Feminine Roadmap

Today on Feminine Roadmap the Anxiety Sisters share tips and strategies from their personal anxiety guide. Abbe Greenberg and Maggie Serachek have spent almost 3 decades walking the journey of anxiety together as anxiety sisters. They took their journey and built a powerful community with others who battle with anxiety and panic. Abbe and Maggie are on a mission to help people become more hopeful, connected and happy. From this mission The Anxiety Sisters platform was born and it has become a vibrant community over 200,000 people strong. They firmly believe we need to stop shoulding all over ourselves and begin to be more kind, gracious and forgiving to ourselves. Anxiety comes in many forms and there are many tools available to handle it. The Anxiety Sisters believe that having an arsenal of tools is key to navigating anxiety because often what may work one day will not work another. If you or someone you know is struggling with anxiety or panic disorder please invite them to listen. The Anxiety Sisters invite you to grab a cuppa of something wonderful and listen to their hopeful message. Please subscribe, rate and share this podcast! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking with Dr. Harley Rotbart about building healthy relationships with our adult children. Making the transition from parenting young children to teens to then adults requires creating guidelines and boundaries. Often the challenge for us as parents is how to remain a part of their lives without being invasive and over-involved. Once the next season of grandparenting comes, we are then faced with how to navigate our role in a way that is supportive and not parental. Building healthy relationships with our adult children is a journey that begins when they are young and continues to evolve as they grow. Dr. Harley encourages listeners to be intentional in how we relate to our adult children, by communicating clearly then respecting their decisions and guidelines especially once they become parents themselves. As grandparents we may feel that “we know best” but just because we mean well doesn’t mean we do well. If we focus on how to build healthy relationships with our adult children, trusting and supporting them, we can potentially minimize regrets. If you find yourself in need of a little encouragement and insight on how to effectively build a healthy relationship with your adult children please join us. Grab a cuppa something wonderful, a good friend, and hit play. Please remember to subscribe, rate and share this podcast! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap guest Michael Tobin talks about marriage and infidelity. Emotional entanglements are an indicator of something that is out of balance in a marriage. Michael says that affairs don’t happen in a vacuum, infidelity in marriage point to something. The thing about marriage is that you get out what you put in and if the focus is self then the marriage will fail. As a psychologist Michael has found that affairs are a temporary escape from a painful reality and that emotional vulnerability can lead to infidelity. But does it have to? No but marriage doesn’t tolerate lack of integrity, intolerance, laziness or dishonesty. Success in marriage and insulation against infidelity comes down to two people who are mutually giving and receiving to each other. Michael shares some great insights and tips to help married couples to not only avoid infidelity but also to recover from it. If you are married this podcast will be a great use of your time and your marriage will thank you! Grab a cuppa something wonderful and your spouse then join us! Please remember to subscribe, rate, and share this podcast. Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about living life awake by understanding how our brains work and how we can shift them. Kristin Walker brings her years of research on how to develop our neural wiring to initiate desired behaviors instead of being directed by autopilot. Our brains are always working for us but they operate from what we’ve learned and known from our upbringing, people’s inputs and life’s experiences. When we reach midlife we are often doing what we’ve always done and may not even know why. Kristin encourages listeners to wake up to their thoughts and behaviors, to begin to live life awake. The key is to live life awake is listening to what you think and say then questioning those beliefs. From there as we take the time to reflect on what it is we want, who we want to be we begin to get back in the driver’s seat. Just as these thoughts have been wired into our brains to become our dominant beliefs and behaviors, they can be rewired by rewriting the stories we’ve been telling ourselves. Our brain is for us so as we consistently rewire through intentionally shifting our thoughts and beliefs, it will begin to lead in that new direction. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and enjoy this encouraging conversation. Please remember to subscribe, rate and share this podcast. Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about how to identify emotional abuse with Mariette Jansen. Mariette is a survivor of narcissism abuse and has used her experience to write 2 books. Her goal is to help people to identify if they are experiencing emotional abuse, looking for ways to recognize and also deal with their day to day situation. In this conversation she shares four rules that a narcissist lives by. 1) This is who I am. 2) This is how I see you. 3) Behavior- how they bully. 4) Relationships – how they see it. She breaks down how the victim becomes entangled in the twisted behaviors of the abuser like blaming, fault finding, consistent put downs, and punishment. Mariette offers strategies to help listeners understand what is happening and how they can begin to break free. Once victims can identify the emotional abuse there are steps they can take like changing their internal dialogue, the story the abuser has been writing all along. Mariette encourages victims to begin to put themselves at the center of their universe by respecting, loving and treating themselves well. As that shift takes place it can minimize the noise on the line- the emotionally abusive stories- so the real truth can surface. As the truth surfaces it will take work to break free, heal and grow but it is doable. If you or someone you know is a victim of emotional abuse or lives with a narcissist, this episode is for you. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and learn how to identify emotional abuse and be set free. Please subscribe, rate and share! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about the power of intention with Dr. Greg Hammer. Dr. Greg talks about how his GAIN meditation method empowers us to facilitate healing and develop a healthy mind. Suffering is a universal experience but it doesn’t have to be the defining factor in our lives. When we experience pain and we resist it, it causes more suffering. Dr. Greg reminds us that while we can’t avoid pain, we can shift the way we view it to begin to serve us instead of hurt us more. Gratitude is the first step in the GAIN method – recognizing that we all have something or someone to be grateful for every day. Gratitude has a powerful healing impact on the brain and we can tap into that anytime we choose. Next is acceptance- the ability to embrace and acknowledge the painful things that have happened to us and stop resisting them. Acceptance allows us to begin to discern what we can and cannot change. Once we understand that we can turn our energy toward more supportive thoughts and habits. That leads right in to the I in the GAIN method- intention. Intention is the way we choose to see and think about what happens to and around us. Intention allows us to be proactive when and where we can. Dr. Greg encourages listeners to start an end of day practice called 3 good things. Three good things is simply stating three things that they experienced throughout the day that brought them joy or enjoyment. While it can be done internally, it can also be recorded so we can see the build up of the good things in our lives. And the final step is non-judgement- being able to go through our days without needing to see people and experiences as good or bad. Dr. Greg encourages benevolent indifference – moving through our days without anger, frustration and resistance. The power of intention allows us to get and stay in the drivers seat. If you or a loved one could use a tool to regain a sense of happiness and contentment in your day to day living, join us. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and press play. Please remember to subscribe, rate and share this podcast! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we are talking about a holistic approach to healing co-dependency with Mary Joye. As a recovering co-dependent Mary brings a great sense of compassion to the conversation around healing co-dependency. There is no judgement, there are strategies to help create awareness to ways we might be functioning co=dependently and how to begin to heal. Mary also talks about trauma bonds, psychological as well as physiological responses, that can help bring understanding to what is behind our co-dependent behaviors. One of the powerful tools is connecting the dots between the past and present, the overarching patterns that emerge. She also defines co-dependency and explains the difference between servanthood and servitude. Servanthood is being of service and comes from your own sense of compassion whereas servitude is placed upon you putting you in a place of constant service (think Cinderella). Mary encourages recovering co-dependents that boundaries are not meant to keep people out but rather to keep us safe and healthy. In this episode she talks honestly about the journey of healing from co-dependency, the reality of relapsing into old habits from time to time. The powerful part is that healing is possible as we go through the steps to embrace, replace and erase the co-dependent habits using the steps Mary teaches. If you or someone you know needs this conversation, please invite them to listen with you. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and start the healing journey today! If it helps you, please subscribe, rate and share this episode! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap survivor Delphia Brewton shares how she is bringing hope for survivors of domestic abuse. Delphia begins with her own powerful story of overcoming abuse and the importance of how her company is helping women escape domestic abuse across the United States. After fleeing her abuser Delphia began to build her company Blessings From My Heart to Your Table, a catering company that employs survivors of domestic violence. Her mission is to create an environment that is conducive to their health and healing that is validating. Blessings helps these women to build their confidence not only by employing them but teaching them the skill of creating complex food dishes. As these women grow in their skill, they grow in their ability to stand confidently on their own two feet and build a better future for themselves and their family. Delphia’s company surrounds these women with the services they need, financial stability and marketable skills. Her mission is on the move to help 100 families and if you want to be a part of this mission connect with BlessingsCatering.org today. If you or someone you know is in need, here is a place to start to journey of hope and freedom. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and join us for this amazing story today. If you enjoyed this episode, please remember to subscribe, rate, and share this podcast! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we are finding solutions to maintain a healthy brain with Dr. Chad Larson. Dr Chad lays out the key lifestyle practices that help people regain, retain and maintain healthy brains no matter where they find themselves. He shares the interconnectedness between the gut and the brain and the central nervous system. Dr. Chad believes that the brain is the centerpiece of how we function generally. The conversation about the brain almost starts with the gut because of how integral they are. He covers food choices, food timing, sleep habits, and even thought patterns. While many of these strategies may be common sense, Dr. Chad would like to encourage us to make them common practice. The impact of choosing to make even just a couple of these choices now will yield results sooner than you might think. We do not have to live with brain fog, forgetfulness, or sluggishness as we age, there are simple, practical lifestyle choices that can change our brain health. If you are looking for strategies to help you regain and maintain a healthy brain as you age, this episode is full of powerful information for you. Grab a cuppa something wonderful, your journal with a pen and hit play. Change the state of your brain for the better today! Please remember to subscribe, rate and share this episode! Thank you!

Today on Feminine Roadmap we’re talking about pro-aging in beast mode with Gail Gensler. Gail is on a mission to build a community of women (and men) who do not fear the years but stand up and live midlife in beast mode. She is encouraging midlifers that we can age well, with enthusiasm to the best of our ability in the most healthful way. We can shift the paradigm from anti-aging to pro-aging – seeing life as a grand adventure. Gail believes in investing in the power of female collaboration, getting us to sing from the same song sheet, embracing our differences and getting the pro-aging message out there. She strives to motivate and inspire us to renew ourselves, find our health, and to go do things that we enjoy. We can live in a way that adds value back into the world. We do have the opportunity and choice not to buy into the cultural narrative and live boldly in midlife and beyond. Our conversation is for every person who wants to stand up, be seen, be represented for who we are, where we are not for who anyone else says we should be after “a certain age”. It’s time to go into midlife beast mode! Embrace that pro-aging mindset, don’t let society dictate our lives, and keep challenging ourselves to find out what we’re capable of. If this makes you want to get up out of your seat and shout then hit play. Grab a cuppa something wonderful and get ready to be inspired! Please remember to subscribe, rate and share this podcast! Thank you!