LET IT OUT

176 | Danielle LaPorte on on Self-Help Exhaustion, A New Way to Use Gratitude, Feminism, Creativity, Motherhood, & Flow

175 | Ashley C Ford on Communication, Contentment, Love, Relationships, and Writing

174 | Courtney Henriette of Katoi on Community, Events, Food and Creating Elevated Experiences [Highlight Detroit]

A few months ago I was introduced to the podcast That's So Retrograde from my friend Rose. I immediately became addicted to listening to every episode they had recorded and it's now one of my weekly podcasts I look forward to. If you've never listened to an episode, you're Friday's just got even better. Each week Elizabeth Kott & Stephanie Simbari explore a new aspect of wellness or spirituality in a fun, light hearted, and genuine way. The show is comedy meets style meets wellness meets girl talk in all the best ways. They believe that wellness should be available to everyone and they make it less intimidating and more fun with every episode they record. By mixing comedy with ernest advice and experts on a variety of wellness topics they are making even the most woo woo topics relatable. Elizabeth and Steph are sweet and funny and I loved getting to interview them this week. You'll get to hear not only the story about their own podcast but also advice for others who are starting a podcasts. We talk journaling, geek out about recent wellness trends, and tools, talk body image, routines, and way more.

Corinne on bringing yoga and wellness education to everyone through creating a studio/cafe/workspace/wellness classroom that features sliding scale prices, a café with an Ayurvedic menu, and programs for local public school youth, and of course yoga-barre classes with a focus on inclusivity and acceptance. We talk a bit about how it all came together, the importance of community, being a socially conscious entrepreneur, tips for dealing with bad body image days, feeling like you're "too much" or like you're not good enough and much more.

Popular NYU professor, author, positive psychology expert, and peak performance coach Dan Lerner and I talk about utilizing your strengths, impacts of social media, relationships, and flow vs deliberate practice.

Jessamyn and I talk about everything from feminism to over using our phones and social media to relationships, spirituality, yoga, body image, and way more. I loved this one.

my good friend Sacha Jones returns to interview me for a special birthday episode.

It's been quite a while since I made a favorites episode so I had an abundance of favorite things to share in this episode. It’s packed with all the things I’ve been into in the last couple months.

Beautiful convo with Jonathan Leland about Ram Dass, community, psychedelics, death, and the inevitable changes of life and learning to re-love every new and changed moment and situation.

author, blogger, and holistic health guru Sarah Britton on her new cookbook, manifestation, relationships and more.

long, fun, meandering conversation with comedian Andrew Michaan about food, relationships, comedy, board games and more!

My conversation today with life coach Andrea Owen of Your Kick Ass Life is as tangential as ever and covers topics relationships to body image. We talk a little bit about friendship, (and why gossip is a huge energy suck), a little bit about feelings (and why it's important to take time to just be with them), a little bit about entrepreneurship (and the ups and downs that come with taking that leap), what life coaching really is and how it compares to therapy, and scratch the surface to so many more topics as well. Andrea's personal background and story are pretty incredible as well and she tells us all about that and how she started doing the work she's doing now. There are links to more articles on what we discuss in the show notes. As always be sure to tweet us any of your questions or moments you really love or let us know in the Facebook Group. We both love hearing from listeners -- what you loved, what you want to hear more on, or just to say hello. PS. I'm also very into today's sponsors, Care/Of and Dr. Ginger's Coconut Toothpaste so be sure to check out their links below as well.

I love today's conversation but I hope it isn't an entirely a self-serving time for me to geek out about something I love. When I was 8 years old I became obsessed with Rent, the musical by Jonathan Larson that became a super hit in the mid 90s. Meanwhile across the state another kid, today's guest Danny Kornfeld also knew every word to the original broadway cast recording and fell in love with the show. Cut to 2016 and that young Renthead is playing the staring role in the show's 20th anniversary tour and today he's talking to me all about how that dream came true. Danny Kornfeld is a talented actor and his staring role in Rent comes after extensive performance experience, studying theater at Syracuse University, and moving to New York City to pursue a career in the theater. It was incredible to get to hear about what led Danny this role as well as explore the reflections that art have on his life and how they've inspired him to be himself more fully in real life. He is so thoughtful around his approach to his work and what it brings to the world. One of his favorite lines from Rent is “Give in to love, or live in fear". In my latest newsletter where I sent my recent reflections on love. The relevance of this line now in our current world shows the relevance Rent still has socially and politically 20 years later. I'm grateful the podcast allows me to connect with interesting people with similar interests like Danny and I'm real excited to see him perform tonight (on the day this is published I'm going to the show here in Detroit). I know regardless of your relationship to the piece you'll enjoy this tangental conversation, but warning, it might make you a new Renthead too...

Today's episode is with the very wise Dr. Christiane Northrup. She's an OBGYN who has been the leader in holistic female health since the early 1990s. She's been featured on Oprah several times and her many best selling books have helped shift people's approach to health (like the bigger picture 'health' that expands beyond the physical), especially for women. For long-time pod listeners you may remember that I interviewed her daughter Kate Northrup as one of my first guests on the show. Dr. Northrup is so wise and gives such interesting information about sex, pleasure, and relationships as well as so much more in this episode. In our conversation we cover her background and her past work, why it has been so important and how that has led her to the work she is doing now and her latest book she wrote. We cover her wisdom gained on 'getting older', the changes in the medicine and wellness industry, the importance of embracing sexuality, the interconnectedness (in our bodies and beyond). She lists so many good resources in this episode, especially books, so be sure to check out the show notes below.If you have any questions for Dr. Northrup or myself tweet at us or reach out to us in the Facebook Group here.