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Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)BTS Podcast 6: A Portal to Presence, Connecting to Your Higher Self with Cecilia Tement"Creativity gives us the opportunity to look at things from a more playful perspective.” — Cecilia TementThis episode of Behind the Scenes is an exploration on how creativity opens a direct line to your higher self. I’m joined by Cecilia Tement, soul life and business awakening mentor, divine channel, and song healer.Cecilia walks us through a Guided Higher Self Practice you’ll want to return to again and again. She also reminds you that you don’t need to force it, fix it, or prove anything to anyone. You just need to return to yourself...2025-08-0609 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)BTS Podcast 5: Main Character Energy, the Power of Coming Back to Yourself"Why not make yourself the main character?” — Deb D.This episode of Behind the Scenes is an invitation to return to your knowing, trust your rhythm, and lead with intention. I’m joined by repeat guest Deb D. founder of the Be Her Collective, for a conversation that brings you back to center.Together we explore what it means to reclaim your intuition, remember your truth, and step fully into heroine status Deb. D shares about creating her private podcast Becoming Her. We talk about shedding side character energy and taking ownership of your s...2025-07-2509 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 110: Going For It, Shifting Careers, & Manifestation with Christine Fiorentino of Beyond the Plate“Just go for it, let it go, and live your life true to yourself.” — Christine Fiorentino This week’s episode is a reminder that creativity asks you to trust your inner voice, even before you’re ready. I’m joined by Christine Fiorentino, writer, recipe developer, culinary storyteller, and host of the YouTube series Beyond the Plate.From teaching in a classroom to sharing food stories on camera, Christine reminds you that creativity is more than what you create, it’s also who you become when you decide that you’re going to go for it!If you...2025-06-2922 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 109: Sharing Beautiful Things, Even in Dark Times with Food Photographer Kimberly Espinel“Creativity is my sanctuary, it’s where I go to escape from all the darkness in the world.” — Kimberly EspinelThis week’s episode is a reminder that your creativity is not only a gift, but a way to tell your story. I’m joined by Kimberly Espinel, award-winning food photographer, food and prop stylist, author, and creator of The Little Plantation.Through her camera lens, creativity becomes a sanctuary. It’s a way to cope when things get tough and a way to tell the powerful (and sometimes political) stories that make us, us.Kimberly...2025-06-0621 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)108: Sex, Art, & Rocks (Not For Throwing) with Artist Katie Commodore"Creativity is just the willingness to experiment with things.” — Katie CommodoreThis week’s episode is the reminder that creativity is both a question and an answer, a process of constant problem-solving, adaptation, and asking what’s next.I’m joined by my dear friend, Katie Commodore, artist and educator at Clark University and Rhode Island School of Design.From drawing and peyote stitch beading to embroidery and textiles, Katie explores new mediums while continuing to celebrate sexuality, intimacy, and everyday objects in her work.Tune into this episode to learn how Katie...2025-05-1023 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)107: Pitching, Connecting, and Creating Community with Chelsea Riffe Podcast StrategistTune in to this episode to remind yourself that you don’t have to be tied to social media 24/7 in order to grow your business, brand, or mission!I'm joined by Chelsea Riffe, host of In My Non-Expert Opinion, a top 1% podcast known for transparency around business, creativity, and travel.I attend her recent event, Pitch-A-Palooza, where I was blown away by the community, connection, and collaboration happening in the chat.Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Full show notes & transcript he...2025-05-0221 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)106: Coming Back to Yourself with Mackenzie Belcastro Transformational CoachThis episode is your permission slip to listen to your own internal seasons of productivity and rest. I’m joined by Mackenzie Belcastro, a transformational coach, Reiki Practitioner, and podcast host.Mackenzie and I kick this episode off by inviting you to drop into a powerful Creative Spark meditation. This meditation is a practice you can bookmark and return to again and again.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Get the full show notes & transcript here.What’s in T...2025-04-1022 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)105: The Power of Reclaiming Your Voice with Emily Nachazel Intuitive Business CoachThis week’s episode illustrates what’s possible for you when you allow your spirit to lead you in your work. I’m joined by Emily Nachazel, intuitive business coach for visionary soul-led women.When with clients, Emily uses somatics and energetic work to help people shake out resistance. Here, she takes us behind the scenes of what it’s been like to move through her own creative blocks and reconnect with her voice and self-expression.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or creat...2025-03-2124 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 104: The BTS of Creating a Summit with Deb Driscoll Founder of Big Life MagicThis week’s episode is the first live Nourishing Creativity episode. I’m joined by repeat guest Deb Driscoll, an author, spiritual teacher, and energy guide. Her playful approach to the creative process is magnetic!In this episode, Deb shares how since her last episode she has shifted her priorities to focus on being an author with a business. She was not giving herself the space to create, there was always another to-do in her business.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Get...2025-02-1317 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)103: The Secret To Being Confident with Christine Ajisafe Transformation Queen & Soul IgniterThis week’s episode is focused on confidence and the power of knowing that it doesn't matter. I’m joined by Christine Ajisafe, self-love expert, business coach, transformation queen, and soul igniter.Christine gives you permission to feel inspired by your own ideas, to be turned on, and to be excited! It’s your reminder that you have the key to unlock your own unique magnetism.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Get the full show notes & transcript here.What...2025-01-1919 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 102: The Year I Hid (But Not Really) + Your 2025 Visibility Plan with Chef Carla Contreras“What ways do you want to be visible in 2025? ” —Carla ContrerasAs I close out 2024, I am getting honest with myself about the milestones I hit in this past year. I received awards and recognitions that I would have encouraged my clients to share across all social media platforms, but didn’t.What I’ve learned this past year as a content creator is that even when you think you are hiding, your work is still visible especially, if you have the courage to press publish. This episode sparked an idea that's been simmering.Press Pu...2025-01-0113 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 101: Honoring Your Appetite & Making Space for Your Creative Process with Author Layla Khoury-HanoldThis conversation focuses on nourishment. I’m joined by my dear friend Layla Khoury-Hanold, a James Beard Award nominated journalist, freelance food and travel writer, and author.Layla shares how she honors her appetite and nourishes herself in a way that is true and that aligns for her. She invites you to fill your cup first and gives you inspiration to make space for your creative process.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create. Get the full show notes & transcript here.Wh...2024-12-2918 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 100: Tune Into Your Creative Energy with Sofia Adler of SWA WellnessWe made it to episode 100! I am so grateful for you tuning in and listening to this podcast whether it’s your first episode or 100th. I’m celebrating this milestone with a special repeat guest who will remind you that you are part of something larger.I’m joined by Sofia Adler, an energy worker and certified mindful meditation teacher. Sofia works with a variety of energetic modalities that help you connect back to yourself, the land, and the universe.Tune in as Sofia and I explore the many ways that energy can support you, y...2024-12-1420 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 99: How to Stay Authentic During The Holiday Season with Alexa Juanita Jordan Founder of Wild Cozy FreeThis week’s episode is an invitation to show up this holiday season as the most authentic version of yourself. I’m joined by Alexa Juanita Jordan, a certified life coach, published author, and playwright. Alexa takes us behind the scenes in creating her newest offering, Holiday Survival Kit, designed to support people through the holiday season’s rawest moments.We peel back the layers of holiday expectations and get real about the support we deserve to give ourselves through one of the busiest (and most social) times of the year. Listen to the epis...2024-11-2820 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 98: Building Your Digital Home on Substack with Jenna Knapp of Have Cake CreativeIn this week’s episode, we’re shaking things up a bit! I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing the behind the scenes of my upcoming Substack workshops. I’m joined by Dear Self with Love founder, Jenna Knapp. She is also my workshop co-teacher, virtual assistant, and the founder of Have Cake Creative.Jenna is a creative assistant who supports me in pressing publish on the Nourishing Creativity Podcast and Sunday newsletter, each week. Being supported by Jenna has made me realize how important it is to have community around getting your work out into the worl...2024-11-2122 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 97: Creating in Isolation, Peeling Back the Layers, and Connecting to Nature with Photographer Beth GaltonWelcome to this week’s episode, which is all about celebrating the shift from creating in isolation to launching your work into the world. I’m joined by Beth Galton, an award winning photo-based artist. Beth shares about her experimental creative process and what it was like to be an artist living in New York City during the pandemic. She also shares the fear and doubt that can come with sharing a new project publicly. Plus, using your voice when you were told to be “seen and not heard.”Listen to the episode on Apple P...2024-11-1416 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 96: Healing is a Creative Process with Deb Driscoll Founder of Big Life MagicIn this week’s episode we dive into how creativity is impacted by place, movement, and magic. I’m joined by Deb Driscoll, an author, spiritual teacher, and energy guide. Her playful approach to the creative process is magnetic!In this week’s episode we dive into how creativity is impacted by place, movement, and magic. I’m joined by Deb Driscoll, an author, spiritual teacher, and energy guide. Her playful approach to the creative process is magnetic!In this episode, Deb shares how she began writing a memoir. She chats about the necessity of moving i...2024-11-1021 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 95: Ready, Set, Finish with Financial Advisor, Author, and Speaker Bassam TaraziWelcome to this week’s episode, which is all about carving out time for creative projects and breaking down the big vision into small steps. I’m joined by Bassam Tarazi, a financial advisor, author and speaker. His commitment to his creative practice is inspiring, in this episode he shares how he sits through discomfort, overcomes procrastination, and prioritizes what he values. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create.What’s in This Episode:Bassam shares how his creative process is closely...2024-10-2419 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 94: Sharing Food Stories, Building Community, and Rediscovering the Pleasure of Cooking with Sophia Musoki, Founder of A Kitchen in UgandaWelcome to this week’s episode, which is all about sharing other people’s stories, building community, and evolving with the creative process. I’m joined by Sophia Musoki, a Ugandan food blogger, podcast host, writer, and photographer. Her passion for food storytelling is palpable, in this episode she spreads her deep love for Ugandan food and culture.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create.What’s in This Episode:Sophia shares the behind-the-scenes of how her podcast, Our Food Stories, was deve...2024-09-2720 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 93: Visibility, Self-Love, and Stepping into Your Future Self with Chef Carla Contreras as a guest on Dear Self with LoveThis week’s episode is a repost from my friend Jenna Knapp and her Dear Self With Love Substack. Note: This was not supposed to be a podcast. Jenna originally sent me a Google Form asking me to share my experience as a Dear Self With Love planner user. My intuition instantly wanted to respond to these questions, but instead of typing the answers out; I connected my computer to my microphone, put my headphones on, and hit record (and let’s be honest, did a few practice sessions). I knew I wanted to use my voice, in a...2024-09-1818 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 92: Breathwork, Creativity, and Soulful Leadership Stephanie Pereira-LimaWelcome to this week’s episode! We are learning about using breathwork as a tool to move through creative blocks. I am joined by Stephanie Pereira-Lima, an Intuitive Healer, Soulful Leader, Breathwork Guide, and Reiki Master. She works intimately with spiritual women & emerging lightworkers in awakening their soul purpose so they can create a life that is led by their soul and rooted in freedom, abundance and joyful service. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform.What’s in This Episode:Steph first gives us her definition of cr...2024-09-0621 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 91: Waking, Dreaming & Return to Being Seen with Dulce Ruby, Founder of DespiertaWelcome to this week’s episode! We’re deep-diving into the creative mindset and returning to being seen after years of creating behind the scenes. We’ll also share a brilliant practice to help you move through creative blocks. I am joined by Dulce Ruby, an international artist and herbal alchemist who creates artworks and tools to awaken and activate people to their dream realities. She had over 1 million people as part of her community on Instagram until she was hacked and started her new account. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast...2024-08-2222 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 90: Empowerment, Creative Blocks, and Dishing Out Steamed Broccoli with Pinterest Strategist Meagan WilliamsonThis week’s episode is about empowering you to share who you uniquely are in your creative process. I’m joined by Meagan Williamson, a Pinterest marketing expert, certified business coach, trained psychologist, and mom based in Canada. Get the Full Show Notes & Transcript here. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform while you cook, clean, or create.What’s in This Episode:This episode will leave you inspired to embrace how you create based on the season of life (and business) you are in. In our...2024-04-2625 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 87: When is the Right Time to Say Goodbye? Honoring Show Up Fully & Welcoming in the Nourishing Creativity PodcastWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully! I have been building and learning from Show Up Fully alongside you since 2020.This journey has been a soul-shaking challenging process. But it’s exactly what I needed (and many of you) to grow and evolve as I discovered what showing up fully meant in my life.It’s been really hard to let go and say goodbye to Show Up Fully. But today, I am officially turning the page on the podcast chapter and I am welcoming in the transition of this podcast into the No...2024-03-2108 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 86: Are You A Good Cookie? Igniting the Creative Spark with Gretchen Holt-Witt of Cookies for Kids’ CancerWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully! I’m joined by Gretchen Holt, co-founder and executive director of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer, an organization that raises money for pediatric cancer. Pediatric cancer is the number one disease killer of children in the U.S. and yet receives the smallest amount of public and private funding. Get the Full Show Notes & Transcript here Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform.What’s in This Episode:After receiving her son Liam’s cancer diagnosis when he was...2024-03-0131 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 85: How is Your Heart Today? Grief, Loss, & The Creation Cycle with Death Doula Tammy FauldsWelcome to this episode of Show Up Fully where Grief Coach and Death Doula, Tammy Faulds, and I are back for our annual chat! This week’s episode is about the rich interconnectedness between creativity and grief. “Emotions are energy in motion.”Get the Full Show Notes & Transcript hereWhat’s in This Episode:* Tammy’s definition for grief is “the end of or change in a familiar pattern of behavior.” Grief encompasses so much more than death — which is why Tammy’s mission is to change the narrative around both grief and death. We learn ho...2024-02-1426 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 84: Visibility, Photography, and The Creative Journey with Danielle CohenWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully! I’m joined by Danielle Cohen, the founder of Visibility Medicine and a creative brand photographer with a background in healing modalities, business, and accounting. Get the Full Show Notes & Transcript here Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or on your favorite podcast platform. We can’t wait to hear what you think!What’s in This Episode: * First, I share the breakthroughs I had with Danielle while working together in her Visibility Medicine program (check it out below!). From there, w...2023-11-2933 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 83: Are Your Ready for a Reset? Free Mindfulness & Mind Map Workshop with Meg Burton TudmanWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully, for a Free Mindfulness & Mind Map Workshop. I’m joined by my guest and co-teacher, Meg Burton Tudman, a Holistic Life Coach, Reiki Master and Teacher, and yoga and meditation teacher with the intention of helping people honor their highest selves by aligning their mind, body, and soul. You can use this 30-minute workshop anytime you want some clarity.Get The Full Show Notes & Purchase The WorkbookThe Mindfulness & Mind Map workshop begins with a grounding practice to clear energy and get focused within the space...2023-11-2231 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 83: Mindfulness & Mind Map Workshop with Meg Burton Tudman“You are not alone if you are experiencing resistance to taking a new inspired action. We all have resistance to change and so many of us struggle with limiting beliefs around what we're both worthy and capable of and that can cause us to self-sabotage. We sometimes have this negative voice in our head usually that indicates an old story that perhaps no longer fits or no longer serves us well…” - Meg Burton TudmanWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully, for a Mindfulness & Mind Map Workshop. I’m joined by my guest and co-tea...2023-11-2231 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 82: Where is Your Vagina Pointing? Body Alignment with Pilates For Your Privates Founder Alissa AlterWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully! I’m joined by Alissa Alter, certified Pilates instructor and founder of Pilates For Your Privates. She’s a former Broadway performer, a podcast host, an author, and the co-founder and Content & Community of the media platform, pstprtm.com.Get the Full Show Notes HereIn my conversation, Alissa — also called the Amy Poehler of vaginas — shares her mission to destigmatize people with vagina's experience and body and normalize the conversation. Alissa provides a LIVE demo to help you understand, Where Is Your Vagina Point...2023-10-2630 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 81: How Present Are You? An Opportunity to be Mindful with Patricia PintoWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully! I’m joined by Patricia Pinto, co-founder of Lila Flow Yoga and Pilates Trainings. She’s also a Shaman Practitioner and full-time teacher of meditation, yoga, and pilates therapiesIn my conversation, Patricia shares her rituals an how she practices resilience in the chaos of life. Patricia lets us in on various ways to give yourself grace when showing up is a struggle and highlights why it is essential to say ‘no’ when you need to and take the time to heal from within.Her Shaman pra...2023-09-2632 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 80: How Resilient Are You? The Stars, The Darkness & the Textures of Life with Victoria GranofWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully where repeat guest Victoria Granof, a food creative and visionary who heads up Victoria Granof Studio, sheds light on darkness, embracing sadness, and she shares her philanthropic spirit with World Central Kitchen in feeding the citizens of Ukraine in Poland.Join me on today’s episode as we learn from Victoria how to reframe our perspective on the darkness in our lives.After all, you can only see the stars in complete darkness. Get the full show notes hereIn This Episode:●...2023-09-1832 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 79: How Do You Want to Show Up? Health Scares, Taking Time to Reset, & Showing Up AuthenticallyThis episode has been six months in the making. There have been a number of things that have happened in the past year, including two health scares, that required me to pause and shift my focus to my health and my family. So much of my identity has been wrapped up in posting on Instagram and sharing with my community, but when my health wasn't there, showing up became almost impossible except for my brands and 1:1 clients.Lately, I’ve been leaning into self-sourcing and letting myself move through these experiences without adding on the ext...2023-06-2111 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 78: What’s on Your To-Do List? Using Systems to Avoid Overwhelm and Burnout with Virtual CEO Rachael MuellerWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully where Rachael Muller, a virtual CEO for service-based CEOs, shares how she coaches others to show up fully in their business.“Set Instagram aside and be comfortable in your own journey. You don’t have to accomplish everything today or even in the next six months. You are building your business for the long term and deserve to check in with yourself.”Get The Full Show Notes & Transcript Topics Covered:● Showing up for yourself and why● Focus on your own journey a...2023-01-0223 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 77: How is Your Heart Today? Grief, Vulnerability, Shame, and Inviting Your Emotions to the Table with Tammy FauldsWelcome to this week’s episode of Show Up Fully where Tammy Faulds, enlightens us on sitting with our feelings and inviting them to the table. "This does suck right now, I am here for you." Tammy helps us talk to our heart in a way we haven’t thought of before and gives us the space to do it on our own time, and hopefully share with someone we trust. “Your heart is broken, you are not broken.”We learn grief exists on multiple different playing fields in several interconnected emotions. We experience...2022-12-2531 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 76: Obsession, Rejection, and Pleasure with Melissa CasseraI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Melissa Cassera. Put your headphones on and listen now!Melissa Cassera is a Professional Screenwriter and Award-Winning Publicity & Content Strategist with a 15+ year track record of helping businesses create an Obsessed® fan base for their work.Melissa goes deep into what BTS of a screenwriter looks like, including rejection. She also teaches us about, “pleasure breaks.” If you want to create your own practice, get her 30 day workbook here“What do I find pleasurable that isn't in relation to my work? …Be playful...2022-11-2234 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 75: Lessons from Lizzo's Watch Out for The Big Grrrls and Expansion Practice“Alexa, what’s Lizzo’s new show called?”After watching Lizzo’s Big Grrrls on Amazon Prime, my self-care has changed completely. I am showing up for myself in how I dress, my makeup, styling my hair, and nails. I feel at home in my body for the first time in a long time.Lizzo’s show inspired the creation of my Expansion Practice to help you show up for yourself, feel at home in your body, and empower yourself to be everything you already are! I created an Expansion Practice around this energy. I would love f...2022-11-1314 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 74: Replenish Yourself Through Giving Back & Food Changes EverythingThis podcast episode is about my mission and story of working for non-profits.Full Show Notes + TranscriptWays to Giveback:1. Give your time, donate services, or volunteer.2. Instagram: Share in stories, create a donation sticker, or create a 30 day donation.3. Invest one time or set up a reoccurring donation.I am excited to hear your thoughts! Listen on ITUNES + SpotifySome of my favorite non-profits:CCACPWSACHNo Kid HungryWorld Central Kitchen (see Victoria Granof’s hi...2022-10-1910 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Refilling Your Cup & Showing Up Fully As Yourself with Tadin Tea & Herb Co.This podcast episode is about refilling your taza (cup). Learn how I became a food stylist, why I started this podcast, and why I work with Tadin Tea & Herb Co, a brand that literally fills my cup to the brim!This month (September through October) is Hispanic Heritage month, I share about my culture, my background as a Latina woman and how I continue traditions with my kiddos.I also share my new Ebook Refill Your Taza (Cup) with Tadin Tea & Herb Co. DOWNLOAD YOUR COPY I can’t wait for you to see it! It...2022-09-1716 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Making the Time, Space, Energy, and Resources to Work on Creating Your Dream LifeThis podcast episode is deep dive into the process behind making time, space, energy, and resources for you to create the life of your dreams. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the details that we can’t even see how things are possible for us!Below are some journal prompts for you to make these dreams a reality for you, perhaps that includes becoming a health coach?Journal Prompts + Full Show Notes1. What do you want to create most right now?2. How can you create time, space, energy, and resources in...2022-08-1711 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Creating Joy with Jake Hunt from Windy Brow FarmsI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Jake Hunt. Put your headphones on and listen now! Jake is the managing partner of Windy Brow Farms, a diversified farm, orchard, bakery & creamery in Northwestern NJ.He runs this business along with his parents, tackling the unique challenges that come with all family businesses, and those that impact small farms in rural communities in a state that isn’t necessarily known for being “rural”. Living out & proud, Jake struggles to find the balance between being an advocate & outspoken voice in the community, while run...2022-07-2331 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Drop The Banana: Letting Go Practice + Guided MeditationIn this episode I talk about a letting go practice (inspired by my Spiritual Mentor, Veena Saraswati) that I taught my content creation client Jenna Knapp.You can read Jenna’s story about this practice and sign up for her emails + learn about her self study course The Mental Wealth Method learn more hereJournal Prompts + Letting Go Practice:1. What do you want to let go of?2. Listen to the Letting Go Practice + Meditation Album here3. If you feel called, journal after the practice.I am excited to...2022-07-1609 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Remember, Resting is Not Giving Up with Isabelle DiasIn this short four minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by Isabelle Dias and I invite you apply this to your life. This quote was in Isabelle’s newsletter.Isabelle Dias is a Digital Marketing Strategist converted into Personal Development Specialist and Content Creator. Isabelle is known for her bubbly personality and inspirational yet practical takes on personal development.Full Show Notes & Transcript: Click hereJournal Prompts:1. What is rest, how do you define rest? What does resting look and feel like to you?2. What would it...2022-06-2504 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Show Up Fully Challenge Day Five & Wrap Up: Water + The Episode Where I Talk About PoopThis podcast episode is Day Five & the wrap up of the Show Up Fully Five Day Challenge. This challenge is going to stay up: You can sign up for the challenge and get the Show Up Fully Workbook & Journal hereIn this episode I talk about what Water means to me and all the different ways that we use water in our lives including rituals like bathing, showering, and swimming.I give you a challenge to fill a big glass of water and to chug it when you wake up in the morning....2022-05-0609 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Show Up Fully Challenge Day Four: Mindfulness & Using a Simple Breathing Practice to Ground YourselfThis podcast episode is Day Four of the Show Up Fully Five Day Challenge. You can sign up for the challenge and get the Show Up Fully Workbook & Journal hereIn this episode I talk about what Mindfulness means to me and using a simple breath to bring presence and ground you during your day.I give you a challenge to find a movement to take a deep breath like before you get out of bed, before you brush your teeth, or during a stressful moment during your day.Full Show Notes, Journal...2022-05-0604 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Show Up Fully Challenge Day Three: Move your Body, in Whatever Way Feels Good!This podcast episode is Day Three of the Show Up Fully Five Day Challenge. You can sign up for the challenge and get the Show Up Fully Workbook & Journal hereIn this episode I talk about what Movement means to me and moving your body in a way that supports you. I give you a challenge to find a movement practice that works for you, this can be as little as 1 minute!Journal Prompt:1. What does Movement mean to you?2. For more head to the Workbook & Journal hereI...2022-05-0407 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Show Up Fully Challenge Day Two: Deep Nourishment & Finding Pleasure in FoodThis podcast episode is Day Two of the Show Up Fully Five Day Challenge. You can sign up for the challenge and get the Show Up Fully Workbook & Journal hereIn this episode I talk about what Deep Nourishment means to me and finding pleasure in food. I give you a challenge to find a moment to sit down and find pleasure in eating. Bonus: Take a deep breath when you sit down.Full Show Notes + Journal Prompts: Head to the Workbook & Journal hereShow Up Fully Challenge Episodes:1. Listen to...2022-05-0307 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Show Up Fully Challenge Day One: Finding Your Moment of RestThis podcast episode is Day One of the Show Up Fully Five Day Challenge. You can sign up for the challenge and get the Show Up Fully Workbook & Journal hereIn this episode share what the Show Up Fully Method is: Rest, Deep Nourishment, Movement, Mindfulness, and Water. I also share how it started. I give you a challenge to find a moment of rest in your day.Full Show Notes + Journal Prompts: Head to the Workbook & Journal hereShow Up Fully Challenge Episodes:1. Listen to Day 1 here2. Listen...2022-05-0206 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: You Can Do Anything & Showing Up Fully with Jim CurtisIn this short four minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote by Jim Curtis and I invite your apply this to your life. This is Jim’s morning affirmation in his book The Stimulati Experience. Jim Curtis is the Chief Revenue Officer, Head of Brand and Head Coach at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN). He has been a wellness pioneer for the last 20 years, helping to develop WebMD, Everyday Health, Remedy Health, HempVet and Modrn Sanctuary. Full Show Notes, Journal Prompts & More: Click hereIf you want to go further & need more s...2022-04-2404 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Having Deep Compassion For Your Healing Journey & Health Coaching Training with The Institute for Integrative NutritionThis podcast episode is deep dive into the process behind me recommitting to my physical health. I talk about my smoothie prep routine & I also share about my love of Brodo bone broth and how it’s the ultimate fast food when I make my Green Smoothie Soup.I share my struggle with my movement and how I see it as a lesson in compassion and empathy for myself and for others. I then lean on the question of, “how can I support myself though this?”This realization was in aligned with The Institute for Integr...2022-04-1512 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Loving Yourself & Tuning Inwards with Astrologer Sofia AdlerI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Sofia Adler. Put your headphones on and listen now!Sofia Adler is an astrology consultant who demystifies astrology so you can co-create with the stars, and design a unique, authentic life with ease. Sofia interprets astrology into actionable insights and practical, tangible steps for her clients.Sofia shares what Showing Up her means to her. “For me, it’s tuning inwards, it is the opposite of what I think people and expect when they hear the words Showing Up.” There are so many g...2022-03-2032 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Moving Through Stress, Anxiety, and Fear with Marcella LeeThis is a quick podcast episode about moving through stress, fear, and anxiety. I use Insight Timer with my kids. We found one called, The Tale of the Mysterious by Reuben Lowe. It’s a 10 day journey for kids (and kids at heart) to realize that they can control connect with their breath and body in order to calm down.This is a powerful practice of sitting with our emotions and moving them. The “mist” is scary thoughts that we all have. It was a powerful experience to go through with both of my children and we revisi...2022-03-0802 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)The Calming Loving-Kindness Meditation & Affirmation To Use During Stressful TimesThis podcast episode is about my routine of saying part of the Loving-Kindness Meditation as an affirmation while driving my kids to school in the morning to create calm & ease. I have been saying this affirmation with them for the last three years.I learned it via Kait Hurley on the Kait Hurley App which includes movement and mediation. Kait learned this ancient practice of Loving-Kindness from her teacher Kimberly Carson, they have an 8-week meditation course in Kait’s app.The morning ritual of saying part of the Loving Kindness Meditation as an affirmation wi...2022-03-0503 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Real Life Body Positivity + My Pilates Mat Training with Carla ContrerasThis podcast episode is deeply personal. It’s about healing my body after the two emergency c-sections of both my children less than 16 months part.I also include my Pilates Mat Training journey with Patricia Pinto of Lila Flow. It completely shifted the view my body and healing.FULL SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/episode-58-real-body-positivity-my-pilates-mat-training-with-carla-contrerasJournal Prompts:1. Are you comfortable and at home in your body?2. What could you make you feel more comfortable and at home in your body?3. Do you need sup...2022-02-2411 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Bring the Truth of Who You Are Into Your Brand with Blair BadenhopI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Blair Badenhop. Put your headphones on and listen now! Blair is a global Brand & Messaging Strategist with over a decade of experience supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses. She is also a fellow podcaster, and the co-founder of pstprtm. She is my branding mentor and has helped me transform my brand through her program Your Wellness Brand. There are so many gems and delicious quotes in this podcast like this one: “If you are feeling… misalignment within and you're feeling like you are trying to put your id...2022-02-1934 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Become the Person You Were Created Be Through Healing with Shanika Graham-WhiteIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by my friend Shanika Graham-White and I ask your apply this to your life. This podcast was inspired by post I saw in Shanika’s blog. It was about her healing journey. You can read the full post, My Road to Healing to Wholeness hereShanika is a self-taught cook and baker, food stylist, recipe developer and author. She desires to help others turn the ‘little’ that they have into something magical—great food! On her blog and in her book, Orchids + Sweet Tea, you will...2022-02-0502 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Social Media Breaks, Handle Changes, & Creating Space for Creativity with Chef Carla ContrerasThis quick under 10 minute podcast episode is behind the scenes of my social media break, my handle change, and my new e-book, Collagen A Love Story.FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/social-media-breaks-handle-changes-creating-space-for-creativityJournal Prompts:1. What would it feel like to tale a break from social media and consuming content to “hear your own voice?”2. Are you Showing Up the way you want to on social media (or in Real Life). If not, how do you want to Show Up?3. What would you do with the t...2022-02-0109 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Organizing Your Kitchen & Letting Go of Perfectionism with Chef Carla ContrerasThis podcast episode is about organizing your kitchen and letting go of perfectionism. It was inspired by an article that I was interviewed for on Apartment Therapy, “9 Things in Your Kitchen a Chef Wants You to Get Rid of Before 2021 Ends,” written by my friend Ashely Abramson. You may or may not be in the space to clean right now. However, this is the perfect podcast to save for spring cleaning! Read the Full Show Notes: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/organizing-your-kitchen-letting-go-of-perfectionismPurchase the items I mention in the podcast here Get my online...2021-12-2619 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Celebrating the Holidays the Way You Want to with Chef Carla ContrerasI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast. Holidays and celebrations can be the peak experiences that we look forward to all year (or let’s be honest—dread).When you add children to the mix, it can create a crushing amount of pressure to make things absolutely perfect. We might do things that stress us out, don’t like, or even loathe just to keep up with traditions or expectations. What if we sat back and contemplated what really matters to us? How do we want to feel on those special days and...2021-12-1804 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Lessons of 2021 with the Full Moon in Gemini with Chef Carla ContrerasI can’t wait for you to LISTEN! I start this episode with talking about the Full Moon in Gemini that happened on November 30th, 2020 and bring it to the full moon that is happening on December 18th, 2021. I give you journal prompts & my personal examples. Full Show Notes, Journal Prompts, & Transcript: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/lessons-of-2021-with-the-full-moon-in-geminiI can’t wait to hear your thoughts!Eat Well,xo Chef CarlaPS: Please tag me @chefcarla_c on Instagram so I can continue the conversation with you.2021-12-1706 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Healing Isn't as Hard as You Think with Dr. Kenael SegalIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by my friend Dr. Kenael Segal and I ask your apply this to your life.Dr. Kenael Segal, owner of Lotus Physical Therapy and Wellness. She has an intense passion for helping women heal their bodies. Dr. Segal has experience treating a wide variety of patients as young as a few months old to as "wise" as 92.This podcast was inspired by post I saw in Dr. Segal’s Instagram feed.Read Full Show Notes & Get the Journal Prompts: h...2021-12-1102 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Celebrating Failures with Joy ChoIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by Joy Cho and I invite you to apply this to your life.Joy Cho is the founder and creative director of Oh Joy!, a lifestyle brand that first launched as a graphic design studio in 2005. Today she’s focused on bringing happiness into the everyday through licensed product lines and editorial content that covers design, fashion, food and the joyful moments in life.Get the FULL SHOW NOTES + Journal Prompts: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/joy-choI am...2021-12-0903 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Take a Deep Breath, Be Brave, Smile with Marcella LeeIn this short under three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by my daughter Marcella Lee and I ask you to apply this to your life.Marcella is my daughter. She is almost seven and is currently in first grade. She is one of my life’s teachers and I am so grateful to be her mother.This podcast was inspired by my Marcella saying the quote below my sister when she was just three years old.FULL SHOW NOTES & JOURNAL PROMPTS: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/marcella-lee2021-12-0802 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Investing Isn't a Lottery Ticket, Holistic Money with Lisa SeeryI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Lisa Seery. Put your headphones on and listen now!Lisa Seery is a holistic financial coach for women. She leverages her 15 year career in wealth management and her education as a health coach to educate and empower women to own their money story, heal their relationship with money, and unapologetically build wealth.Our conversation starts with why Lisa wants to support women, “I want (to help) women to eliminate money stress, gain financial clarity, become confident managing their money and investing in the stoc...2021-11-2028 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Name it, Claim it, & Call it in with Danielle GerkensIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by my friend Danielle Gerkens and I ask your apply this to your life.Danielle Gerkens is a Psychic Medium who believes her work is an offering not only to heal people at their core, but to ultimately serve humanity as a whole.This podcast was inspired by a tarot card reading that I had with Danielle via text message (totally genius). The message was so powerful that I had to share it with you!Full Show Notes & Journal Prompts: 2021-11-0203 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Pivoting, Movement, & Generosity with Dino MalvoneI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Dino Malvone. Put your headphones on and listen now!Dino Malvone is the founder and CEO of SaltDrop, a fitness concept that warms the body and focuses the mind through beat-driven movement.Our conversation starts with the way Dino serves, “I lead an experience that’s about finding joy.” He also shares about his brother who is disabled, “Never take for granted that you can move.”READ THE FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/dino-malvoneThere are so m...2021-10-2625 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: The Truth Isn't Always Polished with Marietta Gentles CrawfordIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by Marietta Gentles Crawford and I ask your apply this to your life.Marietta Gentles Crawford is a personal brand strategist and LinkedIn expert. She helps business owners, consultants, and experts leverage LinkedIn with personality and credibility.FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/marietta-gentles-crawfordI am excited to hear your thoughts! Let’s continue the conversation on IG @chefcarla_c & @maribrandsforyou +BONUS: Find us on LinkedIn: Chef Carla Contreras & Marietta Gentles Crawford.Eat...2021-10-1902 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Intentional Social Media Aidee Chavez FrescasOur conversation starts with what showing up means to Aidee, “It’s beyond the things that I have to do because sometimes we attach showing up with, I have to show up in my Instagram or I have to post on stories, it’s beyond that it’s showing up in my life.”There are so many gems and delicious quotes in this podcast like this one:“Recognize when (there is a need for) actual rest and taking care of your body and then (the) other side, which is…sabotaging.”READ THE FULL SHOW NOTES: ...2021-10-0632 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 43: Co-Creating with Money to Fulfill Your Dreams with Vanessa Bowen, CPA & Founder of Mint WorthyI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Vanessa Bowen. Put your headphones on and listen now!Our conversation starts with money + your relationship with money. She explains what it means to be a Holistic Money Coach. "It’s about how you think, speak, and relate to money, not just how you manage it."Vanessa talks about what it means to Show Up Fully which includes being “your true authentic self” and ditching the expectations of other people, including financial goals. “You are placed on this earth to fulfill a purpose and you do...2021-10-0226 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)My Postpartum + Motherhood Journey with PSTPRTMIn this short 10 minute podcast episode, I talk about my postpartum and motherhood journey that was featured on PSTPRTM here are some highlights below: READ THE FULL SHOW NOTES + ARTICLE:https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/pstprtmHow have you transformed since becoming a parent?Work: I created a work-from-home position for myself in 2018. I write, food style, photograph, and create recipes from my home instead of commuting two hours each way into NYC from NJ. It’s an incredible privilege to be able to work alongside my kiddos as they grow up...2021-09-2109 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Making Food Easier with Erin ParekhI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Erin Parekh. Put your headphones on and listen now! Erin is a holistic nutritionist and women’s wellness expert who specializes in guiding women to nourish themselves and their bodies as they transition into motherhood and beyond.Our conversation starts with making food easier. Often we makes things so complicated and it honest have to be. We chat about Erin’s tip to put your snacks on a plate. It’s so simple but it creates a mindset shift and brings presence to eating. There a...2021-09-1824 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Embracing Transitions + In-between Seasons with Leah GoardIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by Leah Goard and I ask your apply this to your life.Journal Prompts + Chance to Win a Free Journal! Head to the Show Notes! https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/leah-goardTag me @chefcarla_c and @leahgoard and share your experience!I am excited to hear your thoughts! Let’s continue the conversation on IG.Eat Well,xo Chef Carla This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wit...2021-09-1403 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: What Could be the Rise of You with Bassam TaraziIn this short three minute Podcast Snack episode, I read the quote above by Bassam Tarazi and I ask your apply this to your life. Head to the FULL SHOW NOTES HERE: Journal Prompts: 1. What could be the rise of you?2. What is your spark?3. How can you Show Up Fully for yourself today (what actions can you take)?I am excited to hear your thoughts! Let’s continue the conversation on IG. Tag me @chefcarla_c and @bassamtaraziEat Well,xo Chef CarlaPS...2021-09-1203 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: What if it Could be EASY with Meg Burton TudmanBasically, I as reaffirming every single day that things are hard, that I need to hustle and struggle. I don’t believe this anymore.I had a conversation with my friend and coach Meg Burton Tudman earlier this week. She asked me, “what would it be like if things were easy?”Gosh, even with two kids, multiple businesses, and a constantly changing world. What if things could be easy, even if just for a moment? I feel lighter just saying it. I challenge you to ask yourself the same question!Challenge + Journal Prompt:“...2021-08-0603 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Snack: Reconnect with Your Joy with Leslie GoldmanChallenge + Journal Prompt:“What would it feel like to reconnect to your joy?”I am excited to hear your thoughts! Join the Poppy Community on FB hereEat Well,xo Chef CarlaRead the Full Show Notes HerePS: Please tag me @chefcarla_c on Instagram so I can continue the conversation with you. Use the hashtag #showupfullypodcast This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chefcarla.substack.com/subscribe2021-07-1503 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)My $38,000 Lesson and the Launch of the Poppy Content LabIn this short 15 minute podcast episode, I talk about why transitioned from teaching online cooing classes to teaching intuitive content creation in the Poppy Content Lab.I also share my food styling, photography, and recipe development for wellness brands. I talked about my start with Well + Good, Nutritious Life, and justBobbi.com.This episode wasn’t easy to publish but I wanted to give you the bigger picture of what entrepreneurship looks like behind the scenes.I am excited to hear your thoughts!Read to the FULL Episode: https://www...2021-04-2715 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Bringing Accessibly and Play to Ancient Practices + Mindfulness with Social Media with Tejal V. PatelOur conversation starts by Tejal talking about how she makes ancient practices like yoga and meditation fun and playful for children (and adults). She goes into the Ayurvedic Clock and how she uses this sister science of yoga to plan her days. Read the FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/tejal-v-patelTag us @chefcarla_c and @tejalvpatel #showupfully to continue the conversation.Eat Well,xo Chef Carla This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bo...2021-04-2036 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Show Up Fully Intro + Aquarius New Moon with Chef CarlaIn this short eight minute podcast episode, I introduce Show Up Fully + I share journal prompts on how to use the new moon in Aquarius energy that happened on 2/11/21. Get the Journal Prompts + MORE Here: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/chef-carla-show-up-fully-intro This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chefcarla.substack.com/subscribe2021-02-1308 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Wash Away 2020 (and Organize your Home) with the Full Moon in CancerI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast! I share tips on how to clean + organize your home and use the Full Moon in Cancer energy (that happened on 12/29/20). Here are the journal prompts I mention on the podcast + the Full Show Notes: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/chef-carla-full-moon-in-cancer-2020I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!Eat Well,xo Chef CarlaPS: Please tag me @chefcarla_c on Instagram so I can continue the conversation with you. Use the hashtag #cookingisthenewhealthy Th...2020-12-2908 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 23: Blowing The Lid Off with the Full Moon in Gemini + Eclipse w Chef CarlaI start this episode with talking about the Full Moon in Gemni that happened on November 30th, 2020. I share some big announcements: like the changing the name of this podcast + the launch of my new business, Poppy Seed Society.Get the FULL SHOW NOTES + The Journal Prompts: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/chef-carla-full-moon-in-gemini-2020I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!Eat Well,xo Chef CarlaPS: Please tag me @chefcarla_c on Instagram so I can continue the conversation with you. Use the hashtag #cookingisthenewhealthy Th...2020-11-3009 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Podcast Episode 22: How to Use the Full Moon in Taurus to Nourish Yourself with Chef CarlaI start this episode with talking about the Full Moon in Taurus that happened on October 31st, 2020. I give you actionable tips on how you can use the Full Moon in Taurus energy to bring beauty into your kitchen + food. Taurus rules the throat. How can you bring NOURISHING energy into you life through creating a morning water ritual, drinking teas, smoothies, bone broth, so much MORE. READ THE FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/chef-carla-full-moon-in-taurus-2020PS: Please tag me @chefcarla_c on Instagram so I can continue the con...2020-10-3117 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)My Institute of Integrative Health Coach Training + Becoming Nutritious Life Certified w Chef CarlaI start this episode talking about my health coach training at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition in 2010 and how my life change by listening to a lecture on a red iPod in a Starbucks.I also talk about my experience becoming Nutritious Life Certified with Keri Glassman RD. How it kickstarted my freelance food styling, recipe development, and food writing and how it’s been such an incredible support of my career.I tell you about the beginning of Cook+Chop: online cooking school, epic failures + how I turned my health coaching into a business co...2020-10-2318 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 19: How to Use the Full Moon in Libra to Bring Beauty into your Kitchen with Chef CarlaI start this episode with talking about how the New Moon in Libra that happened on October 16th, 2020. I give you actionable tips on how you can use this energy to bring beauty into your kitchen +food. How can you use the New Moon energy to “plant seeds” and start new habits, traditions, and rituals in your kitchen?I can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast. It’s a “More Than a Chef” solo episode with me. I will be sharing ways to work on your health, wellness, and so much MORE!Get the...2020-10-1715 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 18: Seeing Beauty Everywhere + Everything is Energy with Valerie OulaOur conversation starts with creating ease in the kitchen which is so incredibly important right now. We chat roasted veggies, one pot meals, and her love for sourdough bread.Valerie and I go deep into trusting the universe, allowing things to happen verses pushing and doing, and talk about creating a meditation practice of paying attention to your surroundings vs the traditional idea of sitting down and being still.READ THE FULL SHOW NOTES HERE: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/valerie-oulaCHALLENGE: Valerie encourages you to find something beautiful even amidst t...2020-10-1028 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 16: How to Use the Full Moon in Aries to Get Rid of What is Not Serving You with Chef CarlaI start this episode with talking about how the Full Moon in Aries that happened on October 1st, 2020. I give you actionable tips on how you can use this energy to learn something new, get physical, and change the things that are no longing serving you. How can you use the Aries fire energy “burn down” parts of your life that are no longer serving you.GET THE JOURNAL PROMPTS + FULL SHOW NOTES HERE: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/chef-carla-full-moon-in-aries-2020If getting organized in the KITCHEN what you want to work on, I have...2020-10-0211 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 15: Stopping the Cycle of Contraction + Finding a Way to Survive in Business with Carolyn HerfurthI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast with Carolyn Herfurth! We chatted at the beginning of the pandemic but this message rings true now, more than ever.Carolyn Herfurth is a fierce lovin’, truth-speaking, high-fiving, to-the-point, no-BS, business-building force of nature. We have worked together on my business (she has def called me on my BS) and we have shared a ton of laughs!Our conversation starts with survival in terms of your small business (this philosophy can be applied anywhere in your life). We also chat about the mindset of and...2020-09-2539 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 14: How to Use the New Moon in Virgo Energy to Get Back in the Kitchen with Chef CarlaI start this episode with talking about how the Virgo New Moon on September 17th, 2020 supported changing routines around health + work (don’t worry whenever you read this or listen to the podcast, trust it’s the right time). I give you actionable tips on how you can get back into the kitchen and start a new routine.Here are some journal prompts for you to get thinking about your routine:Write this out, open a Goggle doc, or do in your notes on your phone. Give yourself the space to write for 5-10 minutes.2020-09-1914 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 13: Multiple Levels of Consciousness + How to Live Human Design with Gwen DittmarGwen Dittmar guides founders, executives, workers, professionals, creatives, and stay at home moms back to their true self and purpose through a blend of coaching, healing, energy work, breathwork, and action.Our conversation starts with the expectation that we (as humans) have to show up the same every day (energy, food, work) and how that doesn’t serve us. We chat about the multiple levels of consciousness: physical, mental, emotional, emotional, spiritual, and energetic.I love Gwen’s explanation of healing work and how it can seem selfish but in reality when you heal, you heal...2020-09-1839 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 12: Radical Acts of Pleasure + Knowing You Have The Answers with Emily NachazelEmily Nachazel is a Holistic Health Coach, Registered Yoga Instructor and Universal Health Principles practitioner currently living the digital nomad life.Our conversation starts with nourishing yourself and listening to your intuition when it comes to food. I love Emily’s philosophy on pleasure being a radical act. We also chat about creating real connection on social media and not being defined by likes or numbers.Emily CHALLENGES you to get curious about yourself and to find the tools, modalities, or communities that encourage you to be more of yourself.Read the FULL SH...2020-09-1233 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 11: Reducing Anxiety + Stopping Panic Attacks with the Wim Hof MethodI can’t wait for you to LISTEN to this podcast. It’s the first “More Than a Chef” solo episode with me. I will be sharing ways to work on your health, wellness, mindset and more.I start this episode with my struggle with anxiety and my very elaborate morning routine. I needed to find something that was fast + easy. I came across the Wim Hof Method and the results have been INCREDIBLE.FULL SHOW NOTES HERETry the Wim Hof Method and let me know how it goes! Please tag me @itscarla...2020-09-1209 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 10: The Possibility of Pivoting + Leading with Service with Nathalie CarpenterNathalie Carpenter is the Chief Marketing Strategist and Founder of Well + Luxe, as well as an infertility awareness change maker, speaker, writer and blogger at Fertilust.Our conversation starts with nourishing yourself, first thing in the morning. We chat also about being of service, giving back, and providing your good whatever that looks like.Nathalie also chats about COIVD homework and I love this idea. The world has changed so much! If part of what you are working on is anti-racism and learning more about how to have difficult conversation, listen to this podcast.2020-08-2924 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 9: Self Appreciation + the Ritual of Rest with Dr. Sarah BiffenSarah Biffen is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Licensed Acupuncturist, Board Certified Herbalist, Reiki Practitioner, and Holistic Health Coach that works both in person in NYC and virtually.Our conversation starts with nourishing yourself, as a form of self care and loving your body. We chat about sleep and creating a sleep ritual. Sarah also chats about being afraid and doing it anyways, especially in business.Sarah CHALLENGES you to drink 16 ounce glass of room temperature water every single morning, before you do anything else. This is incredible if you have any digestive or gut...2020-08-2529 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 8: Rest is Just Important as Engagement + Your Pelvic Floor with Kendra Fitzgerald of Devoted MamasKendra is a Postpartum Corrective Exercise Specialist, Personal Trainer, and Yoga Teacher. She is also the co-founder of Devoted Mamas a virtual studio with courses to help you be strong and vibrant in pregnancy and postpartum.Our conversation starts with rest, which is vital, we also chat about awareness in your body (how are you holding your body, are you compensating or clenching) and your pelvic floor. Kendra also talks about the SECRET to her delicious salads.The pelvic floor is the foundation of our strength in our body. Kendra also CHALLENGES you to check...2020-08-2128 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 7: Consumer Spirituality + Unlearning Capitalism with Kat KimKat is a Religious Science Spiritual Practitioner, workshop leader, and founder of The School of Divine Confidence, an online school that offers spiritual training and confidence coaching to rising women leaders across the world.Our conversation is about dropping consumer spirituality, how we can be part of a global community, and how to stop looking outside of ourselves. Kat also talks about how systems are breaking down and how it can be very scary but also very hopeful.Read the FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/kat-kimPlease tag u...2020-08-1846 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 6: Consistency + Where You Put Your Energy with Pinterest Strategist Meagan WilliamsonMeagan Williamson is the Founder of Pin Potential. She is a Pinterest Strategist, online marketing expert, and total obsessed Pinner! She is also a trained psychologist, coffee lover, and mama living in Canada.In our conversation we chat about being consistent in your life and business, ordering meal kits, and the reality of food waste. You need to hear her philosophy about where you put your energy, and owning your involvement, especially when things don’t work out as planned (hello 2020)!Read the FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/meagan-williamsonP...2020-08-1429 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 5: Intimate Allies: Doing Your Work with Kianga Ford + Rachel Paz of Becoming Free HumansRachel and Kianga are fellow podcasters + coaches. “We are transformational coaches dedicated to giving people the tools they need to connect with themselves and one another. Right now, we are creating space to do that around the topic of race—because the world needs these tools today. ”Our conversation is about how Rachel (White American) and Kianga (Black American) could have had a very strained time in their relationship these past few months. But it hasn’t been.They both have a commitment to expressing their deepest truths to each other, doing their own inner work to...2020-07-2231 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 4; Learn How Use Anxiety to Work with You with Kait Hurley of the Kait AppKait is a digital entrepreneur, co-founder of the KAIT app, creator of the Move + Meditate Method, and a podcaster. Her teachings are based on ancient wisdom.Read the FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/kait-hurleyPlease tag me @chefcarla_c + @kaithurleyon Instagram so we can see you take action, after you listen to this podcast! Use the hashtag #cookingisthenewhealthyI can’t wait to hear your thoughts!Eat Well,xo Chef Carla This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with ot...2020-07-2225 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)Episode 3: Imagine your Ideal Lifestyle + Make Physical Space for it Konmari Consultant Jessica YatrofskyIn our conversation we chat about routines, meal prep, cooking for yourself, and dessert as a form of self care. You need to hear her philosophy on the impotence of vision boards and taking a break.Read the FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/jessica-yatrofskyPlease tag me @chefcarla_c and @sparkjoydwell on Instagram so we can see you take action, after you listen to this podcast! Use the hashtag #cookingisthenewhealthyI can’t wait to hear your thoughts!Eat Well,xo Chef Carla Th...2020-07-2236 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)How to Create Community + Share on Instagram with Kimberly Espinel of The Little PlantationKimberly Espinel is such a light and builder of global community with her #eatcaptureshare challenge. Our conversation is about creating community, sharing, showing up, no matter what size your audience is. Read the FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/kimberly-espinelPlease tag me @chefcarla_c + @thelittleplantation on Instagram so we can see you take action, after you listen to this podcast! Use the hashtag #cookingisthenewhealthyI can’t wait to hear your thoughts!Eat Well,xo Chef Carla This is a public episode. If you...2020-07-2135 min
Nourishing Creativity with Chef Carla Contreras (formerly Show Up Fully)How to Meal Prep for your Real Life + Into to The Cooking is the New Healthy Podcast with Chef Carla ContrerasChef Carla Contreras interviews entrepreneurs and creatives about how they Show Up in our REAL lives. The focus is on actionable tips that you can apply to your life. The podcast is now called Show Up Fully. Full Show Notes: https://www.carlacontreras.com/podcast/meal-prep-for-your-real-life-chef-carla-contrerasPlease tag me @itscarlacontreras on Instagram so I can continue the conversation with you. Use the hashtag #showupfullypodcastEat Well,xo Chef CarlaPS: Curious about becoming a Health Coach? Listen to this episode.PPS: Download my new book, Co...2020-07-0913 min