Graceful Healing's Podcast

Travis Baird is a mindful business coach, speaker, and founder of Mindful Productive where he helps ambitious professionals to get the clarity, confidence, and control they need to do their best work without burnout or overwhelm. If you're ready for clarity, confidence, and control without burnout, then you're going to love what Travis shares! Travis started his career as an accomplished musician who suffered from stage fright. His mentor at the time suggested maybe he should try yoga as a way to lower his stress and anxiety. Travis took one class and decided it was way too hard! But, he did not give up and is now a yoga instructor as well as a business coach!

Mindful eating and food issues are a hot topic today and Brooke Nicole Smith is an expert in this area. Brooke is a mindfulness expert, yoga instructor, and life coach! She helps women quit oppressive diets, end emotional eating, and break free from the endless cycle of binging so you can get over obsessing about food and get on with creating a life you love. Listen as Brooke explains in detail how to make peace with food once and for all. The tips and strategies shared are powerful and life-changing. And she teaches how to achieve this with no food restrictions!

Tania Elfersy is one amazing woman. She is an award-winning author and publisher who has spent countless years researching midlife symptoms relating to perimenopause and menopause. If you want to know about the causes and cures related to the emotional and physical symptoms of midlife, then you going to want to listen to this podcast! Tania has a beautiful ability to weave her knowledge of midlife women's health with the principles of innate health. Truthfully, listen has Tania shares how she cured her range of symptoms, 100% naturally! Tonia guides women to natural and simple cures for both perimenopause and menopause symptoms. Treatments that are available to us all! You're done with the midlife menopause symptoms! Mood swings,night sweats,hot flashes,insomnia, And other symptoms of midlife you might be suffering from, which are often associated with perimenopause and menopause. Tania created THE WISER WOMAN project to help women journey through perimenopause and menopause with fewer symptoms and more joy. It's here where she shares a revolutionary understanding of midlife women's health. Find out how you can work together to uncover the fastest way to perimenopause and menopause symptoms, and midlife symptom relief, 100% naturally, with zero side-effects. Or start here by reading this post: 40-Something Women, The Rise of Perimenopause and Why You Should Stop Blaming Your Hormones. Find out more about Tania and her services at https://www.thewiserwoman.com

Jenny specializes in removing inflammation from the body through clean eating, movement & elegant thinking. Fiercely committed to helping people of ALL ages gain health and vibrancy, Jenny has created a number of options under the parent company Jenny Carr Health to help you live life to its fullest! By removing inflammation from the body, Jenny guides her clients into new levels of self-care where they discover joy and well-being. A certified personal trainer, health coach, fitness nutrition coach, and Deeksha Giver, Jenny uses many tools to help her clients meet their individualized goals. AND if that’s not enough… Jenny is an international best-selling author of Peace of Cake. and expert in the area of inflammation. Once you listen to her story you will be amazed at her fortitude and strength. Not long after the birth of her second child, she found herself bedridden, literally fighting for her life. Jenny was often at death's door fighting chronic Lyme disease, international parasites that were eating her organs and extreme inflammation. At times she could not speak and suffered paralysis. Jenny’s understanding of the drastic impact inflammation has on the body and mind helped her heal both mind, body, and soul! Listen as Jenny shares how chronic inflammation shows up in our body as extreme fatigue, depression, aches, and pains and even bloating. It’s a fact that over 40% of the U.S. population is diagnosed with chronic inflammation. Can you imagine how many are suffering and don’t even know it? It’s maddening when you hear others claim their aches and pains are due to “just aging” and settle with a life of pain and discomfort. There is a very vicious cycle that happens when stress, anxiety or depression enters the picture. Any of these will increase inflammation and this inflammation increases your stress! Listen as Jenny shares steps and strategies we can do today to support our bodies while we are fighting any type of chronic disease.

The Dream Expert Barbara Condron began ⠈⠈ Studying dreams in the 1960s, ⠈⠈ Teaching in the 1970s, ⠈⠈ Researching in the 1980s, ⠈⠈ Organizing data in the 1990s, and ⠈⠈ Tracking global trends in the 2000s. For her, dreaming is an advanced form of communication accessible while awake and asleep. An author, teacher, and internationally-known speaker, Barbara has interpreted over 10,000 dreams for people from all walks of life and at all ages. “Walking between the worlds as my dad departed his life with Lewy Body Dementia, made me a shaman,” she says. Her rich background is bringing clear light to our human journey to understand life, death, and our continuing existence beyond. This episode of Graceful Healing is full of information and insight into your mind, body, and spirit.

Today Michele and I have a heart to heart discussion about why it's so darn hard to ask for help. Why is that? Is this a fairly new phenomenon or something that's been around for a long time but we're just now talking about it? Could it be cultural? No matter what the reasons there seem to be many reasons why it's so hard to ask for help!!! Clinical psychologist, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen states that "Asking for help can turn the most self-assured, square-shouldered among us into a nail-biting mess. We may cast about vague wishes to no one in particular, blame others for our woes, or procrastinate until our problem has become an emergency. You’d think asking for help would be preferable to all this misery, but taking action is tough for almost everyone." Why is that? Some of the things we discussed are: We have such an interesting discussion for you today!!!

Cedric Bertelli is the founder and director of the Emotional Health Institute. He began his training in Emotional Resolution in 2009 in France. Cedric grew up in a tiny village in France with a population of 80 and always suffered from anxiety. Later he became a well known culinary expert for the Ritz Carlton Hotels. Currently, he is an expert in emotional health using the Emotional Resolution method. I'm in awe of what he's been able to accomplish in 10 short years! At the core of Emotional Resolution is the belief that we are all born with the physiological ability to resolve our own emotions permanently. Most of us go through life, knowing we have difficulties and try various ways to meet them head-on. We all have tried many forms such as self-help techniques, professional help, or even self-medication. These may help for a time but only until there is another trigger to set the pattern back into motion. Triggers lead to disruptive emotional patterns: anger, stress, jealousy, phobias, anxiety, shame, avoidance, only to name a few. According to Bertelli, "Neuroscientists are beginning to understand that the body is wired to permanently resolve dysfunctional and negative emotional patterns... if we only allow it to do its natural job!" This is a fascinating discussion I know you don’t want to miss!

Rachel O’Rourke is an inspiration for all. Her story is powerful! If you’ve ever wanted to redesign your life by reprogramming your thoughts and emotions, then you do not want to miss this episode. Listen as Rachel shares her unique history as a single parent with three small children and how she reset her mindset and achieved precisely what she wanted. Rachel creates her life! AND she shares exactly how to create your new life too. Using a combination of Visualization, Meditation AND Affirmations Rachel weaves a morning routine that is certain to change your life -FOREVER! Here are just some of the fantastic things you will hear from Rachel: Rachel believes you will get in life what you think is possible. You will undoubtedly hear that there is no stopping this incredible force of nature!

The beautiful Tanque Verde Ranch in Tuscon Arizona is the location for our retreat this fall. Listen as Michele talks about the amazing all-inclusive setting. Three meals cooked to your liking, activities galore, including horseback riding, hiking, yoga, meditation, nutritional analysis, and Shamballa healing. PLUS so much more! And built into each day is some downtime just when you need it most. Join us as we briefly discuss our retreat. AND share the two amazing FREE sessions offered to all women: Nutritional Analysis and Shamballa Healing Session. This is an amazing opportunity for women to come together in friendship and comradery. Listen, share and love as we deeply explore our mind, body spirit connections is a fun-filled active week-end in the beautiful Tuscon desert.

Why do so many women put others first? We take care of our children, our partners, our parents, our friends, all while our health suffers because we forget about us. We have a natural capacity for compassion but we must prioritize self-care in order to show up and care for others... Listen as we share the power of community and working toward a common goal. With the support of others, we can move mountains and we don't have to do it alone. We discuss our retreat and some of its features: All inclusive weekend in Tucson Arizona packed full of fun activities, and new found friendships!!!

Lisa and I first met when we both attended Dr. Aviva Romm’s Functional & Integrated Medicine Professional Program. As a Registered Nurse, Certified Nurse Midwife and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant Lisa would elevate you to your full potential by helping you reach your personal health goals. AND as a Women’s Health Herbal Educator, Lisa shares her expertise in the healing qualities of plants as an alternative to pharmaceutical medication. Lisa’s approach to wellness is spectacular! She will spend time to listen to your story, hear your concerns and address what is most important to you. How does she implement Integrative Wellness? → A careful blend of mainstream blood work or tests → Selection of another test when necessary (salivary hormone testing, food intolerance) → Deep dive into your history and lifestyle practices → Formulating a plan together that will gently guide you on a new wellness path Lisa is now on a mission to help all women who suffer from the often depilating disease of PCOS. As an expert in the field, it’s comforting to know that there are many options available to women today of all ages. Listen as Lisa explores the root causes of PCOS and most importantly how to find health and vitality again. Do you think you might have PCOS or are you having difficulty with getting pregnant? Take this quick quiz to find out more! https://pages.convertkit.com/df8070c6fb/c56e62914a

Kelli Reese is on a mission to motivate, empower and inspire women to be brave and live the life their soul is calling for. Kelli is such an amazing woman. I first met Kelli when we were both at a seminar with Angela Lauria and the Author Incubator. We both wrote and published our first book together. And as luck would have it, I was able to work with her 1:1 almost two summers later. Words cannot begin to express the journey she took me on starting first with reading my Akashic records. And next helping me heal from some things I was holding on to for far too long. Kelli motivates women in many ways. She has a fantastic retreat this May in Tulum working with others on the Sacred Soul Journeys. If you’re feeling the call to connect more completely in your life, Sacred Soul Journeys takes you there. Kelli will put you in the middle of outstanding discoveries and magical adventures that will empower you, unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Each journey is a rare opportunity to explore sacred sites, local cultures and healing modalities. Also included is the inner exploration to the core of your being where you’ll discover the depth of who you are. She also works with women who feel stuck in their relationship. She helps them find answers to many questions that lay hidden for so many of us. The Clear Heart Program has helped many find a new path to happiness. If you want to get out of the indecision and questioning, it requires all the awareness and tools you’ve been learning on your path, but it also needs understanding on a deeper level about what’s happening. Finally, Kelli also works with women in her other program, The Connect Program. Each of us has a SOUL MISSION that we’ve carried with us from lifetime to lifetime. Kelli helps you understand your history and your wounds and karma that may have created obstacles for us to overcome before we’re able to fly. Listen to my dear friend Kelli as she shares her journey starting 17 years ago to today. I’m telling you it’s powerful!

Amanda Freed is a force to be reckoned with. She is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Registered Yoga Teacher, and a McLean Mediation Institute Certified Mindfulness and Meditation Instructor! With over 30 years of healing experience, she is truly inspiring as you will hear with this interview. Amanda teaches both nationally and internationally, and I can understand why. Listening to her explain the difference between meditation techniques or Sanskrit rituals it’s easy to understand why she is a natural teacher. Amanda has studied with academic scholars, renowned yoga and meditation teachers and Native American tribes. She has a wealth of information that she willingly shares to help others on their specific path. And (if that wasn't enough) Amanda somehow found time to write a beautiful and necessary book called, Divinely Flawed and Wildly Amused. This book helps you live a balanced life and enables you to understand how to show up in the world as your best possible self.

Type 2 epidemic and how to prevent it. The statistics are staggering. More than 100 million American's live with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But people who know they have the disease — which can lead to life-threatening complications, like blindness and heart disease — is far lower. Why is that? Why is there a preventable disease killing off our society? And, now more children than ever are being diagnosed. Listen as we share some of the latest information on prevention especially as it relates to exercise and diet.

Merna Liddawi is an award-winning artist and mentor. Her art is based on an ancient forgotten technique that brings natures beauty together by using genuine gold and carefully hand-made materials. Born in Jordan, she absorbed the vibrant colors, chanting music, and smells of the Orthodox Christian family icons. She visited ancient Roman ruins which influenced her greatly. Coming from the Middle East, her path was clear: gain a Physics degree, move to England, excel at teaching math… she did it all, but then she had a divine calling. Merna is a firm believer that art will transform and heal a person while bringing inner peace and solace to your life. Let’s face it. We are so distracted and overwhelmed by a digital age that we are often lost. We are lost in our computers, phones and other electronic devices. Merna’s philosophy is natural but oh so powerful and beautiful. Painting for Merna is a time of prayer, meditation, and stillness. She calls these moments ‘Selah’ Moments. And her goal and mission are for you too to experience “Selah” moments in your life. Her paintings are magnificent and can be found HERE. Her art is absolutely breathtaking and beyond anything you’ve ever seen. She uses nature’s pure elements – pigments, azurite, gold, egg, clay, and the meditative process while she creates. After many years including formal training (MFA), she has gravitated to using gold, earth and mineral pigments and geometry as symbols of light and spirituality. Her math training came in handy!!! Every aspect of her art is made by hand with love and care.

Dr. Becky, a Harvard trained functional endocrinologist talks at length about Alzheimer and Dementia. Leaving her thriving practice in the Florida Keys after her mothers untimely and rapid death to Alzheimer's, Dr. Becky completely changed the scope and sequence of her practice in order to help others navigate this terrible disease. It's fascinating to hear about risk factors and what steps to follow so you may never get this dreadful disease AND what steps to follow in case you or a loved one are already in the throws. Dr. Becky shares her in-depth knowledge about: Yes, sleep is always creeping up on us as a huge impact on all health concerns including dementia and Alzheimer. And why does it allude so many of us? Dr. Becky shares her insight on this as well as she shares about adrenal dysfunction and adrenal support!

Today on Friday Feelings Michele and I cover three different topics. We are winding down our sleep challenge in our private Facebook group so it makes perfect sense to talk some more about sleep. We share lots of fun facts and the latest research on sleep including, Nappuccinos! It's a well-known fact that women are happier than men, especially as we age. It's a personal choice we make, we simply experience more bliss than both younger women and many times more happiness than men. Finally, we are so excited to let the cat out of the bag about our retreat in September! It will be held in gorgeous Tucson AZ! We can't wait to share all the information with you soon! This will be 2 1/2 days of sheer bliss, reconnecting with yourself and establishing life long friendships. Want more information? Contact us HERE

Elaine Gardner is a holistic health expert and clinical nutritionist. She provides inspiration, knowledge, and resources for adopting a holistic lifestyle. Elaine is masterful at nutrition response testing and restorative endocrinology. She works to increase and protect physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Her goal in her work is to inspire Americans to prioritize their health and improve their self-care choices. Since 2004, Elaine has helped hundreds of clients in her private clinical nutrition practice annihilate PMS, menopause discomfort, mood challenges, digestive upset, fertility issues, and immune challenges! And she also helps clients adopt a healthy lifestyle to maintain their successes. This is so important because so often we reach our goals and then slip back to old habits. That is not going to happen with Elaine working with you. Elaine is the founder of Design Your Healthy Life and creator of the online program "Eat, Nourish and Shine: Planning, Purchasing and Loving the Right Food for Your Body." She holds a B.S. in Health Science and studied Restorative Endocrinology with Dr. Janet Lang.

Do you suffer from occasional anxiety — like the butterflies in your tummy before an event or party? To full-blown anxiety disorders with panic attacks and maybe even a few phobias? There are so many different types of anxiety. And, thankfully, there are many different types of herbs that can help with anxiety. Listen as we discuss some of them such as: Tumeric / Curcumin-great for treating depression and anxietyReishi Mushroom- one of the best adaptogens for stress and anxiety Ashwagandha- improves cortisol levels by resetting adrenal associated stress Lavender- one of the best for both chronic and acute stress situations

Mollie is the creative behind Mood Swing Wines. But first, she was a mother of three beautiful children and a hard-working nurse. After visiting a friend who needed a little cheering up, she received an epiphany to create Mood Swing Wines. Mollie intended to uncork the conversations about menopause, midlife, and empty nest through a bottle of wine. Seriously, who doesn’t love wine? One thing led to another, and now Mood Swing Wines has given Mollie a platform the speak to audiences all around the globe (not to mention the EXCLUSIVE wine at Menopause the Musical in Las Vegas!)