Self Care Spotlight

By Alyssa Kuzins

What's Self Care Spotlight about?

Thank you for four years of listening! SCS is officially retired as my personal journey has shifted. Please enjoy these episodes and I hope they meet you where you are. 

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Self Care Spotlight episodes:

05.25.2021
Full Spectrum Healing and Hindsight with Alyssa and Brad [Finale]
For the season finale, I brought Brad onto the show to give you a life update, chat our biggest life perspective shifts, and talk about our healing journey as individuals and as a couple since his brain injury cycling accident....
05.18.2021
Embracing Your Inner Artist, Imposter Syndrome, Joy and Self Love with Marcus Amaker
Ever thought about being a creative for a living or are in the midst of that path or are simply inspired by those whose presence oozes depth and art? Then you’re going to love this conversation! Marcus Amaker is the...
05.11.2021
Girlhood to Womanhood and Owning Your Voice with Aija Mayrock
Aija Mayrock was a young girl with a speech impediment who was bullied, even told to “kill herself,” but now she’s a 25 year old spoken word poet who has shared her words with over four million people. Aija is...
05.04.2021
Suffering, Sobriety and the Intelligence of Poetry with Jon Lupin, The Poetry Bandit
Naked, powerful poetry and prose on heartbreak, love and sobriety - that’s what Jon Lupin, better known as @ThePoetryBandit to his almost 200k followers on Instagram, is all about. The sweetly humorous, Jon, rekindled his love of the creative arts...
04.27.2021
Navigating changes and expressing vulnerability with poetry featuring Cassie Wood
“My mental health wouldn’t be where it is today without poetry.”At the age of 19, Cassie Wood aka cm.writer, is the youngest guest I’ve had on my show. A Canadian poetess who has already written 3 poetry compilations, Cassie is...
04.20.2021
Lust, motherhood and relating sensually with Sasha Nudel
“Words turn you on.” I couldn’t agree more with Ukrainian poetess, Sasha Nudel, author of A Mouth Full of Lust, who emigrated to the US when she was 16. Sasha describes how, although, she never planned on becoming a mother,...
04.13.2021
Beauty in the pain and hopeful healing with words featuring Arielle Estoria
“Words not for the ears but for the soul", that’s what guest, Arielle Estoria has to offer. In my opinion, Arielle is one of the best, modern spoken word poets. A writer, poet, emcee, speaker, and model, Arielle tells it...
04.06.2021
Traumatic brain injury, where I've been and what's next
After a year hiatus as I stepped into the role of caregiver, I’m back and with life perspectives that I never had access to before, but that I want to share. Because as hearts heal, they share. In July 2020,...
04.05.2021
Trailer: POETIC HEALING...on Self Care Spotlight
Season 6: On July 7, 2020 at 4:30am, my husband Brad was in a cycling accident. He survived but with a traumatic brain injury. Since 2017 I’ve been dedicated to real talk self care, and this season, we’re focusing on...
05.24.2020
BONUS! A Summer of Love + Patreon with Alyssa and Brad
In this special episode, join Alyssa as she introduces her husband and new Co-host, Brad, as they unveil their new spin-off show, A Self Care Summer of Love, as a part of Alyssa's first ever Patreon membership for the Self...
05.05.2020
Adult Friendships, Loneliness and Communication Like a Grown Up with Jillian Richardson
For the final installment of Season 5’s theme, relationships as self care, we’re talking adult friendships with The Joy List founder and author of Unlonely Planet, Jillian Richardson. During a global pandemic where seeing your friends isn’t an option, this...
04.07.2020
Female Sexuality and Embodiment as Medicine in the Time of Corona with Andrea Nicholas
To some, embodiment, pleasure and sexuality might seem like frivolous topics during the global pandemic of Corona virus, but Alyssa and guest, Andrea, sacred sexuality and feminine embodiment coach, wholly disagree and share why. In today’s episode, we discuss the...
03.03.2020
Masculine Sexuality, Redefining Masculinity, and Holding the Feminine with Matthew Ayriss
What does it mean to be a “man?” Why should women care about understanding men’s sexuality? Sacred sexuality coach and healer Matthew Ayriss, offers up an analysis to the confusing situation modern men find themselves in. On one hand they’re...
02.04.2020
Secret Free Love, Marriage & Evolution with Laurie Gerber
If I said the secret free diet, I wouldn’t be talking about food; I would be talking about a secret free love partnership. Season 5 is all about relationships as self care, so what about the ultimate committed relationship? Marriage....
01.07.2020
Validating Your Inner Child & Going to Therapy with Alyssa Mancao
Season 5 is all about relationships as self care. The intention? To strengthen and understand our most important relationships, starting with you and your inner child. Because self care might have the word “self” in there, but we all know...
12.03.2019
Wounded to Radiant: A Femme Healing Journey with Jennifer Watt
SEASON 4 FINALE-- Wrapping up a season of inner healing, for the first time ever, Alyssa brought on a friend. Not an expert, an author or a coach, Jennifer Watt is simply a real woman doing the work. If Alyssa...
11.05.2019
WTF is Softening?
Soft. Soften. Softening. You hear your yoga teacher use this language, and when you start talking about Feminine energetic qualities, you will undoubtedly start hearing about it too. But what is it? How do we get there in a hyper...
10.01.2019
The Power of Vital Force Energy with Rajshree Patel
What is it about some people that makes them feel magnetic? Why do some people comes across as so alive, while others are struggling to get by and constantly exhausted? According to meditation and mind expert, Rajshree Patel, it’s about...
09.03.2019
Somatic Experiencing and Healing Trauma with Reita Johnston
Welcome to the Fall 2019 season! This season, we're focusing on healing, and we begin with trauma. That might seem like a heavy topic for starting a season, but just like the leaves, fall is a season to let go....
08.06.2019
Wounded Feminine: Being Seen and Giving Yourself Permission
Have you ever felt like you were too much? Have you every felt scared to put the real you out there and be seen? Have you ever felt shameful about your self expression, your sensuality or worried about looking egotistical?...
07.02.2019
Provence to Paris: Fighting for Your Joy and Healing
Bonjour! Summer is the season of vacations, and even if you love what you do, we all need space. Every now and again you need a vacation to step back into your center, have ZERO to-do lists (not even a...
06.04.2019
Dance as Embodiment, Expression and Empowerment with The Strut Club
Why does dancing feel so cathartic, how is it a spiritual practice, how does dance or a dance class differ from the experience of yoga, how can we get over the fear of being seen and owning our sensuality, femininity,...
05.07.2019
Unapologetic Courageous Living and Rejection with Kate Swoboda
“Fearing rejection from others, we reject ourselves.” That’s the kind of wisdom you can expect in this episode with author of The Courage Habit and Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification, Kate Swoboda, who has also been featured in...
04.02.2019
Luna’s Lessons: Grief, Joy, Purpose and the Gift of Life with Alyssa and Brad
Why don’t we talk about grief? Sadness? After losing our 3.5 year old goldendoodle, Luna, to kidney disease at the beginning of March 2019, my husband Brad and I felt ourselves in the clutches of grief, and I have come...
03.05.2019
Self Care as Self-Less and Going Deeper with Aly Raymer
Where is the intersection of self care and self-less? How deep does your self care go? How much of your feelings should you share with others or keep to yourself? One of Boston's most recommended fitness professionals as the Director...
02.05.2019
#77 Slow Living: How to Practically Embrace Simplicity and Live Fuller in a Frantic World with Brooke McAlary
How do you live “slow” in a fast-paced world? How can you possibly keep up if you’re moving slow? What would a good minimalist do? In one of my favorite conversations to date, I sit down with Brooke McAlary, author...
01.08.2019
#76 Welcome to Season 3: Hitting Reset, Holding Yourself Back, and Elevation
Welcome to Season 3 of the Self Care Spotlight! I'm officially back from winter break and have some exciting changes and updates to share with you. In this episode, I share about a very real-talk conversation I had with my...
11.27.2018
#75 Season Finale: Creating a Spacious Holiday Season
We started Season 2 with space, and we’re ending it there as well. Another holiday season is upon us, and even though I love this time of year, the holidays can feel quite stuffy, and I'm not just talking about...
11.20.2018
#74 Soulful Science: Human Flourishing and Whole Living with LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier
As a part of our new mini series, Soulful Science, we’re talking with former MIT research assistant, LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier of Whole and Well Co, who fell into a deep love affair with the concept, eudaimonia, or “human flourishing,” while...
11.13.2018
#73 Crystal RX with Colleen McCann
Love crystals? Curious or skeptical about them? This episode and Colleen's new book, Crystal RX, has you covered! We have yet to have an entire episode dedicated to crystals so it's about time! Crystal care. Choosing your crystal. Crystal shape...
11.06.2018
#72 Cultivating Spacious Gratitude
Gratitude. Yes, it might feel like a cliché topic for this time of year, but this chaotic world could always use more people who are emanating with gratitude, and not just any gratitude, spacious gratitude.Gratitude with depth and mindfulness. We...
10.30.2018
#71 Witch 101: Waking of the Modern Witch with Leslie McAllister
Welcome to the 2018 Halloween episode! As we move out of patriarchal systems, every where you look it seems that there is a rise of folks identifying with witch and spirituality that takes on more of a Pagan tradition. Today’s...
10.23.2018
#70 Grace: What Does It Mean and How to Channel It
Grace is one of those elusive words that gets tossed around a lot, but what exactly is it? Saving Grace, Grace under fire, God's Grace, Graceful. What does it all boil down to? I think you would get a different...
10.16.2018
#69 Reiki, Energy & Coming Back to Your Inner Rutz with Steph Schuler
Reiki is the practice of moving and releasing energy for physical, emotional and spiritual blocks to reestablish balance. We hear a lot about Reiki in the woo space, but it’s becoming more and more accepted in the medical sphere to...
10.09.2018
#68 Soulful Science: Life's Transitions & Why Uncertainty is So Hard to Deal With
This episode is a part of an experiential new series on understanding the brain to live our best lives: Soulful Science! We often hear about rock bottom moments as those with the most life lessons to be had, but what about...
10.02.2018
#67 Course Correcting, Wake Up Calls & Getting Out of Your Head with Jenna Faye
I am a big fan of course correcting. When it feels like a constant uphill battle or you get that feeling in the pit of your stomach that you ought to change direction, I usually listen to that intuitive voice,...
09.25.2018
#66 Healing Soul Wounds & Suffering With Deneen Marlette Joyner
We have all experienced pain, and as humans, suffering is a part of the deal, but why do we suffer AND how is it connected to our Purpose, or as Deneen calls it, our "Holy Assignment?" With her Bachelors and...
09.18.2018
#65 Wedding Reflections & How Married Life Changes You with Brad
After 13 years, I finally married the love of my life! It's been two months since Brad and I got married, and I decided to bring him back on the show (as my husband!) to share details about our wedding,...
09.11.2018
#63 PART 1: I'm Back! Embodying Spaciousness and What's New For Fall
Back in January, I declared on the podcast that this would be the year of spaciousness. I felt like my life was too busy, too full, noisy, and overwhelming. Sound familiar? Despite the fact that I loved my work, I...
09.11.2018
#64 PART 2: I'M BACK! EMBODYING SPACIOUSNESS AND WHAT'S NEW FOR FALL
Back in January, I declared on the podcast that this would be the year of spaciousness. I felt like my life was too busy, too full, noisy, and overwhelming. Sound familiar? Despite the fact that I loved my work, I...
06.26.2018
#62 I'm Taking a Break: Space and Grace
Sometimes in life we feel the overwhelming urge to blaze forward with passion and enthusiasm for what we’re most excited to pursue next, and other times we get the sense that we need to pull back. This is where I...
06.19.2018
#61 Sustainable Relationships: Showing Up, Wholeness, and Meeting People Where They Are With My Fiance, Brad
He's back for an encore! This week's episode is a special duo podcast with my fiance, Brad. Brad is an Ironman 70.3 Triathlete and a dad dog to Luna. Him and I differ in a lot of ways but share...
06.12.2018
#60 Get Out of Your Own Way: Alignment, Trust and Manifesting with Cassie Mendoza-Jones
Does the manifesting and non-attachment to goals process ever trip you up? Have you ever blamed yourself for manifesting something bad? Do you "should" on your self care or do you ever feel like you if you could just get...
06.05.2018
#59 ADORE YOUR MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND BE IN FLOW WITH YOUR LIFE WITH CLAIRE BAKER
What if I told you that you could learn to love your period and even optimize your work flow according to it? For many women, adoring their period sounds ridiculous as it's been a source of pain, annoyance or inconvenience,...
05.29.2018
#58 UNSTUCK YOURSELF, HONORING YOUR PROCESS AND INNER LISTENING WITH CONNIE CHAPMAN
In this deep conversation with Australian life coach, Connie Chapman, we dive into all things getting unstuck. Connie's approach and energy feels soft and yet powerful. Without feeling like a how-to guide, our discussion does just that; it's chalk full...
05.22.2018
#57 MAKING YOUR SOUL'S ART: CREATIVITY, CONNECTION, & COLLABORATION VS. COMPETITION WITH JESSICA YOUNG
The creative process is messy and beautiful, and after months of keeping our brand new product a secret, I am so excited to finally share with you our Companion Journal with cover art by today's guest, Jessica Young Intuitive Art!...
05.08.2018
#56 ASTROLOGY TO DISCOVER YOUR IDEAL CAREER PATH WITH BIANCA FILOTEO
In this week's episode, Bianca uses astrology to give us a unique perspective on the age old question, "What should I do for a living?" She breaks down the 12 zodiac signs and the 4 corresponding element groups to help...
05.01.2018
#55 UNCONSCIOUS SELF-HELP SABOTAGE: REFRAMING YOUR WORDS AND MINDSET FOR SUCCESS
How many times have you heard someone say, "Live your dreams" or us the term "transformational" when talking about personal development? What if your everyday language and the pervasive choice of words within the self help community are actually holding...
04.24.2018
#54 PALM READINGS: DISCOVER YOURSELF IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS WITH HELENE SAUCEDO
Have you ever wondered what career you're supposed to be in? Or maybe you've wondered why you keep hitting up against the same challenges? Or will you find love? Palm reading has been around for thousands of years, and Readers...
04.17.2018
#53 CHAKRA SOUNDS, ALIGNMENT, AND MUSIC TO RAISE YOUR VIBRATION WITH CONSCIOUS POP MUSICIAN, RENAE
Did you know that music can be tuned sonically to the 7 chakras? Conscious pop musician, Renae and her husband did just that by creating the concept album, Align, despite the lack of support from today's music industry. Their goal?...

What's Self Care Spotlight about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Self Care Spotlight episodes:

Full Spectrum Healing and Hindsight with Alyssa and Brad [Finale]

Embracing Your Inner Artist, Imposter Syndrome, Joy and Self Love with Marcus Amaker

Girlhood to Womanhood and Owning Your Voice with Aija Mayrock

Suffering, Sobriety and the Intelligence of Poetry with Jon Lupin, The Poetry Bandit

Navigating changes and expressing vulnerability with poetry featuring Cassie Wood

Lust, motherhood and relating sensually with Sasha Nudel

Beauty in the pain and hopeful healing with words featuring Arielle Estoria

Traumatic brain injury, where I've been and what's next

Trailer: POETIC HEALING...on Self Care Spotlight

BONUS! A Summer of Love + Patreon with Alyssa and Brad

Adult Friendships, Loneliness and Communication Like a Grown Up with Jillian Richardson

Female Sexuality and Embodiment as Medicine in the Time of Corona with Andrea Nicholas

Masculine Sexuality, Redefining Masculinity, and Holding the Feminine with Matthew Ayriss

Secret Free Love, Marriage & Evolution with Laurie Gerber

Validating Your Inner Child & Going to Therapy with Alyssa Mancao

Wounded to Radiant: A Femme Healing Journey with Jennifer Watt

WTF is Softening?

The Power of Vital Force Energy with Rajshree Patel

Somatic Experiencing and Healing Trauma with Reita Johnston

Wounded Feminine: Being Seen and Giving Yourself Permission

Provence to Paris: Fighting for Your Joy and Healing

Dance as Embodiment, Expression and Empowerment with The Strut Club

Unapologetic Courageous Living and Rejection with Kate Swoboda

Luna’s Lessons: Grief, Joy, Purpose and the Gift of Life with Alyssa and Brad

Self Care as Self-Less and Going Deeper with Aly Raymer

#77 Slow Living: How to Practically Embrace Simplicity and Live Fuller in a Frantic World with Brooke McAlary

#76 Welcome to Season 3: Hitting Reset, Holding Yourself Back, and Elevation

#75 Season Finale: Creating a Spacious Holiday Season

#74 Soulful Science: Human Flourishing and Whole Living with LaShaun Middlebrooks Collier

#73 Crystal RX with Colleen McCann

#72 Cultivating Spacious Gratitude

#71 Witch 101: Waking of the Modern Witch with Leslie McAllister

#70 Grace: What Does It Mean and How to Channel It

#69 Reiki, Energy & Coming Back to Your Inner Rutz with Steph Schuler

#68 Soulful Science: Life's Transitions & Why Uncertainty is So Hard to Deal With

#67 Course Correcting, Wake Up Calls & Getting Out of Your Head with Jenna Faye

#66 Healing Soul Wounds & Suffering With Deneen Marlette Joyner

#65 Wedding Reflections & How Married Life Changes You with Brad

#63 PART 1: I'm Back! Embodying Spaciousness and What's New For Fall

#64 PART 2: I'M BACK! EMBODYING SPACIOUSNESS AND WHAT'S NEW FOR FALL

#62 I'm Taking a Break: Space and Grace

#61 Sustainable Relationships: Showing Up, Wholeness, and Meeting People Where They Are With My Fiance, Brad

#60 Get Out of Your Own Way: Alignment, Trust and Manifesting with Cassie Mendoza-Jones

#59 ADORE YOUR MENSTRUAL CYCLE AND BE IN FLOW WITH YOUR LIFE WITH CLAIRE BAKER

#58 UNSTUCK YOURSELF, HONORING YOUR PROCESS AND INNER LISTENING WITH CONNIE CHAPMAN

#57 MAKING YOUR SOUL'S ART: CREATIVITY, CONNECTION, & COLLABORATION VS. COMPETITION WITH JESSICA YOUNG

#56 ASTROLOGY TO DISCOVER YOUR IDEAL CAREER PATH WITH BIANCA FILOTEO

#55 UNCONSCIOUS SELF-HELP SABOTAGE: REFRAMING YOUR WORDS AND MINDSET FOR SUCCESS

#54 PALM READINGS: DISCOVER YOURSELF IN THE PALM OF YOUR HANDS WITH HELENE SAUCEDO

#53 CHAKRA SOUNDS, ALIGNMENT, AND MUSIC TO RAISE YOUR VIBRATION WITH CONSCIOUS POP MUSICIAN, RENAE