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00:00 Welcome Back Rebecca Babcock, Coach and Former Media Executive
02:02 Founder of the Babcock Method and Life Without a Colon
03:04 Turning Shame into Pride with a Chronic Illness
04:11 Ulcerative Colitis Diagnosis at 16 and Checking All the Boxes
05:00 The Invisible Illness and the Need to Keep Performing
07:12 Emergency Surgery, Divorce, and Career Collapse at 35
08:50 Getting Sober and Trying to Fix Everything
11:19 Starting Her Coaching Business During the Pandemic
13:25 Sharing Your Truth Openly About Chronic Illness
16:28 Telling Your Story Without a Victim Mentality
19:43 Choosing to Thrive Instead of Being the Victim
22:04 Body Shame and Conditioning That Starts Young
23:05 Dating Sober and Without a Colon
25:27 The Babcock Method: Awareness Before Action
28:28 The Power of Asking Why
30:40 Clarity, Confidence, and Control in Life Coaching
31:58 Breaking People-Pleasing Patterns and Healthy Boundaries
34:57 Coaching Type A Perfectionists Out of Hustle Culture
37:28 Every Generation and the Struggle Olympics
39:26 Terminal Uniqueness and Connecting Through Struggle
40:58 Where to Find Rebecca Babcock
42:07 Feng Shui Tip: Treat Your Home as a Practice, Not a Checklist

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Connect with Monika

Instagram: @flutterlabsus

00:00 Welcome Monika Gawlowska of Flutter Labs to Create the Space
01:22 Meet Monika: Founder of Flutter Labs in Southampton
03:10 Moving to the US and the Surprise of Clorox in Everything
04:18 Fragrance Fatigue: Why Your Body Stops Noticing Chemical Scents
05:03 How Essential Oils and Natural Fragrance Affect Your Mood
06:08 Have We Gone Too Far With Sanitizing Our Homes?
07:33 Reprogramming What Clean Really Smells Like
08:16 Dirt, Germs and Building a Strong Immune System
10:22 The Energy Your Cleaning Products Bring Into Your Home
11:51 How a Serious Illness Led Monika to Natural Cleaning
13:06 From One Kitchen Spray to a Non-Toxic Cleaning Brand
14:47 Baking Soda, Vinegar

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Cindy Ryan is a mom, daughter, energy teacher and spiritual guide. She works with large organizations and leadership teams, helping people read the energy dynamics inside a team and learn to regulate within it. She is a Usui Reiki Master who teaches all four levels, and she is in a two-year course of study to deepen her own practice. She is also a detachment therapist and divorce coach.

Her life has been her greatest teacher. Divorce, chronic pain, leaving a career she spent nearly two decades building and, most recently, beating breast cancer taught her that wisdom comes from living. Her work rests on one belief: mindfulness lives in how we choose to show up, moment by moment. Her two nearly grown boys have taught her the most about resilience and love.
Connect with Cindy

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00:00 Welcome Cindy Ryan to Create the Space

01:43 Feng Shui Under the Bed: Clearing the History of Heaviness
04:28 Who Is Cindy Ryan? Mystic, Priestess Training and Ceremonies
06:42 Trusting Your Intuition With No Lump on the Mammogram
08:43 Triple Negative Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Chemo
10:05 The Ugly Gift: Energy Healing and Downsizing Her Home
11:48 Releasing Past Trauma Through Physical Pain
14:36 My Story So Far: Turning Pain Into a Play
18:10 A Funeral Letter and 50 Letters to Her Children
21:11 Crying, Release and Is Cancer a Gift?
23:21 "I Can't Promise You Anything": What Truly Matters
25:39 From People Pleaser to Putting Herself First
27:47 Talking to Teenagers About Breast Cancer
30:22 Work With Cindy: Energy Training and The Bliss Channel
32:21 Spiritual Titles vs Simple Healing Tools
36:03 Where Should Your Altar Go? Building Self Trust
38:30 Healing the Witch Wound, Bitch Wound and Whore Wound
41:26 Feng Shui Period 9 and the Rise of the Middle Aged Woman
43:15 Closing Reflections
45:00 5 Feng Shui Tips for Life Transitions

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In this episode, Cody sits down with registered dietitian Nancy, founder of Health and Home Long Island, for a conversation about simplifying nutrition in a world full of conflicting advice. Nancy shares her path from a decade in clinical dietetics and behavior-change coaching at Noom to running her own practice focused on women and families.

Together, Cody and Nancy dig into why diet culture creates so much fear and shame around eating, why the word "cheat day" needs to go, and how stress and mindset affect digestion and nutrition just as much as the food itself. Nancy breaks down her real-world philosophy on balance, why the food pyramid still holds up, and how she helps clients build sustainable habits by starting small instead of chasing a "perfect" meal plan.

The conversation also covers feeding kids without creating food anxiety, navigating picky eaters, and why families need clear personal values (not more social media noise) to guide their food choices. Cody and Nancy close by introducing The Kitchen Reset, their joint in-home service for Long Island families that combines Nancy's nutrition and kitchen-organization expertise with Cody's feng shui approach to create a kitchen environment that truly supports how a family eats and lives.

Key Topics Covered
Nancy's journey from clinical dietitian to behavior-change coach to private practice
Why "cheat day" language damages your relationship with food
The connection between stress, mindset, and digestion
Is the food pyramid still relevant? Nancy's take on modern nutrition guidelines
How to build sustainable eating habits without a "perfect" meal plan
Feeding kids: avoiding food-as-reward and reducing mealtime anxiety
Getting clear on your personal food values (budget, time, convenience, organic or not)
Why the kitchen is the emotional "heartbeat" of the home
Introducing The Kitchen Reset: a joint nutrition + feng shui home service

About Nancy
Nancy is a registered dietitian with over ten years of experience, including early work at the digital health company Noom. She now runs Health and Home Long Island, a private practice helping women and families simplify nutrition, reduce food-related stress, and build healthier kitchen environments.

Connect with Nancy
Website: https://www.healthandhomeli.com/ 
Instagram: @healthandhomeli
 

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

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Learn more about Dr. Ellora and Lady Time Learning: https://ladytimelearning.com/

Explore classes and coaching with Dr. Ellora, including fertility awareness education and the In Tune programs: https://ladytimelearning.com/classes-and-coaching/

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

Leave a review on Apple Podcasts and you could win a free mini consult with Cody. Each month one reviewer is chosen at random. It takes about a minute and it helps Create the Space reach the women who need it most.

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Connect with Cody: Instagram: @spacewithcody Website: spacewithcody.com

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Join the full body reset with Dr Kirstin: https://kirstin-lauritzen.mykajabi.com/full-body-reset

Explore more about Dr Kirstin: https://www.drkirstin.com/about

Free Gift from Dr Kirstin! The calm code: https://www.drkirstin.com/the-calm-code

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

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Cait’s driving mission is to dispel the myth that mothers must choose between ambition and presence, and to equip modern mothers with the tools they need to build profitable businesses and rich, meaningful home lives. Through her coaching company, media platform, and soon-to-launch tech ecosystem, she equips growth-minded women with the strategy, support, and community required to scale businesses, expand wealth, and rise in their leadership, all while navigating the messy, real-life realities of raising children.

Connect with Cait: https://themillionairemother.com/

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Join Wealthy as a Mother Bootcamp

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

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Alexandra Beller (MFA, CMA) is a choreographer, director, educator, and former member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. As Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances, she has created over 40 dance theater works internationally. Her teaching spans Princeton University, Laban Institute, and global residencies. In theater, she’s worked Off-Broadway and regionally, with credits including Lincoln Center and A.R.T. Alexandra is currently writing two books: The Embodied Conductor: A Somatic Approach with Laban and Bartenieff (Release TBA 2027) and The Anatomy of Art (Bloomsbury, Fall 2026). She blends somatic practice, rigorous inquiry, and creative freedom to help artists deepen their process and unlock new possibilities.

website: www.alexandrabellerdances.org and book site: https://www.anatomy-of-art.com/, but if space and format allow, 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelabanista

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8suG0TLGKqufov8IpqLrKw

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-beller-0a56a57/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexandrabellerdances/

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

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About Haley Smith:

Haley's mission is to empower women overlooked by the traditional healthcare system with body literacy and personalized functional fertility support that works. By understanding your menstrual cycle as a health assessment tool and combining it with top of the line functional lab work, Haley has helped hundreds of women find their answers to sub-fertility and carry healthy pregnancies to term. Haley is a Functional Nutritionist and FAM Certified with a Master's Degree in Nutrition from the National University of Natural Medicine.

Connect with Haley:

The Holistic Fertility Clinic — 

Haley on Instagram and TikTok — @haleysmith.hfc 

Book a Free Discovery Call with Haley — 

Thank you so much for being here. This podcast exists because of the women who show up for these conversations and keep coming back. It genuinely means everything.

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Free Resource: Discover the 9 most common energy and money leaks I find in homes. Start Here

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