Healing Hormones

Today we are talking all things spiritual, high vibe, and WOO. Energy Muse, a company all about promoting conscious living through the use of crystals, chats with us on the pod. The founders, Timmi and Heather, join us to share all about how they got into the spiritual world, why they find crystal energy so important, and how they came to be known as Energy Muse. This episode is SURE to get you feeling high vibe and lit UP, and may even inspire you to go out and find a crystal just for you!

Further Food is a wonderful collagen supplement company that we have grown to really love over the past several months. We add collagen to just about everything - tea, baked goods, even oatmeal! Collagen is important for hair, skin, and nails, as well being a great source of protein. It’s important to us that our collagen is sustainably sourced + high quality, and that’s just what Further Foods produces! (It’s also a woman owned company - holla!) Check out their full line of collagen peptides at furtherfood.com and use the code FINDINGYOURSHINE for 10% off your order!

Have you downloaded the app, Align Mindfulness, yet? It’s our fav new way to connect with ourselves throughout the day! We have our phones on us all of the time, and downloading this app has really helped us focus on the moment by sending out perfectly curated messages like, “What does the air smell like?” It also saves our answers to each message, which allows us to look back on our days and reflect. The app is totally free, so be sure to download it in your app store now!

We have been really loving this all-natural matcha mask from our friends over at Teami! Anytime we start to feel like a breakout is coming, we take a few minutes to apply the face mask and let it do its thing! Honestly, it feels like a little tingle massage for your face. Plus, we love that Teami makes quality products, with natural ingredients, which we LOVE. Head on over to teamiblends.com and use our code SHINE15 for 15% off your order!

We Chat About:

• Timmi and Heather’s friendship + how they got into crystals
• Nina’s dog and his connection to energy
• How to cleanse your space
• Why crystals make us feel differently
• The history of crystals
• The Divine Feminine
• How to pick a crystal for you
• Can you have too many crystals?
• Ways to absorb the crystal energy + how...

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Today, storyteller and fellow podcaster, Adrien Behn, joins us on the pod! It was so cool to chat with Adrien about all things solo travel, the over-working culture, self-care, and more. If you haven’t already checked out her podcast, Strangers Abroad, we highly recommend it! We met Adrien after a podcasting event, at a karaoke bar! Adrien is pretty amazing. Her podcast is full of conversations with people she met while backpacking from Mexico to Peru. Adrien has so many amazing stories as a solo female traveler, we just know this episode will inspire you to plan a trip yourself!

Further Food is a wonderful collagen supplement company that we have grown to really love over the past several months. We add collagen to just about everything - tea, baked goods, even oatmeal! Collagen is important for hair, skin, and nails, as well being a great source of protein. It’s important to us that our collagen is sustainably sourced + high quality, and that’s just what Further Foods produces! (It’s also a woman owned company - holla!) Check out their full line of collagen peptides at furtherfood.com and use the code FINDINGYOURSHINE for 10% off your order!

Have you downloaded the app, Align Mindfulness, yet? It’s our fav new way to connect with ourselves throughout the day! We have our phones on us all of the time, and downloading this app has really helped us focus on the moment by sending out perfectly curated messages like, “What does the air smell like?” It also saves our answers to each message, which allows us to look back on our days and reflect. The app is totally free, so be sure to download it in your app store now!

We have been really loving this all-natural matcha mask from our friends over at Teami! Anytime we start to feel like a breakout is coming, we take a few minutes to apply the face mask and let it do its thing! Honestly, it feels like a little tingle massage for your face. Plus, we love that Teami makes quality products, with natural ingredients, which we LOVE. Head on over to teamiblends.com and use our code SHINE15 for 15% off your order!

We Chat About:

• Being overly work-focused
• How travel adds so much to your life
• What sparked Adrien’s podcast
• What Adrien learned from solo travel
• How she knows what travelers to connect with
• Space travel - Adrien is READY!
• Travel alone as a female
• How the news creates fear around travel
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Today on the pod, we are joined by Ely Bakouche, a yoga teacher, writer, and student of the Universe. Ely was one of the first people to reach out to our podcast, and we couldn’t be more honored to now call her a good friend!

Ely Bakouche is such an amazing woman! She is super connected to language, specifically words, and has made it her mission to help people see + understand that they have the power to change the words they use everyday. Ely also uses her yoga practice as a tool to promote the power of positive mindset, and teaches others to do the same.

Further Food is a wonderful collagen supplement company that we have grown to really love over the past several months. We add collagen to just about everything - tea, baked goods, even oatmeal! Collagen is important for hair, skin, and nails, as well being a great source of protein. It’s important to us that our collagen is sustainably sourced + high quality, and that’s just what Further Foods produces! (It’s also a woman owned company - holla!) Check out their full line of collagen peptides at furtherfood.com and use the code FINDINGYOURSHINE for 10% off your order!

We Chat About:

• Traveling + living all over Europe, and now the U.S.
• Differences between the U.S. and Europe
• Ely’s health changes since moving to the states
• What learning languages has taught Ely
• Ely’s tips on starting to learn a language + immersing yourself in a new culture
• Feeling at home in new places
• Why Ely started a yoga practice
• How we place so much meaning into words
• Nina putting peanut butter on EVERYTHING
• Combining yoga + words
• Debunking positive affirmations
• Our favorite yoga poses!
• How to be more involved with Ely

Resources:

• Elybakouche.com
• Instagram: @thelinguisticyogi
• Ely’s Articles: yogiapproved.com; shutupandyoga.com
• Read: Positive Affirmations - Why I Don’t Use Them
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Today we are really excited to have Meghan Terwilliger, creator of the athleisure company Mello, on the podcast! Meghan is local to the Columbus area and on top of running her own company, she also works as an ecommerce contractor + is a new mom. Basically, she’s amazing!

We just love how much Meghan is involved in her ‘side hustle’ and we know that this brand is going to go so far! In this episode we talk about what it’s like to start a business in a saturated market, feeling empowered, and the excitement of growing a business from the ground up. We also talk all about Mello, from how it was created, to the sizing structure, and the forever promise they have!

It couldn’t be more perfect than to have Mello sponsor today’s episode! Mello leggings aren’t only adorable and SO soft + comfortable, but they come with an incredible promise; they’re forever. You heard us right, they are FOREVER! No matter what happens to your leggings, you can return them for a brand new pair. How amazing is that?! Mello also has cute + supportive sports bras that we just love. Head on over to wearmello.com and use the code: SHINE10 for 10% off your purchase!

Further Food is a wonderful collagen supplement company that we have grown to really love over the past several months. We add collagen to just about everything - tea, baked goods, even oatmeal! Collagen is important for hair, skin, and nails, as well being a great source of protein. It’s important to us that our collagen is sustainably sourced + high quality, and that’s just what Further Foods produces! (It’s also a woman owned company - holla!) Check out their full line of collagen peptides at furtherfood.com and use the code FINDINGYOURSHINE for 10% off your order!

We Chat About:

• Balancing multiple businesses + passion projects
• How Mello came to be + the forever promise
• Burnout + taking time for yourself
• Feeling empowered and lifted up from the community  
• Dealing with competition + saturation in the market
• What’s in store for the future of Mello
• Mello’s “real women” sizes

Resources:

• Wearmello.com
• Instagram: @wearmello
• Read: Myths Of Being A Human by Brandi Lust
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Social media specialist and all around phenomenal person, Alexia Montgomery, joins us today on the pod to talk about creativity and where to begin/grow as a creative. Alexia’s story is rooted in fashion, photography, social media, and well, really anything creative!

We met Alexia in our fashion model days (shoutout to Happy Go Lucky!) because she runs the boutique’s social media. Alexia is so full of helpful tips for social media + creativity, and has a lot to say about fashion and trends. This convo was SO much fun + is great for those trying to figure out and expand upon their own creativity!

We Chat About:

• Meeting at Happy Go Lucky  
• Bringing creativity to business accounts
• What it’s like working for a boutique  
• How much Liz loves The Devil Wears Prada
• Going to a performing arts school
• Switching up college majors from fashion to neuroscience
• The shift in traditional education
• Dabbling in creativity + reframing your mindset
• Moving + connecting to the creative scene in Columbus
• Finding friends + relationships via social media
• Being a creative and not knowing where to start or what to pick
• Childhood wonder + critiques that stay with us into adulthood

Resources:

• Learn more at: alexiamontgomery.com
• Connect with Alexia: Instagram
• Learn more about Happy Go Lucky: shophappygolucky.com
• Watch: The Devil Wears Prada
• Read: Big Magic

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Ariane Turner, makeup artist + founder of The Holistic Beauty Collective, joins us on the pod today! Ariane is a holistic beauty advocate, with the goal to help educate women on the connection between health, wellness, and beauty.   

Ariane has such a cool background as a makeup artist for film + television! We talk about what it was like starting out in the industry, learning to be patient for jobs, and taking leaps for the business she knew she wanted to create. Ariane has so many great tips and product recommendations from everything self-care to skin-care!

We Chat About:

• What it’s like to be a part of the TV industry
• Ariane taking the leap and leaving her corporate job
• How The Holistic Beauty Collective came to be
• Putting yourself and your health first in the workplace
• Finding your own version of financial self-care
• What balance looks like for Ariane
• Bringing beauty into more areas of your life
• Our all-natural deodorant journey
• Being approached by sales representative for makeup products
• Accessible products for skin-care
• Being a part of The Holistic Beauty Collective + what you get
• Ariane’s morning routine
• Nina’s 14 Day Gut Health Reboot program
• Prebiotics + adaptogens + ingestible beauty products

Resources:

• Learn more at: theholisticbeautycollective.com
• Connect with Ariane: Instagram
• Join: 14 Day Gut Reboot Program
• Teamiblends.com use code: SHINE15 for 15% off your order!
• Download: Think Dirty App
• Check out: Tarte Cosmetics

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Melissa Blackburn + Danielle Lim, the owners of Haven Collective, a BEAUTIFUL coworking space in Columbus joined us today on the pod! Both of these amazing women went from the corporate world grind to being entrepreneurs and opening up a gorgeous coworking space together.

We Chat About:

• How Danielle and Melissa met
• How Haven came to be
• Aunt Flow helping early business decisions
• How Haven runs as a coworking space
• Collaboration in small business
• The isolation in working alone
• Working from home
• Starting a business in a saturated market
• What it’s like working with a friend

Resources:

• Havencolumbus.com
• Follow Haven on Instagram: @haven.collective
• Follow Melissa on Instagram: @mellybburn
• Follow Daniella on Instagram: @daniallison80
• Connect with Melissa: [email protected]
• Connect with Danielle: [email protected]
• Learn more about Aunt Flow

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Today’s guests are 6 amazing women that spoke at our event with The Beauty Boost at Hopewell, a coworking space here in Columbus. The incredible women that joined us are; Caroline Franco, social influencer + college senior; Sam Oliver, blogger + entrepreneur; Rachel Kerr, owner of The Beauty Boost; Ashley Rector, creator behind Harness Magazine; Amy White, fitness instructor + model; Julie Wojno, intuitive eating health coach.

We chat about what empowers each of them as women, how to handle stress, family support, and SO much more. This experience was just so incredible, and we couldn’t be more excited to share this live recording with you!

We Chat About:

• What inspires everyone
• How to deal with negative talk from friends, family, and society
• Signs from the Universe
• Body positivity
• Connecting with others and creating a community
• How to create baby steps to make a big change, or how to just go for it
• Finding what lights you up- but not making a business out of it
• How to handle stress and center yourself
• Affirmations, words, phrases that help us all stay grounded
• How to release relationships that are no longer serving you

Resources:

• hopewell.works
• thebeautyboost.net
• harnessmagazine.com
• Connect with Nina: @nourishedwithnina
• Connect with Julie: @julie.wojno
• Connect with Caroline: @carolinelfranco
• Connect with Sam: @friedeggsnsam
• Connect with Amy: @amycrandallwhite
• Connect with Ashley: @magicinfluencer
• Read: Body Positive PowerMentioned in this episode:

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Dana Barron and Bridget Shannon are the two hilarious bloggers behind Wellness Lately, a site they started with the goal of sharing all of the wellness info and #inspo we can handle – with a healthy dose of cynicism and humor!

But we end up going waaaaaay deeper than your typical wellness in this conversation. We get into things like our subconscious thoughts, privilege, and diversity: the kind of holistic discussions we are going to bring you more of in Finding Your Shine, with all of the laughs + light that you’ve gotten used to over these many months!

We Chat About:

• How Wellness Lately came to be
• The blog + how writing is Bridgett and Dana’s form of expression
• Thoughts on alcohol breaks
• Imposter syndrome as writers
• Planning content
• Time management
• Dana + Bridget’s advice on feeling stuck
• Working non-traditional jobs – now with babies!
• Mom life and what that looks like as an entrepreneur
• Stop pretending like you’re perfect on social media
• Wellness is so much more than trends + kale
• How your beliefs affect your wellness
• White privilege
• Leading with compassion + intelligence
• Wellness Lately is starting a podcast in the Fall!
• We all have the ability to do SOMETHING, no matter what community or industry we’re in

Resources:

• Learn more at wellnesslately.com
• Connect with Wellness Lately on Instagram: @wellness_lately
• Read: The War of Art

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Far too often, our problems as women are chalked up to hormones or menstruation or just being whiny, but we know our bodies and we deserve to be listened to – especially by our medical professionals. Women’s pain just isn’t taken as seriously as men’s, and that’s a problem.

But today’s guest Bethany Holmes, AKA The Healthy B, has a story about one of her own health issues that just resonated with us so so so much. Really, it’s like a soap opera – you can almost hear Liz + Nina eating popcorn in the background!

And if you weren’t aware, Wine & Shine is now FINDING YOUR SHINE! We’ve grown a lot as people over the past two or so years and we wanted to make a change to the show to reflect that. But don’t worry – you’re still going to get the same incredible guests and the same fun conversations, all in the same place!

We Chat About:

• Moving from the Midwest to NYC (and then back to the Midwest)
• Becoming more aware of the stress in your body
• Being your own self-advocate
• Suffering through nine months of pain without anyone listening to you
• Going through a five-hour brain surgery
• What does a coach do?
• Discovering jackfruit
• Trypophobia: a fear of holes, bumps, and clusters
• Sharing energies over the phone
• Learning about yourself through Reiki
• Why Bethany is such a huge supporter of doTERRA essential oils

Resources:

• Learn more at thehealthyb.com
• Instagram: @thehealthy_b
• Check out doTERRA: doterra.com

Finding Your Shine is produced by Podcast Masters

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