Loren (Lo) is a 500 hour yoga guide, mentor, poet and full-time seeker of living and sharing from her inner truth. After 10 years of practice and study, she created her business unusuallyfree to inspire others to find their own unique, unusual path to freedom through yoga in its fullness, writing, self inquiry and mentorship. Through her embodied practices on her mat and in her life, she offers community and private yoga sessions from her heart that welcome you to explore all that you are, as you are. In addition to her yoga offerings, she mentors fellow yoga teachers on their personal journey towards sharing their gifts with the world in greater confidence, trust and knowing from within. You can connect with Lo at www.unusuallyfree.com, on Instagram @unusuallyfree or steep in her poetic meditations on Insight Timer.

Loren (Lo) is a 500 hour yoga guide, mentor, poet and full-time seeker of living and sharing from her inner truth. After 10 years of practice and study, she created her business unusuallyfree to inspire others to find their own unique, unusual path to freedom through yoga in its fullness, writing, self inquiry and mentorship. Through her embodied practices on her mat and in her life, she offers community and private yoga sessions from her heart that welcome you to explore all that you are, as you are. In addition to her yoga offerings, she mentors fellow yoga teachers on their personal journey towards sharing their gifts with the world in greater confidence, trust and knowing from within. You can connect with Lo at www.unusuallyfree.com, on Instagram @unusuallyfree or steep in her poetic meditations on Insight Timer.

You will truly enjoy this interview with Enneagram 1 and yoga teacher, Brenda Nakdimen. This episode's focus is on equanimity. Equanimity is about how we can experience a deeper calm within ourselves in the face of life's ups and downs, and find deeper access to the fullness of life. Yoga called to Brenda as soon as she realized a need for balance in her life. She was a teacher, a single mother, and an overachiever. Simply put, she was busy. On her website, stonesrippleyoga.com she says, "I saw many signs that I was being summoned to a simpler life. I needed space for quiet contemplation and less competitive focus.  When yoga found me, I immediately noticed its calming effect." It influenced Brenda's life— both on and off the mat. She's been practicing yoga for 20 years now and has been teaching since 2015. Brenda teaches at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga, where her classes are offered in person and virtually. She also offers private instruction. For for info or her contact information, please visit her website https://www.stonesrippleyoga.com/my-story

You will truly enjoy this interview with Enneagram 1 and yoga teacher, Brenda Nakdimen. This episode's focus is on equanimity. Equanimity is about how we can experience a deeper calm within ourselves in the face of life's ups and downs, and find deeper access to the fullness of life.

Yoga called to Brenda as soon as she realized a need for balance in her life. She was a teacher, a single mother, and an overachiever. Simply put, she was busy. On her website, stonesrippleyoga.com she says,

"I saw many signs that I was being summoned to a simpler life. I needed space for quiet contemplation and less competitive focus. 

When yoga found me, I immediately noticed its calming effect." It influenced Brenda's life— both on and off the mat. She's been practicing yoga for 20 years now and has been teaching since 2015. Brenda teaches at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga, where her classes are offered in person and virtually. She also offers private instruction. For for info or her contact information, please visit her website https://www.stonesrippleyoga.com/my-story

In this episode we talk with Artist, Enneagram type 4, and yoga teacher, Katherine Hanks, about how Enneagram types 7, 8, & 9 can become the truest version of themselves. Katherine Hanks is an interdisciplinary artist based in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Her work is a part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History archives and has been featured in Where Women Create and City Scope Magazine. Katherine’s earliest memories were set against a limestone canyon along the emerald green Frio River in the Texas hill country. This closeness to wilderness awakened in her a hunger for the sacred and the drive to create. From 2014–2019, Katherine ran Annie Hanks, a collaborative ceramics studio in Chattanooga, TN. The studio was integral to the community and small business landscape of the town and produced work for clients nationwide. Katherine’s currently focusing on a new body of work inspired by her identity as mother, her intimate connection to land and the body, and her experience navigating sacred mystery. Instagram @katherinehanksstudio or Contact [email protected] The book she mentions in this episode is: In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life by Alisa Vitti

In this episode we talk with Artist, Enneagram type 4, and yoga teacher, Katherine Hanks, about how Enneagram types 3, 4, 5 and 6 can become the truest version of themselves. Katherine Hanks is an interdisciplinary artist based in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Her work is a part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History archives and has been featured in Where Women Create and City Scope Magazine. Katherine’s earliest memories were set against a limestone canyon along the emerald green Frio River in the Texas hill country. This closeness to wilderness awakened in her a hunger for the sacred and the drive to create. From 2014–2019, Katherine ran Annie Hanks, a collaborative ceramics studio in Chattanooga, TN. The studio was integral to the community and small business landscape of the town and produced work for clients nationwide. Katherine’s currently focusing on a new body of work inspired by her identity as mother, her intimate connection to land and the body, and her experience navigating sacred mystery. Instagram @katherinehanksstudio or Contact [email protected]

Katherine Hanks is an interdisciplinary artist based in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Her work is a part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History archives and has been featured in Where Women Create and City Scope Magazine.

Katherine’s earliest memories were set against a limestone canyon along the emerald green Frio River in the Texas hill country. This closeness to wilderness awakened in her a hunger for the sacred and the drive to create.

From 2014–2019, Katherine ran Annie Hanks, a collaborative ceramics studio in Chattanooga, TN. The studio was integral to the community and small business landscape of the town and produced work for clients nationwide. Katherine’s currently focusing on a new body of work inspired by her identity as mother, her intimate connection to land and the body, and her experience navigating sacred mystery.

Instagram @katherinehanksstudio or Contact

During today's episode we talk with Holly Wade, LCSW and Enneagram 7 about The Wisdom of Brené Brown & the Enneagram, particularly for Enneagram types 8 & 9. Holly is a licensed clinical social worker in Memphis, TN. She has worked across the spectrum of mental health levels of care and brings that experience with her into private practice. Holly specializes in helping people recover from difficult life experiences that some label as “trauma.” Trauma comes in many forms and we don’t all know how to recognize it, but it shows up as anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other mental health problems. Trauma is often accompanied by shame and Holly has specialty training as a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator at building shame resiliency. The Daring Greatly™, Rising Strong™ and Gifts of Imperfection treatment models are based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown and fall under the umbrella of The Daring Way™. In addition to her Daring Way™ training Holly is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and has extensive experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) from her training at Four Winds Hospital in Katona, New York. Her training in DBT and yoga classes at the local gym inspired Holly to gain more education in mindfulness. On a chance retreat to Kripalu Yoga Center in the Berkshire Mountains, Holly was introduced to the work of Jack Kornfield, PhD and has continued to practice and study Insight Meditation for the past ten years. In 2018 she took her yoga practice to the next level with a 200 hour RYT training at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga. Along the yoga journey Holly was introduced to the power of Breathwork by Ashley Ludman in Costa Rica. Holly has since continued to train with Ashley and develop her own skills as a breathwork facilitator. In 2022 Holly and her husband relocated to Memphis and she is excited to return to private practice focusing on creating a safe place for those who are in transition (divorce, grief, empty-nesting, job change), supporting a loved one with a substance use disorder diagnosis/severe mental illness, or recovering from emotional abuse or trauma. She will use her expertise to guide you towards healing and resilience for optimal functioning. She has a love for working with adolescents and their families as they transition through this formative time. Her practice is LGBTQ affirming and she strives for cultural competency at work and in the world. As part of her social work legacy, Holly is a social justice warrior and will always advocate for safety and acceptance for all persons. Holly's website is: www.hollywadelcsw.com Instagram Holly.Wade.LCSW

During today's episode we talk with Holly Wade, LCSW and Enneagram 7 about The Wisdom of Brené Brown & the Enneagram. Holly is a licensed clinical social worker in Memphis, TN. She has worked across the spectrum of mental health levels of care and brings that experience with her into private practice. Holly specializes in helping people recover from difficult life experiences that some label as “trauma.” Trauma comes in many forms and we don’t all know how to recognize it, but it shows up as anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other mental health problems. Trauma is often accompanied by shame and Holly has specialty training as a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator at building shame resiliency. The Daring Greatly™, Rising Strong™ and Gifts of Imperfection treatment models are based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown and fall under the umbrella of The Daring Way™. In addition to her Daring Way™ training Holly is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and has extensive experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) from her training at Four Winds Hospital in Katona, New York. Her training in DBT and yoga classes at the local gym inspired Holly to gain more education in mindfulness. On a chance retreat to Kripalu Yoga Center in the Berkshire Mountains, Holly was introduced to the work of Jack Kornfield, PhD and has continued to practice and study Insight Meditation for the past ten years. In 2018 she took her yoga practice to the next level with a 200 hour RYT training at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga. Along the yoga journey Holly was introduced to the power of Breathwork by Ashley Ludman in Costa Rica. Holly has since continued to train with Ashley and develop her own skills as a breathwork facilitator. In 2022 Holly and her husband relocated to Memphis and she is excited to return to private practice focusing on creating a safe place for those who are in transition (divorce, grief, empty-nesting, job change), supporting a loved one with a substance use disorder diagnosis/severe mental illness, or recovering from emotional abuse or trauma. She will use her expertise to guide you towards healing and resilience for optimal functioning. She has a love for working with adolescents and their families as they transition through this formative time. Her practice is LGBTQ affirming and she strives for cultural competency at work and in the world. As part of her social work legacy, Holly is a social justice warrior and will always advocate for safety and acceptance for all persons. Holly's website is: www.hollywadelcsw.com Instagram Holly.Wade.LCSW

During today's episode we talk with Holly Wade, LCSW and Enneagram 7 about The Wisdom of Brené Brown & the Enneagram. Holly is a licensed clinical social worker in Memphis, TN. She has worked across the spectrum of mental health levels of care and brings that experience with her into private practice. Holly specializes in helping people recover from difficult life experiences that some label as “trauma.” Trauma comes in many forms and we don’t all know how to recognize it, but it shows up as anxiety, depression, substance abuse and other mental health problems. Trauma is often accompanied by shame and Holly has specialty training as a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator at building shame resiliency. The Daring Greatly™, Rising Strong™ and Gifts of Imperfection treatment models are based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown and fall under the umbrella of The Daring Way™.

In addition to her Daring Way™ training Holly is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and has extensive experience with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) from her training at Four Winds Hospital in Katona, New York. Her training in DBT and yoga classes at the local gym inspired Holly to gain more education in mindfulness. On a chance retreat to Kripalu Yoga Center in the Berkshire Mountains, Holly was introduced to the work of Jack Kornfield, PhD and has continued to practice and study Insight Meditation for the past ten years. In 2018 she took her yoga practice to the next level with a 200 hour RYT training at Yoga Landing in Chattanooga. Along the yoga journey Holly was introduced to the power of Breathwork by Ashley Ludman in Costa Rica. Holly has since continued to train with Ashley and develop her own skills as a breathwork facilitator.

In 2022 Holly and her husband relocated to Memphis and she is excited to return to private practice focusing on creating a safe place for those who are in transition (divorce, grief, empty-nesting, job change), supporting a loved one with a substance use disorder diagnosis/severe mental illness, or recovering from emotional abuse or trauma. She will use her expertise to guide you towards healing and resilience for optimal functioning. She has a love for working with adolescents and their families as they transition through this formative time. Her practice is LGBTQ affirming and she strives for cultural competency at work and in the world. As part of her social work legacy, Holly is a social justice warrior and will always advocate for safety and acceptance for all persons. Holly's website is: www.hollywadelcsw.com Instagram Holly.Wade.LCSW