This week on the podcast, Heidi talks with Judy Buchanan about how stress and chronic illness can be managed with energy medicine. Judy shares her story of chronic stress-related illness and her experience with energy medicine before becoming a Reiki Practitioner herself. 

• How energy can become trapped in the body aka. "the issues live in the tissues."
• Ways to help yourself and others release and move stuck energy in the body. 
• Many of us have grown up with or been in an adult role (career, relationship, etc.) in life where we developed a learned belief that expressing and feeling emotions was inappropriate or wrong. 
• Creating a sense of safety within ourselves by balancing the nervous system with self-compassion, self-care, and more. 

About Judy: Judy Buchanan is an entrepreneur whose mission is to empower others via energy medicine and resiliency education to be all they can be and thrive. She is an Unbeatable Mind Coach, energy medicine practitioner in the form of Reiki, Beyond Quantum Healing Hypnosis practitioner, Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions Instructor, speaker, retired soldier, wife, and mother of 2.    She spent more than 20 years as an active-duty U.S. Army Medical Service Corps Officer retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. As a retired soldier who is married to a former soldier, she understands first-hand the stressors experienced by first responders/service members and their families. While serving in uniform and raising a family Judy experienced multiple surgeries and began to experience chronic stress, anxiety, and pain. From these health challenges came the strength and passion to spark a change that led her to explore many holistic healing practices.    Over the years she has focused much of her training on the subtle energy systems of the body. Judy used this knowledge and the skillset of Reiki to support her own healing and to facilitate clients’ improving their health and wellbeing. As an Unbeatable Mind coach, Judy’s passion is to inspire and empower others to live their unique life to their fullest potential and to facilitate breaking down barriers that might hinder them from doing so.    Judy uses this knowledge to facilitate co-creating a new reality with her clients so they can thrive. Wanting to share all that she had learned with those who serve by running toward danger Judy developed a resiliency training program in 2018 for her local police academy. She has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW). Judy Buchanan’s practice is located in Frederick, MD.   Connect with Judy:  IG: @judybuchananenergy  www.judy-buchanan.com   Connect with Heidi:  IG @theheidisawyer www.heidisawyercoaching.com

Heidi talks with Megan Rempel, a  wife, mom of 4, Registered Nurse, and an online Health & Wellness Coach. Megan's mission is to help women discover that life can actually be easier and more simple if they learn to tap into the energies of our monthly cycle. Megan also hosts the Fit To Be Mama Podcast. 

  In this episode we discuss:   

• How allowing our female cycle to be a roadmap for a more effortless way of living, we can feel less stressed & overwhelmed, and more powerful, energized & confident.
• Many women share the belief that they have the belief that we need to BE all the things for everyone, go go go nonstop when really, we aren't! Nor should we! Our hormones do not support that.
• Our "high energy" phase of our cycle really isn't that long...yet we are trying to live in that phase all month! This is why so many of us feel burnt out, disconnected, irritable, etc.
• We NEED to have periods of rest and times when we really allow ourselves to go inward and tap into our feminine energy.
• How making sure we are getting the right foods and types of movement in during each phase of our cycles can help increase energy, mental clarity, and overall wellbeing. 

  Free Resource Mentioned:  3 Tips To Get Started with Cycle Syncing Guide   Connect with Megan:  Instagram: @meganrempel4 Podcast: Fit To Be Mama   Connect with Heidi:  Instagram: @theheidisawyer Website: www.heidisawyercoaching.com    

Heidi chats with Romy Marlo the Founder and Visionary of The Uncommon Woman, a powerful personal, spiritual, and Ministry growth brand that provides live events, programs, platforms, and communities for women with powerful stories and healing missions.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How it can be difficult for spiritual leaders, healers, coaches, and those in ministry to charge and be compensated well for their services. 
• Learning to have an abundant money mindset can be an ongoing unlearning process for most of us depending on what we learned about money and wealth growing up.
• Romy Marlo shares about her "dark night of the soul" moment and how her current mission and vision came from that place of despair and asking God for help. 
• Your purpose will unravel and reveal itself moment by moment until you begin to see how each moment, idea, or download connected to the last even at times when it didn't seem to fit together. 

More about Romy Marlo: 

Romy Marlo has been supporting and empowering women for over over 11 years. After seeing a need for safe communities and programs for women who have painful, powerful stories of strength from struggle she launched The Uncommon Woman in 2017. Since then The Uncommon Woman has grown to over 25, 000 women, globally, and continues to expand as her message reaches more women.

Romy Marlo's goal is to support 1 million women as they heal their hearts, rise into their personal power, and claim their space of wealth and impact in the global economy.

Connect with Romy Marlo: 

www.theuncommonwoman.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/theuncommonwoman/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RomyMarloEllis

Connect with Heidi:

www.hedisawyercoaching.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/theheidisawyer/

 

Heidi talks with Stacy Miller, a Health and Wellness Coach, Founder of The Sober Thirty, about her work in helping women, in particular, cut back or altogether eliminate alcohol from their lives.

In this episode we discuss:

• Stacy shares openly her story about her past struggles with alcohol use and how it had eaten away at her confidence, marriage, and health.
• Stacy shares that according to recent surveys since the pandemic started, alcohol consumption among moms has risen by 323%.
• We talk about the guilt and shame that is often associated with drinking and how one or two drinks a week can quickly turn into much more.
• How to know if your alcohol use is holding you back or becoming out of control.
• What forms of self-care you can start implementing to begin your process of cutting back or eliminating alcohol from your lifestyle.
• We go into detail about The Sober Thirty: Stacy's program for women who are ready to make changes when it comes to their overall health and wellbeing.

  Connect with Stacy: www.stacytmiller.com  IG: @stacy.t.miller Get Stacy's FREE MOCKtail guide  
Connect with Heidi: www.heidisawyercoaching.com IG: @theheidisawyer

Heidi has a conversation with her husband and fellow coach, Ryan gives you a raw and real look at their new year goal and vision-setting experience this year. 

• Heidi shares how she caught herself in an unconscious pattern of avoidance the day after writing a big 2022 vision.
• Resistance is inevitable and is part of the healing and transformation process that happens when we are drawn to set a specific goal or to make changes in our lives.  We set the goal to awaken the soul. 
• How to use the 3 A's to create space by unlocking trapped emotion or energy within the body. 
• A three-part breath practice you can use to help release energy and move through difficult emotions or resistance.

Connect with Ryan:

www.findyourgameday.com

IG: @coachryansawyer

Grab Ryan’s book Choice Point

Connect with Heidi:

IG: @heidisawyercoaching

Join the Beauty in the Being Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/beautyinthebeing

Website: https://www.heidisawyercoaching.com/

I'm excited to share a conversation today with my dear friend Amber Beibelhimer all about how she found her voice and the courage to make a big pivot in her business this year.

In this episode, we discuss: 

• Amber shares about how in the beginning, she listened to every voice accept her own inner knowing and how tapping into that actually helped her to move forward after a big setback.
• Amber shares how fear of others' opinions of you can stop you from following your truest desires.
• How being multi-passionate is often seen as a bad thing but in fact, can be really powerful when you learn to embrace your gifts and see how they all come together.
• Over identifying with any role we play in life can cause suffering and how to avoid tying your worthiness to your business, career, motherhood, or any other role.
• Advice for anyone wanting to pivot or create their own thing ex. podcast, book, music, art, business, etc.

About Amber:

Amber Bibelheimer is inspiring women with her Podcast Momentum Restart and her Momentum Restart Method to find consistency in their health goals as a Momentum, Habits, and Mindset Coach for growth-focused women who want control and intentionality back in their busy lives.

MOMENTUM RESTART is a coaching program designed to empower goal-driven women to conquer negative mindsets and find a routine that works with their lives, not against it. 92% of working moms report feeling overwhelmed with work, home, and parenting which proves women today are desperately needing support to help them prioritize their own health in order to make the impact they desire.

Coach Amber B. is creating meaningful experiences that inspire women to decrease the things that hold them back and increase the things that move them forward to the life they want.

Connect with Amber:

IG: @coachamberb

Website: https://www.fasterwaywithamberb.com

Connect with Heidi:

IG: @heidisawyercoaching

Website: www.heidisawyercoaching.com 

In this episode, we discuss why your energy matters and how to develop a practice of creating the vibrational match for whatever you desire in your life.

• What you focus on you find. How you may be focusing more energy on what you don't want than creating what you do.
• How cultivating appreciation and compassion helps our heart rhythm to actually become more consistent, which in turn is linked to a greater sense of wellbeing.
• Heart Coherence practice you can do at home.

Connect with Heidi: 

IG: @heidisawyercoaching

www.heidisawyercoaching.com

The holidays are a time for connecting with family and counting our blessings but this can also be a challenging time of year for those grieving the loss of a loved one.

Heidi talks with Becky A. Benson about the loss of her daughter and how she is using her own personal experience to help others who are grieving.

In this episode, we discuss:

• How to support: Grief doesn’t need a hero it just needs a friend. Understanding some situations can’t be ‘fixed’. There is power in simply being with someone else. Your silent presence is worth much more than empty words. Bearing witness to someone’s struggle is doing heart work, and heart work can be hard work.
• What Not to Say: Refrain from platitudes (they are in a better place, at least they are not suffering anymore) and distance-seeking words (I can not imagine) and offer acknowledgment of the weight of the situation to validate their feelings.
• Connection as Time Passes Grief does not follow a prescribed timeline for anyone.
• Grief that is Healthy and Grief that is Not: Loss of sense of self, heightened emotions, memory issues (and much more) are all perfectly normal in grief. As time moves on if these things seem not to be lessening or you find yourself being further removed from society, including family and friends, you may be stuck in your grief, and not processing.

About Becky:

Becky A Benson's work has appeared on Modern Loss, Modern Mom, The Manifest Station, Scary Mommy, Grief Narratives, Months to Years Lit Mag and has been syndicated on both Salon and Brain Child. She has written and spoken for the Center for Jewish Genetics in Chicago, and Soulumination in Seattle, and appeared on podcasts, webinars, and television.

She holds a degree in psychology and works for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association as the organization's Family Services Manager. Her passion is for helping families endure the loss of a child, spreading awareness for genetic conditions, advocating for adoption, and providing a voice to the marginalized in society. These things, above all else, continue to intimately shape her writing.

Connect with Becky:

IG: @babensonwritter

www.beckyabenson.com

Connect with Heidi:

IG: @heidisawyercoaching

www.heidisawyercoaching.com

Listen in on Heidi's powerful conversation with Stefanie Faye all about the science behind changing and replacing habits that no longer serve us.

In this episode, we discuss: 

• How habits or automations are actually helpful to our brain because they help us conserve energy and make fewer daily decisions.
• Many habitual behaviors are often the result of attempting to meet our own internal need for psychological safety.
• How to start building greater self-awareness, THE first, critical step towards long-term change.
• Learning to observe or notice yourself can give you clues about why you may continue to run certain habits or automations.
• How you can lengthen the amount of time between the stimulus and your response by practicing conscious breathing and mindfulness.

About Stefanie Faye: 

Stefanie is a former researcher and has spent parts of her career measuring electric conductance of the skin (GSR), facial electromyography (EMG), and heart rate.

She currently works with quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG), rhythmic sinus arrhythmia (heart rate variability), neurofeedback, and transcranial magnetic stimulation for clinical treatment at an intensive outpatient mental health clinic.

Her graduate research at New York University and fieldwork at the NYU Phelps lab for neuroscience research, the NYU Institute for Prevention Science, and Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine focused on the cross-section of self-directed neuroplasticity, family emotional climates, and empathy.

For the past decade, She has been teaching and consulting in countries all over the world by combining scientific insights and her training in monasteries with meditation masters from India, Africa, and Vietnam.

She is the host of the Mindset Neuroscience Podcast and currently works as a neurotechnology facilitator and coach.

Connect with Stefanie: 

Website: stefaniefaye.com 

Instagram @stefanieffaye

Connect with Heidi: 

Website: heidisawyercoaching.com

Instagram: @heidisawyercoaching

Heidi interviews Rev. Dr. Jane Simmons, the author of the book, You Can't Sleep Through Your Awakening: a combination of personal memoir, shared stories, psychological study, scientific learning, and spiritual discourse.

Rev. Dr. Jane Simmons holds a doctoral degree in Theology from Holos University Graduate Seminary and is an ordained Unity minister. Since her ordination in 1999, Jane has ministered in four Unity churches in Canada and the United States as well as serving as the Teen Ministry Coordinator for Unity Worldwide Ministries. She is the 2020 recipient of Unity's Light of God Expressing Award. She has served as an associate professor at Holos University and is currently a member of adjunct faculty for Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute, teaching credit classes in a virtual online format.

  Jane is a co-founder of The Art of Quantum Living, with its transformational 21-day practice called The Quantum Living Process: which weaves together the latest research emerging from neurobiology, developmental psychology, and quantum science with the wisdom of the world's mystical traditions to offer a powerful path to personal evolution. She is also a powerful speaker, writer, workshop facilitator, trainer, and educator with a focus on virtual online learning. With a passion for heart-centered transformation, Jane is committed to helping bring forth a kinder, more compassionate world. As a facilitator for the Alternatives to Violence Project, Jane has worked in communities, schools, and prisons, assisting others in developing skills to manage conflict in order to help bring about a world that works for all. In this episode, we discuss:

• How polarized "us and them" thinking as a culture is also something that can also take place internally within each of us. 
• Learning to trust yourself through the power of loving-kindness and self-compassion opens the door to greater connection and healing for generations to come. 
• Mining the wisdom of the body- Our bodies hold wisdom and have a memory that can provide us clues about what may be going on for us emotionally. 
• How anxiety can show up as a vibration in the body and understanding how anxiety happens within the body and nervous system specifically.
• How we can come together to do the greater work of healing the world through our own individual awakening. So we can begin to hospice old outdated aspects of our present culture while midwifing a new kinder more compassionate world starting with ourselves. 

Connect with Jane: 

www.theartofquantumliving.com

www.drjanesimmons.com

Connect with Heidi: 

IG: @heidisawyercoaching

www.heidisawyercoaching.com