She had the two kids, the giant house, and her college sweetheart. What more could a girl ask for? I talk with Heidi Esther about what it felt like to have this perfectly successful life but yet feel like it was a perfect fa\xe7ade.\xa0
Heidi\u2019s idea of success was to be the "typical" stay-at-home mom who loved sewing.\xa0 and\xa0 lived in the suburbs with her successful husband.\xa0
Her idea of success came down like a wrecking ball when she realized she was in an emotionally unsafe marriage, hated sewing, and was definitely not perfect. Oh yeah\u2026and that she was gay.\xa0
In this episode, Heidi and I talk about trusting your intuition, listening and honoring your voice within. We discuss the harmful results of dismissing your emotions and the importance of embracing your raw feelings with authenticity and courage.\xa0
Heidi and I discuss her journey of acceptance, self-compassion, empathy, depression, people-pleasing, and co-dependency.\xa0 \xa0
She opens up on the struggle with experiencing and living in shame when she realized she was gay. She explains that her biggest hurdle was accepting that she didn\u2019t know the deepest and intimate parts of herself and the shame that came with it.\xa0
And we explore the Shame Parfait...
\xa0\u201cWe are all this parfait and we\u2019re constantly consciously and unconsciously putting layers in. And the hard part is, at some point, it gets really unruly. And the more you accept, you kind of adjust like I accept that, you know I\u2019m going to be a divorced person. All right, I\u2019m going to eat that layer of having that divorce label. And the more you accept, the more that you can kind of enjoy your life.\u201d\xa0
Today, Heidi is building a community called the Mom-Munity where she starts a weekly conversation around a true story, poem, and reflection. Her mission is to assist moms in building self-awareness, joy, and acceptance in their lives.\xa0
Heidi also has a book coming out this summer called Mom\u2019s Sanity, The Wake-Up Call.\xa0
You can find more out about Heidi at the links below: