Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

Season 2, Episode 67

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about our guest Dr. Laura Hughes. She believes in getting to the root of the problem through naturopathic medicine, as well as taking a different approach than a Western-trained medical doctor. 

Dr. Laura Hughes is an award-winning PhD researcher and Naturopathic Doctor, but she is not your typical academic. Dr. Hughes has strayed from the traditional path to bridge the gap between hard data and the magic of being human. Using her distinctive 'Science Meets Spirit' method, Dr. Hughes has communicated through her top-rated podcasts, high-impact speaking engagements, and transformative group coaching programs, as she has empowered thousands of people worldwide to unlock their true health potential.


On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Dr Hughes strives to help her patients understand why they're here and what their bodies are doing, as well as not be afraid of disease, dying, and death
• With her Ph.D. in epigenetics, which is the way our genes express themselves, Dr. Hughes wants us to distinguish between the genes that we get from our parents and know that our genes aren't our destiny because our genes are just a blueprint. 
• Additionally, it is our environment, our mindset, our thoughts, our food, the toxins around us, how we move our bodies, and what we expose our bodies to that will determine our diseases. 
• Moreover, it's never too late to make changes, for our genes aren't our destiny. On the contrary, making simple changes daily compounded over time is quite empowering about the future.
•  Dr. Hughes believes that we'll live a little bit differently, appreciate nature more, and maybe live each day with more gratitude and intention.     
• There's no need for biohacking because your body and your cells are going to be manifesting differently. 
• Everyone is interested in anti-aging, but Dr. Hughes believes that we should not be afraid of aging because aging is a gift.

To connect with Dr. Laura Hughes, please follow her on:
drlaurahughes.com/nature
Dr. Laura Hughes (@drlaurahughes) • Instagram photos and videos
Dr. Laura Hughes - Holistic Wellness Expert - YouTube

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3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 66

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about our guest Jamie Zielinski, who has practical time management tips for all of us. 

Jamie Zielinski has been the CEO of Master Your 24 since 2002 Time management guru helping hundreds of people reach their goals.
She is a master at making the chaos become calm through time management and mindset coaching. 

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Discover Jamie's time management secrets.
• Jamie distinguishes between hard conflicts vs. soft conflicts, which helps us manage our free time once the hard conflicts are locked in so that we can work on our soft conflicts.  
• Her one major tip is setting a time restriction on our phones and social media apps so that we don't spend too much time wandering around social media.
• Jamie also travels a lot and advises all of us to not let the chaos of a traveling life impact our must-do list, such as exercising. 

To connect with Jamie Zielinski, please follow her on:
(6) Facebook
Jamie Zielinski (@masteryour24course) • Instagram photos and videos
Jamie Zielinski - National Account Manager - Michael Foods | LinkedIn
Discover Typeform, where forms = fun
Jamie Zielinski | Linktree

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There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 65

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about our guest
best-selling author Linda Bjork, who believes that every healing journey
begins with hope.

Linda Bjork is a personal development expert and advocate for hope, healing, and happiness, as well as a best-selling author, speaker, host of Linda's Corner
podcast, and founder of Hope for Healing non-profit charity.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Linda believes in being open to making changes in one’s life.
• Trying something new and being willing to change matters.
• Positive expectancy means expecting a positive outcome.
• Linda points out that empowerment is crucial, especially when we're stuck in that deep dark place of depression, or inertia.
• You will want to listen to this episode multiple times to learn more about Linda’s five-minute morning routine that transforms people's lives. 
• One of her routines is starting the day with music and moving your body during the entire song. 
• Research shows that using music is one of the most powerful tools that we have to change the way we feel. It changes our mood. It changes our energy level. It changes our emotions.
• Her other two routines are just as powerful and easy to follow - just listen to this inspiring and actionable episode and share Linda’s 5-minute routine with all your friends.
  
  

To connect with Linda Bjork, please follow her on:
Home - Hope For Healing (hopeforhealingfoundation.org)
Facebook
Linda's Corner Podcast (@lindascornerpodcast) • Instagram photos and videos
Linda's Corner Podcast: Hope, Healing, Happiness - YouTube

Support the show

Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa. 
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 64 

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about our guest Lisa Precious, who moved from the UK to Scotland to find more peace and beauty in the countryside. Lisa is a firm believer in pushing through the challenges. 

 Lisa Precious is a devoted spiritual guide and entrepreneur on a mission to support others in their transformative spiritual journey. Her tools dissolve outdated beliefs, empowering individuals to embrace their true selves. Overcoming personal trauma fueled her passion to help others achieve their highest growth potential. 

 Embracing the challenge of understanding the abuse cycle led her to higher consciousness and God. Lisa believes every life experience is an opportunity for growth and encourages taking full responsibility for success. 

 Through her brand, Smiley Blue, she spreads happiness and aligns people with nature's principles in an innovative, refreshing, and fun way. For Lisa, embracing our true essence brings peace to the world.
 

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:  

• Lisa’s brand is Smiley Blue, as she believes that many of life’s moments come as divine guidance, and you have to hold your lamp in hand and get out of the way of yourself and trust in that confidence. 
• Living in South Africa as a child, Lisa found the name of her future company/brand Smiley Blue.
•   Smiley Blue is about healing our inner turmoil even though people are often in denial. 
•  Precious is also a published writer and a poet. For her, writing is a way of being able to express the joy and the gratitude she feels for life, as well as expressing some of the abuse that she had been through.
•   Precious also has a black belt in kickboxing that she obtained at the age of 49 after going through a nine-month recovery from her injury and surgery. She learned to never quit despite the obstacles. 

 To purchase Lisa’s new anthology poetry book Moments of Eternity (I am also one of the poets published in this wonderful book), please go to Barnes and Noble, or wherever books are sold. 

 To connect with Lisa Precious, please follow her on:

SmileyBlue

Smiley Blue - Conscious Publication (@smileyblue1) • Instagram photos and videos

(3) Facebook

Lisa Precious / Smiley Blue – Medium

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There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 63

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn how the latest science can help women achieve their athletic potential.

Christine Yu is an award-winning sports and health journalist. Her book UP TO SPEED: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes was published on May 16, 2023 by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. 

Yu earned her B.A. in Art History from Columbia University and her Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University. Her essays have appeared in The Washington Post, Outside Magazine, Runner's World, Family Circle, SELF, Eating Well, VICE, and ESPNW, among others. 

Yu lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two sons. She is a lifelong athlete who likes to run, practice yoga, hike, swim, and surf.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Christine Yu explains the main two reasons she chose to write this book: to address the bias against women and to understand as much as possible about female physiology, since her father was a neurosurgeon. 
• She thought it was weird that in sports, women are understudied as opposed to men. 
• Yu talks about the myth of losing one's period as being a good thing.
• Sports instill belief and confidence, which is why knowing how to stay healthy is important. 
• Why intermittent fasting is not that great for female athletes as opposed to men.
• Proper fueling and nutrition are essential to keep our bodies in a state of balance. Underfueling can lead to a cascade of problems that affects the reproductive system first, as well as bone and gut health. 
• When reaching menopause, women don't have to give up sports. Instead, they need to adapt to their new bodies. 
• The goal of sports is to be a life-long athlete. 
• Last, but not least, Yu's seeds of sunshine for all listeners is to make time for life's little joys. 

To connect with Christine Yu, please follow her on:
Christine Yu (@cyu888) • Instagram photos and videos
(8) Christine Yu (@cyu888) / X (twitter.com) 

To purchase her groundbreaking book Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes, go to Amazon,  Barnes and Noble, and wherever books are sold. 

Support the show

Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa. 
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 62

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about Dr. Cody Golman’s diet and exercise myths. 

 Dr. Cody Golman is a remarkable individual who has transformed his life and is now making a difference in the lives of thousands. At the age of 19, Dr. Golman was a tank commander in the Army. After experiencing severe illness and injuries, he discovered natural ways to regain his health. At 25 years old, he established one of Denver's largest healing centers. His latest venture, the FAST 40 weight loss company, has helped countless individuals shed unwanted fat without resorting to drugs or surgeries. Dr. Golman has transitioned into a healer, entrepreneur, esteemed national lecturer, and quantum Life Coach.

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• As a chiropractor, Dr. Cody Golman learned that the body is our loudspeaker. 
• In about 2021, Dr. Golman went into life coaching and doing online products and business consulting as well. Yet, his weight loss company has been by far the most fun thing, because helping people is really what he loves to do most. 
• The biggest diet myth is about calorie restriction. When we rob ourselves of calories, we're telling our body to store fat, not burn fat.
• Is fat causing people to have more heart problems, or is it sugar? The answer might surprise you! 
•  More interesting diet facts in Dr. Golman’s recent book The Four Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss. 

To connect with Dr. Cody Golman, please follow him on:
Fast 40 - Dr Cody Golman (fast40weightloss.com)
Facebook
Cody Golman (@drcodygolman) • Instagram photos and videos
Dr. Cody Golman - YouTube

To purchase his book The Four Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss , go to Amazon and wherever books are sold. 

Support the show

Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa. 
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 61
Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about Dr. Michelle Maidenberg’s advice on how to ace your life and live the life you want.
 Michelle Maidenberg |, Ph.D. maintains a private practice in Harrison, NY. She is also an adjunct faculty at New York University (NYU) and teaches a graduate course in Mindfulness Practice.  As a blogger for Psychology Today, Dr. Maidenberg recently did a TED TALK: Circumventing Emotional Avoidance.  She has also been featured in more than 150 national and international media including The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, and Forbes. 

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

•  Learn why our negative emotions help us build up our resilience and coping skills and we need those, especially in moments of adversity.
• Our brains are wired to choose avoidance, so if we don't effectively process our feelings, we’re going to be compelled towards instant gratification and unhealthy habits.
• Taking responsibility for our actions makes us feel more empowered. 
• Dr. Maidenberg teaches a mindfulness class and she says that you don’t have to be still to meditate, which is why I think of running as my meditation in motion. 

To purchase her award-winning books “Ace Your Life”: Unleash Your Best Self and Live the Life You Want are available at Thriftbooks, Barnes and Noble, Walmart, Target, and Amazon, and “Free Your Child from Overeating”: 53 Mind-Body Strategies for Lifelong Health.
Check out her TED TALK: Circumventing Emotional Avoidance
To connect with Dr. Michelle Maidenberg, please follow her on: Michelle Maidenberg |

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Support the show

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There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 60

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about Dr. Aimee Duffy and her daughter Madigan, our mother/daughter guests, who wrote a book together entitled Why Can’t She See Me about overcoming depression, anxiety, and suicide since September is national suicide prevention month.

Doctor Aimee Duffy, founder and medical director of Carolina Integrative Medicine is the #1 International Bestselling author of "Normal Doesn't Have Side Effects" and an award-winning speaker at the Harvard Club of Boston, Nasdaq, New York City Bar Association, and CNN Center. A frequent guest on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX Network TV news and talk shows. 

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

• Dr. Aimee Duffy opened Carolina Integrative Medicine in 2011 because she was finding more research and data and more people were looking for this type of approach to not just fixing a health problem, but wanting to be well.
•  Although Madigan does not want to become a doctor like her mom, for she is in a public speaking program that she likes, she is happy that she made her voice heard and hopes that the book they wrote together will help other teenagers like herself.
•  Find out Madigan’s powerful story about her mental struggles when at 13, she was put in a mental hospital for having suicidal thoughts. The book is just that story told from the first day that she asked for help from her mother. Madigan is happy that it all ended up well and that six years later, she can tell the story together with her mom. 
• To have a teenager who recognizes some signs that they're seeing in themselves and asking for help is powerful.
• Dr. Duffy highlights the importance of the genetic predisposition and nutritional deficiencies, such as deficiencies and omegas in Vitamin B12 in vitamin D, which could contribute to some mental health issues and symptoms of anxiety and depression. 

To purchase their book, please go to Amazon, her website, and wherever books are sold. 

To connect with Dr. Aimee Duffy, please follow her on:
(17) Facebook
Aimee Duffy (@aimeeduffymd) • Instagram photos and videos
(4) Duffy Aimee (@aimeeduffymd) / X (twitter.com)

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Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa. 
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 59

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa and learn about the memoir author Brooke Siem’s fight against depression and antidepressant withdrawal symptoms.  

Brooke Siem was among the first generation of teens to be medicated with antidepressants. Her debut memoir, MAY CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS, was published in September 2022 and was named one of Good Morning America's Most Anticipated Reads. Her work on antidepressant withdrawal has also appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Post, Psychology Today, Insider, Mad In America, The Washington Examiner, and more. She is also a Food Network "Chopped" champion and author of the newsletter, Happiness Is A Skill. 

Brooke Siem: “We all suffer the exact length of time that decide to suffer, and then there is the lightbulb moment.” 

 On this Seeds of Sunshine episode: 

•  Learn what is the radical transformative moment in your life.
•  Learn to question the medications prescribed.
•   Being open to various modalities of healing is important in the battle with depression. 
•  To live a happier life, Brooke focuses on the creative aspects, such as painting, cooking, and practicing high-level gymnastics. 
•  Brooke believes that it’s important to address the darkness by doing the inner work. 
•  Her advice is to never stop taking your meds cold turkey like she did, as it is extremely debilitating. 
•  Although Brooke felt deeply out of culinary shape, she managed to win the prestigious competition ‘Chopped’ while on antidepressant withdrawal. 
•  Although May Cause Side Effects was not written from a therapeutic perspective, Brooke realized that her memoir was what society needed.
• The most powerful piece of advice she has to offer to others is to allow for more time to process feelings. 
• Brooke loves her new life and hopes that you will find her memoir helpful and inspiring.  

To purchase her memoir, which will also come out in paperback in April, please go to her website, and wherever books are sold.
 
To connect with Brooke Siem, please follow her on:
Author | Speaker | Chef (@brookesiem) • Instagram photos and videos
 Brooke Siem | Facebook

Support the show

Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa. 
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]

Season 2, Episode 58

Join your hosts Carmen and Sophia Micsa to learn about hacking life after 50 with author Mark Barnes. 

Mark Barnes is a longtime educator, entrepreneur, and co-author of Hacking Life After 50: 10 Ways to Beat Father Time and Live a Long, Healthy, Joy-Filled Life. He is on a quest to live past 100 and bring anyone interested along for the ride.

Mark's parents were great models for living a long, meaningful, joy-filled life. They believed in showing up, working hard, and helping people in need. Mark followed their example and became a teacher and a coach. During his nearly 30 years in education, and especially when Mark turned 50, he realized he had a lot more to do in and out of the classroom. Physical and mental well-being and living until and beyond 100 became obsessions. Together with his like-minded friend Jim Sturtevant, Mark decided to share their journeys and everything they know in Hacking Life After 50 with practical strategies to make this happen.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

• Mark wishes to debunk the view of the elderly that they're broken down, that they're diseased, and that they can't. 
• Both Mark and Jim learned through education, research, and most importantly practice that people can, in fact, live long, hopefully to 100 or beyond with joy and in good health if that's what they want. 
• Longevity is a hot topic nowadays. 
• After having learned and practiced, Mark and Jim decided to write their book as various hacks to let everyone out there who has the same similar problems learn how to solve those problems and how to live a long healthy life.
• Some of the hacks: creating purpose, or even maybe recreating purpose.
• Their favorite phrase is "the momentum mindset," which is a set of attitudes devoted to growth.
• Sleep is arguably the most underrated factor in longevity.

To buy Hacking Life After 50: 10 Ways to Beat Father Time and Live a Long, Healthy, and Joy-filled Life, go to Amazon, and wherever books are sold.

To connect with Mark Barnes, please follow him:
Hacking Life After 50 (10publications.com)
(5) Facebook
Mark Barnes (@markdavidbarnes) • Instagram photos and videos
(7) Mark Barnes (@markbarnes19) / X (twitter.com)

Support the show

Full editing credit & art design to my daughter Sophia Micsa. 
There are three ways to support our podcast:
1.  You can become a monthly subscriber to our podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999885/support to help us continue our journey of sprinkling as many seeds of sunshine your way. When you become a subscriber, we will also give you a shout-out on our next episode and promote your business! No strings attached and you can cancel at any time.
2. Please donate any amount at https://ko-fi.com/carmenmicsa.
3. To follow me on social media, buy my books, or contact me about real estate, please visit https://linktr.ee/carmenmicsa, or email me at [email protected]