Podcast host, Amelia Barnes, unveils the very first episode of the Living Prana Vida podcast with a beautiful conversation between herself and newest Prana Vida team member, Heidi. During the interview, Amelia dives into what sparked her mission to run a sustainable yoga apparel company, and the remarkable evolution of her brand, and life, over the past six years. She shares about the painful experience of losing her firstborn son, Landon, and how finding a deeper connection to the natural world and making a positive impact brought her hope during one of the most painful times of her life. If you are seeking inspiration to turn your grief into grace and your pain into purpose — this episode is for you.  Want to stay in touch? Subscribe to Amelia's emails for weekly healthy and sustainable lifestyle inspiration, as well as PranaVidaStyle.com updates and exclusive offers.  AMELIA'S FREE EBOOKS/RESOURCES:  7 EASY VEGAN CHEESE RECIPES  MINDFUL PARENTING: 5 STRATEGIES THAT WORK  EASY AND CHEAP PLANT MILK RECIPES  DIY BEAUTY RECIPES  IMMUNE-BOOSTING RECIPES  The music for this podcast, Better Late than Never, is written and performed by Katie Matzell.

Turning Pain into Purpose with Amelia Barnes

Are you feeling like you want more meaning and purpose in your life? Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the chaos and challenges you are up against? Then this is the podcast for YOU. In each episode, Amelia Barnes will deep dive into how we can overcome our biggest obstacles, fears and insecurities, and create lives that are truly aligned with our passions and values.

Through personal reflections and intimate conversations with thought leaders, experts, and inspiring souls, Amelia explores what it means to walk in your truth, your love, your joy, and your grief. 

Globally known on Instagram as @ameliakyoga, Amelia is a yoga teacher, environmentalist, wife, mother, founder of eco-friendly clothing brand PranaVidaStyle.com and author of Landon's Legacy - the riveting story of her son's brief, yet powerful, life. If you have been waiting for the inspiration to turn your pain into your purpose and manifest your dreams --- click play.

Some of the topics explored on the podcast are:

- mindfulness, yoga and self growth
- wellness and plant-based nutrition
- living a low waste, minimalist lifestyle
- conscious parenting and relationships
- entrepreneurship, manifestation and finding your purpose
- overcoming loss and hardship
- body image and self-love
- living in the "flow" and in alignment with your values

Kids & Family

Nutrition

Parenting

Health & Fitness

Curious about how to optimize your health through plant-based nutrition? In this episode I interview Dr. Gemma Newman, a specialist in evidence based nutrition and lifestyle medicine with over 15 years experience as a doctor. Some of the topics we dive into are:  Her personal experience discovering plant-based nutrition, and the skepticism and doubts she had when she first heard about it What motivated her to look into the research and what she was surprise to find Low-carb vs plant-based for weight loss/management and long term health The importance of gut health and how to build a healthy gut microbiome Pesticide use and the impact on our health (individual and global) Why pesticides, other environmental toxins and harmful substances become more concentrated in animal products vs plants  What the science shows about plant-based diets for pregnancy, breastfeeding and kids Supplementation - what's recommended and why? Is dairy healthy? Why more and more kids are choosing to abstain from animal products  Instagram: @plantpowereddoctor Website: https://gemmanewman.com/

How to Live a Plant-Powered Life with Gemma Newman, MD

Known as @onedayofwinter on Instagram, a Nicola is a UK blogger and author of Life after Baby Loss: A Companion Guide for Parents. Her candid reflections and insights of her son Winter's life and raising her rainbow baby Raven deeply resonated with me in my loss and parenting journey, and I was honoured to speak with her and hear first hand her story. Whether you've lost someone or know someone who has, there are so many gems in this episode and I hope you enjoy.      Nicola shares about:  her pregnancy with Winter and what it was like loosing him unexpected only a day after he was born the taboos and stigma around baby loss, and what she wished she'd known then What others did or said after Winter died that she appreciated the most how she was able to cope and begin to heal in the years that followed What pregnancy after loss was like, and the challenges of parenting a child after loosing one Buddhism and how her meditation practice helped her find peace, perspective and community Breastfeeding a toddler and reflections on cross-cultural parenting norms Self care: how this changes as a mother and how she finds ways to fit it in throughout her days

When Hello is Goodbye - A Different Kind of Motherhood with Nicola Gaskin

In this episode Amelia shares the arrival of Ava Rosemary, and chats with fellow loss mom and owner of The Enchanted Farm Sanctuary, Robin Birdsong. Robin lost her beautiful little boy, Danny, to SIDS in 2007. She fell into a depression so deep she couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, couldn't function. Her 10 year relationship with her fiancé, Danny's father, fell apart. She lost everything, including the will to live. Then finally one night after months of despair she googled "bereaved mother" to find help. What popped up was totally unexpected, and altered the course of her life completely...  This is a powerful episode and a reminder that our deepest grief can also become our greatest ally and gift. Our suffering can help us become more empathetic and deepen our resolve to help others. Out of the darkest days of our life may come a spark of light that reveals truths that were hidden or we were blind to before. Pain can propel us towards living a life with more meaning and purpose.  Connect with Robin and The Enchanted Farm Sanctuary:  PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/enchantedfarmsanctuary  INSTAGRAM: @enchantedfarmsanctuary  FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/EnchantedFarm/

A Mother's Grief and the Animals Who Saved Her with Robin Birdsong

Amelia interviews Dr Renae Thomas, an Australian-born lifestyle medicine doctor in Loma Linda, California. Loma Linda is one of five extensively researched Blue Zones, which are places in the world where people live longer and healthier than anywhere else on earth. The average lifespan of Loma Linda residents is 10 years longer than the US national average, and they are 10 times more likely to live to 100 than typical Americans. And they aren't just living long either—these people are living into old age while remaining active and healthy, and often without medication or disability.  How is this possible? What role does nutrition play? We talk about this and so much more. Dr Thomas' enthusiasm is truly contagious and uplifting, and you'll finish this episode feeling inspired and amazed at the power we have to transform our own lives.

How the Longest Living (and Liveliest!) People Eat with Renae Thomas, MD

Amelia interviews Jenay Rose (@namastejenay), a Certified Thought-Coach, Transformational Life Coach, 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher, and Mindfulness Expert. Jenay dives deep into how we can find purpose through pain, shift from a scarcity to abundance mindset, balance manifestation and self care with the hustle and grind, and incorporate simple yet transformative rituals into our day-to-day lives.  Connect with Jenay: Instagram: @namastejenay Podcast: Align Your Life Website: www.namastejenay.com Facebook group:  "Namaste Babes Sisterhood"

Turning Pain into Purpose with Amelia Barnes

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