Join me on another walk for this personal growth update episode! I share my reflections on a recent trip a took to round out my 27th year of life and share how the last year has been both one of the best and darkest years of my life-- because two opposing truths can, and often do, go hand in hand. PS - I forgot to mention in the episode that my best friend who came with me to France is someone I only met in this past year, in large part because of the challenging things I was going through. Just...
Oct 08, 2021•27 min
Has it ever happened to you, when your dreams come knocking, that you're too afraid to answer the door? That you're not as ready for it as you thought? That, when the universe is asking you to play big, you want to hide under the covers? Join me on a rainy walk for this little pep talk of an episode for when you're finding yourself playing small. LINKS: // Follow me on IG @thehyelife // Embodied Self-Study: Learn more about how to Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support // Book Private Virtual Y...
Sep 10, 2021•20 min•Season 3Ep. 78
When it comes to self-healing and personal development, it's easy to get trapped in the belief that the work must be done in a vacuum-- that in order for it to be "self-healing" and "self-development" it must be done alone; that you shouldn't be in partnership until you've done all the work on yourself. So what's love got to do with it? Every relationship, no matter how long or what transpires, is a lesson. Whether romantic or platonic, familial or acquaintance, every relationship in which we fi...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 77
We are all born with an insatiable curiosity to discover our world. We open our eyes and take in our surroundings with all of our senses, letting our bodies do the exploring. Somewhere along the way, we are taught that the world is a dangerous place and that we are vulnerable to all its whims and follies-- "curiosity killed the cat," as the adage goes. We are taught to fear our own curiosity lest it get us into trouble, whether it be punishment, physical pain, heartbreak, grief, psychological tr...
Aug 17, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 76
Devoting a personal episode to riff on some things I've been observing within myself over the last several months. The hope is that maybe you'll resonate with some of it, too. Things like... acclimating to a new place enjoying whats right in front of you being given vs. creating a sense of belonging and community putting up energetic walls exploring creativity, and creating for the sake of creation rather than the outcome learning from our past self as well as our future self hitting a pause on ...
Aug 03, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 75
Vulnerability is of integral importance in our lives and personal development. While often seen as a weakness, vulnerability is an incredible strength and is often that "missing piece" in relationships that allows us to be fully authentic and understood-- when shared in the right way. Vulnerability not only forges deeper connections with those we entrust with our truth, but it allows us to begin to integrate into our identities the very parts of ourselves we have felt ashamed of or abandoned, an...
Jun 09, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 74
When was the last time you created just for the sake of creation, without all the pressure that comes with needing it to be a “good idea,” visually pleasing, or profitable? For many, we lose touch with our inner creator when we reach that certain point in our youth where the world suddenly asks more of us than to simply experience the joys and wonders it has to offer; when we are told to leave our imagined worlds behind and come back to reality; when we aren’t recognized by institutions or socie...
Jun 01, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 73
This episode welcomes to the show Human Design expert Brigit Ritchie to walk us through the basics of HD and how we can harness its offerings to honor our individuality and build stronger relationships. According to Ritchie, Human Design is a lens through which we honor our unique wiring, create space to own our truth and accept others more fully, and find enjoyment in taking the risk to live from your wiring so you can connect and contribute to your greater community. By understanding your desi...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 73
Is resistance a good or bad thing? What about "taking the path of least resistance?" When taking action or saying yes to an opportunity causes feelings of fear and discomfort to arise, it can be hard to know whether to lean in or walk away. Is this fear coming up because the situation requires me to be vulnerable? To try something new? To put myself out there in a way that is stretching my comfort zone? Or is this my intuition telling me to get the hell out, because this is not meant for me? Tha...
May 11, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 71
It's been one year since I first recovered my cycle, so I thought I'd share an update on how things are going! If you are also experiencing or recovering from HA, it's important to remember that recovery extends beyond getting your cycle back, and that long-term healing takes time, grace, and a boatload of self-compassion. I share my story in the hopes that it provides some comfort, relief, and support for you in whatever challenge you're currently facing, health or otherwise. There is always an...
Apr 30, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 70
This bonus episode is a re-air of my interview on the podcast Pick A Topic with Leah Rice aired Jan 31, 2021. Leah interviewed me on my own self-healing story, from how I first got into health coaching and how that has shifted into the kind of self-healing and holistic life coaching that I do now; my journey through restrictive dieting from a young age, body image, and healing my relationship with food and movement; finding my true self and authentic voice throughout this process and how it has ...
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 69
The first half of the episode covers some morning habits I've adapted for healthier hormones, including the benefits of morning sunlight exposure and the importance of eating breakfast for metabolic healing and re-regulating your hunger signals after restrictive habits. Then we shift gears and get into the "quantity vs. quality" mindset when it comes to doing the scary thing of putting your work out into the world, especially when you're a recovering perfectionist like yours truly! If you're enj...
Apr 02, 2021•24 min•Season 3Ep. 68
We all have expectations that we set for ourselves, for situations, and for others. As humans, we have the incredible power of imagination. We dream and we tell stories, automatically creating a set of ideals for how things and people ought to be... how they “should” be. Some of the time, we can catch our expectations and recognize when they aren't realistic or fair, but not always. And it's those subtle expectations-- the stealthy ones-- that go under our radar and no longer feel like expectati...
Mar 26, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 67
When we find ourselves overwhelmed, stuck or continuing to bump up against a problem that won't go away, it can be worth looking at how these situations may be subconsciously serving us. Find out why you might be creating and choosing to indulge in your overwhelm or undesirable situation in order to get to the real root of the matter. If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review! And if you're wanting to get even more out of our time together, I'd love to work with you ...
Mar 19, 2021•20 min•Season 3Ep. 66
This is a topic that comes up all the time in my client sessions, and is something we all go through every now and then. The key is (as with pretty much everything we do here on The HYE Life) to look at what is going on beneath the surface. This episode offers two important aspects of what is happening to us energetically and mentally when we are going through a period of feeling stuck, unmotivated, uninspired, and unproductive, and offers a way to move through with self-compassion and grace. If...
Feb 17, 2021•20 min
After discovering that her "healthy" habits were actually the cause of her absent cycles (hypothalamic amenorrhea), Dani Sheriff began channeling her frustration with societal expectations on women's bodies through her childhood hobby: drawing and illustration. She quickly learned that there was a need to help other women with HA and share her own experience, and The HA Podcast was born. Soon after, she created The HA Society, an online membership community offering support, guidance, and tools ...
Feb 16, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 60
“There is a grief that occurs in your healing. They don’t talk about that so much. It’s a messy, complicated, beautiful and raw place, To have so much unconditional love for the person you once were, a person who wanted to be anybody but themselves.”— excerpt from a little personal reading I give during the episode (let me know if you like when I do these!) Grief has a very heavy and often negative connotation, and understandably so. In the thick of it, it weighs on you like sandbags tied to you...
Feb 09, 2021•28 min
This special episode features audio from a coaching session with one of my private 1:1 clients who was coming up against fears and doubts around pushing her comfort zone, trying something new, and going after her goals of teaching yoga. Our session covered several powerful (yet extremely common!) limiting beliefs within the realm of perfectionism and how we shape our identity (and ultimately our worth) around our work, productivity, and outcomes. Perfectionism may be holding you back from showin...
Jan 29, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Inspired by an unexpectedly uplifting conversation with an internet customer service representative, we talk about the concept of doing less in order to do more: doing less of what isn't serving you, to do more of what lights you up and moves you forward. We go over two simple yet incredibly powerful questions I love to ask my clients in order to recognize the ways in which we give up our power each day, both by doing more of what we don't want to do, and less of what we love. LINKS: // Follow m...
Jan 18, 2021•22 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Self-healing is, in essence, healing your relationship with yourself. It is about uncovering and mending the beliefs that are forming the basis of your behaviors and lifestyle choices that aren't actually serving you. For me, that meant shedding an identity that centered around nutrition and fitness culture-- two things that I thought were serving me, but were actually keeping me stuck in an unhealthy place and causing me to misplace my sense of self and self-worth. If I could speak directly to ...
Jan 11, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 61
You know you want to make some changes, but you're overwhelmed at the idea and not sure where to start. One of the biggest things keeping people stuck where they are is the belief that they need to make big changes in order to experience a real shift in their lives. But the opposite is true-- the biggest shifts often come from the smallest of changes. This episode walks you through 4 simple yet incredibly powerful ways to go about making shifts that feel doable and that you can implement right a...
Dec 09, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Sometimes the best interview episodes are the ones where nothing is planned and we just roll with whatever is top of mind. That's exactly what you're getting in this chat with my dear friend and movement teacher/healer, Riki Rosenthal @Riki_Wellness. We met on our teacher training in Bali earlier this year (throwback to pre-Covid) and we've been supporting each other in our entrepreneurial and personal growth journeys ever since. I wanted to bring Riki onto the show because she is incredibly dow...
Dec 03, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Most of us find ourselves diving into our self development journeys after the catalyst of an identity crisis. And in the thick of that uncertainty, all of that questioning, all of that uprooting, it can be difficult to be present to the exponential growth that is taking place. I have had my fair share of identity crises over the last few years: when I first realized I didn't want to work in fashion anymore; when I decided I wanted to start The HYE Life, and again with this podcast; when I realiz...
Nov 26, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 57
The HYE Life is about honoring yourself every day. And by that, we refer to your whole Self, your entire Self-- mind, body, and spirit. One of the incredible benefits of working on your Self through a holistic and integrative lens is getting a variety of perspectives on your current situation or condition and the Self discovery that comes with it. Eastern medicine practices such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, while they work on the physical body, are rooted in spirituality and emotional wel...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 56
While it's important to take the time to be with your emotions and understand them, sometimes what we really need is to take some space and perspective. But there is a fine line between taking healthy distance from your healing, and distracting yourself as a means of avoidance. Today's episode dives into the difference between the two, some examples of what they might look like, and why you don't have to wait until you're healed to find happiness. LINKS: // Follow me on IG @thehyelife // Ready f...
Nov 06, 2020•17 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Today's episode hyelights Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to share his healing journey that has extended into the healing of the community. We dive right in, covering everything from his experience with recovering from Type 2 diabetes through plant nutrition, his take on spirituality, and his efforts in office to bring greater access to lifestyle medicine to the community at large. We also discuss his experience working 20 years in the police force, including how he was one of the original...
Oct 20, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 54
Dropping in with a life update episode! why I've been a bit MIA and sharing less than usual how my understanding and perspective on the world of "wellness" has shifted why it's always so important to look more deeply at the trends, general health guidance and research we all have to take responsibility for the messages we share and the way we share them hormone/period recovery update! I'm finally moving! the difference between expanding v. leaving your comfort zone Giving yourself permission to ...
Oct 13, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Following the idea that your thoughts create your reality, it comes as no surprise that your environment, and especially your home, becomes a reflection of your internal environment. And because we are energetic beings, we also easily absorb the energy of our environment, and thus our relationship with our home is just as important as any other. Creating an aligned home environment is something that takes time, attention, and love. It should be an expression of who you are, and what you're about...
Aug 26, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 52
It's no secret that our past shapes who we are today. But what's less understood is how our past-- in particular our traumas, anxieties, beliefs and implicit biases-- causes much of today's current suffering, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. After recognizing this pattern in his patients, chiropractic Dr. Nima Rahmany is now on a mission to guide others in dissolving the root cause of their stress-induced ailments. He is the creator of The Overview Method, where participants are tak...
Jul 14, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 51
One of my biggest qualms with the world of wellness is how often general health advice is shared without real context or consideration of the state of health of those consuming these "tips and tricks." Am I grateful that access to health information is so widely available now? Absolutely! We can't just depend on doctors and researchers. But unfortunately, that also means we are seeing a lot of agenda-driven studies published on popular media outlets that all conflict each other, as well as a mas...
Jun 20, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 50
