Jana Barrett is a Fitness and Movement Coach that has a passion for training women in fitness over 40. Today we learn all about the differences in training female bodies, training over the age of 40 and how to prevent injury. Views expressed are those of the guest. As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medic…

Dr. Monika is a scientist and multi-award winning nutrition coach. She guides females entrepreneurs towards a life without pain. She provides Nutrition, mindset and mental health coaching backed by carefully reviewed scientific research. She is interested in nutrition, microbiome, gut health, cancer research, mental health and coaching. Views expre…

Justin Glaser is a best-selling author of the book Sweat: Uncovering Your Body’s Hidden Superpower. He is here to chat with us about how sweat is important to our health, vitality and disease prevention. We are going to learn about detoxification and the best ways to harness the power of sweat in our daily routine. Connect with Justin Glaser: IG: @…

Heather Hester is host of the Top 1.5% podcast - Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen Heather Hester. She provides valuable information to Parents and Allies of LGBTQIA+ children and teens. Now, she is launching a book! Parenting with Pride: Unlearn Bias and Embrace, Empower, and Love Your LGBTQ+ Teen is available on May 14 and early for pre-ord…

Savannah Hipes, LCSW is a Psychotherapist and Insomnia Specialist. She helps highly driven, sleep-deprived professionals who feel exhausted and on edge to finally sleep through the night. Based in Orlando, FL. Licensed in Florida and New York. As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional adv…

Steffi is a Holistic Psychologist (with a Master degree in clinical psychology) and is an intuitive artist. She was born in Belgium and emigrated to Peru in April 2021. She lives close to nature and has a deep connection with herself. She has been on a journey to heal herself and is working with others through group sessions and workshops to sense,…

Tammy J Cohen is the author of “Text Messages To My Sons”. Over the past few years, she wanted to evolve and change the way she interacted with her sons. She hopes that anyone reading her book will become inspired with new ways to connect with their loved ones, whether it is children, siblings, extended family, or spouses. As always, this podcast i…

Abby Lewtas is an Astrologer and Night Sky Guide. She works with those seeking to connect with their highest self. Today she is going to share with our audience the Astro Energies of 2024 and I am so excited to hear what is in store for us! As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional advice…

This week we chat with founder of Escape from Emotional Eating, Jessica Procini. Jessica focuses on high achieving women healing roots of emotional eating. Jessica was an emotional eater and searched high and low for support to help her heal her relationship with food. Now, she has created the support that she needed through her work with Escape fr…

Wrapping up the final episode of the year with a 'best of' to say thanks for listening! As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional advice. Please speak with your own medical professional. #alternativehealing #mentalhealth #bestof #anxiety #pandaspans #wellness #parenting #panspandas #resil…

This week we chat with Winnie Chan Wang about many forms of alternative healing and learn from her wisdom. Winnie is a mindfulness and traditional medicine expert, licensed Acupuncturist, Teacher, Shadow Worker, Reiki and Shamanic Tao Healer and Professor in Acupuncture @ Alhambra Medical University. In her private practice, Winnie applies integrat…

This week we chat with Nina Manolson, a Body Peace Coach, on How To Achieve Body Peace. This is a huge challenge for many of us as we end up influenced by diet culture and on a rollercoaster. Let's find out how to have peace :) As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional advice. Please spea…

This week with chat with Psychotherapist and Coach Tanya Cole-Lesnick about how to find our best selves. Tanya has a Master's degree in Social Work from NYU and says that group therapy changed her life. Her goal now is to help people to live lives that light them up! We learn about 'energetic clutter' and many tools to help find our best selves. As…

Dr. Kate Lund is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Peak Performance Coach, Best-selling Author and TEDx Speaker. Her specialized training in medical psychology includes the world-renowned Shriner's Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, all of which are affiliated with Harvard Medical…

I am thrilled to speak to Anna Surrey this week about how to heal diet and binge cycle for good! Anna is a Food and Body Freedom coach that is focussed on helping women heal the diet/binge rollercoaster for Good! As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional advice. Please speak with your own…

Today, October 9th, we mark another PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day. I am pleased to bring you an interview with a young person living with PANDAS that provides a first-hand perspective of living with this disorder. Zack Oates is an Occupational Therapy Master's student at Washington University and a graduate of Gonzaga University. His passions are in th…

Welcome back! This week I give an update on my summer/fall and provide a preview of episodes to come! As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional advice. Please speak with your own medical professional. #PANDASPANS #mentalhealth #autoimmuneencephalitis #anxiety #PANSPANDAS #tics #wellness #…

Kyra Dugan (pen name Simone Riley Walker) is a PANS/PANDAS advocate and blogger that is raising awareness for a condition that completely changed her life. In this episode, we have the opportunity to connect with Kyra to hear her first hand experience with this disorder. Kyra is working to educate and empower PANS patients in order to help them tak…

Amy Denson is a former professional athlete turned Nutritional Therapy Practitioner after being diagnosed with her second autoimmune disorder post-retirement. Today, Amy focuses on helping other women who are lacking medical supports in order to help them bounce back from rock bottom. Today we dig into health, mindset and more with Amy! As always, …

We have talked previously on the podcast about the importance of gut health (Episode 110: How To Promote Gut Health with Prajakta Apte) from a physical standpoint, but we are hearing more and more about the link with mental health. This is a fascinating area that I wanted to dig more into so I reached out to Ashley Carpentier, a Mental Health Thera…

Spirituality can mean so much to different people and to me it is something I am still working to figure out. Today we connect with Melissa Conkling who is a life-long spiritual seeker with four years of experience as a Certified Professional Hypnotist. We learn more about transformative spiritual journey she has taken in her life. She talks with u…

In this solo episode, I talk about life over the last 6 weeks, why I have been delayed in putting up new podcasts and what is coming in the spring/summer. Do you have ideas for podcast episodes? Reach out at: reallifeprojectco@gmail.com #flood #flooding #mold #breakthemold #moldtreatment #icestorm #weatherevent ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­___________________…

Divorce is a topic that we covered in Episode 105: How to Journey Beyond Divorce with Karen McMahon. It was a great episode where we covered what makes divorce so challenging. boundaries, and how to help our children cope with divorce. We are lucky today to welcome back Karen McMahon, a Certified Relationship and Divorce Coach and the Founder of Jo…

Samantha Goldman is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist and she also has a passion for exploring new foods with children and expanding mealtime. Today we learn from her about why it is important to connect at mealtime, how to end the mealtime battle, how to get children on board with special diets that are required and more about occupational therap…

Jennifer Hirst is a Sober Coach. She has a great platform on social media where she spreads the message of sobriety, its benefits and helps other to feel accepted in sobriety. As I have opened my eyes to sobriety and quit drinking alcohol entirely almost 2 years ago, I have really noticed how much society normalizes alcohol consumption. Our society…

In this personal episode, I provide some recent insights into my health, including a recent discovery that I have high cholesterol and what I am doing about it. As always, this podcast is based on experiences and should not be construed as medical or professional advice. Please speak with your own medical professional. #cholesterol #resilience #hea…

This week on the podcast we welcome Parental Alienation Survivor and Childhood Trauma Educator Lisa Goodpaster. Lisa has been through a difficult past, including challenges with parental alienation. She is here to share her story and talk with us about parental alienation, divorce, stepparenting and more. As always, this podcast is based on experie…

Gladys Camacho is a huge inspiration. She has been through a number of difficult situations, including having a child at a young age and a cancer diagnosis. But she is very resilient and has been able to become a successful parent and coach and an inspiration to many. Gladys is a coach and HR professional that helps women break mental barriers. ­­­…

Today we are speaking with Dr. Lilach Saperstein. She is an Audiologist and Parent Coach that helps families feel confident and connected. She helps to integrate the information along with the emotional journey of parenting. Dr. Saperstein is also the host of All About Audiology podcast. We talk about language development, audio processing, audio p…

Breakups are hard. I don’t think anyone is excited about going through the emotional aspects of a breakup. But, today’s guest Tal Yardeni, The Breakup Recovery Coach and founder of the program The Breakup to Badass Formula, is vowing to change that. Tal went from being an NYC singer/actress to a Breakup Recovery Coach during the pandemic based on h…

This week I am so thrilled to learn more about PANDAS/PANS and welcome Dr. Nancy O’Hara. She is a Board-certified Pediatrician in the United States that has dedicated her career to caring for children with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric issues. She also recently released a book, Demystifying PANS/PANDAS: A Functional Medicine Desktop Refer…

As we enter the New Year it can often feel like a time of renewal. Join me for a short meditation on renewal. If you would like to journal following the meditation, here are the prompts that I mention: What were you proud of or happy about in 2022? What was challenging? What behaviours do you want to let go of? Where do you want to put your energy …

This week we round out the year by recapping 2022. We play the best clips from all of the episodes! Find an episode you missed? Go back and enjoy it! Here are the top 10 most downloaded episodes in 2022: 1. Episode 87: ”I Am Not Alone” - PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day 2021 with Gabriella True 2. Episode 103: Supporting PANDAS, PANS and Chronic Illness N…

The Winter is a season that is full of a lot of ups and downs. We have the holidays which can feel exciting but also frantic and stressful at times. We then move into a period of Winter that can feel depressing, with Blue Monday and the Winter blahs setting in. This is why I wanted to speak with today’s guest, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Mirand…

This week on the podcast I provide a few gift ideas that are timely for 2022. Enjoy! Don't forget my book: Pendulum by S.E. German My middle-grade fiction novel Pendulum by S.E. German is available on FriesenPress, Barnes and Noble, Amazon Worldwide (Amazon.com, Amazon.ca) and more! Ben struggles with his mental health following an infection. He an…

Imagine your whole life changed and you are completely starting over. You were recently divorced after 25 years and empty-nesting. You’ve also just moved across the country where you don’t know anyone. What would you do? How would you approach starting over? Today we are speaking with Elle Hart who had that exact experience. She’s going to tell us …

Parenting is hard and we have talked recently about helping our teens through challenges, supporting our LGBTQIA+ youth and teens, as well as parenting highly sensitive children. Today we are going to dig into a parenting approach called Conscious Parenting. Nina Cruz is a certified Conscious Parent Coach, Social Worker (BSW), and Meditation Teache…

It’s estimated that one out of every 44 children falls on the autism spectrum and many more children have attention and/or mood disorders. It can be challenging for parents of neurodiverse children to successfully incorporate travel into their families’ lives. This week we speak with Dawn Barclay, author of a new book called Traveling Different: Va…

This week we are back into the parenting sphere. We have Stephanie Duesing joining us, a mother who is also a former music teacher and now an author as well. She is going to tell us a unique story about her son and his experience with visual impairment and their journey to find answers. I think there will be much that we can learn from this story a…

Change and transitions are a big part of our life and can be challenging. On a previous episode, Episode 92 How to Master Transitions with Rachel Shumway we heard her perspectives. Let’s dig into a new perspective. Steven Twohig, founder of Mastering Change, will talk about his background with change, and how he uses shadow work as part of his life…

This week we are back into the parenting sphere. We are also coming up on PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day which is set for October 9, 2022. I have talked a lot on the podcast about my family’s experience with PANDAS/PANS and we have heard from many experts and parents. We know that PANDAS and PANS can exhibit with many symptoms like tics, OCD, anxiety, a…

Today we continue on in the partnership series. We previously talked about some of the basics of relationships with a big focus on communication, but what about when there is a betrayal in your relationship? I am happy to dig more into these important relationships with Dr. Debi Silber. Dr. Debi Silber is a Holistic Psychologist, Coach, Speaker, Au…

Today we continue on in the Marriage and Partnership series. We previously talked about some of the basics of relationships with a big focus on communication, all about infidelity and building trust and now we are moving into intimacy. I am happy to dig more into this important relationship topic with Dr. Alexandra Stockwell, MD. After twelve years…

Today we continue on in the partnership series. We previously talked about some of the basics of relationships with a big focus on communication. One of the areas that we hear a lot of, and many of us in a relationship really fear is infidelity. But, what if it happens to us? How do we move forward? Do we move forward together? I am happy to dig mo…

Marriage or partnership with another human is one of our biggest relationships in life. It can be a source of vitality in our lives, and it can change and also be a huge challenge in our life. Sometimes, for various reasons, we get out of sync with our partner and can even lead into discussions on divorce and separation. This is challenging because…

I'm back this week after a brief hiatus. After a few different episodes looking at happiness and health and wellness, this week we are going to get back into learning more about helping and supporting our teens. I am exciting to learn more about supporting our teens with their mental health from Counselor and Social Work Amy Shaffer Post. Amy has a…

This week I am so excited to interview someone that I have been loving on Instagram for quite some time now. As I have been through my own journey of body acceptance, trying to find a balance between working out for the right reasons, and then eating in a healthful way, that doesn’t focus on my body size, body fat percentage or how my muscles pop i…

We are all striving to be happy in our lives, but do we even know what that means or looks like? I am happy to dig into this topic more with our guest this week Shaun Browne. Shaun is a speaker, teacher, author and coach. He focuses on helping people to live more satisfying and happy lives. He helps clients to find areas to progress, develop and ul…

We have talked about many different aspects of parenting and supporting young people on the podcast. Today we are going to learn more about parenting and supporting LGBTQIA+ children and teens from firsthand experience. Today I am so excited to welcome an amazing podcaster and blogger Heather Hester. Her podcast, Just Breathe: Parenting your LGBTQ+…

Parenting is one of the most wonderful and challenging roles that I have in my life. It can be particularly challenging if you parent highly sensitive children. Today I am excited to speak with Author, Speaker and Co-Host of the Leading Edge Parenting Podcast Melissa Schwartz. Melissa gives us information on what it means to be a highly sensitive c…