Self-Care Goddess Podcast

What if your breath could become your most powerful tool for healing stress, addiction, and emotional overwhelm? In this deeply insightful episode #222 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, host Rita Savoia sits down with author, researcher, and breathwork facilitator Kevin Connelly to explore how conscious breathing can transform the brain, nervous system, and long-term wellbeing. Kevin is an author...

What if feeling stuck isn’t a failure… but a signal? In this powerful episode #221 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast - UpliftHer Leadership Series, I am joined by executive leadership coach Karen Wonders for a deeply honest conversation about career transitions, burnout, intuition, and leading from authenticity not expectation. Karen Wonders is the President of La Luce Consulting, an engineer and E...

In this powerful and heartfelt episode #219 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast UpliftHER series, host Rita Savoia welcomes Lisa Denyer for an intimate conversation on self-discovery, healing, and returning to your true self. The episode opens with a calming heart-coherence breathing practice inspired by the HeartMath Institute, gently guiding you into presence and alignment. From there, Lisa shares...

In this powerful episode #220 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I am joined once again by returning guest Dr. John Douillard, a globally respected Ayurvedic practitioner, educator, and founder of LifeSpa. Together, we explore how functional breathing, nervous system regulation, and ancient Ayurvedic wisdom can radically improve digestion, performance, longevity, and overall vitality, without doing...

What does it truly mean to live a life of impact? In this deeply moving episode #218 of the Self Care Goddess Podcast, we explore leadership, legacy, resilience, and purpose through the lived wisdom of an extraordinary life. This conversation goes far beyond business success. It’s about values shaped by hardship, leadership rooted in humility, and a lifelong commitment to people, community, and se...

In this episode #217 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast UpliftHER Leadership Series, we begin with a grounding heart-coherence practice to gently settle the body and mind before moving into a deeply honest and inspiring conversation on leadership, resilience, and reinvention. I am joined by award-winning media professional, producer, and storytelling consultant Julia Suppa, founder and president of...

In this episode, we explore what working smarter, not harder really means in today’s high-performance, high-pressure world. Many of us are doing all the right things: eating well, exercising, checking the boxes yet still feeling exhausted, wired at night, foggy during the day, or stuck in burnout. Why? Because most people are doing the right things in the wrong nervous system state . Joining me is...

In this deeply grounding and insightful episode #215 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, we begin with a gentle guided check-in to bring body, heart, and mind into coherence creating the space for an honest, expansive conversation about leadership, intuition, burnout, and self-trust. Joining us is Elisa Cristalogo, coach, speaker, and founder of Coaching and Medicine Incorporated. Elisa supports hig...

What happens when the life you’ve devoted yourself to begins to shift and you’re left wondering who you are now? In this deeply grounding and inspiring episode #214 of the Self Care Goddess Podcast, we explore how to rewrite the story of your life in midlife not from loss, but from possibility. Our guest, Carolyn Flynn, memoirist, novelist, TEDx speaker, and founder of The Story Catalyst - shares...

In this inspiring Episode #213 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast's UpliftHER Leadership Series, I am joined by Maria Locker, Founder & CEO of Revolution Her, entrepreneur, community leader, cancer survivor, and a passionate champion for women rising together through connection, resilience, and empowerment. Maria shares her deeply personal journey of building a movement that has empowered th...

In this episode #212 of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, we explore what it truly means to return home - to your body, your breath, and your inner world especially as an ambitious woman navigating full schedules, big responsibilities, and constant output. This conversation is a gentle yet powerful reminder that Self-Care doesn’t have to be overwhelming, time-consuming, or performative. It can be sim...

In this deeply grounding and empowering episode of the UpliftHer Leadership Series, I had the honor of sitting down with Jacqueline Beatty; corporate leader, devoted mother, yoga and Pilates practitioner, and a true embodiment of resilience, intentional living, and quiet strength. Through a recent battle with breast cancer, Jacqueline discovered that high performance is not about pushing harder, i...

In this deeply grounding and empowering episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the honor of sitting down with Melanie Horton; competitive bodybuilder, mother of two, and a powerful embodiment of discipline, strength, and intentional living, to explore a conversation that reshapes how we think about aging, performance, and what it truly means to thrive: The intersection of strength trainin...

In this expansive, heart-led and deeply human episode of the Uplift Her Leadership Series, I sit down with the visionary Mara Cataldi cultural leader, community builder, and the force behind one of Canada’s most impactful multicultural festivals. But before we step into her story… we begin as always… with a return. A breath. A pause. A softening… A quiet reconnection to your heart. Because leaders...

In this gentle middle-of-the-night breathwork… You are guided back to rest… not forced into sleep… If you’ve woken up… If your mind is already moving… If your body feels alert… You are not alone… Nothing has gone wrong… Your nervous system has simply come online… And now… We guide it back to rest… There is nothing to fix… Nothing to solve… You don’t need to fall asleep right away… Just rest here…...

In this deeply expansive and consciousness-opening episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the honor of sitting down with Zappy Zapolin entrepreneur, filmmaker, and leading voice in the psychedelic renaissance to explore a topic that is reshaping mental health, healing, and human awareness: The intersection of psychedelics, spirituality, and true healing. Zappy’s journey is deeply personal...

✨In this grounded, heart-led, and deeply expansive episode of the Uplift Her Leadership Series, I sit down with the radiant and powerfully authentic Stephanie Soave — real estate leader, community builder, mother, and woman redefining what success truly looks like when you lead from alignment instead of pressure. But before we step into her story, we begin as always with a gentle return. A breath...

In this deeply nourishing and heart-opening episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Sandra Tadros Guirguis founder of STG Wellness, holistic health and wellness consultant, and author of Embracing Abundance to explore a topic that every woman will face at some point in her life yet so many navigate quietly and alone: The journey from surviving to...

✨ In this powerful and heart-led episode of the Uplift Her Leadership Series, I sit down with the radiant and visionary Priya, founder of sariKNOTsari — a slow fashion movement cleverly disguised as a clothing brand. Before we dive into her extraordinary story, we begin — as always — with a grounding heart-centered reset. A gentle pause. A breath. A moment to reconnect with gratitude and come bac...

In this deeply empowering and truth-revealing episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Lewis Bertus, PA-C, to explore a topic that affects millions worldwide — yet remains widely misunderstood: the real root cause of type 2 diabetes… and how it can be reversed. Lewis is a physician assistant, diabetes reversal coach, and passionate advocate for lif...

In this deeply moving and heart-led episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, we begin as always with a gentle HeartMath coherence practice to settle the nervous system, soften the breath, and return to gratitude before stepping into conversation. From that grounded space, I have the profound honor of welcoming Joyce Frustaglio, philanthropist, former Deputy Mayor of Vaughan, Citizenship and Immig...

In this deeply inspiring and practical episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I sit down with Melissa Darny to explore what it really takes to move overseas and how to do it in a way that feels aligned, intentional, and surprisingly stress-free. Melissa is an American entrepreneur and CEO of Choose Panama Luxury Real Estate & Rental Agency, who has been living her dream life in Panama since...

In this expansive, soulful, and beautifully honest episode of the UpliftHER Leadership Series on the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the absolute joy of sitting down with the brilliant Monica Kapila — award-winning creator of Doin Dubai, storyteller, curator of experiences, and living proof that leadership can be intuitive, unconventional, and deeply human. As always, we begin by walking the talk...

In this deeply soulful and inspiring episode of the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the joy of sitting down with the incredible Sean Jones for a powerful conversation on music as medicine and how sound, purpose, and self-trust can become profound tools for healing and transformation. We begin this episode the way we always do by walking the talk. Through a gentle breathing and heart-centered cohe...

In this uplifting, heart-centered, and refreshingly fun episode of the UpliftHER Leadership Series on the Self-Care Goddess Podcast, I had the absolute joy of speaking with Chelle Hartzer — consulting entomologist, entrepreneur, problem-solver, and living proof that leadership comes in many beautifully unexpected forms. Chelle is the brilliant mind behind 360 Pest Consulting, where she brings over...