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The Beautiful GritEp. 130 Human Design Gate 12: Sharing Your Truth and Emotional ExpressionIn this week's episode, with our host, Gwen Dittmar, Coach, Energy, and Soul Guide, we discuss how the current Human Design Sun transit through Gate 12, known as the Gate of Caution, a highly emotional, creative, and selective energy, teaches us the power of timing in communication. This is the gate of the poet, the artist, the one who waits until the emotional wave is clear before speaking. Gwen shares what Gate 12 reveals about your voice, emotions, and timing, how this transit might be stirring up creative energy, emotional intensity, or the desire to withdraw, tools for navigating emotional expression with...2025-06-1816 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 129 What Is Human Design, Gate 45 and True LeadershipIn this week's timely episode, with our host, Gwen Dittmar, Coach, Energy, and Soul Guide, we delve into the foundational question: What is Human Design? And more importantly how can we apply Human Design to the real events in our country and world, especially this week as the Sun transits through Gate 45, the energy of The Gatherer, The Leader?
This is a great episode to share with family, friends, partners, colleagues, as Gwen shares about how this powerful system blends ancient wisdom with modern science to help you understand your energetic blueprint, decision-making, and purpose. We’ll also explore the cu...2025-06-1825 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 128 Human Design Gate 35: Overcome Fear and Experience New AdventuresIn this week's episode of the Beautiful Grit, with our host, Coach, Somatic Breathwork Healer, and Soul Guide, Gwen Dittmar, gives practical actions you can take this coming week to pause, overcome fear, and use it all as an opportunity to experience ownership and create new adventures in your life.
THANK YOU for being here. It's Gwen's Birthday Month! To celebrate, we are sharing 20% off: 1:1 sessions, 6-month coaching containers, and September Activation Breathwork Certification program. Give yourself the gift of a sacred container and create what you deeply desire, and in doing so you share a birthday gift with Gwen!
...2025-06-0320 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 127 How to Alchemize Resistance and Begin the Change You CraveIn this week's episode of the Beautiful Grit, with our host, Coach, Somatic and Breathwork Healer, and Soul Guide, Gwen Dittmar, breaks down the process of how to alchemize resistance, begin the change you crave, and to integrate the Human Design transit of Gate 16 into your daily life.
This episode explores the process of change, how to move through resistance, how to easily and honestly assess where we are at each stage of the journey, how to honor our unique journey and the different levels of trauma, fear, doubt we may carry.
We also explore the Human Design Sun Transit...2025-05-3029 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 120 Breast Health, Prevention, and Empowerment with Gina Lamanna of The Fondle ProjectIn this raw and real episode of the Beautiful Grit, Gwen Dittmar welcomes Gina Lamanna, the visionary behind The Fondle Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women to take charge of their breast health through self-advocacy, awareness, and holistic wellness. Founded by fashion stylist and entrepreneur Gina Lamanna, a breast cancer survivor who detected her cancer through self-examination after two false-negative mammograms and a misdiagnosis, the initiative emphasizes the importance of regular self-exams and early detection.
The Fondle Project’s mission focuses on building community through storytelling, fostering self-love, and promoting holistic wellness. By destigmatizing cancer and encouraging women to...2025-04-0248 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 119 The Reality of Mental Load in Marriage and Motherhood with Paige ConnellThe Reality of Mental Load in Marriage and Motherhood with Paige Connell
In this raw episode of the Beautiful Grit Podcast, Paige Connell, creator of She is a Paige Turner, discusses what mental load means, and how it shows up for women in marriage, and motherhood. Paige shares her story of her breaking point, the part she played in her burnout, embracing life’s unexpected plot twists, and the resilience she discovered as a result.
Through her viral insights on the invisible labor women shoulder at home and the policies needed to support working families, Paige has sparked national conversations on...2025-03-2655 minThe Beautiful GritViruses, Bacteria, Germ and Terrain Theory: Rethinking Health with Naturopath Jacob DiazThe Terrain of Truth: Rethinking Health with Jacob Diaz
In this eye-opening episode of The Beautiful Grit Podcast, Jacob Diaz, also known as the @undercovervirologist on Instagram, challenges conventional understanding about health and illness and the true nature of viruses, germs, and bacteria.
Jacob attended the Bigelsen Academy of Holographic Blood and earned a Certificate as a Naturopathic Practitioner. As the host of Germs Are Friends Podcast on Spotify, Jacob aims to demystify germ theory and educate on terrain theory. Jacob also assisted in creating a bio-terrain online school, which had over 110K enrollees, headed by Alec Zeck at The...2025-03-1956 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 117 Healing Through Herbal Medicine with Kristen Caissie of Moon Canyon HealingIn this soothing and insightful episode of the Beautiful Grit Podcast, Kristen Caissie, founder of Moon Canyon Healing, explores the deep connection between nature and personal transformation.
Kristen shares her beautiful and gritty journey of building a floral design business, making the bold shift into studying herbal medicine, and blending somatic work into her holistic healing art that reveals how plants, rituals, and rhythms of the earth can guide us back to ourselves. She offers wisdom on embracing intuitive living, the power of beauty in healing, and simple ways to invite nature’s grounding presence into everyday life.
In the ep...2025-03-111h 01The Beautiful GritEp. 116 Astrology Forecast for 2025 with Danielle BeinsteinThis week I sat down with psychological astrologer Danielle Beinstein to explore the cosmic landscape of 2025. Together, we dive into spiritual psychology spiritual bypass, using the human experience to access divinity, astrological transits, planetary shifts, and energetic themes shaping the year ahead and beyond in years to come. In the episode learn about:
Major planetary movements and their impact on global and personal transformation
How Saturn, Pluto, and Uranus will influence societal structures, innovation, and personal evolution
Key retrogrades and eclipses—what they mean and how to navigate them with awareness
The themes of spiritual growth, resilience, and new beginnings em...2025-02-261h 13The Beautiful GritEp. 113 The Science of Bee Venom Therapy with Kate HinkensThis week I sat down with Kate Hinkens, founder of The Sting Lab, which is a center for bee venom therapy and research and Kate is an expert in the bee venom therapy field.
In the episode, Kate shares her story of a debilitating and mysterious illness as a child, again in teen years and again after graduating college and working as a professional. She was finally diagnosed with late, chronic stage Lyme in 2019.
Despite pursuing intensive treatments, both western and alternative, Kate’s health continued to deteriorate. She went from being a successful college student and professional to dealing wi...2025-01-0252 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 111 Pregnancy Loss, Grief, and Resilience with Jami Crist, Author of The Losses We KeepIn this heartfelt episode of the Beautiful Grit, Gwen Dittmar welcomes Jami Crist, author of The Losses We Keep. Together, Gwen and Jami dive into the transformative power of group coaching for women, letting go of the old ways of operating as women in order to step into true alignment, pregnancy loss, the grief and challenges women experience and hold, and exploring how grief can shape our lives in unexpected and profound ways. Jami Crist shares her deeply personal journey of navigating repeated loss and finding healing, reflection, and resilience through the pain of letting go.
This conversation touches on...2024-12-0639 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 110 The Gene Keys with Dan ReganDan Regan is a personal growth consultant, teacher, speaker and guide. His specializes in the inner work and shadows with his clients and as a Gene Keys Ambassador, Dan helps individuals unlock the wisdom within their genetic blueprint, fostering profound self-awareness, emotional healing, and personal growth.
With a deep understanding of this unique synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern science, Dan empowers others to explore their shadows, activate their innate gifts, and align with their highest potential. His approach is compassionate and insightful, making the Gene Keys accessible to those seeking clarity and purpose—especially during pivotal life transitions like mi...2024-11-261h 01The Beautiful GritEp. 107 The Mother Wound and Abundance with Alyse BacineAlyse Bacine, founder of Alyse Breathes, specializes in dissolving childhood relational and ancestral trauma, helping you discover your deeper purpose, and guiding you to build a successful business or life that aligns with your soul's calling. Alyse combines decades of experience in the mental health field, breathwork, trauma healing, and business coaching to lead you toward creating the long-lasting results you desire.
In the episode Gwen and Alyse discuss the journey of having other careers plus years of experience leading healing and breathwork and the metamorphosis of becoming an entrepreneur. Alyse emphasizes the importance of taking the time you need...2024-11-0550 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 101: Immunity and Lymphatic Massage with Lisa Levitt GainsleyLisa Gainsley is a celebrity coveted Lymphatic Drainage Specialist, Author, Educator, Speaker and Podcast Host.
Lisa has worked with people with every condition under the sun including bloating, weight gain, inflammation, migraines, anxiety, cancer, lupus, lyme, digestion disorders and acne. The benefits of lymphatic drainage include glowing skin, a calmer nervous system, better brain function and less inflammation & puffiness.
Lisa has been working with the lymphatic system for 30 years and currently teaches workshops online on how to use this toxin-flushing technique to have it all; Look and feel better instantly and recover quickly from injuries, surgeries and colds and viruses.
...2023-12-201h 00The Beautiful GritEp. 100 What is Quantum Biology with Meredith Oke of Quantum Biology CollectiveIn today’s podcast episode, Meredith Oke shares about cutting edge research and science of light, biology and physics with tools on how to implement these findings in practical and doable ways in everyday life.
Through the powerful message of her personal journey of feeling extreme, debilitating fatigue and uncertainty as to what was causing it, Meredith gives to hope to so many individuals and practitioners that do not know what is causing collective stress, irritability and exhaustion.
During Meredith’s confusing journey, she initially wrote this off the fatigue as the result of being a new mother or uprooting her...2023-12-0855 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 96 Why We Experience Repeating Patterns and How to Break the Cycle with StephanieIn this episode we are diving into a common challenge that many people face: repeating patterns in their lives and the frustration that comes with feeling stuck. We'll explore strategies and insights to help client Stephanie break free from these patterns and make meaningful changes in their life.
Step 1 is to identifying the repeating pattern. Step 2 is to understand the why, and more importantly, where the pattern first started. Step 3 is to bring self-compassion and apply self-forgiveness to the misbeliefs and update the new subconscious and conscious belief. Step 4 is to integrate the somatic, emotional, and mental understanding with clearing...2023-10-2633 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 95 Embracing Change, Overcoming Fear in Career Transitions with LeslieIn this insightful podcast episode, we delve into the life of Leslie, a corporate executive who is striving to find stability and alignment on their career path while overcoming the fears associated
with making significant changes.
Raised by a single mother and now a single mom themselves, this individual has spent their entire career in the corporate world and has ventured into training and certifications, experiencing a rollercoaster of uncertainty and transitions.
The episode explores the desire to achieve a sense of settlement and calmness on their career journey. The longing for a more restful sleep and a feeling of...2023-10-1128 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 94 Clarity, Decision-Making, and Self-Trust with RachelIn this podcast episode, we follow Rachel's challenges and triumphs and path to gaining a deeper understanding of herself and finding the confidence to make life-altering decisions.
The episode kicks off by introducing Rachel and her desire to attain clarity in her personal and professional life. Gwen guides Rachel through processing, somatic and breathwork healing techniques for self-reflection, uncovering the core beliefs that get in the way, and through releasing the misbelief comes clarity.
A central theme in Rachel's journey is her struggle with self-trust, a challenge many individuals can relate to. The episode delves into her internal conflicts and...2023-10-0529 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 91 Somatic Medicine with Dr. G of Heal Thy Self PodcastDr. Christian Gonzalez, aka Dr. G, completed his Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2014. During his time there, he took interest in many fields of medicine, but it wasn’t until his mother passed of cancer that he decided to shift his focus to oncology and completed his residency at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
It was then that he realized that cancer was not simply nutritional or exercise-based, it was connected to the relationships we have with our home, the environment, the people in our lives, stuck em...2023-09-061h 06The Beautiful GritEp. 90 How Tarot Cards Open Our Psychic Awareness and Simple Movements in Life with Kate VanhornProfessional tarot reader, psychic, author and mentor, Kate Van Horn, is on the podcast this week. She tells the story about discovering tarot reading during the pandemic and the beautiful grit of writing her book. This leads to a discussion on the importance of being able to shift your business focus as a solo entrepreneur and being in alignment with your value
Throughout the podcast, Kate and Gwen touch on the similarities and differences between breathwork and tarot reading. They also chat about Kate’s human design chart as a generator and how that shows up in her life.
In th...2023-08-0246 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 87 Becoming a Sobriety Advocate and Holistic Recovery with Hilary PhelpsJoining the podcast this week is speaker, coach, and retreat leader Hilary Phelps. She shares the grit of becoming sober 16 years ago and how that opened many new doors and experiences. She reveals what inspired her to openly talk about her journey and her holistic path to recovery. Hilary also opens up about her childhood, life as a college athlete and how perfectionism played a key role.
In the episode, Hilary and Gwen bond over their personal experience with sobriety, marathon training and the ways motherhood has softened them. They touch on many topics like breathwork, “mommy wine culture, human de...2023-06-2848 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 85 Journey to Finding Plant Medicine with Sam Gibbs MorrisPsychedelic guide and personal coach, Sam Gibbs Morris is our featured guest this week! In the episode, both he and Gwen share their personal experience with the 12-step program. He also talks about his plateau with the program, pivoting to plant medicine and what that entailed.
Sam and Gwen discuss their encounters with fear and understanding it as an emotion. They touch on types of plant medicine and how to trust and “talk” with it (don’t worry – it will make sense when you listen). Sam explains how you can re-pattern your approach to life through micro dosing, as well as a ful...2023-06-1450 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 81 Mental Health, The Power of No and Setting Boundaries with Karena DawnMental health advocate and founder of the Big Silence, Karena Dawn, is this week’s featured guest on The Beautiful Grit. During the episode, she shares what it was like growing up with a mentally ill parent during a time when it was highly stigmatized and not spoken about. She elaborates on her own personal history with mental health issues and how she learned to trust again.
While shifting through a dark place to a happier place, she discovered exercise and created a very successful career. Karena opens up about what she’s learned and how she stays true to hers...2023-05-1647 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 78 Moving from Religion to Authenticity with Dr. ShanteCertified life coach, professor and award-winning podcast host, Dr. Shante is our featured guest this week! In the episode, she dives into her background, fascination with people and a few beautifully gritty stories. She also shares her fascinating insight on social media vs. media and traditional leaning environments vs. more progressive teaching practices.
Dr. Shante and Gwen discuss being introverts, being daughters and mothers, and the journey of moving from the religions we were raised in to a new definition of faith and wellness.
This conversation covers many topics from exercise and education, to living your authentic truth and finding...2023-04-2554 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 77 Destructive Patterns and Healing Trauma with Parris HodgesJoining the podcast this week is fellow podcaster and School of the Sacred educator, Parris Hodges. She shares her struggles with bulimia and recovery, addiction and sobriety, abusive relationships, cervical cancer, and her path to breaking the cycle. In the episode we also discuss eating for your blood type, stages of womanhood, deep spiritual work, manifestation and the relationship with God.
Parris is trained in Root Cause Protocol. Her understanding of our bodies at a mineral level will expand your consciousness and get you thinking about the beautiful grit of your life in a whole new perspective.
In the episode...2023-04-1859 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 76 Full Circle Moments, Perseverance and Finding Faith with Faith HunterCreator of the wellness app Elevate, life coach, bestselling author, yoga & meditation expert Faith Hunter, joins the podcast this week. We dive right into her beautiful grit story, which is nothing short of moving and compelling to say the very least.
Faith has persevered through many tough situations, from family HIV diagnoses, living in New York City during 9/11, loss and transitioning careers. She shares how she discovered kundalini yoga, journaling and therapy and how that has evolved over the years. Faith also touches on Black Lives Matter and how the idea of therapy is becoming more accepted within the black...2023-04-1156 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 75 The Gift of Cancer to Finding Purpose with Elissa GoodmanIn this week’s episode, certified holistic nutritionist, cleanse expert and bestselling author, Elissa Goodman, joins to discuss her personal health journey and everything in between. A cancer diagnosis at 32, the passing of her husband, grief, insomnia and auto immune issues – she’s here on the Beautiful Grit to share what really changed and helped her to feel truly healthy.
In the episode, Elissa and Gwen touch on gut health, inflammation, muscle testing, immune systems, stem cells, ozone – the list goes on! Elissa also dives into her career journey through COVID, how her cleanse took off and what she’s currently...2023-04-0455 minThe Beautiful GritEp. 74 How To Regain Your Power and Your VoiceIn this week’s episode, Kara Jamie seeks Gwen’s support in regaining her power. Kara Jamie realizes she experienced a loss of power in a toxic marriage with gaslighting and manipulation. Despite being divorced, Kara Jamie still struggles with fear around wanting to protect her children and managing the manipulation within custody challenges.
Gwen guides Kara Jamie back to the wisdom of her body, the power that resides deep down inside of her, and strengthening that muscle through the session so she can use her voice, to speak up for what she needs and wants for her children and be i...2021-11-191h 00The Beautiful GritEp 73: When Your Spiritual and Energy Tools Aren’t WorkingIn this week’s episode, Gwen supports a highly sensitive being, Amy, with her intention to release something that is causing heaviness in physical body and anxiety in her emotional body. Amy also notices that other friends are feeling the same way that she is like they are on an energetic rollercoaster. This is a powerful episode because I have noticed this myself.
In the episode, Amy shares that she suffered from autoimmune for 10 years but learned to heal her body and feel energetic again. However, there are times when the old symptoms come back, and it's typically related to pi...2021-10-2958 minThe Beautiful GritEp 72: Balancing the Masculine and Feminine Energies as EntrepreneursIn this week’s episode, Gwen guides Claire to trust her feminine, and release the hyper-masculine when building her new business.
In her daily life, Claire has moments where she feels connected to her feminine, and as if she’s living from that state of surrender, creation, and flow. But when the work to-do list gets overwhelming, Claire drops into hyper-masculine energy of, “I have to do it all, do it now, and I can’t rest until it is all done.”
Through guiding Claire to understand the masculine and feminine energies within her and releasing the need to control when she f...2021-10-1950 minThe Beautiful GritEp 71: The Power of Human Design with Erin Claire JonesIn this week’s episode, Erin Claire Jones, Human Design Guide and Leadership Coach shares her personal experience of being an entrepreneur through the lens of Human Design. Erin worked in different capacities and industries prior to discovering Human Design. She worked with one of her first teachers and then followed her calling to share Human Design with the world. Since then her work has been featured in Mindbodygreen, Well + Good, 100’s of podcasts, and she’s here on the Beautiful Grit to share more about this powerful tool that is a synthesis of ancient wisdom and modern science.
In the ep...2021-10-1550 minThe Beautiful GritEp 70: Practical Healing and Boundaries for Toxic RelationshipsIn this week’s episode, Gwen coaches Melissa who has the intention to work through the challenges she has with a narcissistic sister, process the grief and loss of not being able to have the type of relationship she wishes she could have, and have a healthy balance of building trust with new people in her life. Because she has felt so much pain from the way her sister has treated her, Melissa observes a pattern of keeping people at a distance as a way of staying safe.
Gwen brings Melissa back to the wisdom that her body has to sh...2021-10-0638 minThe Beautiful GritEp 69: The Gifts of Perfectionism and Imposter SyndromeIn this week’s episode, Gwen coaches with Jennifer who is a healthcare provider and mother looking for clarity on why she moves into old thoughts of perfectionism, imposter syndrome, compare and despair, and feeling like she doesn’t have enough to offer. When new opportunities arise, she freezes, doubts herself, and then distracts with other projects. Her tools of meditation, journaling, and inner reflection are not helping her move through blocks the way they once did. As we move through the episode, you’ll hear me guide Jennifer through my process of attuning to the wisdom of the body, talkin...2021-09-2940 minThe Beautiful GritEp 68: From Feeling Lost to Having ClarityDo you ever feel lost, lacking purpose, and wonder what you are supposed to be doing, both professionally and personally? In this week's episode, Gwen supports Mary Ann in having clarity as to where she is going in life.
But before Gwen moves into coaching, it is important for Mary Ann to have an understanding and healing as to why she has been disconnected and lost.
Through working her process, Gwen guides Mary Ann to the first time she ever felt disconnected. Through the inner child work - releasing the old energy and self-forgiveness of misbeliefs - authentic action and...2021-09-2140 minThe Beautiful GritEp 66: How Competing Intentions Create Blocks and How to Free YourselfMary comes to this week's episode with the intention to release fear within her work. In the episode, you'll hear how Mary's past experiences within her work and personal life have created competing intentions throughout her life in challenges based on the misbelief that she could not find success or happiness because she didn't have the education or skills.
Gwen takes Mary through the process to discover where these competing intentions are still being held in her body and using the breath to clear the energy out and come back to the truth. Mary leaves the session feeling lighter, confident...2021-04-0639 minThe Beautiful GritEp 65: Experiential Learning of Human Design with Vaness HenryIn this week's episode, Vaness Henry and Gwen enter into a candid, comedic, and deep conversation about Human Design, and what it means to truly embody the transmission of Human Design.
Vaness and Gwen share their experience of what it feels like to be a Manifestor in a world that is created for Generators.
Vaness also shares about her work journey with an undefined G Center, and how she has cultivated a thorough understanding and desire of how to use Human Design to serve others through each of her careers.
In the episode, you will hear Vaness share her unique...2021-03-3058 minThe Beautiful GritEp 64: How Grief and Loss is an Invitation to Let Go of Expectations and TrustGwen is coaching and guiding client Jami in this week's episode. Jami is a successful marketing executive with a positive attitude.
However, Jami has experienced a miscarriage and a pregnancy loss over the past two years and comes to the session with another challenge in her fertility journey - discovering her current pregnancy needs to be terminated.
You'll hear how Gwen supports Jami with the current loneliness and frustration by seeing the connection to an earlier time in her life that created the same expectation pattern of hope, disappointment, and distrust.
Gwen guides Jami to the younger self, and in...2021-03-2355 minThe Beautiful GritEp 63: Switching Careers and Building a Successful Business from the Feminine with Ashley WrayIn this week's episode Gwen and Ashley Wray of Mala Collective discuss how to build a thriving business. Ashley shares about her journey from journalism, to having a spiritual experience in Bali, to how she built Mala Collective on the side before fully taking the leap. With transparency, honesty, and vulnerability, Ashley lets us know how we can build a successful business but still have doubts, limiting beliefs, and give away our power.
Ashley inspires as she tells about her mistakes, learnings, strengths and weaknesses of being an entrepreneur so know you are not alone in the beautiful grit of...2021-03-1744 minThe Beautiful GritEp 62: Adult Child of Alcoholics: Releasing trauma stored in the body with ErinIn this week’s episode Gwen is coaching Erin who has the intention to honor her past but let go and move forward. Gwen guides Erin from the logic of her mind into the wisdom of her body.
You’ll hear Erin’s story of going from high functioning student and athlete to disabled with a chronic health condition. As a child Erin had to keep a tight grip on her mind, time, tasks, planning, and strategizing in order to keep homeostasis as the daughter of an alcoholic mother.
After college, Erin’s plan of working in a law firm while go...2021-03-091h 05The Beautiful GritEp 61: How to Find Your Life Purpose and Career with RachelIn this week's episode, Rachel shares her intention - how to stop struggling, and find her purpose.
Rachel feels like she just falls into things versus chooses them on purpose. She feels like her life is compartmentalized. Rachel also feels pressure, like she should have a career, is constantly searching, second guessing herself, criticizing herself that she's not living up to her potential, and ultimately gives up.
Through the episode, Gwen coaches Rachel out of the mind and into her body and heart. Once Rachel drops into her heart, the clarity comes. Gwen ends the session by giving Rachel practical...2021-03-0250 minThe Beautiful GritEp 60: Antiracism and Minimalism with Christine Platt @afrominimalistIn this week's episode with Christine Platt, who is also known on Instagram as @afrominimalist we dive into the intersection of antiracism, social justice, and minimalism.
Christine is a lawyer, historian, author, adovacate for social justice and policy reform. By sharing her journey of moving from being a full time lawyer with the Department of Energy, into writing her own book, Christine gives us all permission to follow our creative desires and awakening.
Christine teaches us through her life how to transition from owning a home into approaching minimalism from a wholistic pespective. Through her joy of writing, learning the...2021-02-2353 minThe Beautiful GritEp 59: Shifting from Work Being Hard to Working With Ease with Stephanie AIn this week's episode, Stephanie comes to the session to clear old beliefs around worth, and that work has to be hard, and that life cannot be easy.
As you will learn in the episode, once Stephanie made a commitment to clearing these limiting beliefs, the energy started shifting.
After she scheduled the podcast coaching session, and answered the questions to prepare for the session, she noticed a new way of being.
This is what I call The Activation - the phenomenom that many people experience when they hire a coach, with no idea how they will have the money...2021-02-1635 minThe Beautiful GritEp 58: Transforming Trauma with Modern Psychiatry and Psychedelics with Dr. Will SiuIn this week's powerful episode Gwen is interviewing Dr. Will Siu, a holistic psychiatrist, speaker, writer, educator. Dr. Will and Gwen discuss the topics of psychedelics, healing, and self discovery. In the episode, Dr. Will shares his professional and personal experience with seeking happiness and fulfillment through academic and professional success which left him feeling compartmentalized and fractioned from his true self. Through the learnings of his own suffering, Dr. Will supports others in not only healing trauma, but transforming trauma. Dr. Will shows us how to use our human experience as one of death and rebirth, and how the...2020-12-3143 minThe Beautiful GritEp 57: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Anxiety as an Entrepreneur on Social MediaIn this week's episode, Gwen is coaching Jazmin, a political professional, yogi, Breathworker. Jazmin has the intention to clear imposter syndrome into feeling confident on social media and sharing her work. In the episode, Gwen coaches Jazmin and Gwen coached several months ago prior to this session and since then Jazmin moved through what felt like unsurmountable task of building her website. Now Jazmin is back in the same place of uncertainty of how to launch herself on social media, and being well received by others. What you will learn by listening to this episode is that our imposter syndrome...2020-12-2428 minThe Beautiful GritEp 56: Political Climate and Anger with Brenna of Real Fckn Talk PodcastIn this week's episode we have a unique session - I am coaching Brenna from Real Fckn Talk Podcast who I met through Almost 30 Podcast Accelerator program, and then I am interviewing Brenna. As a Long Island rehabilitation and mental health counselor in private practice, Brenna works with trauma and advocating for her clients. The intention for Brenna's session is to release the anger she feels around the current political climate. There can be a lot of frustration, upset, and at the core, pressure she feels to fix or change, and feeling helpless or hopeless. Listen to Gwen coach Brenna...2020-12-1640 minThe Beautiful GritEp 55: Feeling Triggered and Conscious Parenting with MollyAs parents it is so easy to get triggered and take our children's behavior personally. In this episode you'll learn in listening to Molly how to process your frustration as a parent in a conscious healing way for sustainable change. When we get upset as parents its usually an aspect of our inner child that gets activated for healing. We discuss: conscious parenting, inner child healing, using our triggers and upsets to working our process.
In this episode...
- The incredible opportunities parenting gives us
- Conscious parenting and honoring your needs
- Learn how to start healing your inner...2020-12-0936 minThe Beautiful GritEp 54: Dark Night of the Soul and Changing Careers with Kristina Furia of Your New FrequencyIn this week's episode Gwen connects with Kristina Furia, a psychotherapist turned coach who teaches her clients how to release self-limiting beliefs to consciously manifest a purposeful and aligned life. Kristina shares about her Dark Night of the Soul, and how that led her to make a bold career change from therapy to coaching. Kristina courageously shares her biggest learning lessons and what is driving her own life expansion.
Things discussed this week include:
- What it feels like to experience a Dark Night of the Soul
- Transforming depression to surrender and trust
- Releasing drugs and alcohol to...2020-12-0529 minThe Beautiful GritEp 53: Letting Go of Long-Term and Toxic RelationshipsIn this episode Gwen coaches Beth, who works through the fear, guilt, anxiety around letting go of a long-term friendship that has become toxic. Gwen shares wisdom around the unconscious energy that some relationships are built upon (pain body, unconsciousness, childhood wounds, codependency). Gwen also shares about the importance of the vibration that our words are riding on, and the value of the inner process before we have external conversations. If you’ve ever felt relief or clarity while working with a healing modality only to find yourself frozen when it comes to following through with action in the real wo...2020-11-1145 minThe Beautiful GritEp 52: Using the Moon to Master Your LifeMatt was recently blown away by the accuracy of the feedback he received from the app called The Pattern, he knows that there is power in harnessing astrological tools to propel our healing but finds himself feeling overwhelmed not knowing how to make the most of these cycles. Gwen cuts to the heart of his struggle and finds a feedback loop of guilt that formed when Matt was in kindergarten. You’ll feel Matt’s energy shift as Gwen guides him from overwhelm and self deprecation, to him being positively energized and saying that this next phase of his journey will...2020-10-2134 minThe Beautiful GritEp 51: Understanding the Gene Keys with Dan ReganMeet Dan Regan - empowerment coach, breath worker and Gene Keys ambassador. Dan is passionate and incredibly gifted in using the Gene Keys transmission in his own life and his work to guide others into deep transformation and business success by using their Hologenetic Profiles as catalysts for incredible breakthroughs. Dan makes it easy and exciting to understand how the Gene Keys can be used to support us in times of adversity and as a lasting companion on our personal journeys of healing and empowerment. You’ll also hear Gwen recount her experiences with this life changing body of work an...2020-10-0642 minThe Beautiful GritEp 50: What is Your Fear Trying To Tell You?After a house fire destroyed the inventory of her small business, Kelley’s entrepreneurial goals of providing moms with clean and safe baby products were put on hold as she rebuilt her life. Her vision of serving turned into a year of surviving in addition to moving through the struggles of Covid. Now, she’s ready to relaunch her business but is stuck in the fear of the unknown. Gwen helps her to re- connect with her initial inspiration to begin the company and finds that beneath the fear is a powerful message from her soul. Listen in as Kelley is g...2020-09-2518 minThe Beautiful GritEp 49: Holding Space For Those In Their Last Season of LifeConversations about death are ones that are easily shied away from. Yet, it is inevitable that we all will one day be faced with a loved one in their last season of life.
In this important and heartfelt episode, you’ll meet Sue, a hospice volunteer who is also caring for her own mother living with dementia and the aftermath of a stroke. Gwen guides Sue in finding the answers she craves about how to best honor the time her mother has left and on navigating the new realities each day brings as she remains present to her pain and di...2020-09-1932 minThe Beautiful GritEp 48: Stepping into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Erica CourdaeThis episode is a call to action for all solo-preneurs and heart led humans. If you’ve ever struggled in understanding how you can authentically bring more diversity, equity and inclusion into your business, brand and life, and if you’ve ever worried about how you’ll be perceived in doing this…Gwen and her special guest Erica Courdae are here to help. Erica is a CEO, speaker and DEI coach that helps brands integrate values into their business. She has incredible insights on the often daunting task of evolving our personal perspectives and professional practices to reflect the level of diver...2020-09-1137 minThe Beautiful GritEp 47: How to Make Hard Decisions and CommitWhat if you could never make a wrong decision again?
In this episode, sit in on another private session with Gwen as she coaches Rose to find peace on her path and release long held fears of decision making and commitment. Learn to bypass the chattering of the analytical mind and how to receive the wisdom of your bodily sensations. You’ll discover how old emotional wounds hide in the body as discomfort, pressure, etc. and how to gently and effectively use the breath to unearth forgotten pain bodies and heal from the inside out. Gwen guides Rose as she co...2020-09-0130 minThe Beautiful GritEp 46: How to Let Go of Control and TrustAs Brittany begins her journey to motherhood, she turns to Gwen for guidance in releasing control she has around conceiving her first child. The women talk about the prevalence of fertility struggles and how their own experiences have been a blend of both physiological and spiritual work. Gwen then guides Brittany in identifying the roots of a heaviness she carries around control… revealing itself as an energetic parasite passed down from her mother. Join in as they coax out these ancestral burdens from Brittany’s energy field to release long-held tension in her body creating a safe, healthy space to give...2020-08-2335 minThe Beautiful GritEp 45: Mind Body Soul Success with Holistic Psychiatrist Dr. Ellen VoraHear the story of Dr. Ellen Vora and how her sense of purpose as a holistic psychiatrist grew gradually and was sparked by a crystal card reading in Bali that helped unveil her gifts.
This conversation is rich with powerful insights about the current state of medical care and how true deep healing can be achieved with a holistic approach that aims to dust off our intuition. When Dr. Ellen was sick in med-school and residency she herself was given pills that caused more imbalance. She became disenchanted by the medical system that rarely asked “why” certain ailments came to be i...2020-08-1545 minThe Beautiful GritEp 44: How to Come Back To YourselfDo you remember a time when you felt unshakeable? In this episode you’ll meet Mirayda who feels extremely disconnected from her once faith-filled and fiercely independent self after an abusive relationship left her feeling like her soul had been crushed. In this vulnerable and raw conversation Mirayda reveals that she can’t seem to make her actions match up with what she knows she should do and calls on Gwen to understand a path to realignment. Gwen shares the crucially important and often overlooked step that comes directly after releasing any unwanted energy and also facilities an open dialog betw...2020-07-2438 minThe Beautiful GritEP 43: How to Make Hard Decisions and TransformIn the throngs of “normal life” obligations we were able to quiet the inner voices that constantly whisper and guide to our highest purpose and expression. Quarantine has helped us to uncover parts of our lives that feel misaligned to go inward and listen to what requires our loving attention and steadfast action.
There is a paradox to receiving clarity that we desire. Oftentimes there is either a weight that follows with "how" to put that clarity into action, or a fear of moving away from practicality of the mind, and into the unknown of the heart.
Whether you know your...2020-07-1634 minThe Beautiful GritEp 42: Trusting Your Body After Miscarriage and TraumaIn this episode you’ll hear from Tara, a professional woman who moved through her first pregnancy that ended in miscarriage and complications in releasing the pregnancy and D&C procedures. Tara comes to the session with the intention to trust her body and reproductive system. Regardless of whether you are struggling with infertility, miscarriage, you can use the same process Gwen takes Tara through in the podcast with your own challenges in dis-ease or blocks. In the episode you'll hear Gwen take Tara through a journey from saying “I don’t trust my body or my reproductive system” to exclaimi...2020-07-0221 minThe Beautiful GritEp 41: Eco Spirituality with Stephanie Leah (@therootpause)In this week’s episode Gwen shares her conversation and interview with eco-spiritual practitioner, Stephanie Leah. You’ll hear about Gwen’s journey working with Stephanie as an eco practitioner to align her life and household with eco friendly practices and products, as well as the deeper spiritual issues that are unearthed as we begin to come to terms with our impact on the environment. Stephanie shares her timely wisdom in regards to “the great turning” of environmentalism and her personal experiences with racial injustice. She explains how climate change, Covid-19 and anti-racism are connected. From her work with individuals to esteeme...2020-06-2433 minThe Beautiful GritEp 40: Shift Entrepreneurial Failure into SuccessCarla enters the podcast with the feeling like she's failed as an entrepreneur monetarily even though she's had success on the surface. She feels like she's been stuck and blocked in a pattern of working other jobs to make money and doing things that make her heart sing on the side.
This is a common challenge many of us face as entrepreneurs. We do work that we don't love to make money, and do work we do love on the side, but fear of making money, or feel blocked in making money, or give away our gifts or services for...2020-05-2627 minThe Beautiful GritEp 39: Update Old Money Beliefs into AbundanceHave you ever struggled with money, doing work you love, and making an income doing what you love? In this episode Gwen guides Anna back to her abandoned childhood dream of becoming a marine biologist to uncover and unlock her blocks around money.
As you listen, attune to what beliefs you consciously or unconsciously bought into as a child, and if any of those beliefs need to be updated. Anna pulls back layer after layer of conditioning and rediscovers a place of clarity and inspiration.
You’ll also learn how much energy words we use shapes our reality. You’ll also...2020-05-1227 minThe Beautiful GritEp 38: Heal and Use Trauma with MagamamaYou'll want to take notes during this powerful conversation between Gwen & Kimberly Johnson, founder of the Magamama tribe.
In this episode the women dive deep on issues regarding the many facets of women's pelvic health and open the floor to discuss what it means to be a Jaguar, a term that Kimberly has coined to represents a full completion of a healing journey to wholeness as a human. Kimberly is the creator and practitioner of Jaguar Work that guides women to a place beyond where conventional therapy often leads...past the victim stage (where we recognize our trauma) and the...2020-04-2746 minThe Beautiful GritEp 37: Quiet the Noise, Release the Pressure, Listen to the Inner KnowingHow do we know if the pressure we feel around producing results is helping us or hindering us?
In her fertility journey, Amy feels pressure to begin medical procedures to help with conception. In her heart, she feels her baby will come from continued work on herself and trusting in the natural progression. There are so many voices that offer us guidance, from our partner’s, our friends and family, professionals, and society at large.
So, how do we know who to listen to?
Gwen guides Amy in connecting deeper with her own internal wisdom so that she is clear on...2020-04-1827 minThe Beautiful GritEp 36: Trust and Understand Your IntuitionGwen helps Donna to understand her rising psychic abilities.
With more time at home and alone, many of us are noticing curious sensations in our bodies, experiencing vivid dreams, having premonitions and making more contact with energies normally out of our scope of awareness.
Learn how your intuition communicates with you through 4 different channels and discover which one is most present in your life.
Whether you're already in contact with your innate psychic senses or you're curious about how to make sense of/tap into your clairvoyant gifts, this episode is for you. In uncertain times we can always turn...2020-04-1134 minThe Beautiful GritEp 35: How to Communicate Your Truth with Your PartnerGwen coaches us on how to begin to release the fear of perception and show up as our true, empowered selves in our relationships. We'll explore the differences of the feminine and masculine within us all and how they test each other by seeking connection and freedom. Learn how to create harmony in your romantic relationship by talking to yourself first and your partner second. Gain understanding of how all parts of your being are meant to work together to lead you to the right choices and words in any situation.
Things discussed in this episode:
- Expressing feelings within...2020-04-0246 minThe Beautiful GritEp 34: Heart Led Business with Mama MedicineGwen dives deep with fellow mama and creator of Mama Medicine, Deborah Hanekamp.
Tune in to learn Deborah's amazing story traveling the world and stepping into her path as a healer + the unique way she is bringing that gift to the world. Gwen and Deborah talk about the hidden power of perspective as it relates to our past and present situations and how choosing how we see the world truly shapes it. The women also discuss the societal pressure we face to be seen as "nice"...and how it can keep us from our truth. Learn how to navigate your...2020-03-2742 minThe Beautiful GritEp 33: Finding Inner Strength as a ParentGwen and Jacqueline get real about the challenges of raising children without the help of extended family. Join Jacqueline as she's guided on a vulnerable journey back to her childhood to begin to resolve wounds around abandonment and neglect. Gwen teaches us to pin point our pain bodies and gives us actionable steps in applying love for healing.
This discussed in the podcast include:
- How childhood trauma shows up in our adult live.
- How to use the breath to release loneliness.
- Calling in help from a higher power.
- How to begin to release abandonment.
After you...2020-03-1735 minThe Beautiful GritEp 32: Celebrating the Entrepreneurial SeasonsThis week, Gwen and Marinka talk about the importance of celebration and ceremony for those with entrepreneurial spirit. Gwen calls upon the wisdom of nature to help us better understand the seasons of success so we know when to push and when to relax. You'll learn how to trace your fears and give voices and names to the parts of you that hold you back from the next chapter of your life. Listen as Gwen supports Marinka in shifting from feeling like she is driving with one foot on the brake into a place of empowerment and ease. Learn how...2020-03-1223 minThe Beautiful GritEp 31: Birth and Manifest What You DesireGwen sits down with a kindred spirit and fellow coach whom she worked with to call in her second child.
Nancy Mae shares how her extensive work in energy medicine pairs beautifully with her background in user experience to support clients in recognizing, refining and realigning with themselves and what they are desiring so it can be birthed into the world. The women touch on the challenges of infertility and miscarriage, the importance of communing with our higher selves, and the different roles grounding and details play in the speed and clarity of our manifestations. Discover what it means to...2020-03-0633 minThe Beautiful GritEp 30: Let Go of ControlIn this week’s episode Gwen is coaching with Lindsey, a wife, mother and blogger. Lindsey has experienced a lot of trauma in her life, and while she’s been able to heal the trauma through the support of therapy, Lindsey notices a pattern of wanting to control her life so she doesn’t have to experience any future trauma or pain. Even though the control seems to create safety, it also keeps Lindsey tired, stuck, and unhappy.
Gwen coaches Lindsey not on the trauma but on the challenge with being controlling and letting go of control. Gwen and Lindsey identi...2020-02-2528 minThe Beautiful GritEp 29: Why We Self Sabotage OurselvesThis week, Gwen and Elise travel back in time to uncover the roots of Elise's self sabotage surrounding joy and success. Learn how to identify your self sabotage, and use them to break through and stop the pattern. You’ll hear in the episode, that by bringing awareness to the pattern, you will naturally shift the energy into one of willingness and action. Gwen also guides you in a simple yet powerful process to reconnect a new physiological and spiritual energy for true validation from self. Listen how in just under 30 minutes Elise shifts the self sabotage pattern with food an...2020-02-1733 minThe Beautiful GritEp 28: Shift Out Of Money FearIn this week's episode, Gwen is coaching with Meg.
Meg is an entrepreneur, a wife and a mother who is noticing fear around money. She asks a great question... "Why are we all so afraid of money? Why are we afraid of talking about money?"
In the episode, Gwen works with Meg through that question, where that fear come from and how she can shift into a different energy around money that will bring the abundance that she truly desires.
Follow Gwen on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gwendittmar
To learn more about Gwen or to be coached on an upcoming...2020-02-0423 minThe Beautiful GritEp 27: Embracing Your Feminine Entrepreneur with Ashley TurnerGwen has a special guest on the podcast this week!
Gwen is chatting with yogi, psychotherapist, and entrepreneur Ashley Turner. Ashley's mission is to bridge the gap between yoga and mental health.
In the episode, Ashley and Gwen speak to what it feels like to be a modern woman, as well as a mystical seeking spiritual woman that is also an entrepreneur. They also speak to how to stay in your divine feminine as a female entrepreneur versus dropping into the old energy of the shadow masculine.
Find Ashley at http://ashleyturner.co and http://yoga-phsychology.co
Find Ashley on In...2020-01-2652 minThe Beautiful GritEp 26: How to Trust the ProcessThis week, Gwen is coaching with Kathleen, who is a therapist, coach, and breathwork healer looking to expand her business. Kathleen has been very success in the past, but has been struggling to find calm and trust in the current up-leveling that she and her business are experiencing right now.
In the episode, Gwen works with the part of Kathleen that is not trusting, and uses that gritty energy to find the trust and calm she is desiring. What you’ll notice in this episode, as with past podcast sessions, your current experience of life is usually an unresolved aspect fr...2020-01-1529 minThe Beautiful GritEp 25: How to Let Your Soul Express ItselfThis week, Gwen is chatting with Tanya, who is a surgical nurse and Breathwork facilitator. Tanya wants to share more holistic tools and Breathwork practices with her patients and colleagues. She knows how stressed and overwhelmed medical and healthcare professional can be. She knows these tools will help so many people she works with because of how much it has helped her. She wants to speak up, use her voice, be heard, but feels blocked with anxiety, unworthiness, imposter syndrome, comparison, and can’t break through.
In this episode, Gwen coaches Tanya on why she has trouble using her voice, sp...2019-12-1735 minThe Beautiful GritEp 24: What to Do When You Feel StuckHave you ever felt stuck when you know you needed to get something done? Have you ever had a creative block but not sure what to do next?
In this week’s episode Gwen is coaching Cass who is a writer, speaker, and numerologist. Cass recently broke up with a boyfriend and wants to start a new creative venture in that spaciousness. However every time she sits down to strategize and create, she feels stuck and has no traction.
In this episode, Gwen coaches with Cass through the resistance to and shows her how she can use the block to ga...2019-12-0622 minThe Beautiful GritEp 23: How To Feel Worthy of WealthThis week, Gwen is coaching with Jaqueline.
Jaqueline is an entrepreneur who has built several successful businesses since her early twenties. Yet she notices that her personal relationship with money is very different from her business relationship with money.
Personally, she tends to hold herself back from receiving personal wealth from her business, and reap the benefits of what she has built.
Gwen works with Jaqueline on getting to the root cause of the resistance to receiving wealth, and see that our early experiences around money create our feelings of worthiness around money in adulthood.
They also talk about harnessing...2019-11-0535 minThe Beautiful GritEp 22: What To Do With BurnoutThis week, Gwen is coaching with Haley. Haley is a writer, a director and an actress who has been struggling lately with burnout and feeling overwhelmed in life. Often, we don't take the time to give ourselves what we need so that we can be able to give others what they might need. We are so used to just saying YES instead of pausing to ask "is this something I can truly give my time and attention to right now?" and "What is the exchange I'm receiving from the energy and the time that I'm giving to this person, place...2019-10-2936 minThe Beautiful GritEp 21: Harnessing Your Fear to Share Your Art with the WorldThis week, Gwen is coaching with Mackensey. Mackensey is a farmer in Vermont, a breathwork healer and a Reiki Master. Up until now, she's has been challenging her creativity through her energy healing work and she's feeling a deep desire to channel that creativity through writing and sharing it with others. However, there's something holding her back.
In this episode, Gwen is coaching on going what is that thing that is holding her back. In the past, it was showing up as resistance, sometimes distraction, and now it's showing up as fear. What is that fear? What is underneath it? H...2019-10-2329 minThe Beautiful GritEp 20: Why You Have Trouble Promoting Your BusinessIn this week's episode, Gwen is coaching with Lance.
Lance is a breath work healer. While he knows he's a gifted and talented in helping the people he serves, he's been noticing a pattern of holding himself back from fully expressing himself.
This shows up in hesitating to promote his business, build deep and intimate connections with others, as well as spilling over into other areas of his life, including his finances.
In this episode, Lance gets coached on how to get to the root cause of this hesitation and shift into the embodiment of fully expressing himself.
You'll also no...2019-09-2033 minThe Beautiful GritEp 19: Why You're Having Trouble DelegatingIn this week's episode, I'm coaching with Jazmine. She's a professional who has started and built a non-profit to become extremely successful. However, she's feeling very overwhelmed by all of the things she needs to do because she's still working in and on the non-profit, while building another business and renovating her home. She knows she's great at starting projects, but has trouble completing and finishing them. She also knows she needs to delegate more so that she can focus on the things she loves, but she feels a lot of resistance to letting go and being supported. In this e...2019-09-1042 minThe Beautiful GritEp 18: How Strong Women Can Let Men Take The LeadThis week, Gwen is coaching with Daniela. Danliela is a medial resident who is smart, effective and efficient. Yet she's noticing a pattern in her dating experiences that she would like to shift. She often feels she has to take the lead and take charge in creating the date and experience. She would really like to shift into allowing the man to do that for her. However, she notices a lot of anxiety and overwhelm around creating the date. In the episode, Gwen and Daniela go into the anxiety and the overwhelm to see what's really underneath that. Then, they ta...2019-09-0334 minThe Beautiful GritEp 17: Why Dating Feels HardToday, Gwen is coaching Katie. Katie is a 30 year old professional woman who is struggling in her love life. She is able to recognize her patterns, but isn't sure why she does it, or how to get out. Part of her wants to find love and deep commitment , but part of her loves the excitement and attraction of people who are not available. In this episode, Gwen coaches Katie on discovering where these patterns started and how her childhood may have affected how she's showing up today as an adult in relationships.
Follow Gwen on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gwendittmar
To...2019-08-2729 minThe Beautiful GritEp 16: How to Handle The Anxiety of MotherhoodIn this week's episode, Gwen is coaching with Alex. She's a mother of two small children and is feeling a lot of anxiety, overwhelm and stress as a mother. She wants to feel more grounded and peaceful, but she just doesn't know how to approach it or get herself to that space.
In this episode, Gwen coaches with Alex on going into the feelings of anxiety and overwhelm, learning how to be with those feelings vs suppress them, and then how to use what comes forward as her own natural, organic guidance on how to support herself on a daily...2019-08-2337 minThe Beautiful GritEp 15: How to Stop Second Guessing YourselfIn this episode, I'm coaching with Matt. He is an entrepreneur that's become aware of a pattern of second guessing himself. This pattern affects all areas of his life: his relationships, dating, finances and work, including following through on creative ideas. In the episode, I'm coach Matt on on how to get to the core of what is underneath the second guessing he's been doing, of not following his intuition and going with his gut and how to talk lovingly and kindly with himself in order to actually do what he feels very called to do. The reflection that Matt...2019-08-1526 minThe Beautiful GritEp 14: Use Your Fear as a CompassThis week, Gwen coaches Sarah.
Sarah is an entrepreneur and a client within her group coaching program who recently got out of a relationship and is moving in a new direction in life. She knows what she wants and where she wants to be. She has a clear vision of what life looks like for her! Yet she's letting fear hold herself back from making that happen. In this episode, Gwen helps Sarah to clarify how elements of her past relationship are a teaching lesson for her moving forward, how to trust her instinct and how to use her fear...2019-08-0925 minThe Beautiful GritEp 13: How to Shift Lack of Motivation Into InspirationThis week, Gwen coaches with Meg. Meg is an entrepreneur, a wife and a mother. She has a lot of things she needs to do for her business, but she's feeling a lack of motivation to want to do them. Gwen coaches Meg on how to use that lack of motivation as a gift and a blessing, how to reconnect with her inspiration and then be able to make choices and take action from that inspired place.
Follow Gwen on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gwendittmar
To learn more about Gwen or to be coached on a future episode, visit gwendittmar...2019-08-0120 minThe Beautiful GritEp 12: Using Your Doubt As a Helpful Tool to ProgressThis week, Gwen coaches Dani. After years of being a school teacher in Germany, Dani made the big decision to change the direction in her own life and start her own healing business, with an intention to work with children. Like so many people who are starting a business, the transition is triggering a lot of self-doubt, insecurity, uncertainty, and fear.
In this session, Gwen works with Dani to use the underlying voices that have been holding her back and keeping her safe, to support her versus stop her.
Follow Gwen on Instagram: http://instagram.com/gwendittmar
To learn more...2019-07-2630 minThe Beautiful GritEp 11: How To Use Chronic Pain to HealIn this week's episode, Gwen is coaching with Irene.
Irene is a professional, she has multiple graduate degrees who has been very high functioning all her life. This has created her identity, her esteem and also her relationships.
The last few years she's been suffering from chronic pain. This has greatly affected her identity, her self-esteem, her relationship with her partner and her ability to be a mom.
Often times, when pain surfaces as an adult, it has a root cause of pain that was created as a child.
In this episode I'm going to be working with Irene to...
...2019-07-1835 minThe Beautiful GritEp 10: Drop the Facade and Be Your True SelfIn this week's episode, Gwen is coaching Thomas who is a creative entrepreneur and knows that he needs to share more of himself in order to be successful but feels he's putting on a facade around people. Thomas knows this affects his relationships with others, his work, and himself. He wants to learn to be comfortable with himself and share all of who he is. Throughout his life, Thomas has been in some tough situations. He's had to be strong and hold his family together at a very young age.
Gwen works with Thomas to connect to his younger self...2019-07-0824 minThe Beautiful GritEp 9: The Truth Behind Your Busy-nessThis week, Gwen is coaching with Victoria. Victoria is a small business entrepreneur, focused on graphic design, content writing and social media marketing.
The majority of her life, she has spent working, doing and sometimes hurrying vs slowing down and really living intentionally. Over the past few years, she has paused and taken some time to examine her feelings and emotions that are really underneath all of the "doing."
But within this, she notices that she gets blocked and stuck sometimes by the big sensations surrounding her feelings and what's underneath it.
In this podcast, Gwen guides Victoria on how...2019-06-2636 minThe Beautiful GritEp 8: Connecting With Your Past Self to Move Forward in LifeThis week, Gwen is coaching with Brian. Brian is a creative professional who feels he's been holding himself back in his career. He's wanted to launch a new creative endeavor for years, but has been holding himself back. Brian knows this pattern of resistance not only affects his professional life, but also his personal life. Everything that is good and what he wants is right on the other side of the resistance: but why is he resistant and what IS that resistant to?
Gwen coaches Brian to process what is underlying the resistance and fear and by healing we can...2019-06-1637 minThe Beautiful GritEp 7: Accepting That You ARE Enough AlreadyThis week, Gwen speaks with Caro, a busy mom and an executive coach. She's been helping people discover their passion and live their best life for years. Yet in her own life, she feels that she's not doing enough. Inside, she feels this pressure to be doing more in her business and in her personal life.
Through this coaching session, Gwen talks about learning that you are enough where you're at in this moment, being able to recognize what you've been able to accomplish so far, and how to harness the feelings inside from parlaying you from moving forward to...2019-06-0735 minThe Beautiful GritEp 6: How to Use Your Internal Experience for External GrowthThis week, Gwen welcomes Angela to the podcast. Angela is ready to take life into her own hands and take it to the next level. Her intention is for Gwen to help her untangle moments from her past and present that has shaped how she lives and create a new mindset to grow her business and life overall.
In the episode we’ll see how the judgments and beliefs that we have towards ourselves affect our external experiences. We’ll also talk about the emotions and mindset that accompany the menstrual cycle and how to harness each stage for empowerment and...2019-05-3140 minThe Beautiful GritEp 5: The Real Reason We Get Into DebtToday, Gwen speaks with Mary. Mary is a female executive. She’s smart, disciplined, and has a strong work ethic. A few years ago, Mary worked hard to get out of debt. Then she went to graduate school while working full time and now that she’s out of school, she's back in the same financial hole. She feels the financial burden of school loans and debt, as well as the mental and emotional heaviness it brings.
So often, our struggles with our financials come from something deeper layers inside. In the episode we learn why we struggle with money, and...2019-05-2531 minThe Beautiful GritEp 4: How to Navigate Difficult RelationshipsRelationships with people can be tricky, especially when they're family relationships. But what do you do when you think you're doing the right thing for yourself, but it's tough to do?
This week, Kelley joins Gwen to talk about her strained relationship with her father. She hasn't spoken to him in over a year. Kelley knows that her past with him impacts who she is today and her relationship with others. She feels she should keep a healthy distance from him, but struggles to want to show compassion and support for him.
Gwen helps Kelley talk through her thoughts to...2019-05-1631 minThe Beautiful GritEp 3: How To Get Out of Your Own WaySo often, when we want to do something new in our life, we experience fears, blocks, and sabotage that prevents us from moving forward.
Why is that?
In this week’s episode Gwen talks to Jamie. Jamie is a professional who went back to graduate school and is embarking on her new career yet can’t move past the fear that blocks her. The fear is centered around what people will think about her, of not being good enough, and of not yet being an expert in her field. Perfectionism has taken hold and Jamie wants to learn how to brea...2019-05-0923 minThe Beautiful GritEp 2: The Real Reason Why You Can't Change Your Bad HabitsOften times our habits, especially in the way we relate with money, is rooted in our experiences in from childhood. When we try to change our habits, it is much deeper than just a habit which is why we might fall back into an old trap and cycle. What I’ve seen in working with clients and habits is that it requires that we look at what’s underneath of the habit.
Today on the podcast, Gwen does a one-on-one coaching session with Christine, who is not sure why her spending and relationship with money isn't working. She's gotten out of d...2019-05-0122 minThe Beautiful GritEp 1: How to Harness the Laws of Attraction and ManifestationWelcome to my new podcast! Every week, you'll get to listen in on a real, one-on-one coaching session with someone looking to move past their doubts and worries to bring out something amazing in life. You might recognize parts of yourself when you hear my guests open themselves up. And hopefully you can learn something from it!
This week, I have a great session with Wendy. She's a wife, mother writer deep calling to write a story about a very challenging topic afraid she's going to manifest the topic into her own life if she writes about it.
In this...2019-04-1939 min