Midlife Magic & Mayhem

How a Fifth of a Pencil Changed Thousands of Lives with Jackson Kaguri, founder of Nyaka

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Today’s episode is incredibly special. . .and magical. It may seemingly step outside the domain of women in midlife creating magic and mayhem…but just wait.

I often say, if you ever doubt the life-changing impact one person can have, meet Jackson Kaguri.

Jackson is the founder of Nyaka, an organization which provides community-based solutions to address the needs of orphaned and vulnerable children in rural southwestern Uganda. Nyaka surrounds each child with a comprehensive support system. This consists of interrelated programs such as education, health care and housing, developed and led by the community, where children are nurtured and protected so they can learn, grow, and thrive.

In 2019, I ran the NYC Marathon to raise money for Nyaka and it was one of the highlights of my life.

This year I am running again, along with my husband Scott, our daughter, Ellie, and my son’s girlfriend, Brookelynn. Together with 19 other runners, we make up #teamnyaka, who has had a NYC Marathon entry since 2018. Many of us on this team are repeat runners because of how much we believe in Jackson and the work of this organization.

Jackson is a gifted story-teller and his own personal story is not one you will forget. Hearing how he approaches creativity, challenges, purpose, life and contribution to the world is absolutely full of gold, no matter your age or station in life.

This man, this cause, this conversation…is full of wisdom and magic.

Please…Listen closely.

*** I am raising $4000 by running the NYC Marathon on November 5th #teamnyaka for the children and families of Nyaka! Here is the link to donate – https://fundraisers.hakuapp.com/angie-byrd

TO SEE THE WORK OF JACKSON AND NYAKA, WATCH THE SHORT MOVIE CORNERSTONE ON YOUTUBE HERE : https://youtu.be/aqDfUPmRFDg

Connect with Jackson and Nyaka:

Website| https://nyakaglobal.org/

Nyaka Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/nyakaglobal/

Jackson’s Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/twejaka/

Nyaka on YouTube| https://www.youtube.com/@NyakaGlobal

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SOLO: How to Change Your Relationship to Time

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:00:00 -0600

This is another solo, unscripted episode:

I've been feeling unmoored of late -- perhaps from all the moving, menopausal hormones and stage of life. I've also been feeling the pressure of time. Like I live with a clock over my head, quietly - and sometimes loudly - signaling that time is ticking. I've somewhat lost sight and let go of the practices that I know bring me back to harmony and my Center. This wasn't a conscious decision. It's one of those things that just...happens.

So I've started going back up to my studio in the mornings. Most recently, I started a short course in the Insight Timer app (get it if you don't have it!) called Timelessness.

I've always had an intellectual understand of Time being an illusion -- but I'm not sure my nervous system got the message.

This episode is a sharing of the 3 questions from a recent meditation from that course that caused a major shift in my awareness. What came through made such an impact I want to share it with you here.

Enjoy and I'd love to hear if these 3 questions make a difference for you.

Be well.

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Fine is a 4-Letter Word with Lori Saitz

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0600

I have an issue with the word fine when it’s used in the context of answering the question, “How are you?” We typically say…fine. How about let’s be more accurate and specific in answering that question. Or better yet, how about you are way MORE than just “fine?”

Today on the podcast, I speak with Lori Saitz.

Lori is the founder and CEO of Zen Rabbit and host of the podcast “Fine is a 4-Letter Word.” An award-winning author, speaker, and broadcaster, Lori is on a mission to teach the world to be calm and grounded no matter what’s going on.

High achievers come to her because they have a strong drive to be productive, but at the end of the day never feel accomplished enough. As a nationally recognized gratitude and meditation expert, Lori guides those entrepreneurs and business leaders from stressed and chaotic to peaceful and focused and shows them how to live a sabbatical life. Then they start seeing sales increase, relationships strengthen, and overall health improve.

You can often find Lori in her sanctuary, aka the weight room at the gym. She also loves cupcakes, Thai food, and classic rock music.

I’ve already spoken about meditation quite a bit on this show with a few different guests. And the truth is, it comes up so often because . . . it works. Especially for handling all the challenges midlife can bring.

It helps us find, discover, and reconnect with our Center. In this episode, Lori and I talk about the immense transformative powers of gratitude and meditation. I found it really valuable and I hope you do as well.

Connect with Lori:

Website: https://zenrabbit.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorisaitz/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zen_rabbit/

Facebook personal: https://www.facebook.com/LoriSaitz/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zenrabbit

Love Warriors book: https://amzn.to/3msIvMz

Confident Connections Course: https://7a1f0ngjr98orx2av4kfy5tgwl.hop.clickbank.net

Leland’s breathwork courses: https://2d17enihkdynfvb55ddkv1p9tt.hop.clickbank.net/

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SOLO: Licking Life & The Importance of Experiential Learning

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 01:00:00 -0600

This week is another solo episode. I really like doing these. It gives me a chance to not only have an – what feels like – intimate conversation with you, but a few moments of reflection with myself.

Today I set up a piece I wrote almost 4 years ago on the heels of one of the most transformational experiences of my life.

At the core, it’s about the importance of experiential learning.

Of course, reading books and listening to a bajillion podcasts is really helpful and informative for gaining knowledge. I've listened to a bajillion podcasts and love them so much I started my own!

But there is NOTHING, like taking a risk and putting yourself into an experience that has the possibility to change your life.

Getting yourself out of the way of what may be uncomfortable, to open up to what your life could be like on the other side of that discomfort and fear.

That's what this episode -- and really this show -- is about.

Enjoy the show and listen to the end because I have a special announcement for you.

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How to Improve Brain Fog, Memory and Mood with Allison Liu

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0600

When you get to be our age, the health of your brain becomes a little more…noticeable. Looking for your deodorant in the refrigerator. Walking out of one room to get something and when you get to the next room where the thing is supposed to be, you can’t remember what it was you came into that room for.

Just me? No probably not.

Well, today’s conversation is with Allison Liu, a brain health coach and expert in helping women reclaim their mental sharpness and improve their energy and mood. Allison herself struggled with brain fog and panic attacks in her early 50s. Forgetting what she was saying in the middle of saying it, finding it hard to express herself and feeling increasingly irritable, she felt she was losing her sense of self. Adopting a science-based approach, which she uses with her clients today, she increased her own ‘brain reserve’, improving her memory, mood and relationships. She now coaches women in their 40s and beyond to achieve the same so that they can handle life’s challenges with ease, face the future with confidence, and fully engage in life at work and at home.

Her mission: Staying sharp for life.

Allison goes over the 11 risk factors for keeping our brains healthy and she gives us the top 3 pillars to focus on for cultivating healthy brain function.

And one of the most surprising we discussed — cognitive decline begins WAY earlier than any of us imagined. Decades before it will start showing symptoms.

So even though we can’t see the physical manifestations of our brain health like we can see our muscles when we work them out, this is one of the most important areas to focus on in our aging process. Because it has an impact on EVERY system in the body.

And stay tuned because Allison gives us a generous offer at the end – don ‘t miss it!

Please enjoy this conversation with me and Allison Liu.

ALLISON’S OFFER:

3 Free brain health coaching sessions to the first 3 women to claim them!

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Enter code: MMM23 at checkout to claim your FREE call!

REFERENCE LINKS:

Free cognitive testing: www.cognifit.com

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Website| www.allisonliucoaching.com

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How to Have an Unstoppable 30-Year Relationship

Tue, 30 May 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Hi friends. Today we have a very special guest on the show. My husband of 28 years, Scott.

We sat down in our dining room with no real agenda, turned on the camera and just started talking. Raw, organic, unscripted. A behind the scenes inside our marriage.

This is real-time conversation touching on the question we get asked the most: “How do you do it? How do you have such a great relationship after 30 years of being together?”

This episode dives into one of the key principles we believe is the cornerstone of a strong, loving, nurturing, and thriving relationship.

The idea of occurring. This is a principle Scott uses regularly with his corporate coaching clients and I incorporate it as well with my clients and in my work, as it translates across any relationship: from the boardroom to the bedroom.

You’ll also hear a VERY personal story about a time when he asked me a really tough question and was profoundly impacted by the answer. It’s a question we believe all partners should ask each other, but most won’t. Yet it has the ability to produce massive shifts in your relationship.

At the end, we also talk about a retreat for couples we are creating in September of this year, to be held at our Zen Mountain Lodge here in Boulder. You can find out more at www.the playground.love .

Please enjoy this lively conversation and reach out to me if you want to know more about the retreat or what the possibility of working together could look like.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT MY COUPLES RETREAT HERE: www.theplayground.love

Connect with Scott:

Website| www.scottlbyrd.com

Instagram| https://instagram.com/scottbyrd

Twitter| https://twitter.com/scottbyrd

Buy Scott’s book, A Cloudless Mind: https://amzn.to/42bEwU2

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Why We Are Aging Out Loud with Katie Fogarty

Tue, 23 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This week on the podcast I am joined by Katie Fogarty. Katie is the host of A Certain Age – an age-positive podcast that helps you live your best evolving midlife and that celebrates women who are aging out loud. She is also the creator of the Instagram community AGE OUT LOUD (@letsageoutloud) that spotlights women reimagining midlife.

A former journalist turned career coach, Katie’s day job helping executives create strong LinkedIn profiles has taught her that not everyone is up for owning their age. She created A Certain Age to shift the dated narrative that aging makes you irrelevant.

A superfan of second-acts and career evolution, Katie has worked as a TV news writer, for global PR firms, on Capitol Hill, and as an English teacher in Japan. Her coaching company, The Reboot Group, has helped 2K+ executives from Fortune 500 companies grow through better career stories.

A New Yorker by birth, Katie now lives on Long Island with her husband, three kids, and pandemic puppy Lilah.

In this episode we talk about:

the fear of losing marketability in the workforce
Doing the inner work of facing your biases around your age
The myths of ageism when looking for work so you know what to look for
A beautiful story from her podcast of resilience and truly knowing what you need, even in the face of big challenges

No matter if you are stepping back in to the workforce or have no desire to step in at this stage, Katie gives us clarity and really useful tools to Age Out Loud, anywhere we show up.

Please enjoy this lively discussion with me and Katie Fogarty.

Reference links:

Carol Dweck and her classic book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Chip Conley and The Modern Elder Academy
Kerry Hannon
iReLaunch - Normalizing Career Breaks

**Katie’s Let’s Age Out Loud on IG. Follow Katie’s invitation and put your own story on the Age Out Loud page and tag us when you do!

Connect with Katie:

Website| www.acertainagepod.com

Instagram| www.instagram.com/acertainagepod

Podcast| on Apple, Spotify…all the players

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Now IS The Time To Be Full Of Ourselves with Nada Jones

Tue, 16 May 2023 01:00:00 -0600

“You can’t be what you can’t see.”

That quote is at the core of the mission of Liberty Road and what drives founder Nada Jones to share stories of female artists, founders, innovators and creatives, so you are able to see what’s possible for your future.

Since 2000, Nada has worked alongside female founders. From starting an online co-op of emerging designers and co-authoring an Amazon small-business best-seller to creating conferences, workshops, and consulting women-owned businesses, she has made it her business to empower women. Twenty years of listening and serving has given Nada a unique insight into what women are looking for to thrive. Today she is focused on inspiring and equipping women in the middle third of life. Armed with curiosity, experience, and empathy, Nada hosts the LIBERTY ROAD podcast and is expanding the LIBERTY ROAD media platform to include live and digital programming and digital content.

This is a delightful conversation about shifting, pivoting, and just doing the thing – whether it be writing that book, starting a business, asking for a promotion, taking that painting class or whatever it is that is burning inside you to do in the world – you can do it.

Neda’s generosity of spirit, time and talent is openly obvious as we glide our way through this conversation.

And definitely go follow Liberty Road on Instagram and check out her podcast as well. Big stuff coming down Liberty Road. Don’t miss it.

Mentions:

Arthur Brooks (The book referenced is From Strength to Strength)

Connect with Nada:

Website| www.liberty-road.com

Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/thisislibertyroad/

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Solo Time: Permission to Pause

Tue, 09 May 2023 09:00:00 -0600

I'm trying something different this week.

A mini, solo episode, unscripted, unedited...more like a short, intimate conversation just between you and me. Some of the private, in-the-moment thoughts I feel called to share.

This first one is about taking a sacred pause. It's my permission slip for you, right now, to take a break. Because we get to do that ya know?

Amid all that life throws at us, invites us into, lobs our way...we still get to slow down and take a deep breath. To take it all in. To look around and see what's actually happening. To wonder if we are where we want to be. And to celebrate what is going really Well. Yes, we get to do that too.

I hope you enjoy. I'd love to know what you think and what your pause looks like.

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Hot Flashes and Cool Topics with Podcasters, Colleen & Bridgett

Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Hey, did you know I have a weekly newsletter? Well I do. It’s where I share my personal musings about what’s up for me at the moment, of course about the podcast, some favorite things and any upcoming events I may be putting together. To sign up, head to www.angiebyrd.com.

Today’s conversation is with Colleen Rosenblum & Bridgett Garrett of the podcast, Hot Flashes and Cool Topics.

Colleen is a former attorney, pilates instructor and now podcaster. She raised two daughters, married her high school sweetheart and she is loving midlife.

Bridgett is a former elementary school teacher, actress and now podcaster. She raised a son and a daughter, married her college sweetheart and she is also loving midlife.

Their show recognizes the multi-faceted women in this age group where they eagerly share both the “hot flash” side of health and wellness along with the “cool topics” side of lifestyle, travel and fashion.

This episode is like sitting down with your favorite neighbors (which they are) for a glass of wine or cup of tea and just talking about all the different facets of life, with sincerity, depth and humor.

We talk about pivoting careers, what challenged them most heading into midlife, the critical element of community at this stage of life and how they find magic in the day-to-day.

This one is really fun, so sit back, relax and enjoy this conversation with the women of Hot Flashes and Cool topics.

Connect with Colleen and Bridgett:

Website I [http://hotflashescooltopics.com/]

Mail I [hotflashescooltopics@gmail.com]

Instagram I [https://www.instagram.com/hotflashesandcooltopics/]

Facebook I [https://www.facebook.com/hotflashescooltopics]

Twitter I [https://twitter.com/CoolFlashes]

Pinterest I [https://www.pinterest.com/hcooltopics/]

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Transformation Tools That Work with Alison Rothman

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Our stories of resilience and transformation never cease to inspire me. And this conversation is no different.

Today, I speak with Alison Rothman MA CYT. She is a Body-Centered Holistic Empowerment Coach, Emotional Doula, Guide, Mentor, and Transformational Group Facilitator with over 25 years of study and experience in somatic healing arts and therapies, yoga and meditation, authentic embodiment practices, and holistic healing channels. Through her extensive studies, practices, and experiences she provides clients and students with the ability to tap into their innate inner resource, release debilitating life patterns, reclaim their body, mind, heart, and soul connection so as to access their true selves empowering them to live life awake, embodied, and in alignment. In addition to her one-on-one work she facilitates retreats and events, runs women’s groups (both virtual and in person), writes, speaks and is the host of the podcast "Embodied and Awake." She lives in beautiful Boulder, Colorado with her partner and teenage son.

In this episode, Alison tells her incredible story of overcoming major life obstacles including a debilitating eating disorder when she was young, losing almost everything in a house fire and a near death experience in Mexico.

We talk about the life-changing practice of meditation, what all this talk about embodiment means, the importance of touch and she shares her personal meditation ritual that includes an element that I will be incorporating into my own practice immediately.

Please enjoy my conversation with Alison Rothman.

Connect with Alison:
Website | www.embodymylife.com
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/embody_life/
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/EmbodyLifeHolisticWellness
Podcast | Embodied and Awake

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Fat Loss, Fitness and True Health with The Midlife Mentors

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Whether we are trying to lose a few extra pounds, get stronger or improve our health in general, midlife shows us that the things we did to get those results in our 20s, 30s and early 40s often just don't work at all anymore. And with the insane amount of health information out there, it can be really difficult to know which approach is the right one for us.

Claire and James Davis are the husband and wife team behind the multi- award winning wellbeing company 38 Degrees North and thriving midlife coaching business, The Midlife Mentors.

The couple have a successful midlife health podcast; The Midlife Mentors (top 1.5% globally) and their passion is helping midlifers achieve the body, mind and lifestyle they deserve.

The couple’s science based approach, leveraging their backgrounds and qualifications in psychology, coaching, hormones, nutrition, personal training, stress management, menopause and NLP, empowers individuals with the practical tools and knowledge they need to make positive, long lasting changes to their lives.

Claire & James are incredibly passionate about offering an anti-fad approach to the health and wellness narrative. You’ll find no fancy diets or pseudo science - just authentic, balanced information based on years of professional and personal experience.

They also work with corporates providing coaching and wellness programmes for individuals and teams, and are regular media commentators. They have also been featured in The New York Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail, Conde Nast Traveller, The Evening Standard and more.

We cover all sorts of topics from relationships to the importance of protein intake in midlife, alcohol, strength training and much more.

This couple is an absolute blast and we hit it off instantly.

Please enjoy this conversation with me and Claire and James Davis, The Midlife Mentors.
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Website| www.themidlifementors.com

Instagram| www.instagram.com/midlifementors

Facebook| www.facebook.com/themidlifementors

Tiktok| @themidlifementors

Podcast| The Midlife Mentors on Apple, Spotify and all other platforms

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Your Body Knows: Intuitive Eating with Pam Moore

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0600

At this point in our lives, I would confidently say most women have tried most to all the eating trends. I’m not going to even call them diets anymore, because they actually do feel like trends because the science seems to constantly be changing. Not faulting science. It’s just as technology grows and we are able to dial in precision medicine, it can make what we are “supposed” to be eating that much more confusing.

This is why I lean into and encourage women to listen to the wisdom of our own bodies. No matter what everyone else is doing.

This week on the podcast, I’m joined by Pam Moore.

Pam is an occupational therapist-turned-intuitive eating coach and health and fitness journalist who lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband and two daughters.

As an intuitive eating coach, her mission is to help women stop micromanaging their food and exercise so they can start fully showing up to their lives.

The author of There's No Room for Fear in a Burley Trailer, Pam's writing has also been published in The Washington Post, Runner's World, SELF, The Guardian, Time, Outside, AARP, and Forbes, among others.

Despite, or more likely because of, being picked last for every team as a kid, Pam is also a certified personal trainer, six-time marathoner, and two-time Ironman finisher. Her podcast, Real Fit, features conversations with women athletes about body image, enoughness, and more.

Pam’s newsletter, Real Nourished, features evidence-based tools to reduce food-related anxiety, improve body image, and embrace exercise as a form of nourishment instead of punishment.

This is a fun and informative discussion about trusting the wisdom of our bodies and our own intuition. Please enjoy my conversation with intuitive eating coach, Pam Moore.

Connect with Pam:

Website: www.pam-moore.com

LinkedIn:/www.linkedin.com/in/pammoorewriter/

TikTok: tiktok.com/@pammoore303

Instagram: instagram.com/pammoore303

Twitter: twitter.com/PamMooreWriter/

Podcast: Real Fit

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Reframing Midlife as Emergence with Jen Berlingo

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Listening to each other’s stories is one of the most impactful ways to learn. This week’s guest on the podcast is Jen Berlingo, and she has a powerful story of midlife transition which helped inform a beautiful approach to reframing this life threshold.

Jen Berlingo, MA, LPC, ATR (she/her) is a midlife coach, a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado, a Nationally Registered Art Therapist, and a master-level Reiki practitioner.

After two decades of midwifing hundreds of women through life’s major transitions and experiencing her own passage through a fiery midlife portal, she was inspired to write her book, Midlife Emergence, to accompany other women in traversing their midlife journeys.

Jen is also a visual artist who creates custom pieces for collectors worldwide and exhibits her fluid, abstract art locally in her beloved town of Boulder, Colorado. There, among the sunny foothills, Jen can be found making bottomless bowls of popcorn and snuggling on the couch with her unconventional family, her coven of close friends, and her Norwegian forest tabby rescues, Jinx and Juju.

Please enjoy this inspiring conversation with Jen Berlingo.

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The Magic is Always Within with Deb Rubin

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Psychology. Parts work. Somatic healing. Dance. Movement. Embodiment. Parenting. Sex. Relationships.

This conversation with therapist, Deb Rubin, is especially dynamic and expansive. Every piece of Deb’s work resonates deeply with me and she drops many truth nuggets in this episode.

According to Deb, love and deep connection are her lifelines. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in numerous therapeutic job settings, as well as sexual health education - consciously blending the best of both Eastern and Western theories into her practice.

Her experience includes working with both young adults and adults in multiple facets of life, including: relationships, self-esteem, sexuality, life transitions, attachment styles, parenting, anxiety and depression, preparing for motherhood, grief and loss, and trauma work.

Deb has worked with the Colorado Outward Bound School, Women’s Wilderness Institute, Planned Parenthood, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital, Colorado University’s Psychological and Psychiatry Department and eventually landed into her own private therapeutic practice in 2006.

In 2017, she expanded to include parent coaching and group facilitation through her program The Mother Daughter Journey (MDJ.)

Deb’s energy is contagious and I invite you to slow down and really listen to this conversation. You may even want to grab paper and pen...it's packed with gems.

UPCOMING WORKSHOP FOR MOMS BEGINNING APRIL 6, 2023:

https://motherdaughterjourney.co/classes-and-workshops

Connect with Deb:

Website| www.motherdaughterjourney.com

Instagram| www.instagram.com/themotherdaughterjourney

Podcast| Motherhood Uncut

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The Surprising Healing Power of Pleasure with Elizabeth Wood

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0600

This episode speaks directly to creating magic and mayhem and is about one of my favorite topics … pleasure… and I am speaking with Elizabeth Wood, who literally wrote a book called The Pleasure Prescription: A Surprising Approach to Healing Sexual Pain, with her business partner Dee Hartmann.

Elizabeth is a co-founder of the Pleasure Movement™, an organization dedicated to helping women find pleasure in their bodies, some for the very first time. As a certified Erotic Blueprint™ coach, tantra educator, and somatic sex educator, she has immense knowledge of the healing power of pleasure.

She has been working in sexual health and wellness for over two decades with individuals, couples, and groups. She has led comprehensive sex workshops and lectures at multiple universities including Metropolitan State University of Denver and Naropa University. Elizabeth earned her master’s degree in clinical social work from Loyola University Chicago and is a former licensed private-practice sex therapist.

We do a deep dive into the importance of pleasure in all areas of life and why we both believe in its healing and transformational power.

Other highlights of the conversation are:

How pleasure can be a critical tool in healing pain, specifically sexual pain
The importance of knowing our own anatomy and that everyone’s anatomy is “normal”
The role of pleasure in nervous system downregulation
The role of pleasure in embodiment and cultivating wisdom as we journey towards elderhood
a simple yet profound prescription from the book that all women can use to begin connecting to themselves, their bodies and their pleasure
And at the end we go into how all of this is amplified for women in midlife

Please enjoy this impactful conversation with me and pleasure educator, Elizabeth Wood.

Connect with Elizabeth:

Website| https://pleasuremovement.com

Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/thepleasuremovement/

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Spontaneous Combustion: How and Why Women Mismanage Their Health with Susan Salenger

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0600

Did you know that in the 1700s some people believed that menopause caused women to be vulnerable to spontaneous combustion? Yes, that a woman in menopause could just drop into a pile of ash.

I mean, seriously.

This story among many other fascinating topics are in the wonderful book Sidelined: How Women Manage & Mismanage Their Health. And this conversation is with the researcher and author of that book, Susan Salenger. Sidelined examines the many ways in which some women manage and sometimes mismanage their healthcare.

Women are notoriously putting everything and everyone else’s needs in front of their own. In the book, she references a study which ranks where women put themselves in order of priority when it comes to health care: 1. Children (of course) 2. Pets 3. Elderly parents 4. Partner/Spouse 5. Ourselves.

How in the world do we expect to take care of all those other humans and non-humans if we aren’t taking proper care of ourselves? And is it any wonder we feel this way after knowing the history of how women’s bodies and health have been perceived for the past few thousand years? The final chapter of Sidelined gives a really interesting overview of how women's bodies and health have been perceived through time. It made me laugh out loud and honestly seethe with anger.

Susan explores how women, typically the medical gatekeepers for their families, tend to be extremely conscientious about taking care of themselves, yet at the same time inadvertently undermine their own care. They often hesitate to call the doctor when they don’t feel well and worry that their doctor visit will take time away from their families or work. They may hesitate to ask doctors the necessary questions and don’t always comply with the doctor’s instructions. Salenger’s research reveals how conflicted many women are about the medical decisions they ultimately make.

This was an absolutely delightful conversation with a very inspiring woman.

Susan is not only an author, she’s also a powerlifter at 80-years-old, and is taking Latin dance lessons. She is my kind of lady.

Connect with Susan:

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL HANDLES:

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The Life Changing Power of Devotion with Anne More

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 01:00:00 -0700

Devotion and ritual. Two topics that we don’t talk a lot about in mainstream culture, but have become a real focus and curiosity in my life over the past few years.

What do devotion and ritual do for us? How can they change our experience of living?

And what happens when we combine devotion and ritual with sexuality?

This conversation is with Anne More. Anne is an internationally acclaimed sexologist who helps people just like us to discover love, freedom, and sex beyond our wildest dreams.

Anne is deeply intuitive, profoundly grounded in sacred ritual and the body, and offers support at the highest level in the art and science of sex coaching, Sexological Bodywork, trauma release, and dissolving shame into loving self-acceptance.

She provides private coaching and bodywork, inspired speaking, workshops, events and online group education about sex, embodiment, devotional practice, and erotic mindfulness. Her clients and students rave about her proven approach to clearing shame and stuckness and using joyful, mindful erotic play as a pathway to self-discovery and spiritual evolution.

Anne and I dive deep into devotional practice, what it looks like for her, why it’s important and why it’s also important to include devotion and ritual into our sexuality.

This is a gorgeous, rich conversation with a woman who lives her magic and mayhem with real wisdom and depth.

Please enjoy and allow yourself to feel my conversation with Anne More.

Connect with Anne:

Website| www.yesannemore.com

Email| yes.annemore@gmail.com

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Thriving Through Menopause with Amanda Thebe, author of Menopocalypse

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0700

This episode is with Amanda Thebe, personal trainer and fitness professional with almost 30 years in the fitness industry. She also authored the book, Menopocalypse – which is one of the book titles I’ve ever heard.

She is Canada’s first menopause coach and educator. Through menopause advocacy and education, Amanda provides on-site or virtual presentations in the workplace to improve productivity, retention and attendance for female employees. Helping companies to normalize the conversation around menopause and provide support which impacts 100% of their female employees.

Amanda has lived in the UK, Canada and the USA, and has been exposed to all the healthcare systems, her book is a best-seller in these countries.

She is a popular guest on podcasts, radio, TV and online summits, and she brings a refreshing humor and no-nonsense approach to subjects usually shrouded in shame. Through her frank articles, hilarious social media posts and inspirational and entertaining talks, Amanda continually inspires the loyal readers on her social media.

Her exercise workouts, health and fitness tips have been featured in Shape, Prevention, Health Line, CBC Radio, Global News Canada, The Doctors, Lifehacker, Breaking Muscle, Girls Gone Strong, and Ultimate Sandbag Training.

In this conversation she talks about how hard perimenopause hit her, physically, mentally and emotionally. She reveals with honesty what it was like and how the symptoms seem to come from nowhere to the point she didn’t recognize who she was anymore.

In this conversation, she openly shares her journey of creating tools for herself to powerfully guide her through this life threshold, which inspired her to write her book. The book she says she wished she could have read.

She is a joy to be with and I’m sure you’ll get so much from this conversation. I certainly did.

Connect with Amanda:

Website| https://amandathebe.com

Instagram| https://instagram.com/amanda.thebe

BUY THE MENOPOCALYPSE BOOKHERE!: https://amzn.to/3XYFSj5

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Twitter | https://twitter.com/amandathebex

LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-thebe/

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/AmandaThebex

Podcast | www.amandathebe.com/podcast 35k downloads

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LIFE STORY: Honoring Your Path and The Power of Entheogens with Ana Jaia

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0700

The prospect of healing with psychedelic medicines and entheogens has been making mainstream news for a while now. In fact, my new home state of Colorado just passed (fall 2022) a bill legalizing the personal use of Psilocybin (mushrooms.) There is a steady stream of research coming out proving the efficacy and usefulness of a lot of these medicines to help heal trauma and many other psychological issues. Probably the most well known is the MAPS program. (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)

If you have ever been interested in this modality or are just really curious about the new flurry of attention directed at these molecules for the purpose of healing, this episode is for you.

Please meet, Ana Jaia, or as some of her clients have called her, “the archeologist of the subconscious.” She has become an incredibly special person in my life with an absolutely incredible story. She is a truth teller and gifted healer who shoots straight with a gigantic heart.

Ana’s life mission is to help people remember who they are. Her spiritual path started in her early 20s after she moved from her homeland of Mexico to the U.S. to study music.

Her mission became even clearer when she was summoned by the plant teachers to give her gift of service to communities in an even deeper way.

Her education spans a wide range of modalities. In addition to being a certified Life Coach, her training includes, Sound Healing, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Shadow Work, Quantum Healing, Psych-K and Ho’oponopono to name a few.

Ana weaves decades of experiential education and curriculum development with the teachings of plant and earth allies in order to co-create The New Paradigm Mystery School. Within this context she guides participants toward reconnecting to their ancestral roots and remembering their true calling.

Ana’s commitment to deep listening has led her down the path of teaching, helping people heal individually and in groups. She has most recently turned toward the profound responsibility of becoming an elder to her community.

Just a few highlights from this very real, honest and raw conversation:

the reality of healing with entheogenic medicines, including my personal stories
being with big transitions
tapping into our own wisdom
identifying when magic sparks
our perspective of unconditional self-love
how science is catching up with what ancient intelligence has known for thousands of years
her fascinating story of growing up in Mexico, leaving for the US at 17 years old, marrying a rocket scientist and how her path led her to her current work

Referenced in the episode:
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
This book was also made into a series on Netflix, starring Michael Pollan

Connect with Ana Jaia:

Email :: ana@thewellofwellbeing.com

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Pleasure, Presence and Permission with Connie Eberhart

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0700

It’s uncommon conversations like this one that inspired me to start this show. Today I speak to Sexological Bodyworker and Sex and Intimacy Coach Connie Eberhart.

I first met Connie in 2019 at an event in Costa Rica when I was working with world-renowned somatic sex educator Jaiya as a private client for that entire year. Jaiya was one of the facilitators in the Netflix series sex, love and goop. If you haven’t seen it…watch it. Connie is a Master Trainer for Jaiya and was a facilitator at that Costa Rica event.

In this discussion, Connie and I explore many areas of pleasure, sexuality, presence, the nervous system, sexuality and spirituality and WHY all of this is important. What does sex have to do with anything anyway right? It’s just sex. Wrong.

Oh…there is SO much more available.

Connie offers Somatic Sex Education and Intimacy Coaching to curious, courageous explorers who wish to deepen and expand their capacity for pleasure.

It is Connie’s belief, that when we step into our true power as humans and reclaim our sexual energy - the true source of creativity and vitality - it benefits not only ourselves, but those around us and the world at large. As an Erotic Embodiment Educator, Certified Sexological Bodyworker and Sex & Intimacy Coach, Connie offers body-based education and coaching designed to help to clients become more present in their bodies and to courageously explore all their exciting choices when it comes to pleasure and intimacy. Connie skillfully guides her clients to move beyond shame, clarify their desires and boundaries, live emotionally connected and erotically embodied lives, and experience the joy and satisfaction of authentic intimacy and juicy, playful sex.

With the groundwork of over 25 years in the fields of team building, personal and leadership development, and experiential education - beginning in 2013 Connie had the great fortune of working and mentoring with Jaiya Ma, award-winning Sexologist and creator of the Erotic Blueprints™️, with whom she has also traveled internationally as a master bodywork practitioner, serving her VIP clients and immersion retreats. Connie has had a full-time practice as a Sexological Bodyworker since 2016, has studied scar tissue remediation with Ellen Heed since 2018, and is currently one of five Lead Coach Trainers for the Erotic Blueprints™️. As a Bondassage™️ Practitioner and Trainer, she is also very passionate about guiding individuals and couples who desire to explore and expand into the Kinky Blueprint™️!

Connie works with clients virtually, and offers in-person bodywork sessions or extended Immersion Retreats in the beautiful foothills of Boulder, Colorado.

Trailer for the Netflix series sex, love and goop and watch the series on Netflix. See for yourself a small slice of the work that Jaiya and Connie do with clients and the powerful transformations that are possible.

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Website| www.embodypleasure.org

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Why #hypewomen is more than a Moment, it's a Movement with Erin Gallagher

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 01:00:00 -0700

Ok y’all. Get ready. This one is FIRE. 🔥

On January 16th, I made a request. The day before I saw an Instagram post, a “word anthem” describing the now very famous photograph of Jamie Lee Curtis unabashedly celebrating Michelle Yeoh’s win for best actress in the movie Everything, Everywhere All at Once at the Golden Globes on January 10th. Erin Gallagher wrote a post on LinkedIn about the image of the two famous actresses in that moment. (Go read that post here.) It starts…”Ladies, this is your vibe for 2023: unabashed hype woman. Full on. Full out. Full force.”

That post from Erin went everywhere. It became the very definition of viral. A friend of Jamie Lee’s sent it to her, where JLC herself reposted it and coined the term “word anthem.”

The hashtag #hypewomen is now being used all over social media as a flag, or more like a torch, to gather women in solidarity to the flame of lifting each other. To overcome and disavow any disempowering systems that keep women feeling in competition with each other, instead of holding each other in support…and accountability.

Erin Gallagher is the Founder and CEO of Ella, an inclusive network unlocking women's access to human and financial capital. Ella recognizes women’s value, and increases their valuation. The ethos: change is inevitable, growth is optional, true metamorphosis requires both. Ella provides connection, coaching and consulting to support your transformation.

Erin brings almost 20 years experience leading global marketing, business development, media relations, branding, communications and organizational and culture change to the many roles she currently plays: small business owner, disruptor, entrepreneur, system-challenger and mother to two young boys.

She has counseled C-suite and senior leaders at some of the world’s biggest and best brands and companies — from LinkedIn to United Airlines to Carhartt to McDonald’s — and forged relationships with change makers and leaders who believe in the power of diversity, equity, inclusion and access.

Early that morning of January 16th, 2023, in the midst of what I can only imagine was a true boatload of incoming media requests (she was contacted by major media outlets instantly…) I sent her a message asking her to be on my brand new podcast.

And she said yes. With enthusiasm.

This woman walks her talk. She is out to be a disruptor. A changemaker. And she supported a complete stranger with a bit of her time to share with us her vision of a future where women have the human, and financial resources to create a world that works for all of us.

For us, by us.

My hand is added to that torch.

This podcast is my way of gathering all our flames, so we can see a new way from our deep wellness, wildness and wisdom. Because that’s what is needed now.

LFG. 🔥

Connect with Erin:

Website| www.ellaforall.com

LinkedIn| https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinfgallagher

Instagram| https://www.instagram.com/erin.gallag.her

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It's Not Aging, It's Evolution with Allison Kirk

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:00:00 -0700

Oh boy are you in for a treat. This episode with Alli Kirk is about making aging a process of evolution, not of deterioration.

Alli is a personal growth specialist, Reiki Master and Teacher and gifted energy worker. I have worked many times with Alli over the past several years and she is the real thing. I consider her part of my Magic Tribe.

Alli came to the world of Spirituality, Energy, and Reiki in 2012, through a daily meditation practice that totally transformed her life. Her personal growth journey was sudden, spontaneous, and quite unexpected. As she rounded the corner to 40, the life she created for myself all of a sudden felt constricting, suffocating, and soul-sucking. She awakened to realize that the life she was living (a 20-year marriage, 2 beautiful children, and a successful business) wasn’t one of her own choosing, but one that was subtly thrust upon her by the rigid expectations of her conservative Christian upbringing. It was a life created, not to make HER happy, but to provide her family with the life THEY thought she should have. Her daily meditation and Reiki practice became powerful tools that assist her in creating the life she lives now: a life built upon unconditional self-love, radical self-acceptance, and the awareness of her Divinity, even in her humanness. Both practices continue to steer the course of her personal evolution every day.

By curating what she learned about directing psycho-spirituality towards self-actualization and personal empowerment, she is passionate about helping others build a plan for personal growth that resonates with them, so they can feel inspired and empowered to create their own deeply fulfilling lives.

We talk about emotions – where they come from, where they are stored and how to clear them. Her practices that moved her with Wellness through menopause and beyond. How thoughts create our reality. The Triple Goddess (maiden, mother, crone) and how she shows up in our lives. We talk about yin/yang : feminine and masculine energies and how they play through every human.

And a BRILLIANT 2-step process for handling upsets, stress and clearing emotions that you will NOT want to miss. I will be using this myself for sure.

And finally, what magic means to her and how she creates it in her life.

Dr. Mary Shackelton on Inner Radiance: The Health of Women is Crucial to the Health of the World

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0700

The health of women is crucial to the health of the world. That's a big statement and one I stand behind.

This episode with Dr. Mary Shackelton is a master class and indepth conversation about women’s health, beauty, empowerment, sisterhood, hormones and more.
Mary is my doctor, my friend and her energy is contagious. She takes intense science and makes it easy to understand while inspiring with her clarity.

As the founder of Holistica Integrative Care in Boulder, CO, where Mary has been practicing naturopathic medicine with an emphasis on women’s health for 25 years. She also has a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) which focuses much of her work in the area of prevention and health promotion. Her current focus is on Environmental Medicine and the conditions associated with toxic exposures including auto-immunity, chronic fatigue, cognitive decline, hormone imbalances, mitochondrial dysfunction, and neurologic conditions.

Dr. Shackelton has recently authored a book "Preconception Detox: Cleaning up your internal and external environment to have the healthiest baby possible" for women who are contemplating conception to help them reduce the lifelong impact of chemical exposures, creating the foundation of a healthier neurologic terrain beginning in utero.

Dr. Shackelton has also co-founded numerous companies and projects including Insulite Laboratories, a company dedicated to reversing disorders related to insulin, and PridePads Africa (PridePads.org) whose mission is to provide sanitary pads to girls in Cameroon, Africa to keep them in school. She has been an avid lifelong gardener, runner, tele skier, and hiker and has raised 3 children with her husband in Boulder, Colorado.

Please enjoy this episode with Dr. Mary Shackelton.

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Website| https://holisticacare.com

Website| http://maryshackelton.com

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Why Movement Is Important in Midlife with Daniela Schroeder

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0700

This episode is with Daniela Schroeder. Dani has spent her life studying multiple forms of holistic healing - from nutrition to intelligent movement methods to the best way to support clients with their individual well-being - namely through Reflexology and GYROKINESIS® which both relieve the physical, mental, and emotional body of pain, stress, and anxiety by calming the nervous system.

Dani understands how thoughts and feelings manifest in the body and for this reason, she is gifted at understanding clients' individual needs.

She focuses on what is at the heart of the matter, allowing her clients to regain inner strength and clear stagnant energy.

We talk about movement, specifically Gyrokinesis, and why it’s so important at any age, but definitely during midlife. Daniela also shares her story about feeling isolated and alone when the symptoms of menopause started creeping in to her life, and the tools she used and still uses to break the spell and move into wellness.

We also talk about one super simple practice that can instantly shift how you feel, and takes less than one minute.

Tune in and find out!

This was such a fun conversation and I hope you enjoy. I know I did.

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Eros, Embodiment and the Core of Our Beingness with Chris Muse

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0700

Chris Muse is a Somatic Sex Educator, relationship and intimacy guide and co-founder of The Verdant Collective. She is devoted to helping people quiet their voices of doubt so they can get to know and trust themselves more fully. She has seen entire lives transformed as people form deeper relationships with their bodies and a greater understanding of their sexuality. Her approach is experimental and experiential, following moment-to-moment curiosities in a compassionate, safe space for exploration. Helping people liberate themselves from shame, anxiety, trauma, limiting beliefs, and harmful patterns is her calling that’s life affirming and incredibly rewarding.

I met Chris while participating in The Verdant Collective 4-month Immersion starting in January 2022, of which she is one of the facilitators. I’ve since then also worked with her 1-1 in her private practice, and so has my husband. It’s really hard to find the words to accurately describe how the work of the Verdant Collective, and personally with Chris, has impacted me, my marriage, and my experience of living.

This conversation will give you a glimpse into the world of embodiment, the importance of nervous system regulation, what TRUE eroticism means, the power of being in community and how ALL of this weaves a tapestry of being a WELL woman.

This one is really juicy. Enjoy.

Connect with Chris:

Website| https://www.chris-muse.com

Learn more about The Verdant Collective:

The Verdant Collective Website

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How good can it get? Intuition, receiving and creating with Shauna VanBogart

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0700

This episode is with Shauna VanBogart. Shauna is an intuitive change-agent that shows business owners how to build, run, and scale sustainable businesses that feel as good as they look. With a graduate degree in Communications and Leadership Studies, mastery-level certification in clinical hypnotherapy, and 15+ years mentoring business owners running everything from start-ups to multi-million dollar brands, Shauna knows what it takes to evolve the human behind the business so that elevated service, revenue and company growth occurs as a natural result of creating cohesive alignment within.

Whether you are a business owner, an employee, not working right now or somewhere in between, I highly recommend this episode because we go a lot of places. We talk about intuition, receiving, creation, relationship to money, thinking and so much more. We even found that we share a recurring dream with the same animal and what that possibly means for each of us. I’ve known Shauna for several years and I always learn so much from each interaction and am fed by her energy and clarity. Please enjoy this transformational conversation with Shauna VanBogart.

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Website| https://shaunavanbogart.com

Instagram| https://instagram.com/shaunavanbogart

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Why Change is So Hard with Paul Smit

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0700

This conversation is with Paul Smit, a Dutch philosopher and expert in neuroscience. He’s written 13 books about philosophy, psychology and neuroscience and is one of the most in demand speakers in The Netherlands.

Now, you may be wondering why I chose to speak first to a man from the Netherlands about Non-Duality and philosophy when this show is about women in midlife.

I wanted to start here because these are foundational principles that support me, my body and my mind, in daily life. They may seem esoteric and highly philosophical at first glance, but I hope you can hear this with curiosity and openness. We talk about thoughts, where they come from, changing habits, the practical application of these ideas or “pointers” and a bit about the brain as well.

Paul is a friend, a collaborator with my husband Scott (they wrote a book together called A Cloudless Mind) and someone who walks his talk like no other. Paul is a rare human and it was truly an honor to have him on the show.

To get a digital copy of A Cloudless Mind email me at angie@angiebyrd.com.

Or, click here for a physical copy.

Also, for fun, here are a couple of videos Paul, Scott and I made about non-duality for business and leadership 🙂 You can see more on Paul’s YouTube channel linked below.

How to have a Feedback Conversation: https://youtu.be/mxASmo6_904
The Doing Nothing Business Plan: https://youtu.be/Joy3ZTxl30o

Connect with Paul:

Website| https://www.paulsmit.nu/english
Instagram| https://instagram.com/filosoofpaulsmit
YOUTUBE | https://www.youtube.com/@AdvaitaNondualiteit

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MIDLIFE MAGIC + MAYHEM TRAILER

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 15:00:00 -0700

Hello friend. Thank you for being here!

Welcome to the Midlife Magic + Mayhem podcast! A show for women (mainly) in their 40s and 50s who are sitting with the questions…Is this it? Who am I? Where have I been? What do I want? Where did the magic go? What now?

I'm Angie Byrd and each week we will walk together down the path of what it means to be a modern woman in midlife. The show will go many places and hopefully some edges around health, wellness, sex, relationships, career, neuroscience, the nervous system, eroticism, pleasure, power, sisterhood, life transitions, pivots and many alternative therapies. There’s no place we won’t go.

This is something I’ve been thinking about for awhile now, and after coaching women for over a decade, becoming an empty nester, moving across the country, deep reflection and reaching the ever-moving line of midlife myself, the voice of, “Do It Now,” was loud and clear.

And I don’t think I’m the only one.

Women in midlife are hungry, curious and craving places where our wisdom and wildness are not only accepted, but celebrated. The intention with the show is to understand the major transitions that come with this stage of life from different angles and learn from each other how to step into our true Wellness as wise women.

Stepping away from, knowing we can come back to, the status quo and the conventional “7 Steps to –” information currently available, and play outside all the boxes we have been programmed to stay in.

My sweet spot is being a curator and a student, walking with women who are also curious and inspired by uncommon conversations. Entering questions from a place of exploration and not needing an answer, but being with the juiciness of the journey.

What I know about you is this: no matter what you have going on in your life, how chaotic, wonderful, heartbreaking, busy, quiet, fulfilling or flat it may seem, who you really are is infinitely well and powerful. We all are. I've seen it. Felt it. Heard it.

In these uncommon conversations, we'll explore together how we can take our gifts and change not only our own lives, but the world.

Because it starts with us. Now. This...is our time.

Thank you so much for listening!

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