Live Happy, Healthy & Inspired

We’ve all thought about it right? Even dreamt of it? The house? The car? The well paying highly successful career job? That’s what life is supposed to be all about right? Having that education, career security of money and finances, the car and even the house. You’ve got all that and you’ve got it made right? Wrong! In today’s episode, we’re going to meet a young woman, Kara Bitar, who thought just that, that life was about the education, the career, the money, the house and the car. She had all this, yet she was terribly unhappy! Why? Because, as she discovered and what we discuss in today’s podcast episode, she was living her life from a place she thought she was supposed to go down, but never once was she listening to what she calls her internal guidance. Until one day she was, and then suddenly life began to change for her, in very exciting and remarkable ways. Gone was the misery and replaced with something else, that something else she calls happiness. How can you replace unhappiness with happiness? What is your internal guidance and how do you tap into it? Hit that play button today’s episode to learn more and find out, this is one you don’t want to miss. We literally dive into the one thing that is the key to happiness. Listen and enjoy! For more information and to work with Kara directly, contact her at her website: www.karanicolebitar.com.

Let’s face it, in today’s modern world, we have stress and are looking for anything that may help make life easier, especially this idea of healthy living. What are some tips and tools we can use to deal with stress and make healthy living easier? In today’s episode, I dive deep into these questions with my guest Ramona Fasula, a nationally recognized natural health expert and disease management and prevention specialist who lends her expertise on these exact questions. Everything from the foods we eat (hint: sugar is a BIG problem when it comes to the opposite of healthy living) to finding the right “kind” of exercise that works for you (hint: it has to be fun and something that you enjoy doing). An important part of today’s discussion as well is this idea that the food you eat can either be medicine or poison, just depending on the specific types of foods that you are eating! Learn about this key concept and much more about making healthy living easy by hitting that play button and taking a listen! For more information and to work directly with Ramona, contact her at her website www.wellnessbyramona.com.

Fear, doubt, frustrations as well as a desire to succeed at the highest level are all innate traits and desires of every person, regardless of where or how you grew up. Exactly how then does one use their brain to eliminate fear, overcome problems, as well as to finally “feel” successful? Today I am talking with renowned Neuro-State Rebalancing (NSR) expert Liam Naden who has gone in depth to study and research the techniques necessary in order to use your brain to create your ideal life. In today’s podcast, he shares some of his tips and secrets for accessing and using what he calls the “creative brain,” which is essential to living life effortlessly and easily to create your version of the most ideal life. What exactly is the creative brain and how do you access it to begin eliminating fear, overcoming problems and creating your ideal life? Hit play on this episode to learn more and how you too can access and use your creative brain to do just that. For more information and to work with Liam directly, he can be reached via his website at www.liamnaden.com.

More than 33 million Americans have been diagnosed with Type II diabetes, a number that increases significantly if I expand that to a global scale. With a debilitating health condition such as diabetes, how can one learn to thrive, much less age well, under such conditions? Today we are going to meet a remarkable lady, or perhaps I should say super grand-ma, who has done just this. Originally diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes during a pregnancy, Lynne Bowman would later learn she had Type II diabetes. In spite of this, Lynne decided not to let this condition define her, but to define it. And that is the secret to not just aging well, but thriving. Now thriving at 76 years old, hear her remarkable story and the secrets to her ability to become the captain of her own ship, despite a diagnosis of diabetes nearly 35 years prior. Whatever ailments you may have presently in your life, neuropathy, arthritis, fibromyalgia, there is hope and there is still a way to become the captain of your own ship. In today’s episode we talk about two specific tangibles and three specific intangibles that will allow any person, regardless of circumstances, to own their life and become the captain of their own ship. Contact Lynne and learn more at her website www.lynnebowman.com.

There are many aspects to creating a new you, a better version of yourself, a woman (or man) that is high on life and no longer operating from fear, worry or anxiety. Today’s podcast I am speaking with Professional Life Coach, Motivational Speaker and Parenting/Teen Expert Kim Keane who went through her own journey into creating a new, better, more empowered version of herself. How did she do this? Through listening to today’s podcast, you’ll here a real-life example involving things like courage, determination, commitment, taking personal responsibility, self-awareness, perseverance, understanding your why, falling off the saddle and getting back on, and talking about becoming the captain of your own-life. If I could sum all of that up with two simple words, those two words would be self-love. And if there was such a thing as a recipe for creating a new you, those things I just mentioned would be the ingredients, and the name of the recipe would be self-love. How can you apply all of this to your life? Regardless of where you are at in life, there is a lot that can be taken from this podcast. Listen, take some deep breaths, and be ready to be inspired and encouraged with one woman’s remarkable journey into becoming a newer, better version of herself. They say a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step, so too does the journey of a new you start with a single dynamic: self-love. Trust me when I say if she can learn to love herself (especially as busy as she was all throughout her journey), you can as well! Listen, enjoy and be inspired as you learn the same skills and what it takes to create a new, happier, healthier, more confident and better version of you. For more information or to speak with Kim directly, contact her at her website www.kimkeane.com.

As a health coach, I have always said that there are certain tools and skills you can and should have for your “health and wellness” tool box. In today’s episode, we meet David, a one-time HealthCare CEO who had an epiphany. What happened next was two years of research that led to his breakthrough book: New You? Who Knew! Surprising Foundations to Get More Done, Feel More Connected, and Stay Balanced in a Rapidly Changing World.His epiphany led him to discover one of the true core, inner secrets of permanent weight loss, long term sustainable healthy living, and even success: personal motivation. Anything that is meant to last must come from within. We dive into several of David’s identified 10 principles of personal motivation, principles which when studied, learned and applied can lead to the New You! We also take a look at what the definition of getting ahead and success is really all about. Interested in knowing more? Take a listen to this episode to learn the tools and skills necessary to move your life from point A to point B! And for more information and to order a copy of David’s book, please visit his website at www.davidredwards.com.

What does it take to truly go from point A to point B in your life, particularly when it comes to diet, exercise and keeping weight off permanently? In today’s Happy and Healthy themed podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with a remarkable woman, Leslie Davis, who, through the power of self-discovery and self-love, went on a journey to find and discover the answers and exactly just what it does take. The answers she gives will surprise you, inspire you, fill you with love, hope and courage. Her answers are not what you think. It’s not really about diet or exercise as much as it is about something else. What is that something else? That something else is what she calls You Can’t Eat Love. Hear from her and learn her story and what she discovered along the way about You Can’t Eat Love, life and keeping weight off permanently. For more information and to reach Leslie directly, contact her at her website www.youcanteatlove.com.

I think everyone would like to live a healthy lifestyle if they could, especially if they knew a few tips for keeping it easy. In today’s podcast episode, I am talking with professional trainer and fitness coach Martin Branum on a few strategies on how you can keep it super simple (KISS) and live the healthy lifestyle. With this episode; however, we get into a lot more. We dive into self-love and how this is an important part of your journey to maintain living the healthy lifestyle. We also talk about falling off the horse (or wagon – which we’ve all done a time or two in our lives) and how to get back on, sooner rather than later. We also talk a few ideas about mindset and the stories we tell ourselves, and how these stories play a determining role in what is going on in our life. There is a lot of ground we cover in today’s episode (and we were just getting warmed-up I think when we hit the 40-minute mark), you’ll definitely want to tune in and here what we talk about. And for anyone in the AZ area or wanting to reach out and speak with Martin more, he can be reached at his website www.martinspartans.co, or his Instagram handle: martins_spartans.

Many of us walk around on autopilot, not knowing or even understanding how to navigate or even play this crazy game called life. A lot of us are searching for a deeper meaning, a higher purpose, a more authentic and empowered life. Who would not want that? A life more in alignment with a higher purpose and meaning. Regardless of where you are at or your current situation in life, it is possible to begin writing yourself and your life a new story. A story rooted in love, not fear. In today’s episode, I have two amazing guests, friends, life coaches and seminar leaders that give us some deep insights on just how to write ourselves a new story. A story filled with love and that will empower not only our lives, but the lives of those we come into contact with. If you’ve ever experienced fear in your life, wondering how to live a more authentic and empowered life, a life full of love and purpose, or just looking for something more than your current situation (which is exactly where I was at one point in life), then this is the podcast episode for you. We talk about mindset, re-writing your stories, fear, ego, love and much more. Tune in this is a must listen to episode!

Today I am speaking with board certified Health Coach Erin Power, and how to, in her own words, "form an effortless relationship with food." What exactly does this mean? And how exactly does one form “an effortless relationship with food?” In this podcast episode you’ll learn a few tips and strategies for better dealing with food and food cravings, as well Erin also shares a tip or two on metabolism and metabolic re-set (which she offers a great 30 day program for, anyone interested can learn more at her website www.eatsimple.ca). Learning to be in control of our emotions and feelings, especially when it comes to food and the foods we eat, can go a long way towards creating and living that happy, healthy and harmonious life. Tune in today for a lively and fun discussion between two health coaches as we explore the dynamics between food, health, metabolism and happiness (we even mention ice cream a time or two)! 😊