Life, Lemons & LemonDrops

Do you take the time to understand yourself? Are you in touch with how you navigate the world and your interactions with others?

In this episode of Life, Lemons & LemonDrops, Whitnie navigates the discussion of self-awareness alone, as Greer is on assignment. She walks you through the importance of being and how to become more self-aware. 

When you think of habits what comes to mind? Good habits? Bad? Getting rid of habits you no longer want? Or developing the habits that will help you succeed? Habits are just patterns, short cuts that your brain uses to get done something that it is already doing. You have behaviors, thoughts, words you say that you no longer think about. Those are habits. Your goal is to ask whether those habits are serving you or not.

What you do when no one is looking is less important than what you do when you're not even looking. Your habits, those behaviors that come most naturally, can either help you get where you want to go, or it they can hamper your progress. Turning the negative around, to create positive outcomes is what the LemonDrop sisters, Greer and Whitnie, are here to guide you through and replacing undesired habits with goal-serving habits can be the key to your long-term success.

Get in the habit of building life-changing habits.

Here are some resources to help you develop the habits you want:

1 Habit for a Thriving Home Office, Steve Samblis and Debbie Rosemont

1 Habit for Entrepreneurial Success, Steve Samblis and Forbes Riley

Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill

The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg

In this episode of Life, Lemons & LemonDrops, hosts Greer and Whitnie welcome health coach Cheryl Meyer, the Health Muse, to discuss her health and healing journey. 

Cheryl’s story is all too familiar. For a time, she had horrible pain that no one understood. She woke up every morning more tired than when she went to bed. She had brain fog and required 2-3 cups of coffee to function. Every joint and every muscle in her body hurt. She was increasingly sensitive to products, including perfumes, under arm deodorant, fabric softener, even her cosmetics. She couldn’t clean without getting sick. She hated being sick all the time and just wanted to pull the covers over her head.  She was girl interrupted. Most of all, she was frustrated because no one understood.

Eventually Cheryl turned from conventional medicine after the approach was to mask the symptoms with drugs and being told there was nothing wrong with her. Not wanting to live a life of pain and pills, Cheryl learned to control her stress, began eliminating toxins from her life, and found a functional doctor. But that’s not all. Years of research helped her cure herself and then she returned to school to shore up her bona fides. She is the author of award winning books including It Feels Good to Feel Good and is the host of a podcast by the same name. Cheryl is on a mission to help America become healthy again and toxin-free.

You can learn more about Cheryl and her mission to clean up America's diets and cupboards at www.cherylmhealthmuse.com and listen to her podcast It Feels Good to Feel Good at https://bit.ly/cherylpodcast.

In Cathleen's own words:

My life was changed forever when I suffered the devastating loss of my 19-year old son, Logan, from suicide. As a single mom, I had fought to build a successful career in business, politics, and government, but the death of my son cracked me wide open. My emotional well-being teetered and my life fell into disarray and despair.

It is at this point where I faced a choice. I could live the rest of my days cloaked in guilt, pain, shame, misery, and regret, or I could begin to heal and learn how to live again.

I chose to become whole once more. Through the pain, I rediscovered a powerful sense of self and a connection to the divine that empowered me to wake up and redesign my life.

In this episode, Life, Lemons & LemonDrops hosts, Greer and Whitnie, talk with Cathleen Elle about her journey and inspiration for writing Shattered Together.  Join us for this heart wrenching, yet hope-filled discussion of loss and healing.

We remind you that if you find yourself in a place of grieving, please reach out to family, friends or professionals who can help you through the process. To learn more about Cathleen and how she can assist you, visit cathleenelle.com. 

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In this episode of Life, Lemons & LemonDrops, the LemonDrop sisters, Greer and Whitnie, discuss the importance of taking a time out when the world seems to be coming at you too fast. This year, 2020, we've seen a barrage of events globally, nationally and locally that are leaving many of us feeling as if we are at the ends of our proverbial ropes.

What are you feeling? How are you managing yourself with all that is happening around you? Are you choosing to slow down or get off the treadmill altogether, or are you waiting until you have no choice?

The good news is that by paying attention to how you are feeling and with some pre-planning, you can choose to take care of yourself before its too late.

Here are a few strategies that will help you get on solid footing along your path to maintaining sanity and keep you from being swept away in the whirlwind that surrounds you:

For additional help, schedule a strategy session with Whitnie to set goals that will help you minimize or eliminate overwhelm at www.goforgoalsap.com/whitnie-wiley.

Check out the Capital G Podcast at www.capitalgpodcast.com.

If you are in distress or fear you may harm yourself or others, help is available. Speak with a counselor today.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Hours: Available 24 hours. Languages: English, Spanish.

Learn more

800-273-8255

In this week’s episode, the LemonDrop Sisters, Greer and Whitnie, unveil their Personal Passion series, which highlights and promotes the value of having projects in your life that you feel passionate about. After first understanding what passion means for you, you can begin a journey that will help you tap into what’s most important to you in your own life.

We share an important announcement about a subject that makes Greer’s heart sing: Politics. You will discover how her passion for politics has evolved over the years and what inspired her to finally take action and bring her dream to life.

The Capital G Podcast is only days from launch, and you will hear all about it here first on Life, Lemons & LemonDrops.

We will return to the series over time to bring you our additional personal passions, as well as open the mic to our audience to share your own passions. Thank you for joining us for the ride.

Until the launch of the podcast, for more on Greer's thoughts about politics check out her Capital G News & Opinions BLOG at greermcvay.substack.com

Capital G Podcast Coming soon!

Please share the passion projects you are working on or want to make happen by leaving a voice message at www.anchor.fm/lifelemonslemondrops or send an email to [email protected]. 

And if you need assistance strategizing your goals or want an accountability partner, feel free to book a session with Whitnie at www.goforgoalsap.com/whitnie-wiley.

Greer and Whitnie, the LemonDrop Sisters, explore the value of having balance in your life and how it sets the stage for more productivity in all you do. They also explore the concept that balance isn't possible and that some variations on the theme are more appropriate, such as integration or harmony.

Regardless of what you call it, balance, integration or harmony, it is different for every person and living day to day or vision to vision with your priorities can take different forms. Your hosts help you consider the many variables that pull your attention and give purposeful tips that will help you achieve the balance, integration or harmony you seek. 

In this episode, Whitnie references an article she penned earlier this year, "So ... Now Integration" that outline some of her thoughts about balance, integration or harmony. You can access that article here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/so-now-integration-whitnie-wiley.

To share thoughts about the show send your messages to: [email protected].

If you would like to reach either host for further assistance in this area or others, you can connect with each here:

Greer - www.linkedin.com/in/greermcvay or [email protected]

Whitnie - www.linkedin.com/in/whitniewiley or [email protected]

The LemonDrop Sisters, Greer and Whitnie, welcome two (and a half) guests to this episode of Life, Lemons & LemonDrops to discuss the fine line between being an adult woman who takes care of business and being a GROWN ASS WOMAN, who lives life on her own terms after a lifetime developing the wisdom needed to claim the title. Kathleen Hargan, Bobbie Lyons and Billie McVay, share insights into what it takes to achieve the ultimate level of self-actualization. 

The GAW share:

Do you think you have what it takes? Listen to the conversation and you decide.