I fully believe that what we feel physically has a direct connection to what’s going on with us mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.

In this episode, I discuss how even though we're well into the new year, I'm still feeling the effects of 2020.

You’ll hear me share:

• Feeling bothersome and overwhelmed

• Overcommitting and struggling with energy management

• What I did to reconnect with myself

In my health journey over the years, I’ve come to learn that the human body is so much more than what manifests physically.

The body has a cohesive flow that when there is disruption, can cause so much more damage to us than we realize.

In this episode, I share how 2020 was a year of self-discovery for me, especially as I learned about and leaned into my Human Design. You’ll hear me discuss:

• How the pandemic gave me the time to reframe and redefine self-care

• How I came to learn about Human Design and the synchronicities it has with other self-healing modalities I’d been using

• How it helps me grow in all aspects of my life

• How I’m incorporating it into my health coaching work

With the Thanksgiving holiday right on the horizon, it’s a good time to take a moment to really reflect on everything that’s been happening in our lives.

Ultimately, we all wish to be better people, and we each have our own interpretation of what that looks like, and our own journey in how to get there.

In this episode, I share how community and meditation have profoundly shaped what that path has looked like for me this year, particularly in the exploration of how to practice non-judgment (spoiler alert: it’s super hard), finding courage in forgiveness, and acceptance, and healing through vulnerability.

You’ll hear me discuss:

• Using meditation for self-healing

• Exploring non-judgment, forgiveness, and acceptance (especially towards ourselves)

• How self-gratitude is a form of self-care

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Kate DeVarney, a Neuroscientist, Holistic Wellness Coach, and Qigong teacher. You’ll hear Kate share:

• What Qi Gong is and the different kinds of Qi Gong practices

• How she was introduced to Qi Gong during treatment for breast cancer and the difference its made in her healing

• How her daily practice of Qi Gong helps her in managing the daily pressures in her full-time corporate job 

• And she even walks us through her step-by-step practice of it

In Kate’s words: “The incredible practice of Qigong, together with important lifestyle changes, and the support I received through creating a healing community, helped me transform my stress, pain, and trauma into a sense of peace, healing, and renewed energy. I discovered the strength and the life-changing tools I needed to finish treatment, thrive, and create a life I truly love.”

Now, Kate’s mission is to coach other women living with cancer in this powerful, comprehensive system of self-care, that teaches how to integrate simple, mind and body practices into a sustainable self-healing lifestyle.

Being a Type-A person, managing my to-do list, meeting schedule, and borderline OCDC behavior is par for the course. But at some point, all that daily tension takes its toll.

In this episode, I’m continuing my discussion from Episode 107 with an update on the current status of my health.

You’ll hear me share how I’m using conventional and functional approaches to repair hormonal imbalances, and also, how I’m doing some inner work to address deeply rooted behaviors, tendencies, and mindsets that’s kept me in a fight + flight state, so I can bring myself back into balance in a more rested + digested state.

I share the different tools and exercises that I’m incorporation into my daily routine to reset my behaviors, build new habits and how they help to balance hormones.

We deal with stress on a daily basis. We hear about all the time on the news, read about it in magazines and hear it talked about online. And we’ve become immune to it, accepting it as a normal way of life. But most of us don’t truly realize the tremendous impact daily stressors have their health.

In this episode, I'm talking all about stress, including:

• What're our sympathetic vs parasympathetic nervous systems

• How stress affects our hormones and leads to a plethora of health problems

• Five ways to manage our daily stress

Have you been curious about meditation and wondered how to start? Or maybe you’ve dabbled in it, but haven’t been consistent about it (*raising my hand*)?

Look no further! Joining me in another “real people” episode is Melinda Mrachek Staehling. Melinda is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner in-training and has been practicing meditation consistently for the past 18 years.

In this episode I’m joined by Dana Pulley of Stillwater Leadership. Dana is an accomplished leader, coach, consultant and a certified corporate-based mindfulness instructor who has learned first hand how mindful awareness enables you to lead and live in a more fulfilling way. You’ll hear Dana share how she began practicing mindfulness, what is mindfulness, the neuroscience behind it, and how we can bring mindfulness in our offices to create more enjoyable and productive work environments.