A Magical Life: Health, Wealth, and Weight Loss

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Aline McCarthy had struggled with scoliosis, chronic pain, and rheumatoid arthritis, being resigned to a regimen of pain medications when modern medicine wasn't helping anymore.  What she found was that a change of diet in order to heal her microbiome and gut health helped to heal her inflammation.  She became a Gyrotonic technique instructor in...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Throughout Kaye Doran's career path, she has encountered quite a lot of bullying.  Toxic teams and toxic environments caused her to compromise her values and integrity and her health took a turn.  Today she's here to tell you how she has turned her skills for coaching to dismantle toxic teams and help women lead themselves out of toxic situa...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today's listener question brings us into detail about eating disorders.  There is a strong correlation between weight fluctuation and depression/anxiety.  Eating disorders can have lifelong effects on the body. Anorexia nervosa: a refusal to maintain body weight and an extreme fear of gaining weight, as well as a disturbance in body image.  Anore...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Feeding a fussy family can be daunting.  Different nutritional needs such as allergies and varying diets such as vegan, vegetarian and others can make it very difficult to plan meals for a family without cooking 5 or 6 different meals.  So what can we do? I have 2 picky eaters, one with food allergies, and I eat a plant-based diet.  Here are my top ti...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today's guest is Karen Kamenwa who is an entrepreneur, certified online business manager, business coach, and Amazon best selling author of "Stay At Home Moms Making Money: The Seven Steps to Starting Your Own Virtual Assistant Business." Karen has spent the last 10 years mastering the Art of running a successful virtual assistant busin...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! My guest today is Kenna Dean, former actress and founder of KDean Consulting, which specializes in sales coaching and helping people to become more persuasive, have more presence, and make more of an impact in their career and in their life.  Kenna juggled motherhood and running her own business, and grew that business to 7 figures per year with 11 fu...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today I have with me Sharee Shefket, mindset expert and founder of Wellness Coaching Company.  Sharee was a counselor for 16 years before moving into the disability sector, then transitioned into hypnotherapy.  She is a certified HypnoFit therapist and she runs a busy clinic and will soon be releasing a self development book for children. Sharee works...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today we have a question from one of our listeners, Melissa. Melissa asks, "How do you beat inflammation, protect ligaments during exercise, and what are inflammation fighting foods?"  Inflammation. What is it, exactly? Inflammation refers to your body's process of fighting against things that harm it, such as infections, injuries and t...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today I have with me Genaaleen Sanchez, a Results Mindset and Well-being Coach, and an agent of change both in business and in life.  Genaaleen found herself a single mom in her mid-20s, but she turned that uncertainty into a mission of discovery and self empowerment.  She has made it her mission to empower people to lead from their hearts reconnect t...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! In the world we live in, it can be hard to find the time to spend with our kids.  Mom and dad guilt is high and relationships and health can get strained.  Here are 7 things your kids need to hear you say: "As long as you did your best."  Winning isn't everything and failures are a part of life.  It's nothing to get stressed out ab...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today we are joined by Cammy Wang. Cammy is a lifelong educator with a highly diverse academic and career background. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. She has her master's in education and a juris doctorate. I'll have to ask what that is. Sounds very interesting. Cammy's broad career interests have given her the o...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today I have the lovely Sophie Woodcock on to discuss her experience with cancer.  Sophie is a great personal friend of mine, animal advocate, and cancer warrior, as well as one of my clients.  Today we discuss the emotional and mental impact of a diagnosis and what friends and family can do to help. In our experience, we have found that about half of...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Today I have with me Sarah Decker, Podcast Manager, teacher, wife, and mom.  She holds several music degrees including a Master's in Music Composition for the Screen and she's using those skills to edit, produce, and manage podcasts, like mine! I'm a big believer in, "Put it out there, and it will happen." For me, I put it out...

Join the conversation! Send Magic a text here! Welcome to A Magical Life: health, wealth and weight loss. I'm Magic Barclay, your host. Today we'll just be introducing this podcast, what it's all about, and a little about me. Some of my health history: 15 years ago, I found myself morbidly obese at 144 kilos.  I was a mum of two kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder and I was raising t...