A Beautiful Mess Podcast

This week we're talking about the inevitable experience of failure and how to hone the skill of starting over. Setbacks can be crushing, but they only turn permanent if you quit. In this episode, we're sharing our own vulnerable failure stories and the things that have helped us to get back on our feet.
 
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Mindset shifts:
Sometimes you have to quit
no one owes you anything
 
BOOK REPORT
Emma: Uprooted By Naomi Novik
Elsie: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
 
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This week we're sharing winter comforts that reliably get us through our least favorite season of the year.
 
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Winter Comforts:
Elsie: Books in bed!
Emma: Snow Suit
Elsie: Hot water - tea, coffee, apple cider, hot toddies, hot tubs, and bathes
Emma: Daydream, redecorate, and organize your house
Elsie: Go out with friends. (get out of the house!!)
Emma: Game of fire, cozy life
 
Guilty Pleasure Treasure:
Elsie: Christopher Nolan movies
Emma: Turkish Delights and Vanilla powder from Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf
 
Book Report:
Elsie: The Emotional Craft of Fiction by Donald Maas
Emma: The Ministry of Time
 
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This week, we're watching the 1995 classic Empire Records. We're also doing a hot take debate about technological advances, and we're bringing back our segment guilty pleasure treasure.
 
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Guilty Pleasure Teasure:
Elsie - American Funyuns
Emma - American Oreos
 
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This week we are discussing core values. We'll share our results from the Values Bridge quiz, as well as our thoughts on how defining core values can improve your life. And in our hot take debate, we're discussing separating art from the artist and rounding it out with whether or not we refrigerate our butter. All the important things that you need to know.
 
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https://thevaluesbridge.com/
 
You can support us by leaving us a couple of 5 star recipe reviews this week at abeautifulmess.com
Have a topic idea for the podcast? Write in to us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 417-893-0011.

In honor of Emma's 40th birthday, this week we're doing an official midlife crisis episode. Our experiences didn't go exactly like the movies, and we have a lot to discuss. It's going to be fun!
 
Thank you to this week's sponsor:
Try their products and support our show by going to DrinkLMNT.com/ABeautifulMess
Head to Talkiatry.com/mess and complete the short assessment to get matched with an in network psychiatrist in just a few minutes.
 
Guilty Pleasure Treasure:
Emma: Cinnamon dragons
Elsie: Watch a period piece while on period
 
You can support us by leaving us a couple of 5 star recipe reviews this week at abeautifulmess.com
Have a topic idea for the podcast? Write in to us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 417-893-0011.