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Finding Her Sparkle with Ami Rankin
by Ami Rankin
A Wellbeing & Emotional Intelligence Coach from Australia helping you to realise and live your full potential. It's time to get your sparkle back.
Episodes
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Episode 142: WHO AM I NOW SERIES ✨ How do I prioritise myself without feeling guilty? Why you're at the bottom of your own priority list ✨
Can we talk about something for a second? You know that little voice that says 'I'm too busy' or 'I have so many other things to do first' every time you think about doing something for you? That voice didn't come out of nowhere. In this episode — part two of the 'Who Am I Now Series', Ami gets...
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Episode 141: WHO AM I NOW SERIES ✨ I don't know who I am anymore: understanding identity shift after a big life change
Did you know that 91% of women feel like they've lost themselves in motherhood? If you're one of them, this episode is the explanation you've been waiting for. In this first episode of the Who Am I Now? series, I introduce the concept of Matrescence — the psychological, neurological and identity...
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😡 It's not about the housework 🤯 Why You Keep Fighting About the Same Things (And How to Actually Stop)
You walk in the door. The bins weren't taken out, the kitchen's still a mess - within minutes you're in the same argument you've had a hundred times before. Going around in circles, both of you feeling attacked, nobody actually saying what they mean. Sound familiar? This episode is going to…
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Ep 139: Burnout, Mental Load & Perimenopause: When You're the 'Stable One' for Everyone Else
Are you the one everyone leans on right now? The stable one. The strong one. The one holding it all together, but quietly running on empty? In this episode, Ami answers 2 real listener questions that so many of you will recognise immediately: - I'm feeling overwhelmed because I feel like I'm the...
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Ep 138: How To Teach Your Kids Emotional Intelligence: The Only 2 Scripts You Need
Nobody taught us how to talk about our feelings. And now we're raising tiny humans who feel ALL the things — and have zero ability to explain why. In this episode, I'm sharing exactly how I've been teaching my kids (ages 5 and 3) emotional intelligence from the ground up — and the surprising...
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Ep 137: You’re not lazy - your nervous system is overloaded and you’re overstimulated
If you’ve been calling yourself lazy, unmotivated, or undisciplined lately, this episode is your reminder that you’re probably not lazy at all - your nervous system is overloaded, you’re overstimulated and are running on survival mode. We will break down the difference between laziness and…
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Ep 136: Default Parent Burnout: Understanding Functional Freeze 🤯 Why you feel numb as the Default Parent and how to get unstuck
If you’re the default parent and feel stuck, exhausted, numb or overwhelmed - this episode is for you. In this episode we explore what functional freeze really is, how it shows up in motherhood and why so many mums fall into this state when they carry the mental and emotional load of being the...
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Ep 135: 🤯 Busy Season Survival Guide 🫠 How to actually regulate your Nervous System
If you're feeling busy, overwhelmed, burnt out or constantly on edge this episode is for you. I break down what actually happens in your nervous system during busy seasons of life and why feeling stressed, scattered or exhausted doesn’t mean you’re failing. You’ll learn about the three states we...
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Ep 134: Q&A - Help! How do I not fall apart myself when my kids are having a tantrum?
In this episode I discusses the challenges of parenting, particularly when trying to manage childrens' big emotions! We talk about the importance of emotional intelligence both for parents and children and I share practical tools and resources to help navigate the difficult moments. The main…
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Ep 133: You’re not JUST your anxiety, ADHD or star sign - how to be more than your diagnosis or labels
Do you ever catch yourself saying ‘I’m just anxious all the time’ or ‘I’m like this because I have ADHD’? In this episode of Finding Her Sparkle we're busting the myth that your labels; whether it’s anxiety, depression, ADHD or even your star sign define you. As a certified wellbeing and…
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Ep 132: Feeling flat? Fallen out of routine? You’re not lazy - why Winter changes how you feel ❄️
Are you feeling flat, unmotivated, or disconnected from your routine lately? You’re not alone — this episode explores how seasonal changes, especially during winter, can impact our energy, emotions, and habits as mothers. I’ll guide you through what’s really happening in your brain and body…
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Ep 131: What nobody tells you about Intrusive Thoughts and Anxiety in Motherhood (you are not alone)
If you’ve ever had a scary thought and instantly questioned, “What is wrong with me?”, this episode is for you. In today’s deep dive, we’re talking about intrusive thoughts, mum anxiety, and the overwhelm that comes with the mental load — especially when you're juggling toddlers, stress, and not...
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Ep 130: 🧠 Monday Mindset: how to stick to your habits even when life is hard
If you have been comparing you and your habits or goals when you’re in a hard chapter of life to you and your habits and goals when you are totally thriving and motivated then this episode is for you. This is your Monday pep talk to help you stop the comparison and beating yourself up. Learn how...
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Ep 129: Managing the Mental Load in the Holiday Season
This episode will run you through tips and mindset changes to bring in over the Holiday Season (or any time you’re feeling overly busy) to help you to feel less overwhelmed and more present. Recommendation: Man On The Inside on Netflix
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Ep 128: 5 mindset secrets a Wellbeing Coach actually uses 🧠✨
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, this episode is for you! Here are the 5 easiest mindset tools that I use literally every week. These 5 tools are going to help you to feel like it’s possible to start your self development journey in a way that feels easily achievable. This week’s recommendation:...
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Ep 127: Am I The Problem? What to do when you feel triggered 😤🤬
What if I told you that it’s actually not someone else’s fault when you feel triggered? This episode will help you to go deeper to realise WHY you feel triggered sometimes and what you can actually do about it. Recommendation: Sabbi The Label
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Ep 126: Can we have a 'Chill Mum Summer'? ☀️🧘🏼♀️
Mamas if you've been feeling overwhelmed, stressed and burnt out this one is for you. Use a mindset tool live with me and think about 6 different ways you can reduce your Mental Load, stress and overwhelm so you're on your way to feeling like being a 'chill mum' is actually possible! LINKS:...
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$0 ways to get your sparkle back ✨ 💫 Self Development and mindset for free 🧠
We’re in the middle of a cost of living crisis, but that doesn’t mean your mental health has to be forgotten about as well. This episode runs you through free ways that you can still be focusing on your mindset, mental health and wellbeing in a way that feels easy and achievable, even if life is...
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Ep 125: Feeling flat? Do ✨ these things ✨ to feel like you again
So you want to be feeling pUmPeD and MoTiVaTeD ‘like everyone else is’ but you’ve felt flat and like you’re stuck in a funk instead? Well, this episode is for you. Let’s talk about some easy ways that you can change your mindset and be kinder to yourself while you’re on your way to feeling more...
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Ep 124: #mumlife 🤯 staying on track when kids and life get in the way!
Mums, I get it. Sticking to your intentions and healthy habits can feel really hard and REALLY frustrating when you have kids. The missed naps, cat napping, daycare and school sicknesses, tantrums and curve balls - IT’S A LOT. But let’s talk today about your mindset around this, and five ways…
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Ep 124: Slipped up with your healthy habits? How to stop negative self talk and get back on track
This episode is all about the mindset and thinking patterns we can get stuck in when working towards our health and fitness goals. If you notice that you feel anxious or disappointed in yourself if you slip up a little while focusing on your health, this episode is for you. Today’s recommendation...
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Ep 123: Self Worth, Self Esteem and how to feel more confident
Hello lovely listeners, welcome back! In today’s episode I’ll be running you through a sneak peek of a workshop I created and ran exclusively for our clients at BU Happiness College all about Self Worth. We will talk about how you can notice if your self worth is low, societies expectations…
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EP 122: Have you lost yourself in Motherhood? Identity and not know what you do for fun
This episode talks about a realisation that I had over the weekend - I used to have so much spare time pre-kids! And I used to love prioritising myself and doing things for me. But what happens when you become a Mum and that changes in an instant? Let's talk about identity, a quote that will help...
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Ep 121: Life update, PND, things I’m enjoying, sleep regressions and teething
This episode is a big life update, because it’s been a long hiatus in between episodes! I talk more in depth about my PND diagnosis and decision to begin mediation, things I’ve been really enjoying lately, books, relationships and the transition from 1 to 2 kids
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Ep 120: How to prioritise yourself without changing anything you’re actually already doing
Hello! Welcome back! It’s been a while and I took some much needed time for me while we transitioned from a family of 3 to a family of 4, but I’m so excited to be back in your ears and talking all things mindset. In this episode let’s talk about intentional self care and what it is. What it looks...
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Ep 119: MUM RAGE SERIES 🌩️ Who am I after babies? I’ve lost my sparkle
This episode of the Mum Rage Series talks about the huge shifts that happen when you become a Mother. Everything from how you see yourself, how you spend your time, how you look at yourself and your values and beliefs. It’s a big (and overwhelming) thing, so we start small in this episode.…
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Ep 118: MUM RAGE SERIES 🌩 Resentment, frustration, comparison and the mental load
In this episode I break down the feeling of resentment - what does it look like for you, how you might notice it and also the 3 main areas you can feel resentful: towards your partner, your child/children and towards other people.
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Ep 117: MUM RAGE SERIES 🌩 So you’ve just exploded - now what?
A follow on from our last podcast episode. This time with some real life mum realities that I’ve been experiencing lately juggling toddlerhood and newborn life. Let’s talk about how you can proactively and reactively work to reduce your reactive behaviours.
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Ep 116: MUM RAGE SERIES 🌩 Expectations - frustration, overwhelm, disappointment and anxiety
In this weeks instalment of the Mum Rage Series, I cover 4 types of expectations that you might be setting and talk about how that can make you feel. I look at real life examples and give you some tips and active journaling questions to help you to feel less frustrated, overwhelmed and burnt out
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Ep 115: MUM RAGE SERIES 🌩 Sensory Overload and Overstimulation
If you get to the point of breaking or exploding and things just feel a bit too much…a bit too loud, a bit too bright or if you get ‘touched out’ then this episode is for you. Learn what causes sensory overstimulation and 10 ways you can reduce your reactions
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Ep 114: MUM RAGE SERIES 🌩 The Mental Load
Welcome to a new series of episodes, over the coming weeks I will be breaking down some of the common contributing factors to ‘Mum Rage’ (yes, it’s a real thing) and talking about ways that you can feel less stressed, less overwhelmed and less like you’re about to explode. In this episode, I talk...
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Ep 113: 10 easy, simple mental and physical habits to make life feel easier and less overwhelming
You know the saying - the smallest habits make the biggest difference? Let’s look at 10 really easy and achievable habits - both physical and mental - that you can implement this week to feel like life just runs smoother. They can help you to feel less stressed and overwhelmed which means less...
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Ep 112: ‘How did you know you were ready for your second baby?’ Birth trauma &societies expectations
A juicy episode today diving into answering a question that came through on Instagram - ‘How did you know you were ready for your second baby?’ Join me as I discuss pregnancy, labour, birth, working through birth trauma, newborn life and navigating big life changes
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Ep 111: Comparative Suffering - ‘Yes, this is hard, but this person has it harder…’
It’s time to validation how you feel! In this weeks episode I talk about Comparitive Suffering - what it is, how you notice it coming up for you, it’s limitations and also 4 tools to be able to move through it. Including a life changing new definition of acceptance for you. Todays recommendation…
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Ep 110: THERAPY THURSDAY 🧠 Are my beliefs even mine!?
A huuuuge topic today! Beliefs! Those thoughts, opinions, feelings and topics that you buy in to every single day, sometimes without even realising. And guess what? Most of them aren’t even your own! Let’s spend today’s episode looking at beliefs - where they can come from, where yours come from...
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Ep 109: How to stop worrying about what other people think
Wow wow wow what a BIG topic! If you are someone who worries about what other people think, todays episode is going to help you to identify some thinking patterns or beliefs you could be carrying with you. You will learn the strengths and also limitations of caring about what others think and I...
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Ep 108: Self Sabotage and how to beat Procrastination
In this episode you can learn about the difference between self sabotage and procrastination, create awareness around where procrastination comes up for you and also learn the 2 parts of the brain that fire when procrastinating kicks in and how to be better than your excuses!
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Ep 107: Monday Motivation ✨ 5 ways to feel less overwhelmed & stressed this week
A Monday Motivation episode to help you with tips to feel less overwhelmed, less stressed and more present during your week this week. Other podcast episodes mentioned: 106: HALT Theory and how to feel less overwhelmed 104: How To Amplify Your To-Do List 98: Decision Fatigue Plus, the insight…
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Ep 106: THERAPY THURSDAY 🧠 HALT Theory - 4 easy ways to reduce negative behaviours & reactions
In this episode I run you through HALT Theory - what it is, what it stands for and how you can start to focus on a more positive outlook on your health and well-being today
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Ep 105: When it rains it pours ⛈ How is confirmation bias creating your ‘bad day’ reality?
You know those days - it’s like uhh could ANYTHING else go wrong!? Let’s talk about Confirmation Bias and how you are actively creating your reality with your thoughts every single minute of the day - whether that’s an empowering reality or a frustrating one! Today’s recommendations: You Need To...
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Ep 104: How to amplify your to-do-list - feel less overwhelmed and reduce procrastination
I know, everyone tells you how writing out their to-do-list 'saved their sanity!' But how can you use this tool to feel less overwhelmed and not just something else to add to your list of things to get done for the day? I break to-do-lists down into 3 stages for you and give you a trick to feel...
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Ep 103: New Year, New Me? Are New Years Resolutions BS?
It's the second episode back for 2022 and I'm diving in to New Years Resolutions - what do I think of them? Are they BS? But more importantly, how you can be setting goals for yourself this year that feel GOOD, aligned and empowering and how you can be focusing on creating a lifestyle that you…
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📣 BONUS: THE GLOW UP: mind, body, soul refresh 📣
I have an exciting announcement! Your exclusive first look into my newest ebook - The Glow Up: mind, body, soul refresh. What is it? How you can get involved and the 30 day commitment that is going to have you filling up your cup EVERY DAY during February 2022
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Ep 102: Fixed vs. growth mindset - How to embrace growth and being the best version of you!
In this episode I break down what the fixed vs. growth thinking pattern is and how you might notice it coming up for you. I split it into 3 different areas of life: career, personal and health and fitness. We will talk about ways to move through it and away from negative self talk and labels that...
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Ep 101: Monday Motivation - your weekly check in to feel refreshed ✨ journaling prompts,affirmations
How have you been feeling lately? If you’ve been feeling busy, stressed, burnt out or like there’s 100 tabs open in your brain, this episode is for you! In this episode I talk you through some journaling prompts, feelings you can aim for, affirmations to body, important reminders and some quick,...
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Ep 100: How to enjoy the Holiday Season 🎄🎅🏼
Welcome to episode 100! How exciting! And what better way to celebrate than with an episode about my favourite time of the year - the Holidays! But just because it’s my favourite time of the year, doesn’t mean it’s all sunshine and rainbows - the end of the year can also bring with it feelings of...
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Ep 99: Monday Motivation - Boundaries ✨
Happy Monday beautiful 💕 here is your chance to start your week fresh, and this weeks Monday Motivation is reminding you that YOU are important and it’s time to set some boundaries. ✨ Where in your life do you feel overwhelmed? ✨ Where in your life can you set better boundaries?
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Ep 98: Decision fatigue and feeling less overwhelmed
In this episode we talk all things decision fatigue. Why decisions and thinking feel harder towards the end of the day and why you can feel so overwhelmed. I also run you through some signs to notice decision fatigue for you and of course, give you some tips and strategies to move through it.…
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Ep 97: THERAPY THURSDAY 🧠 Resentment. What is it and how to let go
Welcome to another Therapy Thursday episode that I run you through a big feeling - resentment. I talk you through what it is, what feelings come together to create resentment and also how you can take radical responsibility in your life to move through resentment and feel less overwhelmed and...
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Ep 96: Can comparison actually be a good thing!?
Yes, you read the title of this episode right. I know, I’ve recorded episodes before talking about how to move through comparison and the downside of comparing yourself - but I have a different perspective for you to consider today that I find really interesting! In this episode, learn about how...
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A Wellbeing & Emotional Intelligence Coach from Australia helping you to realise and live your full potential. It's time to get your sparkle back.
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