1240: Why I'm Leaving for 3 Months and Facing the Resistance That Comes With It
Emotionally Uncomfortable
Hosted by Heather Chauvin | Insights inspired by Mel Robbins, Bréne Brown, Danielle Laporte, Elizab
4.6 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
"What if there's nothing to fix? What if your resistance is the invitation to the growth you're seeking."
In this deeply personal solo episode, Heather returns to her podcasting roots, speaking straight from the heart in a unfiltered reflection on emotional resistance, parenting teenagers, and choosing joy even when it's uncomfortable.
Sharing the behind-the-scenes of her family's bold decision to live in the sun for three months, Heather opens up about the fears, identity shifts, and internal resistance she's navigated, especially in her relationship with her middle son. This episode is an honest look at what it takes to grow as a parent, a woman, and a human being committed to emotional freedom.
✨ The truth about resistance and why what you resist will persist
✨ How parenting teenagers mirrors our own unhealed emotional wounds
✨Why planning for joy is just as important as facing the fear
If you're tired of managing your life around everyone else's comfort and ready to break the cycle, this episode is for you.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What if there is nothing to fix? |
| 0:04.1 | What if you don't have to try harder? |
| 0:07.7 | What if you don't have to read another book? |
| 0:12.4 | What if? |
| 0:13.6 | What if your kids are not here to challenge the shit out of you? |
| 0:18.7 | What if your work is not hard? |
| 0:25.2 | What if the challenges that you are being met or that are in front of you are exactly the thing |
| 0:37.2 | that you need to build resilience. |
| 0:42.8 | So, hello, ladies. |
| 0:44.7 | I am back to my roots. |
| 0:48.7 | And I'm going to tell you what this means. |
| 0:51.0 | Number one, I'm still recovering. |
| 0:53.5 | My cold is still here. So my voice obviously feels awful and |
| 0:59.2 | feels sound awful. But I'm feeling good. I feel more energized day by day. When I started |
| 1:06.2 | podcasting years ago, I would sit alone in my car and talk to myself on voice notes or I would sit in a |
| 1:16.0 | dark room and with a microphone and just close my eyes and speak to myself. And then over the years, |
| 1:24.0 | you know, my team and everyone else is like, you need more video. You know, we need |
| 1:31.7 | clickable reels, get a better quality camera, blah, blah, blah. And great, we need to do all of those |
| 1:38.3 | things, constantly enhance and upgrade. But here's the reality. I always say, how do I want to feel? How many times |
| 1:47.0 | have you heard me say that? How do you want to feel? How do you want to feel? And sometimes it's just like |
| 1:53.2 | sitting in the dark by yourself, returning home. And that's what I've decided to do today is to go back to my roots and to speak by myself |
| 2:05.4 | on Zoom, no video, microphone in hand, and write down a few things that I want to talk about, |
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