The Authentic Social Club
by Caitlin Atkinson
Welcome to The Authentic Social Club. A space for honest conversations, real talk, and coming back to yourself. Think of it as sitting down with your most genuine friends, the ones who skip the small talk and get into what's really going on. I share my own stories, experiences and learnings, and invite friends to do the same. Because when someone opens up, it gives others permission to do the same. This is a space to feel seen, to be encouraged, and to remember that showing up as your authentic self is always enough. So that you, me, and anyone else listening feels a little less alone in this, and a little more brave. soulvibeswithcaitlin.substack.com
Episodes
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It was never just about the injury
Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life. About the things we’re figuring out, the things we’ve already messed up, and the things we’re slowly starting to understand. Sometimes it’ll be me on my own. Sometimes it’ll be me with a friend. People who are…
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Are drive and ambition restlessness in disguise?
Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life. About the things we’re figuring out, the things we’ve already messed up, and the things we’re slowly starting to understand and (un-)learn. Sometimes it’ll be me on my own. Sometimes it’ll be me with a friend....
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Conversations with Friends: On sensitivity, reframing creativity and outdated comfort zones
Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life. About the things we're figuring out, the things we've already messed up, and the things we're slowly starting to understand. Sometimes it'll be me on my own. Sometimes it'll be me with a friend. People who are…
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On proving yourself to nobody
Welcome to The Authentic Social Club, a space for honest conversations. About life, about the things we’re figuring out, the things we’ve already messed up, and the things we’re slowly starting to understand. Sometimes it’ll be me on my own. Sometimes it’ll be me with a friend. People who are…
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I'm scared, but I'm doing it anyways
My dear friends, Welcome to The Authentic Social Club. A space for honest reflection, real talk and reconnection with yourself. Today we're diving into fear and how to take action anyway. I share the story behind the pink post-it on my desk that says "I'm scared, but I'm doing it anyways," my...
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What if nobody actually has it all figured out?
My dear friends, welcome to The Authentic Social Club. A space for honest reflection, real talk and reconnection with yourself. Today we’re diving into this belief that everyone else has it figured out, but we don’t, and other lies we tell ourselves. I share my reflections, my own experiences and...
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Episode 30: The grass is not always greener on the other side
My dear friends, Welcome back to Caitlin, my life and I! ☀️ The past two weeks have been quite the rollercoaster, again. As usual nowadays 😅. But, times like these come with many learnings. And reminders! Which is what this episode is about. A reminder that - the grass is not always greener on…
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Episode 29: How 5 weeks have felt like 5 months
My dear friends, Welcome back to Caitlin, my life and I! Or maybe I should rename it to Caitlin, my chaos life and I. Honestly, the beginning of this year has already felt like months!! So much has happened, emotional rollercoasters. Slightly overwhelming. Which is also why I’ve been behind with...
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Episode 28: Feeling lost and not knowing where to go
My dear friends, Trying to be consistent with this is almost working. Let‘s see if I can uplevel myself in the next weeks :D ! At least I got my microphone working again, but I think I might have trashed it a little while traveling, so the quality is still not back to usual. But well, it‘s about...
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Episode 27: Kicking off 2024 - new questions, confusions and the daily life hustle
My dear friends ☀️, Welcome to 2024 and the first episode of the year! Honestly, this first week feels like it‘s been a month already 😅. The year is basically starting of with EVERYTHING new!!! New work environment, travelled to a new place, working fully remotely. Exciting and amazing, no...
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Episode 26: 2023 Recap - what a year
My dear friends, the podcast has not died. Don’t you worry! 😅 But I have had some technical issues the past weeks and my time management is completely off. I am very sorry about that. The technical set up is still not the best and out of emergency I recorded this episode with my phone. So please...
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Episode 25: November Learnings
My dear friends, time for a November recap! Maybe I'll make this a regular thing, to have a little monthly reflection on learnings. November was a time for a lot of changes, a lot of reflection. And some learnings are definitely nothing new, but just a reminder to re-focus on myself. Who knows,...
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Episode 24: Change - avoiding or accepting?
My dear friends, this weeks topic, don't we all love it: Change. Do you avoid it or accept it? The past two weeks have brought up a lot from the past 6 months. Things feel aligned/not aligned anymore. People are in my life/not anymore. Feeling more at home in the city/close to nature. And so on…
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Episode 23: Being Yourself In A Digital World
My dear friends, Guten Morgen from not so sunny Germany! I have a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I ready for you. This weeks topic: Being yourself in a digital world. Some of you might also be connected with me on LinkedIn and know, that the other day I wrote a post about this topic. But…
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Episode 22: Life is not infinite ....
My dear friends, it's that time of the week again and a new episode from Caitlin, my life and I is online! This week's topic: Life is not infinite (unfortunately...?). That's a fact. And I've come to the conclusion that I'm done with waiting around. Waiting for something to happen, waiting for...
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Episode 21: Awaken your inner child
My dear friends, welcome back to Caitlin, my life and I! This weeks episode is all about awakening your inner child. Because, guess what, we did a paint night. Well, it was a paint and wine night to be honest, but I mean, we are grown ups now, so wine is okey. Anyhow, just painting with...
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Episode 20: Why we should accept and be grateful for rainy days
My dear friends, welcome back to Caitlin, my Life and I. As I'm sitting here on this very rainy day in Portugal, I came to the conclusion that I actually quite like rainy days. When thinking about it I realised, that this definitely has not always been like that. I used to dislike rainy days so...
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Episode 19: (Re-) Gaining trust and confidence
My dear friends, it's that time of the week again: A new episode of Caitlin, my Life and I is online! In this weeks podcast I talk about how I have lost my confidence in the past weeks and what I did (well, still am doing) to gain it back. In my opinion, being confident all starts with being...
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Episode 18: What surfing has taught me
My dear friends, long time no see! It's time for a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! :) In this episode I will talk about what surfing has taught me so far. And no, I don't mean any fancy surf moves (yeah, I'm still quite far away from that :D). I mean what this surf journey has taught me in...
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Episode 17: About people's energies and your circle of trust
My dear friends, time for a new episode of Caitlin, my Life and I! On this weeks menu: A mixed platter of your 5 closest people around you, with a side of their energies and a desert of your circle of trust (sheesh!). Have you ever noticed how different people affect you differently? Some people...
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Episode 16: More Portugal, taking it easy and adapting
My dear friends, Portugal Part III: I promise, this is the last part about anything regarding my move to Portugal (at least I will try). This time focusing on life in Portugal now and thoughts that have come up since being here. Taking a look into how to adapt in new situations (or new places)....
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Episode 15: Do what is right, not what is easy
My dear friends, here we go with Part II of the Portugal process. It was the right thing to do for me, but let me tell you - it was definitely not easy. I guess it would be boring if it were! At first it all sounds fun and exciting, which it is, don't get me wrong! But, there are struggles and...
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Episode 14: Working remotely, Portugal and following your intuition
My dear friends, long time no see! The past weeks have been crazy times with a lot of decisions being made, traveling, fun. But also letting go, saying good bye. So I allowed myself some time to process. Here we go again though! Caitlin, my life and I is back with a fresh new episode on…
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Episode 13: Letting go and making room for magic
My dear friends ☀️, better late than never: It’s time for a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! This weeks topic is letting go (and yes, I immediately have that song from Frozen in my mind, I hope you too now ⛄️. You‘re welcome). I am currently in a phase of having to let go of many things.…
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Episode 12: The Magic of Music
My dear friends, it's time for a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! This time I will be talking about music. What effect music has on me, some random (but good!) facts about music related to health and stress management (did you know music makes your blood flow better?). And you know, the…
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Folge 11: Gratitude, Dankbarkeit, Gratitud, Gratidão
Hello Sunshines, welcome to a new episode of Caitlin, my life and I! This weeks topic is Gratitude. In my opinion, gratitude is key to a fulfilled and happy life (well, at least one of the keys 😄). Being grateful is something we should always remind ourselves about. On a daily basis! Even if you...
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Episode 10: Adventure-days-happy-feeling
My dear friends ☀️, I guess it's time for the first English episode! So many people have asked about it, so here you go: I gave it my all. I'd be happy to hear your feedback on it! Let's see if I will do more in English or stick with German ;). Or perhaps both? As you know, there are no strict...
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Folge 9: Wer willst du heute sein?
Keine Sorge, der Podcast ist nicht ausgestorben. Doch zwischen nach Hause kommen, sich wieder "eingewöhnen", reflektieren, vermissen hat es etwas länger gedauert diese Folge hochzuladen. So Surprise! Here you go :)! Wer bin ich heute? Welche Caitlin mag ich diese Woche sein? A daily struggle…
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Folge 8: Halt Stopp, du Perfektionismus!
Immer wieder irgendwann ist es Zeit für eine neue Folge von Caitlin, my life and I! Yay! In dieser neuen Folge geht es darum, wie ich versuche meinem Perfektionismus eine Grenze zu setzen und einfach mal "Halt Stopp" zu sagen. Und guess what, es bezieht sich auf völlig random Themen wie Essen und...
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Folge 7: Von der Stille, meiner Social Battery und dem Noise der Welt
Surprise! Eine neue Folge von Caitlin, my life and I ist online! Mit dem spezifischen Release Tag habe ich es nicht wirklich. Sorry about that! So stay tuned for more :P Folge 7, worum geht‘s? Ich habe mich in der letzten Woche in der Situation wiedergefunden, dass ich einfach überfordert war mit...
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Folge 6: Ich hab's mit der Angst zu tun!
Ich sag’s euch: Diese Folge hatte es in sich. Ich hatte sogar überlegt sie nicht zu posten und lieber etwas neues aufzunehmen. Doch dann kam mir der eigentliche Hintergrund dieses Podcasts in den Sinn und ich dachte mir, nope let’s go! So here it is: Eine neue Folge von Caitlin, my life and I....
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Folge 5: Living the moment!
Freunde der Sonne, it's that time of the week again: Zeit für eine neue Folge von Caitlin, my life and I. Diese Folge widme ich dem wundervollen Thema "im Hier und Jetzt sein", living in the moment, wie auch immer du es nennen magst, you get the point. Warum? Weil ich mich immer und immer wieder...
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Folge 4: Feeling the feels
Freunde der Sonne! Feeling the feels - lieben wir! Oder? Oder vielleicht doch nicht so? Ich muss gestehen, mir ist es immer sehr schwer gefallen, Zugang zu meinen Gefühlen und Emotionen zu finden. Doch ich bin der Meinung und auch aus Erfahrung zu dem Entschluss gekommen: Man kann es lernen....
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Folge 3: Gott und die Welt!
Worum geht es in dieser Folge: Um Gott und die Welt, das Universum, das menschliche Dasein. Basically unsere Existenz. Denn ich muss gestehen, ich mache mir wirklich sehr viele Gedanken darüber. Wie ist die Welt entstanden? Was ist “da draußen” noch alles? Wie kann ich als Mensch überhaupt hier...
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Folge 1: Sich der Welt zeigen
Die offizielle Folge 1 von Caitlin, my life and I ist da! From the heart teile ich meine Gedanken zum Thema "sich sichtbar machen". Für mich ein großes Thema dieses Jahr, beispielsweise mit diesem Podcast :P. Doch ich bin der Meinung, wenn man sich traut einen kleinen Schritt zu machen können…
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Folge 2: Out of your comfort zone is where the magic happens
Hello again und herzlich willkommen zur neuen Folgen von Caitlin, my life and I! In der heutigen Folge geht es darum, seine eigene Komfortzone zu verlassen. Und nein, ich spreche nicht davon zwingend etwas großes oder total verrücktes zu tun. Manchmal reicht es auch einfach nur den kleinen Zeh…
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Folge 0: Just an other podcast
Es ist so weit! Finally geht mein Podcast online, man glaubt es kaum. Herzlich willkommen zu Caitlin, my life and I! In dieser ersten Folge beantworte ich die Frage, warum um alles in der Welt ich der Meinung bin, die Menschheit braucht noch einen Podcast. Kurz und knackig erzähle ich euch mit...
About this show
Welcome to The Authentic Social Club. A space for honest conversations, real talk, and coming back to yourself. Think of it as sitting down with your most genuine friends, the ones who skip the small talk and get into what's really going on. I share my own stories, experiences and learnings, and invite friends to do the same. Because when someone opens up, it gives others permission to do the same. This is a space to feel seen, to be encouraged, and to remember that showing up as your authentic self is always enough. So that you, me, and anyone else listening feels a little less alone in this, and a little more brave.
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