Mariah Heller is a fitness industry executive, gym co-founder, author, speaker, and the creator of Pain-Free Fitness. She also spends her days as the Executive Program Director of a million-dollar fitness company, and spends her evenings as a multi-faceted fitness entrepreneur.

Mariah's journey to entrepreneur started after spending eight years in the fitness industry and realizing that there were no viable solutions for clients with chronic pain - or really any client who didn't "fit in" in the classic gym setting. Mariah was diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome at the age of 28, after dealing with debilitating symptoms for a majority of her life.  

In the years since creating Pain-Free Fitness, Mariah has expanded the business into a consulting company that also develops B2B health and fitness programs, and helps train up and coming coaches and trainers.

Mariah is the author of two eBooks and the creator of Fitness Fundamentals Flash Cards - a line of flash cards aimed to help fitness professionals add value to their clients. She has been featured on several podcasts, and lectures annually at the UC Davis Entrepreneurship academy.

In this episode, Mariah talks about her early life experience as a dancer and musician.  She was signed to a record label when she was quite young and, unfortunately, like so many women experienced first hand what harm a toxic work environment can do to one's mind and body.  She speaks candidly about this trauma and how it helped her get back on track to focusing on her area of expertise - fitness.  You can connect with Mariah at her website https://www.painfree-fitness.com or on instagram @pain_free_fitness

Doug Noll has been a practicing attorney for many years. His calling is to serve humanity, and he executes his calling at many levels. He is an award-winning author, teacher, and trainer. He is a highly experienced mediator. Over the years he has developed techniques to de-escalate angry people quickly. He is the author of De-Escalate: How To Calm People Down in 90 Seconds along with 3 other books. He is also the founder of the Prison of Peace project where he and his team have trained thousands of prisoners to be peace leaders. His program, after training thousands of inmates, continues to have a zero recidivism rate for those people who participated prior to returning to their communities.

Peyton Garland is a writer, wanna-be rapper, and coffee shop hopper who loves connecting people to a grace much bigger than expected. Her debut book, Not So By Myself, was promoted by Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino and endorsed by TED Talk speaker and creator of the More Love Letters movement, Hannah Brencher. Peyton is a guest writing coach for the Broadleaf Writers Association and frequent feature on mental health awareness and faith-based podcasts like Sooo OCD, Hope in Anxiety, Everyday Royalty and You Don’t Have to Be Perfect. She lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Josh (JG), and their two gremlin dogs, Alfie and Daisy. In this episode, we discuss Peyton's experiences of her spiritual journey from a Christian perspective, her battle with OCD, surviving her father's PTSD, and her bad ass view of purity culture and how women can transcend what they have been taught in order to find a healthy and happy relationship and sex life. Plus she just has amazing energy and you will enjoy listening to her personal story.

When Jenn shared that she was diagnosed with cancer in 2019, went through 4 surgeries and survived COVID in Toronto (where they were in lockdown far longer than than the US) I thought, "how the heck did she do it!" I was barely surviving without social dancing let alone a major health crisis and still trying to raise a family. Listen to this episode if you want to hear about how to out your yoga and meditation practice to use in real life. We discuss the importance of heaking the body but also how to manage the emotions involved in such an extreme health crisis. Follow Jenn @jennsjourneytohealthyliving. We hope she returns to teaching yoga in the Toronto area so she can support women who are also surviving and over coming the cancer journey through mindful living.

Join me as I discuss my current experiences related to my spiritual transitions and difficulties with being pulled in two directions pertaining to my career and to my personal life. As always, please like, subscribe or share your questions and comments. We don't have to be in this alone 🙏

I've spent years talking to clients about narcissists and experienced it myself. Yet, I've learned that venting and seeking comaderie defeats the point of meeting these people. These really difficult relationships are meant to teach us about the science of energy and why we have to be discerning about relationships in general. Gone are the days where you can simply date with a checklist - you need to feel how your body responds and make good choices about the people you let into in your life.

We love to learn and to intellectualize things. It's important for us to do that learning but it is also important for us to learn to feel and remember joy. In this episode I tall about the simplest yet most profound assessment tool we used to help with the assessment of depression and PTSD. It costs under $5 and you probably have it at home already. I hope you enjoy the episode!

This episode gives you a brief overview of the first half of Toxic Insecurity where I dive into both the science and spirituality of relationships. I also discuss the need to take a look at the shadow side of love so that we can purge anything not in alignment with the values of love. The more we commit to our personal journeys, the more likely we will see that the people on our paths are helping us clear a crap ton of karma. This clearing is necessary if we feel the call to seek out divine love. The book is available for order on Amazon Kindle and will be available on my website as well. https://www.amazon.com/Toxic-Insecurity-Relational-Spirituality-Authentic-ebook/dp/B091MZWMC9/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=jennifer+rhodes+toxic+insecurity&qid=1618319469&sr=8-2

Elizabeth El Ansari is a spiritual life coach, poet, fellow traveler and founder of Elizabeth El Ansari Dolls. She is passionate about the empowerment of women and educating people on the Syrian refugee crisis. In this episode, Elizabeth share the story behind the development of her doll project and discusses her journey to becoming a spiritual life coach. Please consider supporting Elizabeth by purchasing a doll for a child in your family. You can find her on Instagram @elizabethelansaridolls or @elizabethelansari.

Please join me as I speak with financial coach, Jill Collins. Jill works with divorced or widowed women to teach them the skills to maintain their financial abundance. Jill starts off this episode by talking about the sudden loss of her husband of more than a decade of marriage and how she healed and catapulted her story into a successful coaching business. We discuss why women lose out financially in divorce and what we should be doing now to prepare for the future. Stay tuned to the end of the episode when Jill talks about how to use intuition to manage your investments. She is a true inspiration and exactly who you need if you are facing the devastation of divorce or the loss of a spouse. You can find Jill at jillcollins.com.