Episodes
Ep. 36: How to feel good at the end of the year
The end of the year is here! You may already have made some resolutions for the new year, or you may be anti-resolution. Have you, however, thought back through this year and remembered the things you enjoyed and are proud of? Do you know how to name an emotion that matches with each of those things? This week I'm sharing with you an exercise that will feel fantastic - and that will also improve your emotional intelligence and raise your vibration as we head into a new year of possibili…
Ep. 35: How to Look Good in Pictures
Want to look great in photos... or even feel comfortable being in the photo instead of always being the one behind the camera? If so, you need to listen to this episode! Christine Hetzel joins me today to talk all things pic...
Ep. 34: Why You Need Music in Your Life
Music has power - let's talk about how that works! Music and emotions are our topic this week, and Cilia Antoniou of Self Expressed Babe joins me to share her expertise. We're talking about: music and memories and how they are tied in our brains with emotions,the power of allowing space to express your emotions, whatever they may be,how music helps us release shame and know that it's ok to feel the way we do,how movement and music - and the vibrations of live music - affect ou…
Ep. 33: How to Make Healthy Cooking Easy (and Help Your Family to Like It Too)
So, you've decided to create some healthy habits and cook some healthy meals... but it seems so difficult and complicated! Let's talk about how to make healthy meals and healthy cooking easier. Health and Lifestyle Coach Jessica Mitchell joins me this week to share with us all her valuable tips. Listen in as we talk about: how important it is that whatever we are doing is sustainable over the long term, the power of vegetables,how important it is to add flavor, how to be prepa...
Ep. 32: How to Recognize and Heal the Emotion-Food Connection
Emotional eating is something that many of us struggle with often. There is a comfort aspect to food that originates when we are babies and often continues throughout life. We also might struggle to recognize, validate or fe...
Ep. 31: Finding a Light in the Tough Times: Glimmers and Good Feelings
The holiday season - and winter in general - can be a tough time for our mental state, stress levels, and attitude in general. We might be stressed, we might have some difficult issues to deal with, we might be overwhelmed w...
Ep. 30: How to Redefine Your Relationship with Money and Wealth - Money Miniseries Week 2
Money doesn't grow on trees. Money is the root of all evil. If you have debt, you must be a bad person or irresponsible with money... We hear so many different sayings and views on money as we go through life, and many of these views get saved into our subconscious as beliefs about money. If you believe deep down that money makes people greedy and bad, you can bet that you won't be able to make much money in life. Your brain will protect you from that. In week 2 of ou...
Ep. 29: How to Use Your Finances to Create the Life You Want - Money Miniseries, Week 1
Is budgeting all about deprivation and guilt? Or could it be a way to make sure we are living the life we really want to live? My guest this week says that how we handle our money is absolutely about making sure we get to do ...
Ep. 28: Bouncing Back from Burnout and Reigniting Your Passion
You've dealt with burnout... whether it was career burnout, mental health burnout, relationship burnout... sometimes we need to recover from hitting bottom and try to figure out where to go next and what burnout recovery looks like. Sabrina Del Duca joins me this week on OMG Teach Me to share her powerful story of overcoming career burnout, finding a job and a calling that light her up, and how she made it through her self-discovery journey. You'll hear us talk about the challen...…
Ep. 27: Why Getting Dressed Matters; Boosting Your Confidence and Productivity
Working from home in your pajamas? Or making sure to always be "camera ready" no matter what? Let's talk about why it matters whether we get dressed each day. This week we're talking about enclothed cognition and how our minds and bodies react to wearing certain clothes (and to other people wearing certain clothes). While you might be able to get away with laying around in pjs, it may not be the best choice if you are going for productivity, confidence, and empowerment in…
Ep. 26: How to Be Present and Remember Their Names... Yes You Can
Have you ever met a new person and experienced how good it feels when they use your name in the conversation? Did you feel valued and appreciated? You probably did. This week, Lisa Joy Glassman of Active Potential joins me to...
Ep. 25: What you didn’t know about your nervous system, weight loss and safety
You decide to get in shape, or lose (release) weight, or make a life change... and a few weeks into it you get frustrated. It seems as if nothing is changing, and you find yourself falling back into old habits. Why? Your ner...
Ep. 24: Should You Listen to the Voice in Your Head? Yes, if it’s Intuition
A gut feeling... a hunch... a thought that comes out of nowhere... a sense that something is just off... We've all noticed our intuition warning us about simple things or major things. It sounds like a good idea to listen to your instincts or trust your gut, but how can we learn to do this better? How can we get better at making sure our intuition catches our attention, and how can we tell whether it truly is intuition or it's just the fear talking in our brains? We're talking…
Ep. 23: Giggle Your Way to a Better Life: Embracing Authenticity and Laughter
I'm fairly sure none of us had a laughter class in school, and what a shame because there are laughter benefits that affect our mood, hormones, health, and relationships in a powerful way. Sara Alepin and Kristina Kury from the Laughing with Gingers podcast join me today to talk (and giggle) about all things laughter! We're spending some time on the power of laughter, being your authentic self, laughing for emotional well-being, and making sure to be the leading character in your .…
Ep. 22: Sleep - Let’s Talk About Sleep Benefits and Sleep Solutions
OMG, we really do need to sleep! When sleep becomes difficult and when we deal with sleep deprivation and sleep problems, we know we need to do something differently. What about when we are trying to live in a healthier way? ...
Ep. 21: Powerful Decisions: How to Craft a Vision for Unstoppable Progress
What if you made a decision right where you are with whatever you've got, and then you move forward fully confident that it is happening? In this episode, discover the secrets to making swift and effective choices, all while keeping your eyes firmly fixed on the ultimate destination. In a fast-paced world where circumstances can change in an instant, learning to trust your instincts and decisively move forward is crucial. We're going to talk about the process of creating a mental b…
Ep. 20: Stay Calm, Stay Informed: Strategies for Political Serenity
Our world is rife with political rhetoric and arguments over both the facts of a situation and the solutions. If we know that minimizing stress is a significant part of living healthy, how do we manage our stress while being...
Ep. 19: Taming Negativity With the Power of Self Talk
Faith Hoskins joins me this week for an episode that you may want to listen to a few times. We're talking about self-talk... that voice in our heads that is going all day long. Our brains have a bias towards negativity, so Faith walks us through ways that we can start to shift that negativity and allow ourselves to consider a positive outcome. Why is this so powerful? Our thoughts impact our emotions which impact how we show up in the world. Some of the tips and advice in th...
Ep. 18: Three Things You Need To Do To Have Professional Success
You want a new job or a promotion or a leadership slot or a new business... so what do you do? How do you make it happen? Let's talk about three steps: break down the skills, find people to look at for evidence, and grow your...
Ep. 17: Making Gut Health Digestible; Nutrition, Immunity and the Gut-Brain Connection
"All disease begins in the gut, which also means all health begins in the gut..." Dr. Katie Collier, NP, joins me for an episode on gut health that will give you all the basics of what it means to have a healthy gut, why you care, and how our digestive system plays a role in our health, immunity, and even mental focus. She shares exactly what to eat (did your mom tell you to eat your veggies?) to bring your gut back into a healthier state - and we talk about how to recognize when y…
Ep. 16: Barking Up The Right Tree; How Therapy Dogs Transform Classrooms
If you are a dog lover, a parent, a teacher or all of the above, this episode is for you. If mindset and nature and fun are empowering and important, then bringing them into our classrooms while kids are still young seems ev...
Ep. 15: Empowering Kindness: Raising Strong Girls in a Changing World
Are you raising the next generation of professional women and leaders? Are we teaching girls and women to be nice or to be kind - and what is the difference? This week is all about finding ways to help girls and women to act...
Ep. 14: Using FUN to overcome feelings of doubt and fear
Jen Liss joins me this week to talk about how we can focus on fun to overcome doubt and fear in our lives. Within the first 10 minutes of this episode, she gave me a sentence that I will use over and over to determine what I...
Ep. 13: The impression of increase; using empathy and providing value in sales and in life
What would happen if you smiled more, gave genuine compliments, were fully aligned with your offer, and made sure to listen well? Whoever you were interacting with would most likely leave the conversation with an impression ...