Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Episode 29: Best of the Best! Feminine Energy & Healthier Lifestyle Tips for More Energy, Less Stress, Better Periods and Less Ego. In this week's episode were celebrating the 5 most popular episodes of the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast. They're the best of the best! We'll be taking a two week break to relax, refresh and reflect. If you're new to the show or are already a joyful energetic mama in the making, it's the perfect time to catch up on these epis...
Dec 10, 2020•30 min
Welcome to the Joyful energetic mama Podcast Episode 28: My Vision Board Creation Experience! In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing details on my latest vision board creation experience which happened in Late 2019. Specifically, I’ll be dishing out the details on how I mentally and emotionally prepared myself for creating my latest board. Learn how to create a vision that you are deeply and emotionally connected to by grabbing my best tips! Discover the kind of questions you can ask yourself to ma...
Dec 03, 2020•27 min•Ep. 28
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 27: 5 Simple Ways to Practice Gratitude! Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for joining me today on this beautiful day of Thanksgiving. If you’re listening to me today in the United States, I’m especially grateful for your support and your kind attention. I simply love Thanksgiving. As an adult, it’s easily been my favorite holiday for the longest time because nothing makes me happier than being surrounded by the people that I love. Celebrating the...
Nov 26, 2020•21 min•Ep. 27
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 26: Visualization, Law of Attraction and Why You Need Goals in Your Life! You have to believe it, to achieve it. How does that saying make you feel? Does it get you excited to think about all the wonderful things and experiences that you want to bring into your life? Or does it leave you feeling jaded or doubtful? Wherever you fall on the spectrum, today’s episode is all about using the power of your mind’s eye to bring change into your life. ...
Nov 19, 2020•22 min•Ep. 26
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 25: Why You Need A Daily Success Ritual! Last week, we talked about 10 ways to supercharge your motivation. I shared my best tips on how to break from the inertia of indecision and lack of will to start something new. Today, I’m going to show you how to develop a daily success ritual to intentionally create positive change in your life. I’m really going to break it down into bite size pieces so that you can see for yourself just how doable it ...
Nov 12, 2020•31 min•Ep. 25
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 24: 10 Things to do When You’re Lacking Serious Motivation. Lacking Serious Motivation right now? You’re not alone. Most of the stuff that’s “good for you” or important to achieve isn't exactly a fun thing to do. When it comes to self improvement, most of us will deal with a lack of motivation to get started. Instead of giving up before you actually try, this episode is all about my top tips on what to do when you’re lacking serious motivation...
Nov 05, 2020•27 min
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 23: Is There Such a Thing As Too Much Positivity? Is there such a thing as too much positivity? Can high doses of positivity be toxic? As an eternal optimist, my first response is to say, “No.” I mean think about it. If you’ve ever spent any time with a pessimistic person, you can feel how draining their way of being is. But is it possible to feel drained by too much positivity? Can excessive positivity be intoxicating? In this episode we expl...
Oct 29, 2020•21 min•Ep. 23
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 22: The Truth about Collagen Supplements for healthier skin! There are some of us beautiful ladies out there who are all about aging gracefully. They're maturing into strong, confident and more empowered versions of themselves. The lines on their faces and the silver streaks in their hair let everyone know they're powerful women with a lifetime of experience. They laugh unabashedly and smile through the good times and bad. While I admire them ...
Oct 22, 2020•20 min•Ep. 22
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 21: Embracing Your Personal Style with Kristiane Charrier. Recently, we've been exploring how to nurture our internal dialogue by way of raising our self-esteem and elevating our own perception of worth. In today's episode, we’re going to add to that conversation of embracing our uniqueness and individual talents by talking about personal style. What does personal style have to do with self-esteem or self worth? Plenty! I couldn’t think of a b...
Oct 15, 2020•35 min•Ep. 21
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 20: Nurturing Your Self Worth! Like self- esteem, self worth is another concept that we use to evaluate our own perception of ourselves. Having a high level of self-worth fortifies you and allows you to be resilient in the face of struggle. Nurturing your self-worth is important in order to have positive relationships with yourself. Likewise, it’s important to deem yourself worthy in order to benefit from positive relationships with others. In...
Oct 08, 2020•22 min•Ep. 20
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Episode 19: Raising Your Self-Esteem Through Compassion. Raising your self esteem through compassion is one way to increase your personal joy. In fact, compassion is the one thing our world needs a whole lot more of. Being able to understand, accept and even forgive are essential ways to increase your own compassion towards yourself and others. In This Episode, you'll learn: What compassion is and why it’s essential to keep growing our levels of compassion. W...
Oct 01, 2020•22 min•Ep. 19
Welcome to Episode 18: How the Power of Your mind Can Create Wellness or Illness. Your thoughts and feelings shape the physiological processes within you to create either a state of healing and or a state of illness. Basically, your thoughts are so powerful that it can influence how your body functions. Knowing that the power of your mind can create wellness or illness can be very beneficial to your health. This knowledge is empowering because it can shape your ability to heal from illness and t...
Sep 24, 2020•22 min•Ep. 18
Welcome to Episode 17 of the the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast- The Busy Mama's Guide to Probiotics! Probiotics have received a lot of hype recently in the nutrition world and with good reason. With more light being shed on the benefits of having a healthy gut, incorporating daily consumption of probiotics is a sure fire way to boost the good bacteria in your microbiome. The Busy Mama's Guide to Probiotics is the listen worthy, streamlined reference on what you need to know about probiotics. Thi...
Sep 17, 2020•19 min•Ep. 17
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 16: How I Accidentally Healed Myself From Migraines. This is my personal account of how I healed myself from migraines and how it was purely accidental in nature. I wasn't looking to cure myself from my headache situation, because honestly I didn't believe I could be cured. Looking back now, I realize that of all the changes that I made to live a healthier life, it was really changing my mindset that helped me the most. If you suffer from epis...
Sep 10, 2020•33 min•Ep. 16
What can the Ennegram tell us about motherhood, or rather how we handle motherhood? Plenty! If you're a mom and you love taking personality quizzes, then this episode is for you! Sure, every mom wants to know which Disney Princess they are, but the Enneagram as a personality typing system goes deeper into the personality by getting to the heart of your core values and fears. So if you've been personally struggling with some aspect of raising kids (and who hasn't?) you can take comfort in knowing...
Sep 03, 2020•38 min•Ep. 15
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast! The premise of this episode is simple: to give you the courage and confidence you need to make meal prep a part of your life. Imagine a healthier lifestyle where you eat with your health in mind and your food choices fuel you for more energetic days. This life is totally possible! No, this episode won’t solve all your meal prepping woes but, it’s a pretty cool place to start. Remember, learning meal prepping basics is both a skill and a commitment to...
Aug 27, 2020•22 min•Ep. 14
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast! In our last episode we talked about healthy lifestyle tips for more energy and joy (12) and we ended the show with the promise that today’s episode was gonna be on stress management. My belief is that most people have at least one go-to way to relieve stress. But they may totally unaware of how certain habits create more stress. Today we’re talking about what habits, inclinations or behaviors create more stress for us. In this episode learn all about...
Aug 20, 2020•35 min•Ep. 13
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 12: Healthy Lifestyle Tips for More Energy and Joy! Are you too tired to “adult”, let alone parent? If you’re regularly struggling to stay awake past 7 p.m., today’s topic is all about quick wins and easy lifestyle tips for more energy. As a reformed people pleaser and part time hot mess, I’m passionate about teaching busy moms how to create more joy and energy in their lives. It’s amazing how energized your life can become with a few simple a...
Aug 13, 2020•34 min•Ep. 12
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Episode 11: The Power of Online Fitness Support Groups with Juanita Mayers Lankford. Juanita Mayers Lankford brings her passion and enthusiasm for online fitness to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast- and we couldn't be more thrilled! Juanita Mayers Lankford is a 33 year old online health and fitness coach partnered with Team Beachbody. She describes herself as a wife and a busy momma to an active toddler who is exploring all his independence. She has passion ...
Aug 06, 2020•42 min•Ep. 11
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 10: Why Moms Need Good Friends! Did you know that July 30th, is the International Day of Friendship? Now there’s a holiday I can really get behind! Good, positive friendships bring us together, make us feel good and create more harmony and joy in our lives. We all know “momming” ain’t easy! That’s why moms need good friends! In Episode 10, we're celebrating friendships. Establishing healthy positive friendships with other like minded people, m...
Jul 30, 2020•34 min•Ep. 10
How many times have you stopped yourself from doing something because a voice in your head tells you,” Stop! You can’t do that! Or it says, “Don’t do it that way, you’ll embarrass yourself and everyone will laugh at you,” Or maybe you hear words like, “What are you doing? You’re not ready. You’re not good enough. What makes you think you're smart enough to do that and succeed? Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 9: Silence your inner critic for good. Today we’re talking about th...
Jul 23, 2020•23 min•Ep. 9
Welcome to Episode 8: How to Seed Cycle for Hormonal Support and Less PMS Symptoms. If you suffer from PMS, heavy periods, irregular periods, struggle with hormone imbalance or just want to learn a natural way to support your hormones without pharmacological intervention- this episode is for you! Seed cycling is the practice of eating specific seeds during specific times of your menstrual cycle for a better period experience. Imagine being able to regulate an irregular period, reduce your PMS sy...
Jul 16, 2020•32 min•Ep. 8
Welcome to Episode Self doubt, worry and fear have a way of sucking the joy and good vibes out of our lives. What would you give to keep the good times rolling and your peace of mind intact? Worry, fear and overwhelm have a way of zapping our mojo real quick. Episode 7 is all about releasing your fear based thoughts and trading them in for more energy and joy. In This Episode, you'll learn: What emotional pain is and how our body reacts to perceived threats, Why releasing your fear based thought...
Jul 09, 2020•20 min•Ep. 7
Welcome to The Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast Episode 6: Letting Your Intuition Guide you. Gotta big decision ahead of you? Don’t know which way to go? Letting your intuition guide you is a great way to help you decide. Feeling mentally stagnant or like you're in your thoughts just a little too much? It’s time to let your inner wisdom come out to play. In this episode, learn all about how to tap into the super power that is your intuition. Letting your Intuition Guide You- A Personal Example I ch...
Jul 02, 2020•31 min•Ep. 6
Welcome to Episode 5: Tapping into Feminine Energy for More Energy and Joy. Having ZERO energy, is ZERO fun. Having ZERO energy when you've got boat loads to do is straight up disaster! Face it- We can't be all Go, Go, Go without feeling absolutely drained after a series of long days. Wanna change things up? Learn how to tap into your feminine energy! In this episode: Learn why our current lifestyle has us crying for our beds by 7 p.m. Learn the key differences between masculine and feminine ene...
Jun 25, 2020•24 min•Ep. 5
Welcome to Episode 4: 5 Mistakes Women Make When it Comes to Exercise. Having trouble sticking to an exercise routine that works? Even if you're doing all the right things, if you're not minding your mindset- you could be setting yourself up for failure. IN THIS EPISODE: Learn 5 mistakes women commonly make when it comes to exercise. Realize that there's nothing wrong with you- it's just your mindset that's in the wrong place. Learn the simplest way to have the energy to power your workouts. EPI...
Jun 18, 2020•25 min•Ep. 4
Episode 3: Racial Inequality and the Call for Social Justice. Recent events have brought to light the lingering effects of systemic racism and racial inequality in this nation. Racial inequality is pervasive and has unfairly hindered people of color from being able to equally access the opportunities and privileges available in this country. This episode is a direct reflection of the sadness and guilt that I recently experienced once the full impact of this situation came to my immediate attenti...
Jun 11, 2020•26 min•Ep. 3
Welcome to Episode 2: A.M. Power- How to Create a Morning Routine That Lasts. If you're feeling stretched out and tired even before you officially start your work day, you need to rethink how you do mornings. Wanna make the most of your day? Adopt a morning routine that lasts. Wanna feel more personal satisfaction in your life? Listen to this podcast! In this Episode: Learn why everyone can benefit from a morning routine that is purposeful and puts your needs front and center. Discover how reduc...
Jun 11, 2020•46 min
Welcome to Episode 1: Get Started! How to Put an End to Procrastination. For those of us who do "To Do Lists" and still have trouble checking everything off the list- this one's for you! Taking an active role in getting all of your projects, chores and responsibilities done, doesn't have to stress you out! In this episode: Learn why we struggle with procrastination and why planning for the future is so much easier than actually taking the steps to do it. Discover why putting things off for the l...
Jun 11, 2020•32 min•Ep. 1
Welcome to the Joyful Energetic Mama Podcast! The place where busy mamas tune in to take out the struggle from the daily work life juggle. I'm your host, Carla Diaz. Every Thursday, I'll share my best tips and tricks on how to reduce the overwhelm and raise up the joy. Round here, we love to dish on all things in the area of health and wellness as well as nurture a mindset that inspires action taking and personal growth. See you every Thursday starting June 11, 2020.
May 23, 2020•1 min