Positive Solutions 4 Life-Transforming Your Mind & Body from the Inside Out

As the weather warms and signals the end of winter, it's the perfect time to delve into the rejuvenating practice of spring cleaning and deep clean our environments. Spring cleaning involves more than just tidying up; it's about decluttering, reorganizing, and refreshing our spaces to promote physical, mental, and emotional well-being. The episode explores the concept of environment, encompassing...

Klara has over two decades experience as a professional counselor and a woman-centered transformational coach. Her journey began with overcoming severe trauma from her early years. After moving forward from being married and divorced two times, Klara has been able to step into her own by creating an extraordinary life for herself with her now husband of 23 years. Klara believes that there is alway...

This week we are talking about Fear and how the fear of vulnerability and conflict are a barrier to communication in relationships.

Marcy McDonald is an escapee from the corporate world, where she was a six-figure senior leader who created multiple million dollar products. She has worked with 100s of top experts and professionals in a variety of fields, is an internationally certified End of Life Doula, was a featured participant in Season 2 of the reality TV show, 4 Days to Save the World. She is also the author of UnStuck Yo...

This week we are talking about Defensiveness--another barrier to communication. What is the definition of defensiveness? Defensiveness is a self-protective, impulsive emotional response to feeling criticized or attacked in a situation or conversation. It is about denying responsibility, blaming others, making excuses and counter-attacking. Defensiveness is a barrier in communication as the main me...

Karin Whitbeck has almost 30 years of experience as a massage therapist and is the owner of Therapeutic Massage Center in SW Florida. A big part of her work is teaching clients to wake up, pay attention and listen to their bodies, to be aware of what their body is telling them in order to feel better from the inside out. Karin also helps her clients change their stories about themselves so that th...

This week’s topic is how avoidance and distractions can be barriers to communication and what you can do about it. Avoidance--In a relationship, one might keep away or steer clear of another when they don’t want to talk to them. They might not make eye contact, may not want to be in the same room as the other, so they do not have to interact. Distraction--These can be internal or external distract...

Today's guest is Ellie Calhoun. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist, is certified in Rossiter Stretching Technique, Core Movement Integration®, Neurokinetic Therapy®, Breathing methods and Lymphatics. Ellie is dedicated to helping people take charge of their wellness, learning best core movement and breathing practices to achieve a pain free body so they can gracefully and joyfully live life to th...

Communication is something we use in every relationship we have, every single day. Communication includes not only the words we use but also, how we say it and our body language. When we use good communication skills such as active listening and asking clarifying questions, our relationships flourish. But if we don’t, we will find ourselves in the midst of some unpleasant times. This is the first...

Today's guest is Jason Haglund, 5th generation farmer, substance abuse counselor, speakers and founding member of Rural Policy Partners who brings over 20 years experience leading, managing and navigating the behavioral healthcare system in numerous leadership and consultative roles.

Most goals we write are binary. Which means we either do them or we don't. When we achieve them, we feel good, if we don't achieve them, we feel bad. There are a variety of reasons we may not achieve the goals we set out to. What if there was a foolproof way to continue to make progress toward your goals that keeps you feeling good? There is! It’s MTO!

Today's guest is Bobbie Malatesta. She is the founder of 3-21 No Kiddin’. After years in Corporate America, she has evolved into an entrepreneur & podcaster whose mission is to raise awareness around gambling addiction and mental wellness. 3-21 No Kiddin’ was created on the principle of Recovery Playgrounds. Bobbie opened her 1st Recovery Playground location this past November in Naugatuck, CT, in...

Our thoughts are very powerful. They can help us do amazing or seemingly impossible things or they can limit us and get in the way of achieving our goals and dreams. How do words affect us? Our thoughts and the words we choose affect how we feel and what we do, and also influence what we believe about ourselves, others, and the world around us.

Magda Sommer is a passionate Board-Certified Functional Medicine Nutrition coach and Health Transformation Coach who has devoted herself to helping people achieve their health and wellness goals. Having faced her own challenges and experienced personal loss, she understands the importance of taking care of one's body, mind, and spirit in order to live a fulfilling and healthy life. With her extens...

After you have assessed your life and created some SMARTER-2 goals, it's time to schedule, track and review your progress. When? How many times a week? How will you know you completed it? How will you track your actions? Review your progress. Take a look back. See the gains you have made from where you started. What went well? What didn't go well? Look ahead. What do you need to do? Make a plan. “...

Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt is an awesome book and guide to helping you reach your full potential, achieve your dreams and goals and live a more purposeful and fulfilled life. It’s not just a book to read. It is a guide, a workbook per se, that includes many exercises you can do to create your own life plan and action steps. So you ca...

This episode is about turning your vision and action steps into SMARTER-2 goals. SMARTER-2 goals are 2 frameworks for turning your vision into goals. One focuses more on using your brain to create goals. The 2nd focuses more on your feelings, and creating goals that are in alignment with your heart. Both are very relevant and equally important in order to achieve your vision and goals.

Peggy gives a summary of the book, Redefine Wealth for Yourself by Patrice Washington. In this book, Patrice Washington names 6 pillars of Wealth: Fitness People Space Faith Work Money What does wealth mean to you? True wealth means more than just having a lot of money. It means achieving overall well-being including maintaining good health and relationships, keeping organized spaces and schedules...

New Year's Resolutions often are forgotten by February. A better approach is to take time to assess your life to determine which areas you want to focus on for 2024.

Today's guest is Karen Wheatley. Born and raised on a dairy farm in northeastern Maryland, Karen was involved in all things 4-H growing up - from showing cattle at their fairs, to competing in quiz bowl contests and judging. After graduating from the University of Delaware with a degree in Animal Science, she spent the next decades working in the Ag Industry - in communications, magazine publicati...

It’s the end of another year. How do you feel? Do you feel like time is flying by and you are just trying to keep up? Do you feel like you made great strides in the progress towards your longer term goals? Or Do you feel that you are not in control of your life? Do you want to feel more in control, more intentional, more purposeful? If so, have you considered choosing a Word of the Year?

Peggy gives her take on the most important aspects of Start With Why by Simon Sinek.

Do you ever have days where you feel crappy, stuck, down, worried and ALL your thoughts are the same? Do you have times where you find yourself complaining about little things in life? Or maybe you are just wishing things were better? Your brain might be infested with ANTs! Do you want to know the types of ANTs crawling around in your head and how to exterminate them? If so, then this episode is f...

Meet Breanna Cain, Mom of 3 & Multi-6-Figure Business Owner. Bre helps women create life-changing income doing work they love. Her breakthrough mindset training and business-building frameworks have already supported over 150 female entrepreneurs in launching virtual assistant businesses and passion-fueled online empires. She knows firsthand that with the right plan and community, you can ditch un...

Do you spend most of your day putting out fires or preventing them? Are you more like a Fire Fighter or Smokey the Bear? Peggy uses Eisenhower's Time Management Matrix as a base for helping you determine which you are more like.