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Medium Lady ReadsEpisode 39: Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBRHello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads. This is episode 39, “Are Celebrity Memoirs Clogging your TBR?”Welcome back to Medium Lady Reads! Be sure to get settled in, cue up the latest episode, open your TBR tracker, and get ready to add 6+ more books to your stack.In This Episode:The ladies check in, sharing how their reading and life is going.Both women share what types of books they’re bringing to the show for this episode.Time for the meat of the episode, where Erin and Jillian share three books...2025-04-0139 min
Getting Lit with Linda - The Canadian Literature PodcastThe Nine Days Of/Before Christmas - and the Final One of Season 5n this 78th episode and the final one of season 5, Linda offers the “Nine Days of Christmas” with nine different book recommendations for the holidays. Who makes the cut? Well, we could say you need to listen to find out, but we want you to find the books easily, so here they are with their links:Alice Zorn’s Colours in her Hands (Freehand Books), Téa Mutonji’s Shut Up You’re Pretty (VS Books, Arsenal), Katherena Vermette’s Real Ones (Hamish Hamilton), Ian Williams', What I Mean to Say (Anansi), Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger: Con...2024-12-1632 min
Self Care Level 1000How to Shift Your Mindset with Regina SloanRegina Sloan, a wife and mom of four, transitioned from nursing to becoming a Certified Life Coach. After overcoming challenges like teen motherhood and personal trauma, she now empowers women to develop resilience, trust their intuition, and create the life they desire. Known for her strong problem-solving and communication skills, she applies a wide range of coaching techniques to help clients understand their emotions, break free from people-pleasing, procrastination, and perfectionism. Her clients experience newfound clarity, shift their mindset, and take bold actions that lead to lasting change. In her free time, Regina enjoys family, connecting with others, being...2024-09-2439 minSelf Care Level 1000Yoga Nidra Guided Meditation with Erin PolleyYoga Nidra, often referred to as "yogic sleep," is a guided meditation practice that induces deep physical, mental, and emotional relaxation. I absolutely love this practice because it is accessible to all levels of practitioners, from beginners to advanced, and can be adapted for various needs, including physical or emotional healing. This practice can be done at any time but preferably during the day when you have a 20 minute window to be still and uninterrupted. Unlike traditional meditation, where the practitioner is often seated, Yoga Nidra is practiced lying down on your back in what we call a “Nidra Ne...2024-08-2026 minSelf Care Level 1000Modern Dating with Ashley RobertsonMs. Ashley Robertson (@msashleyrobertson) is a freelance sexuality educator with over a decade in the kink and non-monogamy communities. As a professional educator and event host, she curates interactive experiences and asks careful questions inviting introspection and curiosity with a highly engaging facilitation style. Her work with individuals, groups, organizations, and schools exemplifies that constructivist, collaborative learning can be truly transformative. Ashley’s non-coercive approach to sex ed is what we all wished we had growing up.Content warning: discussions about sex that may not be appropriate for children.In this episode we discuss: ethi...2024-08-1356 minSelf Care Level 1000You Deserve Rest with La'Vista JonesLa’Vista Jones is a certified coach, six-time author, host of the BOSS Talk podcast and professional speaker with a message that challenges others to shift the way they engage with their work and care for themselves in the process. Her latest book, The BOSS Shift is a literary blueprint for implementing her signature framework that fuses systemization and self-care into practical self-preserving strategies to balance success and wellbeing. As a corporate dropout and burnout survivor turned entrepreneur La’Vista is the founder and CEO of 31 Marketplace, an agency passionate about...2024-05-2952 min
Balance PeriodErin Polley: Cultivating Community Healing, Giving Yourself Grace, Post-Traumatic Growth Mindset, Hot Room Yoga Discount | #215"We create a community where anyone, no matter your ability, feels safe and inspired to heal and strengthen your body and mind." – The Hot Room Yoga
In this episode, we welcome Erin Polley to the show. Erin is a community organizer, yoga teacher, and healer dedicated to fostering healing and empowerment within communities to change the world. She is also host of the "Self Care Level 1000" podcast, CEO of Rising Collective, and Global Retreats Leader at The Hot Room.
Erin shares her journey into the yoga and wellness space, beginning by using the practice to co...2024-05-2837 minSelf Care Level 1000Cold Therapy with Ryan BoswellRyan Boswell is a Productivity and Mindset Influencer and a lover of All things mental health, growth and development. He is currently the President of Cold Plunge Studios, a growing health and wellness company that is expanding across the U.S. Ryan is a content creator, brand strategist, avid golfer, card collector, husband and dad to two golden retriever pups. In August of 2021, he was officially diagnosed with ADHD and his whole life changed. Now he’s on a mission to help others learn to be more productive, stay organized and enjoy life more fully.In this epi...2024-05-1443 minSelf Care Level 1000Cultivating Community with Kalliopi NikouKalliopi Nikou’s love of design and her experience in the restaurant/bar industry led her to real estate. She co-founded the real estate team, Great Dames and Company under FC Tucker to serve her community. She now blends her incredible eye for design and passion for hospitality to creating space and events for people to gather and create community. Follow her @home.sweet.hoosier and @pauls.flower.shopIn this episode we talk about:how being an only child in a big extended family has made her form her chosen familythe influence her gran...2024-04-0242 minSelf Care Level 1000The Art of Living Yoga with Christine Lily KesslerChristine Lily Kessler, Ed.S., E-RYT 500, is adjunct professor of Yoga Philosophy & Methodology at Butler University, and is author of The Art of Living Yoga: Honoring Yoga's Roots in Philosophy & Practice and The Art of Teaching Yoga: Supporting a Holistic Practice for Both Teachers & Students. Through the lens of Yoga, Lily guides us to bravely examine, question, and dissolve labels and belief systems to claim a life rooted in authenticity and freedom. She has developed and led Yoga Alliance Certified 200- and 300-hour Yoga Teacher Trainings and been a guest presenter f...2024-03-1951 minSelf Care Level 1000Astrology in Action with Meg HannaMegan Hanna is an Western Modern astrologer with an emphasis on Evolutionary astrology. She's been teaching yoga for over a decade. and is a Psychosynthesis Life coach. She's most passionate about helping people connect to the truth of who they are and wake up to who they are meant to be. She believes that the more we learn about our true nature and learn to love ourselves, the more potential we have to be the change we wish to see in the world. You can find Meg’s beautiful offerings at meganhannaastrology.com.In this episode we ta...2024-03-0557 minSelf Care Level 1000The Meditation Conversation with Kara GoodwinKara Goodwin, host of the Meditation Conversation podcast, is passionate about helping those who wish to expand beyond their body, thoughts, and emotions to tap into the wisdom and gifts within them. She uses meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, and works with the subconscious to help others grow into a higher version of themselves. While she derives great fulfillment from swimming in mystical waters, she equally values nurturing her Earthly side through motherhood, animals, plants, and treatment-free beekeeping.In this episode we talk about:the many benefits of meditation for your wellbeingmediation as a way to tap into...2024-02-2059 minSelf Care Level 1000Never Stop Learning with Suzanne KrowiakSuzanne Krowiak is a writer with a broad background in print journalism and television news. Her work has taken her across the United States and internationally to South America, Europe, and the Middle East. She’s received two Emmy Awards, and a National Public Service Award from the National Association of Television Programming Executives. She holds certifications in Original Hot Yoga, Yin Yoga, and Yoga Nidra, as well as the Roll Model Method from Tune Up Fitness founder Jill Miller, and the Melt Method from Sue Hitzmann. She received her Level Two Fascial Stretch Therapy credentials from the Stretch To...2024-02-1346 minSelf Care Level 1000You're Already Perfect with David SuarezDavid Suarez is a Yoga Teacher, Movement Coach, Retreat Host, Sound Therapist, and Licensed Massage Therapist with over nineteen years of practice and training. A well beloved guest teacher for studios throughout the United States, Southern Australia, and Belgium. Active member of the USA Yoga Federation, and National Semifinalist in the 2016 Yoga Asana Championship. David has curated and lead a series of successful workshops demystifying the physical practice of yoga and guiding participants through principles of alignment to improve/increase results. He firmly believes EVERYONE has a right (and divine calling) to feel their very best. Through his carefully de...2024-01-1652 minMedium Lady ReadsEpisode 13: Our Best Books of 2023Hello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 13, “Our Best Books of 2023.”In this episode the ladies are so excited to talk ALL about their favorite books from 2023 and what made these books their favorite of the year. In This Episode:Erin and Jillian check-in on how their reading is going for these first few weeks of the new year. Erin encourages our readers to reflect on their past year of their reading. Jillian and Erin share how their year in reading was for 2023.They mention the Currently Reading book tr...2024-01-1553 minSelf Care Level 1000Thinking Critically About Wellness with Constanza Eliana ChineaConstanza Eliana Chinea (She/Her) is a Boricua culture journalist, producer, and activist. In 2021 she was named one of Well+Good's Changemakers of the Year, was Co-host and producer of a Spotify Original podcast in 2022, and has been featured in The Young Turks, Forbes, Refinery29, and more. She has reported for the LA Times, The Young Turks, Latinos Rebels, and Knock LA on topics such as social justice, culture, identity, and race. Her work focuses on centering the Black and Brown perspective in media.In this episode we talk about:Eliana's anti-racism work in the wellness...2024-01-021h 02Self Care Level 1000Dear Mom Me with Steph KumaSteph Kuma has had a lot thrown at her over the past 2 years from miscarriages and fertility troubles to being diagnosed with BRCA 1. Through all of this, she has maintained a positive mental attitude by putting into practice meditation, journaling and physical health. Through journaling and writing letters to her future mom self, she conceived the idea for her new podcast, Dear Mom Me. Listen to her podcast and an episode with me at https://dearmom-me.com/.In this episode we talk about:Steph's journey to motherhood and the disruptions she has had to o...2023-12-1231 min
Dear Mom Me2: Discovering Balance through Yoga & MeditationDo you think you cannot do yoga because you are not flexible enough? In this Episode we talk Erin Polley- mom, yoga teacher & host of Selfcare1000, to debunk that myth as we dive into the benefits of a yoga and meditation practice. Two key tools that we can use to help bring balance into our day to day. But those are not the only tools Erin discusses that are easy tools we can tap into quickly to help us step out of flight or fight and be more present. Erin’s motherhood journey is tightly aligned with her...2023-12-0135 minSelf Care Level 1000Community Care and Palestine Solidarity Work with Littrell Littrell is a singer/songwriter – is a recording artist, scholar – writing a dissertation with social movement leaders about bridging the tension between self-sacrifice and well-being in movement work, a parent – seeking to balance the holding on and releasing necessary for the nurturance of a strong-willed adolescent, and, really, just a person on a beautiful, messy, risky journey seeking to experience and contribute to healing, love and liberation.On this episode we talk about:What is happening in Gaza todayPalestinian resistance to military occupation and a blockade in GazaWhat is needed to care for Palestinians in this moment...2023-11-0756 minSelf Care Level 1000The Healing Power of Yoga Nidra with Yulia AzrielYulia is an award-winning speaker, master somatic trauma therapist, and spiritual life purpose mentor. She supports women healers, yoga teachers, and coaches who experience imposter syndrome, doubts, and insecurities, and who don't feel deserving of success. She guides them in grounding into their worthiness, focusing their energy on their dreams, embodying their unshakeable confidence, and reclaiming their authentic power so that they can unleash their sacred gifts and feel abundantly supported in their lives.It is Yulia's passion and life's purpose to help women reconnect with their sacred hearts and align with their soul’s true mission so...2023-10-2442 minSelf Care Level 1000The Practicing Stoic with Stretch ThalleyStretch Thalley was raised in South Central Los Angeles, educated in South Dakota, and settled in Indianapolis. His experiences growing up in LA in the 90's and networking through basketball have formed lifelong friendships with people of many different backgrounds and levels of success. His podcast, Follow D Money, is a representation of those conversations and stories throughout the years.What we talk about:the role of self respect in your lifediscipline and how you maintain it every single daythe Stoics and their principles for a virtuous lifeRead this book! The Practicing Stoichow the Stoic principles e...2023-10-1742 minSelf Care Level 1000Demystifying Kundalini Yoga with Carmela Marbella Carmela Marbella travels the world creating activation spaces for people to remember and experience their power through the keys that are already inside us all. Carmela is purposeful in sharing the in-moment tools of mental & emotional redemption that have transformed her living. She believes higher consciousness is not a far off state – it is a choice within each breath to open your mind & heart to every moment that comes. She is a new mom, wife and is a certified kundalini yoga & meditation guide.In this episode we talk about:what is kundalini and the energy that can...2023-09-201h 02Self Care Level 1000Healing From Narcissistic Abuse with Ronia FraserRonia Fraser is an internationally accredited and multi-award-winning Trauma Recovery Coach & Clinical Hypnotherapist and one of the leading experts in the field of Narcissistic Abuse Recovery.Since 2017 she's been helping abuse survivors from all over the world get back on their feet, regain their mental health and recover who they were always meant to be.Her pioneering approach is widely recognised as one of the most effective, structured and masterful models to recovery from complex trauma.In this episode we talk about:Narcissistic Personality Disorder traits and behaviorsWhat abuse from a narcissist...2023-09-0559 minSelf Care Level 1000The Benefits of Thai Yoga Massage with Matt BrooksMatt Brooks is an E-RYT500 yoga instructor through the Yoga Alliance. His passion for yoga is centered on the philosophy that a robust physical (asana) practice, combined with the conscious application of the eight limbs of yoga provides a deep and powerful connection between mind and body. Matt is also certified in Thai Yoga Massage through the Soma Veda Institute. Additionally, Matt has been trained in Ashtanga, Yin, Hatha, and other modalities. Matt strives to spread the gift of yoga to others, so all people are provided the opportunity for an improved quality of life based on con...2023-08-3046 minSelf Care Level 1000Protecting Your Mental Health on Social Media with Colette DelawallaColette Delawalla graduated from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis with a B.A. in Psychology and most recently completed her Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology and Master of Science in Quantitative Psychology at Ball State University. She is presently a Clinical Psychology PhD student at Emory University and is working to translate findings from pre-clinical work on compulsive alcohol use to an empirically derived model of compulsive use in humans. When she’s not studying, she loves spending time with her husband and rescue pup, Happy. Colette also enjoys painting and gardening.In this episode we talk ab...2023-08-221h 01Self Care Level 1000Juice Feasting with Brett CanadayBrett leads the Juicer Test Kitchen utilizing his 25 years in the juice production and formulation industry. Brett not only has a career background in the juice world, he has personally transformed and maintained his health using the magical powers of juicing and raw living foods. Find his recipes, reviews and more at JuicerTestKitchen.com and follow him @juicefeaster.In this episode we talk about:the benefits of taking a break from solid foods and resetting your body with juicewhat happens in the body and the mind when you consume fruit and vegetable juice onlyjuice fasting vs j...2023-08-1551 minSelf Care Level 1000Mental Health First Aid with Malkah BirdMalkah Bird (she/her) , is an Indianapolis-based educator and workshop facilitator. She has extensive experience leading trainings in schools and within the community on topics including De-Escalation, Bystander Intervention and Behavior Interventions. She is certified by the National Council on Behavioral Health as an Adult and Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor and is a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. Malkah has considerable experience working with individuals with mental health concerns, as well as, children and families experiencing crisis. Malkah is also co-founder, with Erin Polley, of Rising Collective, a training and skills development consultancy that bridges the gap between...2023-08-0845 minSelf Care Level 1000Find Your Why with Hye Jin KalgaonkarHye Jin Kalgaonkar is the CEO and Founder of The Hot Room, a growing yoga and fitness brand in the Midwest. Born in Seoul, Korea and raised in Seattle, WA., Hye Jin started working for Eli Lilly and Company after college, which led her to Indianapolis! She and her husband, Ashish, discovered Bikram yoga in New York. Once it was time to move back, Hye Jin looked at the yoga scene and discovered Bikram yoga was not offered in Indianapolis. That’s when she realized she needed to build the studio. In her spare time she loves spending time wi...2023-06-2151 minSelf Care Level 1000Hypnosis for Pregnancy and Birth with Kindra HuncklerKindra Hunckler is a birth professional and mother in Indianapolis Indiana. She worked as a doula for over 10 years and offered Hypnobabies Childbirth Hypnosis classes to local families for six of those years. She has worked as a nurse in labor & delivery and postpartum in the hospital setting and recently landed her dream job as a nurse and birth assistant at Sacred Roots Birth and Wellness Center. Kindra has a background in health communication and is passionate about using language to help shape experience and build connection during the perinatal period. She likes to say that there are lots...2023-06-0645 minSelf Care Level 1000Teaching Our Youth Mental Wellness (Part 2) with Luke HellmanLuke Hellman is an incoming Junior at Indiana University studying sports marketing and management with a Minor in Business. He is involved in the Real Estate Club at IU and enjoys the outdoors and being in nature. Luke was a student of Lade Akande’s Yoga and Mindfulness course when he was in high school.In this episode we talk about:.the unique mental health issues of young peoplethe effects of social media on teen mental healththe benefits of yoga and mindfulness for young peopleSELF CARE LEVEL 1000 is a podcast about the many ways we...2023-05-3037 minSelf Care Level 1000Teaching Our Youth Mental Wellness (Part 1) with Lade AkandeLade Akande is a trailblazer in bringing wellness practices to schools, hospitals and non-profit settings. She holds an MS in School Counseling from Butler University and is a certified 500hr Trauma-informed Yoga Teacher and a Continuing Educational Provider through The Yoga Alliance, where she has helped lead multiple teacher trainings. With over 13 years of experience in education, Lade has created research-based school curriculum around yoga & mindfulness and is currently serving as the first Director of Wellness at a high school in Indiana. She is passionate about sharing trauma-informed practices that are easy and accessible and takes a holistic approach...2023-05-1647 minSelf Care Level 1000Sex and Pleasure as Self Care with Rachel SchwebachContent Warning: Talk of sex, sex work, BDSM and other fetishes. Rachel Schwebach is a photographer, shibari artist and domme. She is the self-crowned Indy Smut Queen, providing sex-affirming art and personal services. She loves hair metal, surreal art and tying people up & kicking them. You can find her on Twitter, @indysmutpeddler. She encourages you to research the EARN IT act and to tell your representatives to vote NO on it. In this episode we talk about:sex and pleasure as self caresex positivitysex work as "real" workBDSM and other fetishesRachel's work as a do...2023-05-0951 minSelf Care Level 1000Help One Person Everyday with Cristina FontanaCristina Fontana is a a Radiation Therapist, Registered Nurse, Certified Health Coach, Yoga Teacher RYT-200, Yin and Y4C (Yoga for Cancer). She is also a wife to her loving husband Daniel of almost 32 years, mom to 3 amazing adult kids and a sweet chocolate lab. She loves to travel the world and live life to the fullest. In this episode we talk about: what she overcame when emigrating to the U.S. from Venezuelasharing yoga with cancer patientsthe impact of losing a parent at a young agebecoming a kidney donorhow helping one person everyday is a fo...2023-05-0238 minSelf Care Level 1000Creating Generational Wellness with Ray AchilleRaymond Achille is the founder and CEO of Balance Period, a wellness and health equity firm. His company is focused on creating a world where generational wellness is accessible to everyone. Ray is a wellness consultant with a degree in kinesiology from Indiana University and almost a decade of experience in the health and wellness industry. After a long road to recovery from a pulmonary embolism in 2017, Ray dedicated his time and energy to understanding how he can maintain optimal well-being and pass down healthier habits to the next generation of his family. He now uses what he learned...2023-04-2555 minSelf Care Level 1000How to Make a Hard Stop with Shawn ScottShawn Scott is an experienced estate planning attorney that has been helping clients plan for their future in a boutique law firm setting for over twenty years. Shawn M. Scott concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning, probate and trust administration, business law and transactions, and business succession planning. She frequently presents at legal seminars on the topics of estate and trust administration and estate planning. Shawn is also a certified yoga instructor. She practices whenever she can and shares her passion with others by teaching. She and her husband, Sean, live in I...2023-04-1845 minSelf Care Level 1000Prepare, Act, Reflect with Steff PeabodySteff Peabody owns Peabody's Hair Collective & Peabody's Emporium in downtown Indianapolis. With sights set on self-expression and industry innovation, Steff began as a hairstylist and grew to become an entrepreneur, educator and community creator. As her brand has grown over the last fifteen years, inclusion remains at the heart of everything she does. Under her leadership, Peabody's Indy is a space where everyone is invited to be unapologetically themselves. SELF CARE LEVEL 1000 is a podcast about the many ways we nurture ourselves physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually so that we show up more fully in the world a...2023-04-1137 min
Just Plain WrongWomen Talking Part 2: A Discussion on the Movie AdaptationThis week, the MennoBrarians discuss the Oscar winning movie adaptation of Women Talking (tho we did not yet know at the time we recorded that it would win!). Women Talking was written by Sarah Polley, who won an Oscar for Best Adaptation. We covered the book Women Talking by Canadian Mennonite author Miriam Toews in our last episode, season 4 episode 13. Tune in for discussions on differences between the book and the film, our favorite moments in the movie, and which we liked best. Content warning: Women Talking, while fiction, is based on true st...2023-04-0554 minSelf Care Level 1000Managing Your Thoughts and Feelings with Natasha RankinNatasha Rankin is a Business Mentor, Wealth Expander, & Success Coach for intuitive women. She helps her clients turn their expertise into a 6-figure revenue stream by combining intuitive marketing and sales strategy along with deeper mindset and healing work. She is a master NLP Practitioner, Breathwork facilitator, and hot yoga instructor – and knows exactly how to help her clients get out of their own way and get on with having the impact they’re truly longing for. Natasha is also a wife, mama, real estate investor, and soon-to-be international retreat leader.In this episode we talk about:...2023-04-0439 minSelf Care Level 1000Let's Talk About Your Diet with Kaitlyn Wong, RDKaitlyn Wong, RD (she/her) is a registered dietician and nutritionist with 10 years combined experience in clinical outpatient counseling, collegiate sports performance, corporate wellness and private practice. Outside of practicing as a RDN, Kaitlyn also teaches hot power yoga and shares her knowledge and expertise about nutrition on local news stations in Indianapolis. Her hobbies include Olympic powerlifting, reading and chasing after her two daughters. You can find her services at https://www.beyondtheplaterd.com/. Follow Kaitlyn @mrskaitwong on IG. SELF CARE LEVEL 1000 is a podcast about the many ways we nurture ourselves physically, mentally, em...2023-03-2841 min