The Art Of Being H(YOU)man

Send a text So often our journey into leadership is made more difficult due to the tendency to people please! So how  do we step past that and show up in a way that is beneficial to others - and also ourselves? Joining me for that conversation is Krystal Quagliara! Krystal Quagliara is a playfulness expert in the health and wellness coaching industry. As an Integrative Wellness Coach, She helps he...

Send a text So many of us are uncomfortable with our emotions - so much so that we numb them and pretend that we don't have them, or we become so critical of them that they become hard to identify. But what if we didn't have to do that? -what happens if our emotions are actually our friends - helping us to show up in life in a healthier way?  That's what today's podcast is all...

Send a text Like so many of us, my family of origin gave me a religion to use as a guide for my life. And I was one of those people that took it extremely seriously. I wanted to be a good person in this world and I was promised that this way of being would ensure that I would be a good person. And it worked for me Until all of a sudden, it just didn't work anymore - and I was left floundering...

Send a text How many times have you had a conversation that has gone off the rails and you don't know why! You feel unheard and you have no idea where the other person is coming from - all you do know is that you would do anything to stop the madness! You want to turn the conversation around so that you can understand each other deeply, meet each other's needs and build beneficial relati...

Send a text So much of what we struggle with as human beings is wrapped up in how we feel about ourselves - we tend to think of ourselves as fundamentally flawed in some way and then we treat ourselves with a lack of compassion, kindness and love.  Being trapped in a life like this can feel unbearable and yet it is the reality for so many! But what happens if we decide enough is enough? What happe...

Send a text Many of us grew up with some version of God handed to us - and as we go through life many of us, at some point, find that version of God no longer fits! It's so easy at that point to just "throw the baby out with the bathwater." But what happens if we get curious about God instead? And begin the journey of exploring the mystery that surrounds our desire to believe in som...

Send a text **Trigger: This episode contains a brief mention of sexual abuse** So many of us have at some point in time disconnected from our bodies - maybe we were told that our bodies were bad or dirty, maybe we grew up in a culture that shamed us for the body we had or maybe we had an overwhelming experience with our bodies that made us not trust them anymore - whatever the reason, the loss of...

Send a text Today my insatiable curiosity took me right into a unique and interesting conversation! And my guest was gracious enough to let me ask all the crazy questions I wanted to ask - even the ones that were asked with a good dose of skepticism! And I found out - being a psychic medium is a pretty cool thing to be!   Corbie Mitleid is a Certified Tarot Master, psychic medium, past life specia...

Send a text There are times when we are a mystery to ourselves - we can find ourselves hard to understand (anyone else ever ask themselves "why did I do that?" lol) and we can wish we had a manual that we could turn to, to help us figure it all out! Today's discussion might not give us an exact manual, but we do talk about something that can help us figure at least some of it out! H...

Send a text Our own healing journey is one of the most important journeys we will ever decide to go on - but it's not only important for our own happiness, but it's also important because of how it affects those around us! When we are clear on what we desire and value we show up differently, giving us the power to positively impact the lives of others and the way that our culture is crea...

Send a text We all know that our body and our mind have a deep and intimate connection. But each one of us must decide if they are friends or if they are enemies! Today's guest had to wrestle with that question in a powerful way - and now loves sharing what she learned along the way! Alison Leitheiser is an alternative health practitioner who used to be paralyzed but now helps women empower t...

Send a text We all have intuition, a knowing inside of us that guides us to the next right step - but so many of us are not connected to it -  leaving us often wandering from thing to thing, never feeling like we understand our why and our purpose! Today's guest Stephanie Zito is an Intuitive Soul Purpose Coach who sees right through the stories and blocks that hold clients back from the succ...

Send a text So often we base the majority of our self-worth on how well we meet the expectations of those around us - and we only allow ourselves to feel worthy of our own love if others validate us - but in the end, this will never bring us the lasting fulfilment that we long for. Today Tasha Wilson joins us to share her own self-love journey and to remind us that self-love is truly an inside job...

Send a text Walking with those who are experiencing grief, especially when you are experiencing your own level of grief can be complicated - what do you say, what can you do, and who supports you as you support others, can add extra overwhelm to an already difficult time. This is the road that  Victoria Wilson-Crane had to navigate -and today she shares her journey with us! Advanced Grief Recovery...

Send a text Our relationship with Technology has an enormous impact on how we experience our lives, - so we need to know, who is creating the Technology that we use? In today's episode Emily Hill, software engineering trainer, educator and the founder of The Joy Of Coding Academy joins me to talk about the importance of diversity in the coding industry and how to tackle the ethics behind the...

Send a text To build the life you want you must know what you want - seems simple but the truth is it can be harder than we think sometimes! Most of us have spent our lives in service to others and we aren't connected enough to ourselves to know what is most in alignment with who we are and what we need. In today's episode, Kari O'Driscoll joins me in a conversation about how to slo...

Send a text The connection between our body, our mind and our spirit is something that we don't always fully understand. We can often spend years trying to heal the body while missing a vital part of the process! Today's guest, Fran Garton understands this journey all too well having dealt with the pain of Fibromyalgia for years before finding the path that took her to pain free living!...

Send a text So much of what we consider the status quo needs a healthy critique - we need people that step up and say just because this is how we have always done something does not mean it's how we need to continue doing it! Today's guest provides that healthy critique in his personal life, by the way, he refuses to define himself and what he is capable of by into one neat and tidy box,...

Send a text What could your life look like if you followed your dreams? If you left the comfortable life of suburbia and dared to try something completely out of the box? For Tanya Hackney and her family that looked like life on a boat! Tanya is the author of the book Leaving The Safe Harbor: The Risks and Rewards of Raising a Family on a Boat and she is an amazing inspiration for those of us who...

Send a text We all long to know truth and we all long to feel free - but what if we mislabel the things we long for? And what happens if we find what we long for and it doesn't end up being what we expected? These are just of few of the thoughts Lisa Mickey and I wrestle with in the first 5 minutes of today's podcast lol! Lisa Mickey is a life coach who is passionate about encouraging pe...

Send a text Our lives can change in an instant - we are living our dream life with our dream partner in one moment, and in the next life requires us to find a strength we are uncertain we have! Today's guest, Marie Alessi, faced such a moment and found that unexpected strength kicked in – initially unnoticed, now impossible to ignore – that guided her every step of the way. Marie is a Legacy...

Send a text We will all have to experience pain and tragedy in our lives - none of us are exempt from that! And what we decide to do with that pain and tragedy will be one of the defining decisions we make in life! Today's guest Carissa Selena has had her share of challenging experiences and through them, she has learned that they are the fertile soil needed to create the beautiful gardens of...

Send a text How often do you find yourself leaving a conversation thinking to yourself "oh that did not come out right!" We can have this incredible idea in our head, but having that idea find its way out of our mouth, well, that is another story! That's where today's guest Jancie Fogarty comes in! Janice is the coffee-drinking, intuitive and analytical host of the Connections,...

Send a text On today’s episode, we cover a big topic and it’s one that most of us shy away from - today we are talking about death!  We all want to think that we will live forever - the idea that we won't always be conscious human beings on this earth can be a very uncomfortable thought.   And we try to do everything we can to distract ourselves from that thought - But what if we embraced dea...

Send a text So you know you tell yourself stories all the time, stories about what you are capable of or what you believe about the world - but how do you know if it's the "right" story? In today's episode I dive into the 3 gauges we can use to evaluate our stories and I might talk a bit about patriarchy, consumerism and meritocracy - just a few simple stories our culture has f...