Life Rebalanced Podcast

Every year you have an opportunity to make the most of your employer's dollars. When thinking about employer benefits, for most people, health insurance is what quickly comes to mind. The truth is, employers offer a variety of other benefits that you may be overlooking. As open enrollment quickly approaches, let's review what benefits may be available to you and how to best leverage them.  In the wake of the COVID pandemic, many employers are adding benefits that in some cases, are becoming more important than salary. Benefits and perks that are attractive to employees allow companies to not only attract quality employees but also retain them. In this episode  Tips to ensure you're not leaving any money on the table. The different types of benefits that employers offer. How to best leverage your employee benefits. Must-Listen Moments:  [01:02] How to factor in other benefits and perks in addition to salary  [08:15] How to fully utilize a health savings account (HSA)   To leverage your employer-offered benefits, know what's available to you and what best fits your lifestyle, values, and needs. By evaluating the perks and benefits offered by your employer, you're able to truly utilize what's most beneficial to your life and the lives of your family members. Being overwhelmed by the options or not taking the time to review your benefits likely has you leaving money on the table. Be well. You can follow Donna Grace & Lauren on Instagram @life_rebalanced (www.instagram.com/life_rebalanced) The show is LIVE everywhere you can listen to podcasts + on YouTube!

We've missed you! In an effort to practice what we preach, we had to pull back from the podcast and focus on our families, our own health, and the very real effects of the pandemic on our personal lives. Today, we chat with you as if we were meeting over drinks or coffee and share about our Summer, how life ramped back up to full speed in the Fall, and what we're doing to care for ourselves moving forward.   In this episode, listen for Congruencies between health and productivity How we feel we can show up as our best selves for our clients What you can look forward to in this new season of the show Ultimately, money is a tool - not something to be judged by or to judge others about, and income or assets aren't accomplishments. Money is simply a tool you can use to help you become a better version of yourself and we hope to present ideas and perspectives that make you step back and think about how you use money in our out of alignment with your values and the way you want to be remembered.   Follow DonnaGrace & Lauren on Instagram @life_rebalanced (www.instagram.com/life_rebalanced) The show is LIVE everywhere you can listen to podcasts and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsX7eZUnIiC2IMAP8Jj-8RQ   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-rebalanced-podcast/id1500890124 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6fbRnNBqijS8StvwSz28rL Google Play Music: http://bit.ly/liferebalanced

We all want to be the healthiest version of ourselves, right? But what's the best way to get there and how do we stay motivated to get there and maintain it?   In this episode, Jeremy Hebets explains how he started his lifestyle coaching business and his approach to coaching, working with clients, and growing his business.  His focus on clean living and holistic approach to lifestyle coaching has allowed him to help a variety of clients. He shares some of his coaching philosophy and also some of his personal strategies for living a balanced life.    In this episode, listen for How Jeremy uses lifestyle coaching including fitness and nutrition to create a holistic approach to improving clients' entire lives Why people typically begin working with Jeremy and what they ultimately achieve through coaching Why your motivation for any habit or lifestyle change matters as much, if not more than the coaching. He has a passion for caring for leaders, giving and instilling tools that help free people to live, with no excuses,  whole-hearted, authentic, happy lives. Read the FULL show notes over on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsX7eZUnIiC2IMAP8Jj-8RQ Follow Donna Grace & Lauren on Instagram @life_rebalanced (www.instagram.com/life_rebalanced) Find Jeremy Hebets on Instagram - @HealthyHebets and online at HealthyHebets.co

You want to be a rockstar at work and at home, but you have too much to do and not enough time to do it. There's a point where suddenly you realize the pace at which you've been working, running, volunteering, networking, and raising a family is unsustainable and you're at max capacity. Cherylanne Skolnicki helps women redefine work-life balance in a way that feels fulfilling, peaceful, and sustainable and in this episode, you get tips about kids, email, daily choices, and more. Maybe you need a career change, but maybe you don't - come find out! More on IG @life_rebalanced  www.instagram.com/life_rebalanced Read the Show Notes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsX7eZUnIiC2IMAP8Jj-8RQ

We all face tense situations, stressors, and traumas, but with the preventative and healing powers of flowers, we may move through those more gracefully and with less fear or hesitation. Katie Hess is the flower alchemist at www.lotuswei.com where she’s created elixirs, oils, and mists to help you bring the healing power of nature in, even if you’re stuck behind the computer each day. She’s brought ancient practices from cultures all over the world into mainstream America so we can awaken our own innate wisdom about nature and what we’re drawn to, because it’s that which will help us unwind the knots and heal from the inside.  More on IG @life_rebalanced  www.instagram.com/life_rebalanced Read the Show Notes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsX7eZUnIiC2IMAP8Jj-8RQ

Stubborn hormonal fat, inflammation, and brain fog just wouldn’t turn around for her, no matter what she tried or what had previously worked. So at 44 Laurie Lewis dove head-first into the Intermittent Fasting lifestyle, lost 51 pounds in 15 months (and has kept it off!), and has designed her business and coaching programs around helping others do the same. Intermittent Fasting solved a laundry list of inflammation and blood-sugar-related health issues for her and she’s seen it do the same for thousands of her clients. Aiming for a holistically well, productive, fog-free, healthy, balanced lifestyle? You’re in the right place! More on IG @life_rebalanced www.instagram.com/life_rebalanced Read the Show Notes on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsX7eZUnIiC2IMAP8Jj-8RQ

When you’ve been working so hard but seemingly battling an invisible force that’s been holding you back, it could be inherent beliefs or an identity that you’re unknowingly carrying. Transformational Coach Spencer Snakard shares with us this episode how anything really is possible, it’s just that we might need to work through some fear-based subconscious beliefs that are causing us to take actions differently than if we believed we were perfect and deserving and absolutely aligned with the progress we desire. Sometimes this looks like disbelief that you can have a thriving career AND a happy marriage, or be an entrepreneur AND travel the world. But no matter your challenge, working with a coach to discover your own power, strength, ease, flow, and connection may be the key to the progress you dream of. More on IG @life_rebalanced

We often think of healthy habits and time-blocking as productivity-increasing tools, but hypnosis is a high-performance tool as well! Erika Flint shares all about how to use hypnosis to lose weight, stop drinking, sleep better, work through tension, and do the deep work required to feel better all around. The brain creates new cells and new connections daily, and it is up to us to focus on that ability and train the mind to learn conscious choice toward helpful habits and choose presence over default reactions so that we can lean into our most productive, best selves at work and home. Listen to how Erika combines her analytical expertise along with streamlined hypnosis techniques to train some of the best minds in the world with a powerful system of modern hypnosis specifically designed for entrepreneurs to use to grow their businesses.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

Over the past year, while we’ve all experienced changes in our daily lives caused by the pandemic, we’ve also witnessed a record-setting number of new business applications in the US. If you’re one of the millions who has started or is starting a new business, this episode is for you! We want you to feel supported through the process and surround yourself with professionals who can help you navigate the stressful legal and financial choices that, if not checked, can hold you back from reaching your potential. When you have a trusted team of tax, legal, branding, and financial advisors to grow and build your business correctly, you’re free to focus on your services, customers, and passion for helping others and sharing your talent. More on IG @life_rebalanced

Not every decision we make should be about efficiency, upleveling our career, or investing more. Veronica Sagastume was faced with a choice, the corner office and three-letter title, or precious time with her then 90-year-old grandmother. She’d been stressed and snappy for weeks, developed an eye twitch, and felt pulled in every direction, feeling as if she was failing at everything. There had to be a better way. Tag along in this episode and hear about her breakthrough moment, how she consciously disassociated from her work title, and how, in just 6 months, she left her corporate career to be by her grandmother’s side when it mattered most. Now, as an entrepreneur, she’s helping more people than ever AND enjoying a flexible personal schedule.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

We’re learning more about how to embrace the intuitive, emotional, creative side of money and how vision boarding, meditating, journaling, and other centering practices can actually help you achieve your goals faster and keep you happier during the journey. Much of the financial advisory world is focused on data and analytics and accidentally ignores the human component when it comes to financial decisions. Today’s talk with Ellen Rogin, author of Picture Your Prosperity will open your eyes to what may be missing from your financial plan. While we don’t fully recommend ditching the spreadsheets, we do recommend embracing your own customized vision for your future, independent of what you may have thought your financial goals should be. What can you do to look at your money in a more holistic way and embrace your own intuition? For starters, read “Picture Your Prosperity” by Ellen Rogin. More on IG @life_rebalanced

Handling your money daily and the habits you have around your personal, daily spending and saving behaviors are at the root of your financial situation. They can be supporting you toward a life you love intentionally or sabotaging your hopes and dreams. It’s all about identifying what works for you personally and identifying your spending “black holes.” Donna Grace and Whitney Hansen discuss how to set up your physical and financial environment for success, how put your personality into your budget, and the big thing most people forget to do, even if everything is automated.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

Improving your physical health or financial situation this year means more than restricting indulgences. Decisions about these choices are often emotionally charged and strongly influenced by your past. Learn how to redirect the focus toward the desired feelings surrounding your money and health choices and change the habits, beliefs, and behaviors supporting them. We share three steps to gaining more clarity and mindfulness about your relationship with money and help you recognize memories, nostalgic phrases, and actions that are influencing a scarcity mindset. Then you can begin to deconstruct the patterns that aren’t serving you and replace them with intentional, values-based habits.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

Traditional goal setting would have us set an extraordinary, overarching goal for the New Year and then break it down into gaps of time and checklist tasks that we’d theoretically tackle month by month. The beauty of this particular New Year, however, is that we carry the wisdom and flexibility that 2020 taught us. Join us as we discuss the ways we’re rebalancing with personal values in mind, what we’re focusing on and why, and how we’re keeping it simple in 2021. Listen to learn how a singular focus for each month can be low-stress, easy to maintain, and simultaneously create feelings of progress and fulfillment.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

If 2020 taught us anything, it’s to expect the need for adjustment and to embrace flexibility. Instead of tossing hopes for plans aside for 2021, plan for the year ahead as you would in any December, with the expectation that there will be adjustments as we collectively discover what the future holds. Begin by placing your personal values first, growth-oriented goals next, and then allow other details to sprinkle in. Be mindful of creating systems and habits that will propel you toward your goals (like a morning or workout routine) that you can perform no matter the external world events. Take into account the possibility of hiring help, learning new skills, and exploring ways you can create efficiency in your life in order to allow focus on what’s important in the year to come.   More on IG @life_rebalanced

Join Lauren and Dr. Shawn Andrews’ conversation about women in the workplace and the statistics and challenges facing women in leadership roles. Women and men carry gender bias, stereotypes, and differences in emotional intelligence, culture, and leadership styles. The gender leadership gap has nothing to do with skills or intelligence but everything to do with our perception of women’s’ roles as leaders, employees, mothers, and caregivers. Keep your ears perked for the Rule of 3 or the 30% Rule and action steps we can all take to create inclusivity and diversity in every role at every level - at home and at work.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

Christy Rutherford, executive leadership coach and author of Trauma Default joins Lauren today for an honest conversation about career burnout, high-achievers, happiness, and the importance of pursuing our own desires. Proving people wrong and knocking down barriers earned her accomplishments, degrees, recognition, and awards, but saddled with deep unhappiness. Christy now coaches women into alignment with their happiness while getting the job, raises, and promotions of their dreams. More on IG @life_rebalanced

You have a budget, but are you aware of it? Do you direct it? Or is it controlling you? Does budgeting feel restrictive or dreadful? In this episode, Donna Grace and Lauren discuss how to budget using intention toward your goals and values and incorporating the pay yourself first principle. They discuss fixed costs, how to reduce expenses, and even how to handle unplanned spending. You can create a budget where you feel in control of where your money is going and aligned with your values. More on IG @life_rebalanced

Kristin A O’Neal, financial planner, dog-mom, foodie, and author of the viral blog post “Why Black Women Quit the Financial Services Industry” talks with us about diversity, her passions in mentorship and financial education for women and POCs, and the excess challenges faced by Black People when it comes to personal finances and careers in this area. Sharing her experience and the systemic issues she sees in the industry has and will continue to empower women everywhere. More on IG @life_rebalanced

Our ability to speak up about money is often hindered by childhood experiences, emotions, and fears, and Kathleen Burns Kingsbury of www.breakingmoneysilence.com is out to help women narrow the wage and wealth gaps by teaching us how to be better negotiators and understand our value. When one woman breaks money silence, negotiates, and gets paid what she’s worth, she contributes to breaking the money taboo barrier for us all, and Kathleen’s here to teach us how. More on IG @life_rebalanced

The personalities, experience levels, and mindsets of the people you choose to surround yourself with have an irrefutable impact on your behaviors, health, and yes, even your level of success. It’s time we all take notice of what attitudes and types of influence we desire in our lives and intentionally pursue friendships and connections with people who will help us grow. Contribute toward others abundantly and foster collaboration over competition on purpose. More on IG @life_rebalanced

This week Becky from the Find Your Freedom podcast joins Donna to chat about how she’s successfully designed a life of financial freedom, is currently pursuing her entrepreneurial and travel dreams, and consistency in areas of health, happiness, and purpose - all by 26 years old. Becky strongly relies on goal setting, her journaling practice, and making decisions in alignment with her 4 core values, but also allows for flexibility with her expectations and timelines.  More on IG @life_rebalanced

We start off the year with big ideas for becoming better versions of ourselves. Goal setting and thoughtful plans in 5 key areas: physical, relationships, education/personal development, emotional/spiritual growth, and finances help move the needle the most. Now that it’s mid-year, we should reevaluate and celebrate accomplishments toward our goals, even if they aren’t fully achieved. This is also the perfect time to adjust or create new goals and timelines if needed. More on IG @life_rebalanced

Today, we interview and highlight an achievement-oriented mom who’s seemingly “juggling it all” just like you. This mama is a fire captain in her full-time job, focuses on personal development through journaling, affirmations, and podcasts/books, and juggles a home-based supplement business and a family of 5. Get details on her time-management system and how it supports all the moving pieces of her day and snag her best advice for the 20-year-old version of herself. More on IG @life_rebalanced

Many of us have at least tried some form of yoga or meditation, in search of clarity, understanding, or peace. Kristen Fewel, author of The Gift of Awakening, helps us understand different types of meditation and the varying stages of the emotional journey one may experience. With over two decades of experience, she recommends different types of yoga or meditation from person to person, as well as finding an optimal time during the day based on personality. More on Instagram @life_rebalanced

The grieving process, whether from personal or collective loss, isn’t straightforward. We’ve all heard of the five stages of grief, but recently, the sixth stage of grief was discovered - finding meaning. While we as a society have adjusted to life in quarantine and the “new normal” that brings, we’re also collectively grieving the loss of what we expected this year. One stage of that grief is our desire to find meaning or a positive take away from this experience. Follow us on IG @life_rebalanced

We chat today about time blocking, calendaring, electronic and paper planner resources, morning routines, and evening routines. Using time efficiently, in an intentional, planned way while also being there for the kids, avoiding multitasking, and getting enough sleep is a skill we have been refining for years. We’re sharing what works for us currently and how things have changed recently. Our perspective on all things is to take what works and leave the rest. Follow us on IG @life_rebalanced

Naturopathic Doctor Bridget Casey of www.rinaturalmedicine.com talks with us about women's bodies, stress, and our internal reaction to stressful situations. As we age our bodies change and sometimes seem to be working against us. Weight gain or loss, fertility, energy levels, our ability to plan well or think clearly, digestive issues and so much more can be addressed naturally and become integral toward leading a fulfilling life. More on IG @life_rebalanced and @ri_naturalmedicine

Psychologist Dr. Joy Lere of www.joylere.com brings into clear focus the widespread intense discomfort in discussions about money. When is your earliest memory of money from childhood? Our financial belief system is often created before we even really know how money works. Joy walks us through how and when to talk to kids about money and how to handle financial anxiety as a family during these uncertain times.

External roadblocks that won’t allow you to do what you want and/or internal ones that show up as self-doubt or disbelief are inevitable throughout life. We aren’t immune to these invisible barriers either. Today’s we're sharing personal stories of diagnoses and injuries, when it’s okay to have a little pity party, and how we’re attempting to navigate toward positive habits and a healthy routine, even if that looks different than it did at the beginning of the year.    On Insta @life_rebalanced

Strategic Career Coach Carole Ann Penney of www.penneyleadership.com opens our minds to the possibility that our many talents actually intersect to create a fulfilling career path. Are you a multi-passionate professional? Instead of feeling scattered, try the simple exercise mentioned during the show to see the commonalities that connect your “many hats”. At this time, she’s focused on enjoying the journey as opposed to the constant striving hustle we’ve been told defines entrepreneurship. 

Certified Strengths Coach Caitlin Hawekotte of www.caitlinhawekotte.com joins us today in a discussion about using our natural personality strengths as assets via CliftonStrengths. She also shares how StrengthsFinder results altered her path in college for the better and how she’s navigating motherhood in combination with her career aspirations. Like many of us, she’s rebalancing to focus on a growing family while remaining aware that she can reach her goals, just not all at the same time.

In this bonus episode (surprise!) we share about the seemingly unreal experience of social distancing. We’ve set aside all the “projects” and are focusing on the basic day-to-day tasks that must be done to keep things rolling. Meanwhile, we’re ever-impressed with businesses’ creativity and thankful for technology while we’re all under quarantine. Routine is always important, so take care of yourself during this time of disarray so that you CAN continue to care for everyone else.

Goals are desired results. Systems are processes. Reliance on goal setting can lead to feelings of loss if a goal is missed, or satisfaction that’s only temporary if the goal is met. Systems, often disguised as habits or lifestyle changes, are imperative parts of supporting our progress and the level of continued fulfillment once goals are achieved. By implementing systems, we remove conscious decisions from our daily lives and support our subconscious toward “becoming a person who…”

Welcome to the show for high-achieving, driven moms who are passionate about personal and professional growth and wellness. Our interviews will explore how the lives of highly driven women are constantly in a state of re-balance AND will share how changing behaviors and mindset around money will help in the pursuit of wellness in other areas, like health, relationships, and professional development. Join us in seeking balance while we do ALL THE THINGS.

Highly-driven, career-forward, successful women tend to also be excellent planners who are well organized. This has a downside though. We often set big, amazing goals only to put them off until we can get other things in place SO THAT we can start working toward the goal. Researching, coordinating, time-blocking, rearranging and other very useful activities are often disguised as procrastination toward our audacious, yet achievable dreams. What can you quit so that you’ll just start?

Our lives as highly-driven women are constantly in a state of re-balance. Together, we explore our current focus, areas in which we’re giving ourselves grace, and a few tips and habits we’ve implemented to make that intense goal-oriented focus possible. Managing growing families and businesses takes energy, coordination, and intention. This is exactly why we’ve chosen to ask for help in certain areas of life - so we can funnel as much energy as possible toward a specific focus at this time.