Transform Your Life Podcast

By Angela Hauck & Ashley GrantHealth & Fitness

Transform Your Life Podcast episodes

April 29, 2021Strategies for Working, Teaching + Parenting at Home During A Pandemic
In today's podcast episode:
Our true feelings around lockdown 3.0 (0:24)
Online schooling – teaching and momming – what Ashley and ange are each doing in their households (1:39)
How do you be productive as a parent during online learning? (7:39)
The balance of working from home and the mom guilt (8:13
How we tap into the energy of the collective – keeping our own energy and staying in bliss (10:44)
How do we move forward and cope? The importance of awareness of our own energy (12:52)
How to choose the tools that make you feel like you can handle the stress of it all (19:20)
The difficulties of ultimatums (28:40)
Why do we need this level of control from our government? (29:45)
Is THIS actually working? Division, lockdown, and variants (32:15)
Letting go of the need for others s to agree with us (35:40)
Sitting in the quiet with compassion rather than falling into ego (41:00
Key action points in our lives on how we are managing (47:13)
Cosmic Kids Yoga and other great tools for supporting kids during lockdown (49:20)
Letting go of online schooling if you need to (53:08)
Stepping into our kids/ feelings and how family meetings can be helpful (59:45)
Can you find one thing that brings your family together (63:43)
“what are you grateful for” before meals (64:24)
Using the High, low, buffalo strategy (65:17)
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1 hr 6 min
April 22, 2021Spring Cleaning: How to De-Clutter and Purge What No Longer Brings You Joy
"Your home is your sanctuary – it houses your spark-joy objects and supports you by keeping you safe. Dedicating time to express gratitude for your home is a powerful act that will heighten your sensitivity to joy and remove energy and objects that no longer serve you."

In this week's episode, we talk about power outfits, spring cleaning and how to de-clutter and purge what no longer brings you joy.

In today's podcast episode:
Vibration and Power Outfits (0:18)
Ange’s power outfit (1:00)
What makes a power outfit? (3:07)
How clothes represent what we are feeling (4:20)
How we get in our heads about “mom” clothes (5:19)
What to do with clothes gifted to you that you don’t LOVE (8:48)
Why is it hard to let go of clothes we have bought and how to release the guilt of letting them go (10:00)
Having things just to “have things” - what to do with collectables from childhood (12:48)
Ange’s tip on seeing what clothes you DO and DON’T wear (16:30)
Letting go of baby clothes (17:30)
Ashley’s tip for donating clothes and letting go of sentimental attachments (19:20)
How to Spring clean your kids’ toys (22:10)
How space in our environment creates calm (27:08)
Why routine and clarity reduces anxiety in kids (26:48)
The invitation to set our kids up for success (31:11)
How structure allows our kids to be flexible (32:30)
Being rigid vs being consistent (33:20)
How to get your kids to talk about what they did at school (35:11)
Key action item to begin Spring cleaning (43:20)
How to tackle cleaning systematically – two approaches (47:22)
The more you purge, the MORE you purge (52:10)
What to do with lotions and hair products (52:30)
Making a deal with yourself (54:34)
What does your home and space say about you (55:09)
Then and now – how Ange went to messy to tidy (59:00)
Seasons of life and having compassion for yourself wherever you are (65:57)
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1 hr 8 min
April 15, 2021All About Intermittent Fasting
In this week's episode, we talk all about intermittent fasting.
Intro to INTERMITTENT FASTING (0:40)
What the heck even is intermittent fasting? (1:25)
Ange’s story with disordered eating, obsessing, and finding intuitive eating (3:40)
How intermittent fasting and intuitive eating go hand in hand (10:20)
Calling all evening eaters…(11:36)
Could you try something different? Which hard are you willing to endure? (14:30)
What can I have during my fast – Coffee? Water? Juice? (16:17)
Ashley’s crazy, ugly, dieting journey (19:22)
Pregnancy and intuitive eating – cravings and aversions (25:47)
Ashley’s fear of dieting and working out (29:50)
How to let go of the shame and guilt connected to eating (31:58)
Releasing the shame and guilt of eating what you want so you can get where you want to go (32:30)
Why food makes us feel good? (36:25)
How can I create joy with my eating? (39:05)
How Intermittent fasting impacts the chakras (40:57)
Longer period fasting (46:50)
Fasting to be in creative flow (50:27)
Typical day of fasting for Ange (52:47)
Typical day of fasting for Ashley (56:44)
Why rice Cakes are amazing!!! (60:00)
Volume eating (62:40)
Ange’s trick for eating ice cream and other delicious things (64:12)
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1 hr 5 min
April 08, 2021Our First Q + A
Question #1: HOW TO BALANCE MY GOAL OF LIFTING HEAVY AS WELL AS MY GOAL OF GETTING LEANER? (2:00)
Option #1 Chase one goal at a time (3:37)
Option #2 Chase both goals, but split the days to lift day, and deficit days (4:58)
What is the best way to calculate maintenance calories? (7:22)
How to not obsess about the number on the scale? (12:24)
Ange’s first fat-loss phase since Sully’s birth (20:00)
Why taking a dieting break results in greatest fat loss (22:43)
Starting in a place of self-love (23:50)
The life-long weight loss plan vs short term (26:27)
Including the mental health aspect into dieting (27:50)
How to work in what you need and want into a diet that works for you 28:36

Question #2: HOW DO I NOT BE A CONTROL FREAK? HOW DO I STOP MICROMANAGING? (29:05)
How do I not micromanage when I do take the lead?
What can I control? What can’t I control? (30:44)
How to release the fear of not having approval from others (32:02)
Clearly communicating expectations (35:30)
Micromanaging certain things that MATTER to you (36:40)
Putting yourself in charge of the BIG things that make a big difference to me – the big rocks (38:10)
How to have compassion and allow others to do it their own way (40:00)
Ashley and Ange’s experience with tacos (41:09)
Forgiving quickly, loving hard, having honest communication – not taking on the guilt (43:30)
Not allowing an entire milestone or moment to be ruined because of a mistake (44:54)

Question #3: HOW TO BALANCE FAMILY TIME AND FITNESS GOALS (and goals in general) (46:19)
Why do we feel guilty when we put our own needs first? (47:02)
How to make appointments for yourself and sticking to it (48:12)
Does balance even exist? (48:56)
Looking at the season of life and what is realistic for me? (49:30)
How to allow kids to coexist within the “workout” (50:02)
Massaging the timeline of our goals (50:56)
Fighting for what you need (52:12)
Ashley’s back-up days – a flexible approach to working out (52:52)
Making the uncomfortable shifts (55:07)
What is your number one priority? (56:34)
Giving what you have (57:13)
Why consistency is so important (58:33)
Chunking workouts as a strategy for busy moms (59:48)

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1 hr
April 01, 2021Recharging Your Soul + How to Set Boundaries
In this week's episode, we talk about recharging your soul and how to set boundaries.
In today's podcast episode:
How sunshine can recharge your soul (4:20)
What lights you up right now – Ashley (5:04)
What lights you up right now – Ange (6:34)
How to find the recharge within you (6:50)
What is the difference between internal recharge and external recharge? (8:27)
Are you relying on impermanent things to fill your soul? (10:32)
What people do you feel completely safe and open with? (12:00)
Who, What, Where and When is your soul lit up (13:15)
When, during the day do you feel most alive? (19:10)
Is every single person meant to be changing the world? (21:35)
Can I still feel lit up and do something I don’t like? (25:22)
What to do if your soul is NOT on fire (26:30)
How to create boundaries (29:05)
When to create a boundary and how to deal with the push back (29:56)
Ashley’s experience with boundary setting and facing the challenges of that (31:45)
How to have difficult conversations with boundary setting – the importance of knowing what lights you up and WHY (36:10)
Ange’s experience with creating work boundaries (39:34)
How boundaries allow us to meet others’ expectations and eventually create comfort (43:35)
Ripping off the band aid and just DOING it – the messiness, discomfort and ever-changing aspects of boundaries
What to do when you have breached someone else’s boundaries (48:06)
How to not take someone else’s boundaries personally (51:00)
Why boundaries and transition times are important for kids (52:35)
How to have courage when setting boundaries (55:36)
How to overcome the inner battle of “picking up the slack” (56:31)
We teach people how to treat us (59:30)
Why teaching kids to create clear boundaries for themselves is impactful (60:40)
1 hr 2 min
March 25, 2021Core Desires, Confidence, Parenting & Communication
In this week's episode, we talk about core desires, confidence, parenting and communication.
In today's podcast episode:
Confidence and sex (1:43)
How to get your sex life back after having kids (4:44)
How to initiate and set yourself up for success (6:20)
Why you need to discover and communicate your desires – knowing what feels right (10:42)
How to advocate for what you do what (11:34)
Releasing the people pleaser in you (13:05)
Are you codependent? (20:14)
How to feel enough, even when life isn’t perfect (24:09)
Resiliency and kids (27:24)
Navigating what your kids WANT and still preparing them for the world (34:10)
Differences in parenting based on birth order (37:22)
How to parent our children to NOT be people pleasers, but confident and powerful (41:44)
Why is it important to view our kids as tiny humans, and the importance of transition time (44:57)
How to honour the “BIG” things for our kids (50:24)
Why we need to be okay being ALL of it (57:00)
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57 min
March 18, 2021Mindset, Vulnerability & Healing - How to Take Inventory On Your Life
In this week's episode, we go deep into mindset work, making a shift, vulnerability & healing.
In today's podcast episode:
Connection and BIG questions (1:00)
Digging in deep to feel the light and the darkness (3:25)
The importance of taking inventory so you can shift (5:11)
What are the 4 pillars of health and the impact of over focusing on one (6:30)
Compartmentalizing – when it is good, and when it is bad (13:20)
Ange’s and Ashley’s experiences of crumbling pillars (14:45)
Power of being vulnerable and opening up (17:13)
Inviting healing in (19:07)
How to take inventory of your life (20:15)
Getting very clear on what you want life to look like (29:58)
Where am I? Where do I WANT to be? – intuitively checking in (32:26)
Being open to exploring different options (34:43)
Ange’s healing through reiki, and Ashley’s journey with fitness (35:14)
Why “Momming” makes it hard to let go of control and lean in to trust (38:48)
How to make decisions – what do I want MOST? (42:05)
Setting the goals and doing the work (43:37)
Self advocacy and taking responsibility (44:12)
I pick me being my best (45:46)
Releasing other people’s energy - What is cord cutting and how to do it (46:23)
Choosing HOW I show up energetically and impact others (52:22)
What is the difference between pleasure and bliss & instant vs delayed gratification (54:40)
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1 hr 2 min
March 11, 2021It's a Soulmateship
*TRIGGER WARNING* - This podcast episode mentions sexual abuse around 35 minutes.
For our very first episode of our brand new show, we're taking it back to the VERY beginning of when we first met!
In today's podcast episode:
How Ashley & Ange crossed paths (0:01)
Being TOO much for other people to handle (2:16)
Ashley's experience with anxiety (3:18)
How to increase your vibration & move up CONSCIOUSLY (4:00)
Choosing joy & embracing catastrophe (6:00)
How to let go of what no longer serves you, even when you don't know the next step (7:24)
Clearing the inner space (9:37)
How to take risks even when you're afraid to fail (11:20)
Ange calls Ashley out for playing too small (13:30)
Why you need to take radical responsibility (18:09)
Ashley's physical transformation - candida + weight loss (19:17)
Food and shame (24:57)
Why you need to work with someone you trust (29:07)
The revolutionary impact of reiki on Ange (31:00)
Conditional vs. unconditional love (40:52)
Why you shouldn't be waiting for happiness (43:00)
What are the 4 pillars of health (44:54)
Saying farewell to the all or nothing mindset (46:32)
Transformation is possible, but it is messy (51:52)
Funny mom thoughts & the crazy kid moments (56:14)
NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY
www.angelahauck.com
www.soulpurposereiki.com
1 hr
September 12, 20190087 - Interview with GILLIAN MANDICH: Scientific ways to INCREASE YOUR HAPPINESS
Dr. Gillian Mandich has a PhD from Western University in Health Science, and her primary areas of research are happiness and health. She is the founder of The International Happiness Institute of Health Science Research, a top-rated keynote and TEDx speaker, appears regularly as the resident Happiness Expert on The Social and Breakfast Television, and writes for numerous print and online media.
In today's podcast episode:
Why is happiness important?
How to increase happiness, based on the scientific research
World’s happiest countries… What are they and what can we learn from them?
How to maximize your happiness in colder climates
Tips to create your "best life"
You can connect with Dr. Gillian through her website http://www.gillianmandich.com/
INSTAGRAM: @gillianmandich
51 min
September 06, 2019 0086 - HOW TO CONQUER YOUR CRAVINGS
What's the secret to winning the cravings game?
It's not about eliminating your cravings altogether or about building your willpower.
In today's solo episode, Ange teaches you how to understand why, where & when they occur so that you can create a plan of action to conquer your cravings.

34 min