This is the Part 2 of my fun conversation with Lisa and Sam Chiodo. In this segment, we talk all about Italy and I was excited to share some of my memories of a 2012 trip to Tuscany with my husband, 2 globe-trotting friends, and my recently engaged daughter and her fiance. I must say, this was a fantastic trip down the memory lane!

If you missed Part 1, check it out here.

In this second segment, it was interesting to learn more about how the couple uprooted their family and immersed themselves in a very different environment where there were massive cultural and language differences.

It gives us the sense that, although we come from different places and speak different languages, we are all so similar and connected. And it also made me realize that when we hear of stories like Lisa's and Sam's, it inspires us to explore different people and cultures more. I'm not sure about you, but I'm ready for another Italian adventure!!!

If you'd like to check out the paid workshop we talked...

What a fun episode!!! I got to chat with Lisa Chiodo and although totally unplanned and unexpected, her husband popped in and joined our conversation. That's what happens when you see people having fun - you want to join in!!!

Although Lisa had visited Italy in her younger years before marriage and had even had a little internal nudging that she wanted to live there, it wasn't until she and her husband were at a seminar, and the speaker asked the audience what they really wanted to do with their life, that the idea took shape.

When that question came, they both leaned forward at the same time looking at each other and said "ITALY!" Then they went home, had the Australian equivalent of what we call a garage sale in the U.S. and sold all of their belongings, packed their clothes and their 2 young children, ages 1 and 3, and moved to Italy - for the first time.

At age 41, Lisa, along with her husband Sam and their children, uprooted their life and moved to a brand new country, without a...

My latest guest, Debra Johnstone, shares two major midlife transformations on today's episode that I'm sure will inspire you.

Debra was 49 when a calling that she could no longer deny, led her to making a major career change. This calling was a nudge she had had earlier in her life but which she suppressed for all of the same reasons many of us ignore whispers we get from the universe: it's SCARY and we don't know where to begin! 

But as she neared her 50th birthday, the whisper became too loud to ignore! So she took the first step to begin her research about coaching. And surprise!!! An old email that she had saved had everything she needed to take her next step.

As a result of that first step, Debra has creating a successful coaching business called "Transformational Pathways Australia" and created her signature program "Mindset 4 Business Success" along with her signature product called "Your Success Planner."

She speaks on stage and has been providing transformational...

In this episode, I get to catch up with a friend so it's a bit different than most of my interviews. We cover a lot of topics, some sad and some happy. But that's life, right?! We never know when a phone call will change everything, and that's what happened to my guest Amber Lawrence, in late 2019.

You'll learn a lot about Amber, who opens up about dropping everything to make sure her mom was taken care of in her last days, while also running her online business as an Essential Oils Expert.

Amber is proof that you CAN make massive adjustments quickly to adapt to the curve balls life throws at you. And you'll hear how she's currently living a minimalist lifestyle, traveling around the US in her RV with her husband and 2 Dachshunds! How cool is that?!

I met Amber back in my Beachbody Coaching days and she lit up my online "challenge" group with so much energy and spunkiness. I loved her from the get-go!!!

And as I got to know her better, I learned she had a deep love of essential...

A single mom driven by a dream to have a different life for her son, one with a better foundation than the broken one she experienced herself as a child. This week’s guest, Dara Salas, set out to improve the odds of winning, by learning all the things she never learned growing up.

A wounded soul who sacrificed her happiness to go live with her father when her parents split. leaving her with a broken heart and a childhood riddled with financial setbacks, Dara has learned to finally take control of her life and rewrite her story of loss and shame, and set out to raise her child on her own terms.

Dara is a 47 year-old restaurant industry worker and soon-to-be podcast host, now in a transition stage, turning her dreams into reality. With her knowledge and expertise, she wants to help teens and their families improve their financial literacy.

Dara is committed to helping teens learn from experts in the fields of finance, relationship building, marketing and psychology to develop...

My guest today is "The Queen of Damn Near Everything!" Yep, that is what she calls herself and she really lives up to her name. Patti Phillips is an international best selling author, stand up comedienne, a blogger, realtor, entrepreneur, artist, traveler, a mom and all around amazing person. And that's just the tip of tiara! (She is literally wearing a tiara during our interview!)

Patti really stood out to me when I came across her Instagram feed so I reached out to her to see if she'd like to be a guest on my show. And she turned out to be a perfect fit as I learned more about her and her mission of helping midlife women to live a royal life.

I love Patti's open and honest attitude as she shares her life lessons as well as her varied interests, including how she got into gigging as a stand up comedienne. She even talks about what she learned from her failed marriages and how she met her new love who appears to be a perfect fit.t.

If you are looking for some midlife inspiration,...

This episode is by far my most favorite because I get to spend almost an hour chit-chatting with one of my most favorite people, my oldest daughter, Nikki, Johnson, who is now old enough to qualify as a midlifer!!! Shocking I know!

We talk about her entrepreneurial journey and how it has transformed in the past couple of years from running a multi 6 figure network marketing business to starting her own company.

She's a Certified Crystal Healer, a Reiki Level II Practitioner, a Spiritual Coach, and the founder of the High Vibe School.

Nikki's passion is evident as she talks about living authentically and helping other women, especially stressed moms to find joy in their lives by raising their vibrations and building self-confidence

She talks about her initial skepticism about the "woo" and how she began researching the science behind it which led her to a deep interest in crystals and a then desire to get certified. She draws on her extensive knowledge to teach others about them as...

After her business partner and best friend died two years ago from mucosal melanoma, a rare type of skin cancer, my guest Sarah Graham Fuhrmann, was forced to figure out how to carry on the indoor rowing business they had founded together 10 years earlier.

It was difficult not only losing someone she loved but also the person, well-known for her rowing expertise, their "icanrow2" business was built around.

Sarah had to deal with her grief, along with the challenges of "imposter syndrome." She wrestled with how she could possibly run the company without the rowing experience her partner had brought to the table.

But she finally realized she had other extremely valuable, and just as important, business experience as well as other strengths, built over a long career of other jobs. And she also had very experienced "rowing" coaches that had been trained in the rowing certification program she and her partner had created.

Now Sarah, even with the challenge of the pandemic and having to...

Sara Roach Lewis is a successful entrepreneur, a recognized expert in gender equality, facilitator, strategist, mentor, coach and radio host. Over the last 15 years, Sara has worked with top female leaders and helped dozens of entrepreneurs scale and grow their businesses.

She has the passion and drive to build a platform for women entrepreneurs and show everyone what they are capable of. Sara leads the way to help businesses grow, provide great opportunities for women, and make ambitions happen, all with a common theme of women supporting women. How awesome is that?!

Listen as Sara shares her own story, dealing with a chronic episodic illness while still managing to double her revenues each year, as well as giving tips on how employing a daily mindfulness and meditation practice helped her through her journey!

Over the past 25+ years my guest has worked with thousands of patients providing impactful change, helping them to heal and improve the quality of their life and ultimately transforming their lives.

Marian Barnick is a Registered Kinesiologist and Movement Therapist. Aside from her Bachelor of Science Degree in Kinesiology, she has certifications from Roy Matheson and Associates, Gray Cook’s Functional Movement Systems, Kinesio-Taping Levels 1 & 2, and the Center for Research on Pain and Disability. Her expertise in evaluating biomechanics and body alignment allows her to develop corrective strategies to teach each body how to move well.

When the body moves well and in alignment, it decreases the stress and tightness that causes pain and creates limitations, it allows better energy flow, joint mobility, and muscle contractions. This improves energy, increases strength and endurance, and allows the body to reach its best potential.

Marian, who clearly practices what...