The Tattered Mat

Jillie is a life coach, joy spreader and speaker, helping people get clear on their vision, believe in their worthiness, and create their realities. She has a podcast called The Worthiness Mindset that speaks my language. You can literally feel her encouraging energy helping you push through the limits you might be putting on yourself. In this podcast she shares a bit of her journey, managing in quarantine, and creating boundaries on Zoom all while living her best life from the back of a van.

Follow Jillie on Instagram at @jilliejohnstoncoaching and on FB @jilliejohnston

These two headlines caught my attention: A crisis mental health hotline has seen an 891% spike in calls & anti-anxiety and anti-depression prescriptions are up 34% since coronavirus.
The panel is in to discuss what people are experiencing now that may cause this rise and how to cope with disappointments and uncertainty. Learn what you can do to strengthen your mental muscle and essential fatty foods that contribute to brain health.

Actionable tips from this podcast:
-Try new activities to grow inward like learning a new craft, journaling, or a gratitude practice.
-Parents and students should reach out to teachers and faculty to set up an appointment for social and emotional learning.
-For seniors in school, allow yourself time to grieve the end of the year and the milestone of graduation. Find ways to celebrate the last day of school.
-Beginning your day with exercise sets you up to make better decisions today, which sets you up for a better tomorrow.
-Medium intensity exercise may be the best exercise for your body at this time.
-The brain is responsive to nutritional changes. Eat more fiber and pre and pro biotic rich foods such as yogurt, kefir, kimchi, sauerkraut. Lessen simple sugars and processed foods. Eat good quality fats in each meal like olive oil, fish, raw nuts.
-Do not take yourself off anti-anxiety and anti-depression too quickly. Consult with your doctor about how to wean yourself off the medication properly.

Experiencing fluctuations in mood, energy, tolerance, or motivation during this time of our global pandemic? Well you are not alone. Listen in as experts in different fields help us navigate our fluctuations during this time.

Meet our experts:
Jayme Flowers - RN, MS, CNS, LDN www.everydaywellnessnutrition.com. Follow Jayme on Instagram @everydaywellnessnutrition

Ryan Levonyak - owner/operator of MAR Health & Performance, Personal Trainer [email protected] www.marhealthandperformance.com. Follow Ryan on Instagram @Ryanthomastraining and @mar_health

Lindsay Beeson - Senior Homeland Security Coordinator for the City of San Diego

Leslie Slemmons - LCSW, www.barbaraleslieslemmons.com. Follow Leslie on Instagram @bleslieslemmons and on FB @bleslieslemmonstherapy

Noor Shammas - Instructional coach and adjunct professor. Follow Noor on Twitter @nzshamm

With over 20 years in the fitness industry, Nick Perri shares how to get started on a fitness regime even if you're feeling tired, overweight and defeated. Nick talks, lifestyle, making time for yourself and tried and true nutrition advice that gets results.

You can reach Nick on his website www.nickperri.fitness/
instagram @nasmnick and facebook Nick Perri Fitness

The streetlight effect is a simple story that shows our tendencies to look where we are comfortable.

Nutritionist Jayme Flowers is back on the show (listen to her first interview , Episode 13). She talks us through common healthy eating barriers, helps us to understand why we might be self-sabotaging and offers us some tips on sticking with a healthy diet in 2020.

Reach Jayme at [email protected] or her website www.everydaywellnessnutrition.com

We often hold our breath through the stressful parts of our day, while working out and daydreaming. Join me through a short guided breath exercise and stop holding your breath.

If you like this episode, also check out episodes 3 - Use your senses and Episode 9 - Metta for guided meditations.

Lourdes Paredes is an international yoga teacher and founder/publisher of Illumine magazine, a yoga-inspired lifestyle magazine in Chicago. In this episode we talk the hustle of becoming a yoga teacher, making a living out of a passion and how she no longer runs her business like it's her job.

Ever notice how your stress and anxiety come more from what you are thinking than your actual reality? Listen in on how for a back seat of an Uber, I spun my "wheels" into a tizzy creating more suffering internally, and ways to release the resistance and to relax into the present moment.

Dan Zeman is the President of Zeman Manufacturing and on the advisory board of Conscious Capitalism Chicago. He set out to make the world a better place. Listen to how is he does so by leading from a place of consciousness, and creating a workplace of support, collaboration and trust.