Get Loved Up with Koya Webb

Welcome back to Lifestyle Design with your host Koya Webb. This week Koya is joined by Ashley Curtis, Multidisciplinary Spiritual Healer, and ShaNay Norvell, Certified Fitness Expert and Life Coach. This has been the most requested episode and this week Koya and her guests are answering your top questions about wellness, entrepreneurship, and success.Find out how these three incredible women and entrepreneurs manage their schedules, find time for themselves, and build businesses that have taken them from ‘one-woman show' to CEO. It's important to remember in the wellness space that you can give so much more to your business and your clients when you take care of yourself. There's room in this space to be incredibly successful, without sacrificing your own wellbeing.Throughout this episode, you'll get takeaways from scheduling your personal time to what it's like having kids and dating while growing your business. Get inspired as each woman shares the challenges they've faced building their community and aligning with their true purposes. Tune in until the end to hear the advice that Koya, ShaNay, and Ashley would give their 14-year-old selves.If you love this episode don't forget to leave a review anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Your feedback lights up Koya and helps her continue to bring life-changing guests onto the show. Please continue to share feedback, ask questions, and join the conversation.Resources to connect with Koya Webb:Listen to the podcast – https://koyawebb.com/podcast#/Follow Koya on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/koyawebb/Subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@KoyaWebbResources to connect with ShaNay Norvell:Follow ShaNay on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/shanaynorvell/?hl=enResources to connect with Ashley Curtis:Follow Ashley Curtis on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/iamashleycurtis/?hl=en

Pause for a moment. Take a deep breath, in and out. Each time you feel the anxiety and fear creeping into your day remember that taking a moment for mindfulness can help ground you and help you face that fear.Welcome back to Lifestyle Design with your host, Koya Webb. This week Koya is taking you on a journey to help you face your fears and rise. An expert on facing her fears head-on, Koya is going to share five things that have helped her become a better public speaker, singer, cook, and coach. From powerful mindfulness techniques to simply acknowledging your fears this episode is going to help you face your fears and rise.Remember that facing your fears is a challenge, but it's not a challenge to turn away from – because challenges help us rise. For even more insight into facing your fears, make sure to check out Koya's book; Let Your Fears Make You Fierce: How to Turn Common Obstacles into Seeds for Growth.If you love this episode don't forget to leave a review anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Your feedback lights up Koya and helps her continue to bring life-changing guests onto the show. Please continue to share feedback, ask questions, and join the conversation. Resources to connect with Koya Webb:Let Your Fears Make You Fierce – https://koyawebb.com/letyourfearsmakeyoufierceListen to the podcast – https://koyawebb.com/podcast#/Follow Koya on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/koyawebb/Subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@KoyaWebb

Welcome back to the Lifestyle Design podcast. This week join your host Koya Webb as she takes you on a journey to manifest the life you want. From a simple start in Tennessee to being invited to Los Angeles to cook for some of her most famous clients, Koya knows that she wouldn't be here if she hadn't started manifesting her dream life.Now, it's your turn. Get ready to learn the 5 steps that have helped Koya manifest the life she wanted – 5 steps that she knows will help you do the same. You are connected to everything in this world, and understanding your energetic vibrations and energy levels is one of the most important things you can do to live in alignment with your dream life. From setting your intentions to powerful visualization practices, you'll walk away today with a clear plan in mind to live your best and most exciting life. The life you've always wanted.If you love this episode don't forget to leave a review anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Your feedback lights up Koya and helps her continue to bring life-changing guests onto the show. Please continue to share feedback, ask questions, and join the conversation.Resources to connect with Koya Webb:Listen to the podcast – https://koyawebb.com/podcast#/Follow Koya on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/koyawebb/Subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@KoyaWebb

** Trigger warning, during this episode of the Lifestyle Design, Koya Webb is talking about trauma. If you're not in the right place to hear about specific traumatic experiences, we invite you to come back to this episode at a time in your life where you are.Welcome back to Lifestyle Design with your host, Koya Webb. Join Koya this week on a journey of healing from her traumatic experiences. In this solo episode, Koya will guide you through specific traumatic experiences that have significantly affected her over the years, while sharing the people, tools, and resources that helped her heal.For Koya, sharing her trauma started with her community. She was able to share and relate with other women about her trauma, which led her to realize just how much tension she was holding in her body, because of what happened to her. From there, it was so important to find professional help, someone to support and guide her through all of the episodes that the body goes through when releasing trauma.Learn about the transformational letter writing and holotropic breathwork that helped lead Koya to the certifications and coach that she is today. She's now able to look back on those challenges that she faced and know that they helped shape her into the woman and coach that she is today.If you love this episode don't forget to leave a review anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Your feedback lights up Koya and helps her continue to bring life-changing guests onto the show. Please continue to share feedback, ask questions, and join the conversation.Resources to connect with Koya Webb:Shop the “Let Your Fears Make You Fierce” Book – https://koyawebb.com/letyourfearsmakeyoufierceGuided Free Meditations on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1aWQiWDIbJ_XE2S6lW0tEAGxeq49lhH9Listen & Subscribe to the podcast – https://koyawebb.com/podcast#/Follow Koya on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/koyawebb/Subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@KoyaWebb

What do your daily routines look like? How do you balance wellness and success? How do you help your children balance the stresses put on them today and their own wellness routines? Tune into another episode of Lifestyle Design with your host Koya Webb as she answers these questions and more.This week Koya is joined by her friend and the founder of Pretty Girls Sweat, Aeshia Devore Branch. They're going to dive into the importance of imperfect wellness routines and how our wellness routines change during the cycles of our lives. This episode is full of tips to help you incorporate more self-care into your everyday life, from working out to nighttime massages.Get inspired to make time for yourself – because the best way to take care of those around you is by first taking care of yourself. Walk away from this episode with practical and fun ways to get those you love involved in your self-care and find out how Aeshia is helping her children to find balance in their busy schedules and lives as well.If you love this episode don't forget to leave a review anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Your feedback lights up Koya and helps her continue to bring life-changing guests onto the show. Please continue to share feedback, ask questions, and join the conversation.Resources to connect with Koya Webb:Listen to the podcast – https://koyawebb.com/podcast#/Follow Koya on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/koyawebb/Subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@KoyaWebbResources to connect with Aeshia Devore Branch:Follow Aeshia on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aeshiadevorebranch/?hl=enFollow Pretty Girls Sweat on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prettygirlssweat/?hl=en

Welcome back to Lifestyle Design with Koya Webb. Join Koya and her guest, Aeshia Devore Branch, the founder of Pretty Girls Sweat, as they talk openly about healing and building relationships. Throughout this conversation you'll feel like you're sitting on the sofa with your girlfriends as they dive into building a sisterhood, therapy, dealing with anger and having healthy romantic relationships.Aeshia is a daughter, wife and mother and through all of these relationships she's learned how to communicate, heal and grow without sacrificing herself and her needs. In this episode she shares her relationship with her parents and how communication has helped heal childhood trauma and create stronger bonds for her whole family.You'll also learn a powerful tool from Koya that helps you heal your anger and let go of difficult emotions in a healthy and safe way. Enjoy advice from both Koya and Aeshia on maintaining healthy romantic relationships as you grow and change over the years and walk away from this episode with a better understanding of yourself and your relationships.If you love this episode don't forget to leave a review anywhere you listen to your podcasts. Your feedback lights up Koya and helps her continue to bring life changing guests onto the show. Please continue to share feedback, ask questions and join the conversation.Resources to connect with Koya Webb:Listen to the podcast – https://koyawebb.com/podcast#/Follow Koya on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/koyawebb/Subscribe on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@KoyaWebbResources to connect with Aeshia Devore Branch:Follow Aeshia on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aeshiadevorebranch/?hl=enFollow Pretty Girls Sweat on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/prettygirlssweat/?hl=en

With her thriving business, career, and accomplishments, Tonya is a picture of success and influence. However, her strength lies not just in accolades, but also in being transparent about her vulnerabilities. In this season finale of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya Webb talks to financial educator Tonya Rapley about balancing motherhood, sisterhood, and entrepreneurship, and why going through the trouble of showing up for all three is worth it. GUEST BIOTonya Rapley is an award-winning millennial money expert and creator of My Fab Finance. Its mission is to help 100,000 people make at least one financial decision they're proud of. As an internationally recognized speaker and sought-after media personality, Tonya helps educate and empower other people to break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck – so they can live life on their terms and do what they enjoy. She is co-host of the Ashton Kutcher-produced show Going From Broke and is the author of the Amazon best-seller, The Money Manual.Tonya has worked with countless Fortune 50 brands and built a million-dollar financial education business that has impacted the lives of thousands across the world. She has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Essence, and the Washington Post; and has been seen on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Headline News, and countless local media outlets.Connect with Tonya and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://myfabfinance.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonya.rapley/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyFabFinance HIGHLIGHTS06:48 Take care of yourself to take care of others 11:02 You don't and shouldn't raise a kid alone18:19 You'll get the support you need when you ask for it31:08 Why Tonya decided to be open about her personal problems 34:09 The importance of showing up for other women you love 43:13 Be intentional with who you take on as clientsQUOTES08:25 Tonya on raising her son while keeping her career: Be very intentional about the time of motherhood journey you want to have. For me, I knew I wanted to have a nanny. I knew I wanted to keep my career. I set it up that way to where when my son was two months old we were interviewing nannies. " 14:04 Tonya on her decision to get into financial education: I think I've always wanted to teach people through my journey, with me becoming a financial educator. I came into financial education unconventionally  because I needed to improve my own finances." 18:18 Tonya on having the courage to be honest about your adversities: "I really want to tell people that sometimes you want to have the strong face and we want to go through adversity on our own. But you get the support you need when you're honest about what you're going through." 35:28 Tonya on what sisterhood means: "An important component of sisterhood is being vulnerable and letting them know how you feel, and trusting that they'll be responsible with those feelings."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Hair comes in all shapes and sizes, and we all love changing our hairstyles to fit our mood and vibe. But for Black women it is not only a form of expression, it is identity and culture. In this episode of the Get Loved podcast, Koya talks to Keziah Dhamma, author of the SwirlyCurly Method. Keziah shares her early childhood struggles with her hair, and how she eventually learned to appreciate and take care of her natural curls, the SwirlyCurly way. GUEST BIOKeziah Dhamma is the founder of SwirlyCurly, CurlCollege & the author of The SwirlyCurly Method. The EASY Step by Step Guide to Getting The Natural Curls You Love! Since 2014, Keziah has helped over 200,000 curly haired women get beautifully long, moisturized, healthy curls in less time and with less effort.To get a free copy of Keziah's book, text "BOOK" to 833 589 1362. Use the coupon code KOYA15 to get 15% off of products at the SwirlyCurly store. Connect with Keziah and follow her work through the links below: Book: https://click.swirlycurlyhair.com/theswirlycurlymethod54751896Website: www.swirlycurlyhair.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/swirlycurlyhair/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOry648eUNSXoXA80Rdv3DwHIGHLIGHTS04:24 Keziah's childhood struggles with her hair 12:07 The search for better hair solutions16:38 The 4 different ways to categorize your hair 21:51 The SwirlyCurly Method28:03 Curly hair is all about moisture28:51 Do away with these 4 myths to hair care 39:21 Tips for taking care of your edgesQUOTES13:08 Keziah: "It was really through my own frustration and my own unhappiness with my own hairs that led me into learning about natural curly hair and just all the things about it." 15:13 Keziah: "Even when my hear was in a 'fro, I was twisting it, I was still trying to straighten it, you know, elongate it, just trying to do all this stuff to it. I was like I'm just not gonna do that anymore, and I'm just committing to taking care of my hair. Once I did that, everything changed for me. The way I saw myself, the way I looked in pictures, the way people complimented me, just the way it came to my wash day was a lot easier. Everything changed."22:31 Keziah: "If we're putting all these products on our hair and a lot of them do have chemicals in them, it needs to be washed out of your hair so your hair can have a break and a refresh." 28:03 Keziah: "When it comes to curly hair, the culprit of everything is moisture. If you can't have moisture, then you're not gonna have defined curls. You're gonna have frizz, you can't retain length, your hair is gonna be breaking off, it's gonna be harder to detangle and style." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Impostor syndrome can affect anyone, but it doesn't have to define you. By acknowledging its existence and addressing its root causes, you take away much of its power. In this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya Webb talks to Dr. Lisa Orbe-Austin, one of the foremost experts on Imposter Syndrome, to help us detect its early signs, what causes it, and how we can avoid being stifled by it. GUEST BIODr. Lisa Orbe-Austin is a licensed psychologist and executive coach, with a focus on career advancement, leadership development and job transitions. She is a co-founder and partner of Dynamic Transitions Psychological Consulting, a career and executive coaching consultancy, where she works mostly with high potential managers and executives.Connect with Dr. Lisa and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://linktr.ee/drorbeaustinLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaorbeaustin/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Own-Your-Greatness-Overcome-Self-Doubt/dp/164604024HIGHLIGHTS02:00 Why Dr. Lisa focuses on Imposter Syndrome specifically06:59 Signs you may be suffering from Imposter Syndrome10:27 Why you need a community around you13:13 You are not your thoughts 17:27 Stand in your power while sharing your vulnerability27:18 Always consciously take care of yourself33:48 Keep trying to find the therapy that fits youQUOTES05:25 Dr. Lisa: "When families focus on achievement as the only method of validation, you have to do something, achieve something, be something that's impressive in order to be recognized, and when you fail at that, the love is pulled away as like a punishment, you're not necessarily valuable unless you keep achieving. Those kinds of dynamics really do exacerbate the achievement component of Imposter Syndrome where we constantly feel we're in this rat race of achievement 'cause we're trying to prove we're worthy."07:01 Dr. Lisa: "Imposter Syndrome is the experience when you're skilled, credentialed, competent, have experience, yet you haven't internalized that. As a result of not internalizing that, you then feel like you might be exposed as a fraud if you make a mistake or stumble in any way." 15:14 Dr. Lisa: "Perfectionism is death. Perfectionism is the death of opportunity of progress, of risk taking. It's a death of a lot of different things and if you're aiming toward perfection, you are losing so much in the process."34:10 Dr. Lisa: "As a therapist I want to be present for you in whatever form, and some therapists are not like that. Some therapists are what we call tabula rasa, which is a blank late and you can't see what they feel like." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

In this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to Dr. Thema Bryant, President-Elect of the American Psychologist Association. Dr. Thema shares some ways to deal with distress and trauma effectively, particularly with the importance of being connected to your emotions. Dr. Thema believes that mental health awareness should go beyond the confines of psychologist's clinics and so has spent considerable time and effort building a community through social media.As a survivor herself, Dr. Thema talks about dealing with sexual assault, and how men and society in general can do better with regards to sexual relations.GUEST BIODr. Thema Bryant is the president-elect of the American Psychological Association, the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology with more than 120,000 members (apa.org). She is host of the Homecoming podcast and author of the new book Homecoming: Overcome fear and trauma to reclaim your whole authentic self. Connect with Dr. Thema and follow her work through the links below:Website: https://drthema.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/drthemaTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drthemaPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homecoming-podcast-with-dr-thema/id1471604689Book: https://www.amazon.com/Homecoming-Overcome-Trauma-Reclaim-Authentic/dp/059341831XHIGHLIGHTS07:09 Tools to help people 'come home' to themselves15:18 Love isn't usually enough in the day-to-day20:05 The importance of spirituality to our wellness27:37 Building a community and life as an entrepreneur33:29 Sincere curiosity vs being argumentative 35:42 Taking breaks is crucial for everyone41:39 'Coming home' from sexual assault46:37 Men need to unlearn a lot of things50:03 Sex always needs to be consensual, no gray areasQUOTES07:16 Dr. Thema: "To come home to myself is to tell myself the truth and then live based on that truth, and that requires me being able to know how I feel. Many of us are disconnected from our own emotions." 15:16 Dr. Thema: "People assume that if you love each other that's gonna be enough. I love you and you love me, that's love conquers all. But when we talk about the day-to-day, along with that love, you're dealing with a personality."35:55 Dr. Thema: "It's a marathon, not a sprint. We have to pace ourselves for the change we want to see in the world or in your personal life. For it to be sustainable, I cannot empty myself out. I cannot operate on fumes." 40:22 Dr. Thema: "Therapy is not for us to tell people what to do. Therapy is for you to come home to yourself so that you can then operate in clarity." 49:55 Koya: "The best sex happens when both people are like yes absolutely let's go. Everything else is a gray area and can be very harmful eventually to both people."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

In this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to Co-Founder & Vice President of Mindfulness at Open, Manoj Dias. Manoj opens up about his own journey towards becoming a student of Buddhist wisdom, and how that learning paved the way towards becoming more mindful about life in general. As a teacher of meditation, Manoj urges us to surrender ourselves to cultivate flow and alignment and achieve stillness of the mind, body and spirit.GUEST BIOThrough mindfulness & meditation, Manoj has helped thousands of people around the globe trade mania for pause, so that they can live fearlessly in honor of a happier, more meaningful life. In 2015, he co-founded A—SPACE, Australia's first multidisciplinary drop-in meditation studio with a special focus on creating access for BIPOC and youth. Through his philanthropic work with lululemon he has supported trauma-informed therapeutic programs for refugees in Melbourne, social justice movements in Oakland, and mindfulness scholarships in New York City. Last year his debut book, “Still Together” was released to critical acclaim.Manoj is currently a co-founder of Open, a modern mindfulness studio merging technology, culture, cinematography, and proven practices to create community and presence.Whether he's teaching through words or the silence in between them, Manoj's great love for Buddhist wisdom and contemporary science is present in every encounter.Connect with Manoj and follow his work through the links below:Listen to Manoj's book: https://www.audible.com/pd/Still-Together-Audiobook/B09FFHXT3VWebsite (Open): https://o-p-e-n.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manoj-dias-46b857a7/HIGHLIGHTS03:05 What's keeping Manoj busy these days 04:58 Ways to stay grounded while traveling07:01 How Manoj learned the art of meditation20:08 Developing a self-compassion practice26:07 Dealing with comparisons 38:52 'No' is sacredQUOTES08:11 Manoj: "When I did have the panic attack it was a moment in my life where it was like the universe was slapping me and it's like, well you can't keep living like this. You can't keep doing this. And so it manifested in a whole host of other physical conditions. There was depression for a period of time, there was chronic insomnia for about two years, there was an eating disorder for a period of time."14:20 Manoj: "Surrendering to just what is in front of us sometimes can feel like resistance. But it's actually the easiest thing to do to cultivate flow and alignment." 18:52 Manoj: "I generally meditate everyday. I have done so for the majority of the last 15 years. But I remember there was a period in 2022, there was so much going on and I was glued to the news. And all of this where I just couldn't sit."38:45 Manoj: " I felt like if I tell someone no, they're not gonna love me. I'm gonna lose their friendship. That's something I had to heal from and realize that no is sacred. Actually you should be able to tell everyone in your life no at some point and not feel like you're gonna lose their love." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

In this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to celebrated environmentalist Leah Thomas. Leah talks about Intersectional Environmentalism and how we can't separate social justice from true environmentalism. While a little goes a long way when it comes to protecting the planet, Leah also recognizes that unsustainable practices also stem from social realities that need to be changed. Our planet's struggles are also our own and to solve environmental issues would also require solving the problems that hound human species alone. GUEST BIOLeah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist based in Santa Barbara, CA. Coining the term ‘eco-communicator' to describe her style of environmental activism, Leah uses her passion for writing and creativity to explore and advocate for the critical yet often overlooked relationship between social justice and environmentalism. With this intersection in mind, Leah founded and launched Intersectional Environmentalist in 2020, a resource hub and platform that aims to advocate for environmental justice, provide educational resources surrounding intersectional environmentalism, and promote inclusivity and accessibility within environmental education and movements.Leah, who is also the founder of eco-lifestyle blog @greengirlleah, uses her multiple years of eco-focused educational and work experience to inform her ever-expanding list of projects, as well as her audience of more than 350k followers. A graduate of Chapman University with a B.S. in Environmental Science & Policy and a cluster in Comparative World Religions, Leah has interned twice with the National Park Service and has worked at leading green companies, including eco-friendly soap company Ecos and most recently, Patagonia. A fundamental optimist and opportunity-maker, Leah used her time after being furloughed during the pandemic to create Intersectional Environmentalist. Leah's writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire and Highsnobiety, and she has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, W Magazine, Domino, GOOP, and numerous podcasts.Connect with Leah and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://www.greengirlleah.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greengirlleah/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahpthomas/HIGHLIGHTS04:34 Leah's political awakening 07:42 What 'intersectional' means 23:27 Top 5 questions to dive into to become a better person26:08 Support conscious capitalism as much as you can 30:30 Living the nomad life in LA40:22 How to get started in becoming an environmentalistQUOTES05:35 Leah: "Really early on, I started seeing in my studies that environmental legislation is not enforced equally for all people, especially along racial and economic lines. That's something that always stuck with me for a really long time, just not understanding why there wasn't more representation of all the incredible black folks and our contributions to sustainability. " 06:22 Leah: "We can't separate the liberation of people from environmentalism. And if we do, I don't really want to take part in that type of environmentalism." 22:04 Leah: "I think about my time spent writing the book and it's all kind of a haze. I was just so into it, I was writing it during the pandemic. And I'm the type of person where if I have something to say, I'll say it. And when I don't, I'll be quiet. I'll be quiet for years. But I had something to say, I had it in my heart, and there's something just so freeing about that and then also I know that I can back it up." 26:10 Leah: "If you can, I mean, supporting conscious capitalism, shopping local, trying to reduce harm by getting things that are fair-trade, locally sourced, ethically made. I know sometimes there's a really hefty price tag on that." 41:03 Leah: "Do a little audit. Reward yourself with the things that you are doing. Compassionately guide yourself to do better in the areas that you're not." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

In this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to actress and model, activist and motivational speaker Gabriella Wright. Gabriella opens up about her own traumatic experiences, how she found the inner strength to overcome them, and the many initiatives she started as a way to help others who are also dealing with mental distress. GUEST BIOGabriella Wright is an actress, model, activist and motivational speaker with long-standing humanitarian engagement. Alongside her Chopra Foundation initiative, Never Alone, and Deepak Chopra, she is the creator, co-host, and executive producer of Never Alone Artists on Triller. The series brings together popular artists with the Never Alone co-founders, to dive deep into their mental space, creating bridges to our collective vulnerability through the art of storytelling.As a lifelong thespian, Gabriella has an equal passion for humanitarian causes. She developed Never Alone, a mental well-being and suicide prevention initiative of the Chopra Foundation, which she currently oversees as co-founder alongside Deepak Chopra and Poonacha Machaiah. She is the innovator of the Mental Hygiene Toolkit, a collection of mind cleansing and self-awareness tools that help individuals nurture their bodies, minds and spirit, while developing inner guidance to consciously choose the best path for their lives. Born from the tragic passing of her sister who took her life in 2018, Gabriella's mission in life has expanded to provide free services to those struggling, and to promote healing for those touched by suicide. She will soon also be seen starring in the indie feature film “I Am Never Alone” in partnership with the Never Alone initiative, which will be making film festival rounds in 2022. Connect with Gabriella and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://neveralone.love/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladygwright/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ladygwrightHIGHLIGHTS05:22 The importance of mental and spiritual hygiene10:24 Surviving sexual assault and committing to find joy 19:16 Life after divorce and remaining friends with an ex24:29 The inspiration behind 'Never Alone' 34:50 What the world would look like if it was up to Gabriella 44:31 Be the change you want to see in the worldQUOTES08:42 Gabriella: "When I say I'm engaged in a spiritual experience of being, it's because every morning and every night, I make sure I'm connected in this thread from my heart to the world in, in a way where I always ask the question, how can I listen more deeply, how can I help, am I on my purpose, and how does that make me feel?"11:28 Gabriella: "When you don't trust the world you live in, you feel completely separate, you feel isolated. I didn't want to dress like a woman, I was dressing like a tomboy. I couldn't walk down the street. I couldn't look at a phone. I was just completely triggered by everything that connected me to a stranger or my sense of self as a woman." 24:49 Gabriella: "Never alone is a love story. And it's a love story because my sister died by suicide and it's an, it's an homage to who she is. But also to all of the others who have experienced the depth of the dark night of the soul and how that dark night of the soul didn't see the light. And unfortunately they lost their lives to suicide."35:38 Gabriella: "In a world that I would like to live in. I would like there to be no frontiers. I would like people to exchange each other's culture freely. I would love the free exchange of how human beings just migrate from one place to another." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

On this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to bestselling author, podcast host, and motivational speaker Gabby Bernstein. Gabby talks about her own childhood trauma, her journey to healing, and some tips for people going through the same journey. With refreshing honesty and awareness of her own vulnerability, Gabby admits that she herself is a work in progress, and the only way forward is to continue working on yourself everyday. GUEST BIOFor over sixteen years, Gabby Bernstein has been transforming lives—including her own. The #1 New York Times best-selling author has penned nine books, including The Universe Has Your Back, Super Attractor, and her latest, Happy Days. In her weekly podcast, Dear Gabby, she offers up real-time coaching, straight talk, and conversations about personal growth and spirituality with unique and inspiring guests. What started as hosting intimate conversations with twenty people in her New York City apartment, Gabby has grown into speaking to tens of thousands in sold-out venues throughout the world. Gabby was featured on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday as a “next-generation thought leader.” The Oprah Winfrey Network chose Gabby to be part of the “SuperSoul 100,” a dynamic group of trailblazers whose vision and life's work are bringing a higher level of consciousness to the world. The New York Times identified Gabby as “a new role model.” She co-hosted the Guinness World Records' largest guided meditation with Deepak Chopra, and appears regularly as an expert on TODAY and Good Morning America, among other publications. She connects with her community through her books, her Miracle Membership, and her podcast Dear Gabby.Connect with Gabrielle and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://gabbybernstein.com/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-gabby/id1561694805Books: https://www.amazon.com/Gabrielle-Bernstein/e/B002Z97V9MHIGHLIGHTS03:43 Addiction and Redemption: Gabby's journey so far 06:11 Coming to terms with childhood trauma and dissociation09:11 To show strength is to allow yourself to be vulnerable 12:21 Psychopharmacological medication and deeper therapy work together14:00 A deeper dive into childhood trauma and dissociation 20:22 What is Reparenting?22:54 Couples should work on themselves togetherQUOTES06:00 Gabby: "I never understood why I was an alcoholic and drug addict until I was  36. I got sober at 25, but by the time I was 11 years sober, that was when I realized why I was using in the first place. And that was when I remembered childhood trauma. 07:29 Gabby: "We all dissociate in different ways. When we've had extreme trauma, we can go as far as dissociating in such an extreme way where we literally tuck away the memory and it's a brain function that is developed to protect us. And it protects us temporarily but we still can live with the feelings that are so impermissible."09:11  Gabby: "In the beginning of the book I talk about how my publisher said, 'we're nervous for you, Gabby. You're sharing one negative story after the next. You're being too vulnerable and you're not showing your true strength. And my response was, 'my ability to be this vulnerable is my true strength.'"12:17 Gaby: “It's very dangerous to shame psychopharmacological medication when it's necessary. When someone's having a biochemical condition, you can't meditate your way out of it. There's also the other side of that which is that medication can be overly prescribed and people can have a lot of trouble with side effects." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

On this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to life coach, mental health advocate, and affirmation musician, Toni Jones. Toni talks about being present in the moment, healing, spirituality and takes us with her to the journey that led her to discovering and inventing Affirmation Music. As a proponent of self healing, Toni hopes to touch more lives and help more people be attuned to themselves and their wellbeing, all in hopes of building a  better world for everyone.GUEST BIOToni Jones served for six years as a Life coach and Mental Health advocate for women and youth. Now as an Affirmation Musician, she found creative ways to promote the message of conscious well being through her music. Toni started making music as a tool for her life coaching clients to practice healing on the go. After great response from her first album she decided to make music full time.She has since released five projects so far: Affirmation for the Grown Ass Woman, Affirmations and Chill, I See Me Mantras, and Get Cha Mind Right (the mental health mixtape). Toni's music is healing music, she coined it as Affirmation music. Affirmations set to modern music, which is different from the traditional way of saying Affirmations and mantras that are usually set to relaxing new age music. By creating affirmations to modern music this allows the listeners to ride, be on the go and vibe, just dance to the music while still reciting healing words.Connect with Toni and follow her work through the links below: Website: https://www.iamtonijones.com/Be a member: https://www.wifeyourlife-vip.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/tonijonesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamtonijones/Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamToniJonesIamFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/IAMtonijonesIAMMerch: https://tonijonesmerch.com/HIGHLIGHTS03:11 To be tender is to treat yourself like a newborn06:23 What is self-parenting for adults?11:00 Early childhood and growing up in church13:24 Going back to school and independence 14:48 The birth of Affirmation Music19:39 How to feel what you want to feel21:34 Toni's self-care rituals 26:34 It takes a village to complete your hero's journey31:51 Avoid dwelling in scarcity and tap into abundance 33:25 Toni's thought process for writing affirmation music 44:11 Healing is a journey QUOTES11:21 Toni: "I just remember watching everybody praise God. I just remember this appetite within me. Like what is, what is making people do this? And I always had a curiosity, an insatiable curiosity for the unknown, the unspoken, but, you know, and so as I grew up in church as a teenager, I just remember asking provocative questions because I'm like we are learning about you. We learn about these miracles and things, but it was like, it didn't make me want to be a better Christian." 19:03 Toni:  "I asked myself these three questions, how do I feel? And I give myself the space in time. This is how I feel right now. I'm going to be honest.And then I go into the next question of how do I want to feel? And I go into what is the ideal emotional goal that I would love to embody today. And I jot that down or I spend time in my mind about what's true for me, how I want to feel."28:24 Toni: "Knowing when to say, I need help, I need support is monumental. It's monumental, even in business. Oh I need a team, I need PR, I need a manager. I need this. Let me bring this to the altar, to manifest those alignments and those relationships to make my business, to make my success, to make my finances that much more sustainable and healthy."31:51 Toni: "You know,  you can think on what's not here and go right into the emotional reality of scarcity. But then you can look at what you're saying at the present moment. Focus on what's here, what you can be grateful for and tap into that emotional reality of abundance, you know? And so gratitude is such an important practice because it helps you to get present in the moment in a way that is supportive for your future."38:42 Toni: "I'm going to love you forever. No matter what changes I'm going to treat you just like how oxygen treats you. Oxygen doesn't judge you. It supports you no matter what your habits, no matter what your practice is, no matter what race, no matter how much money, we're gonna treat you like the level of oxygen treats you."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

On this episode of the Get Loved Up podcast, Koya talks to entrepreneur, author and podcast host Lisa Bilyeu. Lisa takes us through her journey from devoted housewife and mother to a leader of women. Overcoming the limits of the belief system imposed upon her, Lisa has developed what she calls the radical confidence to ask questions and give herself the grace to learn new things. Instead of being held back by our fear of failure, we need to embrace it. And when we do fail, as Lisa demonstrates through her life story, we need to look for opportunities to learn. Radical confidence is not to go blindly into the storm, but to willingly face crippling doubt with a concrete plan for success. GUEST BIOLisa Bilyeu co founded Quest Nutrition, which grew 57,000 percent in its first three years. She is also the cofounder and president of Impact Theory Studios, a revolutionary digital-first studio that produces wildly entertaining original content focusing on themes of empowerment. Over the course of her career, Lisa has created a slate of content that has been viewed more than half a billion times, and she and her husband have built Impact Theory's global audience to more than 7.5 million. As host of the digital series Women of Impact, Lisa conducts real, uncensored conversations with the most inspiring women. Her book, Radical Confidence, will hit shelves May 10th, 2022. Lisa lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Tom, and their two furbabies. She frikin' loves her life.Connect with Lisa and follow her work through the links below: Get her book Radical Confidence now: https://radicalconfidence.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeuInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/HIGHLIGHTS02:37 Lacking confidence? Do it anyway05:17 Don't give up on the life that you want 13:59 You don't need to find a reason to make changes18:03 Go and get started on your goals24:04 How to develop radical confidence27:58 You don't learn from the mistakes you don't address29:23 The failure that turned out to be an opportunity34:29 From housewife to entrepreneur40:00 Always give yourself enough grace to learn47:00 Lisa's top three books to help you be the hero of your own life53:21 Have the radical confidence to ask questionsQUOTES08:36 Lisa: "I thought that I was asking for too much. And as women, we all know that we think about all of these things. We want to be people pleasers. We want people to like us, we don't want to ruffle the feathers. And so a lot of the time we end up stuck in a life that maybe we didn't want, but we don't feel like we have the right to ask for more." 13:23 Lisa: "You convince yourself, well, I'm not in a frickin war zone. Well, I have a roof over my head and we convince ourselves that it's not that bad. So I ended up living eight years of a life that wasn't the dream. It was what I call purgatory, the mundane, where I lost everything. I lost my dreams. I lost my hopes. I lost who I was."28:26 Lisa: "The biggest lesson that I've learned. I repeat to myself every single time that every time I fail, what's the opportunity. Every time I literally fall on my face, I used to be like, I can't believe it. I'm so bad. See, I knew that I shouldn't have started this. I told you that you were no good Lisa, right, the voice in my head. Even now, it doesn't matter how many successes because the failures and the mess-ups still sting. And I can't get rid of the sting. So now I recognize that even if it's a private failure, I must address it." 36:49 Lisa: "Like why do we set the bar low? Set the bar high and bust your ass to exceed it. And if you don't, be proud that you freaking went for gold." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

On this episode of the Get Loved Podcast, Koya talks to Yvonne Orji about pursuing your creative vision, finding people who will support you, and knowing when to maintain your own boundaries.  Yvonne shares her unabashedly honest and raw views on everything from her faith, mental health, and the lessons she learned while working in the creative industry, particularly with working as an actress and as an executive producer.She also shares her realizations while writing her book Bamboozled By Jesus, where she talks about her faith and road to success while also providing a fresh interpretation of Biblical stories fit for modern times.GUEST BIOYvonne Orji is a Nigerian-American Emmy-nominated actress, comedian and writer who is best known for her performance as Issa Rae's best friend and fan favorite, “Molly” on the HBO comedy series, Insecure which garnered her an Emmy Nomination for best supporting actress, and her newest show ‘My Mom, Your Dad' on HBOMax where she spreads her talents as Executive Producer AND Host!A distinguished standup comedian, Yvonne previously opened for Chris Rock on various stops of his Total Blackout Tour and headlined her first comedy tour, Lagos To Laurel, at the top of 2020. Her 1-hour Stand-Up Special  Momma, I Made It was shot in the two places Yvonne called home while growing up, Washington DC and Nigeria.Orji's film credits include Universal's Night School alongside Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish as well as Hulu's Vacation Friends alongside Lil Rel and John Cena. Her debut book, Bamboozled by Jesus: How God Tricked Me into the Life of My Dreams, was released in spring of 2020. In addition to Yvonne's work on camera, she is executive producing an autobiographical comedy entitled First Gen which is currently in development at Disney+.Outside of her creative work, Orji is dedicated to her charitable efforts. In 2018 she spent six months working in post-conflict Liberia with Population Services International (PSI), an NGO that utilizes social marketing in the adoption of healthy behaviors. While in Liberia, she worked with a group of talented youth to help build a mentoring program as well as a weekly talk show that helped educate and prevent teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS. Orji has brought her work with the youth community back to the states, where she is currently involved with (RED) campaigns and faith based youth ministries.Before moving to Los Angeles, Yvonne earned a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and a Masters of Public Health from George Washington University.Connect with Yvonne and follow her work through the links below: Book: https://www.bamboozledbyjesus.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/YvonneOrjiInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/yvonneorji/HIGHLIGHTS05:10 Story behind writing Bamboozled by Jesus 10:21 Having a personal relationship with Jesus will change you17:28 Talking about your faith will come with challenges 25:42 Find people that will protect you while you're working on yourself29:37 Women are intuitive but over rationalize so many things 32:12 Lessons learned while working in the creative industry49:14 Limit your circle to people that know how to grow54:52 You don't need to handle everybody else's problems 56:38 Life is all about trainingQUOTES18:40 Yvonne: "People will ruin even the good stuff that God has pre-ordained and predestined for them. That doesn't change in church. People will ruin the good stuff that God has pre-ordained and predestined for them. It just sucks because in their ruining that, it ruins it it for a lot of other people who can't get over that." 21:13  Koya: "When we're able to have compassion for the darkness, and realize in the world there's a lot of darkness in it, there's so much power in that." 23:18 Yvonne: For everybody that leaves in such a fantastical way, there are those who have come and stayed in an even more beautiful way. And so it as like, you know what, yes, I've had to curate boundaries, and who gets in and go to the inner core because I was very much like, inner core immediately kind of person. And then now, it's just like, game recognize game." 25:44 Yvonne: "We all have our insecurities. We all have the areas in our lives that we are so vulnerable in and we are working on. We need people around us. Not people who will coddle us, but people that will make us feel safe in the midst of all those things. Because if you're also committed to growing, you're working on that."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

On this episode of the Get Loved Podcast, Koya talks to Jovanka Ciares about the importance of  reconnecting with your ancestors and their ancient wellness practices to reclaim your own wellness. As a trained herbalist and nutrition educator, Jovanka talks about unearthing and using the massive amount of wisdom and traditional wellness techniques that ancient civilizations have passed down to generations, some of which have been forgotten in the present day. There's so much to learn about our own bodies and wellness that is not covered by western medicine, and Jovanka's expertise on the topic will surely help you unlock your hidden potential. GUEST BIOJovanka Ciares is the author of Reclaiming Wellness and several other titles. A certified wellness expert, integrative herbalist, nutrition educator, and coach, she offers lectures and workshops in Spanish and English. Ciares studied nutrition with bestselling author T. Colin Campbell, PhD, at his Center for Nutrition Studies (in partnership with Cornell University) and herbalism / plant medicine with Tieraona Low Dog, MD. A native of Puerto Rico, she lives in Los Angeles.Connect with Jovanka and follow her work through the links below: Reclaiming Wellness (Book): https://www.amazon.com/dp/1608687848Facebook: http://facebook.com/jovankaciaresInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jovankaciaresTwitter: https://twitter.com/jovankaciaresYouTube: http://youtube.com/user/jovankaciaresLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jovankaciares/HIGHLIGHTS02:17 A second chance at life outside of western medicine04:28 A deep dive into Reclaiming Wellness09:24 Practices to enhance your everyday wellness12:45 The top myth about herbalism 15:13 Jovanka's wellness initiatives 17:51 The best way for people to rebuild communities 21:40 Spirituality and religion can co-exist24:51 Jovanka's morning and evening routines29:35 The pros and cons of entrepreneurship32:07 The importance of water in wellness 34:32 Stop using harsh soaps in your showers 38:42 All about herbs and plant-based diets 42:38 Specific herbal remedies and advice for women47:34 Jovanka's favorite book48:17 What Jovanka's ideal world would look likeQUOTES05:41 Jovanka: "It's true that once you get to learn something, you learn to love it. Once you learn to love it, it's easier to implement. So I decided to write this book as an homage to my own ancestry, but also to remind people that in your ancestry lineage, chances are you're going to have some of these practices and it's important that we reclaim them in order to reclaim our natural and our rightful state of wellness."15:32 Jovanka: "With the development of social media and the way that we can communicate now and spread the word far and wide, it became very obvious especially at the beginning of the pandemic that I was also not reaching the people that I believed need this information the most. So I created the Reclaiming Wellness initiative, it's an educational initiative that essentially teaches people how to use some of these practices so I do cooking classes, how to use herbal medicine, how to prepare your own medicine at home." 21:41 Jovanka: "Spirituality and religion don't have to be at odds with each other. We could have a religious practice that has its dogmas and follows a particular set of tenets and we can be very spiritual and also take from other religions or other spiritual practices  to make our lives better." 29:56 Jovanka: "Every time I get off a phone call with a client and they have clarity about what they're supposed to do, they have hope about the fact that they can heal, it just reminds me that I'm in the right place." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

In this episode of the Get Loved Up Podcast, Koya Webb talks to entrepreneur, podcast host, and author Jenna Kutcher. Jenna talks about her journey to healing, her relationship with her emotions, and life as a mother of two while also working as an educator and media personality. Jenna also shares how she keeps her online and offline lives separate, and gives us valuable insight on intentionality and dealing with stress and burnout. GUEST BIOJenna Kutcher is a born-and-raised Minnesota wife, mother, and entrepreneur who aims for two things daily: helping others wake up to life and staying in comfy pants. Creator and host of the top-rated Goal Digger Podcast, she's helped thousands redefine success and chase bold dreams through her decade-long work as a leading online personality and educator.Connect with Jenna and follow her work through the links below: How Are You, Really? (Book): https://jennakutcher.com/bookGoal Digger (Podcast): https://jennakutcherblog.com/goal-digger-podcast/Website: https://jennakutcher.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennakutcher/HIGHLIGHTS01:30 How are we, really? 07:29 Jenna's journey of healing from previous miscarriages12:26 Building relationships in the COVID-19 era 20:42 There's no need to belittle yourself or other people25:34 The truth behind burnout and why it happens 34:45 You don't have to earn the right to rest 40:14 We need to re-learn how to process our emotions 46:45 Try to wake up slower in the morning 52:20 Jenna's self-care tips QUOTES05:07 Jenna: "I think that for so long, we've gotten in the habit of fast conversation. I mean our culture is obsessed with efficiency. We're like how can we do things faster, better, how can we do more. And in that, our ability to conversate, specifically to when we think about these last few years, I mean a lot of people have literally been in survival mode. We can barely carry our own answers to the questions, let alone shoulder the potential burden of someone else's answers." 10:04 Jenna: "I learned so much about grief. A lot of times we try to overcome grief, and what we forget is sometimes we just have to pick up the grief and start moving with it and building those muscles. You don't leave grief behind." 16:06 Jenna: "One of my greatest frustrations in being an online personality or having a brand online is a lot of times, people watch what you're doing online and they assume that's it. But people like you and I, we share like 2% of our lives online and we live 98% of our lives offline. And I want my life offline to be far richer and more beautiful than the life I'm presenting online."  23:08 Jenna: "Don't assume that someone cannot hold or understand something. But think about how you can communicate in a way that invites them to have empathy, to understand at a deeper level." 41:42 Jenna: "Without sadness, we don't know what joy feels like. Without fear we don't know what safety feels like. If we want these full lives, we have to experience full feelings. And a lot of us are just uncomfortable to just sit in them." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Yasmine Cheyenne is a self-healing educator, author, speaker, and mental wellness advocate committed to helping people build healthy, joyful lives. Yasmine believes in “Self-healing For Everyone™” and on 2/22/22, launched The Sugar Jar® Community app, a safe space to develop self-awareness, learn boundaries, and find resources to support your mental health. Her expertise has been featured in top media such as The Today Show, Forbes, InStyle Magazine, Refinery29, and she has had partnerships with EmergenC and Two Chairs Therapy, amongst other wellness and mental health companies.  Yasmine was also recently featured as a speaker at TEDxRutgersCamden on the topic of “How Boundaries Make Space For The Sweet Things In Life''.   Connect with Yasmine and follow her work through the links below: The Sugar Jar Community (App): https://yasminecheyenne.com/app/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yasminecheyenne/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sugar-jar-podcast/id1521329814Website: https://yasminecheyenne.com/HIGHLIGHTS03:54 Experiencing mental health problems while in the military 06:38 How to identify signs of mental health problems 11:31 Why do you feel the need to always say yes?18:10 Set boundaries for sleep and recovery22:53 Question your values every once in a while24:49 People need the space to acknowledge their own trauma33:14 Your healing is your responsibility 34:17 Self-care beyond the bubble baths39:51 Yasmine's recommendationsQUOTES10:10 Yasmine: "I think, that's how we begin to prioritize our time and space and our energy, by recognizing that we don't have control over everything but there are a lot of things that we do have control over and how we spend our time a lot of the times outside of work, outside of kids. We do have those pockets of time that could be dedicated to ourselves. I think it's important to ask ourselves what we do in those moments."12:15 Yasmine: "It can get really hard when you are literally holding everyone else and feel like no one's holding you. The invitation is to ask yourself what it would feel like to allow people to figure out how to deal with their own issues, to maybe not have access to calling you after a certain time, to give yourself the attention and energy that you're pouring into everyone else."23:02 Yasmine: "Whatever it is that you identify as, it's so important to question it because sometimes we're limiting ourselves by these ideas of what we think we have to be. And it may not actually be fulfilling what we want to be in alignment with."33:27 Yasmine: "The reason that we want to have space for the people, places, and things that we love is so that when we connect to people, we experience the joy of vulnerability. We experience the joy of connection. We experience the joy of being in a relationship with people." 33:42 Yasmine: "If I struggle with my worthiness, then I'm also going to struggle with believing that the people I'm in a relationship, truly want to be here."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Devi Brown is a master well-being educator, certified multi-modality healer, and entrepreneur. Devi is devoted to spiritual connection meant to aid in the healing of generational trauma rooted in sharing tangible healing modalities to support radical self-acceptance. Devi serves as the Chief Impact Officer at Chopra Global, the leading meditation and education wellness company founded by Dr. Deepak Chopra. In addition to leading diversity and inclusion initiatives for the company, she serves as an executive and educator at Chopra events globally, she is also the voice of daily meditation on the Chopra wellness app. As a seasoned broadcaster and host of leading spirituality podcast, Dropping Gems on iHeart Media's Black Effect Network, Devi leads transformative conversations and offers education in spiritual psychology, meditation, energy, and metaphysical healing of individuals with a focus in the BIPOC community. In 2017, Devi released her first book, Crystal Bliss, and most recently joined as an advisor to Emmy award winning media & storytelling company, Religion of Sports, and is a founding board member of the Mental Wealth Alliance. Connect with Devi and her follow her work through the links below: Website: www.devibrown.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/devibrown/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeviBrown?s=20Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeviBrown/Book: https://amzn.to/3JJJO0BHIGHLIGHTS08:26 Connect with your mind and body through music and dance13:53 The benefits of working on your mental health and generational trauma22:38 Suppressing trauma robs you of understanding interpersonal intimacy30:00 Co-dependence is not love35:02 Learn how to make healthy boundaries for yourself49:33 Boundaries can make your life easier 1:00:21 Saying no can open yourself up to bigger opportunities 1:01:25 Details about Devi's new book 1:06:41 Devi's favorite books QUOTES22:37 Devi: "Typically, trauma, and the depending on how it manifests and especially in childhood, it can really mean that you don't have the ability to feel or understand authentic interpersonal intimacy with other people and within yourself."28:20 Koya: "You can love others, but you cannot love others to the detriment of yourself."33:40 Devi: "If you've been made to feel wrong about yourself or wrong about your choices, there's always this piece of you that's like, but what if I'm wrong? Or maybe I am a bad person. Maybe there's something off about me."35:16 Devi: "You're not making or setting a boundary for every individual person that you're bumping up against. You decide what is the boundary for my life, based on who I am, and anytime anyone walks up to the counter and asks for something or does something, I experience it based on the boundary I've set for myself. So then it feels even less personal as we're getting into with other people. Because we're saying it's not about you, this isn't personal. This is my boundary, for me."51:56 Devi: "Any relationships that may have had some challenge around those boundaries were just ones that needed to lightly slough off anyway. It wasn't necessary to maintain the relationship because I will not maintain anything that requires me to be minimized."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Anna Malaika Tubbs is a New York Times Bestselling author, advocate, and educator who is inspired to bring people together through the celebration of difference. Motivated by her mother's work advocating for women's and children's rights around the world, Anna uses an intersectional lens to advocate for women of color and educate others. Her focus is on addressing gender and race issues in the US, especially the pervasive erasure of Black women which she explored in her recent release The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation. Connect with Anna and her work in the links below: Book: https://amzn.to/3wam81hHIGHLIGHTS02:23 The secret power of power naps 05:12 The story behind the book 10:24 Rewriting the stories of the black mothers 15:22 The role of white supremacy in the erasure of black mothers' stories19:50 Black people do not need to educate everyone of their pain22:35 We don't need to carry the burden alone23:40 Anna's self-care habits and ways to prioritize family32:35 Ways that society can improve their treatment of black mothers 38:32 Raising a black family in this political climate 50:19 Change is always possible in the worldQUOTES08:31 Anna: "It happens all the time, that black women's stories are erased, that black mother's contributions are taken for granted. But I narrowed it down to the civil rights movement because we come back to it all the time in our policy discussions."10:30 Anna: "It's very clear there's an intentional erasure of women's stories, and very specifically black women's stories. Because it doesn't fit this kind of hegemonic notion of this white male who is the leader, this white cisgender male as the hero of every story. It doesn't fit that, we're just gonna say it never happened or it didn't exist."34:59 Anna: "These biases in our healthcare systems that tell back women, you're imagining this, this is just something you're feeling, happen over and over and over again. The black maternal health crisis, so much of it is a result of bias against black women that doesn't hear us, when I say this is happening to me." 36:48 Anna: "We as a nation have seen over and over again that policing should not be responsible for social work. There should be more funding put towards social workers and de-escalation and thinking about other resources that people could call, especially victims of domestic violence."41:16 Anna: "I needed to keep a hold on my joy and my love, and not allow fear to be the only thing that I was feeling. To use that fear as a driving force, to face it, not to hide it.  Say don't be afraid, but say yes, this world can be very scary but my joy and my agency is something I need to hold on to because that's how I continue to fight against these forces."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Sah D'Simone is a spiritual revolutionary, artful guide, international transformational speaker, best-selling author, and creator of The Sah Method spiritual workout. He is pioneering a Spiritually Sassy, heart-based healing movement rooted in science-backed, tried-and-true techniques, in which joy and authenticity illuminate the path to enlightenment. His infectious enthusiasm for healing is grounded in a masterful and revolutionary synthesis of ancient Buddhism, modern contemplative psychotherapy, meditation, breathwork, and integrative nutrition, all delivered in his own radiant, approachable, and playful style.  His teachings have helped enrich the lives of millions of people, and inspire a new generation of change-makers. Deepak Chopra called Sah a "radical spiritual guide.”Sah has worked with Kanye West, Cardi B, Google, MoMa, Unicef, and American Express among others, and is a TEDx speaker. His first book, 5-Minute Daily Meditations, has been translated into Spanish and was called “a yearlong personal retreat of daily meditations” by Sharon Salzberg and his 2022 Page-a-Day Calendar, 5-Minute Daily Meditations is available now. His second book, Spiritually Sassy: 8 Radical Steps to Activate Your Innate Superpowers, is out now and has been translated in German; and his top-rated podcast, The Spiritually Sassy Show, is a top 100 podcast in the United States in Spirituality. Sah's message has been featured on The Doctors, Forbes, Vice, Refinery29, USA Today, Adweek, BuzzFeed, and more.Connect with Sah and his work in the links below: Website: https://www.sahdsimone.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sahdsimone/Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sahdsimonePodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spiritually-sassy-show/id1547752940HIGHLIGHTS04:14 Finding beauty in the chaos13:27 Flying high and unexpected ending17:56 Trip to north of India and introduction to Buddhism21:34 People have basic goodness, but it must be unlocked27:04 Essential lessons to achieve wellness37:17 A poetic state of mind is a liberated state of mind 46:51 The next Buddha will be the community48:30 Find people with the right amount of water and sunlight to your seed53:05 Peace and true liberation is a paradox 55:43 Experience Sacred Boredom1:05:24 Vulnerability is the forefront of expressionQUOTES10:06 Sah: "Your eyes recalibrate with the darkness and then all of a sudden, you're able to see in the dark. And then you don't have to go frantically look at every corner of the walls finding the light switch. All of a sudden, there is this moment where you know exactly where the light switch is so you just calmly walk yourself over across the room and you turn the light switch on and all of a sudden a dark room is filled with light."16:23 Sah: "We're not conditioned to seek liberation. We're conditioned to accumulate and in hopes of more stuff will turn into inner liberation. The capitalistic god was at the forefront of my altar at that point."21:07 Sah: "We have basic goodness. Everyone has basic goodness. yes, there's evil behavior but there are no evil people. People make evil mistakes and destructive and hurtful mistakes but there's no such thing as evil people because the core of our being, our essence is basically good."53:02 Sah: "We've become so desensitized to our own suffering and the suffering of the world that we've learned to be okay with things that are not okay, we've learned to be comfortable with things that are not okay for us or for the world." 1:05:07 Sah: "Never put yourself in that space that you are fully healed. Never put yourself in that space that you know all the answers. Never put yourself in that space that you are the wisest person in the room."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Rachel Ricketts (she/her/hers) is a queer, multiracial Black woman. She is a global disruptor, mystic, media consultant and author of the international bestselling book Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy. As a racial justice leader, spiritual activist and collective mirror, she supports individuals and organizations heal from internalized oppression, unpack their role in perpetuating white supremacy, and help end global oppression in all forms. She has helped numerous global brands and organizations with racial justice including Google, WeWork and Buzzfeed and was named one of well+good's 2020 Changemakers.Rachel's work has been featured on Good Morning America and Vox, and in the New York Times, People, Forbes, The Atlantic, Elle, Essence and Cosmopolitan. She loves donuts, dancing, disruption and all things metaphysical (ideally all at once).Learn more at www.rachelricketts.com and @iamrachelricketts and grab a copy of her book from the link below.Amazon - https://amzn.to/3KdDqOT HIGHLIGHTS03:39 We all need to believe that we can do better06:37 Growing up as a poor person in a wealthy neighborhood 10:51 A pile of black and brown bodies14:02 COVID-19's effect on your life depends on your privilege 17:09 Change is possible, but we all need to put in the work19:38 The bare basics of shadow work22:11 We're all oppressors and oppressed in various ways 25:38 Self Care vs Soul Care 34:43 How is your heart?37:01 Helping her mother die47:17 How to effectively deal with loss and grief54:16 Ways we're addressing the systems of oppression 58:57 Rachel's favorite things QUOTES10:44 Rachel: "I don't know what this is, because none of us really do, but I know what's coming. And I literally just envisioned piles of brown and black bodies. I know that this is going to disproportionately impact those already made most marginalized, those already carrying too much of the load, those already ostracized and pushed to the margins of society." 16:05 Rachel: "Things will continue to catch fire until enough of us activate and awaken for long enough for the critical mass to occur for change to happen. I wouldn't be in tis work if I didn't believe that that's possible. I do believe it's possible. But I also believe that we're running out of time and it's actually possible that we've missed the mark." 22:26 Rachel: "I have lots of privilege and as a result, I oppress. I cause harm. I'm a bad person not because I'm trying to, not because I intend to. Just, that's the nature of the game. That's the way that it rolls and so, if I'm not doing my work to be able to withstand that and own that and acknowledge it, then I can't do anything to actually action on it, in a way again that prioritizes and centers those have been most harmed instead of prioritizing and centering me and my feelings about it."48:43 Rachel: "We hold not only our grief and trauma, but we hold our ancestor's grief and trauma as well. All that unresolved harm and violence, and trauma, and loss."49:19 Rachel: "Grief is rage, and hopelessness and despair, but it can also be relief and reprieve."49:25 Rachel: "When my mother died, I was overwhelmed by sadness, make no mistake. And I was also relieved because she didn't want to be in that body anymore and she was in so much pain. And I was so glad that finally she had found the peace she so desperately deserved that she was unable to acquire in this lifetime because of these systems of oppression." Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Bryant Terry is a James Beard & NAACP Image Award-winning chef, educator, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. He is editor-in-chief of 4 Color Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House and Ten Speed Press, and he is co-principal and innovation director of Zenmi, a creative studio he founded. Since 2015 he has been the Chef-in-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco where he creates public programming at the intersection of food, farming, health, activism, art, culture, and the African Diaspora. His forthcoming collection of recipes, art, and stories entitled Black Food will be published by 4 Color Books/Ten Speed Press in the fall of 2021. In regard to his work, Bryant's mentor Alice Waters says, “Bryant Terry knows that good food should be an everyday right and not a privilege.” San Francisco Magazine included Bryant among 11 Smartest People in the Bay Area Food Scene, and Fast Company named him one of 9 People Who Are Changing the Future of Food. Connect with Bryant via the links below: Website: https://www.bryant-terry.com/Book: https://amzn.to/3BTpFC9Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryantterry/HIGHLIGHTS04:23 Getting busy on Black History Month08:20 Bryant's self-care non negotiables 11:27 Mindfulness and meditation are crucial too18:37 Working as a resident chef and writing a book 23:02 Having the impetus to do more in the midst of a racial reckoning24:09 Imagining a different kind of activism28:38 Giving back to the community and honoring past mentors30:38 Growing up creative with family in Memphis42:51 Healing generational trauma starts with the family49:25 Negative parenting styles don't work in the long term55:15 The connection between corporal punishment and slavery57:59 Capitalism and the illusion of choice1:02:06 Veganism isn't the end solution1:05:23 All about Positive Mental Attitude QUOTES21:15  Bryant: "We all eat. We all have a stake in a healthy, just, and sustainable food system. There should be space in these institutions to talk about these issues, to build a community around these issues."24:08 Bryant: "I want people to imagine activism outside of just on the ground, confrontational protests on the streets, or grassroots base building. And to be clear, those things are the foundation and the cornerstone of movement building. But everyone can't be in the streets like that."37:32 Koya: "I think it's so important that people understand that men and women and gender roles and things like that don't have to be. And we all have masculine and feminine energy and how if we nurture both of those sides of ourselves, we can really grow and thrive."42:54 Bryant: "One of the most important things which our family has been on the journey on is healing generational traumas and being aware that we so often pass down these traumas unknowingly just through the way that we live and not knowing that these are toxic behaviors."49:25 Bryant: "The cornerstone of this parenting model is that shaming, blaming, isolating, and punishing children, it doesn't work. It may work in the short term. If you have a kid and you're doing something and you shame, blame, punish, yeah it might stop that behavior but what it also does is it instills fear, it starts to chip away at their self esteem, it doesn't create empowered people who are gonna be empowered adults." 55:43 Bryant: "The more that we can do this introspection and recognize that these larger systems and histories have impacted the way that we interact with each other, I think it will get us closer to healing."58:15 Bryant: "An industrialized food system that's largely controlled by a handful of multinational corporations, we need to understand that so much of the way that the food is grown, the way that it's transported, the way that it's cooked, the way that it's presented to us, these are decisions that are made by a small handful of people."59:08 Bryant: "We need to be organized against capitalism. I'm just gonna say it. If people don't understand that capitalism is not like if I just work hard I can make enough money. Capitalism is about these institutions that are concentrating so much wealth and making so many decisions about these systems that we have to push back against them."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

​​Queen Afua is a New York Times best selling author, holistic health practitioner and wellness coach and a pioneer in the green foods movement. She is the author of  5 best selling books, the creator of the Heal Thyself product line, Founder of Sacred Woman Rites of Passage Program and CEO of the Queen Afua Wellness Center.She has devoted her life to fighting diseases by teaching people how to understand and utilize the power of food, self-care, and holistic healthy choices as an empowering lifestyle.Queen Afua has inspired over 1,000,000 women, men and children throughout the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, and Europe with her workshops, books, products, and presentations.Connect with Queen via the links below:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/queenafua/Website: https://www.queenafua.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queenafua/?hl=enBook: https://amzn.to/3sqvionHIGHLIGHTS02:30 Healing is a daily practice 05:57 Top 5 things to do to purify oneself09:58 The challenge with family12:04 Be patient with growth15:04 Pray every day, all day long18:03 Nourishment will help you heal22:26 Learn how to reframe your situation23:35 How do we end all suffering?32:50 Allow the help to come through35:09 Give yourself what you need38:21 Dark periods are like messengers44:04 Childbirth and learning how to listen56:46 Be open like the waterQUOTES10:37 Queen: "Stay in the spirit of gratitude. Because it will keep your heart light. Otherwise, you say, did you get this immediately when you heard it? How many people had to show you, how many workshops did you have to take before you got a deeper level? So be grateful that you have a family, some don't have families."12:04 Queen: "Be patient with your growth, be patient with other people's growth. I would know because when I started this,  I wanted everybody to get it and I would Badger them into it. And I'd give them statistics and what are they doing with themselves? And I said I would have a heart attack trying to help people to heal."17:51 Queen: "I found that all disease is two things: malnourishment and toxicity. So if you're depressed, you're malnourished. That's all. And so when you nourish yourself, then depression will leave. It's just the body is breaking down because you're not building it up."22:24 Queen: "You're not limited to space. You are connected as you connect to your inner self, you connect to your outer self. This may be the best time for a retreat. People will say, 'I'm depressed because I just had a divorce. I said well don't say that word. Say, 'I'm going through a transformation now that I'm going through a divorce.'"31:58 Queen: "It's a spiritual practice to listen, to get in tune. First, you got to get in tune. Like a whole instrument. That attunement is what impeccable listening will do.”35:10 Queen: “You could ask at that moment, I am feeling in a state of despair. I am feeling empty. Because you have to be your own truth teller. I'm feeling lonely, whatever that is. And now ask, how do I overcome my loneliness? What do I need to do, to not feel afraid?”Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Oludara Adeeyo is a therapist and author of Self-Care for Black Women. Based in Los Angeles, California, she works as a psychiatric social worker where she assists individuals experiencing homelessness as well as severe and persistent mental illnesses. Oludara is passionate about helping people improve their overall wellbeing, especially black women. Before becoming a social worker, Oludara spent 7+ years working as a writer and editor. She's been a social web editor at Cosmopolitan, and managing editor at XXL. Oludara grew up in Edison, New Jersey. She loves Beyonce, hot yoga, cooking, and watching telenovelas.Connect with Oludara via the links below: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oludaraadeeyo/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OludaraAdeeyoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/oludaraadeeyo/?hl=enTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oludaraadeeyoBook: https://amzn.to/3hgcphwHIGHLIGHTS01:56 Inspiration behind the book 04:46 Getting through grief with self-care and therapy, 5 years later07:44 Breaking generational trauma starts with you10:25 Spirituality isn't always synonymous with religion14:16 Oludara's Top 5 self-care exercises 16:57 Get rid of limiting friendships and toxic relationships21:20 Oludara's morning routine24:09 Going vegan and improving energy levels, PCOS symptoms26:22 Journey to book deal and entrepreneurship28:59 From journalist to social worker32:18 The power of journaling and affirmations34:10 Practical things to do when the sadness hits37:56 Our favorite things39:53 Oludara's message to the worldQUOTES08:07 Oludara: “I like to call myself a former strong black woman. I was known as the strong friend. I was the one you could go to anytime. No matter what I'm going through, like I'm always gonna be there for someone else. And I really had to learn that, that pattern, it stops with me. I'm not going to ignore my emotions, I'm not going to put my health in jeopardy just because I feel like I need to be perceived as this really super woman."11:56 Oludara: "You got to find your high power for yourself. Often we like to have it be dictated by our community and the people around us, and we don't like to discover for ourselves and we just want to go off of what everyone's telling us. I really had to do that work myself."24:44 Oludara: “I think nutrition is so important because sometimes if we eat the wrong stuff, it can really clog up our heads, make us feel worse, and I definitely notice it if I had too much takeout, even if it's plant-based, if I had too much takeout, I will definitely feel sluggish and tired.”31:26 Oludara: “LA felt like home, social work felt like home. I was coming into my own as a person. Which is also just so important, I feel like as an adult, is like you need to sometimes get out of an environment that you were in for so long to really just grow and learn more about yourself.”34:59 Oludara: "When you're sad, do whatever makes you feel better. That's very individual and I know it can sound very superficial. I also know that sometimes when you're sad you don't know what will make you feel better. So, practically just get up and move. Sometimes, you just need to move your body."  39:57 Oludara: "My motto is put yourself first. But I say, your wellness is your greatest resistance in society. It's the greatest thing you can do to push back against grind culture, capitalism culture."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Jessamyn Stanley is an internationally acclaimed voice in wellness, highly sought-after for her insights on 21st-century yoga and intersectional identity. As a successful award-winning yoga instructor and entrepreneur, she is the founder of The Underbelly, a streaming wellness app and community, co-host of the podcast Dear Jessamyn, and co-founder of We Go High, a North Carolina based cannabis justice initiative. She is a regular contributor to SELF magazine, has been featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine (UK), and covered in the New York Times, Vogue, Glamour & Sports Illustrated among many other domestic and international media outlets. She is also the author of Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance and Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love your Body. Connect with Jessamyn via the links below: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessamyn-stanley-7b82118/Website - https://jessamynstanley.com/.Twitter - https://twitter.com/JessamynStanInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/theunderbellyyoga/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mynameisjessamyn/Book - https://amzn.to/3pc3uSkHIGHLIGHTS02:16 Dealing with suicidal thoughts with raw honesty09:12 All things in life is some version of Yoga13:35 Yoga transcends the trappings of capitalism 14:44 Healing is non-linear and comes in many forms 22:49 Yoga can heal both body and mind29:31 Acceptance is not letting it go, it's acknowledging that it's still there32:26 You can't separate the ugly from the beautiful39:01 Yoga and Cultural Appropriation 42:44 What is the difference between appropriation and appreciation?49:43 We need to acknowledge why people are unhealthy 54:15 Capitalism thrives in our insecurities58:56 Strengthening communities is the key to make lasting changesQUOTES09:40 Jessamyn: "That word, yoga, it literally just means 'to bring together'. It doesn't mean postures, it doesn't even mean breathwork or meditation. And so in life, we're always bringing things together. And we're specifically bringing things that on the surface don't look like they go together." 12:08 Jessamyn: "Postures are really great and are really an incredible way of understanding the practice but you can practice yoga without ever stepping on a yoga mat, without ever practicing a traditional posture." 14:07 Jessamyn: "Sometimes I get so consumed by wanting to identify with capitalism and with capitalism's many offspring, that I get lost, the practice will become solely about those material items when ultimately it's just so much more. It's so big and complex and links you to everything that has ever been and will ever be." 22:50 Koya: I went to heal my back. I didn't know that I was gonna get the mental benefits of also healing my childhood and family trauma and things like that. That's a lot that we just harbor inside as women that unless someone talks to us about it, it's still in there." 32:28 Jessamyn: "Beautiful things are also ugly at the same time. If you don't accept the ugliness of it, you can't experience the beauty of it."49:31 Jessamyn: "If you're not willing to have a conversation about the reasons why people are unhealthy, then how are we going to become healthy? And that comes in so many different forms. It's not about how much you weigh specifically. We all incur so much trauma that we don't acknowledge, and it shows up in our lives in different ways because that's not attached to our overall health. it's just an incomplete picture with incomplete medical research."50:49 Koya: "If someone's hurting anywhere, we're all hurting everywhere. It's the oneness. We're all yoke, we're all connected, we're all the energy that governs the whole Earth." 54:11 Jessamyn: "That is one of the vestiges of capitalism I think, is that we are so focused on our flaws, because in order for capitalism to work at its peak, we all have to think that there's something wrong with us, because otherwise we won't buy anything."58:57 Jessamyn: I always think of ending systemic racism as a very lofty goal and aspiration because it does require so much of each of us, but that's how that can happen. If we're honest with ourselves, if we make spaces that are accepting, truly, then that is how we can heal systemic racism."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Dr. Mariel Buqué is a Columbia University-trained Psychologist and sound bath meditation healer. Her work centers on healing wounds of intergenerational trauma, holistic mental wellness, and centering indigenous healing practices. She is also a wellness and antiracism consultant for Fortune 500 companies across the world and teaches the next generation of therapists as a professor at Columbia University. You may follow her on social media at @dr.marielbuque and find her work at www.drmarielbuque.com.HIGHLIGHTS03:28 Normalize therapy and healing 05:58 There are many aspects of depression that look like trauma08:17 Defining trauma from the point of view of stress16:49 The hardest thing about being a therapist19:19  Make self care a lifestyle rather than a practice26:17 On 'ghosting' and abandonment issues 35:04 It's officially healing season 38:46 Being alone but not lonely42:07 Improve your relationship with yourself 45:01 Take care of your body first 49:55 The personal is political56:28 Our favorite thingsQUOTES06:16: Dr. Buqué: "When we start seeing recurring depression beyond one single episode, we sart understanding that there is something beneath he level that we are working at that we need to get at, that is actually upholding the depression. More often than not, there's a history of trauma." 08:21: Dr. Buqué: "The way that I like to explain trauma, because I think it resonates more with who we are, human to human, is by explaining it as, the single experience that is very acute or an experience that is chronic, where a person would have experienced a level of stress that would have superseded their own internal capacity to cope. Basically, the stress was higher than the coping mechanisms that you had at the time to deal with that stressor."17:18: Dr. Buqué: "There are times when I feel for my clients, and I think that one of the harder things is not being able to take the pain away right away. Like having to sit with the pain is a very hard thing to do especially when you deeply care for your clients and you want to see them well. But you know that their journey needs to look like what it looks like in order for them to be liberated from their pain."19:18: Dr. Buqué: "The way that I do it is by making self care a lifestyle, rather than a practice. I make sure that everything I'm diving into has some element of caring myself within it. Every conversation, every project, everything that I do as I navigate through my work day has implemented within it something that honors me as a human."42:11: Dr. Buqué: "The relationship that you have with yourself is one that could really benefit from the daily attention. The thing about having a relationship with urself is we have to get honest. I think that's what scares us, that we have to be honest about  the things that are deep and dark. We have to get honest about the things that we'll find that we don't like, that will probably require us to shift and shifting is very hard for us. Change is very hard for humans."45:33: Dr. Buqué: "We capture a lot of the stress that we experience in this world in our bodies. And so whenever it comes to helping people, especially in the outset of them wanting to establish a healthier routine, I always lean on body-based practices. So I would lean on trauma-informed yoga, I would lean on sound-bath mediation that can really create soundwaves and sound medicine in your life. I would go with something that is, some sort of a body scan but that has a body component like progressive muscle relaxation or emotional freedom techniques and tapping. I would go with the body-centered, more nervous system regulatory practices first, and then get at the mind. Because we need a body that is in safety in order to transition to mind-based work."51:20: Dr. Buqué:"Even if you exist in a body that isn't suppressed and oppressed, you area existing in a body that holds privilege but as we all know, those privileges don't also exempt those humans from also being in bodies that are in high stress or in bodies that need to be liberated as well."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Neale Donald Walsch has written 39 books on contemporary spirituality and its practical application in everyday life. Seven of the nine books in his Conversations with God series have made the New York Times Bestseller list, with Book One remaining on that list for 134 weeks. His titles have been translated into 37 languages. He is the creator of CWG Connect (www.CWGConnect.com), a global online platform connecting people who wish to more deeply explore the messages in the CWG body of work. His latest book is The God Solution, published in Dec. 2020. He may be reached at NealeDonaldWalsch.comHIGHLIGHTS04:26 - Formative years of spirituality and break up with organized religion11:55 - Meeting an accident and living off the streets 15:09 - The Making of Conversations with God 26:00 - What it means to be an 'Idea Hero'30:21 - What if we changed our idea of God?38:21 - Desire and need are two different things48:41 - All life is energy 53:10 - Fear is an expression of love 1:05:15 - Give and you shall receive even more1:14:10 - God is talking to people all the time, but who's listening?QUOTES10:09 - Neale: "I thought, let me see if I understand this correctly. God is so judgmental and so needy and so condemning and so punishing, that he's gonna punish a 9-year old boy with hellfire and brimstone for the rest of eternity because I didn't go to church last Sunday? Even at 9, I was trying to put that together. And as I grew older, I realized, when I got to 13, 14, 15,, that can't be the way it is."16:17 - Neale: "I started calling out to God in my mind. What does it take to make life work? I saw a yellow legal pad on the table in front of me, so I started writing it out: What does it take to make life work? What do you want from me? I'm not that bad of a person, now what is it that I'm supposed to be doing here? I remember thinking, somebody tell me the rules. I'll play. I promise, I'll play. Just give me the damn rulebook. Tell me how the game goes. And once you give me the rules, don't change the rules every other week."29:55 - Neale: "An example of an idea hero is a person who says, actually our idea of God is inaccurate. God does not judge anybody. God does not condemn anybody. And God does not punish anybody. Now a statement like that violates the doctrine of all the world's religions. Virtually very religion on Earth says God is judgmental, punishing and condemning and will condemn you if you don't obey the rules that God has set up." 32:28 - Neale: "Pure love needs, expects, requests, and demands nothing in return. Humans don't know how to love each other that way. We can't even love the person to be the dearest person in our life. The person across the pillow, the person we're sleeping with. We can't even imagine loving that person much less anybody else without needing or expecting or requiring or demanding something in return. We can't even imagine a God who would do that. We can't even imagine the supreme being having the ability to do that. So we've created a theology that says no no no, God loves us. but because he loves us so much, he has to assert rules that we have to obey and if we don't obey them, life we have to go to the mass in Sunday, like we can't be gay we have to be straight, we can't be involved in a same-sex marriage, we have to obey the ten commandments, we have to belong to the right religion. We can't be Jewish, we can't be Muslim, we can't be Hindu." 34:08  - Neale: "The sad part about that, Koye, is that people base their behaviors using God as their model. They assume that God is the highest entity of the universe, so if we were to emulate God, use God as our model then you can't do any better than that. So we feel that it's okay for us to be judgmental, condemning and punishing with others because after all, that's how God loves us. So why shouldn't we act that way with others. Now if we change our mind about God, we could be changing the model that we are using on which to base our own behavior as human beings. 37:22 - Neale: "The beginning of pure love is the realization that we need nothing in particular from another person in order to love them. And we can say to the other person, I love you, no matter what."38:38 - Neale: "Not needing does not mean you have to abandon the cycle of giving and receiving. The two are not the same thing. Desire and need are two different things."53:49  - Neale: "If I didn't love my life, I wouldn't fear losing it. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't fear losing you. If I didn't love my cellphone, I wouldn't be afraid that somebody might steal it if I leave it lying on the table in a restaurant. The only reason that I fear anything, is because I love something."1:05:39 "Whatever you want more of in your life, be the source of it in the life of another."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Known as One Great Vegan, Gabrielle Reyes is an award-winning singer, actress, chef, cookbook author, TV personality, and tours the world + live-streams everyday teaching others how to create her musical meals. She is blessed to get to share her favorite plant-based and flavor-full recipes plus tips on how to create vibrant dishes through music and songs while helping her followers heal their bodies and feed their souls! She currently hosts The Colorful Home Cooking Show and partners with her favorite brands to combine vegan culinary expertise with her passion for musical performance and creates entertaining + educational content featuring catchy recipe videos, easy kitchen guidance, mental + physical health coaching, and of course, mouthwatering meals. Recently she has been featured on: Oprah, Food Network, The Today Show, Access Hollywood, The New York Times, Buzzfeed Tasty, CBS, Delish, Tastemade, Yahoo News, Good Morning Texas, and The FeedFeed. Sing your song. Do your dance. Speak your truth! For more information, please visit these links:Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielle-reyes-784991171/Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/onegreatveganWebsite - https://www.onegreatvegan.com/HIGHLIGHTS02:44 - Growing around good food and musical theater03:35 - Waking up and becoming a vegan 14:46 - Benefits of switching to a plant-based diet18:20 - Sheet pan dinners are the key 36:57 - Finding an audience in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic 48:09 - Challenges of being an actor 57:00 - You have nothing to prove because you are who you are 58:22 - New cookbooks and inclusion in the official Tiktok recipes 1:00:30 - Connect with GabrielleQUOTES15:30 - Gabrielle: "It's an overall experience. I mean my mind is clearer. I love my life better. I mean, I found my husband. You know, like, I'm not saying going vegan will make you fall in love, but going vegan will remove an aspect of despair and sadness and cruelty from your life. Like you don't have to partake in death." 25:44 - Koya: "I love that you share the tough parts too because I think people see the highlight reel and they think oh I wish I could have that but they don't see the arguments, the frustration, the times when it's not cool that you have to get through in order to find your flow."27:49 - Gabrielle: "The main key point to going vegan, staying vegan, number one, is as I said, seasoning. But the main thing is to keep it simple. Don't try to complicate it. Realistically work with what time you have. If you have 20 minutes a week to cook, you can still make it happen." 48:32 - Gabrielle: "The job is auditioning, all the time. You got to learn to love it. You got to learn to just be a hundred percent okay with being uncomfortably honest. And, if you can do that, practice breaking down to whatever your truth is." 50:34 - Gabrielle: "I want to just exist in my truth, and I have such faith that if I continue to share my truth and help other people share their truth, that I'll spread my truth to exactly the right amount of people that want and need to hear it."57:33 - Gabrielle: "The only reason we exist is to go hard in our dreams. The only reason we exist is to bring a passion and possibilities to this world and to share it with others."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, MFA, LMSW, DMIN, is an author, Zen teacher, Jungian psychotherapist, and Certified Chaplaincy Educator. After many years as a chaplain and psychotherapist, Koshin co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and Zen practice.Today, New York Zen Center's methodologies are internationally recognized—and have touched the lives of tens of thousands of individuals. Koshin is a world renowned thought leader in contemplative care. He is the author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up (Wisdom Publications, 2019) and the co-editor of Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End of Life Care (Wisdom Publications, 2016). His work has been featured in the New York Times, PBS, CBS Sunday Morning, Tricycle among other publications. For more information, please visit these links:Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zencare/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Koshin-Paley-Ellison/e/B019HTQZVM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_shareInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/koshinpaleyellison/Website: https://zencare.org/HIGHLIGHTS03:02 - From poetry to social worker 09:30 - Helping people through Zen Care12:43 - Surviving childhood in a family with epigenetic trauma18: 30 - Finding inspiration from Karate Kid and Star Wars21:43 - Learn to be still in your pain 28:32 - Expect discomfort while undergoing therapy 37:51 - Coping with trauma by remaining open to working on it 46:45 - The importance of having spiritual friends 50:11 - Work on yourself so that you can help others57:09 - Get in touch with KoshinQUOTES14:06 - Koshin: Where immense suffering, and where people are forced to leave or forcibly removed from their country or place, there's a lot of epigenetic trauma. Nobody knew how to talk about it.21:57 - Koshin: Until you learn to be still in your pain, you will never be free. 33:49 - Koya: We feel spirit, God, the divine, through other people and even if we don't remember their name or how they look, you remember how they made you feel and I think that is the oneness, that is the spirit. 36:20 - Koshin: "Even when things feel excruciating, or that moments of heartbreak, you can really feel the excruciating feeling or the heartbreak, and just feel the wrench of life. To me that's also  what allows you to feel the amazing quality of life."48: 37 - Koshin: "Once we do all of that work, we can go out and be, as we call it, awake at the bedside. So then you can actually show up for people. If we're not doing our work, it's really hard 'cause then we go out and want to be a savior for other people because we want to be saved."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

GUEST BIOFaith Hunter is a yoga and meditation teacher, as well as the creator of Spiritually Fly, a lifestyle philosophy that celebrates every moment of life. A teacher of over 20 years, Hunter has owned celebrated yoga studios in DC, and now she has ELEVATE, a digital and in-person experience for inner connection and personal growth. One of the most recognizable faces in yoga, Hunter has appeared in Yoga Journal, Essence, Women's Health, Shape, and New York magazine.For more information, please visit these links:Book - https://www.amazon.com/Spiritually-Fly-Wisdom-Meditations-Elevate/dp/1683643755Website -  https://www.faithhunter.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/spirituallyflyLinkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/faith-hunter-78569b3/HIGHLIGHTS04:33 - From nonprofit worker and business expert to Yoga teacher06:11 -  Taking the time to heal from grief is crucial16:33 - Setting boundaries and focusing on a personal practice for a year23:09 - Childhood reprogramming and reclaiming her childhood voice32:27 - 7 building blocks to becoming spiritually fly35:51 - Creating safe spaces for people with color 38:37 - There's nothing wrong with nurturing yourself first 44:11 - Reawakening spirituality and faith in God through yogaQUOTES34:01 - Faith: "Be divine and unapologetic."11:55 - Faith: "Going through the yoga, I really felt that that practice  was holding my physical and mental body together. Therapy was supporting me to get through the process. And so when I  moved to DC, even when I was working in a nonprofit, I was still practicing because I was, one, working in a very high-stress environment."22:18 - Koya: "I think more people need to be given permission to have your personal space, have your personal time. You don't have to be with someone all the time."24:28 - Faith: "The big trauma around my two brothers being HIV-positive, I took on the role of being the very good daughter. And,  that kind of actually suppressed my voice. And so, realizing that that's also the thing I crave the most, was more of my mother's attention. Because her job, her role was getting it all to them. But I was like, I don't wanna cause any more stress, I'm gonna sit back."25:22 - Koya: "It's so interesting how, when someone is in pain, when someone is hurting, you know, we tend to take the backseat and feel like, we all can't be hurting at the same time. I love that you called it out, like you had to reclaim your voice because even in that grief, you are also grieving too and you needed time and attention and nurturing."48:03 - Koya: "I think too when you know, growing up, and reading the story of Jesus and Jesus always saying I'm the way, I'm truth, I am life, I am one with God and then saying I wanna be just like Jesus but we can't say that. To me, that's like a huge disconnect."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Nemanja Golubovic, owner of Kale My Name, was born and raised in Montenegro. He graduated with a degree in public relations from Mexico, speaks four languages, and lived and worked in several different countries before immigrating to the United States seven years ago. From day one, Nemanja has worked in the restaurant industry and lives by the motto—vegan for the animals, health, and earth.For more information, please visit these links:Website - https://www.kalemyname.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/nekac_golubovicHIGHLIGHTS03:26 Staying connected to family despite the great distance is important05:37 We go through a lot of different personas in our journey07:11 Sexuality is not a choice, it is something you're born with 14:09 Making a love of travel into a job 16:35 Turning vegan and valuing life 19:36 Recognizing privilege by helping the least fortunate 22:30 Life as a fledgling restaurateur33:38 Running into setbacks because of the COVID-19 pandemic 44:05 Coming up with "Kale my Name" and the ensuing success54:12 God is always in control56:45 Don't take now for an answer, and write your business planQUOTESNemanja: “What did I do better than those people? And I did nothing. Life, it's a lottery and we win tickets, right?  Like, so we got the winning tickets. So that's what made me realize, okay I feel responsible now towards the less lucky ones.”Nemanja:  “I do understand when there's parts of the world where that's not an option and I'm absolutely fine with it, but I was given an opportunity to do better, right. I was lucky and privileged to have a choice, right. Because like I have a menu in front of me, I don't have to go hunt for food.”Nemanja: "I believe that this is the greatest country in the world, and there is a way to go, there's a billion things for improvement. I agree with American people, of course, but I still think it is better than what I have seen and what I came from.Nemanja: “I absolutely do not like giving advice as in general, but this is really important advice for people to not listen to the negative thoughts and to not ever listen to 'you cannot do it because yes, you absolutely can.”Koya: “Don't give up, don't take no for an answer, and write your business plan.” Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Tara Stiles is a global yoga, movement and wellness expert, author and founder of Stråla Yoga. Named “Yoga Rebel” by the New York Times, Tara brings a revolutionary approach to being, moving and healing to inspire millions around the world with her relatable perspective to yoga, meditation, exercise, awareness, nutrition, and everyday well-being. Through her books - including her newest, “Clean Mind, Clean Body” - and both in person and online classes, Tara offers an important reset button, providing tools, guidance and immersive experiences in mental and physical self-care to transform daily routines and habits and ease into our wellness where we can truly feel and be our best selves.Her work has been used in a case study by Harvard University, she is a sought-after speaker on topics of entrepreneurship, health, and wellbeing, and she has lectured at venues that include Harvard and New York University.     For more information, please visit these links:Website (personal) - https://www.tarastiles.com,Website (Stråla) - https://stralayoga.com/Stråla ​Yoga App Download:App store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/strala-yoga/id1520282363Play Store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.uscreen.stralayoga&hl=en&gl=USHIGHLIGHTS02:40 Post-COVID-19 Blues: Dealing with rigidity05:51 Find your place by looking for connections08:19 Dancing can be a good form of communication11:09 Experiencing oneness and togetherness through yoga 16:35 Helping others: Better for yourself than the people you're helping23:57 Yoga should be a safe space for everyone31:29 Tara's experience with childhood sexual abuse38:55 Find your group, but protect your space40:58 Teaching young girls to prioritize their own safety48:03 Reduce your reliance on technology and regain control 49:27 Incorporating other complementary practices into yoga1:01:31 Move from the middle: Incorporate yoga to everyday movements1:10:31 Connect with TaraQUOTES12:19 Tara: "We're all connected and when you do take care of yourself, you're taking care of your neighbor. And when you take care of your neighbor, you're taking care of yourself."16:42 Tara: "You just remember that helping others is better for you than it even is for that person."29:12  Tara: "When we slow down, we accomplish more, we achieve more. All of the well being, traditions from shiatsu, the tight sheet of yoga to everybody's great grandmother is saying the same thing. Like slow down, eat your vegetables, take good care of each other."41:01 "Tara: "It's not that safety is necessarily in danger, but when you feel that signal, that's all you need to know. You don't need to worry about anybody else's feelings. Chances are they're not thinking about you at all. And if they are, it doesn't matter to you."51:38 Tara: "It's not like the form doesn't matter, but for me, the form matters every single moment. When you start your practice and why does your practice have to end when it's over?59:18 Koya: "When we just allow movement and allow people to evolve in their own time, that's where the magic is."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Lauren Messiah is revolutionizing the way people dress through her comprehensive approach to elevating one's life through style, working from the inside out.With her signature method of combining style with personal development, Lauren bridges personal styling and life coaching to curate a closet and look that supports one's goals and takes the stress and self-doubt out of looking one's best.The stylist, educator and digital influencer has coached over 5,000 clients globally through her online courses, leaning on her personal journey of self-discovery through fashion and her years of being one of the most sought-after celebrity stylists.   Lauren recently released her latest book, Style Therapy: 30 Days to Your Signature Style (Abrams, April 2021), as a 30-day active approach to building a personal style and shedding emotional baggage. Through her book, she empowers readers to shop like a stylist, find clothes that support goals and build confidence to tackle any situation with the right look and attitude.    Named Google's #WomenToWatch on YouTube, Lauren has been featured in Marie Claire, Vogue, Elle, VH1, The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, WWD, Refinery 29 plus many other print and digital media outlets for her style expertise.   Lauren is an experienced facilitator, motivational speaker and social media sensation with a proven track record and over 400k followers. She has conducted workshops and trainings for Bloomingdales, Westfield Mall, Nickelodeon, THE OUTNET, Luxury Garage Sale, Bumble Biz and The Marketing Arm's Influencer Continuum to name a few.   For more information, please visit these links:Website: https://laurenmessiah.com/Book Page: https://style.laurenmessiah.com/styletherapyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmessiah/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurenMessiahFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/LaurenMessiahHIGHLIGHTS02:18 Lack of fulfillment and shifting her business that aligns with her purpose06:09 Listen to your inner voice and decide to do what brings you joy11:48 Have a purpose and connect your story to your brand and business18:41 Style therapy teaches you to love your body for what it is23:17 The selfie challenge and teaching how to shop like a stylist28:18 Rituals and routines: Plan your outfits, meditate, and journal41:35 Get sober by surrounding yourself with people who are sober49:06 Connect with LaurenQUOTES04:20 "If you want to have a successful business that's sustainable, that's profitable, you have to have purpose. And you have to actually know how to be an entrepreneur, so I launched this program called Style Boss Academy that teaches people how to start an actual business, a purpose driven business."12:34 "You can't just want to be a stylist because you think clothes are pretty and shopping's fun and everybody compliments your outfits... There's some reason that a seed was planted in you that said that you want to do this. And once you find out what that is and allow that to fuel you, then you can't not run your business."22:43 "(See) a body that has gone through it and is still here. Have some love and appreciation for what you have. It's like with gratitude. If you're not grateful for what you have, you're telling the universe I don't want anymore." 43:22 "I would say for anyone who's out there who's struggling, find people that have what you want. Like I just surrounded myself. I had never met people that didn't drink when I was drinking. I'd never even heard of a sober person. I really didn't."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Moby is a musician, entrepreneur, activist, and philanthropist who is informally known as “the godfather of veganism.” His album Play sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He's released fourteen solo albums in total.A serial side hustler, Moby opened the vegan restaurant Teany in New York City in 2002 and is the original owner of Little Pine, a unique, contemporary vegan restaurant in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.Amazon Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/Little-Pine-Cookbook-Plant-Based-Comfort/dp/0593087364HIGHLIGHTS02:41 Realizing the disconnect with loving animals and eating them06:16 A humble pursuit of spirit or divinity without understanding it09:20 Moby's tattoos are a declaration of his veganism and animal rights activism11:00 Moby's restaurants represent veganism through the power of attraction13:52 Music: Spiritual expression and getting diluted as soundtracks to Tiktok22:25 Social media gives people a way to not deal with the human condition26:31 The horrible things in life taught much more than the good things 34:39 Grateful for the adversity and getting rid of shame to heal40:05 Be your honest self to empower others to look at themselves honestly42:14 Honesty and vulnerability: Do more of what works, do less of what doesn't45:56 Publishing The Little Pine Cookbook: Modern Plant-Based ComfortQUOTES03:00 "When I was 19, I had the realization that it was simply inconsistent to love animals and engage in a process that caused their suffering and deaths. So I went vegetarian when I was 19 in 1984, and then a few years later in 1987, finally went vegan."06:52 "If I had to describe my spiritual beliefs in a very succinct, simple way, it would be the third step of Alcoholics Anonymous, and what I mean by that is the third step of Alcoholics Anonymous says turn our life and our will over to the care of God as we understood God."16:57 "This is why music is such a phenomenal form of spiritual expression because it's air molecules moving a little bit differently, but in that process, it can make us cry, it can make us laugh, it can make us dance, it can make us travel across the country to jump up and down in a field with a bunch of other people."28:43 "The terrible stuff, it's given me this sort of appreciation because... I've learned more from struggle and from bad things than I have from good things. So I don't like the struggle, I don't like the bad things, but they're so educational."36:21 "Get rid of any concept of shame because one of the things I learned in sobriety is whatever I was ashamed of, everyone else has done and is doing... Trust me, everybody's doing the exact same thing."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Londrelle's works, words, and poetry are deeply inspired by eastern philosophy and ancient spiritual text. As an independent artist, he has released six studio albums under his label and publishing company Eternal Sunshine.As a self-published author, he has released three books. His self-help poetry book, also entitled Eternal Sunshine, released in 2017, continues to inspire minds and nurture souls along the spiritual path.Londrelle is the creator and voice of the popular mindfulness and meditation app "Eternal Sunshine," which provides daily inspiration and mindfulness talks to its over one million daily users. Londrelle's art and offerings remain anchored in his desire to serve and remove suffering from the hearts and minds of all souls. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/londrelle/Twitter: https://twitter.com/LondrelleHIGHLIGHTS03:35 Childhood trauma made Londrelle compassionate and resilient07:39 Forgiveness for the pain you've caused and endured from others11:06 Spiritual being: A responsibility to show up in alignment with truth16:32 Healing through music and communing with others18:50 Complete with God: Marriage as individuals but in service of the Lord 21:47 Being in a relationship reveals the parts where you need to grow23:59 Genuine conversations and vulnerability help to heal the trauma34:07 Nos guide you to the yesses, just believe in yourself first36:50 Running for awareness and doing things out of love43:21 Wellness rituals: Start every day with gratitude for life50:36 Book recommendations: Bhagavad Gita, The Alchemist, Man Heal Thyself56:44 Londrelle's projects: Stay Free album and Self-Care Package bookQUOTES08:49 "Most importantly, I think it's important to forgive, as we mature, to forgive the hurt that we have caused as well. I think that has been important in my own liberation because, like you said, we sometimes again, we can play the victim."13:45 "We understand that spirit is sustaining our entire existence, our entire experience without our asking, without our doing. And so, when we step into this place, this space of non-doing and just allowance and surrender, then spirit begins to flow with ease."19:33 "We both have a connection and a relationship with God first and so we come to each other not dependent on the other for anything because we know that we have our foundation in God and God is our true provider."34:41 "No, no's are not the end of the world. No does not mean failure. No does not mean you won't reach your destination. No, simply for me, no means go deeper, deeper into your gift, go deeper into your purpose."40:38 "Love heals, love awakens, and love expands. So just really simply quite simply doing what we love and serving others through that medium in which you love... it creates a vortex of love when we do what we love and serve others through that."1:02:09 "Life chooses us every moment in every moment. So just continue to choose life, continue to show up and say, I choose this moment."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Shelly Tygielski is the author of Sit Down to Rise Up and founder of the global grassroots mutual aid organization Pandemic of Love. Her work has been featured by over 100 media outlets, including CNN Heroes, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. A trauma-mindfulness teacher and a Garrison Institute Fellow, she has been called one of the 12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement By Mindful.org and teaches self-care and resilience at organizations around the world. Connect with her in the links below.  Amazon book page: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1608687449Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mindfulskatergirlFacebook Personal: http://www.facebook.com/shellytygielskiFacebook Professional:  http://www.facebook.com/shellymeditationTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/shellytygielskiYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bentleyangelLinked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shellymindfulness/HIGHLIGHTS06:19  People need each other to be the best versions of themselves 10:20 Getting kidnapped at 2 years old and emulating action16:32 Inspiration for Pandemic of Love: Assuage fear and address mutual needs 25:57 Heart to heart proximity: Matching people to create authentic connections29:52 Mutual aid: We need others not just to survive but thrive35:03 A community of care with a formalized plan heals you so you can heal others39:18 Generational trauma and healing from the past 44:10 Living the duality of being Jewish and running a meditation practice47:19 A world where we can have difficult conversations and not cancel each other49:31 Book recommendations: Classics like Catcher in the Rye and Catch-2252:48 Connect with Shelly and get her bookQUOTES07:27  "It's about understanding that we are all carrying the pieces that each other person needs to really be the best version of themselves. And so, even if we feel like we're not an expert in something... somebody else can help us along that journey, and vice versa."15:50 "Having a sense of agency and having agency are two completely different things. And so, I just wanted to emulate that and I wanted to hang onto that story and really pay it forward."22:22 "I always default to two questions... I'm fill in the blank. I'm upset. I'm scared. Whatever the emotion is, and what am I going to do about it? That's the first question, something tangible. And the second question is, and how do I come from a place of love when I answered that question?"37:39 "Make sure you share that plan with someone... at least with one other person who becomes your self care buddy. But if you can create a community of care all the better... every single person in that community needs to have a formalized plan that they share with each other." 41:03 "Especially as women, when we kind of like dig into our lineage, we think about the intergenerational trauma and the way that our DNA has been affected and really recoded, if you will, rewritten, and what we can do to actually change that, which we can."Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

KIMBERLY SNYDER is a spiritual guide and meditation teacher, nutritionist and holistic wellness expert, and the 3-time New York Times bestselling author of 5 previous books, including Radical Beauty, which she co-authored with Deepak Chopra. Her highly anticipated new book, You Are More Than You Think You Are: Practical Enlightenment for Everyday Life, is being published on January 25, 2022.She hosts the top-rated Feel Good podcast, which airs on the Podcast One network. She is the founder of Solluna®, a holistic lifestyle brand that offers wellness products, digital courses, Practical Enlightenment Meditation™ and the Solluna Circle. She has been featured in dozens of national and international media outlets including Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Ellen, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Elle and Vogue.Kimberly lives in the mountains outside of Los Angeles and Hawaii with her husband and sons. HIGHLIGHTS03:05 You Are More Than You Think You Are: A playbook to connect with your true self06:50 The true self versus the pseudo-self, the ego, and how to access it10:13 The power of introspection and reflection on a daily basis12:23 Enlightenment and the teachings of Yogananda24:42 Online hate: See beyond the fear and let your emotions come through28:02 Batch your time, reflect, and create healthy boundaries35:40 Stop comparison: Break the pattern with mindfulness and breathing42:05 Real beauty is to the degree that you are connected to your true self46:40 Your image and social media use should feel true to your true self53:29 Staying in connection despite lifestyle differences with your partner58:37 Kimberly's favorite book: God Talks With Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita1:00:26 Connect with KimberlyQUOTES07:30 The true self is the stable, loving, courageous, creative, unique part of us... this is the source of unlimited creativity. So it's from this well that we drink to create our best ideas, to access more wisdom."10:47 "Having these practices for learning and breaking patterns of fear, of not feeling enough, of regret, all of this energy keeps us down so it's very important to look through and break through on a daily basis."15:23 "Enlightenment is about looking past all the things, the beliefs that we've integrated, ingrained as truth without even examining and realizing that there's a bigger part of who we are, the true self. There's a much bigger part."37:00 "It's always trying to shine the outside. And that is never going to work with comparison. The only way to really get past the constant comparison is to stop it. And the way we stop it is we realize that it's obsolete, and we realize it's obsolete when we bring forth our own."42:55 "What makes someone that real beauty, Koya, is the degree to which they are connected to their true self because some people don't use that language, but the true self is you being you."To reach out to Kimberly and order her new book, please see the following links:Website - https://mysolluna.com/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_kimberlysnyder/Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

HIGHLIGHTS04:14 Afya reclaims her and her family's health with vegetarian food 10:35 Plants contain the essential nutrients your body needs12:37 Determining your own spiritual path and aligning it with your purpose19:16 Food philosophy: Listen to your body and do what's best for you25:16 Afya's food and fitness routine and introducing variety31:56 Entrepreneurship: Exploring crocheting, cooking, and fitness34:59 Become vegan and an entrepreneur: Research and authenticity matter38:28 Forgiveness, meditation, and mantras to keep grounded and growing47:54 Music, nature and a hot shower for an energy shift during a bad day52:57 Afya's favorite snacks, her ebook, and upcoming projectsQUOTES19:44 "It's about you learning your own body and your own self. And that's how I feel about health in general. Everyone's body is different. We all come from different backgrounds and ancestry and preexisting conditions down our family line."36:55 "I'm still trying and seeing what resonates with people the most. And what I see is that people want information that they can you use. They want a resource. They want humor... but ultimately it's about being authentically you."40:34 "Retraining my brain through affirmations and through mantra because it has been scientifically shown that you can rewire your brain and your thinking by your thoughts. So I would do that."44:30 "I see now, oh okay, my upbringing affected me in this way and I'm seeing it in my relationship in this way. But you have to be mindful of that and then work on not doing those things or how could I be better."49:40 "I learned from plants. I learned from growing. I learned so much from just the process of even growing food. I've learned you can't give up on things and it seems like they're dead on the outside because sometimes it'll start sprouting."To find out more and reach out to Afya Ibomu, please see the following links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/afya-ibomu-b-s-chhc-85b98a28/Website - https://rbgfitclub.com/Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Highlights05:05 Wrestling with your triggers is a daily endeavor08:01 The 5 Second Rule to count backwards and interrupt negative thoughts10:01 Breaking and replacing limiting beliefs starts with awareness of those beliefs15:12 The High 5 Habit breaks self-rejection, self-hatred and self-doubt21:39 People pleasing is a result of you not liking yourself27:06 Giving that High 5 brings people back into alignment with their spirit33:11 Comparison/jealousy/envy is desire blocked by insecurity39:41 Liberating affirmations prepare you for your time to shine45:53 Mel's professional journey: A lesson in preparation and perseverance52:06 Life as a mother: Deep care for feelings and empowering children 56:18 Overcoming depression by changing the way you treat yourself 1:05:23 Join the High 5 Challenge for free and experience hopeQuotes06:36 "You will always and forever have to catch yourself when your mind drifts to the negative. And the reason why that is true is because in your day-to-day life, there will always be things that trigger old patterns, always."08:36 "The counting backwards makes this part of your brain focus on the counting and the second that you get to one, you have a moment of control and that's where you can insert a different thought."16:21 "That habit of self rejection is what drives your need for validation externally. That habit of self rejection is why you think you're only worthy if somebody else says that you're worthy."29:42 "Meditation teaches you self awareness and it teaches you how to not react to thoughts. It doesn't change the default opinion that you have about yourself... And what I love about the high five habit and why this simple ritual is so divine and spiritual is because it is about reconnection with self."34:17 "Instead of everybody becoming somebody who's ahead of you in some race, what if the people that you were drawn toward that either it feels a little like jealousy or invalidation or comparison, what if you could flip it into curiosity and let it go, what is it about what they're doing that actually feels like it's calling me?"34:53 "Curiosity opens the door for your desire to flow through. Insecurity locks your desire in a cage and it eats you alive."1:10:10 "If you can use these tools to push through fear, and if you can use these tools to repair your relationship with yourself and to start believing in yourself again, you will be startled by the magic that happens in your life."To find out more and reach out to Mel Robbins, please see the following links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins/Website - www.melrobbins.comWebsite (The High 5 Habit) - https://www.high5habit.com/Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Highlights02:07 Working as a chiropractor and realizing she didn't have freedom07:15 Taking an entrepreneurial leap of faith and meeting Brandon Burchard11:12 Sharing an ambition with Natalie Ellis and learning to communicate 18:19 Going to therapy and giving herself permission to change and shine24:15 Learning the science of spirituality with Jody Spencer30:48 Gravitating towards synergistic energy and losing our intuition 36:14 Danielle's values on wellness: Western and Eastern medicine work together38:45 Take responsibility for your health by asking questions and listening to your body 42:22 BossBabe believes that women can be unapologetically ambitious44:37 Favorite book, meal, and a world according to Danielle46:25 Connect with DanielleQuotes05:53 "I think something amazing happens when you put an intention out there that you want to change, that you want to do something a little bit different, it's amazing how the universe conspires to support you doing that."17:03 "It's not like you're pointing the finger at someone whenever you're having challenges... I am responsible for my feelings. I'm just letting you know my feelings versus your responsible for my feelings. So that's one of the biggest things that I've learned in communication on a business setting."21:28 "Because I think that's what I did my career. I gave myself permission to change my career and it was the best decision I ever made. And I also gave myself permission to leave a marriage that was not supporting me."35:40 "Keep trying. And the more you speak it and the more you put it out there and the more you visualize it and the more you get trained, you get closer and closer every time. Because let me tell you, if you don't try, you're definitely not going to get it."40:05 "A big value of mine, whether it's in health, whether it's in business or anything, it's taking responsibility. We all have to take responsibility for our actions and show up in the best way that we can and take responsibility to learn, a responsibility to grow, a responsibility to do fucking better."To find out more and reach out to Danielle Canty, please see the following links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-canty-0a097062/Website - https://bossbabe.com/Podcast - https://bossbabe.com/podcast/Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

HIGHLIGHTS02:27 Anthony grew up adopted and struggled to find his identity05:25 Opening up to love and feeling worthy of it07:43 Wanting to be accepted by the world through football14:51 Anthony meets his father18:14 Spirituality and base of faith taught Anthony right from wrong22:35 Losing the NFL and realigning his identity to the person he wanted to be26:32 Forgiveness and compassion allows others to become better people34:39 Anthony and his wife find their identities in their marriage to make it work39:13 Identity Shift: Anthony helps others by aligning their identities with their desires43:53 Anthony's wellness: A lesson in loving himself46:50 Entrepreneurship: Aligning the messenger and the message for success49:02 Connect with AnthonyQUOTES10:34 "I made this commitment to myself like you're going to be great. And at 15 years old you don't know what great is, so I was like football. Let's try football. So that was like the first step of me building into the efforts of what it took to be great."12:26 "The return on the investment of effort into football returned not just a better skilled player, but that sense of deserving. And what happened was I got to this level, we all get to this level of the return is confidence, self esteem, joy."20:57 "He says, do you mind if I pray with you to accept Christ? And so I did. And at that moment, it was this thing where the world kind of spun differently for me. The perspective of how I show up in the world and something being bigger than me and what was right and wrong outside of how I felt about what felt right and felt wrong."26:41 "I believe the world that we experience is a mirror to us. Heavily. If I show up negatively, I get negative. If I show up positive, I get positive. Now I could only give out what I have inside. If inside I have joy, I'm going to give that out. It gets mirrored back."36:00 "I can identify as a person in my actions who will give the marriage what it needs. And sometimes a marriage is needing something from me, not me needing something from her. And so that identification of who I am and how I show up, it's a constant ebb and flow."To find out more and reach out to Anthony Trucks, please see the following links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytrucks/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anthonytrucks/Website: https://identityshiftbook.com/Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.

Melissa Ambrosini is the bestselling author of Comparisonitis, Mastering Your Mean Girl, Open Wide and PurposeFULL, the host of the top-rated podcast The Melissa Ambrosini Show, a keynote speaker, and entrepreneur. Named a ‘self-help guru' by Elle Magazine, her mission is to inspire others to unlock their full potential and live their dream life. With a deep commitment to empowering others to become the best version of themselves. She strives to inspire others to reclaim their power, step into their truth, live with intention, and move in the direction of their dreams.Melissa is uniquely positioned to blow the lid off the toxic disease of comparisonitis, having worked extensively in industries where comparison culture is not only rampant, but openly encouraged—including a decade treading the boards as a successful actor, model and dancer (including a year-long stint performing at the Moulin Rouge in Paris), before “accidentally” becoming a social media influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers. Melissa is married to a rockstar (literally), and currently lives in Australia with her husband Nick Broadhurst, bonus son, and their new baby girl, Bambi.To find out more and reach out to Melissa Ambrosini, please see the following links:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaambrosini/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelissaAmbrosiniTribe/YouTube: http://youtube.com/melissaambrosiniTwitter: https://twitter.com/Mel_AmbrosiniWebsite: http://melissaambrosini.com/Please leave a five-star review for the Get Loved Up Podcast. When you leave that review, please take a screenshot and email me at koya@koyawebb.com, and I've got a little gift for you.Your thoughts light up Koya's soul, and it helps continue to bring on great guests.To hear more about Koya Webb and Get Loved Up episodes, please visit her website at https://koyawebb.com/.