6.8 Unmasking Your True Self with Melissa Hemsley

Saturn Returns with Caggie

Caggie Dunlop

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement

4.8 • 892 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Chef and best-selling cookbook author, Melissa Hemsley, joins Caggie in this conversation about finding happiness and balance in your true self. Melissa openly shares how she is working on herself in therapy and the difficulty of actually being open and honest about who you are, as well as exploring the struggle of perfectionism and releasing the need for praise. They also discuss their mutual love of naps, why it’s important to feel fear and do things that scare you, and Melissa’s profound experience during The Bridge retreat. --- Follow or subscribe to "Saturn Returns" for future episodes, where we explore the transformative impact of Saturn's return with inspiring guests and thought-provoking discussions. Follow Caggie Dunlop on Instagram to stay updated on her personal journey and you can find Saturn Returns on Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Order the Saturn Returns Book. Join our community newsletter here. Find all things Saturn Returns, offerings and more here.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Saturn returns with me Kaggi Dunlop. This is a
0:09.2	podcast that aims to bring clarity during transitional times where there can be confusion and doubt.
0:15.0	I think it's unrealistic to ever be completely yourself.
0:22.8	As much as I, you know, I'm committed to being as honest as I can on your podcast,
0:28.0	because that's what it's all about.
0:29.0	We're not always honest with ourselves even when we're on the lieu are we by ourselves or are we we're always
0:35.6	filtering tweaking slightly on this week's episode of Saturn Returns I am joined
0:40.8	by the lovely Melissa Hemesley.
0:43.0	Melissa is a food columnist, best-selling cookbook author,
0:46.0	Real Food Activist and Sustainability Champion.
0:50.0	She is passionate about spreading the power of feel good food.
0:54.0	In this conversation I have with Melissa, we talk about the pressures on women and this concept of feeling
1:00.7	like we have an expiry date, like we're running out of time.
1:05.0	But actually what we kind of unpacked was what's the rush.
1:08.0	A lot of these beliefs around what we should be doing or how we should be living our life or what we should have achieved
1:14.2	by a certain point, especially around the milestone of turning 30, often adjust society's
1:20.6	conditioning and not actually true. And it's a real mission statement of mind to
1:24.9	unpack that and to try and empower others to believe that they can live a life authentically
1:30.5	and that they don't have to follow the status quo.
1:33.0	Melissa and I also share a love of napping
1:37.0	and why that's so important, so I'm a tourist,
1:40.0	so everyone that knows me knows I love a nap.
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