Conversations with Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss rumination, why our minds won’t let go of certain thoughts and what we can do about it. Tune in to hear:

• Angela defines ruminating thoughts and explains the neuroscience behind them

• Angela shares her personal experience of ruminating over her body image and the insights she gained from therapy to help her reprogram her thought patterns

• Julie discusses how ruminating about her productivity takes her out of the present moment and limits her tolerance to resting

• Julie reviews what she is doing to reprogram her thoughts by first gaining awareness and then redefining rest as productive 

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss the topic of Mental Load: What it is, how it impacts us, and how to manage it. Tune in to hear:

• Angela defines mental load and shares how the concept of mental load has been showing up in a variety of conversations both personally and professionally 

• Angela discusses some of the health implications that managing a mental load can have on us and on our relationships

• Angela reviews a few tips for managing mental load

• Julie gives real life examples of what mental load looks like as a mother of two

• Julie shares strategies that she uses to handle the constant mental load of overseeing a household

• Jule emphasizes the importance of community and self care in navigating mental load

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we have a follow up discussion on the thought-feeling-action cycle and the value of using community to interrupt negative spirals.Tune in to hear:

• Angela emphasizes the point that we are not alone and do not have to work through hard times by ourselves

• Angela shares strategies to break free from negative spirals by connecting with others

• Julie dives into the science of connection and how being with people changes how our brains function

• Julie stresses the value of having the right people around you to optimize how we think and feel 

• We want to reiterate that we are always here if you need a safe space to land. You are not alone.

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss the interplay between our thoughts, our feelings, and our actions. And how gaining understanding and awareness of this loop gives us the power to create our lived experience. Tune in to hear:

• Julie explains the science behind what happens biochemically inside our bodies when we think a thought or feel an emotion and how this impacts our behaviors

• Angela discusses that through awareness we can begin to implement strategies to interrupt this cycle when it is not serving us 

• Tune in to hear how to shift your thoughts, feeling, and/or actions to create your lived experience

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we are joined by Tara Kintz to discuss her personal story of breaking through imposter syndrome and the lessons she learned along the way. Tune in to hear:

• Tara discusses her path and education to becoming a physical therapist and what it felt like when she did not pass her boards exam

• Tara shares that despite countless prep courses and relentless studying, she was faced with self doubt and imposter syndrome blocking her from taking the exam again

• Tara explains how starting therapy brought awareness to the limiting beliefs that were holding her back in life

• Tara dives into her main limiting beliefs and how speaking them out loud let her to break free from them

• Tara shares how she knew she was ready to take the exam again and how she passed while being in her third trimester

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss the topic of “rules” and how to view them in a way that best supports each of us individually. Tune in to hear:

• Angela shares the origin story of this topic stemming from her natural tendency to crave structure and rules 

• Angela discusses the mindset shift from having hard fast rules to tools in her toolbox to use if and when she needs them to achieve her goals

• Julie explains how her innate drive for curiosity allows her to try different “rules” to see what works best for her

• Juile gives each of us permission to experiment with and then choose to live in a way that feels best for us 

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss the impact that seemingly small daily interactions have on our overall happiness and well being. Tune in to hear:

• Angela shares the research study that prompted this topic and how it found that the greatest factor in increasing our well being in the number of micro acts of joy we experience each day

• Angela reflects on her natural tendency to seek out positive exchanges with others and its direct impact on her overall happiness 

• Julie shares her journey of understanding that her value is in feeling her best and not in what she achieves as that is when she is most impactful

• Julie discusses the value of self reflection to learn where and what brings you joy in order to then share it with others

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss the universal truth that all living creatures have an innate drive to heal. Tune in to hear:

• Julie reviews the science of healing and factors that block our innate ability to heal

• Julie gives a personal example of sustaining an injury and how healing took place once she reduced her stress

• Angela shares how she extrapolated her understanding of physical healing to emotional and mental healing

• Angels opens up about how being in environments and relationships where she feels safe and unconditionally loved has lead to significant strides in the healing of her mental health

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we celebrate the two year anniversary of Conversations with Jules and Ang by sharing insights on the ripple effect created from us simply showing up each week on this show. 

• Tune in to hear our reflections on what this podcast has become over the last two years and what it means to us

• We want to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for the continued love and support. We are honored to walk beside each and everyone one of you on this beautiful journey and look forward to what's to come

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang

On today’s episode, we discuss the value of shifting our energy from worrying about making the right choice in life to making whatever we choose right for us. Tune in to hear:

We hope you enjoy this conversation and share it with a friend. Be sure to subscribe, rate, and review the show on ITunes/Spotify. And please hear us when we say, you are extraordinary. Go be you, the world needs you.

Love, Jules & Ang