Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being Podcast

In this episode, Conscious Leadership Coach Donna Placio and I talk about the transformative power of taking 100% responsibility for ourselves, our words, our actions, and our lives. We explore how our blame culture and innate wiring for threat detection contribute to our inability to take responsibility,what taking responsibility actually means and that it is not about assigning blame, but about...

Can you believe that we are half-way through 2024? In this episode, Julie shares her mid-year ritual and the questions she asks herself to review, realign and reset. Reflecting on progress, celebrating wins and learning from our successes and setbacks is an essential part of our growth, along with staying open to new possibilities, and a willingness to adjust our goals if need be. Here are the que...

Play is essential for creativity, problem-solving, and learning. It stimulates the brain, boosts mood, and strengthens connections with others. Andrea Seidel, the founder of Live Life Happy Publishing, joins us to chat about the power of play and the barriers that prevent us from embracing it. She shares her personal journey and how play helped her overcome some big challenges.  Adopting a play mi...

I don’t know about you, but every year when June hits, I hear Alice Cooper’s “School's out for Summer” in my head. Leaving homework and structure behind, the beginning of June still feels like an exhale, even though I haven’t been in school for years. It also reminds me that summer is a slightly slower season, filled with more space and time for the things that bring us joy.   In this episode, I s...

Show Notes Episode 14 - Taking Care of YOU in Stressful Times   In this episode, Julie tackles the importance of practicing self-care, especially during times of stress. She shares her favorite self-care practices, including breathing exercises, moving the body, eating nutrient-dense foods, prioritizing sleep, limiting media exposure, setting boundaries, practicing gratitude, connecting with other...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and mental health is a top priority at Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being Podcast. This week, Carolyn Collins, LCPC and I talk about the impact of disconnection, distrust and dysregulation on mental health. We explore the causes of disconnection and distrust and the importance of self-regulation, co-regulation and self-soothing in times of stress. We share tools an...

Everything we want to do and change in our lives begins in our mindsets. This week, Jack Craven, author of the new book Aliveness Mindset, Lead and Live with More Passion, Purpose and Joy, and I dive into what it means to live “all in” while taking responsibility for ourselves, our work, and our lives. In this lively conversation, we talk about mindset and the things that hold us back from living...

In this episode, we dive into the power of joy and how it can be unleashed in every area of our lives. Together with my Leadership Coach Lori Pine, we explore the definition of joy, and how it differs from happiness, as well as the challenges of finding joy in an achievement-oriented hustle culture that we are living in. Lori shares her personal journey from burnout to a joy-filled life and emphas...

In this episode, we explore the potential of AI to help us thrive with entrepreneur Theresa Fesinstine. We talk about AI in building people-culture, the challenges and risks associated with AI and the importance of using it as a tool, rather than relying on it to replace human intelligence. We also talk about the impact AI has on productivity, time management and connection. Theresa shares her fav...

So many of us want to make changes in our lives. Some have big goals which require big changes and I am guessing most of us have small goals or small changes we want to make right now. And here is the reality…not everyone has the resources to hire a coach.  In this episode, we will dive into the question, “Can you really coach yourself?’ with Antonia Bowring, Executive Coach and author of “Coach Y...

We all know the thrill of victory. Crossing a finish line, or giving an outstanding presentation or reading a book a month this year. . Achieving our goals not only feels good, it builds our sense of self-efficacy, confidence and courage to keep setting bigger goals for ourselves. In today’s episode, Jen Laffin and I talk about three of the most common barriers to reaching our goals, procrastinati...

In today’s episode, Danielle Hughes and I have a fun conversation about words and the challenges and payoffs to knowing how to express ourselves when it comes to talking about ourselves. We talk about how vulnerable it can feel to actually talk really honestly about who we are, beyond our skills and what we do in the world. Who are you beyond your job description? Who are you beyond your title?  W...

Resilience is an essential ingredient of thriving. Why? Because life is filled with challenges. We are all going to experience heartache, obstacles, and things that feel grossly unfair and can bring us to our knees. And resilience is what gives us the ability to get back up, to move forward, to see a situation as impermanent. It is a muscle that is built in adversity and discomfort and when we mak...

When I first got my certification in Applied Positive Psychology, a lot of corporations asked me to create workshops on Work-Life Balance and for a couple years, I had a signature workshop called “Cultivating Work Life Balance” until I realized that balance was unattainable and not what we were actually looking for.  Basically, balance is bulls#$@. Why?  Because balance means equal and if you are...

It feels fitting to begin 2024 with a prompt that moves us all forward. One Bold Move a Day is just that. Shanna defines a bold move as a meaningful action that helps you move forward, learn and grow. It is both simple and challenging because a bold move is one thing that challenges you to grow and that means it is something that is going to move you out of your comfort zone.  The best thing about...

We are wired for connection. We are meant to be in relationship and communion with other people. Since the beginning of time, we have needed a community to survive. And yet, that doesn’t mean that we have been given the playbook for co-creating relationships that thrive and flourish. In this episode with the brilliant and talented Dawn Kutza, PhD and author of "Creating Authentic Relationships: A...

Fears. We all have them. In fact, we are biologically wired to both detect and run from threats. In this episode, Melanie Curtis, a world record pro skydiver,  coach, author, speaker, and “type 2” fun junkie, and I dive into the process of coming to know our fears with a sense of curiosity and compassion, in order to navigate through them as opposed to running from them.  Melanie shares her experi...

We kick off Nine to Thrive: The Well-Being Podcast this week with one of the simplest pathways to happiness, presence, longevity and overall well-being…gratitude. It is a lens that changes everything, especially in our most challenging seasons. My first guest, Sally Wolf, is an inspiring speaker, well-being advocate, Stage IV cancer “thriver” and all around remarkable human being. Sally and I dive...