Starfish Diaries
The Starfish Diaries is a podcast hosted by Liz McKean; coach, consultant, yoga teacher, recovery & mental health advocate, and lover of metaphors.
Inspired by "The Starfish Story," you can expect to hear personal stories, insightful reflections, and gentle reminders that you are not doing it wrong. Your joy, your work, your healing, and your desire for something more matters.
This is an invitation to make your life a place you want to be. Tools to envision what that even looks like. And permission to want it!
A better world begins with people who believe it's possible. And I promise, my sweet Starfish, that it IS possible.
Starfish Diaries
I'm fine, you’re fine, we're fine: Compassion for bathrobe Mondays
In this episode of Starfish Diaries, I’m getting honest about anxiety, ADHD, and the particular heaviness that tends to show up in a big way on Sundays and Mondays. Even in seasons of my life when I haven’t worked a traditional Monday through Friday schedule, those days have always carried extra weight for me, and I wanted to talk about why. From my kitchen. In my bathrobe. At 1pm on a Monday!
I share what it’s been like learning to trust myself more, soften self-judgment, and approach these not-as-expected days with compassion instead of pressure.
I talk through the tools I actually use when anxiety tightens like a vise, why showing up imperfectly still matters, and how powerful it’s been for me to remember that I have choice in how I respond to what I’m feeling.
If you hear yourself saying/thinking, “I didn’t do enough,” with some frequency, or start many-a-week already overwhelmed, I hope this episode feels like a reminder that we are doing the best we can and it IS enough.
In this episode, I chat about:
- Why Mondays can feel emotionally charged for me (regardless of whether or not I have a traditional schedule)
- What it’s looked like to trust myself to get things done (eventually) without shame or panic
- How self-compassion has become one of my most important mental health tools
- Letting go of perfection and honoring effort, flow, and the unique way my brain works
As always, this episode is offered with all my love and some self-reassurance that I hope helps you as well!
And if you'd like to try out the tools I mention on the show, let's do a holiday hypnosis sesh! Deep discount until end of year.
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All my love and gratitude for this podcast's beautiful cover design, created by the very best & most magical Mo Houston of JoyScout Studio
And podcast production/editing masterfully done by Sean Gritters. You can reach Sean by emailing seangritters@gmail.com
