Mindful Mavens

Mindful Mavens

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  • 159 - Choose your news & find your sexy dragons, family isn’t always blood, and sometimes in the stillness is hope

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    38 min
  • 158 - Square dancing, evening walks, overnight oats, glucose and herbal goddess hacks

    Larry McKenna https://larrymckenna.com/larrys-new-novel author of A CHURCH, A NEWSPAPER, AND A BAR

    Dee Sheridan and Jesse Lennox book Growing Up Aspergers: Living it on the daily https://a.co/d/05uGvzhC

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/dee-sheridan-426a0512/

    077 Birth Story Wisdom with Dee Sheridan

    8 Keys to Parenting Kids & Teens with ADHD**:**Supporting Your Child's Executive Function by Cindy Goldrich https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781324083412

    Buzzy Jackson https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=buzzy+jackson To Die Beautiful  https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593187234

    Heidi Piper Choose Love and Lead With Love

    https://www.leadershipunscriptedbook.com/co-authors/heidi-piper/

    https://www.facebook.com/chooselovephoenixrising/

    https://www.instagram.com/piper.heidi/

    Hilary Rosner ROAM https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781952338311

    https://hillaryr.net/

    https://www.patagonia.com/product/roam-wild-animals-and-the-race-to-repair-their-fractured-world-hardcover-book/BK865.html/

    Anja’s Overnight oats recipe (3 servings):

    1/2 cup Prana overnight apple pie chia oats
    1 tbsp hemp hearts
    1 tbsp ground flax seed
    2 tbsp almond flour
    1 tbsp chia seed
    1/4 tsp cinnamon
    1/2 tsp ground allspice
    Generous pinch of salt
    4 tbsp Orgain Organic Vegan Protein & Superfoods Organic Plant Based Powder - Vanilla
    3/4 cup unsweetened rice or almond milk
    1/4 cup Greek yoghurt

    Glucose Goddess - Jessie Inchauspé https://www.glucosegoddess.com/pages/science-episode-the-10-glucose-goddess-hacks

    https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/?hl=en

    Could Lithium Explain — and Treat — Alzheimer’s Disease?

    Study: Lithium loss ignites Alzheimer’s, but lithium compound can reverse disease in mice  https://hms.harvard.edu/news/could-lithium-explain-treat-alzheimers-disease

    Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease from 06 August 2025:

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09335-x

    Wishgarden Herbs https://www.wishgardenherbs.com/?tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=22154871044&tw_kwdid=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22154887364&gbraid=0AAAAAB9E2CyC5cQXkrIoYyTyIcvSDuEAC&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_vnQBhCxARIsADcZyxLbSUDG_QSbYDSoQdYnDMXCppk_Em5HddE14H1OCfo5gIZ9yhf4ivkaAlCsEALw_wcB

    Rebecca’s Herbal Apothecary https://www.rebeccasherbs.com/

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    31 min
  • 157 - Stop and Smell the Roses ad Get Centered in the Face of Big Changes

    “Wintering: The Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times” Katherine May https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593189481

    “How to Winter: Harness Your Mindset to Thrive on Cold Dark or Difficult Days” Kari Liebowitz https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593653753

    “Hell’s Kitchen” Alicia Keys https://hellskitchen.com/tour/

    “Saved By the Beauty of the World” Mary Oliver documentary https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/mary-oliver-documentary/37967/

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    45 min
  • 156 - Lean into empowering others

    Made Life Mentorship program

    How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims

    https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781250093639

    Radical Hope (and Radical Remission) books by author Kelly A. Turner PhD

    https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401965242

    Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself by Dr. Lissa Rankin https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401959883

    Spontaneous Healing by Dr. Andrew Weil

    https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780449910641

    You are the Placebo by Joe Dispenza https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401944599

    Becoming Supernatural  by Joe Dispenza https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401953119

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    41 min
  • 155 - Saying yes to shot put, kids in the kitchen, and the most delicious improvisation

    Raddish https://www.raddishkids.com/

    Trader Joe’s College Cookbook - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781646042449

    “Cookish” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780316540308

    “How to Boil Water” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780696226861

    Improvised Lentil Chickpea Salad (inspired by Trader Joe’s)
    2 cans mediterranean seasoned chickpeas in oil 
    1 container pico de gallo
    1 pkg precooked, unseasoned lentils
    2 Tbsp Zhoug sauce
    1-2 handfuls arugula, roughly chopped
    1/2 red onion, diced
    Generous squeeze of lemon
    Salt & pepper to taste

    Samin Nosrat Cookbook “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781476753836

    “The House in the Night” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780547577692

    “Flotsam” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780618194575

    “Art and Max” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9787543495869

    “A Summertime Song” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780689505492

    “Miss Rumphius” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780140505399

    “The Dalai Lama’s Cat” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/4717702103781

    “The Blanket Cats” - https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780593852699

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    47 min
  • 154 - Evolutionarily toddlers…and colonizing other rocks in space

    1883 and 1923 Yellowstone Series

    Hot Mess Express https://www.hotmessexpress.co/

    From Clutter to Clarity: Clean up your mindset to clear out your clutter by Kerri Richardson https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401960148

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    48 min
  • 153 - The Death of expertise, AI, hoarders, the E-car conundrum, and finding the positives

    Podcast “On Point” with Megna Chakrabarti, https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026/03/23/death-of-expertise-trump-democracy

    Podcast “The Middle” - Is AI coming for your Job episode https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/are-you-afraid-that-ai-will-take-your-job/id1647211480?i=1000735696669

    Elizabeth Gilbert “Letter form the Principal” https://www.elizabethgilbert.com/question-of-the-day-is-it-maybe-time-to-stop-asking-for-permission-one-of-the/

    Swedish Death Cleaning

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    39 min
  • 152 - Singing in choirs, sharing wisdom as only an elder can, and envisioning the possible

    Best Friends Animal Sanctuary https://bestfriends.org/

    Painted rocks for penguins https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVl0FS4CWK6/?igsh=MTltYzRhODJoYTd3Yw==

    Overnight Oats https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVHEWszjHJ4/?igsh=dWVodHNnY2ZqZnZs

    Milton Slater Is America Really A Happy Place (2/25/26)? And How To Live Your Best Life in the Last 5 Years of Your Life

    @‌AwakeningWisdomCircle

    Embrace - the documentary about Women loving themselves just as they are by Taryn Brumfitt https://tubitv.com/movies/494907/embrace is where you can watch it free

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    28 min
  • 151 - A little Rock 'n Roll, and trying not to worry before there's something to worry about

    NYT - “One Reporter’s Life-Altering Psychadelic Trip” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/podcasts/the-daily/ibogaine-drug-trip.html

    Steph Kelsey Therapy blog - https://www.stephaniekelseytherapy.com/blog-2-1

    Michael Pollen - “How to Cange our Mind” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21062540/

    “In Waves and War” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33108207/

    School of Rock - https://www.schoolofrock.com/

    100 Nickle - Chipper’s Lanes https://chipperslanes.com/broomfield/

    “Famous Last Words” https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/famous-last-words-season-1-release-date-news

    GOOP Podcast interview with Brad Falchuk https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brad-falchuk/id1352546554?i=1000731759235

    Lyme and Beyond with Tanya https://lyme-and-beyond-with-tanya.castos.com/

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    48 min
  • 150 - Finding our way when we're ready, reclaiming joy, being a lighthouse

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    The Hero’s Journey book by Joseph Campbell https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781608681891

    The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780802412706

    Carolyn Myss, author of

    Energy Anatomy https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781564558800

    Anatomy of the spirit https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780609800140

    Why People Don’t heal and How they Can https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780609802243

    Invisible Acts of Power https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780743272124

    A Time for Grace https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781401976453 (originally published as “Defying Gravity”)

    Christiane Northrup, author of The Wisdom of Menopause https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9780525486138

    The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy https://bookshop.org/a/116600/9781617202384

    Mindful Mavens is produced in partnership with MadeLife (our amazing recording space) and Facilitated Wellness (where Steph & Anja both treat clients), both located in Boulder, Colorado.

    For more information, check them out at
    http://madelife.com
    http://facwellness.com

    Find Mindful Mavens on Facebook and Instagram @‌mindful.mavens, email us at [email protected] or leave us a voice message at http://speakpipe.com/mindfulmavens , we’d LOVE to hear your voice! And if you’re in the market for any of the books we have mentioned, visit our affiliate link at https://bookshop.org/shop/mindfulmavens . For any purchase you make from our “Storefront” we get thrown a few shekels that help us keep this podcast going.

    Music: “Into The Forest” by LesFM

    42 min

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Wisdom seekers, humor mongers, perfectly imperfect celebrants of the human condition, Steph & Anja, two friends and long-time, wellness-oriented bodywork therapists, explore light and love,…