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This week on the Mindful Miri Podcast, we learn about Holly Beals, mixed media painter, wife, and boy mama of two.
We talk about self-expression through art, motherhood, being a woman, and having faith in a higher power.
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About Holly:
After graduating from Chico State with a BA in communications, she worked as a graphic designer for six years. But new adventures were calling and she was blessed with the opportunity to teach conversational English to college students in Tibet. It was there, one day in her tiny apartment, where she gathered up what I had on hand: scrap paper, Mod Podge and acrylic paint. She was trying to make it through an emotionally-challenging season and what emerged on canvas from that struggle was beautiful and satisfying. So began her love for mixed media painting.
Now, in the midst of yet another great adventure, being a mother to two young boys, she continues my love for mixed media painting and cherish time in the art studio. She mainly works with acrylics and handmade or scrap paper on wood panel. Texture, layering, unexpected color combinations and capturing the people/places around her are all reoccurring curiosities.
Some things she'll never stop believing: “Life has meaning, each person is significant, and The One who made all things is beautiful beyond comprehension.”
Connect With Holly Beals
Holly Beals - Acrylic Paintings and Collage
Holly Beals | Fine Art (@hollybeals) • Instagram photos and videos
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Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
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xo,
Miri
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This week on the show, we take a deep dive with Shelly Tygielski, self-care activist, author, speaker, community organizer, mindfulness teacher.
We covered: returning to meditation (not just during a crisis), getting in your own way, non-profit disruption, bringing human connection back to philanthropy, mutual aid and communities of care.
Full video interview available here: https://youtu.be/SvPi4ssztk4
About Shelly...
Pandemic of Love has been featured on over 100 media outlets, including CNN, BBC and The Kelly Clarkson Show. It has enjoyed incredible support from influencers such as Debra Messing, Chelsea Handler, Maria Shriver, Busy Phillips and Kristen Bell. Shelly was honored by CNN Heroes in 2020.
She believes that – in Audre Lorde’s words – “self-care is an act of resistance” unto itself because the only way to make change is to maintain your energy, health and mental wellbeing.
Shelly shares her methods of self-care in her book, “Sit Down To Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World” which was honored as a Gold winner of the Nautilus Book Award and a finalist for the Fall 2021 Big Idea Book Club.
Her upcoming book, “How We Ended Racism: Realizing a New Possibility in One Generation,” co-authored by Justin Michael Williams, is due out in October of 2023 from Sounds True.
Shelly holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Miami and a Master’s Degree from Columbia University. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Philanthropic Leadership at the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.
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Connect with Shelly:
Buy her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Sit-Down-Rise-Up.../dp/1608687449
Website: https://www.shellytygielski.com/
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/mindfulskatergirl
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Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
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xo,
Miri
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This week, we discuss eating for strength and dealing with female friendships during my conversation with Meghan Gallagher, Nutritional Coach at Crossfit Preferred in Gilbert, AZ.
Meghan Gallagher is a Nutrition Coach. She lives for helping clients hit their goals and feel more comfortable in their bodies. With her extensive nutrition and food knowledge from growing up in restaurant kitchens, Meghan can help you lose weight and gain muscle whether you eat vegan, fat adaptive, or just need to clean your eating habits.
She has been crossfitting for over 6 years and loves Strongman competitions. Ask her how she did in her competitions from a couple of years back. She always has a bright smile for you as you enter the gym, loves the CFP community , and loves watching the confidence that builds when members hit their goals.
Connect With Meghan:
Instagram: @meghananne4
Instagram: The Macros Way Instagram
Website: Crossfit Preferred
Consultation Forms: https://linktr.ee/themacroway
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
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xo,
Miri
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This week, we talk about how the outside makes the inside better, naming it to tame and claim it, challenging your inner critic, implant removal, and raising kids that have a healthy self-image with Jeanne Gallagher.
Jeanne Gallagher is an Investment Adviser Representative and Registered Representative with GWN Securities Inc.
Seaside Solutions: The terms "learning" and "teaching" are interchangeable. My responsibility is to learn about you, our client. Together, we will delve into your goals and dreams and determine your personalized financial path. Your responsibility is to teach me about you. Through this process, we will pause when necessary to discuss financial concepts, building the foundation of Financial Wellness.
Discover Rising Tides: Being outside is very important to me. There are many ways to be outside. It can be as simple as sitting in the grass on a warm summer day. Walking barefoot in the grass or on the beach, feeling the sand between your toes. Other times, it is important to be challenged. A heart-pounding, sweaty hike or a paddle “into the wind”. Something to clear the thoughts and cobwebs of the mind.
Being a solopreneur, allotting time to be outside can be downright hard. Thoughts creep on “If I am not working, no one is working”. She knows there are others out there experiencing the same thing. She feels the need to talk to them, to support them, to acknowledge them, to learn from them. She feels we can all support, acknowledge and learn from each other. That's how the Discover Rising Tides Podcast was born.
Follow Jeanne:
Seaside Solutions: https://www.seasidesolutions.net/
Instagram: @DiscoverRisingTides
YouTube: Discover Rising Tides
Podcast Website: https://discoverrisingtides.com
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Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
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PART 2 of 2
This week on the show, we talk self-soothing and spirituality, imagining a world where all women feel beautiful, and the masterpiece that is your life.
"Your body is not your masterpiece. Your life is." -- Glennon Doyle Melton
Cherie Miller is an Eating Disorder Recovery Warrior turned Therapist. She has a Master’s in Counseling and is a licensed professional counselor (LPC).
She is founder and owner of Food Freedom Therapy™, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make peace with food and their bodies. Cherie has 15 years years of experience as an eating disorder therapist, mentor, speaker, educator, and advocate. She is also a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation and the Association for Size Diversity and Health.
Please follow Cherie Miller on Instagram @foodfreedomtherapist
Download her Intuitive Eating Guide
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If this episode spoke to you—even in a small way—would you take 10 seconds to share it?
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Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
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This week on the show, we talk Food Freedom, Fat Shame, Tiny Tyrants, and the Road to Recovery with Cherie Miller.
Cherie Miller is an Eating Disorder Recovery Warrior turned Therapist. She has a Master’s in Counseling and is a licensed professional counselor (LPC).
She is founder and owner of Food Freedom Therapy™, a group practice of therapists and coaches who help people make peace with food and their bodies. Cherie has 15 years years of experience as an eating disorder therapist, mentor, speaker, educator, and advocate. She is also a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation and the Association for Size Diversity and Health.
Please follow Cherie Miller on Instagram @foodfreedomtherapist
Download her Intuitive Eating Guide
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✨ Before You Go…
If this episode spoke to you—even in a small way—would you take 10 seconds to share it?
With just one woman. One friend. One person who might need to feel a little less alone in her struggle.
Tell her what resonated for you. Ask what landed for her.
Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
Want to stay in the loop with everything I’m creating and exploring?
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
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This week, we talk shedding diet culture and traditional career paths to embrace mindful living, follow your heart, and move to Indonesia with Dana Hamann.
Dana Hamann is a conscious and passionate creator, retreat host, soul surfer, ocean enthusiast, yogini, dreamer, believer, expansion activist, inner awareness facilitator.
Born and raised in San Diego, California. Dana Moved to O'ahu, Hawai'i, at 18 and has been splitting time between O'ahu and Indonesia since she was 22. Now based in Lombok, building the business of her dreams.
Connect with Dana on Instagram @dancelightly_
Check out her retreats and story: https://linktr.ee/dancelightly
Learn more about sustainable surfwear at NineFoot
Also in this episode:
Man's Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
Mind Over Milkshakes study (Crum, et. al., 2011)
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Tell her what resonated for you. Ask what landed for her.
Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
Want to stay in the loop with everything I’m creating and exploring?
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
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This week, I talk with Mariah Eaves about Saran wrapping her thighs in 6th grade, interrupting negative thought patterns, and revolutionizing self-love for herself and others via boudoir photography.
Mariah Eaves is a lifelong local to the Central Coast of California. Her smile is contagious, you'll see! She spent many years in the hospitality and banking industry before starting her first business, The Locked Inn (the Central Coast's first escape room), with her husband, Patrick, shortly after they married in 2014.
They opened Bare Heart Boudoir in Feb 2020. Bare Heart Boudoir is more than just sexy photos (although you do get plenty of those). It’s an experience and a transformation into seeing yourself in a new light and truly learning to love your body. She and Patrick help women and couples step away from the negative feelings towards their bodies and plant firm roots of self-love and acceptance.
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You can learn more about Mariah at: www.bareheartboudoir.com
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A note from Miri: If you have not had a boudoir experience, it is a MUST for EVERY WOMAN! I guarantee it will transform the way you look at yourself.
You will go in scared to death, but emerge a sultry siren.
Give yourself (or your woman) the gift of Boudoir this X-makkah or Birthday!
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If this episode spoke to you—even in a small way—would you take 10 seconds to share it?
With just one woman. One friend. One person who might need to feel a little less alone in her struggle.
Tell her what resonated for you. Ask what landed for her.
Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
Want to stay in the loop with everything I’m creating and exploring?
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
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This is part 2 of 2 (check out the previous episode for Part 1 with the amazing Elizabeth Sneed!)
This week, we talk size-exclusion as social justice, expanding what you think is possible for yourself, and surfing in Nicaragua this April!
The Curvy Surfer Girl is Elizabeth Sneed. The Curvy Surfer Girl Movement is dedicated to reimagining the last 63 years of exclusive history in women's surfing. Hawaiian surfer, Elizabeth Sneed recognized the need for women to have a community dedicated to surfing that was representative of modern and diverse women athletes.
Elizabeth's personal journey of accepting herself as a plus-size athlete over the last 3.5 years was the catalyst that launched the movement. In the summer of 2020, Elizabeth partnered with a world-class surf photographer of Oahu's South Shore to launch some of the first images of a plus-size female surfer via Instagram.
Curvy Surfer Girl continued to grow as a movement and community through Instagram amassing 24,000 women in nine months, a resounding indication by women worldwide for more and better representation in women's surfing.
Learn more about The Curvy Surfer Girl Movement, swimwear, appearances, retreats, and new offerings at: Curvysurfergirl.com
Follow her on Instagram: @curvysurfergirl
Learn more about her collaboration with September the line
Learn more about her ambassadorship with Jolyn swimwear
Join Elizabeth (and maybe me!) at the Still Salty Escape surf and yoga retreat in Nicaragua this April 2023!
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Here at Mindful Miri Podcast, our intention is to hold space for women's stories of struggle, resilience, and compassion. If we help at least one woman feel less alone with this episode, it'll be a job well done.
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Miri xo
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If this episode spoke to you—even in a small way—would you take 10 seconds to share it?
With just one woman. One friend. One person who might need to feel a little less alone in her struggle.
Tell her what resonated for you. Ask what landed for her.
Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
Want to stay in the loop with everything I’m creating and exploring?
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
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This week, we talk surfing, child abuse, suicidal ideation, overcoming adversity, and resilience.Support the show
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If this episode spoke to you—even in a small way—would you take 10 seconds to share it?
With just one woman. One friend. One person who might need to feel a little less alone in her struggle.
Tell her what resonated for you. Ask what landed for her.
Because when we share what moves us, we create deeper connection—with others and with ourselves.
🎧 And if you haven’t already, tap Follow, Subscribe, or + so you never miss an episode. Email me with episode guest and topic ideas at [email protected]
Want to stay in the loop with everything I’m creating and exploring?
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Until next time, I’m Miriam Burlakovsky Correia for the Mindful Miri Podcast.
Let’s leave everyone better than we found them.
I see you. I appreciate you. 💛
xo,
Miri
#MindfulMiriPodcast #MentalHealthMatters #WomenSupportingWomen #EducatorWellness #TeacherBurnout #MindfulnessForMoms #TherapistLife #NeurodivergentVoices #YogaAndMentalHealth #CompassionateLeadership #WellnessJourney #BodyLove #HealingTogether #MentalHealthAwareness
⚠️ Listener Note:
This podcast is not intended to replace professional mental or medical care. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call or text 988 for immediate support.
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You’re not just a woman. You’re a force.
Welcome to Mindful Miri—the podcast for women who are raising hell, crafting the lives of their dreams, and…
Hosted by Miriam Burlakovsky, mental health practitioner, mindfulness teacher, and mama who gets it, we dive into raw, real conversations about ambition, gender roles, burnout, body image, boundaries, breaking generational cycles, and more.
It’s where soul meets strategy. Sass meets science. Mindfulness meets making sh*t happen.
And through it all, we’re here to build you up, shatter those ceilings, and remind you: you are not alone.
If you’re done dimming your sparkle and ready to claim your power, your purpose, and your pleasure—this is your space.
✨ Come for the real talk. Stay for the mindful revolution.