43: Permission to Be You & Addiction’s Gift with Jill Massura

“If you knew what it did for me, you’d never take it away.” ~Jill MassuraJump in on an insightful and inspired conversation with Jill Massura. We explore the gifts and challenge of showing up as human and vulnerable, how addiction ended up being the greatest gift of Jill’s life, seeing our life through wisdom lenses and neutrality, and inquiring deeper and distilling what is going on underneath our life situations.I love Jill’s direct and simply no BS look at life!Jill is a personal empowerment coach. With her support, her clients discover how to live their lives with excitement, free from negative thoughts and behaviors. She is committed to helping people improve their lives through working in the personal areas that impact them the deepest and bring about the most significant change.She believes your relationship with yourself sets the stage for all of the other relationships in your life – from career, to health, to your personal relationships – how you feel about yourself is what will set you up for success in every area.Almost 8 yrs ago, she began her career helping people as a massage therapist. It was through this work, and supporting clients in their release of physical pain, that she began to study the power of our mind/body connection. She discovered a whole new world of information about our ability to heal ourself, when given the right tools. Over the course of time, her practice has evolved to include Tapping/EFT and empowerment/self love coaching.Jill believes anything you want in your life is POSSIBLE. Links, Article, and ResourcesAll Show Notes for This Episode📝https://candicewu.com/jillPodcast Homepage🎧 https://candicewu.com/podcastNewsletter & Embody Community💌 https://candicewu.com/embody-communityPatreon – Your Support Means So Much!💝 https://candicewu.com/patreonCandice Wu Page on Facebook👫 https://facebook.com/EmbodyYourNatureFollow Candice on Instagram📷 https://instagram.com/EmbodyYourNature Shout Out to My ClientsThe work I am doing here with the podcast would not be possible if it weren’t for my 1-on–1 and couples/relationships clients. I feel incredibly grateful for the trust that is placed in me as a healer by you. You inspire me every day, give me ideas for new topics, and I love working with you.If you feel drawn to my work, would like to explore the different healing modalities which I offer, or would like to connect in a free consultation, please reach out.Thank you from the bottom of my heart! I am so appreciative.Learn More & Connect With Me on My Website: CandiceWu.com/connect Show Notes & Timestamps  0:00 Intro0:54 Shoutout to my Clients2:08 Introduction3:18 Interview3:39 Closet — Last Podcast (Redo)7:30 Who is Jill?8:34 Presence and Realness10:13 How do you Distill to the Root?10:56 What are you checking yourself on?13:41 Relationship — Safety Begins Inside15:05 Avoiding is not Digesting15:05 Digestion15:44 Stomach — The Holder of Information16:58 Check-In — Have I taken on too much?18:14 Integration — Fluid, Calm, and Important19:00 What does Tired mean?20:01 Responsibility Can be Weight21:15 Putting Yourself on the Calendar22:23 Being Vulnerable never becomes normal24:24 Jill’s Story with Food and Addiction25:05 Finding the Root is the Way26:46 Change starts with Acceptance & Awareness27:16 Food and Alcohol temporarily was helpful28:39 If you knew what it did for me, you’d never take it away.29:22 Being your own first client29:56 Separation is a great first step31:05 Honoring what the Addiction gave you33:24 Candice Asks: How do you feel telling this story now?34:39 Best thing Ever36:15 Learning from the resistance38:17 Mother Earth vs Mother Ocean38:32 Jimmy Buffet Song, Mother Ocean?39:30 Proverb Earth Tells Water where to go, but water tells earth how to look40:25 Polarity Theory — Earth and Water reside together42:56 Drawn to the Sense of Wisdom44:12 What Stories are we choosing to tell?45:07 Does it have to be a good ending?46:00 Being the Neutral Observer in Life48:07 The Universe doesn’t really care // Being Neutral is Hard49:22 The Family had the Symptoms of Addiction50:21 Retrieving Life Experiences in the Space of ME51:48 I am as normal as anybody52:36 If only we would know before hand (that the wisdom is in the path)54:01 Permission to be YOU — NOW (Letting go when I want to, permission to be ridiculous, stopping when I feel like stopping)56:43 Thank you, Jill!57:05 Jill’s upcoming workshop — The Passion Project: Women’s Empowerment Weekend/Rise59:31 Mention of the Holly Podcast59:50 Declaration is great, then the resistance comes in1:01:24 Where can you find Jill?1:01:31 Jill’s Offering — EFT Tapping around Purpose1:02:56 Outro