March 8, 2025 • 16 mins
I dive deep into the often-overlooked power of self-celebration. I shares a personal story of confronting a one-star review and how it sparked a realization: you can't please everyone, and that's a GOOD thing! Learn why celebrating your daily wins, big and small, is essential for your well-being, and how to ditch the people-pleasing mentality. Get ready to embrace your "not pizza" self and unleash your celebration power!
Key Takeaways:
- Self-celebration is essential for recognizing your achievements and improving your well-being.
- Daily wins, no matter how small, deserve to be celebrated.
- Embrace your "not pizza" self and stop trying to please everyone.
- Start a "celebration win journal" to track your daily victories.
- Celebrating yourself gives others permission to do the same.
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Music by: Jason and Ashley Scheufler
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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.
Yeti Nano (Yeti Nano) (00:34):
Hey friend.
Welcome back to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Taton.
Today I'm gonna talk about thepower of celebration.
If you follow me, you know I runan organization doing parties
for kids in the hospital,celebrating all kinds of things.
They may be going throughbirthdays, milestones, beating
(00:55):
cancer, sunshine bags, theyfinish a treatment.
They've been in the hospital fora while, and they just need a
smile.
I wanna celebrate these kids.
So I love celebrating others andit brings me so much joy.
Here's what I really wanna diginto today, the power of
(01:16):
celebrating yourself.
I actually got called out onthis.
This is why I'm bringing it up,and I should know.
The power of celebratingyourself is truly magical.
The reasons why you shouldcelebrate yourself is because if
(01:38):
you are not celebratingyourself, you are not giving
yourself credit for what youdid.
We often go through our days anda lot of us have goals.
We set these goals and we'relike, okay, I'm gonna run a
marathon, or this year I'm gonnado this.
And we set these really big,long-term goals.
(02:02):
But what about all these littlemilestones along the way?
You're honestly doing yourself adisgrace by not celebrating
them.
I launched a podcast.
In June, my trailer went out.
And during that time, one of thebig things was my mentor said,
how are you gonna celebrateyourself when the podcast goes
(02:23):
out?
What are you gonna do for you?
And I was just, I kind of blewit off.
And I'm gonna be honest, Ididn't do anything right then
because, that was also the daythat my grandmother had passed
away, the evening before.
So I didn't celebrate it.
I am going to start, I'vealready started celebrating my
(02:44):
daily wins.
I'm in coaching programs and Ihave some of the most powerful
mentors, and I wanna tell youwhat we do.
We always do a celebration everytime we get on a call.
What are you celebrating today?
Not what are you celebrating forsomeone else?
(03:05):
Which is also very powerful, andI encourage y'all to keep doing
that and cheering each other on,but what are you celebrating for
you?
What did you do for yourselftoday that you're like, yes,
that was a win today?
(03:25):
I am not the best at it, and Iactually got on a pod.
The other day in one of our, mypodcasting pod, we get on these
little calls and we do acelebration every time.
And I sat there and I was like,wow, I don't have anything to
celebrate today.
I was like, oh my goodness.
Casey, what is wrong with you?
(03:46):
You live this life and you havenothing to celebrate.
You gotta do parties for kids inthe hospital.
You gotta do all these thingsand you bring so much joy to
others.
You're not celebrating me.
I'm not celebrating myself.
Something in me didn't find itimportant to celebrate myself.
(04:10):
So I sat on there and I wentlast and I was like, well, you
know, it's been a rough week.
I had two family members passaway, and then I also went on to
say, I've kind of been in alittle funk, and I'm gonna tell
you why I wasn't in a funk.
I was helping a friend look ather podcast reviews.
(04:37):
She didn't know how, couldn'tsee'em all.
And so I was explaining to herhow she does, goes and looks at
'em and the process.
And so.
By doing that, I was doing myown, so I could like give her
the instructions.
And what I realized is I don'tlook at my podcast reviews.
I also don't look at how manydownloads I have because I'm
doing this podcast for myself,which also means I should be
(05:00):
looking.
But here's what happened.
When I looked, I had a one starreview.
All these beautiful five.
Star reviews, beautifulcomments, and there was a one
star review and my body shutdown and I was like, oh my
goodness.
(05:21):
And so I sat there I wentlooking for the comment to see
if they left a comment.
And really I wanted to know whythey gave me a one star review,
more for the reason of why didyou not like my podcast?
So I can improve on that if it'ssomething that I feel relates to
me.
I mean, some people aren't gonnalike my voice.
(05:42):
Some people aren't gonna what Iput out what I talk about,
right?
Like not every podcast is foreverybody.
And then it hit me.
I mean, I stayed in that spotfor a while, but then it hit me.
I have this mentor who says.
You are not pizza.
(06:04):
Not everyone is going to likeyou, and that is a good thing
and you should celebrate that.
And that's all I could thinkabout was then was she's right.
She is a very powerful, strongwoman who does celebrate herself
and talks about it and talksabout the importance of it.
(06:29):
I'm not just talking birthdays.
I'm not just talking big things.
I'm talking daily wins, dailycelebrations.
So after I got over the funk, Irealized, you know what?
That one star review that I, letshut my body down, put me in
(06:49):
this little funk.
Which was just me truly caringabout people, pleasing
everybody, and I wasn't put hereto people please everybody.
If someone gives me a one starreview, usually that reflects on
them, so I turned it into acelebration.
A celebration of, look what Idid.
(07:14):
I either one triggered someone.
Which has nothing to do with meat all.
Or maybe they just didn't likeit, which is fine.
So thank you Apple podcast forposting my one star review.
(07:34):
So I could learn from it and Icould learn that I'm not pizza,
I was not put down here foreveryone to like me, and then I
turned it into a celebrationbecause that is huge.
From someone who, I'm not gonnasay I am a recovering people
pleaser.
(07:55):
I'm gonna say I'm a work inprogress on not caring.
Not spending so much time peoplepleasing, because that's not
what I was put down here to do.
I was put down here to share myvoice and to show up
authentically as me.
And if I'm doing that and youdon't like it, that's not my
(08:18):
problem either.
So I want to encourage you tostart celebrating.
Find something to celebrateevery single day.
These don't have to be big wins.
These don't have to be hugethings.
We're not talking long-termgoals like running a marathon or
something.
(08:38):
We're talking everydaycelebrations.
Maybe it's today I got outtabed.
Maybe it's today you'relistening to this podcast, and
guess what that means?
You're allowing yourself timefor yourself.
Maybe you went outside today andsmelled the fresh air.
(08:58):
What are you celebrating?
You went to the gym, you read anew book.
There are so many ways you cancelebrate every single day.
Maybe you have kids.
Did your kids come home withexciting news?
And maybe you should startasking your kids every single
day?
What are they celebrating?
(09:20):
Because I think we often teachour kids.
The power of celebration has tobe something big.
We only celebrate on birthdaysand holidays or when they do
something.
When we should really becelebrating kids every day.
If we are intentionally seekingthings to celebrate on a daily
(09:42):
basis, there are facts thatincreases your sense of
wellbeing and your overall lifesatisfaction.
So if you are finding orcreating things to celebrate,
even if they are tiny.
It is a way of making a goodlife and living in the moments.
(10:05):
A little celebration every day,keeps you fully present.
And isn't that our goal to befully present every day?
I mean, you could think man.
Today my health was good.
I had a good lunch.
I gotta talk to a good person.
(10:25):
My kid came home and met a newfriend.
My kid came home and had aninspiring story to tell me about
something they learned today.
Why are we not celebrating thesethings when they can make our
lives so much better?
And why are we not teaching kidsto celebrate these things?
(10:47):
We so often forget the littlesteps and every single day with
proven facts that bring so muchvalue to our life.
It reduces your stress level andimproves our overall health and
mood, and we're leaving themout.
(11:08):
Start putting this into youreveryday conversation.
I actually started a.
Celebration win journal.
I don't wanna be the person inmy pod that says, Hmm, what am I
celebrating?
No, I'm gonna celebrate everysingle day.
That means I'm living everysingle day.
It also means when you'recelebrating you're self, usually
(11:31):
it means you're celebratingothers, but people are also
going to see you celebratingyourself.
That doesn't mean you're cockyor anything like that.
It means you're finding the joy.
You're finding that you didsomething well and you're taking
the time to notice it, andyou're taking the time to be
(11:54):
present.
There's so much power andcelebrating.
I'm not gonna lie, I lovecelebrating in groups too.
I go to the gym every morningand we celebrate hitting prs and
we celebrate, you know,different competitions people
(12:15):
are doing or different trainingand that's powerful'cause we're
celebrating with others.
So think of a time that you werein a situation where you
celebrated with friends.
How did that make you feel?
What if we start making it thenormal?
Let's start celebrating aneveryday win.
(12:38):
And also let's see how itchanges our energy.
I think it brings so much moreabundance in your life and opens
the doors when you're open tocelebrating things.
You celebrate making money.
More money comes in.
You celebrate seeing the good inthe world.
(13:00):
You just keep seeing more good.
You can take this on so manylevels, but please go start
celebrating whatever you'redoing today.
Maybe it's getting outta bed.
Write it down as your win forthe day.
Today I celebrated that I gotoutta bed.
(13:24):
I took a shower, I went for awalk.
I saw the sunshine.
I got to connect with people.
Maybe it's I got to read a bookor do something that I liked, or
maybe you're celebrating thatyou went to work and it was a
great day.
We are so good at finding thenegative and not finding the joy
(13:48):
and the gratitude and theabundance in this life.
So just start celebrating andthen start bringing your kids in
it.
Start bringing your family intoit.
Ask them what are theycelebrating today?
Because when we're celebrating,we're getting excited about
something.
(14:08):
We're finding the purpose in themoment.
We're also not letting that egokick in and say, Hey, you're not
good enough.
All the, no, the chitter chatterthat the mind brings up, that's
not what we're here for.
Let's bring that positive energyin our life and stop waiting for
(14:28):
the big marathons or the prs.
Pick out something every day andstop and celebrate it and start
seeing the magic that flows intoyour life and start feeling it.
I challenge you.
(14:48):
Go out and start doing yourjournal, write it down, and then
reach out to me.
Do it consistently for somedays, and then reach out and
tell me.
Has it bettered your life in anyway?
You start noticing, and thenwhen you celebrate yourself, you
also give others the permissionto celebrate them.
(15:12):
How powerful is that?
Let's normalize celebrating thelittle steps we do in life, not
just the big birthdays.
Let's bring the fun to everysingle day we live.
All right, friends, I challengeyou to continue celebrating your
(15:36):
friends.
That's so powerful and there'sso much power behind that, but
also celebrate your own wins.
And fill it in your body and seehow much it starts to change
your life.
I would love to know.
Send me a dm, send me a message,reach out to me.
(15:59):
Let's celebrate each other asyou celebrate yourself.
All right, friends, I leave youwith that today.
As always, go celebrate yourselfand let those sparks fly.
Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
(16:19):
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
If you enjoyed this episode, besure to subscribe.
Share it with a friend, andleave a review.
If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share with them.
If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it.
So please reach out to me.
(16:40):
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.
Yeti Nano (Yeti Nano) (00:34):
Hey friend.
Welcome back to the Enter Sparkpodcast.
I'm your host, Casey Taton.
Today I'm gonna talk about thepower of celebration.
If you follow me, you know I runan organization doing parties
for kids in the hospital,celebrating all kinds of things.
They may be going throughbirthdays, milestones, beating
(00:55):
cancer, sunshine bags, theyfinish a treatment.
They've been in the hospital fora while, and they just need a
smile.
I wanna celebrate these kids.
So I love celebrating others andit brings me so much joy.
Here's what I really wanna diginto today, the power of
(01:16):
celebrating yourself.
I actually got called out onthis.
This is why I'm bringing it up,and I should know.
The power of celebratingyourself is truly magical.
The reasons why you shouldcelebrate yourself is because if
(01:38):
you are not celebratingyourself, you are not giving
yourself credit for what youdid.
We often go through our days anda lot of us have goals.
We set these goals and we'relike, okay, I'm gonna run a
marathon, or this year I'm gonnado this.
And we set these really big,long-term goals.
(02:02):
But what about all these littlemilestones along the way?
You're honestly doing yourself adisgrace by not celebrating
them.
I launched a podcast.
In June, my trailer went out.
And during that time, one of thebig things was my mentor said,
how are you gonna celebrateyourself when the podcast goes
(02:23):
out?
What are you gonna do for you?
And I was just, I kind of blewit off.
And I'm gonna be honest, Ididn't do anything right then
because, that was also the daythat my grandmother had passed
away, the evening before.
So I didn't celebrate it.
I am going to start, I'vealready started celebrating my
(02:44):
daily wins.
I'm in coaching programs and Ihave some of the most powerful
mentors, and I wanna tell youwhat we do.
We always do a celebration everytime we get on a call.
What are you celebrating today?
Not what are you celebrating forsomeone else?
(03:05):
Which is also very powerful, andI encourage y'all to keep doing
that and cheering each other on,but what are you celebrating for
you?
What did you do for yourselftoday that you're like, yes,
that was a win today?
(03:25):
I am not the best at it, and Iactually got on a pod.
The other day in one of our, mypodcasting pod, we get on these
little calls and we do acelebration every time.
And I sat there and I was like,wow, I don't have anything to
celebrate today.
I was like, oh my goodness.
Casey, what is wrong with you?
(03:46):
You live this life and you havenothing to celebrate.
You gotta do parties for kids inthe hospital.
You gotta do all these thingsand you bring so much joy to
others.
You're not celebrating me.
I'm not celebrating myself.
Something in me didn't find itimportant to celebrate myself.
(04:10):
So I sat on there and I wentlast and I was like, well, you
know, it's been a rough week.
I had two family members passaway, and then I also went on to
say, I've kind of been in alittle funk, and I'm gonna tell
you why I wasn't in a funk.
I was helping a friend look ather podcast reviews.
(04:37):
She didn't know how, couldn'tsee'em all.
And so I was explaining to herhow she does, goes and looks at
'em and the process.
And so.
By doing that, I was doing myown, so I could like give her
the instructions.
And what I realized is I don'tlook at my podcast reviews.
I also don't look at how manydownloads I have because I'm
doing this podcast for myself,which also means I should be
(05:00):
looking.
But here's what happened.
When I looked, I had a one starreview.
All these beautiful five.
Star reviews, beautifulcomments, and there was a one
star review and my body shutdown and I was like, oh my
goodness.
(05:21):
And so I sat there I wentlooking for the comment to see
if they left a comment.
And really I wanted to know whythey gave me a one star review,
more for the reason of why didyou not like my podcast?
So I can improve on that if it'ssomething that I feel relates to
me.
I mean, some people aren't gonnalike my voice.
(05:42):
Some people aren't gonna what Iput out what I talk about,
right?
Like not every podcast is foreverybody.
And then it hit me.
I mean, I stayed in that spotfor a while, but then it hit me.
I have this mentor who says.
You are not pizza.
(06:04):
Not everyone is going to likeyou, and that is a good thing
and you should celebrate that.
And that's all I could thinkabout was then was she's right.
She is a very powerful, strongwoman who does celebrate herself
and talks about it and talksabout the importance of it.
(06:29):
I'm not just talking birthdays.
I'm not just talking big things.
I'm talking daily wins, dailycelebrations.
So after I got over the funk, Irealized, you know what?
That one star review that I, letshut my body down, put me in
(06:49):
this little funk.
Which was just me truly caringabout people, pleasing
everybody, and I wasn't put hereto people please everybody.
If someone gives me a one starreview, usually that reflects on
them, so I turned it into acelebration.
A celebration of, look what Idid.
(07:14):
I either one triggered someone.
Which has nothing to do with meat all.
Or maybe they just didn't likeit, which is fine.
So thank you Apple podcast forposting my one star review.
(07:34):
So I could learn from it and Icould learn that I'm not pizza,
I was not put down here foreveryone to like me, and then I
turned it into a celebrationbecause that is huge.
From someone who, I'm not gonnasay I am a recovering people
pleaser.
(07:55):
I'm gonna say I'm a work inprogress on not caring.
Not spending so much time peoplepleasing, because that's not
what I was put down here to do.
I was put down here to share myvoice and to show up
authentically as me.
And if I'm doing that and youdon't like it, that's not my
(08:18):
problem either.
So I want to encourage you tostart celebrating.
Find something to celebrateevery single day.
These don't have to be big wins.
These don't have to be hugethings.
We're not talking long-termgoals like running a marathon or
something.
(08:38):
We're talking everydaycelebrations.
Maybe it's today I got outtabed.
Maybe it's today you'relistening to this podcast, and
guess what that means?
You're allowing yourself timefor yourself.
Maybe you went outside today andsmelled the fresh air.
(08:58):
What are you celebrating?
You went to the gym, you read anew book.
There are so many ways you cancelebrate every single day.
Maybe you have kids.
Did your kids come home withexciting news?
And maybe you should startasking your kids every single
day?
What are they celebrating?
(09:20):
Because I think we often teachour kids.
The power of celebration has tobe something big.
We only celebrate on birthdaysand holidays or when they do
something.
When we should really becelebrating kids every day.
If we are intentionally seekingthings to celebrate on a daily
(09:42):
basis, there are facts thatincreases your sense of
wellbeing and your overall lifesatisfaction.
So if you are finding orcreating things to celebrate,
even if they are tiny.
It is a way of making a goodlife and living in the moments.
(10:05):
A little celebration every day,keeps you fully present.
And isn't that our goal to befully present every day?
I mean, you could think man.
Today my health was good.
I had a good lunch.
I gotta talk to a good person.
(10:25):
My kid came home and met a newfriend.
My kid came home and had aninspiring story to tell me about
something they learned today.
Why are we not celebrating thesethings when they can make our
lives so much better?
And why are we not teaching kidsto celebrate these things?
(10:47):
We so often forget the littlesteps and every single day with
proven facts that bring so muchvalue to our life.
It reduces your stress level andimproves our overall health and
mood, and we're leaving themout.
(11:08):
Start putting this into youreveryday conversation.
I actually started a.
Celebration win journal.
I don't wanna be the person inmy pod that says, Hmm, what am I
celebrating?
No, I'm gonna celebrate everysingle day.
That means I'm living everysingle day.
It also means when you'recelebrating you're self, usually
(11:31):
it means you're celebratingothers, but people are also
going to see you celebratingyourself.
That doesn't mean you're cockyor anything like that.
It means you're finding the joy.
You're finding that you didsomething well and you're taking
the time to notice it, andyou're taking the time to be
(11:54):
present.
There's so much power andcelebrating.
I'm not gonna lie, I lovecelebrating in groups too.
I go to the gym every morningand we celebrate hitting prs and
we celebrate, you know,different competitions people
(12:15):
are doing or different trainingand that's powerful'cause we're
celebrating with others.
So think of a time that you werein a situation where you
celebrated with friends.
How did that make you feel?
What if we start making it thenormal?
Let's start celebrating aneveryday win.
(12:38):
And also let's see how itchanges our energy.
I think it brings so much moreabundance in your life and opens
the doors when you're open tocelebrating things.
You celebrate making money.
More money comes in.
You celebrate seeing the good inthe world.
(13:00):
You just keep seeing more good.
You can take this on so manylevels, but please go start
celebrating whatever you'redoing today.
Maybe it's getting outta bed.
Write it down as your win forthe day.
Today I celebrated that I gotoutta bed.
(13:24):
I took a shower, I went for awalk.
I saw the sunshine.
I got to connect with people.
Maybe it's I got to read a bookor do something that I liked, or
maybe you're celebrating thatyou went to work and it was a
great day.
We are so good at finding thenegative and not finding the joy
(13:48):
and the gratitude and theabundance in this life.
So just start celebrating andthen start bringing your kids in
it.
Start bringing your family intoit.
Ask them what are theycelebrating today?
Because when we're celebrating,we're getting excited about
something.
(14:08):
We're finding the purpose in themoment.
We're also not letting that egokick in and say, Hey, you're not
good enough.
All the, no, the chitter chatterthat the mind brings up, that's
not what we're here for.
Let's bring that positive energyin our life and stop waiting for
(14:28):
the big marathons or the prs.
Pick out something every day andstop and celebrate it and start
seeing the magic that flows intoyour life and start feeling it.
I challenge you.
(14:48):
Go out and start doing yourjournal, write it down, and then
reach out to me.
Do it consistently for somedays, and then reach out and
tell me.
Has it bettered your life in anyway?
You start noticing, and thenwhen you celebrate yourself, you
also give others the permissionto celebrate them.
(15:12):
How powerful is that?
Let's normalize celebrating thelittle steps we do in life, not
just the big birthdays.
Let's bring the fun to everysingle day we live.
All right, friends, I challengeyou to continue celebrating your
(15:36):
friends.
That's so powerful and there'sso much power behind that, but
also celebrate your own wins.
And fill it in your body and seehow much it starts to change
your life.
I would love to know.
Send me a dm, send me a message,reach out to me.
(15:59):
Let's celebrate each other asyou celebrate yourself.
All right, friends, I leave youwith that today.
As always, go celebrate yourselfand let those sparks fly.
Thank you for tuning intoanother episode.
I hope today's story inspiredyou to embrace your own journey
of growth and change.
(16:19):
Remember, transformation isn'talways easy, but it's always
worth it.
If you enjoyed this episode, besure to subscribe.
Share it with a friend, andleave a review.
If you found something thatsparked you in this episode and
may spark a friend, I encourageyou to go share with them.
If you have your own story youwould like to share, I would
love to hear it.
So please reach out to me.
(16:40):
Until next time, friends, gohave some fun and let those
sparks lie.
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