We believe nourishment can be a space of ease, enjoyment, healing, vitality, balance, and gratitude. It can be a sustainable rhythm of caring for our bodies through a lifetime, rather than quick fixes, crash diets, and trendy cleanses. 

Wellness through food is not just a week’s dietary endeavor. It impacts us mentally, physically, emotionally, and relationally. In our culture full of trends, ideals, and information overload, nourishment can feel confusing, overwhelming, and sometimes stressful. So this week we’re diving into some mindset shifts and tips that may be helpful in finding ease while truly caring for your physical body as well. 

If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed or in a space of uneasiness with nourishment due to thought patterns, physical complications, or information fatigue, this episode is for you. This is such a tender and complex topic so we hope this conversation brings some helpful mindset shifts as we all participate in the gift of nourishing our bodies through a lifetime. 

Apply the content in your own life:

• What words would you use to describe your current relationship with food? What do you WANT your relationship with food to be like?
• What is one shift practically or in your mindset that can help you move more towards a space of ease and vitality with nourishment? 

Links:

• Want to partner with us by supporting the show for $5 a month? We are SO grateful!
• Instagram: @christinagracehutson
• Christina’s website, book, mentoring services: https://christinagracehutson.com/
• Podcast website: https://www.willowtreeonline.com/

In this episode we’re talking all about sustainability. What is sustainability? Why does it matter? What are some practical ways we can live more sustainably, not only for the health of our planet, but also in our personal lives to create more sustainable wellbeing in our health, heart, and home. We hope you’ll dive in with us as we explore this very important and complex topic.

Quotes: 

”When you find a lifestyle that’s sustainable, that’s wellness. When looking after your mind and body feels balanced, celebratory, delicious, and full of abundance, that’s wellness. It’s remembering that it’s what you do for decades, not on any given day, that matters.” -Ella Mills 

“Sustainability to us means making choices today that will positively impact tomorrow, in our environment, in our personal life, in our health, and in our relationships.”

“We are either stealing the future or healing the future” - Paul Hawken

“We don't need a handful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.” - Anne Marie Bonneau 

Apply the content in your own life:

For the planet: What is one practical thing you can begin doing to live more sustainably for the planet? Something that, however small, is a part of a more thriving planet.

For your lifestyle: Is there anything in your current lifestyle that doesn’t feel sustainable? What needs to shift in order to feel more balanced in a way that will be long lasting?

Links mentioned:

-Documentary about nature thriving: The Year Earth Changed

-App to identify toxic ratings on products: EWG Healthy Living App (or search in the app store)

-Stephen’s current favorite song: If I were a Fish

• Want to partner with us by supporting the show for $5 a month? We are SO grateful!
• Instagram: @christinagracehutson
• Christina’s website, book, mentoring services: https://christinagracehutson.com/
• Podcast website: https://www.willowtreeonline.com/

In this episode, we’re sharing a peek inside what a day in our life looks like as a family, and how we’re working to live out our core values daily in this season. Maybe you can relate to feeling like the days are just rolling by on autopilot? Join us in a conversation about pausing to define our values, and then weaving them into each day with intention, creating a vibrant life that is in alignment with what truly matters to you.

We hope you enjoy a peek into our day to day life, and feel inspired to join us in adding more intention to even the “mundane” hours. 

Apply the content in your own life:

-What are 1-3 of your core values?

-Are these things present in your life?

-Are there any small shifts you can make to incorporate your values more intentionally each day?

Mentioned:

*Homemade hot (or iced) chocolate

-1 cup milk of choice (We use oat, soy, or almond milk. Warm if making hot chocolate, leave cold for iced chocolate)

-1 Tablespoon cacao powder

-1 Tablespoon peanut butter

-1 large soft date (or 1 Tablespoon coconut sugar)

-Tiny pinch of salt

Blend in a high speed blender and re-heat for hot, or serve over ice for cold

Links:

• Want to partner with us by supporting the show for $5 a month? We are SO grateful!
• Instagram: @christinagracehutson 
• Christina’s website, book, mentoring services: https://christinagracehutson.com/
• Podcast website: https://www.willowtreeonline.com/

Catch up on the last episode to hear the back story in part 1! In this episode, Stephen shares about his hike through the Grand Canyon. Logistics (eating, sleeping, etc), emotional and mental impact, and what he shed and gained through the experience. Christina shares something she’s working to overcome in her own life as well.

Maybe you can relate to obstacles that feel bigger than you? Join us in the conversation as we explore what it looks like to move into greater wholeness despite what’s holding you back.

Apply the content in your own life:

“I can do so much more than I thought I could do.”

“Small steps can lead to massive transformation.”

“The impossible is possible. Even if not right now.”

“We can live a really whole life, even with broken pieces.”

Ask Yourself:

• What can I pause and celebrate today that I’ve accomplished? Big or small.
• Is there something holding me back from a transformation that I desire?
• Is there a mindset that is holding me back?
• What’s one step I can take to overcome my obstacle?

Links:

• Want to partner with us by supporting the show for $5 a month? We are SO grateful!
• Christina’s website, book, mentoring services: https://christinagracehutson.com/
• Podcast website: https://www.willowtreeonline.com/ep4

Stephen shares a deeply honest conversation about his mental health struggles that peeked after our son was born. Where did it all start? How did he find his way back to himself? What did it look like to keep showing up through numbness and pain? 

We hope this episode makes you feel less alone if you’ve ever experienced mental health trials or journeyed with someone who has, and that you feel encouraged to take the next brave step to move further towards the life you desire.

Apply the content in your own life:

• Is there a challenge you need to or want to face that feels impossible right now?
• What is one small thing you can do today to climb towards it?
• What will you gain if you conquer that thing? - this is your driving force

Links:

• Want to partner with us by supporting the show for $5 a month? We are SO grateful!
• Christina’s website, book, and mentoring services: https://christinagracehutson.com/
• Podcast website: https://www.willowtreeonline.com/

This episode takes you through some of our life story. We share more about our dating relationship, education, career paths, and values, as well as Christina’s health journey, diagnosis, and journey to where she is now. You’ll learn some random things that you surely didn’t know about us!

We hope you find some very relatable stories, some snippets of applicable wisdom, and a lot of laughter as we pull back the curtain on “Who are the Hutsons?”

Podcast website: https://www.willowtreeonline.com/

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Christina’s website, book, mentoring services: https://christinagracehutson.com/

In Episode 1 we’re recapping some big events that wrapped up the past year, as well as reflecting on significant lessons we learned in 2022. Stephen shares about his journey moving through a mental health crash and what he learned from it. 

Christina shares how compassion took on a whole new meaning last year in a way that was really transformative to her perspective. 

We’ve also included some fun “segments” that will be in every podcast:

-3 highlights of our day

-Whimsy and Delight: Things we’ve been enjoying lately

We’re so grateful to continue to journey with you towards greater wholeness in health, heart, and home.