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Lit Local PodcastFirst Contact Scifi with Fernando CrôtteWelcome to the Indie Writer Podcast where we talk about all things writing and indie publishing. Today we are excited to talk about First Contact Scifi with Fernando Crôtte.
Ferd is a late bloomer author, with his debut novel Mission 51 being published at age 66. Ferd lives in Winston Salem, NC and is married with four children, and eleven grandchildren. He works as an Internal Medicine Hospitalist, and in his free time enjoys birding, photography, and flying.
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2022-03-0136 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | It's Our PleasurePicking up where the co-hosts left off in the last episode, Louise wants to dive deep into pleasure. She asks her co-hosts, Nikki, Sara, Kim, and Laura where is a place for you beyond guilt, maybe even beyond joy?
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
www.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2021-06-0122 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Why All The Guilt?!Kim brings up Guilty Pleasures, asking her fellow coaches to weigh in on what they do that they consider guilty pleasures, and then challenges them to consider if there should be ‘guilt’ at all. Tune in as all the coaches, Kim, Sara, Laura, Louise and Nikki talk through what they view as guilty pleasures and whether the word “Guilt” does or should even apply.
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
2021-05-2524 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Affirming AffirmationsLaura brings up the topic of “Affirmations” which she and her fellow coaches, Sara, Kim, Nikki and Louise all feel often get a bad rap. Listen in as they quickly fall down the rabbit hole of woo-woo vs. retraining the neural pathways in your brain, and how each of them has interacted with affirmations or something similar in their own history.
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
www.t...
2021-05-1820 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Organize Your TowelsSara tees up the question to her cohosts: What are the things that we cannot see that are taking up space in our minds, in our lives? A messy linen closet? An inability to manage paperwork? Or is it something more intimate? Listen in as Kim, Nikki, Louise, and Laura share with the audience the things that drive them crazy and keep them stuck. Some are outward-facing, some not so much. And then ponder the question: What drains your energy?
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.sarad...
2021-05-1124 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | What Do You Want To Do...No Should's Allowed!Nikki asks her co-hosts, “What are you not doing that you could be doing? What are the things on your wishlist, your want list, your someday list that you could actually be doing right now?” Kim dreams of sleep and refreshing her French, Louise seconds the desire to learn French. Laura can’t get past her “shoulds” to decide what she wants to do and Sara says she does everything she wants. Nikki rounds out the group by wanting to learn to play Dungeons and Dragons. Then the conversation takes a right turn into fear, desires, and privilege. Tune in and answer t...
2021-05-0419 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | The Pleasures and Pains of Social MediaSocial Media: pain or pleasure? Necessary or just a waste of time? Louise shares her concerns about Social Media and asks her fellow coaches to weigh in. Does she have to be on social media to promote her business? Ask yourself: how many social media platforms are you connected to? Does Fear of missing out (FOMO) keep you adding new platforms and scrolling through entries?
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimro...
2021-04-2722 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | What Is Wasting Time Anyways?Is wasting time a waste of time? Laura poses this question to her fellow coaches, and they come down firmly on both sides. Sara is very much against wasting time. Nikki shares how learning to honor her own process keeps her from feeling as if she’s wasting time. Louise wastes time on the regular and has mixed emotions about it and Kim is all for it. What do you think?
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.loui...
2021-04-2019 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Being Intentional in BusinessEveryone has heard of the benefits of having personal morning rituals or morning routines. How do you create rituals for your business? Kim shares how she creates visuals to help her not only with clients but to help her create and grow her business. Upon unpacking the idea, most of the coaches found that they did do something similar in order to help them transition throughout their day and the various roles they all play throughout the day. Listen in and get curious about how rituals, routines, or habits impact your day.
Where to find The B...
2021-04-1331 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Finding Body LoveSara brings up the sensitive topic of Body Image as she shares her own journey during the COVID-19 pandemic and how on one hand she’s proud of her body and on the other hand, she’s struggling with what she’s seeing in Zoom on a daily basis.
Listen in as Kim, Laura, Louise, and Nikki share their own journeys with their own body image, the body positivity movement, and radical self-love vs. radical acceptance.
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoel...
2021-04-0637 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | The Music of Our LivesJoin Nikki as she kicks off Season 4 with her cohosts, Sara, Louise, Laura, and Kim and they discuss the music that defined their lives. Among the topics they cover is how a single line in a song can evoke an emotion long forgotten. They discuss earworms and wonder that though you might not remember what you walked into the kitchen for, just a few notes of a song will transport you to another time where you vividly remember everything as if it just happened.
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com...
2021-03-3024 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Season Three Outtakes Part TwoTune in this week for some of our wacky, weird, and wonderful outtakes. Pull up a chair and let the hilarity ensue!
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
www.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2021-03-2308 minThe Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Season Three Outtakes Part OneTune in this week for some of our wacky, weird, and wonderful outtakes. Pull up a chair and let the hilarity ensue!
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
www.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2021-03-1606 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Feeling the Impostor FeelsWhat does Mrs. Doubtfire, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Catch Me If You Can, Yentl, and Six Degrees of Separation have in common, other than being fabulous movies that Louise loves? They all depict a character who is impersonating someone. And today Louise asks her cohosts Nikki, Kim, Sara, and Laura, how do you show up in your own life feeling like an imposter?
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
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2021-03-0926 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Finding FlowCall it flow, call it the zone, awareness, ease or call it mindfulness, Nikki talks with her co-hosts, Laura, Sara, Louise, and Kim about what flow is, isn’t, and how can you bring more of it into your life. Nikki believes it is possible to cultivate flow and the coaches are intrigued to hear more.
Where to find The Best Parts Team:
www.lauralively.com
www.saradoellcoaching.com
www.nikkibakerwulf.com
www.louiseneil.com
www.kimromain.com
www.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2021-03-0223 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Toxic PositivityPull us a chair with Nikki, Louise, Kim, and Laura as Sara tees up the question - why does our culture tend to pretend the bad things aren’t happening, encouraging us to just push through and 'be happy'? Tired of looking at the bright side and bypassing what's really coming up, Sara shares that she’s been struggling lately one day feeling really high and then really low the next. The discussion of glitter on poop takes some interesting twists, the wisdom of riding (literal) rollercoasters paints come pictures, and how to make things a bit easier without ignori...
2021-02-2321 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Rationalizing our FearsJoin Kim as she quizzes her cohosts, Sara, Laura, Louise, and Nikki about what fears - irrational or otherwise - that they may have...and are willing to admit to.The big questions are asked: who decides what makes a fear irrational? What should you be afraid of that you aren’t? Pull up a chair and join us to find out who is afraid of frogs, umbrellas, and rooms full of balloons! Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.com...
2021-02-1626 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Present and Future YouJoin Laura, Sara, Nikki, Louise, and Kim as Laura asks the question: how do I live in the now yet prepare for the future? As they weigh-in, the conversation turns into a tip-filled episode of how mindfulness exercises have helped not only their clients but the coaches themselves. Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.comwww.nikkibakerwulf.comwww.louiseneil.comwww.kimromain.comwww.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2021-02-0923 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Fitting In or Standing OutNikki poses the question to Sara, Kim, Louise, and Laura, “Would you rather fit or stand out?” Thus launches a discussion that takes the co-hosts back to childhood, high school, post-college, learning to navigate dress codes in corporate settings, and finally owning their own businesses. Spoiler: it’s not an either-or answer. It’s “Yes, and…” Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.comwww.nikkibakerwulf.comwww.louiseneil.comwww.kimromain.comwww.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2021-02-0220 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Relationships: Should I Stay or Go?Pull up a chair and join us as we talk about how to know when to make a change in a relationship?Join Sara, Kim, Nikki, Louise and Laura as they discuss the process of knowing you need to make a change long before it actually occurs and barriers to ending it or changing the relationship. Each coach shares their own predilection for ending relationships and discuss how they might like to change those behaviors going forward. Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.co...
2021-01-2621 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Childhood DreamsJoin Laura, Sara, Kim and Nikki as Louise poses the question: What did you want to be when you grew up? Pull up a chair for a conversation about the pros and cons of having a single path followed from childhood vs. having a diffuse set of passions woven through life, how passions and childhood interests can serve now in a career, hobbies or living through a pandemic. Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.comwww.nikkibakerwulf.comwww.louiseneil.com...
2021-01-1927 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Idioms, a Flight of FancyJoin Sara, Louise, Kim, Nikki, and Laura as they talk about a fun part of the language that we all use but may not recognize, idioms.An idiom is defined as a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).Listen in as they get wrapped around the axle about bunny hugs, taking the piss, and something to do with a hopper and whether or not slang is just another word for idiom.Topics
2021-01-1226 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Hanging Out With FriendsLooking to join us with your favorite coffee on the orange couch in Central Perk? We're so glad you're here!Pull up a chair (or couch!) as Sara, Nikki, Louise, Laura, and Kim settle in for a fun and deep conversation as they wade through the wisdom, memories and connections that have been made through the iconic TV show Friends.Topics:Which Friends character are you - or do you identify as multiple?Are you the main character in your own life?What popular TV hangout would you make your own?Is it possible t...
2021-01-0518 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Season Two OuttakesCare for a laugh? A giggle? An eye roll and a smile? Join us for another bonus episode - season two outtakes! Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.comwww.nikkibakerwulf.comwww.louiseneil.comwww.kimromain.comwww.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2020-12-2916 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Special Solstice Bonus EpisodePull up a chair and join us for our discussion into the longest night of the year, the winter solstice. We reflect on cycles, traditions, lights, magic, resolutions and uncovering if we're motivated more by a 'move away' or 'move towards' mentality.May your feet and your heart stay warm on Winter Solstice. Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.comwww.nikkibakerwulf.comwww.louiseneil.comwww.kimromain.comwww.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2020-12-2128 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Season One OuttakesCare for a laugh? A giggle? An eye roll and a smile? Join us for another bonus episode - season one outtakes! Where to find The Best Parts Team:www.lauralively.comwww.saradoellcoaching.comwww.nikkibakerwulf.comwww.louiseneil.comwww.kimromain.comwww.thebestpartspodcast.com/
2020-12-1507 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Bonus: OuttakesTune in this week for some of our wacky, weird and wonderful outtakes. Pull up a chair and let the hilarity ensue!
2020-12-0804 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | The Best and the WorstJoin co-hosts, Kim, Laura, Louise, Nikki, and Sara as they take stock of 2020, wrapping up Season 2. Looking back at 2020, they discuss the good bad, and ugly, including being honest about some days being a 4 out of 10, maybe even a 2 out of ten. Who would and wouldn’t take a magic redo in 2020. They also discuss what they wouldn’t want to change as the calendar flips over into 2021 and what Season 3 of the podcast might look like.Topics2020 started as a sprint. It turned into a freaking triathlon.Learning to accept what is.What would th...
2020-12-0134 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Expand What Works with Dr Mel KrugAre you focusing on what's wrong or what's working?Today, we pull up a chair with Dr. Mel Krug, Network Spinal Practitioner and Business Mentor Join us as as we walk through the differences of focusing on what's working versus focusing on your ‘weaknesses’ or your ‘un-strengths’ (as Louise likes to call them); the study of disease versus the study of health; and how the challenges and wounds of life can lead to our biggest gifts and triumphs. Dr. Mel's resource for mastering anxiety: https://www.inspirelifechirocenter.com/masteringanxiety TopicsThe...
2020-11-2434 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | The Language of Parts with Karen LockeIf you're acting like a jerk - are you a jerk or is that only a part of who you are?In this episode, we pull up a chair with author, support group leader and emotional healing coach Karen Locke. We talk about how to start falling in love with yourself, what challenging parts of yourself are actually there for, how working with your parts opens you up to the humanity of others, and crossover concepts with different areas like NLP and yoga.We wrap it up with a lightning round that is heavy into t...
2020-11-1739 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Geeking out on Productivity with Nicole RalstonIn this episode, Nicole Ralston, Business Coach, and Strategist join the co-hosts to discuss her unique take on productivity, the importance of being true to who you are, particularly for those starting a business. The co-hosts and Nicole talk about the value of adding somatic work into daily life, and what it means to be in integrity with the various roles in life: at home and work, as it relates to creativity, and showing up in a community.Topics Discussed:A new spin on productivity. It’s not how much you get done but what value are...
2020-11-1041 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Bonus Episode - Feeling the Election FeelsLouise takes over as moderator as the 4-US based co-hosts talk about personal experiences and how everybody is managing in the highly volatile weeks leading up to the US Presidential Election. As the resident Canadian, Louise has a slightly different perspective and holds space for Nikki, Laura, Kim and Sara to talk about how this election feels different than others in the recent past. This episode isn't here to tell you how to vote. We decided to create a bonus episode for election day to let you know that we see so many of...
2020-11-0330 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Play in the Place that Fits with Paula JenkinsCan you actually decide to be joyful? How do you intentionally and consciously shift your emotions in the direction of joy?Today we’re talking to Paula Jenkins, founder of Jump Start Your Joy. She is a wife, mom, dog lover and a student of joy! Her mission is to bring more joy into the world through coaching, podcasting, and helping others create their own podcasts to share their voice.We dive into how joy can show up, how to handle things in time when we feel deficient in joy, and how taking action is impor...
2020-10-2742 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Learning to Communicate with Betsy ButterickCommunication is something we take for granted. After all, most of us talk all day long without giving it much conscious thought. But are we really communicating in the way we think we are?Communication Specialist Betsy Butterick pulls up a chair with The Best Parts co-hosts today to discuss the skill of communication, the importance of being intentional with that communication, and how communication is a form of connection. We geek out about active communication, the nuances of language and how to ensure that the message you're intending to send is the one actually received. Betsy sha...
2020-10-2045 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts | Deconstructing NormalJoin our co-hosts, Kim, Laura, Louise, Nikki, and Sara as they kick off Season Two, trying to remember if this is Marchgust or Septober or what, as the COVID-19 Pandemic continues on and wildfires and hurricane continue to batter the United States, racial injustice and the upcoming elections are the backdrops as Nikki asks the question: how do we dismantle this idea of “normal.” A high energy conversation ensues as Kim quickly weighs in that the word normal has always been a hot spot. The coaches weigh in quickly on how making something ‘normal’ implies a normativ...
2020-10-1348 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 7 - Lipstick and LumberjacksJoin our co-hosts, Louise, Laura, Sara, Nikki, and Kim as they reflect on the themes that came up during Season One, beginning with how they all, at some point in their lives felt ‘other than. ’Sara shares a quote that sets off a spirited discussion on the hardest step is step zero to one.Kim shares her philosophy that we all start at ‘zero’ every day, but we often don’t realize that we’re moving on auto-pilot and making choices out of habit instead of intentionality. The discussion takes off as the group talk ab...
2020-09-0800 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 6 The Best Parts | with Nikki Baker WulfJoin us as we get to know our fabulous co-host, Nikki Baker Wulf. Nikki shares how she believes learning to live in the now begins by using our breath. She talks us through her own eclectic career history, truly leading by example, on how to follow the beat of your own drum. She is a certified yogi and a life coach who wants to “Help the helpers.” Nikki can be found at:https://www.nikkibakerwulf.com/ ---------------------------- BestParts Podcast - Ep 6 - Nikki Baker Wulf - In the N...
2020-09-0100 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 5 -The Best Parts | with Kim RomainToday we're going to be turning the tables a little and shining the spotlight on our very own Harmonious Life Coach Kim Romain. You will recognize Kim's voice here on The Best Parts Podcast as she welcomes you each week to pull up a chair. Kim is a former practicing attorney, consultant, and nonprofit executive. And besides The Best Parts Podcast, Kim is creator of Harmonious Life Coaching and the Balance is BS training program. She helps individuals and groups see how focusing on work life balance can create stress, burnout and disconnection. She then transforms her clients by g...
2020-08-2500 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 4 - The Best Parts | with Laura LivelyWelcome to this episode of The Best Parts Podcast. We are excited you are here with us as we have our very own Laura Lively here to share her journey and expertise with us. Laura is an Internal Family Systems practitioner and Life Coach specializing in Parts Work. Laura's journey into parts work came from her experience in an online food program where she lost over half of her body weight. It was this first experience with parts work that affected her so deeply that she became a licensed IFS practitioner and has facilitated over 350 sessions with clients since. T...
2020-08-1800 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 3 - The Best Parts | with Louise NeilTune in this week as we talk to our resident Transformational Life and Career Coach, Louise Neil shares the importance of finding work you love. She works with introverted entrepreneurs and business leaders to empower and instill courage, partnering with them to overcome the blocks that hold them back from living their best lives. She’ll share a tip with you on how to easily track if your work lights you up. You can find Louise here:louiseneil.com on the web@mylif.project on InstagramLouiseNeil on LinkedIn
2020-08-1100 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 2 - The Best Parts Podcast | with Sara DoellThis week we're going to talk about our bodies specifically around movement, health, and wellness as we welcome into the guest spotlight, our very own Sara Doell. Sara is our resident West Coaster, living her dream life in San Francisco, both as a college golf coach and as a life coach. Whether it's the women on her team or a client she's working with, Sara has a passion for helping others reach their potential by taking small steps that lead to great outcomes. ------------------------------ [00:00:00] Sara: Well, I was born to be a...
2020-08-0400 min
The Best Parts PodcastEp 1 - All the PartsOur origin story. In this episode, pull up a chair and get to know all the parts of the best parts and how we came to be. It wasn't that long ago we all walked into a room to begin our Courageous Living Coach certification and from this common points of contact, the five of us have forged a new family together. We have created a space of safety, vulnerability, curiosity, and love, which gives us permission to fully own who we are. The best parts are all the parts. ------------[00:00:00] Sara: I w...
2020-07-2800 min
The Best Parts PodcastThe Best Parts Podcast | TrailerHere's the story of five lovely coaches, each one with her own unique worldview and each one wanting to share themselves with the others. They came together to create a brand new show. Join Kim Romain, Sara Doell, Laura Lively, Nikki Baker Wulf, and Louise Neil as we come together each week to entertain, inform, engage, and inspire our listeners through stories, experiences, and reflections about the best parts of life as a woman. ----------------[00:00:00] Kim: Here's the story of five lovely coaches, each one with her own unique worldview and eac...
2020-07-2000 min