{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fb92eccff-7b4e-490b-a7ef-13b022b946f6","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Putting Down Your Pom-Poms","description":"When you\u2019re on a plane, there's a reason why they say to put on your own oxygen mask first. Because we can\u2019t help ourselves, never mind assisting anyone else, if we can\u2019t breathe. \n\nThis analogy also translates perfectly into our everyday lives. If we\u2019re constantly giving so much to others first, our life can get and feel way out of balance. \n\nThis can lead to us becoming sick, overwhelmed, resentful, or filled with a \u201csecret\u201d kind of rage that is just burning up inside. A rage that you probably won\u2019t turn on other people because that's not what \u201cnice people-pleasers\u201d do, right? Ha!\n\nInstead people often turn it on themselves and become martyrs, passive aggressive, or our body literally breaks down and we physically become ill. If we only ever cheerlead others and don\u2019t stay in self-integrity with taking the time for ourselves, and keeping our word to ourselves, then we eventually pay the price one way or another. \n\nToday on The Karen Kenney Show, we\u2019re talking about finding the balance between being a \u201cBalcony Person\u201d and putting our pom-poms down once in a while long enough to save some energy to cheerlead ourselves.\n\nThe reality is we can\u2019t give to others from an empty well. We can\u2019t ignore the call of our own creative hearts. Don\u2019t be afraid to take a step back and do the things you love most for yourself. \n\nThis doesn\u2019t make you selfish, this makes you self-integral, it means you value yourself and have self-love and it creates the space, so you can once again pick up your pom-poms and cheer others on.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/22c50850-e75c-4734-b25e-87faf90de9ff/2026-Podcast-Artwork-512KB.jpg"}