The Ultimate Journey of Self-Care

Sometimes having a new plan for you means you set new goals. Or it can mean deciding what else is waiting for you.  Literally. We hear a lot about creating ‘bucket lists’--do you have one?  Have you thought about one? Having a real ‘bucket list’ not only requires some thought, but some intention too. Roger Williams is an teacher and writer and fellow podcaster—and after a health scare de...

Balancing your self care, to look after your mind, body AND soul is a key piece of any good wellness routine. Each one of us is unique–and embracing that allows us to not just manage our thoughts and choices better, but to literally be able to understand our own ‘kharma’, and how to walk our path using our unique kharma. Dr. Lynn Anderson is a naturopath, yoga nutritional therapist, fitness profes...

Everyone goes through a ‘reboot’ on their time. Lauren Abrams took the long way to get to her purpose–and she is passionate about sharing her journey. As an attorney–she advocates fiercely for her clients after her own struggles with stable employment and ensuring they are heard. As a woman, she understands that many women believe they are at a disadvantage–and must work harder. After her own...

This month in all our groups we will be doing a ‘Spring Training’ theme. One of the biggest pieces to a successful regimen for yourself is working some kind of activity plan. Research continues to show and demonstrate that activity is a KEY to having a metabolism that works for you–that includes feeling good, having energy you can sustain and a positive mindset. And the most important part of your...

Being aligned with our true purpose and calling in the world is what will ultimately lead us to more abundance and success in all areas of our lives. Kristine Glein is a former corporate turnaround specialist and has also created a unique new method to offer entrepreneurs, coaches and health care practitioners in their businesses. The Soul Intelligence Method helps clients unlock and clear energy...

Steve Q. Wiltshire has made fitness, health & mindset a priority for 3 decades! During and just after his competitive career, Steve developed an autoimmune disease that originated from a serious gut complication that almost ruined his health. Most everything Steve learned from experts, radical meal plans and harsh chemicals in supplements compromised his gut health. 18 months after being diagn...

Building systems around how we eat, shop and take care of ourselves takes planning–just like systems for our work and running our household. Creating a simple structured process for meal prep, grocery shopping and the mindset around it should be no different. Despite more and more people claiming they are ‘too busy’ to stick to a consistent plan–creating a system is the very thing that will allow...

We can often feel like we are constantly starting from scratch. From our workouts, to activity, to how we practice self care–some weeks or months it can feel like we are literally in the same place. Imagine being caught in a downward cycle of anxiety, depression and adopting behaviors that simply ‘mask’ how we are truly feeling.  We can often resort to behaviors that simply ‘fill the void’ wh...

The goal of all of our self care should be to BALANCE our energy. What do I mean by that? Setting goals and going after them involves a great deal of HUSTLE.  And that usually means we are using ‘masculine energy’. When we constantly in forward ‘go’ mode–we employ a fast paced, and an energy source that isn’t sustainable without some balancing factors. By contrast, using feminine energy creat...

This episode is a chat with Dr. Debra Muth, a naturopathic doctor and we go DEEP with the topic of REST and how that fits in to self care. Dr. Muth works with both men and women who suffer from chronic illness, and hormone imbalances.  What is often at the heart of so many reasons why we are tired often is a lack of focus on the ROOT causes, not the symptoms.  Sleep and rest are magical...

Energy is all around us, all the time–and we always have access to it. How we feel it, use it and channel it every day is dependent on many factors. This episode takes a closer look at simple daily practices we can do to help move energy better in our bodies, so it works FOR us, instead of weighing us down. Reiki is an ancient spiritual practice, which allows us opportunities to channel energ...

All through February, I'm going to be taking a closer look at the SIMPLE shifts you can make to simply begin. Dr. Matt Chalmers is a doctor and wellness specialist and has a unique way of helping his clients find better solutions to their health problems than just the traditional routes. Sometimes the most basic thing we can do to begin is reframe our perspective, and just begin.  Listen in t...

So February is when most people have ditched the New Year’s Resolutions. The majority of people who want to lose weight as a resolution get extreme with ‘dieting’ or following some fad eating plan to get the unwanted pounds off , they end up stopping before they really start. My guest this week knows that feeling all too well.  David Medansky refers to himself as the ‘Anti Diet Advocate’...

Do you know what your ‘energy equation’ is? Our bodies are made of energy–it is present not just in our physical bodies, but our thoughts, emotions and what we decide to from how that energy drives us. Are you aware you can create energy from what you don’t see?  Listen in to this chat with my colleague Catherine Gagnon, a mind/body healer and emotional alchemist.  We touch on the p...

Hydration often brings up thoughts of just getting enough fluids–namely water. And in the winter months, staying hydrated isn’t always front of mind. Like most anything in life–to make something easy and simple–taking baby steps to make it a HABIT is key.  It literally takes the difficulty out. I had the opportunity to chat with Eddie Zelenek of BUOY to chat about what ‘staying hydrated’ real...

 Finding solutions for our clients means we go down a different road. A different process will get you different results.  Right? We call it INNOVATION.  Innovation can mean change–but it often doesn’t mean changing EVERYTHING. Late last year I did an episode on my unique approach to INNOVATION–it’s something I call the PNF Method. And since it’s the new year, I thought I’d go a lit...

How are you choosing to start 2022? January is a time so many set goals, declare resolutions and make plans–and so many of those things NEVER happen. And it’s largely because a planning process is absent. One of the things I regularly do is go through an evaluation process of the year that has just past–and work on what my new year will look like.  I spend time writing out my vision for the u...

 2021 is coming to close–and 2022 is on the horizon.   And I'm sure you are thinking and reflecting on what you have learned and put into practice from this year, like many others. So many people set New Year’s Resolutions based on how their year goes. And many of them literally never get to the end of January before being one that means ‘well, I tried, but couldn’t get it done’. 20...

Do you ask yourself ‘what’s next’ when it comes to you?  Be honest. Listen in to my chat with my colleague and fellow coach, Carol Banens and hear about how to approach what COULD BE next for you. After a long career as a physical therapist and working with chronic pain, and after the death of her husband–Carol asked herself that very question.  WE can think that ‘that ship has sailed fo...

I’m going to get real here.  There is so much CRAP out there about finding your vision—or envisioning your future. The majority of what’s being sold out there is garbage.  If it were all true, we would ALL be living our dream lives! What does it REALLY mean to be connected your VISION or your PURPOSE? It CAN be an anchor point, or a magnet–one which pulls you closer to your BEST VER...

Examining our path forward is often a journey of self discovery. What does that mean? It means we examine how we are operating daily–both physically and mentally. We get really good at what we think and do often–we don’t even question it.   WE can talk about what we want to change, but when it comes down to it–we revert to the old belief systems and how things are now. It can be challenging t...

So we hear all about ‘finding your vision’ but there isn’t anything real behind it. Everywhere you look someone seems to have the answer. Listen in to my chat with my colleague and mastermind sister Jackie Cote as we talk about her own personal journey of claiming her vision. Jackie began working as a teenager, and quickly rose in the ranks of the hospitality industry--until she decided she was de...

With the season of thanksgiving upon us--what are you grateful for? It’s so easy to get wrapped up in what’s not working, or where we think we SHOULD BE--that we forget all our blessings. Gratitude is one of the highest feeling emotions on the emotional scale.  When we are grateful, we experience a deeper appreciation for what we have.  It’s one of the most powerful directions of positiv...

So what exactly IS hydration? It’s more than just drinking enough water. In the colder weather we often ‘forget’ to drink enough water.  Hydration is actually a LOT more--so much more, the concept has been made over. In this episode, Eddie Zelenak of BUOY Hydration and I have a candid chat about what hydration IS--AND we are announcing our new partnership as a sponsor! Hear all about BUOY and...

We hear about how important ‘intelligence’ is from a book standpoint, and from a skills standpoint. What about Soul Intelligence? Listen in to my chat with my mastermind sister and colleague Kristine Glein as we take a closer look at what SOUL Intelligence is--and how it relates to self care. The truth is, being connected to your soul intelligence is probably one of the HIGHEST forms of self care....