying to eat as healthy as I can and be the healthiest version of myself, and I'm so deep in that progress, and at the same time I feel like I'm not hitting my goals, I'm not getting the tangible results that I want in the timeframe that my mind desires. That can be so frustrating and I'm experiencing that firsthand and I'm sure a lot of our listeners experience that too. You just look back and like, damn, I feel like my head has been down, I feel like I've been focused. I feel like I've been taking aligned action. I feel like I've been working on my energy. I feel like I've been doing so fucking much and yet I still am not where I want to be.
Speaker 1:And I was expressing this to Sarah the other day, just like, fuck, it can be so frustrating to be in that moment of like I'm trying so hard, I feel like I'm doing all the things but I'm not where I want to be, and it's really hard. It's really hard to be in that and to sit with that and accept that you're not in the place, that you want to be right, like for me at 32, like, yeah, there's a lot of things that I want still that I haven't quite gotten yet. And that can be so frustrating when you prioritize so much of your life around self-development and bettering yourself and working towards your goals. And yeah, it can be challenging. So do you feel that in your life in any aspects? Where are you at with this topic?
Speaker 2:this desire to be in a certain place. I mean, this is, this has always been me with my health, absolutely, with my relationship with food, my relationship with my body, always striving to be somewhere that I don't quite feel like I am yet. You know, and and I do feel the same way about my business sometimes as well, like you know, I desire to have a abundant, fulfilling, totally like all nourishing, all encompassing business that is succeeding and it's just moving and flowing and there's not a lot of push or force or fear or sense of lack. And, yeah, I definitely experienced that in my business and and my health. But I think it's such a slippery slope because the past version of me was trying to be where I am now.
Speaker 2:Right, the past version of me that was working in corporate America hated my job, felt like I was being literally having the life force, energy, sucked out of my soul every day. I dreamed what would it be like to be my own boss, what would it be like to have more freedom in my life when it came to not having to report into someone, not having to get on a what's coming to my mind right now like getting on a one-on-one with a manager and now they're going to like tell you what you you know what you're doing and what feedback they have to give you. Like I wanted to give myself my own feedback. I wanted to become the person that was leading my life, in charge of my life. I am there now, but I keep moving the goalpost, just like so many of us do, and I think this is absolutely a consequence of our egos and just our minds betraying us, because when we have this perspective of like I'm not there yet, I'm not doing it yet, it just robs us of joy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, it reminds me of like just talking about that and hearing what you're saying, like going back to the energetics of our goals, right, like we want the relationship to feel loved. Right, we want the successful business so we can feel freedom. Right, we want to be as healthy as we can, to feel, you know, whatever, whatever it is, and it's just like a good reminder of like, okay, those things that I want, like what, what is the feeling that I'm actually seeking out for those things? Right, I'm such a believer in enjoy the journey and, at the same time, sometimes the journey gets annoying because you're putting so much energy and effort and it's hard, it's hard work 's hard work. I'm just thinking of like this quote, that, or like this idea of a bamboo tree right, like the growth takes time, and like to be patient with that. Like the bamboo tree, you plant a bamboo tree seed and it takes seven to nine years in order for it to pop up, but when it hits that point it grows, like you know, two feet a day, like it's just like skyrockets. And so, like I think, having the patience and knowing that, these moments that you're putting so much effort towards your dreams and your goals, like it's all for a reason, even if it's not here yet, which can feel so frustrating, like trusting that, like that path is right for you, you know.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I love the metaphor of the bamboo tree.
Speaker 2:I actually didn't know it took that long to start growing, but it goes to setting the foundation.
Speaker 2:And because we are, it's so interesting the process of growth we have to go through like we are born, we are programmed, we have all of these things that come into our lives and our childhoods, our teenage years, our early adult years, all these things that we gather and learn.
Speaker 2:Then we have to go through this massive process of unlearning the stuff that didn't actually bring us value, that created fears in ourselves, that created limiting beliefs or just like that insecurity that so many of us experience in life, that doubt that we have in ourselves.
Speaker 2:We have to go through this big process of unlearning that, which is a lifetime process, but you get far enough right and then you start relearning or learning for the first time things like being an entrepreneur, like oh, you need to actually have love for yourself before you're able to attract the love that is going to fulfill you in the way that you desire, or you know all of the different things that we start to gather stuff about spirituality, the mind, the body, how to heal all of these things that we then desire to learn. So it's like on one hand, we think okay, I'm 32 years old and I've lived 32 years and I should have X, y and Z. But then, when you break it down like that, it's like well, I've really only been living in alignment for a few years at this point.
Speaker 2:So you know like it's not like, yes, I've been alive on this earth for 32 years in this lifetime, but shit, I kind of just started learning this, you know, like in a really really not just started learning, just started embodying in a really deeper way. I haven't really ever broken it down like that. I'm like that's actually interesting. Let me come back to that on my own journey.
Speaker 1:I think it's really interesting about getting into alignment, which our self-love formula helps you do that. But exactly what you're saying, like if we were to rewind our film of life back to you know, 10 years ago or, let's say, eight years ago, you know, when we were graduating college, our goals then were probably not Girl, that's 10 years ago, okay, no, not for me. We always argue about this. I feel like, okay, I graduated when I was 24, I think you did. Yeah, I was like a super, super senior.
Speaker 2:I took five years to graduate, too, because I transferred so many times.
Speaker 1:I had to take a victory lap and then I just had so much fun so I had to do it one more time. But like, yeah, whatever. When we graduated from college, like what our goals were then were not necessarily in alignment with our soul and who we are really meant to be, because we weren't as clear on who we were right. So, as we were making progress right, we're applying to these corporate jobs and putting progress towards those goals, it makes sense that that progress, that work that we were doing, wasn't fulfilling, didn't feel as good because we were working towards something that didn't actually feel aligned. But it's interesting to fast forward now of like looking at my goals and like building, building a successful business right, a heart aligned business, living as healthy as I can. It's like you can really truly fall in love with that process, like really really fall in love with that process because you're so aligned to that outcome. So it should feel good to do those things. Does that make sense?
Speaker 1:I'm thinking about people who maybe are working towards goals that aren't actually aligned and then they're finding so much resistance in the day-to-day because they don't like what they're working towards. So that makes sense. Why it's so hard? And so I was just reflecting on that I wouldn't have it any other way. Yeah, the things that I'm working on right Going and doing sports, being active with my friends, like having strategy session after strategy session in my business, like, yeah, that's kind of it can be frustrating when I'm not actually hitting my goals that I want to, but also it's so fun because I'm working towards goals that feel really aligned to me. So, like, yeah, I'm just trying to think about like how to actively shift that of like feeling annoyed at the process to like loving the process.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think you raise a really good point because you know you hear about people. Oh okay, you know they at one point wanted to go to medical school or law school and they're studying and it's like every single moment is a challenge. They hate it. They're all constantly up against this like resistance and fear, and then they're like I don't even want to be a doctor, why did?
Speaker 2:I even why am I even in medical school? How did I get here? Like this is not the path that I desire to lead. So yes, there is resistance in that. I mean I totally felt that way when I was leaving advertising and studying really to get a marketing job, when I was interviewing at like eight companies at once and had to read up on all of them and practice all my interviewing, I mean I was in like complete and utter misery. Yeah, talk about misalignment Like.
Speaker 2:I was crying constantly. I would be crying before interviews, I would be crying in my bed at night. I was just like this does not feel good, this is not for me, but like I need to get there. So I just need to keep pushing and pushing versus now. Yeah, there are some things that I don't like doing in my business. I'm not really a build a system type of person. That was my corporate job. I was the lead of building the systems and I don't really love to build systems anymore, so I find myself having a lot of resistance with that. But it's. I'm building a system in my business for myself, for my success, for my creations, for my dreams, not for the owner of blah blah blah's company, who no one even knows at this point because it was started 150 years ago, and who the hell's dream is this? That?
Speaker 1:we're all working for yeah Right.
Speaker 2:So like, what is that kind of reframe, I mean, if you look at it from, oh, I've been putting in all this effort into loving myself so that I can find more the aligned partner that I dream of being with, and now I'm like sick and tired of this and I want my person now and I'm getting this frustration that this person isn't coming into my life. So do you want to reverse and go back on all the good things that you've done for yourself? Or is it now like let me step into this place of victimhood and feeling sorry for myself, because that's going to feel better than continuing to deepen my love for myself so that when the right time arises, the person comes? It's just a freaking mind game.
Speaker 2:It's just a mind game.
Speaker 1:Well, I want to actually also go a little bit deeper on something, because maybe there are people listening that maybe they've been working towards goals, but they find themselves in the day-to-day in that sadness, in that anxiety. Because that's how I felt too, as I was working as a product manager, trying to get a promotion. I was so anxious and, like you were saying, as you were learning about these different marketing roles, you were so sad, so anxious and, like you were saying, as you were learning about these different marketing roles, you were so sad, so anxious. But when we think about our business that feels more expanded, how can we tell the difference in the day-to-day to know if that feels like a really fully aligned yeah?
Speaker 2:that's a great question because it's hard. I was just talking to Danielle about this. It's like how do you tell the difference between something that is not aligned and something that you just need to push through? Like that could be coming up. I think like, yeah, sorry, I'm thinking of you when I'm saying this, but like fear of public speaking. Like how do your fear of public speaking like, is that just like? You know what? I'm not meant to be a public speaker. That doesn't feel good to me. I'm good on that. I like working with people one-on-one, versus like okay, well, but if you were to push past the fear and then you could have X, y and Z things that may actually be aligned.
Speaker 2:Is this feeling like a fear, a fear that is meant to be conquered, or is this my highest self showing me the universe, showing me this resistance is because you are meant to do something else and this is actually a gift for you. And yeah, I think it's so individual, but it's really about listening to yourself. I think it's not about rushing to make a decision and being haphazard about it. I think it's like if you are in medical school right now and you're just starting to have this like, well, maybe this isn't aligned for me, I mean, maybe deepen in a little bit more of like should I quit immediately, you know? But yeah, I say all that to say I don't really know what is fully the right answer either.
Speaker 2:You know, I think it's such a individual experience, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I feel like the heart always knows, like the heart and intuition, yeah, and like that's why doing the work understanding yourself, rewiring old subconscious beliefs which we teach you in the self-love formula is really important to understand yourself so then you can show up in life for yourself in this clear way and know what it is that you want right, the things that I'm working on. That I find being frustrated that I'm not there yet it's, I know in my heart. My intuition knows that I'm meant for those things, that I'm meant to have a thriving, successful business, that I'm meant to be a mom, that I'm meant to live in the healthiest body possible. My heart knows those things and I feel like that for me is why I need to remain patient in the journey of the process, because I deeply know inside of me that those things are meant for me and I need to keep going. But, yeah, I think sometimes that there's an opportunity to shift and say like, okay, if I'm feeling like I'm not making the progress that I want, maybe there is something new I can try, maybe there's a new system or strategy also coming soon to you, excited to help you with that. Create some structures, get the masculine in place so the feminine can flow. Yes, maybe there's a new perspective. I just love.
Speaker 1:What you shared yesterday on Polo was like with the reframe. Like, yeah, you're maybe feeling in this victim mindset. Maybe you're feeling frustrated, maybe you're feeling like I get it. Yeah, you haven't reached where you want to be yet. But go look at past version of you, and I did that. After I got off Polo with you, I like went to 2022 and you were right. I went in some journals and it said, like I dream to be this weight. And then I'm like I'm literally like that weight right now and I'm like, oh my God, like I'm so proud of myself and like looking back at past versions of myself, like where was I? I was, you know, working in a corporate job, going out on weekends to escape my reality, dating horrible people Sorry, not horrible people, sorry, guys. Fast years.
Speaker 2:Like just dating guys that Deeply misaligned.
Speaker 1:Not horrible, that sounds so bad. But like, yeah, dating guys that just like were not having qualities of my dream partner. And that is where the reframe happens, like, oh my gosh, I'm so proud of myself for all the progress that I made and guess what? Two years from now 2026, baby I'm going to be like girl. You got, like you know, it all worked out Exactly.
Speaker 2:I love that. Yes, you are where a past version of you desired to be. That is the case for so many people. And I also wanted to say on the misalignment thing, and how do we know about the misalignment versus fear and all of that. It just makes me think about, you know, our experience on Earth as humans, of our souls choosing to come here and experience different things that are going to push us forward, that are going to invite us to learn something that is going to help us right. Like our souls had some contract with the corporate world that we needed to experience, you know, maybe not with the corporate world, but you know what I mean. Like we needed to experience jobs that put us in a fear state, that put us in a misaligned experience, so that we could then open up, awaken to our actual, sole purpose in this lifetime and experience what we get to experience now. So it's like even the misalignments, they don't need to be taken as this sucks.
Speaker 2:I dated this guy for X amount of years and it didn't work out, and now I'm back to square one and I'm miserable and I'm lonely and now I'm too old and blah, blah, blah, blah All these real thoughts that go through people's minds Like you don't have to jump to that, or if you are jumping to that, ground it in the fact that things happen as they are meant to happen. You learned lessons from this relationship. You learned lessons from being in the corporate world. You learned lessons from having a friend that did you wrong that you trusted right. All of these things that we gather and all of these different ways that we try, all of these different goals that we have that maybe don't succeed in the way that we desire them to succeed, that all is information, that all is experience that we then can take into the next aligned goals that we have in our lives. So nothing is ever not worth it. You know what I mean, yep 100%.
Speaker 1:So, babes, listening, get aligned with yourself, your soul, tap into what it is that you desire, put effort and love into everything that you create and do not give up on your dreams and the person that you are meant to become. We love you guys so much. Thank you for listening to mindfully moody. Don't forget to tune in. Every single Monday we release episodes, so tune in for your hot girl walk, get a dose of goodness and we will see you next week. Love you, bye.
