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Therapy Chat490: GLP-1’s and Eating Disorders with Dr Vanessa Scaringi and Kathryn GarlandWelcome back to Therapy Chat! This week, we're talking about a subject that many people are curious about lately, GLP-1's the diabetes medications that are being used by non-diabetics for weight loss. Therapists need to know about these medications, because clients are exploring them. I sat down with Dr. Vanessa Scaringi and Kathryn Garland, two therapists who specialize in eating disorders, to hear their perspective on whether these medications are helpful or harmful. Our conversation took us many places I wasn't expecting and challenged so many biases I had about these medications - some I wasn't aware...2025-07-2146 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave073 | What Does it Mean to be the Gatekeeper for Your FamilyHello my friends! In this episode I decided to share with you what I think the gatekeeper role really means. We as women hold this role, sometimes effortlessly, sometimes with anxiety, often with grace but what does it mean and how does it really affect everyone?This is one of the most important roles in our lives and the lives of our families and we need to see it as such. It is a blessing and the crux of shaping our home life and culture.Listen in to hear how I think it touches every...2025-07-2113 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave072 | Using Neuroscience to Manifest Our Dream Life with Monica MangelsonManifesting - it is something we have all heard so much about but seems like this untapped ability, at least to me. In this episode Monica describes many of the twists and turns her life has taken and how she was lead to learning about the brain's inner workings to leverage that to make dreams come true. Monica is a life coach who focuses on how to reprogram our thinking, using tools we have at our disposal (journaling for example) to really shift the wiring in ourselves to live with more intentionality and get more joy out...2025-07-0737 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave071 | Chores in Our Home - Creating a Culture of CollaborationJust yesterday a friend was over asking me how I get my children to do things (like shoveling goat poop into the bucket of our tractor to move to a pile for it to season in the back pasture) and I truly didn't know how to answer. I wanted to say, we just do. The truth is it has been years of consistent, sometimes hard, work to make a home culture of cooperation and collaboration where we all live here so we all do the hard, gross, tedious things, so we can all have time to play later. 2025-06-2317 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave070 | Polarity in Relationships as Parents and Partners with Shiloh MinorThis episode is near and dear to my heart. I loved my first conversation with Shiloh Minor so very much I had to have her back, and in truth I think this conversation was even better.Polarity is a super hot topic in the dating world - but what about once we commit to our partner? What then? How do we maintain the ease we found while dating once we live together, have children together, are truly building a life together? These are all topics we explore in this conversation and I trul think polarity from this...2025-06-091h 01
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave069 | Benefits and Sacrifices in Our Homeschool JourneyWelcome back! In this episode I look at the benefits and sacrifices (they all come up as benefits in the end as I see them!) of our homeschooling journey. Homeschooling is a wonderful privilege our family enjoys, and it is not without it's drawbacks. The truth is the chauffeuring, the financial differences, the time commitment in general, these are all real and often down played - but they are so worth it!Listen in and see how I see this part of the journey as all good because at the end of the day the pros outweigh...2025-05-2621 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave068 | The Why Behind Self Care with Stretch 'n Release Creator Butch PhelpsI, personally, dislike the term self care - I feel it is often just one more things added to the to do list. In this episode Butch Phelps walks us through how he went from overweight and divorced to married to his best friend, in great shape and feeling better than ever. He really took the time to cultivate a life of his dreams.Butch really likes to show everyone that to really take care of ourselves, to do anything really, we need to first truly know WHY we are doing it and then the doing becomes...2025-05-1246 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave067 | Why We HomeschoolIn this episode I outline the 5 reasons why we have chosen to start and continue homeschooling our 4 children. The main reasons are more lifestyle and less academic, and I forgot one of the main ones: fostering relationships between our children, how could I forget that?!?Listen in for some real reasons why it works for us and watch for a follow up episode about what I see as benefits and sacrifices we've chosen and found along the way.You can always email me at homespunpodcast@proton.meFind me on Facebook here Follow me on Instagram at @ho2025-04-2817 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave066 | Miles Spencer's Perspective on Family and Life in the Middle EastEntrepreneur and author Miles Spencer and I sat down and had a wonderful discussion full of vivid stories inspired by his latest book, A Line in the Sand, which he co-authored with Wells Jones. The book is an adventure saga set against the back drop of the MIddle East. The inspiration came from a real life trip Miles and Wells took where they were in with the people of various regions of the Middle East and were able to stay with them, dine with them and learn about them in ways we do not see in most media.2025-04-1440 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave065 | Trust Your IntuitionThis episode is about a topic that is near and dear to my heart. Intuition has always been something that guided me, I have had a weakened connection to my intuition at times but it was always there, like a really good friend.In this episode I walk you through why I think intuition is such a key factor in how we move through our day, why I trust it with big decisions and how important I think it is to show our children to use it.Boundaries, decision, the mental load - oh my...2025-03-3117 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave064 | Raising a Family Without Conflict and Safer, Cleaner Water with Mark MillerIn this episode I was joined by Mark Miler, a husband, father, grandfather and passionate advocate for clean water for all. We started our conversation by exploring Mark's upbringing and how he raised his children and he shared with me the things he thinks he got right, the things he wishes he had done differently and the things he wants others to know. It was a great persepctive of a man who has been married for 54 years and raised 5 children who love an respect him to this day.We then moved into Mark's passion of...2025-03-1752 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave063 | The Comparison Trap as it Relates to Relationships and BoundariesIn this solo episode I explore what the comparison trap - the need to compare ourselves to others and find fault with our lives or be envious of others, really is and how we can resist it.Tune in to hear what I believe the underlying cause is and how I try and combat it, and my hopes and dreams for myself in continuing to try and stay in my own lane as I build the home life I want for my children.You can always email me at homespunpodcast@proton.me2025-03-0315 min
Homespun: Create the Life You Crave062 | All True Wealth Comes From the Ground - Self Sufficiency with Food at Home with Marjory WildcraftThis episode was magic to me! Marjory was a very successful entrepreneur in real estate with a massive portfolio, she even worked with Rich Dad, Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki. Then she had a life changing moment at the local community centre while working on a food project where a group of people were trying to get local food in the schools. It hit Marjory how few local farms there were and how little nutrients really surrounded her. She turned her life around into gardens and more importantly small animal rearing for self sufficiency - she breaks down animal rearing ov...2025-02-1738 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave061 | Shifting Our How we Run Our Lives in Different SeasonsI'm back! It's been a minute.
In this episode I wanted to break down why I took a month off (family medical emergency and needing some space to heal as a family) and what I learned in that journey.
We get into the 3 areas I felt most compelled to make shifts in myself - expectations, boundaries and blessings- and how those shifts were best for my family and our home life through this healing journey.
Glad to be back friends!
You can always email me at homespunpodcast@proton.me
...2025-02-0319 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave060 | Raising Optimistic, Resilient Children with Dr Mary Ann MercerWe all want to move through life with grace and ease. Sometimes it feels like an elusive ideal. In this episode Dr Mary breaks that apart and shows us how we can embody grace and ease in our lives to then raise optimistic and resilient children so they can also move through life that way.
Dr Mary, along with her husband, has had a successful career as a psychologist, writer and podcaster and have had many television appearances as well.
You can find Dr Mary on:
Her...2024-12-3044 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave059 | Holiday Traditions for Our FamilyI went a little rogue this week! I surprised my wonderful husband, Andrew with a request, and said I wanted to record it RIGHT NOW. Luckily he is a good sport. Int this episode we chatted about our Christmas traditions as chirldren and the traditions we are bringing in to our family of 6 these days. A lot has changed for us in the last 3 years and many of our holiday traditions changed too. Give it a listen and hear how we prioritize family first through the holidays and keep it slow and simple.
Wishing everyone a Merry...2024-12-2317 min
LET’S TALK ATTACHMENTSHow Our Attachment Style Influences Our Relationship to Food and our Body With Vanessa Scaringi and Kathryn GarlandToday on the podcast, Vanessa Scaringi, PhD, CEDS-C, a licensed psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist supervisor, and Kathryn Garland, LCSW-S, CEDS-C, a clinical social worker and certified eating disorder specialist supervisor, discuss:
How attachment styles influence our relationship with our body and eating habits
How different attachment styles may experience eating disorders
The impact of early relational experiences on eating behaviors
Tools to heal and rebuild a positive relationship with your body
And so much more!
Vanessa and both co-own a group practice Calm Counseling in Austin Texas that specializes...2024-12-1750 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave058 | Leave Mom Guilt Behind and Heal Ourselves with Alysia LyonsAlysia Lyons has a story of mom guilt, real mom guilt. Not 'I forgot the jam on my son's sandwich' type guilt. She used this guilt as a catalyst for incredible healing in herself, her relationship with her son and her home and in this episode she shares her secret sauce for how she now views guilt and a glimpse into her healing journey.
Alysia is passionate about helping moms in particular navigate life's challenges. She has been through it - wife, mother, divorcee, entrepreneur and she uses it all to motivate herself and others to be...2024-12-1632 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave057 | Conscious Spending and Sustainable Minimalism with Stephanie SeferianAs we move into the holidays, if you are anything like me you are wondering how much 'stuff' you really need to bring into your home. The clutter, both mental and physical, the influx of the generous gifts we receive can be a real problem. In this episode sustainable minimalist Stephanie Seferian and I explore what clutter really does to us and our homes, and how we can become conscious of it to redice the mental and physical load it brings with it. We chatted about how we can bring this into the lives of our children to help...2024-12-0936 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave056 | How to Use Technology in a Healthy Way in the Home with NJ ShelsbyNJ Shelsby has spent more than 20 years using technology to save time and become more productive. She likes to see people get their boldest dreams into action using technology as a tool to help, rather than the hinderance it can so easily become in our lives.
In this episode NJ and I dive into the ways technology permeates the home and our culture and healthy ways to implement boundaries for ourselves and our children to make it a tool that works for us and can enhance our lives without sacrificing relationships.
I have to admit...2024-12-0242 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave055 | The Pull to Work From Home and be with Your Babies with Pinky ChongPinky Chong is a wife, mama of 2, physical therapist and entrepreneur. In this episode Pinky shared with us how she always wanted to be a stay at home mama but it wasn't in the cards, until she made it possible. She created her own money making system through selling things she found in her own closet.
Pinky is passionate about helping mamas find any hobby they can turn into an income to empower them all to be home with their babies like she desired.
You can find out more about Pinky here:
Linkedin...2024-11-2524 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave054 | Healing Your Home and Living Your Life in Awe and Wonder with Geri BoseIn this episode Geri Bose and I sat down and had a real conversation about different catalysts in life that cause us to re-evaluate what is important and what we want our life to look like. Children being the most powerful mirror and catalyst!
Geri took us on the journey through her life of moving lots as a child, traveling lots as an adult newly transported to Europe, eating out lots to moving everything to be home focused and how healing that journey was.
You can find Geri's podcast here:
Living Life IN...2024-11-1838 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave053 | Finding Home While on the Move as a Military Child with Alison Fraser KingIn this episode I was joined by mother, wife, podcaster and former army child Alison Fraser King. Alison and I chatted about what it meant for her to move around quite often as a child raised in a military household. How it felt leaving places behind, what it was like to be in a little English community wherever she went, what adventures really mean to her, spoiler - it's the simple pleasures, and how she raised her son in light of this upbringing.
You can find Alison on her website:
alisonfraser.co
Her...2024-11-1126 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave052 | Radical Responsibility for Our Own Emotions in the Home and Our Relationships with Shiloh MinorWe all want to feel loved, cherished, valued, loved in our relationships, especially with our life partner or spouse, yet so many of us, myself included, spend so many days feeling quite the opposite.
In this episode with relationship coach Shiloh Minor, we get a glimpse into ways we can heal these pieces of ourselves, take responsibility for what we bring to the relationship and home, and how we can use that to heal our relationships and have a harmonious home life.
Shiloh helps smart women create soul-satisfying marriages without couples therapy using her proven...2024-11-0431 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave051 | Stories and the Connections the Bring with Julie HestIn this episode I was joined by Julie Hest. Julie has a deep love of stories, how they connect us to ourselves, our history, our community, they help form us into who we are. Julie and I explored some stories and the ways they can make everything around us come to life in a different way, how they can be used to teach and inform and build safety within as well as validate our experiences. The power of a story really comes to life.
Julie is a 'Kiwi' mom of 2 who just moved her family to the...2024-10-2837 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave050 | Coming Home to Ourselves Through Cycles in Life with Rebecca RankinI was joined for this episode by Rebecca Rankin who is a Women's Holistic Wellness Coach specializing in Cyclical Living, E-RYT 500 & YACEP Yoga Teacher, Sound Healing Practitioner, and Reiki Master. As the founder of Women's Moon Wisdom, she is dedicated to helping women live in alignment with their natural cycles. With her unique blend of expertise of nearly 20 years in yoga and mindfulness, energy healing, and holistic hormone wellness, Rebecca offers women the tools and guidance to feel whole, confident in their skin, and live with greater intention. Through her app, coaching, and retreats, she empowers women to reconnect...2024-10-2151 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave049 | Energtic Healing and How it Heals the Home with Sarrah SmithIn this episode I had the pleasure of chatting with Sarrah Smith, an energy healer with a unique modality from Toronto, Ontario. Sarrah walked me through the journey to having her own healing in which this modality was revealed to her and how she brings that to others. We also discussed how the shifts in her energy massively impacted all facets of her life, especially her home and her sons' lives.
You can connect with Sarrah:
via email sarrahsmith@holylighthealing.com
www.holylighthealing.com
Facebook Sarrah Smith
2024-10-1430 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave048 | Learning About Our Dreams with Amanda ShumanIn this episode I had the pleasure of welcoming back Amanda Shuman so we could talk about Dreamwork. Amanda shared her knowledge of different dream traditions from Freud to Jung to a Judeo-Christian perspective and how they all show different interpretations of the importance of dreams. She shares how the insight gained from dreams can help in the home with an understanding of events and relationships. She even walked me through a brief demonstration how remembering a single flash of a dream can be insightful and how to train our brains to become more in tune with our dreams.2024-10-0743 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave047 | Creating in the Kitchen with Lexie GrechIn my world it seems like everyone knows the kitchen is the hub of the home. Where everyone seems to gather, where we provide nourishment through food, company and more, where homework is done, the hard conversations are had, family games happen - it's just where the magic is. In this conversation with Lexie Grech we look at the significance of the kitchen for creativity, playfulness, stomach and soul nourishment, legacy making and creating safety.
Lexie's cooking and therapy coaching business is about helping people discover all the pieces of magic that are in the kitchen and...2024-09-3045 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave046 | All Things Gardening with Patrice PorterPatrice Porter, the Gardening Grandma, shared so much of her gardening wisdom with me in this wonderfully inspiring episode. We chatted about all the different gardens she has, how she designed many types of gardens for the children in her life including a Halloween Garden and a Fairy Garden. For Patrice the garden is an essential extension of the home and she set out to inspire me to become a gardener, and I think she succeeded in her mission! Patrice has is working on getting more people in the garden and has designed many resources to help get started...2024-09-2336 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave045 | Creating Space for Self in Motherhood with Shannon WarnerWife, mama, former teacher and host of the Having a Mom Moment Podcast Shannon Warner and I went into what it is like to build a home in motherhood. We explored what it can look and feel like to solve one puzzle (keeping young children alive) only to discover a new problem (homeschooling, going back to work, a new job) and how to stay focused on self, spouse and spawn as she puts it.
Shannon shares her heart about what home means to her and her journey to discover what she needed as a mother and wife...2024-09-1633 min
Release Your Inner Power & Boost Your Week with Ignited DecisionsEp 60 Finding Home and Living the Dream with Kathryn GarlandSend us a textCome and meet Kathryn and her chat about her journey to living her dream life.Kathryn is a wife and mama first and foremost. She has always wanted to be those 2 things and is greatly blessed with 4 amazing children. Her life has taken many twists and turns over the years to get to her happy place. A homesteading, homeschooling home focused momma of 4 living the rural mountain dream! As Kathryn got more entrenched in motherhood she began to realize that being a homeMAKER was more important than she ever knew. H...2024-09-1641 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave044 | Navigating Puberty in the Home with Puberty Doula Elvira DiBrigitIn this episode I was thrilled to welcome back Elvira DiBrigit to talk about puberty.
Puberty is often such an uncomforatble topic and tough time to navigate. We don't have a guidebook or even basic tips and tricks like we had with our newborns! Elvira seeks to help parents and pre-teens and teens alike naviaget this transitional time with more ease.
In this episode she touches on some science in puberty changes as well as tips for navigating it within your own family.
You can connect with Elvira here:
2024-09-0929 min
Imperfect Mommying: Better Parenting through Self-Healing with Alysia LyonsS7 E2: Finding Grace in the Mess with Kathryn GarlandIn this episode, Kathryn Garland, a stay-at-home mom of four who juggles homeschooling and homesteading with grace and humor, joins me. Kathryn shares her journey through the ups and downs of motherhood, including the challenges and rewards of homeschooling, and the profound insights she's gained from her personal experiences and coaching sessions.
Kathryn candidly discusses the emotional rollercoaster of parenting, especially when reflecting on her own childhood while navigating her children's puberty. She offers valuable advice on how to approach parenting with grace, the importance of slowing down to savor the moments, and the ever-evolving role of technology in...2024-09-0635 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave043 | On finding Home Within First with LoriLynn Olafson UterWhat a delightful conversation I had with LoriLynn Olafson Uter. LoriLynn is an interior designer, podcaster, wife, mama and dairy farmer's wife. What an amazing resume! In this episode LoriLynn shared her journey on how she found home in every aspect of her life from her name to her physical dwelling to buying a chunk of land that had been in her family for over 150 years! It's quite a story, enjoy!
You can find LoriLynn here:
Instagram @lorilynnolafson
Podcast Country Proud Living Nurturing Home, Empowered Self
You can always email me...2024-09-0226 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave042 | On Living Abroad, Grief and Homesickness and Finding Joy Wherever we are with Kenne Anne JanThis interview was a true delight. Kenne Anne and I
had such a beautiful conversation I have the pleasure to share with you.
I had no idea the twists and turns it would take and really feel like Kenne Anne shared her heart and life's journey with us. And what a journey it was!
There were some powerful moments about grief of different kinds and many stories to show us the variety life can hold if are willing to go along for the ride.
You can find Kenne Anne here:
...2024-08-2651 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave041 | Living the Life you have While Waiting for the Life you Want with Wendy HarropWendy Harrop is one of those souls who, when you meet her, you just want to know her, you want to experience some of the magic she has. And she is available to pour into everyone and has a wonderful open sincerity about here that permeated this conversation.
I am so grateful she joined me for this powerful conversation that gave me chills more than once. Wendy shares with us her long standing life desires of becoming a mother and moving to New England. Neither of these blessings came easy or quick and the patience and resiliency...2024-08-1939 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave040 | Choosing True Alignment and Happiness to find Home with Paula SchusterPaula is a wonder! I felt so much of her story and felt seen as she shared it!
Paula is a wife, mother reiki healer, life coach and former worker in corporate America. In this episdoe Paula shared her journey through it all from not being her best self, to being in the wrong marriage to the wrong job and how she moved into alignement, found her home and showed up for the life she believes she was meant to live. Paula oozes authenticity and bravery and really lets us sink into what it meant for her...2024-08-1229 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave039 | My Home is in My Heart with Magda KasprzykIn this episode I was joined by Magda Kasprzyk who is a mental health practitioner who works with children in Poland. I was again humbled by her work and willingness to join me through technology to share her amazing journey, both a physical journey and inner journey to discover how to heal herself and come home to herself.
Magda went from unsettled in the city to grounded in nature with her love and found her passion in nervous system work and working with children along the way.
Magda's work is primarily in Polish, but her...2024-08-0525 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave038 | Using Somatics to Come Home to Ourselves with Lauren MoyerLauren Moyer is a true gem! She is a wife, mother, and believer in healing with somatics. Lauren is a clinical therapist who combines breathwork, self-reflection and somatic practices to help her clients.
In this episode we explore how landing in our bodies with somatic practices like breathwork are the most healing - fun fact about 80% of your nervous system is afferent. So it runs from the body to the mind. Only about 20 percent is efferent and runs from your mind to your body! No wonder talk is cheap!
You can find Lauren and join...2024-07-2932 min
Whisky Made Woman PodcastComing Home With Kathryn GarlandSend us a love note to share what you love about this episode!Kathryn is a wife and mom first always. She is a home educator who views the connections within the home to be the most important foundations for safety and health in life in general. Kathryn has always been curious about healthy living and that has led her down many roads, some good, some bad. Currently she feels nervous system regulation, healthy nourishing foods and connection with others to be the most important pieces to healthy living....2024-07-2550 min
Speak, MotherCreating Home: Homesteading, Homeschooling, and Connection w/ Kathryn GarlandIn this episode, Shannon chats with Kathryn Garland, who shares her incredible journey from city life in Ontario to homesteading and homeschooling in British Columbia. Kathryn opens up about her initial doubts about homeschooling and how, with the wise words of a friend she realized, "You CAN. If you want to." She discusses the loose structure of their days, where her kids help set the rhythm, and how homesteading uniquely enriches their learning experiences. They explore what "home" truly means, from Kathryn's homestead dreams to Shannon's warm memories of her grandparents' loving, consistent home. The conversation also dives into...2024-07-2346 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave037 | Home is a Warm Hug with Leslie MaloneyThis was a very interesting conversation for me. Leslie Maloney is an author, teacher, podcast host and most importantly wife and mother, I could relate yo her instantly because she sees the home as being part of one's life's work as well.
In this conversation I picked her brain about the ups and downs of her journey through motherhood and marriage and what she valued at the time and upon reflection in raising her family.
Leslie is full of moxie as her podcast (Meaning and Moxie After 50) would suggest and her energy is contagious.
2024-07-2235 min
Women's Moon Wisdom#64: Homesteading & Coming Back Home to Yourself with Kathryn GarlandIn this episode of the Women's Moon Wisdom Podcast, we dive into the transformative journey of finding our way back home to ourselves and healing our home life. Our special guest, Kathryn Garland, a passionate homesteader, shares her inspiring story of embracing homesteading and discovering the profound power and healing found within the home.
We explore the challenges and rewards of creating a nurturing living space, the importance of self-sufficiency and resilience, and how homesteading can foster a deeper connection to both our inner selves and the natural world around us.
Whether you're looking to...2024-07-1646 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave036 | Home Across Cultures with Diana JensenDiana Jensen is an Early Childhood Educator who has lived a lot of life with many careers, passions and living in many places.
In this episode she shares many of her stories the various places she has lived and gives cultural contrast of the way home is perceived in Denmark vs. Brazil vs. USA in particular.
Diana also shares her perspectives on children and how she likes to help foster learning in children with a Danish perspective.
You can find Diana on
Instagram @joyscovery
Podcast Joyscovery...2024-07-1528 minHomespun: Create the Life You Crave035 | Connection Through the Kitchen - Food and Family with Kelila SicilianoKelila is a wife, mom of 3, public speaker, podcast host, homeschooler and creator of magic in the kitchen.
Kelila is passionate about many things - mostly helping people find and use their inner strength warrior. Helping people sift through their baggage in life and carry it well! She has a podcast where she talks about life and loss, such a blessing in this world!
In this episode we went a different route and explored another passion of hers, and mine, family cooking. We chatted about how it brings connection to past generations, what it means...2024-07-0830 min