The Wellness Ninja Podcast

Amanda Perrot spent 47 days traveling around Saskatchewan, holding events for women to gather and share real conversations. Then she wrote a book about it. The book, 47 Days: A Journey Home, was so much more than I expected that I immediately had to interview her. In the interview we talked about worthiness and questioning your own thoughts, needing to back your words up with action and her one ni...

This is a story about my hate of the air bike. Except it's not really. It's about the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves. It's about how those stories can limit us. It's about choosing to change the stories. It's also about that f**king air bike.

Have you ever been really enjoying yourself and then suddenly found yourself with a feeling of dread? Or have you ever looked at your child and been filled with love and then pictured a horrible accident? Author Brene Brown refers to this as forboding joy. In todays episode I share my own experience with this recently and discuss Brene's solution.

Ever had a thought, an idea, a project that had you really excited? Then the more time you thought about it, and more specifically the more you thought about people's reaction to it, the less excited you got? So you keep quiet. You silence your excitement and keep the thoughts bottle up inside until they die from lack of oxygen. This is something I have struggled with my whole life, and as I begin...

So a crazy thing happened last month- I turned 40! And to be honest it felt a lot different than I expected. Listen to hear how it really felt, all about your give-a-f*&k meter, and why it might matter to you.

Do you include pleasure in your self care? In your health care? I am speaking again this week with the lovely Robin Hilton and we are diving body first into the idea of pleasure being a crucial aspect of your health and well being. I'm also fairly certain it's the first time this podcast has had the words vagina and pussy (prepare yourself people) so you know it's a good listen!

Ever reached a goal and then thought 'well this doesn't feel as good as I thought it would'? What if you flipped traditional goal setting on its head? Today's episode is an interview with entrepreneur and coach Robin Hilton and she is going to give you a different way to set and reach your goals: start with how you want to feel first.

Self Care? Booo! Taking bubble baths isn't going to fix me and who has time for the spa!? Ever find yourself thinking those thoughts whenever some health guru starts talking about self care? Today I dive into what I think self care actually is (hint, you actually do it already) and how having more radical practical self care can be achieved

Do you know how you want to feel? Or do you just know how you don't want to feel anymore? It's a surprisingly hard question to answer. And if we don't know how we want to feel, then our brain can't collect evidence to help us feel more of it. Listen to this episode to learn simple ways to use the wiring of our brain to help us feel more of what we want.

It's that time of year again- you know where you are hit with all the messages about how you need a new you, "here's 5 ways to change everything about yourself", and my favourite one "follow my program and I will solve all your problems". I am not a big fan of resolutions. I feel they convey the wrong message and set you up to feel shitty all year. Listen in and hear how I think you could approach...

Last week's episode was about how to prepare yourself for the Holiday season and all it's gatherings and how to see the good in people. Things aren't always so rosy and kind, nor do we control how other people behave, so we also need to talk about how to have strong healthy boundaries and a plan to keep them. It comes down to values and asking yourself 'Am I Willing' questions. Listen to learn wha...

How do you want to show up this holiday season? Because I guarantee that Aunt Sue is going to keep being a jerk and Grandpa will keep making racist remarks. And no matter how good a comeback you have, you are not going to change them over Christmas dinner. So how can you prepare ahead of time to help these holidays, and anytime really, go better? It's not by preparing for battle! Instead try these...

Today's episode is an interview is with Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner Dr. Daniel Hoffman. We talk about how a lumberjack looking kid from the Prairies dived into the world of Chinese Medicine without even having experienced it himself, the shock of his first week at school, and what is Chinese Medicine anyways. We also discuss how becoming a parent changed his views on western medicine...

Often it's the little things that we do consistently throughout our day that can make the biggest difference. They can help us continually course correct to get us to where we want to go- which is really about how we want to feel. This episode shares 5 simple things to do everyday to keep course correcting. Plus there is a bonus I talk about at the end.

Today I'm feeling low and sharing what I do when that happens. It's unscripted and real. It's about feeling the feelings all the way through.

Sometimes we just need to get all the thoughts, good, bad, & ugly, out of our heads. This can seem simple but there is a method to doing this that is most effective. Listen and learn to spew!

From Medical school student to consciousness medicine teacher. Learn about Allison Bachmeiers journey through both and the lessons she learned. Key quotes from this episode: "I felt a kind of better I didn't even know existed" and "I am all about whatever works best and I don't care what we call it"

Embrace the Suck. Ever feel like you have trouble making decisions? Like your life is full of things you have to do and not want to do? What if instead of waiting for wonderful option C, you embraced sucky option A or sucky option B? What does that even mean!? Listen and find out.

Want to know the #1 Mistake you are making in your health? I see it all the time with clients, with my family and even still sometimes with myself. The answer is what I dive into in todays episode. You will also learn if you are a Pam or a Janet and why you actually want to be a little of both.

What if all you had to do for healing was just observe? Listen in as Dr. Tracey Clark shares her health story, going from professional dancer to Osteopath to a PhD in Integrative Medicine. It was a big journey of personal healing.  We also discuss her fascinating research on the power of observation to create measurable health changes. It really opens up the definition of what healing is. Tracey f...

Welcome to the Wellness Ninja Podcast. This first episode is all about what a wellness ninja is and why you want to be one. It's shorter than a regular episode and gives a taste of fun things to come, as well as a glimpse into my views on health.