Bonus: My Money Story Part One: Entrepreneurship In this episode, I talk about how I started my first business, my coaching practice, charging what I'm worth, and valuing my time and service. I'm starting my 2020 off with putting out into the forefront what I need to work on most: my money story and mindset. If you have something you would like to ask for upcoming shows, please email me. How I Started My Cleaning Business Episode Group Coaching for Women Over 40: ELEVATE Schedule a free coaching...
Dec 21, 2019•12 min
Episode 95 Acceptance + Willingness - Which Comes First? Join the conversation that I share today where I talk about acceptance of your willingness to change, and your willingness to accept what isn't working in your life. Thank you so much for listening! Topics include: 1. What are you accepting in your life? 2. What is your willingness to change what isn't working 3. What may be holding you back from taking the first step towards change? 4. Choosing a word of the year and why it's a good idea ...
Dec 17, 2019•16 min•Season 3Ep. 95
Bonus Episode: Counting Action vs. Counting Days My hope for this episode is that I will help you to see where you are putting pressure on yourself to accomplish a goal, either short-term or long-term so that you allow yourself some grace. Ease off of yourself sister or brother and believe that if someone else achieved the same goal that you want, then you can too. The most important part of this picture is what do YOU want? Identify one thing that you want to work on most and align yourself wit...
Dec 14, 2019•16 min
Life Beyond Dieting and Sobriety with Laura Dumont Part One In this episode, I talk with my friend, Laura Dumont, who goes by Laura Twin Mama on Instagram. Laura shares her decision to quit Overeaters Anonymous and lean into a new intuitive eating plan while exploring drinking after two years of sobriety. This episode will help you connect to what you want in life, not what you think you should want or do. It's the perfect episode to listen to if you want freedom from rules, labels, and comparis...
Dec 10, 2019•50 min•Season 3Ep. 94
Life Beyond Dieting and Sobriety with Laura Dumont Part Two Please make sure to listen to Part One first (you won't want to miss it) In this episode, I talk with my friend, Laura Dumont, who goes by Laura Twin Mama on Instagram. Laura shares her decision to quit Overeaters Anonymous and lean into a new intuitive eating plan while exploring drinking after two years of sobriety. This episode will help you connect to what you want in life, not what you think you should want or do. It's the perfect ...
Dec 10, 2019•34 min•Season 3Ep. 94
Today's bonus episode is all about simplifying life. I talk about what I've learned since I moved during the summer (into an apartment) and what I'm doing to simplify things, even more, going forward in (mid) life. You can listen to the full downsizing episode , here. Join my community and download your To 50 & Beyond free Manifesto today. Schedule a free coaching session Join my group coaching program, ELEVATE. Say hi on Instagram....
Dec 07, 2019•17 min
Episode 93 Part Two: Swimming for His Life with Dean Hall This episode is full of hope, grit, and living your dream life, no matter your circumstance. I talk with Dean Hall, a licensed clinical therapist for over 30 years. He specializes in helping clients recover from trauma, anxiety, and health conditions like chronic pain and cancer. Dean is an author, a highly sought-after speaker, advice columnist, and expert in the field of neuroacoustics. Dean is also a two-time cancer survivor, widower, ...
Dec 03, 2019•43 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Episode 93 Part One: Swimming for His Life with Dean Hall This episode is full of hope, grit, and living your dream life, no matter your circumstance. I talk with Dean Hall, a licensed clinical therapist for over 30 years. He specializes in helping clients recover from trauma, anxiety, and health conditions like chronic pain and cancer. Dean is an author, a highly sought-after speaker, advice columnist, and expert in the field of neuroacoustics. Dean is also a two-time cancer survivor, widower, ...
Dec 03, 2019•40 min•Season 3Ep. 93
Bonus episode Are you living half a life? In this episode, I read the poem by Khalil Gibran entitled Half a Life. Explore your own existence and ask yourself Am I Living Half a Life? Find the poem here. The meditation by John Siddique. Enter coupon code: THANKYOU for enrollment into ELEVATE and receive 50% off. This coupon is only good for podcast listeners until 12/3/19....
Nov 30, 2019•10 min
Episode 92 Recovering from Alcoholism and Cancer with Nancy McKay In this episode, I talk with Nancy McKay, a Certified Life Coach about what it was like growing up in an alcoholic home, being sober for ten years, and surviving ovarian cancer. Nancy is a certified Wayfinder Life Coach from Martha Bec, Inc. as well as a Mind-Body-Eating Coach from the Institute for Psychology of Eating. Topics include: Growing up in an alcoholic household Losing her father to suicide How Nancy's drinking picked u...
Nov 26, 2019•35 min•Season 3Ep. 92
Eating and Drinking Bonus Episode I talk about how to give yourself a break after you quit drinking or for the holidays when it comes to food and drink. You always have a choice. Join ELEVATE 1:1 Free Coaching Session
Nov 23, 2019•9 min
Pop-up episode. In Six Weeks You Can... I talk about all of the things you can do in six-weeks because in six-weeks from today, November 20, 2019, we enter a new decade. What do you desire most that you are not willing to leave on the table in 2019? You have time. More than enough time! Get after it! Join ELEVATE Email me for accountability 1:1 Free Coaching Session...
Nov 20, 2019•8 min
Episode 91 The Beauty of Conflict in Relationships with CrisMarie Campbell and Susan Clarke In this episode, you will learn how to use conflict in relationships in a positive way. My guests are CrisMarie Campbell, an Olympic rower, Boeing flight test engineer who has her MBA, and Susan Clarke, a former marriage therapist, and Equus coach. Crismarie and Susan are the authors of The Beauty of Conflict: Harnessing Your Team’s Competitive Advantage and their forthcoming book The Beauty of Conflict f...
Nov 19, 2019•56 min•Season 3Ep. 91
BONUS: Are You Striving or Surviving? Join ELEVATE Sign up for a free coaching session
Nov 16, 2019•9 min
Episode 90 When is it enough? Contentment vs. Complacency with Nancy Stansbery I'm so excited to share my guest today, Nancy Stansbery. Nancy is a past private coaching client of mine and an all-around intelligent and adventurous gal in the middle of life. During our last few coaching sessions, we got on the topic of contentment vs. complacency because Nancy found herself to be enough for the first time in a long time (if ever.) Nancy is a professional fundraiser, an empty nester, and a woman on...
Nov 12, 2019•47 min•Season 3Ep. 90
Aging Bodies Are Beautiful How we can come to terms with our aging bodies and do something vs. doing nothing to feel better. JOIN my Group Coaching Program Register for a Free Private Coaching Session
Nov 09, 2019•11 min
Episode 89 Feel the Fear and Follow Your Desires with Jennifer Louden Jennifer Louden is a personal growth pioneer who helped launch the concept of self-care with her first best-selling book The Woman’s Comfort Book. Since then, she’s written six additional books on well-being and whole living, with a million copies of her books in print in nine languages. Jennifer has spoken around the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has written a national magazine column for Martha Stewart magazine. Plus, she’s ...
Nov 05, 2019•52 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Drinking to Please Others Are you drinking because of others? Do you feel like you are going to hurt someone's feelings if you don't drink? Do you fear rejection if you don't drink? This. Is. The. Episode. For. You! JOIN ELEVATE 1:1 Free Coaching Session
Nov 02, 2019•12 min
Episode 88 LIVING Life Un-Numbed with Mary Beth Mannino This episode is full of wisdom and empowerment from the youngest guest I've ever had on the show! Mary Beth Mannino (MB) has made a comeback in her twenties and transformed her life through mindfulness, meditation, sobriety, and healthy living. MB is a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach and meditation teacher on a mission to help women heal through finding safety and love in their bodies. Standing proudly at 5' tall, MB believes that the sma...
Oct 29, 2019•52 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Recovery in the Middle of Life is a Beautiful Gift Recovering from over drinking, childhood trauma, low self-esteem, overeating, binging, over shopping, Recovery and an update on Mr. College - my son Spencer. This episode goes out to you if you are suffering and going back and forth with your drinking and your thoughts to quit drinking. And, I want to make sure that I clarify my message here and going forward. You can be happy and have everything in life that you want, but you know that alcohol ...
Oct 26, 2019•20 min
Episode 87 Feel BETTER During Perimenopause and Beyond This episode is loaded with solutions to many of the common aging and menopause struggles. There is so much hope and empowerment to demystify the myths of aging so you feel BETTER now. My guest today is Pamela Windle. Pamela is a women’s health coach and hypnotherapist who helps women during menopause with invaluable support and guidance through this period of change. Pamela knows what it is like to struggle with your health, happiness, and ...
Oct 22, 2019•51 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Why I Drank and Can't Moderate Alcohol Topics discussed: Why your reason why you drink doesn't matter as much in the beginning as your reason why you don't want to drink Why you drink unfolds over time Don't wait to define your drinking before you quit Why trying to moderate is exhausting Placing rules and breaking them only makes you feel worse Lightening your load and releasing pressure from yourself JOIN ELEVATE my 4-week program designed to help build yourself UP instead of alcohol so that y...
Oct 19, 2019•19 min
Episode 86 Aging Grayfully with Mia Mancuso Today's episode is full of midlife sobriety, aging + encouragement to live your best life unmasked. Mia Mancuso is a wife, dog mama, Registered Nurse, Breathwork space holder, Accountability Coach for the Gray Area Drinker and proud silver-haired (yep, it's real) teetotaling broad. Mia talks about taking care of herself and figuring out her nutrition at this stage of life. She shares what led her to quit drinking and talks about gray area drinking amon...
Oct 15, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 86
The Sitch on Saturday - Are These the Good Old Days? In this bonus episode, I talk about living in the here and now and not regretting the time you have to make a change in your life. Macklemore - Good Old Days video Enroll in Elevate Schedule a 1:1 free Coaching Session today...
Oct 12, 2019•9 min
Learning to Let Go with Tammi Salas Episode 85 In this episode, I'm joined by my friend, Tammi Salas as she shares with us her recent discovery of reassessing things in her life and letting go of stories from the past. Tammi hasn’t had a drink since February 3, 2015. She is a former wine bar owner, lifelong seeker + recovering perfectionist. She is an artist, teacher, self-proclaimed late-bloomer and co-host of The Unruffled Podcast, a weekly podcast that explores all topics relating to the inte...
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Bonus: The Light at the End of the Tunnel In this episode, I talk about taking risks and making a sacrifice to get to the other side of what you want in life. I talk about my recent gift of silence and the thought work I have done in the past two weeks that has opened up new ideas and creativity. Topics include: How to walk into the "tunnel" scared Getting to the other side of drinking Why drinking in the middle of life is hard to quit An interview with myself on the day I quit drinking How it's...
Oct 05, 2019•17 min
Bonus: How to Live Without a Buffer Today's Sitch is about letting go of the buffers in your life. I talk about my son, Spencer leaving for college and how he felt like a bit of a buffer between my husband and I (in a good way) for 18 years. I talk about how you may buffer with alcohol, food, shopping, anything that gives you comfort and keeps you from stepping past that comfort zone into the unknown. Also, how to build a plan that you have in place when you do decide, or come face to face with ...
Sep 28, 2019•24 min
Episode 83 Reduce Cravings + Stress Using Essential Oils with Dr. Mariza Snyder Today, you are going to learn so much about essential oils and how to use them to beat sugar cravings, stress, and fatigue and more. My guest today is, Dr. Mariza Snyder. Dr. Mariza is a functional practitioner and the author of seven books, including the National Bestseller, The Essential Oils Hormone Solution , focused on balancing hormones with the power of essential oils, and the #1 Amazon Bestseller The Smart Mo...
Sep 24, 2019•58 min•Season 2Ep. 83
REAL Talk: Drinking to Cope with Anxiety Does NOT Work When I drank to "cure" my social anxiety and escape life problems I created more anxiety, panic, and paranoid feelings. In this bonus episode, I talk about creating new coping mechanisms and distancing your drinking from your life problems by separating the two. Drinking alcohol to cure anxiety is temporary. Living life fully present and clear is a long-term gift that keeps on giving. Don't deny yourself the long haul by going for the quick ...
Sep 21, 2019•16 min
Episode 83 The Dangers of Binge Drinking with Courtney Andersen Today, I'm talking to my biz partner and sober sister, Courtney Andersen. Courtney is a health and wellness coach and a sober coach for women. She is a podcaster, writer, teacher, and all-around girls girl. Courtney has been a guest on the podcast several times. Check out past episodes here: Isolation vs. Loneliness Does Society Dictate Your Drinking Quit Drinking Before You Hit Rock Bottom Living Out Loud in Recovery The Dangers of...
Sep 17, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 83
