Today on Feminine Roadmap cardiologist Dr. J Shah busts heart health myths and empowers listeners to take charge of their own healthcare journey. Dr J encourages listeners to see their health as a life long process not an event by taking the initiative to get out of protocol driven medicine and partner with your healthcare provider. Often as patients we are looking for a quick, simple solution which can possibly lead us away from the best options for our overall health. One of the key strategies...
Jan 13, 2020•56 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we’ll be talking about strategies for overcoming grief with Stephanie Thompson. Stephanie learned about grief after she lost her 15 year old daughter suddenly to a rare infection, This journey of grief took her to depths she had never known and from those ashes she has risen to create an organization to honor her daughter called A Dancer’s Heart, a non-profit that provides scholarships, leadership and life skills for young ladies ages 12-22. After beginning and building...
Jan 09, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Chris and Joe Claussen share their mission to live to remember and their fight against Alzheimer’s after watching their own father decline. Chris and Joe have taken their mission to protect their own brain health against Alzheimer’s and have begun to share that with others through their website as well as a brain healthy coffee creamer, Memento. The good news from their research is that most risk factors to cognitive health can be rectified through lifestyle changes in ...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min
On today’s episode of Feminine Roadmap we’re talking about chasing Zen with author and journalist Stephanie Krikorian. Stephanie took her own zen-finding journey which lead her to write a smartly funny, insightful little book called: “Zen Bender: A Decade Long Enthusiastic Quest to Fix Everything (That Was Never Broken)”. After she lost the job she loved, found a job she didn’t, she began ghost writing self-help books for celebrities then before she knew it she was hooked thus began her journey ...
Jan 02, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Dr. Eudene Harry talks abut empty nesters finding their path using integrative tools. Reminding us that we are integrative beings -mind, body and spirit- none of those are mutually exclusive, they are intertwined, Dr Eudene helps us to begin to move through the process of empty nest with a healthy, holistic view of ourselves. Often our bodies exhibit symptoms like headaches or tiredness that are actually messengers and not the issue itself, by taking an integrative appr...
Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Andrew Wittman empowers us to upgrade out inner armor by becoming the CEO of you. Andrew asks us to consider our inner board of directors- body, mind and emotions- then ask who is in charge here? The chink in our inner armor comes when our emotions are in charge, when we live from our emotional state we are more reactive and less disciplined. Updating our inner armor starts with putting your mind in the leadership role then dominate your body, get your fitness and food ...
Dec 26, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap, Dr Barbara Roberts and Gina talk about heart health for women. Dr Barbara is a retired cardiologist with over 45 years of experience, she was the first female adult cardiologist in Rhode Island and was the Director of Women’s Cardiac Center at the Miriam Center and she has a passion for women’s heart health. As more attention is being brought to women’s heart health, Dr. Barbara enriches the conversation from the perspective of a woman and a cardiologist. Her deep desi...
Dec 23, 2019•58 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we’re asking the question: is your midlife crisis really real? When you do a search online about midlife you will get inundated with a long list of articles on midlife crisis, the inevitability of it, to expect it, that it’s normal but today we’re asking is it really real? IS midlife crisis really something that cannot be avoided, that most people can expect to have a midlife crisis? Dr. Emeka Anyiam, founder of Embridge Counseling services, weighs in on midlife crisis ...
Dec 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap, guest Keren Eldad talks about embracing change positively. Keren is coach and founder of With Enthusiasm Coaching, Ted X Speaker and all around superstar! Keren believes in the life altering power of embracing change positively no matter what age or stage you find yourself in. Whether you are an over achiever who thinks you don’t need to change or you are in the midst of change and don’t know which way to go or you’re adverse to change, Keren has words of wisdom and en...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Shirley Baldwin shares her healthy strategies and tools to learn how to get what you want from your man. Shirley encourages women to let go of their stories, their unrealistic expectations and engage with their men in a way that taps into their natural desire to give and receive love, admiration, acknowledgement and affection. Imagine a relationship where there are no grudges, ice wars, resentment but instead there is a solid middle ground of love and acceptance w...
Dec 11, 2019•58 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest, Dr. Cynthia Li, talk about brave new medicine, the art of healing. Dr. Li is a board certified MD whose life came to an abrupt halt when she was blindsided with and autoimmune illness that she could not overcome. For two years she sought conventional medicine treatments as she suffered which lead her to step out of her medical paradigm and seek brave new medicine for her healing. This journey lead her down a path that eventually healed her and redire...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Suzanne Bryant joins Gina to talk about going from obstacles to empowerment. Suzanne has known some mighty obstacles from anxiety, overcoming breast cancer to losing her own mother to cancer when she was just 59 years old. She shares how she learned to practice of yoga and meditation as a way to overcome the anxiety and empower her to overcome the obstacles that came into her life. While she used these tools to overcome in big challenges also uses them to help other peo...
Dec 05, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest, Kim Acedo, talk about how to practice great self care. Kim is a midlife wellness women’s coach whose passion to help women in midlife motivated her to shift her focus from personal training to helping women transform from the inside out. One of the greatest areas of opportunity for the women she coaches is the area of self care. Kim realized that many women spent their time setting aside their own wants and needs to meet the wants and needs of those ...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina introduces us to Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD and author of the best seller “Potatoes Not Prozac: Simple Solutions for Sugar Addiction”. Kathleen shares how working in an addiction treatment center lead her on a journey at 48 years old to quit her job, sell her house and go back to school to earn her PhD to develop her theory about sugar sensitivity and it’s role in addictive behavior. Kathleen embarked on an interdisciplinary study that looked at the role of sugar sen...
Nov 28, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Dr. Carla Marie Manly talks about how to age joyfully. Sharing powerful insights from her private practice and her personal experience, she brings loving, wise principles to help women navigate how they feel about aging. Dr. Carla encourages us to have courage and the desire to embrace the years before us with love and joy. As we choose to see every stage of our feminine journey as valuable, looking for the beauty along the way and learning to radiate true grace , we wi...
Nov 25, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about rediscovering yourself after a stroke with guest Debra Meyerson and her husband Steve Zuckerman. Debra suffered a stroke over 8 years ago and her life as she knew it came to an abrupt halt. As a Stanford University professor and an author, communication was her life but after the stroke she was unable to speak. Steve and Debra share the painstaking journey of adjusting and discovering life after a stroke as individuals and as a family. Their powerfu...
Nov 21, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest, Dorothy Rice, author of “Gray is the New Black” talk about accepting who you are in midlife and living with joy where you are at. It’s high time we learn to quit asking the questions about being thin enough, smart enough, pretty enough, whatever it is we struggle with and recognize that there is an army of voices from our past that keep us locked in bondage- it is time to call them out, let them go and forgive ourselves for those things we cannot cha...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest Josh Levine explore the need for adaptability as workplace culture changes because people are working longer. Recognizing the diversity of ages and experiences of those working together in the modern workplace, Josh shares his passion to impact the way people think about and show up in their workplaces. When we define workplace culture and understand the impact that has on the productivity and satisfaction of employees, we can begin to show up with pu...
Nov 14, 2019•57 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Susie Rinehart shares how she learned to reclaim her joy after a cancer diagnosis that threatened to take her voice and very likely her life. Her diagnosis caused her to consider her own voice- when had she let her voice go and what had she been using her voice for from a purpose stand point. Susie found that the beauty in her cancer was that it gave her a renewed sense of focus and purpose enabling her to reconnect with health boundaries and standing up for her y...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap guests Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn, authors of “Not a Partnership”, share why they believe we keep getting marriage wrong and how we can get it right. Tod and Peter present tools and strategies to not only sustain but to enrich marriages. Utilizing their “4 Pillars of Giving” they empower couples to achieve oneness and unity in marriage. They believe that as two people develop the mindset and practice of serving something greater than ourselves in our marriages, transform...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap we talk about becoming a better you with author, non profit professional and Motivated Mom LaToyia Dennis. LaToyia encourages listeners to hatch, leap and soar by tapping into past experiences and stepping out to navigate new experiences in order to become the best you that you can be. She believes that the process of hatching, leaping and soaring is a continual and simultaneous process that we need to practice leaning into, embracing the uncomfortable and pushing throu...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest Marta Montalvo-Ramos talk about the power of kindness. Marta shares how her lifelong journey of developing the practice of kindness has empowered her to foster a positive outlook on life even in the midst of her own personal trials. She believes that the power of kindness is a resource available to each one of us as we learn to develop the habit of sharing not only monetary resources but especially our time and talent with others who are in need. Mart...
Oct 28, 2019•53 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap, Gina and her guest Dr. Nisha Jackson talk about how to avoid burnout. Dr. Nisha reveals the impact stress has on our adrenal glands and the impact that has on our overall health. Identifying health trends on stress from technology to sleep to relationships, Dr. Nisha shares practical strategies to begin to undo the negative impacts of stress already happening to us as well as putting practices in place to manage stress on a regular basis. While burnout is at an all tim...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina spent a precious hour with Helene Berger, a woman who shares her story of hope as she navigated the diagnosis and decline of her husband to Alzheimer’s. Helene and her husband Adi had been married for over 50 years when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and while the diagnosis was a shock, Helene was determined to make Adi’s last years the most wonderful years. This story is one of courage, determination, love and persistence as Helene sought to keep Adi’s life ful...
Oct 14, 2019•55 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest Dr. Ellen Albertson talk midlife reboot, rediscovering and reinventing yourself in the second half of life. In this conversation the concept of midlife is turned on it’s head and given a powerful perspective and purpose. We arrive at the second half of life with a myriad of life experiences, skills, abilities and perspectives that empower us to reinvent ourselves in a way that brings great joy and energy. Instead of dreading midlife, Dr. Ellen encoura...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina shares her mission and journey of building this podcast and how her 100th episode is a catalyst for your dreams. Gina believes you have a dream in your heart, maybe it’s something that you have thought about for years but for whatever reason you have not taken action on it or you've pushed it aside for this thing called life. Maybe you find yourself at a crossroads and aren’t sure where to begin, what to do or how to do it or maybe you are afraid to try and fail. G...
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 2 min
On today’s episode of Feminine Roadmap Gina has an empowering conversation with her guest, Heather Hansen, about becoming an elegant warrior. Heather is a trial lawyer who has taken the tools she uses in the courtroom to help others to advocate for themselves in their day to day lives. Becoming an elegant warrior is more about who you are and how you show up in the world, first for yourself, then for others as you develop curiosity, connection and trust. Heather is a big believer in the power of...
Sep 23, 2019•51 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina and her guest, Dr. Freida Birnbaum, discuss attitudes about aging in the ages and stages of life. Dr. Freida shares her perspective on the way we are all impacted by the attitudes about women in the world around us, how the opinions of others shapes our own attitudes and beliefs about ourselves and aging. As each age and stage of life comes along, layers are added to the stories we hear and those we tell ourselves which often leads us to believe things that are not...
Sep 16, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap, Gina and Tom Ziglar discuss strategies on how to choose to win. Tom talks about the powerful relationship that habits, character, integrity and gratitude have on our ability to chose to win in our day to day lives. Learn the 7 roots of a successful life, how to cultivate and nourish those roots so that we yield good fruit. Tom believes that the “fastest way to success is to replace bad habits with good ones” and he gives us practical steps to take to not only change ou...
Sep 09, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Today on Feminine Roadmap Gina introduces us to Irene O’Garden, author, playwright and poet, who takes us on a journey of risking the rapids of life. Irene candidly shares how a journey in the wilderness of Montana in her 60’s taught her how to take risks, reconnect with family and heal her childhood. Vivid and engaging, Irene draws practical application from wilderness experience to help others step out in courage and take risks. Risking the rapids is a powerful analogy that each of us can appl...
Sep 02, 2019•59 min