A Quest for Well-Being

The foundation of true resilience is built upon mastery of four key types of resilience: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. To be truly resilient in all these areas, it is necessary to develop tolerance, endurance, focus, strength, and flexibility. It's impossible to control everything that happens to us in life, but we can control how we face unforeseen challenges. Rebuilding a life of s...

The more we strip ourselves down, the more potent life becomes. Having the courage to unearth our individual truths leads us to the sacred space of an open, peaceful and loving heart, even in the midst of controversy and challenge. While navigating through unforeseen death, the loss of her baby boy, cancer, and a miraculous birth through surrogacy, Julianne Haycox found herself nudged closer and c...

Each of us contains an Inner Voice, a Guide, a Helper Who speaks to us from a sacred space within. For most of us, this Voice lies deep within the recesses of our mind, unnoticed, unheard, denied, and buried. This Inner Voice has gone by many names, and some who have managed to hear It have written about the wisdom they've received.   In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Beth Geer, the author...

Channeling is a lifelong skill that can be used in everyday life. Just imagine: What life would be like if you needed to make a decision and you received specific information to help you. If you were not feeling well and you could receive a free healing instantly. If you connected to your soul and found out about your life's purpose. You connected to your deceased mom and talked with her again. Al...

How is it possible that we live life at ninety miles an hour but never seem to get to where we want to be? Why do we have more material goods, more access to information, more ways to interact than ever before, yet still feel unfulfilled? Why are we better off than any society in history yet often feel tapped out, unmotivated, overworked, and unsatisfied? Each of those questions has the same answe...

Besides God, nobody really knows what you're going through: how much you're juggling, what you've been through, what you're facing. And since it's just the two of us here, we can be gut-level honest, so go ahead and relax your shoulders, take a deep breath, and let your guard down. Are you overwhelmed? Maybe you have had it "up to here" with your kids. You love them, of course, but they are drivin...

Wellbeing is for everyone. You don't have to wait until things are better before you can live the quality life you want to enjoy. Tanya J. Peterson has created the brand Wellbeing & Words to empower people to make their own wellbeing. She tells stories, through novels, of regular people struggling with mental health challenges. She also writes self-help books to guide people through the process of...

"Since childhood, each of us has been trained in the art of wearing a mask. Often passed off as a self-preservation technique to prevent people from seeing what's really going on inside, we've learned how to shield others from discovering our insecurities, our fears, and our past pain. However, what is hidden in the dark will eventually come to light. Emotions like shame, anger, fear, and abandonm...

Sexual energy is often referred to as lifeforce energy. Your relationship with your lifeforce energy the innate energy that resides inside you says Dr. Martha Lee. You can born with strong energy (nature) and/ or cultivate it (nurture) e.g. exercise/ food. Regardless whether you have strong/ weak energy (vitality), you can learn how to manage/ master/ channel it… and it can be channeled for greate...

The book My Journey to Enjoying My Life by Karin Thompson encourages and motivates readers to reach for more and to grow into all that God has for them. Karin's message highlights the wisdom and strength needed to move from your past into a brighter future. "My Journey To Enjoying My Life" is a heartfelt, dynamic true-life story of Karin. It details the events of her early childhood abuse and her...

Today, I fell in love with the act of filling my water jug as if it was a caring watershed.   And I wanted to put every joy into cutting vegetables because they nourish me;   to fold all of my affection into my clothes because they caress me;   to infuse endless delight in tidying the house because it wants to indulge me.   Now, I am delirious as if I found the lost city of gold after stumbling ar...

Do you wonder, "Will I ever meet someone to marry and have a family?" Do you find that you easily meet people for dating, but you do have difficulty finding the right person who wants what you do out of life? Do you find yourself staying in exclusive relationships way too long that don't lead to marriage?   Valeria Teles interviews Coach Amy who works with marriage-minded individuals who are ready...

Inner peace requires that you start to listen and to act on what you hear. It is a multifaceted path where you work on self-love. Not the ego's love. It is an unconditional love. The reason we can't love well those who are not in alignment with our own beliefs is because we don't know how to love ourselves unconditionally. We each contain within us our shadow side, the side that is clearly illustr...

Michael DeSanti dedicates his book: New Man Emerging to the Divine Feminine. He writes: For centuries you have called for peace, screamed from the treetops that a life of beauty is possible, and have patiently waited for boys to put down their foolish games that have caused the world heartache and despair. For far too long have you wept at night praying for another way as we men ignored your plea...

Vanessa Delgado says that people fail to realize the in between of the pictures. The bad day's that may well can last for day's, weeks or even months on end. The time including years of effort, consistency, frustration that involve tears, failures, successes, and hardships. All the boring stuff that magazines don't sell, diet books that miss this topic, coaching programs being sold that lie. All t...

To outsiders, often our respective jobs seem unique, fun, and enviable. Little do your friends know that you work while everyone else plays.   You juggle travel schedules, demanding colleagues and budgets that often require miracles.   You have days in which you feel stretched so thin you're transparent. Your family recognizes you from the picture posted in the den or else your kids won't talk to...

Depending on your situation you may be experiencing the stresses of isolation, worry about your health, or that of family and friends.   You may be facing economic hardships.   If you are lucky you might only be struggling with working from home and keeping your household running despite the constraints.   All of these situations can cause us to demonstrate and, in the longer term, develop resilie...

In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Romi Grossberg. She is a social worker and author who specializes in mental health and emotional well-being. Author of 'The 5-Minute Guide to Emotional Intelligence' and more recently 'The Key, A Social Emotional Toolkit for Teens,' Romi has been published in numerous forums such as The Huffington Post and Griffith Review and has presented on the TEDx stag...

This episode is about overcoming overeating, overweight, and obesity by nourishing yourself physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially each time you eat.   Valeria Teles interviews Deborah Kesten who explains how the Whole Person Integrative Eating (WPIE) dietary lifestyle can help you transform your relationship with food and eating and in turn help you attain and maintain weight loss. Th...

All his life he searches far and wide Half-blind with bloodshot eyes And too many brides For a hint of his mother in another woman All Sid found was another mistake And another bride Until one day God drops by to talk He says, "Sid! Stop playing games!"   For once in Sid's life he listens He tries to behave Lo and behold, God touches my soul And plunks down Linda He is grateful to God and promises...

Alycea Snyder writes to my daughter, she wanted her to have the whole story. Where she came from. Why Alycea placed her for adoption. And how, for the next eighteen years, she hovered on the edges of her family, granted access by her generous parents, but always wanting more. More for her daughter, and more for her. Alycea writes: "I am not ready, not able, to raise you. Ten years too early, I nee...

Our lives being the ultimate form of creativity. We are the art; forever creating and coloring and changing the being of our canvas as we learn and grow. And the choices we make in our lives are the external expressions of that art. What we create and produce and share and try to bring to light is a reflection of our inner being. Basically the nature of the creative process where you can only see...

Engaging in regular exercise is critical to maintaining optimal physical health and performance. Did you know that it also boosts your mental health and well-being? Some research suggests a strong connection between exercise and the prevention and treatment of psychological illnesses, such as depression and anxiety. Exercise also might help increase positive mental states and support cognitive fun...

The end of your marriage has likely left a big hole in your life. Perhaps your spouse was abusive, and you know you're better off without him. Nevertheless, you're experiencing some big changes, some good, and maybe others, not so much. Whatever the issues, your divorce recovery is a time of finding your new normal. Linda Moore Kurth shows us some ways to find joy in the process. Our lives can cha...

The end of your marriage has likely left a big hole in your life. Perhaps your spouse was abusive, and you know you're better off without him. Nevertheless, you're experiencing some big changes, some good, and maybe others, not so much. Whatever the issues, your divorce recovery is a time of finding your new normal. Linda Moore Kurth shows us some ways to find joy in the process. Our lives can cha...