Hi friend! This episode was so wonderful to record and edit - I had a blast speaking with Amanda Ferrat all about self-love and what life is really like as a fat, disabled woman. Amanda is an emotional wellness counselor and EFT practitioner. In this episode you'll learn about Amanda's childhood, college sorority experience, and how experiencing tremendous loss before the age of 40 has impacted her life and set her on her current path in which she wants to give back and inspire other women to value themselves and break barriers.  Connect with Amanda:  Instagram: https://www.instagra ..read more

This week is a solo episode because it's been awhile since we've caught up 1:1! I talk through what I've been reflecting on under the themes of times of transition and stepping into the unknown. This whole last year has truly felt like a masterclass of taking inspired action while learning how to enjoy right where I am - here and now. There's so much we just can't plan for these days - even as the world starts to open back up. I don't know about you, but I feel like I can FEEL the momentum which is exciting but then it can quickly turn into overwhelm once I remember how there's still a lot to ..read more

This was such a wonderful episode to record and I know you will love hearing Ashley & Meriam's stories. Ashley and Meriam met through a shared experience as they both are caretakers - and they both recognized the importance of practicing self-love and self-care - especially in their roles caring for their spouses and other family members. In this episode these incredible women shared their stories and experiences with caregiving and the moments in which they realized they needed to find a new way of being that was more self-loving. They also shared some great tips of how they incorporate s ..read more

In this episode my discussion with Leah Shirton and Kim Flagg from the emBODY love workshop held at Banyan Tree Yoga studio in Nashua NH is the main focus of this episode.  Kim, owner of Banyan Tree & Leah, creator of the emBODY love workshop series - graciously invited me to join them for this event and we thought it would be fun to have a panel-like discussion as a live podcast recording. Leah, Kim, and I all have different lived experiences in terms of how we relate to our bodies - it was so great to hear their perspectives and be able to highlight different topics such as chronic ..read more

Julie Leonard is a Certified Life Coach and Happiness Evangelist with over 30 years of Psychology, Health and Coaching Experience. Along with her Coaching Practice, she is the founder of Sunndach.com, the creator of The Intentional Happiness Circle and author of the No1 bestseller, Intentional Happiness: The Life-Changing Guide To Being Happy and Staying Happy. She is also the host of the weekly online International Women’s Happiness Club. She is so passionate about happiness and living life with intention and supporting women to feel happy.She truly believes that you do not have to be defined ..read more

Terri Kozlowski is a proud Native American warrior:Athabascan; Tlinglet Tribe - Raven Clan. She journeyed through the pain of child sexual abuse and utter fear of life after her mother abandoned her, at the age of 11, on the streets of Albuquerque. Rediscovering her true path in life, one of joy and love, she learned to transcend the fear that the egoic mind keeps bringing to the forefront of our lives. Terri is now a successful soul and life coach whose mission is to inspire others to master their fear. Her forthcoming book, Raven Transcending Fear: a memoir about overcoming sexual abuse, aba ..read more

Content warning: childhood abuse, abusive relationships, suicidal ideations, sexual content In today's episode I'm excited to bring you this conversation with Lorrine Patterson who shares her story about how she recovered from childhood abuse and a series of marriages and relationships that were not the love-based partnership she desired. We talk about her rock bottom when she was 42 and what steps she took to rebuild her life which ultimately led her to finding the love of her life on Tinder. There is a lovely happy ending to her story and I know this episode may help anyone out there who is ..read more

Happy (almost) Valentine's Day, friends! This week I share three practices that I've been using in my everyday life to help me connect to myself and cultivate more self-love and self-trust in my life. I hope you enjoy.  Special Announcement!! We now have Podcast Merch! Our first campaign is heart-shaped Valentine's themed. I hope you check it out!!  itsoktoloveyourself.shop/self-love-apparel-valentines-day/?coupon=SHIPSELFLOVE Connect with Katherine & the Podcast: http://instagram.com/kgyasi http://instagram.com/itsoktoloveyourself www.itsoktoloveyourself.com Pinterest - itsokto ..read more

Hello friends! So excited to bring you all this conversation with Linda Ayrapetov, Host & Founder of Plus1Pod - a podcast about self-love and dating. It was so cool to speak with Linda because we have a lot in common with both of us being badass fat babes in Boston with self-love podcasts - we covered a lot of ground in this conversation! CW: Medical Fatphobia, Intentional Weight Loss, Disordered Eating. In this episode we discussed: Linda's upbringing and experience with dieting and diet culture from an early age The realities of fatphobia and how it shows up in our everyday lives Medica ..read more

Hello friends! In today’s solo episode I wanted to give you all an update on how things’ve been going for me & chat about Self-discovery. Self-discovery is going to become more of a theme of this podcast and so I chat through why I’m excited to talk about it more and how it relates to self-love! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/katherine-yasi/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/katherine-yasi/support ..read more