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150: Curating a Life That Brings You DEEP Joy | A solo episode with Hannah

• Hannah Andersen and Sara Swanson

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Ever wondered how to transition from merely living for the weekends to savoring every single day? Join me, Hannah, as I share a personal journey through the bustling streets of Austin, where I've crafted a life filled with gratitude and self-love. This episode promises to guide you in aligning your career and life choices with your deepest passions, turning daily life into a joyful, authentic experience. Through the metaphor of the song "Stargazing," we explore embracing authenticity and self-compassion, essential ingredients for preparing to receive the love you truly desire. Together, we'll uncover how showing up as your true self in relationships can amplify your joy rather than diminish it.

Discover how simple pleasures, like a comforting latte or the happiness of a beloved pet, can significantly impact your fulfillment. We'll discuss practical strategies for conducting a life audit to identify what disturbs your peace and how to move beyond those barriers. With a focus on gratitude, personal growth, and daily self-reflection, you'll learn to cultivate intentional rituals that enhance happiness and alignment. Plus, we'll highlight the underrated power of music in uplifting our spirits and how career satisfaction is a cornerstone of mental well-being. This episode is your invitation to create a life that aligns with your personal values, filled with joy and perfectly imperfect moments.

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Ah, hello, my beautiful friends, besties, mindfully moody babes. It's Hannah and I am here with another episode. I wanted to come on and talk about fully loving yourself and getting ready for the love that you truly desire to feel. The other day I was walking in Austin, and I usually do this little route where I'm walking along the lake after work and I'm with my dog and I'm listening to music and just taking in the city, taking in the beauty, taking in the energy of Austin and just feeling, truly taking this walk to feel into my life and feel how much gratitude I have for the things that I've built, the friendships that I have, the life that I've curated, the friendships that I have, the life that I've curated carefully curated for myself, and all of the habits and rituals that I've developed in my life. And I just had so much gratitude pouring out because I feel like I really truly have created a life that I love. And that is the most magnetic thing when you are desiring to be in a romantic relationship but you haven't found that person yet to spend your life with. It's so important that we feel so full in our life. We feel like every single day we're living is in alignment and our cup is truly filled right To the brim, as much as it possibly can be, so we can call in that person right To be a match. And as I finished my walk along the lake, I always like to stop at this grassy area and I lay down in the grass and I'm with my dog and I'm listening to music and the city is just sitting in front of me and I just feel so much energy and love for this city that I've created this magnificent life for life in. And as I was sitting, I was listening to this song called Stargazing by Miles Smith I think it's Miles Smith and I just start crying tears of joy because in this moment I just felt so much love and compassion for myself of where I've been and the struggles that I've gone through, and the pain and the hurt and the trauma and the challenging childhood and the struggles in corporate America and my health. I just had this moment where I'm like I'm so grateful for the person who I have become, the person who's able to have this simple walk around the lake after work and feel such deep, deep, deep levels of gratitude for her life.

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Like I, I feel like I'm living every day. I used to truly live for the weekend when I was working in the corporate world, because I felt miserable. I just felt like the day-to-day was dragging. I felt like I had to show up and talk to people who I didn't really want to talk to and do work that didn't feel exciting to me. And to live a life now where I'm working in a line, in aligned career, where I feel like I'm really making an impact and I actually love my days. I'm not living for the weekend anymore, I'm living every single day. I love Mondays, I love Tuesdays, I love Wednesdays and I'm recording this on a Friday and I'm like, hell yeah, bonus, it's the weekend. I'm stoked on that. I love Fridays, I love the weekend, but I also love Sundays and I love every single day that I get to have an opportunity to live.

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And I think that I'm just prompted to record this episode because I really want other people to enjoy their life, to enjoy the life that they have, and that's why we on this podcast always are preaching about how to live a more aligned life, how to find more gratitude, how to find things that you love, how to have better relationships, how to have health like experience, good health right, so you have energy and you feel good and you love the person that you see in the mirror. So this all just came to me because I was listening to the song Stargazing and I had this reflection of like wow, I feel so good right now. I feel so myself, I feel so authentic. I'm literally screaming this song Not screaming, I wasn't screaming, but I was singing this song out loud. I'm like moving my hands, I'm dancing in the park and I just had this moment where, like, I just feel so myself. I feel so like Hannah, like who Hannah was meant to be, and I didn't care about who was watching me. I was so in my own energetic frame in this moment. I didn't care what people were thinking about me Nobody actually, probably was thinking about me anyway right In that park, but it didn't matter. It didn't matter because I was so in my own life and just doing things that made me feel good Singing the song song, moving my body, crying tears of joy, looking at my dog and I had no shame about that.

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I think oftentimes we have shame for being ourselves, for letting our true energy be expressed and it made me feel and think about being in a relationship and people that I've dated in the past and how I showed up in this version of maybe, who I thought that they wanted or who I thought that I needed to be in order to be accepted by them or to be loved by them. And in this moment, as I'm listening to this song, I'm like this is the fullest embodiment of me, this is the joy, this is the safety, this is the security that I feel within myself by myself, and I'm like I want this feeling, this feeling of who I am right now when I'm dating someone new, when I'm in a relationship, and if I'm not this fullest embodiment of myself where I'm feeling so safe and secure, I don't want it. I do not want it. And it just made me really think about when I'm with other people, when I'm dating somebody. How is my energy? Is my energy matching when I'm alone, by myself? Because when I'm alone by myself, I feel so good, I feel so aligned, I feel so energetic, I feel so excited Me, like literally just dancing in my car, singing, like screaming my heart out, like crying tears of joy.

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The little things, the little things bring me the most happiness in life. Like going for a walk after work around the lake with my dog or going for a little car ride listening to Rufus Dussault, with my windows down and my hair simply blowing in the wind. These are things that are bringing me joy in life right now. It's not about fucking getting on a private jet or the Birkin bag or the shopping trips or the trips to the Maldives, like. That's not the things that are bringing me joy. Not that I have those things right now. They would be nice. They would be nice but like, the things that are bringing me true happiness and true joy in my life are so small but so impactful and so powerful, and it's about curating a life that brings you this joy. Right, thinking about the things that light you up, that make your eyes water, that bring so much gratitude into your heart and into your body. How can you do more of those things?

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For me, it's been finding these rituals in life that spark this in me, like they're such simple things, such simple, freaking things. You guys, like, some of my happiest moments are on a Saturday morning, when I wake up feeling fresh because I went to bed earlier on Friday and I didn't stay up all night and I didn't go out drinking and I didn't make a bunch of regrets and mistakes and I stayed in on a Friday night, maybe, or maybe I went to dinner with a friend and then I came home, I got my sleep and now this is one of my favorite favorite moments On a Saturday or Sunday morning. I get up 6.30, 7, get ready, put a cute outfit on and I go to a new coffee shop in Austin. I treat myself to a nice little delicious coffee. I love to try out new spots and then I go for a walk with my dog and I listen to a podcast or I listen to music or I listen to a new book that I'm reading that week, and just that simplicity brings me so much joy and fills up my cup so much Like.

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And I think it's because I started to find out what makes me happy. What makes me happy is being out in nature. What makes me happy? A nice little latte, ice latte. That makes me real happy. What makes me happy? Movement. What makes me happy? Seeing my dog play with other dogs, seeing my dog explore outside. Those things I'm stacking all at once.

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Getting up in the morning feeling gratitude. I'm stacking all at once. Getting up in the morning, feeling gratitude, listening to something, educating myself, feeling growth within me, learning something new by doing all those things. That's why those moments are so impactful and are filled with so much gratitude and truly fill my cup up so tall. Because I love those things. They bring me joy, they bring me peace. I feel like I'm just like in this moment of my life where I feel so much peace and joy and even though not me getting emotional, even though I don't have everything that I want right, like there are still things in my life that I desire. Right, there's things that in my heart that I deeply deeply want, but I don't have those yet. But that's not stopping me from fully enjoying and loving the life that I have right now. Because if we just hold on to those other things that are maybe out of our control, or maybe that we're working towards and we'll only be happy then once we get them, or maybe that we're working towards and we'll only be happy then once we get them, we're wasting away the joy of today and tomorrow and yesterday.

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And that's why, as we're on this podcast and we're always talking to you guys about how to improve your life, how to become a better version of yourself, how to get clear on limiting beliefs and things that are holding you back. That's why we do this because we want you to feel as much joy and as much peace in the present moment as you can. So I think that's why it's important to do, you know, like a life audit on yourself and say where are things in my life that are maybe disturbing my peace, that are maybe making me not feel good about myself, maybe that are stealing my energy away? Right? Are there foods that every time I eat those foods, I feel sluggish, I feel tired? Are there drinks? I feel sluggish, I feel tired. Are there drinks? Every time I drink, I experience a two-day hangover and I'm anxious and I'm self-sabotaging and I'm making mistakes. I think every single day is an opportunity for us to get clear and say what is feeling misaligned in our life and how can we overcome that thing. I just want people to experience this sense of love and this sense of joy, because it's possible and you get to create it. I don't know why this. I'm also deep in my luteal phase, so that's probably why I'm feeling so emotional about this. But Damn you guys.

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Life is just too short to be unhappy, to be angry at yourself to be stuck in the past, to wish things were different. You get an opportunity to choose every single day how you're going to live your life. What are your beliefs going to be? How are you going to treat other people? How are you going to treat other people? How are you going to treat yourself? Every single day is an opportunity for you to show up in the highest light possible and go after the things that you love and nurture yourself and live the best life possible. So, filling up your own cup. Filling up your own cup is the key to living the most aligned, peaceful life, to loving the hell out of your life.

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So look at yourself and say what is bringing me joy, what is bringing me gratitude, what is lighting up my soul on fire in this moment, and how can I do more of that. Sometimes it takes reflection, sometimes it takes moments of just slowing down and being there, with yourself, in your heart, asking your intuition, asking your higher self, asking God, whoever you believe in, universe, whatever it is, taking a moment for yourself and asking what is it that I need today, in this moment, right now? What would feel really good for me? This is the power of connecting with yourself, slowing down. And I know some people are probably like, yeah, yeah, I've heard about it Meditate, blah, blah, blah. And then maybe you might not, but you don't need a meditation practice to connect with yourself.

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Sometimes it's simply putting your hand on your heart, your hand on your stomach, taking one deep breath in and saying I'm here with you. Now, what is it that you want? What is it that you need? Just simple, simple intentionality towards yourself can go a long, long way way. So this is my encouragement and my calling to you is what are the things that bring you true happiness, true alignment, true peace in your life, and how can you create more of those things? How can you create weekly rituals where you live a life filled with things that bring you joy and peace? For me it's been simple. Simple things that always involve movement, nature, connection, like these are the things that bring me the biggest joy. Also, music, music, music. For sure, music brings me so much joy. Music lifts my vibration, music gets me into such deep alignment with myself, why I'm feeling this sense of alignment and this sense of peace. And maybe some of these ideas can help you guys kind of get inspired and living that life that feels a little bit more fulfilled.

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Obviously, career is a huge one for me. I talk about it all the time, but being able to work with people who are inspiring, being able to set my own schedule, being able to have my own business and do work that feels good, that has a huge impact on my overall mental health. We spend one third of our life working, so if you are doing a job or working in a career that causes you pain and suffering and anxiety, I encourage you to explore something else. Do some self-exploration. Explore what other opportunities might be out there. Explore, maybe, some work that could be inspiring to you. Connect with powerful entrepreneurs who are out there living their dream lives, building their dream businesses right. Expand yourself If you are working in a space that does not feel good. Explore something new and that takes courage and that takes action and that takes you going out of your comfort zone and doing something new. But for me, career alignment has been something that's been super powerful in my life Sports.

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Sports bring me so much joy. I'm really in my athletic era right now and I'm loving it so much. One is just daily movement. Daily movement is so powerful for regulating our nervous system and just getting out in nature, connecting, grounding in. So daily walks, multiple daily walks for me, because I just love to move and also my dog needs lots of exercise, so I'm out there doing that. But also tennis, like playing tennis twice a week, moving my body, that's also social. So I'm playing tennis with my friends, I'm connecting with them, I'm moving my body and I'm also getting better at a good skill Biking.

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Oh my gosh, biking has been one of my favorite things recently because it's so cool to explore these bike paths in Austin, these paths that I've literally never been on, and I'm like going through all these neighborhoods, my hair is blowing in the wind, I'm in the middle of nature and it's like I've never been in this spot in Austin before. So biking is really like giving me this opportunity to see Austin with a new lens. It's truly just like a hobby for me of just like getting out there having fun, being outside in nature, listening to music. I feel so much gratitude after I get done with a bike ride, so that has been so beautiful. And then just yeah, any other different like exercises I go to workout classes, I work out with my friends, do like community workouts, like maybe, if you're looking to. You know, get more movement, and how can you join some sort of community that does that? So, career, yeah, health, eating food that is nourishing.

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Getting outside, going to new events, is such an expansive way for me to get into more alignment, to have fun, to make deeper connections, whether that is going to a networking event or joining a new meetup group or going to a workout class or going grabbing coffee with somebody who I've been connected with. Just going out there and meeting people and expanding my current network, because when you meet new people, you learn new ideas, you learn new strategies, you get introduced to new opportunities. So do not underestimate the power of connecting with people and going out there and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone. This inner happiness that I'm feeling is this sense of learning, this sense of healing from old patterns, old wounds, challenging some of these subconscious beliefs that have been hanging out right Just always. Going after my dreams every single day, waking up, making progress towards the person that I want to become. It's huge.

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It has such a big impact on your mental health to continue to learn, to continue to evolve and become this higher version of yourself, and always ending with gratitude. How can you be grateful for all of the things, all of the things of the past, all of the things of the future to come, and what is here right now and present the end of the day? We're here, we're breathing, we're alive, we're connected to our hearts, and there's so much to be grateful for. So I'm going to close on that is, remember who you are. Remember that you have the power to choose how your life is. You have the power to create your own reality. So if you are unhappy with something in your life and the way something is going, you have the power to change. You have the power to rewire beliefs. You have the power to connect with new people. Don't stay in victimhood. See the gratitude, see the light, push yourself outside of your comfort zone and always love yourself.

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Thank you guys, so much for listening. I love doing a little solo episode with y'all. If you have not subscribed to our YouTube channel, we are live on YouTube. And if you're on YouTube now, what's up? You're listening to this on Apple or Spotify. And you guys want to text us? You can drop below in the show notes and send us a text. And, yeah, follow us on TikTok, follow us on Instagram. We are releasing episodes every single Wednesday, so, if you like this episode, stay tuned for more growth oriented, self-love, femininity, embodiment, alignment content, because we're just getting started. All right, I hope you guys have an amazing week. I'm sending you so, so, so much love. Bye.

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Hannah Andersen

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