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Aishwarya Gupta is a 16 year old high school student and the host of Make a Change Podcast.

She encourages "unashamed conversations" with women about mental health. What motivated this young woman to notice the plight of women in her community during the pandemic?

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Pascale Brady is a life coach and parenting education teacher. 

Pascale calls herself the challenge coach because she helps people with really serious life challenges.

The challenges we face in life can be insurmountable. Especially when hardships and setbacks seem to happen all at once.  Some people work through issues in different ways. Some find it too much and can end up in really bad places.

"...when we're slammed by life over and over again, we don't do very well in life." Pascale Brady

Pascale helps these individuals better manage their overwhelming challenges so they can better tackle life.

06:11 - How Pascale became a widow and how she survived the loss

10:40 - What brought Pascale to tears

16:45 - What is democratic parenting

18:14 - Redistributing household chores after the death of a spouse

19:40 - Expressing gratitude

Connect with Pascale: www.thechallengecoach.com

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Many misconceptions exist around the Bible and how we manage our finances.

Personal finance advisor, Leo Marte breaks down several Biblical principles as they relate to how we manage money.

Takeaways:

• How money management is different for the believers (03:23)
• The connection between Abraham and wealth? (04:59)
• Biblical giving (09:13)
• The principle of generational wealth (15:01)

Get Leo's Quick Start Guide: https://abundantadvisors.com/quickstart 

This is the free course we talked about. 30 minutes of content across twelve foundational lessons. It's my way to help anyone and everyone make their first step in faith to manage money for God's glory. Once people sign up through that link, they receive a welcome email with the link to enroll.

Connect with Leo and learn more about his course: https://abundantadvisors.com/course

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Leslie Lindsay Davis overcame is the author of You Can't Eat Love. Leslie overcame emotional eating and lost about 100 lbs when she discovered the reasons for her emotional eating.

So she decided to stop overeating and lost the excess weight she carried.

Leslie's advice for solo moms:

16:20 Try to find another word other than "no" when it comes to your children

16: 25 Tomorrow they'll be one day older

16:33 There's a difference between liking and loving your children

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Attending job interviews can be a nerve racking experience.

Women especially, tend to lack the confidence necessary for a succesful job interview. Also, we tend to downplay solid skills we developed as moms due to lack of confidence in our own abilities.

Unfortunately, we sometimes don't know how to own our genius.

Carrie-Lynn is a former HR professional and Job Interview Coach. She shares her tips and strategies on how women can build confidence for a job interview. To do so they need to invest time to adequately prepare themselves for job interviews.

Takeaways:

02:57 How to organize yourself for an interview. Free download to help you here.

04:10 Don't underestimate the skills you develop as a solo mother. Learn ways to apply them to the job description.

07:38 How to overcome interview fears

10:46 Missed opportunities during the interview process

Bio: Carrie-Lynn holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Carleton University in Criminology and has a postgraduate certificate in Human Resources Management. She has worked for 25 years as a coach, leader , facilitator, and HR Senior Manager. Six years ago she started a business entitled Job Interview Coach based entirely on her desire to help people better understand the Interview process and develop the confidence to Rock Their Next Interview.

Carrie-Lynn is also an aspiring author. Her non-fiction business guide illustrates the importance for organizations to uncover the underlying needs, interests and issues facing their employees. The book provides leaders with strategic tools, assessments, and practices they can utilize in “Knowing Who You Lead” will be available to readers this summer.

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As a "codependent people, pleaser" Alicja Pytlak lived her life on autopilot. Unconsciously living through her marriage and parenting her daughter.

Is your need for perfection a result of needing to prove you're better than the people who hurt you? Or are you recycling the hurt you endured instead of seeking healing and forgiveness?

Hitting rock bottom knocks Alicja awake so she can begin to live a life on purpose.

In this episode, you will hear tips on how to declutter your heart, relationships, and surroundings. Lots of content to create a checklist for spring cleaning.

Alicja also shares why quitting her job was part of her decluttering process. Not only did Alicja remove herself from the toxic relationships in her life but she also removed the "stuff" that she mindlessly accumulated throughout the years.

Connect with Alicja on IG @mindfulspacesbyala or visit her website

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Mayim Vega is a naturopathic herbalist who teaches people the art and science of holistic health and healing.

She found solace in being a mother to her 7 children during a time when she felt her marriage wasn't what she thought it would be.

Mayim homeschooled all her children and raised them without the need for pharmaceutical drugs, conventional medical doctors, or even dentists.

She used motherhood as the impetus for starting an online business and becoming a naturopathic coach.

Mayim who is a former atheist, added some depth to the conversation as we delve into some of our own religious beliefs.

She credits God with helping her to persevere during some challenging times as a wife. I'm very lucky to have the opportunity to have this conversation with Mayim.

Please check out her website and try out her free mini course.

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Book mentioned by Mayim: Garden of Peace, by Jewish Rabbi Shalom Arush

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Alison Rothman is a solo mom to her 12-year-old son and a Body Centered Holistic Wellness Coach. She decided that leaving her marriage and raising her son alone was safer than staying.

Alison shares her struggles as a solo mom but also talks about the many ways she has learned to embrace life. Especially after experiencing a near-death experience in Mexico.

SoloMoms! Talk is about the stories that connect us to each other. This solo mama uses her life skills to move beyond the fear of raising her son solo. And she wants you to know what a bad-ass you are for standing up for your kids and raising them--most times--alone.

Connect with Alison so she can help you "create an empowering relationship with yourself".

Instagram: @embody_life. Also, check out her podcast, Embodied & Awake on Apple Podcasts or on other platforms.

More about Alison...

Alison Rothman MA CYT, the founder of Embody Life, is a Body-Centered, Holistic Coach utilizing her extensive studies, experience, and first-hand knowledge of the capacity within the human body and spirit to heal.  Alison provides clients with the ability to access their inner resources and release debilitating life patterns in order to reclaim their body, mind, spirit, and heart connection.

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Today's episode is a conversation with Megan McLaren about the pressure she put on herself as a new stepmom. Megan shares how putting high expectations on herself affected her mental health.

Megan is the mother of twin daughters as well as the stepmom of two boys.

As a mental health practitioner, Megan was not immune from placing unrealistic expectations on herself. So through her work as a coach, she helps moms learn from some of her errors.

Megan also shares her experience with postpartum depression and how seeking help lead her to take better care of herself.

Connect with Megan: www.meganmclarencoaching.com

Instagram: @meganmclarencoach

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Craig Thompson is the host of Restoration Matters podcast. He's also the CEO of Rockside Ranch with a mission to "help young men overcome crisis and thrive in work and life".

In this interview, Craig talks about how his program helps young men in crisis to learn new skills, focus on their mental health, and engage with strangers to form their own community.

Craig explains how boys after graduating high school can lose the support they had when they were younger. This can cause them to fall into habits that don't benefit them.

Rockside Ranch incorporates farming in a program that runs for 8 months and helps these young men to regain a sense of purpose.

Find out more about the program at www.rocksideranch.org | IG: @rocksideranch

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