Episode 177: A 100 Pound Weight Loss That Led To A Decluttering Gift with Heather Giambalvo

career health Dec 19, 2021

My guest this week is Heather Giambalvo, a decluttering coach who helps women learn how to incorporate daily decluttering into their schedules so that they can develop a decluttering habit and live a decluttered life. She coaches 1-on-1, runs a group coaching membership, and has self-study courses.

Through her journey of a 100 pound weight loss, she learned how mindset and the thoughts she chose were the key elements in lasting success. That experience led her to start applying those same elements to her home which led to her discovering her true gift: helping people declutter their homes AND their minds.

 

In this episode, Heather and I talked about:

  • Her story from being a homeschooling mom to a decluttering coach
  • Her amazing 100 pound weight loss journey
  • The courage it required to step into her calling and start an online business

 

Heather believes you don't have to take drastic action to make massive progress with your lives and your homes. Her gentle, sustainable...

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Episode 173: The Benefits Of A Retreat Reset with Nathania Stambouli

Today’s interview is with Nathania Stambouli who was on the podcast back in late June talking about how she turned her Covid crisis - her LA yoga studio shut down - into a multi 6 figure online business in less than 12 months. 

Please check out Episode 128 to hear her back story, how we met, and how she’s turned her yoga business into a money machine that is now impacting thousands and allowing her to thrive doing what she does best.

I asked her to come back on the podcast because, since she first came on, I’ve joined her yoga community and experienced a week-long retreat with her in Greece, and I wanted to chat with her about it.

 

In this episode, we talked about:

  • how she started doing Yoga retreats several years ago
  • my fears and experience as a novice and the oldest person on the retreat
  • the practice of Yoga Nidra which I had never experienced before the retreat
  • her upcoming live workshop where you can learn how to master 3 yoga poses

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Episode 171: Doing What You Love Should Never Be Complicated with Michelle Glogovac

career mindset Nov 28, 2021

In this episode, I got to chat with Michelle Glogovac who calls herself the Podcast Matchmaker. She’s also an award-winning publicist and host of the My Simplified Life podcast. After an 18 year career in corporate aviation, Michelle discovered her passion in changing the world, one voice at a time, via podcasting. She works with entrepreneurs, authors, and experts to niche down, grow their businesses, and visibility while ensuring their message reaches the masses.

In the interview, we talked about:

  • how and why she pivoted from a career in corporate aviation to podcasting
  • how her desire to help others helped led her to where she was meant to go
  • What ‘The Simplified Podcast’ is all about and how podcasting has made an impact in her life

Michelle is a natural relationship-maker, which is why her love of helping experts be interviewed on podcasts and featured in the media is so successful. Michelle is a wife, mom of two, stepmom of two, and a fur mom. She has her...

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Episode 169: Learning Her Human Design Of The Life She Was Meant For with Sarah Atkins

career health spirituality Nov 21, 2021

My guest this week is Sarah Atkins, an ICF accredited energetic alignment coach and Human Design expert who helps her clients discover who they were designed to BE, supporting them to harness their energy correctly & create a life & business in alignment & integrity with who they are.

13 years ago Sarah found herself trapped by the life she had created for herself. Stuck in an unfulfilling cycle of overworking & overgiving, she ignored the signs her body was sending her & she burned out. After discovering her own Human Design which helped her to forgive her younger self, heal trauma, improve family relationships and embrace who she truly is, she is now helping other women do the same.

In this episode, we talked about:

  • What human design is and its five types
  • Work burnout that led out to emergency surgery
  • Her midlife transformation that directed her path into human design

Sarah believes that there are no magic quick fixes in life and anyone can start down this...

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Episode 167: Redefining Work You Love When Stress Takes You Down with Elizabeth Rosenberg

career health Nov 14, 2021

Today’s episode is my interview with Elizabeth Rosenberg, the founder of The Good Advice Company, a marketing and communications consultancy that coaches agencies, brands, and C-suite leaders on global messaging strategies, brand positioning, and thought leadership.

Elizabeth's true passion lies in working with new or reimagined, cutting-edge brands that are bringing consumers products and tools that make life more enjoyable, accessible, and healthy. She truly believes there is a future where wellness, intuition and the corporate world collide.

In this episode, we talked about:

  • Her burnout story -- the physical symptoms she experienced from workplace stress that landed her in the ER 
  • Her wellness journey
  • The story behind her company name, why she started it, and her vision and passion behind it
  • Her interpretation of ‘work purpose’ vs ‘life purpose’

Currently based in Los Angeles,Elizabeth is also currently working on a book and speaking about her...

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Episode 165: Finding Purpose In Romantic Comedy Novels With Jami Albright

career mindset Nov 07, 2021

My podcast guest this week is a wife, mother, podcaster, and an actress/comedian. Jami Albright is a born and raised Texas girl and is the multiple award-winning, Amazon top 100 author of the Brides on the Run and the Small-Town Royalty series—they’re both sexy, swoony, and pee your pants funny. Jamie says that if you don’t snort with laughter, then she hasn’t done her job!

Jamie began her writing career at 50 and self-published her very first book three years later. She now has 7 books and makes a living with her writing.

In this episode, Jamie and I talked about:

  • The interesting story of writing her very first book, including losing her first copy of the book. 
  • Her experience moving to a new town, feeling sad and depressed, and finding her way through visits to the bookstore and her love of reading.
  • The many challenges she overcame to publish her first book.
  • The personal growth journey that began from this midlife pivot and continues by constantly...
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Episode 163: From Confusion To Curiosity To Connecting With a Higher Purpose with Zehra Mahoon

abundance career mindset Oct 31, 2021

Zehra Mahoon is a master mindset and law of attraction coach and manifesting expert. She is the author of twelve books on these subjects and the creator of the Unlimited 40 day law of attraction workout and the Unlimited Universe Mastermind.

After committing to completely transforming her self-worth in 2006, she went from being massively in debt to owning multiple properties and creating a thriving business, as well as healing her relationships.

In this episode, we talk about:

  • Her journey of discovering the law of attraction and going from an investment banker to a manifesting expert and coach
  • The process of writing her books, understanding energy, how to channel it and how it affects different people
  • The sixth sense
  • The difference between passion and obsession and her personal definition of desire

As a coach, Zehra helps individuals identify blockages that are keeping them from achieving success. She helps them change their self-talk and develop new thinking habits that open up...

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Episode 159: Looking For A Last First Date with Sandy Weiner

Listen in to my conversation with Sandy Weiner, the founder of Last First Date and The Woman of Value. Sandy is an internationally known TEDx speaker, dating and relationship coach, women's empowerment coach, author, and podcast host who has had a varied career from artist to comedy writer/manager and now relationship coach.

Sandy is a perfect dating coach because she is still in the thick of the dating world herself. lIn fact, she openly shares a couple of recent experiences and I appreciated her honesty, coming from a very real place.

 

In this interview, we talked about:

  • her challenging pregnancy and all the difficult decisions she had to make
  • abortion and the stigma that comes with it
  • gaining personal freedom after her divorce, which led to her taking action to accomplish her own dreams
  • her biggest dating tips

Sandy was such a great guest and after listening to this episode, I’m sure you’ll be  inspired in some way whether or not you are in search of a...

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Episode 155: The Health Crisis That Came With Her Perfect Body, with Hilary Rank

career health mindset Oct 03, 2021

My guest this week is Hilary Rank, a former corporate leader turned Women's Health & Wellness coach. At age 40, she decided life was too short not to fulfill her life purpose, which is to help other women transform into their fit & fabulous selves. 

In this episode, we covered a lot of topics including:

  • what drove her to setting a personal goal to enter a bikini competition and finally have the body she always dreamed of after her 2nd son was born,
  • the insidious and often misunderstood symptoms she experienced that can result from systemic stress,
  • what to look out for if you hear the common response from your primary doctor, when it relates to hormonal issues, of: “You are fine.” but you know otherwise, and
  • the little-known, but all-too-common root cause of all chronic disease issues.

Hilary talks about how she, at age 40, got into the best shape of her life while simultaneously becoming the sickest. She thought she had done everything right, by losing...

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Episode 153: The 5 Levers of Life Satisfaction with Meghan Krause

career mindset Sep 27, 2021

Today’s episode is my interview with Meghan Krause, an award-winning, forward-thinking employee wellbeing authority turned coach, entrepreneur, and speaker who has worked with thousands of people to enhance their professional and personal lives. Her work has been featured on Thrive Global and TEDx and she also hosts the Bullshift podcast. 

When Meghan was describing herself prior to her midlife transformation, she said to picture Diane Keaton in Baby Boom, feeling “can't get no satisfaction” despite a surface appearance of success - very similar to the old me except she was about 10 years younger when she experienced her “midlife nadir.” 

She finally listened to her gut instinct and pursued a Masters in Public Health in health promotion and integrative healing therapies. Then she landed her choice gig as the college director of wellbeing. But in this role she found herself increasingly… unwell. Feeling like an imposter and feeling that...

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