Danielle Ireland

Danielle Ireland Tired of scrolling on your phone, feeling alone??? Let's talk. "The middle is messy, but that's where the magic happens."
~Brene' Brown

Your life's a story.

There's a clear beginning, you're living the middle, but what about the ending? What do you want your story to be? Through the power of story, I believe you can connect with yourself more deeply - to bravely connect with the world around you. If you want to read more about me, I'd be honored if you would visit my website (Launching June 30th!). There's a whole page dedicated to it. But since you'r

e here, let me take a brief moment to say a few things about myself:

I used to teach dance, and I've acted since I was 13 yrs old. I now work as a therapist. I spent the majority of my 20's worrying about what people thought. I struggle with fear and self-doubt on almost a daily basis. I'm dedicating this part of my life to the pursuit of joy, freedom, and living a life that is on purpose and on my terms (Please forgive the run on sentence). I am incredibly proud of this online community, and honored that you want to be a part if it too. My desire is to share stories, resources, and communities that have been helpful to me, with hope that it will help you find your own answers. Be the heroine/hero of your story. Let’s work together.

04/22/2026

You don’t need to be less or more.
You need to be known.

We tend to frame this as two separate fears:

“I’m too much.”
“I’m not enough.”

But what sits underneath both of them?

Loneliness.

Because if I’m afraid I’m too much…
I quiet myself.

If I’m afraid I’m not enough…
I hold myself back.

And either way—
I don’t let myself be fully known.

So even when life looks full on the outside,
there’s still distance on the inside.

✨ therapist hat on for a second ✨
this isn’t about confidence
it’s about connection

And here’s something worth gently questioning:

The people you’re worried might think you’re too much…
or not enough…

Do you even like them?

Would you trust their perspective of you?

Because a lot of the time,
we’re shrinking ourselves
for people we don’t even feel safe being seen by.

If you want a place to start shifting this, try this:

Journal prompt:
Where am I holding myself back right now…
and what am I afraid would happen if I didn’t?

No fixing.
No pressure.
Just noticing.

This week’s episode of Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs is all about how to start journaling in a way that actually helps you hear yourself again 🤍

04/19/2026

“I don’t want to do this.”

That’s the first thought
when you’re about to do something that actually matters.

Before therapy.
Before journaling.
Before the hard conversation.

✨ therapist hat on for a second ✨
this isn’t laziness
this is your brain recognizing:
this matters

And anything that matters
usually asks something of you.

So if you’ve been avoiding something that could help you…
you’re not broken.

You’re at the beginning.

🎧 Full episode with Brent & Kyle from the Kyle Pease Foundation out now

✨ New episode tomorrow: how to start journaling (even when you don’t feel like it)

Follow along 🤍

04/18/2026

It’s easy to think this is the worst part.

The hard moment.
The heavy season.
The “why is this happening” part.

In a conversation with Brent Pease and Kyle Pease from the Kyle Pease Foundation, they said something I haven’t stopped thinking about:

You can look outside and think,
“it’s raining… this is the worst.”

Or—

you can look outside and think,
“I can’t wait to see what blooms.”

✨ therapist hat on for a second ✨
both things can be true

It can be hard…
and something meaningful can still grow from it

And that shift?
Changes how you move through your life

If today feels heavy…
this is your reminder to keep looking for what’s still growing

🎧 Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs — out now 🤍

04/15/2026

We don’t talk enough about this kind of trust.⁣
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Brent Pease shared that from a young age,⁣
he was literally carrying his brother Kyle Pease down the stairs.⁣
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Not once.⁣
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Not occasionally.⁣
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Every day.⁣
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And over time…⁣
that didn’t just build strength.⁣
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It built trust.⁣
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The kind of trust that says:⁣
“I’ve got you.”⁣
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Putting my therapist hat on for a second-⁣
so many of us are trying to do life without letting anyone “carry us” when we need it. ⁣
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And it makes everything feel heavier than it needs to be.⁣
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Because real strength?⁣
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Isn’t just what you can carry.⁣
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It’s who you trust to carry you, too.⁣
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🎧 Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs — featuring Brent & Kyle from the 🤍⁣
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Go listen if you’ve been trying to do everything on your own⁣
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04/14/2026

I don’t make the rules 🥂

04/14/2026

Most people think this story is about racing.⁣
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It’s not.⁣
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It’s about perspective.⁣
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When Kyle Pease watched people push through an Ironman with his brother Brent Pease, his thought wasn’t “that’s impossible.”⁣
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It was:⁣
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“That’s what I experience every day.”⁣
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Therapist hat on for a second -⁣
sometimes what we label as “too hard”is actually something we’re already living through⁣
in a different form. ⁣
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And when you realize that?⁣
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What’s possible starts to expand.⁣
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If you’ve been feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like something is “too much”…⁣
this conversation with & might shift the way you see it.⁣
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🎧 Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs — out now 🤍⁣
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Go listen if you need a reminder that your capacity might be bigger than you think⁣
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04/13/2026

I love when people spill the ☕️

04/13/2026

Two brothers completed Ironmans together…⁣
but that’s not the part I can’t stop thinking about.⁣
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“I carry him physically. He carries me emotionally.”⁣
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And I keep coming back to this:⁣
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You weren’t meant to do hard things alone.⁣
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If you’ve been carrying a lot lately…⁣
this conversation with & from will meet you right where you are.⁣
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🎙️ Listen to Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs (link in bio)⁣
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Also… yes, I accidentally posted this episode a week early 😅⁣
We’re all doing our best over here. ⁣
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04/12/2026

It’s an event every time I see them 🦅

04/09/2026

Have you ever had something you really needed to say…⁣
and then you just didn’t?⁣
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You replay it in your head.⁣
You feel it in your body.⁣
You know something isn’t right.⁣
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But when you’re face to face…⁣
it disappears.⁣
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“I don’t know.”⁣
“Maybe it’s not a big deal.”⁣
“I’m probably overreacting.”⁣
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And the conversation that needed to happen… never does.⁣
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That moment?⁣
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It’s not about not knowing.⁣
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You’re not alone in that.⁣
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This week on Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs, we talk about why we hold things in—and what’s really underneath “I don’t know.”⁣
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➡️ Watch the full episode on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts.⁣
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confidence

04/08/2026

The next time you say “I don’t know”…⁣
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try asking this instead:⁣
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What don’t I want to know?⁣
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Because confusion isn’t always a lack of information.⁣
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Sometimes…⁣
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it’s fear of what that information means.⁣
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And that doesn’t mean something is wrong with you.⁣
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It means something inside you is trying to protect you.⁣
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This week on Don’t Cut Your Own Bangs, we talk about fear, clarity, and what’s underneath “I don’t know.”⁣
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➡️ Watch or listen wherever you get your podcasts.⁣
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trust

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