The Wisdom Coalition Podcast — Well Of Wisdom (WOW)

"Wake up and live your life on purpose," says this week's guest Robert Pardi https://www.robertpardi.com/, whose new book, Chasing Life, chronicles the lessons he learned while loving his late wife Desiree, a successful palliative care doctor who passed away after an 11 year battle with cancer. Robert says, "Joy only exists in the moment," and so we have to focus on making the most of everything....

Do you know how powerful your thoughts are? Do you know they can change the outcome of any situation? The ladies of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/ discuss Nancy's recent bout with COVID-19 and how, in the midst of her fear for herself and her family, she realized, "The only way to stop the strangulation by my own thoughts was with my own thoughts." Learn what Nancy did to...

Need a little motivation? Four-time Olympian Joetta Clark Diggs https://www.joettasportsandbeyond.com/ knows a thing or two about that. The daughter of celebrated educator Dr. Joe Clark, who was featured in the movie Lean On Me, Joetta says whatever your goals, you have to talk yourself into it instead of out of it. She explains what she's learned about getting back up after you fall down..and the...

There is one place you can find inner peace and that's right inside yourself. But how? How can you shut out the world and dial in to the depths of joy and goodness that exist inside of you? We speak with Moshe Gersht, https://www.moshegersht.com/ USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of It's All The Same To Me, about how to become present to our own lives. He says we spend much of...

When you look at yourself in the mirror and you see yourself, what do you think? What do you say to yourself inside your head? Do you say, "I love you?" Most of us don't. Instead we pick apart this and that about ourselves and say things to ourselves that are judgmental and unkind. In this podcast, the ladies of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/ discuss the work of Louise Ha...

You have a right to a healthy mind, says Steve Peralta, co-founder and Chief Content Officer at Unmind https://unmind.com/?locale=en_us, a global workplace mental health platform. Should your employer care about your state of mind? It seems the pandemic has sped up the answer to this question. Steve tells us about the changing role of the employer in employee mental wellness and what it really mea...

Our time on screens has doubled for most of us in the past year. What is all of that doing to our brains? And how can we keep our brains healthy? Our guest Dr. Sherry Kelly, https://mindandheartcoaching.com/, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Neuropsychologist, explains what happens to our brains when we are connected more to our devices than to each other. In light of the difficulties...

Could you be hopeful if you were given a difficult diagnosis like Alzheimer's disease? Could you be committed to continuing to learn and search for joy? Our incredible guest, Eugenia Zukerman https://www.eugeniazukerman.com/ a world renowned flutist and arts correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning for 25 years, takes us inside how she stays positive in the face of her Alzheimer's. She reads from her...

What do you want for your future? Are you thinking about it? Have you designed your best possible future and taken steps to get there? Many times we are complacent about our own path and end up unfulfilled. The ladies of www.thewisdomcoalition.com explain how you can create the future you want that includes more joy every day! Listen in and bring a little something to celebrate because it's our 20...

When was the last time you did something totally playful? Do you know the incredible power that play has in our lives and in our levels of satisfaction and happiness? Ted Fischer, Co-Founder and CEO of Ageless Innovation, creates products to help adults unleash the power of play in their lives and he takes us into the research into how this simple concept can make us feel less anxious, less depres...

There's a difference between healthy striving and trying way too hard. Do you know where the line is? Sometimes we are always working to get to the next thing or to accomplish the next goal but will that really bring us joy, make us happier when we get it? Science tells us we can find joy every day, if we know how to do so. The ladies of www.thewisdomcoalition.com explore this idea of our desire t...

Do you think our bodies are created to heal themselves? What power do we have in our own healing? Our guest Dr. Fab Mancini https://www.drfabmancini.com/, author of The Power of Self-Healing: Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential In 21 Days, outlines multiple ways that you can heal yourself today. Dr. Mancini says we have incredible power to heal ourselves and he outlines his research into our abi...

Could the decisions you make in your business or your personal life have anything to do with your childhood? Our guest, Nicole Lewis Keeber, MSW LCSW https://nicole.lewis-keeber.com/, a transformational coach and therapist, says absolutely! She works with people to help them understand how childhood trauma impacts their business decisions. Keeber says larger traumas explode and small traumas erode...

"Everything that shows up in our bodies is a message," according to Liz Jordon of Clear Path Wellness in Emmaus Pennsylvania http://clearpathwellnesslv.com/ Liz is a Trauma-Sensitive Yoga instructor and she guides us through the latest research on how trauma lives in our bodies long after the traumatic event is over. It turns out that trauma literally rewires our brains and when our brains are stu...

What comforts you? How and why do we comfort ourselves and why do we sometimes ignore our need for comfort? Do you always know what you need and do you ask for it from yourself or others? The ladies of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/, examine this question of the role comfort plays in our lives. What is the root of ignoring discomfort, and how can we dial in and really lis...

Your perspective is a powerful tool to shape your life and your outlook. It's the difference between a good day and a bad one! In this episode, we explore the tremendous power of perspective and break it down into three components that you can take with you every day to build the life and the mindset you want filled with joy and resilience.

Have you had hard times? Something in your past that is troubling you? Our guest says let your hard times be your floor not your ceiling. She is Dr. Tana Session, https://www.tanamsession.com/, an organizational development strategist. Dr. Session pulls on her own history of trauma and tells how she used it to propel herself forward instead of hold herself back. You will love her story of grit and...

Do you choose who you want to be? How can you? We speak with Vicky Alercia Casella, a licensed professional counselor and she just wrote a book called I Am Loving The Me That I Am Choosing To Be. It's for children and their parents to help us all develop into the people we want to be. What are the barriers? How can we forge ahead with a healthy plan for ourselves? We'll have the answers.

Even in the worst times, joy and happiness are possible. How? We get some practical tips from Dr. Maria Sirois, http://www.mariasirois.com/, a powerhouse in the field of positive psychology, who speaks extensively on this topic and says we need this conversation now more than ever. She tells us the most important things you can do for yourself in a crisis, and she outlines how to do it. This is a...

Have you had difficulties in your past? Were there things that changed your plans, derailed your path? We talk about perseverance with our guest Rachel Beck, (also known as V. Lakshmi) who wrote a book called Finding Your Way When Life Changes Your Plans. Rachel was an orphan born in a remote village in India, adopted and raised by a white Jewish family in America and the book is her memoir. In ou...

Does your mind tell you lies about yourself? Do you ever say to yourself you're not good enough, you are lazy or broken? Many of us believe these lies for various reasons so in this podcast, the ladies of The Wisdom Coalition www.thewisdomcoalition.com, talk about techniques to help you examine false beliefs you tell yourself about yourself and then how you can change these negative patterns. You...

Imagine if you could befriend your difficult emotions instead of fighting with them and avoiding them. Our guest, Dr. Richard Shook Ph. D. is a licensed psychologist, licensed professional counselor and a professor at Life University https://www.life.edu/ where he teaches graduate students in the Masters of Positive Psychology program. He outlines how we can walk with our difficult emotions, accep...

What feelings are churning around in your mind and body that are keeping you stuck? How do you tap into your inner GPS and release them so you can be clear-headed and more joyful? Our guest, Kristin Joy Swarcheck, M.Ed , https://kristinjoyswarcheck.com/ Certified Coach, outlines a four step process that makes it so easy to live your best life! Kristin says it's about unlearning more than learning...

Many of us feel like we are missing something or like we can't find our purpose. Debbra Lupien, https://akashaunleashed.com/, spiritual teacher, author, and voice of the Akashic Records, tells us about ways to rediscover your soul purpose which she says is the key to unstoppable success and happiness. She says the Akashic Records is like a library, or a book that stores every thought, idea, and ac...

Do you really know the full impact of your words and actions on other people? What have you done or what have you NOT done that hurt someone else? We explore a concept called heedfulness, which is a way to raise our awareness of how our words and actions leave a mark on other people. The ladies of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/ explore the latest research and give you way...