It's YOUR Birth Day! Podcast

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode timed itself beautifully! Helene was just in Greece on some much needed R&R with her husband and Christina was with her family in London and Paris on some much needed R&R with her family!  Does travel mean relaxation to you? Or is it quiet time? Or a good book with a big blanket? Do you allow yourself R&R? In this episode, we dig deep in discussing...

Send a text Hey Friends! Helene & Christina here. Are you a caregiver to others? Maybe you are in the depths of parenting or caring for a relative, a friend, a spouse? Maybe you find yourself drawn to people who need TLC.  Then this episode is for you! As a caregiver- burnout is REAL.  It is exhausting work to care for someone else, whether it be someone who is healthy or someone who is ill. ...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode can be hard and good. We are challenging you to dig deep into yourself to figure out how you accept or don’t accept love.  We talk about the foundation of attachment with our families growing up as to how you were taught that you were loved.  For many, they grew up with “transactional” love and how that can lead to toxic relationships or an inability to accept...

Send a text Hey Friends! Helene & Christina here and we are so excited about this episode…maybe because we LOVE to love on others! This episode is sweet, fun and full of joy! Christina shares a special story about Helene loving on her when she moved her office to the same building as Helene.  Helene shares about those in her life who have taught her how to love others. This is a positive, summ...

Send a text Hey Friends! Helene & Christina, here to chat about the gift of health! How often do you take the time to truly notice your body- not in critique or annoyance- rather in appreciation? We are on a mission to teach YOU how to truly celebrate yourself. So how do we do that without taking care of our entire body?! In this episode, we discuss different areas of health- physical, mental,...

Send a text Hey Friends, This episode is positive and encouraging. If you are starting to think about strength training, hearing the research on it or wondering what all the hype is- then take a listen!  Helene & Christina meet with Jamie Rhodes, of Capital Fitness in Fort Myers.  Jamie has made it her life passion since she was in her early 20’s (we won’t out her age) to maintain a healthy bo...

Send a text Hey Friends! Helene & Christina here.  This is an episode that would have been total taboo for our parents. However, we are here to be real and meet you in your messy middle.  If this episode triggers you- head to therapy before listening.  If this is something that you are trying to figure out, as you grow up (like us)- then it is for you. This episode is all about getting comfort...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode is so fun! Ever want to try something new but you are in your head and can’t make yourself do it?! Then this episode is for Y-O-U! We talk about the hard obstacles and fears that keep us from doing things we love or trying something new or thinking outside the box.   Both Helene & Christina struggle with this one naturally with their perfectionistic person...

Send a text Hey Friends! Can you believe we are on Episode 50?!?!?! It is all because of YOU! So Thank YOU for listening and sharing it with all your tribe! We so appreciate and love you for doing this with us!  This episode is a hell ya! And it is an evolution.  We are here to talk about Self Validation…not the arrogant, egotistical uncle we all know, rather a confident person who is able to inte...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode is both a “hell ya” AND an “umph”! Helene & Christina talk about the reality that not every friendship is meant to stay in your life. They dig deep in talking about trusting yourself and realizing when a friendship is not healthy.   Helene reminds us that we teach people how to treat us.  She reminds us the power of healthy boundaries and expectations in r...

Send a text Hey Friends, Helene & Christina here to say worry gets a bad rap .  All these tiktokers and influencers who are telling you to get rid of worry…Friends, we are here to say… they have it all wrong!  Now that we have your attention and you think we have lost our minds…and you are singing songs in your head about washing your worries away… we genuinely and truthfully want to talk abou...

Send a text Hey Friends! Welcome to this tough and real episode. Helene has over 25 years experience working in marital therapy.  She really focuses on what we all need to ask ourselves in what we want from a relationship- whether it be friendship or intimate.   This episode is filled with fun stories, truthful tales and a lot of excitement for helping you to be best version of YOU in a relationsh...

Send a text Hi Friends! This episode is for women in their 30’s and 40’s (and even 20’s).  Our new friend Maggie Ullrich is a licensed social worker by training and self proclaimed “your perimenopause wing woman”! Maggie gets real about her journey through perimenopause and how it hit her like a “mac truck without a honk.”   She literally cracks us up as she is real and fun about the joys of perim...

Send a text Hey Friends!  We are in full swing of Mother’s Day season! For Many, this can be joyful and fun and for others, this can be painful and life sucking.  We get it- we have been on both sides of the pendulum and support you right where you are at!  This episode is mostly positive and encouraging, but also filled with some validation if you are struggling to be a supportive mother and/or y...

Send a text Oh Friends! This is a hard episode. If it is feeling to raw, please give your permission to save it for later. Whether you are living without a mother because your mother has passed away, you needed to create hard boundaries or for another reason, this episode is for you. Helene & Christina are real about their own journeys of losing their mother. They share about real stories of w...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode is real, fun and motivating! Do you dream of doing something different? Were you laid off and are scared to take the next steps? Have you been plotting for years, but haven’t taken a step towards doing what you REALLY want to do?!  Girl- we get you! That is what motivated us to launch It’s YOUR Birth Day! It was time to reach people who we wouldn’t get to see...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode is real. So many of us are super uncomfortable with the word MONEY! It elicits feelings for all of us- negative, positive- we all feel it. How do we handle the tough stuff when it comes to money? Avoid, overthink, freak out, panic? Or maybe you only feel joy when you are spending money, making money, or have a fat bank account? Join us as we sit down with Lind...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode… we mean THIS EPISODE! Friends- this is a keeper. We are discussing our bodies in a way that most don’t.  We talk about positivity! Our amazing expert Lora Ulrich is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Executive Wellness Coach, Metabolism Specialist, and Menopause Health Coach.  She has been in practice for over 30 years, sharing her wisdom and guidance. In thi...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode is filled with JOY! And truth- it is all about parenting.  Whether you are on the fence of making that decision, recently realized you are becoming a parent, or are in the life of parenthood- this episode is for you! Join us as we talk with Shelby Reitz, Esquire who made an incredibly fulfilling decision to walk away from a very successful legal career in DC t...

Send a text Hey Friends! This week you are meeting the amazing Julie, aka Christina’s sister (in law)! She is bringing us so many amazing gifts as we discuss how she and her partner made the decision to not have children.  Julie is candid and real as we dig into how she dreamed of being a mother as a little girl playing with dolls and slowly over time, realized mothering was not something she want...

Send a text Hey Friends! This episode… is really for ALL OF US! Are you someone who says yes, when really you wish you could say no? Can you so relate to those memes that say, “I know I said I wanted to go out 5 days ago, but today I wish I said no?” Or are you adding more to your plate because you are driven by some type of guilt?  Helene & Christina dig into the power of NO! We talk about wh...

Send a text Hi Friends! This episode is a bookmark, listen to over and over one! We are talking CONFIDENCE.  Is this a hard one for you? Are you contemplating a job and scared to hit apply? Or maybe you are afraid to stand up for yourself in a meeting? Or with family? Maybe you don’t believe you are worth that respect? If any of these are true- it is time for you to dive in and listen!  Every huma...

Send a text Hey Friends! We are thrilled that you are LISTENING to this episode.  This is your gift to improving ALL relationships!  How often do you feel like you are not being listened to? Or maybe you get told "You aren't listening!!"  In this episode, we help you understand the difference between passive and active listening.  We share what it looks like to not listen, which is...

Send a text OH Friends! This one is fun! If you are someone who regularly belly laughs like Christina or someone who enjoys slapstick humor like Helene or maybe someone who needs to sprinkle some more laughter into your life, this episode is for you. Did you know that children laugh 300 times per day, but adults only average 20 laughs per day?! How wrong is that? Time to change those statistics, s...

Send a text Hey Friends, Helene & Christina Here! This episode is really for everyone- you, your BF, your spouse, your neighbor- all your people.  Join us as talk about overcoming our fears- sharing some funny examples and some not so funny. Helene opens up about her fear of flying and the gifts she has used to overcome them, even going so far as to have her daughter open the plane shade durin...