The Loving Challenger

Through the lens of Context, Contrast, and Continuum, I introduce a new mental model—one that honors nuance, invites integration, and transcends the binary habits that shape much of our perception. I like to call it the evolution of yin and yang symbol and it's very useful in everyday life. What do you think of the episode? Let's talk about it! Reach out on IG @lovingchallengers or send me a message megan@meganbhatia.com Learn more about the Loving Challengers Community click here!

Changes are coming in fast now!!! Are you feeling it too? There are a lot of examples in nature that I lean on in this episode...maybe you can relate? - Metamorphosis- Cell walls/boundaries- Paradox of sovereign beings that are also dependent on the world around themIf any of this helps YOU to find yourself, or create an empowering narrative for your life...well, fantastic!!! If you find a desire to actually TALK about some of these topics, you can schedule a call with me here: https://calendly.com/meganbhatia/20minIG: @lovingchallengers I host women's sharing circles where you get to show up and lean into your intuitive wisdom and POWER! More information here: https://thelovingchallenger.myflodesk.com/lcc

This is one of my FAVORITE topics these days because the skill-set of emotional intelligence, and trusting your "knowing" is going to be your internal guidance system in a world that is changing incredibly fast!!! Your body knows what you need...and what you don't need...and that's going to guide you day to day to create a life where you can thrive. This episodes contains practices, AND it's really just the tip of the iceberg on this topic! If you want a deeper dive...let's connect! DM on IG @lovingchallengers or email Megan@meganbhatia.com Set up a free 20 minute call and we can talk more about this! https://calendly.com/meganbhatia/20min

Yep - it's that time of year again! Even if you're excited and enjoy the Holiday season, it can definitely be more stressful than your usual schedule. I will personally be heading back to the States for the Holidays and will be following my own advice, lol! 5 Ways to support yourself through the Holidays... 1) Carve out solo time 2) Be responsible for your nervous system 3) Use boundaries 4) More compassion, less comparison 5) Create moments of JOY! Feeling stressed and want support? Set up a FREE 20 minute connection call with me! Get on my schedule here. I promise you will leave with at least 1 practical skill that you can use during the Holidays...and after, to create more loving relationships with yourself and others. IG @lovingchallengers I am here to Lovingly Challenging you to step into your own personal power and create a life you love through... - one-on-one coaching - Weekly community calls - 6 Month Self-Love Journey --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Hello loves! Sharing some reflections just after my 45th bday... Mission: My purpose is to support more people to connect with their inner truth, and live a life aligned with their inner knowing (if this resonates with you, there's a truth that your body recognizes...it's already IN you!) Mushrooms: I share about my solo journey and the information that came up...and why/how I love holding space for people to develop their own relationship with this beautiful, consciousness-altering life form. Menopause: We need to talk about this phase of life more!!! I'm currently peri-menopausal and I believe it's a rite of passage and a part of why I am making certain changes in my life now. If any of this resonates with you - please message me directly to schedule a free one-on-one call (Megan@meganbhatia.com). I'll be opening up another Loving Challengers group soon and would love for you to find your soul-sister community as you continue on your unique journey of self-discovery, personal empowerment, and interconnection with the life around you! Connect with me on IG: @thelovingchallenger @lovingchallengers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

What are personal boundaries? How do you actually use boundaries? What is the risk of NOT understanding/using boundaries? Interested in going deeper into the topic of Boundaires? Join Megan for a FREE group call on Thursday, October 10th. DM @lovingchallegers on IG for the call link or use this link to set up a free call for 20 minutes of coaching. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Full transparency, I am lovingly challenging myself to share this one. It's super raw and emotional, as I was processing my life in real-time. The Loving Challenger podcast is a record of my life, and I'm proud of even the tough moments. And, sharing myself as I am, is my medicine. At the time of recording this I was navigating my first two weeks living on my own, with Marty out of the country for work, cleaning out the old apartment, my kids were sick, and then adjusting to a new school...add on top of that a very protective dog that goes crazy when anyone comes into the house. I hit max capacity of my nervous system. Please know, I'm totally good...better than good now. No need to check on me. Just witness me in a vulnerable state and let it give you permission to do the same...to be raw and vulnerable with yourself, to let out your emotions and show up as a present partner with yourself. Be a loving witness of yourself in the up and down moments, equally. At the end I share an invite to participate in sharing circles. I believe that sharing is healing...when done in a safe container. It's my desire to create these container for as many people as possible. If you are interested in participating, please set up a FREE 20 minute call with me and we'll take it from there. Sending you all love and trusting you are exactly where you are meant to be at this moment in time...and it will change again, as it always does. @thelovingchallenger @lovingchallengers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Anita Dickinson is a lifelong Meditation/Yoga/Primal Movement Practicer and Teacher as well as a Criminal Justice and Family Law Attorney. She's interested in nothing less than systemic, wondrous world-wide change, currently focusing on guiding safe and immersive Nature-Meditation retreats for “Westerner’s.” And, when not practicing law/meditation, you’ll find her endeavoring to be a conscientious farmer and land steward in rural Utah with her fabulous domestic-partner & hubby of 30yrs. Anita has been a close friend of mine for the last few years and I've learned SO MUCH from her about meditation and I'm beyond excited to share this conversation with you! Major themes: (approx min markers) 4 - Micro-hit practices: Taking meditation off the mat 10 - Metabolizing the Present moment: The power of awareness 19 - The limitation of the Guru model in Meditation 23 - Practical techniques for meditating in different situations 32 - Finding your own path in meditation 34 - Incorporating Movement and self-love in meditation 38 - Breaking free from Traditional meditation models 41 - Bringing Present moment awareness to daily life 45 - The importance of self-compassion and self-awareness in daily life 57 - Awakening your inner Buddha: Everyone has the capacity Connect with Anita here to learn about her retreats and meditation classes here: www.enterzenhere.com or IG - @enter_zen_here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Lea Dawn is an attachment and relationship "thera-coach", international speaker, writer, and workshop facilitator, who specializes in anxious attachment relationship issues, attachment theory, relational trauma, and complex PTSD. She is certified in Neuro-Fit and a graduate of the IFS Circle, Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT Level 1), and ISTA Level 1. Lea’s ultimate mission is to compassionately help people learn the skills they were never taught by parents or schools to create and sustain securely attached, fulfilling, and empowered relationships. This was such a fun, inspiring and informational conversation and I'm so excited to share it with you! 4:20 Lea’s Journey and Mission 10:50 - Understanding the Nervous system 24:00 - Victim Consciousness and Power Literacy 30:25 - Taking Accountability and Healing 36:00 - The Healing Power of Holding Space 43:20 - Understanding and Navigating Inner Conflict 50:00 - Reclaiming Personal Power Secure Love Atlas visual Connect with Lea here: www.LeaDawnLove.com IG: @lea.dawn.love ---------------- The Loving Challengers podcast is dedicated to bringing you new tools and frameworks to challenge the status quo so you can create your own way of relating, loving, working and living. @lovingchallengers FREE 20 minute call with Megan Bhatia - click here --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Learn how to step out of drama, and truly empower yourself, using Karpman's Drama Triangle Framework. From victim to creator, persecutor to challenger and hero to coach...there is always a way to transform powerlessness into empowerment. I have used this tool almost every day since I learned it, and my clients end up saying the same thing. It does take a while to master the role switches, so feel free to reach out for additional support! Here's the link to schedule a free 20 minute connection call with Megan! More about how to master the role changes with these short episodes: Victim to Creator Villain to Challenger Hero to Coach Connect with Megan on IG - @LovingChallengers @TheLovingChallenger --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Tonya Webster (www.establishingher.com) shares her wisdom about the 4 archetypes of the menstrual cycle: Maiden, Mother, Enchantress & Crone...and how to go with your flow, literally! Some of the topics we cover are: - The Crone: Grounded in Body, Connected in Spirit - The Maiden: Empowered and Energized - The Mother: Nurturing and Collaborating - The Enchantress: Subconscious Reflection & Shadow Work - Supporting Girls in this Rite of Passage - Grieving & Embracing the Aging Process - The Establishing Her Program & Community - The Power of the Crone - a New Paradigm of Aging You can learn more about Tonya's Establishing Her program at www.establishingher.com and IG: @establishing_her ******************************** The Loving Challengers Community is for women who are disrupting the status quo in the way they live, love, work, relate, parent, and more! Set up a free 20 minute call to learn more about the community and see if it's a good fit for you! IG @lovingchallengers "I started working with Megan a couple of months ago with the initial intention of wanting guidance, coaching, and support as I seek to start my own business. Shortly after, I joined the Loving Challengers women’s group and these two offerings combined have given me more than I ever knew I needed. Through 1:1 coaching, I am gaining valuable and embodied insights to trust myself and take the steps necessary to start my own business, but even more to create a more liberated life. The group is a container that helps me feel deeply seen and held and brave. The two combined are allowing me to take risks, trust my intuition, and know in my bones that the life I want to create is possible." - Alice K. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

If you do not make room in yourself or your relationships for "no", you can't trust the "yes" to be authentic. Are you listening to your "no" or are you running over it? How can you make room and listen to your "no"...and then speak it? ******************************** The Loving Challengers Community is for women who are disrupting the status quo in the way they live, love, work, relate, parent, and more! Set up a ⁠free 20 minute call⁠ to learn more about the community and see if it's a good fit for you! IG @lovingchallengers "I started working with Megan a couple of months ago with the initial intention of wanting guidance, coaching, and support as I seek to start my own business. Shortly after, I joined the Loving Challengers women’s group and these two offerings combined have given me more than I ever knew I needed. Through 1:1 coaching, I am gaining valuable and embodied insights to trust myself and take the steps necessary to start my own business, but even more to create a more liberated life. The group is a container that helps me feel deeply seen and held and brave. The two combined are allowing me to take risks, trust my intuition, and know in my bones that the life I want to create is possible." - Alice K. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Hello Loving Challengers! I'm so excited to introduce you to Niki Corocan...a true phoenix, uncaged! Niki shares so openly and authentically from her own personal experiences, and has bravely walked her own path. Some of the topics we cover: - Religious Indoctrination - Learning to grieve & making peace her own way - Relationship with her own body & sexuality (purity culture) - Monogamy to open relating - Healing by accepting and loving previous versions of herself If you want to hear more from Niki, check out her podcast: Tales of a Trailblazer: Uncaaged and find her on IG @phoenix_uncaged - set up a call with her to connect! And, if you're interested in learning more about custom retreats with Megan in Costa Rica, set up an exploration call here. IG - @lovingchallengers --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Every living thing needs resources to survive...and even more to thrive. In this episode, Megan share what it means to be resourced, why it matters, and how to identify the unique resources YOU need to thrive! If you have been feeling alone and depleted by living outside of the status quo...consider Resourcing yourself with the Loving Challengers Community! The Loving Challengers Community is for women who are disrupting the status quo in the way they live, love, work, relate, parent, and more! Set up a ⁠free 20 minute call⁠ to learn more about the community and see if it's a good fit for you! IG @lovingchallengers "I started working with Megan a couple of months ago with the initial intention of wanting guidance, coaching, and support as I seek to start my own business. Shortly after, I joined the Loving Challengers women’s group and these two offerings combined have given me more than I ever knew I needed. Through 1:1 coaching, I am gaining valuable and embodied insights to trust myself and take the steps necessary to start my own business, but even more to create a more liberated life. The group is a container that helps me feel deeply seen and held and brave. The two combined are allowing me to take risks, trust my intuition, and know in my bones that the life I want to create is possible." - Alice K. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Fear - we all feel it. It's a human experience. The biggest factor around fear is how you relate to it. This TLC short, I share a bit of my own experience around fear and self-doubt. What is YOUR relationship to fear? The Loving Challengers Community is for women who are disrupting the status quo in the way they live, love, work, relate, parent, and more! Set up a ⁠free 20 minute call⁠ to learn more about the community and see if it's a good fit for you! IG @lovingchallengers "I started working with Megan a couple of months ago with the initial intention of wanting guidance, coaching, and support as I seek to start my own business. Shortly after, I joined the Loving Challengers women’s group and these two offerings combined have given me more than I ever knew I needed. Through 1:1 coaching, I am gaining valuable and embodied insights to trust myself and take the steps necessary to start my own business, but even more to create a more liberated life. The group is a container that helps me feel deeply seen and held and brave. The two combined are allowing me to take risks, trust my intuition, and know in my bones that the life I want to create is possible." - Alice K. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Loving Challenger (definition): Someone who is deeply connected to their inner knowing, who challenges the status quo by embodying a new way of living, loving, relating, working, parenting & being in the the world. Synonym: System Changer, Paradigm Breaker Step 1: Align your mind, body, heart and spirit to connect to your deep inner knowing (Self-Love Journey) Step 2: Share your wisdom with the world and inspire others to do the same! ******************************** The Loving Challengers Community is for women who are disrupting the status quo in the way they live, love, work, relate, parent, and more! Set up a ⁠free 20 minute call⁠ to learn more about the community and see if it's a good fit for you! IG @lovingchallengers "I started working with Megan a couple of months ago with the initial intention of wanting guidance, coaching, and support as I seek to start my own business. Shortly after, I joined the Loving Challengers women’s group and these two offerings combined have given me more than I ever knew I needed. Through 1:1 coaching, I am gaining valuable and embodied insights to trust myself and take the steps necessary to start my own business, but even more to create a more liberated life. The group is a container that helps me feel deeply seen and held and brave. The two combined are allowing me to take risks, trust my intuition, and know in my bones that the life I want to create is possible." - Alice K. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Yes, this is the last Amory podcast. But...there's something new coming too! Marty, Kyle and I started this podcast in August of 2019. That was almost 4 years ago. A lot has changed in those four years. I am beyond grateful for what we created here, and for all of you who have connected with us here. I am completing Amory podcast, but opening up a larger conversation. I'm looking to connect with even more people who are challenging the status quo and breaking out of the normative paradigm of the systems undergoing major change right now. Stay tuned for The Loving Challenger, and in the meantime, feel free to share any comments, questions, feedback or anything that you've gained from Amory. The new IG handle is @lovingchallenger (main) or @thelovingchallenger (personal). If YOU are a Loving Challenger and want to join the community, send a DM on IG and I'll share more information. Thanks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Hello friends! There is going to be SO MUCH to take from this conversation with Shai Fishman and Lea Dawn from Leveled Up Love. They not only share their own personal experience in non-monogamy, they have amazing frameworks to support you in your journey no matter where you are at. They have a holistic team approach to open relationship Thera-coaching and I'm personally so thrilled to be a part of their amazing network! Watch their FREE WEBINAR - From PolyAgony To PolySecurity Shai Fishman is the founder of Leveled Up Love, an international CNM/ENM community and education platform. His programs have supported thousands worldwide to thrive, not just survive, in more secure open relationships. He is the creator of live events such as The Open Love Experience and RelateFest. He also developed S.P.A.R.C. a simple step-by-step process, for expressing, examining, and resolving open relationship conflicts faster. Shai struggled through decades of monogamy. After the standard guilt, shame, and stagnation, he had to give open relating a try. But opening up his marriage had its unique challenges and he was far from prepared, so he struggled needlessly! After 13 years, some hard-won lessons, and advice from top experts, he became passionate about sharing all of his knowledge with those who need it. Shai is the creator of The Secure Poly Protocol, a transformative, holistic team approach to open relationship Thera-coaching! Lea Dawn is an attachment and relationship "thera-coach", international speaker, writer, and workshop facilitator, who specializes in anxious attachment and “poly-anxious” relationship issues. intersections of alternative and open relationships, attachment theory, relational trauma, and complex PTSD. She draws upon her rich 7-year journey through consensual non-monogamy and living in an expanded family to share the robust toolbox she gained throughout her own experience of poly panic. Lea uses her deeply self-studied lenses of parts work (Internal Family Systems or IFS), inner child work, attachment theory, nervous system regulation, neuroscience, Non-Violent Communication (NVC), boundaries work, shamanism, and therapeutic plant medicine to help coaching clients become aware of, explore, and heal their relational wounds and overcome challenging behavioral patterns. She is an advocate of the poly-anxious and HSPs overwhelmed by the challenges of open relating. Lea’s ultimate mission is to compassionately help people learn the skills they were never taught by parents or schools to create and sustain securely attached, fulfilling, and empowered relationships. She is certified in Neuro-Fit and a graduate of the IFS Circle, Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT Level 1), and ISTA Level 1. www.amorypodcast.com IG @amorypodcast --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Jackie Titus shares her polyamorous journey over the last few years, with the main focus of how she and her 2 partners sought 3-way legal custody of their baby boy. Jackie also shares about her challenging coming out process as both bi-sexual and polyamorous, coming from a religious background that does not support either of these. I'm sure you'll see why I asked Jackie to share her story...she's a wonderful example of what can happen when you believe something's possible AND take action to make it so! She and her partners are stepping into new legal territory as trailblazers and I'm sure there will be many to follow. If you want to reach Jackie directly (with questions or as a professional voice coach): IG: @genuinelyjackied LA-based Birthing center: IG: @gracefullbirth She recommended listening to a previous Amory podcast - here are the additional show notes from that show with Dr. Heath Schechinger. Here's the link to that episode. If you're looking for support in your poly journey, please reach out on IG @amorypodcast or @thelovingchallenger --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support

Jessica Fern's first book, PolySecure, rocked my world and started me down my path of Self-Love. Her 2nd book, Polywise, authored with David Cooley is just as revolutionary - right in the sweet spot of polyamory and personal growth. I appreciate both Jessica and David's candid honesty regarding their own personal life paths and how they have gained the knowledge they included in the book. What a conversation! FYI - part of the episode we had to cut because we lost connection with Jessica. In my edits, I accidentally cut out the part where David says how you can find him. Please find him directly at www.resortativerelationship.com Jessica Fern is a Psychotherapist, Coach, and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Jessica is the author of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma, and NonMonomgamy, The Polyseucre Workbook: Healing Your Attachment and Creating Security in Loving Relationships, and Polywise: A Deeper Dive Into Navigating Open Relationships. In her international private practice, Jessica works with individuals, couples, and people in multiple-partner relationships who no longer want to be limited by their reactive patterns, cultural conditioning, insecure attachment styles, and past traumas, helping them to embody new possibilities in life and love. Learn more at JessicaFern.com. (IG @Jessicafern411) David Cooley is a professional Restorative Justice facilitator, diversity and privilege awareness trainer, and bilingual cultural broker. He is the creator of the Restorative Relationship Conversations model, a process that transforms interpersonal conflict into deeper connection, intimacy and repair. In his private practice, David specializes in working with non-monogamous and LGBTQ partnerships, incorporating a variety of modalities including trauma-informed care, attachment theory, somatic practices, narrative theory, and mindfulness-based techniques. ⁠www.resortativerelationship.com Looking for more love in your life? Start with yourself? The next Self-Love Journey starts in January 2024! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thelovingchallenger/support