Flip the Script with Victoria Introductory Episode
Real, Not Sugarcoated: Victoria's Positive Perspective on Life's Struggles
On this episode of Flip the Script with Vic, host Victoria Nielsen challenges the notion that changing one's beliefs and perspectives is unacceptable. She believes that everyone has the power to achieve anything they want in life by prioritizing themselves and their dreams. The short and easy-to-digest podcast aims to provide a conversation that uplifts and inspires listeners, while encouraging personal growth and self-discovery.
In this inaugural episode, Victoria shares her experiences in unlearning societal programming to figure out who she is and what she wants. She discusses the importance of vulnerability and real connection and challenges societal learning around feminine shame and feelings.
Victoria talks about how the podcast will touch on topics like challenging societal norms, raising conscious boys, following our cyclical nature, and discussing personal experiences. Listeners are encouraged to take action and overcome fear to achieve their goals, and Victoria encourages a little bit of selfishness in prioritizing one's own happiness.
Overall, the episode provides a fresh perspective on self-acceptance and growth while acknowledging life's messy and misunderstood parts.
[00:01:45] How Victoria overcame fear, embraced easeful change.
[00:06:47] Real connection is about being vulnerable.
[00:08:00] Empowerment through self-belief and action.
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Victoria Nielsen [00:00:00]:
Welcome, guys, to flip the script with Vic. I am your host, Victoria Nielsen. Oh my gosh. I am so excited and nervous and excited that this is the inaugural episode of Flip the Script with Vic. I never thought I would have a podcast. I actually literally said to people that I would never have a podcast and I want to spend this first episode flipping the script on that idea, right? That we make a statement, we say a thing, and it's okay to change your mind and it's okay to change your beliefs and shift your perspective and flip the script on something that you previously thought. That's what I want this podcast to do is to be a place for you to come each week to maybe get a little nugget of wisdom or expand your mind or shift your perspective on something that you were really hard and fast about. Because we're here to grow and change.
Victoria Nielsen [00:00:58]:
We are just spiritual beings having a human experience and nobody knows what the fuck they're doing. I don't even know what the fuck I'm doing. But I'm just here sharing my human experience with you, hoping that it will connect from my heart to yours, because I know how lonely it can feel in this crazy world. And I'm searching for that bit of connection too, right? So here I am, and here we are together. I would have been too scared to start this podcast years ago. I was too scared to start this podcast years ago. And so I said instead that I would never have a podcast. And it wasn't because I had nothing to say and it wasn't because I was not ready to be fully in front of people.
Victoria Nielsen [00:01:45]:
It was because I was afraid of being misunderstood. And so when I got to the core of that why and flipped the script on that and on the ease that having a podcast could create in my life and that the creation of the podcast could be easeful, I shifted my perspective. I changed my idea. And I think that's the core of what I want to bring to each week is that these little things can make lasting change in your life. That it doesn't have to be this big, AHA, movie moment, movie montage of going from here to there, right? It's not always super sexy. It's the little choices that you make every single day that add up in the long haul. And so every day for three years, I have been working on myself since a miscarriage in 2018 that completely shattered my world, that I'm sure I will have its own podcast episode about. I, every day now work on growing and shifting and changing and evolving because my eyes were open to the fact that that's what we're here to do and we're here to make mistakes and change our minds and do things differently.
Victoria Nielsen [00:02:54]:
And so that's part of why I flipped my own script on having a podcast is because I realized I am okay now with being misunderstood. I don't think I will be because I'm coming from my heart. And I know that there are so many of you out there that are looking for a friend like this, that you can have these conversations with that can maybe expand your mind a little bit and not be telling you what to do. I'm never here to tell you what to do. I'm here to just share what has happened for me and maybe provide that guiding light for you in a way that you need and that's fucking awesome. And if you tune into one episode and you're like, this isn't for me, that's awesome too. I think every single person is unique and has their own voice and unique thing to say in the world. And that's something else I want to do for you guys, is give you permission to do that, to be that, to figure it out.
Victoria Nielsen [00:03:48]:
Because we don't come into this world knowing we come into this world and then all of a sudden we're programmed with all of these thoughts and feelings from other people, from our parents, from our friends, from our teachers. And I have spent the last three years unlearning all of those things to figure out what the fuck I want. Who is Victoria and what does she have to say? And I know that I'm still figuring that out. And we'll use this podcast as a tool for that. I'm super big on tools and finding things that help you in a really easeful way. And so part of this may be my own therapeutic diary, and that's cool, but part of it too is going to be sharing some of the practical tools that I have used to move through miscarriage, to move through big emotions, to move through life, because life isn't easy and it's not supposed to be. And I don't want to sugarcoat it and act like, oh, I'm happy all the time. I am a very positive person.
Victoria Nielsen[00:04:46]:
You will find that if you journey along with me. But you've got to move through your emotions and feel them. You got to make your way through. And that's what I'm here to help you do too. That to see that maybe making friends with your fear or making friends with your feelings is not such a bad thing. And that when you do that, you discover yourself. And what a gift, because so many people are walking around out there not even knowing who they are. And I can say this because I was one of those people.
Victoria Nielsen[00:05:15]:
I was always the one that liked all the things my boyfriend at the time liked. So I would wear the type of clothes if they were like a skater or if they listened to rap music or whatever. It was like I adopted those hobbies and those things. I tried them on and I gave you full permission to try on things. But then let's discover what you actually like and not what your mom likes, the people around you like. And we're not about people pleasing here. We're about pleasing ourselves and about being a little bit selfish. And I have a whole episode planned about that word selfish because I really want to reclaim it.
Victoria Nielsen [00:05:54]:
I think actually being selfish is a really good thing because then you're putting yourself first, and once you put yourself first, then you can take care of other people, then you can take care of expansion and your dreams and so many other things. And I'm a mom of two now and I don't have a lot of time. So these episodes are going to be short and sweet so that you can listen to them and get on with your day and then maybe contemplate some of the things that we talk about together as you fold the laundry or as you drive to and from work. I don't want this to be another burden on your day. We have so many things in this life that are burdens on our day that take up so much of our time and I don't want that. I don't want this to be something that drags you down. I want it to be something that lifts you up. So I am always looking for topics of conversation that you want to talk about.
Victoria Nielsen [00:06:47]:
And I am so excited to be sharing myself with you. I recorded this first episode once already and I rerecorded it because I realized I wasn't being honest and real enough. I was saying all of the buzzwords and the cookie cutter things that they tell you to say, but that's not what real connection is about. Real connection is about being vulnerable and sharing ourselves and sharing the parts of ourselves that are messy and misunderstood and all of those things that we have been taught to feel shame around. I really want to undo a lot of that learning around feminine shame and our feelings and, yeah, the ways that we are in the world. So if you're about that too, if that's your vibe, this is your place. Because we're going to talk about some of those things, about following our cyclical nature and kind of not necessarily saying fuck you to the man, but a little bit right and making our own way in society and doing things differently, raising conscious little boys that know about moon cycles and periods. And we're going to talk about witchy shit and how I'm feeling some days and what's going on in my life.
Victoria Nielsen [00:08:00]:
And yeah, I just hope that you're along for the ride. And if you're still listening, I'm so appreciative of you taking the time and I can't wait to dive deeper next week. But if you take nothing else from this episode, it is that you can flip your own script on absolutely anything. You can change your mind about previously held beliefs. You have the power and the capacity to do anything you want in this life, and all it takes is you doing it and giving yourself permission to look fear in the face and say, fuck you. Because that's what I'm doing today. I looked my own fear of being misunderstood in the face and I said, fuck you. I'm doing this.
Victoria Nielsen [00:08:41]:
I'm doing this. I have a voice and I'm going to continue to use it. Because there were so many women years and years and years and years ago in my lineage that were unable to speak up for themselves. So this is for them. This is for me, this is for you. This is for every single woman who wants to be heard and seen and witnessed. I see you, I hear you, and I witness you, sister. Let's make shifts happen together.
Victoria Nielsen [00:09:11]:
I love you.
