The Ultimate Journey of Self-Care

This episode is a closer look at the 5 senses, and 5 more senses that can challenge us to evaluate how we do self care. When you ‘come to your senses’ you may think of using your rational brain and THINK through things--but when it comes to our self care, that’s the last thing we should do sometimes. Our senses allow us to gather information and feedback about our bodies--this can help us unw...

#Covid19 has forced all of us to implement different routines--and for some of us--maybe it has affected your morning routine, or maybe it has forced you to decide to approach your morning routine differently. There is HUGE benefit in having a morning routine that works for you--regardless if you are NOT a morning person.  This episode dives in to a little bit of my personal story and philoso...

This episode is a deeper dive into a daily energy check for us. How often do you find yourself feeling depleted or low and as a result you get flustered easily, lose your temper, or maybe make a rash decision in your day that not only doesn't serve you, but you find you wish you could simply take back? With all the uncertainty in the world due to #covid19, we have likely all found ourselves in thi...

For the past several weeks, we have been working on the best ways to look after ourselves in light of the #covid19 pandemic. In all my conversations with you and others--I have seen evidence that now more than ever HOW we do self care is everything as to what not just what we look like, but how our lives will look on the other side of it. This week I had the pleasure of talking with an intern...

This episode is a follow up from a previous one in which ‘washing your mind’ is a form of self care. What that really means is that in order for us to be in the best possible frame of mind to make good self care choices, we must clear our minds of the clutter and ‘noise’ that don’t serve us. In my candid conversation with Liza Baker, a certified holistic health coach based in Michigan, we dis...

This episode is a mini lesson in personal development, which for all practical purposes IS what self care is. Since #covid19 came to define the normal for us--many of us have found ourselves in a reality which has either challenged us to up our game, or keep us where we are, or worse. No matter how your world has been upended over the past month, NOW Is a tremendous opportunity to look at not just...

This episode is a glimpse into someone’s personal journey of self care--with an important lesson for everyone, no matter where you are. It’s no secret that life for so many is far from normal but in spite of how our world is changing due to #covid19, HOW we start is what’s important. How much do you allow yourself to be afraid, overwhelmed and just ignore HOW you do you? Our present environment is...

This episode continues the theme on navigating the new normal of what the #coronavirus has brought us in the world around us. The past 2 weeks have zeroed on common themes which are helping to shape our current environment and this episode is right in line with a stressor faced by so many now--making eating less stressful. So many people are using food to self medicate which ends up not servi...

This episode is powerful--it’s a chance to hear someone’s personal story on how forgiving yourself goes a long way to promoting your self care, and helping you along the way. Listen in to my interview with my friend Cindy Purcell. Cindy and I are from the same home town, and her story is inspiring in that her day to day struggles are so common for so many people in feeding into the story that conv...

This episode dives more into super-charging our immunity--through a different kind of washing--washing our minds. In today’s uncertain times, stress and anxiety is running rampant--which leads us to staying anxious and fearful. Thoughts that allow us to remain in a space that keeps us on edge continues the stress response in our bodies and minds, which eventually wears down our immune system.&nbsp...

We all know taking care of ourselves IS and SHOULD BE a top priority--and in navigating the public health crisis that is sweeping our world today with the coronovirus,   learning easy tips and strategies to help SUPERCHARGE our immune system so we can keep ourselves healthy, fit and our energy levels high. Its’ easy to put emphasis on activity and what we eat--but there are many more tidbits...

This episode is a follow up candid conversation with a colleague and friend, Charles Westfall, who shares an update to his personal self care journey.  We can all relate to letting ‘life get in the way’ of us looking after ourselves. Each journey is different--and we tend to be hard on ourselves in our progress, when the lesson for us to learn is often what we already know. Listen to Charles’...

March is both National Nutrition Month AND National Sleep Awareness Month--and these are two HUGE elements of self care. So much happens when we sleep--our body is literally like one big computer--and through sleep, all the communication channels that help facilitate metabolism, growth and repair, focus and concentration, productivity and energy (to name a few) get a REBOOT when we sleep. My conve...

This episode wraps up our February focus on Energy and Metabolism with a closer look at how to reboot and help fix a stalled metabolism.  It’s no secret that as we age, our metabolism slows but often due to life circumstances, we find it flat out STALLS, making it near impossible to see results from our fitness and self care programs. Listen in to hear about 5 strategies that can help fi...

This episode takes a closer look at ENERGY EATING.  All throughout February our focus has been Energy and Metabolism, all part of February being Heart Health Awareness Month. So much attention is paid to counting calories, tracking macros, following this plan and that plan--and it all helps us land back in the place we start the majority of the time.  Lost in all the discussion of how to...

This episode takes another look at what happens to our metabolism as we age. February is National Heart Health Month and all month we are examining the different angles on energy and  metabolism, and how it’s all connected. Research has shown that our metabolism is affected by the aging process--that is an undeniable fact. What’s lost in that discussion is that there are MANY things we c...

This episode begins a month long focus on Metabolism, Energy and overall HEART health. Each week during February I will address a different aspect of metabolism and how self care is directly connected to how our metabolism works. Heart disease kills over half a million people each year, and what’s staggering is the HUGE increase in the number of young people that are affected by forms of hear...

Today’s episode wraps up our January focus on the concept of RESET. Sometimes it takes a major life event to help us frame the right focus on our lives and our self care.  Life can make us question why we do things, and makes us choose daily what we focus our efforts on--it can keep us in a state where the LAST focus is on our intentions and our choices regarding our own self care. I’ve alway...

Today’s episode continues our theme of ‘RESET’ for January--with an introduction into the 3 M’s: Mindfulness, Meditation and Mindset. With starting the year and the new decade off on a strong footing, having some practical techniques you can apply can help you connect your thoughts with actions and new behaviors that will serve you well in your plans for this year and going forward. List...

Today’s episode kicks off a mini series for the next several weeks on what RESET looks like. It is 2020 and a new year (and a new decade) and what better way to start for YOU than giving yourself a much needed RESET on your self care plans. We hold one of the greatest powers we need to make any change we want--the power to remain PRESENT. Listen today for some strategy on how you can learn to...

This episode focuses in on one of the most common topics and thoughts that are in the front of everyone’s minds this time of year---NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS! So many people think about them in January. So many people make them. And nearly 70% of all people who make them quit or lose interest by January 31st! Why is that? While there are many reasons why resolutions don’t stick, when it comes to...

Today’s episode is the PERFECT cap for both 2019 and the kick off for 2020--Vision casting a plan for your health, self care and fitness. Vision casting is so much more than just making a pretty poster--it involves capturing your dreams and ideas in your vision and plotting them out so you can make them happen! Involved in what we decide to do for ourselves--we must not just be clear on what...

This week’s episode continues the month long focus on how we all interpret self care and what it does for us, with flashes of a look into other’s lives.  Listen to my interview with a fellow sports junkie and fitness advocate (and friend of mine too) Charles Westfall and learn about his own personal journey. He uses a phrase called ‘don’t collect your mistakes’ in our conversation which can g...

In this week’s episode, I have the opportunity to interview a client and colleague someone who has become a friend of mine --Charli Brown. Charli is a RN with a boat load of experience in oncology and caregiving and is about to complete her Masters in Nursing. In our candid conversation, we discuss the ‘role confusion’ with caregiving and in a service oriented profession and how it is easy to thin...

In this week’s episode, I have the opportunity to interview a colleague and good friend of mine--Elisabeth Galperin.  Elisabeth is a productivity expert and the owner of Turn Leaf Organizing. With the holiday season upon us, we can easily let our own self care fall low on the priority list--to the point of us using the excuse ‘we’re busy doing it all’--and yet, we aren’t productive. Busy isn'...