Marriah Cummins is a life coach, specializing in motherhood and marriage: helping moms find more joy and purpose and less overwhelm and anxiety. She believes strong moms raise strong children, and in order to show up for our families, we need to first, show up for ourselves. 

Marriah just celebrated 10 years being married to her childhood sweetheart, and has 5 children ages 8-3. She and her family live in Bozeman, MT and in between client calls, you can find her chasing her kids around the park, armchair psychoanalyzing celebrities, and bribing her kids with popsicles for 5 minutes of silence. 

Marriah shares her story and what led her to this powerful work.  Her honesty about postpartum, self medicating with alcohol, feeling completely overwhelmed and anxious are not only relatable but they are all too common. 

Marriah helps you see what’s underneath the overwhelm and asks, “what do you need right now?” 

Connect with Marriah today!

Website: www.girlhoodcultivated.com

Join Marraiah’s Private Facebook Group: Www.facebook.com/groups/girlhoodcultivated

Instagram: www.instagram.com/marriahcummins 

To Connect with Your Host Jennifer D’Amato:

Private Consultation: https://www.healthcoach4life.com/requestsession/?sid=3

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

Today I am talking on the podcast about trust and specifically about broken trust. When we have trust in relationships we may not actively acknowledge it, but if trust has been broken we are very aware of it.  You feel it deeply and our actions, choices and decisions reflect the awareness of broken trust. It can go so far as affecting other relationships and other areas of our life.

You can question yourself. Doubt yourself.  And of course it can be the thing that leads to negative self-talk.  

I want you to take a look at a specific relationship where you may be experiencing broken trust. 

First acknowledge that you are in a relationship with food. Whether it’s a healthy relationship or an extremely toxic one you are in a relationship. 

How do you know if you have broken trust with food?  If you have deemed a food “bad” and restricted yourself from having that food for a period of time. And then you finish the end of the period of time, or “give in” and have it...and then over consume or feel guilty for having it.  You believe you have no “self control”.  You beat yourself up and believe you can’t trust yourself around the food.  Broken trust. 

When was the last time you thought about your relationship with food? Most people never think about their relationship to food.  They have not healed their relationship to food.  They can lose weight and still feel like garbage.  They can be eating the healthiest and best foods for their body and still fear food.  This is exactly why in my practice we have to address the relationship to food and the broken trust.  When you carry the weight of broken trust the physical weight does not matter. 

To help you start healing this broken trust you can start by downloading my free eBook at https://www.healthcoach4life.com/selftalkebook/

To walk through the process with Jennifer as your Life Coach start here by booking a one-time kick-start session at https://www.healthcoach4life.com/kickstartsession/?sid=21

Or, if you want to go deeper and really do the work on your thoughts and habits then book a consultation today at https://www.healthcoach4life.com/requestsession/?sid=3 

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

I absolutely love talking habit change and breaking things down for you. A lot of the work I do as a Life and Health Coach is about habit change.  I believe in my core that if we can change our habits, then we can completely change. 

I am a product of my coaching.  There was a time that I did not write gratitude every morning, or drink my water and workout as part of my morning routine. How did I make this a daily reality?  It is habit change, small steps over time leading to the result I wanted. Now, was it easy=peasy lemon-squeezy?  Heck no! 

I believe that we all want to believe habit change is easy.  Give me 21 days and I can make or break a habit.  I wish it was that easy, but the reality is that it’s not. Habits are hard to break and hard to create. To create an established habit it takes months and months.

You might struggle to stick with creating a habit and find yourself frustrated.  But let me assure you that habit change starts with being aware there’s a habit you want to change, not when you start to make or change the habit.  The awareness is making connections in your brain, which is what leads to really habit change. 

Listen to the full episode for all the details and why awareness is the most important party of habit change. 

Private Consultation: https://www.healthcoach4life.com/requestsession/?sid=3

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

I am an Instagram girl and I love using filters on my stories!  Do you?  Well, it’s those fun filters that inspired this episode, and not just because I like playing virtual dress up as a 40+ year old woman! 

We use the process of filtering all the time in our life.  We see things the way we see things.  I know this is mind blowing...LOL!  Ok, maybe not mind blowing but a truth.  We all have our own filters-like glasses we put on to interpret how we see our life and our future.

Some filters are amazing (just like those one on Instagram!).  Unfortunately, some are not. They are pixelated, skewed.  Experiences in our lives affect our filter. And our filters can even get in our way.  Sometimes we need someone who has a clearer filter than we do. The benefit of having a life coach is a coaches filter is so much clearer than ours. A coach can bring in a clear filter to see the situation as it is.  It’s powerful, it’s why I need to be coached and what I am able to bring to each session as a coach to my own clients.

Do you acknowledge your own filters?  Are they clear or skewed?  It might be the best decision to make to work with a life coach who can help bring in a new perspective.  A clear filter. In that coaching relationship you can tap into this objective filter. Book a private consultation with me today to start working together and inviting in an objective filter. 

Private Consultation: https://www.healthcoach4life.com/requestsession/?sid=3

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

I know, we usually only talk about Vision Boards at the end of the year (or the week of January 1st), but I am going there in June.  Did you create one in January?  A pretty visual or collage online?  Maybe a list for the year or lifetime? 

You may have decided to say “pass” on making a vision board...and you may have done that because you do not currently have a vision for yourself or your future you. It’s practically impossible to make a vision board without a vision.  If you can’t see yourself moving forward you are not going to have any need for stacks of magazines to cut images for your vision board.

You don’t have to be crafty (or even own craft supplies!) to create your vision -or vision board. Thank goodness, because that is not my jam.  I do have a vision-for myself, for my business and for my family.  It’s written down.  Yeah, pen to paper! No glue needed!

How can we evaluate if we are headed in the right direction if we don’t have a vision of where we are headed? Whether it’s at the end of this year or the end of your life, you need a vision to know if where you are headed is in the right direction. 

Dive into this episode to help you get a mid-year surge of energy to reconnect with your vision or create one now. You can use my Wheel of Life to help you create your vision now. 

The Wheel of Life https://www.healthcoach4life.com/wheeloflife/

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

We are not little kids anymore asking “why?” all the time -and subsequently driving our parents bonkers crazy, however I believe “why?” is important.  

Yes, we are grown adults, but if we don’t have a why then we have a why bother.  That “why” is our solid reason for why we show up, why we do something.  We need clarity on the why.  

You may hate or be in total avoidance mode for a particular task or job and it might be because you don’t have a strong “why” behind what you are doing.

There are things in your life that you don’t have a deeply rooted why, leaving you with a why bother.  For years in our home it was family dinners.  It wasn’t until we got really clear on why we were doing them 3-4 times a week that they became consistent and no longer a why bother.

Have you found yourself asking yourself “why” with something? Is it leaving you with a “why bother”?  Then, it’s time to either get clear on your why or consider that it’s time to let it go.

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

This episode is directly from my work as a Life Coach.  Things you say to yourself about yourself that are reeking havoc on you. I want to not just address this topic but give you a step by step process to start working through negative self talk.

As a life coach to women, I not only hear negative self talk from my clients, but it is something as a woman that I have struggled with. 

“Your thighs are so fat”

“You don't know anything”

You are absolutely going to fail at this”

“Look at the rolls on my stomach”

Your sentences might be different, but because you believe what you are saying it is hurting you.  But, is it really your voice saying these things?  Maybe it sounds like you, but I challenge that it really is you. 

I want to help you start the process of removing negative self talk using my 5 step process below. This is not a one and done. You are literally changing your thoughts. Some deeply rooted and deeply WOUNDING thoughts.

You can see that having a safe space and guidance for this type of work can not only help but provide support you need. Book a session with me today HERE to work together through this and more. 

Start with these steps I walk clients through:

1. Do a brain dump for 2 minutes writing ALL the things you say about your body.

1. Now reread the list and choose the top 2-3 things you say that you want to change now. Highlight them.

1. Taking each negative thought/belief you chose you will now rewrite what you want to believe instead.

example: my client’s negative thought “my thighs are fat” 

what she chose to believe instead “my legs are strong” (this was what she wanted....it’s always about YOU)

1. Write the 2/3 NEW thoughts.

1. Set a time(s) each day you will practice saying them out loud to yourself everyday. Preferably in the mirror (but not required)⠀

1. BONUS: Set up an anchor to remind you of this new practice. * for my client it was when she put her watch on every morning. It reminded her she was PUTTING ON these new thoughts.

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_lifeandmindsetcoach

Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

Music Credit: Upbeat Corporate Full by: HAAWK 

This exercise I coach my clients through and I want to share it with you.  I am sure you have heard of making a bucket list of all the things you want to do in your life.  This is different.  We are going to turn our head back and look at all our past accomplishments. The ones you have already achieved. This list is going to be the fuel to help you when things get hard. When you are faced with a new struggle or challenge. 

Even though life might feel still and calm right now, I know it does not stay that way. The reminder that I have already done hard things, I have overcome so much and this struggle or obstacle is nothing compared to what I have already accomplished.

Whether the struggles are about your business, your relationship, your career or raising kids this exercise will fuel you.  

As a fun challenge post your “Backwards Bucket List” on Instagram and tag the podcast!  I can’t wait to see what comes up for you!

I have expanded my coaching practice for you. Head to www.healthcoach4life.com/lifecoaching to access all the great things for life coaching and you!

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_healthcoach4life
Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

Music Credit: Upbeat Corporate Full by: HAAWK 

I have had mentors and teachers in my life since the year I was married. I needed one badly in my first year of marriage. I also have a homeschool mentor who has helped me navigate the ups and downs of homeschooling my four kids for 12 years.

But, all of my mentors have not been women I can have a cup of coffee with.  Some of my mentors are women I will never meet because they are mentoring through their podcast or other online space. 

How do you decide on a mentor for you?  Take a look at your greatest need and the season of life you are in.  Do you need a woman you can have coffee with and talk face to face?  Or is there someone in the online space that you can feel mentored by? 

What about you mentoring others?  We all have something valuable to share with others and you are no exception!  Paying it forward can be so rewarding. 

I have expanded my coaching practice for you. Head to www.healthcoach4life.com/lifecoaching to access all the great things for life coaching and you!

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_healthcoach4life
Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

Music Credit: Upbeat Corporate Full by: HAAWK 

You may not be thinking about editing right now, but our brain has the capability to edit for us. If you have ever seen the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond Season 7, episode 25 "Robert's Wedding” you may have heard the best man toast where Ray says, “just keep the good ones”. 

I believe that we all self edit.  Whether it’s our childhood or the current situation we are in our brain can edit to remember the positives.  What will be the “good ones” that you highlight?  How will you choose to remember this time, or any time in your life that may have had tough times?

You can start now with your editing.  You don’t have to wait until a future time to edit.  What are the good things, the good memories, that you are already holding on to? 

I have expanded my coaching practice for you. Head to www.healthcoach4life.com/lifecoaching to access all the great things for life coaching and you!

Follow Jennifer on Instagram at www.instagram.com/jennifer_healthcoach4life
Follow the Podcast: www.instagram.com/healthlifeandmoreforwomen 

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lifecoachjenniferdamato/

Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/jenniferhealthcoach4life/

For questions about the podcast, to submit and idea for discussion

Email Jennifer: [email protected]

Music Credit: Upbeat Corporate Full by: HAAWK