A little Atypical

18. Tips for identifying and managing mental spiraling

This episode focuses on identifying and managing mental spiraling. It discusses the various reasons why people may spiral, including excessive stress, major life changes, personal relationship challenges, financial pressures, health issues, and struggles with mental health disorders. Lay shares personal experiences of struggling with expression and feeling like they are not moving forward. They offer insights into their thought process and discuss how certain signs, such as limited communication or constant fatigue, can indicate a downward spiral. Finally, the episode provides strategies for managing a downward spiral, such as accepting the situation, taking care of physical health, seeking professional help, and grounding oneself.
 

17. How to stop being your own worst enemy

The theme of the week is Relationship with self. Do you ever feel like the only thing that's holding you back is you? That you would have the life of your dreams if only you could just get yourself onboard? To be on a self love journey is difficult because when you are coming from a place of viewing yourself as the problem, the enemy, the reason you cannot succeed, it places you in this limbo of moving forward, falling back and the cycle repeats.  Lay discusses how to break that cycle with tips that will change your perspective so you will no longer get in your way. 
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16. Why constantly looking for the next thing is ruining our mental health

The theme of the week is Celebration. In this podcast episode, we explore the importance of self-love and recognizing personal growth. We begin with an introspective look at our journey and the aspects we are proud of. We delve into the reasons why we constantly worry about what's next, examining the influences from our society and giving practical advice on ways to be more mindful and present to appreciate your accomplishments.
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15. How to not let failures and setbacks get in your way of success

The theme of the week is Productivity & Work Ethic. Do you ever get upset at yourself when things aren't going the way you imagine? Do you get frustrated with yourself and feel like things work because you weren't productive enough or were too lazy?  Lay discusses how to overcome negative emotions surrounding failures and setbacks so you can persist in achieving your goals. The process involves three important steps: acknowledging the failure without entering a crisis mode, analyzing what went wrong, and reframing your goal.
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14. Habits to level up in 2024 (My Ins and Outs for January)

Every 3rd Friday of the month, Lay takes a break to do a girl chat-type episode. This week is all about her ins and outs from things she's been doing to level up. Her "ins" are the habits she has been doing from the end of November to early December of 2023. Her "outs" are things she's decided to leave behind in the previous year. Also, she added another category which is wanna tries which is things she started recently or looked into to want to add to her life.

13. Coping with Discomfort when Reinventing yourself (Resistance to change)

The theme of the week is Reinventing Yourself. Everyone craves change, especially in the New Year but what happens when the unknown creates unsettling emotions? Typically you start to self-sabotage and revert, so to prevent that stage, Lay discusses the uncomfortable parts of change through her experience and how she dealt with her resistance to change. The other content for this topic includes reinventing yourself while having low motivation and reinventing yourself after a healing era because while it is fun to talk about the glow-ups and the aesthetics it is important for these not as positive aspects of reinventing yourself to be addressed as well!
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12. Tips for Improving Self-Discipline (Mindset)

The theme of the week is Self Discipline. Developing self-discipline as a new adult is difficult so Lay shares a story from her healing journey era to share lessons she learned that helped improve her self-discipline. The tips shared are mostly related to mindset. For an introduction to self-discipline, she shares that as a video on YouTube and will share a guide on building a routine to support your practice of self-discipline on her blog.
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11. Glow up & Self Care Culture: Is it toxic and Self-Centered?

Is Glow up & Self-Care Culture toxic and Self-Centered? This debate is a tale as old as the internet, but I would like to offer a fresh perspective: Is Glow up & Self-Care Culture more toxic than a person who is miserable but won't do anything to fix it? Does Glow Up & Self-Care Culture really push perfection and products or are the creator who are still in progress of their goals not as pushed by the algorithm? Would glow-up culture look different if people didn't favor results but wanted to see the progress of people bettering themselves? What if people didn't associate glowing up with changing themselves but trying to learn to live a life that makes them feel fulfilled and aligned with themselves? Stay tuned and please read the highlights to get a more direct version of what I am explaining.