Amy Marcs, creator of one woman show, “Nice Tits,” actor, breast cancer thriver

In 2009, Amy received a breast cancer diagnosis and intuitively knew that a double mastectomy was her best option—no easy decision for “a petite Jewish girl with great boobs.” (No easy decision for anyone, ever). Marcs loved her breasts—her journey through the grieving process is heartbreaking, touching, inspiring and hilarious. It’s a grieving process that many sick people can relate to as all of us lose a part of our identities we were once attached to. We get down to business in this episode, intimately discussing sex and (self) love after a double mastectomy.  Today, on the other side, Amy (and her new boobs) tours her one woman show, “Nice Tits,” and speaks out about the specific pains of breast cancer and double mastectomies. (http://nicetitstheshow.com )

“Take your broken heart and make it into art” -Carrie Fisher

I love this challenge, my friends! Amy wrote as a way to move through her experience so it’s only fitting that her challenge to you is to find a creative expression on your journey. I did it, and it worked wonder. Check out how creativity helped me heal in this blog post on my photo 365 challenge. You can do anything: Paint, draw, garden, take photos, write, sing, pick up an instrument, color, act, dance, knit, sew, make pottery, and the list goes on. There’s no shortage on creative outlets, AND you have the time (and energy)! Commit to ten minutes a day if you can and if you’re bed bound like I was then pick something low-impact. Keep me updated on my Instagram @sheajackie. I’ll be looking for you #holweeklychallenge

Happy Listening, my friends!

Amy B. Scher, author of “This is how I Save my Life” and expert in mind-body-spirit healing

After seven years of boundless symptoms, innumerable diagnoses, and all the treatments you can imagine, the root of Amy’s trouble was discovered: Lyme disease. Amy B. Scher (http://amybscher.com) had gotten accustomed to a life in-between wellness and illness, rarely fully in either world. When traveling to India for an experimental stem cell treatment was suggested to her, she knew she had to go—not necessarily because she knew it would work, but because she had to try one more (last) thing. The healing Amy experienced in India looked different than she imagined it would(it involved eating chocolate cake and macaroni and cheese), but, indeed, healing did come. Amy’s stem cell treatment in India is the framework for her new book, “This is How I Save My Life,” ( http://amy-b-scher.mykajabi.com/p/this-is-how-i-save-my-life ) but the book is about so much more—how to take responsibility for our own healing when nothing else is working. In this episode, we dive in to all of the different things you can do to help yourself—all you can do to save your life when no one else can.

Amy asks, “how much of your time and energy is spent trying to control?” I know I waste my precious energy in this way far too often. Amy urges us to practice letting go when we want to fight our current circumstances by repeating the mantra, “let go let go let go let go let go let go.” In her book, “This is How I Save My Life,” and in this episode, Amy explains why and how she did this in the chaos of India—and how it helped her heal. You guys, her book inspired me so much that I was walking around saying this mantra for a week straight. It helped me so much—I’m thrilled it’s the weekly challenge! Get on it and follow me @sheajackie on IG for  weekly challenge updates!

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Ashley Cantley, Feng Shui expert, manifester, mama bear

Ashley Cantley was drawn to this ancient Chinese practice when faced with healing from a toxic relationship. Similarly, I only started putting attention on my living space when I was sick and doing some healing of my own.  Most people who have a current #lifegoal of “heal from illness” are in bed, and, in that case, shouldn’t the bedroom feel like a sanctuary?  I believe that my living space is a reflection of how I am in the world, and I committed to making my whole home a giant vision board: Everything in it should make me feel good! That being said, I knew very little about the actual art and science of Feng Shui, so I was pretty pumped to get Ashley on and talk about practical suggestions to use Feng Shui for health and healing. How is Feng Shui an extension of holistic health? And how does it enhance other self-care practices? How can we make small changes in our home to enhance our health? Listen in here!

Find Ashley for more Feng Shui tips on IG @fengshuiash and at her blog and website here.

This one can be a real game-changer! Clean and de-clutter the center of your home or living space. The center of your home is where the health and wellness energy resides. Of course it’s in the center, right? It can be the most important piece of our lives. After a deep clean and serious de-clutter, purchase a swarovski crystal here and hang  it. 

In the episode (around minute 20) we get into the deets behind WHY this crystal is the jam! Follow me @sheajackie on IG for weekly challenge updates.

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 Go here to get your discount for being one of my listeners. You don’t even have to put a CC in! If you asked me to name the single biggest workplace time-waster, I don’t even have to think about it: The answer is email. In fact, a recent study found that almost 50% of the time that entrepreneur spend tending to their inboxes is spent on emails that should have never been sent to them or that didn’t need an answer.

I’ve tried to manage the excess so many times, manually deleting thousands of emails, making folders, and unsubscribing to list but it always goes out of control again. When I got sick, I learned that I needed to have an organized, uncluttered life. I need to utilize every tool available to me to lessen my daily stress. However, Being a busy entrpeuner, it’s hard to keep a stress free email inbox. It can be overwhelming, in fact it gave me anxiety just to open my email. I desperately wanted a clear screen so I could streamline, focus on what was important and deal with what wasn’t important later.

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Happy Listening!

Stella DeMont, founder of Whole Being Alignment, vivacious warrior

Eleven episodes of pneumonia affected Stella between the ages of one and twelve. Yes, ELEVEN different episodes. Always bouncing back, she was never seen as sickly by herself or her fellows. At 19, after a bad sunburn, she woke up to a sudden fever, pain in every joint, and, shortly after the onset, was told that she would likely be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. It was at that point that her real research and search for integrative healing began, but it wasn’t until many years and a Lyme disease diagnosis later that Stella was able to tap into her own true power to heal. Today, after saving her own life, healing from Lyme, and a host of other illness, Stella spends her days helping others get in touch with their own power—their own miraculous body’s wisdom and guidance— so they can heal whatever needs healing in their own lives.

Find Stella on IG @wholebeingalignment or at her website here. 

Drop into this present moment, soften your belly, and notice all of the ways you are supported. I’m dropping into my body as I type. Sure, it’s not ideal to both work and drop-in, but I want to give you an example. My belly is soft, I’m breathing directly down to my pelvic floor (feels like taking a xanax). I feel a breeze—I feel the wind supporting my healing, I feel a soft chair beneath me, holding me. And, under the chair, a floor, and eventually dirt and roots and Earth. Supported. So supported. I have a cup of tea—both caffeine and clean water supporting me. I see sunlight, wondrous, miraculous sunlight… You get the drift, right? Stella says we are always supported, it’s just about getting into this moment. Follow me @sheajackie on IG for any weekly challenge updates!

Thanks to SaneBox for coming on as my show sponsor! Go here to get your discount for being one of my listeners. You don’t even have to put a CC in! If you asked me to name the single biggest workplace time-waster, I don’t even have to think about it: The answer is email. In fact, a recent study found that almost 50% of the time that entrepreneur spend tending to their inboxes is spent on emails that should have never been sent to them or that didn’t need an answer.

I’ve tried to manage the excess so many times, manually deleting thousands of emails, making folders, and unsubscribing to list but it always goes out of control again. When I got sick, I learned that I needed to have an organized, uncluttered life. I need to utilize every tool available to me to lessen my daily stress. However, Being a busy entrpeuner, it’s hard to keep a stress free email inbox. It can be overwhelming, in fact it gave me anxiety just to open my email. I desperately wanted a clear screen so I could streamline, focus on what was important and deal with what wasn’t important later.

SaneBox gave me exactly that. I no longer waste my precious time and energy deleting unnecessary emails or being overwhelmed by a packed screen. Not to mention that the less I have distracting me, the more productive I am.

When I have time, I can open the folders that SaneBox effectively manages for me and read the news and unimportant emails and read newsletters I’m interested in. I don’t miss anything important or that I enjoy! I can’t recommend this enough, my friends. I work more effectively AND i sleep easier at night. Not kidding.

Because we could all use better sleep and more efficiency in our busy lives I worked out a great deal for my listeners. Visit sanebox.com/JackieShea today and they’ll throw in an extra $25 credit on top of the two-week free trial.You don’t have to enter your credit card information unless you decide to buy, so there’s really nothing to lose. Check it out today and let me know if you love the organization and lessened stress as much as I do.

Maya Dusenbery, author of Doing Harm, feminist writer, knowledgable AF

After her  Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis, feminist writer and author of Doing Harm, Maya Dusenbery, intuitively dove into the topic of women’s health—not so much the uterus and the ovaries but a more realistic and extensive look at women’s health. Why are women treated differently in the ER and the doctor’s office? How did medicine become a wealthy, white, male profession? How does the old diagnosis of hysteria still play a role in medicine today? Maya answers these questions and so much more in this must-read. She uses statistics, research, personal hypothesis and heartbreaking stories from other women to make the case that bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick. In this episode we discuss all of this plus, of course, self-care in the midst of self-advocacy.

Get in touch with Maya:

Twitter: @mayadusenbery

Website: www.mayadusenbery.com

Link to buy book: Here

It’s simple, my friends: Go to bed at the same time every night, be consistent, and create healthy circadian rhythms! This is so simple AND so important. Maya learned the hard way while writing Doing Harm how much of a difference it makes when your sleep rhythms are interrupted. We all know how much better we feel after a good night’s rest. And, most of us know how necessary sleep is for healing. This is something simple you can do to assist your body in getting the most productive sleep possible. If you suffer from debilitating insomnia, I still suggest *trying* this. Simply replace the word “sleep” with “rest” to release some of the pressure. Remember to follow me on IG @sheajackie for updates in my stories!