Hey friends! I’m Carra Yoder, a survivor of an eating disorder and suicide ideation that found that my love of the great outdoors helped me heal. I grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, got married at a young age, moved to Tampa, Florida, and got a divorce. I ended up mentally in a very bad place to the point my parents gave me an ultimatum of either coming home or moving to Los Angeles to be closer to one of my brothers. However, I wasn’t ready to give up and go home, so I moved to Los Angeles. ...
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Ever wish you had a simple action-by-action roadmap on how to get whatever it is you really want? Do you wish you had a down-to-earth friend with ample experience who could give you tips or guidance? Leslie Levito has climbed the corporate ladder and helped launch more than 50 successful businesses (including three of her own) while raising her own family. And now, she wants to take you Out to Launch. Bring all of your most overwhelming hurdles and let her help you gain clarity and confidenc ...
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Zoe Gillis is a marriage and family therapist who created therapy wilderness programs and retreats to help individuals heal through nature. Carra came across Zoe's page on Instagram, which focuses on therapy, meditation, and wilderness. Listen to experience this unique and powerful approach to healing. Join us on an inspiring journey with host, Car…
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Camila Camaleón (she/her/ella) is a transfemme badass and SOULtrepreneur creating joy and moments to heal the heart of 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. Don't miss out on this empowering episode about a gal on a mission to change the landscape of the San Gabriel Valley while learning to navigate gender dynamics. Join us on an inspiring journey with host, Carra Yod…
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Victoria Martinez is a Los Aneles based actor. She first met Carra through her brother, Johnny, whom you hear from in episode three of this podcast. Victoria joins us to help change the mental health conversation by opening up about starting medication for depression at a young age. Victoria also talks about therapy, married life, family, suicide i…
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Stefanie Joseph is a writer and entrepreneur who left it all behind. Tune in to hear Stephanie speak about the generational black exhaustion she faced in her home country and learn what life has been like for her since leaving that world. Join us on an inspiring journey with host, Carra Yoder, a survivor of an eating disorder and suicide ideation t…
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"When I was in the behavioral health center for six days, there were multiple homeless people admitted. The homeless guy that resided around my past employment area ended up in the hospital at the same time as me." -- Carra Yoder In this episode, Carra shares her personal journey with mental health while also shedding light on the mental health str…
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The roller skating community is huge in Los Angeles, and guest Allie Belli talks about how roller skating is a form of escape that allows her to forget about the outside world and find her happy place. So grab your roller skates, tune into this podcast, and enjoy the ride! Join us on an inspiring journey with host, Carra Yoder, a survivor of an eat…
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Humans are not meant to be alone all the time. After completing her eating disorder program, Carra didn't know what was next for her. The episode focuses on the importance of having a community and people who are genuinely there to help you grow. Hear how Carra has learned to ask for help, built her community, and learned to grow as a new entrepren…
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This episode is chock full of heady goodness! Jillian Szfranski is a mind and body yoga instructor that works with people with eating disorders. Listen to Carra discuss the connections she made from working with Jillian. Turn up the volume and listen in! Join us on an inspiring journey with host, Carra Yoder, a survivor of an eating disorder and su…
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Get ready to hear about Carra's experience with the Reason’s Eating Disorder Program. Carra dives deep with the dietician, Raylene Hungate, assigned to her in this virtual eating disorder program. Don't miss a beat, and listen now! Join us on an inspiring journey with host, Carra Yoder, a survivor of an eating disorder and suicide ideation that…
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In this episode of the Journey Podcast, Carra is joined by her two older brothers to discuss how they've strengthened and deepened their relationship since Carra's suicide ideation hold on June 16, 2021. Discover the strength of their family bond and the power of shared moments between one sister and her two brothers. Host: Carra Yoder Guest: Johnn…
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Carra hits a breaking point and needs help. In today's episode of The Journey Podcast, Carra and guest Rebecca Baker, LCSW, will discuss the day Carra was admitted to a behavioral health center. (Trigger Warning) This episode takes you to June 16, 2021, a day that will follow Carra for the rest of her life. Tune in to hear this story of valor and c…
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Carra starts her podcast journey by opening up about hitting rock bottom numerous times in her life and having been in and out of mental health facilities. But it wasn't until a suicide hold in June of 2021 that she was finally ready to let the biggest secret of her life come out. So grab your headphones, sit back, and get ready to embark on a jour…
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Hey friends! I’m Carra Yoder, a survivor of an eating disorder and suicide ideation that found that my love of the great outdoors helped me heal. I’m here to change the conversations around mental health and eating disorders, bringing real-life stories of survivors, those in recovery, and my journey. www.thejourneypodcastcy.com Host: Carra Yoder Pr…
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Have you ever thought about social norms? For example, have you ever thought about the things that we're “supposed to do” or what’s “expected” of us? Social norms are the unwritten rules of beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors that are considered acceptable in a particular social group or culture. The container for these norms are within the conversat…
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Have you ever felt like you know there is something more for you, you know that you aren’t tapping into your full potential. But then at the same time you wonder if you have what it takes and are scared of failure? I was stuck in this space for a really long time and it was really the source of so much of my anxiety and unhappiness because being in…
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063 Creating a Fulfilling Career and Relationships with Julie Mullins
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Ever dream that you could live a fulfilling life? A life where you had healthy relationship with your career, with the people in your life, with a significant other and most importantly a healthy relationship with yourself? In today's episode we have a special guest Julie Mullins who will share with us tips and tools to find fulfilment in our lives…
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Reinventing yourself. Many of us come to a crossroads in our life where it’s time to reinvent ourselves. Sometimes this crossroad feels more like being backed into a corner, at least that was how it felt for me. In today’s episode I will share my story, a journey through child abuse, suicide, depression, feeling lost, building a multi$$$ business o…
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061 Creating Community Meditation featuring Chardee McEwan
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This episode is a gift from our client, friend, and collaborator Chardee McEwan. If you loved Episode 60 "The Secret to Fast Growth: Creating Community" but are feeling a little hesitant, confronted, concerned, or some kind of way about being with others then this hypnotic mediation is a great tool for you to rewire your subconscious. Many of us st…
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060 The Secret to Fast Growth: Creating Community
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Are you an introvert? Maybe you tend to be a lone wolf? Or perhaps you are a die hard when it comes to being independent. In this episode we will hear from 5 powerful women and their experiences of being part of an aligned community. They share about what it’s like to feel lonely, or when you feel that you are crazy. They give insights on their jou…
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059 Calming Anxiety Using Breathwork with Tracey Howes
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It’s become quite common to hear people say that they are experiencing anxiety and stress. It’s also easy to have anxiety and stress spill over into all areas of our life so we end up not sleeping well, we can’t focus or concentrate which impacts our performance leading to more anxiety and stress. As the cycle continues our health and wellbeing sta…
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058 Presentation and Public Speaking Strategies & Tips with Dr Shalando R Jones
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Ever wish that you could verbalize or express yourself more effectively? Or perhaps when you have to do a presentation you feel nervous or experience anxiety? Maybe you even have a desire to do public speaking but it’s only a fleeting thought because the idea of getting on stage and speaking into a microphone is terrifying. Regardless if you would …
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057 How to Avoid Burnout & Recover with Transformational Coach Scott Forgey
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Ever just hit a wall? Like you keep working and working, burning your candle on both ends and one day you realize that you are totally fried? You have worked yourself into exhaustion, you are at your wits end. You’ve lost your ability to be effective, in fact you can’t even think? Burnout can happen to anyone and at some point it happens to everyon…
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056 How I Am Facing my Fears with Carra Yoder
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What if you felt like you had hit rock bottom? In fact you saw no possibility, life had no point? The fears you face have backed you into the darkest moments of your life. You are in a global pandemic, you’re struggling with an eating disorder, and you are put on suicide hold? What if these hard times, when it feels like life is completely falling …
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UGH! Life can be so hard… Do you ever wonder why does life have to be so hard? Why does it have to be so complicated? Why does it have to feel like such a struggle? Maybe it seems like no matter what, you just can’t seem to have life work? Or perhaps you wonder why you are the one that always gets “caught holding the bag”… like you have to be the r…
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054 Building a Side Hustle to Create Future Freedom with Justine Jones.
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In this episode we’re going to do a “tell your story”. The tell your story episodes are opportunities for listeners to hear about somebody else's journey leaving a nine to five job. The “tell your stories” are opportunities for you to hear from other people on how they did it. Or if they're in the process, what is it that they're working through in…
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053 How to Deal with Imposter Syndrome with Transformational Coach Scott Forgey
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Have you ever felt worried that you aren’t good enough or that your co-workers or friends are finally going to figure out that you are a fake or a fraud? Maybe you feel like you don’t deserve the accomplishments, title, or success you have? If you have ever had any of these or similar thoughts running through your mind then let me reassure you that…
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052 TYS How I Left My 9-5 with functional breathing coach Tracey Howes
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Imagine your're in corporate and you are told that your position is not “redundant” or in other words there has been a restructure and your position is gone. Now imagine if this happened to you 3 times! You might start looking for more security by starting your own business which is exactly what Tracey Howes did. In this Tell Your Story (TYS) episo…
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051 TYS: How I left my 9-5... with copywriter & SEO expert Lindsey Stefanka
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What if you followed the plan… you went to school, did well, honed your talent and went and got a job. And not just any job but a sweet job with a good working environment, good benefits, and everything that you thought you always wanted… but there was still something that was missing. You checked the boxes, followed the path to success but you STI…
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050 Getting the Dream Job with TEDx Coach Sophie Needelman
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What if you could have a dream job where you got to work for a company that you loved? AND you were inspired and passionate about the work that you do? This episode shares the journey of one special lady Sophie Needelman who found her dream job with Thought Leader, a company dedicated to helping people land a TEDx Talk. Together we dive into Sophie…
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A world that works for 7.7 billion people, where each and every person gets what they need. Could you imagine that? A world that works for each and every person, with no one left behind and no one left out? When you hear that idea of everyone is winning in this game called life do you think "wow… that would be amazing?" Or do you think "that could …
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To leave your comfort zone is to live your live fully— you are going all out. But HOW do you get out of your comfort zone? Right outsize the comfort zone is the fear zone and sometimes it gets so scary it’s just easier and feels safer to stay in the comfort zone. This episode explores how to go beyond the comfort zone and fear zone out into the lea…
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047 TYS Chardee McEwan Psychotherapist & Hypnotherapist & Shamanic Healer
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One of the best ways to achieve what you want is if you have a powerful WHY, a strong reason to overcome any hurdle, and reason why you have to make things happen. What if you had a really successful career as a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist but you kept feeling this consistent pull into sharing your more magical gifts like shamanic healing an…
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046 Making numbers and math as easy as ABC
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Does you ever feel like you aren’t good with numbers? Or even if you knew your business numbers, you wouldn’t know what to do with them? Business boils down to money. Money boils down to numbers— and that brings up a fear or dread of math. While there a those who love math and spreadsheets, research show that 93% of Americans suffer from some level…
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045 Getting your business set up for tax prep and accounting
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Are you a solopreneur, consultant, freelancer, or other type of small business owner who just started your business in 2021? Or perhaps you have had your business longer but you aren’t really in touch with your business numbers and your tax preparation process could use some pointers? Do you run your business crossing your fingers that the money co…
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044 Becoming a Doer who makes things happen
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Ever notice there are different types of people, like there are people who wherever they are and whoever they are with they just make things happen, it’s almost like magic?! And there are those people who are looking to make things happen, they often succeed, but they don’t seem to have that same midas touch. Then there are those people who struggl…
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Ever feel like there is too much to do, no way to get it done, and you feel all over the place because you aren’t sure what your priorities are, you aren’t sure what to do, and when to do it? And on top of that it just feels like you are bound to mess something up, won’t deliver, and will possibly disappoint others? Then the more you are in this sp…
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It is one of the sneakiest forces in our lives. It limits us, it controls us. It can steal our inspiration and motivation. It can often even define us. It can build us and even more quickly knock us down. It can consume us, worry us, stress us, and give us anxiety. What is it that I am referring to? One of the most impactful influences on us… is ot…
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041 Creating Your Future with a Vision Board
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To be successful you can’t be aimless, you have to have goals which are like a GPS system that help you get to where you ultimately want to go. One you know what you want, you can start figuring out the action steps to get those dreams and ideas into fruition. This episode is all about creating your vision for the future and shares tips and techniq…
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Part of creating your life and future comes from powerfully completing projects and periods of your life so that you have input and insights (even breakthroughs!) from looking back at your goals, commitments, and results. Once you get complete and present via a retrospective, it’s like you have created a blank slate where you can create whatever yo…
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Story time! “I don’t know anyone who is happily married, except for you…” When I heard my friend say this, it made me think of how resigned we are in so many areas of our lives like a job that we love or finding that special someone. I am hear to let you know IT IS POSSIBLE... everything you want! This episode shares how on Christmas Day 2009, I sa…
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This episode is a special behind-the-scenes meeting between the founders of Cutclass doing something called a retrospective. A retrospective process allows teams to connect with one another, get in communication about expectations, outcomes, talk about what worked, what didn’t work, what was missing, and most importantly show gratitude for one anot…
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037 Entrepreneurship's Sister—Intrapreneurship
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People tend to think that entrepreneurship is ONLY about startups or owning your own business. But there is a form of entrepreneurship called intrepreneurship that doesn’t get a lot of love and attention. Intrapreneurship is acting like + thinking like an entrepreneur within an established company. For many people taking the leap from 9-5 is too bi…
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036 TYS with Tom McGeoch Drummer, Songwriter, Producer
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How does learning music have anything to do with entrepreneurship and business? In this episode, I speak with a dear friend of mine, Tom, who has reminded me through music classes how important it is to step out of your comfort zone every now and then. Tom recently left a 9-5 type role and realized how important freedom and flexibility is for his l…
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In this podcast, I'm going to share how you can make a smooth transition out of the 9-5 grind. It may help you kind of understand and define when is it the right time for you to make that leap? And if you know me, I always say don't make it a leap- take a step. No need to be leaping here. I'll also cover some of the puzzle pieces you need to get in…
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Ever feel totally stuck? Like maybe you feel like you are never getting anywhere in your life or you just can’t get ahead. Maybe you even know what you want to do but still feel like you are going in circles which is impacting your confidence. There are reasons why we feel stuck. Many of us are stuck because we are in what I like to call the Ideati…
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When something major happens, oh say like a global pandemic (!), it becomes an opportunity for people to stop, think, and take mental inventory of their lives. In 2020, we all felt a huge shift as we moved from offices to working from home. It gave us time to reevaluate, reconsider, reprioritize, rethink, reset, reconnect, and even realize that may…
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032 TYS with Nina Crawford, Intuitive Sales and Money Mindset Coach
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So how exactly do you go from being a Financial Analyst managing multi-million dollars inside the comfort of a 9-5 to creating a life full of purpose all while generating a profitable income? Well that’s what Nina Crawford, Intuitive Sales and Money Mindset Coach shares on this Tell Your Story episode on Out to Launch. After falling ill for over 6 …
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If you’re passionate about something outside of your day job, yet, day after day you continue suffering at your 9-5, this episode is your ultimate wake up call! As you tune in, you’ll realize that you can monetize something you love and access the 5Fs: Freedom, Flexibility, Funds, Fulfilment, and Fun. But how the hell do you get there if all your l…
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Fear. Fear is something that we all deal with because it's fundamentally a part of our lives. Why? Because fear is what kept us alive back in the day, like running from a saber-toothed tiger in a fight to save our lives. Fear in modern times affects us in many different ways… Fear of failure. Fear of rejection. Fear that something is out of our lea…
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This episode brings back Jon Hillstead to the stage. Jon is a Master Practitioner of: NLP, hypnosis, time techniques, and EFT. Together, Jon and Leslie dive into the value of making investments in the best thing you could ever invest in— yourself. And even coaches need coaches! Together they share what they have discovered as coaches for and client…
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