Finding My Frequency

I sat down with Mackenna Mastrud, owner of Inner Loop Acupuncture and what emerged was a deep conversation about authenticity - not just who we love, but what happens when we finally stop editing ourselves to fit into the expectations of everyone else. Mackenna shares, perhaps more publicly than she has before, about being queer, pansexual, and polyamorous. Rather than rushing into those labels, w...

In honor of Pride Month, I sat down with yoga teacher and community builder Kayla Egresi to talk about the intersection of queerness and wellness. What unfolded was a thoughtful conversation about identity, belonging, accessibility, and what it means to create spaces where people don’t have to explain themselves to feel welcome. Kayla shares her journey from college rugby player to yoga teacher, h...

Thanks for reading Finding My Frequency by Frequency Wellness Space! This post is public so feel free to share it. There’s something really powerful about sitting with someone who doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. That’s what stood out to me most in my conversation with Dr. Katie Barbaccia. Katie is a naturopathic doctor here in Rochester, and throughout this conversation we talk about medi...

Finding My Frequency by Frequency Wellness Space is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. There are some conversations where I walk in with a roadmap. A list of questions. A sense of where we’re headed. And then there are conversations like this one. My conversation with Caren Calamita unfolded in real time, full of...

There are some conversations that gently rearrange the way you see the world. This was one of them. In this episode of Finding My Frequency , I sat down with Rachel Crawford - an astrologer, a storyteller, and a new member of our community at Frequency Wellness Space - who is reimagining her work through Nova House Astrology . What unfolded wasn’t just a conversation about astrology. It was a conv...

For Eli Harrigon, after just one session of guided breathwork, he was all in. He found the sessions profound and left him with a sense of both profound calm, and also a connection to things deep within himself. That initial session sparked a passion that has led him to offer the practice to others. As profound and deep as Eli has found the work for himself, you’ll hear, he struggles a bit to find...

Owning a business is the greatest self-development program - full stop. Raeanne Lacatena has spent most of her career supporting other business owners through business coaching - while she herself was building a business. Starting from a mental health counseling background, she takes a deeply personal approach to supporting others. Along the way she realized she herself was pretty astute at busine...

Creativity. Even if you don’t realize it - you are creative. Working in wellness means creating all the time. Class sequences, healing sessions, conversations and experiences for others. You chose the music, the words you use, the tone, the rhythm, the flow that other experience when you’re with you. That’s creative. Don’t fall for the trap that you have to ‘do creative work’. Just by living your...

In this 3rd part of my solo series I’m talking about Consistency. Once you have clarity about what you offer, who you are, and you get comfortable and have found your preferred way to communicate, how can you do it consistently? Consistency - The practice of doing things over and over again. It can seem boring, it can seem sometimes pointless, it can seem difficult to maintain. I truly believe tha...

In this solo episode I talk about what can be difficult for some wellness professionals - talking about yourself and what you do! Truth is, you have to find some way to communicate so people know what you offer and who you are. I offer the following insights I’ve been over the last three years watching others work through this process * Clear is better than clever every time - even if you think it...

I had the idea of doing a series to sum up some of the key lessons I’ve seen for wellness practitioners as they try and find their way as they take a leap of faith and start an independent practice away from a traditional yoga studio or care space. It takes a lot of guts to go it solo - but you don’t have to do it alone. I’ve seen over 100 different practitioners take this journey - all at varying...

Dru Ryan brings his love of culture, music and cycling together in his own unique way. You can find him teaching spin classes in the Washington DC area. His classes are a blend of endurance, speed, form and are rooted in the principles of outdoor cycling. That means you won’t find tap backs or the more usual choreography based elements when you ride with him. Dru is an outdoor cyclist himself. He...

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There is no mistaking that the worlds of design and wellness have become closely intertwined, especially in our world of social media and online presence where people are trying to figure out how to best communicate who they are to the world online. Enter Laura Olverd, owner and founder of Wild Urban Studio. Laura studied graphic design and has a keen eye for branding, content and design. Out of c...

“No risk, no Ferrari” Luca Natale is young and hungry and ready to make his mark in the wellness world. He’s only in high school and is already 3 years into founding a company and brand - 25/8 Possibilities - and launched his first supplement - an electrolyte and creatine supplement At the age of 7 years old, riding in the back of the car with his mom, thinking out loud he said “if you’re not work...

As adults, it can sometimes feel awkward to try new things. And as adults we feel like awkward is for the young - not for us. But at Jen Shellard explains, the benefits mentally and emotionally (and chemically) for adults who try and pursue new things, are significant. One of the new things she took on as an adult was journaling. Specifically gratitude journaling. She amassed quite the collection...

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit findingmyfrequency.substack.com I have wanted to do this for over a year. I’ve also felt a special connection with my sister and in recent years as I’ve learned more about astrology I’ve wanted to have our charts read together, as sisters, to see how our astrology speaks to our sibling dynamic. And what better way to give one our member...

The Body is an Altar. Healing, an Act of Worship. Our Life is the Ceremony. Each day, an opportunity. To bring forth Healing. To honor ourselves, our bodies, and the Earth. To build a bridge of connection with our ancestors. To engage with the Sacred These are the headlines on Teagan West’s (AP) website. She walks through this world trying to find all the ways that we are connected, while also not...

Linden Dukes is a special kind of person. He cares deeply about others - and he’s not afraid to help motivate and guide them to be their best. But getting there doesn’t mean you will always see him smile. He’s learned that part of his role in leadership is modeling what he preaches to others “show up as you are" - which means some days you will see him without a smile - getting his workout in, get...

Money is a topic that can be uncomfortable in many settings, but especially in wellness spaces. Teachers, healers and those doing the work do it because they love and they want to ‘do no harm’, which can make it difficult to figure out how to appropriately determine how much to ask people to pay for the services you provide. Emily June Wilcox would like to disrupt those patterns and beliefs that m...

Erin Joy spent a lot of time moving really fast through life. She’s the kind of person who just wanted do do it all. Ride motorcycles, dance, move her body, climb mountains and just generally ‘go for it’. There wasn’t one big moment, one radical shift, but through ordinary moments out in the world, in nature, Erin Joy found her way to yoga and fell in love with the way it made her stop and take no...

Nicole Lueschow is someone who thinks about life, and her clients deeply. It’s no surprise she ended up at a salon whose station cabinet drawers for styling tools (and a wide array of lip glass as you’ll hear) are fashioned from old library card catalog drawers - the old school Dewey Decimal system kind. Beauty and Wellness are thought of as opposing forces. Beauty can be seen as superficial, shal...

Mackenzie Piccaretto blends her upbringing in a health conscious household with learned knowledge from her studies at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) into beautiful and delicious offerings as a private chef. But what she learned wasn’t a formula for health or cooking - instead she learned how to follow your intuition and allow your life and body to be your guide. She went from a PR j...

Exercise is always a hot topic in wellness. What’s the best way to move your body? How often should you do it? Weights or cardio? Pilates or Yoga? Running or Walking? There are a lot of people with opinions who suggest different routines to follow all referencing a lot of different information and theories. Dr. Nick Broskey is a translational scientist at Eastern Carolina University focusing on sk...

In Human Design a Projector is known for seeing things that others miss. They are the friend who points things out that make you say “oh wow I never thought of that”. They are full of wisdom - and they bring so much into the world. Jen Mimkha is a Projector - and through her experience as a Dietician, Yoga Instructor and explorer in this world she’s noticed that things are shifting and changing -...