As we enter the winter season it’s important to prepare for navigating the holidays. Whether it’s challenging for you to see family members during the holidays or your physical health changes with the change in weather, seasonal affective disorder has an impact on our wellbeing.  

I sat down with therapist Jody Smith from Clarity Counseling Network to discuss the impact of the change of seasons on our mental health, how we can get better at navigating the holidays, and managing seasonal affective disorder. Jody shares what it means to be therapy curious and how you can take better care of yourself with practical tools and tips to managing the holiday season and all of the stressors that come with it. 

Learning how to live with less stress and more peace is an important life skill that will support you for years to come. There are many modalities and approaches to living live with less stress and more peace. In this episode, you will learn how to live life with less stress and more peace in order to move about the world in a way that is most aligned for you. 

Living a life with stress is detrimental to your nervous system and it will cause you to make decisions and build relationships from a place of lack. When you learn how to manage your stress levels and take care of yourself, you’ll be able to live with less stress and more peace. This will allow you to be more in alignment and live a life that is fuller, richer and more meaningful to you.  

What is self responsibility and how can you use it to change your life? Today, I want to talk about the topic of self responsibility. You may have also heard of it as personal responsibility, or in some cases, people use the terminology radical responsibility. This principle is around really taking a look at the self and identifying what you are responsible for.  

If we really want to do something different and make some type of change, we have to be willing to try different things and be open to different experiences, and something has to change, otherwise we won't change. Part of looking at making lasting change is looking at the self. It's the building block that everything else grows from, because it's all around taking a look at how you operate, how you treat yourself, how you take care of yourself, and how you show up and love yourself.  

Along with all of those things it’s important to take a look and see if you are taking responsibility in your life - for how you show up, the part that you play in your relationships, the part that you play in your work and all the different areas of your life. This is what self responsibility is all about. 

Today, I want to share a story with you around the impact of embracing the present moment. It includes an example of using ten minutes to connect and embrace the present moment. It’s an everyday example so you may have found yourself in a similar situation at some point in your life.  

We are often sold this idea that we always need to be in the present moment, and there's almost a stress or a pressure around achieving that. But really, being in the present moment and embracing it 100% of the time isn’t the reality for most of us. If you are someone that struggles with finding a way to be in the present moment or struggles to stay in the present moment, then this story is for you.  

If you're trying to connect more deeply to yourself, remember that it's a process. It's something that requires time, experimentation, openness, curiosity and a willingness to be open with yourself.  

 You may drop in and be present for a period of time, and then you may fall out of that, because something happened and you got triggered, or you were moving on with something else in your day and something happened. We're all on this journey. There is no right or wrong, and this is just one story that I hope can help you to see that there are many options for how you embrace the present moment and live from that place. 

Elizabeth Guilbeault is back on the podcast to chat about hiding from yourself and reclaiming your power. You may be hiding from yourself because you’re afraid of being seen by others. Or perhaps you are hiding from yourself because you don’t believe you can accomplish the things you really want to accomplish in your life – your deepest hopes and dreams. It can feel safer to hide from yourself and bury things down deep, but if you want to live your life in alignment with who you truly are, it is time to reclaim your power. Get curious with yourself and fall in love with your life.  

Today I’m sharing three life lessons from a Human Design Projector. Learning that I am a Projector in Human Design has had a monumental impact on my life. Not because I hold everything about it as an absolute truth, but because it helped me to see and understand myself in ways I never had before. It has helped me to understand my energy better and supports me in navigating how I show up in my life and business.

Whether or not you are a human design projector, I hope this information supports you and any human design projectors you may have in your life.

If you feel behind in life or think you should be farther along, this episode is for you because you are where you need to be.

Negative self talk impacts so many of us and, in this article, you’ll learn examples of negative self talk and how to change it. You might experience negative self talk when you make a mistake or things don’t go the way you planned. That’s ok! Our brains are wired to focus on the negative and to get stuck in patterns. The good news is, you can rewire your brain to focus more on positive thoughts and less on negative self talk. 

Awareness is the first step in understanding where you are today and understanding yourself in a different way. It is the first step in order to be able to change negative self talk to positive thoughts which will then allow to shift your thoughts, uncover more of your path and discover more of who you really are.  

As an American living in France, I’m celebrating that I got my French driving license. Hooray! While France does recognize and exchange licenses with some US states, it doesn’t recognize all 50 states. Unfortunately for me, New Jersey is not one of the states that you can exchange licenses with.

Learn how to develop your spiritual gifts by first recognizing what they are in this week’s conversation with Elizabeth Guilbeault, energy reader extraordinaire. Elizabeth is back on the podcast to share more about grounding, meditation and how you discover your unique gifts. 

Radically change your life with these 7 simple habits in this week's Change from Within podcast. Full disclosure, these habits sound simple, but they may not be easy to implement. The truth is, most of us struggle with at least one of these habits! Yet these are the habits that have the biggest impact on our days. Start with these if If you’re looking to change your life.

Do you connect to your Highest Self? The connection to your Highest Self (spirit, soul, inner knowing, whatever else you’d like to call it..) is your inner compass. It is what guides your true self. It is who you are deep down, who you came here to be and it knows what you truly desire. This week we’re talking about how you connect to this inner knowing and how you work with it to inform where you go in your life. 

Your body has so much incredible wisdom and is speaking to you ALL THE TIME, whether you realize it or not. When you pay attention to this wisdom you become more in control of your life. You stop your mind from running the show and get connected to more of who you really are. This series explores three different parts of you that make up personal transformation. Whether you’re going through a life change (marriage, divorce, health, etc) or a career shift (job loss, new job, etc), a big piece of your own personal growth is happening.

The Power of Your Mind is the first part of the Power Series. What your thoughts are telling you informs a big part of your days which shapes your reality. As you uncover these parts of you, discover new things about yourself, peel back the layers of your life and how your journey has unfolded, you'll start to see these different pieces of yourself come out.

Change is a constant part of life. Join Mary Clavieres as she shares what she learned in her own transformation process - body wisdom, stress, how the mind plays tricks on us and when it’s time to go for it (whatever IT is).

Elizabeth Guilbeault and I chat about setting intentions, managing energy and how to show up when life feels hard. Elizabeth also had a family move in the last couple of years and we talk about what navigating a big move looks like.

Learn 7 steps for living an aligned life including how to make big changes and take focused action in your life.

Rimsha Warda shares her experiences with abuse and divorce and how it eventually led her to finding love again. You’d think it’s not the happiest topic, but what is so captivating is Rimsha’s joy as she shares her healing journey. Tune in to learn more about Rimsha and how you can find your joy, even in dark times.

Do you love yourself is the topic of today’s episode. You may have found that the journey to really loving yourself can take time. There are so many ways that we can easily put shame and blame on ourselves for every little thing, or even look outside of ourselves for love. In today’s episode I’m sharing my experiences with really taking time to be kind to yourself and love yourself more deeply.  Sending you an extra hug today!

Today’s episode is about Human Design 101 with Kelly Joseph. I love Human Design as a system and a compass to learning about life. It’s something I discovered a couple of years ago and I’ve been exploring ever since. It’s all about energy and you as a unique individual. This system has so much to explore!

Kelly Joseph is here to give us all the details. She’s breaking down what Human Design is, the main energy types, and how they operate. Learn how you can learn more about yourself through Human Design. Trust me, you’re in for a treat!