The Live FAB Life Podcast

How do you make decisions? Do you make a pro vs con list? Do you "go with your gut?" Do you overthink? What's your decision-making process and how is it working for you? In Human Design, each person has an "Authority" - your inner guidance system on the best way for you to make decisions. In this episode, we explore:  The seven possible Authorities How they are determined What each Authority is ab...

Learning about your Type is likely your first entry point into Human Design, and every Type has a Strategy. In this episode, we explore the Sacral Types - Generators and Manifesting Generators. You'll hear me share: What are Types and Strategies What's the Sacral center in the Human Design Body Graph chart The difference between Non-Sacral and Sacral Types A rundown of Generators and Manifesting G...

Learning about your Type is likely your first entry point into Human Design, and every Type has a Strategy. In this episode, we explore the Non-Sacral Types - Manifestors, Projectors, and Reflectors. You'll hear me share: What are Types and Strategies What's the Sacral center in the Human Design Body Graph chart The difference between Non-Sacral and Sacral Types A rundown of Manifestors, Projector...

For the past four years, this show has explored all the ways that we experience stress, fatigue, and burnout, focusing on addressing it through Functional Nutrition and what we put on our plates, gut health, Environmental inputs, and lifestyle factors. Over the past couple of months, through solo shows and guest interviews, I've primed you with the notions that peeling back the layers, and taking...

Human Design embraces your uniqueness, showing why general, blanket statement advice may not work for you. It's not that there's anything wrong with you, rather, there's a more effective way that comes more naturally to you, which begs the question, "How well do we know ourselves? What parts of us are inherent to us? What parts have we been conditioned to be?" The onus is on each of us to observe,...

When undertaking any new project or endeavor, whether personal or business-related, it's always important to have a plan or strategy in place. However, while strategies can be executed, there's always non-tangible things that hold us back from fully realizing what's possible & those things are often limiting beliefs that lie in our subconscious. Joining me in this episode is Nadia Gabrielle, a gui...

I recently put a call out to my Instagram community for requests on topics for future episodes. One topic that came up was how to make wellness more inclusive. It's a vast topic given the variety of things that fall into the wellness space. I certainly don't have all the answers, but I do believe that we can find empowerment when we become leaders in our own health care. In this solo episode, I sh...

Have you followed fashion "rules" that you learned from reading teen and fashion magazines? Or struggled over the years knowing how to dress when your body changed to varying sizes? I've experienced this too, spending years searching for help but never really finding anything that "fit" until I found Jenny Wirt of Sartorevi (on Instagram !). Jenny is a potent energy healer whose background include...

Have you ever experienced a healing journey where a lot of the practices would be deemed metaphysical (eg, deep meditation, energy work, yoga, etc) but you didn't know exactly why they worked? Returning guest Carly Lockman has and in this episode, she's back sharing her own "real people stories" on her experience with Brain Rewiring.  After birthing her third child in the middle of a pandemic, Car...

We're back for the second installment of a two-part mini-series with Dr. Shea Osuna (Tune into Part 1 in Episode 174)! In this episode, Dr. Shea shares: What the nervous system is and why a healthy nervous system is important What it means to live your life through your nervous system Four things that interfere with a healthy nervous system How chiropractic care + transformational coaching can sup...

If you've ever struggled with chronic aches and pain, this episode is for you. Joining me for a two-part mini-series is Dr. Shea Osuna. Dr. Shea is a chiropractor, based in Lafayette, Colorado, who specializes in a technique called Network Spinal.  This gentle approach is based on the foundation that we're vibrating cells, looking at what's the tone, tension, shape, and position of your spine and...

I'm wrapping this month's series of telling real people stories for Asian Pacific Heritage Month by sharing my story. In this episode you'll hear me share: My ethnic heritage What it was like growing in Hawai'i, then transitioning to life in the mainland as an Asian American How Asian Pacific Heritage Month has reinforced to me the importance of community, as well as being seen & heard READ THE SH...

Continuing with Asian Pacific Heritage Month, joining me in this episode is Emily Chui. Emily is a returning guest, having previously joined me in Episode 024 with an introduction to acupuncture. Emily has been my acupuncturist for the past five years (and counting!) and has taught me so much about Traditional Chinese Medicine. In this episode, Emily shares: Her immigration story migrating from Ho...

Continuing with this month's focus on sharing real people's stories for Asian Pacific Heritage Month, joining me in this episode is my friend, Luisa Mataele Tupea. Luisa is both an Asian American and Pacific Islander, being of Tongan and Japanese ancestry. In this episode, Luisa shares: Her family history, her experiences as a member of both the Japanese and Tongan American communities How her com...

This show has always been a place to share real people's stories around health and wellness, and our communities and social support systems are foundational to our vitality. This month, being Asian Pacific Heritage Month, and I, being an Asian American, am dedicating this month's episodes to the stories we don't talk about, and sharing Asian Pacific Islander stories. Because if we don't know each...

In a society where we're expected to push ourselves to work and accomplish much as quickly as possible, it's no wonder that burnout has become the accepted norm. In this last installment of my three-part series on burnout, we explore Human Design and why you might be more susceptible to burnout than others. I share with you how I use my Human Design to reframe my thought patterns and daily habits...

Functional Nutrition is an approach where you address not just WHAT you're experiencing, but WHY. What's the environment that's created your condition(s)?  In Part 2 of this 3-part mini-series on addressing burnout, I walk you through how to use the tools of Functional Nutrition to explore YOUR antecedents, triggers, and meditators (ATMs) and construct YOUR big picture to understand WHY you're exp...

At some point in our lives, we've all experienced dreaded feelings of burnout. Be it from long periods of chronic stress from work, relationships, family, a pandemic, or anything that weighs heavy on us. If you've ever experienced this, you're definitely are not alone.  In this episode, I share my most intense moments of burnout from different periods in my life, and how I managed to relight the s...

If you've ever seen your Human Design chart, you know that it's very confusing. Without any knowledge of the basic foundations of Human Design, it's hard to understand the basics, let alone the intricacies of your charts. As a Health and Human Design coach, I'm here to help you understand your design so you can determine how to best integrate your design, and live your life with the least amount o...

Just "listen to your body." Haven't we all heard this before? But what does it even mean? And more importantly, *how* do you even do that? It's a question I've asked myself for the better part of a decade while dealing with sports injuries, recovering from adrenal dysfunction, and a variety of circumstances. In this episode, I share how confusing and overwhelming this question felt, how I came to...

Our skin is the biggest organ in the body, a big indicator of what might be going on internally, and one of the first things people see when they meet us -- so it's important to take care of it.  Today I brought along Sonia Vargas, a licensed aesthetician and skincare healer, who specializes in holistic treatment and practices. Her drive to keep learning and her passion for helping others manifest...

There is so much wisdom in ancient medicines, where the parameters involve the mind, body, and spirit, and the harmony between these aspects of our human selves. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Avanti Kumar Singh, a medical physician who left the conventional medicine world to devote her work to the healing tradition of Ayurveda. You'll hear Dr. Kumar Singh explain the foundational principles,...

If you feel like there's something that feels off within your body, don't doubt yourself. Take inventory of what those changes are and what's changed. Recently, I felt like my gut could use some support. So, I decided to do the 7-Day Gut Reset, created by Mary Shenouda of Paleo Chef. In this episode, I share my experience with this program. You'll hear me share: Why I felt that my gut needed some...

We expose ourselves to endocrine disruptors each and every day -- most of the time we aren't even aware of it.  In this episode, I share with you six areas of concern for exposure to these toxins from within our very own homes. If we aren't conscious or careful, we run the risk of low-dosed and prolonged exposure that can negatively impact our health in the long run.  Episode Highlights: Everyday...

I fully believe that what we feel physically has a direct connection to what's going on with us mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. In this episode, I discuss how even though we're well into the new year, I'm still feeling the effects of 2020. You'll hear me share: Feeling bothersome and overwhelmed Struggling with energy management What I did to reconnect with myself