A theme that seems to be coming up a lot lately is the idea of taking up space, or - more to the point - NOT taking up space. Taking up space means recognizing your right to exist, have opinions, speak without apologizing, pursue your own goals, and have a body. A theme that seems to be coming up a lot lately is the idea of taking up space, or - more to the point - NOT taking up space. Taking up space means recognizing your right to exist, have opinions, speak without apologizing, pursue your own goals, and have a body. When you practice taking up space, you’re telling the world you matter. You’re showing people what you deserve and how you expect to be treated. If you aren’t sure where to start, or if the whole idea of taking up more space feels scary, here are 10 small acts of space-taking, for you to practice in daily life.

Toxins, we can’t always avoid them. But we CAN reduce them and their harmful side effects. Toxins are pervasive, and in many of the daily products we use, unfortunately impacting our brain health, our hormones, our skin health, our nervous system and our daily functioning. And while we want to live a 100% toxin free life, hello fellow perfectionists, it’s simply not possible in this day and age.

One of our important roles as coaches is to help clients celebrate success along their journeys. This applies to even very small wins. So in the spirit of celebration, today we’re each sharing a personal story from this past weekend. You’ll see what we mean by “no win is too small to honor.”

Although Anxiety is *unfortunately* necessary for human survival, that doesn’t mean we're powerless against it. It CAN be managed. The good news is that YOU are in the driver’s seat. Grounding techniques are exercises that help us stay in the present moment and are designed to return our bodies back to our baseline. A grounding technique is a natural coping strategy that tells your brain you're safe and okay.

Often, the thing getting in the way of us living in our highest form of our authentic expression, is our self protection habits like perfectionism. The quest for perfection often lives within our inner critic and has the potential stop us from taking small yet gratifying (and often necessary) risks.

Often, the thing getting in the way of us living in our highest form of our authentic expression, is our self protection habits like perfectionism. The quest for perfection often lives within our inner critic and has the potential stop us from taking small yet gratifying (and often necessary) risks.

We both recently binged National Geographic’s Limitless with Chris Hemsworth on Disney Plus which is broken down into 6 hour-long episodes about how we can live better for longer. Doctors, scientists, and other industry experts teach Chris, and us viewers, how to regenerate damage, maximize strength, build resilience, shock our bodies, supercharge memory, and even confront mortality. So in this week’s podcast we’re talking about what we learned and what we’re willing to do so that we can live better for longer.

This week we’re combining two things we love: wellness and dogs! Listen to this joyful episode now for 8 important life lessons we learned from our canine loves.

Today we’re talking about how you can get everything you want in your life by going from a scarcity mentality to an abundance mindset. Stephen Covey initially coined these terms in his best-selling book . And we’re digging into how we can let go of making fear-based decisions and instead learn how to live our juiciest life with an abundance mindset.

Using your intuition helps you decide what's right for you, what’s realistic, and guides achievable goal setting so you can be successful and build confidence in yourself. But many times, it can be hard for us to hear our intuition.

We’re about to enter the post-holiday slump that comes when vacation ends, the days are cold, daylight is short, and so many of us are just waiting for spring to eventually arrive. So this week we’re talking about winter doldrums and sharing some ideas about how you can prevent experiencing cold-weather malaise. Feels like we’re in a holding period as we await “spring”, the light at the end of the winter tunnel. But right now it’s too far away, just a glimmer. What to do? Create little lights for yourself along the way to get yourself through.

This week we're giving you a short and sweet episode, coaching tool included of course! We wish you all Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays and hope you give yourself the gift of wellness by taking a break too!

Many people find that the holidays bring as much stress as they bring joy! In today’s episode, we're chatting about holiday stress, people-pleasing, and why being a perfectionist can impede your wellness and that of the people around you.

This week we’re talking about the trending wellness therapies we tried in 2022! We’ll tell you what the experience was like, give you a heads up about things that might surprise you, and give each a 1-10 recommendation rating so you can decide for yourself… will you try it or trash it!?

How’s your wellness journey going? More to the point, how are YOU? As im-perfectionists, we’re always striving to do better, to be better. So we focus on progress, oftentimes not leaving room for life’s little surprises. And as we all know, life happens… often without warning. Sometimes we don’t need to add more to our plate, including self growth, sometimes we simply need to survive.

Toxic positivity is the belief that no matter how dire or difficult a situation is, people should maintain a positive mindset. It's a "good vibes only" approach to life. While there are benefits to being an optimist and engaging in positive thinking, toxic positivity instead rejects difficult emotions in favor of a cheerful, often falsely positive, facade.

This week is part two of our Mental Health conversation with Therapist and founder of The Wellness Connection LLC, Susan McCormick. May is Mental Health Awareness month. Listen now and be all ready! Today you'll learn about taking a holistic approach to wellness; treating the whole system by using multiple modalities to heal the mind, body and spirit; how trauma is stored in the body; why the FDA is in process to approve the use of psychedelics as a tool in healing trauma; and exciting details about the fabulous new Wellness Connection Retreat!

Today, the coaches candidly review the past year, how living in a pandemic has washed away our "5 year plans", and why shifting our perspective can help us grow self compassion. Spring Clean your life as you reflect back on the past 12 months, appreciate how far you've come and let go of what is not working.