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Now's The TimeEchoes of Our Mothers: A Conversation with Regan CaruthersNow’s The Time podcast is back up and running! And, despite the echo, the message is delivered. About the echo: we apologize. The NTT recording studio was in transition at the time of this recording & we only had one chance to get the interview! We took it! Next, we produced the best that we could knowing that the show had to go on! Now here we are…finding ourselves on track again! Come along with the host Tara & her co-host Melissa as they invite the author of Tragic Magic, Regan Caruthers onto the chat train! Regan Car...
2025-07-1546 minNow's The TimeCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); Is It Innate?Join us for this episode as Tara recounts vignettes regarding her own recognition & realization of her mental health journey. Perhaps through story, become curious at how innate healing can be! Knowing that “talking trauma” can be a challenge, listen as Melissa coaches Tara into an organized state. In doing so, helping her to set the scene for their guest Judith Belmont, a seasoned psychotherapist & author who is promised to captivate the audience.Listen in as Judy shares her extensive knowledge about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); one of the most widely adapted orientations of therapy in the worl...
2025-03-181h 06Now's The TimeNorth Pole Elves, Sissy & Steve - Man The MomMark ProjectTake a moment to listen in on a down to earth but honest conversation among good friends.
Listen as Tara & NTT’s production manager Jennie Hughes reminisce about the raising of their boys alongside their North Pole Elves Sissy & Steve.
In addition, learn about the grief project belonging to these two women; affectionately known as The MomMark Project - co created as a strategic means to help Tara move the energy of her grief over the loss of her brother - through & out of her in a constructive manner; always with commun...
2024-11-2640 minNow's The TimeLife Transitions – A Journey Through Hospice CareHunker down with Now’s The Time hosts Tara & Melissa as they invite returning guest-host Brianna back onto the scene. With her, Bri brings an additional guest, Jess Therrien, an Area Advisor for Hospice for a conversation about navigating the end of life and the support that is available, the tough conversations that need to happen and many steps in between
Tara starts off with a story referencing an undergraduate essay she wrote for a midlevel psychology class in 2000 (Psy 290-03). She titled it “Meaningful Loss: The Death of My Grandpa.” She continues in this essay, to...
2024-11-121h 04Now's The TimeWitchery“The art of healing comes from nature and not from the physician. Therefore, the physician must start from nature with an open mind.“ -- Paracelsus
Tune in as returning guest Brianna Voyles and Tara talk about the nature of their “witchery” and how it was something that came to both of them naturally. Early on, it is established that Bri will carry on this episode with her vast knowledge base on several topics that some might associate with witchcraft.
Listen closely as Tara recounts a spontaneous trip to Salem, Massachusetts, taken a couple of...
2024-10-2244 minNow's The TimeExclusive, Behind the Scenes Interview:What Makes The Show Go! - S2E6Let’s get right to it Everyone!
This short episode is bound to register as a bizarre but fun one! It is recommended that you keep a playful and open mind when jumping in.
Listen as Melissa creates a safe container for Tara to reveal her “alter-ego.” Be carried in and out and through the storyline that has developed over the years as Tara talks about the birth of The Shadow Queen’s Daughter.
The integrative work and internal narrative that Tara has scripted is expertly...
2024-10-0815 minNow's The TimeSeptember-Suicide Prevention Month; Personal Perspectives from Mental Health Awareness Advocates & AFSP VolunteersIn honor of Suicide Prevention month, volunteers circled around the Now’s The Time (NTTP) microphone with Melissa & Tara to discuss their personal perspectives & tell stories of why this cause is near to their hearts.
Melissa kicks off recounting a collaborate blog piece recently posted to the Now’s The Time’s Blog by Jennie Hughes: Teen Team No Stigma Finalizes 2024 AFSP Campaign
It features Teen Team No Stigma & Team No Stigma. No Stigma was founded by one of the two featured guests: Lisa Miller.
The other guest, Wynn Hayes...
2024-09-241h 17Now's The TimeSaint Rose Sisters Sewing Pieces TogetherTune in this week with Melissa and Tara, for an interesting twist and turn in the journey of Now’s The Time Podcast. Listen in as the women speak with guest Brianna Voyles, who has spent time not only as the Executive Director of a senior living community but currently is the Regional Director of Sales and Marketing for the same company.
Follow along as Tara and Bri continue on the path of exploring a very common thread of familial trauma; at least in their stories, which is specifically related to that of alcohol.
2024-09-171h 07Now's The TimeVisionaries, Voices & VicesJoin Melissa & Tara as they entertain their guest Amanda Cogan! Listen in as the Now’s The Time Podcast hosts turn the table on this amazing female presence!
You see…Amanda is typically the one doing the entertaining through her multidimensional skillset! This episode’s guest is a song writer & singer. She plays more than one instrument, is a women’s empowerment coach & within the past two years has grown into a strong spiritual & community minded influencer in & among her hometown area of San Diego, California. She is the visionary founder and producer of the Shake and Shi...
2024-09-1054 minNow's The TimeEpigenetics, Trans-generational Inheritance: Your DNA Has a Story To Be Told.As promised, Melissa & Tara have brought a guest of a special nature onto the NTT Pod! Listen in as they continue to pioneer the topic of familial trauma. Encoded in this episode are several talking points that will bring even more awareness to the subject matter discussed in Season 2, Episode 1. Although this content is “science heavy”, it has strings of many other elements woven throughout to keep listeners engaged.
Join these women as they metaphorically break out into a “fire side chat” with special guest Angela Mabb, Tara’s long time, childhood best friend. After flying...
2024-08-201h 36Now's The TimeCutting the Cord to Familial TraumaWelcome back to Now’s The Time Podcast!
Last season, the gals covered a lot of ground in creative storytelling; all to make for a fun delivery of sometimes difficult to talk about topics. Spanning from what inspired Tara to write her first book, plant & mental healthcare, talk and tales of Melissa‘s hand in coaching Tara through her own crisis in 2016, to learning wisdoms of the guests who accepted their invites to talk on the pod; there is plenty to hear! The audience also learned that Melissa, albeit hesitantly, is considering getting her very first tattoo!
2024-07-2451 minNow's The TimeThe Caboose of Pride Month - Ep 8The Caboose of Pride Month
Bonus Episode #8
Special Guest: Jeremy Grant-Skinner
Tune in to Now’s The Time Podcast with Melissa & Tara this week for a BONUS episode! Listen in as they start like always, with an oracle card reading. This time for a true SKEPTIC! Continue to listen at your own leisure & for your own pleasure!
Why a bonus episode?
Tara decided last minute while hosting her soul-brother, Jeremy Grant-Skinner & their family for the Father’s Day weekend to ask Melissa for a “play date”. Sh...
2024-06-271h 15Now's The TimeRepairing the WheelIt’s just Melissa & Tara again this week!
Join them “in circle” for the first few minutes of the episode as they pause TO BE & TO BREATH.
Be reminded of where they landed last week while in the initial pioneering phase of exploring Now’s The Time’s New Frontier. You’ll feel included per their recap & reference to the archetype of Artemis, who we met originally through Melissa’s guided monthly moon meditations using Ariel Spilsbury’s oracle deck. Melissa’s meditations are one of Tara’s favorite mental health maintenance tools! To regis...
2024-05-281h 04Now's The TimePioneering & Exploring - Tara talks about her mental health journeyIn this week’s episode, join ‘Just Melissa & Tara’ as they take a good 5 minutes to settle in and then recap last week’s journey through special guest Nicole Vega’s 150 house plant collection; this for Melissa being foreign territory!
At the same time, Now’s The Time Podcast experienced some rough terrain. Regardless of the bumps in the recording quality, the wagon stayed on course to deliver an important message regarding May being National Mental Health Awareness Month. Through plant talk, they expressed how important it is to tend to the mind and heart connection.
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2024-05-1423 minNow's The TimePardon the InterruptionPlease pardon the interruption while these two down to earth women settle in from finally landed a figurative version of an aircraft last week. Stick with them as they navigate terrain & territory that was upon arrival, not exactly as expected.
Bear with them as they bump into unexpected sound & recording quality control issues. Don’t fret or drop out yet! Tara will attest to the amount of precision & prioritization Melissa brings to the adventure; in this case, she plays the VIP role of the Sound Enchanter!
So please do pardon any sound interruptions & roll with them a...
2024-05-081h 14Now's The TimeLanding the CraftBonus: Join Melissa Bingham & Max the Cat in the first 13 minutes of this episode for a new Oracle Card reading from the Sacred Rebels deck. Be prepared for a mini meditation as Melissa expertly guides Tara back into solo flight mode. Please ensure that you are in an appropriate, safe -to be still-environment while listening to this segment.
Next, tune into “Station TLW” & hang on tight as these soul sisters playfully ignite the imaginations of each other & their listeners. Consider time traveling with them as they step back in time literally & figuratively; continuing to talk on the topi...
2024-04-2356 minNow's The TimeWelcome AboardHello passengers!
Buckle up and get ready!
Please prepare for episode #3 where these two playful, yet mission-serious soul sisters continue navigating their journey through life, living and working with all things intentional. Expect a bumpy ride at first as Tara openly reveals her nervousness about doing so, yet takes “control” of this craft (of podcasting) for the first time under Melissa’s close guidance.
Although a bit awkward & nerve wracking at the start, they manage to maneuver pretty quickly & get right back on course with talk about oracle card readings. H...
2024-04-1040 minNow's The TimeTaking Flight! ✈️Listen in as Tara talks with Melissa about practical application tips she has gleaned from Melissa’s work. In this episode, specifically stimulated by Melissa’s word choice in her Monday Musings: “Curious”. (https://mailchi.mp/5c576f76ee11/monday-musing-are-you-powered-up-5432596?e=e24fbb0675)
The two chat as soul sisters do, openly and without hesitation regarding a myriad of topics. All parts of discussion apply to helping themselves and each other find ways to reach and maintain overall wellness in life - in spite of the turbulence living it sometimes offers.
Over the course of them...
2024-03-2534 minNow's The TimeNow's the Time - What's it all about?Tune in to this first episode of Now’s The Time Podcast where Tara Whiteman-Fager, certified integrative health and wellness life coach, shares her wisdom to help people reclaim & restore themselves. With practical self application tools & by addressing the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual systems, the Now’s the Time podcast creates inspiration to seek balance in your life through stories of Tara's own, her guests or friends.
https://www.nowsthetime.info/
Disclaimer: Please note that no part of this podcast is to be considered professional, psych...
2024-03-1323 min
DJ Sets LiveSundissential North LivestreamMyset from the Sundissential North Live stream 16/07/2023
1 Jon the Dentist & Ollie Jaye - Imagination (Untidy Dub) (JLF's Sundissentail Intro Edit)
2 Rhythm On The Loose - Break of Dawn (JLF Bootleg)
3 Johanna & E-motion - Naughty Mrs Woods (JLF Bootleg)
4 JLF - Happy Fantasy Freaks (JLF Bootleg)
5 E-montion - I Stand Alone (JLF's Elevating Acid Bootleg
6 Diamond Geezers, Bk, Farley & Tidy Boys - Concentrate On Shadows (JLF Edit)
7 The Handbagger - U Found Out (TDV Remix JLF Acidy Bootleg) (JLF Edit)
8 Breather, Cortina & Untidy Dubs - On Funky Music (JLF Mashup)
9 Jon Bishop, Ilogik & 12 Inch Thumpers - Just Control The Line (JLF...
2023-07-171h 16
515 : The Ultra PodcastS3E5 -- Ultra 520K PreviewSend us a textThe 515 Ultra Podcast is on the road in Penticton for the two weekends of Aloha, Ohana and Kokua that are UMC and Ultra520K Canada. In this episode, I speak with the winners of UMC 2022 – Amy Robitaille (24:47:16) and Christian Isaakson (25:49:51) at the finish line.Also, Steve King and I discuss the resumes of the sixteen athletes who will take on the final Ultra 520K Canada race this coming weekend hosted by Steve Brown and his team.It is Ohanafest in P...
2022-07-2653 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: New Moon, New MindWhen I recorded this meditation, it was a new moon. And that got me thinking…First, I was reminded of the Albert Einstein quote, “You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.” Next, this led me to consider: what does that mean? How do I, in other words, open to a new mind? How do I form new ways of thinking and new ways of being? To create new thoughts or to come to an out-of-the-box solution, Einstein suggests, one needs new neural pathways. And to start this process, one must disengage from the re...
2022-03-2926 min
Today I ChooseThe Joy Healer with Cathy WeissClairvoyance, intuition, and the electromagnetic field of joyOn today’s episode, I am so excited to share my conversation with The Joy Healer, Cathy Weiss. In Cathy’s words, she describes herself as a fully recovered codependent, hide-behind-the-drama-and-BS-of-day-to-day-life person who was, tragically, trying to dim her own brightness. Since then, however, she’s spent the better part of the last 25 years healing those wounds and, in the process, has uncovered an incredible truth – that life is so much calmer, easier, and more FUN when we’re able to be ourselves. In other words and to her, being ours...
2022-03-2227 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: The Ripple EffectToday, we're visiting one of my favorite topics…and that is the ripple effect. To explain this, think about the ripple effect from an energetic perspective: we all walk around this earth with a radiating field that starts at our core and continually undulates outward. Like waves rippling from a single drop of water falling in a pond, we make ripples. And as these waves move further and further away from our center, they might lose visibility. Nonetheless, that energy is touching other energy, becoming one with the pond, one with the whole.You are the nucleus....
2022-03-1528 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: Tapping into Peace, Tapping into PulseThere's a lot going on in our world. And personally speaking, I’m just trying to get through each day. To do this, the thing that keeps me grounded, calm, and centered is my meditation practice. And when I need more than my meditation practice to keep me grounded, calm, and centered? I go into nature. This might sound simple – and it is – yet looking at the beauty, wonder, and joy around me reminds me to change my internal picture.Tapping into the pulse of the universeIn addition to nature without, I've been looking at nat...
2022-03-0827 min
Today I ChooseRewrite your money-story with Paula OnyskoI'm happy to welcome Paula Onysko to the podcast today. Interestingly, I found Paula at the beginning of the pandemic through synchronicity. I was doing research on the tapping technique and her website just…popped up. Since then, Paula has not only been a wonderful resource, she’s become a teacher, a mentor, and a friend. Her tools around abundance, wealth, and a personal money-story have become instrumental. And today we’re talking about everything from success, worth, alignment, and protecting your energy within a bubble.Transform your beliefs about money and successPaula Onysko is a M...
2022-03-0134 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: Grounded PresenceBefore recoding this episode, I’d been traveling and sensing into what I wanted to share with you. And over and over again, two words kept coming up: Grounded Presence. While traveling, people kept saying to me, “Melissa, you have so much going on!” And while traveling, I kept saying to myself, “Melissa,” – yes, I sometimes talk to myself in the third person – “You do have so much going on…but don’t we all?” In other words, isn’t “so much going on”…life? Each day, we all must navigate twists and turns, ups and downs, and surprises of all kinds. And to me, what...
2022-02-1525 min
Today I ChooseStop & Flow to Recharge your Life with Kristin OnderdonkOn today’s episode, I’m delighted to have my friend, Kristin Onderdonk, back on the show to talk about her new book, Stop & Flow: 8 Steps to Recharge your Life, Overcome Stress, Pain, and Cravings. For those who haven’t heard our previous conversation, Kristin was one of my first guests when I started Today I Choose last year. While her new book was in the works then, it has since taken on a life (and, as you’ll hear, an energy…) of its own. In any event, we talk about so much here - from Tia Chi, to movement...
2022-02-0835 minToday I ChooseMonday Meditation: champagne (like life) bubbles upAs I was feeling into what to focus our meditation on today, I kept seeing champagne bubbles… “That’s a funny thing to meditation on,” I thought. “Champagne…” Yet the bubbles kept appearing in my mind’s eye and, like the burst of a champagne-bubble under my nose, it struck me: life IS like champagne. Picture this: toward the bottom of the glass, the golden liquid is settled, stable. But toward the top of the glass, bubbles cascade and crash. They float upward and they fizz out.Bubbling up and outSo while this episode was recorded bet...
2022-02-0126 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: replace “Make Your Bed” with “Meditate”The first task of the dayWelcome to meditation. I'm so glad you're here. It's a rainy, chilly day in Northern California. It’s one of those days where you wanna snuggle up in bed. And that was me all day yesterday. Funny enough, doing podcast interviews last week, somebody brought up the book, Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by Admiral William McRaven. The premise of the book is simple: if you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day.
2022-01-2525 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: Give UnconditionallyGive unconditionally to receive unconditionallyIn preparation for today’s meditation, I was looking at different books in order to bring added context to our session, but I couldn't find one that I wanted to settle on! I was, however, struck by how many beautiful books I’ve received as gifts over the years. And then I was struck by how many beautiful books I’ve given out over the years. So when I woke this morning, I felt into this idea of receiving and the reciprocity of giving.Like cyclical breathWhen we giv...
2022-01-1825 min
Today I ChooseHealing trauma from the body on up with Meg TobinI am so happy to be sharing my conversation with Meg Tobin. Meg is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor trained in – among other body-centered modalities – EFT Tapping, Brainspotting, EMDR, and Psychodrama. And today, we’re going to talk about the impact that trauma, anxiety, and stress has on our central nervous system.From the body on upAccording to Meg, we in the West tend to take a top-down approach to healing. That is, we use words and cognitive functioning to approach trauma. A bottom-up approach, on the other hand, starts within the body. And by beg...
2022-01-1137 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: the gift of gratitudeAs you ring in 2022, I want to share a meditation from Thanksgiving 2021 on gratitude because gratitude is a practice not just reserved for one day of the year. Personally, I try to practice gratitude often. And in today’s meditation, we’re going to reflect on a passage from M.J. Ryan’s book, Giving Thanks: The Gift of Gratitude. M.J. says, “To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter...
2022-01-0428 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: be present to what isRecently, I drove from Santa Cruz to San Francisco on Highway 1……and there were so many places to stop and take pictures. I was by myself. I wasn’t on a schedule. So I stopped some 10 times to take spectacular picture after picture. The views were epic. And, to put it simply, the drive was a reminder to see what was in front of me.Over the last six weeks, life has taught me that things can change in a second. Thus, being present is truly all that we can do. That’s why we meditate...
2021-12-2825 min
Today I ChooseMonday Meditation: Ridiculous joyWe were laughing before I hit record today and there’s a very good reason why.I shared with the group a new mascot for my Monday Morning Meditations. His name is “Gn-OM” and he’s a beautiful ceramic gnome that I found at a holiday bizarre. Simply put, Gn-OM (get it?) brings me so much ridiculous joy. And Gn-OM matters because he can help during this crazy time. “How can Gn-OM help, Melissa?” I hear you ask. Well, Gn-OM helps because he keeps my frequency high. He raises my vibration. And he’s a small way that I can do...
2021-12-1427 min
Today I ChooseTraumas & Triumphs: neurology of the heart, self-care, tattooing, & the mind-body connection with Tara Whiteman-FagerSelf-care begins with intentionIn today's episode, I'm very excited to share a beacon of intentional living, my friend, Tara Whiteman-Fager. Tara has been living her life with intention for over 10 years, incorporating a mind-body approach to self-care. Each day, Tara practices intentional living through all aspects of her life, including her relationships, her work, her parenting, her artistry, her ancestry, her coaching, and more. What you’ll hear is a self-proclaimed “emotional warrior” with so much wisdom to give.More about Tara: Tara has a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from The College of Saint...
2021-12-0749 min