Flowing With the Punches
By Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio
Join me, Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio, doula and coach, as I share a no bs approach on having courage to get through the impossible. Each week, I’ll share the topics we often shy away from and lead a meditation to help you succeed - all to guide you through difficult times, while promoting strength, love and laughter.
Want to work with me? Email me at stephanie@sldwellness.com
Flowing With the PunchesJan 23, 2022
Season 2 Episode 005: Why You May Be on the Brink of Something HUGE
Why does it feel like when you're about to give up that things suddenly massively shift in your favor? In this podcast episode, host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio dives deep into:
- Why it is that when we feel like we’re at our wits end, things can often work out
- The importance of giving yourself grace through the struggles and fumbles
- The liminal space, the space in between along with its importance with micro movements
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Season 2 Episode 004: Pregnant Doula's Thoughts After 1st Trimester
What does it look like to be navigating pregnancy as a doula after having perspective from the first trimester? In this podcast episode, host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio dives deep into:
- Answering questions from IG about pregnancy with a pregnant doula in their first trimester
- Gets the pregnant doula's perspective on what they have learned while pregnant that they didn't learn in their training
- Learns how being pregnant impacts the pregnant doula's work and what surprised them as a pregnant person
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Season 2 Episode 003: Unapologetically Be Yourself
What does it look like to unapologetically be yourself? In this podcast episode, host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio dives deep into:
- What it means and looks like to unapologetically be yourself.
- How you can step into unapologetically being yourself.
- Stepping away from people pleasing and what that can look like.
- The challenges that can come with unapologetically being yourself.
- Core values and the importance of having them in your life.
If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5 star rating so that others can find the show! Take a screenshot and DM me @sldwellness or @flowingwiththepunches on Instagram to be entered to win a FREE reiki or tarot session with me!
Season 2 Episode 002: The Peaks and Pits of a Personal Journey
What the heck is a peak and a pit? In this podcast episode, host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio dives deep into:
- What peaks and pits are.
- My personal journey that led to the work I do now.
- The rise and fall that exists as we go through hard things, what leads to breakthroughs.
- Lessons from pits that make peaks even better.
- How to see the patterns that already exist in your life.
- As well as difficult pits that often felt shameful.
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Season 2 Episode 001: Break Through the BS, Welcome to Season 2!
Welcome to Season 2 of Flowing with the Punches!
I'm your host, Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio of SLD Wellness, a doula and coach here to guide you through the sweetest peaks and the bitterest pits of life so that you can unapologetically be yourself.
There were many lessons learned from season 1 of SLD Wellness the podcast, the main one being that it's now time to uplevel from where we WERE, to unapologetically be ourselves and who you WANT to be.
In this podcast we dive deep into:
What this podcast is about and what you can gain, and why I'm doing the podcast.
The evolution of the podcast from where it was to where it is now.
Along with an intro to who I am for anyone who is new.
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Flowing with the Punches Intro
Welcome to Season 2 of the Flowing with the Punches podcast! Things are spicier and we're going to dive deep into pushing through the bs, getting through the impossible, flowing through the sweetest peaks and navigating through the bitter pits of life so that you can unapologetically be yourself. Are you ready to get on the ride?
Episode 035: Trauma and Its Impact on the Body
Let's talk trauma baby.
Trauma can seep through so many things for you if you don't confront it.
Through physical pain, anxiety, how you interact with others, your body crashing at what feels like the worst time, your body speaks to you constantly.
When you spend time pushing down what you've experienced or you're too afraid to confront yourself, it can seep through all areas of your life.
Check out my experience with encountering trauma, confronting it and breaking the cycle of generational trauma.
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Episode 034: Why I Got Into Birthwork and the Magic of it All
This week I had the honor of delivering two babies in 24 hours! It was such an amazing experience and absolutely inspired this episode.
Birthing people are amazing, their partners are also powerhouses and it's so beautiful to see the ways they work together to support each other and bring new life into the world.
Check out this week's episode where I share why I love birthwork, what inspires me to be a doula, what a doula does to provide support and what I enjoy most about the work that I do.
Let me know what you think of the episode, share it with your community on Instagram and tag me @sldwellness. If the episode resonates with you, leave a 5-star review and share it with a friend.
If you're looking for a birth + postpartum doula who can help support you and provide reiki, I'm your girl, check out the doula services page on the site!
Episode 033: Paying Attention to Signs From Your Body
Did you know that your body often sends cues and signals to you when things are off?
Sometimes in can come in the form of pain, feeling off in certain environments, having gut instincts or feeling overwhelmed.
And guess what we do a lot of the time, especially if it's related to the workplace? We ignore it and keep doing it all for a paycheck.
Sacrificing our body for money. In a world where we can focus so much on pushing past the pain that we carry, forced to recover when it all crashes, and spending the bulk of our paycheck to recover from what our body was already warning us about, check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips for how to support yourself and notice the signs and cues that your body is always giving you.
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Episode 032: 3 Signs You're Leaking Your Energy
Are you a giver that feels like you’re all over the place doing multiple things at once, constantly resenting getting asked for help and feel exhausted and drained by the interactions? There’s a large chance that you’re leaking your energy and heading towards burnout. Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio’s experience with burnout, leaking energy and the tips and questions to ask yourself to simplify things for yourself so that you can approach your life with more joy and appreciation of what you ACTUALLY want to do.
Check out Lessons From Burnout on the blog
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Episode 031: 3 Ways to Pivot Towards Your Goals
Are you unsure of how to take the next step in your career or how to achieve your goals? It's all about the pivot! Learning how to go after your goals and how to articulate it with others, along with finding mentors who are doing what you want do is key! Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips and advice for how to go after what you want, even if it feels crazy to others. Unsure of how to get there and need help diving deeper to go after what you want? Sounds like Reiki is right for you!
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Episode 030: When You Feel Like Giving Up
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's experience with how she almosttt completely walked away from SLD Wellness completely, the podcast and the business and how to get through when you feel like completely stopping
Episode 029: Remembering Who You Are
This episode is for you, check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips for connecting with yourself and find out about one of her biggest pet peeves.
Episode 028: Living In The Moment
Living in the moment involves checking in with yourself and unplugging from the noise: social media, negativity, or something that doesn't feel right for you.
Do you like your environment? Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips and experience with embracing the present moment.
Episode 027: Benefits Of Therapy
There are so many benefits to it that allow you to process emotions with a third party that isn't involved in the day to day of the complicated feelings that may exist.
Check out host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's thoughts on the benefits of therapy!
Episode 026: What Is A Doula?
Doulas provide emotional, physical and educational support to birthing individuals and ensure that they feel safe, comfortable and empowered.
Check out what Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio found out about birth in doula training that motivated her to especially want to work with women of color.
Looking for a doula? Find more details for working with Stephanie: sldwellness.com/work-with-me/doula-services/
Episode 025: Protecting And Conserving Your Energy
Do you take on more than you need to and take on the responsibilities on others?
It's time to adjust how you are operating and use more of that energy on yourself.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips for slowing down, getting rest and removing yourself from situations that you don't want to be in!
Episode 024: Creating Space For Yourself
It can feel like a difficult thing to do, especially if you spend so much of your time focused on others.
If you want things to shift, you have to start spending more of that time and energy on yourself.
What does your enviornment look like? How do you speak to yourself and treat yourself?
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips for creating more space for you.
Episode 023: Confessions From An Overworker
Here's the thing about saying yes to everything, when you always say yes, your yes doesn't even have power anymore.
If you don’t create boundaries for yourself people will think you’re a machine and treat you like a machine.
You can get things done even if you slow down for yourself. And you don’t have to get everything done today.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's confessions from being a former overworker and the lessons that came from it!
Episode 022: Removing The Guilt Of Breaks
Oftentimes we feel like we need to constantly be producing work in order to be seen as valuable, which is draining.
We are humans, not robots.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's thoughts on taking breaks and how taking a three week break shifted her perspective.
Episode 021: Preventing Burnout
Preventing burnout involves getting comfortable with saying no, developing care for yourself, creating boundaries and finding what works best for you.
Burnout can happen as a parent, it can happen from working in a toxic environment, and if you are a people pleaser by nature it is especially important to be aware of the impact.
If you are forgetting to take care of yourself because of work, removing things and finding ways to say no allows you to find your needs.
Learn how to give from a place of love and care after taking care of yourself first.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's tips for preventing burnout and prioritizing yourself!
Episode 020: Creating Boundaries
Saying no is often a hard thing to do, especially if you’re a person pleaser, helper and are used to going above and beyond for others.
If you want to establish boundaries, saying no to the things that don’t serve you, drain you and that you straight up don’t want to do is essential.
Truly when it comes down to it, if it isn’t a HELL YES it’s a NO. It isn'y worth wasting your energy by being resentful if you truly don’t want to do something.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio tips in the episode!
How do you establish boundaries?
Episode 019: Owning Who You Are
You have a special way that you operate in the world and do things that stands out and makes an impact. Want to find out how to step further into self acceptance?
Check out host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's thoughts on stepping into who you are, finding your unique skills and how they make an impact on yourself and the lives of others.
Episode 018: Finding Your Competitive Advantage
If you don't know what a competitive advantage is, from a business perspective, it's a condition or circumstance that allows a company to outperform their competitors.
It’s the thing that makes them different and stand out from everyone else.
But in your own life, how can you apply this and see that the things that you are naturally good at are your gifts?
Check out host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's advice for finding your competitive advantage in life that allows you to thrive.
Episode 017: The Importance Of Rest
Rest is something that we often feel as though we need to earn, when in fact, we actually need it to function and show up as our best selves in order to serve others.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's most recent experience with knowing that it was time to rest and try out her tips for naps!
Episode 016: Being Yourself
Finding your own voice can feel scary at times but it allows you to learn so much about yourself.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's thoughts, tips and tricks on fully stepping into being yourself and owning who you are!
Episode 015: Ending People Pleasing
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's experience with the difficulty of ending it and how the habit of people pleasing is often a distraction from self and your own needs.
Episode 014: Self Belief Through Dark Times
Have you ever looked back at your past and appreciated how far you've come?
Taking breaks are necessary. Focusing on yourself and your needs is essential especially if you're navigating anxiety and depression.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's experience with panic attacks and how one in particular turned her world completely upside down and made her realize that support is necessary along with believing in yourself.
Episode 013: Finding Community With Yourself And Others
Living our lives without the fear of others approval, and living life according to your own rules may not feel intuitive, but it truly helps you live life.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's thoughts on finding community with others and yourself and how being yourself is truly your gift.
If you're interested in learning more about the SLD Wellness new 1:1 coaching program Chaos to Clear, email stephanie@sldwellness.com or DM sldwellness on Instagram to set up a discovery call! Go to sldwellness.com for more details.
Episode 012: Telling The Truth
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's thoughts on telling the truth and how the Yoga Sutra's description of Satya which means truthfulness has guided how and why she thinks before she speaks.
If you're interested in learning more about the SLD Wellness new 1:1 coaching program Chaos to Clear, email stephanie@sldwellness.com or DM sldwellness on Instagram to set up a discovery call! Go to sldwellness.com for more details.
Episode 011: Self Care And Celebrating Yourself
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's experience with an introvert hangover and what it taught her about slowing down, celebrating yourself and taking care of yourself.
If you're interested in learning more about the SLD Wellness new group coaching program Chaos to Clear, email stephanie@sldwellness.com or DM sldwellness on Instagram to set up a discovery call! Go to sldwellness.com for more details.
Episode 010: Perfection And Taking Action
Check out what host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio says about the fear of failure, and why it's actually a reflection of your fear of success and the insecurities that you have.
If you're interested in learning more about the SLD Wellness new group coaching program Chaos to Clear, email stephanie@sldwellness.com or DM sldwellness on Instagram to set up a discovery call! Go to sldwellness.com for more details.
Episode 009: Sexual Trauma And Facing Fears
Check out how host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio dealt with her biggest fear with sexual trauma coming true - her abuser contacting her online and how she protected herself in a way that she didn't expect.
If you're interested in learning more about the SLD Wellness new group coaching program Chaos to Clear, email stephanie@sldwellness.com or DM sldwellness on Instagram to set up a discovery call! Go to sldwellness.com for more details.
Episode 008: Racial Trauma
Racism is systemic.
It seeps into everything, especially when you are a Black woman in a world where people are trying to tell you how to be and how to act.
Check out Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's experience with racial trauma that seeped into, work, school and life and how she pivoted despite the nonsense.
Are you looking to find your voice, work your strengths and make your mind a safer place to be?
Calling all healers, creatives and spiritual working women of color! I’m so excited to share my new six week group coaching program with you, Chaos to Clear: Inner Vision Quest that launches in March!
Chaos to Clear: Inner Vision Quest is a mind, body, soul program that includes yoga, meditation, journaling and tarot!
Interested in learning more? DM me to set up a discovery call!!
Episode 007: Bullying Trauma and Self Acceptance
Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio shares some of her moments of being bullied in the past and talks about how the words others say to you, tell you a lot about the bully's insecurities.
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Episode 006: Workplace Trauma
Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio gets personal and shares what workplace trauma looked like for her.
Episode 005: Lessons From 10 Years of Therapy
Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio talks about how impactful and essential therapy has been in her life and shares a note that has helped get her through the pandemic when she is stressed and anxious.
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Episode 004: Depression and Celebrating Wins
Episode 003: Tarot, Meditation and Prayer
Host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio dives into how all three can connect in manifestation and spirituality. Tune in for a prayer sung in Creole, a sound bowl meditation and tarot reading!
Episode 002: Anxiety Physical Symptoms
Check out host Stephanie Lauredent-Diasio's first experiences with anxiety and how important environment was.
We’ll jump into a meditation and share a tool for putting things into perspective when you're anxious.
Episode 001: Welcome to SLD Wellness the Podcast!
