Best D Life with Daniela - Work Life Balance & Wellness Strategies

Ever wonder what lies beneath the stories we tell ourselves?

In this conversation with Marika McCandless, we learn that embracing our vulnerabilities can lead to profound growth and deeper connections, both with others and ourselves.

Marijke McCandless is an award-winning writer, mindfulness coach, and playfulness instigator who helps people shed their inhibitions and skinny dip in the present moment. Her upcoming book is Naked in the Now: Juicy Practices for Getting Present. Join her (free) Write Now Mind to experience the power of words to connect and heal us.

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Visit her at https://marijkemccandless.com
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Pre-order book here

Did you know that the frequency and duration of your breaks can significantly affect your well-being? It turns out that frequent short vacations might just be the key to avoiding stress buildup.

Combining her education in kinesiology and psychology with her MBA and experience living in Cancun, Jennica Day-Cabrera has carved out a niche for herself as a vacation expert and is the owner of The Vacation Nerd.

She has spent the past eight years conceptualizing, researching, and writing a book on the science of vacations and she is now on a mission to teach everyone how to vacation optimally to prevent burnout and improve their health and wellness. Jennica is also an ex-varsity wrestler, an e-commerce analytics nerd, a wife, and a mom to three boys.
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Website: thevacationnerd.com

Heather Lillico is a Holistic Nutritionist and Yoga & Meditation Teacher.

She has lived experience of anxiety and now teaches overthinking, people-pleasing perfectionists how to manage anxiety naturally & holistically, without feeling overwhelmed.

She's been featured on iHeart & Zoomer Radio, in The National Post and has worked with several Fortune 500 companies to keep their employees healthy.

Heather is also the creator of the anxiety support app, Cultivating Calm, helping people make space for what really matters in their lives.
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Start your FREE trial of the Cultivating Calm app

Emily Guerra is a certified Productivity Life Coach and creator of The Productivity Flow.

Emily became a Productivity Life Coach to shift our society’s toxic culture around productivity and mental health. The majority of people think that being productive means being as busy as possible, having a full to-do list, leaving no personal time on the calendar, or aiming for unrealistic expectations.

But in reality, being productive is a state of mind – meaning it’s about knowing what your priorities are, letting go of negative thoughts and external interruptions, creating an action plan that aligns with your values, and having faith in your flow.

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Allie Mirosevic is the founder of Bliss'd, a self-care company that helps moms live more joyful, fulfilling and connected lives through journaling.

Allie discovered her love for journaling after having a challenging first-time postpartum experience in 2019 and is now designing a line of easy-to-use gratitude and connection journals.

Before starting her company last year, Allie worked in the travel marketing for a decade - always with the intention of eventually moving into her own company. Originally from Chicago, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and 2 children.
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Katherine Lazaruk is a professional presence expert who helps leaders and their teams walk the walk, talk the talk and look the part.

She is passionate about achieving gender parity in her lifetime and through her coaching, consulting, and speaking. She works with women and champions of women to get more women into senior leadership faster. Recognizing that we are currently in a shifting paradigm, she works within the system to change the system for teams and individuals alike to create a kinder, gentler, and more effective world.

Katherine holds degrees in Voice Performance and Education and holds her second-level international designation of Certified Image Professional (CIP) with the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) and her Professional Certified Coach (PCC) designation with the International Coach Federation (ICF). She has also been Vice-Chair of the Women’s Leadership Council Advisory Committee with the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and served for six years as the Secretary of the AICI Canada Chapter Board. She has been a member of the nominations committee for the YWCA Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards and volunteered with two of their programs for women, sharing her expertise on professional presence, and currently serves on the Global DEI Committee for AICI.

Katherine lives in Vancouver and spends her spare time singing with an eighteen-piece vintage jazz big band, writing and publishing books of “long stories in short poems” (katherinelazaruk.com), and hanging out at concerts and movies with her husband and her wide circle of friends. She enjoys challenging conversations, is relentlessly curious, and can be slightly irreverent from time to time.
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Chanté Dent is a Personal Development and Executive Coach and a Certified Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety Workshop Facilitator with BlueEQ, serving national and international companies in multiple industries, including Fortune 50. She is also the founding principle of her namesake firm, whose mission is to help married women live emotionally healthy lives and experience thriving marriages.

Chanté is a proud alumna of California State University, Easy Bay, and her work has not gone unnoticed; in 2018, her alma mater recognized her as one of their 40 Under 40. Chanté is also active in her community, serving as a Committee Member of her children’s PTSA.

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Website: www.chantedent.com

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BONUS - The 3 Biggest Mistakes We Make During Difficult Conversations with Our Spouse

3-Part Mini Podcast Series

www.mymarriagethrives.com

Rebecca Doring helps established wellness professionals go from being frozen in imposter syndrome to teaching what they love and living their purpose. She's a Meditation Teacher, Chromatic Yoga Instructor, Inner Critic Coach, and host of the podcast Inner Critic Freedom.

Connect with Rebecca!

Facebook

Website - https://www.deeprootedbliss.com/

Burnout is like a sneaky ninja that creeps up on you when you least expect it, right?

So, let's shine a light on the BLOCKS that can trigger this exhausting phenomenon.  Because it’s not just outside situations that can cause burnout - sometimes it’s US - we’re the problem and get in our own way from living the kind of life we keep saying we want to have. 

So in the episode, I want to share some of these blocks and have you do a little scan/self-assessment to see if this is something you might be doing and need to be conscious of and aware of so that you can intentionally work on to prevent it.

Mentioned in the episode:

Time Takeover Micro-Course
Other Resources - Read these:

Super Simple Self-Care Strategies to Start Today

4 Ways to Prioritize Your Self-Care

Book a Free Framework Focus Call - Let's chat and see where you are nailing it, where you are feeling the most frazzled, and the right options are for you!

In this episode, let’s talk about tips and strategies for setting and achieving realistic goals, and prioritizing your self-care

You’ll hear all about:

This episode is short, and simple and gets right to the point of what you need to know, why, and how to start taking action!

You don’t have to go it alone - Book your Free Framework Focus Call Here!

Previous self-care episodes -Podcast - 4 Things You Didn’t Realize Needed to Be Part of Your Self-Care

Podcast - 4 Tips to Prioritize Your Self-Care Everyday

Podcast - Self-Care: Why it Matters, New Ways to Think About it, and Why it Matters

Blog - Super Simple Self-Care Strategies to Start Today