Lost or Found

The truth is everyone feels like they struggle as a parent.  Let's be real, it's hard. And when we talk about it, we realize that we are not alone.   I've heard about Colleen Murphy and the amazingness that she is through several parents locally in Santa Cruz, and I figured that it was time that I sit down and chat with her! Good parenting feels good and by learning to do it right, we can set the...

Today’s interview in my opinion, is a serious WOW. If you know a man with cancer or illness, you're going to want to share this interview with them. Trevor Maxwell is on the show, and he wrote Open Heart, Warrior Spirit: A Man’s Guide to Living with Cancer .  He is also the founder of Man Up to Cancer, inspiring men to connect and avoid isolation throughout their cancer journeys. He has also been...

On today's show, my girlfriends Oriana Gliessman and Carla Roa are back on the show as we talk about Love Languages and Attachment Styles!  Based on Dr. Gary Chapman's book, the 5 love languages are words of affirmation, quality time, receiving gifts, acts of service, and physical touch.  Have you ever wondered how you express and experience love, and how your partner experiences love?  You may be...

Thanks for joining us today, and we have a great show lined up. It’s also a super important one.  Kalyne Foster Renda from Monarch Services is here to talk about Intimate Partner Violence and our Youth. Intimate partner violence, or Domestic violence, is a societal problem, not only a family or private issue.  With youth experiencing sexual assault, often times it's a friend, someone you know. Tha...

On today's show, we talk about self empowerment!  Well-being starts with us.  When we practice self empowerment, we make a conscious decision to take charge of our lives.  It involves making positive choices, understanding our strengths and weaknesses, and continuing even when things feel rough. People who consciously decide to take control of their lives are often happier, more fulfilled, and mor...

We have Dr. Jyothi Rao, MD back on the show - author of  Body on Fire ! Health and balance in our bodies begins with the immune system.  And today, we talk everything about Stress and the Immune System! It's true that stress can come from many places, and the problem is...when stress doesn't go away.  It can be from pressure from work or home, the food that goes into our mouths, lack of sleep or o...

On today's episode, Daisy Thayer and I discuss Don Miguel Ruiz's amazing book  The Mastery of Love .  There's seriously nothing like two intelligent women of different generations, sitting down, getting real, and talking about a really great book! Because let's admit it, sometimes Love is super confusing. We're all trying to make sense of it! In his book, Don Miguel Ruiz brings up the fear-based b...

On today's show, I am so honored to have Tenzin Chogkyi here to talk about Transitions! Transition periods are sometimes chosen and sometimes not.  Transitions exist in many forms, we can be in between jobs or careers, grief and mourning, relationships, illness, or retirement.  It's a period where we may not be able to necessarily weigh our lives with our productivity, as it's a period of reassess...

Guess what!  We're Back!  And Season 3 starts today!!   I am SO excited to have Samantha Fey back on the show!  She's here to talk about her new book,  The Awake Dreamer , and it's a super interesting and fascinating read.  I seriously loved this book and could not put it down.   Dreams have played a significant and active role in Samantha's spiritual development and awakening.  Her book is full o...

Super excited about today's show!  Michael Fish is here today and he’s a Camaldolese monk and a member of the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur, California. I bet you may never have thought monks could be cool. But in all seriousness, they can be hella cool. I've heard him speak a couple times, and I continue to be floored by his insights into life. I usually end up thinking about his teachings f...

I agree with Dr. Rakesh Jotwani: Food is medicine.  Movement is medicine.  Breath is medicine.  Sleep is medicine.  Love is medicine. Today Dr. Jotwani (aka Dr. Rak) talks with us about the powerful changes that we all can make to our own bodies, which has the potential to be curative, as it can prevent and reverse the overwhelming chronic disease that exists in the world.  We live in a world wher...

On today's show, I talk with Jeanne Feeney about movement, especially during the postpartum period, when the primary objective seems to be survival itself. Body-Mind Centering is a comprehensive educational and therapeutic approach to health and healing, with a wide range of benefits.  Using a dynamic blend of movement, touch, sound, and guided imagery, one can learn to release the stress, fear, a...

A true love story is not a fairy tale.  For Realz.  It takes vulnerability and effort to be in a relationship.  And what if the goal of conflict is not to win, but it is a way in which to get to know your partner better and develop deeper intimacy? I am super excited because Dr. Dave Clarke is back on the show again. This time, we are talking about about relationships.   Together we read the book,...

On today's show, we are talking about yoga with Daisy Thayer!  According to the National Institutes of Health, there is scientific evidence that shows that yoga supports stress management, mental health, mindfulness, healthy eating, weight loss and quality of sleep. Yoga provides a retreat from our busy and chaotic lives, while providing many mental and physical benefits. Yoga develops inner aware...

While many of us would like to imagine the holidays to be idyllic, the reality is that  sometimes it's not.   The holidays can be emotionally, physically, and psychologically taxing, and every family, no matter how loving, has its fair share of challenges.  Do we break the people-pleasing pattern which is typically at our own expense, or do we set boundaries and prioritize some of our needs and gi...

It's that kind of episode today!  Just talking about the things that we do understand and the things that we don't, the love and the frustration, the funny and sometimes not so funny.  Being real with my own issues, my increased frustration with my little girl than boy sometimes, as I continue to see how I act and react, and check myself.  It's a fun episode as we sometimes agree and disagree, but...

We’ve got a great show today, as Jonathan Miller is back, to talk about how humans have changed our food.  Processed food isn't a modern invention, it's as old as humanity itself and may have helped create our species, although today, there is a far more negative connotation with the polystyrene-like snacks. Processed food has, for better or worse (and likely both), changed our relationship with f...

I am super excited about this interview because I've become a huge fan of the book Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach and of Dr. Larry Arias. They're both THAT special. Jonathan Livingston Seagull is a bird that tries to perfect the art of flying. He may be a bird, but he's a badass, who's gonna-become-a-renegade bird. He has an unbounded passion for flight despite the rebuke of his clan...

Welcome to today’s show!  I’m excited to have Dinasha Cellura on the podcast as she talks about her organization, the Live Like Leo Foundation .  She started this organization with her husband to serve and guide our youth, after experiencing the tragic loss of her son, Leo, in 2020.  Their foundation, through grants, finances expenses related to learning abroad programs for underprivileged young a...

When Janae Thomas was a little girl, she loved walking in cemeteries for fun, and she still loves walking in cemeteries for fun! Janae literally loves everything old.  I chose to interview Janae today because I've never met someone who quite sees the beauty of the past like her. She appreciates history and legends, without judgement.  As we live our lives, perhaps we are sometimes too busy to thin...

Children today are faced with an increasingly complex world.  What does a child need to thrive? Most people know that children need shelter, food, and love to be happy and healthy, but there's more to consider.  Overall child well-being can be affected by the child's own personality and those around them like their family and community.  While providing a uniform definition of child well-being is...

On today's episode, we have my favorite psychologist back on the show, Dr. Chris Fahrenbach!  We talk about Loss and Change in our lives, both the collective loss and our personal loss.  Sometimes, with loss and change, we grieve what has happened, and our grieving is a form of learning - one that teaches us how to be in the world.  Whether you're facing the end of a job or relationship, the death...

In this life's journey, you are your own driver! Get in the driver's seat! Is there an aspect of your life where you feel like it's time to take charge?  If we don't advocate for ourselves, who honestly will?  On this week's episode, my friends Carla Roa and Kim Rodriguez join me to discuss what it means to "be the boss of you."  It begins with understanding the priorities that define you. Deep co...

Today we are talking Siblings!  I hope that you do have a fantastic relationship with your siblings, but sometimes that’s not the case.  It’s an important relationship, but sometimes as we get older, the relationship can become more complicated.  It’s one of the longest relationships in a person’s life, as you grow up in the same environment, share the same parents, and look back on common memorie...

"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails," - Donna Roberts. Strong friendships are a critical aspect of most people's emotional well-being.  Research shows that close friendships are associated with greater happiness, self esteem, and sense of purpose such that people with close connections are healthier, recover from certain illnesses more quickly, and live lon...