The Bright Side of Life (Mental Health, Self Care)

Every once in a while, a presence enters the scene that turns heads, opens eyes, touches hearts making a lasting impact on everyone they encounter: such is the case with multi-passionate ​mind-body expert ​entrepreneur, ​Jennifer Pilates.

Jennifer has been transforming clients body, mind and spirits worldwide for over 20-years as a Celebrity Trainer and Intuitive Advisor, Empowerment Coach, Reiki Master Healer and Podcast Host.

​Jennifer is a detail-loving​, s​​​tubborn-as-heck achiever, unshakeable optimistic, philanthropic, self-care activist, fur-baby momma and ocean loving intuitive-empath​.

From her ​​training to ​advising, from her ​coaching​ ​to her Podcast: Empowered within, Jennifer has been leaving her inspirational, empowering and transformational touch on clients and celebrities worldwide ​for well over two decades!​

In this episode Melissa Bright talks to Jennifer about transforming our mind, body, and spirit.
Jennifer drops her best tips on how we can start manifesting our dreams today! She shares what reiki healing is, and the benefits of it. And lastly she gives Melissa her own intuitive reading live on the podcast!
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Artist Nick Holman chats with Melissa Bright about what it means to be unapologetically yourself. He shares his advice on what people should do if they are doubting themselves and their dreams. He gets personal about what self sabotage can look like for a successful person and steps to avoid it. He touches on the importance of work/ life balance.

Although artistic blood runs through his veins, Nicholas, a third-generation artist born in 1993 in St. Louis, Missouri, did not discover his love of artistic inspiration and creation until 2015. Since then, he can be found wandering the urban and rural landscape, paintbrush in hand.

Nicholas appreciates the characteristics of a variety of artistic mediums and, therefore, does not restrict himself to one. Typically, he expresses himself through gouache, pastels, charcoal, oils, and digital although he has also been known to dapple in photography and to use his own body as a canvas.

Nicholas' drive to create echoes as a visceral compulsion.  Fortunately, he has orchestrated his life in a way that he surrounds himself with habits of artistic exploration, offering a multitude of subjects to satiate his creative appetite. Nicholas sees inspiration as not a dream to be waited and wished upon, but as a muse of opportunity born of the willingness to seek out and appreciate the beauty in his surroundings.

Professionally, in the near future, Nicholas will enter his paintings into competitions and seek gallery representation. Eventually, he sees himself opening his own studio to host classes and to inspire younger artists' aspirations whether artistic or mundane.  On the personal side, Nicholas yearns to travel the world while painting en plein air the whole way around. While he waits on his opportunity for global adventure, he will continue creating big, home-cooked meals for friends and family and appreciating the adventures that await.
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Being honest with ourselves is highly rewarding. Yes it can be painful, but the the reward is so worth it. When honesty meets our willingness to change, there is so many ways we can grow and improve. Honesty is a huge part of self improvement and overcoming delusional thinking about ourselves. We can't expect to learn and grow as individuals if we aren't honest with ourselves. We have to be willing to recognize reality for what it is before we can change it. When we only choose to see what we want to see, and ignore what we don’t want to see, we are being dishonest with ourselves. This may provide happiness or relief for a short time, but in the long-run it’s unhealthy and destructive. Being honest with ourselves can sometimes be painful, but it’s a necessary component to long-term happiness and success in our lives. In this episode I talk about ways we can get 100% honest with ourselves.

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Coach Jon  is a weight loss coach and emotional eating expert who has lost over 100lbs. 

From nanotechnology researcher, to Navy marine engineer, to globetrotting nomad, Coach Jon spent most of his life running from his true calling, until one question changed his life. 

Now he's on a mission to help others lose weight for good and leave BS diets in the rearview mirror.

With Freedom Nutrition Coaching he marries the Science of Metabolism with the Psychology of Behavior Change and the Compassion of Human Connection to create life-changing transformations with his clients.
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Drew is a parenting and relationship coach. He helps families create the home environment of their dreams. Drew works with parents to help them learn emotional intelligence and conscious communication so that they can lead by the best of examples. 

In this episode Drew's shares some of his secrets to effective parenting. He knows that often parents feel like they are just "flying by the seat of their pants". They don't know if they are doing it right, and all they want is to be doing the right things and be the best parent they can be. Drew wants to help parents achieve that. He shares some great adivce on how to help with tantrums, how to create a peaceful home, and how to handle whining kids. He also shares a common mistake that parents make and how we can learn to change to our approach.

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Britney Crosson is the host and producer of The Social Sunshine Podcast, owner of Fun Love Media, a social media management and content creation agency based in Houston, TX, and the founder of Small Biz Social Society, a membership that helps ambitious entrepreneurs stand out on social media.  As a performer from the age of 3 with a total of 35+ years experience on stage and screen, Britney developed a natural love for being in front of audiences via social media.  She has used her love of social media and her experience as an actor and dancer to help her clients, membership members and podcast audience to use their existing talents, skills and knowledge to create exciting online content for their businesses.  Britney is also passionate about using social media for good, as she openly shares about her own mental health struggles to help inspire others and spread hope.  Whether she's dancing on her treadmill or spin bike, or doing a comedy video about wine, Britney prioritizes spreading joy to audiences everywhere, which would most definitely make her 11-year-old-big-dreams-big-goals self very proud. When she's not working hard on her businesses, you can find her having a dance party with her two kiddos or cuddled up on the couch with wine and her husband watching their favorite tv shows.

Connect with Britney: https://BritneyCrosson.com
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Choosing a career that makes us happy, but also pays the bills can be difficult for some. But Career Coach Sarah Burrows will tell you that it's definitely possible. Sarah experienced a devastating loss a couple of years ago, but little did she know, it pushed her to live life like it is never guaranteed. And that's when she followed her dreams and became a career coach. In this episode Sarah goes over what we can do to get clear on what we want as a career.  She also gives tips on ways to get over limiting beliefs. We talk about the difference between your purpose and your career and how the two can be intertwined.

If you would like to connect with Sarah please visit her website at: https://www.achievingambition.com
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Nenia Corcoran has been a police officer for nearly a decade.  In addition to being one of only a few female police officers in her area, Nenia broke the gender barrier by becoming a certified SWAT operator.  She strives to be a positive role model for the younger females in her community.

She became a survivor of a sexual assault while in college. It took her many years to finally cope with this trauma.  She then struggled to end an emotionally abusive marriage to a man she’d known since middle school.

Nenia has made it her mission to reach other women who may be silently suffering in similar situations.   She aims to educate and empower young women to recognize the warning signs of domestic violence and gender-based violence. 

Resources for Domestic Violence:
www.thehotline.org -National Domestic Violence Website
https://ncadv.org/  - National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
https://www.domesticshelters.org/ - On this site, you can enter your zip code and find resources local to you
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Over the last few days I have been going through some mental health struggles and I wanted to share them with my listeners. Being vulnerable can be really freeing, but it can also help other people not feel alone in their own struggles. So here it is, me being vulnerable and sharing my past few days.
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*This episode may act as a trigger for some as it covers a topic of sensitive nature.*

Having faced serious trauma in her own life, Beverly is no stranger to adversity. After losing a husband to suicide and her son in a drunk driving crash, she wanted to give up. She battled depression and discouragement, loneliness and pain, yet she persevered and ultimately found hope. Now she seeks to share that hope with others. She speaks to churches, schools, businesses and military events. As the mother of an Army Special Operations soldier she is also uniquely qualified to speak in military trainings throughout the country. When she speaks, the audience is engaged, reflective and attentive. Her story is a powerful one of overcoming adversity; furthermore, she provides wisdom in her deliverance and insight to cause the audience to evaluate their own life and those they love. She shows strength and courage in a way that offers hope to those listening. She makes it her mission to help others rediscover their identity and purpose after loss and trauma.

Listen to The Resilient Heart podcast here: https://theresilientheartpodcast.com/
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