Zen Mama & Everyday Gurus

How do you keep your heart open? In this week's episode, Diana Lockett takes us on her journey of radical responsibility and shares how she opened up her heart.  She is a visionary heart leader that has the gift of awakening high-performing women to release stress and anxiety so they can live a love-filled and inspired life.  Diana is a 4 x International Bestselling author, Transformational s...

Kevin Ellis, better known as Bone Coach™, is a certified integrative nutrition health coach, podcaster, YouTuber, bone health advocate, and is the founder of BoneCoach.com.    Through a unique 3-step process and world-class coaching programs, he has helped women with osteopenia and osteoporosis in over 1500+ cities around the world get confident in their stronger bones plan.  His mission is to not...

Welcome to this week's musing! Mary previews the release of her upcoming book, Ignite Your Wisdom.  A collection of stories that will Inspire, Encourage, Uplift and Transform you. Mary's Note: "Such an honor to be a part of this compilation book.  I stand with an amazing group of Ignite authors as we tell stories of the human journey. Rich with context as we use the gift of language...

Eat for your purpose! Staci Rieder is an integrative health coach, intuitive guide, personal chef, and postpartum doula. She has been creatively preparing delicious, organic, and allergy-free food for families for over 20 years. She has studied and practiced health and nutrition most of her adult life and has a very eclectic array of knowledge. She is certified in macrobiotic counseling and herbal...

Julie St. Onge Founder of New England Coaching Services LLC & The New England Betrayal Trauma Conference. Julie heads up a team of eight coaches to facilitate disclosures, assist couples in the stabilization process, aid those struggling with addiction, and provide safety and stabilization for hurting partners.  “I came to a place in life where I was not willing to accept good enough or not th...

We're back with another banter episode with Mary Streeter and Michael Thompson! This conversation starts with a deep discussion on how it feels to navigate perceived roles while also finding our own desires in life. What choice do we have in the way our life unfolds?   How can we stop compromising our integrity and our truth and CHOOSE to be uncomfortable instead of pleasing others? Zen Mama ...

Anna Leavitt is a mother, spiritualist, healer and medical professional originally from Savannah, Georgia and now residing in Northern Vermont. She has worked in the medical field as an ultrasound technologist since 2009 and has offered spiritual intuitive counseling and energy healing since 2017. Through her experiences with spirit from a young age and training at SNU accredited institutions such...

Staci Rieder is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health and Wellness Coach through The Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She has been on a life long journey of learning and sharing natural modalities to improve the quality of life and to live from the heart. She is passionate about food, plants, cooking, yoga, meditation, hiking, gardening and her 20 year old daughter who lives in Colorado.  St...

Deborah has lived in Somers, NY since the early 90’s, raising her family there. She is a public school teacher. Yoga and astrology are among her many passions. She earned her 200 YTT at Ohra in 2017 and is a Level 3 graduate of Debra Silverman Astrology. Check out her website at www.inwardjourneyretreats.com . Zen Mama  Facebook Page Zen Mama  Instagram Mary's Website

Mary discusses her practices of self-care and how to keep our actions intentional.   "You dont have to light yourself on fire to keep someone else warm". Zen Mama  Facebook Page Zen Mama  Instagram Mary's Website

This week's episode is with Morgan Streeter! Morgan discusses her journey traveling the country at a young age and the struggles of maintaining an individual identity as a mother and professional in corporate America. Her transition from a nomadic lifestyle to the world of 9-5 finance is real, raw, and relevant.  Zen Mama  Facebook Page Zen Mama  Instagram Mary's Website

Tessa Harrington shares her personal journey as a young mother, talks body acceptance and discusses her anxiety both during and after her pregnancy. She is passionate about opening the discussion surrounding the trials and tribulations of motherhood and body image in a world where media seems to make everything appear "perfect". Tessa is here to remind us that it is okay to not be okay....

Heather Bedell is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in Vermont who primarily works with youth. In this episode, she discusses her journey and how she has used her experiences and education to break barriers and fight systems of oppression.  “We all experience pain and suffering and deserve to have people in our corner and have equal access to resources for healing” - Heather Bedell Episo...

"Everything will work again if you unplug for a little while - including you..." Happy Holidays! This is the last episode of the year - Mary will be spending the next couple of weeks decompressing, enjoying time with family, and continuing production of the "Driving Change" series. What have you learned this year? Zen Mama  Facebook Page Zen Mama  Instagram Mary's Website

Renn Havill (@coachrennhavill) is the graduate assistant volleyball coach at Glenville State College and the editor of the Zen Mama & Everyday Gurus podcast.  Renn is a Northern Virginia native that transferred to Northern Vermont University - Johnson in 2019 to continue her collegiate volleyball career and complete her bachelors degree. She graduated in December 2020 and jumped into her role...

To celebrate the podcast's one year anniversary, Morgan and Jesse Streeter join to continue the conversation that started it all. Zen Mama & The Addict* was started by mother and daughter, Mary and Kate Streeter, as an open discussion about the impact of addiction in their family.  The podcast has now blossomed into ZEN MAMA & EVERYDAY GURUS , a platform to share stories of struggle,...

This week we have three guests! We welcome Sanchit Maruti, Bethany Mahler, and Laisha Mitchell to the show.  Sana at Stowe is a premier addiction treatment center located in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Their mission is to help individuals with substance use disorders achieve recovery through compassionate, high-quality, evidence-based medical care. For more information about Sana, please check...

Kelly Skinner is a 500hr E-RYT Bhakti Yoga Teacher, Mindfulness & Energy Practitioner, and End of Life Doula who resides in Northern VT. She trusts that in this lifetime, she is here to help beings awaken to live radiantly and die gracefully. To her, there is nothing more rewarding than seeing another being fall in love with her own true nature, and embody their inner radiance. ​The Power of P...

Tim Ricciardello is a clinical social worker that provides a sacred, safe space to process and heal psychological wounds. In this episode, Mary and Tim discuss balance, community, healing, and so much more. Community is an opportunity to acknowledge our shared struggles, share our story, and have others hold space. It is harder to carry around our shame than it is to step into our vulnerability--h...

Mary shares her ideas on how we can find clarity that we are on our chosen path, even when it is hard and life feels unmanageable. How we can stay resilient when we want to hit the easy button and check out. How our resistance and negativity can be a sign to lean into practices that focus our attention on the contentment and positivity in our lives. How she has found that in all the giving there i...

Caitlin Dafni is a Life Coach and runs an online coaching practice from her home in coastal Maine. She offers individual and group coaching programs to help clients clarify their purpose and build their life around it. Caitlin has spent the last 15 years exploring and immersing herself in the healing arts - yoga, ayurveda, meditation, integrative nutrition, and holistic coaching. Since 2015 she ha...

Welcome back to the show! In this episode, Kimberly Dubrul and Mary Streeter discuss being mothers of addicts, the impact of Al-Anon on Kimberly's healing, and prioritizing self-care. Kimberly is a wife, mother, devoted life and well-being coach of almost 20 years. She’s dedicated to helping others to see and live in their full strengths, to live their best life by their own definition. She’s...

Jen Deraspe is the founder of Nurture Through Nature , a holistic life coach, certified Qi Gong and yoga instructor, and certified facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. She has studied and worked in health, wellness, and personal development since 1983. In this episode, Jen discusses the depths of her healing through athletic training/sports medicine, leading community workshops, volunteering at...

Thank you Melody for joining Zen Mama & The Addict for another episode! You can listen to this episode on Marystreeter.co/listen.  "Melody Joy is a Modern Day Mystic and Pleasure Activist. Her heart centered clarity and fierce wisdom assists those ready to transform and deepen their divinity, regardless of where they are on the path. She brings natural psychic and intuitive gifts to her C...

Christine O’Neill, MMSc, PA-C, PCC is a former clinician and burnout survivor who now serves others as a burnout interventionist, executive leadership coach, Certified Dare To Lead™ Professional, and yoga teacher. She is passionate about helping overwhelmed professionals learn how to make a difference while having a life using values-based prioritization and neuroscience-informed self-management t...