June 12, 2025 • 22 mins
In this episode I share a follow up from When your body Whispers, Listen - Before it Screams. I thought I was listening but was I really? I share a deeply personal story of navigating frozen shoulder and ulnar neuropathy—a physical unraveling that revealed a deeper spiritual and emotional truth. This isn’t just about pain or diagnosis. It’s about finally tuning in to the body’s signals after pushing through.
This is a message for the over-doers, the high-achievers, the ones who tell themselves “I’ll rest later.” In this moment of stillness, I’ve learned that healing doesn’t always look like hustle. Sometimes it looks like slowing down, tuning in, and finally listening.
If you’ve been feeling worn down, this one’s for you. Your body is talking. What is it trying to say?
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(00:04):
Hey friends.
Welcome to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Caton.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed the mental living a morefulfilling authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.
(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Hey friend.
Welcome back to the Inner SparkPodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Taton.
(00:46):
This is shower sprinkle episode,this is a little follow up
episode from April 12th.
Wow.
Time is going by.
It is officially summer.
That episode was when your bodywhispers, listen, before it
screams.
I just wanna follow up on thatepisode.
It's been a while since I haveput a podcast out.
(01:09):
And there's been a couplereasons why.
And with all honesty, that'swhat this podcast is about, is
filling your feelings and justbeing honest and some of the
daily struggles we go through.
So this experience that I havebeen going through and
experiencing the symptoms ofFrozen shoulder,.
(01:34):
I was really aggressive, when Ifigured out, um, when I started
feeling those frozen shoulderthings and I got diagnosed with
it, I was like, what can I do tomake this better and how can I
speed this up?
And I was very aggressive.
I did everything I possiblycould for a few weeks It's been
(01:54):
months now.
To get things going faster.
I was like, you know, a couplepeople have said it took them
two weeks and they were better.
I had a ton of people reach outto me saying all different
things.
Some people were like, oh, ittook me two years.
Some are like, I'm stillexperiencing this discomfort.
And.
(02:14):
If you know me at all, I talkabout my medical journey that
I've been on, and how I'm not aperson that sits still.
And even though I thought I wasslowing down, I was slowing down
some, but I'm gonna be honest, Iwasn't slowing down enough.
(02:35):
I was probably actually a littletoo aggressive and.
Maybe did some things toointense.
I'm not really sure.
I questioned why, and I letmyself feel the feelings.
I experienced a symptom of,well, I experienced, my left
(02:59):
elbow or my left arm wentcompletely numb on me.
And my hand like clamped up intoa claw hand.
I remember that happening on aFriday night and I panicked.
I remember my grandmother whohad a stroke and that's how her
hand was.
And she didn't have function ofher left hand.
(03:19):
And that's all I could think ofis, oh my goodness, what else?
And I completely went into thatzone of why is this happening?
I was scared and then I felt myfeelings of I'm not going to the
emergency room.
I don't like that place.
I have had some not so goodexperiences there and I'm not
(03:42):
gonna go sit and wait for 18hours because our hospitals are
full.
So I try to function, um, acouple days.
Friday, Saturday went by, SundayI realized I was gonna have to
do something that my hand wasstill a claw hand, my elbow was
(04:04):
now swollen.
I was in more pain than I hadbeen in, and I thought my
shoulder was making a little bitof progress.
I then, this happened, so I wentto our orthopedic immediate care
and.
(04:24):
I'm gonna be honest, I panickedwhen I was going in there.
I cried every time I have to goto a new appointment or new,
something like this.
It takes me back to going to anytype of emergency room, and I
knew this was just an orthoemergency room, but.
Sometimes the way you've beentreated in the past, it, the
(04:47):
triggers come up and it wasreal.
I was scared.
I cried.
I was in, in a lot of pain and Iran every bad scenario through
my brain that would run through.
And so, um, my mom took me tothe orthopedic immediate care
and.
I was lucky that I got a very,very nice doctor who sat down
(05:16):
with me and explained things andsaid, yes, you're still
experiencing the frozenshoulder.
And, now I was alsoexperiencing, what she thought
to be nerve damage in my, shewasn't sure if it was coming
from my shoulder or my elbow,but, she saw that my hands were
clawed up and I couldn't move mypinky away.
(05:38):
So she sat down and acknowledgedthat yes, she would be scared
too if something like thathappened.
She showed me some pictures andwe talked about it and.
I, um, obviously she's, I wasseeing the surgeon for my
shoulder that week, so she gaveme a splint to help re
(05:58):
straighten out my wrist and helpkeep my fingers straight and
straighten them back apart.
And, oh, sorry.
Medical journeys are hard totalk about.
So, yeah, it, it takes my breathaway sometimes filling my
(06:21):
feelings.
It's real, it was scary and I'mgrateful that she took the time
to sit down and talk to me andshow me that the nerve path
where she thought I had nervedamage and that was what was
causing my finger to my fingersto claw.
I got the splint and I wenthome, and then I saw the
(06:46):
shoulder surgeon, later thatweek and he referred me on to
get some nerve testing, muscletesting to see what was
happening.
I went on and did that, I am so,I'm so, so grateful that, you
know, sometimes when you'restruggling and you're scared,
(07:09):
you're feeling all the feelings,you're like, what's the next
step?
And I just want it to be over.
Right?
You want it to go fast.
Well, the truth is, It's notgoing fast.
I did the testing and ithappened to be with my
neurologist.
That was really, reallycomforting.
I see one of the most gentleneurologists around.
He's so kind, so caring, andjust the way he delivers his
(07:32):
words is, he treats you like ahuman.
I have my family doctor thattreats me like human as well,
but I've had some badexperiences and so the fear of
doing more, testing, morethings, it just became
overwhelming.
I really had to tap into, I'mgonna be okay, this is just
temporary and I am gonna slowdown even more.
(08:00):
I did the nerve testing and itdid show that my ulnar nerve is,
is compressed.
I'm experiencing, ulnarneuropathy and.
I will see a hand surgeon at theend of June.
But the thing I really, well, Iwanna say that I thank him for
(08:23):
being so gentle and kind.
It's not really fun testing,sticking needles all up and down
your arm, you know?
But I got an answer and the goodnews, is it's fixable, right?
And I also realized it'ssummertime.
(08:45):
This is like my favorite season.
I love the water.
I love surfing.
I love just paddle boarding.
Being in the lake, that's whatmy family does.
And I was like, this is takingup my summer and it's taking
away my joy.
I'm gonna be honest, I've criedand I have been through a lot
(09:06):
and a lot of feelings.
Um, and then I came torealization that it's okay to
fill your feelings.
And I did, and I'm not sayingthere's still days that I am not
in discomfort, that I don't feelmy feelings and cry or feel the
pain.
I also learned that it's okay toask for help.
(09:30):
I was basically forced to askfor help, which made me realize
that I am what I thought.
I'd slow down and I thought I'dalready was asking for help.
Um, when you only have one arm,one hand that's working, daily
tasks, cutting up your food.
(09:51):
Even like taking out my trash.
You know, when you're on aweight restriction of, I was on
a two pound weight restriction.
Well then I went to, okay, nowmy hand's not working at all.
Okay, what am I gonna do now?
And I'm so grateful becausehonestly, the truth is, is when
you ask people will help you.
(10:11):
I'm just so used to just goingand doing and doing things
myself that.
I am learning to ask and receivehelp.
So that is huge for me.
When your life gets slowed down,and I am super grateful that I
(10:31):
still have one arm that'sfunctioning and I still have a
gym that I get to go to everymorning.
Although I don't get to, do allthe things, lift all the
weights, I still get to go andmove my body.
So I just wanna say that I'msuper grateful for that.
And just a reminder that thingsare temporary, right?
(10:54):
I ask for support with my podsisters and, Whatever you guys
believe in, I don't know.
But I believe in healing thepower of healing and talking to
your body and really just beingcompassionate about myself
because I was really hard onmyself.
Um, you know, I went to all thewhy's, did I do this to myself?
Did I cause this myself?
What is happening and why isthis happening?
(11:15):
And I know better.
But when we're experiencingsomething like that, it's really
easy to go back into being intovictim mode.
And at the same time, I also hadso many good things happening at
the same time.
One of my coaches was launchinga course.
I got to help in there and, justbe a big part of that.
(11:40):
That was a blessing and therewas other good things helping.
I leaned in towards my podsisters and we did a healing
session.
A group healing session Ibelieve that my shoulder is
getting better.
I don't believe, I know myshoulder is getting better.
I'm gonna rephrase that foreverybody.
I am still going throughdiscomfort but I am also
learning that when we live forone thing or two things.
(12:06):
It's simple to forget the dailyjoys and the daily things we're
grateful for.
I was super angry about that.
Hey, I may not be able to surfthis summer, but then when I
step back and I think about it,it's like, you know, I'm really
lucky and I'm really gratefulthat I have pod sisters that
were like, Hey, let's do ahealing session and, let's
(12:28):
surround your shoulder with loveand healing and.
I have another coach that, awell-known healer that I'm gonna
do a healing session with him aswell.
I'm really excited about that.
I will believe in the power oftelling your body it's okay, and
(12:50):
you have to fully believe thatand fully trust that.
Just fully trust that this is atemporary thing and I'm grateful
for that.
And no matter what happens, Icould have to have surgery.
I don't really know right now,but I do know that I can't still
(13:11):
my joy and I can't steal myeveryday life.
I am so, so grateful that justfor everybody that's reached out
to me and everybody that'soffered support, my parents, I'm
grateful that I live close tothem.
(13:31):
You think about, you know,opening, um, opening your water
bottle, anything like that is,it becomes a challenge to, with
one hand.
And so.
All the things that I've takenfor granted.
I have now realized, like, youknow, I had a grandma who lived
like this in her eighties, inher nineties, and she lived
paralyzed, and she lived withone hand.
And I remember, you know, we cutall of her food and we opened
(13:54):
her bottles and everything and Iwas like, she was so, she was so
strong.
And so it's possible to livewith one hand, right?
There's several people out therethat have these things and I,
this is just a temporary thingwith me.
So whatever the outcome is,it'll be, and I, I'm honestly
(14:18):
just doing this to let you guysknow that, um, it's taken me
some time.
It's slowed me down.
It's made me be more intentionalabout the things I do.
And it's just a daily reminderthat to be grateful and to
really love your body.
We only have one body, right?
(14:39):
And the more we show our bodylove and compassion, the more
our body's going to heal for usinstead of fighting against it.
And I know that's a lot easiersaid than done, but I'm here to
tell you that things aretemporary.
(15:00):
There's beautiful people in thisworld that are willing to help
you when you ask, and you alsohave to be open to receiving,
receiving help in so many ways.
And I thought that I was open toreceiving and so I had to ask
(15:20):
for even more things like, canyou please put my hair up for
me?
Can you please open this?
Can you please cut my food?
The list goes on of even likegetting dressed in certain
clothes and what can I wear?
I have an, you know, a brace onmy arm and I'm grateful that
they make braces for things likethis because it's helped
straighten my arm back out andmy wrist back out, and my hand
(15:42):
back out so my fingers aren'tall clammed up again.
So as time goes by, I know thatI'm going to heal.
I have done a interview.
With Dr.
Jen, um, that will be airingnext.
We talked about frozen shoulder,we talked about hormones, we
(16:03):
talked about stress, the stresswe put on our bodies.
It's just full of so muchgoodness you guys, so it'll be
airing after this one.
So I highly encourage you to golisten to it when it comes out.
I just wanna to hop on and catchyou up of, I was feeling
discomfort and, I thought I'dslowed down and then, you know,
(16:28):
something else happened and itcaused me to go back through
those thoughts.
And here's the thing.
Every time we grow and we learn.
We may experience those feelingsevery time, but the true key is
if you know inside your heart,I'm gonna get through this, and
(16:53):
I'm still grateful foreverything that I have and that
I get to do.
I'm so grateful that I got tohelp my coach on her calls and
that I got to interview someamazing people while I was
taking some downtime, and I'mjust so grateful that I get to
(17:14):
get up and move my body andstill gotta do my hospital
parties, and I'm grateful forall the people that have reached
out to me.
It's just showed me that,there's so many people
experiencing different thingsand they don't talk about'em.
We should normalize, um, weshould normalize that people,
(17:39):
and I guess here's the way, thething is, you can normalize
talking about it withoutcomplaining about it, and.
And actually you have the rightto complain.
You have the right to be angry.
Feel your feelings as you're, asyou're telling somebody, and
everybody needs somebody thatthey can call and tell and cry.
Say, I'm feeling thisdiscomfort, I'm feeling, you
(18:01):
know, I'm scared.
I'm worried because I wentthrough all those things and,
you know, I had to feel all I, Ifelt all those feelings and now
I get to look at it as.
I'm lucky that there's medicaltreatments out there.
I'm going to do a injection inmy shoulder, coming up and then,
(18:23):
um, meet with the surgeons againand I'll continue doing my
physical therapy and all thethings.
And I'm also still looking for ahormone doctor.
I do believe with the amount ofpeople that have reached out
with me and people I'veconnected with, that it does
play probably a role insomething in some of this,
(18:43):
because the amount of peopleexperiencing this, the majority
of them are women.
Dr.
Jen talked about that on our,the podcast interview with her.
So I can't wait for y'all tohear that, but I just wanna come
on and say it's okay to take abreak when life throws you these
things.
Growing.
It's like an EKG line, you know,good things are happening and
(19:06):
then things can kind of slow youdown.
But the good thing is, is wealways have these toolbox of
things that we, with us, youknow, I, I know breath work, I
know meditation, and I do thosethings.
But some of the things that wasreally missing was
self-compassion and allowingmyself the rest.
(19:32):
So I am taking more time to dothat, and I just wanted to
update y'all because I feel likeit's been, well, it has been a
while.
That episode came out on April12th, and it is now like we are
in June, and I want you all toknow that it's okay to fill
these things, take a break, taketime, and when other things come
(19:52):
up, it's, it's fine.
You're allowed to fill yourfeelings, acknowledge them, and
then I.
You're also allowed to stillfind the joy in the daily things
that you have around you.
And the fear is not going toruin my joy.
(20:15):
It's not gonna ruin my fun.
I love the lake, and so whateverthe lake looks like this year
for me, it's still gonna be agood time.
It's still a happy place.
You know, it's just being out innature and, and not only that.
The thing is, is when we slowdown, we find joy and peace
everywhere around us.
(20:37):
You know, they say, stop andsmell the roses.
Let's be intentional.
Let's really do that.
Stop and see.
Stop.
Sit outside I went outside thismorning and before I went to the
gym and I just kind of stoodthere in my backyard and the
birds were chirping and it wasdark and peaceful outside and
there was little, bunniesrunning in my backyard and I was
like, oh, this, this is joy.
(21:00):
I still can experience it as I'mgoing through some discomfort in
my body.
And that's okay.
We can have more than onefeeling and more than one
emotion at once.
I just wanted to update you guysand I'm still here.
I'm still going, just a littletemporary setback.
(21:20):
In the meantime, I have recordedsome amazing episodes that we'll
be following, this one.
I appreciate your patience.
I appreciate everybody that'sreached out and everybody that's
took the time to help somebody.
As I leave you today with myupdate and finding the joy in
your everyday life, I wannaleave you with this is take a
(21:42):
look around when you're goingplaces, do you see someone that
maybe is struggling, open thedoor for them.
Really just take the time to beintentional and help other
people because we don't knowwhat they're going through.
Before I had a brace on mywrist, I didn't have a sign
walking around saying I can'tlift my arm up.
(22:05):
And, I still needed people tohelp me.
It doesn't matter what a personlooks like on the outside, what
they look like at all, just takethe time to be a good human and
open the door or help someoneget something off the shelf, or
just do something kind forsomebody else.
(22:26):
Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
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(22:48):
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Until next time, friends, gohave some fun and let those
sparks lie.
Hey friends.
Welcome to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Caton.
If you're looking to hearstories of transformation and
personal growth, this podcast isfor you.
My guest and I will be sharingthose sparking moments that has
changed the mental living a morefulfilling authentic life.
I'm so excited for you to heareach unique story.
(00:24):
So sit back, relax, and let'sget started.
Hey friend.
Welcome back to the Inner SparkPodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Taton.
(00:46):
This is shower sprinkle episode,this is a little follow up
episode from April 12th.
Wow.
Time is going by.
It is officially summer.
That episode was when your bodywhispers, listen, before it
screams.
I just wanna follow up on thatepisode.
It's been a while since I haveput a podcast out.
(01:09):
And there's been a couplereasons why.
And with all honesty, that'swhat this podcast is about, is
filling your feelings and justbeing honest and some of the
daily struggles we go through.
So this experience that I havebeen going through and
experiencing the symptoms ofFrozen shoulder,.
(01:34):
I was really aggressive, when Ifigured out, um, when I started
feeling those frozen shoulderthings and I got diagnosed with
it, I was like, what can I do tomake this better and how can I
speed this up?
And I was very aggressive.
I did everything I possiblycould for a few weeks It's been
(01:54):
months now.
To get things going faster.
I was like, you know, a couplepeople have said it took them
two weeks and they were better.
I had a ton of people reach outto me saying all different
things.
Some people were like, oh, ittook me two years.
Some are like, I'm stillexperiencing this discomfort.
And.
(02:14):
If you know me at all, I talkabout my medical journey that
I've been on, and how I'm not aperson that sits still.
And even though I thought I wasslowing down, I was slowing down
some, but I'm gonna be honest, Iwasn't slowing down enough.
(02:35):
I was probably actually a littletoo aggressive and.
Maybe did some things toointense.
I'm not really sure.
I questioned why, and I letmyself feel the feelings.
I experienced a symptom of,well, I experienced, my left
(02:59):
elbow or my left arm wentcompletely numb on me.
And my hand like clamped up intoa claw hand.
I remember that happening on aFriday night and I panicked.
I remember my grandmother whohad a stroke and that's how her
hand was.
And she didn't have function ofher left hand.
(03:19):
And that's all I could think ofis, oh my goodness, what else?
And I completely went into thatzone of why is this happening?
I was scared and then I felt myfeelings of I'm not going to the
emergency room.
I don't like that place.
I have had some not so goodexperiences there and I'm not
(03:42):
gonna go sit and wait for 18hours because our hospitals are
full.
So I try to function, um, acouple days.
Friday, Saturday went by, SundayI realized I was gonna have to
do something that my hand wasstill a claw hand, my elbow was
(04:04):
now swollen.
I was in more pain than I hadbeen in, and I thought my
shoulder was making a little bitof progress.
I then, this happened, so I wentto our orthopedic immediate care
and.
(04:24):
I'm gonna be honest, I panickedwhen I was going in there.
I cried every time I have to goto a new appointment or new,
something like this.
It takes me back to going to anytype of emergency room, and I
knew this was just an orthoemergency room, but.
Sometimes the way you've beentreated in the past, it, the
(04:47):
triggers come up and it wasreal.
I was scared.
I cried.
I was in, in a lot of pain and Iran every bad scenario through
my brain that would run through.
And so, um, my mom took me tothe orthopedic immediate care
and.
I was lucky that I got a very,very nice doctor who sat down
(05:16):
with me and explained things andsaid, yes, you're still
experiencing the frozenshoulder.
And, now I was alsoexperiencing, what she thought
to be nerve damage in my, shewasn't sure if it was coming
from my shoulder or my elbow,but, she saw that my hands were
clawed up and I couldn't move mypinky away.
(05:38):
So she sat down and acknowledgedthat yes, she would be scared
too if something like thathappened.
She showed me some pictures andwe talked about it and.
I, um, obviously she's, I wasseeing the surgeon for my
shoulder that week, so she gaveme a splint to help re
(05:58):
straighten out my wrist and helpkeep my fingers straight and
straighten them back apart.
And, oh, sorry.
Medical journeys are hard totalk about.
So, yeah, it, it takes my breathaway sometimes filling my
(06:21):
feelings.
It's real, it was scary and I'mgrateful that she took the time
to sit down and talk to me andshow me that the nerve path
where she thought I had nervedamage and that was what was
causing my finger to my fingersto claw.
I got the splint and I wenthome, and then I saw the
(06:46):
shoulder surgeon, later thatweek and he referred me on to
get some nerve testing, muscletesting to see what was
happening.
I went on and did that, I am so,I'm so, so grateful that, you
know, sometimes when you'restruggling and you're scared,
(07:09):
you're feeling all the feelings,you're like, what's the next
step?
And I just want it to be over.
Right?
You want it to go fast.
Well, the truth is, It's notgoing fast.
I did the testing and ithappened to be with my
neurologist.
That was really, reallycomforting.
I see one of the most gentleneurologists around.
He's so kind, so caring, andjust the way he delivers his
(07:32):
words is, he treats you like ahuman.
I have my family doctor thattreats me like human as well,
but I've had some badexperiences and so the fear of
doing more, testing, morethings, it just became
overwhelming.
I really had to tap into, I'mgonna be okay, this is just
temporary and I am gonna slowdown even more.
(08:00):
I did the nerve testing and itdid show that my ulnar nerve is,
is compressed.
I'm experiencing, ulnarneuropathy and.
I will see a hand surgeon at theend of June.
But the thing I really, well, Iwanna say that I thank him for
(08:23):
being so gentle and kind.
It's not really fun testing,sticking needles all up and down
your arm, you know?
But I got an answer and the goodnews, is it's fixable, right?
And I also realized it'ssummertime.
(08:45):
This is like my favorite season.
I love the water.
I love surfing.
I love just paddle boarding.
Being in the lake, that's whatmy family does.
And I was like, this is takingup my summer and it's taking
away my joy.
I'm gonna be honest, I've criedand I have been through a lot
(09:06):
and a lot of feelings.
Um, and then I came torealization that it's okay to
fill your feelings.
And I did, and I'm not sayingthere's still days that I am not
in discomfort, that I don't feelmy feelings and cry or feel the
pain.
I also learned that it's okay toask for help.
(09:30):
I was basically forced to askfor help, which made me realize
that I am what I thought.
I'd slow down and I thought I'dalready was asking for help.
Um, when you only have one arm,one hand that's working, daily
tasks, cutting up your food.
(09:51):
Even like taking out my trash.
You know, when you're on aweight restriction of, I was on
a two pound weight restriction.
Well then I went to, okay, nowmy hand's not working at all.
Okay, what am I gonna do now?
And I'm so grateful becausehonestly, the truth is, is when
you ask people will help you.
(10:11):
I'm just so used to just goingand doing and doing things
myself that.
I am learning to ask and receivehelp.
So that is huge for me.
When your life gets slowed down,and I am super grateful that I
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still have one arm that'sfunctioning and I still have a
gym that I get to go to everymorning.
Although I don't get to, do allthe things, lift all the
weights, I still get to go andmove my body.
So I just wanna say that I'msuper grateful for that.
And just a reminder that thingsare temporary, right?
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I ask for support with my podsisters and, Whatever you guys
believe in, I don't know.
But I believe in healing thepower of healing and talking to
your body and really just beingcompassionate about myself
because I was really hard onmyself.
Um, you know, I went to all thewhy's, did I do this to myself?
Did I cause this myself?
What is happening and why isthis happening?
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And I know better.
But when we're experiencingsomething like that, it's really
easy to go back into being intovictim mode.
And at the same time, I also hadso many good things happening at
the same time.
One of my coaches was launchinga course.
I got to help in there and, justbe a big part of that.
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That was a blessing and therewas other good things helping.
I leaned in towards my podsisters and we did a healing
session.
A group healing session Ibelieve that my shoulder is
getting better.
I don't believe, I know myshoulder is getting better.
I'm gonna rephrase that foreverybody.
I am still going throughdiscomfort but I am also
learning that when we live forone thing or two things.
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It's simple to forget the dailyjoys and the daily things we're
grateful for.
I was super angry about that.
Hey, I may not be able to surfthis summer, but then when I
step back and I think about it,it's like, you know, I'm really
lucky and I'm really gratefulthat I have pod sisters that
were like, Hey, let's do ahealing session and, let's
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surround your shoulder with loveand healing and.
I have another coach that, awell-known healer that I'm gonna
do a healing session with him aswell.
I'm really excited about that.
I will believe in the power oftelling your body it's okay, and
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you have to fully believe thatand fully trust that.
Just fully trust that this is atemporary thing and I'm grateful
for that.
And no matter what happens, Icould have to have surgery.
I don't really know right now,but I do know that I can't still
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my joy and I can't steal myeveryday life.
I am so, so grateful that justfor everybody that's reached out
to me and everybody that'soffered support, my parents, I'm
grateful that I live close tothem.
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You think about, you know,opening, um, opening your water
bottle, anything like that is,it becomes a challenge to, with
one hand.
And so.
All the things that I've takenfor granted.
I have now realized, like, youknow, I had a grandma who lived
like this in her eighties, inher nineties, and she lived
paralyzed, and she lived withone hand.
And I remember, you know, we cutall of her food and we opened
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her bottles and everything and Iwas like, she was so, she was so
strong.
And so it's possible to livewith one hand, right?
There's several people out therethat have these things and I,
this is just a temporary thingwith me.
So whatever the outcome is,it'll be, and I, I'm honestly
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just doing this to let you guysknow that, um, it's taken me
some time.
It's slowed me down.
It's made me be more intentionalabout the things I do.
And it's just a daily reminderthat to be grateful and to
really love your body.
We only have one body, right?
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And the more we show our bodylove and compassion, the more
our body's going to heal for usinstead of fighting against it.
And I know that's a lot easiersaid than done, but I'm here to
tell you that things aretemporary.
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There's beautiful people in thisworld that are willing to help
you when you ask, and you alsohave to be open to receiving,
receiving help in so many ways.
And I thought that I was open toreceiving and so I had to ask
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for even more things like, canyou please put my hair up for
me?
Can you please open this?
Can you please cut my food?
The list goes on of even likegetting dressed in certain
clothes and what can I wear?
I have an, you know, a brace onmy arm and I'm grateful that
they make braces for things likethis because it's helped
straighten my arm back out andmy wrist back out, and my hand
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back out so my fingers aren'tall clammed up again.
So as time goes by, I know thatI'm going to heal.
I have done a interview.
With Dr.
Jen, um, that will be airingnext.
We talked about frozen shoulder,we talked about hormones, we
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talked about stress, the stresswe put on our bodies.
It's just full of so muchgoodness you guys, so it'll be
airing after this one.
So I highly encourage you to golisten to it when it comes out.
I just wanna to hop on and catchyou up of, I was feeling
discomfort and, I thought I'dslowed down and then, you know,
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something else happened and itcaused me to go back through
those thoughts.
And here's the thing.
Every time we grow and we learn.
We may experience those feelingsevery time, but the true key is
if you know inside your heart,I'm gonna get through this, and
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I'm still grateful foreverything that I have and that
I get to do.
I'm so grateful that I got tohelp my coach on her calls and
that I got to interview someamazing people while I was
taking some downtime, and I'mjust so grateful that I get to
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get up and move my body andstill gotta do my hospital
parties, and I'm grateful forall the people that have reached
out to me.
It's just showed me that,there's so many people
experiencing different thingsand they don't talk about'em.
We should normalize, um, weshould normalize that people,
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and I guess here's the way, thething is, you can normalize
talking about it withoutcomplaining about it, and.
And actually you have the rightto complain.
You have the right to be angry.
Feel your feelings as you're, asyou're telling somebody, and
everybody needs somebody thatthey can call and tell and cry.
Say, I'm feeling thisdiscomfort, I'm feeling, you
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know, I'm scared.
I'm worried because I wentthrough all those things and,
you know, I had to feel all I, Ifelt all those feelings and now
I get to look at it as.
I'm lucky that there's medicaltreatments out there.
I'm going to do a injection inmy shoulder, coming up and then,
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um, meet with the surgeons againand I'll continue doing my
physical therapy and all thethings.
And I'm also still looking for ahormone doctor.
I do believe with the amount ofpeople that have reached out
with me and people I'veconnected with, that it does
play probably a role insomething in some of this,
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because the amount of peopleexperiencing this, the majority
of them are women.
Dr.
Jen talked about that on our,the podcast interview with her.
So I can't wait for y'all tohear that, but I just wanna come
on and say it's okay to take abreak when life throws you these
things.
Growing.
It's like an EKG line, you know,good things are happening and
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then things can kind of slow youdown.
But the good thing is, is wealways have these toolbox of
things that we, with us, youknow, I, I know breath work, I
know meditation, and I do thosethings.
But some of the things that wasreally missing was
self-compassion and allowingmyself the rest.
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So I am taking more time to dothat, and I just wanted to
update y'all because I feel likeit's been, well, it has been a
while.
That episode came out on April12th, and it is now like we are
in June, and I want you all toknow that it's okay to fill
these things, take a break, taketime, and when other things come
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up, it's, it's fine.
You're allowed to fill yourfeelings, acknowledge them, and
then I.
You're also allowed to stillfind the joy in the daily things
that you have around you.
And the fear is not going toruin my joy.
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It's not gonna ruin my fun.
I love the lake, and so whateverthe lake looks like this year
for me, it's still gonna be agood time.
It's still a happy place.
You know, it's just being out innature and, and not only that.
The thing is, is when we slowdown, we find joy and peace
everywhere around us.
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You know, they say, stop andsmell the roses.
Let's be intentional.
Let's really do that.
Stop and see.
Stop.
Sit outside I went outside thismorning and before I went to the
gym and I just kind of stoodthere in my backyard and the
birds were chirping and it wasdark and peaceful outside and
there was little, bunniesrunning in my backyard and I was
like, oh, this, this is joy.
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I still can experience it as I'mgoing through some discomfort in
my body.
And that's okay.
We can have more than onefeeling and more than one
emotion at once.
I just wanted to update you guysand I'm still here.
I'm still going, just a littletemporary setback.
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In the meantime, I have recordedsome amazing episodes that we'll
be following, this one.
I appreciate your patience.
I appreciate everybody that'sreached out and everybody that's
took the time to help somebody.
As I leave you today with myupdate and finding the joy in
your everyday life, I wannaleave you with this is take a
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look around when you're goingplaces, do you see someone that
maybe is struggling, open thedoor for them.
Really just take the time to beintentional and help other
people because we don't knowwhat they're going through.
Before I had a brace on mywrist, I didn't have a sign
walking around saying I can'tlift my arm up.
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And, I still needed people tohelp me.
It doesn't matter what a personlooks like on the outside, what
they look like at all, just takethe time to be a good human and
open the door or help someoneget something off the shelf, or
just do something kind forsomebody else.
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Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
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