Mindful Miri Podcast

Send us Fan Mail This week on the show, we talk Food Freedom, Fat Shame, Tiny Tyrants, and the Road to Recovery with Cherie Miller. ​Cherie Miller is an Eating Disorder Recovery Warrior turned Therapist.  She has a Master’s in Counseling and is a licensed professional counselor (LPC). She is founder and owner of Food Freedom Therapy™, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk shedding diet culture and traditional career paths to embrace mindful living, follow your heart, and move to Indonesia with Dana Hamann. Dana Hamann is a conscious and passionate creator, retreat host, soul surfer, ocean enthusiast, yogini, dreamer, believer, expansion activist, inner awareness facilitator. Born and raised in San Diego, California. Dana Moved to...

Send us Fan Mail This week, I talk with Mariah Eaves about Saran wrapping her thighs in 6th grade, interrupting negative thought patterns, and revolutionizing self-love for herself and others via boudoir photography. Mariah Eaves is a lifelong local to the Central Coast of California. Her smile is contagious, you'll see!  She spent many years in the hospitality and banking industry before sta...

Send us Fan Mail This is part 2 of 2 (check out the previous episode for Part 1 with the amazing Elizabeth Sneed!) This week, we talk size-exclusion as social justice, expanding what you think is possible for yourself, and surfing in Nicaragua this April! The Curvy Surfer Girl is Elizabeth Sneed.  The Curvy Surfer Girl Movement is dedicated to reimagining the last 63 years of exclusive history in...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk surfing, child abuse, suicidal ideation, overcoming adversity, and resilience.  If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, in the U.S., please call the National Suicide Lifeline at 988 or text "HOME" to 741741 to reach a crisis counselor 24/7. In Canada, please call local crisis centre . There is also Talk Suicide Canada (1-833-...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Mindful Miri Podcast, we talk about what happens when you have to rely on your body for work, the joys of aging, wanting to punch your kids in the face, friends letting friends get the epidural, and loving the wrinkled skin you're in with Kelly Ozust. Associate Professor Kelly Ozust is an educator, choreographer, and performer with a focus on narrative storyt...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk body hair, PCOS, setting self-care boundaries, and advocating for your healthcare. Misha von Bechtolsheim is a fully certified STOTT Pilates, TRX Sports Medicine, and Z-Health Trainer providing intelligent application of movement. Her expertise in kinesiology & dedication to brain-based exercise innovation provide benefits to all: professional & Olympic...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Mindful Miri Podcast, we talk body love, gender identity, being "too buff," privilege, and the importance of mindset with Dr. Johanna B. Moore. Dr. Johanna B. Moore is a triple board certified physician, respected medical director of multiple laboratories, and mother of twins, who found herself overwhelmed instead of fulfilled by the life that she worked...

Send us Fan Mail McKenna Musser is 23 years old and will be serving as a Peace Corps agriculture volunteer in the Republic of The Gambia, West Africa.   This past summer, she rode her bike from the top of Oregon to Santa Monica SOLO. Prior to this adventure, she taught 6th grade science in her hometown of Grants Pass, OR. Teaching taught her many valuable lessons, one being that her heart is happi...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we talk: wearing 3 pairs of pants, Centarian Olympics, kids as PRIDE allies, and permission to practice self-care.  Amy Schamberg is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, School Psychologist, Behavioral Health Coach for Headspace, and Owner of Amy Schamberg Wellness.  As a holistic mental health practitioner, Amy guides clients to make simple food and lifestyle...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Miriam sits down with Andrea Chmelik, co-founder of Women's March, SLO.  Andrea Chmelik is an activist, writer, speaker and communications professional. She grew up in communist Czechoslovakia, a country that no longer exists. Bearing witness to changing regimes, and both the rise and crumbling of democracy, she is passionate about social justice and community enga...

Send us Fan Mail This week, my guest is Jessica Ammons, Wise-Beyond-Her-Years Wife, Mother, Alopecia Survivor.   We talk shaving heads and transcending vanity.   Listen now and subscribe so you'll never miss a new episode! Jessica Ammons is a native North Carolinian who currently resides in Crozet VA.  She spent 13 years in corporate sales after Appalachian State University.  Recognizing the...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Miriam sits down with boudoir, commercial, and portrait photographer, Melissa Guerra, of Melissa Jean Photography. In this episode: boudoir badass photography, how restrictive diets make you crazy, how positive self-talk is contagious, how slender women are not immune to societal pressure, what it means to be a woman, and honoring your body's signals.  Melissa Guer...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Miri sat down with Tyler Skinner. Tyler is the Founder and head Wavemaker  @women.making.waves Tyler is here to make a difference by building a community of passionate highly charged women together to make the biggest waves they can in every aspect of their lives along with uplifting and supporting other women seeking the same. Find out more about Tyler and Women Making...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Amazing Women! I'm so thrilled to share the stories of amazing women from all over the world.   Here's a little taste of what this season has in store.   Enjoy! Miri xo Voices featured here: Andrea Chmelik, SLO Women's March Amy Schamberg, Functional Medicine Coach Kelly Ozust, Professor of Dance, Winthrop University Melissa Guerra, Founder, Melissa Jean Pho...