The Unfeigned Project

Life As a Middle Schooler in Italy’s words

From the mouths of Babes...In this episode I have a conversation with our 12 year old daughter Italy about what middle school is really like in 2022. Kids are dealing with so much more than we ever did 28-30 years ago. We have great communication with our kiddos and yet I still found myself surprised by some of the information she was sharing. I encourage everyone who has a teenager to talk to them. Really talk to them. But most of all, listen. It isn't the same world we grew up in and some of the things they are dealing with are scary and confusing. 

Mental Health Awareness

This is one topic that some find difficult to talk about. It is a topic that people stay "hush hush" about for many reasons, but we break the door down and get personal about how this topic has affected us as individuals and as a couple. Whether you have been affected by mental health personally due to your own struggle or you know someone who has fought or continues to fight their own battle, we hope you get something out of us sharing our story. 
 
Xoxo

Power of Positive

Do you even realize how powerful positivity is? It ultimately affects our day, our attitude and how we physically and emotionally feel. Not only focusing on keeping ourselves in a positive frame of mind, but focusing on keeping our surroundings positive, such as our environment, the things and of course the people we surround ourselves with play a huge role in our overall wellness. We touch on many of those topics and how positivity... or lack there of affects us on a daily basis. 

Change

We are all one decision away from a totally different life. That might be a little extreme, but it really can be exactly that. Change is hard at times but a lot of times it ends up working out better than we had originally planned. Getting out of our comfort zone and taking new opportunities or simply rolling with the small every day changes can be overwhelming sometimes, even as exciting as they may be. We talk today about some of the changes we are going through and how we're both feeling about them all. A little bit of seriousness and a whole lot of us giving each other a hard time as usual, made this one fun to make. 

Turning 40

Leading up to my 40th birthday, I began experiencing emotions that I didn't quite know how to put into words. Anyone who has experienced this can relate. I wasn't prepared for the whirlwind of self doubt and emotions that the number "40" brought on. Age has never been anything I've feared but all of the sudden so many things in life were put into perspective. Sean and I talk about what each of us experienced leading up to our 40th birthdays and the perspective it has given us. 

Time- How We Utilize the Time We Have

Time goes by no matter what we are doing. But when we give time to one area of our life, we have to give up time in another. This is a concept I struggle with as a busy working mom and woman. Sean tries his best to help keep me focused on the now and enjoy the moment I am putting my time into at that very instance. We see things differently as a man and a woman and the conversation is interesting even to myself as it continues. 

Growing Through What You Go Through

True personal growth comes from the good, the bad, and the ugly moments in life. We don't always see the hard work it takes in other's lives to get from point A to point B and sometimes it's so easy believe that everyone around us has it so great, but the truth is most of us only show or talk about the highlights in life. Well, how about all the hard work and growth it takes to get there??? Sometimes life isn't as pretty as we wish, but a lot of times what we go through helps us become a stronger-better person on the other side. 

The Unfeigned Project-Introducing Myself

To be "unfeigned" means to be genuine and real. It doesn't mean we are always at our best, it just means that we don't bull shit about who we are. We're a constant work in progress, doing the best we can, making the mistakes and celebrating the victories. It doesn't have to be one way or the other, because life rarely is. I'm excited to start this podcast off, introducing myself and explaining what enticed me to do this in the first place.