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Do we need to tolerate our families’ choices, opinions and mindset issues as the Blacksheep and rebels? Look, every family has a Blacksheep, or two, or three, but does that mean we need to accept the labels and boxes that are put on us? How do we go back to the family and hold space for our badass selves? In this episode I will give you 4 steps on dealing with your family as the Blacksheep and rebel so that you can go home and return feeling like the fucking badass that you are and not feeling like you need to apologize for who you are! Leave us a review on iTunes here to help us become the #1 podcast for rebels and Blacksheep: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/refreshingly-human/id1473583656 Find me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/refreshinglyhumanpodcast/?hl=en Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/HannahPillow12 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

https://linktr.ee/refreshinglyhuman ‘I felt like a failure, I felt like I failed being a human because I needed this pill’ I missed an important exam, I had a car full of hijabs to help keep my mother of my back, I had tension headaches and chest pains… I needed help. This is my experience with taking anti-depressants, let’s remove the shame of needing medical help to assist our mental health. Loving the podcast? Leave us a rating and review here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/refreshingly-human/id1473583656 Flashback episode with CBT practitioner Sarah: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/episodes/S3-E9-Emotions-All-your-feelings-are-Valid--With-CBT-Practitioner-Sarah-Kilcullen-ene65c --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Luke’s episode on the Haunting of Hill house made me cry…. I get so emotional when I watch both Luke AND Nellie’s episodes. In this episode I dive into how I can relate both characters and their ghosts to my own life? Let us know who you relate to and why on Instagram @Refreshinglyhumanpodcast Facebook: Refreshingly human podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

When you lose everything at a young age, how do you get it all back? Madara explains how she became the blacksheep of her family, decided to have a baby at 16 as she craved her own family after losing her parents at a very young age. How did she heal and come back from that? Tune in to find out https://linktr.ee/refreshinglyhuman Instagram: @refreshinglyhumanpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Do you struggle with the fear of disappointing others? Perhaps others are letting you down? BK, the amazing and open Cohost of BK Spadez Podcast, gets real about what it felt like when he let his family down by STANDING UP for himself and how he found his way back to them. Bk Speaks to an important issue of putting ourselves and our mental health FIRST, before allowing the aggravators back into our lives and facing them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

What does it feel like to be the Blacksheep of the family? Novacain's family created a rumor that she was pregant when she was 14 years old... What pushes us to be labeled the Blacksheep? Novacain openly discusses how she was shoved into an uncomfortable box and the stress that caused her internally as well as how it affected her relationship with her family. Tune in: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/episodes/Our-Blacksheep-Experience-e18j0bt Facebook: Refreshingly Human Instagram: @Refreshinglyhumanpodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

You are living in a global pandemic; your fear center is going whackadoodle.’ Some wise words from CBT practitioner Sarah Kilcullen. This pandemic has taken its toll on us, emotions can seem amplified beyond our control. Have you been able to identify your feelings? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Even without the pandemic, we live with a wide spectrum of emotions daily, can you identify how you are feeling at any given time? Do you know why we feel that way? Join me and Sarah Kilcullen as we delve into the emotions, fear, shame and joy in this episode of Feel the feels to learn more about some of our everyday emotions. You can find Sarah here: https://greendoortherapy.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/greendoor_therapy/ Instagram: Breakthroughthis Music by: Tomekeeper Productions - www.tomekeeperproductions.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Do you consider yourself a resilient person? Why do you think resilience is so important? In this episode, Hannah and Laurie share some great examples of resilience and why it’s so important to fail fast to succeed faster. Find Hannah on Instagram @breakthroughthis --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Do you guilt yourself for changing your mind? What emotions come up when you find an idea is not working and you might need to change course? In this Episode Laurie and I dive into how changing course can be the start of that million-dollar idea! The phrase ‘Fail fast and fail hard’ is so commonly used, we will put meaning behind this and show you why failure is THE option. Find out more about Hannah Pillow and Breakthrough journals here: https://hannahpillow.lpages.co/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Tell me about your childhood’ is every therapist's go-to question and there’s a reason for that! In this episode we dive into the foundation of Entrepreneur Laurie Mallon, exploring her childhood, the trajectory she followed, and how she feels about it all. This is the episode for all you independent thinkers out there who have experience with imposter syndrome and want to learn why your childhood and trajectory play an important role in breaking you through the next thing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Let's talk about the lessons I took away from living with a culture that was completely different from mine.  This short series will highlight my new line of work. If you are a white person who needs help with cross cultural communication then you can find me on instagram @revolutionaryconversationguru and join an exclusive Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1203299186852321 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

There is so much going on in the world, it can leave us feeling drained and hopeless. But I truly beleive that if we pull together collectively as HUMANS we can create immense changes to big injustices. I was asking myself, but what can I do? So I brought on someone, with first hand experience, to share with us the little things that we can do to make a BIG impact.  What is the one thing you are going to do to stand up against injustice? Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Amir Yass identifies himself as the Queer Muslim. Today he openly shared his coming out experience but then we moved a step further to find out who Amir Yass is behind the labels. I can not tell you how much I love this guy, he is Refreshingly real, passionate and such a kind human being. What is the one thing that surprised you about Amir? You can find Amir here: https://www.instagram.com/amiryassofficial/ Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

We live in a world that is consistently changing, from sex and sexuality to race and culture, how do we keep up? Sex advocate Leanne Matthews and Communications Expert Hannah Pillow put their heads together to brainstorm the best way to communicate about difficult topics and how to navigate a situation where we might have offended someone. You can find Leanne here: https://www.instagram.com/lea_sexpositive/?hl=en Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Were you taught to feel shame about sex and your sexuality? Lee Hopkins of the Patterns of possibility podcast, dives deep into how he overcame his shame with sex and sexuality and found his way to being sexually confident. You can find Lee here: https://www.patternsofpossibility.com/coaching Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Did you grow up in a male dominated culture? Amal and myself dig deep into our experiences growing up in this culture. Amal talks about the deconstructing she had to do and how she claimed her sexuality back after a lifetime of being shamed. You can find Amal here: amalpk755 Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Szebastian is the ‘almostNakedCEO’, INTENTIONAL Entrepreneur-Maker, Mental*, Non-Binary Networking Octopus-Human, Multi-Cause Philanthropist, Child-Abuse & Domestic Violence Subscriber and Unapologetic Chimp 3.0 Szebastian gets Refreshingly real and honest about their experience with sexual abuse as a child, their take on moving forward, and shares some valuable advice for anyone in a similar situation. “As far as my parents were concerned they were leaving me with my uncles… The purpose of what they were leaving me with them for, the entire opposite was happening.” – Szebastian Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Leanne Mathews is a Sex advocate who is so passionate about Sex, open communications around sex and sexual educations. She has years of experience speaking openly about sex, in this episode she finds the line of humanity from our past episodes and sheds important light on the common issues throughout the season so far. We touch on so many important aspects about open communication, such as finding the right person in your social circle to confide in, why open communications about sex is the heart of the issue and how to break stereotypes related to sex. “What you discuss in your social groups can be as important an education as what you learn in school or from your parents.” – Leanne Mathews. Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

Throughout this season we bashed on sex education during our era. So I brought on UK educator Martin Edwards to shine light on what is happening in education now and my god, he blew my mind. Do you think things are getting better or severely more complicated? "We need parents to have these conversations and know what their children are doing online." – Martin Edwards Let us know your biggest takeaway from this episode. Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message

How comfortable are you with speaking about sex? Do you blush when it's brought up or shy away from the topic? Dan gets Refreshingly honest about why he enjoys talking about sex. He also gives some insight to his own inner cirlces relationship with sex, talks about growing up Jewish and identifying as Queer.  Can you relate to this episode? Let us know! Send me a voice message on anchor: https://anchor.fm/refreshingly-human/message https://www.refreshinglyhuman.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/breakthroughthis/message