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June 18, 2024

Ask Your Partner Better Questions w/ Topaz Adizes EP 79

Feel like your asking the same questions over and over again to your partner? Does it seem like you already know what you want the answer to be? Wonder why your conversations often seem to escalate when you ask your burning question? Is your partner getting a little on the defensive side and maybe feel like their back is against the wall when answering. It's very possible we're not asking relationship strengthening questions or posing our questions in the right way and here to tell you what you...
Guest: Topaz Adizes
Jan. 2, 2024

Your Anxious Mood Could be Amplified By Your Food w/ Tina Hong EP 59

Did you know your food can affect your mood? I thought I was just in a bad mood. Turns out, it could be the food I ate. :) Go beyond your typical New Year's resolutions and redefine your relationship with food, your body, and your well-being. Our special guest, Tina Hong, an accomplished Executive Health and Wellness Coach and NLP mindset practitioner, shares the path for women seeking not just change—but renewal—in their personal and professional lives. We have a great chat about food and min...
Guest: Tina Hong
Dec. 19, 2023

How to Differentiate Fear and Intuition for a Better Life EP 58 [REPLAY]

What if you could decode the mysterious signals your body and mind send you every day? Together with mindset coach, Dr. Ashley Greer, we'll discuss how a clear mind can help differentiate between fear and intuition. As we walk you through the process of sitting with your emotions, expect to explore how your own thought patterns could reshape how you approach your everyday life. Did you know you can also improve your trust in your intuition? Ashely shares how you an do this by starting out with ...
March 28, 2023

29: The Magic of Surrender w/ Kute Blackson

He's been on the Larry King Now show, Dr. Drew, Fox and Friends and now the Jealousy Junkie podcast! This episode's guest is transformational speaker and best selling author, Kute Blackson and he's here to help you understand and move closer to the magic of surrender. As jealousy junkies, we have a strong feeling to control. Control our environment, and our partner's environment in an attempt to protect ourselves. As you'll hear from Kute, when we control, we actually give up our power. We fe...
Guest: Kute Blackson
Nov. 22, 2022

18: How Stress Ramps Up Your Jealous Brain w/ Dr. Cindi Ackrill

Did you know when your brain is operating under duress, all of the "parts" are not coordinating which can ramp up your jealous mind. Our brains have a negative bias because it wants to save us. It wants to keep us safe from danger. But overload causes the brain to get out of symphony. Leader in the field of stress mastery, Dr. Cindi Ackrill shares what stress and comparison does to your brain and the intersection between how grounded you are and when you start to compare. Cindi also shares: ...
Sept. 6, 2022

11: Tap Into The More Wise Part Of You w/ Dr. Ann Balkanski

All of us tend to lead with our thinking mind, which only makes up about 10% of who we actually are. There are other parts of our brain that have a larger capacity to accurately intake the information around us. However these parts of our mind are difficult to tap into, which is why there are tools such as hypnotherapy that can be used to enter these wiser faculties of our mind and help aid us in dealing with unpleasant feelings and emotions like jealousy. On today’s episode, medical doctor a...
Aug. 30, 2022

10: How To Tame Your Jealous Actions

In this episode, Shanenn walks through an exercise she did to stop her jealous actions. She breaks these action habits into two categories Undercover Action Habits Direct Action Habits Download the Action Habits Worksheet to follow along to identify and tame your jealous actions. Connect with Shanenn: Website Instagram For further support, join the Jealousy Junkie Facebook Group What's your attachment style? Take the FREE Quiz to find out Jealousy Junkie Website Connect with your host, S...
Aug. 23, 2022

09: Is Jealousy Keeping You Ruthless with Dr. Marcia Sirota

“We need to understand that being kind to ourselves has nothing to do with stuffing down our feelings or burying them, or smothering them with consumerism or addiction. It's really about looking inward. Seeing what feelings and what needs are there and trying to find realistic and compassionate solutions.” - Dr. Marcia Sirota Being kind in our society is unfortunately very rare. Not just kindness to others, but kindness to ourselves as well. There seems to be a common theme among society, ...
Aug. 16, 2022

08: Is It Your Fear or Intuition with Dr. Ashlee Greer

Jealousy can be insidious. It can cause us to unravel and mistrust ourselves to the point of exhaustion. Also, what feels like a deep knowing can oftentimes come across as a possible fear because of how activated our nervous system is at the thought of a partner cheating. Intuition is real and it can be trusted. As long as you know how to differentiate your intuition from anxiety and fear, it can be used as a powerful tool to help guide you in all areas of your life, especially when experi...
Aug. 2, 2022

06: Is Jealousy The Problem or The Solution

Have you ever considered what your jealousy trying to accomplish? If you flip jealousy on it's head and think of it in the best possible way, could it be the solution? Dr. Susan Heilter wrote about this in Psychology Today and it really changed the way I viewed my jealousy. This lead to a super cool exercise that I am sharing with you on today's episode. as well as what I discovered from it. Connect with Shanenn: https://www.jealousyjunkie.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jealousyjunkiecoach For...
July 12, 2022

02: What's The Root Cause Of Your Jealousy with Dr. Genesis Games

If you've ever researched..."why am I jealous" you may have been left with more questions than answers. In this episode, Dr. Genesis Games walks you through what may be at the root of your jealousy and insecurities. You'll get a deep dive into each of the attachment styles and why it's important to know yours. Secure Attachment Anxious Attachment Avoidant Attachment Combo of Anxious-Avoidant (relationship fireworks x 10) Wondering how to feel more secure in relationships? Dr. G...
Guest: Genesis Games
July 12, 2022

03: The Journey To Overcoming Jealousy

My name is Shanenn Bryant, and I'm am a certified life coach and one of the few to focus on overcoming jealousy in relationships. For many years, I was extremely insecure and jealous in my relationships and thought it was just the way I am and the way I would always be. I also thought I was the only one who struggled with this. Until one day I was handed a piece of paper from a therapist as she invited me to "not come back" (more about that story later). The paper was what the ACA (Adult child...
July 12, 2022

04: One Thing To Do When You're On The Verge Of A Meltdown with Jessica Harrington

What can you do when you're on the verge of a jealous meltdown or anxiety meltdown? Just need 1 thing you can do differently to allow you to respond versus react? I'm chatting it up with stress management coach Jessica Harrington and she gives you several 1 things you can do in those times you're feeling a little out of control of your emotions. Help Jessica support the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention https://supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participan...
July 9, 2022

01: Introducing The Jealousy Junkie Podcast

If you struggle with insecurities and jealousy in your relationship, this podcast is for you! Often these insecurities come from childhood or experience with betrayal and cheating partners in past relationships. This can leave you with feelings of jealousy and insecurity in your current relationship, even when there's no evidence or grounds to be worried. Former jealous girl, Shanenn Bryant, brings on experts in their field to tackle this green-eyed monster once and for all. Join us each week...