Radiant Powerful You

A life of ease.

Possible? Not possible? Completely unsure but somewhat curious?

Every year I select a theme for the year. A few years ago my theme was “let it be easy”.

Internally, it was a rough year.

I was grappling, deeply, with the whole notion of living with ease. It forced me to identify underlying beliefs I had about ease (I’m not allowed to have it easy) and stretched me out of my comfort zone (Other people are working, I should be working right now).

I’m grateful for that year because I now get to reap what I was sowing back then.

What I didn’t realize, at the time, was by making a commitment to the full year, focusing on ease, I had already taken the first step to making it my way of life.

If you’re curious about ease, wondering if it’s possible for you, I’ll share the first- most important- step to take that will launch you on your path. And if you’re uncertain if this is something you even want for yourself, I’ve got you covered, too. In this brief Radiant Powerful You episode, I’ll give you specific steps to help get you going.

What happens when you’re faced with a big decision?

Or even a small one?

Or when making the decision involves more than just yourself?

My husband, Jacques Fournet, often found himself in a position where he, and his co-workers, needed to make significant decisions on behalf of the adolescents they were responsible for… out in the wilderness… almost a month at a time.

Jacques sought tools to guide his decision making so he could feel confident he was making the best decisions, keeping young people safe, while also giving youth the opportunity to transform through calculated risk.

The tools he learned and practiced are also effective for decisions you and I are faced with every day.

I bring this specific topic to you because we know how stressful decision making can be… and we know the impact stress can have on our health, wellbeing, and our bodies.

In this episode, Jacques will share with you three simple tools you can implement immediately to begin feeling more certain about the decisions you’re making while restoring your body to a natural healing state.

Food obsession. Body shame. A culture of dieting.

Do you ever wonder how to protect the next generation from experiencing these heavy topics the same way you did?

Nutritionist, Jenn Hand, joins me on this episode of the Radiant Powerful You podcast sharing her personal story in the binge and diet cycle and how she recovered.

Beyond that, though, she shares with us her most recent offering- a program to guide us to impact future generations to help them love their bodies and have a healthy relationship with food.

We discuss why this is so important and Jenn shares the specifics of the program. Whether or not it’s a fit for you, Jenn also gives very tangible practices you can begin implementing with young people in your life to be a positive force in their lives with regard to their relationship with food and with themselves.

Have you ever felt like your heart would burst because you knew, you just KNEW, there was a reason for your existence . . . you knew you had much to give . . . yet you wondered what it was you were supposed to be giving?

Did you feel lost, lonely, and a bit like a loser because you couldn’t figure it out?

In this episode, Wailana Geisen shares her ‘Heroes Journey’ story - she describes feeling exactly as described above, and how she made her way to the other side where she’s able to offer profound healing opportunities to others through sound.

As you listen, you’ll hear more about:

- Why she gave up singing, the thing she thought she was supposed to do

- Why she spent a month in isolation

- How she found her own voice after imitating others’ for years

- What sound healing is and how it works to generate effortless balancing in your body

- Some of the profound transformation she’s witnessed others experience through sound healing

- Her experience with, and opinion of, emotions

- The most common emotion showing in women she works with and what the emotion tells her about their needs for healing

- Her current practices for maintaining her energy, focus, and personal growth

- How she handles new life challenges

- How to know your purpose to be able to live your true life mission

As a child, feeling afraid of the world, Deb Ford was overly cautious. She describes it as living in her ‘Turtle Shell’ where she could peer out yet still be safe.

So how did this woman, who spent much of early life alone, become a powerful coach who enjoys her life, lives with joy and authentic connection, and lets herself be seen (even on FB live videos!)?

In this episode, Deb shares:

~ What it was like hiding behind her shell

~ How living in her shell led her into relationships where she’d be taken advantage of, including 2 difficult marriages

~ How she started her life over at 45

~ How different life is for her since ‘taking off her shell’

~ Why meditation has been so powerful for her and the people she guides today

I had no idea the degree to which head trauma could impact a person- physically, emotionally, and mentally - until I connected with Vani Wadhwa.

She didn’t either, as a child. She had a concussion at the age of 5 that impacted her ability to focus and communicate, which naturally influenced the way adults perceived her in school and at home.

In this episode, Vani shares her lifelong journey of healing.  She’ll highlight:

• How head trauma left her sensitive to noise
• The impact her head injuries had on personal and work relationships
• The shockingly simple and highly affordable strategies she used to heal anxiety, brain fog, lack of balance and sensitivity to sound & light
• Her experiences with somatic therapy and why it was so essential for her profound healing
• The most important lessons she learned to shift from surviving, to thriving, as a powerful woman with a mission

Growing up in a polygamist Mormon background, Caramie Baker learned much about how she was supposed to behave as a young girl and the taboo nature of sexuality. There was little freedom for her own self-expression.

In this episode, she shares with us her journey from finding herself in a void of emptiness, living dutifully as wife and mother, to  finding and following her bliss as a powerful, independent woman (who is also a wife and mother).

We cover a lot in a brief amount of time, including:

~ What she had to do when she realized her worth was wrapped up in her husband and her kids (she calls it being stuck in the pattern of choosing someone else’s bliss)

~ What she does to feel confidence and at peace

~ Why she and her husband establish specific challenges for their marriage (at the time of this recording, they- intentionally- weren’t speaking to each other)

~ The best tool for self-expression and healing your body (and how to use this in a specific practice)

~ How she talks about sex with her 14-year-old daughter

~ Her litmus test for building her business and knowing how she could truly serve others

Are you tired of your health, your body, or fatigue and exhaustion holding you back in life?

Do you know you’re meant to have more influence in the world yet can’t get passed trying to figure out what’s going on in your body?

Alana Fournet shares her journey from hating her body, abusing herself with the punishing techniques, and experiencing debilitating illness to recovering naturally and embracing freedom to show up fully in the world.

In this episode, Alana shares:

~ The difference between passion and obsession when it comes to health

~ Why we can’t get answers as women about what’s going on with our health

~ What it means to have Vibrant Health

~ How to use our emotions as a power source for healing

~ The various forms of stress influencing our health (and the physical response in our bodies)

~ The most chronic, yet surprising, stressors for women

~ What to do to prepare for conversations with the medical professionals informing your health journey

Alana sheds light on the myriad influences impacting our bodies leaving millions questioning what’s wrong and wondering if they have a chronic, yet undiagnosed, disease. With this understanding, she reminds us we have the power to heal naturally and with ease.

What do you do when you’re stuck in the have-to’s of life… job, family, performance? 

And then begin battling an autoimmune condition to boot?

Alex Ramer shares his journey through struggling with “The Invisible Condition” (autoimmunity) where he had no obvious injury, received the not-so-helpful advice to “just get over it”, and began numbing out to get his mind off the pain.