The definition of Moxie according to Merriam-Webster:

1: ENERGY, PEP woke up full of moxie

2: COURAGE, DETERMINATION it takes … moxie to pull up roots and go to a land where the culture and probably the language are totally foreign— M. J. McClary

3: KNOW-HOW was impressed with his musical moxie and hired him as a solo

Alexia Vernon is the author of Step into Your Moxie: Amplify Your Voice, Visibility, and Influence in the World. Dubbed a “Moxie Maven” by President Obama’s White House Office of Public Engagement for her potent approach to women’s empowerment, Alexia is a sought-after women’s speaking and leadership coach. The creator of The Spotlight Speaker Accelerator and Spotlight Speakers Collective speaker coaching programs, she has delivered transformational keynotes and corporate training for Fortune 500 companies and professional associations, spoken at the United Nations, and delivered a TEDx talk on the future of feminism. Alexia has been featured on networks including CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS and in ForbesWoman, Inc., Women's Health, and The European Business Review. Connect with Alexia at alexiavernon.com and across social media @alexiavernon.

We LOVE Alexia's blog with actionable steps to step into your truth.

Are you ready to step into YOUR Moxie? I am!

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Nixie Marie is a wild and passionate soul here with a mission to raise the vibration of our planet and support women in reclaiming her sacred feminine gifts. Through her many gifts as a Shamanic Artist, Goddess Activist/ Coach, Global Moon Priestess, Medium, Intuitive Healer, and Podcast Host of I AM GODDESS COLLECTIVE, she opens herself up as a channel to the divine. She is a lover of the earth, the sun, the moon, and all things metaphysical. In her early 20's she found herself through the healing arts and studying in the realms of shamanism, witchcraft, sound healing, ritual dance, moon magick, and music festivals. Today you can find her living on the land in Topanga, CA in a yurt painting mandalas and sharing her spiritual teachings. 

She's also our soul-sister & Sagittarius Mystic Witchy Queen!

Get to know her and her AWESOME work by simply listening to this podcast episode and soaking up all the goodness and high vibes. Oh yeah!

You can find Nixie here:

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Christina seriously crushed this podcast interview. At the time of recording, we were about to head to the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal and Christina prepared me, Ellen, on the spot on how to network like a boss and navigate the jungle of the Summit. Christina coached me on the spot which will make you think of how you speak at networking events and to anyone you speak really.

Speaking of which: are you considering attending a couple of networking events this year? I recommend to attend a handful this year to expand your network and work on your speaking skills. #2019goals

Christina Canters is a keynote speaker, communication skills expert and podcast strategist based in Melbourne, Australia. A former Architect, she started her business The C Method to help corporate professionals and business leaders dramatically increase their influence, confidence and impact at work, through learning powerful communication techniques.

An engaging and high-energy speaker, she inspires and educates audiences around the world with her compelling storytelling, passion and humour.

Christina has been podcasting since 2013. Her current show, Stand Out Get Noticed, is one of the top-ranked public speaking and business communication podcasts in iTunes, with over 800,000 downloads.

She is also the CEO of Podcast Services Australia (PSA), which she co-founded with her fiancé Aaron Heath. PSA is an innovative podcast development and training company that helps individuals and organisations maximise their impact through podcasts. PSA won a StartUp Victoria Female Founders award in 2017.

To learn more and connect with Christina, visit thecmethod.com and podcastservices.com.au.

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Written by Brittany Shenk

Picture this: you walk outside your house, and you’re IN a park. Plants are all around you; they line the sidewalks, climb the walls of your home, huge trees provide shade and fruit for you to snack on. They cleanse your air. They decrease your stress. You don’t have to walk to the park to be surrounded by nature, you step out your front door, and boom, nature is just there, hugging you, cleansing you, loving you.

When did we decide that green spaces have to be confined within the boundaries of a park? Plants are essential to the health of the planet, so, doesn’t it make sense that we would want them EVERYWHERE?

Stevie Famulari, our podcast guest this week, is my new favorite plant enthusiast. She’s on a mission to integrate more plants into our environments, like rooftops, building walls, offices spaces, etc., to address the changing climate. Stevie has handfuls of brilliant projects that use plants as a focal point. Stevie “has been a Professor of Landscape Architecture for a decade, as well as a director, a green artist, an author, and a researcher”, and has been featured in hundreds of books, magazines, television shows, papers, and newspaper articles.

In our podcast episode, Ellen had the chance to chat with her about her latest projects, here’s a quick recap:

• EngagingGreen.com: a database for finding certain plants to uptake certain environmental toxins (cigarette smoke, formaldehyde, etc.)
• A rooftop garden chakra healing center for outpatient cancer patients: yep, it’s as cool as it sounds, and yep, even the crystals were approved
• Living green dresses: exactly what you’re imagining, roots and all
• Green Up!: her upcoming book to help businesses and individuals learn how to ‘green up’ their spaces; keep an eye out for this baby to hit the shelves

Simply put, Stevie is a plant-loving badass.

Let us know what you think of this week’s episode in the comments below, and be sure to check out all of Stevie’s impressive, green projects on her website.

Stevie Famulari, Gds teaches and designs public art, phytoremediation, stormwater management, landscape architecture history, and specialty green courses. Her research in design explores the relationship, extension, and application of green designs to other professional fields. Stevie’s PhD, ABD research is at RMIT. She received her Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a concentration in Fine Arts from Syracuse University. Her Bachelors of Fine Arts is from New York University.

Ms. Famulari’s works explores the relationship, extension, and application of green designs to other professional fields. Her work focuses on greening designs and practices to create healthy spaces for living and working. With the science of phytoremediation applied to the art of landscape design, her works have aesthetic beauty as well as healing properties for both people and the environment.

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Written by Brittany Shenk

HAPPY PODCAST THURSDAY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: we are so pumped to have Emma Loewe, the sustainability editor at mindbodygreen, on our podcast this week. All of us here at ecofemmag are huge fans of her work and often pop over to mbg to skim Emma’s latest articles. Her voice is powerful, yet gentle, and we find inspiration in her ability to stay optimistic about healing the planet, which is not always an easy thing to do.

Fun fact about Emma: she studied Environmental Science at Duke University to learn how to spread awareness about environmental issues through storytelling. Another fun fact? That’s exactly what she’s doing. AKA: she’s crushin’ it.

One of the reasons we wanted to bring Emma onto the show - other than the fact that we’re a little #obsessed - was to chat about a book she recently co-authored, The Spirit Almanac: A Modern Guide To Ancient Self-Care. The title alone makes my heart vibrate. Her book is a seasonal guide to improving overall wellness using ancient rituals, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy. 

“Our main intention with the book was to add a little bit more meaning and purpose behind self-care...we really wanted to weave in some of the history behind some more self-care practices to add a little bit more context.”

We hope you can set aside 20 minutes of your day to listen to this podcast with Emma. Her passion for self-care, environmental activism, and sharing news through storytelling rings loud and clear, and we need more energy like that bouncing around in the universe.

We encourage all of you to check out Emma's website, and follow her on mindbodygreen and Instagram. Thank you Emma, from the bottom of our hearts, for setting aside time to chat with us on the ecofemmag podcast. We’re thrilled to see what you do next.

Emma Loewe is a NYC-based writer and editor. She is currently the Sustainability Editor at mindbodygreen. She graduated from Duke University with a degree in Environmental Science in 2015 and is fascinated by how people interact with nature. She loves being outside, taking photos, and finding creative ways to write about sustainability. She is the co-author of The Spirit Almanac: A Modern Guide To Ancient Self-Care, a collection of spiritual rituals pegged to the four seasons.

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Written by Brittany Shenk

Anyone here know what glossophobia is? It’s a fear of public speaking, and one of the most common fears human beings experience. It’s right up there with spiders, death, heights, and being stuck in small spaces.

Public speaking terrifies me. You’d think after 18 years of schooling, two of which were very presentation-focused, my public speaking anxiety would’ve improved? #nope. Sweat soaks my palms. Breathing becomes more difficult, uneven and shallow. My limbs tremble. I experience a ‘presentation blackout.' I walk off stage to recover, and realize I don't remember a single moment of my speech. 

Oh crap, did I leave an entire part of it out? Did my words match up with the presentation slides? Who did I make eye-contact with...did I even remember to make eye contact..? What were my hands doing the whole time?? 

Who knows? I can't remember. These questions just bounce around like ping-pong balls in my head.

Recently, the ecofemmag team has been focusing on dropping down into our heart spaces before sharing our thoughts. Speaking our truths. This takes a bit of inner work though. Speaking our truths first requires that we explore our inner truths - figuring out who we are at our core - which is what our podcast episode this week is all about.

Our podcast guest, Angela Lussier, is a two-time TEDx presenter and founder of the Speaker Sisterhood. We discussed the journey that led her to her profession in public speaking, her experiences on a TED stage, and the Speaker Sisterhood business.

She’s also really good at cartwheels.

Speaker Sisterhood club is kinda like Toastmasters, but it’s exclusively for women and focuses on using public speaking as a tool for self discovery. The curriculum Angela developed is dynamic, and includes mind mapping, impromptu speaking, speech development, meditation, and yoga, among other development activities.

The women in the Sisterhood are at various levels with their public speaking skills, but they’re all determined to improve. The members learn from each other, guide one another, lift each other up, and hold space for their club members to feel safe and supported. They’re also finding shifts taking place in other areas of their lives, as a result of the program, areas such as romance, work, removing toxic friendships, and speaking authentically.

“If you’re thinking about public speaking, and you feel like you're not ready, you should try it anyway. You’ll never be ready. You just have to start.”

Though she isn’t crazy about spending time on social media, you can still find and connect with her on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. To learn about how to sign-up for the Speaker Sisterhood club, check out her website and follow her instagram and Facebook page as well.

Thank you, Angela, for being on the show, we are VERY excited to join the Speaker Sisterhood and learn more about speaking with authenticity & confidence.

Angela Lussier is an award-winning speaker, five-time author, two-time TEDx presenter, and CEO and founder of the Speaker Sisterhood, a network of speaking clubs that help women discover, awaken, and create their voice through the art of public speaking. Angela is the host of Claim the Stage, a public speaking podcast for women, rated #1 on the inspiring podcasts list by Forbes in 2017. She is a contributor to Huffington Post and her work has been featured on ABC, NBC, Forbes, Virgin, and Entrepreneur. Her motto: Stop waiting. Start creating.

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The wild feminine lives within each one of us. It can take time to acknowledge and connect with, but it is never separate from us, or accessed externally. The soul is brilliant, and when we drop from our heads to our hearts, tap into our own source of divine power, and listen to and honor our soul’s deepest desires, this is where the magic happens.

I am honored and overwhelmed, with sisterly pride, to write our podcast summary this week. Ellen interviewed my own sister, Ashley Shenk, about her self-love journey, finding the courage to embrace her wild feminine energy, and her experiences living and working in intentional communities and how that has contributed to finding contentment and voicing her innermost, authentic truth.

Ashley grew up in the forests of Oregon, surrounded by nature, but has only recently developed an intimate relationship with Mother Nature. As a child, she felt separate from the natural world, an outsider looking in. Nature was something to look at, rather than connect with. Living in eco-communities shifted the way she interacted with the natural world, which then altered the relationship she had with her own inner being. The more she became connected to nature, the more she connected to her self. The more she became connected to her self, the more she became connected to nature. The two are one in the same.

She now lives and works at Breitenbush Hot Springs, a holistic healing retreat in the Cascade mountain range, where she leads Nature Alter workshops for the guests and staff. Through these workshops, she provides people with opportunities to physically and symbolically connect with earth and her energies; to tell stories, create art, and take pleasure in the sacred act of doing, simply to express oneself.

“We are of nature, we are not separate from it. We are born from it, we will return to it, we eat it, it gives us energy. We are it.”

Witnessing my older sister transform over the past couple of years into the radiant woman that stands beside me today has been a journey in itself. As the younger sister, I often find myself watching from the shore as Ashley hops across the river, leaping from one rock to the next with unmatchable grace and shrieks of excitement. From the deepest parts of my core, I honor her and her gentle determination to finding and expressing her soul’s voice.

We hope you find the inspiration and the courage you need in her words. Let us know what you think of this podcast episode by commenting below. We invite you to share your personal journeys and struggles with us here at ecofemmag. Our hearts are open to hold space for you, our dearest listeners, and always remember: we love you. 

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As editor in chief of ecofemmag, each week, I listen to Ellen’s podcasts and write summaries of the interviews she conducts with extraordinary eco-business owners, empowered women and men, compassionate environmentalists, and fellow nature-lovers. I can honestly say every podcast of Ellen’s I’ve listened to has emotionally moved me or inspired me in one way or another.

But, dear ecofeminists, this week, listening to Ellen share her journey about speaking from the heart and her personal goal to improve her ability to stay present in her heart while in the company of others moved me to tears, accompanied by continuous waves of goosebumps. I related to her on such a deep level that I had to listen to the podcast twice before I could sit down and take notes to write the summary.

The raw authenticity of her voice, the gentleness in her words, the truth she reveals about herself to the world - wow - I am beyond fortunate to know and work side-by-side with this radiant, high-vibe woman.

“If I, the founder of this magazine & podcast can’t fully express myself, then what message am I sending to you, our beautiful listener? I feel this fire in me, this need to express myself authentically.”

I sincerely hope you take ten minutes of your day to listen to Ellen share about the struggles she has faced staying grounded in her heart center in the presence of others, and how she plans to overcome them.

Is speaking from the heart something you struggle with, too? Do you have advice you’d like to share with us, your ecofemmag team, or your fellow ecofeminists? Our goal here at ecofemmag is not only to share our wisdom with you, but we crave your wisdom as well. We nothing more than to grow together, rise together, evolve together. To be raw, authentic individuals, together.

Thank you, for being you.

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Sometimes, we stumble upon companies that make our whole body melt with comfort and gratitude. Mukti Organics is one of those genuinely breath-taking companies we fell in love with from the moment we discovered them. From their values and product quality, to their purpose and color schemes, it’s clear that Mukti Organics is wholesome and honest to the core.

For this week’s podcast episode, Ellen spoke with Mukti herself, and oh man, we soaked up this conversation between the two of them like little dry sponges. Mukti’s raw authenticity seeps through her microphone and into our hearts. She is bursting at the seams with compassion, loving-kindness, and a mission to protect the planet, and highlight the beauty that already exists in every single one of us.

“We can’t afford NOT to be sustainable in everything we do.”

Her approach to health and personal care is simple & holistic, with an emphasis on reconnecting humans to nature. Mukti has set a high standard of organic beauty on an international scale with her award-winning formulations, which are all certified organic, vegan, and cruelty-free, and feature indigenous Australian ingredients.

Additionally, Mukti has written a book - no, an encyclopedia, really - called Truth in Beauty. This book will blow your mind! It covers everything you’ll ever need to know about holistic beauty and lifestye practices.

“Truth in Beauty is a practical, easy to follow book that will help you make the switch to clean beauty and a healthier lifestyle without compromising on the results.”

We really hope you find this podcast episode as fulfilling as we did, we’re so grateful to have had the chance to connect with Mukti. She’s a holistic beauty superhero, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to share her company with you.

You can stay up to date with her on her website, Facebook page, and on Instagram. And be sure to keep an eye on our Instagram page, as we have an exciting Mukti giveaway to share with you…

Mukti is an eco-activist and green cosmetic chemistry pioneer. Educated in complementary medicine with a penchant for beauty, botany, and clean living, Mukti has set the benchmark for certified organic skincare in Australia.

She has been actively involved in the beauty and personal care industry for over two decades. Her varied career has encompassed natural therapies and beauty therapy with a common thread focusing on health and wellness.

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Green Sea Guard. Even the name of this company paints a colorful picture of a powerful team of guardians poised and ready to save the Earth. Protectors of the ocean. Defenders of the water. This eco-focused company is in active forward motion to keep harmful emissions out of our water system. These are true ocean heroes.

This week, Anita Bradshaw, the woman behind the operations of the Green Sea Guard, joined us for another episode of the ecofemmag podcast. Though it took 28 years for Anita to find her way into the renewable energy scene, she’s doing remarkable work with Green Sea Guard.

When most of us talk about ‘emissions’, we’re usually referring to cars, planes, and factories, but we often forget the huge carbon dioxide contribution made by ships and other watercraft. Green Sea Guard provides (and installs) equipment to evaluate the emissions released by watercraft in order to improve the overall efficiency of the fleets, but also to bring awareness to the extremely high amounts of carbon emissions this industry produces.

The Green Sea Guard is a team of both paid and volunteer employees, and the majority of them have been involved from day one, around four and a half years ago. These humans are changing the world for the better, and I thank each and every one of them from the depth of my soul.

“There are so many little things we can all do every day, and sometimes it's quite easy to think ‘Oh, this doesn't really matter,’ but it’s all about every single one of us going that extra mile. We can really make a difference.”

Curious about how Green Sea Guard monitors ship emissions? Are you itching to learn more about Anita and how she found herself working with this sea-changing project? This episode is only 24 minutes long - so be sure to pencil us in sometime today or this weekend. Don’t have time? Listen while you wash those dishes, or on your evening walk. Turn podcast learning into a family activity, maybe swapping out that evening TV show for a podcast chat. This podcast episode is bound to provoke lots of stimulating round-the-table discussions.

Want to follow the Green Sea Guard’s progress? Click here to read more about them on their website. They’re also active on Twitter and Facebook, but they spend more time actually installing and monitoring, rather than posting to social media, so be patient with their updates!

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