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I think we have all felt a significant transition or emotional switch over during the past year for a boatload of reasons. One of those reasons may have been written in the stars millenniums ago as we recently moved into the Age of Aquarius.

What is this age? What does it mean for you? How is this currently impacting your day-to-day life? This is what Matt Taylor, karmic astrologist, I discussed in this episode for you.

To learn more about Matt, you can visits website, or on Instagram or Facebook. 

Wishing you so much love and light, Dear Friend - Marla

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Is this your personality type? Man, if it is - honey smokes are you gifted!

Nearly 30 years ago psychologist Elaine Aron coined the personality type "Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)". Since then we have seen that almost one in five of us fall into this gifted group of individuals.

But how do you know if either you or something you know is an HSP? Join me in this week's conservation with Julie Staub, holistic wellness coach, HSP and HSP mentor and facilitator.

To learn more about Julie and her work, you can follow her on her website, take her free HSP online test, follow her on Instagram or facebook or check out one of the HSP rooms that she hosts each week on Clubhouse.

Wishing you so much love and light, Dear Friend - Marla

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Well, spring is officially in the air, so are you ready? Does this season made your heart SING or are you more of a "blah" for springtime?

Well, there is a reason for that. In this episode, you and I look at the wellness body mind types and how each of them move and flow into this season.

We chat a bit about the two chakras that tend to SHINE for you the time of year, then I lead you through 3 selfcare things we can all easily do to make sure that we are ready for all of those springtime feels.

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As each day passes, more people around the globe are choosing to explore the plant-based or vegan lifestyle.

Everyone's "why" for contemplating this switch is different. Everyone's story is unique. This week I wanted to introduce you to one of these amazingly unique individuals.

John Rush is a professional football player. He is the embodiment of a "man's man" - naturally athletic, loves his pups and the outdoors, probably someone you can imagine having steak and potatoes for dinner most nights of the week. And he was, until four years ago when his coaching team asked him to do something he hadn't done before.

In this episode, John and I chat about:

• his path to becoming vegan,
• what his transition was like,
• after his first month of trying it out, why he decided to stay with it,
• what his fellow teammates through of his diet change,
• his favourite recipes, vegan restaurants and products out there,
• and his path to his pups, Bone and Bailey, and the importance of rescuing and fostering dogs in need is to him.

To learn more about John and the work he does, visit him on

• Instagram: @johnrush5
• Youtube: Youtube Channel John Rush
• Facebook: John Rush
• Pinterest: Rescue Dog Kitchen
• John's Website Rescue Dog Kitchen: www.rescuedogkitchen.com

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How do you speak to yourself? What do you say when you look in the mirror? What has society confidences you "beauty" is and do you fit into that definition.

I don't. Actually, I don't know anyone that does. In today's episode I sat down with the GREAT Teri Hofford - body image and mindset coach, boudoir photographer, and author of the new book The Geode Theory.

Teri and I chatted about why we look at our bodies the way we do, where that stems from, her farm life, to teaching in Korean for a few years, to working in the diet culture ironically to today, where she stands in front of thousands of women helping them see the gold within.

To learn more about Teri, you can follow her on Instagram or Facebook at @terihoffordsheher, visit her online at www.terihofford.com or purchase her AMAZING new book, The Geode Theory.

Once you take a listen to this episode, do message me. I purchased two copies of Teri's book and will be drawing names from those that reach out to me on Mother's Day (May 9th), to get the second book.

Sending you love and light, Dear Friend - Marla

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I am often asked this question "I want to work on my selfcare. What is the one thing I need to do first?" Oh, Honey, I've got you, because there is one thing that is HUGE. It doesn't have anything to do with food, drinking water, meditating, doing yoga, sleeping well, working to stay away from too much technology. Nope, it doesn't have to do with taking supplements, pills, powders, actually, it doesn't cost a penny to do. And it only takes a minute to do and you only have to do it once in your life. Curious? Let's chat about the 1 thing you can do for your self-care today. In this episode, I also chatted about what my goal weight is - or more accurately what it was - and how to better understand what is behind our goal weights to help empower you to let yours go.

Wishing you so much love and light, Dear Friend - Marla

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I had been practicing yoga for over 20 years before I started to dig into the rich stories and history of each pose. What were they individually trying to teach us? What little pieces of wisdom were hidden in between the "rise up through your crown" and the " twist as you exhale" moves.

In today's episode, I wanted to look at yoga and helping you through those times when - GRRRR - you are so angry you could kick something, so you and I are about to walk through a 6-pose yoga pose story of rage, revenge, regret and figuring our how to approach what gets us most angry and dealing with those times like a yoga warrior. I should preface this by saying that dealing with life's GRRRR moments DOES NOT mean sitting back on your yoga pillow in blissful meditation listening to crystal bowls play in the background. It means using your fire, your voice, your strength and getting up off your mat to take on the world like a yoga warrior, with equal parts of courage and compassion.

But before you begin, we have to head back a few thousand years as there is someone I want to introduce you to. His name is Shiva and he had this full-on Romeo and Juliet romance going on with his girl Sati. As you might have guessed, her Dad was not on board so Sati then . . . . . I'll save the rest for the episode as we walk through this story, how it can help you deal with your biggest conflicts today, and - of course - we go through this 6-pose yoga flow that you can do in minutes a day to help prep you for the GRRR things on your to-do list today.

Let's go get 'em, Warrior. - Marla

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Well, it has been about a year since we checked in with one of our favourite doctors, none other than Dr. Gregory Schwartz, THE Planet doctor. As Dr. Greg has told us before in the last episode we taped with him, the health of the planet and your personal health are joined at the hip, so let's dive into this episode and get caught up with what has been shaking down on the planet Earth in 2020 while we were all focusing on the pandemic and the US election, as there is a LOT to cover.

As I mentioned in this episode, Dr. Greg has a new book Bright Green Future coming out on April 22nd, 2021 (Earth Day of course) and I have preordered two copies. I'll be giving away one of my copies on Earth Day. To enter my draw just send me a picture of you listening to this episode on my Instagram at @marla.barr or email me at [email protected].

To learn more about Dr. Gregory, you can visit his site www.theplanetdoctor.com, on Instagram at @theplanetdoctor, or you can check out his new book Bright Green Future (co-written with Trevor Decker Cohen) and preorder it as I did!

Enjoy the show! - Marla

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What time is that big meeting you have today? And why are you hungry now? And when do you need to start powering down at night? In today's episode, I walk you through a full day from the time you peak open those cute eyes in the morning until you head to bed at night as we chat about the natural energy cycles that take us all through the day. You will look at planning your days in a whole new light after this helpful episode. Do like, comment and share this episode.

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Ready to set your goals like a yogi? With New Year's Eve right around the corner and resolutions and your goals for 2021 top of mind, I wanted to walk you through the 12 yogi goal setting areas which work up through your seven main chakras or energy centres. This is YOUR resource so whenever you find yourself in a place where you are ready to take stock of where you want to go and where you are now, you always have this handy check-in and yogi goal assessment at your fingertips. Let's yogi-up those goals of yours.

Love and light - Marla

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