Embodied with Elizabeth Patricia DiAlto Figueroa

Sarah Jenks is one of my favorite friends on the planet and has been ever since November 2010. She’s the friend who will always shoot you straight and do it with love exactly when you need it. Now that she’s a mom with two littles under three, she’s even more discerning and straight forward because ain’t no mamas got time to waste! We take a deep dive into new motherhood in this conversation, why things don’t have to be beautiful in order to love them (like your babies when they’re fresh out of the womb and haven’t settled into not being crammed in there quite yet!), relating to emotional eating through physical sensations and more. I love this woman with all my heart - enjoy listening to us catch up and jam on some of women’s biggest issues.

About Sarah Jenks:
Most importantly, Sarah Jenks is a woman who loves to have deep and meaningful conversations, dance, play outside, decorate, pray and spend time with herself.
She is also a mother to an exuberant baby boy, Marshall, a beautiful daughter, Annabelle, and a wife to the most thoughtful, handsome, intelligent man, Jonathan.

She’s from a small town outside of Boston where she grew up with loving parents who loved each other very much, and two younger, confident, creative siblings.

She is a recovering perfectionist. She used to wear makeup everyday and made sure the house was always pristine. She’s learning to let that all go in service of being real and spontaneous.

Sarah attended Williams College where she threw a lot of parties and was the president of her class. She majored in Psychology and took a ton of Art History classes. She plans on owning a house in her college town someday. She and Jonathan will probably be those old people doing keg stands on the porch.

After college she had a short stint in event planning, then PR and then became and account manager at an advertising firm where she spent more time binging on chocolate in the supply closet than doing her work. She then figured out what she wanted to be when she grew up and attended the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Most of her training comes from my unending curiosity about her own inner world. She has been coached and trained by some of the best therapists, life coaches, intuitives, spiritual teachers and healers in the world.
She was voted “Miss tell it like it is” in her high school yearbook, so expect a healthy dose of honesty and bluntness, and she will probably make you cry, in a good way.

Her favorite food is red wine.

Sarah loves to tell stories, and has been told she’s pretty good at it. And she does so weekly on her site, so to make sure you don’t miss anything, she would love for you to sign up for updates.

In this episode, Sarah shares:

1. Tending to your body as a mother
2. You don’t have to be beautiful to be loved
3. How to be resourceful when you don’t have a ton of resources
4. Navigating the physical and emotional sides of dealing with food
5. Your Life is worth working on

Today's episode isn't based on a question I receive, it's based on a problem I observed. A few weeks back I read a post in a Facebook group of a woman asking for her next book recommendation having just finished her last one. It made me wonder how often people are actually integrating what they just learned or read before jumping into the next thing. How much time to people waste consuming information without putting the knowledge to use so it can become wisdom. Do we actually push the answers we seek away by quickly and constantly moving onto the next seeming solution?

Today's episode isn't based on a question I receive, it's based on a problem I observed. A few weeks back I read a post in a Facebook group of a woman asking for her next book recommendation having just finished her last one. It made me wonder how often people are actually integrating what they just learned or read before jumping into the next thing. How much time to people waste consuming information without putting the knowledge to use so it can become wisdom. Do we actually push the answers we seek away by quickly and constantly moving onto the next seeming solution?

In this conversation Susan Hyatt and I get into something a lot of 21st century women struggle with: What happens when you want "both"? Meaning a career AND a family. She talks about some of the judgements (personal and external) she's had to navigate, and we have a deep chat about women's roles in society and the vulnerability of being provided for.

About Susan Hyatt:

Susan Hyatt is a Master Certified Life Coach whose fierce, fun and fresh approach to personal development has won her thousands of fans on Facebook, glowing praise from icons like Dr. Martha Beck and Maria Shriver, and a sold-out coaching calendar — with many programs selling out in six hours or less.

Her motto? “Life is precious. Go make it delicious.”

As a woman who used life coaching principles to lose thirty-five pounds, upgrade her career, and revitalize her marriage, she’s a coach who truly walks her talk.

By telling her raw, honest stories — in print, online, and on stage — Susan is on a mission to prove that if you crave it? You can create it. Nothing is out of your reach.

Susan has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Woman’s World, Seventeen, and O: The Oprah Magazine, and has appeared on stage in front of live audiences from Seattle to the island of Aruba.

When she’s not coaching, blogging, or lighting up Facebook with her rant of the day, you can find her powering through dead lifts at her local gym or lacing up her sneakers for a 5am run. She lives in the Midwest with her husband Scott, aka the Silver Fox, her punk-rock-feminist daughter and Muay Thai-obsessed son.

Learn more about Susan’s private coaching options, retreats and programs like Clear Coaches, Make a Scene and BARE at: SHyatt.com.

In this episode, Susan shares:

1. What happens when you want “both” – career and family
2. The vulnerability of being provided for
3. Why she let her son flunk high school
4. Differences between therapy and coaching

In this conversation Susan Hyatt and I get into something a lot of 21st century women struggle with: What happens when you want "both"? Meaning a career AND a family. She talks about some of the judgements (personal and external) she's had to navigate, and we have a deep chat about women's roles in society and the vulnerability of being provided for.

About Susan Hyatt:

Susan Hyatt is a Master Certified Life Coach whose fierce, fun and fresh approach to personal development has won her thousands of fans on Facebook, glowing praise from icons like Dr. Martha Beck and Maria Shriver, and a sold-out coaching calendar — with many programs selling out in six hours or less.

Her motto? “Life is precious. Go make it delicious.”

As a woman who used life coaching principles to lose thirty-five pounds, upgrade her career, and revitalize her marriage, she’s a coach who truly walks her talk.

By telling her raw, honest stories — in print, online, and on stage — Susan is on a mission to prove that if you crave it? You can create it. Nothing is out of your reach.

Susan has been featured in Cosmopolitan, Woman’s World, Seventeen, and O: The Oprah Magazine, and has appeared on stage in front of live audiences from Seattle to the island of Aruba.

When she’s not coaching, blogging, or lighting up Facebook with her rant of the day, you can find her powering through dead lifts at her local gym or lacing up her sneakers for a 5am run. She lives in the Midwest with her husband Scott, aka the Silver Fox, her punk-rock-feminist daughter and Muay Thai-obsessed son.

Learn more about Susan’s private coaching options, retreats and programs like Clear Coaches, Make a Scene and BARE at: SHyatt.com.

In this episode, Susan shares:

1. What happens when you want “both” – career and family
2. The vulnerability of being provided for
3. Why she let her son flunk high school
4. Differences between therapy and coaching

Last week on our first call for the Untame Yourself Women's Leadership Council, someone asked about feeling super triggered by some relatives. This led into a deep and insightful conversation around how to use getting triggered to your advantage and the three different purposes of triggers. This is a topic there's a lot of misunderstanding around so I'm really happy to clear it up in today's episode and hope you find it super useful.

Last week on our first call for the Untame Yourself Women's Leadership Council, someone asked about feeling super triggered by some relatives. This led into a deep and insightful conversation around how to use getting triggered to your advantage and the three different purposes of triggers. This is a topic there's a lot of misunderstanding around so I'm really happy to clear it up in today's episode and hope you find it super useful.

Today's Ask Elizabeth question is something most of us have dealt with at some point or another in our lives whether it's in a romantic relationship or any other kind of relationship with a friend, family member, or even co-worker.

In this episode, I answer the following question:

On letting go - I need some more help in this territory, and saying goodbye to my previous relationship, help putting it in its place. I need some mental cues to get me out of downward spirals about it, the memories and feelings are haunting and simply unproductive.

Today's Ask Elizabeth question is something most of us have dealt with at some point or another in our lives whether it's in a romantic relationship or any other kind of relationship with a friend, family member, or even co-worker.

In this episode, I answer the following question:

On letting go - I need some more help in this territory, and saying goodbye to my previous relationship, help putting it in its place. I need some mental cues to get me out of downward spirals about it, the memories and feelings are haunting and simply unproductive.

I forget how long ago someone recommended I check out Ezzie Spencer's work around astrology and the moon, but I instantly loved her vibe and simple yet powerful way of teaching. Ezzie is someone, like a lot of our show guests who I've orbited around online for a while but hadn't connected with one on one until our interview, which makes it extra fun and special to be able to share that with you.

Since we get questions about the lunar cycle and how to connect with and work with lunar energy all the time, I hope you enjoy today's deep dive with someone who specializes in the subject.

About Ezzie Spencer:

Dr. Ezzie Spencer trained as a lawyer and did her PhD in women's wellbeing after sexual violence. She now teaches her personal practice called "Lunar Abundance" – how to cultivate inner peace and prosperity by following the moon's cycle. You can find download a free lunar calendar at www.ezziespencer.com and follow Ezzie's lunar updates in real time @ezziespencer on Instagram.

In this episode, Ezzie shares:

1. Using lunar tracking as a guidance system 2. Honoring your own pace 3. Empowerment within your emotional landscape