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With my background as a neuropsychologist, I get asked a lot of questions about memory and focus. Today, I'll explain the three biggest causes of brain fog, along with strategies you can implement now to help you to focus, boost your mental resources, and remember more! I spent years working in a hospital with patients trying to identify which parts of the brain were working effectively and w...

Are your beliefs about dieting holding you back? Today I’m talking to Dr. Shawn Hondorp, a board-certified clinical psychologist whose expertise is helping women master their relationship with food and focus on their dreams and goals. Shawn shares how her own struggles with eating and body image led her to pursue her career and help others maintain a healthy emotional relationship with food. She h...

Today I’m talking to Dori Staehle, the only certified drum therapist in North Carolina, about how to use drum therapy for healing. She explains how she uses drum therapy with kids who struggle with focus and concentration, and even to improve her own focus. Dori first played drums in a church rock band, and while she played in the band for 13 years, she didn’t discover the healing power of drummin...

Today, we’ll talk about five ways you can build resilience into your life. Resilience is the ability to bounce back when you’re experiencing stressful times, and how well you cope when a crisis happens.  While resilient people do face challenges, they don’t let those challenges keep them down. The faster you can bounce back from a setback, the more likely you are to be successful. Resilience is es...

Today, I’m answering a question from a listener who asked how she can stop letting her brain sabotage her decision-making process. While it’s easy to stress out over making a decision, it’s also easy to be filled with doubt and uncertainty about our decision once we finally make it! Find out why we struggle to make decisions in the first place and my five-step process to make your brain create dec...

Today, Candice Bakx-Friesen and I chat about being a female in the battleground of real estate investing. We talk about how our belief systems about money, success, and wealth can hold us back. Listen in as we discuss how to build relationships in our virtual environment and use your strengths to take action and start or run your business. Candice comes from a background with several family member...

Today, Lisa Kilgour and I talk about how you can create false beliefs around dieting, weight, and body image. Lisa is a registered holistic nutritionist, speaker, educator, and author who helps people heal from diverse and complex health issues. Listen in as we discuss how the food paradigm changes over time, why eating whole foods is essential, and how to change your perspective about food to hav...

Today we’ll talk about how you can be more confident at work - specifically how to feel more confident when surrounded by colleagues that make you feel bad all day. I’ll walk you through three potential solutions to help you deal with negative comments from colleagues at work, and to help you feel more confident having those tough conversations. Negative colleagues can drive down productivity and...

Today we’ll talk about why it's hard to say "no" when others ask us to take on extra work. I'll explain the two reactions your brain has hardwired to make you feel guilty for saying no, why your mind and body need to stop saying no to every request, and how to say "no" without feeling guilty. Two prime culprits make us feel guilty about saying no, and create inner tur...

Today I'm talking with a health coach Eva Rodriguez about transformational self-care for busy women and moms. Eva is a certified health coach, personal trainer, emotional eating expert, and host of Healthy, Sexy, Strong Podcast. Eva works with women to help them end the battle with food and their bodies so they can live and love their lives. Eva shares how self-care is more than having a spa...

Today I'm talking with gut-health expert Julie Davey about the importance of gut health and how changes in our gut health can impair our well-being. Julie has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry and has helped people transform their lives through her coaching program. Seven years ago, Julie started making the change to holistic wellness for herself and her family. Having gu...

Today I'm here to talk about burnout. We were all hoping 2021 would feel different, but unfortunately it’s starting out pretty much the same. If you didn't feel burned out and exhausted in 2020, you’re probably feeling it now! In this episode, I'll walk you through five reasons you may be feeling burned out. Listen in to learn strategies you can implement to boost your energy. More...

Today I'm joined by Noelle Beauregard. She is a registered nurse, coach, and host of the Simplifying Mom Life Facebook Page and mother of three. Her personal mission is to help moms make simple changes around their home to live a more present, joyful, and stress-free life. Noelle learned while she was working as a nurse how much stress and lifestyle management can impact your health.  "I...

Today I'm joined by Kristen Boyle, an internationally certified yoga therapist, somatic coach, single mom, and entrepreneur who shares with us how we can use yoga therapy and the Embodied Living Practice to avoid burnout and thrive in life. She started teaching yoga when she went through a nasty divorce from a dysfunctional relationship. Realizing that yoga's practice was supporting and...

Today I’ll walk you through the top three reasons New Year’s resolutions fail and give you my insider tips on how to stick to your resolutions this year. Statistically, 80% of us will give up on our resolution by the end of February. You start the year pumped and are on track the first week. By the third week of January, more projects are added to your calendar, and you start making excuses for no...

Today we are joined by Danielle Bettman, owner and parenting coach at Whole Heartedly. Danielle helps families with strong-willed toddlers, and parents with a good-cop, bad-cop dynamic find sanity and solutions. Through one-on-one coaching, she helps parents extend their patience, troubleshoot parenting strategies that work, and rewire their parenting mindset and beliefs. She hosts the Failing Mot...

Today we are talking about procrastination. Stick around to learn the two reasons most of us procrastinate and a step-by-step approach to overcoming this annoying habit. I used to be an expert procrastinator - if I could put it off, I would! No matter what the activity, it was put off if it wasn’t fun. Because procrastinating worked out for me, this behavior was reinforced in my brain. And sometim...

Today I'm joined by author and speaker Pattie Grimm, who is here to share with us how to be bold without being bossy, confident, not cocky, and how to successfully achieve being an assertive female leader.  Pattie is an empowerment expert for leaders and women, and she herself was a leader for several global Fortune 100 companies. Patti was recognized as a top leader in Who's Who of Wome...

Today I’m joined by Ama Brew, a best-selling author, keynote speaker, life-balance strategist, and certified wellness coach. After a career in Human Resources, Ama started a childcare business and lost herself in her business for years. She struggled to create a better work-life balance and shifted careers into her current position as a life-balance strategist. Ama realized early on that in the co...

Today I'll share a common mental trap when it comes to confidence and why you shouldn't wait to feel confident to take action. I explain why taking action, especially when you're scared, is the most effective way to stop this mental trap and boost your confidence level. Two false beliefs happen when we don't take action. First, our brain thinks that confidence is a feeling that...

In this episode I’m speaking with Jen Espinosa-Goswami who has spent her life focused on personal improvement, starting with her 100-pound weight loss as a college student and most recently as a marathon runner. She is a speaker and holistic coach, where her passion is to facilitate bliss for every woman. Jen is a member of the National Weight Control Registry, and her weight loss story has been f...

In this episode, I speak with Irene McKenna, an empowerment and parenting coach for moms who want to ditch the overwhelm, step off the cycle of reactivity, and feel confident that they can parent successfully.  Irene shares her own journey which started almost ten years ago with her two sons born 15 months apart. “In the beginning, it was a crazy town around here, and to say that I lost myself was...

In this episode, I'm joined by Christy Primmer to chat about self-care and success. Christy is an author, a registered mental health counselor, the founder of the "Think Like a Lady, Act Like a Boss" coaching program, and a self-care junkie. When asked what got her into the field of self-care, Christy replied, "I know all too well what it's like to hold myself back, whethe...

In this episode, I'll talk about decision fatigue and how it can leave you feeling tired and burnt out. Listen in to learn one of my top strategies for fending off decisions fatigue and feeling more in control of your energy. I remember feeling decision fatigue not so long ago. Not only was I working longer at the time, but I was also learning new skills, making my brain think extra hard. Mor...

In this episode, I’ll talk about a fear that holds so many of us back - the fear of failure. Have you ever held yourself back from trying something new or going after your dream because you were scared of failing? Listen in to learn one action item that you can do today to start training your brain for confidence. It’s scary to fail because failure brings up so many negative feelings and thoughts....