Episode 138: Downtime & Being Present

In this episode I talk about my recent time off to be with my kids and grandkids and the abundance I found by unplugging and being present.

As a person who loves her work and tends to be a bit obsessed about it (as my husband will confirm!), it's hard to put away my computer for days at a time, but I was super successful at doing that and it was AWESOME!!! I highly recommend it!

And the best part is that I think they want to come back. It's always the best complement when your guests, no matter how big or small, have such a good time they want to return.

If you like this podcast but haven't yet given us a 5-star rating or a review, please do! It will help increase the visibility of this podcast so that others will see it!!! #activatingabundance #notyouraveragelivespodcast

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Episode 137: Feeling Like A Leaky Faucet? Perhaps Your Pelvic Floor Needs A Workout? Interview with Julie Lamm

My guest this week, Yulia Lamm, is a Core Exercise Specialist, a 500 hour Yoga Teacher, and a Strength Coach for women over 50. She works with motivated women who used to be active or want to maintain their active lifestyle in their 50s and beyond.

Coach Jewels, the name she goes by, loves taking women on a journey of connecting with their body, feeling more confident through strength training, mindset and stress-management. And she has a unique speciality helping women who suffer from pelvic pain and/or bladder leakage by teaching them the proper exercises that will address the root of the problem. She believes that every woman is unique and benefits from a uniquely customized plan, and she supports that plan by teaching her clients the foundational principles of movement and strength progression using her A, B, C & F (Alignment, Breath, Core & Feet) framework.

Coach Jewels believes that we should be the CEOs of our own health and that comes with responsibilities, and she...

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Episode 136: Life Lessons From A Former Sex Addict, Brianne Davis

health mindset Jul 25, 2021

My guest today is Brianne Davis, an actress, writer, director, producer, wife to Mark Gantt, and mom to son Davis.

Her acting credits include; LUCIFER, CASUAL TRUE BLOOD, the History Channel’s series SIX, and the film JARHEAD, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal. She has directed and produced two feature films, THE NIGHT VISITOR 2: HEATHER’S STORY and DEADLY SIGNAL. 

But in this interview, we focus mostly on Brianne’s former life as a sex and love addict and what she’s learned in the past decade of her recovery. 

Inspired by this life experience, she hosts the popular personal journals podcast SECRET LIFE. Brianne recently wrote and published the best-selling novel, SECRET LIFE OF A HOLLYWOOD SEX & LOVE ADDICT. She is currently developing it as a tv series. 

Originally from Atlanta, Brianne moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career and landed her first lead role in 2005 with the blockbuster hit “Jarhead,” opposite Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Episode 135: Reframing Death

This episode was inspired by a friend's memorial service that I attended this past weekend and the insights I received as I looked for abundance in his passing.

I share the book he lived by and the powerful "paddle out" ceremony that I got to witness, as well as a few of my beliefs about death and some resources that have helped me get over my fear of death and see it in a totally different light than I used to.

Books I referred to in the episode are:

"The Seven Spirtual Laws of Success: A Pocket Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams" by Deepak Chopra: https://amzn.to/3eQdmfD

"Journal of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives" by Michael Newton: https://amzn.to/3x6mjb2

"Beyond Ever After: A Heart-to-Heart Journey Through Death and the Afterlife" by Catherine Weissenberg and Jocelyn Montanaro https://amzn.to/3iCFxQh

My interview with Catherine and Jocelyn can be found here: ...

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Episode 134: Making Life Easier For the Tech-Challenged Entrepreneur with Deanna Fenton

career mindset Jul 18, 2021

If you are someone who thinks tech is a huge barrier, my guest will make you change your perspective! Deanna Fenton is the techie in your pocket who loves nothing more than to help online course or membership site creators kick tech overwhelm to the curb! She has worked as a WordPress website developer and had a marketing agency since 2006. Deanna has the philosophy of staying young at heart and mind through lifelong learning. 

Deanna had her marketing agency since 2006 and was tired and burned out. Learning about Kajabi in late 2015 and deciding she wanted to create digital products and teach people how to create their own websites and how to build, market, launch and scale online businesses without tech overwhelm sparked her passion for all things technology! 

What she’s most excited about is her membership with a mostly over 50 crowd on how to build their businesses. She has one member who is almost 80 years old and her get-it-done attitude always inspires her!

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Episode 133: Don't Say Don't!

This episode was inspired, as you'll learn, by a day spent with a bunch of little people and an incident I witnessed that was a perfect example of one of the rules of the subconscious mind.

I knew about this rule and I explain it to my students, but I never really thought about its impact on the words we say to our kids (and grandkids) when we play the role of protector. It was a real AHA moment for me.

First of all, I love being around my grandchildren! And this past weekend was the 3rd birthday of one of my grandsons so I got to meet and spend time with some of his little friends.

I always feel so abundant when I am in the presence of my grandchildren, and this week as I was reflecting on that day, it dawned on me that I feel that way because children are pure abundance...

The majority of kids see the world as limitless and full of opportunity before the world gets a hold of their brain and programs it with limiting beliefs. In fact, it made me so happy to just sit back and watch...

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Episode 132: Expert Hacker On Ways to Rock Midlife with Cat Coluccio

career mindset Jul 11, 2021

EP132: A Qualified Educator, Personal Trainer and Life Coach, my podcast guest this week is Cat Coluccio – aka the Midlife Success Coach – she is also an author, international speaker and coach, and a champion of midlife women.

A transplanted Australian, Cat lives in New Zealand with her husband, her grown children and grandson, plus an overabundance of cats and chickens. She is the author of a number of books, including her best selling 21 Hacks Series. The third book in the series – 21 Hacks to Rock your Midlife – was launched recently at the first ever Rocking Midlife® Virtual Summit.

In this episode, Cat and I talked about her firsthand experience as an empty nester and her love for cats and chickens, and all the valuable information she’s learned about menopause. This is such a fun interview as we share so much in common and I enjoyed hearing about her life!

Cat is the founder of both the Rocking Midlife® Community and Podcast, was the PSA...

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Episode 131: When Plan A Is Derailed

Today I talk about the importance of "redeeming the day" with simple pleasures when your plan goes by the wayside.

An excerpt from the "Simple Abundance" book inspired me to look at how a recent day of mine, that was not going well, caused me to derail my Plan A to improve my mood. Even though my day was not derailed by someone else, like the example she shared that happened to her, I had the same experience of needing to alter my plan and redeem my day.

So I found the parallels with her experience and mine and shared them in this episode.

I created a Plan B, as she suggests, and switched my focus to the present moment instead of the future - which is what my Plan A was all about - and that improved my mood and got me back to my happy place.

So how are you going to react the next time your Plan A is derailed? Or maybe you'll find, as I did, that your Plan A is derailing you and leaving you in a less-than-happy (and abundant) state. What actions will you take to get present and...

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Episode 130: Are Your Money Stories Keeping You In The Same Familiar But Frustrating Place? Conversation with Debbie Sassen

career mindset Jul 04, 2021

Debbie Sassen is a Business and Money Mindset Coach and former Financial Planner. She helps midlife women in business to make more money and grow wealth, without burnout and sacrificing their family. Her coaching gracefully combines business strategy, money management with mindset work to help women dissolve the family of origin money story and limiting beliefs that keep them stuck in a cycle of under-earning, overspending, and under-saving.

Too many women feel belittled and diminished by professionals in the financial industry. Debbie believes it's time to change that narrative. No woman should have to dim her light and brilliance to build a solid financial reality for herself and her family - now and in the future! She believes that when we own our wealth and take responsibility for it, we give other people permission to shine their brilliance brightly, too.

In this episode, we not only talk about Debbie’s career as a money mindset coach, but also about her life experiences...

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Episode 129: The Boomerang Effect

Today I share an example of how quickly the gift of abundance is returned when you are on the giving end. 

Yesterday I stepped into the abundance of TIME and gifted my husband with some of mine, which I don't do enough of - especially in the middle of my very busy work day.

But I had a spontaneous urge to ride with him to a property to pick up one of his real estate signs. Nothing romantic or exciting, just placing my time and attention on him by being his company and doing the driving so he didn't have to.

I decided to make a quick stop on our way back at a cute little country store I love and hadn't visited since before the pandemic. (I promise, it was not a part of my plan until we were almost to our destination!) And what I got from that very quick visit not only made my day but provided me with this valuable lesson to share with you! 

I desired a zucchini and one was handed over as a gift! Yep! A store GAVE ME an item and didn't charge me!!! When was the last time...

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