Get Your Energy Back

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode features a special guest kidney AND pancreas transplant recipient, Mary McCorvey. I met Mary on a FB group when she had just completed a 5k around the time I was doing my first triathlon since my transplant. Mary shares her journey and what has helped her the very most in dealing with her health challenges as a young woman and successful adult. I know you&...

Send us Fan Mail It's easy to feel very powerless in your life. It's also easy to feel stuck and that what you do doesn't matter or doesn't make a difference. In this episode, I talk about some concepts from shame researcher Brene Brown and her book "The Gifts of Imperfection" to help guide you into feeling hope again. While hope is an emotion, Brene also sees hope as...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you indulge in an emotion? You find yourself doing things you don’t want to be doing. You are out of alignment with where you really want to be. You find yourself binging Netflix, skipping the workout, canceling plans with friends, eating more than you’d planned, or overscheduling yourself and not giving yourself time to breathe. SO what is the solution? Allowing...

Send us Fan Mail In a world where you're taught to shove your feelings down and not be "so emotional", it can be hard to even know what you're feeling. You may have never asked yourself that question before. "What emotion am I experiencing?" In this episode, I share why it takes courage to show up for yourself emotionally and to be honest with how you are feeling. And...

Send us Fan Mail It can feel so overwhelming when you're feeling out of sorts, but you just can't figure it out. This episode will give you the clarity you've been looking for. I share the 3 ways you may have been trying to stop feeling the way you do that hasn't been working for you. And I give you the special formula for understanding how to actually deal with emotions in a w...

Send us Fan Mail Check out this episode where I explore with you how to rewrite the painful stories of your past. I had an amazing coaching experience with Karen Warren last week that inspired this episode. She is incredible and helped me rewrite an old tired out story I've been telling for far too long.  Also, check out the work by Michelle Fournier too about partnering with what's poss...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I explore what happens in your mind when things aren't going how you thought they would in your health journey. I explain why you feel the way you do and I talk about two important concepts-- the clean pain and the dirty pain about any difficult situation. I also talk about boundaries and why the way I talk about them might be a little different than you&apos...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share my best tips for dealing with being worried about your kidney transplant rejecting. I tell you about how I rewrote the narrative of parts of my health story and why you might want to consider doing the same too.

Send us Fan Mail After 2 years of canceled Masterminds, I was able to attend my very first one put on by my coaching certification program, The Life Coach School. In this episode, I tell you the 4 biggest lessons that stuck out to me: not waiting until you "feel good" before you start taking massive action, why it's important to decide to be awesome right now, understanding that you...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we deep dive into why it's so scary to get your labs drawn and what can happen to your brain (and body) when it feels like lab results are taking too long to come back. If either of these cause you to feel some fear, you're going to want to check this episode out and let me know just how you deal with fear too. 

Send us Fan Mail Ever wonder why when you see a new car you like out on the road that you start seeing it everywhere? In this episode, I explore the "Tetris Effect" from Shawn Achor's "The Happiness Advantage". I discuss how you can harness the powers of the Tetris Effect and selective attention to create more joy and beauty in your everyday life.

Send us Fan Mail Ever find yourself feeling discouraged? I know I have. In this episode, we dive into exactly what you need to believe in order to move out of being discouraged and into creating the courage to move forward.

Send us Fan Mail Ever have a reaction to something you did (or didn't do) and you just hated it? This podcast is for you. In this episode, I dissect exactly what perpetuates cycles in your life you can't stand and how you can break free from them. I help you take an intentional look at your past and create what you want to on purpose. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share how I distinguish between confidence and self-confidence. I also give you 10 practical tips I shared with the Nephrotic Syndrome Foundation on How To Thrive with Kidney Disease. These tips will help you understand just how much power you have in your life to create change and go after the things that are truly important to you. Can't wait to see you t...

Send us Fan Mail Wanna lose some weight? We think that we've got to hate our bodies enough so that we'll actually do something about changing them. And I have found that this is the opposite of how sustainable weight loss actually occurs. It's not until you really decide to begin loving yourself on purpose with your imperfections at all, that real lasting change can occur. And, it c...

Send us Fan Mail Our brains always want to solve a problem. They are designed that way. It’s to keep us safe and keep us thriving as a species. 4 ways I’ve found that brains try to solve problems- Inner critic, Inner Squirrel, Inner Napper, and Inner Genius. Join me on this episode as we explore different ways that our brain tries to help us solve the problems in our lives and exactly how we can t...

Send us Fan Mail We all feel it sometimes. That little whisper telling you that there's something wrong with you. It can really put you in a tailspin if you don't know what to do when it happens. This episode explores how to get out of a shame spiral and love yourself fully for who you are.

Send us Fan Mail Chronic illness can feel like it’s ripping your identity apart. You can’t do the things you used to and you’re scared about the future. In the present, you might not be able to take care of yourself or the people you have stewardship over in the ways you’ve always been able to. When that happens, a lot of people tell me that they feel like a burden to the people around them.  But...

Send us Fan Mail It can be so hard when everyone is telling you to feel grateful and you just don't. You'll want to check out this episode to feel why you might not be feeling grateful and what to do instead. Who knows, you might even find some gratitude anyway, but only if you want to. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we talk about something many of us in the chronic illness community face- Toxic Positivity. There's the external things people tell us, like "Keep your chin up" or "Things aren't that bad", but there's also the unexamined internal toxic positivity we keep in ourselves. This kind causes emotional distress and creates immense inter...

Send us Fan Mail It's a New Year.  New Year, New You, right?? Maybe. But if you aren't setting yourself up for success, then these things might just get in the way of you getting what you're really after. In this episode, I share some simple ways to understand the difference between a resolution and a goal. If you're wanting to make sure you get what you want this year, you&apo...

Send us Fan Mail What does your relationship. with yourself look like? Are you thinking care of you?  In this episode we dive into why how you relate to yourself is so important.

Send us Fan Mail We've all been there. Going through some of our toughest challenges. They can be throughout any time of the year, but the endings can be the hardest. Here are some tangible ways to help you as you navigate life's challenges.

Send us Fan Mail If you've ever felt regret, it doesn't feel that great. It can make you feel like a total failure. If you want to find a new way to deal with decisions so that you make regret an obsolete feeling, you're going to want to check out this podcast. 

Send us Fan Mail Does writing and keeping a goal feel as clear as mud to you? Maybe you're frustrated by trying and never really being able to figure out a goal that really works for you and your body. Today we get crystal clear on how to write a goal that aligns with both your body and intuition.  Learn how to set yourself up for success right here.