Second Spring Podcast

Laurie Wasserman is a registered dietitian and the founder of Life Hive Nutrition, a multi-location nutrition counseling firm that helps thousands of clients reach their wellness goals. Laurie is an educator; she brings her passion for healthy eating to many large corporations through on and off site lectures and cooking demonstrations. Laurie is also a mother living her second spring chapter! You can find her work at Life Hive Nutrition through the links below: Life Hive Nutrition: https://www.lifehivenutrition.com/ Life Hive Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifehivenutrition/

Nan is a fellow certified life coach, a midlife (French) woman, a mother of two living in Paris with her family. We covered so many topics including: How to up-level our life as we age. Why turning 50 is so great for Nan! Aging as seen in the French culture. Why Nan is focusing on muscle building now. Breaking down the Life Coaching model. What is the real definition of happiness anyway? And so much more! Enjoy this fun chat where we emphasized how important it is to both strong in BOTH mind and body as we enter our Second Spring chapter. Listen to the episode or watch our unedited conversation on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoXnNqSfIIE Connect with Nan on her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nan.saysana.coaching/

Regan Walsh is an executive and life coach, a best selling author of the fabulous memoir Heart Boss. Her purpose is to help women trust their gut and shed their shoulds. Regan is a mom living her Second Spring midlife chapter right here in Columbus, Ohio, just a few miles away from me. I’ve been lucky to have her in my office and I'm so lucky to have her on the podcast today. Regan’s website: https://reganwalsh.com/ Regan’s Book, Heart Boss: https://reganwalsh.com/book/ Regan on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/regan_walsh/ Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

Doctor LeTa Jussila is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and national wellness expert. She helps individuals achieve and maintain their healthcare goals efficiently. Leta is known for her therapeutic Cannabinoid recommendations and her education on topics like Microdosing. She has an in-person practice in Santa Cruz, California, and an online medical practice. Leta was featured in past podcast episodes with Kit here: https://kityoon.libsyn.com/episode-49-chinese-medicine-for-everyday-life-with-dr-leta-jussila Leta’s website: https://doctorleta.com/ Leta’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorleta/ Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

Xen Ayiotis is a mindful and intuitive eating coach who helps women get to the root of their food issues by changing their mindset to find freedom with food and peace with their bodies. Xen is a mother, a wife, a lover of food, and adventures. She is in transition and on the move, currently relocating from South Africa to the Netherlands with her husband. After getting rid of 90% of all their possessions, the empty nesters look forward to finding and creating a new place to call home. Xen’s website: https://www.theartofmindfuleating.com/ Xen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art_of_mindful_eating/ Second Spring Session with Kit: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17420239&appointmentType=60320722 Intuitive Eating Coaching with Kit: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17420239&appointmentType=9547706

Olivia Mendoza is a breath work facilitator, a women’s circle holder, an intuitive artist. She’s also a self-healer and a proud sober warrior. I met Olivia last fall at a retreat we both attended in England. The first circle we had, Olivia was sitting right next to me and I remember her crying the whole time. Then there was a second day when she didn’t cry at all, but was quietly observing. Then I heard her story and I was obsessed with everything about Olivia! Olivia’s story of a challenging upbringing, her journey to sobriety and self-compassion will inspire you more than you know. Please check out her offerings, especially the upcoming “Breathwork Bubble” that will sure transform your life for the better. Breathwork Bubble starting mid April: https://mailchi.mp/ff24b3ceef93/virtualbreathworkbubble Work with Olivia: https://oliviafelicemendoza.com/offerings/ Follow Olivia on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oliviamendoza_healing/ Second Spring Sessions with Kit Yoon: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17420239&appointmentType=60320722 Other ways to work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

S1EP2 Marcia Miller Our guest today is known in and around Columbus as the mother of yoga, meditation, reiki, UZIT, and more. Marcia Miller co-founded Yoga On High, a thriving yoga studio that served the Columbus community for decades. In this episodes, you get to hear Marcia’s story of how she found Yoga (or did it find her?) to how it’s guided her to live a fulfilling and purposeful life. Marcia and Kit covered different areas of wellness from the importance of the pause, to listening to our “interoceptive awareness” to what we can do to take care of our loved ones by first taking care of ourselves. You will have to listen to what Marcia felt during her recent COVID recovery - it is very cool! Also, at the end, Marcia offered one last piece of advice which may surprise you. Tune in, enjoy and share this lively and lovely conversation that will sure to spark your interest in yoga, meditation, reiki and more. Connect with Marcia via: Her website: https://www.marciamilleryoga.com/ Her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marciasm108/ Take a meditation or yoga class with Marcia here: https://www.radiantyogaandwellness.com/ Get acupuncture or coaching with Kit: Schedule your Second Spring Session here: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=17420239&appointmentType=60320722 More options here: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

Welcome to Season 2 of Second Spring Podcast! Kit is happy to be back and sharing a whole new season with you. She gives you an update of what she’s been up to, including how she’s ending her Acupuncture Sabbatical and starting to offer in person acupuncture (and more) sessions again. You will also hear about the plan for this Season which has a theme of wellness for midlife women. Kit goes over what “wellness” actually means and how we will explore it with this season’s guests along with her own take on it. In addition, get a short summary of each of Season 1 episodes so that you can go listen to the ones (or all) that seem interesting to you. Tune into this short and sweet episode and come back each Tuesday for new conversations with wellness practitioners who will help you take care of your second spring chapter! Check out all the episodes from Season 1 here: https://kityoon.libsyn.com Are you in and around Columbus? Schedule a Second Spring Session with Kit here Follow Kit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kit_yoon/

The table gets turned (mostly) to Kit for this final episode of Second Spring Podcast Season 1 when her friend and coach colleague, Caitlin Faas, facilitates the interview! Kit shares how she’s feeling about parenting young adults as an empty nester; some tools that she has found helpful and what she finds challenging in this chapter. You will hear how Kit answered Caitlin’s question: “What do you not want the person in front of you to know about you?” See if she’s having a midlife crisis! You will also get to hear a bit about Caitlin who is an academic, a life coach as well as a meditation teacher. Caitlin has had her own version of Second Spring, a pretty traumatic one at that. While healing from the challenging transition, Caitlin found her mentor. Learn what it’s like for a coach to have a guide and an apprenticeship and what you, too, can experience if and when you need help through your own Second Spring transitions as well. Kit’s (sort of) mentor Tara Brach: https://www.tarabrach.com/ Caitlin’s mentor, Scott Schwenk: https://www.scottschwenk.com/ Caitlin’s website: https://www.drcaitlinfaas.com/ Caitin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcaitlinfaas Caitlin’s newsletter: https://caitlinfaas.substack.com/ Kit’s website: https://kityoon.com/ Kit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kit_yoon/ Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

Betty Brown is a NAMA - Ayurvedic Practitioner, holistic nurse, and founder of B Well Ayurveda Health Coach. Betty is also a yoga instructor, a mother, an amazing cook, a fellow food & Kimchi lover as well as a fellow Bexley resident. Ayurveda has helped Betty to take charge of her own health. She works with clients to help them feel empowered to make positive changes in their life using the ancient wisdom and medicine of Ayurveda. What is Ayurveda: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-ayurveda Betty’s website Betty on instagram Women’s retreat with Betty Work with Kit

Kelly Muir is a martial artist, 6th degree Black Belt in karate, 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. She has been featured in Karate/Kung Fu Illustrated and Black Belt Magazine as a pioneer for women in the Martial Art Industry. Kelly has been a columnist for Black Belt Magazine, writing in the Better Business Column and a contributor to the Personal Defense Network. Kelly was named Black Belt Magazine’s 2012 Woman of the Year. An influential teacher, an entrepreneur, a mother, an author, Kelly is a proud Bexley resident and an almost Bexley High School graduate. She recently wrote and published the book, Lessons from Nowhere, which chronicles the turbulent journey of her early years and how that paved the way to a fulfilling and purposeful life. Kelly’s Karate School Kelly’s book: Lessons from Nowhere Kelly on Instagram Work with Kit

Cheryl is an award winning interior designer, founder and CEO of Crimson Design Group - a full-service interior design firm offering a range of services to both commercial and residential clients. Through her fearless leadership and steadfast mission, Cheryl has grown her company from a small local business in Columbus, Ohio into an impressive, successful, nationally renowned firm that is dedicated to bringing comfort, inspiration and beauty to her clients’ spaces. She simply (in her words) knows how to make the typically unseen beauty, seen. Cheryl is mother, a wife, a good friend to many, a philanthropist, a fellow Second Spring woman, and a Bexley resident. Resources: Crimson Design Group Website: https://crimsondesigngroup.com/ Crimson Design Group on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crimsondesigngroup/ Emotionally Healthy Relationship Course: https://subsplash.com/lifevineyardchurch/lb/ev/+nbx5kkh Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

Rebecca is a licensed acupuncturist, an herbalist, and a Qi gong teacher. Not long after she moved from California did Rebecca become a very valuable Bexley resident. She’s the vice chair of Green Bexley and has contributed so much to the community, especially around encouraging our town to be more environmentally conscious. Rebecca embodies Chinese medicine in her professional and personal life. She credits it to her vitality and well-being as she feels more energized and healthy now in her early 50s than when she was younger! Listen to the episode for some Chinese medicine secrets and so much more. Rebecca sees patients at Monarch Acupuncture and herbs, her private practice in Bexley, Ohio. _________ Monarch Acupuncture website: https://www.monarchacupunctureandherbs.com/ What is moxibustion: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/moxibustion Green Bexley: https://www.greenbexley.org/ Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with

Dr Melissa Briggs Phillips is a clinical psychologist and leadership consultant. She’s also a teacher, a mom, a Bexley resident, a good friend to many here in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Melissa has spent years leading projects in health care, community development and higher education. She is the founder of her private practice Next Generation Behavioral Health and recently joined Mindset Integrative Ketamine Care as their Psychologist in residence. Weaving her expertise into her work wherever she is, Dr Melissa is not shy to admit, in her own words: “I love what I do. It is sacred to me.” _________ Dr. Melissa’s website: https://behaveforward.com/ Mindset Integrative Ketamine Care: https://mindsetketamine.com/ Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/work-with-me/

Dr. Nicole O’Brien is a critical care physician at Nationwide Children’s hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She’s also an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine for the Ohio State University College of Medicine. In 2015, Nicole received the Fulbright Africa Regional Research Program award to work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She’s also received several NIH grants for research related to neurologic diseases in remote regions of Africa. Along with her husband Will O’Brien, Nicole founded Restore Elikia, a nonprofit organization that works to provide sustainable orphan care and community development in a remote region of the Congo. Nicole is a mom of four children. She travels back and forth between Ohio and Africa. When stateside, she and her family call Bexley home. Several years ago, Nicole and Will faced the unimaginable loss of their adopted children from the Congo. That experience both traumatized them (including losing the ability to speak for Nicole), and guided them to living the purpose they have shared all along. Listen to their fascinating story of grit and determination, and how Nicole overcame her limitations despite all the challenges. At the end of the conversation, Nicole shares how she’s choosing to live fully and what she thinks we need to do to optimize our second chapter. For a full transcript of this episode, please go to Second Spring Chronicle. Check out Nicole's project in the Congo, Restore Elikia: https://restoreelikia.org/ More about Dr. Nicole O’Brien’s work Work with Kit Yoon

AJ is a self-taught painter specializing in abstract pointillism. She’s a mother to 3 daughters, a Pacific Northwest native, and a Bexley resident for over a decade. Growing up in a warm and loving family with a brother and her parents, AJ looks back to her childhood with fondness. As she got older, and family dynamics got complicated, including her parents’ divorce, addictions and more, AJ had to find ways to keep herself grounded. In recent years, she lost her parents to health conditions that may have been due to genetics, but also preventable with lifestyle adjustments. She is hoping to rewrite her story and decided to make bold changes to take care of her future physical, mental and spiritual health today. A brilliant artist, a loving mother, partner, and friend, AJ embraces life in the middle with so much grace and intention. Please enjoy our conversation here and check out her work via the links below. For a full transcript of this episode, please go to Second Spring Chronicle. _______ Resources mentioned in the podcast: AJ’s website: https://www.ajoishi.com AJ on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aj_oishi/ Female Fight Club: https://femalefightclubcolumbus.com/ Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/

Welcome to Second Spring Podcast! This is a relaunch of Kit Yoon’s previous podcast, with a new identity and focus. You will hear Kit’s introduction that is broken down into the What, Why and How of Second Spring podcast in its first season. Kit guides you through the concept of Second Spring - a Chinese medicine term for the transition that women go through in midlife. You are invited to partake in the stories and inspirations from the women of Bexley, Ohio in Season 1. Kit also invites you join her Second Spring Community of women who get to blossom and flourish in this chapter no matter what. Enjoy this short introductory episode with your host, Kit Yoon! For a full transcript of this episode, please go to Second Spring Chronicle. LINKS: Second Spring Podcast on Apple iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/second-spring-podcast-with-kit-yoon/id1485206387 Second Spring Chronicle: https://kityoon.substack.com/ Kit’s website: https://kityoon.com/ Free Consult with Kit here

Liza Moore is a former lawyer, a midlife mom, a wife, a resident of Bexley, Ohio. After the challenge of her divorce, Liza experienced the unimaginable loss of her oldest daughter, Jadyn. To say that she’s gone through hell and back is an understatement. Liza had been coming to see Kit for healing sessions over several years, for a variety of conditions. But it wasn’t until Liza listened to one podcast that Kit sent to her that her life took a completely different turn and really began to heal. Liza's sessions with Kit began to take shape in a new way after that! She is currently on an incredible journey of self discovery through deep meditations and mindset shifts. Listen to Liza’s inspiring journey of loss & hope, of finding her way to living her truth in her Second Spring chapter. For a full transcript of this episode, please go to Second Spring Chronicle. _______ Some resources mentioned in the podcast: Feel Better Live More Podcast Episode with Dr. Joe: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/266-dr-joe-dispenza-on-how-to-unlock-the-power-of-yourmind/id1333552422?i=1000559472130 Dr. Joe Dispenza: https://drjoedispenza.com/ Michael Singer’s books: https://amzn.to/489Yh1P Work with Kit: https://kityoon.com/

It’s a true welcome back to your favorite podcast! After a few weeks of the hiatus and the Unraveling Experiment, we are delighted to share with you one of the most fun and powerful conversations this season. In today’s episode, Kit discusses with the one and only Evelyn Tribole, the cofounder of the Intuitive Eating (IE) movement, how to unlearn diet culture, enjoy and have a healthy relationship with food, and ultimately, come home to yourself. The conversation unravels so many things, from the concept of IE, how diet culture and diet mentality robs us of authentic health, how to practice IE daily and simply, how cooking for yourself is the ultimate self-care, and so much more. This is truly a fun, energizing and comprehensive coverage of everything you ever wanted to know about Intuitive Eating with the cofounder herself! Last but not least, you’ll find out how to sign up for the Kit’s Eat with Ease online course, with a special discount for all podcast listeners EASE66 when you register before May 1st! Show notes are at: https://kityoon.com/evelyntribole/

“It is time to listen to my body and my innervoice!” Kit Yoon This week’s episode is taking it to a different level. Today, it’s just you and Kit. Our host is sharing personal things, considering her health and mindset, and all about a new experiment – the UNRAVELING. More specifically, you’ll find out the reason Kit is taking a break, how recent podcast guests inspired Kit to follow the nudges and listen to her inner voice. Above all, this episode has an array of important questions, which can be summed up in one asked by Tony Robbins: “Who do you want to be when this is all over?” For show notes, please go to: https://kityoon.com/unravelingexperiment/