Episode 474: Self-care series: Sustainable self-care and sobriety with Christy Tending

Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

Andrea Owen

Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.8 • 516 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Moving on to this week’s show! We are continuing with our self-care theme and welcome guest Christy Tending. Together we talk about sustainable self-care (including what it is and how to practice it) and the decision to live a life of sobriety. Christy shares openly about her decision to stop drinking alcohol, its effects on her life, and the lessons she has learned (even about self-care) from the experience. Christy is an activist, educator, and writer. She teaches online courses about sustainable self-care to students all over the world, and hosts the podcast Tending Your Life. Her specialty is helping people dissolve overwhelm, heal burnout, and advocate for themselves. We cover: The art and practice of sustainable self-care, plus Christy shares her definition of personal self-care (5:27) Slowing down enough to actually hear your real needs (8:08) Christy shares about her activist journey and how it informs her work today (14:03) The difference between self-care and self-advocacy (23:25) How and why Christy decided abstinence from alcohol was better than moderating her drinking (30:43) http://andreaowen.com/474 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	I define self-care as meeting yourself with compassionate presence in the moment here as it finds you. It's not about like buying
0:40.8	more stuff that you probably don't need. It's not about putting more stuff on your to-do list or
0:47.6	your calendar. Sustainable self-care is how much can you slow down and meet your real actual needs as they are.
0:57.3	You're listening to Make Some Noise podcast episode number 474 with guest, Christy Tending.
1:06.6	Welcome to Make Some Noise podcast, your guide for strategies, tools, and insight to empower yourself.
1:18.1	I'm your host, Andrea Owen, global speaker, entrepreneur, life coach since 2007,
1:23.1	an author of three books that have been translated into 18 languages and are available in 22
1:29.0	countries. Each week, I'll bring you a guest or a lesson that will help you maximize
1:34.3	unshakable confidence, master resilience, and make some noise in your life. You ready? Let's go.
1:44.3	Hey, everyone. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. I'm so glad that you're here.
1:49.1	I am getting ready to go to Asheville tomorrow to host a Daringway retreat for some amazing
1:58.2	women. And it got me thinking that I probably forgot to tell you that I have brought back the
2:04.2	Daringway curriculum to my one-on-one coaching practice.
2:08.4	So if you know Brne Brown's work, if you caught her HBO special on her latest book, Alice
2:15.3	of the Heart, or if you read the book, or if you got her,
2:17.8	if you caught her Netflix, Call to Courage special, or if you're just familiar with her TED Talks,
2:24.1	you might want to come and check it out, especially if you are someone who likes to do
2:28.6	work privately one-on-one. Maybe groups just aren't your thing yet, and you were hesitant
2:33.4	to come with us on the
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