See The Upside - Overcoming Obstacles and Doing Life a Little Better Everyday

We are all energetic beings, moving and living in an energetic world. Energy Medicine is the practice of understanding our own energetic field and how it interacts with others.  In this interview with with Melanie Shier of Collaborative Healing, we explore the many ways getting in tuned with your own energy can bring about incredible awareness, healing and peace. It can improve your relationships...

Laura Friedman Williams is the author of Available: A Memoir of Sex and Dating After a Marriage Ends, which has been a #1 bestseller on Amazon UK in books on Divorce, Romantic Relationships, and Memoirs.   She has written for Vogue UK and been interviewed on numerous podcasts.  She lives in downtown Manhattan with her three children. In the book Laura shares intimate and often humorous experiences...

Part of our capsule series - Conversations with Kerry . In this interview, Life Coach, Kerry Degenhardt  and I discuss the importance of allowing ourselves to feel hard feelings, not passing judgement and how grieving can be a path to healing and compassion.  This was SUCH a great conversation and an important one. I have struggled a TON with allowing hard feelings. I used to always think the bad...

No one gets married expecting to get divorced. But if you find yourself in the situation where you may be considering a separation and divorce, you will need lots of help help and you'll definitely want to be prepared.  In this episode we'll be discussing some of the ways to get you ready whether you end up needing it or not. In this interview with Julie Kern, CPA, Certified Financial Pl...

Andrea is a divorce coach,  social worker,  wife, mom, working professional and has been divorced herself. She helps women navigate the often complicated and difficult feelings as well as the hard decisions. Divorce can feel incredibly daunting, confusing, overwhelming, and exhausting. It can even  feel like the worst time in your life. What Andrea shows us that it's ok to feel that way, but...

Interview with Alicia Larkey, Enneagram Coach Have you heard about the Enneagram? If not, you are missing out on one of the most ground breaking and eye opening ways to understand yourself and others. In this interview, Alicia Larkey, Enneagram coach (and SO much more!) talks ALL things Enneagram and how it can influence your life for the better.  The Enneagram is a type of a personality modality...

Starting and running a new business after divorce or anytime can be a huge challenge. There are so many little details to figure out, and it can seem like you have to be an expert in everything from accounting to HR to sales and production. This is where a business coach can help. Having over 32 years of business experience in the corporate world and launching her own biz, Carlyn knows how challen...

Did you know that there are specific qualities about women that make them particularly good investors? That the statistics show that women actually tend to make 1% more on their investments because of they way they invest?  This interview is with Denise McGuire and Allie Stea of the Wealth Stewards, a division of Raymond James based in Gilbert, Arizona. They specifically focus on helping women of...

Did you know all the ways that Yoga can change your life?  I discovered yoga around the time of my divorce. Charles was not just my yoga instructor at the time, but he was also my coach, lightworker, healer and inspiration. His weekly classes lifted me from my fog and made me believe that I could make it through not only my divorce, but through anything.  Being an Entrepreneur at heart, Charles ha...

This week’s guest is Kerry Degenhardt, Life Coach and dear friend of mine   Kerry’s been on the show before, you may remember that she was actually my first podcast guest ever!   This time, we’re going to talk about what Kerry does for a living and how she helps transform the lives of her clients through her business as a life coach.   Kerry has a very special, insightful way of guiding her client...

Interview with Dr. Shannon Bennett: The Healthy Psyche Reframing the way we view Mental Health Forever through Naturopathic Healing. Did you know that the body has natural healing capabilities? And that many common mental health issues can consider holistic treatment?  Dr. Shannon Bennett, is the Naturopathic Doctor behind @TheHealthyPsyche, the founder of the Tackling Anxiety Naturally Protocol a...

Has money and finance always been a struggle for you? Does it seem confusing and overwhelming? It's time to crack open this conversation and open up to a brand new view on what money means in our lives. This podcast episode is about creating  positivity and empowerment in our financial lives.  It's an invitation to get curious and take the first steps to letting money become a tool to cr...

The coaching industry  is having a hot moment – and for good reason. When you have goals you want to achieve and don’t know how to get there, that’s where a coach comes in. A coach works with you to clarify what is is you want, where you want to get to and how to get there with what you’ve got.  So what exactly does a divorce coach do and how can one help you? I divorce coach bridges the gap betwe...

Have you ever struggled with how to show support for a loved when they have experienced loss? See the Upside podcast guest, Janeen Kokodynski, founder of Box of Comfort, has created a beautiful solution for really difficult times. Wanting to support her sister who was battling with an illness, Janeen searched to find something to show how much she cared. She didn’t find quite what she was looking...

Esteem Wellness is a Holistic Wellness Counseling service. Basically Erika Strasburg helps you live a healthier, happier, fuller  life through making better holistic nutritional choices that work for you. Erika  guides each of her clients through  their own unique wellness journey, helping them find just the path that works best for them. Her mission is to steer each client towards positive health...

Especially emerging out of 2020, we all want to find ways to be happier. A few years ago, pre-pandemic, Michelle Wax embarked on an adventure to discover what made Americans happy. Her mission was to study happiness all over the country and find out how she could help more people feel happy.  She jumped into her jeep and drove to every single state in America interviewing everyday people about wha...

Divorce is never easy, and is not something we ever choose for ourselves... But there is always an opportunity in the obstacles. Lindsay Shack, Soulfull Wellness Coach talks with See the Upside about hitting rock bottom, getting over shame and finding love for yourself. Even if you've struggled for years to find it.  Lindsay helps divorced women struggling with emotional eating, fear, and cod...

Cancer doesn't stop because there's a global pandemic. Just as the world was shutting down, Suzanne Bissett Vanderhoff, well known local TV show host of Your Life Arizona, in Phoenix, AZ, received the news no one ever wants to hear.  After a routine mammogram, the doctor had found a tumor. It was cancer. Suzanne has spent the past 7 months undergoing a double mastectomy, chemotherapy tre...

James is author of the recently published: The Mindful Divorce: How to Heal and be Happy After Separation.  James and Nina discuss the many differences between men and women in divorce. James created this book after his own experience with divorce and found the resources available to men in the UK - lacking. So he wrote a book. An amazing book.  About how to navigate divorce from the inside out fo...

Missy is a health coach focused on finding overall well being for her clients. Her business, Be Fit. Be Healthy. Be Happy. has inspired clients all over the country to take ownership of their own health and happiness. Having met serendipitously "by accident" these two discuss how the universe brings you exactly what you need at just the right time. They talk about how important it is to...

An Interview with Abundantly Brooke, coach and expert on surviving and thriving hardship for single moms. Hear Brooke's incredible story of resilience and awakening as she went from being a young single mom dating and trying to find her way, to empowered and spiritually aligned inspiration who now helps lead other women to find their light and find their purpose. We discuss how hitting rock b...

Kerry and I pick up where the conversation left off in the last podcast discussing online dating after divorce, dating during Covid, defining your core values and relationship priorities and staying true to yourself along the way. Dating after divorce can be scary and intimidating, but Kerry provides the insight and tools to give us the confidence we need to give it a chance. Connect with See The...

Interview with Kerry Forsell, inspiring life coach for girls and women and post divorce dating expert.  Most of us met our partners before the world of online dating was a thing. So what do you do when you find yourself divorced and back on the dating scene?  Kerry navigates this exciting and terrifying world for us, providing us with all the preparation and tools we need to dive in.  Nina and Ker...