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Episodes

Sept. 9, 2025

Episode 85- What Are You Storing?

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth , Sydney and Kelly dive into a conversation about the things we carry with us—memories, emotions, and experiences that shape who we are. Together, they explore how to...
Sept. 2, 2025

Episode 84- Transitions After Vacation

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly share strategies for making the transition from vacation to routine daily life. Sydney shares her 30th birthday experience Transitioning from vacati...
Aug. 26, 2025

Episode 83- Our Roots Connect Us

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly conclude their series on roots and personal growth. Growing our own roots is not isolating Trees communicate with one another Others help us in deep...
Aug. 19, 2025

Episode 82- Your Roots and Others

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly continue our series on roots and personal growth. We take a look at how our roots can have an impact on others. Rootedness as your source, connected...
Aug. 12, 2025

Episode 81- Using Your Roots

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly continue the series on rootedness. This episode explores practices, how inward and outward growth complement each other. Why care about our roots Gr...
Aug. 5, 2025

Episode 80- Intro to Rootedness

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly begin a series on Rooted-ness and growing inward and outward. In this episode we explain what we mean by rooted-ness and explore things that we are ...
July 29, 2025

Episode 79- Cooking Experience

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss their experience at a "Chinese Take-Out" cooking class. Overall good experience Would be fun to go with a group Very informative and well ta...
July 22, 2025

Episode 78- Kelly's Passion Topics

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly take a look at Kelly's passions, which include dreams and stories. Dreams Layers of Dreams Universality of Dreams Interpreting your dream Symbolism ...
July 15, 2025

Episode 77- Sydney's Passion Topics

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney shares what she is passionate about as Kelly gets to ask all the questions. Gentle Parenting Gentle parenting is not permissive parenting Gentle or sturdy par...
July 8, 2025

Episode 76- Anti-Boredom

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly take a playful yet, insightful look at boredom. Lack of interest, motivation, and engagement in the world around us Matching energy level to activit...
July 1, 2025

Episode 75- Interdependence

In this episode of An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth Sydney and Kelly have fun exploring the idea of interdependence. Interdependence: interconnected and mutual reliance in relationships to people and all creation Enviro...
June 24, 2025

Episode 74- Our Spiritual Journeys

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly share a bit of their personal spiritual journeys. Church as a part of childhood for Sydney Sydney had a rough patch being a part of the youth group,...
June 17, 2025

Episode 73- Millennials and Spirituality

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly take a look at what is unique about Millennials and their spirituality. Focus on personal journey Blend various traditions and faiths Online access ...
June 10, 2025

Episode 72- Development of the Image of God

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss how images people hold of God change through personal experiences and their spiritual journey. Exploring images or attributes, ideas and und...
June 3, 2025

Episode 71- Spiritual Development

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly begin a series on spirituality. This episode focuses on stages of faith development. How did I get here from there in my spirituality Foundations Ag...
May 27, 2025

Episode 70- Our Mental Health Journeys

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss their personal experience and journey with mental health. Openness to talking about mental health Mental health and mental well-being Kelly'...
May 20, 2025

Episode 69- Types of Therapy with Ana Maldonado, LPC, Part 2

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly continue their interview with Ana Maldonado, LPC, discussing different types of therapy. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing , EMDR Especi...
May 13, 2025

Episode 68- Types of Therapy with Ana Maldonado, LPC, Part 1

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly interview Ana Maldonado, LPC, discussing different types of therapy. This is part one of two episodes on this topic. Every theory has strengths and ...
May 6, 2025

Episode 67- Sleep and Mental Health

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly begin our month-long focus of Mental Health. This episode examines sleep and mental health. We both love our sleep! Sleep cycle and importance of ea...
April 29, 2025

Episode 66- Personal Tastes and Personal Growth

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore how personal tastes may change along with our personal growth. The Let Them Theory, by Mel Robbins What influences our preferences and taste...
April 22, 2025

Episode 65- Opera Experience

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly discuss their experience of attending the opera Madam Butterfly. A little history of Opera Modern Opera What to expect Helpfulness of reading notes ...
April 15, 2025

Episode 64- What Is Taxing?

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly play with the theme of tax season and have a conversation around things that can be taxing, things that are emotionally/physically/mentally stressfu...
April 8, 2025

Episode 63- April Showers Bring May Flowers

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly explore our own take on the old adage "April Showers Bring May Flowers." Listen for the cat at the 14 minute mark! Origin of the adage What are our ...
April 1, 2025

Episode 62- April Fool's, Quit Fooling Yourself!

In this episode of "An Incomplete Guide to Personal Growth" Sydney and Kelly have a bit of fun with April Fool's before diving into our more serious topic of how we fool ourselves. Signs of self-deception Cycle of fooling our...