Kristine Lopez, founder and creative director of Nature and Intent, joins us to share how she consciously pivoted her career and created her dream job as an entrepreneur. As a mindfulness facilitator, she also shares all her beautiful spiritual rituals that include Cha Dao tea ceremonies and Kundalini meditation.

 

Topics We Discuss:

• Living with Intention and Mindfulness
• Tea Ceremonies & Other Spiritual Rituals
• Connecting with Nature
• Female Entrepreneurship

 

In the Episode, We Learn:

• She was born in the Philippines and moved 13 times before she was 20.
• She is a Projector with G-center authority in Human Design.
• About her experience with unhealthy eating habits and her healing journey.
• How to reframe your thought patterns and step into mindfulness.
• About the deep healing she received connecting to nature on her first solo spiritual retreat in Kauai.
• About her favorite spiritual rituals including Cha Dao tea ceremonies, Abhyanga oil massage, Kundalini, and more.
• How she nourishes her mind and body.
• How she connects with nature while living in a city.
• She started building her own fashion brand when she was 18.
• After 5 years of exhaustion and tears, she realized that she didn’t want to own a fashion brand anymore.
• How she manifested Nature and Intent, her boutique creative agency.
• How she uses her claircognizant gifts in her business.
• The steps she took while she was transitioning careers to step into mindfulness and embrace the idea that things were not happening “to” her, but “for” her.

 

Resources:

• Follow Kristine’s journey on IG: @kristine.lo
• Nature and Intent website: Nature and Intent
• Starting in June, Kristine will be offering a 4-week creative and mindfulness workshop series: Conscious Creative Workshop
• Nature and Intent Instagram @natureandintent
• Nature and Intent Email: [email protected]
• Kundalini course: The Art of the Radiant Woman
• Books:
• Start with Why
• Tea Medicine
• Loving Kindness
• You Are the Answer
• Global Tea Hut for all your tea needs
• Unique Hammond’s bean protocol website
• Author and speaker @GabbyBernstein
• Lacy’s Phillip’s manifestation courses at To Be Magnetic

Psychotherapist and artist, Mai Breech, joins us today to give us a moving lesson on the unconscious and reconnecting to your soul’s purpose. She uses many different techniques and modalities in her therapeutic work to heal traumas and to guide her clients as they seek meaning in their lives.

 

Topics We Discuss:

• Psychotherapy
• Soul Purpose
• Dream Tending
• Depth Psychology
• Parenting and Developmental Stages
• Greek Mythology

In the Episode, We Learn:

• About the start of her spiritual journey with a reading at the Boston Tea Room.
• That we are all psychic and intuitive.
• What the unconscious represents in terms of spirituality.
• What psychotherapy is and how it can connect you to your soul and your purpose.
• What Mandala art is and what the process of creating it represents.
• How mythology relates to spiritual transformation.
• About the collective Dark Night of the Soul and what that means for us.
• The definition of the unconscious and its relation to the soul.
• What numinous experiences are.
• How psychotherapy can help answer any spiritual questions you might have.
• The correlation between emotional distress and the soulful experience.
• About soul retrieval. 
• About secure vs. insecure attachment established in childhood.
• About letting go of the need to be perfect parents.
• How to analyze our dreams and the meaning of dream tending.
• We are all interrelated to each other and to this planet.

Resources: 

• Contact: Email Mai at [email protected] and [email protected]
• Non-profit: www.childrensartvillage.org
• Dante's Inferno
• Books on Purpose & Calling:
  • The Soul's Code: In Search of Character and Meaning by James Hillman, Ph.D.
  • The Transforming Leader: New Approaches to Leadership for the 21st Century by Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D.
  • The Hero Within by Carol S. Pearson, Ph.D.
  • The Hero's Myth by Joseph Campbell
• Psychology from a Spiritual Perspective:
  • The Sacred Cauldron: Psychotherapy as a Spiritual Practice by Lionel Corbett, Ph.D.
  • Psyche and the Sacred: Spirituality beyond Religion by Lionel Corbett, Ph.D.
  • Songlines of the Soul: Pathways to a New Vision for a New Century by Veronic Goodchild, Ph.D.
  • Thoughts without a Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective by Mark Eptein, M.D. 
  • Science of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective by Edward F. Edinger, M.D.
  • Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented by Sandra Ingerman, MA.
• Spirituality and the Soul:
  • Awakening the Soul: A Deep Response to a Troubled World by Michael Meade 
  • The Laws of Spirit by Dan Millman
• Working with Dreams:
  • Dream Tending by Steven Aizenstat, Ph.D.
• Books on Attachment and Parenting:
  • Parenting from the Inside out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help you Raise Children Who Thrive - by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and Mary Hartzell, M.Ed.
  • Attachment in Psychotherapy by David Wallin
  • Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis by Peter Fonagy

 

The Skin Witch, Emma Goodman, shares how she uses 18 years of holistic training to create a highly intuitive approach to skincare that heals you on all levels: mind, body, and soul. As a Holistic Esthetician, she incorporates a number of modalities to create serene and magical treatments. She is bound to inspire as she recounts her own healing journey dealing with grief and becoming a mother. We will gladly join her coven.

Topics We Discuss:

• Holistic Skincare
• Holistic Healing with Various Modalities
• Grief and Mental Health
• Spirituality and Self-Care
• Stress Management

In the Episode, We Learn:

• The different modalities she uses: Chakra Balancing, Dien Chan Facial Reflexology, Gua Sha, Cranialsacral Therapy, Reiki, Crystal Therapy, LED Lights, Oxygen, Microcurrent, Ying + Yang tools, Ear seeding, and Shiva Murti
• How her British cultural background led her to seek and find her voice at a later age
• Emma’s mindful approach to parenting
• Emma’s health journey, her Celiac’s disease diagnosis, and how she got into holistic skincare
• The Chinese Medicine belief of the body’s innate ability to heal itself
• Each organ’s specific connection to specific emotions and the energetics involved in surgeries
• The meaning of the different Chakras
• How her intuition guides her in her practice and reading client’s skin, hence, the “skin witch”
• About Emma’s experience with grief and depression during pregnancy
• About her at-home water birth and her “4th trimester” of healing her body postpartum
• Emma’s self-care routine, rituals, and tools
• How your skin reflects what is going on inside your body
• How she avoids the comparison game within her industry

Resources: 

• Emma's Website
• Follow Emma on Instagram @emma.skinworship
• The Business of Being Born Documentary
• Podcasts:
• Abraham Hicks Podcast
• Luke Storey Podcast
• Books:
• Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon by Joe Dispenza
• The Witch's Book to Self-Care
• Woman Code: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source by Alyssa Vitti by Alyssa Vitti
• Brené Brown’s website featuring her podcast and books
• MyFLO App

Life Coach, speaker and writer, Fiona Moss, shares how she took a huge leap of faith to discover what truly makes her happy - helping other people. She completely transformed her life from doing what others expected of her to learning how to put herself first.

Topics We Discuss:

• Wellness and self care
• Health coaching
• Gender imbalance
• Perfectionism
• Grief

In the Episode, We Learn:

• How growing up in the UK shaped her limiting belief that she had to check the “boxes” she was “supposed” to in order to be successful.
• About her experience working in a corporate environment and how it did not fulfil her.
• How she used to define her own self worth by external validation.
• Her boyfriend’s illness was a catalyst for her realizing that it was time for her to figure out what she really wanted out of life.
• How her body reacted to stress and she developed Amenorrhea.
• She created her platform You First to inspire women to be the best version of themselves.
• The importance of your words and how changing your language allows you to take charge of a situation.
• The power of saying no.
• How to shift your limiting beliefs.
• Some of the common themes she works with her clients on: self doubt, lack of confidence, inability to create change.
• How to create boundaries.
• How to deal with illness and grief.

Resources: 

 

• Visit Fiona’s Website (www.FionaMoss.co.uk)
• Get $150 off 1:2:1 Coaching Sessions when you use Code RGS
• Schedule a call a discovery call with Fiona here
• Code: RGS
• Follow Fiona on Instagram @fionamoss_
• “Everything is Figureoutable” by Marie Forleo 
• “How to Fail” by Elizabeth Day
• Elizabeth Day Podcast

We are all in this together. Jess, Linds and G share some of their quarantine revelations, self-care tips, and the books, movies, and shows giving them life during this time.

Topics We Discuss:

• Mental health
• Self-care
• Connecting with loved ones
• Quarantine slow-down

Resources: 

• Quarantine workouts:
• @jessilucatorto
• @aubrewinters
• Books:
  • Daisy Jones & The Six
  • Fates and Furies
  • Pussy: A Reclamation
  • Uncanny Valley: A Memoir
  • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
  • I Can See Clearly Now
  • Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
  • The Rules of Magic
• Movies and Shows:
  • The Last Dance on Sling TV
  • Just Mercy on Amazon Prime Video
  • Mrs. America on Hulu
  • The Devs on Hulu
  • The Innocent Files on Netflix
  • The Newsroom on HBO
  • Killing Eve on Hulu
  • Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered on HBO
• Music: Christine and the Queens
• Hideaway Wine Co.
• Manifestation expert Lacy Phillips and her manifestation workshops at tobemagetic.com
• Cooking/Baking Inspiration: 
  • @Minimalistbaker
  • @DeliciouslyElla
• Where you can connect with us: Real Girl Series and @realgirlseries on Instagram

 

Carly de Castro, co-founder of Pressed Juicery and Chalkboard Magazine, shares her unique perspective on life and death as she candidly reflects back on her journey. She shares how losing her mother and getting pregnant changed her life and opened her heart to a spiritual practice. We love how she reframes success and bravely follows her curiosities no matter where they take her.

Full show notes: https://www.realgirlseries.com/episode10

Topics We Discuss:

• Entrepreneurship
• Grief
• End-of-life Doula
• Wellness
• Spirituality
• Motherhood

In the Episode We Learn:

• How she reached a breaking point with her health. 
• What led her to juicing.
• About her decision to move back home to LA to be with her mom before she passed.
• The ups and downs of opening the first Pressed Juicery location in Santa Monica.
• How losing her mother opened her eyes to this idea that a person can straddle two worlds.
• How she knew when she reconnected with her childhood friend that he would become her husband.
• About the incredible story of getting pregnant with her first child and how that planted the seed of her journey with Spirituality.
• The realities of starting a business and what she thinks contributed to the success of Pressed Juicery.
• How she keeps herself constantly curious and interested. 
• How her curiosities around death led her to enroll in an end-of-life doula program. 
• Her experience with spiritual retreats.

Resources: 

• Pressed Juicery: https://pressedjuicery.com/
• Chalkboard Magazine: https://thechalkboardmag.com/
• We Care Spa: https://wecarespa.com/#
• No One Dies Alone: https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/kindness-of-strangers-how-one-nurse-made-sure-no-one-dies-alone/all
• Midland Retreats (#midlandretreats) held twice a year through Antara Retreat: https://antarataos.com/
• A full list of Carly’s recommended grief memoirs, spirituality books, and favorite poets can be found at: https://www.realgirlseries.com/episode10

 

Holistic Nutritionist and Bean Protocol Specialist, Unique Hammond, shares her incredible story of healing herself from Crohn’s disease by implementing Karen Hurd’s Bean Protocol. From her hippie childhood, growing up in Big Sur, to the lowest lows in her life, Unique recounts her heart-wrenching story with a beautiful sense of humor.

 

Topics We Discuss:

• Bean Protocol
• Gut Health & Digestion
• Unique’s Journey with Crohn’s Disease
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Inflammation
• Mental Health

 

In the Episode We Learn:

• About her year and a half journey on the Bean Protocol that led to her Crohn’s disease remission. 
• About Unique’s childhood in Big Sur getting taught that “food is medicine.”
• How she rebelled against her holistic upbringing after leaving home.
• How she unhealthily focused on feeding her ego vs. feeding her body in her twenties.
• How Unique achieves her beautiful, healthy glow.
• When and why you would want to eat good fats for your hormones.
• How food can help with overproduction and underproduction of hormones.
• Her Crohn’s disease diagnosis.
• Her experiences with doctors, antibiotics and her Crohn’s symptoms.
• The role stress plays in digestion, hormonal imbalances and diseases.
• How hormonal imbalances can negatively affect your body’s detoxification ability.
• The different healers and protocols she implemented before she found Karen Hurd’s Bean Protocol.
• How her disease affected her mental health.
• The importance of listening to your body and what it needs instead of getting caught up with what’s working for someone else.
• The negative effects of overidentifying with our diseases or traumas.
• How she found Karen Hurd’s Bean Protocol.
• The science behind the Bean Protocol and why it works.
• Unique’s Bean Protocol E-Course.

 

Resources: 

• Unique’s Instagram: @uniquehammond
• Unique's Website.
• Unique’s Book: Your Tastebuds Are A**holes
• Creator of the Bean Protocol: Karen Hurd
• Human Design reader Jenna Zoe and her amazing courses on JennaZoe.com

 

 

Movement specialist and nutritional therapist, Kristen Matthews, joins us today to share how she took control of her health after discovering she had Hashimoto’s disease. She bravely shares her experience with depression and how she nurtures her mental health. Kristen also helps clients work through gut and hormone issues with stool, food sensitivity, and hormone tests. This enables her to help put together very individualized nutrition protocols. This episode is full of resources for you to take control of your physical and mental health. Full show notes: www.realgirlseries.com/episode8 Topics We Discuss: Gut Health & Digestion Autoimmune Diseases Mental Health - Anxiety and Depression Fitness & Physical Health  In the Episode We Learn: About Kristen’s journey with her mental health and Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder. The importance of gut health and how changing her diet was the key to healing. The difference between hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. How she took control of her health through education and completed an online nutrition program at Nutritional Therapy Association. The impact antibiotics and other intense medications have on your liver and gut. The importance of looking at what you are putting into your body and what is coming out. About her experience with antidepressants. Modalities that helped her depression outside of medication: therapy, meditation, mindfulness.  How she navigates conversations with her family and friends about mental health. The difference between letting your fear manipulate you versus letting your intuition guide you. What her self care practice looks like. Her recommendations on how to start working on your health. The importance of aligning with who you really are. How astrology helped her understand her purpose. Resources: Connect with Kristen @kristen4pilates : https://www.instagram.com/kristen4pilates Kristen’s Website: https://www.kristenomatthews.com/ Speir Pilates: http://www.speirpilates.com/ Karen Hurd: http://www.karenhurd.com/ Nutritional Therapy Association: https://nutritionaltherapy.com Rachel Brathen - Yoga Girl: https://www.instagram.com/yoga_girl To Love and Let Go Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/150116399X Insight LA: https://insightla.org/ Human Design Digestion Course: https://www.jennazoe.com/product-category/digesting-life/ Cocoon Healing Arts Studio Santa Monica: https://cocoonsantamonica.com/ Tara Brach (author): https://www.instagram.com/tarabrach/ Alan Watts (author and artist): https://www.alanwatts.org/ Joseph Campbell (author and mythologist): https://www.jcf.org/ Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard: https://open.spotify.com/show/6kAsbP8pxwaU2kPibKTuHE?si=j8QVUCNMR9a4rhuY2Su9lA Malcolm Gladwell (author): https://www.instagram.com/malcolmgladwell/ On Being Podcast with Krista Tippett: https://open.spotify.com/show/08F60fHBihlcqWZTr7Thzc?si=638DadpiS0-HbjecgdSPOw Debra Silverman (author): https://www.instagram.com/debrasilverman_astrology/

Our best friend, McKenna Seymour, joins us to share her inspiring and powerful birth story of her first born, Ryder Seymour. She gets super honest about what giving birth naturally feels like and everything she experienced. Get excited, because she leaves no detail out. McKenna also talks about how getting pregnant completely shifted her mindset and actually relieved the severe anxiety she had been struggling with.

Full show notes: www.realgirlseries.com/episode7

Topics We Discuss:

• Ryder’s birth story
• Natural birth
• Post partum
• Anxiety

In the Episode We Learn:

• McKenna’s take on being adopted.
• How her mindset changed and her anxiety subsided after she got pregnant.
• How her and her husband were unintentionally making their bodies more fertile.
• The book McKenna read to prepare her for her natural childbirth: Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth (link in resources).
• How she coped with contractions - thinking of them as waves instead of pain.
• Her cravings during pregnancy.
• Her water broke 2 weeks early.
• She labored at home for 5 hours.
• She told her nurse that she didn’t want an epidural right when she got to the hospital and her nurse completely supported and respected that wish.
• She didn’t have a Doula, but would want one for her next pregnancy.
• The different techniques she used during her contractions - laying on her left side.
  
• How she almost gave into getting the epidural, but her nurse was amazing and empowered her to keep going.
• Pushing felt like a relief.
• What happens after you give childbirth (pushing out the placenta and blood clots).
• The challenges of breastfeeding for the first time.
• About what her experience was like being at home alone after giving birth.
• How giving birth naturally gave her a new perspective on how strong the female body is.

Resources: 

• Connect with McKenna on Instagram @mckenna_kathleen
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
• www.YourZenMama.com blog and instagram (@yourzenmama) with Teresa Palmer (@teresapalmer) and Sarah Wright Olsen (@swrightolsen)

 

Let’s be real, surrendering to something greater than ourselves can be hard. Join us as we get into what's happening in all our lives, the big lessons we are all learning right now, and the modalities that help us manage the daily anxieties and stressors that come with being human.

Full show notes: www.realgirlseries.com/episode6

Topics We Discuss:

• Astrology
• Surrender
• Feminine and Masculine Energy
• Leaning into Your Voice

Resources: 

• Danielle Beinstein (@danibeinstein), Psychological & Intuitive Astrologer
• Manifestation expert Lacy Phillips (@tobemagnetic) and her manifestation workshops at www.tobemagnetic.com
• Ainslie MacLeod novels:
  • *The Instruction: Living the Life Your Soul Intended
  • *The Old Soul’s Guidebook: Who You Are, Why You’re Here, & How to Navigate Life on Earth
• Transcendental Meditation: https://www.tm.org/
• David Lynch Foundation: https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org/
• Pussy: A Reclamation by Regena Thomashauer
• Human Design reader Jenna Zoe (@jennazoe) and her amazing courses on www.JennaZoe.com
• Where you can connect with us at www.RealGirlSeries.com and @realgirlseries on Instagram
• Giana Califano: @gianacalifano
• Lindsay Hofmann: @lindsayraehofmann
• Jessica Lucatorto: @jessilucatorto