Today I’m sharing my 8 most significant lessons of 2022 after reflecting on the last 12 months! If you’re a regular listener of this podcast, you may recognize a few because I regularly share my lessons during the course of the year as they unfold.

Here I’ll give you a quick snippet of each lesson, just to tease you and make you curious enough to tune in:

1. My purpose
2. My new job
3. Validation from universe
4. Connecting with the dead
5. Self-discovery tools
6. Health strategies
7. Subconsious memories
8. Doing less is better

I’d love to know which of these lessons resonated most or inspired you in some way. Reach out to me via email or direct message on social media and let me know!

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I saw a great self-evaluation exercise shared by Jonathan Fields, founder of the Good Life Project, that I share in this episode. I thought it was a great lesson to end 2022 with!

The exercise involves evaluating yourself in the following 3 separate categories, or "buckets" as Jonathan refers to them:

• Vitality
• Connection
• Contribution

Listen in as I explain what to look for when evaluating how full each bucket is for you. Make sure to grab a notepad and take notes so you capture all of the traits of each bucket in your evaluation process.

Once you finish listening to the episode, rank each bucket on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the least satisfied and 10 being the most satisfied and 5 being neutral. 

After you're done, look at your rankings and think about what improvements you want make in these areas in 2023. I recommend you focus on increasing your satisfaction for the buckets where your satisfaction is lowest.

Then in a few weeks, re-evaluate to see if your rankings...

For this week’s episode, I brought back Nick Demos, who I first interviewed back in May of 2020, to share a new documentary he produced and directed called, “Invisible: The Film”. This documentary is the first comprehensive feature documentary that tells the often ignored stories of people living with the devastating syndrome Fibromyalgia that many still don’t believe exists.

In this episode, Nick and I talked about:

• How the documentary came about and what the film’s name has to do with the topic of Fibromyalgia.
• The many things both he and I learned about the disease - me from watching it and he from making it.
• The unexpected news he got during the filming.
• Various lifestyle changes that are believed to help minimize the symptoms of Fibromyalgia.

One of the patients highlighted in the film is Nick’s mom who has suffered from Fibromyalgia for 10+ years. While making the film he was able to better understand her struggle with the...

In this week's "Lessons Learned" episode I share my 3 biggest tips to improving conversations that I've learned in my coaching training.

I always thought I was a good conversationalist until I went through my coaching certification. Wow, was that an eye-opener!!!

I learned my conversations were more about me trying to get my voice heard and give my opinions and/or advice vs. me wanting to connect with the other person and making sure they felt heard and valued.

Or if I was trying to connect, I wasn't doing it with the intention of making the person I was talking to feel heard and seen. It was with the intent of ME being seen and heard! :(

Sounds kind of awful, doesn't it? But now I know why, and if you'd like to know more about that, check out last week's episode (Episode 286), where I share a childhood trauma I uncovered that explains everything! 

As I was thinking about what topics to cover as we head into the holidays, I thought about all of the conversations that will...

NOTE: This is a reposting of an older episode (EP #27).

Nick Demos is widely recognized in the creative industry. He is a Tony and Olivier Award winning producer, a filmmaker, a writer, and an artistic director. He transitioned the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma into a multi-million dollar business and received the “Living Treasure Award”. Nick has achieved the kind of success in his career that most people dream of having. Yet Nick continues to live his life by going where his heart leads him.

In this episode. he shares one of his biggest realizations that came over him right after he heard his name called when he won the Tony award. The question that popped into his head: “This is it? Now what?"

We also talk about his journey in unveiling his deeper creative self and discovering his significant soul-centered calling. He shares his knowledge about breath work (Pranayama) and its benefits which can be very helpful in times of crisis such as dealing with this...

In this week's "Lessons Learned" episode I get super vulnerable as I share a breakthrough I had at an intimate retreat I attended in Sedona this past week with my amazing coach. And yes, per the episode title, it's about a childhood trauma that I uncovered. (This is also a great example of why everyone needs a coach, even coaches need coaches!!!)

Most humans, if normal, have some kind of trauma from childhood that is carried forward into adulthood. Some traumas are actually even passed along from previous generations by our ancestors which is a topic I'm just starting to delve into and will talk about in a future episode... But today I'm talking about a trauma that occurred 55 years ago when I was 8 years old.

The trauma was triggered by an event and subsequent thoughts that became obsessive and controlled my daily life. Over time, as I aged, those thoughts that had led to coping rituals, were pushed down into my subconscious and tucked away until now.

But what I've learned and...

This week’s guest is Annie Leo, the founder of “Paws for Change”, a registered Australian charity who opened Bali's first senior specific safe house for rescue dogs and offers rehabilitation and mobility facilities for special needs dogs.

Annie started this charity as a passion project after her relationship with her long time partner ended, along with her job because she worked for him. Interestingly, a Facebook post she saw kicked off her new purpose in life. 

In this episode, Annie and I talk about:

• The Facebook post that caused her to take one small step that changed her life.
• How her purpose evolved from curiosity to starting her own charity. 
• How she started her ‘Paws for Change’ non-profit.  
• Virtual dog adoption. 

Annie believes that we all have a purpose and something important to give. Dogs are a life-long passion and now her second half purpose but she’s convinced that everyone has some kind of passion that...

I was excited to bring you this episode where I talk about some non-conventional healing modalities that I've recently learned about - things that most western medicine doctors won't suggest or prescribe because, unfortunately, it's not what they're taught and it's not what pays their bills.

I made this a part of my Just Friggin' Do It series because I finally got serious about my health after over 3 years of dealing with mysterious stomach issues that can't be explained by my primary care doctor,

I was first pointed down this path by Christie Miller, a health coach, who I had on my podcast in June 2020 (See Episode 39). What's interesting is that even though Christie is a Health coach, she openly admits that she wasn't living a healthy lifestyle, and in early July found herself sitting in an oncologist's office being told she had an aggressive form of breast cancer.

So Christie went into action-mode which was researching everything she could about cancer, the treatment protocol...

This week’s guest is Jill Romig who helps women redefine what aging means to them so that they authentically embrace their second half. She loves to see women show up confidently with style, grace, and elegance without apology, shame, or regret. Recently, Jill has focused on working with women on their relationships.

In this episode, Jill and I talked about:

• How she stumbled upon the world of personal development and how it completely changed her life.
• Her early years of struggle as a widow and single mom on government assistance.
• Her rocky relationship with her 2nd husband that almost led to divorce
• Her late-in-life pivot from being a full time CPA to life coaching and how she’s using the lessons she’s learned to save rocky relationships.

It may take two to tango, but it only takes one to lead, and that’s what Jill did. She waltzed her way back into the kind of relationship that she wanted and came out with a renewed perspective of what is possible and...

This is the 4th and final episode of my 4 part series on the 4 agreements that I learned from the book "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide To Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz.

This episode covers the 4th agreement which is: Always do your best. 

And like the other agreements, it sounds simple, but it's multi-layered - what you may think it means, well, there's more to it!

Even though I had listened to the book on Audible and was aware of the 4 agreements, I clearly had forgotten the lesson of this one because as I re-listened to it in preparation for this series, I realized that I was feeling guilty about something I didn't do this week, which, if you are really living by this 4th agreement, guilt is an indicator you are NOT doing your best.

It helped the seed of this agreement, that was planted when I first heard it, grow even deeper in my psyche in that I will be more aware that saying no for certain reasons IS doing my best.

I hope hearing this 4th agreement...