Have you been in a season of massive upheaval or heartache?
Then I’ve got something today for you.
Because it is so easy to forget about taking care of yourself during this time.
Which is why I asked Faith Hunter, a spiritual resilience teacher, to share about her journey overcoming deep relational heartache to healing, and her transformation through self-care and self-worth practices.
Faith candidly opens up about her holistic self-care approach, relying on mantras, music, and nature to stay grounded through turbulent times.
Join us as Nicole and Faith share their experiences with heartbreak and explore the importance of embedding self-worth practices into daily routines.
Faith Hunter is a global yoga and meditation instructor, wellness philanthropist, movement motivator, healing guide, and music head. She is the architect of Spiritually Fly™, a life philosophy that awakens the brilliance within the soul, and uses the ancient technologies of breath, movement, sound (chanting & music), and stillness in a fresh and modern way to encourage students to live the life they desire.
Faith Hunter began her practice of yoga and meditation in the early 90s to manage the stress and emotional pain of her older brother dying of complications related to AIDS. Through mindfulness, personal reflection, and deep personal practices, Faith was able to release her fears and experience an awakening from within.
“If I’m not transparent in this moment, then I feel like I would be hiding such a huge aspect of who I am and what I share and put out in the world. If I’m talking about self-love, self-care, self-worth, and saying, here are all the tools that I’ve been using, but then I’m not sharing that I’ve been dealing with something for ten months or longer, it would just seem so hypocritical.”
“The other routine, another practice that I’ve incorporated, is really dedicating personal time to just slow down and do nothing. Just ultimate lazy girl, soft life.”
“One of my teachers always reminded me, I can’t show up to the front of this room to share these practices if I’m not fully immersed in these practices. So from there, I just started to craft my own way of moving through challenges and pulling together all the different tools that I needed, and because I am a teacher and a guide, I had certain things in my toolbox, so when I’m feeling this way, that tool works, and so on.”
“Walking outside has been extremely healing for me because it’s just being outside, of course, but having the water, and seeing the water, I’m always reminded of my intentions. If I am struggling with something, I leave it there. I don’t take it home.”
NICOLE
Welcome to The School of Self-Worth, a podcast for ambitious women who know they are worthy of an astoundingly great life. Join us weekly as we get on the right side of your intuition, redefine success, and reclaim your self-worth. I’m your host, Nicole Tsong, an award-winning journalist who left it all behind to become a bestselling author of three books and work/life balance expert, helping ambitious women unlock their intuition and step into a life of fulfilment and radical joy. Every single week, I will bring you diverse and meaningful conversations with successful women from all walks of life who share insight about what it takes to be brave, joyful, and authentic every day. Every episode is thoughtfully designed to leave you feeling empowered with tangible tips and advice that will lead you to your next breakthrough.
Hello, friends. Welcome back to the School of Self-Worth. I’m your host, Nicole Tsong. Today, I get to connect you with Faith Hunter, a powerful teacher and leader whom I met years ago at the White House Easter Egg Roll. And yes, we will talk more about what it was like to go to the White House Easter Egg Roll. I have followed Faith on social media ever since we were first connected, and not too long ago, she shared a vulnerable story about the end of a relationship. It got me to thinking about how relationships are such an important vehicle for transformation. So I asked Faith to come on and to share her story, which she did for the first time ever.
She and I had such a fun, deep conversation about how essential it is to care for yourself during times of deep challenge, and she shares some really incredible wisdom and how she did exactly that when her relationship came to an end. Get ready for a tremendous amount of insight and so much power from this amazing woman. And if you’re a high-achieving career woman who wants the step-by-step to the secret language of intuition, DM me secret, I have got something for you.
Okay, let’s get into this beautiful conversation, friends. I am so excited to have Faith Hunter here with us on the School of Self-Worth. Faith, welcome!
FAITH HUNTER
Thank you. Thank you. So good to see you, Nicole.
NICOLE
You too, oh my gosh. So Faith and I go way back. Like, we were having to talk about the years the Obamas were in office because that is the time we knew each other. So Faith and I met, I’m pretty sure at my first White House Easter egg roll, which was in 2013. So do you remember your first one? Because we met at a White House Easter egg roll.
FAITH HUNTER
I think it was probably the year before, so maybe 2012. Yeah, I did almost all of them, which is incredible. And we had this just epic experience where we got to go to the White House lawn and teach yoga to kids, and there’s like 30,000 people every time. I was trying to explain it to someone the other day, and they’re like, “How did 30,000 people do that?” And I was like, well, there’s five rounds. All these people get a quick break. Wave after wave of children in fluffy dresses. It’s really girls in fluffy dresses and boys in cute little suits and the whole thing.
NICOLE
So much seersucker. I mean, like, my goodness, yes.
FAITH HUNTER
A lot of Seersucker. And famous athletes, and it was just this whole throng of movie stars.
NICOLE
Yeah, I know. Who’s the most famous person you saw?
FAITH HUNTER
Will Smith, the year that now I can’t even think of. Willow was there whipping her head back and forth.
NICOLE
I missed that. I definitely missed that. I’m so sad. I mean, although obviously the Obamas are, like, the very famous people who are there, but you didn’t necessarily see them. So I know you got to meet Michelle the last year.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, last year.
NICOLE
Anyway, so we go way back. We have this whole time for when we did Easter egg roll, and then I’ve just followed Faith online since because she still teaches yoga. And then, Faith, you shared recently, actually, on your Instagram about an experience you had in a relationship, and what you shared online really resonated with me around how you had to just go through this whole journey around experiencing the end of that relationship and picking yourself back up to be whole and complete again. That’s kind of my summary of what I read from you, and it just pinged in me because I think at the time, too, those of you who listen to the podcast regularly, know I had my dating coach on, a few episodes back, and we were talking a lot about my own self-worth journey, going through divorce during COVID, during the pandemic, and then coming back out dating again. Then I got married this year, and I just really felt like I wanted to have that conversation with you, Faith, because it’s a conversation, the dating world, especially when you’ve been through a few relationships, it can feel really hard after a while. You’re like, “I just cannot do that again”.
I was talking with a friend the other day who told me when she got divorced at 35, she was like, “Wait, I’m not supposed to be single anymore. This isn’t supposed to happen to me”. And I think that experience can happen for a lot of women. I’m just opening up the conversation, Faith, for you, because you said you don’t normally share this kind of stuff online, and yet you were open to having this conversation with me about what prompted you to want to share about that experience, and what that self-worth journey has been like for you.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, well, first I want to say thank you for just following me and just even seeing that post, and I’m glad that it resonated with you, and the fact that it did resonate with you, because I value you, and I just think you’re a really cool person.
I was like, “You know what? Yeah, I think I’ll have this conversation and go a little bit deeper”. But the thing I feel that prompted me to actually share it online is I was triggered because over the past ten months, and before we even got on this call, I was sharing that I live in New Orleans, so I don’t live in DC, where I previously was. So to add a little backstory, I had lived in DC and New York for almost over half of my life, right? And so now picking myself up, my entire life and relocating to New Orleans. Previously, I relocated to where my ex was living, in North Carolina, because in my head and my heart, I was thinking this is someone I am going to be with for the rest of my life. I really felt that that’s the only reason why I picked up and moved. I’d never done that for anyone else. Anyone else. So going through that whole experience and then picking myself up out of that experience or taking myself out of that experience and relocating to New Orleans, I’d spent months just kind of going through my own thing and dealing with my own pain, and dealing with going to therapy and spiritual therapy and doing all the practices that you and I know how to do, in order to somewhat sustain ourselves. But then one day, I was triggered by a text message that I received from my ex, and I was like, “Block, I can’t do this. I can’t do this. The audacity”. So in that moment, I thought I don’t want to be one of those people on social media that shares everything and all these weird things, but then I am one of those teachers that is somewhat vulnerable, and my whole existence is helping people move through things. If I’m not transparent in this moment, then I feel like I would be hiding such a huge aspect of who I am and what I share and put out in the world. If I’m talking about self-love, self-care, self-worth, and saying, here are all the tools that I’ve been using, but then I’m not sharing that I’ve been dealing with something for ten months or longer, it would just seem so hypocritical. So after that little trigger I had to let this go. And it really was powerful, because it freed me a little bit more from the situation.
NICOLE
Yeah, thank you so much for sharing that. I feel like for people who have a public presence in some form, it is a challenge because you want to have your life be private and you also want to be honest and transparent and vulnerable about when things are hard or when things are challenging for you. So I appreciate that you decided it was time to say something. And you don’t have to say too much or go into so much detail, but at least let people know that you are moving through something.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, and it’s really interesting because I feel like even just me saying that, there were times where, because I do have an online platform, during a certain period, I just didn’t have the energy to create content. I felt like they also needed that explanation because I never really gave it to them, why things kind of like slowed down on my part.
NICOLE
Yeah, I totally get that. I think sometimes the challenge for anybody who has a public presence, how do you manage when you are personally going through something and then sharing it when you’re ready, or at a time that feels correct versus when you have to actually just move through it? I was separated right before the pandemic, and I didn’t share about it online at all. I actually didn’t share about it until a year later when it was really clear we were on the path to divorce. We hadn’t filed yet, but we were pretty close to it. And we had been going through mediation and all these other pieces. But I remember at that time, I didn’t want to be somebody who dumps all my crap over the Internet, because just for personal reasons, I’m not willing to do that. And this is something that’s so big for my life. And there were kids, my step kids were involved. There was all this stuff going on, so I was just not going to do that. I wanted to be very honorable around our relationship and what it meant to me. At the same time, it’s like a huge thing, right? Getting married or being in a relationship generally becomes public in some form at some time. So I’m curious for you too, around the journey of that recovery and the self-worth, and I don’t know if you’re dating again, but that journey of coming back from a relationship that you thought was going to be the one that you’d stay in, be committed in for the rest of your life and what that practice of self-love for yourself has looked like?
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, well, how do I put it? I’m not seeing anyone special. I’ll get that out of the way first. I did decide to start going on dates over the summer. The breakdown of my relationship actually started a little bit over a year ago. So kind of like you, I almost waited an entire year before I shared. People knew that I relocated to New Orleans, but a lot of my personal life really wasn’t sitting all over the Internet, so they didn’t really know why I was moving to New Orleans. Once I moved here, there were a couple of pieces that really assisted me in just rebuilding my self-worth, because it was kind of trampled on. I don’t want to say it was destroyed, but I definitely took a nice little hit there.
Having my family here, because I’m from Louisiana, so being around my relatives, but very specifically my female cousins and one cousin, bless her heart and her soul, she held space for me for almost three weeks when I had to live in her house after moving, because I didn’t have any furniture for my apartment, it was in holding somewhere. I moved right in the middle of Christmas, so there were lots of delays in deliveries. So I’m in her house, she just held beautiful space and would sit on the sofa, and we would talk and eat and have wine and watch all these weird TV shows, and she just never complained. She would always just ask me what I wanted to do today. That was always a blessing.
The other thing that I feel was instrumental once I moved into my home where I am now, is that I had to establish a brand new routine. I tried a couple of things out, and now my entire spiritual practice and routine is totally different than what I did in DC. Completely what I had to redo when I moved to North Carolina. The one thing that has been really powerful, and I have shared this a little bit online, is that I walk at least three or four times a week, along the Mississippi River, because I can see the river, which was really important for me to see water. So I can see the river from my apartment. Then I walk through the French Quarter and walk along the river at least three times a week, at a minimum, three times a week. And that has been extremely healing for me because it’s just being outside, of course, but having the water, and seeing the water, I’m always reminded of my intentions. If I am struggling with something, I leave it there. I don’t take it home. I’ve been very intentional about ensuring that my home life is a safe, comfortable, loving and nurturing space.
The other routine, another practice that I’ve incorporated, is really dedicating personal time to just slow down and do nothing. Just ultimate lazy girl, soft life. Because we hustle. We hustle all the time. And so I was just like, you know what? I’m just going to pause, and I didn’t really do much of that when I lived on the East Coast. So, yeah, maybe it’s just being in Louisiana, this laissez fair kind of know, encouraged me to slow down.
NICOLE
Yeah, that softening. I love what you’re saying. When you’re on the walks, you actually are working on what to let go of there, and really leave it behind. I’m assuming that’s like thoughts and things that are not serving you, and taking you down?
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, and my walks are very intentional, so they’re not on my calendar, I don’t schedule them. I just go when the weather feels nice, or I feel it’s a perfect day to go. Sundays turn out to be some of the best days, because I’m usually not that busy. But when I take them in the middle of the week, I feel like they are extremely healing as I’m stepping away from the work life and just giving myself time again, like you said, to soften.
NICOLE
Well, I’m interested because I feel like as someone who runs your own business, it could have been pretty easy for you in that breakdown to just kind of throw yourself into work. But it sounds like you didn’t do that, actually?
FAITH HUNTER
Well, I did in a little way. I mean, I’m a Virgo mixed with Capricorn, so I can’t help myself. I find I am doing a lot of work, but it’s in the creative sense. I have churned out so many videos. I mean I’ve never posted so much on YouTube ever in my entire life. I’ve never really cultivated my YouTube channel at all. I just kind of threw stuff up every three months or whatever, but since moving here, my creative juices have just been flowing. I think that is a result of the ease and the softness, because I was very intentional with ensuring that my second chakra, my womb, my whole feminine essence, was restored. I am cleansing this realm of my body of anything that may be attached. Right. Any soul attachments. I am going to pour love into this realm, then as a result of that, things open up.
NICOLE
That’s so powerful. What would you say for yourself then? Do you feel like you learned about your self-worth and yourself, going through that process of the breakup?
FAITH HUNTER
I think probably one of the biggest lessons is that I’ll be okay, because, wow, when I think about being my age, I mean, a lot of people think I’m like somebody in their 30s or something. I’m like, “Honey, I haven’t seen 30 in so long”. At the time, I was 52. Thinking, “Oh, my God, I am 52. Oh, my God, I’m starting this all over again, I am an old lady. I can’t be doing this. It’s too painful”. Right? But then I’m like, you’ll get through this, you will survive, and you will be okay, and you’ll love again. I think that is the other piece around the being okay, is that I’ll love again. My heart’s not broken. I’m still open. It just needs to heal a little bit.
NICOLE
Totally. That’s something I often thought about when I was going through the split, too. It’s like, I’ll love again, and not only will I love again, but then getting to open up can actually be better because it’s hard when you’re with somebody you really loved. You thought that that was what it was like to love that deeply, and then to remember and to reclaim for yourself, you can love again, because obviously the heart is so infinite.
I was walking with my dog the other day, and I was thinking how she has such infinite love capacity. She loves everybody. She doesn’t care what you do. She always has more space for more. My dog is just a really good reminder of that, because it’s true for all of us, we always have space for more. What shuts us down are these old experiences that make us feel like it’s broken or it’s not going to heal, or I’m done because I can’t take it anymore. Versus the idea that actually, (and some of my teachers and I talk about this a lot) when your heart breaks, it cracks open and it’s bigger. It has more capacity, actually, for love after that. But in the real world experience, it can be pretty hard to remember that. You’re like, “What? That was awful. What do you mean there’s room for more?” But that is something I had to really come around to, that you can have more expansive love, especially after heartbreak.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, absolutely.
NICOLE
Yeah. Well, I’m curious for you, because I would love to hear a little bit more even just about your own story of the self-worth journey previous to this, because that’s obviously just one very small chunk of Faith’s life. Could you tell us a little bit more about just how that even began for you? I’m assuming, like most of us, you may not have grown up with lots of self-worth practices, or maybe you did. Maybe you’re like an outlier, where that is what happened?
FAITH HUNTER
No, I think probably the only major self-worth practice, and I don’t even think I called it a practice, was this level of reassurance that I definitely had an extremely, extremely supportive dad. I feel like he was always pumping my head up, especially in those moments where I’m like, “Oh, my God, I just slammed my entire face into the floor in gymnastics class”. He’s like, “It’s going to be okay. You’ve got this”. So having him around was always this sweet reminder. Interestingly, I was telling my brother this maybe a week or two ago. We love our mom to death, but there was just something special about my dad. My dad’s no longer with us, but it was something special about him in the way that he would communicate to us and the way he would definitely inspire me to take the next step and be brave, and I think that having that level of confidence really aided me in taking chances. I remember growing up in a really small town in Louisiana in the middle of the country, and saying, “You know what? I want to move to New York. I want to move to DC. I want to live in a totally different place”. And my mom freaked out. My dad was like, “Oh no, she can do it. This is what she’s supposed to do, right? She’s supposed to go and live her life”. I was like, “Yeah, that’s right”.
Over time however, once I became a yoga teacher, I had to develop self-worth practices. And those were actually unfortunately or fortunately, however you want to see it, as a result of being in a marriage. I mean, I was married at a really young age, and my partner ended the marriage. He wanted a divorce, and we weren’t together that long. The running joke is that we were only married a year, but I’m like, “No, technically it was two years”.
But going through that, I was just like in ultimate shock, right? Fortunately, I was deep in my yoga practice. I hadn’t done yoga teacher training at all, but I never really moved through any of those feelings fully until I started my yoga teacher training journey. Once I started that, everything that I was feeling in that moment as a young 20 year old, started to bubble up. And I’m like, “Oh, my God, I have spent almost six or seven years suppressing all of those feelings. I need to do something about it.” As a result, I ended up going to therapy, diving into that a lot more, and connecting with so many amazing teachers and guides that just shared with me different ways to support myself. One of my teachers always reminded me, I can’t show up to the front of this room to share these practices if I’m not fully immersed in these practices. It’s deeper than the Asana, of course. It’s your heart and your spirit. Are you keeping that whole? And I was like, that’s powerful. So from there, I just started to craft my own way of moving through challenges and pulling together all the different tools that I needed, and because I am a teacher and a guide, I had certain things in my toolbox, so when I’m feeling this way, that tool works, and so on. What do I need to sustain myself? It’s not even just about when something challenging is happening, but also in those moments, kind of where I’m sitting now, I’m feeling so much better. But I also have to continue to cultivate those feelings. I have to maintain that foundation that I’ve created and so really relying on a variety of tools. But it definitely kind of kick-started my self-worth, self-love journey when I was in teacher training, because I had things bubbling up.
NICOLE
I always think about self-worth practices during the good times too, because when the hard times come, you need them in place, before you start falling apart and then decide you’re going to start with it. I mean, you can start it at any time, but if you can really do it when things are good, you’ll be in a much better position when things are tough. Yeah, because tough always happens.
FAITH HUNTER
It’s really interesting. Friends of friends, since I’ve moved here, and people that have known me over the years but are not my close friends, they’re close friends to my relatives and they’re like, ”Oh, my God, how are you doing? How are you feeling?” And I reply, “I’ll have my days, but most days, I’m pretty good”. And they ask, “But how?” And I’m like, “Because I’ve already had these practices. My foundation was whole. It wasn’t completely devastated and destroyed. It was just shaken”. And I constantly use that word when I’m talking about it, “Oh, yeah, my life was just shaken up a little bit, so I just need to settle it back out”.
NICOLE
I like that analogy. I felt the same way too. What I’m getting from you is that your sense of wholeness and who Faith is, wasn’t killed off by that. It was more like being disrupted for a period. But you knew who you were. I felt that way during mine too. I was like “Well, I know who I am, but there’s just all these circumstances that are very difficult right now that I have to work my way through, and feel and experience, and then I’ll be fine because I know who I am.
FAITH HUNTER
Exactly.
NICOLE
That’s so powerful. But it is true once you start down that journey of it, then maintaining it is also such a journey. Right. It’s like saying, “Okay, I’m going to stay consistent”. And do you find when you’re going through times that are tough, you just stay consistent with what you already know? Or like you said, sometimes they change. And you still have baseline ones?
FAITH HUNTER
I definitely have some baseline ones. And I’ll just let your listeners and viewers know that my baseline ones are my mantras, like chanting my mantras. They are so essential, and I always use them in those moments first thing in the morning. When I’m really struggling, like I need to get out of my bed so I can walk my dog, so even before I roll out of the bed, I’ve done my gratitude. Because gratitude, meditation, I mean, that’s kind of like a standard, that’s a self-care practice. The next thing I do is I’ll grab my phone (and I’m a techie), so I turn on the music and it starts playing in the living room. That means you need to get your butt out of the bed. Okay, I get out of bed, start chanting with what’s playing, Right? And so that is like one of those steady things. Then of course when I moved here, I added something, which were the walks.
NICOLE
Well, and also what I was hearing too, is sometimes people don’t want to do the thing that makes them feel good. And we all do. I mean, me too. I don’t really want to do the thing that’s going to work. I’d rather just sit here and cry or eat something or do whatever. But I loved how you’re like the music plays, and then you know that it’s time to go, and there’s just something in there for people to get because they are habits, and I work with people a lot on building the habits. I really support them, but even on some days, the habits don’t work because you just don’t feel like it. Then you have to hold the line and say, “No, I’m going to do it because otherwise I will feel really crappy.”
FAITH HUNTER
Absolutely. And one thing I have to say, having a dog really forces you to get out of bed.
NICOLE
It’s true.
FAITH HUNTER
He’s like, “Come on, Mama, come on”. And he sleeps in the bed with me, so it’s like he starts moving around and I know, yeah, it’s time to go.
NICOLE
Yeah, my dog doesn’t take to ‘No walks!’. It’s just not an option.
FAITH HUNTER
It’s funny that we’re talking about dogs right now. Since moving her, he’s peed in this house way more, he’s had so many accidents, and part of it is because I’ve been in those days. I want to be transparent with people. It’s like, “No, it’s not perfect”. I’ve been in those days where I’m covers over my head, I’m staying in, or I’m going to get up in five minutes, and then I fall asleep. By then he’s already climbed out of bed somehow, and then he’s just chilling. Then I wake up and step in pee, and I know, he just had to go.
NICOLE
And I think of it as well, we have those days, and then we just draw the line of having those days every day.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, exactly. They get few and far between. And having a routine, regardless of what that routine is, having something that’s going to trigger me to take the next step. So even in those moments, if I’m already up and moving around, and then triggered by something or I’m reminded of something negative and I want to take myself down that rabbit hole, then I’m like, “No, what is the practice that’s going to pull me out?”
NICOLE
So do you have then, what sounds like an arsenal?
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, it’s a crazy toolkit for me, and again, this is just something that supports me. Music is really important for me, and so having it constantly playing so much that my neighbors are asking what I’m doing in there? I’m doing all the things, I’m working on myself over here. Just move on, move along. But, yeah, having music, like playing from morning till night is like my jam. So even in those moments where I’m struggling, sometimes I can’t do the mantras right then, so I need to listen to Tupac and then that’ll turn on. Or I’m like, I need to listen to my Afro beats because that’s going to get me dancing and get kind of, like shaking some of that stuff out of my physical body. And then I’m like, okay, all right, now I can work. I can put my Zen music on and drop back into whatever I’m doing, my writing or whatnot.
NICOLE
Yeah, I love that. Well, one of my teachers always says that one of the four forms of prayer is music, and so I always think of it that way, too. I think sometimes that people don’t do that very much, and we often like to hear from people what their tips are. I’m actually already just getting it’s like incorporating music into your self-care, whether it’s moving to music or just listening to it, but actually helping you, it shifts your mind, really, to listen to it.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, absolutely.
NICOLE
Yeah. So powerful. Well, Faith, I love your story. I love what you’re sharing with us and everything that you’re bringing. And so I’m curious. Let me listen for the next thing. I feel like there’s one last thing I’d love to hear from you around this on those days. So you have all these practices and all those things. What would you say in terms of what’s next for you? What does it feel like? What’s possible for you after all this healing and wholeness in your life? What do you see next for yourself?
FAITH HUNTER
I don’t want to say I’m projecting, but what I am keeping myself open for, because I do love being in partnership with someone and I enjoy really creating a safe, loving environment for someone. So I’m keeping my heart open and kind of like you said earlier, where you’re learned from that situation, and my heart is bigger. Yes, but also I’ve learned so much. Now as I step forward and I move into a new relationship, I know as a matter of fact, I am going to be better, like a better human being, period. I am going to not only be able to support, love, care for, communicate more effectively with my partner, but also that deep, intimate relationship I have with myself will be even better and even more refined and more aligned with who I am. It’s almost like these moments have allowed me to become an even better person. And it’s funny because I have friends that haven’t seen me in a while, so they only see me on social media, and they’re like, “Oh, my God, Faith, you sound and look amazing.” I’m like, “You know what? You’re right.” It’s almost like (and I hate to say it like that), but it’s almost like there was this layer of me that needed to be shed. And as a woman, especially as a woman of color, I don’t know if you feel like that sometimes, but it’s given me even more power to step into that.
NICOLE
Yeah. That’s so beautiful and profound. Really!
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah.
NICOLE
Well, isn’t that always it? It’s not like there’s anything to change. There is only more to reveal.
FAITH HUNTER
Yes. That gave me shovels more to be revealed.
NICOLE
Well, I love that you shared this journey with us because I am really excited to see where it goes, and I’m excited for you. I think that for me, it’s always the thing too. It’s like we reveal more of ourselves and then there’s so much more possibility for people to see you in a totally different way. So I’m so excited for you.
FAITH HUNTER
Oh, thank you. And congratulations. I didn’t get a chance to say that.
NICOLE
Thank you.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, that’s what’s possible, right?
NICOLE
Well, I wanted to be married and I wanted a partner, and you get to have all of those things. To have that kind of partnership, we do a relationship contract check in every quarter, and it’s so great. So connected and simple, and it’s like a touch up. Let’s just touch up how we’re feeling, because we got married in April.
FAITH HUNTER
It’s really new.
NICOLE
Yeah, it’s really new. But that’s what we’re committed to. Keeping the relationship in a good place requires us actually really checking in with each other. We did, and so we did the whole thing. Even though some of it’s repetitious for us, we still just go over everything. I’m like, well, I’m feeling this way, and he told me a little bit about how he was feeling, and it was great. The whole point is connection and commitment, and we did it. We did in half an hour. It used to take up to 3 hours, right? And now it was like, 30 minutes, and we can just get really reconnected into relationship. I love it, but I learned that from a really difficult situation which opened me to that.
Well, are you ready for our rapid fire questions?
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, let’s go. Okay.
NICOLE
What was the last thing you watched on TV?
FAITH HUNTER
Changeling.
NICOLE
I don’t know what that is.
FAITH HUNTER
It’s a spooky movie. Yeah.
NICOLE
Well, it’s ‘Tis the season. Yes.
FAITH HUNTER
I’ve been watching every episode, so it’s like every week. I’m like next Episode oh, my gosh.
NICOLE
Yeah. I can’t do scary things. So bravo to you on that.
Okay, well, what’s on your nightstand?
FAITH HUNTER
Well, typically there’s a glass of water, but I already drank it this morning, so it’s
like, combined.
NICOLE
Awesome. When was the last time you tried something new and what was it?
FAITH HUNTER
Tried something new? Oh my, now I’m thinking, I’ve tried new things here, but I think everything is related to food.
NICOLE
That’s okay.
FAITH HUNTER
I love food. I’m always trying new food. I mean it’s New Orleans. It’s some good food. It’s some real good food. But the best place that I’ve tried lately is this place called Rosalitas. And, oh, my God, the tacos. Amazing. They also do these spiked drinks with mescal in them, with watermelon and lemon, and it’s always good stuff.
NICOLE
Delicious. Sounds delicious. Okay, and then last one is what are your top three most used emojis on your phone?
FAITH HUNTER
Let’s see. The little yoga girl, of course. Oh, my God. Flowers. Some form of a flower, but I think usually the sunflower. I mean, it’s funny because that’s what I have on my altar right now. As I look to the right, it’s over there. Also either one of those little sparkly star things.
NICOLE
Yeah, I love the sparkly stars. I’m a big fan of the sparkly stars, too.
Well, Faith, it was so fun to reconnect with you this way, and how can people find out more about you and what you’re up to?
FAITH HUNTER
So the best place to go and grab everything and connect all the things is@faithhunter.com and all the links are there and all the things that I’m up to, and social media platforms and whatnot.
NICOLE
Awesome. And then on Instagram, that’s like your main platform for social media.
FAITH HUNTER
Yeah, on there, I’m spiritually fly on Instagram, and then kind of what I shared earlier is that I’m really trying to pump up my YouTube, and it’s actually been a fun, creative project. And so there I’m an official Faith Hunter. Official.
NICOLE
Yeah, because you’re doing yoga and meditations?
FAITH HUNTER
Well, it’s interesting because there’s a little yoga, there’s meditation, and then, again, moving here has allowed me to express a little more creatively, so I offer up tips. I get into a little astrology because that’s kind of like a little hobby of mine. I’m not good at it. Trust me, I shouldn’t say that. I’m good at looking at what’s happening and saying, okay, these are the practices that you can do. So that’s kind of my spin on things. Actually, before you and I got on the call, that’s what I was doing, about to post something for the lunar eclipse. So YouTube is like another main platform as well.
NICOLE
Awesome. I’m going to check it out. I want to see what you’re doing with the astrology. So that’s super fun.
Well, Faith, what a joy to have you on. So fun to connect with you this way. Thank you for saying yes to having this conversation with us on School of Self-Worth, and I’m so grateful for you.
FAITH HUNTER
Absolutely. I’m so excited that I had an opportunity to see you today, on a Monday. And it’s perfect. Normally, I don’t do calls and stuff like that on Mondays, but it was you, girl. It was you!
NICOLE
She was like, “I’ll do it”, and I am so grateful. Thank you.
Thank you so much for tuning into today’s episode. Before you go, don’t forget, if you are a high-achieving woman who wants to uncover your biggest blind spots preventing fast, intuitive decisions, I’ve got a 72-second assessment for you. So make sure to DM me quiz on at Nicole at Instagram. And thank you for being here and for listening. We read every note that we get from you about how the podcast is making a difference in your life. Please know how much we appreciate each and every one of you. Until next time, I’m Nicole Tsong and this is the School of Self-Worth.
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