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Do you feel like your daily challenges are keeping you from happiness?  

Joree Rose talks about how our life can take twists and turns, but that ultimately, we can choose to "flow up" to happiness. 

Joree is a licensed marriage and family therapist, mindfulness and meditation teacher, author, speaker, and she also leads mindfulness retreats around the world. Joree has helped thousands of people to live happier and more fulfilling lives through living with greater awareness and compassion, allowing them to decrease their stress, anxiety and shed unhealthy habits, patterns and mindsets. Joree is host of the podcast ‘Journey Forward with Joree Rose’ and has authored 2 mindfulness books, Squirmy Learns to be Mindful and Mindful, It’s Elementary, she has been featured in Oprahmag.com, NBCnews.com, Business Insider, and KTLA news. 

In this episode my high school Karen McKenzie shares with us her emotional, and sometimes funny journey to finding her birth parents, and a whole new family she never knew.  It is an incredible story.  

We also talk about my new quest to make friends in 2020, starting with the app, Vina.  The very important distinctions between American and Canadian language, like washroom vs. restroom.  And, truly unforgettable Canadian snacks, like Ketchup Potato Chips.

Heather Anderson is the founder of the bay area FB group, The Mamahood, which now has 30,000 members. Heather started The Mamahood out of a need to connect with other moms, who were also feeling a little isolated, and wanted to belong to a fun supportive community.

You could say Heather has a sort of 'thing' for community. Circa the 80s, it was secret clubhouse meetings and under-the-porch band practices. In High School, it was 4H campouts and rallying with the Oakland Strokes crew for pre-dawn rowing practice. In College, it was throwing parties and hosting open mics for the 'Dead Poet Society'.

Pre-kiddos, she was building community in the Bay Area independent music scene - connecting songwriters, musicians and related creatives to each other. So naturally, when she found herself going from zero to five kiddos in under five years (two are 'bonus-kiddos' if you're pondering the science behind it all!), she started building mom-community pronto. And like all great parties, The Mamahood took on a life of its own and became phenomenal.

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In this episode Jennifer Sherwood talks about how her own journey into Motherhood separated her from her own self.

Jennifer shares with us how she found the way back to knowing herself, even in the busy days of being a mom. Over time she learned to use key guideposts to notice when she was slipping away from being connected with herself. I am so glad to know I'm not the only mom who wrestles with this! And, listening to her story made me feel that my own happiness and fulfillment is possible.

http://www.jennifersherwood.com/

Mother's Quest founder Julie Neale, honors the magic, mess, and meaning of parenthood and believes our children challenge us to grow into our best selves. She is on a mission to live a truly E.P.I.C. life and, through her example, inspire her children to do the same. An E.P.I.C. life is engaged, purposeful, invested and connected. Her "for-purpose" venture, Mother's Quest, provides inspiration, coaching, and relationship-building so that mothers, and those who work with young people, can connect to support and resources, fulfill their unique purpose, and live their E.P.I.C. lives. Julie writes about the transformative experience of parenting, hosts the Mother's Quest Podcast and coaches her clients with curiosity and empowering conversations. In the fall of 2017, Julie founded the Women Podcasters in Solidarity Initiative, to raise awareness and dollars for social justice issues through the power of podcasting.

Julie currently lives with her husband and two boys in the San Francisco Bay Area. When she's not wrestling with her first-grader or driving her teen to basketball practice, you can find her squeezing in ten minutes of yoga and meditation (believing something is better than nothing!) and staying up way too late to watch Handmaid's Tale and Super Soul Sunday.

www.mothersquest.com

Books:

Hunger, by Roxane Gay

The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates

From Scratch: A Memoir Of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home, by Tembi Locke

Inclusion: Dismantilng Oppressive Systems And Building Equitable Work Places

The Adaway Group

Two years ago Courtney started Vibrant Home which combined her passion for interior design with her passion for crystals, the power of energy, motherhood and nesting. Vibrant Home is more than just making a home beautiful. It is about clearing out old energy, displaying the things you loved with purpose, redecorating and styling your house to capture who you are and who you want to be. It is about making your home vibrant, peaceful, beautiful and happy. Courtney believes your home is your sanctuary a place where you can unwind and refuel. It should inspire you and energize you to live your best life and manifest the life you dream of.

https://www.vibranthome.net/?fbclid=IwAR1ehZG5CUzCS4Yo5r-_QxyhnRsdfDrEo6LyOU5Ghh7WxxrD_tbEGovbuaM

My guest Tina Dodds is a tonic for the soul.

Tina is a Life Coach who speaks from a personal experience of physical and mental trauma, that led her to look at what got her there, and how she could, in an instant, change how she thought and felt.

Tina has a genuine desire to help others uncover what makes them happy, and how to strive for it everyday. Life is short! Tune in to hear her inspiring story.

www.tinadodds.com

BOOKS:

"Whatever Arises: Love That: A Love Revolution That Begins With You"-Matt Kahn

"A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas"- Warren Berger

Ursula Ferrerira is a Juicy Genius. Or a plant witch? Mother, wife, friend? Or all things, because she is the goddess.

What a fascinating interview, I loved talking with Ursula! I know you will revel in the wisdom and laughter Ursula has to share, as we talk about what is means to live an unapologetic, ecstatic, and fulfilling life as a woman on the planet today.

Tune in, you know you want to!

https://www.unleashyourjuicygenius.com/

https://apothecaryforthesoul.com/

In this episode my best friend Krista La Brasca talks about how surviving breast cancer at age 41 propelled her into a vibrant way of living.

Krista went right to: what makes me happy, and how can I do more of that in my life? Fitness was always part of her life, but now looking at her health from a "whole self" perspective she is thriving in new ways. Physical, mental and emotional health is why she started her new business, Balance Body Care. Body products without additives or toxins. Just the good stuff!

BOOKS:

"Five Minute Calm...A More Peaceful, Rested and Relaxed You in Just Five Minutes a Day"

In this episode Jill Hedgecock talks about her true passion-writing fiction. Jill has a "day job" but has chosen to call herself a writer, because that's how she sees herself. Jill's story-her own and her new book, "Rhino in the Room"-gave me inspiration to name myself.

Listen in to hear about this harrowing tale of a teenage girl on Safari with her Dad. Courage, forgiveness and a little bit of luck makes this book irresistible!

http://www.jillhedgecock.com/

BOOKS:

"Rhino in the Room" - Jill Hedgecock

"Between Shadow's Eyes" - Jill Hedgecock