Crystal Talk with Dr. Jennie

In this episode, Dr. J talks about her transition from psychotherapy to starting her body healing journey and why the health of the physical body is important for the healing of grief and the heart in general. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjennie/support

In this episode Dr. Jennie talks about how to use your US based health insurance benefits, why providers don't like dealing with your plans and how to shift the mindset around mental wellness so you can plan and chart a healing journey that actually works for you. When you can't find the right therapist, it is often a sign of redirection that it's time to learn something new or find a different modality. This episode also confronts a Toxic money mindset that has likely been passed down through the generations and its time to heal it once and for all. Step back into your power - you have options. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjennie/support

Social dancing is the single most significant cross cultural activity we have on Earth. All cultures ha e a history of music and dance. Many of these cultures have had governments outlaw social dancing as a form of control. In our modern age, however, social dancing can be a gateway to self development, a tonic for healing anxiety, and a door to a new social life. This is what I learned from attending a Kizomba dance class last night and observing the new generation of leaders. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

In this episode I read a story from my book, Toxic Insecurity, and talk about why tango was part of the transformative experience of the heart opening process. I also give guidelines and suggestions for how to find professional dance instructors with the right background and training to help you through this process. There is a difference between the amazing Instagram dance couple and their ability to help you heal with the best healers often found through a referral and not on social media. Now more than ever, discernment on the path of healing is necessary so we maintain the ability to relax the body and have more fun. The right dance instructor IS a relationship... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Transformation is happening even when the divine masculine keeps trying to take us back in time. Its all part of the process. This episode talks about my journey, why I wrote my book on healing myself, and why relationships are seeing the changes of the world first. So if you think your boss is a jerk, they are likely acting like one but there is a reason for it and we all have something to learn by figuring out how we are going to integrate this energy into real life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Another mini episode where Introduce the concept of why we go on a development journey to reopen the heart. We all go through periods of dependence and independence with the hope one day we arrive to interdependence. As it is Valentine's Day weekend, it is a reminder that you haven't done anything wrong - you are just a human developing through your relationships. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

The Universe always has a plan. Scientists have been studying for decades the importance of relationships and how it shapes our perceptions of the world. Now that research is making its way into spirituality to call attention to the changes humanity will be facing in the next few years. Want to know what's coming - look at your relationships...This chapter is available for free on my website: www.drjenniferbrhodes.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Carolyn Gold is the founder of The Gold Touch, an interior design firm focused on sensory interior design. Carolyn was born in Mexico and came to the US after discovering her love of art and design. Today, she works with individuals and families to help them understand the psychology and intuitive guidance that comes with understanding your space. She is a high level intuitive and shares many anecdotes that will help youbthink through why you may be struggling as this pandemic continues. So many sensitive people believe that their negative experiences are there's and this episode reminds us that the energy of spaces and our environment may be enhancing or destroying our well being. You may contact Carolyn at her website: thegoldtouch.net --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Join us in this week's episode where we talk about the reality of burn out, stress and trauma from someone who has been on a personal development journey and experienced how stress literally almost killed him... In Professor Pete's Own Words: "As the old saying goes, “shit happens.” Whether it be a dysfunctional childhood, rocky relationships, divorce, or suicidal family members, my personal life has seen its ups and downs. My personal growth path has been an amazing journey and I am grateful for everything I currently have. I am also grateful for the personal success I have experienced professionally. During my career I have had the privilege to work in a variety of Sales and Marketing roles. Each role had one thing in common: high stress. High stress to the point I was diagnosed with stress-related diabetes and also ended up in the hospital with a severe case of diabetic ketoacidosis, a few hours away from being comatose. I was physically, mentally and emotionally burned out and it hit me like a brick wall. It was also a reality check for me. When you don't have your health, not much else matters. I knew it was time for me to walk away even though I had a great job, secure income and good benefits. Interestingly, my coworkers and peers were very supportive and the majority of them told me they admired my decision to put my health first before my career because they were contemplating the same thing. I realized then that it wasn't just me, and now I help other professionals avoid my mistakes and immensely benefit from the wonderful tools and techniques I have learned and experienced first hand." You can connect with Professor Pete at petealexander.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

My thoughts on these terms and how I use them when I'm working with clients. These terms are not related to gender and we, especially in the West, need to expand our worldview on what is really going on in the Universe. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Elizabeth Garzarelli has had a number of careers but has been studying crystals for quite some time. In this episode we tall about crystals for healing love and how to stimulate sexual and sensual energy. We also tall about how to use them for protection. From here book: Crystals are part of ancient wisdom and they have been used as tools of protection, growth, and healing for a long time. Although a crystal does not create energy,  it amplifies it. Nor does a crystal heal, but it conducts healing energies that are being channeled to you by the Earth or by your spirit guides.  There are many ways to use quartz crystals, but using them in water is one of the most effective ways to “soak in” what a crystal has to offer you. Bathing with crystals enhances the natural healing powers of stones, infusing these vibrational frequencies of the quartz crystal into your body for the purposes of healing, higher awareness, grounding, and meditation. Elizabeth Garzarelli has been studying the healing properties of quartz crystals for over 20 years and presents this calming and enriching book, filled with gorgeous photos and simple-to-follow instructions.  Her book is available on Amazon or where books are sold. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Jess Reid is a Master's level weight loss coach and founder of The Keto Fit. She earned her master's degree in life coaching from Regent University, a ketogenic nutrition certification through the American Nutrition Association, and maintains the level of an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation. More importantly, Jess is willing to share her personal story of how she lost 50 pounds on a ketogenic diet and has maintained the loss for almost ten years. Jess strongly believes that a mindset shift around eating as self-care rather than as punishment is the first step to reaching your health and nutrition goals. Please visit her website at www.theketofit.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

David Brower is also known as the Sensorial Guy. Based in Paris, France, David spends his life reminding us to live from a place of the five senses and to use our spirituality to enhance rather than restrict our lives. David is also the author of the book, The Love Caterpillars which is a beautiful reminder of how love can grow and blossom even after heartache and pain. Please follow David @thesensorialguy and purchase his book on all major book platforms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Dr. Jasmine Escalera is a confidence and career coach, TEDX speaker, Licensed Psychologist and naive New Yorker. In this episode, we talk about the importance of speaking your truth, leaving the jobs that are sucking your soul and hear the details of how she watched men recieve promotions over her despite having the confidence to ask for what she wanted. Dr. Escalera is a powerhouse woman with so much knowledge stemming from her time at Yale University and in the traditional science industry, that this episode is worth listening to multiple times. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Mariah Heller is a fitness industry executive, gym co-founder, author, speaker, and the creator of Pain-Free Fitness. She also spends her days as the Executive Program Director of a million-dollar fitness company, and spends her evenings as a multi-faceted fitness entrepreneur. Mariah's journey to entrepreneur started after spending eight years in the fitness industry and realizing that there were no viable solutions for clients with chronic pain - or really any client who didn't "fit in" in the classic gym setting. Mariah was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome at the age of 28, after dealing with debilitating symptoms for a majority of her life.   In the years since creating Pain-Free Fitness, Mariah has expanded the business into a consulting company that also develops B2B health and fitness programs, and helps train up and coming coaches and trainers. Mariah is the author of two eBooks and the creator of Fitness Fundamentals Flash Cards - a line of flash cards aimed to help fitness professionals add value to their clients. She has been featured on several podcasts, and lectures annually at the UC Davis Entrepreneurship academy. In this episode, Mariah talks about her early life experience as a dancer and musician.  She was signed to a record label when she was quite young and, unfortunately, like so many women experienced first hand what harm a toxic work environment can do to one's mind and body.  She speaks candidly about this trauma and how it helped her get back on track to focusing on her area of expertise - fitness.  You can connect with Mariah at her website https://www.painfree-fitness.com or on instagram @pain_free_fitness --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Doug Noll has been a practicing attorney for many years. His calling is to serve humanity, and he executes his calling at many levels. He is an award-winning author, teacher, and trainer. He is a highly experienced mediator. Over the years he has developed techniques to de-escalate angry people quickly. He is the author of De-Escalate: How To Calm People Down in 90 Seconds along with 3 other books. He is also the founder of the Prison of Peace project where he and his team have trained thousands of prisoners to be peace leaders. His program, after training thousands of inmates, continues to have a zero recidivism rate for those people who participated prior to returning to their communities. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

Peyton Garland is a writer, wanna-be rapper, and coffee shop hopper who loves connecting people to a grace much bigger than expected. Her debut book, Not So By Myself, was promoted by Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and endorsed by TED Talk speaker and creator of the More Love Letters movement, Hannah Brencher. Peyton is a guest writing coach for the Broadleaf Writers Association and frequent feature on mental health awareness and faith-based podcasts like Sooo OCD, Hope in Anxiety, Everyday Royalty and You Don't Have to Be Perfect. She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Josh (JG), and their two gremlin dogs, Alfie and Daisy. In this episode, we discuss Peyton's experiences of her spiritual journey from a Christian perspective, her battle with OCD, surviving her father's PTSD, and her bad ass view of purity culture and how women can transcend what they have been taught in order to find a healthy and happy relationship and sex life. Plus she just has amazing energy and you will enjoy listening to her personal story. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drjennie/support

When Jenn shared that she was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, went through 4 surgeries and survived COVID in Toronto (where they were in lockdown far longer than than the US) I thought, "how the heck did she do it!" I was barely surviving without social dancing let alone a major health crisis and still trying to raise a family. Listen to this episode if you want to hear about how to out your yoga and meditation practice to use in real life. We discuss the importance of heaking the body but also how to manage the emotions involved in such an extreme health crisis. Follow Jenn @jennsjourneytohealthyliving. We hope she returns to teaching yoga in the Toronto area so she can support women who are also surviving and over coming the cancer journey through mindful living.

Join me as I discuss my current experiences related to my spiritual transitions and difficulties with being pulled in two directions pertaining to my career and to my personal life. As always, please like, subscribe or share your questions and comments. We don't have to be in this alone

I've spent years talking to clients about narcissists and experienced it myself. Yet, I've learned that venting and seeking comaderie defeats the point of meeting these people. These really difficult relationships are meant to teach us about the science of energy and why we have to be discerning about relationships in general. Gone are the days where you can simply date with a checklist - you need to feel how your body responds and make good choices about the people you let into in your life.

We love to learn and to intellectualize things. It's important for us to do that learning but it is also important for us to learn to feel and remember joy. In this episode I tall about the simplest yet most profound assessment tool we used to help with the assessment of depression and PTSD. It costs under $5 and you probably have it at home already. I hope you enjoy the episode!

This episode gives you a brief overview of the first half of Toxic Insecurity where I dive into both the science and spirituality of relationships. I also discuss the need to take a look at the shadow side of love so that we can purge anything not in alignment with the values of love. The more we commit to our personal journeys, the more likely we will see that the people on our paths are helping us clear a crap ton of karma. This clearing is necessary if we feel the call to seek out divine love. The book is available for order on Amazon Kindle and will be available on my website as well. https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Insecurity-Relational-Spirituality-Authentic-ebook/dp/B091MZWMC9/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jennifer+rhodes+toxic+insecurity&qid=1618319469&sr=8-2

Elizabeth El Ansari is a spiritual life coach, poet, fellow traveler and founder of Elizabeth El Ansari Dolls. She is passionate about the empowerment of women and educating people on the Syrian refugee crisis. In this episode, Elizabeth share the story behind the development of her doll project and discusses her journey to becoming a spiritual life coach. Please consider supporting Elizabeth by purchasing a doll for a child in your family. You can find her on Instagram @elizabethelansaridolls or @elizabethelansari.

Please join me as I speak with financial coach, Jill Collins. Jill works with divorced or widowed women to teach them the skills to maintain their financial abundance. Jill starts off this episode by talking about the sudden loss of her husband of more than a decade of marriage and how she healed and catapulted her story into a successful coaching business. We discuss why women lose out financially in divorce and what we should be doing now to prepare for the future. Stay tuned to the end of the episode when Jill talks about how to use intuition to manage your investments. She is a true inspiration and exactly who you need if you are facing the devastation of divorce or the loss of a spouse. You can find Jill at jillcollins.com.

In today's episode we speak with Nancy Corsaut, founder of the YouTube Channel, Awaken with Nancy. Nancy is a lifelong intuitive who went through a massive spiritual awakening in 2018. Within less than a year, she met a karmic soulmate, her twinflame, entered separation to heal and launched her YouTube Channel. She focuses on providing tarot card readings for women looking to heal their broken hearts. What I find most impressive about Nancy is her choice to embrace such an upleveling. She left behind those toxic relationships and a 20 year career to move across the country so she can live her life purpose.  We will debunk the myths related to karmic soulmates and twinflames and help you understand that these experiences, as Nancy so eloquently describes, are "above the word love." You can follow Nancy @awakenwithnancy on YouTube or Instagram.

By now you probably have heard of the role of an intimacy coordinator through the announcement that Netflix's Bridgerton worked with one to choreograph many of the sex scenes involve in the show. While we all think that such a job is super steamy, the real purpose of the intimacy coordinator is to provide a context of safety so that actors and actresses can feel safe enough to be vulnerable. Really great sex and intimacy comes from a place of safety. Enter professionals like Siobhan Richardson who are on the path to making creative workplaces not only safe but joyful. In this episode, Siobhan talks about the creative process and the role of the intimacy professional in the theatre and television/film industry. She touches upon issues that pertain to consent, why the profession has grown since 2016, and how our view of healing trauma needs to be re-adjusted so that the work our entertainers provide to the world is more of a healing for others rather than a way to heal the self. Siobhan can be reached via email at Info@intimacysociety.com or through Instagram @fighteractress.

In this short episode, I talk about the 3 Mary Madalene wounds many women have been grappling with (the Bitch, the Whore, and the Witch stereotypes) for thousands of years. This month I present Jill Collins, a wealth strategist for women; Siobhan Richardson, an actress and intimacy coordinator; and Nancy with Awaken with Nancy, who is a tarot and intuitive guidance reader. Together we will explore these 3 areas and help you realize that you don't have to sit under a tree to meditate to be spiritual, you just have to direct your passions toward a greater cause and have a desire to make a difference in the lives of other people. This is the path of relational spirituality and a glimpse into our future.

Melissa of Melissa Ann Yoga joins us to discuss the need for more corporate wellness and her experiences as one of the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine. Melissa is very passionate about helping corporate clients fit their yoga and meditation practices into their normal day and she strongly believes that a commitment to wellness will serve us well as we head toward receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. You can follow Melissa @melissannyoga and sign up for her Yoga for Resilience course at melissaannyoga.com set to launch in January 2021. You can also drop into her Free Fridays yoga series. Namaste

Join me as we delve into learning about yogic meditation with Yogiraj Peter Ferko. Peter has been studying meditation since the 1980s and coauthored the book, "The Genius of Yoga" with Alan Finger. This is not only one of the few books dedicated to yogic based meditation, it is a book that discusses meditation beyond mindfulness. We discuss the purpose of yoga for meditation, why there is a disconnect between yoga and meditation and how you can begin to individualize your practices rather than believe yoga or meditation is not for you. It is an episode worth listening to if you are looking for next steps on your spiritual journey. You may connect with Peter at www.peterferko.com.

People who know me know that I love to dance. While my salsa skills are questionable at best, I fell in love with Bachata and started my dance journey. Little did I know that dancing was a way to heal a broken heart. One day, a dance friend posted a video of Janis and Zoe dancing with the caption, "I want that kind of love." I've watched them ever since bring light to the world through dancing and simply showing the world what true love looks like. Join us for this intimate interview with Janis and Zoe and learn more about why I believe they are on the forefront of ushering a monumental shift in the way we view romantic relationships and why this may matter more than traditional relationship expert opinion. Please follow their journey @janisyzoe.

Ever wondered what it would be like to find the creativity and joy in work again? Morgan talks to us about redesigning her practice due to COVID-19 and discovering that she has a gift for holding space for those of us already on the journey. We also talk about why psychotherapy is not the only option for healing and why sacred play is essential for our future health and well being.

Most of us in North America are clueless about the real history of wine in the Bible. In this episode, Gisela is here to remind us that the purpose of life is to find joy and connect with our community. Wine is meant to be shared and high quality food and wine may be the healing we are missing in modern American culture. Unfortunately, our history has not given us a chance to develop a healthy relationship with either food or wine. We are being called to rectify this disconnection through joyful exploration of what it means to be a healthy and happy human.

Yoga Wine Party is a joint venture between NYC based yoga instructor, Dina Ivas, and wine educator, Liz Howng. Join us as we learn more about how we can all find more balance between discipline and enjoyment through a mindful practice of both yoga and wine. This is a necessary episode for all of us trying to cope with COVID-19 and may be struggling with finding moderation in our day to day lives or for those of us who feel like the joy is slipping away.

There is little doubt that wine brings people together. Diego has been running his own wine tasting business for a number of years and has been responsible for connecting hundreds of people. Join us as we talk about the Argentine wine industry, its soaring popularity, and why Argentine culture simply makes hearts happy. This is not an episode for wine snobs who love to ramble about their 47 tasting notes. Rather it is an episode for the rest of us who simply want to find ways to bring more love into our everyday life.

Join us as we speak with yogi and vegan chef, Alcy Sivyer, about food, yoga and the spiritual journey. Alcy's love of food and desire to make the world a better place is truly an inspiration to all of us. Listen to her wisdom on how to keep going on your journey and how to use food to spice up your relationship while still in qurantine!

Our dating industry doesn't exactly promote conscious connections. For most of us, we simply do not know that people are showing up for a reason. We miss connections, get judgemental and often blame the very people who are helping us on our path. In today's episode, we invite back Salma Allam, the founder of Ankh Body, to discuss what it means to spiritually commit to a relationship and how easy it is for all of us to get off our paths. COVID-19 may actually be the relationship intervention we all need to get back on track...

Please join me in conversation with my psychologist colleague, Adriana Dominguez Martinez, about the cultural differences in how we are all coping with the COVID-19 crisis. Adriana and I met last year in Buenos Aires. In this episode, we discuss why Argentines seem more readily capable of accepting the conditions of quarantine and how this is potentially tied to a profound history of political instability which, ironically, may now be benefitting their overall mental health. We also discuss what Argentines can actually teach developed countries about resiliency and personal responsibility. We clearly have a lot to learn from our neighbors who are used to going through a crisis. I hope this thought provoking episode spurs you to pause on your social media venting and to think about how you can help your community and build your reservoir of personal resiliency.

From the rise of the new Netflix and chill to random inappropriateness, so many people are losing it with quarantine dating. Listen as I call my friend Rebecca to vent about the latest dating solutions to social distancing and discuss what may really be going on in the land of singles looking to make new connections. It's not always unicorns and rainbows people!

Following up on a blog post of the same name, we discuss in more detail why we are all so angry with narcissists and why this is potentially doing more harm than good. A lack of education is driving our fears and we have to choose to take back our power.

Our guest, Salma Allam, founder of Ankh Body.com, shares with us why the wisdom of yoga and meditation can not only help us improve our personal lives but will help us in all of our interpersonal connections. This episode has a special focus on clarifying what Tantra is and how to use it everyday without going down the rabbit hole of thinking you're becoming a sex expert. You're just learning to enjoy everyday life and learning some tools to help you survive lockdown during Coronavirus.