Ep 147: it's time to say...goodbye!

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Hi lovely,

We started Project Love in 2013 and for over 8 years we have been on the most amazing journey together, with you, our wonderful community. We have recorded over 150 podcast episodes (that’s 100 hours and more than 3 days of non-stop listening!) and had over half a million downloads 🤯🤩 We’ve run numerous live events, two major online courses and helped over 700 women find love, with our Get Ready for Love course featured in Grazia, Red, Glamour and Psychologies. For 7 years, we helped people to discover the power and importance of self love with our 28 days of love self love challenge. And over the past 5 years we’ve watched our Goodbye Hello journals help thousands of people reflect on their lives and commit to their dreams all over the world. 

WHAT A JOURNEY!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

And through it all our friendship has deepened and flourished 😍

And now, with a deep breath we are announcing a new chapter and a new journey…

So join us on today’s episode to find out what that new chapter is and help us celebrate more than eight years of Project Love!

We really hope you’ll carry on this next chapter with us both!

To make sure you do, join the two lists below and you’ll get some goodies from each of us 😍 

💜 Carry on the journey with Vicki 💜

Carry on the journey of dating with confidence and creating a relationship you love, with 1:1 coaching, online courses and masterclasses with Vicki HERE (and sign up here and Vicki will send you a love letter with all the ways we can stay connected, inc an invitation to her free Dating Masterclass coming up in May!)

💗 Carry on the journey with Selina 💗

Carry on the journey of designing a life you love with Selina as she gets ready to launch Project You and the Time to Thrive course, Goodbye Hello journals, podcasts and more! >> Sign up to join the new Project You journey with Selina  HERE 

As ever, we hope you enjoy this very special episode and thank you so much for listening and being a part of our beautiful community.

So much love,

Vicki and Selina

xxxxxx

Ep 146: Self love lessons from 28 days of love 2022

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Hi lovely,

Ooh we loved recording today’s episode! 

We got together to reflect on 7 years of running 28 days of love, our self love challenge that we’ve been running on Instagram since Valentine’s day (have you been doing it with us?).

Every year we do this challenge, we discover something new about ourselves on our self love journey and our understanding of self love deepens each time. 

If you’ve been doing 28 days of love with us (yay!) then we‘d love to hear how it’s been for you and what lessons you’re taking away from it. And if you’d like to start the challenge then you can do it anytime - simply head over here and download your free PDF guide to getting started (plus you’ll also find a big list of ideas to inspire you). It’s a great one to do with friends!

Whether you’re new to self love or you are wanting to deepen your practice, we hope these lessons will inspire you on your own self love journey. 

EXCITING NEWS

Plus in the episode, you’ll hear us celebrating that we have a brand new journal that is being released TODAY!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Goodbye 30s, Hello 40s is a reflective journal with prompts, exercises and inspirational quotes to help you to reflect meaningfully on your life as you step from one decade into the next.

Selina first designed it for herself when she turned 40 and it was such a beautiful and powerful experience that we decided to create one that everyone can do when they turn the big 4 0 

And so finally…here it is! 🎉🎉🎉

Goodbye 30s Hello 40s takes you on a reflective journey that helps you to say a proper farewell to a decade of your life as it comes to an end and helps you to create a beautiful and lasting record of that decade through memories, lessons learnt, milestones achieved and blank pages where you can add several photos from each year.

By the end of it you will have created a bespoke book celebrating and documenting a decade of your life that you can keep forever.

So if you or someone you love is waving goodbye to their thirties and stepping into a fresh new decade then you can order your Goodbye 30s Hello 40s copy today!

>>> Order your copy now!

In the meantime, we hope you enjoy today’s episode!

And be sure to join us for next month’s episode as we have a big announcement to make! We’ll see you then. 

So much love,

Selina & Vicki 

xxxx

PS here is the quiz for discovering your love language / self love language 💕

Ep 145: Hello 2022! 💛

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Hi lovely,

Happy New Year! How has the start of the year been for you? And what are the dreams you want to bring to life and the intentions you are setting for 2022?

If you’ve got one of our Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 journals, then get yours out and join us as we reflect on the lessons we’ve each learnt this year from filling out our journals, what our own dreams and intentions are for 2022 and how we’ve been navigating some difficult times of late, because let’s face it, it HAS been a difficult time for many of us and that is even more reason to set intentions for 2022 that have us filling it with the things we love. 

So let’s dive into this month’s episode and say a proper HELLO to 2022 together 🤗

X Selina and Vicki

PS still need to grab your Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 journal? No probs, you can grab yours here!

PPS here below are some of the links that we mentioned in the ep!..

🌟 Get your hands on Selina’s brand new audio workshop ‘Design a Life You Love’ here for free when you sign up to her monthly newsletter TODAY! 

🌟 Join Vicki’s free weekly Sunday Love Letter (and also download her free Dating Debrief Tool for dating confidence here!).

Ep 144: Join us for a final reflection of 2021 and a virtual hug! 💛

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Hello lovely,

Well here we are.. nearly at the end of 2021 and oof, what a year it’s been.

It’s been another rollercoaster year hasn’t it? Full of ups and downs, twists and turns and everything in between. 

For many of us, it’s been a tough and challenging one and so if you’re feeling exhausted, fatigued and a bit fed up as 2021 draws to a close then you’re certainly not alone!

In this month’s podcast, we invite you to join us for a virtual hug 💛and an end-of-year reflection, as we look back at some of the lessons learnt and positive actions taken, despite everything that 2021 has brought our way. 

If you have your Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021 journal then why not take yourself on a self love date to fill in the final reflection (the final reflection at the back is a new addition to the journal!).

As always, we find these conversations so nourishing and gorgeous. They are great reminders to take a pause and acknowledge just how much we’ve been through this year - both collectively and individually. 

As we say in the Goodbye, Hello journal, if there were dreams and goals that didn’t come into fruition this year then be gentle with yourself. A lot of dreams have had to be put on hold over the past two years so that we could focus on looking after ourselves and those we love in the pandemic.

Getting through it has been an achievement enough so be compassionate towards yourself lovely one. 

Sending you so much love and we hope you enjoy the episode.

Lots of love,

Vicki and Selina

xxx

PS still need to grab your Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 journal? No probs, you can grab yours here!

PPS here below are some of the links that we mentioned in the ep!..

🌟 Join Vicki’s weekly Sunday Love Letter (and also download her free Dating Debrief Tool for dating confidence here). Plus, you’ll also be invited to Vicki’s free Dating masterclass in Jan!

🌟 Join Selina’s Monday Crew for weekly podcasts, monthly video tutorials, live online sessions and morehere! THIS MONTH the focus is ‘Reflecting on 2021’ - join the Live Online Session with Selina on 20th December to reflect on 2021 together!

Ep 143: Our latest lessons and insights on all things careers and dating

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Hi lovelies!

In this month’s Project Love podcast we explore the topics that have been really firing us up recently in our coaching sessions, Vicki’s Sunday love letters and Selina’s Monday Crew weekly podcast, now on Patreon

We take a deep dive into:

• Side hustles, side projects and hobbies – what’s the difference and how to tell which one is best for you?

• Selina’s appearance at Cheltenham Literary festival talking to Sam Baker about burnout, creating a career you love and a new way of working.

• Vicki’s appearance on BBC Radio London talking to Salma El-Wardany about the rise in women seeking love and dating coaches

• How we naturally fall into an ‘infatuation fog’ in the early days of dating and how we can clear that fog with Vicki’s new ‘Dating Debrief Tool’. It’s a self reflection exercise that helps you to feel clearer and more confident while you date. It’s brand new (launching today!) and you can download it for free here

• And how Selina is learning from her slow COVID recovery that rest is sacred

And if you want to keep these conversations going every week with us, then you can!

🌟 Sign up to receive Vicki’s weekly Sunday Love Letter and download her brand new Dating Debrief Tool for dating confidence here

🌟 Join Selina’s Monday Crew for weekly podcasts, monthly video tutorials, live online sessions and more here!

We really hope you enjoy this episode. See you back here next month!

Lots of love, 

Selina & Vicki x

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Ep 142: Quarterly check-in and Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 IS HERE!!! 🎉

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Hi lovely,

After a 2 month break, we are back on the podcast.. and it feels so good!

How are you doing and how have the past 3 months been for you?

In this episode, we invite you to join us for a quarterly check-in so that we can reflect on it together 😍

Grab your Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021 journal if you have one and listen in as we reflect on these past 3 months and the lessons learnt as we take steps towards our goals and dreams.

(hint - even disappointments and setbacks contain valuable lessons and still help to move dreams and goals forward!)

Annnd we have a special celebration...

The Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 journal is here and available for pre-order now! 🎉🎉🎉

Isn’t she gorgeous? Wait til you see inside!

ORDER YOURS TODAY AND BE THE FIRST TO GET YOUR HANDS ON IT!
They will be sent out on 14th October! 

Head over here to pre-order your copy today!

Share your journal stories 

And finally, we would LOVE to hear your stories about how the Goodbye, Hello journal has made a difference to you and the dreams it’s helped you to bring to life. Simply email us to let us know. We’d love to celebrate your story! 

Or let us know what your Goodbye, Hello ritual is, we always love to see how people do their journals - snuggled up in front of a Christmas tree...with friends and cake...with a glass of champagne...how do you do it?).

We hope you enjoy the episode.

So much love,

X Vicki and Selina

Ep 141: Reflecting on 7 years of the Project Love podcast (and announcing a new chapter)

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This will be our last episode until after the summer! We’ll be back in September but we’ll be doing things a little differently. Or rather, we’re going full circle and returning to how we used to do the Project Love podcasts when we began seven years ago!

As of September we’ll be recording a podcast episode for you once a month, just the two of us. We are closing the chapter on weekly episodes and inviting guests onto the podcast. Not because we haven’t loved it - it has truly been life changing (as we share in today’s episode) - but because we are both working on new and exciting projects - online courses, podcasts and another journal (watch this space) - and we needed to create space to focus on these new adventures, so that we don’t burn out in the process. Our time is finite. We can do it all, but sometimes we have to change how we do it so we can fit everything in and still thrive ;)

And so in today’s episode we look back on seven years of Project Love podcast episodes so far and some of our favourite episodes where guests have joined us to dive deep into fascinating conversations about life and love and how the power of some of these conversations has truly shaped the course of our lives. 

And we’ll also be sharing more about the exciting new projects we’re both up to, this year and next. 

And while we’re away for the summer, you have over 105 hours of Project Love podcasts that you can listen to and can browse by topic over on the Project Love website. And we’d love for you to stay in touch with us as we carry on with our journeys...

Stay in touch with Vicki!

To stay in touch with Vicki, be first to hear about her online course and enjoy her weekly love letter, join her newsletter over at https://vickipavitt.com/sundaylove

Stay in touch with Selina!

To stay in touch with Selina, join her if you haven’t already on her weekly mini-podcast - the Monday Crew - you can join for free over at https://www.selinabarker.com/themondaycrew (and you’ll get her Weekly Life Design Check-in tool the moment you sign up!)

Lots and lots of love and have a great summer!

X Selina & Vicki

Ep 140: Conversations on Love with Natasha Lunn

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Hello lovely, it’s Vicki here, with a gorgeous podcast episode for you!

I had the privilege of sitting down with a fellow lover of love, Natasha Lunn, to talk about her new book Conversations on Love (which is INCREDIBLE!)

I love every single second of reading it. No exaggeration!

Each page offers a deeper understanding of what it means to love and be loved and what it means to live a life of meaning. I felt so in love reading it, which Natasha tells me was one of her aims with the book.

The book features interviews with the likes of Alain De Botton, Phillipa Perry, Esther Perel, Candice Carty Williams, Poorna Bell, Dolly Alderton, Roxane Gay, Diana Evans and many many more. It’s centered around three main questions (which we talk all about in the episode):

• How do we find love? 


• How do we sustain it? 


• And how do we survive when we lose it?


I first met Natasha back in 2018 and I learn something new about love every time I talk to her. She speaks about love with such reverence and wisdom. Speaking with her is always SUCH a treat. And I just know you’re going to love this episode ❤️❤️❤️

As well as being a writer and author, Natasha is also the features director at Red magazine. 

Conversations on Love is available now (it actually just came out today!!!) and you can grab your copy here. I know I’m going to be buying it for so many friends this Summer!

I love love loved this conversation with Natasha and I can’t wait for you to listen to it.

To find out more about Natasha, head over here and she is on Instagram here.
As always, if you loved this episode, please do let us know by leaving a 5 star rating wherever you listen to your podcasts.

So much love, 

Vicki x

Ep 138: Time for a quarterly check-in!

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Hi lovely,

Well here we are, at the end of another quarter of 2021!

How have the last 3 months been for you?

We don’t know about you but we both felt like we really needed a check-in, to take stock and reflect on how we’re feeling and how the last few months have been and so this quarterly check-in was just the tonic!

In this week’s episode, we invite you to do your quarterly check-in with us and to take a moment to pause and reflect on how you’re feeling and what you’ve been experiencing over these past few months. 

Grab your Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021 journal if you have one and fill in the quarterly check-in section. And feel free to share the journal questions with a friend and do your check-in together or as a group - it’s always so nourishing to talk through your answers with a trusted friend.

Here below are links to some of the things we mentioned:

• Selina’s Monday Crew (weekly podcast and life design check-in tool - delivered to your inbox each Monday!)

• Vicki’s Sunday Love Letter (a love letter on all things dating and relationships sent every Sunday eve!)

• Donna Lancaster’s wonderful ‘Deepening into Life’ programme that Selina is doing and loving.

• All About Love by Bell Hooks

• Love in Colour by Bolu Babalola

• Conversations on Love by Natasha Lunn 

• Selina Van Orden, an amazing Ayurvedic Practitioner that Vicki has been working with | https://www.atyourbest.one/ and https://www.instagram.com/_atyourbest/ 

• Nova Reid’s powerful Anti Racism course 

• The Power of Privilege by June Sarpong 

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did recording it!

So much love,

Vicki & Selina xxx

Ep 137: What it means to be Human with Dr Soph

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It’s Vicki here with a brand new podcast episode for you 🤗 

And it’s such a treat of an episode as I got to interview the wonderful Dr Sophie Mort aka Dr Soph.

Dr Soph is a clinical psychologist with a personal mission to get psychology out of the therapy room and into people’s lives in a way that works for them.  

In this episode we talk about her brilliant new book ‘A Manual for Being Human’ - a book that I absolutely loved! It’s so practical - it’s packed full of super useful tools and techniques that you can start using right away - and it’s also full of love and compassion too. Dr Soph is like a really kind, wise and loving friend who can reassure you, empower you and teach you practical tools to help you to move forward. But who is also a doctor!

She has an Undergraduate degree in Psychology, a Masters in Neuroscience and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and has worked on the frontline at London’s Homerton Hospital. Realising the system wasn’t working for so many people, she left behind her traditional role as a clinical psychologist in the NHS and has helped thousands manage their emotional wellbeing by sharing her psychological knowledge on Instagram, her blog and through her online private practice. 

She is also an expert for the mindfulness app, ‘Happy Not Perfect’ and has been featured in global outlets including Vice Magazine, Girlboss, Psych Central, Well + Good and Elite Daily.

In the episode we talk about:

• The childhood experiences that shape us 

• Why we struggle and why we have down days 

• Emotions, their purpose and how to manage them so they don’t overwhelm us

• Emotional intelligence - what it is and how it can improve our health and relationships 

• The power of understanding your attachment style (inc Soph’s personal experience of having an avoidant attachment style)

• What self care looks like in times of stress, grounding exercises for overwhelm and so much more!

Talking to Sophie was such a treat, it really brightened up what was a very grey, rainy day, in London when we recorded!

A Manual for Being Human is out on 8th July and you can pre-order it here :)

And to find out more about Dr Soph then her website is here and her Insta is here.

I hope you enjoy the episode!

So much love, Vicki

PS here is the emotions wheel we mentioned and here is a link to an attachment style quiz too.

Ep 136: Finding your voice with Nicola Rae Wickham

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It’s Selina here this week with a deep, inspiring and juicy conversation for you all about finding your voice, with the queen of heart-felt expression, Nicola Rae Wickham.

I’ve known Nicola for a number of years now and every time I sit down in a conversation with her, whether it is just between us or recording a podcast episode to share, she always brings a depth, warmth, wisdom and power to it that leaves me inspired and moved and this week’s conversation has to have been the most powerful to date. 

In case you don’t know Nicola, she is an award-winning coach and mentor, founder of ‘A Life More Inspired’ and host of the ‘Dream and Do’ podcast. In her own words she is ‘on a mission to help big-hearted (deep thinking and big feeling) creatives find, use and amplify their voice and make a real WHOLEHEARTED and positive impact in the world.’

And wow, does she lead by example. Over the past 18 months I have witnessed Nicola step into her power in a whole new way, find her voice and use it to make a positive impact both in her business, her own life and the world around her.

In this episode we talk about:

• Finding her voice in business and how she learnt to attract her ideal clients

• Finding her voice and speaking her truth as a black woman during Black Lives Matter and ever since

• The healing power of speaking your truth

• The importance of being discerning around WHO your share your truth with

• Why people-pleasers in particular struggle with finding their voice

• Tips on how to start practicing speaking your own truth

We also used the conversation as a chance to reflect together on each of our healing around racism over the past year, the work we have both done with Nova Reid to help us with that healing and what we are each committing to doing moving forward to carry on with that healing. 

I am so looking forward to you hearing this conversation. If you enjoy it, please leave a 5 star review for us. It makes such a difference. 

And to connect with and find out more about Nicola go to:

Website: https://www.alifemoreinspired.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolaraewickham/

Dream and Do podcast: https://www.alifemoreinspired.com/dreamanddopodcast

X Selina

Ep 135: How to navigate the emotional rollercoaster that happens during times of change

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If you’re going through change or growth in your life at the moment (or plan to soon), then today’s episode is for you.​

While we love to encourage people to go after their dreams and create the lives, careers and relationships they love, it’s important to know what to expect on that journey of change. Because it is a rollercoaster ride and noone ​is immune to the vulnerability hangovers, shitty committee attacks and feelings of overwhelm and loneliness.

And THAT is what we are discussing this week as we share how recent experiences of change and growth in our own lives reminded us of just how discombobulating it can all be, but also how valuable it is to know what to expect on the change journey and how to navigate the emotional rollercoaster that is an unavoidable part of it.

In it we mention Donna Lancaster's new programme: Deepening into Life - which Selina has just started and cannot recommend more (she's not an affiliate, she just LOVES it).
>> Find out more and sign up to the programme here: http://deepeningintolife.com/

And Selina's Monday Crew mini-podcast which goes out every Monday when you join her Monday Crew.
>> Sign up (for free!) here: https://www.selinabarker.com/themondaycrew

Lots of love to you,

x Selina & Vicki

Ep 134: 3 steps to calm dating-post-lockdown anxiety with Vicki Pavitt

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Hi lovely,

This week’s episode is dedicated to those of you who are feeling a little anxious and apprehensive about dating post-lockdown. 

Here in the UK, restaurants have just opened up again and restrictions have been easing over the last few weeks. But even if this is a change you’d been looking forward to and waiting for, it’s only natural that it would come with some anxiety and apprehension too.

In this week’s episode, I share my 3 steps to calm dating-post-lockdown anxiety, so that you can date with more confidence and ease in this new chapter.

I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed creating it for you :)

Meditation to calm pre-date nerves.

And I have a free gift for you! Simply pop your details over here and I’ll send you my meditation to calm pre-date nerves. It’s a great one for your dating + self care toolkit. You’ll also get my weekly love letter each and every Sunday (yay!) ❤️ 

If you’re already signed up then your free gift will be enclosed in this Sunday’s love letter! 

And lastly, here is the podcast on Boundaries that I mentioned in the episode too.

Sending you so much love.

Vicki x

Ep 133: Self-care for Tough Times with Suzy Reading

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Hi lovely,

It’s Selina here this week with a gorgeous and soothing conversation that is guaranteed to have you breathing a sigh of relief and calm, because I got to dive deep into conversation with the queen of self-care, Suzy Reading.

Suzy is a mother of two, an author, Chartered Psychologist and Coach. She specialises in self-care, helping people manage their stress, emotions, and energetic bank balance.  

I have always loved her first book ‘The Self-Care Revolution’ and now she has written another, equally powerful book: ‘Self-Care for Tough Times’. 

Reading it was like receiving a warm and soothing hug and talking with Suzy filled me with so much love and comfort and I hope hearing the conversation will do the same for you. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• Why so many of us can find ourselves resisting self-care (and what to do about it)

• Why parents, particularly mothers, feel guilt around needing time to themselves away from the kids  

• What self-care looks like during tough times (and why it can be different to self-care during normal times)

• Our innate capacity to self soothe and heal when we go through tough times

• Why we are both head over heels in love with managing your energy

• The importance of going gently and tenderly with ourselves as we come out of lockdown

As always, if you loved this episode, please do let us know by leaving a 5 star rating wherever you listen to your podcasts. 

 And to connect with Suzy and find out more about her books and the work that she does, go to:

Instagram: www.instagram.com/suzyreading/ 

Facebook: www.facebook.com/SuzyReadingPsychologyAndYoga/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyReading  

www.suzyreading.co.uk

Lots of love, 

Selina

Ep 132: Stepping out of lockdown and taking it at your own pace

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Hi lovely, 

We are back from our quarterly podcast break with a brand new episode and a brand new season of episodes for you 🤗

So how are you doing this week? Here in the UK, lockdown is starting to unlock and many of us are feeling equal parts excited and apprehensive! 

In this week’s episode, we reflect on how we’re feeling about stepping out of hibernation and into this new chapter. And we invite you to join us and do the same 💕

Sending you a big virtual hug and we hope you enjoy the episode!

Love, Vicki and Selina X

Ep 131: Burnt Out - how to thrive in a fast-paced world with our very own Selina Barker

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Hi lovely,

It is almost here!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Selina’s book ‘Burnt Out: the exhausted person’s six-step guide to thriving in a fast-paced world’ will finally be out in the world next Thursday, 15th April!!!

Woop woop!! I am so SO excited for you to get your hands on it!

If you’re feeling frazzled, exhausted and burnt out right now then THIS is the book that will love you into recovery and get you onto the path to thriving. 

And fast!

Selina supported me on my own journey from burnt out to thriving and it was utterly transformational! And now with this book, you can go on your own journey of burnt out to thriving too 💃🏻 💃🏻 💃🏻 

Each chapter of this book is like sitting down for a 1:1 session with Selina - packed full of so much wisdom, insight and encouragement and so much love and joy too! 

One of the many (many!) things that I loved about ‘Burnt Out’ is it’s radical message (reclaim your energy, reclaim your life) and also it’s radical SIMPLICITY too. It is so deeply practical and full to the brim with powerful coaching tools and techniques that you can start implementing straight away. It is genius!

🎉And so to celebrate the arrival of Selina’s book, she joins me on the podcast as my very special guest! 🎤

In this episode we talk about:

• Why so many of us are burning out and how COVID has had many of us emotionally burning out this past year

• What the Burnout Archetypes are (and how to identify what yours is)

• Why we need to learn to manage our energy Olympic athlete style

• How even if you love what you do you can end up burnt out

• And how Selina helped me break free from burn out as she wrote the book

I cannot wait for you to hear this episode and finally get your hands on the book or audiobook! 

And make sure that you get involved in Selina’s online book launch celebrations! (details below!)

Lots of love, 

Vicki x

PRE-ORDER BURNT OUT TODAY! 

It makes a huge difference to authors when you pre-order their book. So to say a big thank you for pre-ordering Burnt Out, Selina has created some pre-order goodies. Pre-order your book today and then head over here to find out how to get your pre-order goodies (it includes a ticket to an online workshop she is running on 22nd April - Time to Thrive + a chance to win a coaching session with Selina)

COME TO THE BURNT OUT BOOK LAUNCH PARTY!

Selina is having an Online Book Launch Party on 15th April at 7pm BST and would love to have lots of faces from the Project Love community there! The party will be on Zoom and the amazing Emma Gannon will be interviewing Selina about the book in front of a live Zoom audience. Come along and enjoy the buzz! 

Save your seat here: https://burntoutbooklaunch.eventbrite.co.uk

Ep 130: Time for a check-in ✨ how have the first 3 months of 2021 been for YOU?

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Hello lovely,

Well here we are, at the end of the first quarter of 2021 (already!).

It’s been 12 months now since the first lockdown here in the UK and we are very much looking forward to stepping into a new quarter and starting a new chapter in the year. 

As we step into spring, it has felt incredibly cathartic to hit pause and take a moment to sit back, take stock and reflect on how the last 3 months have been for us. 

Join us for this week’s episode, as we talk about our commitments, our happiest moments, our most challenging moments (and everything in between!).

Grab your Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021 journal if you have one or simply answer the questions as we go through them. And if you haven’t yet got your copy of the Goodbye, Hello journal then it’s not too late! You can grab your copy here.

As always, we find these quarterly reflections to be so nourishing and we hope you do too 😍

Join the love-in

We’d love to invite you to join us live next week on Tuesday 6th April at 6.30pm (BST) on Zoom for our quarterly Project Love love-in. They are gorgeous - a chance for us all to pause and reflect on these past 3 months and to set our intentions and commitments for the following quarter. Sign up here to join us.

We hope you enjoy the episode! 

So much love,

X Selina & Vicki

Ep 129: Real love story with Lisa Pascoe

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Hi lovely,

Here at Project Love, we love to share and celebrate real love stories.

We love to go beneath the surface and have deep and meaningful conversations with people about their relationships, looking at things like; how they support each other to grow, how they navigate challenges, how they make love last and the lessons they’re learning along the way.

It’s in hearing people’s real love stories, that we can learn so much about love and what it takes for a relationship to thrive.

And this week’s episode is one of those episodes! It’s a real love story with the wonderful Lisa Pascoe, who reflects on her beautiful love story with her wife Bekky.

What I found so inspiring about Lisa and Bekky’s love story is their daily commitment to each other. In Lisa’s words, “everyday we recommit to the relationship we’re in, by choosing to be in that relationship”. How beautiful is that?

Lisa is an intuitive life coach and she brings invaluable advice and wisdom on life and love to this episode. She is all about being who you are and not who the world tells you to be. This message is at the heart of her podcast, Bravehearts Rising. And it’s really at the heart of this episode too. 

In the episode, Lisa shares her experience of coming out, back in the 90’s when people only talked about the first three letters of LGBTQ+ and her journey to self acceptance. In her work, Lisa supports empaths, highly sensitive women and LGBTQ+ folks to slow down, hit the reset button and have a kinder, gentler relationship with themselves. She does this through 1:1 coaching (both online and in nature), wellbeing workshops and nourishing circles. 

To find out more about Lisa and her wonderful work, head here www.lisapascoe.com (she’s also on Instagram here).

I loved recording this episode with Lisa.

I hope you enjoy it!

Love, Vicki x

PS here is the Brene Brown podcast episode we mentioned, it was actually Brene on Tim Ferris’s podcast (she also has a brilliant podcast called Unlocking Us)

Ep 128: Fears to Fierce with Brita Fernandez Schmidt

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Hi lovely,

It’s Selina here and this week I have an episode that I guarantee will put a grin on your face and a fire in your belly. I was buzzing with inspiration and love after this conversation.

I interviewed the incredible Brita Fernandez Schmidt about her new book ‘Fears to Fierce’. If you are a woman, or identify as a woman, then I cannot recommend this book more. It is a rallying call for all womxn to rise up, step into their power and become the leader in their own lives and the world around them.                                    

Brita herself is an incredibly inspiring woman, so full of love, wisdom and fierce beautiful power. She is Executive Director of Women for Women International and for 25 years has been championing women’s rights across the world. She is Chair of a network Gender Action for Peace and Security. She frequently writes and publicly speaks about the challenges women face all over the world, particularly in the context of poverty and conflict. Brita also works as a coach to support women to find their fierce. 

She is a living legend.  

Reading Brita’s book was a truly transformative experience for me and so was connecting with Brita and having this conversation with her. I can’t wait for you to listen to it!

And if you want to buy the book, you can get Fears to Fierce at all good book shops, on and offline. Order your copy here: https://www.britafs.com/fears-to-fierce

And if you want to find out more about Brita, the work that she does, including her 1:1 coaching programmes, visit https://www.britafs.com/ and follow her on instagram at @britafs.

And if you love this episode please do leave us a review over on Apple podcasts or wherever you review your podcasts. 

X Selina

Ep 127: Self love lessons learnt from doing 28 Days of Love

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Hi lovely,

We are coming to the end of 28 Days of Love, our self love challenge that we have been running since Valentine’s Day. And in this week’s episode, we talk about what we have each learnt from doing this self love challenge, particularly during lockdown and after almost a year of living in a global pandemic. 

If you have been doing 28 Days of Love with us (yayyy!) then we would love to hear how it’s been for YOU and what lessons you are taking away from it. And if you would like to start the challenge then you can do it anytime - simply head over here and download your free PDF guide to getting started (plus you’ll also find a big list of lockdown-friendly ideas to get you started on your self love journey). It’s a great one to do with friends!

Whether you are new to self love or you are wanting to deepen your self love practice, we hope these lessons and insights will inspire you on your own self love journey 💖💖💖

We hope you enjoy the episode!

So much love,

Selina & Vicki X