Health Harmony & Happiness with Cathy

When life seems to spin out of control, it's ok to hit pause on some of life's priorities and take inventory of your own Health Harmony and Happiness. But sometimes that takes setting pride and ego aside and embracing humility to admit to ourselves when we're committing to too much and moving agains the flow of life rather than with it. Hear how my recent experience with doing just...

Practicing self-care is a must especially during times of stress and chaos. And part of that self-care involves cultivating work-life satisfaction. This brief Health Harmony Happiness Moment tells you what I will be focusing on over the next 6 weeks! We'd love to hear from you! Send us a text and let us know what inspired you from the show. Join the Energetic Rhythms for Intentional Living com...

Living with an abundant mindset is releasing the fear of scarcity, or a “do more” mentality, and rather expanding into your highest state of being so that you actually spend MORE TIME in your true, playful self.  This week Hemalayaa and I sit down and unpack what an abundant mindset looks like and how her EMBODY pathway is one way to begin working on creating an abundant mindset for yourself.  Plu...

Local CrossFit gym owner, Chris Gordon, and I discuss how attitude truly is everything when it comes to mindset whether in the gym or yoga studio. We talk about intrinsic motivation and discipline, how they're related and how they contribute to creating the mindset you cultivate.  Plus, find out the 2 biggest messages Chris teaches his students in regards to behavior change and mindset. For s...

Five simple ways you can make gratitude a daily practice all year long and not just during this holiday season. Gratitude is in the forefront of everyone's minds during Thanksgiving and the holiday season, but what about the rest of the year? Find out what gratitude means to me and learn some simple yoga and spiritual practices that I use to honor this quality and implement into my personal a...

Mindset isn't just how your brain functions and what is going on within your mind. It's your "head mind" + "heart mind" that make you whole, and Yoga Mind® is a practice that gives you insight into how these both help release emotions stored in your body. In this week’s episode of Health Harmony and Happiness with Cathy, I visit this concept and much more with Dr. Dia...

A productive mindset doesn't involve learning anything new, but rather clearing the mind clutter that keeps you from being fully present to tune into your body's intuition as Ali Machedon, Life Coach + Adamantine(R) Yoga teacher, shares in this week's episode. It involves shifting perspective so that clarity and focus become a natural state of being by ridding yourself of the things...

Transitions in life as well as in your yoga practice can be uncomfortable, especially in the beginning, but setting clear boundaries for yourself can accommodate a growth mindset rather than a fixed one. I identify the 4 ways in which I've observed people tend to approach transitions and talk you through 3 techniques to use when setting boundaries so you set yourself up for success when faced...

From becoming a raw vegan to being OK with enjoying those nachos every once in a while,  Sheree Clark of Fork in the Road shares her journey with food, practicing Adamantine® Yoga and helping others as a mid-life courage coach. Find out how with just 2 weeks shy of being completely raw vegan for 1 entire year, she accidentally made a mistake that caused her to miss hitting her goal. And how she be...

Circadian rhythm, in part your sleep cycles, may play more of a role in nutrition and how your body uses food as fuel than what it is you are actually eating. Plus learn some easy ways to tell if the nutrition choices you actually are making are working for you. Kathleen (Katie) Standafer Lopez sheds light on the 2 elements that most influence the efficiency of your body no matter what nutritional...

Getting kids to eat and actually enjoy healthy foods can be a challenge at times, but with careful meal planning and possibly their help prepping foods, you and your kids will be eating foods that help them stay focused and feel nourished inside and out all while staying on budget. This is the 2nd part of an interview I did with Jess Ramaeker, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, in which we sit down...

Born out of the need to bring healing to her own family, Jess Ramaeker trained as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner with the goal of reconnecting people to healing foods & vibrant health. Ridding your body of inflammation and healing it with food starts first with knowing what foods could trigger that inflammatory response, then how to shop the grocery store. As a Nutritional Therapy Practiti...

From motherhood to entrepreneurship to functional nutrition, Kate Brown - owner BRAISED Bone Broth Co. - shares how bone broth is a lifestyle habit and how the craft of making bone broth stems from a rich family history of living in a soup culture. Bone broth isn't just a fad nutrition gimmick that promises a lot then is quickly forgotten after a year or 2.  And bringing someone chicken soup...

The option to have a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) is rarely given to mamas these days, so I'm sharing my my experience in choosing to try for a VBA2C (After 2 Cesareans), and how I went about helping my physical and mental bodies to make it happen.  Some methods I used to prepare for a Trial of Labor After Cesarean (TOLAC) are not necessarily "normal," but had a profound effe...

From parenting to career moves, Jana Vink shares her experience with work life balance as a mom of 4, Licensed Social Worker and business owner in using faith as the value that drives decisions in her family.  Jana is the owner of Grace Counseling in Pella, Iowa. To connect or schedule a session at Jana's office or virtually visit www. GraceCounselingIowa.com . To read show notes for this epi...

The balance between work and family can only flourish when intention is put into wherever you place your attention. LeeAnnHuff gives tips and insights on how to maintain the balance of having 3 young children & owning a business.  Through self-awareness she has learned true honesty with herself which has been essential in allowing both her business and family to flourish. LeeAnn owns Chiroprac...

Creating work-life balance can be a struggle for everyone at some point during various seasons of life, so listen in as I share what works for our family and give tips on things you can implement right away to feel more satisfaction in these 2 areas as well. Find out how consistency with scheduling and using the village or tribe of people around you can be key players in creating this balance.  I...

The topic of work-life balance often falls short of recognizing that there are dads out there who find great importance in making the family side of the scale a priority while continuing to thrive in business. Kevin Wadle is a local business owner & Adamantine® Yoga practitioner who plays, and always has played, an active role in raising his 3 kids while growing a business and supporting a spo...

Shelby Kruse, Adamantine® Yoga Teacher & mama of 3, sits down with me to talk about her need for calm & a yoga practice that would give her time for just herself. It took losing a friendship & getting to a pretty dark place before Adamantine® Yoga came into her life & changed everything. Now she inspires & teaches others with her daily yoga practice at the Adamantine® Yoga stud...

Adamantine® Yoga Advanced Practitioner, Lois Reichert, began practicing this style of yoga for pain relief, but eventually realized the benefits went far beyond the relief she was seeking, impacting both the aging process and improving depression symptoms.  She feels as though this practice has reverse-aged her body by at least 20 years. Beyond the physical Lois shares how she has begun to transfo...

In looking for a more organized & systematic way to practice yoga and find a deeper teacher-student relationship, Kelly McCormick found Adamantine® Yoga & now uses it as a measure for how everything else aligns in her life. Join Kelly McCormick and I as we discuss why the commitment to Adamantine® Yoga along with its systematic approach to self-betterment makes this an ideal practice for b...

James Miller, founder of Adamantine® Yoga, and I discuss why this systematic approach to yoga is key to changing perception & creating powerful self transformation. Hear why James says an individualized yoga practice is so much more conducive to personal change than group yoga classes and how 4 tenets create the spiritual component to this practice that makes it accessible & relatable to e...

The first series in this podcast is dedicated to the practice of Adamantine® Yoga; a practice that has enhanced my personal path toward health, harmony & happiness and will hopefully be a tool for you to consider using as well. I talk about my struggle with balancing work and life, managing stress and anxiety, starting a family after struggling with infertility, becoming an entrepreneur, and h...