The Art of Showing Up

What happens when you're the only one doing the repair work?
When accountability feels mandatory for you, but optional for them?
In this episode, Jes explores the quiet imbalance that happens when one person consistently reflects, apologizes, and grows...while the other deflects, reframes, or disappears.
This isn't about villainizing anyone. It's about clarity.
You'll hear this truth woven throughout:
"Accountability is not something you extract from someone. It's something they choose...or don't. And when they don't, you choose what happens next."
This episode is about releasing the chase...reclaiming your energy...adjusting your participation instead of negotiating your reality.
If you've ever felt exhausted trying to explain yourself into being understood...this conversation is for you.

Reflection Questions:
Where are you still waiting for someone else to validate what you already know?
What has chasing accountability cost you?
What would shift if you stopped waiting -- not in anger but in clarity?

Connect + Support:
If this episode landed in a place where you felt moved, I hope it helps you breathe a little bit better.
As always, follow, rate, and review the show -- be part of this wonderful little community's growth. And make sure to share this and any other episode with those you love and care about and on social media.
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**CONTENT NOTE**
Before you listen: This episode includes personal reflections on abuse/abusive relationships, panic attacks, and self-harm. No graphic details are shared, but the impact is discussed honestly. Please listen at your own pace and prioritize your emotional well-being.

This is not a gentle episode.
In this raw and deeply personal conversation, Jes speaks openly about settling into a life that was quietly killing her -- staying small, becoming the "yes-man," living inside an abusive relationship, experiencing panic attacks, and losing herself in the process.
This is a wake-up call for anyone living on autopilot.
For anyone functioning but not fulfilled.
For anyone whose body is screaming while their mouth keeps saying, "I'm fine."
You don't have to burn your life down. But you do have to make one move.

Reflection Prompt:
If you weren't afraid of being left, what would you change?

Connect + Support
If this episode found you at a place where you felt moved by the conversation, I hope it helps you breathe a little easier too.
As always, follow, rate, and review the show -- be part of this little community's growth. And make sure to share too.

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Website: https://www.theartofshowingup.org/

"Sometimes the hardest part of a moment isn't the moment itself - it's what hits afterward."
In this episode of The Art of Showing Up, Jes explores the experience of emotional hangovers - the quiet heaviness, fog, tenderness, or irritability that shows up after you've felt deeply, held space, had a hard conversation, or stayed present through something meaningful.
Emotional hangovers aren't weakness. They're processing.

If you've ever wondered, "Why did that wreck me later?" or "Why do I feel off when nothing is wrong?" or "why do i need electrolytes for my soul today?"
This episode is for you.

Reflection Reminder:
Emotional hangovers don't mean you did too much. They mean you showed up.

Connect + Support:
If this episode found you at the edge of something, I hope it helps you breathe a little easier.
As always, follow, rate, and review the show -- it helps others find their way here too.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.artofshowingup
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TAOSUpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thejessrick
Website: https://www.theartofshowingup.org/

There are moments in life when showing up doesn't mean trying harder -- it means letting go. In this raw and honest episode, Jes explores the courage it takes to release what's weighing us down: old versions of ourselves, relationships that no longer fit, dreams that once made sense but now keep us small.
Letting go isn't failure. It's transformation. It's not about forgetting or erasing what mattered -- it's about honoring it, grieving it, and creating space for what's next.
Through personal reflection, storytelling, and quiet truth-telling, Jes unpacks what happens in the moments before release, the grief that follows, and the peace that grows in ints place. Because sometimes, showing up looks a lot like setting something down.

Reflection Questions:
What are you still carrying that no longer belongs to the person you're becoming?
Where in your life could you choose peace over guilt -- and what might that open up for you?

Connect + Support:
If this episode found you at the edge of something, I hope it helps you breathe a little easier.
As always, follow, rate and review the show -- it helps others find their way here too.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.artofshowingup
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TAOSUpodcast
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thejessrick
Website: https://www.theartofshowingup.org/

In this episode, Jes dives into the heart-racing, stomach-flipping moment when a wild idea shows up - the kind that feels too big too bold, too chaotic, too out-of-your-league...and somehow still...exactly right.
This episode explores what it looks like to say yes before you feel ready, why the body panics when the soul expands, and how tiny acts of micro-bravery can build the courage needed to step into something new.
Jes shares the story of starting this very podcast -- how unprepared she felt, how much she doubted herself, and how choosing to say yes anyway, has changed her trajectory.
This is an episode for anyone who's sitting on a dream they're quietly terrified of, a calling they can't shake, or a wild idea that keeps tapping on their shoulder asking for a chance.

Listener Reflection:
What wild idea keeps tapping you on the shoulder -- and what is the smallest yes you can offer it today?

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thejessrick
Website: theartofshowingup.org

If this episode nudged you, grounded you, or encouraged the wild idea you've been afraid to name -- please share it with someone who needs the reminder that courage doesn't require readiness. It's how we keep this beautiful community growing and strong.