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Real Talk with Rachel Awtrey

Handling Life When It Turns “Unideal” with Erica Gwynn | Episode 97

Real Talk with Rachel Awtrey

Rachel Awtrey

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Relationships

5647 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever found yourself in an “unideal” situation or circumstance? Erica Gwynn gets that. After surviving 73 days in the NICU with her daughter, Olivia, Erica has gained wisdom from circumstances we never saw ourselves in. She shares all about why the idea of “balance” is a unicorn, so instead embrace the balancing act and give ourselves grace when we fall short. Show notes: behindtheblisspodcast.com/shownotes/97 BTB on Instagram: instagram.com/behindtheblisspodcast Erica on Instagram: instagram.com/ericaligenza This episode is sponsored by Helix Sleep. Whether you’re a side sleeper, hot sleeper, like a plush or firm bed, with Helix, there’s no more confusion and no more compromising on an average mattress. The good news is, there’s no risk! They have a 10-year warranty and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk-free. Helix is offering up to $200 off ALL mattress orders for Behind the Bliss listeners at HelixSleep.com/bliss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Behind the Bliss podcast, where Rachel Autry brings weekly conversations

0:09.1

to encourage, inspire, story tell, and share. Each episode is designed for you to feel met in

0:15.0

your mess and balanced in your bliss. Here's today's conversation. Hey everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Behind the Bliss.

0:23.5

This episode is so fun and so spunky because we go in so many different directions, but they're all needed.

0:29.7

A founder of a lifestyle blog coming up roses, she is a Philadelphia-based business owner, a mom and a wife.

0:35.8

She covers all types of angles of modern young womanhood

0:38.9

from fashion to beauty, to relationships and entrepreneurship. She's motivational and hilarious.

0:44.7

She really honestly is just a candid voice that pushes people to their true worth to take

0:49.5

action and just to savor their lives. So I'm so excited to introduce you to Erica Ligenza Gwynn.

0:55.7

In this episode, we talk all about staying positive and how she survived her daughter's 73

1:00.4

days in the NICU. She has an incredible message for other girls that might also be thinking,

1:05.5

yeah, this is not ideal in their season of life. We talk all about how balance is an actual unicorn,

1:11.2

so we need to instead brace the balancing act

1:13.9

and how do we give ourselves grace when we fall short?

1:16.8

It's an incredible episode full of goodness and truth

1:19.8

and even some practical steps

1:21.5

if you're wanting to maybe start your own little side hustle,

1:24.2

gig, or project.

1:26.1

So without further ado, here is my conversation with Erica.

1:31.4

Well, hey, Erica.

1:32.6

I'm so excited to have you on the show today.

1:35.0

Hey, Rachel.

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