Best Friends and Love Warriors Amy Palatnick and Jess Donohue have been stockpiling self-love wisdom for decades. Amy is a therapist, coach, author, Nia instructor, meditation teacher, and professional potter. Jess is a yoga (and SUP yoga) teacher, massage therapist, photographer, group leader, and weight lifter. Together, they strive towards their best possible lives, and hope to inspire others to do the same.
Amy and Jess discuss the importance of maintaining hope and positivity in challenging times, the need to cultivate ways to feel connected and hopeful, and the importance of self-care. They explore the possibility of making conscious choices about the "stories" we believe in, and the need to nurture personal effectiveness and action in relationship and community. So often, people can get swept into states of fear and hopelessness. Amy and Jess offer tools and techniques for responding t...
19 Mar 2024
Aging
In this Episode, Amy and Jess talk about Aging, examining our internal and culturally inherited biases against aging.
We would love to hear your own thoughts and feelings about aging and ageism, beauty and vibrancy, health and vitality, and how to be empowered around this issue as we inevitably age (unless/until we die).
We would also love to read your reviews and ratings, as we only have 2 so far :)
4 Nov 2023
Talking about Gaza
Jess and Amy talk about being Jewish and our associated complex feelings about Gaza, Israel, power, separation, how to be, how to help, what to do.
We had a great, challenging, heartfelt discussion about many of our thoughts and feelings on the topic, and hope it will touch some of your hearts.
Please let us know what you think and feel… we would love to hear: here, on Facebook, or wherever you listen to Podcasts.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DAiWq52DKDo
2 Jun 2023
Love Everyone; Trust No One
In this episode, Jess and Amy explore the question "What is trust?"
Some of the areas they cover are:
* Love everyone (even Putin?!)
* See everyone as a child of the universe/spiritual being/related to us
* The masks we wear/unmasking
* The "Winning formula" concept
* What does it mean to trust someone?
* The compelling desire to give our hearts away
* "Find my center in my center"
* What CAN we trust? >>Flow, life, spirit
* Fear and trust
* Using nervous system to contact intuition
* Our amazing bodies, and the privilege of being able bodied
* How trust can be Role-constellating
* Using sex to find intimacy in the absence of trust
* How to help people love themselves
* Love/Fear/Peace
* What is underneath trusting? What are we really looking for?
* Embodiment as a key to intimacy
* The body: your multibillion dollar temple
* We can trust this moment
25 May 2023
Pleasure and the Inner Critic
Pleasure and the Inner (Internalized) Critic
In this Episode, Amy and Jess explore the concept of the Internalized Critic: a voice and energy in society that we internalize to our own detriment. Is it necessary? Are there ways to get it out of our heads? YES!
The Internalized Critic is like a parasite, sucking our life force, making us believe we don't like ourselves, and blocking our opportunity for peace, joy, happiness, and PLEASURE (P.S. those are not all the same!).
Once we learn to externalize the Inner Critic, we have much more space inside to experience Pleasure. If you'd like to be guided through this experience, check out the FREE Inner Critic workshop (https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodeurrzIjGNQlvAUVFrfrD5v4CCFYQ2u4), and the Pleasure Bootcamp Summer Intensive! (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pleasure-bootcamp-summer-intensive-tickets-638945692767 )
7 Mar 2023
Personal Seasons, Passing Weather
This was a special episode in that—for the first time ever—we recorded the podcast together in person, sitting side-by-side...post-covid and pre-Amy's move to California!
Jess and Amy talk about the Weather and the Seasons: not outside, but inside.
The focus is on letting the "weather"—circumstances of daily life, and our responses to those circumstances—be the passing weather, separate from our deeper, more true selves.
We also touched on lots of interesting topics like Essence versus personality, the concept that "people die, but relationships don't," the full-body eye roll whenever we say "should," and why perfectionism is such a waste of energy.
At the end, there's an exercise to help you find your life's purpose! Plus, a blooper!
We hope you'll enjoy it, and please do post your life's purpose in the comments!
We'd of course love it if you would take a moment to give the podcast a rating (I think we have 4 so far...). And/or share with friends and community, anyone you think could use a BIG LOVE HUG from us!
xoxo Jess and Amy
16 Dec 2022
Attuning to the Vertical Channel
In this episode, Amy and Jess explore the difference between locating ourselves on the vertical line versus the horizontal line, where we form attachments to others.
This is a relationship game changer, a hack for a better, much happier and more fulfilled life!
If you enjoy our Podcast, we would love to hear from you! Please rate and review the podcast wherever you listen. We'd love to have you join our Facebook group! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/663065851665011)
4 Nov 2022
Supporting Depression
In this episode, Amy and Jess talk about the process of depression: how people can re-frame or understand depression more deeply, the beautiful and challenging power of emotions, and how we can support ourselves through depressive phases or experiences.
We both really enjoyed the conversation and hope you will too!
Please take a moment to review our podcast on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify... Everywhere!
We SO appreciate your support in sharing this with anyone who might need (or just enjoy) a Big Love Hug from us!
31 Aug 2022
The Power of Choice
Where do we have agency in our lives? What is in our power? How can we re-orient to a position of empowered choice? Join Amy and Jess for a dynamic exploration of the Power of Choice.
17 Aug 2022
Let's talk about Fear!
In this episode, Amy and Jess explore the ubiquitous conundrum with fear: it is wired in our biology, yet we reject it in ourselves (but, interestingly, embrace it in others).
What can we do about fear? There's a pretty simple hack!
For more episodes, go to www.amypalatnick.com/podcast
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Thank you! We love you! :)
25 May 2022
Vaginas, Menopause, and Sex
Amy and Jess discuss their personal opinions (sprinkled with a few theories) about menopause. We are curious about other womens' experiences and would love to hear from you in our facebook group, Big Love Hug Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/663065851665011
Included are some tips for making sex better as we age, the empowerment of menopause, and questioning the myth of women "drying up."
Join us for a Big Love Hug!
23 Apr 2022
What if more people identified as spiritual beings?
What would the world be like if more people identified as spiritual beings? Amy and Jess explore this question, including the core culprit that keeps us from living our spiritual natures: FEAR.
You'll laugh along with these love warriors, and you may just walk away feeling more connected to yourself and your life.
6 Mar 2022
Our Favorite Question
"Have you thought about talking to them?" We have noticed (and laughed endlessly about) our own tendencies to avoid anything that might feel like confrontation, but these edgy conversations are almost always medicinal.
8 Feb 2022
What is True Romantic Chemistry?
Amy's empowering theory: think of romantic chemistry in terms of scientific chemistry. True romantic chemistry is objective, not subjective: it's always mutual on both sides, matter-of-fact, and can't be faked or forced. Seeing chemistry this way makes dating much much easier, as it basically eliminates the entire concept of rejection.
7 Dec 2021
Being over Trying
Exploring concepts: being versus trying, gifts from buddhism, the stories that help and limit us, going with the flow, pain versus suffering, and internalized oppression.
We'd love to hear your feedback and requests!
Each of our podcast episodes is unscripted. (Can you tell? LOL)
You can follow us, get freebies, and sign up for notifications and more at www.amypalatnick.com
11 Oct 2021
Listen to the (inner) experts!
We actually know a lot more than we think we know, and by getting out of our own ways, we can access a huge amount of universal information.
We'd love to hear your feedback...and requests!
Each of our podcast episodes is unscripted. (Can you tell? LOL)
You can follow us, get freebies, and sign up for notifications and more at www.amypalatnick.com
11 Oct 2021
Be your favorite person.
Amy and Jess explore the edgy concept that you can actually be your favorite person.
This wasn't intended to be the first episode, but we recorded it and thought we'd put it out there. We're still getting our technology dialed in!
We'd love to hear your feedback and requests!
Each podcast episode is unscripted. (Can you tell? LOL)
You can follow us, get freebies, and sign up for notifications and more at www.amypalatnick.com
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