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Masks Off: Inner Freedom For People-Pleasers and Perfectionists
A podcast for people pleasers and perfectionists ready to drop the masks. Kim Gross shares simple tools to calm the inner critic, set boundaries, and live with confidence, clarity, and inner freedom. www.kimgrosscoaching.com
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Masks Off: Inner Freedom For People-Pleasers and PerfectionistsThe "Protector" Mask
How easy is it for you to let others “see into” your heart. Do you consider yourself to be guarded when it comes to allowing others to see your true self? In…
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Compassion is the Glue with Andrea Gonzalez
If you want to know more about anxiety and mental well-being, Andrea Gonzalez is your person. She is a clinical psychologist who has so much wisdom. In this…
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Protect Your Peace
We all have life situations going on and some of us handle them better than others. It can be hard and overwhelming to stay peaceful whenever we feel…
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The Golden Child Mask
Are you an overachiever, a perfectionist, or a people pleaser? If so, it is very probable that you were a “golden child” when you were young. As the quote…
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Drop the Rope with Prachi Malhotra
Our latest guest, Prachi Malhotra quotes, “drop the rope or you will get rope burn.” What does this mean? According to Prachi, if we don’t learn how to accept…
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My Way Or The Highway
Do you consider yourself to be controlling and sometimes aggressive? If a person confronts you, do you feel challenged and must dominate? Do you need things to…
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Are You a Pretzel?
Have you ever experienced a time or maybe it happens a lot where you allow another to completely unravel you? Maybe you have been in a situation where you…
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Getting Curious about Uncertainty with Sylvia Farbstein
Are you able to be curious about the uncertainty of life? Or, are you the type of person who has to have everything planned out and be in control? When life…
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Are You Living From the Neck Up?
Do you spend most of your time living in your head? How often do you pause and check in with your heart? Do you pay attention to your body? It is normal to…
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Yes You Can
Are you the type of person that says “yes I can” or do you repeatedly say no I can’t? If you find yourself continually telling yourself that you can’t do…
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Is Stress Your Superpower? with Christa Bevan
How do you handle stress in your life? Does it overwhelm you or do you know how to regulate yourself? How did the role models in your life handle stress? Most…
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Grateful for the Reminders
So often when we are stuck in the muck of our feelings and or thoughts, we can’t see the gift in the lessons that are there. We want to avoid pain and move…
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Reframe Under Pressure
How do you respond to external pressures in your life? Do you have a negative “gloom and doom” reaction to external pressures? Do you have a positive…
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Feel Love, Be Love, Extend Love - Conscious Relationships with Carrie Jeroslow
What is a conscious relationship? Do you have any conscious relationships in your life? Most of us were probably raised in unconscious relationships. Carrie…
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Sitting on the Stairs
So many of us have experienced trauma as young children but we never thought of it as trauma. Usually when we think of trauma we think of some huge traumatic…
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The Rebel Mask
Do you wear the rebel mask? Do you remember being told as a child that you were a “difficult child” or a rebellious child? Do you know people in your life that…
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It Starts with Us - “A New Paradigm of Education” with Carrie Jeroslow & Jen Zash
Whether you have children in school or not, you will want to hear this incredible conversation with Carrie Jeroslow and Jen Zash. They came on our podcast to…
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Tree Wisdom
In this episode Kim and Tia talk about the difference between storms that caused us to become resilient as a way of surviving versus storms that helped us…
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To Thy Own Self Be True
Do you find yourself trying to please others all the time? If so, how does that make you feel when you try to please someone else instead of being true to…
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Badge of Busy-ness with Jenn Taylor
This marks the 100th episode of Masks Off! We have utterly enjoyed recording this podcast and hope that you have enjoyed listening. We appreciate all of your…
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Ebb & Flow of Expectations
Do you ever find yourself having an expectation of someone or something only to be disappointed when that expectation was not met. As the below quote by Dr…
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Peacemaker Mask: Part 2
Do you ever avoid conflict with another just to keep the peace? In this episode Kim shares how she as a child avoided conflict in order to keep others from…
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Double Up with Self-Kindness with Tanya Otterstein-Liehs
What does it mean to love yourself? Are you in the habit of criticizing yourself or are you good at giving yourself compliments and self approval? Very often…
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Peacemaker Mask
Have you ever put yourself in the middle of other peoples’ conflicts when it was not your business to do so? If so, did you ever wonder why you tried to make…
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All or Nothing
This is such a profound quote by Rumi and one that can be so helpful for those that wear the perfectionist mask. In this episode Kim shares her challenges with…
- Masks Off: Inner Freedom For People-Pleasers and Perfectionists
Empowering GenZ with Eden Gold
This amazing young woman, Eden Gold, opens up and is very vulnerable as she shares her story and now helps teens and young adults. She is determined to reach…
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Struggling vs Suffering
It is often said that pain in life is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Do you even notice when you are suffering? Do you find yourself complaining or…
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Are You Feeding the Fire?
Is pressure serving you in your life or is it hindering your day-to-day well-being? Do you feel pressure to be perfect? Do you feel pressure to meet…
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Reinvent, Reclaim, and Reimagine with Debra Lee May
Do you ever feel like you have lost your voice and you just don’t feel like you are yourself? Do you ever feel like you have lost yourself and that you are not…
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Mountain Tops
How many times have you been in a rut or a difficult time in your life and felt like you would never see the light at the end of the tunnel? Do you abandon…
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Stepping into a New Dance
Without even realizing it we are living out patterns or roles. These roles and patterns become our masks. We don’t consciously do this. We fall into these…
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Fireflies and Mudpies with Jen Zash
How easy is it for you to play in your life? Do you cringe at the thought of playing? Or, do you think to yourself “I am too busy to play.” Whether you enjoy…
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Riding with the Rip Tide
Imagine being caught in a rip tide. What is the first thing that you are told to do if you get caught in a rip tide? Do you flow against it or ride with it? We…
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Healing Takes Time
When you find yourself in a difficult space and having a really hard time, is it easy or difficult for you to reach out and ask for support? Do you feel afraid…
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Triggers Are the Messengers with Guest Deb Blum
Most of us have developed coping strategies throughout our lives because we did not know how to deal with pain in a healthy and effective way. So many times…
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Permission to Be
In the previous episode, Kim and Tia talked about how we navigate the “storms” in our lives. Often times, there are lessons to learn from these storms. One of…
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Surviving a Storm
How do you respond when you feel that you are in the midst of a “storm”? Do you try and control everything around you or do you take one step at a time? Do you…
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The Relationship Mask with Guest Margot Zaher
Do you feel that your relationships with others whether it be a boss, significant other, children, friends etc… are healthy? Do you show up as real and…
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Brain Fog
Do you ever find yourself in one of those head spaces where you feel like you are in a total fog? Do you feel like you are flying circles in an airplane that…
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Is Your Mind a Prison?
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in looping thoughts or a pattern or behaviour that never goes away? Are you stuck in depression, anxiety, or addictive…
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Take Your Hands Off the Wheel
One of the hallmark symptoms of co-dependency is enmeshment and caretaking. The truth is that we are only responsible to take care of ourselves and those that…
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The Purpose of Pain with Guest Janet Philbin
If you try to avoid pain, you are not alone. We are wired to move away from pain and move toward pleasure. The issue is that as we move away from pain, we…
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Walls or Bridges?
Do you find it easy or difficult to hold a boundary with others. Do you get so stuck in your position that you build a wall between you and the other or do you…
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Embracing Contrast
Are you in resistance to the “as is'' especially if that reality is painful? Do you move away from pain and continually seek out pleasure? Our minds are wired…
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Re-Align to Thrive with Style with Guest Diana Lockett
This episode is an amazing and deep conversation with Diana. She shares many insights and wisdom and one in particular is how and why as children we make a…
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Head vs. Heart
When you make decisions in your life, do you make them only from your head or only from your heart, or do you balance the two? Do you make impulsive decisions…
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Dancing with Conflict
What type of conflict avoider are you? Do you fight when you are in conflict with another and do you blame and deflect taking responsibility because you don’t…
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Courage Over Comfort
Are you afraid of choosing courage over comfort? Do you hold back from speaking up or setting a boundary because it is easier to be quiet and stay comfortable?…
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Live Outside the Box with Guest Deborah Hanlon
So Excited!!!!! Our first guest episode is with Intuitive Coach Deborah Hanlon. In this episode we talk about roles and expectations that we place upon…
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Is Your Heart Leading the Way?
Do you struggle to make decisions in your life? Do you make pros and cons lists when making a big life decision? Do you overthink things or do you tend to lean…
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Where Does Your Compass Lead You?
In this episode Kim and Tia talk about their new online course, True North. One of the main intentions for this course is to teach how to take teachings and…
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The Art of Letting Go
How often do you find yourself trying to control another by saying the same thing over and over again? Or perhaps you ask prodding questions or get upset with…
- Masks Off: Inner Freedom For People-Pleasers and Perfectionists
Conscious Covid
In this episode Kim shares more of her experience with having Covid and the lessons that she learned. While there were many moments of being in fear and…
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Stuck in the Muck?
Do you feel like you are perpetually stuck in the muck? Do you feel like a black cloud is always following you? Do you consistently resist life and find…
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Finding Your Own Peace
Do you find yourself looking outside of yourself to find peace and comfort? Do you wish and want others to make you feel better because you don’t know how to…
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It's an Inside Job
In this episode Kim and Tia share the process of going inward and deconstructing very old patterns. Very often many of us seek outside validation to feel that…
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Navigating the Waters
In this episode Kim and Tia talk about the antidote when we feel that resistance to stepping into the arena. What can we do when we feel too fearful or too…
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Are You Camouflaging?
At the start of season 2 Kim and Tia talk about the consequences of putting our masks back on or not fully removing them and playing roles. It can feel…
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Looking Back at Your 2020 Yardstick
What a year 2020 has been. Kim and Tia take a look back and reflect on all the growth and challenges that the year has brought them. As the quote below says…
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Embracing the Valleys
In this episode Kim and Tia discuss the importance of embracing our valleys or in other words embracing our pain or discomfort. Life will always have pain…