My Inner Musings

Psychology & Relationships

About

My Inner Musings is a space for the thoughts we often keep to ourselves. I talk out loud about life, relationships, change, and the patterns we notice as we grow. These are real reflections from a lived life, shared with honesty, humour, and curiosity. Nothing is polished. Nothing is solved. Just honest musings, spoken in real time.

Episodes

  • Closet of Past Selves

    This episode reflects on the experience of cleaning out a closet before a major life change, uncovering how it holds a timeline of identity, growth, and survival. It examines style, memory, womanhood, loss, and returning to oneself, conclu…

  • The Myth of Forever

    This episode of 'My Inner Musings' addresses the discomfort inherent in finding peace and challenges the illusion of 'forever.' It posits that facing short-term discomfort is preferable to prolonged suffering and highlights that avoiding t…

  • A Return to Self

    This episode focuses on personal transformation, emphasizing the importance of becoming the right version of oneself to access new opportunities. It covers themes of outgrowing past selves, releasing what was once safe, and embracing chang…

  • The Irony

    This episode discusses a poignant encounter with a mother, highlighting the emotional processing of absence and the realization of having outgrown past relationships.

  • Promise Me

    This episode reflects on the moment before trust is given, examining the potential for truth to be used as currency and the implications of opening up without fear of punishment.

  • Reclaiming Power: The Queen Within

    The episode features a reading of a previously written piece about becoming one's own queen and reclaiming power, discovered in an old email draft. It reflects on the realization that past selves can leave messages for future growth.

  • Between Ends and Emergence

    This episode discusses the transitional phase of personal growth, focusing on the feelings associated with outgrowing past versions of oneself and the trust needed to move forward.

  • Shadow Self a Journey to Wholeness

    This episode features a letter to the shadow self, detailing a journey from outsourced worth to reclaimed value through awareness and healing, ultimately leading to self-trust and wholeness.

  • The Reckoning of Becoming

    This episode discusses the difficult reality of personal transformation, termed 'the reckoning of becoming.' It covers the emotional pressure of growth, the shedding of old patterns, and the importance of protecting one's inner child over…

  • Putting Hope to Bed

    This episode discusses how hope can become self-betrayal when it overshadows self-trust. It examines how seeking validation, attachment, and optimism can prolong unhealthy situations and emphasizes the importance of self-choice and trustin…

  • The versions of you

    This episode discusses how our identity changes depending on our environment, with different people seeing different versions of us. The speaker reflects on how expectations can be limiting and how new spaces provide the freedom to be one'…

  • The Complexity of Goodbye

    This episode discusses the complexities of saying goodbye, offering language for leaving without hatred and validating the choice to prioritize oneself without rewriting history.

  • The Mirrors of Connection

    This episode of My Inner Musings discusses how connection manifests through strangers, old contacts, coworkers, and quiet moments. It delves into loneliness, empathy, and the emotional cost of caretaking.

  • Outgrowing Yourself

    This episode discusses the process of outgrowing past versions of yourself. It highlights that when habits, roles, and relationships no longer serve you, the cost of staying the same can exceed the cost of change.

  • Welcome to My Inner Musings

    This episode marks the beginning of "My Inner Musings," a podcast presented as a personal audio journal. It aims to provide a space for thoughtful reflections and honest observations.