Tune In with Dr Monica and Melissa

Sometimes life delivers lessons or messages in big ways, like in the form of a diagnosis or a challenge. What if we could avoid the adversity - or at least mitigate - by taking the time to reflect on the past and find the patterns? Join Dr. Monica and I as we share our stories on how we like to look back, along with some practical ways we can mine for gold looking back on the past year of our live...

Now more than ever, we can see the impact of how our hustle culture misses the mark completely. This holiday season, Dr. Monica and I would love to support you in prioritizing presence over presents. Tune in to this episode where we talk about the badge of "busy" we wear so proudly more often than not, and share a short exercise to help you tune into you and live more from your heart. Ha...

Every time I open my Facebook feed, I find another "fix" for aging. Before social media started marketing to our 'brokenness,' it was broadcast all over television in the form of overpriced advertising. What if we could learn to receive the gift that aging truly is AND learn how to do it well? THAT is what Dr. Monica and I are here to share with you. In this episode, we not only...

As we give thanks today for this incredible life we get to life, and head into the holiday season, we'd love to offer a gift, and a shift in perspective to help light up the darker nights we can often find ourselves in... Whether its the shorter days of winter or memories of loved ones we're missing at the moment, the darkness in life turns to light when we look at our lives through the le...

I don't know about you, but I often hear people talking about how time "speeds up" as we get older and especially for anyone with children in their family, this can seem to be especially true. Except it's not true at all. Time doesn't change; our experience does. AND in this episode, we not only tackle this myth but we teach you how to change your experience of time so that y...

In our "busy" culture thats often crazy for buzz words, we don't always dig deep enough into the meaning behind things like 'holistic' health. Even when you embrace an 'alternative' view on Western medicine, it is easy to miss the mark on what it means to truly attend to the wholeness of who we are. In this episode, Dr. Monica and I define holistic health and differen...

We're talking about your energetic body...but (you may wonder...) what does that even mean?! As a collective, we are often overly focused on the physical body, and we tend to be driven by the mental body. Tune into this episode to learn a little more about how we can tune in to this deeper layer of who we are. One of the greatest motivations I can give you to listen in is that we explore more...

If you tuned in recently, you know we've been talking about limiting beliefs, so we thought we'd go a little deeper on the concept of capacity: What is it? How do we define it? And ultimately, how can we expand it? We challenge you in this episode to not only help us help YOU in doing that, but to contribute to something we want to create more of, and that's community. So, if you'r...

What's up loves?! In this episode, Dr. Monica and I lead in with a little bit about limiting beliefs, but then we dive a little deeper on some of the stories that we've had to confront in our own lives. Remember when we were small and we kept asking 'why' and weren't afraid to keep asking?! Turns out there's something to this even and especially as we get older. IMHO, the q...

Too often, we live in a world of "either-or," and this seems especially true when it comes to wanting to make a great living and make an impact in this world. One does not need to exist exclusive of the other, and we would argue that making a great living - on and with purpose - brings both peace and prosperity. Thank you for tuning in to us, and we hope that in doing so, we are also abl...

While this topic can get a little hairy, we decided to explore it after our last conversation on peace and prosperity. Dr. Monica and I dive in to a discussion on how we seem to make wealth all about material possessions, and what that means for finding - and experiencing ongoing- true happiness in this life. We are curious what wealth means to you (let us know in the comments below!) and believe...

We often here things in the yoga or spiritual world like, "We are all just walking each other home," but what is home anyway?! From the time I was small watching The Wizard of Oz, I wondered what was going on in Dorothy's head when she said "There's no place like home" because that kind of concept of home eluded me. As I grew older, it was my own journey into the world...

In the last episode, we discussed the concept of home and how it can change over time and with different kinds of life experiences. For Dr. Monica and I, retreats are exactly that and have played a powerful part in our collective growth and evolution. In case you missed it, we will both be at the Synergy Retreat in September and would love to share - even if you can't be there - how you can ma...

In episode , we talked a bit about purpose and after having some powerful conversations around this very topic, we decided to revisit and go a little deeper. Not only do we share some practices for how to get closer to your understanding of purpose, but we ask some pointed questions about the time you spend alone with yourself. Tune in, and feel free to share in the comments what comes up for you....

When you hear 'how you do one thing is how you do everything,' what do you think of first? How does it make you feel? In this episode, Dr. Monica and Melissa talk about transitions. And yes, life is one big transition from birth to death BUT have you ever thought about the actual transitions in your life, from day to day and moment to moment? There's a wealth of wisdom in those transit...

We believe in the Venn diagram, friends. In life, there is more opportunity available to us when we stop looking at the 'either-or,' start focusing on the 'and,' AND allow this to invite in more possibility. This conversation started when Dr. Monica and I were discussing the challenges of navigating the world of health and wellness when it comes to Western v. Eastern medicine, and...

Community is one of the two most important and most potent characteristics or effectors of our overall health. When we look at our world through this lens, we start to understand why there's so much dis-ease: One in three Americans over the age of 65 is socially isolated; Some studies show that having weak ties is as harmful to our health as being an alcoholic and twice as harmful as obesity;...

Ahhhhhhhhhh, we're having a baby!!! You're literally witnessing the birth...so thank you for being on this journey with us... Tune In with Dr. Monica and Melissa is truly a labor of love, brought to you by way of some serious time travel through well over a decade of deep conversations and a shared commitment to discovering and uncovering how we can live our very best lives right now. As a...

In the world of wellness, it is time to look beyond the basics of healthy living. And while the information superhighway is busy with overcomplicated and often conflicting messages when it comes to everything from nutrition to exercise, we are here to simplify some of the basics and share a few easy ways you can increase your vitality today. As a Doctor of Physical Therapy, with a multitude of cer...

How do you put your pants on?! Stay to the end of the episode and find out what that has do do with building resilience. Better yet, go to our poll on the Spotify podcast page and let us know so we can give you a shout out on a future episode. In the meantime, join us as we talk about resilience and how to increase our capacity through various practices so we can meet the tougher times in life wit...