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Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Susan Kricun

24 episodes

19 hours ago

Feeling like you don’t fit in? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out®, Susan shares a heartfelt reflection on belonging, feeling different, and learning to trust the quiet light within — especially during the holidays. Feeling like you don’t fit in can be one of the loneliest experiences — especially during the holidays, when it seems like everyone else belongs somewhere you don’t. In this season finale of Love From the Inside Out®, host Susan Kricun reflects on growing up Jewish in a C...

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Feeling like you don’t fit in? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out®, Susan shares a heartfelt reflection on belonging, feeling different, and learning to trust the quiet light within — especially during the holidays. Feeling like you don’t fit in can be one of the loneliest experiences — especially during the holidays, when it seems like everyone else belongs somewhere you don’t. In this season finale of Love From the Inside Out®, host Susan Kricun reflects on growing up Jewish in a C...

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Episodes (20/24)

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Feeling Like You Don’t Fit In? Finding Belonging and Your Inner Light

Feeling like you don’t fit in? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out®, Susan shares a heartfelt reflection on belonging, feeling different, and learning to trust the quiet light within — especially during the holidays. Feeling like you don’t fit in can be one of the loneliest experiences — especially during the holidays, when it seems like everyone else belongs somewhere you don’t. In this season finale of Love From the Inside Out®, host Susan Kricun reflects on growing up Jewish in a C...

19 hours ago

14 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

When You Hear the Voice of Someone You’ve Lost: On Love, Legacy & The Sound That Stays

Hearing the Voice of Someone You’ve Lost — and what it teaches us about love, grief, memory, and legacy. In this deeply personal episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan shares the unexpected moment she heard her late father’s voice again after discovering old voicemails while transferring her phone to a new carrier. What begins as a simple, everyday task becomes a powerful reflection on grief, midlife transitions, and the people we carry with us long after they’re gone. Susan explores why ...

1 week ago

14 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

The Gifts We Keep: Memories, Letting Go, and the Stories Inside Our Stuff

A midlife story about memories, letting go, and the unexpected meaning hidden inside the things we keep. What if the things we hold onto — the bins of gift wrap, the old holiday bags, the ribbons we’re sure we’ll “use someday” — aren’t clutter at all, but quiet carriers of our stories? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out®, I revisit a forgotten voice memo from December 2023 — recorded on a day when I pulled many bins of gift wrap out of my storage closet and thought I was just doing a...

2 weeks ago

12 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

The Return Loop: Why We Second-Guess Ourselves — and What It’s Really About

Struggling with overthinking, decision fatigue, perfectionism, or second-guessing yourself? This episode unpacks the psychology of self-trust, emotional regulation, buyer’s remorse, and why we repeat habits we know aren’t aligned — plus simple inside-out tools to break the loop. If you’ve ever bought something you weren’t sure about… only to return it later… this episode is for you. But it’s also for you if you’ve ever second-guessed yourself, overridden your intuition, people-pleased your wa...

3 weeks ago

18 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

How to Stay Calm and Grounded on Thanksgiving: 10 Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress

Feeling overwhelmed this Thanksgiving? Learn 10 simple, nervous-system-friendly ways to stay calm, grounded, and present—no matter what the day brings. Today’s episode is your calm-in-the-chaos guide for Thanksgiving. If you’re feeling holiday stress, overwhelm, or emotional heaviness creeping in, this short, grounding episode will help you come back home to yourself — no matter what the day looks like. Inside, you’ll learn 10 simple, nervous-system-friendly ways to stay calm, present, and re...

4 weeks ago

10 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Why We Chase the Deal: Emotional Spending, Dopamine, and the Stories We Inherit

Why do we chase the deal — even when we don’t need anything? In this episode, we dive into emotional spending, stress shopping, dopamine-driven deal hunting, and the deeper stories we inherit around money, safety, and self-worth. If you’ve ever felt pulled toward a “can’t-miss deal,” found yourself impulse buying during Black Friday, or used shopping to feel a sense of control, this episode will help you understand what’s really happening underneath the urge. Susan explores the patterns that ...

1 month ago

21 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

How to Host Holiday Gatherings Without the Stress

If hosting the holidays leaves you overwhelmed, exhausted, or feeling like you’re “performing” instead of connecting, this episode will change everything. In Episode 17, Susan shares the emotional roots behind holiday stress and perfectionism — and how one non-traditional Thanksgiving completely transformed the way she hosts. You’ll learn how childhood patterns, emotional caretaking, and the pressure to “make it special” shape our gatherings… and the simple mindset shift that helps you finall...

1 month ago

25 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Gratitude Isn’t Just a Feeling — It’s Daily Medicine

What if gratitude wasn’t something you practiced once a year, but something you lived — every day, in every small, quiet moment? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan shares how gratitude works not just as an emotion but as a physiological reset — your body’s natural way of finding balance, calm, and coherence. From coffee-cup mornings to the science of heart rhythms, this conversation blends practical wisdom with everyday magic. You’ll learn how to create a simple gratitude ritu...

1 month ago

15 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

How to Embody Change: Regulate Your Nervous System and Become Your Best Self

Feeling stuck between who you are and who you want to be? In this episode, Susan explores how embodiment—the practice of feeling first what you’ve been chasing—helps you create real, lasting change. Learn how to regulate your nervous system, move from control to trust, and embody the version of yourself that already exists within. Through science, storytelling, and soul, Susan shares how everyday moments, like a day at the Arizona State Fair, can shift your energy, your mindset, and your life...

1 month ago

19 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

How to Know the Universe Is Sending You Signs (and What It Means)

Have you ever noticed repeating numbers, songs, or animals crossing your path — and wondered if they meant something? This week on Love From the Inside Out, Susan shares a true story from one of her favorite hikes on Arizona’s Quartz Trail, where a surprising encounter with grasshoppers turned into a powerful reminder about trust, flow, and divine timing. Through nature’s symbols, Susan explores how to recognize when the universe is sending you signs, what they really mean, and how to tune yo...

2 months ago

22 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Finding Faith After Losing Religion: A Journey of Belonging and Self-Trust

🎙️ Finding Faith After Losing Religion: A Journey of Belonging and Self-Trust Have you ever questioned what you really believe — or where you truly belong? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I explore what it means to lose religion, find faith, and rebuild self-trust after years of shame, silence, and spiritual confusion. I share my personal story of growing up Jewish, hiding parts of my identity, and slowly rediscovering what spirituality and belonging mean on my own terms. In this...

2 months ago

26 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Lessons in Letting Go: Healing, Growth, and the Little Violet That Could

In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, host Susan Kricun — storyteller, writer, and former sports and entertainment PR executive — shares a moving reflection on healing, growth, and letting go through the story of her African violet, the little plant that refused to give up. With her signature blend of science and soul, Susan explores how caring for plants can reduce anxiety, boost mindset, and mirror our own process of emotional healing and midlife transformation. From pruning what’s d...

2 months ago

18 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Why Self-Discipline Feels So Easy One Day and Impossible the Next

What ego, menopause, and permission have to teach us about real strength. If you’ve ever wondered why you can crush your goals one day and crash the next, this episode is for you. In this week’s episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan explores the “space between” — that overlooked place between “all-in” and “all-out.” From ego whispers and childhood nicknames to post-menopausal shifts, Christine D’Ercole’s mantras, and Stacy Sims’ game-changing research, you’ll discover why real strength i...

2 months ago

22 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

How to Overcome Fear & Reclaim Your Voice

Discover how to overcome fear, step outside your comfort zone, and reclaim your voice to live fully with courage, love, and freedom. Are you ready to step beyond your comfort zone and finally overcome fear that’s been holding you back? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, I share my journey of pushing past fear, finding my stretch zone, and reclaiming my voice in midlife. We’ll explore: Why living at the edge of your comfort zone is the key to growthHow fear shows up — from travel anx...

3 months ago

28 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Everyday Vacations: How Micro-Escapes Prevent Burnout

Nearly a decade after first writing about “pressing the escape key,” I’m revisiting what self-care really means in 2025. Spoiler: it’s not about waiting for a once-a-year vacation or a system-wide crash to finally rest. It’s about creating micro-escapes — tiny daily choices that protect us from burnout, restore our energy, and bring us back to ourselves. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why burnout has become a modern badge of honor (and what Brené Brown calls “exhaustion as a status symbol”).Th...

3 months ago

18 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

The Playlist of Your Life: Why Music Unlocks Memories You Can’t Forget

Have you ever noticed how just a few notes of a song can take you right back to another time in your life? 🎶 In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan explores the playlist of your life — how music unlocks memories, stirs deep emotions, and even helps us heal. From teenage mixtapes and dance floors to wedding day anthems and childhood car rides… music isn’t just a soundtrack — it’s a mirror of who we were, who we are, and who we’re becoming. You’ll discover: Why songs trigger such po...

3 months ago

22 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

From Victim to Victor: How Gratitude Shifts Everything

From Victim to Victor: How Gratitude Shifts Everything Why awareness, perspective, and a little self-love change the story you tell yourself. Ever find yourself asking, “Why me?” In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan shares how to shift from victim consciousness into the victor of your own story. Through real-life moments—from a conversation with her hairdresser to insights on yoga, gratitude, and resilience—you’ll learn how awareness, perspective, and self-love can change the wa...

3 months ago

18 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

Top 10 Life-Changing Books for Personal Growth & Transformation

Looking for the best self-help books to spark transformation? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan shares her Top 10 life-changing books — from Brené Brown and Dr. Joe Dispenza to Mel Robbins and Gary Chapman. These powerful reads will help you build self-love, overcome fear, heal emotionally, and create an abundant life. These are the books Susan returns to when she needs reminders to reset, heal, and thrive. Whether you’re seeking guidance on mindset, confidence, healing, or t...

3 months ago

26 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

What Your Closet Reveals About Self-Love and Identity

What’s really hanging in your closet—and holding you back? In this episode of Love From the Inside Out, Susan explores why our clothes carry far more than fabric. They hold our identities, old stories, and even the way we see ourselves. From pajamas and caftans to pulled-together confidence, you’ll hear: The psychology of “enclothed cognition” and how what you wear shapes your mood and mindsetWhy we hold onto clothes that no longer fit—and how to let them go with compassionThe surprising powe...

4 months ago

14 minutes

Love From the Inside Out: Healing, Mindset and Confidence Tools for Women Navigating Anxiety and Midlife

I Tried Every Dating App — What Actually Worked: Self-Love, Boundaries & Message Scripts

I used to think finding “the one” would change everything. So I made finding him my full-time job. I tried every dating app, followed all the rules, and even created an “ideal partner” list I read aloud every day. But here’s the spoiler: the apps didn’t fix my heart. What actually changed everything was the inner work — clearer boundaries, daily self-dates, a few simple message scripts, and one boundary that shifted everything. In this episode, I tell the messy, honest story of my dating year...

4 months ago

25 minutes