Your Age Is Not Your Cage™

Today I’m chatting with Kelly Kohn.  I discovered Kelly recently on Instagram from a post on Women Who Lift Weights and I was intrigued immediately by her story and her bubbly, encouraging personality and her daily motivational fitness reels on her IG page. Kelly is a mom to 3 boys, struggled with weight and exercise for years and then finally was able to lose over 80lbs.  In September 2023, Kelly...

We’re going to cover the action steps you can take to walk through this perimenopause/menopause journey with the tools you need to embrace the changes in your body. This can be a beautiful next step in your season of life if we equip ourselves and embrace it instead of dreading it. It doesn’t have to be awful if we’re equipped and empowered with the tools we need to set us up to be our own best he...

Today, I’m chatting with a very special guest and she’s also family!  My cousin Abby Paquet is joining me today to share about her family’s life and the changes they’ve made over the last few years to get back to a simpler way of life.  Abby is a mom to two beautiful boys, wife to her high school sweetheart, registered nurse, photographer, Believer, and most recently, homesteader.  Abby has many p...

Today on Carla’s Convos we talk about how we start and end each day and why it’s so important. Being intentional with creating these daily habits will get easier and easier as you keep doing them. Consistency!  Just don’t give up! If you miss anything, don’t beat yourself up. Just move on and start fresh! Before you know it, you’ll have created healthy habits and a sustainable, amazing, new lifest...

My listeners asked so I’m delivering! I’ve had so many questions about homesteading and getting back to the basics after my February 28th episode on “Getting Back to a Traditional Way of Life | Homesteading State of Mind".   So today I had the privilege of chatting with Liz Haselmayer.  Liz is a homeschooling mother to three daughters and the creator of Homegrown Education.  She’s passionate about...

On today’s episode, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Kathleen Klug about holistic, integrated health and wellness.  Kathleen is a 40-year veteran in the profession of Fitness, Health, & Wellness, and currently serves as an IIN Holistic Health Coach, a Health Educator at Kaiser Permanente, and a Speaker.  She is also the creator of START with ONE eCourse, and author of the book,...

I took a little diversion from my normal podcasts to focus on celebrating Holy Week leading up to Easter Resurrection Sunday. It truly is a journey filled with so many heart-wrenching and beautiful moments. It’s the story of Jesus Christ's journey to the cross, dying for us, and rising again on Easter Sunday.     I share what each day means during Holy Week, scripture, and my own thoughts along th...

*Rebroadcast of Episode 10   I’m sharing this episode again because I felt it on my heart to get this important information out there again.  I’ve had several friends recently reach out because they are now walking through this very difficult season of life as a caregiver to a parent. I don’t want anyone to feel alone and overwhelmed because there are resources out there to help them. Parenting Ag...

Doesn’t it seem like more and more people are wanting to get back to the basics? There’s been an increasing desire to learn to become more self-sufficient as we get to know our local farmers and discover all the ways that we can provide for our families in a more sustainable and traditional way.   We’re hungry to know more about the benefits of utilizing “back to nature” simple ingredients in a wo...

Today is a fun, short episode! I continually receive questions asking what are my favorite things, my favorite products, my daily must-haves, and my favorite podcasts.  So, I thought I’d take a few minutes today to share some of those with you.    You can find the links mentioned below and also in my Linktree which includes my Amazon favorites.  You can always reach out to me through email or DM’s...

Today on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, my husband and I celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary!  I thought this was the perfect time to share my thoughts, encouragement, overcoming marriage challenges, tips for growing stronger together through it all, and tools that will help you to put on your armor and fight for your marriage and your family. Your marriage is worth every battle, hardship, and...

On today’s episode, I’m sharing what’s been on my heart lately.  A few topics include: women, community, friendships, my monthly women’s gathering called The Table, and also the incredible organization I’m involved with that I’ve been sharing so much about on Instagram - Warrior Women Intl.    If you’ve listened to my previous episodes, you already know my passion is to be a “Connector!” I absolut...

Pauline is a 71-year old ON-FIRE fitness coach!  She is an online fitness trainer on her Youtube channel: Ageless Fitness Lifestyle.  You can’t help but be inspired by the joy, enthusiasm and zest for a healthy lifestyle that Pauline has.  She loves to work with women of all ages (particularly over 50) challenging them to wake up the fitness warrior within. She’ll inspire you to truly believe that...

My daughter, Mary Grace and I released Part 1 of our Q&A from your listener submitted questions on EP24. Now, you can listen to Part 2 here! Our hope is that our conversations inspire you to grow, strengthen, and flourish in your relationship with your kids. Even if they’re challenging now, it’s not too late to change that. The time is now to invest in those relationships, lead by example, be...

Today I’m joined by a very special guest, my daughter, Mary Grace Allen.  It was such a treat to record this podcast together and answer your questions that you submitted to us.  We got to walk down memory lane and share some of our best memories, laughs, stories, inspirations, life happenings, and so much more.     We divided this into 2 separate episodes because well, you know, we just got carri...

Carla & Tammy give you the scoop about the last six months since their kidney transplant surgery on June 7, 2023.  We share our healing journey, stories that happened along the way, surprises, miracles, and a friend who was so inspired by our story that she has now been accepted to donate her kidney, and so, so much more!     Join us as we celebrate our victories, laugh, and praise God for all...

Today I’m just sharing a few of my thoughts, updates, encouragement, self-care, health & wellness ideas, and just giving out a little support and accountability as we finish out 2023 and this holiday season!  Grab your coffee or your earbuds and walking shoes and listen in on this short, solo episode. As always, thanks for listening! CONNECT WITH CARLA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/you...

This is Part 2 to episode 20 to further discuss breast implant illness this time from Amanda Porta (The Holistic Beauty Coach).  We’re also joined again by advocate Robyn Towt who was on Part 1 discussing her breast cancer and breast implant illness.     We really dug deep into BII, holistic health, beauty, botox, and fillers.  So much to unpack in this episode!  These women have incredible storie...

If you have BREAST IMPLANTS or know someone that does, this episode is an absolute must! Please share and help create awareness. You never know who you might be helping.   In today’s episode I’m joined by Robyn Towt.  We dig deep into the politics of breast implants, what is Breast Implant Illness (BII), common symptoms of BII, what is the FDA hiding, what new cancer is now showing up from implant...

Did you know that culture wants us to think that marriage is where sex goes to die? When actually people don’t reach their sexual prime until their 40’s, 50’s, & beyond!  How encouraging is that?   April and I dig deep into exposing the lies of what the world tells us about married sex and what is actually true. What does God say about sex?  What does biblical sex look like? How can praying fo...

Today I am solo and talking about my favorite thing…health coaching and your health! This one is for everyone and for all ages. I’m answering questions you’ve sent to me about health coaching, wellness, time, money, and is it too late. Join me in helping you to age powerfully and learn to become our own best health advocates!   Here’s a few of the topics I cover:   Who needs a health coach? Coachi...

I’m doing something fun and a little bit different with two of my very favorite friends, Carrie Farris and April Larson.  We are going to be doing an ongoing series that I’ll publish periodically where we will candidly and openly discuss mid-life, burning issues that so many women are wrestling with now as they navigate this new chapter in their lives.   It’s going to be candid, transparent, vulne...

Today my special guest is Stephanie Rofkahr.  Stephanie’s bubbly and infectious personality makes her such a joy to talk to and I know you’re going to love her!  She is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer & Nutrition Coach in addition to an NPC bikini body competitor along with a long list of impressive credentials.   Stephanie has a personal story to share of a near-tragedy turned miracle that...

Today I had the absolute pleasure of talking with one of the sweetest humans on the planet!  Tamea Smith is 62 years old, has been married for 43 years, and has five children and seven grandchildren.     Not only is she a flight attendant for the last 20 years but Tamea is a competition bodybuilder!  She earned her pro card at the age of 60 and she now competes in the IFBBPro League as a Masters B...

This episode with Julia Linn is about what’s possible at any age no matter the challenges or setbacks you’ve had!  I had the privilege of talking with Julia who is 66 years old and is a fitness influencer, wellness expert, certified coach, author, motivational speaker, and a badass competition bodybuilder!  She has reimagined what it is to be a senior citizen at age 66. Her story of transformation...