Embodied Business, Inspired Brain

In this episode, Anne interviews nervous system expert Chantill Lopez. Chantill started her professional life as a journalist and quickly moved into the realm of movement education where she has stayed for more than 20 years as an entrepreneur and studio owner. Her extensive studies have led her to become one of the top experts in applying Nervous System work to movement + behavior change in the a...

In this episode Chantill and Anne reunite to discuss the top 3 problems you will always have if you ignore the powerful Embodied and Transformative Curriculum Design that they are sharing with entrepreneurs:   1. A divisive and unmotivated team culture  2. The never-ending struggle to find and KEEP highly qualified employees/team members  3. Burnout + overwhelm when finances are dow...

Gwen Miller is the creator of The Gwen Miller Studio. She is an author, teacher and movement practitioner. Her latest book Safe Movement for All Spines: A Guide to Spinal Anatomy and How to Work with 21 Spine and Hip Conditions is a resource guide for teachers and clients. It is an education on the healing power of yoga and pilates. You can find many of Gwen’s teacher training classes on her websi...

Joanna Sapir is a wellness business coach and host of The Business (R)evolution podcast. She helps wellness professionals to streamline their business, create more income and a bigger impact. This episode is filled with business gems that you can apply to your own business today. On this week's episode we discuss: How Joanna helps her clients identify what their business really needs.  The Ke...

We learn best from stories. In this episode you’ll get a glimpse into how a lifelong trauma educator uses embodiment, the nervous system, and transformative curriculum design to put her powerful work in the world. Join me and our guest, Tami Lysher, an expert in movement and trauma, a breast cancer survivor, educator, and podcaster to explore how embodiment is expanding her capacity for complexity...

FREEBIE alert! We’ve got something extra special for you in this episode to support you in building stronger, more transformative, and potent content (no matter what it is) by leveraging embodiment and an embodied perspective. We’re going back to the beginning and digging back into what embodiment means to us (we both have a slightly different take on it), and what it might mean to you and your ta...

What, or rather how, is your brain “predicting” outcomes and how is that keeping you from: listening to your intuitive nudges; taking risks that are unexpected or outside the box; tolerating change and transition; and potentially supporting a rigid nervous system? In episode 22 we bring together two bodies of work: the brain’s prediction model and how your nervous system responds to the unexpected...

How is your business and life going to be impacted by AI in 10 years? How will you keep your humanness intact in the AI world? How do we bring more humaness to a world steadily marching toward more and more AI reliance?  This one was a doozy! We recorded this ONE day before Microsoft unveiled its plans to bring the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot to its search engine, Bing. “According...

In this second episode of 2023 we celebrate a MAJOR shift and follow the path of what it means to grow through the many stages of mastery and entrepreneurship with success and grace. Learn about the role of your nervous system in these identity shifts, how it can tell you which direction to go before your mind can articulate it, and discover if YOU might be ready for a big shift too. Hosted on Aca...

Happy New Year! We thought we’d jump right in with a juicy, “how-do-you-like-that” topic to kick off our 2023. Anne just sold her studio after 20+ years. I am being forced into the new year with floods and destruction. And what we want to talk about is the not-so-subtle elephant in the room: change and transition. You can’t escape it or outrun it, but you might just be able to outwit it…at least t...

In this final episode of their mini-series on Demystifying the Online Education Space, Chantil and Anne review some of the most potent tools they've used to create a successful and powerful online education presence. They explore more deeply how to overcome the "failure to launch" challenge that 90% of people have, no matter what industry they're in. And they share with you a FREE resource for get...

What does it mean to be in the Age of Transformation in the online education space? And why does it matter to you as a conscious educator, business owner, teacher, and change-maker? Anne and Chantill explore answers to these questions and more in this exciting mini-series part 3 episode. Learn HOW to create powerful transformation using ALL of the tools you have access to without relying on only t...

Meet Patti Halyburten Able, co-owner of Able Wellness. Patti decided to jump into hybridizing her movement business almost a year and a half ago by learning to create transformative and embodied courses with us and is now an ambassador to our incoming teachers and educators. If you're feeling at all hesitant or reluctant or even afraid of bringing some aspect of your business a...

Chantill and Anne begin their new series helping you to break through the mysteries and sometimes overwhelming roadblocks of hybridizing your body-based, embodied and transformational businesses. Whether you are a body-based educator, you lead workshops or retreats that incorporate mindfulness, movement or inquiry, or you desire to build your business more on the facets of embodiment, this 4-part...

Meet Lauren Thompson , one of the current teachers working with us to redesign her embodied businesses with the work of transformative educational design. Learn WHY this work matters to her, how she’s using it to build her work in the online space and support her in-person studio business located thousands of miles away. You’ll hear about how this type of design has impacted her creation and marke...

How does the biopsychosocial model of pain impact mindful movement practices?  How can the nervous system work ADD to the support systems?  How does knowing these frameworks and practices impact you as a leader to your clients, customers and team members?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to intentionally design your work, curriculum, education, staff training, or company culture around creating expert learners? What is variability? Did you know you can see it and it’s invisible? What if you had a framework that could do all of the heavy lifting of making sure whatever material or knowledge you put in the world had the absolute best chance of making an impact (wit...

In this short and feisty episode (we might have been a little tired...maybe) we talk about sustaining energy for doing a new, different, risky, big, or scary thing AND do it even when we’re tired. We share some of our best strategies and anecdotes for how we’ve done it over the years to build businesses and families and our best lives. You’ll like this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

“Embrace the suck!” If you don’t suck a little (and probably at some point a whole lot) you’re not doing it right.. If you don’t experience some strain, some effing up, some totally getting it wrong…you’ve basically got nothing worth anything. Plus, life just works that way, so let’s embrace it, shall we?! Listen in to discover the rupture and repair process that applies not only to the nervous sy...

Some change has no choice but to be cataclysmic. Is that true? Or are we just in the habit of responding to change in an aggressive way? (Because it’s easier to take action from anger and being fed up.) Can we choose a gentler/slower shifting into change that is both spurred from and committed to thoughtful and honest reflection?   This is what we’re exploring in Ep. 9. Along with the followi...

We all like to complain and explain and unpack how life is hard, stressful, unfair, challenging, feels less than good and we make lots of plans for feeling better. Often we blame circumstances and sometimes people for how we feel. But what we’re exploring in this episode is how WE are the root of all of our feeling bad. Hard pill to swallow? Take. Three. Deep. Breaths. Now, consider how you might...

Don’t you love it when someone says, “It’s not at all what you think it is” or “Nope, you’re totally pointed in the wrong direction.” No matter what the “you’re on the wrong track” vibe is, it can feel like a real bummer at first. Until…you get on the right track. Then…KABLOOEY! Ding, ding, ding…Score!  Well, this episode is a little bit like that. When you’re struggling to attract new leads...

We are so THRILLED to introduce you to one of the most powerful, driven, generous, and badass embodied leaders we know: Gina Pelucca.  Learn about her journey to become embodied WHILE birthing a 15+ year career at Google.   As our first guest, Gina’s story lifts up the path of a leader moving toward embodiment. In this episode she shares: tales from her epic 3-month motorcycle sabbatical...

Today…we’re talking about the path we’re on to change the world! What it is we do and how it’s changing the game and the design of teaching, educating, and leading.  There are two ways in to building businesses that are embodied entities:  You are an embodiment-based/focused teacher or professional and you want to uplevel and uplift your entrepreneurial skills for more financial prosperi...

We begin with our Real Life Riff and uncover the external stories that keep us in the scarcity mindset that tell us to find your way to wealth you must buy fewer lattes, no blue velvet couches or rugs.   And we also explore how we spend money on foundational products and services that ARE not fancy.  And how spending habits reveal your money stories.   We ask ourselves wha...