Today my guest is a soulful practitioner who works with humans and animals to release their stuck energy and trauma through Reiki.

Learn more about Patti at: https://www.bodyandsoulwellness.ca and https://www.peacockspiritanimalreiki.com

On social media: @bodyandsoulwellnesswithpatti and @peacockspiritanimalreiki 

On today's episode I have a very special lady as my guest, Kathie Andriano Murgel. Kathie shared some her very personal trauma journey with domestic abuse. Her courage and strength to not only overcome and triumph through a very violent and abusive situation, and then to use her learning and experience to help other women is remarkable. I know that Kathie's sharing of her experiences will resonate with so many.

Kathie's company is Enlighten You, Empowerment Coaching and she is also a Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner and Reiki Master.  Kathie’s dream is to help women awaken the voice within so they can speak and live their empowered truth and that she is truly achieving.

This is where her love for helping women began. Kathie loves sharing her story authentically, believing that it can inspire other women to find their voice. Her joy comes from helping women transform their life through a cathartic process of self-discovery that will help create a life lived in truth, light, and liberation. 

Reach out to Kathie by email: [email protected]

Many things have changed since the pandemic started over 2 years ago. One of the things that has been affected and that has changed is travel. From having no travel at all during times of lockdown to having many new restrictions, mandates and rules around travel, especially by air.

I just got back from a trip where I experienced some of the new stressors associated with travelling now. If you have been travelling you may relate to some of my experiences. And I reflect on the top 5 things I learned that may make your travel a little less stressful if you are planning to take a trip.

In today's episode, we'll explore an amazing method for releasing trauma that I am learning right now. My guest Taryn Moore has recently graduated with the Gentle Trauma Release Certification and through practicing the methods for herself and working with other practitioners, she has healed some very deep and serious traumas. Taryn shares some very difficult experiences from her life and what happened when she was able to finally release the trauma - you may be shocked by one of the unexpected benefits that Taryn had happen. 

Taryn now helps others with this methodology and coaching and continues to grow and evolve in her journey of accepting herself and having self-love. If there's one message you walk away with after listening, let it be that you can heal your trauma and be free from it once and for all.

Taryn Moore is a Gentle Trauma Release Practitioner and Empowerment Coach. Her Mission in life is to help women find themselves, the truest energy of who they are and how they want to be in the world. And once they find it to live from that space instead of the one created by their past. Taryn is also a full time Education Developer for a Manufacturing Association where she connects needs and wants with programs that support employee growth and advancement. She utilizes all her experiences to help others. 

Taryn is the founder of the Barefoot Woman Academy offering personal coaching and powerful online programs and trainings to women looking to embody their most empowered Self. Learn more about Taryn at: https://hellotaryn.com/

Connect with Taryn on Social Media @tarynmoorpyle

The Gentle Trauma Release Method © has yielded extraordinary results time and time again. Visit the website below to learn more and to connect with a practitioner to start your journey of healing. This link takes you to the graduates page where you will see information about Taryn, as well as other graduates. And then you can also check out all the other areas of the site to learn more about the process.

https://www.gentletraumarelease.com/graduates

This week my guest Ashley Treavajo is highlighting a very important discussion about something that many women experience and sadly don't talk about enough. Many women are suffering alone and we hope that with today's open and raw discussion, they will realize they are not alone.

Ashley's story is one that may resonate with a lot of women - it certainly brought me back to my experience with post partum issues 38 years ago when I had my firstborn and felt so many of things we will be discussing.

Ashley is a busy mompreneur of two small kids and mortgage agent. Almost a year into her journey as a first time mother, Ashley felt as though she had an undiagnosed Post Partum Depression and Anxiety. Months into 2020 after her daughter was born, she took the leap into seeking help. Two high risk pregnancies later, coupled with fear, a few months of being on Zoloft, and the battles of parenting in a pandemic, Ashley has come to see the power of discussing the challenges and struggles moms face everywhere. 

"A better me, physically and mentally, means the whole house is better" is Ashley's take away from her experiences.

Connect with Ashley on Social Media: @Ashleyt.mortgages

We all have an inner child that many of us may not be aware of but often this part of us is at the base of many of our ongoing struggles and behaviours. Connecting with this part of yourself can help in our healing journey and relieve us of unresolved trauma from our past.

Tracy strives to live life in the energy of JOY. In addition to being a proud mom to her 11 year old spunky daughter Brooklynn which brings her great joy, supporting people and being their biggest cheerleaders is her passion! Through Spiritual Mentoring, Energy Healing and Meditation Coaching her mission is to be a lighthouse for people and guide them in honouring their human experience and embrace the knowledge that the light we all seek is within us.

Tracy is the Director of the Durham Region Chapter for H.U.B Inc - Heighten Your Business- where she prides herself in being the leader of this Heart Centred Women’s Entrepreneurial Community and supporting business owners both professionally and personally.

Tracy is also a Luxury Travel Specialist for 20 years and Founder of LIVE Virtual Vacation Experiences.  

Connect with Tracy on Facebook and Linked In @TracyTurberfield and visit her brand new page on Facebook @HonouringYourHumanExperience for more great insights.

Life always carries a lot of different, sometimes polarizing events, circumstances, feelings and experiences. We can have wonderful joyful things happening and simultaneously being experiencing difficulties, challenges, sadness, fear and everything in between.

Today I am exploring two very different things I am experiencing and many others are experiencing in their lives. I will share some personal reflections as I celebrate a milestone birthday and also on what is happening in the world right now.

Please join me for this look at how to manage and even thrive through the many aspects of life.

My guest today is Claudine Pereira. She is an experienced professional, business coach and consultant who assists people with fundamental behavioural change. Her consistent and captivating approach stretches her clients to move beyond a limiting sense of self and achieve their desired personal and professional goals. An inspirational speaker, emcee and international bestselling author Claudine is passionate about her work! With over 20 years of coaching experience and through engaging one-on-one sessions, Claudine’s boundless energy, fire and compassion catapult people's learning experiences into active self-improvement. 

In this episode Claudine and I will discuss how she has experienced and survived her traumas, beginning with a childhood trauma right through to a current trauma she is still navigating. Claudine gives us great insight on how our original traumas, typically in childhood or teens will influence many of our choices through our lives and may affect how we manage subsequent traumas. Claudine also shares some her great coping and self-care skills and how she now helps people as The Pink Coach with what she has learned. I know this courageous conversation will help so many! If you would like to connect with Claudine, please reach out to her on Social Media: @thepinkcoach and through her website: https://www.thepinkcoach.com.

There are many very difficult traumas that we may experience in life and one that I hear about a lot in my work is divorce and separation. Today I am thrilled to have our first guest on this podcast. Jenn Laforet is a writer, author, Founder of Write Current and host of the Bloom Notes in Bloom podcast.

Jenn helps women get out of their heads and into their hearts with words that matter so that they can reconnect, reclaim, root and celebrate their sense of self as they navigate seasons of change.

She writes and publishes soothing and supportive life enhancement guided reflection journals, notebooks, digital art prints and Journal to Reconnect audio programs that help women 25-65+.

Her popular Bloom Notes: Celebrating Moments of Joy, Laughter, Strength, Resilience, Care and Compassion life enhancement guided reflection journal is read by women worldwide. Learn more about Jenn at: https://www.writecurrent.com; her books and journals are available on Amazon worldwide. Connect with Jenn on Instagram @jennlaforet.

In this episode we will be discussing the difficulties of going through the divorce process, insights Jenn learned along the way and some of the great strategies Jenn found helped her to come to a place of triumph, especially in the amazing co-parenting she now practices with her children's Dad. This  is a heart-felt conversation that is not to be missed.

This week I am exploring why sometimes it can be really hard to stay in that place of love in your heart, mind and soul I talked about last week. How sometimes it's very difficult to maintain that unconditional love for yourself and others. And to accept and manage all the emotions, including the ones that may feel really uncomfortable. 

I will delve into the concept of toxic positivity, which may be a new term for many, and how it can deeply affect people on an emotional level as well as our self-concept. Join me to learn more about how to recognize and manage toxic positivity, which you have likely either experienced and/or maybe are even doing it without realizing it. 

I will also discuss the ways we can teach children to accept ALL feelings and be able to express them in healthy ways. Yes, we are going to look at emotions and feelings from a very different perspective.