Sara puts her Health Coach hat on with Wendy as they discuss the hidden truths around our passion and science with sugar.  Sweet is a natural favor the body needs AND becoming a savvy consumer and listening to your body is key to good health! 

We talk about the shocking amount of refined sugar in common food items.

Hidden Truths:

1.  Fructose (the kind in pre-packaged foods not fruit/veggies) does not satisfy hunger so you might eat more.
2. Brain fog, fatigue, and excessive hunger,  could be from too much sugar
3. Not all sweeteners are created "equal"
4. Beware of "No Sugar" packaged foods - ARE in fact sweetened.
5. The Brain- There are three major “happy brain chemicals” that are most impacted by sugar: Dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins.

http://www.sugar-and-sweetener-guide.com/blood-sugar-level.html

3 Top things you can do:

1. Get savvy, read labels look for the grams of added sugar, names of sugar and  closer the sugars are to the top of the list, the higher the sugar content that food
2. Eat mindfully, know what feels helpful and not helpful in your body
3. If you can let go of one thing right now, reduce the sugary drinks.

**This episode is not meant to replace advice from your doctor and it's not meant to diagnose or treat. This is for education purposes only.**

Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Join the Wise Woman Collective Membership

Schedule your FREE 20 minute Discovery call for  Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Join us on Retreat:

Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga

New Year Retreat in Florida January 2023
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Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

Sara & Wendy have a great conversation about what it means to consider radical self acceptance and self care.  It's not exactly what you think.  This is also is a great introduction to our brand new Wise Women Collective Membership starting August 10th @ 6:45 pm.

We talk about normalizing, being ok with not being ok.  Life is full of pain and joy, suffering is optional.  Using the analogy of the weather which is also always shifting, This is what the "weather" is today, we suffer when we want it to be something different.  The wisdom to know and trust that on those days when we're not on  our "A" game, we know it will change because we've experienced that it will change.  Have faith in this knowing.  This is where Radical Self Care comes into play, taking the overwhelm and making it simple.  Celebrating the simple!
I got up and brushed my teeth today!  (May be the win on certain days!)

3 of our Top Radical Self Care Tips you've got to hear:

1.  Brush Your Teeth
2.  Sorry Not Sorry
3.  Eat the Cake

Be seen for who you are, unapologetically.

Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Join the Wise Woman Collective Membership first FREE meeting August 10th 6:45 pm - 8 pm EST:

In Person option in Charlotte:

https://live.vcita.com/site/576in7lftyuxg61g/online-scheduling?event=dseqlrj781v37u3a

Virtual option:
https://live.vcita.com/site/576in7lftyuxg61g/online-scheduling?event=kiwggy2v9cv5xbc7


Schedule your FREE 20 minute Discovery call for  Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Summer Self Care Mini Retreat August 6th in Charlotte

https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/self-care-summer-reboot-mini-retreat

Join us on Retreat:

Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga


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Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

Get comfortable, throw your headphones on and listen in for this Summer meditation with Sara.  Summer Solstice represents the energy of the sun, strength, forward momentum, will, joy.  It's a time to consider brining forth into fruition everything that you've been dreaming of,  ideas, goals into action. 

Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Summer Self Care Mini Retreat August 6th in Charlotte

https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/self-care-summer-reboot-mini-retreat

Join us on Retreat:

Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga


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Contact with questions or other inquiries: hello@risingstrongher.com

Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

Ready for a fresh perspective on whatever you're facing right now?  If so you've got to listen to this episode where we talk with guest and friend, Crissy Cicuzza, Tarot Card Reader.  She delivers empowered, enjoyable readings that provide relevant guidance for your life situations (large and small!) to help you to step into your authentic self. 

Crissy shares with us:

• what Tarot Card Readings are and demystifies
• how the cards can help with clarity and direction in your life
• how you can read the cards for yourself

She does a spot on live reading for Sara & Wendy's growth with Rising StrongHER.  Join us for this super fun discussion.

Connect with Crissy for readings:  https://www.readingswithcrissy.com/
https://www.instagram.com/readingswithcrissy/

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Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Join us on Retreat:

Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/unwind-women-s-5-day-yoga-wellness-hiking-retreat

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Contact with questions or other inquiries: hello@risingstrongher.com

Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

Sara & Wendy have a delightful conversation that was both vulnerable and illuminating on our recent podcast with Lynn Lyon. Lynn is a licensed individual and couples therapist with over 2 decades of experience. She is a dear friend of Wendy's and brings compassionate joy to everything that she does. 

In this podcast:

Learn powerful & life changing tools to bring to any long term relationship. 

• Enjoy a short guided meditation to land you back into your heart.
• Laugh & maybe cry hearing about the ups & downs of committed relationships.

Find Lynn at:

www.lynnglyon.com or www.4pillarsoflove.com

lynn.lyon@gmail.com

This podcast is sponsored by Savvi  an athleisure brand of clothing for women with the goal  to help every woman feel exceptional while wearing clothing and has a strong focus on body positivity, inclusivity, and ethnic diversity.  Sizing runs from XS-2XL
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*This is affiliate marketing and we do receive a commission.


Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Join us on Retreat:

Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/unwind-women-s-5-day-yoga-wellness-hiking-retreat

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Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

We have a great discussion around finding joy while supporting aging parents with Brooks Haislip, a Simple Wellness Coach, strategic life mentor, meditation guide and lover of the full range of life.

The AARP estimates that 53.0 million adults in the United States are caregivers.  This is an important topic.

Brooks shares her journey as one of the caregivers supporting her mother who has dementia and Alzheimer's and offers us ideas on how it's possible to find joy and self care during times of suffering and grief.

She offers a guided meditation at the end of the podcast.

Some Caregiver support websites:

https://www.caregiver.va.gov/
https://www.usa.gov/disability-caregiver
https://www.caregiving.org/resources/
https://eldercare.acl.gov/Public/Index.aspx



How to connect with Brooks:

https://www.brookshaislip.com

Insta is “brookshaislip”

Facebook is “Brooks Haislip- Connection Facilitator”

YouTube- “Brooks Haislip- Mindful Living”

Insight Timer- “Brooks Holland Haislip”

Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Join us on Retreat:

Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/unwind-women-s-5-day-yoga-wellness-hiking-retreat

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Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

Sara has a lively conversion with Rising StrongHER Ambassador, Gieselle "Gigi" Poveromo who is a Non-Profit Employee Engagement Leader and Certified Professional Coach and long time Vision Board Artist.

We talk about how it’s possible to turn your dreams into reality, which takes a lot of work of course, through what’s called manifestation.  Part of doing the work is creating the vision.  One great idea to create vision is a Vision Board.  

Gigi shares how Vision Boards work for her in her life and how you too can create one too!  She gives us the instructions on how to make one and enjoy the process.

Vision Boards are a tool and a creative process that allows the author/creator to think about what is most important to them and to create a symbolic, piece of art that inspires you to live your life moving toward those hopes/dreams and goals. Its an exercise in taking what we want often in the subconscious into the conscious mind.

She shares with us her top tips to getting started with a Vision Board right now:

• HAVE FUN.
• Believe You are an artist. You are the artist of your life.
• Think about words that represent what you want for 2022.
• Decide on a word that represents your Vision.

Connect with Gigi @gigipov and @gigisbackpack on Instagram and on Facebook

Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Join us on Retreat:
Hilton Head Island, SC in March 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/spring-renewal-retreat
Or
Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/unwind-women-s-5-day-yoga-wellness-hiking-retreat

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Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

This episode is dedicated to Women's Heart Health.  Sara & Wendy have an open & honest conversation with Sheila Caldwell, Heart Attack Survivor and Founder of The Heart to Heart Foundation.  Sheila's mission mission is to inspire and enable women and their loved ones to take action that prevents heart attack, stroke, and premature death.

She shares her story and message of hope about learning to thrive again after a Heart Attack.  Along with steps to knowing your numbers, your risk factors, and what you can do right now for your heart health.

This episode could literally save a life bringing awareness to heart disease, for example we learn about a Coronary Artery Calcium Scan. This quick, painless screening can detect heart disease at its earliest stages and is saving lives!

Connect with Sheila and FREE recourses here:
https://www.theheart2heartfoundation.org/

https://www.theheart2heartfoundation.org/freehearthealthresources

Connect with Rising StrongHER community:

Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara
https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching

Join us on Retreat:
Hilton Head Island, SC in March 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/spring-renewal-retreat
Or
Sedona, AZ in October 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/women-s-sedona-adventure-retreat-hiking-yoga
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/unwind-women-s-5-day-yoga-wellness-hiking-retreat

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Shout out to @JoeLeviMusic for our music and editing, find him on Instagram

Sara & Wendy talk with special guest, Kushal Choksi, ex- Wall Street Trader, survivor of 9/11 attacks, author " On A Wing And A Prayer" , chocolatier,  serial entrepreneur as we talk about meditation, breathwork, chocolate, and life. 

One of the great learnings here is that yoga meditation and breathwork is for every body! It doesn't slow you down, it actually helps you be a better human in work, life, and play.

Kushal guides us through Sky Breath and shares his top tips:

1. Don't take life so seriously
2. Be yourself
3. Keep yourself on your priority list

Kushal’s thriving career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs was forever changed on September 11, 2001 as he made a split-moment decision to abandon his office and the co-workers who refused to leave the World Trade Center. Managing to narrowly escape, he witnessed the magnitude of death and destruction up close and was plunged into lengthy depression where he found himself believing life was meaningless. His search for a renewed purpose began with a reluctant trip to a breathwork workshop and eventually turned into a decades-long journey of spiritual discovery, mind-blowing metaphysical experiences, and a fierce devotion to the life-altering benefits of mindfulness and meditation.

Today, Kushal and his wife run Elements Truffles, a New York-based artisanal chocolate company built on values of Ayurveda, sustainability, giving back and ethical trade. Kushal is a trainer of personal development, meditation, wellness, and leadership programs for the Art of Living Foundation. He has taught secrets of breathwork and meditation to thousands across the US, Europe, and Asia. And he serves on the US board of the International Association for Human Values (IAHV).

Connect with Kusal @
web: | kushalchoksi.com
insta: | @choksi108
twitter: | @choksay

 https://www.elementstruffles.com/
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Great warm and cozy for this Winter Solstice Meditation with Wendy.


Music by Joe Levi music, find him on Instagram @joelevimusic

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Virtual Course - Overcome Emotional Eating & Negative Body Image coming in January 2022
https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/nourish-to-flourish

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