Stress Free SOULutions Podcast

What happens when faith meets fierce resilience?

In this deeply moving episode, bestselling author and entrepreneur Amy Lacey joins Sarah Alysse Bobo to share how losing control of her first company became the divine redirection that led her to a new life of purpose, healing, and peace.

From founding Cali’flour Foods, a trailblazing gluten-free brand, to creating Soursop Nutrition, Amy opens up about trauma, chronic illness, forgiveness, and the courage it takes to start again. Together, they explore how stress can actually save your life when it becomes a signal to pause, pivot, and reconnect with your truth.

This is a conversation for every woman entrepreneur, mompreneur, or creative leader who’s ever felt broken but refused to stay that way.

💫 Key Takeaways

• Faith as a foundation: How Amy rebuilt her life and business by trusting a higher purpose.

• Forgiveness as freedom: The emotional and physical healing that comes when we let go.

• Authenticity wins: Why being real—not perfect—is the most powerful business strategy.

• The 5 P’s for success: People, Passion, Product, Perseverance, and Paying it Forward.

• Redirection, not rejection: How setbacks can reveal your next chapter.

💬 Memorable Quotes

“Forgiveness isn’t for the other person, it’s for yourself.” – Amy Lacey
“Rejection is often God’s protection and redirection.” – Amy Lacey
“People don’t want perfect. They want real.” – Amy Lacey

🕓 Timestamps

• [06:00] Losing her company and finding purpose again

• [13:00] How trauma and forgiveness shaped her healing

• [20:00] Building Cali’flour Foods from her kitchen to a multimillion-dollar brand

• [32:00] The 5 P’s of business success

• [46:00] Paying it forward and living beyond medicine

• [53:00] Faith, skincare, and redefining what thriving really means

🔗 Connect with Amy Lacey

🌿 Instagram: @heyamylacey
🌱 Websites: soursopnutrition.com | livingbeyondmedicine.com

⭐Special offer for listeners use STRESSFREE20 to receive 20% off sitewide, no minimum purchase required or simply click the link below and the discount applies automatically when you check out.

https://www.soursopnutrition.com/discount/STRESSFREE20

🎙️ Connect with Sarah Alysse Bobo

💻 livewellenhanceyou.com
📸 Instagram: @sarahalysse
🎧 Podcast: Stress-Free SOULutions

There’s no way to completely eliminate stress, no matter how much we learn or practice; however, we can learn to manage it beautifully.

In this intimate solo episode, Sarah Alysse opens up about a morning when she felt completely off balance and how a simple walk with her dog Presley transformed everything. Through real talk and reflection, she reveals how identifying the root of your stress allows you to move from overwhelm to awareness and finally, to peace.

You’ll learn how to create your own set of SOUL building activities that are simple, intentional practices that help you return to your center when stress starts to spiral.

🌱 Key Takeaways

- You’ll never get rid of stress, but you can retrain your response to it.

- Create soul-building activities that match your emotions and lifestyle.

- Guilt and shame keep you stuck, awareness sets you free.

- Small, mindful actions (a walk, a smoothie, a deep breath) can reset your nervous system.

- Your worth isn’t measured by your productivity.

✨ SOUL Building Challenge

This week, try two or three activities that build your SOUL:

💖 Take a mindful walk and talk things out loud.

💖 Journal on what you’re grateful for.

💖 Let yourself rest without guilt.

🔗 Connect & Reflect

Follow @SarahAlysseCoaching on Instagram to share your takeaways using #StressFreeSOULutions.If this episode resonated, send it to someone who needs a reminder that they’re enough—just as they are.

What happens when life brings you to silence and you have to find your way back to song?

In this deeply moving and inspiring episode, Sarah Alysse sits down with Vanessa Ledesma Coffin, a celebrated vocal coach, arranger, and choir director whose students have gone on to book Broadway roles, national tours, and scholarships at top musical theater programs. Vanessa opens up about her journey through loss, rediscovery, and the healing power of music.

Together, they explore how singing can transform stress into strength, why community matters more than competition, and how embracing your authentic voice can become the most therapeutic act of all.From her time as a performer in Tony and Tina’s Italian Wedding to her evolution as a music therapist and voice coach, Vanessa shares what it means to rebuild your identity through creativity and compassion.

🕰️ Episode Highlights & Timestamps

[02:00] Collaboration over competition — creating supportive spaces.
[03:40] The overlooked skill every unforgettable performer has.
[05:10] Overcoming fear: how to feel safe while finding your sound.
[06:40] New singers: start small and grow confidence.
[07:50] Music therapy’s role in emotional expression.
[09:40] 2022 heartbreak — loss, divorce, and rediscovering purpose.
[12:10] Writing again: turning poetry into song and reclaiming joy.
[14:40] Rebuilding trust and accepting love.
[16:30] Her two terriers: the unexpected muses.
[17:50] Creative chaos, motherhood, and jazz lessons.
[19:20] Rapid-fire favorites — from Whitney to Haim.
[23:00] Vanessa’s creative season: prolific, playful, new.
[24:10] How stress became the push that saved her life.
[25:20] Courses for songwriting and ukulele joy.

🌱 Key Takeaways

• Your voice is your signature. No one can sound like you — and that’s your superpower.

• Stress can be a teacher. It’s often the breaking point that leads to breakthroughs.

• Music heals when words fail. Whether you’re humming a tune or writing your next song, expression is medicine.

• Safe spaces spark growth. Supportive environments unlock courage and creativity.

• You can always start again. No matter what chapter ends, another melody is waiting to begin.

💬 Connect with Vanessa

✨ Instagram: @LedesmaNessMusic /

🌐 Website: LedesmaMusic.com
🎶 Explore her courses in songwriting and ukulele for all levels — joy guaranteed.

💖 Connect with Sarah Alysse

Follow @SarahAlysseCoaching for weekly insights on stress management, creativity, and mompreneur life.
Share your takeaways using #StressFreeSOULutions and tag us . We’d love to feature your favorite moments.

What if the secret to more joy, creativity, and confidence wasn’t working harder but simply saying yes and?

In this solo episode of Stress-Free SOULutions, Sarah Alysse explores how embracing the yes and mindset from improv can completely shift your perspective: in work, relationships, and motherhood. She opens up about rediscovering her love of theater, music, play, and how allowing herself to be multi-passionate created more energy and purpose.

This is your reminder that you are not too much. You are more than enough and saying yes to your passions, quirks, and creativity may be the very thing that changes everything.

✨ What You’ll Learn

• How the yes and mindset from improv helps you stop overthinking and start living

• Why play and imagination are essential tools for stress relief

• The freedom of embracing your multi-passionate identity without guilt

• Simple ways to use yes and in your relationships and daily routines

• Why self love begins with letting yourself be your fullest, truest self

🎧 Press play to discover how saying yes and can open doors to creativity, connection, and self love. The world needs your multi-passionate self!

Are you accidentally making the same money mistakes that keep families stuck in cycles of stress and overwhelm?

In this episode of Stress-Free SOULutions, financial planner Joel Miller shares the most common money mistakes he sees families make and the simple steps to fix them. From skipping emergency funds to struggling with saving for both kids and retirement, Joel reveals why financial literacy matters at every age and how to break free from the overwhelm.

You’ll also hear Joel’s personal story of unexpectedly entering the finance world, building a firm that puts families first, and the lessons he’s teaching his own children about work, money, and values.

This is your chance to learn how to stop stressing about money and start building confidence in your financial decisions, one small step at a time.

✨ What You’ll Learn

• The top money mistakes families make without realizing it
• Why financial literacy is like learning a new language
• How to balance saving for kids’ education and retirement
• The role of an emergency fund in reducing stress
• Simple money lessons you can start teaching your kids now
• How stress can shift from being a burden to being a motivator

⏱ Episode Highlights
02:15 How Joel stumbled into finance
05:00 Why money feels like a foreign language for so many
08:00 Common myths that hold families back
10:00 The double challenge of saving for kids and retirement
13:00 The money lessons Joel teaches his kids
18:00 Why traditional financial planning leaves families confused
22:00 The importance of fiduciary and fee-only planning
24:00 How to spot money stress in your own life
28:00 The one tool every family needs for peace of mind
31:00 How stress can be turned into a strength
32:00 How to connect with Joel Miller and Flames Financial Planning

📲 Connect with Joel Miller

Learn more about Joel’s membership-based financial planning at Flames Financial Planning

-Follow Joel on LinkedIn & Instagram

Reach out directly to explore how Joel can support your family’s financial peace of mind.

🎧 Press play to learn how to reduce money stress, build confidence, and start fixing common financial mistakes today.

What if the mess around you wasn’t something to stress over, but a chance to practice self compassion?

In this solo episode of Stress-Free SOULutions, Sarah Alysse invites you to embrace life’s chaos instead of trying to control it. She shares how motherhood reshaped her relationship with household mess, why trying to keep everything “perfect” drained her energy, and how finding a sanctuary space brought her more calm and joy.

Packed with relatable stories and practical tools, this episode reminds you to let go of what doesn’t matter and create small rituals that help you feel grounded, peaceful, and energized.

✨ What You’ll Take Away

• Why embracing the mess can actually reduce stress and free your energy

• How to use the “just one thing” rule to calm chaos and find focus

• Why delegating or simplifying chores can create space for what matters most

• The power of building a sanctuary space that fuels creativity and peace

• Why speaking kindly to yourself is a crucial part of your self love journey

🎧 Press play to learn how to let go of chaos, reclaim your energy, and create a sanctuary space that nurtures your soul.

Have you ever left a doctor’s office feeling more confused than when you walked in?

In this inspiring episode of Stress Free SOULutions, Sarah Alysse sits down with Marly Brodsky, proud mom of two, licensed health educator, and visionary CEO of Med Companion, a groundbreaking service celebrated by Psychology Today and Forbes for revolutionizing personalized healthcare.

Marly shares her powerful journey from overcoming a brain tumor at 18 to pioneering the medical scribe industry, and how the loss of her grandmother ignited her mission to create Med Companion. This virtual service places a compassionate “human prescription” in every patient’s healthcare experience, ensuring that families, caregivers, and providers all feel supported, connected, and truly seen.

Together, Sarah and Marly dive into:

• Why patients often leave doctor’s offices overwhelmed and confused.

• How Med Companion bridges gaps between doctors, caregivers, and patients.

• What it means to be someone’s “Human RX.”

• The challenges and quiet wins of building a purpose driven business.

• Balancing mompreneurship, leadership, and quality family time.

If you’ve ever wished you could advocate more effectively for a loved one, or yourself, this conversation will leave you with practical hope, soulful insight, and a reminder that connection is the true medicine.

Episode Highlights:

• [02:00] Marly’s early dream of becoming a doctor, and how a health crisis redirected her path.

• [04:00] The personal loss that fueled the idea for Med Companion.

• [07:00] From a late-night vision on the back of an electric bill to a business plan.

• [10:00] Why fragmented communication between doctors fails patients—and how Med Companion fixes it.

• [13:00] Making caregiving easier: group calls, reminders, and advocacy in action.

• [18:00] What it means to be a “Human Prescription” in a tech-driven healthcare system.

• [23:00] Quiet wins: how leading Med Companion transformed Marly personally and professionally.

• [27:00] Why men often struggle more with healthcare and how Med Companion supports them.

• [33:00] Mompreneur lessons: blending faith, fire, and family in business.

• [39:00] Marly’s unique answer: how stress became her best friend.

• [41:00] How to connect with Marly and get your own Med Companion.

🌐 Website: medcompanion.com
📸 Instagram: @MarlyBrodsky

✨ What was your biggest takeaway from this conversation? Share your reflections on Instagram and tag me @sarahalyssebobo.

What if the days you want to hide...the messy, unpolished, “slump” days are actually the ones holding your greatest lessons?

In this solo episode of Stress-Free SOULutions, Sarah Alysse gets real about what it means to show up authentically, even when life feels overwhelming and imperfect. From motherhood to entrepreneurship to the pressure of polished social media feeds, Sarah shares the truth behind the September Slump, that strange in-between season where energy dips, routines feel shaky, and self-care slips through the cracks.Instead of chasing perfection, Sarah invites you to find one small thing to move your body, nourish your mind, or reconnect with your spirit. She shares her own journey of resisting workouts, craving sugar, and uncovering hidden emotional weight through journaling and a 30-day manifestation challenge.

This episode is a reminder that self-love is not about doing it all perfectly—it’s about honoring where you are, releasing what isn’t yours to carry, and giving yourself grace in the process.

✨ What You’ll Take Away

• Why “authentic” is more than a buzzword, and how to embrace life’s messy reality

• What the September Slump really is, and how it impacts motivation and self-care

• How to choose one small action that creates momentum on low-energy days

• The surprising discoveries Sarah uncovered through journaling and spiritual work

• Why letting go of other people’s trauma is essential for emotional freedom• Practical ways to reset without judgment and keep moving forward

🔖 Episode Highlights

01:00 Naming the September Slump and why it drains energy

02:55 How to pick one small action that shifts your day

04:00 Sugar cravings, skipped workouts, and self-awareness in action

05:00 The 30-day manifestation challenge and what journaling revealed

06:30 Releasing trauma and energy that doesn’t belong to you

07:50 Finding “needle movers” for body, mind, and spirit

08:30 Why being human, not perfect, is the real goal

09:00 Invitation to connect with Sarah and reduce stress togetherPress play now to embrace the messy middle, release what weighs you down, and rediscover your strength one small step at a time.

Having trouble implementing this by yourself? Schedule your stress reset now.

What if better digestion and more clarity were just a “smidge” away?

In this episode of Stress-Free SOULutions, Sarah sits down with Dan Corrigan, co-owner of Smidge Small Batch Supplements, to uncover how gut health impacts everything from energy to emotional well-being. Dan shares his personal healing journey, breaks down supplement myths, and explains why listening to your body and keeping things simple can deliver the biggest shifts.

This conversation is science-forward, soul-centered, and packed with practical steps to help you heal from the inside out.

✨ What You’ll Learn:

• Why gut health is foundational for mental clarity, immunity, and mood

• How to choose supplements that truly serve your body

• The subtle ways stress and lifestyle affect your microbiome

• Why the simplest routines are often the most transformative

• Everyday steps to start healing your gut naturally

🔖 Episode Highlights

02:15 Dan’s journey into gut healing and clean supplementation

06:08 Probiotics and supplements explained

11:32 The stress and digestion connection

17:04 How simplicity creates real health results

22:10 A curiosity-first approach to wellness

28:34 Daily practices that nurture the microbiome

34:19 Evaluating supplements without overwhelm

40:03 Final takeaways and reflections on listening to your body

Coming soon Dan’s New Book – Eat Well, Supplement Well, Digest Well

Explore Smidge Small Batch Supplements– Gentle probiotic blends designed for digestive balance and emotional calm

🎧 Press play now to discover how a simpler, smarter gut routine, and just a smidge of supplements can unlock your best health.

What if change wasn’t something to fear, but the exact path to becoming who you were always meant to be?In this inspiring episode of Stress-Free SOULutions, Sarah Alysse shares her own journey of weaving together diverse passions and skills into a career that finally feels authentic. She talks about why so many people resist change, how to integrate your true self into your work, and the surprising freedom that comes when you reconnect with your “why.”This episode is filled with practical ways to bring more joy, presence, and alignment into your daily life. Whether you’re considering a career shift, craving more authenticity in your current role, or simply needing a reminder that change is a catalyst for growth, this episode is for you.🌿 In this episode, you’ll learn• Why embracing change is essential for growth both personally and professionally• How to integrate your identity and passions into your business or career• The importance of authenticity in every stage of life• How rediscovering your “why” can reignite your energy and motivation• Practical steps to balance career, family, and personal fulfillment

🎧 Listen now and be reminded that your career is not separate from your soul, it is the perfect place to honor and express your true self.Connect with  @sarahalysse  on IG sarahalyssecoaching or Linkedin Sarah Alysse Bobo.

Stress Less Consult: https://calendly.com/livewellenhanceyou/stress-less-consult