Holistically Heal-Thy Self with Jess Pfeffer, Founder of Jess Pfeffer Holistic Event Planning

In today's episode, I connected with Shelby Seidler, Realtor + Business Coach. We talked about social relationships/ friendships and how we are all the "average of our 5 closest friends". 

Influenced by Tony Robbins, a psychology degree, and a self-proclaimed "self-help book junkie", Shelby co-hosts monthly events in Delray Beach. She and her friend Jamie Leigh Mackey created these reoccurring events in order for others to have "real connections". She shares about her friend dates and how she loves to ask deep questions even from the get-go. 

?I'm a realtor with Keller Williams, and I work with my fiance Justin Himmelbaum.

IG @shelby.seidler

In today's episode, I connected with Colleen Reagan Noon M.Ed, the founder of Imajery Jane Publishing and a birth and parenting educator at her business The Respected Child. She has two young boys and lives in Delray Beach, Florida.

We talked about the changes she made in her own parenting habits after discovering her husband's addiction to pain pills, which changed her financial situation as well as having a 2 parent household.

In her role as a birth and parenting educator Colleen focuses on those who are parenting while recovering from trauma or substance abuse. Teaching them how to process the past to achieve stronger relationships with themselves, their partners, and their children

"Instead of focusing on how it looks, focus on how it feels" 

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In today's episode, I connected with Jen Todd, Co-Founder of 8evolve. We talked about how important it was for her to work in different industries collecting information and lessons that led her to co-create a wellness app. Jen's experience in the tech world and finance has helped her share her expertise with the health + wellness industry. 

She and her business partner Irina Vlada have the vision to share alternative modalities worldwide at a time where many people are seeking holistic healers and prefer it to be virtual. Jen's innate ability to multi-task as a wife, mother, and entrepreneur is inspiring to the team that works with her(including me!) 

As a Business Consultant, Jen has spent the last few years independently consulting for small businesses and creating mindful connections. Previously, Jen co-founded two tech startups and led efforts for a private hedge fund and a cryptocurrency fund.

She also held various business development and management roles within the financial services industry for companies including Morgan Stanley and Lloyds TSB Bank. Over the years her biggest accomplishment has been creating a strongly connected group of incredible professionals.

IG @8evolveapp

In today's episode, I connected with Arianne Traverso, owner of BizYogi. 

We talked about the "work bucket" and how she took the leap by starting her own holistic business coaching to help conscious + holistic women. Her background in marketing, advertising, and graphic design has positioned her in a place to help with all facets of building or bettering a holistic business. And as an acro yoga practitioner and teacher, she is sharing her ways of "being flexible" with everyone she works with. 

Coming from a long line of business owners, Arianne is inspired constantly to make it happen through effort, passion, and fun work. This is why and how she took the plunge to step off the path of what’s comfortable and make something AWESOME for herself and those around her.

With over a decade in the Yoga industry building programs, training, retreats and opening a successful studio in Miami, I’ve been there and done that. Making many mistakes along the way, which taught me quickly. That’s WHY I will help you SKIP those mistakes and create a quick path to results.

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Ig @ari.biz.yogi

In today's episode, I connected with Jacqueline Botting, Founder + Executive Director of WiseTribe. We talked about Jacqueline's work and personal experience and how it led her to create a local non-for-profit that "fosters connection".

Jacqueline's desire to help co-create a wiser world Is by sharing it through food, learning + well-being. She, the board, and the community have teamed up with local schools and gardens with the vision to foster a world "filled with positive, passionate change-makers, not just passive citizens and consumers, who are motivated and empowered to contribute to the scale of change required to thrive in the 21st Century."

Jacqueline’s experience incorporates a blend of grassroots leadership with economic and business development for governments, start-ups, and Fortune 500 companies.  Her background makes her well equipped to think broadly about the factors impacting a rapidly evolving world. She is driven to bring communities together to cultivate new ways of thinking and behaviors which lead to healthy living and lifelong learning. As the leader of WiseTribe, her passion inspires others to step into new possibilities and take action towards building a wiser world.

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IG @wisetribe

In today's episode, I connected with Judy Weaver, yoga therapist, Co-Founder of Connected Warriors + Yoga Unify. We talked about the benefits of yoga for veterans and others who have experienced a variety of trauma. Judy is a great community leader and shares some powerful statistics on mental health. As a co-founder of Yoga Unify she is spearheading the new paradigm of the future of yoga and yoga therapists. 

Judy Weaver is a yoga therapist and a teacher of teachers with over 30 years of experience and is the founder of Connected Warriors and Bodymind Recalibration. Judy is known for her expertise in the world of trauma and developed Trauma-Conscious Yoga based on the understanding that trauma is held in the cells of the body and mind and refined this practice with Bodymind Recalibration which builds cognitive and somatic bodymind relationships. As a member of Yoga Alliance Advisory Board, On-line Presenter, part of their Core Curriculum Working Group, significant contributor to several books and university lectures, Judy has been able to share her passion for this practice of yoga to support the yoga community.

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IG @judyconnectedwarriors

In today's episode, I connected with Dr. Shivani Gupta, an Ayurvedic Practitioner, and entrepreneur. We talked about the importance of self-care and ways to have vibrant immunity, including sleep hygiene. I like to refer to her as the "Sleep Queen". 

As a busy wife and mother of two, she understands the challenges modern women face when it comes to putting their health and wellbeing first. Unfortunately for many women self-care has become a dirty word and yet another unrealistic expectation on our never-ending to-do list.

Success and self-care go hand in hand. The more you care for yourself, the happier you will be and less likely to reach for things that aren’t good for you. Self-care doesn’t need to be one more thing you add to your to-do list. Finding a few extra minutes each day can have a profound impact on health.

Hormone Rebalance Tea is here! It’s a delicious jasmine sencha green tea with the perfect Ayurvedic herbs to help support you.

This ReBalancing tea helps balance your hormones, improves symptoms of PMS, and can boost your libido. In addition, it has a cooling effect on menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats.

Check out the amazing ingredients!

An Organic Tea Blend with Sencha green tea from Japan, Jasmine, Vana Tulsi, Rama Tulsi, Krishna Tulsi, Fenugreek, Fennel Seeds, Shatavari, Amla and Lychee

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IG: @dr.shivanigupta

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In today's episode, I connected with Earl Valentovic co-owner of Bonsai Brothers located in Loxahatchee, FL. 

We talked about the meaning of Bonsai " tree and pot" and the many trees you can use for Bonsai. Earl's go-to favorites are: ficus + juniper. 

As an artist and musician Earl's dexterity was the perfect fit to enter the bonsai world once he retired. Bonsai is both artistic and horticultural. 

Just like humans, the bonsai needs attention to the soil, watering, and sunlight. 

Bonsai tree and accessory sales at their nursery and welcome visits by appointment. They also provide tree sitting services and help with your Bonsai Trees.

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You can find them at Green Markets in the Palm Beach area + at plant sales at Mounts Botanical in the Fall. 

In today's episode, I connected with Rachel Mezza + Michiko Kurisu, permaculture and nature enthusiasts and stewards of the Earth. 

We talked about the transition from having a community garden into sharing a food forest with the community instead. Rachel + Michiko discuss the benefits of working in nature and how their food forest is inviting to all. As two dedicated volunteers, they share how they remain in "flow" and how weeding and gardening contribute to their physical and mental health. 

Located in downtown Delray Beach, Florida at 30 N Swinton Ave, SCGP is a perma-pop-up project guided equally by the principles of permaculture and by our need for short-term, intensive growing. Seeking to enrich our understanding of how caring for plants and the earth is to care for ourselves, SCGP's food forest addresses existing airflow, microclimates, and inherent energy of the space to utilize a myriad of growing methods and structures. We grow food in traditional raised beds, beautiful log beds, in storied planting guilds and portable grow bags. Often we just let food grow where it plants itself. 

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IG @swintoncgp

In today's episode, I connected with Autumn Kioti an artist, naturalist and storyteller. We talked about how nature can connect you to mindfulness, different animals, how she shares environmental + social justice through art, nature and community. 

Autumn uses inspirations from nature, animal documentaries and scientific studies, their own search for identity and community, and processes including botanical and traditional printmaking, collagraph, cyanotype, pen and ink, non-traditional watercolor techniques, found object art, journaling, narrative and poetry, they create two and three-dimensional art and installation, as well as programming and performances.

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