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$Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Make an Action PlanIt’s easy to feel overwhelmed with life and steps we need or want to take to make improvements. In this journal prompt - choose one action you can take right now.

2024-10-0202 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Breath of JoyFeeling in a low mood or low energy? Stand up! Plant your feet squarely under you, inhale deeply as you reach your arms to the sky, biceps frame your ears, open your mouth and let out an audible exhale as you send your arms wide, hinge at the waist and fold towards the Earth. Inhale as you rise tall once again, fingers reaching for the sun. Loud open mouth exhale as you fold in half. Continue with breath of joy as long as you want or need.

2024-10-0102 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Physical Manifestations of StressAnd how to manage them. Journal prompt included

2024-09-2703 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)What is Your Relationship with Rest?Allowing adequate rest is critical to physical, mental and emotional well being. Do you enjoy rest? Come in explore, reflect and rest.

2024-09-2605 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Body LanguageOften when we’re stressed we focus on the mental and emotional manifestations. In this session we reflect on our physical body language and how our emotions manifest through movement.

2024-09-2603 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Visualize the Wonderfulness of You!We may often hear negative thoughts in our head. Maybe they play constantly. Maybe they play in specific situations. Are these negative thoughts true? Most likely not. I invite you to explore instead all the wonderfulness of you!

2024-09-2404 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)3 Collective Breaths with Hand AnchorsTaking 3 collective breaths has an ability when practiced consistently to calm the mind and body. Sometimes when a little more is needed, I find pressure between my palms as they press against each other and draw the pressure specifically into fingertips as hands lift overhead. This localized pressure can bring a centering focus to even the wildest moments. Try it!

2024-09-2302 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Be StillDo you ever just sit still and breathe. No device. No book. Nothing to occupy you except your breath. Join us for 2 1/2 minutes of quiet stillness to calm your mind and nervous system.

2024-09-1903 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Turn the Page from Unhelpful ThoughtsSometimes we hear the same stories or thoughts in our head. We replay conversations that do not serve us. How do we move through while acknowledging feelings and thoughts?Join me outside on the playground. Let’s turn the page together.

2024-09-1307 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Journal Prompt: What is working for you?Write, type or record. What tools are you employing consistently?

2024-09-1201 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Thankful ThoughtsAt times we may feel low or insecure. Stressed or frustrated. Using our breath to slow us down and bring us back to what really matters provides us an anchor.

2024-09-1205 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Breathe throughOverwhelm is real. Burnout is common. Where do you turn? Find your breath. Keep moving.

2024-09-1001 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Nature SoundsIt’s helpful to get into nature to relieve stress. Go for a walk outside, what do you see? What do you hear? If you have time and it’s accessible, taking a walk in nature can be just what you need to reset and refresh. In the meantime, please enjoy the soothing sounds of a babbling brook and accompanying birds at Hidden Falls in Auburn.

2024-09-0903 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Set Yourself Up for SuccessIn this visualization, imagine your success and align your efforts to get you there! Focus is your key.

2024-09-0604 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)A grounding practiceLooking to just stop? To pause the rush of emotions, the racing thoughts, and rapid heart beats? Reclaim your breath. Reclaim your thoughts. Reclaim your focus.

2024-09-0501 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Loving Kindness MeditationIn this session, to further our self-awareness journey, we practice a loving kindness meditation. This is a practice designed to help us overcome anger, hate, and bitterness towards others , as we cultivate self-love. All of which, with consistent practice can help us to relieve the stress of emotions that are not serving us - which also detracts from our focus. Let me know how this lands for you.

2024-09-0507 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Nadi-Shodhana BreathingSpiraling? Just feeling off or out of balance? Bring yourself to the present with a gentle and focused breathing exercise. When could you use such a practice?

2024-09-0305 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Imagine Releasing StressMany of us move with stress and tension aboard like it’s a necessary backpack . Can you imagine moving without it? Can you imagine releasing stress and setting it free?

2024-08-3005 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Stress Relief through Journaling. Don’t worry! There’s a promptNot into journaling? I get it. Willing to try?

2024-08-2902 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Empower Your Life!It’s common to feel run over by our day, our work, our stress. And then whatever follows the hit and run, well sometimes it can feel like whatever it was backed up and ran over us again! Let’s stop that, yeah?To accompany our intention setting this week, I invite you to explore RAD. Recognize a stressful situation, acknowledge it, and decide what you will do next.

2024-08-2803 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Set Your Intention (if you want to relieve stress, get intentional with how to do it)We may want to relieve stress. We may want to go to Africa. We may wish we had more time in the day. The truth is, it all is not possible unless you are intentional with your actions to make it happen. Lucky stress relief? Ehhhhhh. Let’s try this first!

2024-08-2702 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Introduction to breath awarenessAre you stressed? Tapped for time? Yeah - I get it! Take two minutes to create time for yourself. Two minutes to release stress, cultivate focus and create time!

2024-08-2602 min

From Beneath the Hollywood Sign "MEMORIAL DAY MOVIES" (#037)EPISODE 37 - “Memorial Day Movies” - 05/27/2024War is Hell. As our nation prepares to honor the brave men and women who lost their lives defending our freedom on Memorial Day, Steve and Nan offer up a special episode where they will discuss a few war-themed films that have resonated with them over the years. Their choices cover everything from the Civil War to World War II. SHOW NOTES: Sources:100 Great War Movies: The Real History Behind the Films (2018), by Robert...

2024-05-2742 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Season 1 finale with Les - Wait! What ??Hang with us for just a quick bit and recap Season 1 - we quickly walk through the season and talk about what's to come. To our loyal LAFFERS, we are so grateful for your support, for sharing our podcast and message with your friends, family, and sending us virtually around the world! We will be back after a short holiday. If you have thoughts on what you would like to hear about or who you would like to hear from, please contact me at letsallflourish@gmail.com. #letsallflourish In health, Les

2020-09-1720 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Reimagining Youth SportsReimagining youth sports with the Faith brothers. Three boys with years of experience in a variety of sports featuring Kung Fu, gymnastics, swimming, discuss there best/worst coaching experiences, and their ideas for a better utopian youth sports world.

2020-09-1038 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Reimagining Organized Youth Sports - Project Play the Aspen Institute and Cassie Faith"The average child spends less than 3 years playing a sport, quitting by age 11". Surprised by that? I sure was! Today we talk with coach and Recreation Therapy lecturer, Cassie Faith who discuses the importance of reimagining youth sports now that we have this "break". Please check out the Aspen Institute Project Play - there is a lot going on there! The State of Play in the U.S. A call for action for Physical Literacy in the U.S.

2020-09-0355 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Teens Recovering from TraumaTori McKay and Ava Fierro are two of the most thoughtful, insightful, inspiring young people you will meet. They are best friends and survivors of the Camp fire in Paradise, CA. These wise young women have much to share with our young people, parents, and teachers on how to navigate our current world of Covid, fires (that were breaking out the week we spoke!), and resulting isolation, distance learning, and our new normal. Tori and Ava's nuggets: 1). The isolation they felt after the Campfire is similar to the isolation of Covid and kids can use tec...

2020-08-271h 04 $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Secondary Trauma that Teachers face with Brian FaithA teacher from Chico comes on today to revisit his experiences through the traumatic Camp Fire and the effects it had on him and his students.

2020-08-201h 03 $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Yoga Nidra part 2 with Jake PinaLet's chat with Jake Pina - yes! Incoming Cal Poly SLO freshman who has played baseball most of his life. Jake is an amazing young man who recognized his Varsity baseball team was struggling and not performing at the level they could be, nor as collaboratively as they should to reach their peak. Jake had been exposed to Yoga Nidra through Jill Weston and his Mom's practice and he had witnessed his Mom's experience first-hand. With nothing left to lose, he suggested his team visit Jill at her studio. You will want to hear how this all turned out for t...

2020-08-1335 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)YOGA NIDRA part 1 with Jill Weston - founder of Breathing SpaceTHRILLED to have Jill Weston on the show today to discuss her Yoga Nidra practice and studio, Breathing Space. Jill will share with us not only what the heck Yoga Nidra is, and why it is important for all of us to be aware of the connection between our mind and body. Why did it take me so long to explore Yoga Nidra?? That is exactly what you might say also. Unless of course, you’re already a practitioner and in that case, I say – “way to go!” to you! In a typical yoga nidra session, a teacher...

2020-08-061h 07 $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)disappointment part 2 - anxiety, depression and learning to flourish with Mckinley StollerThis week our discussion around disappointment continues with our young friend, Mckinley Stoller! Mckinley attends the University of Oregon and is majoring in psychology with a minor in sociology. She is passionate about spreading awareness for those struggling with mental health issues and approaches the show with pure honesty and transparency with her own past issues and how she is flourishing. We will be talking about social media and phones for kids, how social media can lead kids down a path of disappointment in themselves, and steps to pull yourself up and flourish again. Starting with talking to friends, fami...

2020-07-3044 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)How to Deal with Disappointment discussed by Christine FonsecaTHRILLED to have Christine Fonseca – critically acclaimed author, licensed psychologist, counselor, and all-around dynamic woman join us on the podcast to discuss disappointment and not only how to manage through it, how to not let it define you because we are definitely not in disappointment alone and guess what, it is temporary - nothing is permanent! Using her experience consulting and coaching educators and parents, Christine brings her expertise to Psychology Today, authoring the parenting blog Parenting for A New Generation. She has written self-help articles for Parents.com, Johnson & Johnson, and Justine Magazine. Her appearance on the popular gift...

2020-07-231h 12 $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Healthy Eating Part 2 (from a Kid's perspective) with Bridget FoyGuys! You do NOT want to miss this episode with Bridget! If you are a parent, you are going to get the scoop on this young college graduate (now studying and preparing for Med School) on the healthy habits that fueled her while she played soccer, swam from Alcatraz to San Francisco at the age of 10 (yep - she did that!), swam competitively, played soccer competitively, and crushed it at school. Bridget then explains what it was like to transition to UCLA and make her way through dorm food, navigating the dreaded "Freshman 15" (kind of a myth?), female body ima...

2020-07-161h 02 $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Healthy Meal Planning for Families Part 1 with Angela GarvieI can’t believe I am so lucky to have Angela Garvie join us this week!. I have known Angela since about 2012.. Angela is a wife and a mom of two young college men, Ian and Aidan. Angela was one of the first certified health coaches for Dr. Sears back in 2009. She will be visiting with us this week about healthy meals – what is a healthy meal anyway? And now that we all have a little more time to plan and prepare – how can we do that? What are our first steps to getting that done? Meal planning is not my fort...

2020-07-0947 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Transitioning Back to School - Part 2. W/Aidan HouserAidan Houser! Aidan catches up with us to give us his perspective on shelter in place as a student who had his Junior year cut short, what that has been like for him, and also what he thinks about going back for his senior year. What does that transition look like for him? What strategies does Aidan suggest for kids who might be nervous to head back in or are just not that excited? Aidan has some great ideas that parents and teens will want to hear.

2020-07-0333 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)Transitioning Back to School - Part 1. W/Kenee HouserWe are so lucky to have Kenee join the show to talk about what it was like for her and her household as they transitioned to shelter in place back in March. Many of us can identify with this, can we not? Suddenly the kids are on chrome books and we are all holding zoom meetings at the same time - trying to find space in the house. Kenee shares intuitive strategies for how families can transition back to school in the Fall that will work for younger and older kids - you will want to take a listen to...

2020-07-0331 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)MOVEMENT - Part 2. W/Tate ShadbourneSo lucky to have this amazing human, Tate Shadbourne, our oldest daughter, join the conversation on movement. Tate, 22 years old, shares her thoughts on her journey from lifelong soccer player (from the age of 5) to figuring out what she liked to do to keep her body and her mind healthy. Tate also shares insightful tips for college students, or anyone with a busy schedule, on how to fit movement into your crazy schedules and the importance of finding something you actually enjoy doing. What fun is moving if we don’t enjoy it!? Tate is constantly researching the science behind...

2020-06-2625 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)MOVEMENT - Part 1. W/Todd ShadbourneAmazing husband to one-lucky-one (me!), active father of 3, and veteran teacher of 25 years – Todd Shadbourne joins the show to talk about how he went from chasing a soccer ball for fun to running 12 marathons and inspiring students to move in his running club every season. He is incredibly humble, as you will hear, Todd’s fitness journey is one of finding what brings him joy. Did his parents inspire him? You be the judge! Mr. Shadbourne’s tips for the summer: Get up early, Put on sunscreen, Get outside, Find a trail, Look for wildlife. If...

2020-06-2623 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)FEAR - Part 2. W/Jackson DearingJackson Dearing, brilliant young man, 16 years old, joining us to give us the youth perspective on FEAR as he flew solo (not his first time) to meet his family abroad at the beginning of the pandemic and what it was like trying to get home. Jackson also shares his thoughts on what it’s like to be in a family that includes kids in the “Big” discussions, how that’s played an important role in his development and how he’s watching his siblings develop, as well. Lots of good things from Jackson Dearing – not only for us as parents, but a...

2020-06-2631 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)FEAR - Part 1. W/Amy HoytAmy Hoyt, PhD, will be in the studio today talking about FEAR. Amy fights the good fight every day as the loving Mom of 5 amazing kids, she’s an adoring wife, a scholar, an activist (I’m adding info for her), and all-around bad-a$$. When you meet Amy you’re like – “oh you’re so nice”. And then after about 2 minutes, you’re like, “Ok, can we sit and talk for 10 hours?” Amy gives us some great advice on including kids in the big conversations and avenues to navigating fear - all kinds of fear. You really don’t want to miss this.

2020-06-2636 min $Let\'s All Flourish (L.A.F.)$

Let's All Flourish (L.A.F.)L.A.F. TrailerLet's All Flourish (L.A.F.) Podcast Trailer!

2020-06-1901 min