Very Happy Stories

Is your coping mechanism for a rough day a bad habit? Liza’s guest, Christie Cuthbert, made the decision to stop drinking wine for one entire year after the stress of 2020 turned her love of wine into a routine and bad habit. Can you relate? Christie Cuthbert is an author and mom of four boys, including triplets. As the demands of parenting increase, some of us turn to bad habits to cope. Breaking our routine of bad habits requires a thoughtful plan so Christie suggests having a support system to have your back, as well as committing to a hard stop. Releasing bad habits is part of the journey towards personal empowerment. Listen and learn how this mom is using an entire year to let go of her bad habit in order to re-establish her love of wine.

About today’s guest:

Christie Cutbert is an author and mom of four boys, including triplets. In 2020 she published "Mom! I Farted in Church" One Type A Mama's Journey Learning to Laugh and Let Go, and in 2021 she published a children's book, "The Mischief Makers."

Prior to writing books she was a journalist for 18 years, writing for multiple publications including Today Show Parenting Team, Scary Mommy, San Antonio Woman's Magazine and more. You can find out more about her and her books at www.christiecuthbert.com, or follow along on Instagram @christiecuthbert

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Some people devote their lives to living healthy. That was the case for Liza’s guest, Deborah Herlax Enos. Deborah is a certified nutritionist and has been in the healthcare industry for over 30 years, so she was the last person you’d expect to be diagnosed with breast cancer.

Through Deborah’s journey, Liza served as her cancer mentor and the two reflect on how the experience changes women and what Deborah is most grateful for today. First, she stopped being a lifelong people-pleaser and discusses the distinction between being a peacekeeper and a peacemaker. A peacemaker can sometimes ruffle feathers, but comes from a place of empowerment and also stems from love. Moreover, Deborah re-learned how to authentically love herself, instead of loving the idea of what people think of her. You do not need a cancer diagnosis to self-heal and find self-love. Listen to this episode and start your own transformational journey of self-healing today

About today’s guest, Deborah Herlax Enos, CN.

Deborah is a certified nutritionist, nationally known healthy living expert, and health coach for high-performance executives.

Deborah is a regular on Q13 FOX News, NBC, and CBS and is The One Minute Wellness Coach for The Doctors TV Show.

She's designed health coaching programs for executives and employees at Costco Wholesale, Caterpillar, Boeing, Amazon, and Waste Connections.

She designs programs knowing that busy executives and entrepreneurs usually put their health and wellness at the bottom of their list. Her programs are designed to help them overcome health obstacles in an expeditated way.

She assists her clients in changing their mindset to level up their health, all while creating practical, healthy habits that will last a lifetime.

Deborah holds a bachelor's degree in Health Science with special study and university certification in Exercise Science. She also has additional certifications from American Health Science University as a certified nutritionist and has a double certification from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Deborah lives in Sammamish, WA, with her husband.

Fun Fact: Deborah was the health coach for the rock band Metallica. 

FB: @DebsHealthCoachKitchen

Twitter: @DebsHealthKitch

Instagram: @debshealthcoachkitchen

www.DeborahEnos.com

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In this episode, Liza interviews Dr. Bill Rawls, a leading expert in Lyme disease, integrative health, and herbal medicine. In the middle of his successful medical career, Dr. Rawls’ life was interrupted by Lyme disease. As he struggled to overcome it, he explored nearly every treatment possible – from conventional medicine to a range of alternative therapies. Learn why Lyme is more complex than just getting bit by a tick and discover how Illness goes back to gut balance and gut microbes. Healing involves cultivating a healthy gut and healthy cells in the body. Listen to this episode to find out how you can restore your own body and heal.

About Dr. Bill Rawls:

Bill Rawls is an OB-GYN and leading expert in Lyme disease, integrative health, and herbal medicine. In the middle of his successful medical career, Dr. Rawls’ life was interrupted by Lyme disease.

As he struggled to overcome it, he explored nearly every treatment possible – from conventional medicine to a range of alternative therapies. In the process, Dr. Rawls discovered a dearth of knowledge about Lyme disease in the medical community, and a shocking amount of controversy and confusion around causes, diagnosis, and treatment that left thousands of patients confused, unsupported, and chronically ill.

An avid reader and lifelong student, Dr. Rawls studied all of the research available on Lyme disease and put everything he learned into practice in his own life. Ultimately, it was a combination of diet, lifestyle, and herbal therapy that resulted in his recovery.

In the more than 10 years since Dr. Rawls has helped thousands of patients find their path to healing from Lyme disease and chronic illness. He is the author of the best-selling book Unlocking Lyme, and the Medical Director of RawlsMD.com and Vital Plan, an online holistic health company and Certified B Corporation®.

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Celebrating Lyme Awareness Month:

Liza is donating all proceeds from her “Gratitude Hats” to the LymeLight Foundation to support Lyme Awareness Month. Grab your hat and grab a few for your friends who inspire you most.

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Do we have a false sense of what happiness is? The world is full of people seeking happiness. But what makes us happy enough? How do we determine what will make us happy and fulfilled? In this episode, Liza unpacks these questions with Aleta Norris, best-selling author of “Women Who Spark.” Aleta spent almost twenty years as a single-mom busy professional, and she cracked a code along the way. The code for happiness, confidence and purpose. Listen to this episode as Aleta introduces us to a formula for showing up in our lives with happiness and confidence, regardless of what other women around us are doing, and in spite of any of our own setbacks along the way. Start being accountable for your own happiness by listening to this inspirational conversation kick-starter.

LAST CHANCE to sign up for Aleta’s Summit, the 2021 Women Who Spark After 50 Virtual Summit.  

Liza Blas is speaking at this inspiration-packed virtual summit with 30 other amazing women to help REIGNITE your life! This virtual summit takes place May 3rd through May 7. Drop in for the sessions that YOU want to enjoy. Liza’s session will be focused on Breaking the Cycle of Self-Sacrifice on Monday, May 3rd. 

About Today’s Guest:

Aleta Norris, best-selling author of “Women Who Spark”, loves helping women live their best lives, in spite of the daily overwhelming challenges and uncertainties. Inspired by her own experience as a single mother and busy professional for nearly two decades, Aleta will show you how to create a life you love.

Aleta is especially passionate about helping mid-life women lean into their amazing future selves with commitments to day-to-day extraordinary decisions, goals and habits, designed to help them live a long life of happiness, confidence and purpose. 

As a certified Life Purpose® coach, she has been supporting and coaching women for nearly 20 years. She is also the co-founder of Living As A Leader, a national leadership training, coaching and consulting firm. 

Connect with Aleta Norris in any of these places: 

Women Who Spark

www.aletanorris.com

Media Page

https://aletanorris.com/about/media/

Facebook Community: Women Who Spark Tribe

https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenWhoSpark

Women Who Spark Foundation

www.womenwhosparkfoundation.com

Instagram

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Do you ever question the health of your child? Maybe something is just not right, but you aren’t getting the answers you need. Today’s guest is Maria Rickert Hong, former Wall Street analyst turned Certified Holistic Health Counselor and author of the bestselling book Almost Autism, Recovering Children from Sensory Processing Disorder. Maria’s story centers around the chronic conditions of her two sons and how she was able to heal them and help them recover from what we refer to as “epidemic illnesses” affecting kids today (ASD, sensory processing, allergies, asthma, ADHD, anxiety, emotional dysregulation). Maria’s story highlights taking your power back and empowering yourself in a journey that can be full of medical frustration and confusion. Listen to this episode for a recovery plan and answers in healing your own family.

Liza Blas is speaking at this inspiration-packed virtual summit with 30 other amazing women to help REIGNITE your life! This virtual summit takes place May 3rd through May 7. Drop in for the sessions that YOU want to enjoy. Liza’s session will be focused on Breaking the Cycle of Self-Sacrifice on Monday, May 3rd. 

Maria Rickert Hong is a former Wall Street sell-side equity research analyst who is now a Certified Holistic Health Counselor. She is the author of the bestselling book Almost Autism: Recovering Children from Sensory Processing Disorder and the co-author of Brain Under Attack: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers of Children with PANS, PANDAS, and Autoimmune Encephalitis. Maria is the Education and Media Director for Epidemic Answers, the 501(c)3 sponsoring non-profit of The Documenting Hope Project. She can be reached at www.MariaRickertHong.com

Learn more about Epidemic Answers:

https://epidemicanswers.org/

https://documentinghope.com/

https://www.mariarickerthong.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Autism-Recovering-Processing-Practitioners/dp/0990904105

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Do you ever wish life could flow seamlessly and not be so hard? In this episode, Liza invites spiritual practitioner, Beth Gordon, to share her story of empowerment and how she overcame anxiety. The beauty of Beth’s story is, it revolves around a very relatable moment of stress and feeling paralyzed by fear. While transporting her ill father across the country, she experienced “the flow” of ease and infinite possibilities by simply getting present. When we are stuck in fear and anxiety, we actually wall off this natural flow, which is always here to support us. Panic and stress cut off our easy access to life. To experience this natural flow of ease, we first need to be open and hold the awareness to stay present. Listen to Beth’s story and start igniting your own natural flow of infinite possibilities.  

Liza Blas is speaking at this inspiration-packed virtual summit with 30 other amazing women to help REIGNITE your life! This virtual summit takes place from May 3rd through May 7. Drop-in for the sessions that YOU want to enjoy. Liza’s session will be focused on Breaking the Cycle of Self-Sacrifice on Monday, May 3rd. Registration is free. 

Connect with today’s guest Beth Gordon. Beth is a spiritual practitioner and the founder of Bella Mind Body Spirit. You can also reach her at 630-834-0581.

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In this episode, Liza interviews Ife Thomas, motivational speaker and the author of “Powerlift Your Career: Everything You Need To Succeed.” Ife is also a mental health advocate and founder of MindWorkOut, a company helping to improve wellbeing. Ife also happens to be autistic, just like her son.

Growing up, Ife always knew she had sensory processing disorders, but she never let them hold her back. In fact, her hyper fixations later became her greatest superpower, and she was able to leverage her fixations by creating methodical rituals – intentional routines centered around goal setting, gratitude, and self-love which transformed this once shy introvert into the confidence queen and successful entrepreneur you see today.

Ife’s story speaks to neurodiversity, autism, gratitude, and confidence! What is Ife most grateful for? The unconditional love and encouragement from her adoptive parents. Listen to this episode as she brings her superpower to the forefront of her life and she will inspire you to do the same.

Connect with today’s guest Ife Thomas at www.mindworkout.co.uk and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ifethomas

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Have you ever questioned your own happiness and wondered, “How the heck is everyone else so dang happy?” If so, you are not alone. Today’s guest is Penny Williams, founder of ParentingADHDandAutism.com, host of the Parenting ADHD Podcast, and award-winning author of four books on parenting kids with ADHD, including Boy Without Instructions.

For a long time, Penny believed she was not destined to be happy. She believed “happy people” just had something she didn’t have. So, she began a very intentional journey of learning what makes people happy, where she stumbled on the power of practicing neutrality. She went on to actively transform her victim mindset into a survivor mindset! And all that “hippy dippy” talk of gratitude, positivity, choice and hope – well there is something to it in fostering happiness.

Listen to this honest and warm conversation between two moms who have both struggled in raising neurodivergent children (ADD, ADHD, ASD) and reshaped their mindset to become authentically happy.

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In this episode, Liza is getting back to basics with Crystal Waltman – athlete, speaker, and the author of “Quitting to Win,” the number one health book of the year. Crystal shares her story of how she overcame a serious disease – alcoholism. Once sober, she needed to learn how to feel and process all of her feelings so she could be the mother she wanted to be and the successful public figure she is today. Crystal reveals her six basic factors for managing her wellness and processing emotions successfully because even nervous energy can be good if it is channeled in the right way. Learn her “faith over fear” mindset and start living like the most empowered version of yourself. Friends, it all starts with Learning How To Feel.

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Connect with today’s guest and learn more about Crystal Waltman at www.crystalwaltman.com and www.QuittingtoWinfreebook.com/free 

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Have you ever felt broken? Physically, emotionally or spiritually? In this episode, Liza interviews Freddie Kimmel, the proud survivor of metastatic cancer, Lyme disease, and mold. Freddie shares his personal story of how he healed his body after a grueling period of perpetual illness and surgeries. His biggest breakthrough in healing? Bringing the body back to its most natural state. Moreover, Freddie’s journey led him through a physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation, one that takes self-awareness and choices. Today, Freddie serves as a transformational coach, creator, and host of the Beautifully Broken Podcast and is part of the management team at AmpCoil. Listen to his inspirational story and learn how it feels to heal.

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Connect with today’s guest and learn more about Freddie Kimmel at www.Freddiesetgo.com and https://www.buymeacoffee.com/freddiesetgo

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