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Stop Chasing What isn’t ChangingNo More ShamingIn today’s episode, I ask you the question what is your vocabulary like? What words do you choose to speak not only to yourself, but to others?
How different would your life be if you stopped shaming yourself? Imagine, not hearing negative words, or thoughts in your head about who you are. Imagine, praising your physical, mental, and emotional beam every day!
It’s crazy how you can have a good day, and then something happens and triggers you to revert back to being an introvert, speak, horrible words to yourself, making you think you deserve it, because in the...2023-03-0116 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingChoosing Yourself FirstWhen was the last time you decided to do something for yourself before anyone else?
When was the last time you put your needs, dreams, and desires ahead of your children or spouse?
We can become lost in who we are when we are told who we need to be because of a certain title that we carry.
In this episode, I ask the question do you think you can love and respect others if you don’t love and respect yourself? Do you love yourself and respect yourself the way you love an...2023-02-1514 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingUnderstanding My Midlife CrisisGrowing up whenever the word midlife crisis was used in the sentence I would associate it with a man buying a sports car. I never understood what the word midlife crisis actually meant until this now. I know that since turning 47 this past year I have entered my own midlife crisis. Everyone’s midlife crisis will look different. For myself I am not buying the convertible but I am looking at my life thinking how much time can I make up after not allowing myself to experience the life that I truly wanted. In this episode I talk about th...2022-09-2114 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingAre You a People Pleaser?In this weeks episode I talk about being a people pleaser.
Are you someone that always wonders whether or not you’ve done enough for someone? Are you someone that will put aside what you were doing or wanted to do to please someone else and what their expectations are? Are you someone that always feels like you are not going to be liked or part of a group or excepted unless you go above and beyond to make people happy? Have many times have you decided to do something and then felt like you had to st...2022-08-0313 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingWho Have You Become?In this episode I talk about the choices we may make as we enter into a committed relationship when it comes to our own personal finances, and our own personal growth. We automatically feel like we need to be someone different to be able to adapt to the life we are choosing to have. Why do we do this? Why do we forget about ourselves and what we need in our own personal journey?
Are we able to change this? Is it possible for us to have it all? I would love to her what you have...2022-07-1322 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingWhat is Your Legacy?In this episode I share with you what I want my legacy to be. So what does this even mean “what is your Legacy” Your legacy is what kind of impact you are going to leave in this world in that particular role, what will you be remembered by.
I want to live the life of being fierce and vocal. I want to live the life of being fair and honest. I want to live the life of speaking the truth and being understanding and compassionate to others. I want to live this life as a female that...2022-07-0615 min
Stop Chasing What isn’t ChangingDo You Give Yourself Permission?In this weeks episode I talk about what giving yourself permission may look like.
In 2020 I gave myself permission to trust myself in saying yes to something that I feared so much in doing but I was also so excited to know how different my life could actually be.
Giving myself that permission made me feel alive. It made me believe that I could trust in myself and in my own decisions.
Remember back to when you were a child and asked your parent for permission to go on a bike ride, or...2022-06-0811 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingWhat is Hyper and Hypo Thyroid with Dr. Nicole PanethereIn this weeks episode Dr. Nicole Panthere joins me as we discuss what it means when you haven a hyper or hypo thyroid.
Dr. Nicole breaks down how the thyroid works and why it is important for us to make sure that it is functioning properly.
The most common symptoms when you don’t have a proper functioning thyroid is hair loss, weight gain, fatigue, constipation and brain fog. Other symptoms can be unexplained weight loss, hard time falling asleep, and unexplained facial hair.
Because the symptoms are so common with other health issues that can appear it is very im...2022-06-0128 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingWhat do You Deserve to HaveIn this weeks episode I share about my own experience on how I get into my own head and tell myself to just settle. I talk myself out of believing that I deserve more, and that I should just accept the way things are.
Do you find that you also settle and tell yourself that you don't need to change? Whether it has to do with changing your job, moving homes, staying in a relationship, or changing your personal mindset do you tell yourself to just accept it the way it is?
2022-05-2519 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingChasing the ClockIn this weeks episode I discuss what life looks and feels like when you tell yourself you never have enough time. When you are constantly thinking about what needs to be done tomorrow, the following weekend or next month.
From the moment you wake up do you find yourself struggling to keep up? Do you look at the clock and feel like it's running ahead of you? Do you give yourself permission to just not get everything done before the day ends?
When you don't live in the present moment it makes you feel like y...2022-05-1120 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingUnderstanding Insulin Resistance with Dr. Nicole PanthereIn this weeks episode Dr. Nicole Panthere explains what it means to have insulin resistance.
Over the last couple of years the term Insulin Resistance has been used to explain many different changes in the body, one of the biggest ones is unexplained weight gain, or stubborn weight loss. But being insulin resistant can bear many other health concerns such as
*severe high blood sugar
*severe low blood sugar
*heart attack
*stroke
*kidney disease
Dr Panthere explains how Insulin Res...2022-05-0436 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingBringing Awareness to InfertilityIn this weeks episode my friend Jacqueline shares her own personal journey with infertility. Never really thinking she would of had a hard time conceiving she has spent the last 9 of her 10 years married trying to conceive. With April 24th to April 30th being Infertility Awareness week in Canada there is no better time to share her story with you.
Jacqueline talks about how she never thought she would of had an issue getting pregnant. After a few failed attempts she shares how they discovered there was a problem. Once they determined what the...2022-04-2740 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingAre You a Passenger or Driver in Your Life's Journey?In this week's episode I talk about what the difference is living your life as Passenger over living your life as a Driver.
Being a passenger can mean that you are someone that watches your life pass you by. You are content with the choices that have been made for you. You really believe that you cannot achieve anything different. Maybe you believe you are not worthy of it maybe you believe you don’t want anything different.
Passengers can have fear of change
Fear of judgement...2022-04-2017 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingHow to Find Self Worth When Surrounded by Certain Beliefs of Body Image with Tanecia RodriguezThis weeks episode I am having a conversation of how to find self-worth when surrounded by certain beliefs of body image with my friend Tanecia Rodriguez.
Tanecia shares her own personal journey of how she struggled as a young adolescent and teen with body image. She shares what that journey looked like and how she was able to change the way she valued her self-worth surrounded by body image.
Tanecia is passionate about many social issues including Black Lives Matter, Indigenous issues and relations, self-Love and body acceptance. As...2022-04-1333 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingDo You Have Too Much Estrogen?Join me and Dr Nicole Panthere as we talk about what estrogen dominance is and what it may look like.
You don’t need to be in any age category to have estrogen dominance. Some of the most common symptoms are heavier periods, low sex drive and unexplained weight gain but there are so many more symptoms and most are addressed in this episode.
We discuss what can cause this to happen and how you can help balance out this hormone either on your own with certain choices of food and exercises or by seeking na...2022-04-0631 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingOur Voices Create ChangeLets have a conversation about what happened at the Oscars this past weekend.
Let me reassure you the conversation is not about a grown man slapping another grown man across the face.
It is about a joke that was made towards a woman who has an auto immune disease that causes her hair to fall out.
It is about no longer finding humour at other people‘s expenses.
Do you feel we are becoming too soft of a society. Do y...2022-03-3016 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingGetting to know Lisa HicksHave you ever thought of seeing a life coach? I always thought a life coach was there to help guide you on what you wanted to do with your job. But it actually is all about coaching you as you try to live your life I would say as your most authentic self.
In this episode I have a conversation with Lisa Hicks. We talk about what a Life Coach can help you with.
Lisa (she/her) is a queer, quirky, neurodivergent, Mom of 2. She lives with her kids and her husband of 10 years in...2022-03-2358 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingCreating Small HabitsHow many times have you tried to change something or achieve something but have failed? When setting a goal for ourselves without knowing what we need to do to not only achieve the goal but to make a sustainable we are basically sitting ourselves up for failure.
In this episode I talk about the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. If you have not heard of this book today is your lucky day!
I highly recommend investing time into either listening or reading Atomic Habits.
2022-03-1617 minStop Chasing What isn’t Changing**TRIGGER WARNING** Sexual Assault, Me Too Movement, Women's Rights** TRIGGER WARNING**
In this episode I talk about sexual harassment/assault in the workplace and sexual-harassment/assault in general.
I know some of us do not mind having these conversations and there are others that would rather not listen. But after watching Season One of The Morning Show starring Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carell, I felt the need to have a conversation about it.
If you are watching Season One of them Morning Show there is a spoiler in this podcast.
For many years we just learned to just...2022-03-0921 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingHas your body experienced burnout?Is burnout really a thing? Yes!!!! I know first hand what it feels like to be in burnout mode.
In todays podcast I have the conversation with my Nauturopathic doctor, Dr Nicole Panethere, ND of what burnout is, how it looks on different people and what we can do to help our bodies cope.
Dr. Nicole Panethere, ND is a graduate of the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto, Ontario. As part of her education, she completed a yearlong clinical internship with a special focus in fibromyalgia and c...2022-03-0343 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingReady to Love Yourself, Again with my Guest Host Helena LeppanenIn keeping with the theme for the month of February, Ready to Love yourself (Again) I would like to introduce you to Helena Leppanen.
Like so many others Helena lived her life pleasing others. To the extent that she even proceeded to go into a career that made others happy, and not herself.
After a health scare in 2021 Helena started to make some changes.
She thought, what kind of example am I telling my kids to be their authentic self when I am not d...2022-02-1630 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingThe Day I Started to Love Myself, AgainIn keeping with the theme for the month of February, Ready to Love yourself (Again) Here is my story.
Living in the past was something that I was really good at. Reliving moments of hurt and pain was a habit I repeated for a long time.
I sat in those moments because I never wanted to forgive. I wanted to hold them near and dear to my heart because I wanted to be reminded of how much I was hurt. I was abusing myself, and it was what I...2022-02-0920 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingLearning to Love Yourself Again with Jenn LaforetFor the entire month of February I will be focusing on being ready to love yourself. Today I share my space with my friend Jenn Laforet who is a writer, author and Founder of Write Current.
In this episode I discuss the journey Jenn took to be able to fully love herself, find her worth, and celebrate the changes she made to make her life journey matter.
Through her own journey of self doubt, an unhappy marriage, unhappy in her career and several health scares Jenn found herself journaling her fears, hopes a...2022-02-0249 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingExpectations of MotherhoodTo me being a mom meant my life was complete. It was one of the biggest jobs I wanted to fulfill and I did it 3 times. Pretty amazing right, but why didn’t I feel fulfilled? Why didn’t I feel that I was amazing
I felt confused, I felt alone and scared. I felt like a failure so many times. I felt exhausted and I felt angry.
We are thrown into the role of being a mom once the baby is delivered into our arms and our entire life...2022-01-2616 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingReframing Old BeliefsWe are all raised with certain beliefs. Some are good, and well some need to be re-evaluated!
When you take a closer look at the beliefs that a girl grows up with you can start to understand why so many of us struggle with what we have and what we have done.
Get married, have kids, create a career that is compatible with being a mom and wife.
Women did house work. Women cooked meals that made their husbands happy.
Women are always pleasant.
2022-01-1917 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingLets talk about New Year ResolutionsWhat is your New Year Resolution? Do you automatically set yourself up for failure? I have never had a New Year Resolution, I always felt society set it up for me. Weightloss has been and still is broadcasted worldwide as the number one resolution.
What do you think would happen if we replaced the resolution of weight loss to declaring a resolution on changing how we treat ourselves.
Changing the way we speak to ourself.
Respecting ourself.
Loving ourself.
Accepting ourse...2022-01-1215 min
Bloom Notes in Bloom: Celebrating Moments of Joy, Laughter, Strength, Resilience, Care & Compassion007| Reframing Old Beliefs Around Body Image to Reclaim Your Sense of Self-Worth with Elaine ScuddsIn this episode, I introduce you to Elaine Scudds. For more than two decades, Elaine has supported women with their image to remove boundaries and reclaim their self-worth at any age.
Elaine has been helping me with my image and how that affects my self-worth for almost eight years now.
The hair salon is the first place that many women visit when they're looking to create change.
Since that time, her vision has expanded beyond the salon chair and has her now sharing her wisdom and heart about self-worth, body image and mindset so...2022-01-1150 minStop Chasing What isn’t ChangingWelcome to Stop Chasing What isn't ChangingI chased dreams for years. The perfect house, the perfect body, the perfect family, and the perfect job. I spent so many years chasing someone else’s standards. Someone else’s dreams. I allowed society to dictate my life....I hopefully to inspire you to live the life you want, to reassure you that you are not alone, and make you realize that age and gender should not limit you on what you deserve. Being a woman and mom shouldn’t be so damn hard! I can’t wait to have you join me to Stop Chasing What isn’t Changing2022-01-0502 min