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Click here to send Lisa a message. This week I'm re-sharing a listener favorite, and honestly, it's one I needed to hear again myself. You don't have to spend a single dollar to make your home feel new. Sometimes the most powerful shifts come from rearranging, editing, and simply seeing your space with fresh eyes.I start with the "fresh eyes" exercise I use with so many of my clients (it's also in my book, Aligned at Home), then show you how to shop your own home before you ever think about shopping in a store. From there I walk through seven simple Feng Shui refresh ideas, like rearranging furniture to change the flow of energy, swapping decor between rooms, clearing one surface completely, and creating a calm reset corner.And stay until the end for my favorite bonus: the practice of moving 27 things when you're feeling stuck or stagnant. It's simple, it's free, and you might be surprised at how renewed your home feels. My book, Aligned at Home: https://www.purelivingwithlisamorton.com/book.htmlJoin the Aligned at Home Collective: https://www.purelivingwithlisamorton.com/collective.htmlSend me a topic request on Instagram: @fengshuilivingpodcast  Support the showThanks so much for listening to Feng Shui Living!Make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast here:www.purelivingwithlisamorton.com

Send us Fan MailSo many women are told their hormones are "off" and sent home with birth control and no real explanation. I know that was my story. But hormones are chemical messengers: they respond to signals from the rest of your body. When they're out of balance, it's a sign something deeper needs support.In this episode, I break down the seven main things I look at in my practice that impact your hormones, so you can see the bigger picture and know there's something you can do about it. In this episode, we cover:Why hormone imbalance is a symptom, not the root causeHow your gut affects estrogen detox (and why I always start there)Your liver's role in hormone detox and thyroid conversionEveryday toxins, endocrine disruptors, and a slow-and-steady way to reduce themHow stress, cortisol, and your nervous system affect your hormonesWhy blood sugar balance might be the most impactful dietary change you can makeThe nutrients your body needs to build hormonesHow your thyroid and sex hormones interactTimestamps:00:00 Why hormones aren't the problem01:47 A client story: from birth control to real answers04:01 #1: Your gut06:18 #2: Your liver07:51 #3: Your environment and toxins12:30 #4: Your nervous system14:46 #5: Blood sugar16:51 #6: Nutrition20:26 #7: Your thyroid21:58 Quick recapResources mentioned:Episode 146: The Gut–Hormone Connection Free Hormone Assessment: find out if your gut might be impacting your hormonesBook a free consultation with me  Subscribe to the Aligned to Rise Podcast: Apple | SpotifyConnect w/ Alyssa:InstagramWebsiteWork w/ Alyssa:Free Period Pain PlaybookWork with me 1:1Cycle Clarity PanelLearn more about AlyssaDisclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. This may not be the best fit for you and your personal situation. It shall not be construed as medical advice. The information and education provided here is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis. Always check with your own physician or medical professional before trying or implementing any information read here. 

On this weeks bestie advice segment... what happens when you outgrow the people you love? A listener writes in with a full life, a long list of friendships and a loneliness she can't quite explain. We're getting into reinvention, the guilt of wanting more, and how to find your people when you're not the same person you used to be.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What are you reading? Just finished:   On Fire Island (Jane Rosen) Nonfiction Cultish : The Language of Fanaticism (Amanda Montell) Creative Act (Rick Rubin)  Fiction: Unlikely Animals (Annie Hartnett)   (Main Topic): Residency:  Home:  original plan architect water concession little rental while building various reasons added up to can't start building until the water concession is final (6 months - 3 years) August: need to move to different rental (no answer at Village, but yes from landlord, no again from village); started looking off the mountain and discussed pricing; a neighbor had an idea; it's a go!  moved last week of August; house guests arrived Sept 4th car Buddy miracle on the Monday before our friends arrived still repairs happening now. (Time moves differently here. Pura Vida and "mañana" are real.) had a pre-party; another gathering happening on Nov 5, but waiting until the fence is built and we have bookshelves up and all the art up before having the housewarming party. Anytime I start thinking about the date for that party ... I remind myself that I have no idea when the work will be done. Much like setting a launch date for a new book can't be set until you know when the editing and revision will happen and the cover is finished, I can't set the party date until I know when the work will be done here. And one never knows. Too many variables.  Business:  Taxes. !!! Bane of my existence. Can I file another extension?  AI conversations and concerns in our house (husband unemployed tech writer currently) and where I can pivot: international retreats. In person events. Telegram Broadcast Channel: drop a voice note (mini podcast episode), open for coaching questions, and I'll answer them in the Telegram channel. Not live. But for 24-48 hours after the initial audio drop, I'll be glued to the app and answer in as real time as my schedule and time zone allow. If you're in Europe, .... ;-) Retreat: have been doing my retreats wrong (even though I loved them) know what I need to change on the back end (more realistic) Blueprint program and getting coached find a venue "much like setting a date for a book launch..." Taking a card from the Pura Vida mindset and will set a date once I get most of those variables solidified. Patreon: memberships added value (quarterly full moon micro writing retreats) monthly reflections, happy hours, book clubs, oracle spreads (Story Arcana) two live calls each month for Witchy Book Doula (book) coaching and Focus and Finish (life) coaching plus any content I create (videos, essays, books, etc.) Travel: (2026: Jan/Feb: Epic Road Trip took us through 7 countries; August: Spain/Mallorca; September: Massachusetts; 2027: March: Florida; Later: Oregon? Washington? Mexico or Nicaragua?; 2028: India and Turkey) solar eclipse chaser (Oregon, canceled Texas one (Fatma died), and Mallorca) New Moon, Solar Eclipse ritual during Lion's Gate and I'm a Leo Rising in my astrology chart. (journaling)(crossing the threshold: who am I? What am I claiming? What am I releasing?) Lion's Gate Declaration: "I am a witchy book doula, helping writers find their voices, sitting with them until they feel real, channeling both sacred and mundane--without plan or performance. I ground easily on a yoga mat, praying to my guides and ancestors, finding answers within and listening deeply. I dance on the earth that smells of sandalwood and roses."  Spirituality: (see above) + more oracle cards! (Magic Manifestation Diary -- Tatyana Gosh) Fitness: gym at the house; yoga class at the center? Back and forth here? Walking with Ali and Usha; swimming. Meditation. Two days now. It really works.   Valerie's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/valerieihsan  Erick's Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/erickmertzauthor Tools: ProWriting Aid: https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=9378 (affiliate link)

In this episode, Steph unpacks the "ick": that visceral, gross, out-of-alignment feeling that creeps in when you're selling, and walks through the single shift that turns it around. She breaks down the three specific moments where the ick shows up most (reaching out to your warm network, crafting your "what do you do?" one-liner, and sitting on a sales call wanting the client so bad), the one thing that's always happening when the ick hits, and how moving the spotlight off yourself and onto the person you're serving can completely change the energy of every sales conversation you have.What You'll Hear In This EpisodeA Q4 update: wrapping up the First Clients Fast Track with 41 new clients (plus mastermind clients), the upcoming first-ever mastermind client event, and what's changing about Year on the Wall 2027 (now a 3-day virtual event, Dec 1-4)The difference between healthy discomfort (the nerves of clicking send on a scary email or pitching yourself for a podcast you'd die to be on) and the ick, which feels grabby, desperate, and out of your integrityThe concept of "desperation breath" she learned from her Groupon sales training days, and why both sides of a desperate conversation can feel it radiatingThe client who ping-ponged between forcing herself to reach out to friends and avoiding it entirely with busy work, and how she admitted, "I can only do that so many times before I just feel like I have to take a shower"Why every time the ick shows up, the same thing has happened: "You've made it about yourself. That's it."The friend who kept trying to come up with a clean, tight one-liner for conferences, only to realize, "The one-liner I'd been craving was never for them. It was for me."The sales call where Steph wanted a dream client so badly she slipped into grabby energy, was the only prospect she didn't close that round, and how reaching out from a place of total service months later landed the clientThe "medicine in your pocket" analogy: "You're walking around with the medicine in your pocket, and there's people dying in the street, and you're like, 'Well, I don't wanna swoop in and make it about me.' Give them the medicine."The dating analogy: sitting at the bar batting your eyelashes hoping they'll come over versus having the courage to make the first move with curiosity and saying, "Hey. I think we should talk."The Ick Test as a gut-check for every sales moment: are you giving cool, service-minded, helper energy, or desperation, "this has to work," me-me-me energy?Why service-based selling will change your life, and the moment clients light up and say, "Oh my God. Yeah, that's right. That's all that's happening is I'm thinking about myself."✨ Year on the Wall 2027 | $47December 1–4, 2026: now a 3-day virtual event (plus a bonus day).Link coming soon, mark your calendar now.✨ Sold Out Group ProgramsJoin the waitlist: https://stephcrowder.com/mastermindConnect with StephInstagram: @heystephcrowder

What if your booked-out calendar and successful photography business weren't the final destination, but the launchpad to something even better?The truth is, wanting to diversify your income isn't a sign that you're falling out of love with your photography business. It's the next evolution of it. If you're a photographer who has reached mastery in your craft and built a stable, respected brand, then adding new revenue streams isn't a pivot—it's a power move.Let's talk about what happens after you "make it." Your calendar is full. Your pricing is solid. Your work is consistent. Clients are raving, and from the outside, everything looks perfect. And yet, there's this quiet nudge that maybe you're meant for something more.In this Episode:Why diversification is a power move, not a pivotThe difference between reactive and strategic income expansionHow to expand beyond client work without losing your identity or burning everything downFind It Quickly:00:00 - Why diversifying your income can feel uncomfortable (and totally normal)02:16 - Wanting more money ≠ falling out of love with photography07:11 - How one income stream can quietly drain your creativity13:31 - Protecting your energy, boundaries, and joy20:11 - Aligned ways photographers can diversify without burning out26:46 - Seeing diversification as growth, not quittingMore ways to connect:JOY MICHELLE INSTAGRAMWORK WITH JOY AS YOUR COACHJOY MICHELLE CO. WEBSITERead the full show notes from today's episode HERE.Are you ready for one-on-one support in your business? Let's work together to grow a business that you love, without taking away from the people you love. Let's chat on a free consultation call!Book now: joymichelle.co/coachingIf you're enjoying the content we're creating on the podcast and want to connect with others who are called to both, make sure you come join us in the PhotoBoss® with Joy Michelle Facebook Group!Join Now >>CLICK HERE TO GET 30% OFF YOUR FIRST YEAR OF HONEYBOOK!

The stories we tell about ourselves, and our experiences can quietly shape the way we move through life. In this episode, we explore the importance of noticing when a story may no longer reflect who we are or where we are going. We also talk about cultivating transparency with discernment, remembering that being authentic does not require us to share every detail of what we are experiencing. We get to choose what we share, when we share it, and with whom.We also reflect upon the power of trusting ourselves and remembering that whatever life places before us, we have the inner resources to navigate it. Through gratitude, compassion, patience, and choosing to come from love, we can meet our experiences without allowing them to define us. This conversation is a gentle invitation to release the stories that no longer belong to you, trust where you are, and remember that you are ultimately the boss of your own beautiful life.Have you joined our Facebook Group yet? Come on over and continue the conversation - we would LOVE to see you there!!https://www.facebook.com/groups/deliciouslymotivatedmindset************************************************************************Contact Deliciously Motivated Mindset (Debz and Moira):Follow us on x.com at @DeborahCooper1 and @WellnessMoiraJoin the conversation in our group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/deliciouslymotivatedmindsetEmail us at deliciouslymotivatedmindset@gmail.comThanks for listening and sharing!!

How does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) decide what to build, where to build it, and how to reduce water resource risks to our local communities? It all starts with Civil Works Planning. In this episode of “Inside the Castle,” we sit down with three leaders who are fundamentally modernizing this process: Mr. Eric Bush (Chief of Planning and Policy, USACE Headquarters), Mr. Joe Redican (Deputy Chief of Planning and Policy, USACE HQ), and Ms. Susan Werning (Deputy Chief, Planning Community of Practice, USACE Headquarters). Listeners will hear about the historic rollout of the new “RAPID” planning framework—which stands for Risk-Informed, Aligned, Proportional, Iterative, and Decisive—and how it streamlines feasibility studies to deliver water resources solutions years faster. We also celebrate a major milestone as Mr. Bush prepares for his retirement this November, reflecting on a career dedicated to environmental restoration, public safety and sustainable economic development, and planning excellence. Whether you are a local community partner, an engineering professional, or a taxpayer interested in how infrastructure is designed, join us to discover how USACE is delivering at the speed of relevance.

Shared from the Aligned & Thriving Podcast  Karsyn Skuter had spent more than a decade working in digital marketing. She had built funnels, supported launches, studied with mentors, and developed the skills required to make every part of a launch function smoothly. But one question continued to frustrate her: Why were people registering and attending Equine Connection's webinars without taking the next step to join their program? The funnel appeared to have everything it needed. The audience was interested, and showing up They felt like they were delivering great content in their webinars.. But the launch was not converting into consistent sales. In this conversation, Karsyn shares what they learned through building and refining four live launches together with Jada so that they can now rely on consistent sales results every time they run their live launch events In this episode we explore: ✨ Why a well built launch funnel can still struggle to convert. ✨ The process we worked through to make the launch strategy and structure actually work. ✨ What can change when you understand who is genuinely ready for your offer. ✨ Why a large audience is not always the right audience for business growth. ✨ How launch data helps you decide what to improve next. ✨ Why providing more information does not always create more value. ✨ What becomes possible when you refine a launch instead of continually rebuilding it. ✨ Why an established offer may need to meet customers differently. ✨ How a reliable launch system can create greater confidence and clarity across a business. If you have built the webinar, emails, sales page, and funnel but are still wondering why interest is not becoming sales, this conversation will help you consider what your launch actually needs next. If you had a takeaway or "aha" from this episode and want to share it with your business besties and community, screenshot and share it on Instagram, tagging me at @jada.businessmentor.

Send us Fan MailHave you been told your hormones are off and that birth control is the fix? Or that your labs look "normal," even though your periods say otherwise?In this episode, I'm walking you through why standard serum (blood) hormone testing only gives us a tiny snapshot, and what testing can actually show us why your hormones are out of balance in the first place. In this episode, you'll hear:Why high estrogen doesn't look the same for everyoneWhat a GI Map and DUTCH test can reveal that blood work can'tHow your body detoxes hormonesWhy supporting your liver first can sometimes backfireMy take on DIM, and why I don't recommend it without testing firstWhy hormones are a symptom, not the root causeMy own journey from chronic endo pain to feeling good in my body again Subscribe to the Aligned to Rise Podcast: Apple | SpotifyConnect w/ Alyssa:InstagramWebsiteWork w/ Alyssa:Free Period Pain PlaybookWork with me 1:1Cycle Clarity PanelLearn more about AlyssaDisclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. This may not be the best fit for you and your personal situation. It shall not be construed as medical advice. The information and education provided here is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis. Always check with your own physician or medical professional before trying or implementing any information read here. 

When money feels tight, fear can start making decisions for us.In this episode of the Aligned and Prosperous Podcast, Deborah Stellingwerff and Tracey Lundell explore how to lead yourself through financial uncertainty without ignoring reality or letting scarcity take over.Learn how to separate the facts from the story, calm your nervous system, focus on what you can control, and make financial decisions that help you keep building for the future.Because we don't build profitable businesses just for the good times. We build them so that when things aren't good, we have choices.Discover the one shift that will help you become a more effective leader, create stronger client relationships, and build a more profitable, sustainable business.➡️ Take the assessment:https://ivlv.me/ZZkptWork with DeborahIf you're ready to create more focus, more sales, and a business that supports the life you want to live, learn more about coaching opportunities.➡️ www.deborahstellingwerff.comConnect with DeborahLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/deborahstellingwerffInstagram: instagram.com/coachdebstellWebsite: www.deborahstellingwerff.com

What happens when you realize the things you've been holding onto for so long are actually becoming too heavy to carry? In this episode, I'm getting really honest about shedding old fears, releasing control, and letting go of the versions of myself, beliefs, and patterns that I've outgrown. This conversation came from something I heard in church that stopped me in my tracks: we have to be willing to die. Not literally, but to allow old identities, old ways of thinking, old structures, and the parts of ourselves we've been clinging to simply because they're familiar to come to an end. I share what this has looked like for me personally, including some of the fear and worry I've been navigating, and what it's teaching me about control, emotional healing, and trusting what I can't yet see. Because sometimes we know exactly what we need to release, but we keep holding on anyway. And eventually, we have to ask ourselves: what is it costing me to keep carrying this? I also open the episode with a little more about Aligned by Design, my Human Design readings, for those who feel called to understand themselves more deeply. You can find details + book here: https://kerikugler.mykajabi.com/offers/HS26iq2B/checkout

What if one of the biggest mistakes of your life wasn't actually a mistake? What if, from your soul's perspective, it was an experience you came here to have?In this episode of Soul Alive Radio, I explore the difference between human misalignment and soul alignment, and how zooming out to the soul perspective can completely change the way you see your regrets, relationships, and biggest life challenges.You'll discover:Why a human "mistake" may actually be part of a deeper soul contractHow past lifetimes can influence the patterns and challenges in your relationships todayHow understanding your soul contracts can create deeper healing, forgiveness, and growthTimestamps:00:00 Welcome to Soul Alive00:51 Mistakes and Soul Alignment02:37 Sarah Relationship Crossroads05:58 All In or All Out08:41 The Affair and Guilt11:32 Past Life Betrayal Story16:47 Why Souls Need Contrast20:44 Soul Contracts Questions24:31 Holistic Healing Approach29:01 Following Higher Self Anyway34:02 Conflict Fuels Evolution38:05 InvitationLinks Mentioned:Episode #245: Why So Many 5D Lightworkers Chose 3D PartnersIf you're ready to deepen your Spiritual Gifts, create transformational work that's uniquely yours, and step into the creator and leader you're here to be, this is your invitation.Learn more and apply at allysonscammell.com/soulblueprintTHE NEXT STEP:Join Soul Week: Save your free spot a 5-day experience to discover your Signature Soul Modality by activating your five Spiritual Gifts.Ready to use your Spiritual Gifts to attract soul-aligned clients? BOOK a Soul Blueprint Intuitive Assessment - to explore whether Soul Blueprint® is your next aligned step.Leave a review for Soul Alive Radio (and we'll read it on the air!)STAY CONNECTED:SUBSCRIBE on SubstackFOLLOW on InstagramFOLLOW on FacebookSUBSCRIBE on YouTube

Wanting a more profitable business is one thing. Building the strategy, understanding the numbers, and becoming the business owner who can actually execute it is another.Nicole and Kaila of My Aligned Purpose join me to talk about their Aligned CEO Method, why mindset and math have to work together, and how to move beyond trading more of your time for more money. We get into recurring revenue, pricing, business metrics, what your goals actually require from you, and their new book designed to help women build profitable businesses and get their time back.Key TakeawaysMindset and math have to work together. A spreadsheet can show you exactly how to hit a revenue goal, but if you're not willing or ready to take the actions behind those numbers, the plan doesn't matter.Stop relying on more hours to make more money. Moving from a “maxed-out founder” to a “visionary expert” means building a business model that can grow without requiring you to personally deliver every dollar of revenue.Recurring revenue still requires value. The goal isn't to put customers on a payment plan and do less. Sustainable recurring revenue comes from delivering something people continue to value in a way that also works for you.Know what your goal is actually going to cost you. It's easy to say you want a $250K year, but are you willing to build the audience, sell at the necessary price point, invest the time, or make the tradeoffs required to get there?Learn your business metrics. Customer lifetime value, acquisition costs, conversions, profit margins, and other key numbers aren't just for “numbers people.” Understanding them gets you into the conversations—and decisions—that help businesses grow.A profitable business isn't built on strategy alone, and it isn't built on mindset alone. You need to understand the numbers, be willing to do what the goal requires, and create a business model that supports the life you actually want.Grab Kayla and Nicole's new book at www.myalignedpurpose.com/book and start putting their Aligned CEO Method into practice.Staci's Links:Instagram. Website.

Just because a thought entered your mind doesn't mean it deserves to stay there.And it certainly doesn't mean it's true.We live in a world where our minds are constantly being bombarded—notifications, opinions, fear, comparison, pressure, bad news, expectations, and the never-ending mental chatter of everything we should be doing.No wonder we're exhausted.But what if caring for your mental health isn't only about quieting your thoughts?What if it's about learning which thoughts deserve your agreement?In this episode of Free to Dream, we're talking about mental health, mindset, and what the Bible actually teaches us about renewing our minds. Because transformation isn't just about changing what you do—it begins by changing the thoughts you come into agreement with.We'll talk about recognizing the difference between a thought and truth, interrupting unhealthy thought patterns, taking thoughts captive instead of allowing them to take you captive, and intentionally aligning your thinking with what God says.Because you cannot always control the thought that knocks on the door. But you can decide which thoughts you invite in, entertain, and eventually build your life around.So the question isn't simply, “What am I thinking?” It's: “Is the thought I'm thinking worthy of my agreement?”Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Join the Arise & Align Movement today:https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTubeGet your FREE BONUS CONTENT from today's episode HERE.

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As Self Care September draws to a close, we turn awareness, understanding, and self-trust into courageous, aligned movement.  In Episode 229, Carole Jean Whittington leads high-responsibility leaders through Week 4: Navigate.  Learn how to tune into your body's "One Small Yes," practice releasing what no longer belongs with gratitude, and connect with your future self to sustain your Optimum Steady State™.  Plus, get all the details for our live Closing Reflection Gathering on September 30th. It's not too late to join!

How close are we to AGI, and what happens when AI systems stop behaving the way we expect?Srinivas Narayanan, former CTO of B2B Engineering at OpenAI and former VP of Engineering at Facebook, joins South Park Commons Partner Prateek Mehta for a wide-ranging conversation on his Minus One to Zero journey, enterprise AI adoption, and AI safety.They discuss the career choices that took him from two startups to Facebook and OpenAI, why a beginner's mindset has mattered along the way, what is slowing AI adoption inside large companies, and how builders should think about reward hacking, alignment, and increasingly autonomous AI systems.Srinivas Narayanan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srinivasnarayanan/ Prateek Mehta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-mehta-a571972/ South Park Commons: https://www.linkedin.com/company/southparkcommons/Apply to SPC: https://www.southparkcommons.com/applyChapters:(00:01:26) - How Close Are We to AGI? (00:02:26) - From IIT Madras to AI and OpenAI (00:07:32) - How to Find Problems Worth Spending a Decade On (00:12:38) - Building OpenAI Without a Playbook (00:15:24) - How OpenAI Built a High-Talent, High-Agency Team (00:18:12) - What's Holding Back Enterprise AI Adoption (00:29:12) - The Future of AI Beyond the Digital World (00:36:42) - The Real Risks of AI and How to Think About Safety 

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When Marc Scheff joined No BS Mastery, his business was going, but it wasn't predictable. He had one-on-one coaching clients, an artist community, and a retreat in the works, but he couldn't clearly explain where his next clients were going to come from.Marc had tried going hard on social media, making educational videos, funny videos, and all kinds of different content. Some of it worked, but none of it felt quite right. As he put it, he always felt like he was wearing somebody else's clothes.In this conversation, Marc shares how he stopped forcing himself to market in ways he didn't enjoy and built a repeatable system around something he genuinely loves: talking to people. We dig into the referral that closed almost immediately after he introduced his Lead Product™, the week his outreach jumped from a few conversations to more than 50, and why he now has the confidence to turn away clients who aren't the right fit.Marc is a certified coach who helps mid-career creatives and entrepreneurs make meaningful changes with more confidence, freedom, and creative autonomy. Before becoming a coach, he spent years as an award-winning artist, teacher, gallery curator, and creative leader. He is also the founder of the Unleash Creativity community.Marc's story is proof that the No BS model isn't just for designers. It's about connecting the pieces you already have, packaging your expertise more intentionally, and building a way of finding and serving clients that actually fits who you are.Find this episode for free on your favorite podcast player. Tune into this episode to hear:  Why Marc's business felt unpredictable even though he was already finding clients  How he stopped marketing in ways that felt like wearing somebody else's clothes  Why introducing a Lead Product™ made it easier for a former client to refer him  What helped Marc go from reaching out to a few people a week to more than 50  How the Lead Product™ helped Marc create valuable paid interactions with more people  Why having a clear process makes it easier to turn away clients who aren't the right fit  How Marc had nearly as many paid one-on-one interactions this year as he had in the previous two or three years  Learn more about Marc Scheff:  Website: marcscheff.com  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marcscheff  Instagram: @marcscheff  Join Marc's newsletter, Good Story: marcscheff.com Resources:  Grab the first chapter of my new book Scale Solo: scalesolobook.com  Join me in my September Scale Solo Bootcamp  Program: No BS Mastery: JOIN THE NO BS MASTERY  The Price to Freedom Calculator™: nobsmastery.com/price  Grab a copy of my book Badass Your Brand: BADASS YOUR BRAND  Program: No BS Agency Mastery: Apply to Join No BS Agency Mastery

Have you ever walked into a home and immediately felt comfortable — or walked into a beautiful room that somehow felt wrong? Beth Dodson explores why with Lisa Morton, a designer and certified feng shui master teacher with 20+ years of experience. Lisa demystifies the 4,000-year-old practice as a grounded "art and science of arrangement": color affects the nervous system, lighting affects mood, and furniture placement shapes how we connect. They cover the front door as the "mouth of Qi," the walk-in-like-a-stranger exercise, clutter as a subconscious ping, the five elements, the command position for beds and desks, why you shouldn't sleep on top of a to-do list, and one powerful weekend project: love on the center of your home. Skeptics get a challenge too — give it six weeks. Key Topics & Timestamps (00:41) — Why do some homes just feel right? Beth opens with the question everyone has experienced: a room can look beautiful but feel off — and the flow, light, colors, clutter, and furniture may be influencing how you feel and function. (02:29) — What feng shui actually is First off: it's not Chinese food (yes, Lisa's been asked). It's a 4,000-year-old art and science of arrangement — examining whether your home is supporting your stress relief, sleep, and focus, or working against them. (03:53) — The HGTV-ready home that wasn't supporting her Lisa's own story: a designer, photo-shoot-perfect home during a period of anxiety and overwhelm — with the wrong colors, patterns, and imagery. Beautiful, but "just pretty to look at." (05:42) — Quick tips vs. going deep Easy fixes genuinely improve a space, but concrete life shifts require looking at your specific land, layout, lifestyle, and goals — your single-story home with two dogs is not your neighbor's two-story with five kids. (06:45) — The book exercise Beth loves From Aligned at Home: a short guided walk through your own front door, noticing where your eyes go and how you feel — revealing both your goals and your guests' first impression. (07:57) — The front door is the mouth of Qi Energy, opportunities, friendships, and job offers enter here. Keep it fresh: clean rug, pretty wreath, no squeaky hinges. Then walk around the block and re-enter as if you've never been there — what's the first thing your eyes land on? (09:44) — Actually use your front door Garage-door people, take note: hang the dog leash or keep your sneakers in the coat closet so your daily walk moves that front door. An unused door keeps opportunities standing outside. (10:11) — This isn't woo — it's grounded Color affects the nervous system, lighting affects mood (February crankiness is real), and furniture arrangement shapes conversation. A sofa across the room from a lone chair is not an intimate setup. (11:48) — Beth's fiery red sofas Beloved paprika-red sofas... and constant spats with her husband. "Little too spicy, little too fiery." Neutral sofas, happier marriage. Sometimes the fix is color; sometimes it's just rearranging the layout. (12:33) — Shop your home No remodel required. That blue throw pillow in the closet, the candlestick in the pantry — rearrange, repurpose, and shift how energy flows for free. (14:40) — Clutter, gently Clutter carries emotion — fear, holding on, "I might need this." Be kind to yourself, but make sure everything in your home is worthy of being there. Donate rather than landfill: do you really need nine coats, or would eight and a warm neighbor be better? (16:08) — One thing, not the whole house Skip the overwhelming weekend purge. Choose one thing that's blocking you — often that memory-laden box in the corner. Even forgotten clutter "pings" your subconscious like a phone notification. (19:01) — The five elements Wood, fire, earth, metal, water — how feng shui describes the world. Balance them by purpose: bedrooms and reading rooms want watery, earthy calm; kitchens and workout spaces want fire and wood energy. A beige, silent casino would be boring; a red, rock-music spa would be stressful. (21:58) — Bedroom: the command position Solid wall and headboard behind you, door visible off to the side (not directly across from your feet) — the ancient "mountain behind, valley in front." And clean out under your bed: one client was literally sleeping on top of unread books and unfinished photo albums — "sleeping on a to-do list." Others sleep over "the jeans I'll fit into someday." Lisa recommends nothing under the bed. (27:12) — Home office: routine, command, and focus Create a dedicated space — even a nook — and a physical open/close routine (blinds, lamp, chair) that trains your body into and out of work mode. Sit in the command position. And audit your field of view: cute trinkets directly behind your monitor are adorable distractions; move them to a side wall. (31:01) — The skeptic's challenge: six weeks Try the changes for six weeks — you can undo everything after. Lisa's clients call before the deadline: sleeping better, loving their home, finally watching movies together. Journal your emotions at the start and re-evaluate at the end. (32:44) — One thing to do this weekend: love on your center Using the Bagua map (nine energy centers laid over your floor plan), the centermost area connects to all the others. Find your home's center as a bird would see it, and make it beautiful: fresh flowers, a houseplant, swept floors, working bulbs, a scented candle. Lifting the center lifts every space. (34:34) — Bonus: feng shui your car The center console is your car's center — clear the junk, add a granola bar, a nice pen, and a bottle of water, and let it radiate out. (35:34) — Where to find Lisa PureLivingWithLisaMorton.com and @PureLivingWithLisaMorton on social — plus her podcast and her book Aligned at Home, available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and wherever you get books. Key Takeaways Feng shui is grounded, not magic: color affects your nervous system, lighting affects mood, and furniture placement shapes connection. Your front door is the "mouth of Qi" — keep it fresh, and build a routine (dog walks, package pickup) that actually uses it. Shop your home before you shop the store: rearranging and repurposing shifts energy for free. Clear clutter gently — one blocking item at a time — because even forgotten clutter pings your subconscious. Ask whether every item is worthy of being in your home; donate what isn't. Sleep and work in the command position: solid wall behind, door visible to the side — and keep nothing under your bed. Balance the five elements by a room's purpose: calm elements for rest spaces, fiery ones for high-energy spaces. Skeptical? Give it six weeks and journal the before-and-after. This weekend: find the center of your home and love on it — it lifts the energy of every other space. Resources Mentioned Lisa Morton: PureLivingWithLisaMorton.com | @PureLivingWithLisaMorton on social media Aligned at Home by Lisa Morton — available on Amazon, BarnesandNoble.com, and wherever you get books (includes the front-door exercise Beth recommends) Feng Shui Living Podcast — Lisa's show HomeZada: Home inventory reminder — don't forget what's in cabinets, drawers, closets, and under beds  

Click here to send Lisa a message.I've been sitting on this episode for a while now, it's one of those topics that keeps circling around in my head until I finally have to sit down and get it out. Today it's the master bedroom, and I'm walking you through five feng shui rules: which ones I'm genuinely willing to bend for a client's real life, and the one I hold firm on no matter what.Before we get into the rules themselves, I share a little bit about my own history with perfectionism… from struggling to get ready for school as a teenager, all the way to a very expensive hand-tufted carpet lesson during my private aircraft design days. It's the reason I don't believe in "good feng shui" versus "bad feng shui." I believe in a sliding scale and in releasing the pressure to get it exactly right.Here's what we cover in the master bedroom:The bed in the command position — bendable, sort of. New construction is making this harder than ever, and I'll tell you what to do if your bed can't avoid lining up with the door.Headboard against a solid wall — bendable. What to do when your only option is putting the bed in front of a window (including a real fix from a very oddly shaped bedroom of mine in Willoughby, Ohio).Matching nightstands and lamps — bendable, with one important caveat about proportion. Plus a client story about mismatched nightstands mirroring a mismatched relationship.Mirrors facing the bed — holding firm. This is one of the most consistent disruptors of restful sleep I see, and I'll give you a few real options if you can't remove it.No exercise equipment, desks, or screens in the primary bedroom — mostly holding firm, with a practical workaround for smaller homes, condos, and RVs.None of this is about getting your bedroom "right." It's about noticing your specific space and working with how you actually live in it.If this resonates, I'd love to have you join me in the Aligned at Home Collective — my monthly membership group, meeting the first Wednesday of every month from 7–8pm ET. Reach out for a free first month. Prefer to go deeper one-on-one? You can also book a free 15-minute discovery call — link in the show notes.Support the showThanks so much for listening to Feng Shui Living!Make sure you subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow the podcast here:www.purelivingwithlisamorton.com

Send us Fan MailIf you've ever sat in a doctor's office describing period pain that knocks you flat, only to walk out with a birth control prescription and zero answers, this one's for you.I've been there. Years of debilitating periods, stage 4 endometriosis, and a whole lot of "everything looks normal." One of the things that made a real difference for me (and that I see move the needle with my clients over and over) wasn't something I was ever told to look at. It was my gut.Now, I'm not here to tell you your gut is the one magic fix. You know I don't believe in that. But I am here to show you why ignoring it means missing a big piece of the puzzle.In this episode, we get into:Why I don't believe hormones are ever the root cause, and the question I ask insteadThe bathtub analogy that explains why I work "back to front" with clients, and why focusing on your liver first can backfireThe enzyme that can quietly send estrogen back into circulationThe "estrobolome" — yes, it's a real thing, and yes, it's fascinatingHow food sensitivities fit into the pain pictureWhat the research is showing specifically for my endo ladies Why I test instead of guess, and what I look for when a client comes to me with painful or heavy periodsReady to stop guessing? My Cycle Clarity Panel includes the GI Map test plus a one-on-one session with me, so you understand what your results mean and how they connect to your symptoms. I have a few spots open right now.  Subscribe to the Aligned to Rise Podcast: Apple | SpotifyConnect w/ Alyssa:InstagramWebsiteWork w/ Alyssa:Free Period Pain PlaybookWork with me 1:1Cycle Clarity PanelLearn more about AlyssaDisclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. This may not be the best fit for you and your personal situation. It shall not be construed as medical advice. The information and education provided here is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis. Always check with your own physician or medical professional before trying or implementing any information read here. 

Have you ever understood something in your head, but still not felt it, believed it, or acted on it?You can know something logically. You can analyse it, rationalise it, talk it through and understand exactly what you “should” do. And yet somehow, you still feel stuck. Your emotions haven't caught up, you just don't quite believe what you know. Or you keep finding yourself acting in ways that don't match what you knowIn this episode, we're exploring the head-heart gap, the space between what you think and what you actually feel, believe and do.This is very common in therapyI (Carly Ann) talk about how logic alone don't always create the change you craveI also share two practical therapy tools to help you begin closing the gap between your head and your heartIf you've ever thought, “I know this in my head, so why can't I just feel it or act on it?”, this episode is for you.Join Break The Cycle ⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠ - Use coupon code BREAKTHECYCLE-OCT for 50% off⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Work with Carly Ann⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow on Instagram⁠⁠⁠

With September's 1 energy of fresh starts and new beginnings, the first thing we think about is action. And if your life has experienced delays and setbacks in recent months or years, you're probably ready for movement now.You may have been abandoned or rejected by people over the past decade or longer, and now you are ready to be in control again, to feel like you do not have to react to what others decide to do and instead, make decisions that are proactive, beneficial, and controlled.September opens the door to action, but this is not action for the sake of staying busy, proving yourself, or forcing something to happen before it is ready.This is intentional action. It is activated by a strong desire for change or by an intuitive knowing that we need to shift the energy in one or more areas of our life.It is inspired movement that arises when you recognize that you have reached the end of one energetic road and are ready to enter another. September's energy asks us to stop circling the possibilities, endlessly reviewing our choices, waiting for permission, or hoping that the next step will somehow make itself obvious.And on a deeper level, hoping that someone or something will change and you will not have to make the choice that you have been delaying, maybe for a long time. You know what I mean, we have all done it. Promising ourselves that we will end something but hoping we won't have to.Read the rest of the article on the blog at enlighteninglife.com Created, narrated, and produced by Jennifer Hoffman.Artwork by Jennifer Hoffman.Copyright (C) 2004-2026 by Jennifer Hoffman, all US and international rights reserved.Visit enlighteninglife.com for more information.Please note our policies regarding copyright infringement, content misuse, and theft of intellectual property. We prosecute all infringers and have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for abuse, infringement, misappropriation, and illegal use of our content. You can read our full Terms of Use at enlighteninglife.comemail support@enlighteninglife.com with questions

Send us Fan MailAs a mental health practice grows, maintaining alignment across teams, departments, and leadership can become just as important as increasing revenue or expanding services. In this episode, we sit down with Kim Long to explore the often-overlooked foundations of sustainable growth: a clear mission, well-defined values, and behavioral pillars that guide everyday decisions. Together, we discuss why organizational health matters, how leaders can create alignment as their teams expand, and what happens when culture is left to chance. Our guest, Kim Long, shares practical insights on translating mission and values from words on a page into behaviors that shape hiring, onboarding, leadership, accountability, and team development. Whether you're leading a small group practice or preparing for your next stage of growth, this conversation will help you build a stronger, more cohesive organization—one that can scale successfully without losing the heart of the work that inspired it in the first place.What You'll Learn:Why mission, values, and culture become increasingly important as a mental health practice growsHow clearly defined values can guide decision-making, leadership, hiring, and team developmentCommon challenges practices face when scaling and how misalignment can impact team morale, retention, and organizational healthStrategies for hiring and onboarding team members who align with the organization's mission and valuesBio:Kim Long is a Registered Psychologist and the founder and director of Dóchas Psychological Services in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Known for her honest, down-to-earth approach, Kim brings warmth, humor, and practical insight to conversations about mental health. Kim grew up a military base brat before spending a decade as a teacher and eventually earning her Master's in Counselling. This patchwork background has given her a unique appreciation for the different ways people experience and respond to life's challenges. Whether she's working with clients or speaking to an audience, Kim has a gift for making complex psychological concepts feel relatable and approachable. She leaves people with a deeper understanding of themselves, a fresh perspective, and practical strategies they can use long after the conversation ends.Connect with Kim Long:https://www.dochaspsych.com/https://www.instagram.com/dochaspsych/https://www.facebook.com/DochasPsych/Dr. Margo Jacquot is the award-winning founder and Chief Care Officer of The Juniper Center, one of the largest woman-owned counseling and therapy practices in the Chicago area. With over 20 years of experience, she specializes in trauma recovery, addiction treatment, and LGBTQ-affirming therapy. Dr. Jacquot is also the host of the "Mental Health Business Mentor" podcast, where she shares insights on running a successful mental health practice. thejunipercenter.comConnect with Dr. Margo Jacquot:Website: thejunipercenter.comInstagram: @thejunipercenterFacebook: The Juniper Center

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Hello Beautiful, I'm so grateful you're here with me. When your actions reflect your values, life feels lighter and more meaningful. This meditation helps you reconnect with your truth so you can move forward with greater intention and clarity. Perfect for personal growth, mindfulness, purpose, self-awareness, confidence, and emotional balance. Love,

Shaun is back in Florida, feeling better than ever! PLUS, Autumn Christensen, Executive Director of Her Plan, tells Shaun how shocking it is that some people believe a baby's life is not worth living if the mother does not have resources and how Her Plan provides pro-life safety nets in every facet, from retail to restaurants, to give women a choice other than abortion and choose LIFE for their baby. And The Heritage Foundation's Dr. EJ Antoni tells Shaun how disappointed he is in the Trump Administration intentionally driving costs up for profit, the disaster of the proposed Trump Dividend, soaring diesel prices, and a surprise Freedom Summit announcement!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Can your home actually make you feel calmer, happier, more focused — and maybe even more abundant?This week on Talking Smack 415, Debbie Mink and Jamie the Great sit down with Lisa Morton, holistic interior designer, Feng Shui master teacher, host of the Feng Shui Living Podcast, and author of Aligned at Home.Lisa spent years designing ultra-luxury private jet interiors before burnout, anxiety and panic attacks forced her to rethink not only how she was living — but how the spaces around her were affecting her wellbeing.That journey led her to Feng Shui, energy work and holistic interior design, and completely changed the way she thinks about our homes.We get into how your physical environment can affect your nervous system, energy, productivity, relationships and overall sense of wellbeing — without requiring a massive renovation or an HGTV-sized budget.We talk about:What Feng Shui actually is — and why it's not just woo-wooThe five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal and waterHow to use the Bagua map to understand the energy of your homeWhy the center of your home mattersThe importance of your front door — aka the “mouth of chi”How clutter can affect your nervous systemWhy the position of your desk can change how focused and productive you feelThe Feng Shui “command position” for working and studyingHow color psychology impacts mood and energyCreating balance when one person is a maximalist and another wants everything put awayWhy mirrors can amplify both the good AND the not-so-good in your homeSimple ways to reset the energy of a roomCrystals, plants, natural materials, space-clearing sprays and biophilic designHow to create a calmer, healthier dorm room in a tiny shared spaceWhy broken appliances, leaks and burned-out light bulbs are worth fixing ASAPAnd yes... why Lisa wants you to PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWNOne of our favorite takeaways? Your home doesn't just need to look beautiful. It should support the way you want to feel.Whether you're sending a kid off to college, working from home, trying to get organized, living with people whose definition of “clean” is VERY different from yours, or simply craving a home that feels more peaceful, Lisa gives us small, realistic shifts that can make a surprisingly big difference.And because this is Talking Smack 415, we somehow also get into private jets, stingray-covered tabletops, Debbie's leopard print obsession, Jamie's house full of men, toilet seats, Botox and bangs.Because... obviously.

Some of the deepest wounds are the ones you can't quite point to. Not a big, dramatic event, just an absence, an emptiness, a loneliness that never fully goes away. I sat down with Morgan Pommells, who specializes in helping adult children of emotionally immature parents, to finally put language to something so many of us have felt but couldn't name.We get into what emotional immaturity actually is (and why it's not the same as narcissism), why this kind of wounding is so easy to dismiss as "not that bad," and how it shows up decades later as a false, performative self, chronic overfunctioning, and a deep fear of asking for support. Morgan also walks through how this pattern replays in romantic relationships, what enmeshment versus true differentiation looks like, and what it actually takes to start seeing yourself through your own eyes instead of your parents'. If you've ever felt like you had "a good enough childhood" but something still feels off, this conversation is going to land.Connect with Morgan:https://www.morganpommells.com/https://www.instagram.com/morganpommells/?hl=enNervous system program opening in the fall: https://artisanal-painter-4513.kit.com/1d0ecb021cWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH  ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"It's not just the big things you can easily identify as happening. A lot of this wounding is sneaky, insidious, and it is about what didn't happen." - Morgan Pommells"If my god-like parent cannot survive me feeling, then I can't survive this feeling." - Morgan Pommells"You have to be able to give yourself permission to get it wrong, while staying with yourself." - Morgan Pommells"I am not unworthy of love. Nobody's going to love me are two completely different wounds. One is about who you are, the other is about how the world is going to experience you." - Morgan Pommells"Who I am at my core is good. It's no longer that there's something fundamentally wrong with me." - Morgan Pommellsemotionally immature parents, childhood emotional neglect, relational trauma, inner child healing, self worth, adult children of emotionally immature parents, enmeshment vs differentiation, attunement and mirroring, self trust, codependency, people pleasing, nervous system regulation, trauma healing, deep within podcast, Morgan Pommells

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Do you feel like you have been following someone else's advice for so long that your business no longer feels like your own? I'm seeing this happen so often right now among women entrepreneurs, and it's time we talked about it!You join someone's mastermind or coaching container because you want what they have. You learn their strategy, how they run their business, how they show up... and it works great. But somewhere along the way, you realise the version of you that created those results doesn't actually feel like you any more, and isn't aligned with your values. That's what I'm talking about today: the identity work behind building an aligned business, the difference between identity expansion vs imitating someone else's, and how to create your own version of success.Topics covered on Identity Work:What's the difference between identity expansion and identity imitation?How do you end up losing yourself when following someone else's version of success?What happens when a strategy works but feels completely wrong?How do your values shape the way you sell, lead, and show up in your business?What does real identity work look like, and where did the identity you're building actually come from?Connect with Rebecca Haydon:Apply to work with meCome say hi on Instagram | YouTube | WebsiteRelated episodes:296. Identity Work Explained: What Does It Actually Mean to Change Your Identity?297. 3 Clues That Will Immediately Expose The Identity You're Operating From | Identity Work

We asked Matt to come on for a different topic, and we had to pivot to the latest AI stuff because it’s so big. LINKS Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 hero we talk about Our previous episodes on The Void pt1 and pt2, and GPT3 Richard Ngo on how AI Safety only increased Capabilities Paid Bonus content for the week – Preshow Chat, Full Video Our Patreon, or if you prefer Our SubStack Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? We now partner with The Guild of the Rose, check them out. LessWrong Sequence Posts Discussed in this Episode: on hiatus. maybe returning someday.

She more than doubled her HRV in under a decade, and the behaviour that moved it most was not training, supplements or sleep duration, but going to bed and waking at the same time. This week I sat down with Global Head of Human Performance at WHOOP and author of Aligned, Dr Kristen Holmes, to unpack why sleep-wake consistency is the foundation of a resilient nervous system in midlife. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - Why is sleep-wake consistency a stronger predictor of mortality and disease than how long you sleep? - How does the contrast between your day and your night affect the severity of menopause symptoms? - What is the physiological sigh, and why did it outperform other anxiety-reducing techniques in the research? - Can you really raise your HRV, and how much of it is genetic rather than modifiable? - Why does eating late at night suppress both sleep quality and overnight recovery? - Why do unresolved trauma and an outcome-driven identity keep your nervous system stuck in fight or flight? TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The One Behaviour That Steadies a Midlife Nervous System 09:12 Why Day and Night Contrast Predicts Milder Menopause Symptoms 17:21 The Physiological Sigh, Winter Light and Why Late Meals Wreck Recovery 26:44 Data or Intuition: Using Your Numbers Without Becoming Obsessed 34:54 The Five Habits Behind a Doubled HRV 44:11 Falling Asleep at the Wheel: The Crash That Rebuilt Her Life 52:30 Unresolved Trauma, Fear and an Identity Wrapped Around Outcomes 01:00:53 Living by Your Values When Willpower Runs Out VALUABLE RESOURCES Aligned: The Data-driven Guide to Performance, Recovery, and Human Potential by Dr Kristen Holmes: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/468591/aligned-by-holmes-kristen/9781529146981 Explore Dr Kristen's work: https://drkristenholmes.com/ Track your recovery with WHOOP: https://www.whoop.com/ A BIG thank you to our sponsor who makes the show possible: • MitoQ - Support your cells at the source with MitoQ NAD+ Dual Action, designed to boost NAD levels and help your cells actually use them for steady energy and sharper focus

Aligned action does not mean waiting until something feels easy, effortless, or completely free of fear. And it definitely doesn't mean sitting around waiting for the perfect invitation, response, sign, or revelation before you move. In part two of Danielle's five-part series on the core pillars of the PAIED Method, she's breaking down one of the biggest misconceptions she sees around Human Design and deconditioning: what it actually means to take aligned action. Danielle introduces the two extremes many heart-centered entrepreneurs find themselves operating from: The Forcer, who moves from urgency, pressure, and the belief that nothing will happen unless she makes it happen, and The Floater, who avoids discomfort and calls inaction "alignment." Neither is true aligned action. Aligned action requires you to actively participate in your life while remaining detached from the outcome. It's learning to trust that every action and every result gives you energetic feedback about yourself, your patterns, and what you're being asked to do next. In this episode, you'll learn: Why aligned action doesn't always feel easy, effortless, or comfortable How Human Design can accidentally become an excuse to wait instead of participate in your life The difference between The Forcer and The Floater and why both operate from shadow patterns Why fear or resistance doesn't automatically mean an action is misaligned How aligned action balances active participation with detachment from the outcome Why your results become an energetic feedback loop for what to do next How forcing creates burnout, self-betrayal, and more pressure to keep up Why waiting for signs, clarity, or the "right feeling" can become another form of avoidance How uncertainty in your actions can create more uncertainty in your reality Why deconditioning your Strategy and Authority helps you develop discernment around action How one client's shift in aligned action contributed to a 900% increase in business profit and a $180K profit from the sale of her home Why compassion allows you to move through your creation process faster without shaming yourself How aligned action builds confidence, pattern recognition, and trust in your own creation process Why understanding your personal creation process can create greater predictability in your business and income Aligned action isn't perfect action. Sometimes the thing you're deeply called to do will require courage. It might require a new skill. It might bring up fear, resistance, or the part of you that wants to complain the entire way through it. That doesn't automatically make it wrong. The work is learning to recognize when you're forcing, when you're floating, and when you're consciously participating in your life from a place of sovereignty. Because every action gives you information. Every result shows you something. And the more you understand your patterns before, during, and after taking action, the more you learn to trust yourself. Aligned action isn't about knowing exactly how everything will turn out. It's about knowing yourself well enough to move anyway.   Links & Resources Listen to Podcast Episode #264 for Danielle's breakdown of aligned action for each Human Design Energy Type Join the FREE Live Training  Join Get PAIED - Danielle's 12-month Wealth Code deconditioning and group coaching experience Download your Wealth Codes Chart  Get the Email Series That Pays

Fan Mail: Tell Wendy how you're saying yes to yourself!In this bonus mini episode, Wendy shares how a series of small, aligned yeses led to unexpected friendships, collaborations, and opportunities across France. From meeting Chef Eric in Normandy to expanding her work with Jessica Hickman-Woolcott and the Cognac Jewellery School, none of it arrived through a perfectly mapped-out plan. It unfolded one decision and one connection at a time.Wendy also shares how she recognizes her next right step, why she doesn't need to see the entire path before moving forward, and the practices that help her distinguish intuition from resistance.You don't have to know exactly how everything will work. You can quiet the noise, trust your own knowing, and take the next logical step.Referenced in This Episode:Listen to Wendy's conversation with Jessica Hickman-Woolcott: buzzsprout.com/1872382/episodes/16767951 Explore the Cognac Jewellery School: Foundations: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cjs-foundation-2027Collections: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/cognac-jewellery-school-collections-2027 Explore Wendy's coaching offers: wendy-harrop.com/coaching________________________________________________________________________________________Connect with Wendy:LinkedinInstagram: @wendy.harropFacebook: Phineas Wright HouseWebsite: Phineas Wright House PWH Farm StaysPWH Curated Experience and TravelInterested in being a guest on the show? Send your pitch to podcast@phineaswrighthouse.comPodcast Production By Shannon Warner of Resonant Collective Want to start your own podcast? Let's chat!If this episode resonated, follow Say YES to Yourself! and leave a  5-star review. It helps more women in midlife discover the tools, stories, and community that make saying YES not only possible, but powerful.

Donate (no account necessary) | Subscribe (account required) Join Bryan Dean Wright, former CIA Operations Officer, as he dives into today's top stories shaping America and the world. In this episode of The Wright Report, Bryan breaks down a major escalation in the war with Iran, with Tehran firing ballistic missiles at US Navy ships and directing the Houthis to launch their largest attack yet on Saudi oil infrastructure, wounding dozens. Bryan covers Secretary of State Marco Rubio's push to shore up conservative allies in Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador against Marxist rebels, a new US mineral deal taking shape in Venezuela, and Panama Canal shipping delays driving up costs as El Niño drought shrinks water levels. He also breaks down California Governor Gavin Newsom's on-air admission that traditional Democrats and Democratic Socialists share the same core policies. Plus, Bryan covers AI-equipped garbage trucks scanning homes for code violations in Texas, a hiker rescue after Google's Gemini chatbot gave dangerously bad trail advice, growing concern that OpenAI's new Astra model is becoming too efficient to audit, and shocking calls for political violence from California professors tied to the Democratic Socialist movement. "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." - John 8:32   Keywords: Wright Report, Bryan Dean Wright, Iran, IRGC, Houthis, Saudi Arabia, Navy, Marco Rubio, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama Canal, Gavin Newsom, Democratic Socialists, AI cameras, Texas, Google Gemini, hiking, OpenAI, Astra, chain of thought, political violence, Abdul El-Sayed, Zohran Mamdani

Send us Fan MailOne in six people will struggle with fertility in their lifetime, and especially if you've ever been handed a diagnosis of "unexplained infertility," this episode is for you.I know this journey intimately. It took me about nine years to bring my miracle girl into the world, including a stage four endometriosis diagnosis and being told IVF was my only option. Spoiler: it wasn't. And I've watched clients walk that same path (even ones told the same thing I was) go on to conceive naturally once we dug deeper.So in this episode, I'm giving you the inside scoop on what a typical fertility workup actually covers and the key pieces that so often get left out. Because "unexplained" usually just means no one has looked deep enough. When you understand what's really worth investigating, a whole new set of answers opens up and that changes everything about how you support your body.If fertility is your journey right now, I want you to walk away from this one knowing you have more options than you've been told, and more options than you've been given. Subscribe to the Aligned to Rise Podcast: Apple | SpotifyConnect w/ Alyssa:InstagramWebsiteWork w/ Alyssa:Free Period Pain PlaybookWork with me 1:1Cycle Clarity PanelLearn more about AlyssaDisclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. This may not be the best fit for you and your personal situation. It shall not be construed as medical advice. The information and education provided here is not intended or implied to supplement or replace professional medical treatment, advice, and/or diagnosis. Always check with your own physician or medical professional before trying or implementing any information read here. 

“Walking away is actually discipline. It's not failure, it's discipline.” — Laurie SpenglerIn this episode, I speak with Laurie Spengler, Founder and CEO of Courageous Capital Advisors and Founding Partner of Mondiale Impact, about why capital without capacity fails, the danger of treating patient capital as permanent capital, and the path from establishing legal clinics in homeless shelters in Boston to structuring billion-dollar blended finance vehicles.Laurie grew up in New Jersey watching her serial-entrepreneur father fix and grow small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the real economy. After studying political science and economics at Stanford and teaching for a year in Taiwan, she attended Harvard Law School. During this time, while volunteering at the homelessness legal clinic in Boston, she represented a homeless Vietnam veteran. On winning the hearing and a Section 8 voucher for housing access for her client, he turned to her and said "So, Laurie, this is great. Where am I going to sleep tonight?". She then realized that legal rights without physical infrastructure were hollow. She and her classmates then successfully petitioned corporate-track graduates to pledge 1% of their future salaries to fund public interest law positions—her first aligned capital stack.After Harvard, she joined White & Case and was posted to Czechoslovakia just as the Berlin Wall fell. While the market focused on massive sovereign privatizations like the Škoda-Volkswagen deal, she noticed that the SMEs making up the real economy were starved for growth equity.So she founded the Central European Advisory Group in Prague, a dual legal and corporate finance firm built on the thesis that advice and capital must be integrated. She ran it for more than a decade before selling to her management team. She subsequently became CEO of ShoreBank International—later merged and rebranded as Enclude, which she eventually sold to Palladium—building an FCA-regulated broker-dealer business to intermediate capital globally.In 2020, she founded Courageous Capital Advisors to act as a specialized transaction intermediary. The model is built around a single leading question: what is the capital solving for? She operates globally across private equity and debt, structuring a $500 million affordable housing credit fund with Symbiotics, raising holding company loan notes for BRAC, and securing common equity for Southern Bancorp. She was also a core architect of the SDG Loan Fund, a radically simple blended structure where a $25 million MacArthur Foundation guarantee unlocked $111 million in first-loss capital from FMO, mobilizing $1 billion from Allianz—a 40:1 mobilization ratio.Much of our conversation is about why the impact industry is trapped by its own mechanisms. She argues that the industry's focus on deal-by-deal binary decisions blinds allocators to opportunities, and that evaluating risk, volatility, and thematic intersections at the portfolio level could fundamentally expand capital flows.She is clear-eyed about what does not work. When capital terms are dictated purely by allocators, misalignment is inevitable. She refuses to shoehorn a deal into a mismatched structure, treating the willingness to walk away as a necessary discipline. But when aligned correctly, the upside surprises: she points to the exit of Fenix to ENGIE, creating a liquidity event for every single employee, from the security guards to the C-suite.We also get into her governance work with Mondiale Impact. She argues that factoring in long-term ecological and social shifts is not a concession or an ESG liability, but a strict fiduciary duty of care for corporate boards navigating a changing world.What stayed with me is her realism about what it takes to actually move the needle. Thirty years after realizing the gap between a legal right and a physical resource at Rosie's Place, she admits the macro funding gap remains wide open. To close it, she argues, we can no longer rely on the "pull" of the marketplace—we need the "push" of institutional leadership shifting the mandate from whether to allocate for impact, to how.Listen to the full conversation.Audio Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro00:02:20 Welcome & meet Laurie Spengler00:02:28 Rosie's Place and the right to housing00:05:28 The 1% pledge at Harvard Law00:08:00 Growing up with a real-economy entrepreneur00:10:03 When the values became conscious00:10:51 Weekly calls with Dad: "How's your cash?"00:11:49 Why Stanford00:12:55 White & Case and post-Wall Czechoslovakia00:15:40 The overlooked small and mid-sized businesses00:17:16 A pencil and an idea: founding the Prague firm00:19:01 Selling the firm to her own team00:20:47 ShoreBank International and Enclude00:23:01 Capital plus capacity becomes the rule00:24:25 When the money shows up but capacity doesn't00:27:01 Palladium acquires Enclude00:28:49 Founding Courageous Capital and Mundial Impact00:32:26 Courageous Capital today00:36:35 Building a team per deal00:36:55 What are we solving for?00:39:11 What the industry misses by only hearing the buy side00:40:52 Walking away is discipline00:42:16 Aligned capital doesn't have to be blended00:44:22 The SDG Loan Fund: $25M unlocks $1B00:46:16 Radical simplicity00:48:19 Portfolio-level thinking over deal-by-deal00:51:37 Sophistication, or how institutions are wired?00:52:33 Financial inclusion: access vs. usage00:55:23 Digital lending and seeing the end of the chain00:57:25 Gender lens investing00:59:35 Fishing in a new pond01:01:08 Governance as a business imperative01:02:51 The liability objection01:04:30 Carbon without community01:07:21 Coal jobs and the Just Transition01:09:01 Knocking on doors during the pandemic01:10:27 "I am afraid"01:11:32 The biggest obstacle: leadership01:13:19 Plumbing vs. leadership01:15:16 The three As01:16:13 Rapid fire01:20:52 Has the gap closed?01:22:19 Where to find Laurie01:22:54 OutroListen Next: IIX Orange Bonds Lifting MILLIONS of Women in Asia & Africa! | Robert KraybillDiscover More from SRI360°:Explore all episodes of the SRI360° PodcastSign up for the free weekly email update

What if the food you ate today already decided how much conflict you can handle? I sat down with Luis Mojica, Somatic Educator, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, and author of Food Therapy, to talk about something most of us have never connected: the direct link between what we eat and how safe or threatened our nervous system feels. We get into his framework of food as stimulant, depressant, or balancer, and how understanding that shift can change your relationship to stress entirely.From there, the conversation opens into something even bigger: conflict. Luis shares his own story of growing up in an intersex body and facing years of bullying and harassment, and how that experience shaped his life's work in helping people move through disagreement and division without shutting down or attacking. We talk about "over couplings," the difference between being triggered and actually being unsafe, and practical tools for staying present in conflict, whether it's with a partner, a family member, or someone on the opposite side of a political divide. This is a rich, generous conversation, and one I think a lot of us need right now.Connect with Luis:https://www.holisticlifenavigation.com/the-bookhttps://www.instagram.com/holistic.life.navigation/?hl=enPodcast: www.holisticlifenavigation.com/podcastYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@holisticlifenavigationWORK WITH ME 1:1:❥Softening into self- 3 month 1:1 with Whats App Support: https://marina-yt.mykajabi.com/offers/PAWQhZHu❥❥1:1 Coaching with me: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfWcZM5s9c2OjOLwoGMI5jE6rh_JAzjN2d_vCtuVe7e3pVGxw/viewformDOWNLOAD FOR FREE:Stay or Go: 5 Clarity Questions to Reconnect with Your Inner Knowing: https://marinatriner.com/stay-or-go-guideAttatchment Practice: Discover the actual blocks beneath the surface so you can actually have the deep intimacy you crave: https://marinatriner.com/attachment-practice Connect & Ground: 10 Incredible Somatic Practices for Nervous System Regulation: https://marinatriner.com/connect-and-groundAlive & Aligned: 7 Embodiment Practices For Self Connection: https://marinatriner.com/alive-and-alignedTrigger to Rooted: A step by step process of working with your triggers: https://marinatriner.com/trigger-2-rooted VIEW MY COURSES & RESOURCES:https://marinatriner.com/resources CONNECT WITH  ME:Follow me on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marinatriner/ Subscribe to YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@marinatriner Top Episode Quotes:"Your food, literally every few hours, gives your body the ability to handle things that normally would overwhelm you, or it will create more overwhelm in your body." - Luis Mojica"You're not responsible for what gets triggered in me. You're responsible for your words. But what gets triggered in my body is mine to tend to." - Luis Mojica"The more capacity you have, the less you'll get triggered. You'll disagree, and you'll have preferences, and you'll be like, I don't like that, but you won't get triggered." - Luis Mojica"It's literally discerning the difference between discomfort and threat." - Luis Mojica"When you get really comfortable with conflict and you have more capacity for it, you're not triggered. You end up doing more." - Luis Mojicafood and nervous system, somatic nutrition, food therapy, conflict transformation, nervous system regulation, trauma and conflict, over couplings, trauma healing, polarization, political conflict, holistic nutrition, somatic healing, trigger vs threat, deep within podcast, Luis Mojica 

Last week I introduced the say do gap the space between what you say you want financially and what your actions are actually supporting.This week I want to give you a framework for understanding why that gap exists and what it actually looks like in your day to day relationship with money. Because the gap does not look the same for everyone, and understanding your specific pattern is what makes it possible to actually close it.In this episode, I'll introduce the Four A's of Money Alignment so you can better understand the gap you need to close to reach your financial goals this year.The Four A's are not a personality test. They're a tool to help you illuminate why you might feel financially stuck in this season so you can respond with appropriate action.We'll explore what it means to be Avoidant, Aspirational, Accidental, or Aligned with your money and how recognizing your current pattern can help you move toward a financial life that actually supports what you say you want.Because the goal isn't to be perfect with your money. It's to understand what you're building and make decisions that help you build it.In this episode you'll learn...[00:05:10] Why the aspirational money pattern is so common among my clients [00:10:30] What avoidance actually looks like for a high earner, why a six-figure income can make it easier to put off dealing with your money[00:15:45] Why the accidental money pattern can look really good from the outside while still leaving you without ownership of your financial success[00:20:20] What aligned money management actually means and why it has nothing to do with being perfect, never overspending, or having a car that never breaks down.[00:25:40] How to use the Four A's as a tool for identifying your current money pattern in different areas of your financial life, so you can stop judging yourself for where you are and start making decisions about where you actually want to go.Tune in to this episode of Money Files to learn the four A's of money alignment and identify which pattern is showing up in your financial life right now so you can finally close the gap between what you say you want and the actions that will actually get you there.Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://wealthovernow.com/the-4-money-alignment-types-why-your-money-goals-arent-working/Links mentioned in this episode…Set up a call | Financial Coach Washington, DC | Wealth Over NowDownload my FREE spending plan

Julia Kirschner, impact and innovation director at ArmedAngels talks with Innovation Forum's Niamh Campbell about where circularity actually begins: with brands' design decisions, not raw materials. They discuss how ArmedAngels audited its 2026 collection and found 58% alignment with its own circular design principles.

Aiko Bethea: Anchored, Aligned, Accountable Aiko Bethea is the Founder and CEO of RARE Coaching & Consulting, a leadership development firm that partners with Fortune 100 companies, nonprofits, and global organizations to build accountable, values-driven cultures. She is listed as #3 on the list of Top Executive Coaches of 2026 by the Industry Leader and has spent over a decade coaching C-suite leaders across industries, and served previously as deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She is the author of Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending BS and Transforming Our Lives and Work (Amazon, Bookshop)*. I have seen so many activities over the years to help leaders clarify their values. I have built some of them myself. And most of them, including the ones I've built, miss a big question: what do those values actually mean? In this conversation, Aiko and I explore that question in detail to help us all do a better job of staying grounded. Key Points In an era of information everywhere, it's more challenging than ever to engage our inner awareness. An anchor keeps a ship in place during the storm. Our values do the same for us as leaders. Values aren't just decorative. Simply naming a value doesn't tell us much about what it means. Explore the behaviors that come out of labels we use for values. Those behaviors help us better align with others – and ourselves. A value label may mean one thing to one person and something entirely different to someone else. Curiosity will help you uncover what really matters to people. Beware naming values that are simply aspirational. Instead, zero in on what is actually true for you. Resources Mentioned Anchored, Aligned, Accountable: A Framework for Transcending BS and Transforming Our Lives and Work by Aiko Bethea (Amazon, Bookshop)*. Interview Notes Download my interview notes in PDF format (free membership required). Related Episodes Leadership in the Midst of Chaos, with Jim Mattis (episode 440) How to Discover What Others Value, with Joe Hart (episode 616) The Way to Build Collective Power, with Ruchika T. Malhotra (episode 759) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic. Go beyond the podcast to find the right ideas and apply them with confidence inside Coaching for Leaders Plus.

In this episode, we explore how to respond to world events and personal interactions that trigger fear, shock, or emotional overwhelm. Rather than pushing ourselves into energetic terrain we're not calibrated for, this teaching offers a grounded energetic practice for asking for appropriate help, reclaiming our energy, and staying aligned with where we can truly serve.The conversation also breaks down a simple but powerful three-step process for working with triggers—moving from reaction into awareness, choice, and embodied empowerment.Main Topics:-  Understanding triggers as energetic information-  How to ask for appropriate help without overextending yourself-  Turning triggers into moments of awareness, compassion, and growth Follow along on social media for more insights and updates!

Have you ever known an opportunity wasn't the right fit, but considered saying yes because business felt a little scarce?In this solo episode of Community, Kristina is talking about why saying no to unaligned opportunities can be one of the most important decisions you make in business.When your pipeline feels slower or money feels tighter, almost any opportunity can start to look like a good one. Kristina shares how to recognize scarcity in business, make more aligned business decisions, and protect your capacity for the opportunities you actually want.Tune in to hear:Why scarcity in business can make unaligned opportunities feel urgent.How to recognize mission, capacity, and values misalignment.The questions Kristina asks before saying yes to a new opportunity.Why every yes has an opportunity cost for your time, team, and future growth.How saying no can create capacity for better, more aligned opportunities.How to confidently say no without burning a bridge.If you're navigating a slower season or questioning whether you should take an opportunity simply because it's available, this episode will help you make decisions from alignment instead of fear.Tune into Community anywhere you get your podcasts to learn how to move through scarcity, protect your capacity, and create space for better opportunities.Mentioned in Episode:Turn your marketing into a money making machine with an experienced agency on a flat-rate model with Merit Media: https://www.meritmedia.com/servicesBuild your LinkedIn strategy with The Social Snippet's free LinkedIn Starter Pack: Get the LinkedIn Starter PackSend me a text!Support the showFor Your Information:• Host your podcast on Buzzsprout!•Join The High Vibe Women Online Community!• Join our favourite scheduling platform Later• FLODESK Affiliate Code | 25% off your first year!• Connect with Kristina  Don't forget to come say hi to us on Instagram @thesocialsnippet, join the Weekly Snippet or follow us on any social media platform! Website . Instagram . Facebook . Linkedin

This episode isn't really about kissing—it's about the small, repeated moments of connection that create the culture of a marriage. Small moments of connection can have a surprisingly powerful impact on the quality of a marriage. In this episode of The Intimate Marriage Podcast, Alexandra Stockwell, MD explores the research behind kissing your spouse before leaving for work and reveals why she believes the kiss itself isn't actually what makes the difference. Instead, it's the culture of connection, attention, and affection that makes these small rituals so meaningful. Alexandra shares simple ways to build more moments of intimacy into everyday life, from saying good morning and greeting your spouse when you come home to making time for connection before bed. Because over time, these seemingly small moments become the nourishment that keeps emotional connection, intimacy, and passion alive.Resources Mentioned:Research on kissing and marital connection referenced in the episodeConnect With Alexandra Stockwell, MD:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get your copy of “Uncompromising Intimacy” by Alexandra Stockwell, MD here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/2ymI3Hl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Download the first chapter of Dr. Alexandra's bestselling book, “Uncompromising Intimacy,” here:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.alexandrastockwell.com/book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Cultivate your intimacy skills (without compromise) in Aligned & Hot Marriage, Alexandra's proven method for smart couples ready to love more fully:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.alignedhotmarriage.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join Alexandra's email list to stay connected. She shares inspiring stories, her latest insights, and opportunities to learn with her:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.alexandrastockwell.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Your staff can be wonderful—and still not be fully aligned. That doesn't mean you have a bad team. Your teachers may care deeply, work hard, and genuinely want students to succeed. But good people can still operate from different beliefs about what matters, which students can succeed, and what counts as success. In this episode of The 100% Principal, Robyn Jackson explains why appreciating your teachers and challenging "good enough" are not opposites. You'll discover: The difference between having a good staff and an aligned staff Why the back-to-school honeymoon fails in two predictable places How celebrations can become an unspoken transaction Why 100% must be treated as a decision rather than a goal How a 100% Vision creates urgency without creating blame A practical way to name the gap without putting good teachers on trial Subscribe to The 100% Principal Weekly: https://100percentprincipal.com

Feeling exhausted, anxious, depleted, or simply not like yourself isn't something you have to accept as the price of motherhood or getting older. Dr. Corina Dunlap has spent more than a decade helping women understand what's actually happening inside their bodies and why "this is just my new normal" deserves to be questioned. Cait and Dr. Dunlap unpack the hormones every woman should understand and how they shift through the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, and beyond. They explore why support is a physiological need, not a luxury, the simple foundations that can make a meaningful difference in how women feel, and the three hormone personality types Dr. Dunlap sees repeatedly in her work: the Caretaker, Achiever, and Survivor. Key Takeaways • Why feeling worse after motherhood or as you age doesn't automatically have to become your "new normal" (10:57) • The five key hormones every woman should understand and how they influence energy, mood, sleep, strength, and more (19:35) • What actually happens to estrogen and progesterone throughout your cycle, pregnancy, and postpartum (28:20) • Why postpartum support, nourishment, sleep, and replenishment are physiological needs and not indulgences (32:36) • The Caretaker, Achiever, and Survivor hormone types and how each pattern can either support or deplete your health (42:48) About Dr. Corina Dunlap Dr. Corina Dunlap is a licensed naturopathic doctor, medical researcher, and leading expert in women's hormonal health. She is the founder of Naturopathic by Design®, a women's health clinic serving thousands of patients nationwide, and Aligned by Design®, her supplement line supporting women's hormonal health. Her work bridges evidence-based research with root-cause, whole-body care. Website: https://drcorinadunlap.com/ Naturopathic by Design®: https://www.naturopathicbydesign.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcorinadunlap/ Resources Mentioned Hormone Powered: https://drcorinadunlap.com/hormonepowered/ Hormone Type Assessment: https://drcorinadunlap.com/assessment/ Top Lab Guide: https://www.naturopathicbydesign.com/newsletter-signup Aligned by Design® Supplements: https://shopalignedbydesign.com/ The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson: https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/the-fourth-trimester/ Want to go deeper with The Millionaire Mother? Join The Millionaire Mother Diaries for weekly insights on business, motherhood, wealth, leadership, and living a deeply resourced life: https://themillionairemother.com/diaries/ Pre-order Cait's upcoming book, Born for Both: bornforboth.com Love the show? Share this episode to your stories and tag @themillionairemother, or leave a 5-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts. Every share and review helps more ambitious mothers find the show.

On this week's episode of the WHOOP Podcast, WHOOP Founder and CEO Will Ahmed sits down with WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance and Principal Scientist Dr. Kristen Holmes to discuss her new book, Aligned, and what it takes to build a more resilient nervous system. Drawing on her journey from elite athlete to championship-winning coach, researcher, and human performance expert, Dr. Holmes shares what she's learned about the connection between recovery, resilience, and sustained performance. Will and Dr. Holmes explore why the time spent away from your craft can be just as important as the work itself, how sleep consistency and HRV can provide insight into the health of your nervous system, and why balancing stress with adequate recovery is critical for performing at your best. Dr. Holmes also breaks down her HEAL framework, explores how trauma and an outcome-driven mindset can shape our behaviors, and shares practical strategies for building greater agency, resilience, and alignment in everyday life.Buy Aligned by Dr. Kristen HolmesShop Meridian by WHOOP(00:00) Trailer (00:55) Introduction to Aligned by Dr. Kristen Holmes(02:25) How A Healthy Nervous System Promotes Healthy Aging(05:31) Impact of Childhood Trauma on High Performers(08:22) 70% of Americans Experience Trauma(10:15) Why Recovery Matters More Than You Think(16:17) Kristen's Collegiate Coaching Experience(22:07) What Overworking and Overtraining Looks Like(26:44) Importance of Sleep Consistency(30:17) The HEAL FrameworkSupport the showFollow WHOOP:Sign up for WHOOP Advanced LabsTrial WHOOP for Freewww.whoop.comInstagramTikTokYouTubeXFacebookLinkedInFollow Will Ahmed:InstagramXLinkedInFollow Kristen Holmes:InstagramLinkedInBuy Aligned by Dr. Kristen Holmes: Follow Emily Capodilupo:LinkedIn