The Work IN to move out of stress, tension & anxiety

Finally getting around to the trailer for this pod!

Normal folks do this first...but here I am 45 episodes in  getting my thoughts together.

To be fair and completely honest, when I started the work In I was not completely clear on the vision. I mean sure I had a general idea that I wanted to talk about the nervous system and the stress response and how to safely self regulate it naturally. But outside of that I was just trying to be open to letting this podcast become what it wanted to be. 

And it has. So I feel like I’m finally ready to give you the official trailer for The Work IN and add some specificity and focus going forward. So here goes.

My name is Ericka Thomas and I’m a refugee from the body brand nation. I hold multiple certifications and specialties and spent almost half of my life in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, group fitness instructor and health coach.

The Work IN is a way for me to share some different perspectives on the wellness industry to help health conscious fit pros get more out of the formats they teach for themselves and the clients they serve by incorporating simple safe self regulation techniques straight out of the trauma informed playbook.

Health coaches, fitness instructors and personal trainers as well as other health conscious educators are in a unique position to be able to make a profound difference in our communities with just a simple change in understanding about the stress response. 

In this podcast you’re going to hear a lot of topics related to dealing with stress. Some of them will be directed to the fit pros and the body brand nation, some will be business oriented with tips and coaching on the wellness industry itself and some will be building a deeper understanding of the nervous system with tools that you can apply immediately whether you’re listening for yourself or hoping to help others.

Either way let’s stay real, open. Curious and kind with each other. And for god sakes stop working out and start working in. 

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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 Today, I'd like to introduce you to Mira Katyal and I am so happy to have her on the program today because I have for a long time been very interested in Ayurveda and ayurvedic medicine. So let me tell you a little bit about Mira. She comes from a family of four doctors of Western medicine. However, it was only when she rediscovered the ancient wisdom of her heritage echoed, time and again through the wise and intuitive, did she start her own personal journey towards health and happiness. 

After narrowly avoiding becoming a doctor as gently encouraged by her father, Mira went ahead and studied psychology. Then she obtained her MBA and worked for two decades in marketing and customer service, but the work never pulled on her heartstrings. After her own journey into alternative healing she found her calling and launched her own company, Mira Om offering education and consultation on healing through emotional distress lifestyle therapy, because the surest way to know you are in or out of balance is through your feelings. Mira says chronic agitated emotions are a sure sign of imbalance, chronic digestive ailments or another, Mira  believes it's time for humanity to re embrace Mother Nature and her gentle but strict wisdom. By aligning mother nature's laws to regain mental and physical balance with the help of Ayurveda, yoga, and yoga therapy, Reiki, lifestyle and diet, we can have better sleep more peace of mind, better digestive power, reduced illness, and a greater ability to seize the moment within our circumstances. 

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Welcome back to The Work IN everyone, today I have a very very special guest, her name is Tricia Nelson. Tricia is an internationally acclaimed author transformational speaker and emotional eating expert, she lost 50 pounds by identifying and healing the underlying causes of her emotional eating. She's spent over 30 years researching the hidden causes of the addictive personality, Tricia is the author of the number one best selling book Heal Your Hunger, Seven simple steps to end emotional eating now. She also certifies health coaches so that they can get better results, referrals and revenue by helping their clients overcome emotional eating. Trisha is the host of the popular podcast the heal your hunger show, and is a highly regarded speaker. She's been featured on NBC, CBS KTLA, Fox and Discovery Health. So let's start our work IN today with Trisha Nelson.

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Liz Pessaran is a Licensed Therapist, Life Coach and Speaker who helps people around the world let go of what they “should” do and embrace what they feel “connected to”. Ultimately thriving in their purpose. She helps folks walk away from their unfilled jobs and lifestyles and step into their dream career and cultivate the life they always desired. With nearly a decade of counseling experience, Liz utilizes her unique skill set to guide women to tap into their deep soul so they can shatter the box of limited belief and embrace their inner magic.  

Liz has a Masters in Counseling Psychology and is trained as a Life Coach with the Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy. You can connect with Liz at her website Lizpessaran.com and Instagram www.instagram.com/lizpessaran.

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Today is the second of a 2  part collaboration between The Work IN and Dear Lovely Universe. In todays episode Kaelin Vu interviews yours truly about using trauma release in connection with yoga to help you get out of your own way and allow the nervous system to heal.
Kaelin shares her inspiring story of self healing from trauma to creating her own lovely universe through coaching others and her podcast.

Kailin specializes in helping women reclaim their power after trauma. She's a life coach podcaster and life enthusiast, her journey to help others began with her own challenges. And as a result of her life experiences, she experienced very low self worth and self confidence. Now she shares the wisdom that she learned along the way of healing herself with others. Her mission with her podcast and life coaching service is to help as many women as possible. Feel unequivocally empowered to be their authentic selves. By connecting with their own self love. Please welcome Kailyn Vu.

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Trigger warning***Please note that this episode contains references to sexual abuse and addiction.*** Please put yourself first.

Today is the first part of a beautiful collaboration between The Work IN and Dear Lovely Universe. In todays episode I'd like to introduce you to Kaelin Vu.

Kaelin shares her inspiring story of self healing from trauma to creating her own lovely universe through coaching others and her podcast.

Kailyn specializes in helping women reclaim their power after trauma. She's a life coach podcaster and life enthusiast, her journey to help others began with her own challenges. And as a result of her life experiences, she experienced very low self worth and self confidence. Now she shares the wisdom that she learned along the way of healing herself with others. Her mission with her podcast and life coaching service is to help as many women as possible. Feel unequivocally empowered to be their authentic selves. By connecting with their own self love. Please welcome Kailyn Vu.

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Melanie is certified EFT therapist with a multi-modal approach and years of practice in healthcare, Melanie takes her knowledge, experience, love, and light and successfully mentors others. She has coached hundreds into a world of self-fulfillment and freedom. She helps clients who feel stuck find ways out of darkness and bondage by incorporating simple, but effective practices that create neural pathways to positivity and happiness. She specialized in difficult challenges including PTSD, addiction, depression, and anxiety. 

Melanie is a best selling author of the book Happy Joyous and Free as well as a sought after inspiration speaker. 

In our Work IN today Melanie and I go deep into EFT emotional freedom technique and how it literally taps into the neuroplasticity of the brain by engaging  and acknowledging the negative thought patterns that keep people stuck.

She explains what a worth grab, and how to use EFT to heal from the physiological effects of stress injury like:

Eating disorders, anxiety, depression, panic attacks, sleep disorders, ptsd and trauma

We talk about becoming a conduit for energy of the nervous system, learning to love crying and getting to the root thoughts that trigger our emotional stress responses.

If you’re exploring natural ways to help you reconnect to safety within your own body I think you’ll find this conversation eye opening. 

Let’s start our work IN with Melanie Yates and EFT tapping.

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Welcome to the work IN. Earlier this year on the podcast we explored the connections between chronic pain and trauma. If you haven’t heard those episodes I highly recommend checking them out. They are episodes  13,15,16,17. Today I’d like to bring you another perspective, an interesting new tool  and introduce you to a pain release expert. 

DEBORA WAYNE is the Founder & CEO of The International Chronic Pain Institute. She is a world-renowned energy healer whose leading-edge, non-drug method, known as HighSpeed Healing™, has VIRTUALLY helped tens of thousands around the world to rapidly release Chronic Pain, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Battles with Weight, Binge-Eating, Chronic Fatigue, Insomnia and other chronic conditions.

A highly sought after speaker, and #1 Bestselling Author of “Why Do I Still Hurt? Debora has earned degrees and certifications in Psychology, Hypnotherapy, & Chemical Dependency Counseling, has 35 + years practicing and teaching Meditation, is a nationally recognized Glass Artist, a former professional Modern Dancer, Certified Yoga Instructor, and leads the Only Practitioner Training worldwide in her proprietary method known as HighSpeedHealing™.    

We had a fascinating conversation that touched on everything from the ancient wisdom of yoga to quantum physics. Who knew that those 2 things could be at all related? We discussed the biofield that extends from each and every one of us and how it connects and affects our own health physically mentally and emotionally. Debora explains what energy healing is and how her process High speed Healing helps people recover from chronic unexplained pain and trauma. And she shares a beautiful demonstration of her work so that you can experience a taste of that healing as well. 

Please enjoy my interview with Debora Wayne.

It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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we are in the middle of our series on the freedom that health and well being can bring into our lives in really practical ways today is part two of my conversation with Paula Davis. And last time we spoke about the wellness fairy tale, her six foundational elements that go along with true well being. And some of those four minute practices that she uses to help women find freedom and effortlessness, and every day, health, and really really practical ways to do that.
Today we're going to shift our focus on that conversation and move a little deeper into one of those six foundational elements, and that is this idea of nourishment, through nutrition, and what is really interesting here and what we talk about and a little bit more detail, is how some of the things that Paula recommends can really open up a lot of freedom in how we think about food how we think about nourishment and some of the really practical things that we can do to make it easier to eat healthier for more freedom in our day, more free time, more freedom from food dogma, And it is a fascinating conversation she has so many great tips, great practical things that you can take away from today's episode and apply right now, today, things that are really really uncomplicated, so I'm super excited to bring you part two of my conversation with Paula Davis, enjoy.

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It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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Welcome back to the Work IN We are in the middle of our series on the freedom that health and well being can bring into our lives in practical ways. Today is part one of a new conversation with my dear friend and colleague Paula Davis. You may remember her from episode 8 where she shared her take on self care as self love. Paula is a movement instructor, business owner with a passion for helping women find real wellbeing they deserve

• I am on a mission to free women from the Wellness Fairytale
• To help them end their toxic, up and down romance with diets, gimmicks, food dogma, prescriptive fitness, and societal body-type norms
• So they can listen to and connect with their own, inner wisdom, nourish their body, mind, and soul
• While also providing women with simple, doable, 4MinutePractices™️ they can customize to meet their specific needs 
• In order to achieve the well being they and ALL women deserve. 

In today's episode Paula explains what that wellness fairytale is, the 6 foundational elements that go into true wellbeing and 4minute practices to find freedom and effortlessness into everyday health in really practical ways.

Please enjoy Part 1 of my conversation with Paula Davis.

It’s time to stop working out and start working IN. You found the Work IN podcast for fit-preneurs and their health conscious clients. This podcast is for resilient wellness professionals who want to expand their professional credibility, shake off stress and thrive in a burnout-proof career with conversations on the fitness industry, movement, nutrition, sleep, mindset, nervous system health, yoga, business  and so much more. 

I’m your host Ericka Thomas. I'm a resilience coach and fit-preneur offering an authentic, actionable realistic approach to personal and professional balance for coaches in any format.

The Work IN is brought to you by savage grace coaching, bringing resilience through movement, action and accountability. Private sessions, small groups and corporate presentations are open now. Visit savagegracecoaching.com to schedule a call and get  all the details.

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