Your Journey to Joy

Michaela Czernekova joins me today for a great discussion about emotional eating and how we gain gain strength in life, physical yet but emotional, spiritual and mental health.  Michaela is a brilliant researcher that shares so much knowledge and insight with us today.  So many people struggle with eating. And wrapped up around all that is the emotions that come along.  I know you will enjoy this...

Dr Christy Matusiak DC is a Holistic Medicine Chiropractor specializing in mutiple modalities of healing to include applied kinesiology, energy healing, so much more . She is more than your regular chiropractor.  We had a great discussion to day about taking care of ourselves as moms and women each day. She wrote a wonderful book called Coordinating Chaos, Overcoming the Postpartum Slump and becom...

This is my 2nd conversation with Lucy on my podcast. She is a marriage and family therapist by schooling but today is a Podcast Talk Show Host at synergyconnectionradio.com .  Today we talk about the power of our beliefs. Our beliefs are created from our experiences today and most often in the past. Our behaviors come from our learned beliefs. Some good and some not so good.  And importantly what...

Do you know about breathwork ? HypnoBreath work ? I have spoken about breath-work a couple times on this podcast. It is a life changing practice.  I met Daisy this past year at a women's event that I attended. She facilitated a couple breath work session for us and they were amazing. I had incredible releases and experiences with Daisy.  I know you will love Daisy and what she has to share.  And m...

I found myself again in the parking lot of a inpatient treatment center with some raw emotions. I share them today as our daughter has had a set back and needed more help.  This disorder and addiction journey is long and hard. I have learned so much about the roller coaster of emotions. Although this set back had me mad and frustrated, I was able to reflect and get back an track much more quickly...

Stel is joining me today from Australian and has a great conversation about body image, bing eating and restrictive diets and more.  As many have, Stel has a life filled with diets and restrictive eating. And then began a journey to healthier eating and that quickly morphed into something greater, not in a good way.  When she started to know better, she started to better.  And you can to if you st...

As we wrap up another year I am joining you today myself to share my gratitude for all my listeners here. I am humbled by all of you following along, sharing these episodes and being inspired by the stories I share.  2022 was a good year in many ways and I am grateful for that.  At the beginning of the year , as the world was opening up , I hoped to travel much more. And I did this year.  Listen i...

Katie joins me today to talk about her way to sobriety and why she is so passionate about helping women to live intentionally sober lives.  From hitting rock bottom at 26 years of age and praying out to God to help her out of her world of addictions, she did just that.  You will want to hear her story .  Through her healing she found spirituality, Reiki, and gut health healing.  She is so passiona...

Tricia Parido joins me today for a frank discussion about her journey of life, the traumas that occurred, the need to control others and her life . And her  life was  full of addictions and disorders  Tricia is an Industry Thought Leader, Transformational Speaker, Master Addictions Coach and  Transition to Life Specialist Tricia Parido is a Nationally Certified Life Coach and International Master...

I come to you today solo.  It's been a while since I turned the mic on myself.  I found myself reflecting on the choices that we make and being present to those choices during my last Ballroom dance competition. I feel privileged and blessed to be able to participate in dance as I do. And yet if you have listened to me before or followed me on social , this dance is truly a metaphor for life.  I l...

Matthew Brownstein joins me today for a fascinating conversation about spirituality and meditation. He had a spiritual awakening which lead him to seeking the truths of all mediation, hypnotherapy and more.  He is a wealth of information. His story and journey of life has been great.   Matthew J. Brownstein’s journey into spirituality, health, and healing began in 1992 with a profound spiritual aw...

I had the privilege to connect with Elizabeth on Linked in. Her Joy let loose attitude attracted me. I am sure glad we connected.  Listen in for a treat today.  Elizabeth talks about her own journey to Joy and why she is so passionate about helping women let their joy loose  A few tidbits:  Joy in NOT dependent on your circumstances.  Lean into your purpose When we intentionally align with God's p...

Stephanie and Alyssa are mom and daughter. Daughter has struggled with an eating disorder for many year.  And much like myself and my daughter, their relationship was truly impacted when this insidious disorder entered their life.  As I listen to Stephanie and Alyssa it's almost like we have lived similar lives.  And the hope that they want to share today and hope that you hear is that lives can c...

Dana Krull has kissed alcohol good bye and now is building a community to support others who are looking to love them selves instead of booze.  This was a great conversation about Danas experience in the military, religion, striving for good, what we reach for for support and so much more. It's all very fascinating and I know you will enjoy it.  So many have found themselves choosing sobriety duri...

These last 2 years have been challenging to say the least.  I have met so many that have found a way to thrive or reinvent themselves.  And I've spoken with many who find themselves stuck and unsure how to get going again.  Many have gained weight, gotten out of shape, felt the need to change jobs or careers, even left and changed relationship.  As a wellness advocate and retired RN, I know the im...

When you hear Dr. Robb you cant help but be lifted up ! Today on the show he shares his story that lead him to losing everything from his business, his wife, his children and being homeless on the streets of Manchester England for over a year . On a cold and wet English night, he fell to my knees and begged God to help him find a way from the endless nightmare that was his existence and moments la...

  Everyone is in recovery from something. As it did for many of it, the pandemic revealed many things, some cracks in our systems, relationships and health. And as moms sometimes we also lose our identity as we give to others and escaping with alcohol to deal with life,    Today Michelle Hillier joins me to talk all things recovery , divorce Michelle is most known for Breath+Fire, a wellness progr...

I can't believe it's almost been a year that my Journey to Joy journal has been out. Do you journal ? It is such a very good thing.  I think it's like FREE therapy.  Listen in ...as I share AGAIN...why journaling is such a good thing.  And want your own journal?  Check it out and order here.  Want to learn more about Wellness ? Ready to get going on your Wellness journey ?  Visit my wellness site...

Jennifer joins me today to have a frank discussion about Intuitive eating and what that all means. It truly is a starting point for eating and finding peace around food.  Jennifer is an Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach. She specializes in helping women connect with their bodies , make peace with food and refine her health so she can walk away from diet culture and embrace all life has to offer...

Tazima and I sat down for a fascinating and fun conversation about pleasure. She is an awesome and dynamic lady. Her focus is a sex coach and pleasure maker helping women go from resentful to radiant. But we didn't talk about that  on this episode.  We talked about finding joy in your life,  I know that as my life was chaotic I wondered when the joy would return. But I soon learned that it was abo...

Summer time is busy and fun .  And I'm sharing some of my favorite interviews and episodes that i have done in the last 2 years.  Since I just started a little running out side again, I thought I'd share a Wellness Wednesday episode with Chris. He is an avid runner and quite an athlete. We had a fun conversation about running and travel and life in general.  --------------------------- My time wit...

Molly Brown is a fascinating gal.  As she is now a Mindset Engineer, she shares her journey through bulimia, the army, following the rules, wanting to disappear, finding a community and imagining the person she needed to be to find success. As she read books on personal development and neurology and the mind, she saw that she could design her own mindset following the same system I used as an engi...

Alcohol  was fun and loud and entertaining for Matt. Had a great conversation with Matt about recovery and sobriety.   So many topics we talked about :  Rest  Divorce  Sobriety  Expressing yourself in music  Sound therapy    Matt is an awesome guy who helps Those in Recovery Create a Healthy & Active Lifestyle without The Need for Alcohol.   He hosts a podcast as well here https://www.spreaker.com...

It's been 4 months since our daughter came home from her most recent treatment stay. And many people ask how she is doing!!  She is going great !!!  And some days are hard!  I am taking this episode to celebrate though all the things that we have to celebrate. One of my coaches told me once I don't celebrate the good things enough. So that is what I am doing today.  For 7 years my daughter has str...

John McLeod is the Husband of a recent guest Nicole McLeod. You can listen to her interview here .  Nicole mentioned that John may want to come on and share is side of the story. I was thrilled.  Addictions and disorders not only effect the 'patient'. They impact the whole family. this is a great conversation with John who is honest and open to share his side of things, watching his wife struggle...