The Art Of Being H(YOU)man

Send a text Our relationships need care and nurturing - including the relationship we have with ourselves! So how do you care for yourself and others, while dealing with the demands and needs of life? Joining me for that conversation is Janessa Finley! Janessa is a healer and coach whose mission is to bring love and connection to those who have all but given up on having fulfilling and nurturing r...

Send a text Have you ever been at a party - walked up to the food counter, and immediately been filled with dread? You want to eat...but you want to stay on your 'diet.' You want to eat...but you don't want to beat yourself up about what you ate. You want to eat...but none of what's offered is 'healthy' enough, and you don't want to set off a health issue. I know...

Send a text As human beings we seem to view the world through the lens of problems - we see problems, we create problems, we solve problems. And times it can feel like we are addicted to problems. But is that the only way to see thing things going on in our lives? Can we look at problems in a new way - and what happens if we do? That is the question that today's guest wrestled with! Tricia Be...

Send a text So many of us look at the world and all the difficult things that are going on and wish we could do something about them! We want to make a positive impact but we feel powerless - as one person what difference could we possibly make? But the way we show up does matter - the way we care for ourselves impacts more than just ourselves - our thoughts, actions, beliefs, and the way we treat...

Send a text What comes up for you when you hear words like sexuality, sensuality, or pleasure? Some of us are totally comfortable with those words and what they represent - but many of us aren't. Many of us have been taught that our bodies and the sensual feelings that can come from them are 'wrong' 'bad' or 'dangerous. Unfortunately having that belief system cuts us...

Send a text Life is happy to give us a narrative we are supposed to follow - get an education, find a partner, have some kids, - with the promise that following that narrative will bring us happiness. But if that were true - why are so many of us unhappy? Joining me for today's episode is Linda Mueller. Linda is a certified life coach who empowers accompanying spouses to create a location-ind...

Send a text We all experience pivotal moments in our lives that change everything- moments that cause us to draw a line in the sand.  Those moments tend to take us on an entirely new path, giving us a life we might never have dreamed about. But how do you recognize the moments? And what do you need in order to have the courage to make the choice that changes everything? Joining me for this convers...

Send a text At some point in time, most of us will go on a healing journey - we experience some life, run into some pain and will find the need to stop and process it all. That is an honourable and important journey! But at some point in the healing process, we need to shift our focus from ME to WE. At some point, we need to look not only at our own healing but at the healing of those we share thi...

Send a text As human beings, we are often plagued with the question "Why am I here? What is my purpose in life?" And it can be so frustrating not to have an answer for that question! So why does purpose feel so elusive at times? And are there ways that we can find ours? Joining me for that discussion is hypnotherapist, life coach and yoga teacher Jana Osta! Find out more about Jana here:...

Send a text Sometimes it can feel like there are so many things that are out of our control - that we are simply a cog in the wheel that can't actually have any real impact or influence. But who we are and how we show up matters - it matters not only in a personal way but in a global way. What we value will influence what the world values, and who we become influences what our culture becomes...

Send a text So many of us struggle to fit in the box we were given, struggle to meet the expectations of our environment, and when we feel like we don't we tend to be so hard on ourselves.  And we seldom stop to question whether the problem is the box! Today's guest is just a pure pleasure to talk with and her mindset and how she views the world - well, you're just going to have to...

Send a text All of us will experience trauma at some point in our lives - whether that fall under big-t trauma or small-t trauma - it's inevitable. And yet how many of us take the time to pause and care for ourselves through our experiences? We really need to ask ourselves what are the consequences of not caring for ourselves? Of not giving ourselves time to grieve and heal from the traumas w...

Send a text So many of us were raised to be people pleasers! To take the needs, fears, desires, and wants of other people and make them more important then our own - and it can be a painful way to live! But there is also a benefit to having been a people pleaser  - I know, I didn't think that could be true either lol!! Today's guest Mayda Poc helps me dive into the good, the bad and the...

Send a text It's amazing how in a culture of individuality we still somehow think every body should look the same! The ideal body is the tightest box you will ever try to squeeze yourself into and we do some extremely unhealthy things to try to fit. Today's guest is Gaby Villa a dietitian, sports nutritionist and the founder of Intenseatfit. She specializes in optimizing performance for...

Send a text As women, it is so vitally important to love ourselves - because it is from us that our children will learn their own worth! And yet so many times as moms we put all our attention on others, never realizing that our children will follow our example to their detriment! Joining me today is Holly Penney. We dive into when we first realized how important loving ourselves actually is and ho...

Send a text What happens when life doesn't go the way you thought it would? When you are hit with loss after loss? How do you cope and how do you heal? Today's guest has lived through so much grief and loss and comes to us with some wisdom we all need to hear - we must include our body in our healing! Page Park helps people reconnect with themselves and express their grief through yoga,...

Send a text We can often act like the past is behind us, telling ourselves that we have "gotten over it." And yet the traumas that we experience in our childhood have a massive influence on us for the rest of our lives, even if we try to pretend otherwise! So is it possible to heal from a painful past? And what does that journey look like? (And why does it often include more pain?!?) Joi...

Send a text Most of us would prefer not to think about dying. The uncertainty of it, the uncomfortability, it's almost too much. In fact, we end up spending a lot of our time trying to deny the fact that someday we will die. We glorify youth, we obsess about antiaging, and we saturate our culture with sex (something that is life-creating). But denying what's true doesn't change what...

Send a text How do we have a healthy relationship with food when all around us there are different diets that promise us the results we long for? How do we get away from the idea that there is an ideal body to strive for and that we must do whatever we can to fit into that ideal? If you have asked yourself these questions then this podcast is one worth listening to!! Today's guest is Deanna K...

Send a text The amazing Esther Perel says "The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships." and nowhere is this more true than in our intimate relationships! We fall in love and then out of nowhere the person we adore becomes the person that drives us crazy! So how do we navigate the ups and downs that come with intimacy? Today's guest has so much insigh...

Send a text How many of us haven't had the thought "I hate my body" at some point in time? And the health and wellness industry often doesn't help - in fact, sometimes it only makes things worse by placing impractical goals and expectations on us. So is it even possible to love our bodies? And what does our spiritual journey have to do with it? Luck for us today's guest ha...

Send a text We all have to live in that tension of knowing when to rest and accept, and when to push and break through limitations. And if you are anything like me sometimes it is hard to know when to do which! Today's guest is the girl you need in your corner when it's time to push and breakthrough!! Jayme Shiarla is a Mindset Transformation Coach, Certified Life Coach and NLP Practione...

Send a text We will all experience loss at some point in our lives - it's not something that can be avoided! So what do we do when loss finally knocks on our door? How do we navigate it? How do we soothe ourselves? And what is on the other side of that loss? Today's guest Susan Hayes dives into all of these questions with me! Susan Hayes is the CEO of Active Abundance. She shows women wh...

Send a text What is truth? This is the question I wrestle with all the time - my personality wants to figure out what is true definitively so that I can sit back and be smug about it lol!! But truth can be elusive - it can slip through your fingers before you can fully grasp it and then off you go chasing it again! Today's guest joins me for a conversation about truth - and even though we don...

Send a text What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word Christian?  For so many of us Christianity can bring up a slew of mixed emotions, old hurts, and even a bit of anger. So we have to ask ourselves why is that our reaction to something that started out as a beautiful story of hope, love, and grace? What went wrong? Having grown up in a Christian home and then lef...