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Finding What's True
by Sarah Davis
I'm Sarah Davis, and this is a podcast about what to do when you look at your life and don't see much of your true "self" in it. It's about leaping, trusting, listening, making big changes, and laughing as you bump up against the adventure of what's true. It's a swirly compass, the truth, but in the end, step by step, it guides us home.
Episodes
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the grand experiment; one control, infinite possibilities
Hey friends, today's episode is the final episode of season one. We have been together for a year now and it has been so lovely! Thank you all so much for listening and being a part of the Finding What's True podcast community. Of course not without a sense of humor the universe decided to school...
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making room for what's delicious; permission to quietly quit the things you don't care about
I think we can all agree that we would love to be doing something that lights us up. We would feel lucky if we found ourselves no longer walking through our day, as if the whole thing could be glossed over and forgotten. The proverbial groundhog day. Misery on repeat. Boredom. If, say, we could...
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leaps of faith; lessons learned only while walking the path towards the unknown
On today's episode I have the distinct pleasure of having a cup of tea with Jaime Summer Handley of Monastic Mommas. We are in somewhat parallel journey's; as both of us are packing up and heading across the country (in the next month!), with our families but don't (as of this moment) have a new...
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curiosity and grace; the chaos of a wide open heart
Hey friends, I just returned from a weekend away with my sister. Things got real crazy (middle aged women crazy); I drank coffee (tea drinker) and ate focaccia (gluten sensitive). I've been bumping into chairs and struggling to form sentences the past few days. Suffice to say some lessons are…
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logic and desire; or why we had cereal for dinner
I've been thinking about logic and desire all week. I had a coaching session with Dr. Erin Baker several days ago and it got me all up in my head about it, which is ironic because we both agreed my logical brain is taking up wayyy too much space in there. And here's the truth, I'm pretty...
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doing what you can, with what you have; even if what you have is hormones
Ok, so I shared yesterday in my newsletter, that I'm in full perimenopause and it is rough people. The crank abounds over here. I woke up this morning with my head in my hands and just thought "nope, just nope." And we all have those days, you don't have to be hormonal to relate to the feeling of...
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oh joy; I forgot about ya there for a minute
We made some big decisions this week, and then shocker!! We actually acted on them quickly. We have a plan for this summer, a bit of a "no plan" plan but I wouldn't have it any other way. We will be heading out on May 30th and leaving LA on a big ole roadtrip. Destination? Minnesota in the...
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expect to be human
On today's episode I share some thoughts on the struggle with feeling the push and pull towards and away from the programmed version of myself; the one that thinks it needs to be moving forward on schedule, smoothly (i.e. perfectly) and consistently producing all the life things at all times.…
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fear soup
As some of you know we are leaving California in June of this year. Hmmm, that's not so far away. And right now that's "the plan" ...as in that is all the plan consists of. It used to have more bones but now honestly we don't actually know where we are going or even what kind of house we are…
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your sacred attention
What would happen if we treated our attention as something sacred?! Amelia Hruby, creator of the Off the Grid podcast and Softer Sounds podcast studio says "You attention is sacred...I invite you to treat yourself and your time as sacred too." This stuck with me; persistently but gently, all week...
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trusting the nudge; intuition and the everyday whispering of our hearts
We all have intuition. It's the little voice that says "Hey, maybe you call that person, take this route instead of that one, sign up for that class, make this thing because you love it...not for any other reason,"...or in the case of my guest today, Orly Altaras, "Maybe you should sit on this...
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nothing to prove
My "little sister" (I put this in quotes because there's nothing small about her - she's 5''11' and larger than life most days) and I talk on today's episode about feeling lost early in life, seeking what brings you peace and joy, the slow journey to finding your meaning, and letting go of the...
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the no good, very bad, actually awesome day
Ok, so a bad day -- no one actually wants one. We want the good kind, where our kids are all angels, the chores all get done (like some sort of Mary Poppins, spoonful of sugar musical number) and everything feels golden and rainbowie (is this a word? i'm not sure). But here's the thing, in the...
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it's ok to set "it" down
Hey friends, I survived my second solo-parenting week! Woohoo! Thanks to everyone who checked in on little old me. You're the best. Today's episode is for all the folks out there juggling ten things, feeling completely overwhelmed, but simultaneously entertaining the idea of changing it up and...
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inconvenient needs
I tried to set down my "practice" this week friends; my writing, reading, drawing, making practice. It was all in the interest of what was going to be convenient while facing a solo parenting week. I sensibly decided I would sleep in and not even try to do any of my work. I thought I could just...
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time sandwich
How much sleep does a 44 year old woman actually need in order to string coherent sentences together? This is the question of the week...perhaps of my lifetime. I've been stealing time...taking it from my "sleep time" to use as my "work time" and I gotta confess it's catching up with me. So, what...
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procrastination station
Procrastination station; the music on this particular station lulls you into thinking there is a better more perfect time to do the thing you want to do. Right now is not the right most perfect time to accomplish x, y, or z. You will probably tell yourself you have other very important things to…
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determination in a bathrobe
Determined doesn't always look like what you think (bathrobe, tea, Honda CRV homemade sound booth - check, check, and check). Finding what's true isn't always within reach when you're just thinking about whatever you are trying to figure out, do, become etc. That truth we feel in our body, which…
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light switches
Well my friends, my New Year didn't start out as I had anticipated. I got physically sick New Years eve with some sort of strange vague bug which put me on the couch and then woke up New Years day with a full on depressive episode. If I was a superstitious person, which I totally am, I'd say…
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loving small insignificant things
On today's episode I tell a short story about the size of an eight year olds heart (infinite), barnacles, and how loving small things fiercely actually allows us to be larger than life. Lot's of love my friends.
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how we move on; cultivating escape velocity
Hey everyone, Happy Holidays. Here we are a week before Christmas if you celebrate that sort of thing. How are you all holding up? I will admit I've been a bit (as in totally very much so) of a Grinch over here. Not just about the holidays but I am feeling a bit sad (as in totally absolutely...
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slow down sister
I just got back from a trip to Minnesota my friends. We're considering it as a place to relocate to so it was a scouting mission. I flew up to finally see the place in person but more importantly to FEEL the place. That distinction is a tricky one. I kept wanting to make sure I got to all the...
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[rerun] i feel bad i'm not beyonce
Our first rerun friends! I am traveling this week and will be reporting back with images and notes on all the cold things from the wilds of the north...aka Minnesota. I'll be working on a travelogue from the adventure which will soon be found in my upcoming Substack Newsletter! This episode was...
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radical imperfection
Ok friends, raise your hand if you worry about getting "it" right. Whether it's the route you choose to the grocery store, the project you're completing at work, the art you're making, the children you're raising, the sex you're having or not having, or the dinner you haven't even started…
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betrayal bagels; they're waiting for us.
Here we go friends! This is a short episode just to say be on the lookout for anything that may be asking you to betray your self-care this week. Take good care of you and hold tightly to the course. I know, I know it's "that time of year" but seriously for those of us with honest to goodness...
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waiting for the answer
I really hate waiting. I'm a very impatient person and that's probably why this decision making process around where we are moving in the spring is taking so freaking long. The Universe always gives you just what you need to work on and for me it is patience and of course not thinking so hard…
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even if it's good you don't have to like it.
It's been a week over here my friends. I have been in a fuuuunuunnk since returning from the writer's retreat. My writer friends share that this is completely normal and unavoidable. Regardless it's been rough, so what do I do when I'm in funky town? I GO TO THE LIBRARY and get me some book...
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The unscheduled, scheduled post.
I woke up this morning to a notification that someone had liked my substack post (thanks Mel). The thing was I hadn't actually written a substack post. I had put a placeholder in when I created my page about a month ago. I had, in an attempt to threaten myself with announcing it to the world,...
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your heart wants the mic
I am in the process of a deprivation experiment this week. I'm not usually about deprivation. It's not my jam but the rules are as follows: you don't read any books, articles, news, social posts or listen to any podcasts / watch tv etc. It's been 24 hours and honestly, I very naively, thought it...
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it's not your party but you CAN cry if you want to
Most of the time it's not "our party". Whether we are at an actual party, like I was this weekend, or a hypothetical party like the team meeting you have to attend this afternoon. And when things don't go according to how we would prefer them to go it's easy to get judgey mcjudgey (not an actual...
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sequins on a saturday
Hey y'all - I bought a sequin dress. Not a big deal for some of you but for me who's favorite color is brown (because it's the color of ponies) it was a bit of a leap to say the least. There's this mantra from the book The Artist's Way that says "listen to your inner creator, and you will be led"...
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i feel bad i'm not beyonce
It's easy to feel bad about what you're not and it's harder to feel good about who you are. Even if that "who you're not" (for me, the amazing Beyonce) isn't living a life that you'd EVER truly want for yourself. I don't lay awake at night dreaming about performing in concerts but there's a…
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what we expect
Well my friends. We are back in LA after six weeks of adventures on the road. And what we expected was to get back to a renovated condo, move ourselves in, and get settled. Easy peasy right? The Universe had other plans. So we walked into an uncompleted renovation and have been running around...
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joy and other slippery things
I can feel my fingers again! It's the little things my friends. The shoulder is easing up. The headache is nowhere in sight. The return to a life without wheels is on the horizon. And what's been coming up is joy; the desire for it and / or the noticeable lack of it. I keep bumping up against or...
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tiger balm
Thank goodness for tiger balm my friends. I've been having a "full body no" to something - all. freaking. week. long. Headache, shoulder pain, nerve pain -- all day, even when I wake up at night, since last week....it's giving me pause and making me very grouchy. What is it about? I'm not...
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the swirl
Oh boy my friends, have I been stuck in my head these past two weeks. I recorded this episode five times and almost ditched this version as well. I'm not sure what my mind is looking to share but I think it's some version that's much more "cohesive" which is difficult when you're swirling around...
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this version
This version of life - this version please and more of it please and thank you. That's all I have to say. Well, almost... It's been such an amazing week with so much beauty and spaciousness and wonder around every corner. I needed THIS. It's the most hopeful and expansive I've felt in a long...
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are you sure? are you really sure?
Sometimes right as you start to take that first big step towards change there are going to be hiccups. And by hiccups I mean cat diarrhea (yup, I said it) and being locked inside your rig and all sorts of wonderful hilarious and crazy "not as we expected it" delights that will unfold and cause…
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relax already
We are one week out from our roadtrip and lots of stories have been coming up in my head; some of which involve losing the cat, getting a flat tire, squirrels which have the plague, my kids getting sick in the middle of nowhere, and / or not being able to find a grocery store which has the...
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does it feel good?
Does it feel good? Simple question right? Does what I'm doing, thinking, being, feeling right now actually feel good to me? This is the question I've been asking myself all week and in a way all year. It's harder to answer than one might think. And it's not something we ask often in little…
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big fat quitter
Don't kid yourself, you know if where you are isn't where you want to be AND THAT IS ENOUGH to move forward. We often tell ourselves we have to have everything figured out, we need a really "good plan" or a "good reason" in order to make big changes and that is not the case. Knowing is enough.…
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leaving the familiar
Leaving what's familiar is not the easiest thing for a human to do. That's putting it mildly right?!! We are so hard wired on every level to seek safety and hold on tight to what we know - even if that familiar place isn't serving us anymore. Even if we actually love that familiar place and there...
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the truth is
Welcome to the Finding What's True podcast! In this first-ever episode, you’ll meet your host, Sarah Davis, and learn what happens when you start getting really really honest with yourself. Hint, it might just change your life.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Sarah Davis, and this is a podcast about what to do when you look at your life and don't see much of your true "self" in it. It's about leaping, trusting, listening, making big changes, and laughing as you bump up against the adventure of what's true. It's a swirly compass, the truth, but in the end, step by step, it guides us home.
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I'm Sarah Davis, and this is a podcast about what to do when you look at your life and don't see much of your true "self" in it. It's about leaping, trusting, listening, making big changes, and laughing as you bump up against the adventure of what's true. It's a swirly compass, the truth, but in...
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