In our culture, we develop negative beliefs around self-care and focusing on ourselves. Things like self-care is selfish, taking time for self-care is lazy. But our guest this week, Katie McDonald, creator of b.nourished, had to learn the hard way that taking care of yourself is the only way you can take care of anyone, or anything else. Through illness, burnout, and a deep desperation, Katie came to the hard truth of why recalibrating and healing your own relationship with yourself is really the key to your happiness, your success, etc. She reminds us that we do have permission. “Self Care is not indulgence. Self neglect is selfish.”

This week, Kellina Powell join me for a conversation about her community, the deaf community. Kellina lost her hearing when she was four years old and since has made it her mission to educate and empower others within the deaf community. She tells us her story and why it led her to this work, how the hearing community can provide support and encouragement, and why we need to stop overthinking it when we come across someone who is hard of hearing.

In today’s society, there’s a huge stigma around sexuality and sexual abuse. This week’s guest, Rosalia Rivera, creator of Consent Parenting and host of the AboutCONSENT podcast, is challenging those stigmas by providing the tools and knowledge to take back your strength, and then start teaching your kids as well. She talks about setting boundaries with yourself, educating yourself to educate your children, and why abuse survivors tend to be such high achievers.

This week, I’m joined by Heather Grzych, author of The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility, host of the Wisdom of the Body podcast, and a board-certified Ayurvedic practitioner. She breaks down what exactly Ayurveda is and what the three Ayurvedic Doshas are, how they impact us, and what to do when they’re imbalanced. She helps us understand the wonders of aging, sleep, and facilitating mind content shifts.

In this week’s episode, I sat down to talk to Michael Coles; holistic health practitioner, and health strategy coach. Years ago, he made the decision to go from unhealthy, obese, and addicted to substances, to healthy and thriving. We talk about a bunch of simple ways to begin your own healing process and Michael shares how he got to where he is now along his own journey. He also had a bunch of tips on self-care, habits, and changing for good.