Leslie is a wonderful advocate for self-love. She showed me compassion when I missed our interview nearly a year ago (I slept in) and I feel the power of her message. We talked about so many different things in this interview it was just a real joy! Hope you enjoy it as well.

Leslie's Links:

You Can't Eat Love Book - https://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Eat-Love-Relationship-ebook/dp/B08RYC6Y8F

Time Stamps:

5:30 - Learning About Emotions in Yourself
11:40 - Where Do Her Ideas Come From?
16:00 - Traffic Jam of Life Analogy
22:00 - Traffic Jam With Thoughts
26:11 - Training Dogs
34:00 - Hamsters in Our Heads
35:00 - Water Park of Adversity Analogy
36:30 - The Power of Written Conversations With Yourself

Quotes:

24:40 - Kindness and compassion and gratitude activate the rewards center in the brain, and so does shaming yourself and berating yourself - which one will you choose?

29:10 - "The triggers do not go away, but how we handle them, gets stronger."

39:06 - "You love so much what you are becoming, that you are willing to go the extra mile and help out in this way."

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