Wellness Wisdom

The lives of young people today are full of uncertainty and stress. They are making decisions on relationships, schooling, and career paths and then there is the stress of the pandemic and social disconnection. Wendy Van Dam focuses on helping young women in the millennial generation live their life fully through trusting divinity. Wendy (Ms. Divinity) shares her own life path and how she got caught up in other people's expectations. She talks about how she was living roles she thought she wanted but she still didn't feel satisfied with her life. She said she felt like a "robot" going through the motions. She eventually sought out a business coach who helped her "bring her soul alive" through learning how to trust divinity. She felt empowered to create her own life and leave her limiting beliefs behind. Ms. Divinity helps young women find and pursue what makes their spirit soar. She is a mentor who helps young people follow their heart in choosing their career and life path. Wendy talks about "turning the lights on" in your beliefs and spirituality and to trust in your higher power and the spirituality that lives in you. Listen to inspiration about what your higher power is calling you to. Ms. Divinity invites people to become the next best version of themselves. She helps them create a vision of "what would I love." What are your gifts and talents you can use to bless the lives of others? What does it look like to Dream Big? Wendy teaches people how to ALLOW GRACE into their lives to change them for the better. She inspires people to let go of judgement and cocreate with God. To step out in faith and trust their higher power. "You put in the work and let your higher power do the rest." This is a powerful message for challenging times as these.

This week, I had the opportunity to guest on the Are You Happy in Your Heart? podcast! I talked with Sarah Worlton about my experience as a wellness coach, and how I've learned to fight off anxiety and be more present.

Holly is a Certified Master Level Coach through Health Coach Institute and helps highly driven women build resilience to toxic beauty and diet messages. She uses an intuitive and spiritual approach that guides her clients towards self trust, confidence and Sovereignty over their entire being; body, mind and soul. From this place, her clients are able to make self guided decisions and finally live the life they desire in the body they live in today. In this episode Holly shares her personal journey with her body image beginning with dieting at the age of 8 years old to try to change her body. Holly talks about cultural messages that condition us as women with a message that you need to "stay pretty, stay conventionally attractive, stay small." The 70 billion dollar beauty industry promotes women being dissatisfied with their looks. Holly shares how she chose a career in fashion a highly "image centered" industry and found herself struggling with disordered eating and dissatisfaction with her body that led to digestive issues, hair loss, and anxiety. Holly describes her obsession with eating healthy and struggling with orthorexia and constant worries and fears about what she ate. She talks about how it influenced her quality of life, relationships, and mood. Holly loves to help people transform beliefs and teaches her clients "Intuitive Eating" which focuses on a healthy sustainable relationship with food. Holly shares how she helps women see their bodies as a "person" and treating it as a friend and rejecting cultural messages of being "not enough." Holly believes if we get out of the way of our body (stop trying to manipulate and change it) the body can self-regulate weight and health. Our body is our greatest teacher, our partner instead of our enemy. Holly began identifying her body as a person and felt less "hate" for her body. Holly helps her clients personify their body and honor it, naming the body, and exploring where body dissatisfaction comes from. She says hating our bodies is about conditioning and culture. We have been literally fed (pun intended) a system of beliefs (diet culture) that values weight, size, and physical characteristics above health and wellness. Holly shares her 4 part framework for loving the body we are in from 1) awareness 2) nourishment 3) resilience 4) sovereignty/freedom. It is possible to make peace with food and accept your body just as it is. Find community, support, and education through as Holly calls it a "homecoming" to who you truly are. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holly_toronto_coaching/Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/143221746427796/Website: http://www.loveyourbodyhc.com/homecoming.htmlBooks: Fearing The Black Body by Dr. Sabrina StringsIntuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse ReschHealth At Every Size by Lindo BaconBody Respect by Lindo Bacon & Lucy Aphramor

I had the opportunity to guest on The Big Self Podcast! I shared my experiences with anxiety and the tremendous freedom that comes when you can confront it. See all of The Big Self podcasts on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creating-new-beliefs-shifting-mindsets-camille-kennard/id1485907203?i=1000474955740

Are you experiencing mood swings, food cravings, fatigue, irritability, depression and or anxiety? If you are a woman these can be signs and symptoms of PMS or changes in your hormones. Women are more likely to have mental health issues because they linked to hormonal changes. Dr. Allyce K. Jones, is a psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner specializing in women’s mental health. She is especially interested in treating women during reproductive transitions including with mental health symptoms premenstrually, in pregnancy and the postpartum period, and during perimenopause. Dr. Jones will address the significant mental health challenges for women through the life cycle of changes in hormones from puberty to menopause. She reports that changes in hormones can be a "high stakes" time women's mental health. During puberty young women have double the rates of depression as young men. Dr. Jones states this is because during hormonal fluctuation the brain is more sensitive. She will talk about connections between hormonal changes and rates of depression and anxiety. Dr. Jones shares how important it is to track symptoms, cycles, and sleep. She reports that many women she their mental health issues as a weakness that is part of changes in hormones. Dr. Jones reports there is hope with hormonal treatments, psychotropic medications, and counseling on the risks and benefits of medication during these challenging times. She will share with us interventions to improve mental health including; diet, sleep, light therapy, self-care, and support networks. It is important for each woman to make a plan for her own personal mental wellness. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner she will share how the brain reacts to hormonal changes and what we can do about to address areas of physical, emotional, and social well-being through all the seasons of a woman's life. Dr. Jones owns Felicity Women's Center in South Jordan, Utah and offers psychiatric diagnostic exams, medication management, and brief psychotherapy for women throughout Utah and Wyoming via telehealth.

A health challenge for many people is the struggle with trying to lose weight. Many try diets, supplements, work outs, fitness trainers, and pills to get the weight off. It can be an emotional roller coaster. You may experience success, discouragement, and a cycle of ups and downs. The journey of weight release is personal, it's self-discovery, it's transformation, and it's about self-love.Brandon Halford is a the manager of commercial sales at Larry H. Miller Subaru, he is an entrepreneur, a Utah State graduate, a book club goer, and someone who has "remade himself" through the journey of weight release. Brandon shares with us his personal journey with anxiety, overeating, and physical health problems. He will shares how he made ONE simple New Year's resolution to stop eating sugar because he was unhappy and had no energy. He will inspire us with his journey to ultimately release 95 lbs of weight and the emotional and mental burdens tied to it. He shares how his desire to "be better" overwhelmed his desire to "stay the same." Brandon shares how his 5 pillars of Wellness helped him love himself, change his self-image, and change self-defeating thoughts. Changing his limiting beliefs helped him keep his weight off and ultimately transform his life for good. Brandon talks about his commitment and determination to not let his fears or his weight control him or hold him back. He shares how "self-trust" is essential to wellness and weight loss. Brandon shares how he was able to focus on the things he loved like cycling, hiking, pickleball, and basketball. He talks about the importance of resilience and getting back up when we fall and focusing on the victory. Brandon says we must "define ourselves by our strengths not our weaknesses." He shows how staying committed to his goals with small steps, resilience, and focusing on love and honesty gave him a life where he can be happy with who he is and make the world a better place.

Aida Woodward, is a DoTerra Wellness Advocate who lives what she promotes. She loves to teach about healthy lifestyle habits and how essential oils can promote health in the body. Aida will tell us about her own struggles with weight, stomach issues, Epstein-Barr, body fatigue, and colds that just wouldn't go away. Aida will share how beginning whole foods supplements improved her mood, energy, immune system, and overrall health and well-being. Aida shares how taking a whole food supplement promotes healthy hair, skin, bones and nails and that it will give your body what it needs. Aida has a passion for wellness including eating whole foods, moving her body, and learning what herbs and plants can help with certain health issues. Aida says that we are never to old to start taking care of our health. She encourages people to think about how they can prolong their life and have a better quality of life through taking care of yourself. Aida explains how important it is to put our health as a priority in order to age well. Aida shares how DoTerra essential oils are sourced from plants in their natural habitat. Promoting health is Aida's passion and she says that we can love ourselves through out our lives by living life from the Pyramid of Health (exercise, food, rest). Aida will share how she has seen essential oils and natural supplements have been able to help her friends and family members to fight illness, promote health, and improve quality of life. Aida talks to us about being educated consumers to know what we are putting in and on our body in order to help ourselves thrive by getting rest, exercise, and nutrition.

Where does health start? Is it in your gut, your brain, your body? What if it all starts in your mouth? For the past two decades, Janice King has carried out extensive research on oral health and its connection to systemic deseases. Together with co-founder Dale Winetroub, Janice developed a breakthrough patented oral therapeutics system: TRI-OLOGY (used and recommeded by dentists for 10 years). “TRI-OLOGY” technology addresses a key risk factor linked to chronic diseases - inflammation. Janice informs us about the importance of balance in our gum health in having the right balance in the microbiom and necessary bacteria in the mouth. Janice says that for years we have been using products for our hygiene that are full of chemicals that kill good and bad bacteria as well as destroying human cells. Janice talks about how in our quest for improved health we must look at what we put into our mouths. She says that we need healthy saliva to heal our bodies and ultimately influence our overall health. She shares the research on how chronically inflamed tissues and bacteria in our mouth can contribute to arthritis, cardiovascular disease, infertility and the plaque in the brain found in Alzheimer's disease. When bacteria overgrows and your gums aren't healing then problems arise causing systemic disease. Janice will share with us how eating nutrient dense foods and using natural products can improve dental health and give you strong healthy gums. We damage our gums when we brush our teeth with hard bristles and put cuts in our gums that need to be repaired. After 40 years old our salivia condenses and our gums no longer get the nutrient rich saliva to repair our gums. Janice will give us tips on things to take out and put into your oral hygiene routine to improve the health of your gums, mouth, and ultimately your body and brain. This includes organic whole plant products to improve gum health.

What are your New Year's Resolutions? What do you want to BE, DO, or HAVE in 2020? It seems like every January we are excited to leave the old year behind and start anew. We are motivated and ready to make change. When February comes we lose our steam and our inspiration and all our goals go out the window. Does it have to be this way? Can we find consistent motivation to not just reach our goals, but transform our lives? Christine Lavulo from "A Beautiful Life Coaching" is a Transformation Coach who is passionate about helping people create their most beautiful and authentic life! She has been engaged in personal development since a very young age. But it wasn't until she found various energy modalities and hired a life coach that her life really began to change. Christine shares with us her challenges with depression, being a single mom, and having her own emotional and mental blocks. Christine helps people have better relationships and "create their best life." Christine will share how her challenges transformed her and inspired her to have the desire to help others. Christine loves working with women who are going through life transitions and have "lost their way" in life. Christine helps people let go of their baggage and learn the steps and techniques to create the life they want. Christine uses energy work, NLP, and goal setting strategies to help people transform their lives. Christine shares how to use the law of attraction and overcome limiting beliefs in order to live the life of your dreams. Christine helps people discover blocks and release blocks that are holding them back. Christine uses success principles she learned in the Jack Canfield's Success Training program and helps people create an "ideal life vision" where they can state their vision and goals in the present as if it has already happened. Christine helps us learn "Mind Over Matter" and how to reframe and reprogram the mind to see the positives and possibilities. Christine talks about setting SMART goals to focus on what you want, not what you don't want. She says personal development is all about your words and mindset. We are training our brain to connect with the emotion of our vision. You can tell your brain what to create. When you act as if has already happened and put yourself in the feeling of what your goal will GIVE you it creates change. Create a vision for what you life looks like, get into the picture of what it will look like, feel like, and be like and you will help your brain create it. Have fun exploring who you are, what is possible, and who you want to be in 2020. What is in it for you? Can you cut out the noise, be still, and explore what path is right for you? Christine talks about the grounding effects of meditation and stillness to remind us who we are and what we are meant to do. What turns you on and lights you up? What is your purpose? Enjoy your journey in 2020!

Am I beautiful? Am I as beautiful as others? What does being beautiful mean? Loving ourselves is a life long journey. For many women the subject of beauty can be painful. Rachel Buchanan has a long history of supporting women's health. After having an Acupuncture practice emphasizing natural remedies for women's health she noticed how each woman's environment, including her beauty and personal care products, were effecting her physical health. Rachel reports clients being diagnosed with diseases where the environment contributed to the decline of their health. Rachel shares about how many beauty products contain harmful ingredients and there is a lack of government regulation in personal care products. This led Rachel to finding a natural beauty product line that advocates for skin health in Washington D.C. Our skin is the largest organ in the body and absorbs whatever we put on it into our system. Rachel reports that 90% of products have not been tested for human safety. She feels it is a basic right to have access to safe products for all people. When we have the education about what we are putting on our skin we can make better choices. Rachel's passion is to help women feel beautiful and to be educated to make choices in their personal care products that can support and promote their overall health and well-being while also helping women accentuate their natural beauty. Rachel shares the transformation she has seen in people's health as they use "clean" skincare products. Rachel believes that along with eating healthy, exercise, and managing stress we need to be aware of what we put "on" our skin that goes into our body. Rachel loves to help women who have health issues be able to put on natural makeup to feel good without any negative effects. Start simple trying new products by taking care of your beauty and health from within you by changing how you think, and what you put in and on your body. Rachel believes "beauty comes from the Inside" and that you feel more beautiful and joyful when you spend your days doing things that recharge you. Nurture yourself and share your beauty with the world!

Wade Lightheart is a 3-Time Canadian All Natural Bodybuilding Champion who competed as vegetarian, former Mr. Universe Competitor, and host of The Awesome Health podcast. Wade Lightheart is one of the world’s premier authorities on Natural Nutrition and Training Methods.In this episode Wade with share with us his experience with transforming his body and health through exercise, vegetarian diet, and body building. He will show us how to build the body from the inside out to feel more energy, vitality, and become our best. He explains how health is not about what we look like, but what we put into our gut. He will educate us on how our body converts enzymes into energy and how to improve our digestion and absorption of food through nutritional supplementation including enzymes, probiotics, and hydrochloric acid. Wade shows us how to rebuild our digestion to get more out of life. He will help us explore how to get rid of gas, bloating, constipation, acid reflux and other symptoms that many of us live with Wade explains how these symptoms show something is not right with our diet or how our body is digesting the food we are eating.Join Wade's upcoming online health course and... End physical suffering and activate physical health today! https://bioptimizers.com

You are what you eat, right? So if you want to be strong eat the strong foods. If you want to prevent disease, impact aging, and improve your mental focus, clarity, and mood, eat superfoods! What are superfoods anyway? Melissa Lambson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Energy Worker, and promoter of holistic health and nutrition. Melissa has always believed that what we put in our body influences our brain chemistry. She became really passionate about this when her 6 year old son was diagnosed with Autism. As a mother she was looking for anything she could to help her son improve his physical and mental state. She tried diet modification, pills, and behavioral interventions. Melissa's quest led her to learn about the inflammation of the brain effected by poor nutrition. She discovered that our soil is depleted and our food doesn't have all the nutrients we need. Sometimes our bodies can't absorb what we do eat. Melissa was introduced by her nurse practitioner to something new. A superfood supplement with power foods like wild Alaskan blueberry, Ashawagnda, Wild Alaskan salmon, Kale, Spinach, and many other foods packed with nutrients that penetrate the blood brain barrier and reduce inflammation. When Melissa started her son on this liquid superfood she noticed a stark difference in his behavior and ability to connect to others. Melissa tried it out for her acid reflux and after 7 year was able to sing again. Melissa shares with us how stress impacts the body and how superfoods can boost the body with the vitamins and minerals we need. She will share with us the characteristics of fish oil, vitamin E, and tocotrienols that help people have clarity of mind, improved mood, and overall improved quality of life. Listen as Melissa explains how superfoods help with healing trauma in the brain, addictions, memory loss, and other brain based issues. Melissa will give us some "food for thought" and what you hear may change your life and health for good.

Shantel Reitz was crowned Mrs Premier World 2019, and is known as the "Blue Haired Beauty Queen." Shantel's platform, "Embrace Your Inner Weirdo" is about empowering others to becomethe person they were always meant to be. She says we are living our lives based on other people's idea of who we should be, making choices rooted in someone else's agenda for our lives. Shantel shares the pain she experienced after suffering serious abuse in her childhood and wondering if she would ever be able to overcome the shame. Shantel talks about how she transformed her story from feeling like a victim, to feeling empowered to be herself. She talks about how she set boundaries and released relationships that didn't serve her. Her story propelled her desire to help women be empowered to find and live their own their self worth. To learn how to love and care for themselves. Shantel helps women experience exercise and fitness as a way to love themselves, not something else to shame themselves about. She teaches people to have a kind compassionate view of themselves and their health. As part of her passion for helping women Shantel created a fitness studio, Core 7, dedicated to "social fitness" which includes connection, movement, and meditation. She says they focus on women feeling comfortable in their own skin and that every "body" shape and size is beautiful and accepted in this safe space. She talks about how fitness saved her life. At Core 7 they focus on seven elements of body and mind wellness that can be achieved to improve your ability to love yourself and own what makes you uniquely YOU. "Stop caring what others think of you, and start unconditionally loving and accepting yourself and others. Shine your light so brightly that you give others the courage to shine with you."-Blue Haired Beauty Queen http://core7fitness.com/

Integrating skilled physical therapy with the latest advances in modern pain neuroscience, McKay Murdock offers a personalized and empowered approach to your health and healing, with a special emphasis on helping people with chronic pain conditions.McKay’s treatment approach has evolved and expanded with time and experience, being informed by both western and eastern medicine philosophies. He is a doctor of physical therapy, board certified as an orthopedic specialist, received postgraduate training to perform dry needling (a deep muscle technique using acupuncture needles), regularly performs spine and joint manipulations (similar to chiropractic adjustments), and uses other soft-tissue techniques such as myofascial cupping and IASTM. Skilled hands-on treatments can be very effective in restoring healthy movement and catalyzing your body’s natural healing process. However, McKay is always intentional to not allow a relationship of dependency with these modalities. True healing happens from the inside out. It’s an active, patient-driven process. Careful attention is given to empower the patient during every step of the process, so the healing is both thorough and sustainable.Chronic pain is an issue for many people and it often gets in the way of having a good quality of life. McKay says how people view their pain can determine what kind of life they live. He shares how many people may view themselves as a "victim" to their bodies. The body feels like an enemy rather than a friend. McKay asserts that our relationship with our body may be strained and that our body may not trust us to care for it. McKay shares his own experiences with chronic pain and anxiety and how reconnecting to his body helped him see suffering differently and heal his body. He says that how we view our experience can help us heal or keep us stuck. McKay helps his clients be an observer to what is going on in their body, mind, and spirit. He helps them shift negative energy patterns and connect wholeheartedly with their body. He believes the body must feel safe in order to heal and balance itself. McKay believes in enjoying life fully and freely. He loves his work and loves witnessing life-changing transformations in his patients.

Kat Keddington is the CoFounder of True Love Skin Care, Speaker, and Podcaster. Being the CoFounder of True Love Skin Care and the head of sales has brought a desire to put her dreams into tangible results, the dream of true and pure success in everyday greatness. She has always had a desire to make a difference in this world for better and TLSC has given her that amazing opportunity. Kat shares with us her passion for natural skin care and the ingredients that make for healthy vibrant skin. She will share how she transformed her health from the outside in through her skin. After significant allergies to preservatives she was looking for natural skin care. She will share with us how she and her sister started a natural skin care product line for everything from wrinkles, eczema, warts, dandruff, bug bites and everything inbetween. Do you want to have healthy radiant skin fed with the pure nutrition (skintrition)? Kat will explain how True Love Skin Care started with a wart paste made of plant extracts, minerals, and essential oils. She created skintrition, a healthy cell formula made with nutrients from the earth. Notice what it feels like to provide pure and direct nutrition to your skin cells. She will talk about sulfates, parabens, heavy metals and preservatives that are damaging to our skin's health and can be carcinogenic. She will explain the benefits of the natural ingredients of raw honey, pure olive oil, bentonite clay, olive leaf, essential oils, food grade sulfur, and magnesium. Learn how to love yourself by nurturing and loving the skin your in!Kat and her team will be pampering us with natural facials and foot soak during our Self-Care Spa at our Mindfulness in the Mountains Retreat this September! Come join in the fun of giving yourself pure and direct nutrition to the largest organ of your body. True Love Skin Care Pampering NightEnjoy a relaxing and rejuvenating pampering experience. We will be doing a vitamin and mineral rich foot soak, mud mask and/or facial with True Love Skin Care. We will also learn about how getting pure and direct nutrition through your skin cells can make all the difference. Enjoy some connecting time with the retreat guests as you bask in this amazing pampering night.

Dr. Tom Incledon is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in the areas of human health and athletic performance and is spearheading cutting-edge wellness and cancer treatment as the founder of Causenta Wellness. Dr. Tom will share how he became passionate about the science of wellness. He talks about his own experience with illness and being able to improve his health by giving his body what it needs. He shares how every human biology is unique and that health care should be a personalized process. Dr. Tom helps people explore what micro nutrients the body may need. Dr Tom will talk about exploring threats to your health and how illnesses can be healed through giving it the right environment. Dr Tom works to improve your unique biology and physiology. He talks about eliminating guess work in health care and testing each individual to know what foods have negative and positive impacts on their health. Dr. Tom talks helps people explore their individual health needs and to not get distracted or confused by the latest diet fad. Dr Tom's goal is to help people improve their quality of life and athletic performance. He looks at fixing the underlying cause through prescribing treatments like supplementation, weight lifting, magnetic fields, and laser systems. He will share the amazing results of improved mobility, vitality, and mental health. Dr. Tom says his expertise is in how the brain communicates with the body. He explores how psychosocial issues and mindset influence a person's long-term outcomes. He uses health promoting measures as advanced cancer treatment. Dr. Tom is passionate about "doing something" and not giving up on your health. He explains how important movement is in helping the body gain strength to fight disease. His treatments focus on what promotes health and builds the body to help if "fight more." He promotes creating a better quality of life by fixing underlying causes of problems. He may see someone for cancer treatment and they have positive side effects of better movement, time with family, and improved enjoyment in life. Live your optimal health and do whatever you love to do! Improve your health at any age!

You've heard it before. You are what you eat. Food can "kill" or it can "heal." Tune into this episode and learn about the secrets of the fabulous Vilia Van Tonder, a chef and culinary artist for our Mindfulness in the Mountains Retreats. Vilia joins us live at the Utah Podcast Summit to share her wisdom and expertise in the wonders of food creation from the garden to the plate. Vilia grew up in France where she ate food straight from the garden and she will share the joy of eating whole living foods and preparing them in a way that everyone will enjoy them. Vilia has taken vegetables from bland to fabulous is cooking vegetables with special pots to keep the nutrients and flavor of the natural food.When we don't eat right we can feel it. When we are eating living foods we take the energy from the food into our lives. Food can be an amazing experience of taste, color, flavor, and nutrition. Vilia will share her passion for food, cooking, spices, and mindfulness in enjoying and savoring delicious whole foods. Open your mind, get creative, and enjoy the experience of eating. Make food fun as you enjoy the crunch, flavor, smell, and textures in abundance. At our September Mindfulness in the Mountains Retreat Vilia will share with us her talent for being a food artist and designer. She will help you think outside of the box with vegetables and help you give your body what it needs to feel great! To register and find out more about our Mindfulness in the Mountains Wellness Retreat September 19-21st in Eden, Utah. https://www.flourishwellnessconsulting.com/events/mindfulness-in-the-mountains-retreathttps://www.flourishwellnessconsulting.com/post/mindfulness-in-the-mountains-retreat-style

Carlyn Shaw is an Synchronicity Simulator, Connection Coach, Motivational Writer and Speaker and the Founder of "Strangers To Friends." At 19 years old, Carlyn was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, followed by the death of two best friends in separate accidents. This profound physical and spiritual awakening ignited her intuitive super power. Now self healed from MS, Carlyn trusts nothing happens to her, rather for her. Carlyn shares how awareness and action in face of adversity propelled her forward. She talks about the power of our stories and how we can shift the stories to better serve us. Carlyn will share with us how she was able to let go of limiting beliefs and say YES to her life. Carlyn will share with us the ups and downs after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and what help and support she created and received. She will inspire us to recognize the power of choice over our thoughts and our situation. She will teach us how to open ourselves up to possibilities. When we connect and listen to ourselves we are able to recognize the voice of fear and shift our perception. When we allow ourselves to be in flow of life rather than striving or fighting we open ourselves up to self-love and living a life we love. She will encourage us to celebrate and embrace our life. She will share experience of her client who were able to be empowered to create the life they want. To explore possibilities. We are meant to be together and help each other out as a community to start out "strangers" who become "friends." Allowing fear to spring her forward rather than keep her stuck, Carlyn has planted her feet all over the planet turning strangers into friends and creating ripples of conscious connection. Carlyn inspires her audiences with her real life examples of possibilities through the power of perspective. Carlyn invites you to let go of limiting beliefs and say YES to the life you not only want, but deserve.

Fifty Two Memories will start you on a journey to collect and share memories. DeVonya Madsen shares how her oldest daughter gave her this gift when she left for college. Every week, for a year, she emailed a memory of something done together. Those stories were just what she needed when her first child left home. After she finished, she decided to do the same thing for her mom. Every Sunday at dinner she set a typed memory on her plate before the family meal. She said, "this is a way for me to share how much our adventures meant to me and to create a legacy for our family to keep."Who do you want to learn more about? Could you make a difference in someone’s life by sharing your memories of them? “The biggest lie we tell ourselves is that we will remember.” What if you don’t write them down, who will? Devonya will share how her online course will get you started in documenting memories and creating connection! There are 52 topics and activities and approaches to getting and giving memories. You will be able to see the impact that stories can have on both you and those you share them with. Is there someone you want to share your gratitude with? Do you want to build a stronger bond with family members and friends? Do you want to strengthen your family? Give the Gift of Memory...Who Are You? Time is short and your family and friends are precious. Is there a song, a smell, a color, an image that takes you back to a memory? You can make it fun and have great conversations with family about memories you share. Preserve the memories that have been created over a lifetime create happiness, connection, and joy. fiftytwomemories.com

Do you know how valuable you are? Do you struggle with depression, feelings of low-self worth, self-judgement, and hopelessness? Depression effects over 10 million Americans and has been called a National Health Crisis. We know this but why are we still afraid to talk about it? There are stigmas about depression including being a "lesser" person or "abnormal" and feeling shame about being depressed. Yet depression is so common. Lark Dean Galley is a strong business woman who recently lost her son to suicide. At first she tried to keep it a secret because of the stigma, shame, and judgement she feared. Many people reached out to her sharing their stories of depression, suicide, and anxiety. Lark then felt she had a responsibility, obligation, and mission to share her story and open up a vulnerable real conversation about mental health and suicide. Listen as Lark shares how to make this a "safe" conversation between parents, kids, family, and the community. Lark has a message to parents to help them be kinder, more loving, and accepting of their children. She also acknowledges the survivor grief, shame, and blame. She shares questions to ask people who may be struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts. We all need human connection and to be kind to ourselves and others. Lark shares the program she created to build mental resilience. She shares how we can uplift others and build our personal mental strength. Lark talks about how we can see the good in others and take responsibility to build our own mental strength. Lark shares with parent's who may have experienced the suicide of a child some of the things she learned. Depression is a mental illness and a person who is struggling may need the help of a professional therapist or medical doctor. Please reach out, ask questions, be kind, and connect.

Elena Sonnino, Life coach, Speaker, and Yoga Teacher, helps successful but stressed out women in midlife to write a new chapter in their life filled with more purpose, wellness, and joy. She holds a space for people to help them be present and more comfortable with themselves. Elena shares her personal story of being in "survival mode" after get the diagnosis of Cancer in her early 20's. She talks about her own fears and her tendency to push and strive rather than allowing things to unfold. Elena learned through her own yoga and mindfulness practice to be present with her feelings and allow feelings even when they are uncomfortable. She talks how to ground yourself to your "inner knowing" to be able to experience the width and depth that life has to offer. Elena will share with us her morning routines for grounding, anchoring, and noticing what is going on in the present moment. Elena talks about how "spinning in doubt" can create anxiety when we focus on the "worst case scenario or the "what if's" of life. She helps people uncover stories they are telling and notice their habits of thought. She explores how we can listen to intuition, discern what is best, and be true to our core values. Elena will help us explore the importance of cultivating compassion for ourselves and others. We can nourish ourselves through simple act of nurturing and savoring what is here now. Learn how to receive through breath work and decluttering the mind. Elena will help you "Live Your Sunrise" and enjoy the well-being of living in the now. https://www.elenasonnino.com/

Dr. Gordon Pedersen is well-known for multiple scientific and medical discoveries. He is a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, a board-certified expert in anti-aging and regenerative medicine, and one of the world’s leading researchers on silver as a solution for supporting health. After experiencing his own health crisis, Gordon started down his path of training and education to learn as much as he could to help heal himself from seizures and save his brother from a debilitating struggle with Crohn’s Disease.Dr. Gordon believes we can be our own doctor and get off medications and it's side effects to live a healthy life. He talks about the historical uses of silver to improve the immune system and destroy viruses. He calls silver "God's antibiotic." According to Dr. Pedersen, silver comes from the earth and the body knows how to use it to destroy bacteria, viruses ,yeast, heal wounds, and purify water. Dr. Pedersen shares how he used structured water to create "structured alkaline silver" that is safe for the body to use. Silver supports the immune system and helps the body regenerate the cells and systems of the body. Silver will destroy germs, stop the aging process, and heal your body. Dr. Pedersen has created structured silver in gel, lozenge, and liquid form. Silver destroys yeast, bacteria, and viruses that cause discomfort for women who experience vaginal infections. Use silver on cuts, bacteria, germs, and notice a change in your health within 36 hours.

Natalie Ochmanek studies Kung fu, Qi gong, meridian repatterning and its relationship to psychology, as well as Yoga and Zen in multiple-year monestary residential programs. Natalie shares her experience with mindful movement living in an Ashram practicing daily mindfulness, yoga, and meditation. Natalie was attracted to mindfulness as a practice of "Self-Mastery" to become the person she wants to be. After being very rigorous in her Yoga practice she started practicing more "organic" movement and listening to her body. Using breath, meditation, martial arts, and spirituality she was able to calm her mind and improve the "life energy" within her. Natalie gives us an introduction to the practice of Qi Gong, a holistic system of coordinated body posture and movement, breathing, and meditation used for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. She shares with us how listening to the body and letting it lead the way in movement can help you be more present to what is going on inside of you. Natalie talks about how the subtle movements of Qi Gong that can help increase fluidity in facia, increase homeostasis in the body, and bring the cells of the body into balance. Natalie talks about how you can practice Qi Gong anywhere anytime. Qi Gong is a practice that can help you ground to the present, teach resilience, and help you handle challenges with ease. Listen in and learn the benefits of mindful movement in daily life!

Millie Hull and her sister Annie Zeller are Certified "Diet Free Life" Nutritionists. They are sisters with a long-standing passion for Food and Fitness. They incorporate Millie’s experience in the fitness industry with Annie’s nutrition education over the years to create a dynamic coaching program designed with women in mind!Millie shares her background as a fitness instructor and dancer who struggled with fibromyalgia and chronic pain. Millie talks about how fitness and movement are not a "one size fits all" activity. We each must listen to our bodies to know what they need. Millie talks about how movement helped her feel more confident and happier. She and her sister have a passion for helping women to stop the diet cycle to feel happier and healthier in their own skin. Millie shares how she was able to "adapt"her exercise routine to the needs of her body and the symptoms of her chronic illness. Sometimes we don't have to exercise harder, but smarter. Maybe you are struggling to move because of pain, weight problems, or chronic illness, but this episode will help give you hope that you can do it even if it's 5 min at a time. Millie shares how the Mind/Body connection is so important in helping us move well and being positive about our bodies and health. She talks about having patience with ourselves when we are dealing with chronic pain. You can feel empowered with choice, feeling in control, and measuring success in improving quality of life. Millie shares how incremental steps in doing something can build your confidence and help you start to see results in energy and quality of life. Step into Action stop analyzing and be consistent in moving. Take a baby step and improve your health and well-being. You can do something and when you do it can improve your mood, your confidence, and help you live your best life. Millie share her passion for living a diet-free life and shares her love of food, fitness, and more food! Get moving and love it!

Dr. Michelle Coats is a Pediatric, Pregnancy, and Family Chiropractor. Dr. Coats emphasizes the Body, Mind, and Spine in the work she does with children and families. She shares how when your spine and nervous system is in alignment your body and mind can heal itself. She is a part of the "100 Year Lifestyle" and emphasizes how to help people age well. She believes that health comes from the inside and that people can express their full potential when they put their health as a priority. Dr. Coats helps people improve their quality of life and shares that the nervous system is the key part to every disease. Dr. Coats shares her personal story of seeing her mother suffer with lung cancer that led her to study chiropractic care as prevention of disease. She says we when we allow the body to be in alignment the brain and body can communicate better. Dr. Coats helps people put the power for their health into their own hands. She talks about how her passion for helping shape the next generation with better lifelong health. Dr. Coats loves shaping the future for children as "little balls of potential" and giving them a better life by focusing on small health decisions. Dr. Coats shares with us about the neuroplasticity of the brain and how chiropractic changes the nervous system. She explores how the brain and body are communicating. If the spine isn't moving properly, the brain isn't getting the proper information. Dr. Coats focuses on areas of nerve interference and clears the interference to allow nerve flow. Dr. Coats will share personal stories of clients with back pain, neck pain, birth trauma, developmental issues, and colic and how chiropractic care helped them be pain free and more able to move freely. She helps pregnant women to have decreased pain and labor time. She shares how chiropractic care assists children who missed a step in their development, as it can reset the nervous system and help the brain communicate with the body again. Many children begin sleeping better because their body is in a more in alignment and the parasympathetic system can allow them to rest and recover.Dr. Coats points out how chiropractic adjustments calm the brain and calm the nervous system so children can focus better. The adjustment can reset the brain to create a new track for improved interactions and functioning and better connections in the brain. Chiropractic can help the whole body be integrated so we can move, heal, think, and live better!

May is Movement Month! What do you enjoy doing to move your body?Mandy Nelissen is a Certified Yoga Teacher and a student of Mindfulness who lives life being "present" in the moment. But it hasn't always been that way. Mandy will share her journey through a divorce that turned her world "upside down" and made her life and mind more chaotic. She will share her experiences will being able to calm her anxious mind through the practice of Yoga, Mindfulness, and Breath work. Mandy noticed a transformation to her body and mind. She was more peaceful and calm and more able to put the "past in the past" and move forward in her life. Mandy will share her experience with Yoga and "what the mat can do for you." As a result of a Yoga and Mindfulness practice she was able to believe more in herself, be empowered to make choices, set boundaries, and feel more contentment and peace in her life. Mandy will talk about the freedom from limiting beliefs and stories that Yoga can provide. She will explore the basics of Yoga, moving with the breath, and how to respond rather than react in daily life. Mandy will teach us about different poses that work together to create more peace, wholeness, and let go of tension and stress. Mandy will explore myths about Yoga and how to individualize your Yoga practice to meet your needs. If you are curious about Yoga and are wondering where to start this episode is for you! Experience movement of mind, body, and spirit through Yoga and Mindfulness.

"Imagine a world where each of us is connected to our true self and sharing our unique talents with others. Imagine the relationships your will experience with others when coming from your heart!" Stefanie Joseph is a Mindful Mentor, friend, community builder, wife, and mother. Stefanie shares about her deep care for others, at the expense of her own needs. She shares how she was buried deeply behind walls, stories, and false expectations, all created by herself. She was looking for validation outside of herself. Stefanie shares her journey of self discovery and how she found that journaling and meditation are keys to self connection. During a meditation session, Stefanie began to focus on her three beautiful children. She pondered on how self-care generally focuses on adults and we were leaving our children behind. During a meditation session the idea came to create a journal for children that teaches them the same values of self-awareness and self-reflection. "Through My Heart and Eyes, a guided journal for kids," was divinely born in that moment. Stefanie will talk about her passion to help families open up communication, connect, and work together in self-discovery. The journal teaches our children about themselves and provides them a safe space to explore their emotions, it opens up the space for parents to connect on a deeper level with their children. Stefanie shares how when she connected deeply with herself, her relationships grew stronger and her confidence and self worth exploded! Stefanie's mission is to guide others to find themselves again; to love the one person that can give them self acceptance and true wisdom. "Be in the moment, every moment" -Stefanie Joseph Free digital copy of "Through My Heart and Eyes" a guided journal for kids at stefaniejoseph.com/flourish

Cindy Montano, is a Soul-Centered Life Coach and Reiki Master. She has the ability to see the soul and create a safe place to help people heal. Cindy shares her struggles with "worthiness" and feeling "not good enough" through out her life. Cindy says that we often try to find worthiness outside of ourselves. She talks about how we don't have to be defined by the past and that we can create what we want in our lives. Cindy shares how she became "addicted" to approval from others and was motivated by "people pleasing" and "perfectionism." Cindy reports struggling with depression, going through 2 divorces, and being exhausted and emotionally drained. Cindy teaches the power of letting go of "false beliefs." Cindy shares her own surrender and letting go of trying to control things. Cindy became a Reiki Master and now teaches people how to become in tune with their energy and let go of negative emotions. Cindy says when we surrender to our higher selves we are able to open up and receive guidance. Cindy explains Reiki as "life force energy" that gives us power to heal emotional and physical problems. Cindy shares with us how her work can transform lives and help people reconnect to their inner desires. She will give us examples of how Reiki can help you release emotional blockages and balance energy systems. Cindy shares how she was able to improve her mood, balance her energy, and create a fulfilling life through being connected to her inner desires. Cindy believes that we are often have "trapped" emotions that leave us feeling stuck, depressed, and unable to move forward. In Reiki, Cindy helps people notice their emotions as "energy." Cindy says that Reiki helps us create more balance in our lives. We can notice what energy is going on inside of us, be aware of our experience, and shift it to the positive.Reiki energy treatment works on the entire body. It is a relaxing treatment where natural healing energy is transmitted from one person to the other. Reiki can release emotional blockages and accelerate natural healing. The body can heal itself. https://transformationalhealingandawareness.com/

What if in just 90 days you could completely change your life? If you could start losing the weight that's been weighing you down, get better sleep, eat better, have more energy, and have a healthy lifestyle for good? Have you ever wondered why changing your health is so hard? Do you want to believe it is possible?In this episode, Camille (creator of Wellness Wisdom podcast) shares how she was inspired to start Flourish Wellness Consulting after her own experience with body shame, working with ill people in the healthcare system, and changing her body and mind through using the principles of growing a garden. Camille will share with you how you can plant the seed of health through creating a vision of the life you want, nourishing a growth mindset with positive affirmations, and weeding out limiting beliefs. Camille shares about the discouragement we experience when trying to change our health and how to overcome disappointment and discouragement to create the life you want. She will talk about how to release weight, improve sleep, increase energy, and improve mood. Camille will walk you through the basics of listening to your body in what you eat, how you move, water, sunlight, and breathing. Camille will motivate you to continue your journey of health and learn how to be resilient to stress, give yourself compassion when you fall, and to celebrate your progress along the way. In just 90 days you can learn the habits of health. This is not a diet or a short term health challenge, but a healthy lifestyle change for the long term. 30 Days to Plant the Seed of beliefs and mindset, 30 days to Nourish the seed through daily health habits, and 30 days to Grow and Thrive by gaining confidence and energy when you see the results of improved mood, weight release, and finding enjoyment in moving your body! Watch yourself FLOURISH...For more information go to: https://flourishwellnessconsulting.com/product/90-days-to-flourishing-health/

Are you tired, sick, do you struggle with your weight? Are you concerned that your metabolism has slowed down? Are you getting the nutrients your body needs to be well? Diana Fletcher is a Health Educator who is passionate about teaching people the importance of good digestion and the value of plant based digestive enzymes, plant based vitamins and chelated minerals, about proteolytic enzymes and collagen and how important it all is to your overall health. Diana shares her journey with gaining more energy, losing weight, and feeling better simply by eating "living" foods. She says if we want to be ALIVE we have to eat alive! In the SAD (Standard American Diet) food is processed or "cooked" which kills the live enzymes we need in order for our body to function properly. As we age we lose enzymes and our body can't digest things like protein, fat, and dairy. Diana shares how "live enzymes" that are plant based and not "synthetic" can break down our food so we get the nutrients our body needs. Diana shares how taking digestive enzymes helped her 80 yr old mother who suffered with irritable bowel and diarrhea. Diana will demonstrate how the enzymes work in a cup of pudding and explain what whole foods can do to heal our system and restore us to optimal health. Learn how digestive enzymes helped a man with cancer, a woman with Crohn's disease, and how you can change your health by simply eating one meal a day packed with fresh live enzymes!

When we think of our health we usually focus on food, exercise, and stress. Did we forget about the human body's largest organ, the skin? Julie Lucas, Skin Sense 101, is an Esthetician who focuses on Mind, Body, and Spirit SKIN health. Julie uses a holistic approach to skin care. Julie will share her journey to becoming a Holistic Esthetician and her passion for helping people love themselves through nurturing and caring for their skin. Julie knows that as we care for ourselves we feel better about ourselves. Julie shares how to "Love the skin you are in" through preserving our skin and enhancing our natural beauty. As you improve the way you care for yourself you can find the "real you." Julie teaches how to "enhance our natural beauty" without camouflaging it. She helps people focus on mental, physical, and emotional self-care. Julie incorporates gem stones and Asian based massage modalities into her skin care. Julie challenges us to "protect our skin so it can protect us." Julie will explore how what we eat, our environment, and genetics play a role in the health of our skin. You are going to love hearing what Julie has to say about skin care that is marketed as "Anti-aging." Julie will help you learn to love the skin you are in, to build your confidence in who you are, to reject negative media messages, and to bring "YOUR true ESSENCE forward." Listen in as she gives the simple 3 step process for caring for our skin so that it can keep caring for us. https://skinsense101.skincaretherapy.net/

If you want to lose weight and eat healthier and you google "diet" on the internet you will be bombarded with information. It can be so confusing. How do you know which diet is best for you or are they all just out to sell the latest product, pill, or green drink? It's a billion dollar industry. We all want to feel better, lose weight, increase energy, or just make it through each day. Every diet product will try to convince you that they have the cure, the answer, the miracle drug for your problem. Lana Nelson is an Intuitive Nutritionist who believes that food is our best medicine. She believes that each body has different needs. It's not about finding the cookie cutter diet or one size fits all. We are individuals and we all have different needs for nutrients and health. Lana will share with us her health journey going from daily pain with fibromyalgia, to living pain free. Lana teaches people how to heal themselves with food. After years of trial and error, Lana Nelson discovered the solution was as close as her kitchen cabinets and refrigerator… food.Lana uses the principles of the bodies' energy systems, muscle testing, and using your intuition to determine what foods are best for you. Her food plans include customized, individualized foods based on the season, needs of your body, and what your body says is "best" and "worst" for you. As a Certified Emotion and Body Code consultant, Lana has developed one of the easiest techniques on the planet to help anyone discover what foods really are “good for you!” Good for you personally, right now. If you are tired of dieting, restricting food, and being confused by the latest fads, explore "The Food Codes" and improve your relationship with food now. The Food Codes is perfect for anyone who wants to tune into their own body rhythms to learn the perfect food for their body type, physical and emotional goals and lifestyle. https://thefoodcodes.com/

Karen Prier is an expert in the field of body, mind, and spirit unification. She is author of "Understanding the Divine- 7 Laws to Improve Your Relationship With God." Karen shares her own transformation story of changing her thoughts and beliefs. Karen says that by connecting to "inspiration and direction" from her divine source she was able to shift away from wounds of the past and connect to her divinity within. She talks about her own awakening experience and how she used the process of R & R (Remove and Replace) to remove destructive beliefs and thoughts and replace them with a statement of choice and belief. "I choose to believe love my body." She says that our negative beliefs and patterns can be deeply embedded into our psyche. Karen will walk us through the R & R process with examples from her own life. Karen will share how beliefs become emotions and feelings. She will explain how our relationship with ourselves impacts our relationship with our higher power. Karen describes her "7 Elevations of Wholeness" can help you connect to your higher power. Karen helps people see themselves as a creator and teaches them "recreate" their relationship with their higher power, food, money, or whatever may be holding them back. Karen helps people connect to the answers from their divine source to feel more confidence, trust, and "knowing" in their lives. She believes that each of us can be guided if we trust our own inner knowing and do what we are being directed to do. Karen will explain how we have the power to choose to be accountable and responsible for our lives. Karen has created a community and website where instructors can come together from a place of abundance and cooperation to edify and bless each other. Classes are available now to take online.For more info check out 7Elevations.com

Many people suffer with chronic pain, exhaustion, or other physical health issues. It can be frustrating when you feel there are no answers or help for your condition. Dr. Cassandra Schamber, is a family practice doctor who has discovered the power of Mind Body medicine. Dr. Schamber shares how many of our medical conditions can be connected to emotional blocks. She talks about how our body holds on to negative emotions and when we stuff emotions or put up a wall to feeling them, it actually interferes with the body's natural healing power. Dr. Schamber shares her own experience as a resident doctor feeling like she was the pushing too hard through medical school and noticing it was having a negative impact on her health. She shares experiencing shame about not being able to keep a rigid schedule as an intern. This led her to want to understand how the emotional connection influences the physical body. In her online course, "New Healing Connection", she explores the 3 parts of our inner selves 1) physical emotions 2) thoughts and 3) intuition. She says we must honor the physical sensation of emotion, and recognize the unhealthy messages we tell ourselves and then create new messages, and explore our inner voice through connecting to our intuition. She acknowledges that stuffing emotions takes a lot of energy. She says we must work to protect our energy flow from being blocked. When nothing else works people come to Dr. Schamber to get relief from their pain and discomfort. She helps them explore negative messages from their tribe, feel the negative emotion, and create new positive messages with high vibration energy. Dr. Schamber believes you can heal yourself. You can find new thoughts to help you relax, improve pain, and let the emotions flow. You can heal yourself and change your life from the inside out. https://www.newhealingconnection.com/

Are you struggling to keep up motivation to eat well, exercise, or take better care of your health? Why is your well-being so difficult to maintain? What if there was a way to know exactly what your body needs and when it needs it? Shelley Ellington is a coach, teacher, and jewelry maker who teaches women to connect to their intuition in order to make the best choices for themselves and their family. Shelley says that connecting to our inner knowing can ground us. It can help us know what to eat, how to move, and when to take time for ourselves. When we connect to the core of who we are we can move confidently forward, without second guessing, worrying what others think, or giving away our authority. Shelley shares her own "rocky" healthy journey, trying different diets, exercise programs, and exploring what was best for her. Shelley struggled with lifelong health problems where the medical profession had no answers. Feeling frustrated, she started to look inside herself to find answers. Shelley learned how to successfully manage chronic health problems through the process of recognizing when she was out of touch, getting quiet, connecting to herself, listening to her body, and responding to what it is telling her. Shelley emphasizes that building a relationship with our body and mind is a lifelong journey. She talks about how at times we step into the darkness and must trust our inner guidance to know what to do next. Many of us want a prescription, a diet or a to do list for our health. Shelley shares how we can adapt our situation to the current needs of our body. We can slow down our exercise routine, or eat something we've never tried before. As we grow the relationship with our intuition we can transform our lives to enjoy health, contentment, and peace. Shelley's creates jewelry to help you connect to your intuition. The stones are a reminder to help ground you to your inner self, your intuition, the real you.

Have you ever had an "Awakening" experience and felt directed to something you are supposed to do? Did you recognize there was a mission you were called to that only YOU could do? Jenn McMurdo, is a Spiritual Life Coach who helps people realize their truth and assists them to take action to live an authentic life. Jenn shares her story of working through depression, sexual abuse, and negative emotions in her life. Jenn talks about "whole being wellness" and that all human beings desire connection and love. Jenn has a passion for helping families connect wholeheartedly to each other. She talks about her experience moving with her children to Kenya and seeing strengths come out in them as they served and learned from the people there. Jenn shares the transformational of her family changing as they connected with each other and with those they were serving. Jenn explains how touch is a "basic human need" and that it is as important to us as food, water, and shelter. She talks about using her intuition to know what type of touch each of her children need. What is the touch they will accept and be open to? Jenn talks about teaching children appropriate and loving touch. She says that touch can be healing and helps move our energy and connect us to each other. Jenn knows the importance of human affection for healing our relationships, even our relationship to ourselves. Jen explains how to give yourself healing touch and the importance of self-love. She gives parents tips on working with teens and children who may be averse to touch. Jenn shares how to keep yourself open to opportunities to build lasting connections with your kids through positive touch.

What does it mean to love yourself? When we love others we spend time with them, we care for them, we want to make their lives easier. Loving ourselves can be a difficult journey especially when it comes to loving and accepting ourselves just as we are. For the past several months we have been following Ryan Pilkington on his health journey. Ryan put a line in the sand in late October 2018. Ryan decided to embrace the identity of being "the elephant" (or the largest person) in the room. Ryan has been a passionate advocate for anti-bullying and with his podcast and BLOG "The Charging Elephant", he emphasizes helping people who struggle with their weight to "embrace their flaws and charge to a healthier life." This month Ryan shares how he feels like a "butterfly coming out of a cocoon." He talks about how doing hard things and the struggle of changing habits have been transforming him into who he wants to be. He says that most of us try to "avoid" pain and hard things, but that he's been learning to meet his hard days with compassion. Ryan has been working daily on "I am affirmations" to promote positive self-talk. He is learning to be resilient and keep going when he takes a side track off the trail of a health. Ryan is being mindful of how he feels when he eats certain things. Ryan talks with us about changing habits and embracing imperfections. He shares how self-love is incorporated into our habits and decisions. Ryan shares his own struggles with feeling not enough and how he has been able to work through feelings in order to keep himself focused on the life he is creating. He shares how everyone wants to "be seen" for who they are and that we all have a purpose in our lives. He shares his passion for helping teens know they matter. He says we all get to write our own stories. He says he wants teens to know and love themselves. Ryan shares how the love of others has helped to strengthen and support him as he makes difficult changes in his life. Ryan talks about how he hopes to help teens feel more connected, have positive thoughts, and see their potential. When we lose sight of our value and don't feel worth, we miss opportunities to serve others. Ryan will release his biography later this year about his life being bullied for being "fat." Ryan is vulnerable that he is still on the path of self-love and acceptance. It's a journey to "Be Comfortable Being You!"

Happy Valentine's Week! Whether or not you are in a romantic relationship, we can all learn how to love ourselves, be more self aware, and improve our relationships through learning to connect to ourselves and explore our relationship patterns. Lana Elco, is a Relationship Expert trained in Transpersonal Psychology and Spiritual practices to help people uncover what is holding them back from the relationship they want. Lana shares her journey of self-discovery in her relationships with men. She tells how she could attract men, but had a difficult time creating a lasting connection. She explores the balance between women in more submissive traditional role and women in a dominant role. Lana believes there is a middle ground that is "feminine empowerment." This is a place where a woman knows herself and is confident in who she is, but is also is interdependent with her partner and gives and receives love easily. Lana says that when a woman connects to her inner guidance and is empowered by who she is she can then create a lasting relationship. Lana shares her past challenges with creating deep levels of intimacy in a relationship. Lana helps women create authentic intimate relationships. She helps women be conscious of their behavior and feel transformed. She helps people identify and transform toxic relationship patterns. Lana helps women expand their consciousness through breath and spiritual work. She explores with women how their "deepest desire may be behind your deepest wound." Lana explains how you can get information from your divine self through meditation, breath work, and exploring consciousness. Lana says that as you step into your power, be true to who you are, and trust the guidance you receive, everything will fall into place. Lana explores aspects for feminine and masculine energy and the balance that creates a healthy union. Do want to meet someone who is synchronized with you, who is your soul mate? Lana gives you steps to connect to who you are and what you want, how to listen to your intuition, experience your own healing, and avoid repeating the past. Lana explores with her clients feminine and masculine values and how to better understand your partner. Lana talks about how we can learn to accept our emotions, investigate them, and respond rather than react when in intimate relationships. Lana will help you create a "model of relationship that serves your unique personality." Live awakened, confident, and transformed to love and be loved.Join "Her Intimate Universe" at https://www.lanaelcocoaching.com/

Happy Love Month! How do you show your kids you love them? Do you buy them gifts, give them experiences, or cuddle on the couch? Amy Roskelley is a mother of 3 kids who has a passion for health and nutrition. Amy believes that one of the greatest gifts we can give our children is to teach them healthy habits. But how do you get your kids to eat broccoli? Amy started her business, "Super Healthy Kids" to teach children how to notice what their body needs and to make choices that satisfy those needs. Amy created a "healthy plate" for kids with 4 sections 1) fruit (fiber) 2) grains (energy) 3) veggies (minerals) and 4) protein (muscle). Amy wants to inspire balanced eating for children and teens and empower them to make their own food choices. Amy discusses what processed food can do to our brains and how when we eat whole foods we improve our physical and mental health. Amy says that her healthy plates challenge kids to make choices on what they eat based on the 4 basics. Amy shares her own story and struggle with weight as a child. She talks about how balance is the key to a lifestyle of health. She says we can empower our children by helping them problem solve what food they may need and what is missing in their diets. Instead of "telling" our children what to do we are giving them the information to make their own decisions. Amy says that parents can make healthy eating part of their family "culture" and that it doesn't have to be a "fight" if we give our children choice and control. Amy shares with us creative and easy ways to help children eat mindfully and intentionally. Amy says we need to make eating an enjoyable experience where we are present without distractions. Amy has a passion for helping people love and accept their bodies with imperfections and flaws. We don't eat so we can look a certain way, but so we can feel like we are "the best version of ourselves." Meal times can be a time of community and close connection with our children. Amy will show you how to avoid diet crazes, make food your kids with love, and how to prepare healthy meals for busy teens. We are role models of our children's eating habits. Talk to you kids about what they like to eat, ask for meal ideas, and have fun creating nutritious and delicious meals together. Check out more about how you can love your kids and feed them health at https://healthbeet.org/

If you are like many people you probably made a goal to "exercise" more in 2019. For many the word "exercise" has a negative connotation. Get ready to move and enjoy it! Marci Barker, is the creator of "fun and sustainable" fitness. Marci is a life and fitness coach and an expert in helping women with mindset, movement, and creating a healthy lifestyle. Marci believes our bodies are not something to flaunt, but an instrument to be used to improve our mental health and feel stronger, happier, and more engaged in our lives. Marci shares her personal struggle with postpartum depression and how movement transformed her mind, body, and soul. Marci says many people come to her wanting to "lose" weight, but they end up learning to love themselves and create lifestyle habits. Marci focuses on the basics: sleep, self-care, water, and movement. She helps people see a vision of what they want and take "actionable" steps to achieve it! Marci shares how she helps people become "in tune" with their body. Marci helps bridge the gap between why people start personal training and the underlying issues that may be holding them back. Marci helps people explore what their ultimate goal is.Marci believes in focusing on who you are not what you look like. Take care of yourself for you! Our value has nothing to do with our weight. Love yourself enough to take the next step. Don't define yourself by what you don't like about your body. Marci says that "loving yourself" is the most important thing in your wellness journey. She says our focus should not be on what we "look like" but what we believe about ourselves. Marci shares how her habit of going to the gym was a "preventive" measure for mental break downs. Exercise and physical movement create little shifts that make you a happier person."Your physical self is a byproduct of what happens on the inside." Shift how you feel about yourself and notice how your body changes. Every body is different. We are all unique and wonderful. Marci educates her clients on what is healthy and what is not. Marci does a 4 week healthy eating challenge that gives people education, action, and accountability. Move your body in a way you love! Marci talks about how fitness is an individual journey. You may love running or yoga or sports. It's whatever is fun and sustainable for YOU! Marci believes that what you tell yourself makes all the difference when you believe you are a "great mom" or a "happy person" you can see the best in yourself. Marci helps you get clear on your why and what it is that motivates you? What makes you feel accomplishment, success, and empowered? Empower yourself to love moving, to practice self-care, and to love your body! Thanks Marcihttps://www.funandsustainable.com/

It's the 3rd week of January. How are your health goals coming along? Do you find yourself in a slump with a lack of energy and motivation? Do you notice yourself getting discouraged with trying to "change" your life? If so, you are in good company. Most people start out ambitious in their goals, and lose momentum as time goes along. We are continuing to follow Ryan Pilkington on his health journey. Ryan talks about the reality of losing motivation during the holidays (does this sound familiar). He inspires us with his positive attitude and using the new year for a "Fresh Start." Ryan is making January his time to be resilient and start again. He shares with us how he is creating what he wants in his subconscious mind through creating a Vision Board and Vision Statement. Ryan shares how he has felt like a "ship in the harbor with no direction." He points out the importance of your VISION and your WHY as a compass leading you in the direction of your dreams. Ryan shares with us what motivates and inspires him to improve his health. He focuses on affirmations with positive language such as "I can" and "I will" instead of "I'll try" or "I hope." Ryan talks about the importance of being around positive and like-minded people who support and uplift him. He says that other people can help us get out of our own heads. Ryan put a "line in the sand" for 2019 to make his health a priority. He shares with us tiny habits and goals that he is working on this week. Ryan is learning about the "law of attraction" and how our thoughts lead our subconscious brain to create what we want. What we focus on grows. Ryan knows that thinking healthy thoughts leads to creating healthy behaviors. Fight the bullies in your head and fuel the positive. Follow Ryan's Health Journey every 3rd Monday on Wellness Wisdom and on his Blog http://chargingelephant.blogspot.com/

What kind of life do you want? Are you the kind of person who is over scheduled, strung out, and stressed all the time? Do you say "yes" to everyone but yourself? Have you struggled with chronic health issues? Kelli Hughart, is a Clinical Herbalist, an Aroma therapist, Reiki Master, and Functional Medicine Health coach. She tells of her personal health journey where she ignored the "check engine light" coming on. She was caring for everyone else, but herself. She shares her "wake up call" when she found herself on the floor with chest pain and soon after being diagnosed with a rare genetic medical condition. Kelli felt unheard by her medical team and there were no answers to help her feel better. Kelli said she started educating herself on the foundations of health including whole foods, herbs, and better sleep. Kelli talks about how important it is that we value ourselves and our time and recognize that you are "worth saying yes" to. Kelli helps people get their "Mojo" back so they can enjoy their life to the fullest. Kelli shares how important it is that we prioritize our self-care time. Kelli tells us how we can be more productive and creative in our business and life when we start putting our own health as our primary focus. We can be our best when we take time to meditate, breathe deeply, and gain introspection into our lives. Kelli works with Entrepreneur's to help them determine what is their "zone of genius" and how to delegate, say no, or stop doing what is no longer serving them. She helps people explore distractions and challenges them to spend time on what is the "root of your passion." Kelli says, "you show up in a bigger better way when you put yourself as a priority." Kelli talks about feeling better in her 40's than she did in her 20's. Kelli helps us explore and recognize where our passion is, set boundaries, and start doing what brings you joy. Kelli shares her 500 jars of herbs she uses to treat herself and others. She talks about how lifestyle changes in body, mind, and spirit are the foundations of health and that herbs, essential oils are adjunct to them. Kelli shares her process for formulating herbs for people based on their sleep patterns, energetics, and allergies. She shares personal stories from clients who transformed their health through co-creating a plan and looking at all body systems and allergy elimination. She "dives deep" into mindset, health patterns, and diet. Kelli teaches you to connect to your body and allow it to release and heal.

Happy 2019! It's a New Year! A new year to make resolutions, set goals, and decide what you want in this new chapter of your life. What do you want for yourself? What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? What is possible? How can you make your dreams and goals a reality? Carey Conley is a successful Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, and Vision Coach. Carey shares how important having a clear "Vision" is in achieving your goals. You must know where it is you want to go. Carey tells us how the Vision must be compelling and "leap off the page in living breathing color." It's a picture of what you want to be, do, and have. What experiences do you want to have? What resources do you want to create? Who do you want to become? What lifestyle, relationships, and income do you want? Carey guides us to visualize 3 years down the road what we want to be doing and experiencing. How old will your children and parents be? Where will you live, travel, what values will you live?Carey shares how "the vision came first" that enabled her to create several businesses and a life she loves. Vision boards and vision statements are good, but not enough. According to Carey the Vision works only when it is 1) Crystal clear 2) Written out 3) Has target dates 4) Includes taking action. First you tell your brain what is going to happen, by when (with dates), and you make the effort then your brain goes to work to make it happen. Carey says when we know what we want we can "reverse engineer" our goals with small daily step by step actions. Carey suggests creating a vision in several areas of life including faith, family, fitness, finances, and foundation (character). Carey explores how fears hold us back from reaching our goals and we may lose sight of the clear vision of what they want. Carey encourages us to be quiet and still in order to explore what it is you are meant to do. Carey explores how the people and environment around us can impact our ability to achieve what we want. She discusses respect, boundaries, and getting accountability from others. Carey will show you how to make your "hopes and dreams become action and achievement." Go out and create an AMAZING 2019!

Happy New Year! It's almost 2019. It's the time of year when we think about "New Years Resolutions." How do you want to eat, move, and live in 2019? In our society people have a difficult time sticking to their "resolutions" and making behavior change. If you are tired of dieting and want to have a lifestyle of health, this episode is for you! Wendy Thueson, is a Raw Food Chef (Raw Chef Wendy and Awe Inspiring Life by Design) who shares her own health transformation. She shares how she struggled with chronic fatigue, autoimmune disease, neck and back pain, graves disease, hypoglycemia, depression, intestinal and other issues. Her career began as a cake decorator and culinary chef. Wendy said her lifestyle and cooking habits consisted of rich buttery sauces, processed sugars, and dried flour that were "messing up" her body. So she began a journey to discover if nutrition was a possible link to her problems. Wendy began to change the way she thought, felt, and ate. Wendy began eating and cooking with Raw Food (uncooked fruits, vegetables, sprouted nuts and seeds). She reports that within 2 days she had increased energy and within a week most of her symptoms were gone. Wendy says we can have more energy, release weight, improve sleep and reverse illness through eating raw food. Wendy shares how plants and raw food can be medicine for us. She shares how our bodies are designed to eat fruits and vegetables and how they are better for our digestive system. She shares how eating animal products influence our bodies' functioning. Wendy believes that to achieve our optimal health we need to move our bodies, change our mindset, eat raw foods, and learn how to release addictions and emotions related to food. Learn how to create natural energy, prevent disease, and balance our emotions through raw unprocessed food. Eat living food and feel ALIVE and thrive in 2019. Join Wendy in January for her ONE DAY RAW CHALLENGE!rawchefwendy.com

Merry Christmas everyone! This is the most Wonderful and often the most Stressful time of the year. It can be a time of joy and sorrow, a time of overwhelm and happiness. What brings you joy this time of year? Our focus for this month's podcast episodes is on "Gifts your Give Yourself." In this episode, Camille, founder of Wellness Wisdom, explores how we can let go of negative beliefs, and patterns. Camille explores our need for Self-Compassion in Health. It's easy for us to beat ourselves up when we overeat, stop exercising, or don't handle stress well. Camille shares how we can love ourselves through the journey of health. She talks about ways to combat our "inner-critic" and to stop the shame cycle. Camille explains the tenets of Self-Compassion as defined by Dr. Kristin Neff, a psychologist and researcher one of the leading experts on Self-Compassion. Camille shares her own struggle with shame and disgust from the inner critic about her body image. She discusses what influences the inner critic and how she combats this voice in her head daily. Camille talks about how we can give ourselves compassion by; 1) Recognizing and validating our suffering 2) Acknowledging everyone suffers 3) Giving ourselves love kindness and compassion as we would a good friend. (Self-Compassion Break by Kristin Neff Ph.D.). Camille believes self-compassion is necessary to find success in changing your health and habits. Camille says all humans make "mistakes", especially when they are trying to change something about themselves. Compassion means focusing on your resilience, your ability to notice something is hard, and to get up again when you fall. We show compassion all the time for those we love, but it's often most difficult to show this to ourselves. Camille walks us through positive health affirmations to prime your brain for success in 2019. Camille believe's that each of us has within us the answers to our problems, that we must give ourselves compassion, be courageous, and recognize how our thoughts influence our actions. Self-compassion may promote healthy behavior by reducing negative emotions in the face of small setbacks and by “encouraging the positive emotions necessary to maintain motivation during the pursuit of health goals" (greatergood.berkeley.edu).Camille will guide us through a "Loving Kindness" Meditation to increase positive emotions, empathy, and compassion for ourselves and others. "You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection." -Unknown

Have you ever been in a room where there is an uncomfortable feeling? We often call it "the elephant in the room." The elephant can be something BIG that everyone knows about, but no one wants to talk about. Ryan Pilkington is a graphic designer, podcaster, business owner, husband, and friend. He also weighs over 400 lbs. Ryan talks about the struggles of obesity and feeling like he is the "elephant in the room." He shares feeling shame and judgement for his size. Ryan is vulnerable about his struggles with his weight and the physical, emotional, and mental strain. We are following Ryan's journey to release weight and take better care of his mental, emotional, and physical health. In this episode Ryan shares one of the biggest obstacles to weight release, "fighting the inner bully." Ryan shows tenacity and courage to keep going and not let discouragement overwhelm him. Ryan is vulnerable about his struggles with depression, grief, feeling despondent, and not being motivated to do much. Ryan shares his struggles with emotional eating, especially during the holidays with all the food and gatherings. Ryan talks about the battle of moving forward in spite of struggle and how to appreciate other aspects of the holidays that are not food related.We explore how to show self-compassion for days that you "get off the bandwagon" and how to be resilient and "bounce back." Ryan's advice is to do the best you can everyday and be kind to yourself when things don't go as planned. Ryan shares his approach to holiday eating by adjusting and changing his usual habits. We explore ways to eat well during the holidays and be mindful of your relationship with food. Make peace with your body and enjoy the holidays!

What do you fear? Political turmoil, natural disasters, family conflict, losing loved ones, flying, being embarrassed, or something else. It seems like fear, anxiety, overwhelm and stress are a part of our everyday life. The holidays can bring extra anxiety and stress- family gatherings, gifts to buy, decorations, events, cooking, and feeling overwhelmed. It's the most stressful time of the year! What if you could give yourself a gift of "moving through anxiety" in a healthy way? What if you could be resilient to stress and learn how to be in tune with your spirituality and be present in the moment? Reverend Connie Habash is a minister, psychotherapist, and seeker of truth. Connie will explore how we can "be with" our anxiety in order to feel better. Connie shares her personal struggles with anxiety and transforming her life using spirituality to find inner peace. Connie guides us to notice the sensations in our body and breath in order to make peace with our anxiety. She explores how anxiety can AWAKEN you to a message it has for you. What is the message of your anxiety? She talks about safety as an "illusion", from a spiritual perspective and the choice we have to change our perception in the moment. Connie will guide us through how to "ride the waves" of anxiety through self-compassion, serenity, and following our own spiritual path. Learn more by delving into Connie's upcoming book "Awakening from Anxiety: A Spiritual Guide to Living a More Calm, Confident, and Courageous Life.Give yourself the gift of peace and calm this Holiday season.

Happy Holidays! What gift can you give yourself this year? What is holding you back from becoming your BEST version of YOU? What if you had a year to change yourself? What would you do? How would you change?Tom Corner is a sought after speaker, author, and visionary. He shares what it was like "living a life of quiet desperation", a life spent fulfilling the expectations of others. Tom had successful career in the restaurant and hospitality industry that shifted into a 20 year career in the financial industry. Tom wanted more fulfillment. He hit a wall. From the outside it looked like he had everything, but he felt like there was more to life than struggling and suffering. He experienced what he calls an "awakening" when he decided to leave his career path to explore his mission and find deeper meaning in life. Tom shares how he struggled with anger, grief, and dissatisfaction in work and life. After hitting the wall, Tom began a beautiful year of self-discovery and enlightenment. He talks about light bulb moments when he began to see the world differently. Tom shares with us how he was able to overcome limiting beliefs, recognize the power of his thoughts and train himself to change what he is saying to himself. He tells about his parents divorce and how his "world crumbled" and it changed the way he felt about himself. He discovered where the anger and hate was coming from. He tells how he "blamed himself" for his parents divorce and internalized the hurt. Tom recognized that most of his life he was looking for love, affection, and approval. He learned how to listen, validate, and allow energy to flow. Tom talks about changing thoughts from worry and anxiety through coaching, meditation, and positive affirmations. Tom's shares his Amazing A's of Awareness that can shift you from shame and anger to challenging beliefs, exploring possibilities, using affirmations, clearing his mind of clutter, and attracting abundance.Pay attention to your mind and break through barriers, Overcome FEARS, and live your best life! “Strength lies not in brute force, intimidation, anger or retaliation. True strength lies in peace with oneself and accepting your enemy, which all too often is one’s self.”TomCorner.net Check out his book "Borrowed Eyes and Feet- Finding Enlightenment after Rage."

Loriana Hernandez-Aldama is very grateful to be alive! As an award winning journalist Loriana anchored the news and specifically did health/medical reporting at the local level. Her assignments centered on the transformational power of health, fitness, and nutrition. It wasn't until her own cancer diagnosis that she "uncovered the biggest story of her career." Loriana tells the story of the news of the cancer, starting chemo, and having the doctor tell her to "Armor Up" because the more healthy and in shape she was, the more aggressively they could treat her cancer. Lori founded a non-profit, "ArmorUp for Life", with the message of PRE-habilitation "meeting the medicine halfway and showing up for the fight." Loriana's message is about making your well-being a priority when faced with a cancer diagnosis. She says that "showing up fit for the fight" is a key to the best outcomes. Loriana talks about essential wellness habits to help you "Armor Up" for the fight- getting restorative sleep, reducing stress and drama, taking vacations, working on your mind, and get up and move your body. Loriana is an advocate for the cancer patient. She creates a supportive "pit crew" for each individual so they can focus on the fight and getting better. Loriana reminds us to prioritize what is important, to savor life, and to find balance in our lives. "How do show up when life punches you in the face?" "If you don't STOP, life will STOP for you!" -Loriana Hernandez-Aldama

Have you ever been in a room where there is an uncomfortable feeling? We often call it "the elephant in the room." The elephant can be something BIG that everyone knows about, but no one wants to talk about. Ryan Pilkington is a graphic designer, podcaster, business owner, husband, and friend. He also weighs over 400 lbs. Ryan talks about the struggles of obesity and feeling like he is the "elephant in the room." He shares feeling shame and judgement for his size. Ryan is vulnerable about his struggles with his weight and the physical, emotional, and mental strain. After being hospitalized with a fever of 104 degrees, having to wear compression socks, struggles catching his breath, being diagnosed with sleep apnea, and not being able to walk, Ryan had a what he calls a "wake up call." He then did a very courageous thing. He posted on social media about his struggle and asked for support in his goal to release weight. Ryan shares how a village of people reached out to help him.Ryan talks about his history of using food for comfort and support. He calls it a "quick fix" with an instant dopamine rush and a high, with the feeling of "shame" after. Ryan shares with us how his relationship with food began at home with food being equated with love. Ryan says food was comforting to him during stressful, sad, and difficult times. Ryan says he is on a journey to change the way he thinks, acts, and behaves. Not an easy task to change habits. Ryan now says, "I'm on a journey of sustainable health" and shares the progress and celebrations he has noticed, easier breathing, sleeping better, more energy, and his pants feeling looser. He reports having a commitment to himself and to his health that has sustained him through the cravings and difficult times. Ryan shares how important it was for him to... 1) Educate himself on health and food 2) Find budget friendly options 3) Simplify Eating Well so it wasn't complicated 4) Work daily on his Mindset and 5) Have a community of support. Join us for an episode each month on Wellness Wisdom as we follow Ryan's health journey. You can also follow him at 'chargingelephant.blogspot.com' and on his podcast, "The Charging Elephant." "It takes a Village to Be Healthy" Ryan shares gratitude for what he has learned, his progress, and for his wife, Linda who has joined him in the journey toward improved health!

How can we find gratitude in the midst of challenges and suffering? How does gratitude for our struggles change us? Elizabeth Allen is a Certified Body Talk Practitioner who shares how the holistic therapy of "Body Talk" connects the body to it's own healing power. She gets vulnerable about abuse, grief, and suffering in her own life. Elizabeth gained a profound understanding of grief when her 16 yr old son Jesse died suddenly from a hereditary heart condition. Her son's death inspired Elizabeth to write a book "Heart So Big" to help educate parents, healthcare providers, and schools about HCM (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy). Listen as Elizabeth describes how you can advocate for your child and protect your family through educating schools, teams, and individuals about the risks of HCM. Elizabeth explains how the Body Talk system helped her through her grief. She is inspired by the belief that her son is directing her mission to educate, heal, and save lives. Elizabeth expresses gratitude for her experience and how it has helped gain the education and compassion to help others. "Everything that happens to me is the BEST possible thing that can happen to me." -Zen and the Art of Happiness