The Superwoman Code

When it comes to wellness there's nothing quite like sitting down and chatting with Bend Beauty founder Marc St Onge.  Marc and I have been friends for a number of years, and every time I get to pick his brain about what he's musing about, like his definition of beauty for men and women, and how he sees the inside of our bodies affecting our longevity and the outside of our bodies, I'm here for it...

It's the POOP EPISODE. We're here with a four-part series on the gut. I can't believe it's taken us until episode 119 to have this conversation!  Today on the podcast, I'm going to walk you through how your digestive system functions, the three areas that are critical for good digestive health, and how a little (or a LOT) of stress can make your digestive system turn from a well-oiled machine to a...

Today we are talking about communication and its importance in preventing and treating burnout in relation to our social support systems. T he stronger the support system we have, the more likely we will be able to handle stress in our lives positively and move on and pass the stress without wearing us down and leading to burnout.  The most important aspect of having a solid social support system...

There are so many ideas for anti-burnout routines, but if you google this term, all you'll generally find is a list of bullet points with things like "do more self-care", "take a break" and "go to sleep". All of those are true. But today I'm going to bring you insight to five of the anti-burnout routines that have supported myself, my partner (Ben!) and our family unit through the last number of y...

There are three words that have been percolating and turning over and being said and verbalized multiple times a day over the last number of weeks in my office. Both to myself and to the people sitting with me.  Those three words are "Grace Over Guilt", and the awareness of those three little words are what brought me (and you!) into today's podcast.  Three Takeaways:  1. Guilt can snowball, but s...

Have you ever experienced burnout, or the feelings of burnout, and thought to yourself, oh! I wish I had a plan in place to help me avoid getting to this place? Today's podcast is all about to create a burnout prevention plan. That …. actually works. No bath bombs, candles or trips to the spa here friends. Nope. Today's podcast is all about designing a plan that you can set in motion at any time....

The world tells us:  Work is important ; we need to reply:  Rest is important too . I'd like to change an idea in your head today. And it's an idea that you probably didn't realize how engrained it had become… that the idea of rest, and the idea of work, are not opposites. In fact, they are partners. Welcome to the Superwoman Code, friends. Where I strive to give you a little glimpse into how to m...

If there's anything that Burnout creates trouble for, it's decision making. Call it what you will; decision-fatigue, analysis paralysis, I-don't-have-enough-brain-power-for-this. Whatever you want! But the fatigue that accompanies burnout can very well make your ability to make a rational decision difficult. And during those early stages of burnout, you need to know that you will be able to make d...

I am so excited to welcome Dr. Jody Carrington to today's episode of The Superwoman Code! Jody is a wealth of knowledge, a psychologist by training and is obsessed with understanding how we create a community. Jody focuses much of her work around reconnection – the key to healthy relationships and productive teams. Jody just launched her latest book (you can check it out on Amazon and Chapters Ind...

Today's episode is PART ONE of a shift worker focus. This is for the nurses, the paramedics, the janitors and cleaning staff, and those of us who work a job that has changing hours.  On today's episode I'm breaking down the environment and the data around Burnout & Shiftwork, why the environment can make or break burnout risk for shift workers, and why being on night shift alone isn't enough to le...

I want you to have a financially stable 2023. Not in an actual monetary sense (though I do technically want that), but in an energy sense.  Most of the time, we don't pick up on Burnout until we're living in Overdraft - and friends! That's Stage Three Burnout. Oh dear.  On today's episode, I'm running you through what it feels like to be living in Savings & Investing (Stage 1), Paycheck-to-Paychec...

The title of this episode says it all.  Diets Don't Work.  First of all, I really dislike the word diet, and so does my guest today, Camille Martin. She's a Registered Dietitian who battled through the magazines, the social media influences and more to finally figure out what it is that makes us feel good.  Today, I'm picking her brain all about it.  Let's Be Friends! Follow Camille on Instagram B...

I love Brianna.  There. I said it.  I love her work (hello founder of Vessel Meats - probably  the best local butcher shop in the HRM, and Nova Scotia). I love how passionate she is about supporting local infrastructure. I love how she fought, and continues to fight for change, and to see more women in her business.  I also love consuming her products.  This is a note for the non-meat consumers in...

New baby?  No sleep?  Feel like you don't know what you're doing?  I hear you, and so does our guest on The Superwoman Code today, Ashley Cooley.  Ashley is the founder of Birth Baby Sleep, an online and in person support community for new parents. In her work, she helps expectant and growing families learn more about their babies, gain more confidence in their parenting and get as much sleep as t...

When it comes to dealing with her own burnout, and taking care of a child who needed a little bit of extra support, Kris Rice somehow figured  something out.  Kris is a provider soul-care for mamas raising kids with mental health challenges. When she and I connected to chat, we talked about everything from five senses meditations, creating freedom, clarity and ease in your life, and figuring out h...

If there's anything I love, it's an episode about food.  And who better to talk about that with than Michelle Yandle! Michelle is an entrepreneur, nutritionist and kick-ass Bluenoser turned Kiwi who connected with me very early one morning to discuss how to not only repair your relationship with food, but how to inspire a new one.  As the founder of The Centre For Empowered Eating Michelle is all...

Picture this.  Something isn't working quite right in your place of living. Maybe it's a squeaky door, a dripping faucet or you've finally decided to hang that picture on the wall. I don't know about you, but pictures in frames can live for far too long on my hallway instead of on the wall - ha! What do you do?  You go to your toolbox, you get what you need and you fix it. Or support it. Or, whate...

Hi friends,    It's been a quick minute, or rather a few months. Between managing my own almost Stage Two Burnout, and focusing on a few necessary things in my personal life, the podcast had to take a backseat for a few months.    Thank goodness. I don't think I'd be much good to y'all if I didn't practice what I preach.    Today is a double episode, we're releasing episodes number 103  and 104 to...

Today I'm talking about the difference between active rest and passive rest, and why there's a missing piece in the maintenance puzzle of health.    That missing piece? It's the predictive maintenance perspective. Along with reactionary maintenance (a necessity), preventative maintenance (a long-term necessity); predictive maintenance emplores all of us to forward think about our cycles and our se...

2 years.    The average time for women to find the  right birth control for them. A Birth Control option that helps to manage symptoms, support health, and have the least amount of side effects.    Dallas Barnes was fed up with having to try one birth control after another, just to try and find one that did what she wanted, without the unwanted side effects. So she decided to do something about it...

100 episodes, friends!   100 episodes of periods, hormones, fertility, burnout prevention and management under our belts to help make our health work for us, not against us.    100 episodes of literally getting to pop into all of your ears and share my knowledge with you.   And 100 episodes, tens of thousands of downloads and thousands of followers.   Y'all rock.    Thank you. From the bottom of m...

Today I'm talking all about how to build your burnout prevention strategy.  That thing.  That's OH. SO. IMPORTANT.  It involves five steps. 1. Recognize where you're at in the Stages of Burnout 2. Map your busy seasons out - I've used Calendars By Ashlee since 2019 to help me and you should check her out 3. Decide what needs to be a priority 4. Build Your Team 5. Remember that you cannot control e...

Two movement episodes back to back! Last week I had the privilege of talking with Shaina Falcone about how to bring movement back into our lives, and today I am chatting with Fusion Health Spa's Tina Gayle about how to maintain movement when you're in the middle of burnout.  Turns out, lots of low-impact and low-intensity exercise is just what Dr. Ashley ordered!  This joyous conversation is so th...

I am SO excited to welcome Shaina Falcone to today's episode of The Superwoman Code. To call Shaina a fitness instructor would be too simple. She is more than that. She is working to revolutionize the fitness industry by approaching wellness in a way that makes you feel good, period. She knows it's not about spot-reducing certain parts of your body, and it's not about counting calories, or even we...

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you literally fight with all your might to do what you need to do, only to realize you're in the exact same spot?    I have.    Today on the podcast, I'm introducing you to my life jacket. You know, the thing you put on when you're in deep water so you can float? So you can literally not die?    That thing.   And I'm asking you to listen to today's podcast, a...