Holistically Heal-Thy Self with Jess Pfeffer, Founder of Jess Pfeffer Holistic Event Planning

Today I connected with Kaley Deck the Founder of Honey and Quartz.  Kaley wants to "help as many women as possible feel their true beauty—from the inside out—in this lifetime. We’ve dimmed our lights and played small for far too long. It’s our time to shine." She shared with us one of her training with HeartMath Institute and how she learned and agrees with the importance of how our hearts pl...

Today I connected with Michelle Turner-Young, Owner of Soulfire Movement. Michelle is a dance artist from Boston, MA of 10 years, the Owner of SOULFIRE MOVEMENT, and a Mom of twin girls, building an artist and family legacy through the mindfulness movement. We chatted about her story of what brought her to use dance and meditation for her own journey to living a healthier more meaningful life.&nbs...

Today I connected with Cory Mosser, Progenitor— Natural Born Tillers. Cory has always had food as his focus from being in the farm industry to a chef and started his firm that creates edible landscaping for residential and commercial clients. He loves to connect people to their food not just as a consumer but "what can you do from the perspective of the individual, what does growing food mean to y...

Today I connected with Shannon Smith, Founder of SoulShine Schools in Atlanta, GA. We spoke on the importance of collaboration between parents, teachers, the children and the community. Shannon has 3 locations with the newest one in East Atlanta Village(opens April 18th). Their goal is not simply to build a strong, warm and nurturing connection with each child, but to extend that connection to the...

Today I connected with Tyler Thompson, organizer of the Atlanta Green Market Fair. He is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Albania 2013-15) and cross-continental cyclist (7,000 miles from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Key West, Florida). In 2019, was inspired to bring his father’s ideas to life. That is, to find a way to coordinate collective consumer action to advance market-based solutions to environme...

Today I connected with Kashi Sehgal, the CEO & Co-Founder of Retazza, a women and minority-owned enterprise that strives to make local food more accessible and affordable, directly supports our communities’ farmers, and reconnects consumers to their food, and feeds families struggling with food insecurity. We chatted on the reason why she co-founded Retazza acknowledging that fresh, local food...

Today I connected with Keyatta Mincey-Parker, Owner and Operator of a Sip of Paradise Garden. Keyatta is a creative cocktail mixologist doing bigs things for her community of bartenders and the community of Atlanta in general.  A Sip of Paradise, her 501c3 non-profit bartender community garden based in Atlanta welcomes all bartenders currently in the business or prior, a place for the communi...

Today I connected with Evan Neal, Farmer of Chattahoochee Queen. We chatted on the importance of soil and the parallel it has to human's health, how what we put in and on our body helps us "flourish" just like plants. Evan shares with us tips on how to keep his fresh cut flowers longer and what it is like to be an urban farmer in Atlanta, GA.  Evans grows specialty cut flowers using sustainab...

Today I connected with Brandi Shelton, the Founder of just add honey tea company. We chatted on all things tea! She tries to source locally from farmers and has studied a variety of teas from all over the world. Starting out at farmer's markets, then her first store, and now selling online Brandi and her team are doing big things for Atlanta and worldwide.  Brandi is focusing on programming a...

Today I connected with James Carr, Founder of Farmers Jam, a collective of farmers and friends who play music, make jam, and plant fruit trees. Farmers Jam spreads joy through live music and local food and all of their jams, events and merch help them plant more trees on local farms. James chatted about how food connects people and the community. After being around farmers and his lineage of Irish...

Today I connected with Danielle Brunson, Co-Founder and COO of The Namaste Project, yoga, mindfulness, + meditation teacher.  Danielle began her career working in the school system as a teacher and continued up the ladder to being a principal followed by a corporate coach.  Using her own personal experience with yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness she decided to start The Namaste Project w...

Today I connected with Nalini Mehti on all things Ayurveda. Nalini is based out of Atlanta after living all over the world. Her personal experience with the loss of her father when she was 21 and moving to India to take care of her mother with Cancer led her on this path. Nalini shares with us how she used meditation and traditional ayurvedic practices to improve her mental and physical health. Na...

In today's episode, I connected with Heather Berg, Founder of Soul Garden Yoga, who is a trained yoga, meditation, and breathwork teacher.  We talked about how Heather was introduced to the Buteyko Breath Method after reading James Nestor’s book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. Her love of diving deeper into different breathwork modalities for her personal and professional practice ins...

In today's episode, I connected with Dr. Nikki Davis, a psychologist at Therapeutic Oasis Of Palm Beaches + mindfulness faculty at Sacred Treehouse. We chatted about how helpful mindfulness practices have been for her personal  + professional life. Nikki shares what mindfulness is and the practices we can learn during Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). MBSR is a mindfulness educationa...

In today's episode I connected with Suzanne Gundersen, Natural Stress Relief Mentor. We talked about the vagus nerve and how she offers somatic exercises and tools to relax the nervous system. She shared some easy to do at-home steps to lower anxiety and stress, including tapping one of her signature tools in her programs.  Suzanne Gundersen is a Speaker, Mentor & Teacher of Stress Resili...

In today's episode, I connected with Kim Marrone, Acupuncturist + Functional Medicine Practitioner. We talked about the increase of autoimmune in younger patients as of recently and her view on the reasons behind it. Kim shares the benefits and ways that acupuncture can help prevent + reverse chronic disease, along with other modalities they use such as cupping and gua sha.  Kim is an active...

In today's episode, I connected with Ewa Josefsson a certified hypnosis practitioner who specializes in subconscious reprogramming. We talked about her journey from being a yoga teacher, to dream yoga also referred to as "lucid dreaming", and why she became a hypnosis practitioner.  She describes the process as "freeing" for both her and the clients she works with.   A common reques...

In today's episode, I connected with Jess Prestia better known as jessbeinspired. We talked about Reiki, energy, and crystals.  She is a Reiki Master, Certified Meditation Teacher with Davidji, Energy Reader, Crystal, and Sound Healer. Her heart's intention and vision are to help inspire others to connect to their highest self. Jess offers distant Reiki Readings, Healing &...

In today's BONUS episode, I connected with Jocelyn & Aaron Freeman of Meet the Freemans. They are authors of The New Power Couple , and The Argument Hangover®  + founders of Empowered Couples University. We talked about the importance of communication and conflict resolution in romantic partnerships. They shared about their morning routine of meditation, journaling, and connecting before...

In today's episode, I connected with Linda Andrews CEO of Lila Life. We talked about her journey from the finance world into being a wellness coach. She expressed her take on romance and how pleasure can be "all around us in our daily lives". Linda shares her experience with marriage as a sacred union, living daily in the "honeymoon" phase, and the importance of choosing her partner over and over...

In today's episode, I connected with Shelby Seidler, Realtor + Business Coach. We talked about social relationships/ friendships and how we are all the "average of our 5 closest friends".  Influenced by Tony Robbins, a psychology degree, and a self-proclaimed "self-help book junkie", Shelby co-hosts monthly events in Delray Beach. She and her friend Jamie Leigh Mackey created these reoccurrin...

In today's episode, I connected with Colleen Reagan Noon M.Ed, the founder of Imajery Jane Publishing and a birth and parenting educator at her business The Respected Child. She has two young boys and lives in Delray Beach, Florida. We talked about the changes she made in her own parenting habits after discovering her husband's addiction to pain pills, which changed her financial situation as well...

In today's episode, I connected with Jen Todd, Co-Founder of 8evolve. We talked about how important it was for her to work in different industries collecting information and lessons that led her to co-create a wellness app. Jen's experience in the tech world and finance has helped her share her expertise with the health + wellness industry.  She and her business partner Irina Vlada have the v...

In today's episode, I connected with Arianne Traverso, owner of BizYogi.  We talked about the "work bucket" and how she took the leap by starting her own holistic business coaching to help conscious + holistic women. Her background in marketing, advertising, and graphic design has positioned her in a place to help with all facets of building or bettering a holistic business. And as an acro yo...

In today's episode, I connected with Jacqueline Botting, Founder + Executive Director of WiseTribe. We talked about Jacqueline's work and personal experience and how it led her to create a local non-for-profit that "fosters connection". Jacqueline's desire to help co-create a wiser world Is by sharing it through food, learning + well-being. She, the board, and the community have teamed up with loc...