As a nutritional therapist, Kate’s passion for helping people  overcome chronic illness began with her own sudden decline in health  beginning in her early 30s. Constant fatigue, heart palpitations, hot  flashes, brain fog, fatigue and infertility were some of the  debilitating symptoms that left her asking “why?”

The holidays were different this year. We found ourselves between enjoying family traditions and creating new memories without the family members who have recently passed away. 

This space was a huge reminder that nothing is permanent and generates urgency in me, to pour myself into creating the life I want, setting intentions one day at a time.

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Do you ever have that experience when you get together with people (eh hem, family) and they seem stuck on stories from an old version of you?  It's amazing how being around certain people can jet us back to an age, or time period in our life, that feels challenging.

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Most of us love the idea of after a long fulfilling life, at a very ripe old age, lying down in bed for the night and waking up dead.

Meet Amy Hensley RN, with Sips and Wishes.  She, in partnership with Erin Putney RN, created the company that helps people with end of life medical planning, BEFORE you need to actually make those decisions.Lis

They focus on fun (yes, I said FUN) and facts while helping families have these tough conversations in a lighter environment.  Listen in on this conversation and reach out to her for more information here:

When we get together for the holidays it can be kind of chaotic, but sometimes, we notice that something with our family member seems off.  Things that are normally taken care of, are not being handled very well right now.

What's your unice?  Nope, it's not a body part or new age term.

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We are born confident and curious and it is only over time that we are repeatedly warned and collecting evidence to have FEAR. Fear holds us back, keeps us stuck, keeps us up at night with worry.

F.E.A.R. is simply False Evidence Appearing Real.

Here's the video I reference in this episode from a fellow Graceland University alumni, Dr. Ivan Joseph - https://youtu.be/w-HYZv6HzAs

We have so many interactions with humans throughout our day.  Either people we know, strangers we interact with, or others that barely cross paths with but still leave their mark. Some interactions leave us riding high and others leave us feeling YUCK.

Teresa was a family caregiver, who went through various stages of  caregiving with her beautiful mother-in-law, including having her in their family home and then transitioning to senior living.  Each came  with it's own stressors and challenges.  

1) This Naked Mind, by Annie Grace

Despite our best efforts to control as much as possible, it doesn't always play out as we hope.  We are doing our best to plan, prepare, manage, and organize BUT there is so much out of our control, it can be overwhelming and exhausting.

Recently, I started to gain a greater appreciation for what is going RIGHT, even if I'm not controlling it.  Frankly, it's a lot.  I don't have to micromanage everything, that weight can be lifted off my shoulders.  I mean, do things go better when I'm involved (in my opinion), you bet! But, there's a lot of stuff that happens extraordinarily, even though I'm not paying attention to it.