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Welcome to an organized podcast with season on topics that will take you through the depths of all that I have learned as a woman who has ventured through trauma, motherhood, multiple marriages, and more. Together we will be on this adventure to simply learn how to accept the past while reinventing oneself toward a brighter future! Join me weekly on Wednesdays and be ready as we Learn to Love, Live, and Grow.
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23. Weight Loss through a Methodical and Thoughtful Approach
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On this episode Kristina shares an interview with this season’s partner, Nicole Bird from Mission Nutrition, and together they talk through concepts surrounding weight loss that go beyond the scale itself. They talk about understanding your why as you approach this change and Kristina even shares an approach that she uses that keeps the metabolism …
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22. Mindset vs. Perspective: Mindset is Health and Wellness
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This week Kristina is bringing back mindset work and provides definition to both mindset and perspective. This is an imperative concept when it comes to health and wellness as she feels that mindset work is health in and of itself. Believing that we have the power to adapt, change, and develop our perspectives in a positive and loving way will gain…
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On this episode Kristina shares her journey with improving body image and becomes vulnerable as she talks bout her insecurities as it relates to looking in the mirror. How we feel about ourselves and how we feel about our appearance absolutely impacts our overall health and wellness. Having a positive body image is imperative to one’s experience wi…
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20. Driving Force Behind Emotional Eating
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Have you ever pondered the science behind emotional eating? Have you ever considered that eating is emotional? Kristina walks through what she learned about “emotional eating” and how that has changed her view on food, why we consume the way we do, and how often eating often not even about the food itself. Together you will learn a perspective on t…
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19. Know When to Pause: an Update on Nina's Journey
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Have you ever gotten to a point where it all feels overwhelming inside? Kristina opens up about where she has been the last few weeks and her experience over the 3-4 months. On this episode she talks about trauma and her experience with PTSD, how recently she had a sizable flare that brought her concern. She walks through the story in a way to be t…
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18. What is the Difference Between Motivation and Inspiration
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On this week’s episode Kristina introduces concepts that take health and wellness beyond just hydration, diet, and exercise. She walks listeners through the differences between motivation and inspiration as it relates to creating change … how and when to leverage each one. Motivation gives us that call to action, it is externally influence. Inspira…
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17. I Choose Running, What will You Choose?
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On this week’s episode Kristina shares her journey with running, which she equates to a relationship. She talks about the importance of finding an activity that speaks to you in a way that creates and evokes emotion. When exercise goes beyond something to be checked off the to-do list each day it carries deeper meaning and it also is easier to re-e…
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16. Quiet the Mind and Manage Energy Through Meditation
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Amongst all the chaos, do you have a practice to regroup and recenter your mind? This week Kristina talks through how to manage one’s energy through the use of meditation. She hosted an interview with Johanna Jean White, a leader in her industry and one who avidly uses meditation … together they reflected on what meditation does for overall health,…
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Hey, we are back at Season 2 with an episode on the importance of exercise and moving your body every single day. Kristina walks you through her system of what she calls Nina’s High Score to track her progress towards being a better version of herself then yesterday. If you are looking for inspiration and/or options on how to get in activity, liste…
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14. Busting Diet Culture & Cultivating True Health
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This is an exciting episode as it includes our first ever interview! Kristina hosted Charlotte Nellessen, a Registered Dietitian who is serving those around her with the teachings of intuitive eating. Also, nutrition is a topic that Kristina is super passionate about. She continues to find ways to help others feel more satisfied internally from bot…
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Do you get enough water each day? Do you know why it is important to get enough hydration in every single day? Kristina walks you through the importance of getting enough ounces in your day to help maintain a happy and healthy function of your body. Do not skip drinking, that is in means of water and the like friends. :-) Hydration helps multiple b…
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12. Create Change through Addition vs. Subtraction
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How do you create change? What are the challenges of creating change? Kristina walks through her approach of subtracting by use of addition. She will describe how to leverage the psychology of benefit vs. wrestling with the negative emotions that come with the notion of giving something up for the greater good of the goal. She teaches listeners how…
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Let’s start the new year with a new and revitalized energy! Kristina kicks off Season 2, which will outline all that she has learned about health and wellness. She believes that when we feel better physically, we will feel better emotionally. Though goals of health can include weight loss, this is not the objective of this season. She wants listene…
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On this episode Kristina brings Season 1 all together and teaches listeners on how to walk through the process of learning their why. She shares her realization of grief, brought on by a year of despair through continued loss from the Covid-19 pandemic. Learning how to leverage purpose after grief is gained by digging through the layers of why … wh…
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9. Perspective is Thought in which Drives our Actions
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What drives our thoughts? What is perspective and how is it impacting our everyday lives? Kristina walks you through how perspective is developed, which has influence on our unconscious programming and ultimately driving the bus to our lives and relationships. Then she takes a deep dive into how to engage the conscious mind to create change. She do…
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Have you ever stopped to think about what you are grateful for? We are talking more then the big topics of love, life, wealth, and family. On this week’s episode Kristina walks you through what a daily practice of gratitude can do for you in any state of life. She shares her own journey with how she came across the concept and instilled this as a d…
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What can stop us from leveling up? Fear, it is natural, powerful, and primitive. On this episode Kristina walks you through what and how fear impacts us as human beings. She even opens up and shares a clip with a very real and raw experience with fear. However, she feels that we an retrain our perception of the biochemical response of fear to inter…
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6. Growth Mindset is Where the Magic Happens
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Bringing this all together, Kristina will share how taking self love and vulnerability will bring you to a state of growth. She talks about the difference between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. Growth comes from the general idea that one believes he or she can develop talents through hard work, consistency, good strategy, and practice. She u…
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While navigating hardship or heartache, Kristina walks through what it is meant to be still. By sharing her current situation, she looks to extend understanding for what this may look like and how to respond to a loved one or someone you care about who raises their hand in a time of struggle. As she expresses that, as people, we all have choice and…
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4. Living with Vulnerability Equals Strength
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Does the word vulnerability make you uncomfortable? It shouldn’t! Being comfortable with vulnerability is where living really is at. Kristina explains that the unpleasant notion that comes with vulnerability is really a fear of judgement. To live is to be showing up, to be seen. Together she will unpack the limitation of perfection and instead enco…
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What is love? What does it mean to love? This is really one of the most primal parts of being a human being … we all long for love. But where does the journey of love start? Kristina walks through how to define love, learning to visualize what it looks like individually. She will share her experiences in her childhood that set the stage for love an…
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Have you ever thought about what you would share with a younger version of yourself? In this week’s episode, Kristina writes a letter offering insight into her newly graduated self, whom was about to set out into adulthood over 17 years ago. Through this letter she sheds light on experiences that have shaped the person she is today, while presentin…
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Looking for a new friend, someone who will be raw and real with you?! You have come to the right place! Join us on a path of self-discovery through grace and growth … where we will learn to accept the past for what it is and reinvent ourselves toward a brighter future. Meet Kristina, the host of Nina’s Journey: Learning to Love, Live, and Grow. She…
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