Host Wendy McCallum, Burnout & Balance Coach and Sarah Baillie, N.D. (aka “The Meno Whisperer) discuss why women’s burnout is on the rise (including the role of the pandemic and the “third shift” many women are now working), how women get to burnout and the common (and not so common) symptoms. They also discuss the connection between hormonal shifts in peri-menopause and menopause and higher burnout rates during that life stage (as reflected in Sarah’s patients and Wendy’s coaching practice). Sarah describes the “GAS” mechanism created by chronic stress and how that eventually leads to exhaustion. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this conversation where Wendy and Sarah provides lots of practical tips for managing cortisol and preventing burnout. (The online test for adrenal fatigue Sarah refers to during the episode can be found here: https://adrenalfatigue.org/take-the-adrenal-fatigue-questionnaire/ )

Host Wendy McCallum interviews her “dream guest” and mentor Annie Grace, the author of This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life and The Alcohol Experiment: A 30-day, Alcohol-Free Challenge to Interrupt Your Habits and Help You Take Control.

At age 35, in a global C-level marketing role, Annie was responsible for marketing in 28 countries; and was drinking almost two bottles of wine a night. Knowing she needed a change but unwilling to submit to a life of deprivation and stigma, Annie Grace embarked on a journey to painlessly gain control of alcohol -- for her that process resulted in no longer wanting to drink. Never happier, she left her executive role to write and share This Naked Mind with the world. 120,000+ people across the globe have now gone through Annie’s Alcohol Experiment.

Annie’s approach provides a brand new, compassion and curiosity-driven approach to looking at the role of alcohol in our lives. It provides a safe space for “grey-area drinkers” who don’t identify as “alcoholics” but suspect alcohol is now taking more than it’s giving. Annie Grace preaches compassion over shame and blame and offers a proven alternative to the largely ineffective recipe for so-called “success”—the one that says anything less than 100% abstinence is failure. Annie doesn’t teach people how to be sober; she helps them quash their desire to drink in the first place.

Annie and Wendy discuss the downside of the “alcoholic” label, women’s burnout and the alcohol connection, the troubling increase in “mom drinking” during the pandemic, and the revolutionary approach to changing your relationship with alcohol that is the This Naked Mind philosophy. Annie provides a few of her best tips for maintaining balance as a busy, working mom and incredibly successful entrepreneur, and advice for anyone who’s starting to question their relationship with alcohol.

Learn more about Annie, This Naked Mind and the FREE Alcohol Experiment at www.thisnakedmind.com and www.alcoholexperiment.com

In the second installment of “Ask The Coach”, host Wendy McCallum, Certified Burnout and Balance Coach & Wellness Expert, answers this question from, a Bite-Sized Balance listener:

“I know that I need to change, but I can’t seem to get any momentum. I can do it for about a week, but then I always fall off the wagon. How can I make lasting change?”

Wendy has over 10 years of coaching experience supporting busy women who are struggling to maintain balance and relying too much on unhealthy coping mechanisms. In this short podcast episode, she explains why it can seem so hard to make habit changes stick and provides several proven strategies, including “trying different, not harder”, re-framing your goals from an abundance mindset, and tweaking your system until it produces the results you want, for achieving sustainable, lasting change.

Got a burning question you'd love Wendy to answer in an upcoming episode? Send it to Wendy at [email protected]! For more tips & strategies for a balanced, healthy life, follow Wendy on Instagram and Facebook: @wendymccallumcoach

Victoria English Martin is an integrative nutrition coach, fitness professional, breast cancer survivor, and advocate. She’s also a Certified Naked Mind coach and the host of the podcast, After The Crisis.

In honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Victoria joins host Wendy McCallum to share her personal survivor story and educate women about early detection, managing risks, and the importance of advocating for yourself as a patient --in the hope that she can prevent other women from going through what she did.

For more information on Victoria and her podcast, visit https://www.victoriaenglishmartin.com/

In the first installment of “Ask The Coach”, host Wendy McCallum, Certified Burnout and Balance Coach & Wellness Expert, answers this question from Shannon, a Bite-Sized Balance listener:

“Every morning I promise myself I won’t eat sugar that day, but every night the craving hits and I give in again. What can I do differently?”

Wendy has over 10 years of coaching experience supporting busy women who are struggling to maintain balance and relying too much on unhealthy coping mechanisms. In this short podcast episode, she explains how cravings work and provides three practical, bite-sized strategies to diffuse a craving when it hits, no matter what it is you’re craving.

Got a burning question you'd love Wendy to answer in an upcoming episode? Send it to Wendy at [email protected]!

For more tips & strategies for a balanced, healthy life, follow Wendy on Instagram and Facebook at @wendymccallumcoach

October is World Menopause Awareness Month and the "Meno Whisperer", Dr. Sarah Baillie, is BACK! In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, host Wendy McCallum and Sarah really dig into why awareness around perimenopause and menopause is so low for most women, and what the incredible (but rarely-discussed!) gifts in this life transition can be if we just open ourselves up to them. They also discuss the common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, the range of options available to women for better hormonal and symptom management, and the most important first step in taking back some power -- slowing down and getting aware of what they are experiencing (physically, mentally and emotionally) and what they are doing (or not doing) to take meaningful care of themselves as they go through it. If you missed Part 1, it's in Episode 4!

October is World Menopause Awareness Month and the "Meno Whisperer", Dr. Sarah Baillie, ND, is BACK! Host Wendy McCallum and Sarah really dig into why awareness around perimenopause and menopause is so low for most women, and what the incredible (but rarely-discussed!) gifts in this life transition can be if we just open ourselves up to them.

They also discuss the common symptoms of perimenopause and menopause, the range of options available to women for better hormonal and symptom management, and the most important first step in taking back some power -- slowing down and getting aware of what they are experiencing (physically, mentally and emotionally) and what they are doing (or not doing) to take meaningful care of themselves as they go through it. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this conversation in the next podcast episode!

Host Wendy McCallum, Burnout & Balance Coach and Certified Naked Mind Coach interviews Emily Lynn Paulson, writer, speaker, fellow Certified Naked Mind Coach, She Recovers Designated Coach, and a member of the long term recovery community.

The conversation gets spicy & deep on a few hot topics, including social media and women’s mental health, “grey area drinking”, “mommy wine culture”, the importance of mindfulness when it comes to alcohol and what “true freedom” from alcohol really looks like.

Sober since January 2, 2017, Emily has appeared on media outlets including The Doctors, Parade, Today Parents, and USA Today, discussing how to end the shame and stigma of mental health and substance abuse. 

Emily is the author of Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life, and a contributor in Addiction Diaries: Stories of Darkness, Hope, And All That Falls In Between.  She lives in Seattle with her husband and their five children.

Follow Emily on insta at @highlightrealrecovery, and find information on Emily’s new Sober Mom Squad & School here: https://www.sobermomsquad.com/sms

If you'd like to learn more about Host Wendy McCallum's personal story with alcohol, you can watch or listen to her podcast interview with Annie Grace of This Naked Mind, here.

Host Wendy McCallum, Certified Burnout & Balance Coach, interviews Jenn Salib-Huber, Registered Dietitian, and Naturopathic Doctor. In Wendy's opinion, the commercial weight loss system is brilliantly designed to create a lifelong customer, but the cycle it perpetuates is destroying women's psyches. Did you know the failure rate for diets is a whopping 95%?

There's a better & kinder way to get healthy, and intuitive eating principles are key. As Jenn says, "nutrition needs to come from a place of self-care, not self-control". The conversation gets a bit spicy as Wendy & Jenn share their collective 26+ years of experience working with women -- exploring their relationship with food and the lies we've been "fed" by the conventional weight loss industry.

In practice for more than 16 years, Jenn helps women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence. Working from a health-at-every-size approach, she teaches women to become intuitive eaters and build body confidence in their 30's 40's and 50's. Well-versed in the integrative treatment options available to women in mid-life, she helps women come up with a treatment strategy that meets their unique needs for a better menopause.

She strongly believes that women need to come together to normalize this experience and offers small online group programs to help women feel their best. Learn more at jennsalibhuber.ca

Host Wendy McCallum, Certified Burnout & Balance Coach, interviews Dr. Sarah Baillie, Naturopath (aka "The Meno Whisperer") about all things hormonal. They discuss common emotions and symptoms women experience during peri-menopause & menopause and the underlying hormonal reasons why. It's a fascinating conversation - you haven't heard women's hormones explained until you've heard Dr. Baillie explain them! Topics include: What to eat more and less of in peri-menopause and menopause; the stress connection; what's behind women's lowered libido and weight gain during our 40s and 50s; the truth about phytoestrogens, and how our erratic hormones contribute to increased anxiety and irritability - and so much more!