Joining me on this week’s brand new episode of The Live FAB Life Podcast is parenting coach, MegAnne Ford of Be Kind Coaching.

In her work as a life and parenting coach, much of what MegAnne teaches is how to understand and decode the communication of behaviors, which isn’t limited to parent-child relationships, but to all human relationships.

When taking a functional approach to health, the goal is to uncover the root cause(s) of a problem and in many situations, especially ones rooted in emotional stress, relationships and how we communicate with each other is often at the root of the problem. 

In this episode, you'll hear us:

• Introduce the Mistaken Goals Chart

• Discuss four behaviors and what they *really* mean

• Explore misconceptions and truths when it comes to decoding behaviors

• Action steps you can take immediately to put this action

How we manage and deal with unavoidable stress really comes down to how well we take care for ourselves.

Joining me for her third episode on the show is Tami Hackbarth, the 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care Coach. It was exactly one year ago, back in Episode 018, where Tami made her debut on the show and introduced us to her definition of self-care which goes well beyond the massages, manis and pedis and spa treatments that we think of when we think of self-care.

In this episode, Tami is back to sharing her observations, findings, and takeaways after a year of working with professional women, women just like you and I, on their self-care.

You’ll hear us have a deep discussion on a number of things including:

• How self-care is the foundation upon which every single aspect of our lives is built on

• How we get in our own way with a scarcity mindset

• How to set ourselves up for success to finally achieve goals that we’ve spent a lifetime wanting

Is it possible to enjoy the holidays without feeling guilt from overindulgence and sugar overload?

In this episode, we examine how you justify your choices, how you make your decisions, and how to slow down and be present this holiday season.

I also share five simple, practical and tactical strategies for before, during and after your holiday party so you can enjoy a healthier, guilt-free holiday season!

Are you a Type A person who's always-on-the-go, crossing off *our* (because I’m one of ‘em 🙋🏻‍♀️) to-do lists and attached to your phone, tablet, or laptop - or maybe even all three at once?

Then when you start to shows signs of stress, like breakouts, fatigue and other health issues and you’re asked, “How’s your stress levels?”  you might not even realize that you're stressed...#amright? 👀

So we’re told that we have to slow down and take it easy, but neither comes naturally to us. In fact, it’s a learned behavior that we have to constantly and actively work on. 💆🏻‍♀️

In this episode, I'm sharing ten simple ways to slow down for Type-A people!

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

When you look for the root causes for illnesses and diseases and even skin problems like acne, eczema or even psoriasis, you always want look at one’s diet, their gut health, what kinds of toxins they’re exposed to, and the root cause of all root causes stress!

We can avoid foods that cause inflammation, avoid using products with harmful ingredients, but when we need stress relief we typically head straight to the spa for a massage. #AmIright

But there’s other types of “body work” and in this episode, we’re going to learn about CranialSacral therapy.

Prior to this episode I didn’t know what cranial sacral therapy was so we’re going to learn about it together.

So joining me to teach us about it is, Mindy Totten, a CranialSacral therapist who’s been practicing for the past 15 years.

In this episode, you’ll hear Mindy share:

• How she went from being an English and Humanities teacher to becoming a cranial sacral therapist

• What is cranial sacral therapy and how its different from other types of body work.

• Who it’s best for, how does it work, and even how to find a legit cranial sacral therapist and what to expect in your first appointment.

How are you influenced? And how did you come to form your beliefs?

Our beliefs form the basis of our mindset and as I now know, our mindset is everything in life. Mindset determines how we approach our health, our work, our finances, what kind of attitudes we have, how we treat ourselves and others, what diets we follow, even what we consider to be real food.

Continuing with a behind-the-scenes mini-series, in this episode, I share how these two questions completely changed my mindset and how I make decisions about every aspect of my life.

This is the first episode of a mini-series where I take you behind-the-scenes, sharing some lessons learned, introspective thoughts, as well as updates on my health and what’s going on in my life.

In this episode, I reflect on what I’ve learned from being a health coach and reflect on the parallels between entrepreneurship and health.

When you’re a working professional, burnout and overwhelm are big challenges, and parenting is a huge part of that. This week, I’m joined by Sarah Argenal, Founder and CEO of Working Parent Resource.