Wake up and Thrive

Send us Fan Mail I have a short and sweet life update and a powerful reminder for everyone on a growth journey. Growing is not linear, and there are going to be moments where we will be tested and called forward to intentionally choose this new version.  Maybe on your journey, you have worked a lot on releasing anger and resentment and then out of nowhere, you are triggered again. Instead of think...

Send us Fan Mail No matter who you are or how disciplined you are, our brains are wired for self-sabotage. If our brains are wired to sabotage our growth, then we don't have to shame or judge ourselves when it happens. In today's episode, I will define and dig deep into why self-sabotage really shows up. I share FIVE steps you can start using today so that you can recognize self-sabotage...

Send us Fan Mail When a loved one is struggling, it can leave us feeling powerless. This is a complete lie because we still have as much power as we did before, but only over OUR experience.  Despite watching someone we love struggle; we get to still decide how to show up. Listen in to today's episode as I guide you through 4 powerful thoughts to keep in mind as you navigate this season. Reme...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, I am sharing one of my favorite words in the English language that I believe is very underutilized. I also believe it has the power to open up so much in our lives.  I don't want to give it away so take a listen and see how you can start incorporating this word more into your language and your mindset. I also want to remind you that registration for m...

Send us Fan Mail I know this sounds like the worst financial advice or at least the most depressing advice ever. Trust me, I know how boring life can be when you can't spend money, ha!  But listen up. I want you to stop spending and instead try this one simple mindset- shift when it comes to your money. The purpose is not so you life a boring life of lack. It is the opposite. This one shift w...

Send us Fan Mail No matter who you are or where you are in your self-growth journey, we all go through seasons of feeling down. In today's episode, I refer to being in a funk as experiencing a winter season; keyword is SEASON. Listen and take notes because I give you four powerful shifts you can make to navigate these seasons so that instead of making them hard, they become transformational....

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to live a life connected to your intuition?  I have always thought it was so cool when people said they made a big decision by just listening to their intuition, but what does that really mean and how do you actually grow your intuition? I believe we all have the ability to be guided by our intuition, but it is easy to miss those nudges and or hits if you don&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Hard conversations can be so uncomfortable, and it can also be a very healing moment for you and the other person. So often we use these conversations to prove our point, defend our actions, or attack the other person. What if hard conversations were simply a way to understand one another more deeply? With the right tools, these conversations do not have to cause more disconnectio...

Send us Fan Mail  I am so excited to bring this special episode today. This is a tribute to my mamma and to our relationship. It is one that I think many of you will be able to relate to with an ending that many hope for. My mom and I have such an amazing relationship today but it wasn't always that way. I was her challenging child because I challenged EVERYTHING, which I now see as one of my...

Send us Fan Mail Are you somebody who tends more towards acceptance and love or judgement? I have been the latter for most of my life so if that's you, you are welcome here! Think of a relationship right now in your life that is not where you want it to be different. Maybe you have tried everything you can or maybe this is a new struggle. Either way, can you think about your own role in this...

Send us Fan Mail I had the honor of not just working with Brandi a year ago, but now getting to share her with all of you. Brandi Fano is a wife, mom of 3, certified relationship and life coach, and overall amazing human being. She doesn't just talk the talk, but she walks the walk in the truest sense of the way. You can connect and follow her on Instagram @brandifano or click her name and ch...

Send us Fan Mail Listen, as a coach sometimes I have to deliver tough love. I don't care who you are, we all want to feel balanced, calm, loved, seen, and above all else safe and secure!! Where in your life do you want to experience this, but haven't been able to make the change? Is it in your finances, your relationships, your career, or maybe even your health? The better question to as...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered what a coach actually does? I want to share my experience to highlight why I believe coaching can be life changing.  Coaching is a booming market but has also become over-saturated because anyone and everyone can call themselves a coach. However, not everyone can deliver a true transformational coaching experience. There is an art to coaching that must be ta...

Send us Fan Mail Overwhelm is an emotion that I am very familiar with, as are many of the moms I work with. So often we think overwhelm just has to do with all that we have going on as busy moms, but let's be honest if that was the case, we would be walking around in a constant state of overwhelm.  I want to challenge you to go deeper. I believe overwhelm is that check engine light alerting u...

Send us Fan Mail Join me as I sit down with fellow mom of four, Katy Rexing.  Among her many roles, she has become such an advocate online for helping women learn to live more mindfully.  One way she does this is through her group program called Reset and Restore. This program as she says really helps make " meditation more approachable" along with creating a community for women around t...

Send us Fan Mail This week my kids were home on spring break, and I was forced to really embody so much of what I teach. I started a very intense and powerful coaching program at @elementumcoachinginstitute and the first day was coincidently the first day of their vacation. In perfect timing, I was reminded of a powerful question I get to ask in my own life. I share this question on the episode as...

Send us Fan Mail On March 16th, 2019, I made a decision that completely transformed my life. I chose to live a sober life, and it was the best and most difficult decision I have ever made.  Although my journey hasn't been perfect, it has been one that is worth celebrating. Today, I am sharing my story here with an honest and vulnerable look at why I chose sobriety and how I maintain it today....

Send us Fan Mail As moms, the last thing we want in this world is for our babies to experience pain or struggle, right? It is so easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we can somehow control their experience if we just do or say all the right things as their mom. This might look like signing them up for all the activities, so they have opportunities for robust future, making sure they are get...

Send us Fan Mail Here is a short 6-minute meditation that you can listen to first thing in the morning, evening, or during the day when you are feeling overwhelmed.  The purpose of this meditation is to bring you back to your breath. By just using your breath and my voice, I will guide you through a quick, but effective way to calm your mind and your body and help ground you into the present momen...

Send us Fan Mail Meditation is one of many tools that can help you live more awake, more conscious, more present, and more intentional. My personal journey of meditation is so relatable especially as a busy mom. I don't have 30-45 minutes to sit in silence, and I am by nature not somebody that likes to sit still.  If I can practice meditation, so can you.  I want to define meditation and look...

Send us Fan Mail Emotions are a part of this life no matter how far you are in your self growth journey. Emotions actually are the very thing that guides you along this journey. I used to hate my emotions, and as someone who feels things deeply this hate ran deep. Most of my life the only tools I had to cope with my emotions were destructive to me and to those around me. When I chose sobriety, I a...

Send us Fan Mail  Today's episode was so fun to record, and I am so excited to bring on my first guest. My husband, Paul, joined me for a very candid conversation about navigating sobriety and self-growth both individually and as a couple. In 2019, I chose sobriety for my life, and the ripple effects were so profound, but most importantly in my marriage. I loved going back down memory lane ab...

Send us Fan Mail Time is something we always want more of, and yet feel like we can't ever get enough.  We use our lack of time as an excuse to why we can't create the life we want. Well, NO more! As moms, we need to know how much control we actually have over our time.  I know it can feel like we are not in control of our time when we are being pulled in a million directions, but we are...

Send us Fan Mail We all want balance. Whether you are a mom and you work from home, outside the home, or are a stay- at- home mom; I know you crave a more balanced life. Balance is what creates calm and a sense of control. However, I believe the meaning of balance is misunderstood. Balance does not mean that we master giving 100% of our-self to our work, relationships, health, and home. It means t...

Send us Fan Mail We have all become experts this last year in managing life when plans change.  I hesitate to even make plans these days, because of the anxiety I feel knowing my pending plans will most likely change. I want to empower you to not just manage the actual details of the change, but actually control your experience of the change. Plans changing, due to sickness, weather, power outages...