Kickin' It with Daree

Mark and Laura Tong were on the show last March, talking about ways to live without regrets, and now they're back to discuss the new book, The Life-Changing Power of No!, where they discuss healthy and respectful ways to assert your boundaries in various situations.

The Tongs discuss:

• What makes it so hard to say No to people when they ask you for help? (4:55)
• Examples of ways you can say no without being disrespectful or feeling guilty (7:57)
• The benefits of saying No (15:22)

Show Notes -  http://dareeallen.com/saying-no

A personal mission statement is the most powerful tool you can develop in your life. By identifying your single motivating purpose and incorporating it into your philosophy, you will have the tools to achieve happiness and success on a daily basis. Coach and prolific author Michal Stawicki drops in to share how creating a personal mission statement changed his life.   Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/personal-mission-statement

After suffering with more than 9,000 migraines over 28 years, Lisa Jacobson recognized the need for a community. She is the founder of The Daily Migraine (www.TheDailyMigraine.com) and inventor of the Migraine Hat. Today, there are 37 million migraine sufferers in the U.S. alone, and she has become an advocate for them. If you've ever suffered with a migraine, need tips for relief and prevention, or just curious, then download, listen and learn all you can from this episode!
  Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/not-just-a-headache/

This episode is a PSA for the clueless, those who lack social skills, and is dedicated to everyone who wishes that common sense really was common.   Author, civility and social skills trainer Rosalinda Randall weighs in some offensive scenarios we encounter, and what to do about them, including:

• When someone can't remember your name
• Talking on cell phones in  public
• Kids who are left unattended in public, or misbehave in public playgrounds (mistreating others)
• People sitting next to, behind or in front of you on an airplane who act like you're not sitting there
• People who ask you for things on social media before making a real connection
• Handling surprise tags/group adds, debates and “unfriending” on social media
• Addressing questions about your personal life
• Comments made when you're grieving or going through an illness

 

Show Notes -  http://dareeallen.com/rude-people-civility/

Have you ever felt like you wanted to accomplish something but talked yourself out of it with thoughts of, "You're too old," or "It's too late"?

Well, it's never too late to follow your dreams.  Just ask Lauri Mackey, who has accomplished a LIST of things after turning 40, including racing mountain bikes and getting her GED in a class full of Hispanic teenagers that she had nothing else in common with!

Listen as she shares her tips on embracing your station in life-- where you are right now!

Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/find-your-happy-middle/

Living everyday life brings its own challenges whether it's related to school, work, our personal lives and family issues. All of this causes us to sometimes really need to go inward and be quiet and release that stress. Yogi entrepreneur, health coach and host of the Balancing Act podcast, Teliah Gienger says that our success in any venture or area of life, begins with a healthy mindset.   Download and listen to this show to learn how to:

• Reframe your stress (it's not all bad)
• Listen to your body while it's talking (instead of waiting until it screams)
• Look at challenges as an opportunity to grow

Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/best-stress-reliever

You can heal your own chronic anxiety and panic attacks naturally, without medication. Gina Ryan, a Nutritionist, Holistic Life & Anxiety Coach, knows this because she's done it.

 

Gina lives in Hawaii but admits that all of her days haven't been paradise. Listen to this show to hear her discuss:

• Why you MUST label your issue
  
• How mindful breathing and meditation help patch the places where you are leaking energy
• Why a high fat low carb diet can be helpful tool in calming our body and reducing panic attacks
  
• How to find activities to release stress

 

Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/panic-room/

We're getting REALLY PERSONAL in this week's episode!

Words like penis and vagina are not dirty words; they refer to parts of the human anatomy, which we use for practical and personal purposes. So when it comes to these personal body parts, why are we afraid to talk about them with our partner, with our doctor, or admit to ourselves what “those” and other parts mean for our sexual pleasure?

In this podcast episode, Dawn Serra from the Sex Gets Real podcast and I discuss the ways that communication and introspective questions can help us find out explore more about what is pleasing to us, and how to get permission to explore more pleasure from our bodies, and how to ask our partners to explore more with us.

 

Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/explore-more-sex/

Britany Felix, host of the Living Unconventionally podcast, has been married to her college sweetheart for 10 years and together, they have endured difficult times, but still have found ways to let those difficulties only strengthen their bond. In this episode she shares what she's learned from the ups and downs of love with her one and only, both before and after marriage.

In this podcast we discuss:

• What to do when your friend has feelings for the one you're in love with
• How to decide whether to commit to a long-distance relationship
• Communicating with your partner during financial hardships
• Getting along with each other despite opposite personality types

 

Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/cultivating-lasting-love/

As an athlete, you know that if you put the work in, something better will happen.  That applies to love too.

Daniel Packard, Trainer of Love Athletes says that you can have more love if you want and are willing to work on yourself. The biggest issue is often related to self-worth. Daniel explains how to move from being a love amateur to a love athlete, and how to understand your true worthiness factor (it may not be the same as the "I am worthy" or other mantras made popular in culture).   Show Notes - http://dareeallen.com/you-are-worthy/