Transform Your Life Podcast

By Angela Hauck & Ashley GrantHealth & Fitness

Transform Your Life Podcast episodes

July 07, 2021Q + A - What is the #1 mindset principle that you would teach a client? + How do you stay motivated when you are a plateau phase?
In today's podcast episode:

Question #1: What is the #1 mindset principle that you would teach a client?
0:50 – What you can use in your life to shift your life to more bliss and less misery
4:45 – How to let go of the need for perfection
12:00 – Entering into life without expectations
Question #2: How do you stay motivated when you are a plateau phase?
15:17 – Fitness plateaus
18:16 – getting “good” at lifting weights
19:38 – the importance of imperfect action
20:07 – embracing the fact that you are a beginner
21:34 – energetic plateaus
22:52 – why do we hit plateaus?
25:00 – reframing plateaus as “check-points”
26:00 – do you WANT to heal? do you want to transform?
26:19 – worthiness and accomplishments
27:53 – raising vibration in every pillar
28:20 – self love and weightloss – Ange’s experience
29:42 – why don’t we give ourselves the same love and consideration we give to our children and their bodies?

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32 min
July 01, 2021 How to Deepen Your Relationships So That They Go Beyond the Surface Level
In this week's podcast episode:
0:21 - The book you need to get to ask deeper questions with your girl pack.
4:12 – How to navigate relationships that we’ve outgrown
4:39 – Relationships and vibration
6:35 – the one thing that bridges high vibration and low vibration relationships
9:42 – how to feel more love for your partner – the kind of love you felt at the beginning
12:30 – how to return to love
15:20 – why do we hang on to certain relationships?
18:18 – If you really knew me you would know that....
23:20 – living life from a place of intuition without conscious “thought”
25:26 – becoming the conduit and getting out of the way of our brains
26:46 – the outpouring of information and energy during a reiki session
27:32 – What scares you the most right now?
36:40 – What are Tiny Cathedrals?
39:14 – one is better than none – remembering that impacting one person is merely enough
40:35 – the difference between ego and truth
42:25 – honouring the end of a relationship
43:18 – What is the most impactful piece from the book
44:07 – how to go deep and establish the boundaries
45:58 – open to receiving the friendships you desire
48:14 – How to manage our partner’s friends who you don’t like
54:00 – hard conversations and remaining open
56 min
June 24, 2021How to Stay on Track, Organized and Productive
In today's episode:
0:26 – what are we using in our lives to stay on track, organized, and productive
1:48 – outsmarting my personality type
3:58 – how to “be someone WHO….”
6:48 – how allocating a specific amount of time increases productivity
7:28 – where am I wasting my time?
7:40 – Ashley’s 2 different laundry systems
14:20 – Ange’s laundry system – no folding required
15:37 – choosing the things that matter and the things that don’t
16:54 – how to do the job in larger quantities – same mess, less time
18:51 – can you create a system that works for you
19:20 – how to keep a tidy house – Ashley’s method
21:47 – how to bring your kids into helping clean the house
22:14 – being in flow
23:58 – where are you spending the time in your day and is it creating the life that you want?
24:41 – the WHY behind what you are doing
27:05 – how the frequency of an activity can be adjusted to increase productivity
28:54 – Ange’s bathing schedule in relation to time and productivity
31:09 – the list of SHOULDS
33:41 – do you need an accountability partner?
37:57 – if you truly want something, there NEEDS to be action
38:46 – the difference between the long distance run and a quick sprint – how to manage what feels long and daunting
39:27 – what if you have A LOT of weight to lose, and it feels like so much time and effort
42:32 – the power of CHUNKING and reframing the process
45:12 – power in the journey and celebrating at checkpoints
46:00 – the destination still requires the work
48:05 – bringing in gratitude and love
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49 min
June 17, 2021Why FUN is so important to include into your life & an End of School Wrap Up
In this week's podcast:
0:15 – what feels fun for you right now?
1:40 – smudge sticks
3:27 – how to prioritize play in your life
5:49 – honouring the inner child
8:00 – becoming more childlike
10:00 – what doesn’t feel fun right now – ONLINE LEARNING (UGH!)
10:34 – is my kid where he/she should be? Am I doing the right thing? Why do I feel guilty ALL the time?
11:15 – letting go and allowing us and our kids to be DONE
14:27 – comparing kids in relation to his peers
16:42 – trust your parenting path – YOU are the expert on you, your kids and your family
17:55 – the anger, the frustration that has bubbled up with online learning
19:52 – the difference between developing resilience and “giving up”
21:40 – feelings around graduation and lack of closure
22:34 – ways COVID has impacted the transition from Kindergarten to Grade One
24:26 – will we ever go back to what it was? Will our kids need to make up for what they’ve lost academically?
26:46 – what is the biggest and best thing you can do for your child academically this summer?
27:52 – making reading part of your routine, and how to bring in strategic choice to make reading appealing to your child(ren)
32:06 – How to use FIRST/ THEN to help you and your kids succeed and set up habits
33:07 – the 5 second rule – it’s NOT what you think it is
39:07 – talking to yourself – conscious vs unconscious self-talk
41:45 – making it real by saying it out loud
42:57 – how to reword affirmations so you can actually BELIEVE them
47 min
June 10, 2021Family, friends, booze and food - Strategies to Navigate the Summer!
In today's podcast episode:
(2:37) Family, friends, booze and food - How do we manage our personal body goals with managing enjoying my social goals?
(3:27) Is it time for a diet break? What even is that!?
(4:11) How to manage peer pressure in social situations
(5:31) What if I DO want that drink, and how do I manage that?
(6:51) Why where you sit matters
(8:00) Looking at and planning for the full day
(8:34) Why loading up on proteins prior to will help manage calories later
(10:08) Ashley’s story with burgers, buns and people pleasing – eating because we feel guilty WTF!?
(12:38) BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE – best options to keep your fitness goals and calorie intake in check
(14:00) What if you absolutely love a certain beverage, but you know it doesn’t fit your “calorie budget?”
(16:29) how to include booze into your macros
(17:26) What is the best wine, the best beer, the best cooler
(22:00) What if I overindulged, and spent more than my calorie budget allows and handling the guilt
(26:16) I’m so hungry… so what?
(27:58) Best foods to bring to support your body goals
(31:23) Preparing for myself the way I prepare for my kids
(31:45) Where’s your giant water jug?
(34:00) What’s this all for?
(38:08) Cost vs benefit - The one key question to ask yourself when making decisions

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40 min
June 03, 2021Job Satisfaction & Workplace Happiness: The 2 most important questions to ask yourself
“Out of every goal human beings want to attain, happiness is usually the greatest.”

In today's podcast episode:
3:06 – Has Covid benefited your work/home balance or upset it?
6:17 – How do I manage all the schedules and still do my job well?
7:00 – The possibility of letting go of the “work” piece, even temporarily
7:44 – How to manage what is showing up emotionally with homeschooling and working from home?
8:18 – The 2 most important questions to consider when reviewing job satisfaction
11:29 – Seeking permission to change what you are doing
12:25 – What am I going to gain by making a shift? What is working and what’s not?
13:40 – Why can’t you pivot?
14:48 – Forgetting for just ONE minute everything and everyone else
15:58 – Bravery and fear – all you need in a few seconds of INTENSE courage!
18:38 – Facing the fear of letting your boss down, friends down, family down and choosing YOU!
19:17 – Splitting your life and joy into thirds and moving in the direction of the A-Zone
21:34 – How to take small courageous steps
21:48 – Re-evaluating what we want and need each month
23:09 – Ashley’s hilarious washing machine conundrum – How she managed with no laundry for over a month!?
26:00 – Looking at a difficult situation from a place of gratitude
27:34 – Do you need to re-approach your situation from a place of bliss vs from ego?
29:38 – What can I control? What can I NOT control?
30:35 – Do you want to shift out of the poor me story?
30:54 – Expansion and contraction – living a life of expansion
32:00 – What expands me? What do I like? What do I want? AND saying no unapologetically when it doesn’t
34:00 - When to contract for the expansion of another person
36:30 – When something is NOT working, it is a beautiful sign from the Universe that change MUST happen

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39 min
May 27, 2021 How to increase your libido
In today's podcast episode:
5:46 normalizing conversations about sex
6:32 suppressing our pleasure
7:06 libido - personal high's and low's
10:42 How to recognize sex is missing
11:40 when sex feels like a "chore"
12:30 when one person wants ‘it’ more
14:52 how to handle loss of libido with body changes, fitness and competing
18:48 releasing the need for a certain response from your partner – you do you
22:10 managing saying sorry and guilt and stepping back
26:05 can you recognize where the libido is at – simply be aware
27:25 the change of the season – going from so much sex, to very little desire
28:35 the difference between men and women and the way they “warm up”
30:35 libido in connection to the pleasure chakra
32:08 how to increase your libido and why you don’t want sex even though you love your partner
33:10 how to increase passion – action pieces
34:13 lighting up YOUR life to increase your libido
35:07 sacral chakra and how it impacts fertility
38:20 fertility, timelines and worry
39:07 why fear makes it difficult
39:26 lessons from the Universe when it comes to resistance and acceptance
41:26 Ange’s story with conceiving
49:40 mindset and pregnancy
51:56 seed cycling to sync your period with the moon (see details below)
58:18 knowledge that gets lost generation to generation and home remedies
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SEED CYCLING: The moon is a powerful force on our planet. The moon also plays a role in our bodies: both the cycle of the moon and the menstrual cycle are 28 days. The natural rhythm of the menstrual cycle aligns itself with the cycles of the moon. Following the pattern of the moon along with seeds and oils supports hormonal balance and can help regulate the menstrual cycle.

Phase 1 (days 1-14): NEW MOON: 1 tbsp ground flaxseeds, 1 tbsp ground pumpkin seeds and 3g fish or flax oil
Day 15: FULL MOON and OVULATION
Phase 2 (days 15-28): 1 tbsp ground sunflower seeds, 1 tbsp ground sesame seeds and 2g evening primrose oil

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1 hr 6 min
May 20, 2021Our Second Q + A
In today's podcast episode:

Question #1: IS INTERMITTENT FASTING JUST TO MANAGE CALORIE INTAKE OR DOES IT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE METABOLISM AND WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY BURNING THOSE CALORIES TO HELP WITH MAINTAINING OR LOSING WEIGHT? (1:20)
1:55 – benefits of intermittent fasting and impact on weight loss goals
3:00 how men and women are impacted differently and why
4:19 – does the body function better because of a fast?
5:55 – issues with studies in nutrition

Question #2: HOW TO APPROACH HEALTHY EATING WITH KIDS. I WANT MY KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS FOODS BUT DON'T WANT TO MAKE SUGARY FOODS OR SWEETS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BAD OR EXTRA SPECIAL, THUS MAKING THEM WANT IT MORE. I WANT THERE TO BE A HEALTHY BALANCE, BUT NOT SURE HOW TO GET ABOUT IT WITHOUT MAKING SOME FOODS SEEM GOOD OR BAD. (8:06)
9:11 What is my job as the parent? What is my kid’s job?
11:23 What are kids seeing us do and the way we speak to our partners
13:20 how do we teach kids about sweets and treats without making it “the forbidden fruit”
14:30 importance of balanced plates and the best wording to use with kids
18:20 Including our kids in the process and having an input
20:30 what if letting your kids pick their food doesn’t work for your family?
21:25 letting go of traditional ideas about meals
23:50 food feelings
26:21 bringing in conversation so that our girls (and boys) can beat the pressure of needing to “be skinny”
25:56 Letting go of the need to fix it
31:30 – how being imperfect with our kids can be helpful
32:15 – A ridiculous story about Ashley being imperfect
34:07 – how are kids mimic our behavior in every single area

Question #3: HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE WEIGH OURSELVES? (8:06)
36:20 what is the purpose of weighing yourself
37:50 – consistency is key and weekly averages
39:58 – what if psychologically I cannot weigh myself every day?
42:07 – can I gain 7 pounds of fat in 2 days?
43:36 – the time is going to pass anyway, do you want to show up?
44:06 – if I can only weigh myself once a week, what is the best day?
45:33 Why should you take pictures – the importance of before and after photos
48:12 weight, body fat percentage and BMI
50:20 comparing the way fat and muscle show up in the body
52:42 – what happens when you work out and the scale isn’t budging
54:40 body weight and mindset

Question #4: WHAT DOES A REIKI TREATMENT LOOK LIKE? (55:02)
56:06 How long of an appointment should I book?
57:45 Do I keep my clothes on? What a session look like?
58:48 How often should I be doing this and when do I rebook?
64:15 will my body release anything it shouldn’t?
65:30 difference in treatments
66:56 How openness impacts a session

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1 hr 8 min
May 13, 2021 Would you rather?
In today's podcast episode:
1.  Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great-grandchildren? (2:45)

2.  Would you rather have more time or more money?(4:15)

3.  Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your life? (7:28)

4.  Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages? (12:21)

5.  Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long?(14:24)

6.  Would you feel worse if no one showed up to your wedding or to your funeral? (17:20)

7.  Would you rather be without internet for a week, or without your phone? (23:48)

8.  Would you rather meet George Washington or the current president? (25:25)

9.  Would you rather lose your vision or your hearing?(25:35)

10.  Would you rather work more hours per day, but fewer days or work fewer hours per day, but more days? (27:16)

11.  Would you rather listen to music from the ’70s or music from today? (28:42)

12.  Would you rather become someone else or just stay you? (28:56)

13.  Would you rather be Batman or Spiderman? (29:09)

14.  Would you rather be stuck on a broken ski lift or in a broken elevator? (30:50)

15.  For your birthday, would you rather receive cash or gifts? (34:04)

16.  Would you rather go to a movie or to dinner alone?(36:10)

17.  Would you rather always say everything on your mind or never speak again? (37:26)

18.  Would you rather make a phone call or send a text?(37:38)

19.  Would you rather read an awesome book or watch a good movie? (40:29)

20.  Would you rather be the most popular person at work or school or the smartest? (42:01)

21.  Would you rather put a stop to war or end world hunger? (42:22)

22.  Would you rather spend the night in a luxury hotel room or camping surrounded by beautiful scenery?(43:30)

23.  Would you rather explore space or the ocean?(49:17)

24.  Would you rather go deep-sea diving or bungee jumping? (51:43)

25.  Would you rather be a kid your whole life or an adult your whole life? (52:03)

26.  Would you rather go on a cruise with friends or with your spouse? (54:13)

27.  Would you rather lose your keys or your cell phone?(56:10)

28.  Would you rather eat a meal of cow tongue or octopus? (56:50)

29.  Would you rather have x-ray vision or magnified hearing? (59:04)

30.  Would you rather work in a group or work alone?(60:08)

31.  Would you rather be stuck on an island alone or with someone who talks incessantly? (60:50)

32.  Would you rather be too hot or too cold? (64:25)

33.  When you’re old, would you rather die before or after your spouse? (65:38)

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1 hr 8 min
May 06, 2021How to Workout from Home with Minimal Equipment, Manage Binge Eating and Get Better Quality Sleep
In today's podcast episode:
(1:15) What is the biggest struggle for clients right now - Ange?
(1:38) How to workout at home with minimal weights and still have effective workouts
(3:08) Creative ways to create resistance
(4:20) How to bring your kids in for cardio
(5:02) How to get creative and be flexible with meal combinations
(6:32) Can you be more gentle with yourself – and release a rigid mindset?
(7:54) How to manage your VICE at the end of the day
(9:08) Emotional eating and grounding yourself
(12:50) How to correct binge eating/ and get present!
(37:46) Keeping your energy in a good place, even amidst the chaos
(40:58) Sleep issues and grounding
(42:07) WHERE you’re sleeping can impact the QUALITY of your sleep – geopathic stress lines
(48:50) How the direction of you head while sleeping impacts your best sleep
(50:03) Getting over the “design” of the room to get more sleep
(51:35) Sleep strategies and sleep supplements
(56:54) Why do we wake up so many times through the night?
(59:50) Ashly’s sleep strategies – sleep meditations and worry time
(62:14) 90 seconds of intense emotion and then return to love
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1 hr 5 min