Your Favorite You

I am delighted to have Bev Aron join me as a guest on the podcast. I first heard Bev speak about purposeful parenting back in 2021, and her talk left a lasting impact on me. Today, I’m excited to bring her wisdom to all of you. In this episode, we’ll dive into the core messages from Bev’s talk including how it’s important to let go of the dreams you have for your children and focus on dreams of yo...

I’m so excited to welcome back the amazing Maggie Reyes to the podcast. If you’re listening to this episode today it comes out, today is Maggie's birthday. I’m so grateful that Maggie was born and that she is joining us once again to share her expertise as a marriage coach. Today, Maggie and I explore the nuance of influence vs. control. We delve into why we feel the urge to control situation...

It's frustrating when you want to have a deeper connection with someone in your life, but your relationship continues to be superficial.  In order to have a deep relationship with someone, you have to have a deep relationship with yourself. And in turn, the person you are in a relationship with needs to have a deep relationship with themself. That’s why moving beyond those superficial relatio...

What do you do when you don’t want to do something? Do you sit and stare off into space?  I get it. This podcast episode was inspired by me not wanting to write a podcast episode. We all have times when we simply do not want to do something. Today I’m sharing the steps that I take when I realize that I don’t want to do something. These steps will help you figure out whether or not you actually nee...

If you have never had a life coach before, you might think most of what I do is teach you new concepts to help you learn new ways of dealing with the inevitable ups and downs of life. In the past 4 years of being a coach, I have found that what I am actually doing is helping you to become aware of patterns that may have served you well in the past, but that simply don’t make sense for you any long...

Today, we're diving into a topic that impacts all of us: expectations. Have you ever found yourself feeling constantly disappointed or frustrated, either with yourself or others? It's likely that unrealistic expectations are at play. In this episode, we are going to explore how our expectations set the stage for disappointment, and what we can do to foster more harmony and connection in...

I recently celebrated my 25th wedding anniversary and was reflecting on what happened for me and my relationship due to coaching and mentorship. In this episode, I look back on my thoughts about my relationship with Jon before either of us received any coaching on our relationship and share the intention I had to change that relationship. Now, I'm not here to make you compare your relationshi...

Do you feel stuck in patterns that keep you from “leveling up” in your life? My guest today is the fabulous Penny Kukla. Penny is a practicing pediatrician and a former client of mine. You'll hear how Penny changed her beliefs about herself from "I don't fit in anywhere" to "I am an amazing mom." We also talk about how you don’t need to put pressure on yourself to fin...

When was the last time you were disappointed by someone's behavior? Was the behavior one they've repeated over and over again, that you really shouldn't be surprised by at this point? In this episode, I'll offer the perspective that you weren't disappointed in them. You were disappointed in yourself. That person has shown you who they are, and they are probably never going...

Do you feel like you’re always moving fast and making snap decisions? It’s a lot of pressure to be available to your friends, family, and work colleagues at all times, ready to answer that text, call or email at a moment's notice. We need to remember that it’s okay to take a pause. The power of the pause is so important to becoming Your Favorite You. Taking your time to consider things will e...

Are you still unsure whether or not working with a coach is the right path? It might be time to work on changing your beliefs about what you deserve and what's possible for you. If you’ve been listening to this podcast for some time, I hope you’ve been able to benefit from what I share without having to work with a coach. However, I want you to feel safe to book a consult with me or to work w...

Last week, we talked about the difference between accepting yourself for who you are and tolerating a life you don't love. This week, I’m back to talk about specific ways you can practice acceptance. We’ll look at several methods to help you practice, such as reframing your negative thoughts and recognizing impermanence. No matter where you are on your journey of self-acceptance, I hope you c...

How can we shift from tolerating a life we don't love to embracing acceptance and making the changes we might be afraid to make? When I talk about tolerance, I’m referring to enduring circumstances or situations that don't align with our desires and values. Even if you accept those circumstances, you do not have to tolerate them. In this episode, we’ll talk about the steps you can take t...

I’m so grateful to have my former client Kate Mowery as a guest today to share how her coaching experience has impacted her life. Before coaching, Kate was dealing with too much stress from saying “Yes” to everything at work and not having any patience left for her family by the time she got home. Kate knew she needed to take better care of herself, so she made the decision to start coaching.  Now...

Could coaching be the missing link to help you love your life? Maybe you need to have more compassion for yourself or need to trust yourself more. Women get help with so many aspects of their life when they work with a general life coach, like me. I want to share the magic of coaching with all of you, so I’ve gathered some coaching takeaways from women I have worked with. I hope that as you listen...

When you look back on your life, do you regret more of the things you did do or the things you didn’t? Today, my amazing guest Sarah Wittry talks with me about regret from her very interesting perspective. Sarah is both a physician who works in palliative care and hospice medicine and a life coach. Being honest with people at the end of their lives as well as helping humans live a life with as lit...

Your self-worth isn't tied to anything but being exactly you. It shouldn't depend on your achievements, career, family, relationship status, or bank account, but sometimes it’s difficult to see past that. Do external things like these have an impact on your self-worth? In my coaching practice, I have helped women untether themselves from these old, well-worn pathways that they don’t have...

Today, I’m talking about a topic near and dear to my heart. Sex and pleasure have an important role in my life. If you aren't happy with the role they play in yours, I want you to know that can change. The things we're taught about sex in school are so limited, and most of us have been socialized to think that desire and pleasure are the same for women as it is for men. That is NOT true....

In this episode, I'm joined by physician coach, master of public health, business owner, farmer, mother, and badass Dr. Kemia Sarraf. Dr. Sarraf truly wears many hats, and by the end of this episode, you'll have benefited from each one of them. You'll hear about the concept that trauma costs us all something, even if it's not our own, and you'll hear amazing stories that a...

It’s hard to be Your Favorite You when you don’t feel like yourself.  Recently, I’ve been researching perimenopause and hormone therapy, and what I have found has me fired up! So much so, that I felt it was important to share about this topic with you today.  Who wouldn’t be mad when a misinterpreted study from over two decades ago has led to so many amazing women missing out on the hormone therap...

If you have trouble describing your feelings as anything other than good or bad, that may be because you’re resisting your emotions.  Many of us have been conditioned to push away our feelings. Maybe you had parents or caregivers who you never saw express their emotions, or you feel pressured by the societal goal to be happy all the time. In this episode, we’ll talk about the impact resisting emot...

In today's episode, I am joined by two complete and utter rock stars in the physician coaching space. Yes, I am chatting with Adrienne Mann and Tyra Fainstad.  These two incredible young women physician coaches are the founders of Better Together Physician Coaching, and they have put in some amazing work to prove that coaching actually works. Listen in as they recount their personal battles w...

Do I have a treat for you today? We are lucky to be joined by, once again, one of my favorite people in the universe, my beloved husband Jon Parsons, and his life coach, Jess Johnson. In this conversation, we uncover the transformative experience Jon has undergone through Jess's unique blend of coaching techniques, and how coaching has really changed the trajectory of both of our lives in suc...

You might think you haven't sustained much trauma in your life, and in this episode, we'll talk about the difference between "big T" and "little T" trauma so you know the difference and how to address yours.  What you'll learn, is that most people have experienced some form of trauma in their lives, and we have so much shit stored in our bodies that we don't...

We can use our past to make sense of who we are in the present. What do I mean by this? Perhaps when you were younger, your parents didn't have time to sit with you when you were having big emotions. Or perhaps they were always telling you to hush and to not feel your big feelings. So it totally makes sense that whenever a big feeling comes along, you mentally run and try to hide from it. In...