Uncorked with Funny Wine Girl

This week I'm chatting with Rosalie Allan of Qi with Rosalie about travels that brought her to Israel and back and all across the country. She traveled across America with no real plan other than to enjoy where she was in the moment. She returned home to northeast PA a little over 30 years ago and is enjoying life here now connecting with the community by sharing her qi (energy). Each week Rosalie shares stress-reducing, soul and body-enriching qi gong and tai chi classes in NEPA. Follow Qi with Rosalie on Facebook.I am full of gratitude for my amazing weekly podcast sponsors Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau and Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Lisa is an experienced nurse and credentialed lifestyle medicine practitioner. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website ⁠⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com.⁠⁠Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠⁠⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠.⁠ ⁠Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

When you tell jokes for a living, it's hard not to find the humor in just about any situation. On this week's podcast my guests comedians Missy Hall and Maureen Ferguson understand that cancer isn't funny, but both women have used humor to get through their breast cancer diagnoses and now they're sharing their experiences on stage. They're performing "Breast Intentions" on Oct. 8 at SoulJoels in Pottstown, PA. Get your tickets here.

Breast Intentions brings Missy and Maureen together for a night of comedy, storytelling, and conversation about cancer, the bodies we live in, survival, and everything that comes with it. Laugh, connect, and help us make something good out of the things we never asked for.

Proceeds benefit Still Rise Farms where meals, movement, mindset, and medicine meet.

Still Rise Farms provides retreats, education, and community-centered wellness programs for people navigating cancer, chronic illness, and recovery, helping extend care beyond treatment.

Learn more about Still Rise Farms https://stillrisefarms.com

Remember to get your mammograms. Learn more about breast cancer here.

My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly podcast sponsors who help to make important conversations with women each week possible.Check out my sponsor Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website ⁠⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com.⁠⁠In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠⁠⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠.⁠ ⁠A special shout-out goes to The Dunmore Cemetery Tour taking place on Sunday, Oct. 4 and 11 at 2PM in Dunmore, PA. Learn about history. Be entertained. Follow The Dunmore Cemetery Tour on Facebook. Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

When you think about life in Hawaii, do you imagine sipping a Mai Tai on the beach under a palm tree? That's nice but that's not the whole picture of what it's like to live on the island. Do you ever picture rats and wild boars?

My conversation this week is with NEPA native Rachael Maier who has recently returned to the region after years away living in San Francisco and Hawaii.

She shares the beauty as well as the challenges of living on the Big Island and she tells me about her passion projects that all stem from wanting to live well and share that with others--through fragrance, energy healing and curating a collection of clothing made from natural fabrics.

To learn about Rachael's perfumery, follow @wild.ephemera on Instagram and follow @deepwild.wardrobe to learn about her vintage clothing pop-ups. You can also reach out to Rachael directly for a private tuning session, to book a private (or small group) perfume-making session, or to shop the wardrobe at [email protected].  
Visit her at the Montage Vintage & Thrift show on November 21st. https://discovernepa.com/event/montage-vintage-thrift-2026/ 

And watch for details on her perfume making workshop in November at The Releafery. My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly podcast sponsors who help to make important conversations with women each week possible.Check out my sponsor Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website ⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com.⁠In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠. ⁠Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

This week I'm sharing a bit about the joys of my birthday month, the dangers of the manosphere and the hope and encouragement we can find when we confide in one another. My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly podcast sponsors who help to make important conversations with women each week possible.Check out my sponsor Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Learn about her upcoming 8-week MBSR course and to register, ⁠cl⁠ick here⁠⁠. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website ⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com⁠.In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠. ⁠Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

Mindy Hill, yoga instructor and overall wellness guru, was featured on this podcast in my first year during my Fabulous 50s series. Now she's back in her 60s and feeling even stronger! Mindy talks with me this week about how she's feeling better now than she did 30 years ago, the grief and the joy she's lived through this past year and how she is welcoming a new chapter in her life.

Mindy recommends The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, a 2025 memoir about grief, loss and survival.

Connect with Mindy Hill on Facebook to attend one of her yoga classes in Northeast PA and check out events coming up at The Greenhouse Project at Nay Aug in Scranton where Mindy will be teaching a series of classes. My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly podcast sponsors who help to make important conversations with women each week possible.Check out my sponsor Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Learn about her upcoming 8-week MBSR course and to register, ⁠cl⁠ick here⁠⁠. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website ⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com⁠In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠. ⁠Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

This Virgo is truly in her element. I love September. I also love eating cake. So I am ready to celebrate my birthday month big time!

This week's podcast episode is quite personal to me. Over the course of my father's illness and even after his passing, I found comfort, strength and bonding (with my mom, caregivers, my Dad) through the use of humor. Given that I perform stand-up comedy, I jotted down ideas and typed into my notes app whenever I had an especially funny or humorous moment or observation.

After Dad passed away in May, I wanted to craft new comedy material based on my experiences with Dad's illness and death and perform it with the idea of raising awareness of the importance of talking about death and grief and to spotlight Hospice of the Sacred Heart.

On Monday, August 31, I hosted "Laughing Through Loss," a virtual comedy show that featured my new material and performances by my friends, fellow comedians Gab Bonesso and Mary Rapach. This week's podcast episode features my comedy set from this virtual show. Watch for details in the coming weeks to view the entire show.

Tune in next week to hear my conversation with yoga instructor and all around badass Mindy Hill about wellness and aging.

My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly podcast sponsors who help to make important conversations with women each week possible.

Check out my sponsor Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Learn about her upcoming 8-week MBSR course and to register, ⁠cl⁠ick here⁠⁠. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website ⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com⁠In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠. ⁠Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

Whether it's from a rooftop in Spain or a mountain top in Italy, Lacey Cook is moving with intention. And she's harnessed the power and insight from the lessons she's learned through her cultural experiences and education to help others learn skills to move with intention through their lives.

I hope you'll join us this week by listening in on our fun and energetic conversation about Lacey's time spent living in Croatia, Dubai, Italy and Spain. Learn what lessons she's taken away about humanity and why she's chosen to return to the United States to build a new dream with her partner Ivan.

Explore what Lacey and Ivan offer at Move with Intention by clicking here. If you live in NEPA, check out their upcoming events in Scranton at The Rooftop at Oppenheim on August 31 and at Joy World Wealth Partners on September 9.

My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly podcast sponsors who help to make important conversations with women each week possible.

Check out my sponsor Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Learn about her upcoming 8-week MBSR course and to register, ⁠click here⁠. Learn about Lisa's free monthly virtual meditation and other wellness services at her ⁠website EatBreatheMoveLive.com

In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at ⁠Reinvented Threads.com. ⁠Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know. If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

You might have heard me mention this once or 20 times recently: I am happily celebrating five years of Uncorked with Funny Wine Girl.

In the spirit of celebration and a desire to give back to the community, I've been hosting a few in-person events here in NEPA. Last week I had the pleasure of collaborating with my friend Robert Thomas of Tsunami Self Defense Systems on an event I called Sip and Safety at the Abington Community Library.

Some of the loveliest ladies of this region gathered to learn valuable information, tips and hands-on techniques. What Robert made very clear is the most important thing we can do is to trust our intuition, use our brain power and situational awareness as our first line of defense.

Tune in to hear the live conversation with audience questions and participation from the Sip and Safety event.

To watch the documentary about drink spiking produced by former podcast guest Shirah Benarde that I referenced this week, click here.

If you are in NEPA and could use help with safe housing, crisis intervention, legal advocacy and other services that might be needed to leave an unsafe relationship visit WRC.

A giant 'thank you' goes out to my weekly podcast sponsors: Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn and Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau.

Gabby is a gifted creator who takes existing fabric and creates one-of-a-kind items like bucket hats, bags, arty monster dolls and more. ⁠Visit ⁠Reinvented Threads.com⁠⁠ to learn where you can find Gabby in the coming weeks and be sure to follow Reinvented Threads on Facebook and Instagram to see Gabby's amazing creations. Lisa is a knowledgeable, calming presence who leads mindfulness meditation and offers a host of wellness services that support the pillars of wellness to help people live healthier lives. To learn about her upcoming 8-week mindfulness based stress reduction course and to register, visit ⁠⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com⁠⁠ and sign up for monthly emails. Register by Aug. 26 to save $50.If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please know that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

Imagine being around someone who instantly puts you at ease because of their calm presence. That's how I feel about the woman who is my guest this week. Lisa Rigau is the owner of Healthy Lifestyle Management, a friend, my podcast sponsor, and an experienced and knowledgeable wellness practitioner.

As Lisa prepares to offer her Fall Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, we talk this week about what you can learn from it like awareness of habit patterns, being able to hit the pause button before reacting and making the same choices over and over, and being gentle with ourselves and others as we live a life using the practice of mindfulness. I share why I took Lisa's 8-week mindfulness based stress reduction course in the Spring and what it taught me about myself.

Lisa is a registered nurse, nutrition counselor, and community educator of health, wellness, mindfulness, and nutrition. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Delaware. Lisa received her Master’s degree from Marywood University in Sports Nutrition and Exercise Science. Since 2003, she has been the owner of Healthy Lifestyle Management where she provides private and group nutrition counseling and educates clients on health promotion, disease prevention, mindful eating, mindfulness for stress management and whole foods plant based nutrition. 

To learn more about the upcoming 8-week MBSR course and to register, click here. Register by Aug. 26 to save $50.

Learn about in-person and virtual meditation classes here.

If you're interested in the 4-hour workshop exploring Mindfulness, Mindful Communication, and Mindful Self-Compassion for couples click here.

To learn about Lisa's other services, visit her website here.

In addition to Healthy Lifestyle Management, my other amazing podcast sponsor is Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn. Gabby is incredibly creative and passionate about sustainability. She creates beautiful handmade items from materials she finds at thrift stores, yard sales and what is gifted to her from friends who understand her mission. Check out Gabby's beautiful handbags, hats and more and learn where you can find her vending at Reinvented Threads.com.

Be sure to follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram to stay in the know.

If you would like to help boost this podcast with a $25 anniversary sponsorship "Cheers to Five Years" or learn about podcast sponsorship packages for entrepreneurs and businesses, message [email protected]. Please remember that you can also support the podcast by sharing the show with a friend or foe and by writing a review or clicking on five stars. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.

If you're a fan of comedy, especially stand-up comedy, thisweek's conversation will be music--or should I say laughter-- to your ears.

This week I'm talking with Lynn Harris, founder and CEO of GOLD Comedy, who has dedicated her long career to fusing the power of comedy with creativity, inclusivity, and social change. She says, "I believe that comedy is power, because when you make people laugh, you make people listen."

Harris, who has been performing stand-up since the 90's,shares her thoughts on how it has changed through the years; what topics are too taboo to joke about (if that's even a thing); how powerful comedy and pop culture can be to effect real culture change; and she tells me why Robby Hoffman and Maria Bamford are among some of her favorite comedians.

GOLD Comedy is a comedy school, professional network, andcontent studio where women, non-binary creators, and other “others" build their comedy careers, join a powerful community, and make funny stuff that gets seen on stages and screens.

Give this conversation a listen and if you'd like to exploreyour desire to be funny, check out GOLD Comedy classes and events here.

Use code GOLD10PERCENTOFF for … 10% off!

Check out the upcoming class "Build And Pitch Any Idea with Ryan Cunningham" that begins on September 28. And check out this FREE class GOLD presents 30x30:write 30 jokes in 30 days. Low pressure, high rewards! All levels welcome.

My heart is full of gratitude for my weekly sponsors Reinvented Threads with Gabby Lynn and Healthy Lifestyle Management with Lisa Rigau. Check out the ecofriendly fashion accessories made by the hands of Gabby at ⁠⁠ReinventedThreads.com⁠.⁠ Learn about the health and wellness services Lisa offers to make your life healthier, including a free monthly virtual meditation class, at⁠ ⁠EatBreatheMoveLive.com⁠.⁠ If you would like to be a guest on Uncorked with Funny Wine Girl or you would like to help support the weekly conversations Jeannine hosts on this show, please reach out to [email protected].

Follow Funny Wine Girl Jeannine on Facebook and Instagram and for therapeutic laughter, visit ⁠Laugh to Live⁠ on Facebook.

I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart and the bottom of my wine glass.