Tune In: Radio for Your Mind, Body & Soul

We just had to have her back for more! This week, Johanna Smith of Harmonious Balance shares some highly practical "Weekly Balancers" with the Tune In audience. Some highlights:

- The virtues & values that moderate us, or bring us back from extremes in thought, behavior or action are our personal gold.

- "Being unfiltered is not a virtue."

- Distraction = instability.

- Mindfulness = focus-training.

- "Justice is balance." (And why this is more important than ever in terms of #PrideMonth & #Juneteenth.)

If balance is the input & harmony is the output, what are you inputting to create more balance (or PEACE) in your life? Tune in to find out more!

#tuneinmindfulradio #moodtools #mindfully #centeringthoughts #justiceisbalance #FindYourCenter #balance #balancedlifestyle || Follow her on Substack at https://open.substack.com/pub/harmoniousbalance?r=18otdt&utm_medium=ios OR connect directly & learn more at her website: http://www.HarmoniousBalanceJS.com || Support/connect with our show & host: http://buildbetterhumans.Substack.com ; http://www.workmood.Substack.com ; http://www.CoachKiki.com || Support our host station at http://www.WVLP.org

Did you know:

Fashion psychology is so much more than how colors make us feel ...?

This week, we welcome back Gregory Jerome, Fashion Psychologist & all-around #style guy, to teach us:

- How does #fashion impact human development?

- What does individual fashion have to do with employer #branding?

- Why & how is perception always 3-fold? (A: It's how we see ourselves, how we see others + how the world sees us!)

We also learn about Gregory's new book, available on Amazon (check the comments for the link!): Engaging Speakers: Voices of Hope.

Our final takeaway: When authenticity means connecting the dots for everyone, you CAN BE ULTRA-MAGNETIC! || Connect with Gregory Jerome on LinkedIn or Instagram @gregoryjerome or online https://www.gregoryjeromeimageconsulting.com … find his book at https://www.theGregoryJerome.com/store-1/p/engaging-speakers-voices-of-hope-limited-edition || Support/connect with our show & host: http://buildbetterhumans.Substack.com ; http://www.workmood.Substack.com ; http://www.CoachKiki.com || Support our host station at http://www.WVLP.org

Listen now to learn all the great new content offerings that are coming throughout the rest of this year. Also, WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Reach out: Use the links that follow or answer our question on Spotify to start a conversation. See you later, meditators! || Relevant links: http://buildbetterhumans.Substack.com ; http://www.workmood.Substack.com ; http://www.CoachKiki.com || Support our host station at http://www.WVLP.org

Feelings can SUCK. The way we respond to them can be all over the map. But is there even a roadmap when it comes to our feelings? … There may not be a fully comprehensive roadmap, but there are certainly experts & researchers charting the way—AND there *is* an X marking the spot, “You are here,” wherever you may be in any given moment. Today, host Kealah Parkinson shares from the forthcoming book 365 Days of Mood Tools with passages about every mood under the sun (almost) + centering thoughts to ground you in the now. || Relevant links: http://buildbetterhumans.Substack.com ; http://www.workmood.Substack.com ; http://www.CoachKiki.com || Relevant links on emotions: https://atlasofemotions.org/ ; https://marcbrackett.com/ ; https://www.amazon.com/Mindful-Way-Through-Depression-Unhappiness/dp/1593851286?dplnkId=e2e690f2-ed9a-4918-ad46-2d92dd173c8f&nodl=1 || Support our host station at http://www.WVLP.org

Here’s another Sunday evening Centering Thought just for you.

She’s back! 🙌

Johanna Smith of Harmonious Balance returns to Tune In to further our conversation on the 4 valences of a balanced life. What are they & how can YOU achieve them in your own life?

#speakyourtruth #tuneinmindfulradio #listenandlearn || Follow her on Substack at https://open.substack.com/pub/harmoniousbalance?r=18otdt&utm_medium=ios OR connect directly & learn more at her website: http://www.HarmoniousBalanceJS.com || Support the show: http://www.WVLP.org or http://Facebook.Com/tuneinmindfulradio || Learn more about your host: https://snipfeed.co/kealahparkinson

That tightness in your arm or leg that just won't go away ...?

You may have been living with it inexplicably for 3+ years before you finally see a medical professional who gets it ... & tells you that you have something called #lymphedema. Dr. Amira Mohammed has seen it enough times that she's doing something about it:

Tune in to this episode to hear our conversation with Dr. Mohammed about how her Merrillville, Ind. clinic, Lymphira, Inc., is helping NWI residents to identify symptoms faster & get the resources & help they need to manage & treat lymphedema — & to live life fully.

Mother to 5 boys, physical therapist & non-profit organizer, Dr. Mohammed talks to us about health, wellness, the treasures we all have within, & even sings to us as she shares her spirit-centered hobby of Hindustani classical music performance. You do not want to miss this interview!

#tuneinmindfulradio #TuneIn #speakyourtruth #listenandlearn || Connect with Dr. Mohammed & her clinic: https://www.lymphirainc.org/ or via our fan page: https://Facebook.com/tuneinmindfulradio. || Support the show: http://www.WVLP.org || Learn more about your host: https://snipfeed.co/kealahparkinson

What do scholarships, STEM classes, life skills training, therapy & after-school activities have to do with reducing gun violence?

Our guest Aaliyah Stewart—a two-time survivor of #siblingloss to #gunviolence & the founder of I Am Them, a foundation that's bringing #awareness to these critical issues—tells us exactly why these resources are important & necessary in #northwestindiana & around the U.S.

Learn about the upcoming groundbreaking ceremony this month for the foundation's new Hope Youth Center & how you can support it or utilize its resources.

Connect with & follow Aaliyah & her team on Instagram @hope_asw or here on our fan page: https://Facebook.com/tuneinmindfulradio. || Support the show: http://www.WVLP.org || Learn more about your host: https://snipfeed.co/kealahparkinson

This week wraps up #MinorityHealthMonth. On the heels of #maternalhealthweek, this talk with Gloria shines an important spotlight on community resources in the Greater Chicagloand area & touches on also-important topics, like:

- the social determinants of health (housing, poverty & schools to name a few)

- the disproportionate statistics of #MaternalMortality facing African-American women in the U.S.

- 6 key prompts for having a real conversation with women in need to be sure healthcare needs are truly being met by caregivers, health team members & community & family advocates (safety, trust & transparency, peer support, collaboration & mutuality, empowerment, culturally appropriateness) + what these mean & look like in action

- how YOU can help, wherever you fall on this issue

You'll also learn just what a #communitybabyshower is & how/where you or those you love can attend.

What are the needs that aren't being met in your community? How can you "Hear Her"? Listen now. || Tune in! || Connect directly with Gloria Wright & Visions of Wellness + find more info on resources & events—like the September Community Baby Shower hosted by March of Dimes & the forthcoming postpartum wellness program—at https://www.VisionsOfWellness.net || Support the show: http://www.WVLP.org or http://Facebook.Com/tuneinmindfulradio || Learn more about your host: https://snipfeed.co/kealahparkinson

Since April 3, 2014, Jake Monhaut has been going to meetings ... *those* meetings: the ones you see depicted in the movies as dramatic moments, crestfallen post-climax or even in comedies as paradise of despair.

But in these meetings is real-life despair ... & hope.

As the Executive Director of Portage Recovery Association, or PRA, Jake is taking his own experience, strength & hope—& that of fellow recovery members in his 12-Step community—to bring more hope, peace & recovery to the greater Northwest Indiana community. The examples of the people & the program can be used by all.

Tune In had the privilege of sitting down with Jake on his 10-year clean date & hearing some of his story. His hope today comes from community more than ever before as PRA is about to celebrate a big birthday of its own: 31 years of bringing 12-Step members from multiple programs together for sober social life. And here's what's on the upcoming calendar:

PRA Bday ice cream bar - Saturday, April 27 / Community NARCAN training - Tuesday, April 30

Monthly yoga

Women's nights every 1st & 3rd Wednesday

Sports tournaments

Ongoing trivia games

The Next Chapter Cafe dry bar, open daily || Tune in! || Connect directly with PRA & stay up to date at their YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@PortageRecoveryPodcast?si=uJw-41wLlHNgN7od … or Facebook group page: https://www.Facebook.Com/groups/872580057771901 || Support the show: http://www.WVLP.org or http://Facebook.Com/tuneinmindfulradio || Learn more about your host: https://snipfeed.co/kealahparkinson