Before you listen, I want to be so clear: this isn’t just about hyping you up to do marathon or to take ice baths. Those are great, but they’re not the only hard things that change you.

There’s a lot of other things that nobody will notice (or cheer for!) at first: like going to therapy, or putting yourself out there when you might get rejected, or keeping your promises to yourself even though no one is watching. They’re not as aesthetic and you don’t walk away with a Strava score that you can post on socials - but the ways they change your life matter just as much.

This episode is about learning to rewire our brains so that we actively welcome hard things instead of just tolerate them, and of course the practical tools that have been helping a scaredy cat like me start craving hard things more x

links:

• Dopamine Nation - by Anna Lembke
• Stanford GSB "Last Lecture Series" - Graham Weaver
• Study Writeup - Alia Crum
• Study Writeup - Katy Milkman
• The Power of One More - Ed Mylett

♡ more links!

• BSD on Instagram
• BSD on Substack
• Danielle on Instagram

Walking down memory lane today through my time as a full time yoga teacher but just know... this one is for anyone who is building something with their name on the door.

Because all the Instagram posts yelling "you are too creative for a 9-5" do have a point - but what they don't talk about is the unromantic side of being your own boss. It's a crash course in self-development, and it will test you more than you could ever have expected.

So today, I want to share seven things I wish someone had told me at the start of my wellness career - and most of them have nothing to do with yoga x

♡ more links!

• BSD on Instagram
• BSD on Substack
• Danielle on Instagram

As we move through our 20s and into our 30s... I think we've all gone through specific moments when we've outgrowing our old self and we've left old version of ourselves behind. And often, it feels disorientating and awkward and really, really painful.

But sometimes the hardest part of it is feeling guilty because you used to love your life!!! You used to be so driven to reach for the dreams that you now have... but you're in a place where it doesn't fit the way you thought, and you don't know what's next for you.

So if you feel like you've outgrown the person you were but you're also not the person you want to be yet - you're not alone xo

Links:

Lady Lady by Olivia Dean

Messy Middle by Scott Belsky

How Emotions Are Made - Lisa Feldman Barrett

Rites of Passage by Arnold Van Gennep

Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest

♡ more links!

• BSD on Instagram
• BSD on Substack
• Danielle on Instagram