Hear one of the creators of the wildly success Optimal Living Daily Podcast share his top tips for personal development.
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In this New Years Eve relevant episode, I share 10 drinking hacks to help you prevent and treat a hangover. Many of these were learned through years of painful trial-and-error research, while others can be found with a quick Google! Cheers to a New Year free of hangovers!
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In this end-of-the-year solo episode, I share 20 lessons I’ve learned in the past year and hope to bring with me into the New Year.
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Call it your gut, call it intuition, or is it a spirit guide? In this episode, spiritual mentor and medium Nikki Novo teaches us how to tap into our energy, intuition, and a little help from above as we navigate life.
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In this first ever bonus blog episode, I share an article I wrote (ironically) almost exactly one year ago which is a perfect, personal example of what Bryan Falchuk and I discussed in Ep. 18 - Using Awareness & Perspective to Move Forward. You’ll hear how my past pain snuck its way into the present and how I analyzed an overreaction in a relationship to better understand what was really going on with me.
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Today we have Bryan Falchuk on the show. I resonate so much with Bryan’s work because it’s very much about bettering ourselves, our lives, and our relationships but always through the lens of focusing on what we can control – which is only ourselves… our actions, our reactions, our interpretations. And he shares a life altering concept that we actually have a lot more control than we realize.
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In this episode, I talk to engineer turned artist Kirsten Trammell. Kirsten reached a point where she couldn't bear to walk into another "day at the office" and decided to leave the corporate world behind and create a life connected to who she truly is. She now runs a freelance ghostwriting business, and is a creative writer and blogger exploring the artistic human experience one word at a time. Her mission is to help others accept who they are and find joy within their own story.
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In this episode, I speak with Mark Crandall, LMSW, LCDC, keynote speaker, business consultant, transformational coach, Author of Embrace Your Past Win Your Future, and the host two Podcasts: Purpose Chasers and Addiction Treatment 101. He went from a lost boy with countless traumatic experiences to a highly sought-after Clinical interventionist. We discuss victim mentality and the important distinction between being a victim vs. playing one, the importance of accepting and finding the positive in the struggles life gives us, and how lack of motivation is not what’s holding us back from having the life we want.
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In this episode we are talking to Dr. Kristie Overstreet, a clinical sexologist, psychotherapist, and founder of Therapy Department, a private practice that provides consulting, training, therapy, and speaking services. Dr. Kristie spends her days helping people navigate their relationships and identities while growing both personally and professionally. We discuss boundaries, the importance of understanding our own needs and how/where they are being met, how to practice more vulnerability, and how to know if your relationship just isn’t right for you.
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In this episode I talk with Amber Smith – entrepreneur, mother, and online coach for life coaches. We discuss codependency and learning how to be empathetic without completely taking on other people’s emotions and difficulties, her experience with postpartum depression and how the shift of identity that comes with motherhood, and we talk about life coaching – what it is, how it differs from therapy, and how to approach it if you’re interested in trying it out.
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In this episode, we talk with Aimee Schreiber, artist, designer, poet, and cohost of the Intentionists Podcast. Aimee grew up in the Mormon church and then experienced what she calls a faith crisis in her twenties. We talk about how the crisis came about, the difficulties she encountered once she started questioning her faith, and how she was able to find peace in her decision and faith in herself. Having been raised in a devoutly religious household, Aimee is fascinated by belief systems and cultures and hopes to inspire others to forge their own paths with curiosity, creativity, and compassion.
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In this episode, I talk to Gretchen Lidicker, former health editor at mindbodygreen and author of CBD Oil Everyday Secrets: A Lifestyle Guide To Hemp-Derived Health and Wellness. We talk all things cannabis – the differing side effects of both THC and CBD, how they interact together, the current and future state of research on this plant, and she gives some critical advice when selecting CBD products if you’re interested in trying them. Gretchen has a degree in Biology from the Honors College of Charleston and a masters in physiology with a concentration in complementary and alternative medicine from Georgetown University.
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In this episode, I talk to the woman behind the Instagram handle @asoberfriend – Stefania Lewicki – about the reasons we drink, how we feel after drinking, and how difficult it can be to choose to be sober in today’s alcohol-centric society. Stefania is a Recovery Advocate at a drug and alcohol treatment center, currently working towards a Masters in Clinical Counseling, and at the young age of 27, decided to quit drinking and create a community dedicated to helping those struggling with their relationship with alcohol or how drinking affects their relationships with others or themselves.
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In this episode, I talk with Jenifer Golden, dating expert and co-host of the It’s Complicated podcast, and we discuss what it’s like to be single these days – from how online dating apps like Bumble have created a lot of gender role confusion to strategies to remove the anxiety that comes with dating.
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These days there is so much emphasis on taking care of ourselves and seemingly endless self-care options available to us, that it can become overwhelming and a new type of stress has surfaced – the stress of self-care. In episode 9, I talk to Megan Weigel, DNP and board certified Advanced Practice Holistic Nurse, about how to lessen the stress of trying to fit too much self-care into our day and instead approach our routine in a more manageable way.
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In episode 8, I talk to our first international guest, Sam Jones. After losing his friends and the future he had planned in a fatal car accident, Sam opens up about his grieving process with incredible insight, vulnerability, and even some humor and wit. No matter what your experience with grief or loss has been, I know you will enjoy hearing Sam’s story, as he is a wonderful example of resilience and the importance of acknowledging and accepting where you are in the process.
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In episode 7, I talk to Amy Pope-Latham, LCSW & certified EMDR therapist, about the importance of our mind-body connection and how certain experiences (known as traumas) can cause us to disassociate from our physical feelings. But through different therapy modalities and even practicing mindfulness, we can become more aware of what our body is trying to tell us and give it the time it needs to process through events that our mind didn’t allow it to.
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Our moods and feelings can shift so slightly that sometimes it happens without us even noticing it. Before you know it, you can end up in a funk – feeling off, unhappy, unfulfilled, lost or disconnected. In my second solo episode, I get real and honest about the current funk I’m in and share my three-step plan to get out of it.
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In episode 5, I talk to host for Afterbuzz TV and the It’s Complicated podcast, Lauren Leonelli. Lauren’s story is an incredible example of how we need to pay attention to how we feel while pursuing different goals in life, recognize when it may be time to walk away, and most importantly – find our own way of doing things rather than go along with what’s “normal.”
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