How many best friends do you have? One . . . maybe two . . . or heck maybe five (those are lucky duck friends to all have you). Whatever that answer is for you, I want you to add 265 to that number, because you actually have 265 more best friends that are there for you 24-7, they always have been and always will. AND as a big bonus, you don't have to worry about socially distancing from any of them. So who are these 265 long-lost friends you might ask? I am glad you brought it up because I want ...
Dec 17, 2020•17 min•Ep. 81
Well, hello there. Today we are doing something a little different. I am switching out my yoga pants for a cute 2-piece suit as I need to look the part for you. Today, I am going to be your real estate agent as I give you the grand tour of your "house". No not that house - YOU! You are the house, your heart, mind, body, Soul! That house. I want to take you through a tour of the seven most important areas or rooms of your home and YES that means we will be walking through your 7 chakras. I have t...
Dec 10, 2020•23 min•Ep. 80
What is the one word for you that describes how you are feeling right now? Take everything that has been 2020, add it to a pot, stir it up, and look down. You have one word to describe how that collective made you feel, the taste it leaves in your mouth, the stamp it has left on your Soul. I thought about this for some time. The word unhinged seems to fit. It feels like we are all these balloons that were tethered to our life, our families, our friends, our way of life, and through the course of...
Nov 29, 2020•27 min•Ep. 79
It's that time of year where our thoughts turn to the holidays, our favourite dishes, and who might or might not be able to celebrate with us this year. As much as I LOVE to bake, I don't always like what my belly is telling me the next day as some of the ingredients in those GOODIES may not be behaving so good in my belly. Food sensitivities continue to rise, so I am not alone here. More and more we are seeing grocery store aisles lined with foods labelled as gluten-free, dairy-free, or GMO-fre...
Nov 09, 2020•19 min•Ep. 78
Growing up we heard it a million times: "Milk does a body good!" We would see advertisements with our favourite movie stars or athletes sporting a milk moustache with that logo. We believed it. How could we not? But even way back then, scientists and researchers were working in the background and their work pointed toward something very different. In this episode we look at when we started to drink cow's milk, why it happened, what it does to your body and why we were fed the line "Milk does a b...
Oct 23, 2020•24 min•Ep. 77
It's morning. You peek over at the clock. Yep, time to get up. We stretch and reach for our housecoat when we stop. "Yuck, what's that taste?" The story of what goes on in that gorgeous mouth of yours all night long on a cellular basis might look like an epic thriller of heroes and villains, wars and truces. I won't spoil the grand finale for you, but I promise you'll never look at those pearly whites the same again. In this episode, we dive into my morning self-care oral routine. In that chat, ...
Oct 09, 2020•13 min•Ep. 76
There are so many types of meditation styles, some calm you, some rejuvenate you, some - let's be honest - put you to sleep. I have been meditating regularly for 30 years now using every style I have come across. In this week's episode, I wanted to share something really special with you as I introduce you to a meditation style that is more of a journey than a "clear your mind" type. Today we will look at what spirit animal meditations are, and what they are like as I walk you through my most re...
Sep 24, 2020•20 min•Ep. 75
Chemical Engineer turned nano-mineral superhero? Yep, that pretty much describes Barton Scott and what he found out about your lovely locks of hair. In his early 20s, Barton had everything. He was an athlete, an accomplished scientist, and had a promising future paved at his feet. But something wasn't right. His memory started to get fuzzy. He couldn't react as sharply as he did just a few years earlier. Barton's story of how he figured out what was wrong and how to easily fix it using his resea...
Sep 18, 2020•46 min•Ep. 74
One of Tim's best friend's received a terminal diagnosis. He was willing to do anything he could to help him. When he asked Tim to come to Florida with him for a month to try something different, he jumped at the chance. His journey lead him not only to help his friend totally heal from his diagnosis, but turned Tim's life around. In this episode, Tim and I chatted about what ailments he was suffering from because of the diet that he was put on; what his first cleanse really felt like; his big "...
Sep 09, 2020•59 min•Ep. 73
What does September mean to you? Do comforting thoughts of pulling out your sweaters, turning on the fireplace, pumpkin spice lattes and homemade soup start flooding your mind, or goes it makes your heart say "Oh, no! Not yet!" In this episode, we look at how you - your beautiful, perfect body and mind - transition into the fall months. Some people love it! Others have a really hard time. There is a reason why. Together we talk about How the three body types tackle the fall months differently, W...
Sep 01, 2020•36 min•Ep. 72
In this episode of the Your Wellness Journey, I sat down with Ayurvedic expert, Purnima Chaudhari to look at energy fields; how electronic magnetic radiation (EMR) impacts them; the Ayurvedic nadir and how to they come into play; how she is seeing EMR impact our health; and the easy things you can do starting today to mitigate EMR in your home. Here are a couple of links Purnima wanted me to share with you for more information: Purnima's website to take classes or receive a treatment The Ayurved...
Aug 18, 2020•47 min•Ep. 71
Carole Tetreault is a healer, spiritual guide and is also known as Blue Thunderbird Woman. Marla finds out more about Carole's journey through Shamanism which was enhanced by a book by Don Miguel Ruiz called The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. Since then, Carole has worked with Shamanism as a form of healing - which includes ancestral healing where the pain from your past lives is addressed. In this episode, you will find out what is involved in a Shamanic practice, how t...
Jul 30, 2020•49 min•Ep. 70
Sometimes we forget that our journey to where we are right now is packed with beautiful stories. For this - our 2-year podcast episode - I thought I would share one of mine with you. I have been plant-based or vegetarian or . . . well, I get to that in a moment here . . . for 37 years. It didn't happen all at once and there was a boatload of both tiny and huge gifts that shaped the decisions I made. In this episode, I talked about a handful of the most profound ah-ha moments in my life and their...
Jul 20, 2020•30 min•Ep. 69
What can you accomplish in a breath? We inhale, exhale, repeat, and don't think about it. But depending upon our breathing style, we can do so much more. In this episode, Natalie Suppes, a certified PAUSE breathwork facilitator and Crohn's wellness coach, and I explore this style of breathwork. After over a decade of battling Crohn's disease, Natalie looked for answers to help her body and mind heal. Along the way, Natalie found this breathwork technique that transformed the trajectory for her h...
Jul 03, 2020•24 min•Ep. 68
Is it time to take stock of where you are and how you are doing? So many of us feel that we are off course, stuck in jobs or relationships that are not helping us get to where we should be. Stopping once in a while to check in and see where you are is critical in moving you forward. In this episode, I sat down with Maurice Thibodeau as we chatted about his Life Inventory Assessment and how it can give you a beautiful picture of where you are and what you should be focusing on in your life (and w...
Jun 20, 2020•38 min•Ep. 67
How can we find peace, use peace and rise from what is happening in the world right now? This week I sat down with Michael Arterberry, youth development expert and founder and executive director at Youth Voices Center Inc. in Connecticut. We had been planning this talk for over a month as we were supposed to discuss how to be a role model for our youth and what we can best do to support their wellness and growth. Then a week before we got together, Mr. George Floyd was murdered and our news feed...
Jun 04, 2020•52 min•Ep. 66
We go to school. We get the job. Then comes the car and the apartment, and we have to work more. The clothes and the vacations come next, and we have to work more. At some point, you might think "What am I doing? Do I really want this? How did I get here?" In this episode, I sit down with Bret James of High Sierra Permaculture as we talk about his transition from a Denver-based computer programmer to living off the grid on the north shore of Kauai to homesteading in the California Sierra Nevada ...
May 21, 2020•48 min•Ep. 65
After the first month in isolation, I had melted into a place of homeschooling, letting go of my old routine and, well, scones. I have always loved scones and I thought there must be some magical way bakers made it that was impossible to recreate. Well, after 2 solid weeks of trying, I perfected some plant-based scone recipes to a point that our favourite time was morning scone-time at 10:30 am. After a month of that, I was feeling pretty darn blah, sluggish, stagnant (but if I come out with a v...
May 15, 2020•29 min•Ep. 64
All of us could use a little laugh right now. Okay, maybe we all need a HUGE crying-in-joy/it-is-hard-to-catch-your-breath/you-won't-need-an-ab-workout-for-a-month kind of laugh. Being in isolation for going on 50 days now, a lot of the things in our lives that used to bring us joy are not possible right now, so we have found our joy in a new place. At the beginning of 2020, Tiktok was a skyrocketing app that attracted people in the 13-29 age group. Then Corona happened and TikTok is now where y...
May 07, 2020•33 min•Ep. 63
In this week's episode, I bring on Kevin Naidoo to discuss our lives in quarantine thus far. We talk about a lot of different subjects from the ego, to gratitude, to confrontation and communication in a pandemic. We covered a lot of ground, and my conversations with Kevin are always so enlightening. Hope you enjoy! To learn more about what Kevin is up to, visit him online at www.kevinnaidooyoga.com and on Instagram and Facebook . Love and light, Dear Souls! - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insid...
Apr 24, 2020•48 min•Ep. 62
In this episode, I invite Jennifer Maynard to talk about “longevity nutrition” — the best long-term nutritional habits you can have. Jennifer is the CEO and co-founder of Nutrition for Longevity Inc. — a company focused on giving people the tools to maintain healthy diets from “longevity regions” (places with the longest, healthiest lifespans on Earth). We speak about her farm in New Jersey, food as medicine, soil health in farming, and the worst foods people can eat during self-isolation. Jenni...
Apr 16, 2020•49 min•Ep. 61
So, you've stocked up on your vitamins, have planned your day around the free IG live workouts available, and have committed to do that Climb Everest from a Home challenge. You're ready for this Take-That-Covid-19-You're-Not-Welcome-Here battle, right? Well, not so fast soldier. I guarantee if you'd stop and take a moment to check in with your beautiful body, mind and heart and say "Hey, troops! Are you ready to bring our A-game?", they'd be all like "Serious!?!?!?!? I have been fighting on the ...
Apr 09, 2020•24 min•Ep. 60
So, WOW, April! If there ever was a month where we needed a bit of an okay-what-the-heck-is-going-on-and-how-can-I-navigate-through-this, it is probably this month. In this update I went through: The couple dates in April that might impact you Some important things to think about when you bring items home from the grocery store And that FREE 28-page Food During Crisis resource I put together for you. And as I mentioned in the episode, please tune into my Instagram channel @marla.barr as while we...
Apr 02, 2020•26 min•Ep. 59
In today's episode, I sit down with a dear friend and healer, Purnima Chaudhari as we dive into the oldest lineage of self-care on the planet: Ayurveda. As we are all stepping up our immunity game right now, it is time to look at some of the very best, longstanding (and SIMPLE) practices and routines that boost our immunity and ensure your health is as strong as possible. We chatted about: The three types of foods: smart food, dumb food and dead food Why oral health is so important Purnima's 4-s...
Mar 26, 2020•45 min•Ep. 58
I read an article recently about how and why we overreact. It was penned by Dr. Art Frenz, a wonderful clinical psychologist who practices in upstate New York. Dr. Frenz specializes in stress management, psychological fitness, self-calming skill and dealing with loss and grief. As I have seen dozens upon dozens of reports of toilet paper to bleach, frozen pizzas to mushrooms, flying off the grocery store shelves, I wondered how you can tell if we are overreacting, reacting or underreacting. What...
Mar 19, 2020•33 min•Ep. 57
You see people stocking up on masks and toilet paper, as they await the latest news reports, deciding if our current state with the COVID-19 pandemic will impact their work and their families. We are all currently in a time where our comfort levels with safety and security are being tested. Our emotions are on a roller coaster of sorts as fear - even if we don't want to admit it - creeps in and out of our day. Although we can easily feel helpless, there is so much we can do. In this episode we l...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 56
"Marla, I need help working on my belly". "Hummm, okay", I say. "I've tried this workout and this new diet and nothing helps. What can I do?" This is a common question I get. In honest, the only thing that will help you is to understand what is actually going on in and around your beautiful belly, the amazing story it is telling you, and the SUPER IMPORTANT role those Goddess/God-like love handles actually play. In this episode, you and I chat about your relationship with your belly region, the ...
Mar 05, 2020•36 min•Ep. 55
Have you ever wondered why we hug or what it really does for us on a physical or emotional level? Why, like anything, there is a science and art behind it. Let's dive into today's episode as we chat about: What does hugging do for us Why we might not like to hug What is a chakra hug and how entraining plays a role If you have any questions about this or any other episode, feel free to reach out to me either on my website at www.marlabarr.com or on Instagram at @marla.barr . To love, light and hu...
Feb 20, 2020•23 min•Ep. 54
What do you need to know? What are the lessons you need to hear to get you through, to help you understand what you are dealing with right now? Well, I don't have all the answers, but I know our Fairy Yogi Godmother does. Years ago I met one of the most profound wise souls on the planet. Unbeknownst to me, this crossing with Flossie Park would change everything for me. As a special Valentine's Day gift to you, I invited Flossie back on to the show all the way from her home in Encinitas, Californ...
Feb 13, 2020•57 min•Ep. 53
Full-time parent. Full-time business owner. Partner. Daughter. Friend. Boy, we all wear a lot of hats, oh and somewhere on that daily to-do list, we have to make sure WE are getting the self-care we need. In this episode, I sat down with Amelia Barnes, the visionary, founder and day-to-day juggler of the eco-amazing lifestyle apparel company PranaVida. We talk about: How we (attempt) to do everything being a plant-based parent Raising eco-kids Wearing all the hats as an entrepreneur How to fit i...
Feb 06, 2020•45 min•Ep. 52
