She Grabs The Mic (Cole Baker-Bagwell)

You have greatness inside of you. This gold is your birthright. It's your personal power and it ignites your ability to grow, glow, rise, and thrive. When you're tuned into it, you have everything you need to change your life. My mission is to empower you so you can.

In this (very 1st) episode, I will connect you with the five choices I made that helped me find my way home to myself, tune into my gold, and change my life.  I will wind the clock way back to 2018, get super vulnerable and give you a glimpse into my life when I struggled, juggled, and survived as a woman in the corporate hustle culture. I will tell you about the choices I made that almost cost me my health, my sanity and my marriage. And, I'll tell you about one fateful event that prompted me to take a long, hard look at myself and every ridiculously toxic choice I was making.

The five choices I made were out of desperation.  I'll tell you how they helped me navigate that terrifying time, and find the courage I needed to step away from the life I knew, to step into the unknown, and start thriving. I want you to know that you have the power to do it too.

I wrap up this (very 1st) episode with one audacious invitation that might just change your life. I frame up my invitation by telling you the one question that prompted me to say yes to myself, take a leap, rock on, and never look back.

In this episode and across all the rest, I am here to leave you better. As a Master Certified Life Coach for women, I am here to help you feel supported, seen and understood by talking about all of the hard shit we navigate as women that we  survive, but don't talk about, nearly enough. I am here to inspire you to stop struggling and settling by sharing real stories from courageous women who have  stepped away from lives they knew to create lives they love.

I am here to educate you by teaching you about the mind-body science you were never taught in school. The science that can help you understand and love yourself. The science that can help you reset from toxicity, tune into your gold, and live powerfully in body, mind and soul. I am here to empower you to be well, and rock your life because you, Amazing One, were born to thrive!

(And you should know that I can see your gold, even if you can't, yet.)

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Have you ever thought about the useless, heavy, toxic crap you're lugging around? The "unchecked baggage" that you're storing energetically, emotionally, mentally, and physically? This stuff is taking up space. It's impacting the way you think, feel, react, relate, and experience your life. 

In this episode, my aim is to empower you with knowledge, choice, and practice. I'll open by sharing an unlikely story that inspired this episode and the namesake for one of the frameworks I use in my life coaching practice for women. And I'll bring it all home by telling you a real life story of a client who took an extreme approach to unpacking every single bit of toxicity that was weighing her down. 

You will learn:
The different types of "unchecked baggage" that could be weighing you down and how it's manifesting in your daily life.
What mindfulness is and what it isn't.
How to practice mindfulness and recognize the heavy crap you're carrying. 
What neural plasticity is. 
Your power to change your brain, your mindset, and your life.
Two questions you can ask yourself to step into your power and Marie Kondo your "unchecked baggage."

I'll share all of this to help you understand and approach yourself with more awareness, acceptance, curiosity, kindness, and self love.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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Has grief rocked your life? Are you feeling angry, lost or overwhelmed? Have you found yourself wondering, "Will I ever feel happiness, breathe easy, or recognize my life again?" If you've answered yes to any of these questions, this episode is for you.
 
Grief is unpredictable. It takes a different shape for each of us. And there is no set time or one clear path to navigate it. There is only finding your way back to yourself by mustering the courage, strength, and presence to take one step forward, then another. And Angelique Bolding has had a front row seat to all of that truth.

In this episode, she courageously and vulnerably shares her personal story of navigating compounded grief across a three month stretch of time that flooded her body, mind, and soul with more sadness and pain than she could ever imagine. You'll hear about her feelings of frustration and loneliness as she navigated mental health systems, medical systems, and legal systems in search of help and support. And, she will tell you about the point in time when she grabbed the mic and chose to thrive.

You will learn:
The intentional choices she made that allowed her to serve, grow, and rediscover happiness.
How courage, mindfulness, strength, and time became her ultimate healing agents.
The steps she took to reclaim her life and her personal power.

Check out Angelique's podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/angeliquembailey/videos 

Connect with her through her website: https://www.angeliquemarya.com/ 
Or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angeliquemarya_/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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How many times a day do you hear, I'm fine? How often do you say those same words when someone asks, "How are you?" When was the last time you really thought about how you're actually feeling and why? 

Your body and mind are co-conspirators of your experience. The interplay between them is constantly happening, even when it goes unnoticed. And when you're unaware of how you feel and why you feel that big range of emotions you feel, you miss one of your greatest opportunities to choose how you experience your life.

In this episode, I'll break down the very complex topic of the interplay between the body and mind so it is understandable, relatable, and actionable. 

You will learn: 

How to tune into what your body is telling you. 

How to start connecting the dots between what you think and what you feel. 

Why you feel the way you feel in certain environments, situations, and relationships.

Questions I ask my life coaching clients to help them boost their clarity and awareness.

 A micro mindfulness practice that has the power to change your awareness and your life.

By the end of this episode, I hope you will understand a little more about yourself and have greater insight into the agency you have to rock your life.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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How often are you zoning out on the news? How about social media? How do you feel energetically, emotionally, and mentally after a media binge?
 
The world can be scary, overwhelming, and uncertain as heck. The last few weeks have been a ringer. It's easy to get inundated with media overload when we're mindlessly scrolling. 

This week, I have this good news to share: You have the power to control how you feel on the inside no matter what's happening on the outside. It all boils down to a little something I call "Cactus and Blanket." 

In this episode, you'll learn:

The impact digital media is having on your mental and physical health.

Mind blowing, holy shit level data about your digital and social media habits.

 How screen time is affecting your brain.

How your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems control the way you think, and feel. 

The every day choices you may be making that are wreaking havoc on your body and mind. 

Actionable tips you can bring into your daily routine to be and feel more well. (Even when life on the outside gets really freakin' hard.)

Resources referenced:
Statista research
SUNY Potsdam

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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The way we grow up shapes our hearts and minds. As little girls, we learn fundamental human skills from our family and friends that shape us: how to love, be kind, share, communicate, and trust our intuition. We learn what to believe and we model what we learn.

We're super porous during these peak learning years.
Everything we experience has an affect on our minds and bodies, for better or worse. And, as adults, we get to choose what we do with whatever it is that we learn.

In this episode, you'll hear from the amazing and soulful Elaine Morgan who courageously shares her story of thriving on the other side of childhood, where she was raised as a Jehovah's Witness.

Elaine vulnerably shares what it was like to grow up in a world of repression, confusion, fear, and emotional poverty in a family awaiting armageddon. 

She reflects on the secrets she held and the mindset of never being good enough.
Elaine also talks about the curiosity and determination that have been a fundamental part of who she's always been. She connects us with the role these qualities have played in helping her navigate her life to now.

Elaine shares early lessons of persistent rejection. She talks about how they've shown up across her life and ironically, how they fueled her successful sales career, across multiple software companies, including LinkedIn.

And, you will hear how Elaine overrode her early neural conditioning to become a thriving woman and loving Momma. And, as she reflects on her life long journey of mindfulness and healing, she sums it all up with one of Carrie Bradshaw's most kick ass quotes.


Connect with Elaine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaine-morgan-6269763

Outside sources referenced in this episode:
Under The Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Sex In The City

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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How do you see the world? How would you like to see the world? Let's get real. It's easy to get stuck in negative thinking loops. If you've found yourself waiting for the other shoe to drop or focusing on the one negative thing that happened to you today I see you. Thinking this way does not make you a negative Nelly. It just makes you human. 

You were born with a little something called negative bias. We all were. This is brain science. And by understanding the science, it's my hope that you will leave this episode with a more compassionate understanding of yourself. 

You will learn:

About the power you have to control what you think and feel.

What science tells us about negative bias. 

How your brain is hard wired.  

Stats that will give you clarity around your thought patterns.

Three steps to  override negative thinking and live a happier and healthier life.

And, this episode won't be dry because I'll connect you with all of this brain-body science by telling you a personal story, to help you know you are seen, understood, and never alone. 

 People and resources mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Rick Hanson, Buddha's Brain
John Gottman 5:1 Ratio
National Institute of Health

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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What are you most grateful for right now? As you head into the hustle and bustle of the holidays, I can't think of a better time than right now to give this question some TLC.

Gratitude is underrated. And that's a tragedy because it's one of the most powerful things you can practice when it comes to your overall health, and happiness.
In this episode, I'll offer you a new definition of gratitude and share a personal story that illustrates the profound transformative effect gratitude can have on your life, if you choose it.

You'll learn:
What positive psychology research says about the connection between gratitude and happiness.
How neuroscience explains why gratitude improves your overall health.
Why gratitude and mindfulness are BFFs.
Three ways you can cultivate a simple gratitude practice to live happier, healthier, and supercharged with mindfulness every day of your life- no matter where you are on your journey or what you're navigating right now.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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How's your level of confidence right now? How often do you wish you had more? These are important questions because the truth is, roughly 80% of all us struggle with low self-esteem (confidence). This mindset negatively affects how we feel about ourselves, our relationships, our work, and our lives.  You have the power to change your mindset which means you have the power to change your life. 

In this episode, Christina Langdon and I are grabbing the mic and taking a deep dive into confidence. We're coming together with the shared goal of helping as many women as possible build more confidence, from the inside out, and thrive.

We talk about everything from Venn Diagrams and aging with confidence to selling Avon and shattering the social media trap of compare and despair.

You'll learn:
What confidence is.
What prevents you from feeling confident.
How mindset, intentionality, and self love fuel confidence.
What you can do to avoid a confidence power outage.
How to build a confidence practice and end your year thriving!

Christina Langdon spent 30 years running sales and marketing teams at companies like Martha Stewart and Fast Company before becoming a  High Performance Coach. Today, she maximizes the joy and potential of high-performing leaders and organizations. She is the author of  For Success Sake , an amazing soul, and a courageous cancer survivor.

Check out her website to learn more about her work. https://www.christinalangdon.com/

Resources mentioned:
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Cambridge Institute of Technology

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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We're officially in full holiday swing. What are you saying yes to that stresses you out the most this time of year? When would saying no make you smile?

This week, I'm kicking off a mindful holiday series because Lord knows, we all need a little extra love, sanity, and support this time of year.

In this episode, we'll talk about resisting your conditioned urge to say 'yes' and deep dive into why saying 'no' could be your biggest holiday miracle.

We'll explore why 'yes' is women's automatic default and how saying 'yes' leads to feelings of stress, overwhelm, and tension that negatively impact our minds and bodies- especially during the mad dash of the holiday season.

You'll learn about brain science from Harvard Medical School and glean stats on holiday stress from a survey led by The American Psychological Association.

I'll offer you a big ass mindset shift around the word 'no' and share three ways you can use 'no' to reduce your stress, tension, and overwhelm this holiday season and make way for more peace, joy, good health, and happiness.  ❤️

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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The holiday season is the perfect time to explore compassion, and the bonds we share when we're in community.  Millions of us grapple with loneliness, especially this time of year. We feel it at home and we feel it at work. And loneliness in the workplace is even more pronounced for high achieving women. My guest, Rachel Clar, Founder and CEO of Interconnected Us, is doing something about it. 

This week, as we continue our mindful holiday series, Rachel reminds us about the life changing power of connection and community. She reflects on sisterhood, bravery, and the power of self talk.

We explore compassionate activism and disruption and combatting loneliness by connecting with one another in community where we come together to create meaningful change in the world.

Interconnected Us isa community designed to support the positive growth and connection of women attorneys.
Visit Rachel's website: https://www.interconnectedus.com/

Connect with Rachel on LinkedIn.

Resources mentioned:
Teach A Woman to Fish

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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It's mid-December. What kind of experience do you want for yourself this holiday? 

This week, we’re talking about being a wonder woman: How to open your portal for maximum wonder, joy, peace, and good vibes this holiday, whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Los Pasados, Omisoka, or the ultimate gift of being alive.

You'll learn:  

How to avoid common holiday behaviors that leave you feeling flattened, depleted, and downright Grinchy in mind and body.

The down low on holiday stress science from The American Psychological Association and science around doing nothing, from The Cleveland Clinic.

How to boost your joy meter this season, even if life is feeling sad or hard for you right now.

(10) ways to shed stress, boost your mental and physical health to be your best self, simplify the holiday madness, and boost your wonder levels, woman.

A little reminder about the agency you have to create the life experience you want most for yourself, to supercharge your joy, sanity, and peace, this holiday and everyday. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:

American Psychological Association

Cleveland Clinic

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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Let's get real. This "magical time of year" can be super challenging even when everything goes as planned.  It can feel like a steel cage death match when the unexpected happens and life goes off the rails.

This week, I'm  offering you some coaching on how you can feel joy and avoid the shit show tsunami, when unexpected madness shows up.

You'll hear about the monkey wrench in my week that led me to an adventure at Apple, and a cat lady who brought me joy. 

You'll learn the science of joy, the difference between joy and happiness, the irrefutable power of mindset, and three choices you can make right now to fast track joy in your own life- during the holidays and any day of the week, if you choose it.

Resources mentioned:
The American Psychological Association

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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The incredibly gifted Barbara Bizou joins me this week to talk about manifesting what we most want in our personal and professional lives, just ahead of hosting her annual Vision 2024 workshop.

As a global wisdom keeper and an agent of transformation, Barbara
seamlessly integrates her extensive knowledge of practical spirituality, rituals,
psychology, neuroscience, and business into her body of work.  Her greatest passion is
marrying cross-cultural ancient rituals and applying them to current times, creating
what she refers to as the “alchemical art of ritual fusion.”

Barbara candidly shares herShe Grabs The Mic story of manifesting possibilities that were never on her radar. 

After suddenly getting fired from her corporate job in the fashion industry, with an abusive boss, Barbara said yes to a life she'd never imagined. 

She reflects on how developing her intuition led her to discover her best self, a successful 15 year career in television, authoring her first book at age 50, and the powerful work she does today.

Barbara shares the importance of: 
Centering and staying grounded in a complex world.
Taking care of self- first.
Avoiding spiritual bypass.
Focusing on the essence of what you want for your life. 
Trusting your intuition.
Taking small steps to realize your vision.
Holding a positive vision for the future.

Barbara is the author of The Joy of Ritual & The Joy of Family Rituals
Visit Barbara's website: https://www.barbarabiziou.com/
to learn more about her work and to register for her transformational Vision 2024 workshop. 
Follow her on Instagram:@barbarabiziou

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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What's on your 2024 resolution list? This week, I’m offering you a delicious shot of micro-coaching that will help you rethink your resolution list, take small steps to successfully stick to whatever you resolve is important for you, and, button up 2023 with a big juicy boost to your mental health.

I'll share women's resolution stats from a recent Forbes Health One Poll that will make you go "Hmmm." I'll help you understand the powerful connection between motivation, momentum, and success. 

I'll tell you about the one resolution to make in 2024- before any other. I'll connect you with how this one resolution helped me end my love affair with cigarettes that spanned decades.

And, I'll explain why making this one resolution in 2024 can set the wheels in motion for sustainable change and profound growth, in your own life.

Outside resources mentioned (and appreciated):
Forbes Health One Poll
Time and Date

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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On a scale of 1-10, how much do you love your whole self?  

This week, I revisit self love and introduce you to it's arch enemy- self sabotage. 
I'll share insight that will help you dial up your self love and dial down your self sabotage noise that's standing between you and your potential. 
I'll explain why self sabotage comes so easy for us. 
I'll share a couple of stories that will help you know if you're stuck in this cycle right now, you're not alone. 

You'll learn:
How self sabotage and self love impact your mind, health, and life.
What Barbara Field says about the connection between self love, self esteem and self image. 
What science says about your capacity to change and grow and change at any age and any stage. 
Why mindfulness and self love are foundational for feeling your best and living your best life. 
Three micro-coaching mindfulness practices that will increase your self sabotage awareness to help you break the cycle and increase self love in your own life.

Thank you to the following people and publications for their bodies of work:
Rachel Wilkerson Miller: https://www.rachelwmiller.com/
Barbara Field: https://www.verywellmind.com/barbara-field-5090508
Brad Brenner: https://nyctherapy.com/brad-brenner-phd-therapist-nyc/

How To Feel A Little Better in 2024: https://www.self.com/story/how-to-feel-better-2024?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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Where do you feel pressured to shape shift into another version of yourself to be accepted, please, or fit in? How often do you show up in your life as your authentic self?

This week, Rebecca Fernandez joins us to talk about authenticity and her personal journey that's spanned over years.  (Oh, and by the way,  authenticity is a natural extension of mindful living and self love.)

Rebecca courageously gives us a view into the painful and lonely years she self sacrificed and "contorted" in order to be loved, valued, and accepted.

She reflects on growing up in a fundamentalist Christian family, going to religious school and how both of these taught her the "rules and price of being different."

We talk about negative self talk, perspective, anticipation, and how they affect the way we experience life.

We explore the societal pressure so many women feel to shape shift and the internal dissonance that swells within us when we abandon who we truly are.

Rebecca shares how being someone besides herself "hijacked a part of (her) that was very positive" and, she brings us into the present day where in her 40's, she's claiming every bit of her authentic self- including her wild ass, fabulous curls.

You'll walk away with three micro-coaching mindfulness tips that will empower you to discover your authentic self and start fully claiming the incredible human that you are.

Rebecca is a Consultant and the Founder of Get Yourself Together Chica- an empowerment program and weekly podcast for women.

Connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccagfernandez/
Check out her body of work: https://getyourselftogetherchica.com/

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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You can blame your partner, your parents, and your boss. You can blame your circumstances. You can come up with an exhaustive list of reasons and excuses to live small and avoid growth. 

And, while those reasons and excuses may be valid, here's the thing.
What's standing between you and the goals and possibilities you want to realize in your life is a blocker with an underlying force that has to be understood to be overcome. 
This is where the messy as hell practice of mindfulness becomes a game changer. 
  
This week, we’re talking about blockers: how to recognize when you're standing in your own damn way and how to (mindfully) break free and realize the best stuff in your life.

I’m going to share a personal story with you of my reasons and excuses I used to justify avoiding something that would help me realize my passion, mission, and goals. I later recognized my fear of rejection and not being good enough were the underlying forces holding me back.

I’m going to take you through the three most common blockers I've observed in the high achieving women I know, love, and coach. The ones they recognize and overcome when they are facing the scary choices that will ultimately move them forward.

You’ll learn how to recognize and get clarity on the underlying force that’s causing you to get in your own damn way and what to do with it once it's front and center in your awareness. 

And you'll learn three of the mindfulness practices I offer the women I coach that will help you start to get out of your own damn way and take positive steps toward your goals- if it’s important for you.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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This week, is about setting our stage for more self love, boosted mind-body health, and a super delicious 2024! Sex, Love, and Relationships Coach, Andrea Balboni, joins us to talk about why expanding into nourishing pleasure empowers us to claim our womanhood, boost our health, and live into the fullest expression of ourselves. 

Andrea courageously shares her story of living her life feeling like a cardboard cut-out. She reflects on feeling totally disconnected from desire and her womanhood during a time in her life when she had 'everything'- a loving family, successful career in tech and a booming social life. 

Andrea shares her journey of discovering her Divine Feminine power in her 40’s. And, she reflects on how learning to be sensual, soft, and sexual led to her most fulfilled self.

We talk about: 
The frenetic pace of life that keeps us in cardboard cut-out mode.
The loss of control and uncertainty many of us are feeling.
Slowing down, grounding, and expanding our holistic potential.
Reframing mindset and experiencing the power of nourishment sex and pleasure offer.
Working through shame and claiming our womanhood through self love. 
Transforming our personal relationship with sex, pleasure, and intimacy.  
Using pleasure to reconnect with the world and our most human selves.

You’ll learn:
The connection between your mind, body, emotion and ‘sex center’.
How to tap into desire and sexuality as a source of empowerment, wisdom, and energy.
How to trust your body's messages about pleasure, sex and intimacy.
Known and unknown physical, mental, and emotional benefits of sex.

And...
You'll leave with three micro-coaching tips that will help you up your daily pleasure doses, experience the creative state of flow, and how sexual nourishment supports your health, happiness, and overall quality of life.

Andrea Balboni is a Sex, Love and Relationships Coach and founder of Lush Coaching. She guides smart, successful, heart-centered women, men and couples to experience confidence and connection, pleasure and fulfillment in their personal intimate lives.  

From modern psychology and cutting-edge neuroscience, to embodiment work and proven practices from age-old tantric and taoist wisdom traditions, Andrea's practice spans east and west, past and present. She leverages the full range of human experience to move you swiftly and powerfully forward towards healthy relating and deep personal fulfillment. 

She has contributed to publications such as the BBC, The Independent and the Metro. Before becoming a coach, Andrea led creative digital teams in Fortune 500 companies and start-ups across industries and continents for 20 years. 

Visit Andrea’s website to learn more about her work and how she can help you discover the fullest and most lush version of yourself.  https://www.lushcoaching.com

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How does feeling guilty making your life better? Interesting question, right?
This week, we're talking about guilt- a blocker that comes up in nearly every coaching conversation I have.

"I feel guilty because... "
"I have so much guilt about..."
"I’ll feel guilty if…"
"I feel guilty when..."

I get it. Guilt is woven into the fabric of our thinking. Here's what I've learned. 
To live well you have to break the guilt cycles. Full stop.

I've taken the ride. My life blossomed when I got off of that train. 
If feeling less guilt and more happiness is important for you, I'm here to empower you to get off that train too.

I'll connect you with how guilt affects your thinking, mental, physical, and emotional health. I'll share a personal story about guilt to help you know that if you are ready to live without guilt, you can do it, starting today. It's absolutely possible.

In this episode, you'll learn:
What guilt actually is.
Where you may have learned it.
How to up level your happiness, reframe your thinking, and start living your best life by breaking your guilt tendency with three mindful practices.

By the end of this episode, it's my hope that you will start to travel lighter, be kind to yourself, and understand that it's okay to feel happy and speak up for what you need, and want with zero guilt. You deserve to live your very best life. We all do. 

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Dear Amazing One, 
If I asked you to write a list of what you dislike and another list of what like about yourself, which one would be longer? Which one would be easier for you to write?

This week, we're talking about igniting the very best love affair you'll ever have by unconditionally loving, admiring and claiming the woman you are.  Oh yea baby!

Here's what you'll get when you pop me in your ears this week: 

You'll learn why it can be hard to say what you love, and admire about yourself- much less say out loud. And, you'll learn that you're not alone. 

You'll hear my story about resetting from decades of self loathing to the unconditional love and admiration I have for myself today.

I’ll explain why falling in love with yourself will change your life, and do a little dive into the three ingredients you need to make the big ass shift.

Finally, I'll share three micro-coaching practices that will help you get crystal clear on what you love and admire most about you, if making this big ass shift is important for you.

My hope is that by the end of this episode, you'll be well on your way to  igniting the very best love affair you'll ever have- today. Oh. And, in case no one's  told you yet, there's only one you and that makes you amazing. ❤️

*If you're ready to get out of the swirl and start living your best life, from the bedroom to the boardroom, I'd love to meet you.

Head to my contact page: https://colebakerbagwell.com/contact/
Send me a message. Let's explore what's possible, together. 

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This week, Andrea Balboni, Sex, Love and Relationships Coach, is back to pick up right where we left off  in Episode 19.  The topic? Feeling good and alive from the bottom up.

Connecting with our bodies is essential when it comes to discovering our best lives and claiming ourselves as women. Andrea and I talk about connecting with our bodies, the voice of our vaginas, and the one thing Gen Z and Gen X women can let go of to grab the mic, supercharge our sex lives, and step into our amazing selves.

Andrea describes "feeling good from the bottom up" as "body first"- listening and trusting the wisdom of your body. 

Andrea will connect you with how to:

Get out of thinking mode and drop into "body first."

Understand and overcome the blockers that are preventing you from experiencing pleasure

Start building trust and safety with your body

Tune into the subtle messages your body is sending you to become connected with what it's telling you, relieve pain, live healthier, and understand what you need- whether you're a woman with young children or a woman on the other side of menopause

Discern a full yes from a full no to experience a more fulfilling and healthy sex life

And...
You'll walk away with three practical tips that will help you feel more alive from the bottom up and get on the same intimacy page with your partner- every day.

Episode money quote:
" Letting go of the need to be something other than who you intrinsically are."

If you missed part 1 of our conversation, you can tune in and catch up here: https://colebakerbagwell.com/nourishing-sex-love-relationships-with-andrea-balboni-part-1/

To experience more sexual pleasure during menopause, download Andrea's free e-book here: https://www.lushcoaching.com/menopause-and-sex

Other important references:
Dr. Christine Northrup: https://www.drnorthrup.com/category/health/womens-wisdom/menopause/

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What’s possible? 
This is my absolute favorite question ever! The answer, Amazing Ones, is absolutely freakin' everything! Everything is possible. 

My goal is to connect you with the truth of these words by the end of this episode.

And to do that, this week, we’re talking about the "big M"- manifestation.  A word that’s been wrongfully relegated to the land of woo-woo, hippie fluff.  

In reality, manifestation is a skill, practice, and mind blowing personal power that most of us are never taught, much less taught to actualize in our lives. 
I'm here to change that.

I will help you understand what manifestation actually is so you can embody it . 
I will help you understand how it can help you create the life you want. 
 I will help you disrupt the negative cycles that are present in your life to help you get out of "the swirl" and into manifestation mode. 

I'll teach you about the mindset, language, and flow of  energy that fuels this skill, practice, and personal mega  power.
I'll connect you with the three basic rules  of manifestation so you apply them to every facet of your life- from the bedroom to the boardroom. 

And, you'll walk away with three of my game changing micro-coaching tips so you can start manifesting your dreams, goals and change your life today, if it's important for you.

You deserve to be happy, healthy and live your very best life. We all do babe. 

Resources mentioned:
Canva: https://www.canva.com/
Barbara Bizou's Vision Experience

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Have you ever faced something so challenging you thought it just might break you? If so, know this. You are not alone. This week, we’re talking with a woman who faced that level of challenge, rose, rooted in hope, and dedicated her life to empowering others. 

Meet Irma Goosen, an immigrant success advocate, TEDx speaker, engineer, author, Mom, and a champion for immigration reform.  She is a fiercely kind and accomplished woman who crushed fear and created her best life after legally immigrating- not once, but twice.

Irma draws from her personal experience to empower other people taking the same journey. Her goals are to create a more inclusive, accepting, and compassionate world where every person can thrive, no matter where they are born.

Irma sheds new light on legal immigration as she talks about the experience of children who immigrate with their families. She shares the 'why' for her work with women who have immigrated and the ways support, empowerment, and love change their lives and our world.

Most importantly, Irma shares the beautiful possibilities that are here for us to realize by embracing our new 'super culture' as we live alongside people from all over the world. 

You will learn: 
Irma's powerful story of fearfully living in South Africa with a gun by her side surviving day by day. 
Her hope of being accepted as she courageously boarded an airplane bound for the U.S.  with two suitcases and her baby girl. 
How shifting her mindset was essential in moving from fear to courage and the hope that powers her life.
Irma's three micro-coaching tips to live your life with more courage and hope. 

As we get ready to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, I am beyond grateful that this amazing woman joined She Grabs The Mic to share her inspiring story.

To all of my sisters around the world, this one's for you.  I'm sending you BIG love! ❤️

Watch Irma's TEDx talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zMHiihyGqI
Visit her website: https://www.irmagoosen.com/

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Monkey mind? Stressed to the max?  Analysis paralysis? I see you!
 Indecision? Worry?  Sleepless nights?  You're not alone. 
You're caught in something that I call 'the swirl." 

This week, my goal is to help you get out  of the swirl so you step into the agency you have to live your life with more clarity, peace, and confidence.
Getting out if essential because, as my good friend Robin says, "You can't create when you're in the swirl."

In this episode, I break down four of the personality categories that tend to be the 'swirliest' based on my experience with the women I love, know, and coach. 

Chances are pretty darn good that you'll see yourself in one of more of these categories. And, when you do, know this. That's a big step forward!

By the end of the episode, you will:

1. Have a clearer understanding of what's keeping you in 'the swirl.'

2. Learn (3) micro-coaching steps you can start practicing in your own life, right now, if getting out of the swirl and on with your life is important for you.

3. Have a foundation that will empower you to step into the agency you have to  improve your mental, physical, and emotional health- and your overall quality of life.

Other resources mentioned in this episode:
Tuning Into Your Body and Mind:
 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tuning-into-your-body-and-mind-optimizing-the/id1709538824?i=1000631742204

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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If you're thinking about reinventing your career or your life, this episode will fire your soul and warm your heart. This week, my Mom, "Peaches" Pat Gray, is sharing her wisdom around both, from her lived experience. 

Allow me to set the stage. 
My Mom, "Peaches", is a stone cold sassy badass. 
She was the quintessential Enjoli woman of the 70's, with Farrah Fawcett looks, bringing home the bacon and fryin' it up in the pan. She ran marathons, raised three little girls on her own, and gained the respect of everyone she encountered when she launched her ambitious career in medicine. 

Peaches talks with us about her entrepreneurial spirit that helped her earn cash, survive tough times, and reinvent her life after age 45.

She talks with us about breaking barriers as a woman and earning a position as a well respected  practitioner in an elite all male urology practice. She reflects on the importance of understanding her worth and advocating with confidence for equal pay and equal opportunity. 

Peaches shares even more inspiration as she talks about her pivot point (her She Grabs The Mic moment) that took place in her late 40’s. It was the year she courageously chose to leave the safety and comfort of her well paying career at Duke to take a leap and start from scratch in a new town with little more than fierce talent, vision and determination.

My Mom candidly talks about the challenges so many women over 45 face: the expense of kids in college, no guarantee that what you build will work out, and a big dream she couldn't shake if she tried.

She shares what she's most proud of as she rewinds back to the years of her bold choice to reinvent herself and her career. 

She connects us with the role courage, determination, self love, strength, and planning played in her story. 

Finally, my Mom reflects on the life changing power of finding joy in your work. 

By the end of this episode, you'll walk away with wisdom from my Mom that will remind you of this one very important truth.  If you can see it, you can make it real.

Her golden thread throughout our conversation is loving what you do leads to an affirming and fulfilling life. 

You deserve to live your best life. We all do babe. 🔥

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If you're exercising to beat the band, and getting lack luster results, the answer isn't doing more. According to Women's Fitness Expert Jana Barrett, it's rethinking the way you're exercising. Whether you're a part time jogger or a hardcore athlete, this episode will teach you how to exercise in concert with your Goddess body, feel more powerful, and get better results.

This week, Jana  joins us to connect us with why traditional training and exercise is sabotaging women and what we can do to reap more benefit, be our healthiest selves, and live our very best lives.

Jana is turning the traditional notions of exercise and the industry on its ear by helping athletic women over 40 years young, transition from workouts that leaves us broken, burned out or bored, into training that honors our bodies, biology, age, and stage of life. She's got a wealth of knowledge and she's simply awesome.

Jana talks about the fitness industry that's geared towards men, the lack of awareness coaches have about what the female body needs to perform at its best, and what she's doing to help women like us reclaim our bodies by training like women.

You'll learn:
Jana's She Grabs the Mic story of pivoting from a full-time Mom to a surfer and fitness expert empowering women to be their best.

Why your exercise and workout routines are failing you.

The upside of training with your hormones instead of against them.

How to train in concert with your magical Goddess biology to improve PMS rage, avoid injury, and achieve better results at every age and stage of life.

The most important aspects of fitness for women over 40 to focus on and why.

Three fierce micro-coaching tips you can incorporate today to start becoming the strongest and healthiest version of yourself.

Coach Jana is ready to help you realize your most healthy and powerful body no matter where you are in the world.
Visit her website to learn about her virtual training offerings:
https://www.jana-barrett.com/

Download Jana's free guide "How to Train With Your Hormones"
https://www.jana-barrett.com/ww-guide

Say yes to yourself with Jana's free six day mobility challenge:
https://www.jana-barrett.com/moveflowchallenge

Join Jana's FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/jana.barrett.1804/

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Don't buy into the hype that you're helpless, small, or the world is going to shit. Media is a business. Well architected messages of chaos and impending doom are being served up to us 24/7 through the screens we put in our bedrooms, family rooms, kitchens, offices, and pockets. We’re hyper saturated by the business of news and this saturation is contributing to our mental health crisis and our epidemic levels of stress.

But chaos, stress, and overwhelm don't have to be our reality.  We can create the world we want and we can thrive.

This week, we're talking about how to find calm in the chaos, ditch the overwhelm, stress, trust your wisdom, and take charge of your reality with three scientifically proven "power tools" that are available to you right now: mindfulness, intuition, and mirror neurons.

We'll talk about the innate power we have as human beings and how activating our power gives us agency to be well and live well.

You'll learn:
How and why these three "power tools" will be put you back in the driver's seat of your reality as we navigate AI, war, climate change, and a host of humanitarian crises

Three micro-coaching practices to help you actualize these power tools and your human potential in your own life

How to elevate your individual consciousness, mental health, physical health, and the way you experience life

The scientifically proven power we hold to raise our collective consciousness and change our world, one amazing human at a time.

We’re in charge of our reality, Amazing Ones. Don’t ever forget it. ❤️

Resources cited:
Intuitive Intelligence, Self- regulation, and Lifting Consciousness: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010961/

Mirror Neuron: The Unit of Imitative Mind and Its Clinical Applicability:
https://journals.lww.com/njca/fulltext/2023/12020/mirror_neuron__the_unit_of_imitative_mind_and_its.1.aspx

Immense gratitude to Jon Kabat-Zinn for his immense body of work in the field of mindfulness. https://jonkabat-zinn.com/

BIG thanks to @SherylCrow for her fabulous quote that created a thought seed for this episode. 

An abundance of deep gratitude for all of the researchers who are contributing to the body of work around intuitive intelligence, neuroscience, and collective consciousness.

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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"No bleeding. No breeding." This week, we're talking about how to flip your menopause mindset from dried up and old to fierce and sexy so you can squeeze every ounce of joy from what my guest this week cleverly calls "The Half Time Show."

Dr. Heather Bartos is here to share her relatable wisdom as one of the nation's top five menopause experts- according to Oprah and Maria Shriver.  Dr. Heather's work has been featured in major women's publications like Glamour, Shape, Women’s Health, and Cosmo for good reason. She's intelligent, fierce as hell, and a leading voice in women's health.

In addition to being one of the nations top menopause experts, she's also a Momma, Reiki Master, energy healer, speaker, and the big brain behind Menopause Rocks.
Dr. Heather is sounding the alarm  to disrupt everything we’ve been taught about menopause, perimenopause and post menopause.

Our conversation feels like hanging out with your funny, and real as hell besties who give you the straight skinny on a subject that's been sorely neglected for too damn long.

Dr. Heather talks about the She Grabs The Mic career choice she made at 50 and dedicate her life to improving healthcare for women over 40. With her fabulously unfiltered candor, she speaks to the U.S. societal narratives that have undervalued women 40+ and screwed with our self image, what's missing in mainstream women's health medicine, her efforts to make gyno. information more accessible and equitable for women, and the game changing power of mindset in menopause.

One of the most fascinating points in our conversation, is when Dr. Heather shares her cross cultural research. She shares the disparity between U.S. mindset and the countries who treasure post menopausal women and how those societal differences impact the way women 40+ feel, live, and contribute.

Whether you're a woman in your 20's and 30's or a woman 40+, you'll walk away with fresh insights that will empower you. And, you'll get three game changing tips from Dr. Heather that will help you understand why menopause is a big ass celebration and a time in your life where we you are free to be your most fierce, unapologetic, and sexy self.

Visit Dr. Heather's website to learn more about her work, her Menopause Mastermind, and her free monthly Menopause Monday series:
https://heatherbartosmd.com/menopause-rocks/

Interested in becoming a patient? Learn more about Dr. Heather's medical practice
Be A Great Woman: https://www.beagreatwoman.com/

Follow Dr. Heather across her social platforms: @drheatherbartos

Resources Mentioned:
Tough Titties By Laura Bell Gray

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This week, we're talking with Eleanor Claire Johnson about the existential topic of consciousness which the National Library of Medicine defines as "a neural capacity for objectivity that is especially pronounced in humans." Consciousness is on the radar of scientists, spiritual leaders, and researchers who are exploring its potential to exponentially transform our world.

Eleanor is a phenomenally inspiring  woman who has lived many extraordinary lives. As an artist, filmmaker, and activist for global peace she has dedicated her life to elevating consciousness, ending war, and creating peace through her individual and collective bodies of work. 

She has a rich history of opening doors for herself and other women with unbridled determination. She had a private audience with His Holiness The Dalai Lama. and with J. Edgar Hoover to talk with him about joining the FBI. Eleanor has challenged the boundaries of gender, and dedicated her life to peace from developing the wisdom we can derive from going within.

 During this episode, Eleanor shares her deep sageness  on what she calls "the great teacher",  "the birth of people",  and the great awakening in humanity that was predicted by mystics and is happening on our planet for the first time in human history. 

Eleanor shares  her lived perspective on compassion, presence, and finding commonalities across cultures in elevating consciousness. And, she ignites inspiration as she talks about the source of deep hope she holds for humanity even in the midst of the challenges and breakdowns in global society that we are facing.
 
We explore:
The various realms of war
Mindfulness and personal reactivity
Developing a creative relationship to non-violence
The power of prayer, ritual, faith, and spirituality
Consciousness, growth, and human potential

At the end of the episode, Eleanor shares three pieces of wisdom to help every woman elevate their consciousness and step into the power they have to change the world. 

What now?
Connect with Eleanor through email: emmatroup@aol.com

Listen to Eleanor's wildly popular podcast collaboration:
Enemies From War to Wisdom:, with Dr. Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D  
On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enemies-from-war-to-wisdom/id1462686484

I'd like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for every soul out there who is working in the field of consciousness in pursuit of amplifying its power in our world.   

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If someone asked you to state your life purpose in one little sentence, what would you say?

"What's my purpose" is a question that billions of people have searched for lifetimes to understand. And, 'purpose' is one of the most Googled searches in the world. 

This week, I'm shaking things up in an effort to crack the code on this deep mystery. 
I'm inviting you to adopt a new mindset about your purpose so you can stop searching for it and start living it. 

In this episode, I explain why so many of us struggle with understanding our purpose. 
I break down three words: purpose, authenticity, and success to make this big existential question much easier for you to answer. 

You'll learn: 
How to live your purpose 
Three micro-coaching questions that will help you shift your mindset about your purpose to experience more joy, optimism, contentment, and freedom in your life

It's my sincere hope that this view of purpose will elevate your mind, fill your heart, and leave you better as you and your amazing self head out to meet the world today.

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How many times have you felt disappointed, under appreciated, frustrated, angry, or passed over because your expectations didn't quite pan out?  If you've ever wondered why, don't you worry. I've got you covered. 

This week, we’re talking about the expectations we have across our lives from our work and our kids to strangers we've never met. 

You'll learn how and why your expectations are messing with your mind, screwing up your energy, and causing you unnecessary (and totally avoidable) suffering in your life. 

You'll learn about the downside of expectations that gets you caught in the swirl of mental energies that f*$% up your mindset, mood, thinking, and quality of life.  And, I'll give you examples of a few real life expectations most of us hold so you know you're not alone. 
 
On the upside, I'll give you three micro-coaching tips to help you make a big ass mindset shift away from suffering.  By the end of the episode, you'll be able to start challenging your own expectations so you can say adios to the turbulence they cause and step into the power you have to live your very best life.  You deserve it. We all do babe. ❤️

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What would change if we felt as much pure joy in our lives as a kid on a playground? What if we greeted each other with the same kind of unbridled, tail waggin'  joy our dogs offer us when we come home from work?

So many of us wish for more joy in our lives. Feeling joy can be challenging and sometimes, seemingly impossible. 

This week,  joy aficionado, Tash Durkins is here to change that. She connects us with how we can live more joyfully by understanding where joy really comes from.

Tash is the CEO and founder of Fiercely Joyful. She is a celebrated keynote speaker and the author of the fabulous new book Fiercely Joyful: 11 Keys to Living Authentically and Creating the Life You Love.  Joy is Tash's passion, gift, and her ‘why.'

During our conversation Tash reflects on her She Grabs The Mic moment that changed her life by opening her heart and mind to more joy. 

We talk about everything from clean sheets, dogs, and why we settle at work to the back story behind Tash's new book and the connection between joy, authenticity, and mindfulness.

You'll learn Tash's secret to personal freedom and her three top tips for living joyfully.

Tash and I hope this episode fills your heart and helps you discover a little more joy in your life by the end.

LEARN MORE ABOUT TASH AND HER WORK:
Visit Tash's website: https://www.fiercely-joyful.com/

Order Tash's new book Fiercely Joyful: 11 Keys to Living Authentically and Creating the Life You Love.  https://www.amazon.com/Fiercely-Joyful-Living-Authentically-Creating-ebook/dp/B0CJDMVG7Y

Connect with Tash on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashadurkins/

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When was the last time you worried yourself into a frenzy and things actually got better? 

This week, we're talking about how to worry less to live better, starting today, by shifting our mindset with three solid mindful practices.

Worry is a learned and created mindset that puts us into a swirly cycle of shit that disrupts our mental health, physical life and our overall quality of life.  Science has shown a direct link between worry, anxiety and depression and holy smokes we are suffering. 

Here's the good news. Science has also proven that we have the power to improve our mental and physical health by integrating tools like breathing, mindfulness and meditation into our every day lives. 

You will learn:
What worry is
The difference between short term and constant worry
Why we worry
Where worry originates in our brain
What we worry about
What happens to our mental and physical health when we worry
(3) mindful practices you can adopt to worry less- starting today

You are the reason for She Grabs The Mic. It's my sincere hope that this episode leaves you better. You deserve to live your best life. We all do babe. 💗

Key words:
Worry, fear, mental health, mindset, amygdala, emotional regulation, mindfulness

Heartfelt gratitude for every person who is contributing and working to improve mental health, here in the U.S. and around the world.

Resources mentioned:
Thank you to Lawrence Robinson, Melinda Smith, and Jeanne Segal for their article in Helpguide.org: https://www.helpguide.org/articles/anxiety/how-to-stop-worrying.htm#:~:text=Chronic%20worrying%20can%20also%20be,to%20turn%20off%20anxious%20thoughts.

Hartgrove Hospital: https://hartgrovehospital.com/relationship-anxiety-depression/

Healthline: https://www.healthline.com/health/adrenaline-rush#:~:text=A%20mind%20full%20of%20thoughts,when%20you%20lie%20in%20bed.
Henry Ford Health: https://www.henryford.com/blog/2020/08/the-difference-between-worry-and-anxiety

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How many times have you faced a really big life challenge that felt like it would crush you? What helped you navigate to the other side? 

This week, we’re talking about how to turn those big gnarly life challenges into transformational, enriching possibilities from a woman who has been there, done that and is literally flying high!

Our guest this week is the fabulously courageous and wise Pat Wetzel: a speaker, storyteller, fellow podcaster, world traveler, and author of the soulful book Bump In The Road: 15 Stories of Courage, Hope and Resilience.  

Pat’s life  journeys (so far) have taken her from Wall Street to thirty thousand feet, flying her sailplane over the Sierras. Her story and those she helps other humans tell are a tonic for the soul. 

In this episode you'll learn about: 
The series of harrowing, simultaneous challenges Pat experienced that changed everything she knew to be true about herself and the life she was living

How meditation, mindset, and her sheer will to live led her home to herself and to extraordinary possibilities she'd never imagined 

Three of Pat's top tips that will help you take flight and soar in the face of challenge 

Pat and I hope this episode will remind you of three important truths: 
1. We all travel together

2. If you're going through hell, keep going babe. 

3. Brighter skies are waiting for you and you will get there. 

Visit Pat's website to learn more about her, her book and the human stories she's captured through her podcast: https://bumpintheroad.us/about/

Experience what it's like to fly in a sail plane: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AswliDLhKnY

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Imagine how you would feel if you knew you had to perpetually relive the worst minutes and days of your life with zero power to get unstuck.  

Thankfully, this is not the case. Brain science has proven a beautiful truth. You and I have the power to choose how we think, feel and live every single minute of our lives. We can stay stuck or we can rock on. Either way, the choice is 100% up to us. 

Here's the big question. If we have this awesome power, why do we replay our worst minutes and days over and over again in our minds? What causes us to stay stuck in cycles of chaos and stress, sadness, regret, loneliness, fear, heartbreak, frustration and anxiety? The short answer is mindset. 

This week, we’re talking about mindset-The Big M!
We’ll come eye to eye with the wild beast that keeps you in replay mode. 
We'll explore how to tame your mindset and I'll connect you with why spending time and energy developing your mindset yields the best damn return on investment you will ever have. 

You'll walk away with a boatload of mind blowing insight and three micro-coaching tips to help you kick start your mindfulness practice, tame your mindset, and transform your life. You're more powerful than you know and you deserve to live your best life. We all do babe. 💗

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Let me ask you this. When you woke up this morning, did you think of today as a list of to-dos and challenges or as a one of a kind, make the most out of it amazing gift?

Too many of us spend our lives time traveling to the past and future- totally missing the magic that's right in front of us. But you know who never misses it? Dogs. 

This week, we're talking about what we can learn from our fabulous furry canine companions about mindset, optimism, joy, play, and living our best lives- right freakin' now. 

You'll learn:
The story of June Bug, one of my greatest mindset teachers ever. 

Facts about time, emotions, and brain science that will help you understand why dogs have so much they can teach us.

Three tips to help you shift your mindset to more curiosity, joy and optimism so you can start living your best life,  even if you don't have a dog.

Resources mentioned:
Neil Degrasse Tyson: The Life of A Dog: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1zBitq8TwEQ?app=desktop

Stanley Coren PhD for Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/canine-corner/201303/which-emotions-do-dogs-actually-experience#:~:text=Dogs%20have%20basic%20emotions%20like,guilt%2C%20pride%2C%20and%20shame

Takefumi Kikusui's research: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01132-0

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If you've ever felt super stressed, anxious or found yourself in the middle of a hellish panic attack, know this. You're not alone babe.

Forbes Health says "anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses in the U.S. affecting over 40 million adults, or 19.1% of the population."
But, we're not powerless. Not even close.

This week, we’re going to meet the She Beasts called Stress and Anxiety head on.
I'm going to help you tame your mind, shift your mindset, and get centered in your body when they strike so you can cope, rebound more quickly, and rock your fabulous life.

YOU'L LEARN
The difference between stress and anxiety
Why some of us experience anxiety more than others
What's happening behind the scenes in your body and mind when The Beasts come  knocking
My (3) mindset coping skills I used to tame my mind, shift my mindset and find center when The She Beasts came to visit me, uninvited, causing my beautiful mind to run like a reckless wild thing.

A NOTE TO YOU, AMAZING ONE
If you are struggling with stress and anxiety that are negatively affecting your life and your health, please seek medical help.  Anxiety Hotline: 1-866-903-3787  
You deserve to live your best life and you can with the right support and tools.  

 RESOURCES AND RESEARCH MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Forbes Health
World Health Organization
Healthline
National Library of Medicine
Very Well Mind

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Stressed, exhausted, foggy brained, and bloated. We've accepted that feeling crappy is 'normal'.  But these symptoms aren't 'normal'. They're signs that something is out of whack with our health. It's time to take action and we can.

This week, I'm inviting you to feel less crappy and more vibrant by spending a little time getting to know the conductor, protector, and unsung hero of your health- your gut.

Gut health expert, Kristina von Oertzen, grabs the mic to introduce you to the superpowers your gut holds to help you optimize the gut-brain axis, feel vibrant, look fantastic, and rock your best life.

YOU WILL LEARN:
What your gut micro-biome is, how it operates, and why it deserves your full love and attention

How gut health affects your brain and mindset, your emotions, immune system, and digestion, your libido, energy, and what you see when you look in the mirror

The connection between gut health and that pesky belly fat that's been hanging around

The factors that influence your gut health from the "Holy shit!" stress you feel to the good smelling stuff you use to wash your clothes

In addition to her deep wisdom, Kristina shares a few of her best micro-coaching gut health tips to empower you to get your systems back on track and live your best life. You deserve it. We all do babe.

Kristina Von Oertzen, is a Certified Transformational Nutritionist, Digestive Health Expert and the Founder of Bloom Lab.  Kristina has made it her mission in life to help other women feel happy and confident in their bodies by helping them improve their gut health.

LEARN MORE AND CONNECT
Visit Kristina's website: https://bloomlab.health/
Take Kristina's gut health assessment: https://bloomlab.health/assessment/
Follow Kristina on IG: https://www.instagram.com/bloomlab.health/

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My brain fog and fatigue showed up suddenly and steadily got worse. My symptoms were written off as 'normal' by three doctors. 'Normal' could have destroyed my brain, my body, and my life. 

This week, I'm on a mission to raise awareness about Vitamin B12- the one lab test every adult experiencing symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, moodiness, and low libido should (kindly) demand from their healthcare provider.

You'll learn:
Why Vitamin B12 is essential for your brain-body health
Why a Vitamin B12 deficiency may be the underlying cause of 'normal' symptoms
Why Vitamin B12 deficiency is overlooked by so many healthcare providers

And, I'll tell you my personal journey of struggling with 'normal' symptoms, researching to find answers, and challenging my doctors until I got the one lab test that literally saved my brain, my body, and my life.

Learn more about B12 Deficiency:
Harvard: https://www.health.harvard.edu/a_to_z/vitamin-b12-deficiency-a-to-z#:~:text=Vitamin%20B12%20deficiency%20can,the%20intestines%20to%20be%20absorbed.

WebMD: https://www.webmd.com/diet/vitamin-b12-deficiency-symptoms-causes

Karger.com: https://karger.com/anm/article-abstract/72/4/265/42712/Vitamin-B12-Deficiency-and-the-Role-of-Gender-A?redirectedFrom=fulltext

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So many things seem to be going wrong in our world right now. Life feels scary as hell, overwhelming, and super hard for millions of people, here in the U.S. and abroad. Knowing how to focus, cope, and be kind has never been more important. All three can feel tough, and even impossible, because our brains are hardwired to focus on negativity and our bodies are feeling the impact. 

This week, I'm putting the hard stuff on the table so we can look at it together. 
I'll teach you how to override your brain's hardwiring and develop coping skills by re-focusing your mindset. 

And, I'll tell you how you can start flexing your kindness muscle like a champ through the lens of science, storytelling and a daring invitation to imagine what's possible.

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What keeps us glued to cynical news loops? Why is it so easy to burn hours dooms scrolling social media or watching reality shows that showcase drama inside of the first 2 minutes? Why do we look forward to drama? This week, I'll help you understand how drama shapes your behavior and why it's so damn addictive.

YOU'LL LEARN:
The scientific connection between drama, stress, and addiction
How drama affects your body, brain, and mindset
The addiction-behavior connection
Three things you can do to reduce your levels of drama, improve your mindset, health and safeguard your energy

RESOURCES CITED:
Cleveland Clinic: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/22187-cortisol
Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pain-rehabilitation/202401/5-ways-mindfulness-rewires-your-brain-and-improves-your-life
Very Well Health: https://www.verywellhealth.com/dopamine-5086831

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What differentiates Olympians from the rest of us aside from ridiculous talent, super buff bodies, and years of intense training? A mindset of greatness.

This week, we'll explore the core mindset qualities these athletes share that make it possible for them to actualize their greatness, overcome adversity and achieve collective greatness that inspires everyone who is watching.

I'll call out the life lessons we can learn from the 2024 Summer Olympic Games and share three tips to empower you to realize your own greatness and create a chain reaction that has the power to change the world. 

Learn more about the 2024 Summer Olympics:
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024

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There's a shit ton of confusion about mindfulness. As more of us search for ways to feel less stressed, disconnected, addicted, and distracted, mindfulness can offer a way of life that's a total game changer. But how do you start practicing when you don't really know what it is? This week, I'm clearing up the confusion and democratizing the hell out of mindfulness. 

YOU'LL LEARN:
1. What mindfulness isn't and what it is
2. Why it improves your mental health, physical health, mood, mindset, and life
3. Three simple (and super relatable) everyday ways you can start practicing to build your big beautiful mindfulness muscle.
 
Resources:
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Order your copy on Goodreads

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This week, Dr. Mary Alice Mina, Harvard-trained double-board certified dermatologist, dermatologic surgeon, and leading expert on skin health and skincare, is in the house to talk about how our superficial beauty obsession is affecting our psyche and choices. We explore fixation mindset, "The Hot Girl Hamster Wheel", social media, the mega beauty industry, and how to feel confident and beautiful in our skin at every age by shifting our mindset.

Visit Dr. Mina's website: https://www.theskinreal.com/
Listen to the Skin Real podcast
On Apple:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-skin-real/id1638619358
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6fusqoOa7ghC7MNy27Payd
Follow Dr. Mina
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drminaskin
On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drminaskin

(*Dear Listener: A massive storm rolled in during this recording. You will briefly hear our wind chimes and our pups. These are the sounds of life unfiltered. Thanks for your love and understanding.)

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Mid-life pivots are as popular as pickle ball. This week, we're talking about how to pivot and pull off a successful mid-life career transition by building your runway- mindfully. You'll learn...

1. Three myths and mind games that weaponize your self-talk and keep you stuck
2.  The emotional side of career transitions that are rarely discussed
3. Three phases that will help you build your runway, pivot and execute successfully

*If you're interested in joining my waitlist for 1:1 coaching or you'd like to enroll in my upcoming Fall 2024 Build Your Runway live, small group course, let's connect. Click my contact link and send me a note: https://colebakerbagwell.com/contact/

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Have you ever wondered about your tendency to feel moody or grouchy? Your entrepreneurial drive or creativity? Why you experience depression, low energy, or struggle with an addiction?

This week, we're hosting Dr. J Dunn who will answer questions like these.
She's here to share her exciting discoveries about our genetic blueprint to empower us, give us hope, and better understand why we are, the way we are.

You'll learn:
1. How your genes work and affect you
2. How you can change the expression of your genes and take positive action to achieve biochemical nirvana
3. How to practice genetic compassion and shift your mindset to accept, love, and empower your whole self

Dr. J Dunn, is the creator of Wholistic Kinesiology® Wholistic Methylation and the creator of the My Happy Genes software that looks at your genetic variants and their interplay to understand your biochemistry. 

With a Doctorate in Chiropractic Medicine and a Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences, and training in Functional Medicine, she’s been teaching and practicing Natural Medicine for over thirty years. 

She was introduced to biochemistry and the role it plays in genetic expression.
10 years ago, Dr. J shifted her focus to research that would help her identify the root cause of conditions and symptoms that plague millions of people.

She and her team have been mapping the genes specifically related to brain chemistry to offer answers and hope and to teach and empower other healthcare professionals to support their patients' holistic health.

Visit Dr. J's website to learn more about her work: https://myhappygenes.com/

Curious to get your genes tested, learn more about yourself and save $50?
Head to Dr J's website then use the She Grabs The Mic coupon code: GRAB50 

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This week, we’re exploring emotional "triggers" and how to manage the emotionally distressing effect they can have on our minds and bodies by thinking about them differently. 

We’ll talk about: 
How our minds associate the word "trigger" and why
How to notice it in our bodies
How to diffuse the "triggering" sting with language and imagery 
Three steps you can take to create a positive mindset shift (today) that will empower you to move from victim to victor

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This week, we are celebrating the 50th episode of She Grabs The Mic with another super real and relatable conversation. The soulful, funny, and very wise risk taker Sue Willoughby joins us to talk about the beauty of getting out of our comfort zones and growing like the rockstars we are even when we bump our asses the hardest and "fail."

Learn more about Sue and Equus coaching for women leaders: https://www.willoughbycoaching.com/

Dear Amazing One,
THANK YOU for tuning in today and over the last 50 weeks! YOU are the why for She Grabs The Mic. This episode is a very special milestone.  🎉 

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We're growing spiritually, personally, and professionally to beat the band, in pursuit of self improvement- an industry worth billions of dollars. This week, I’ll turn you on to a few things you may not know about growth, a few little nuggets to keep top of mind if you're on a growth journey, and three practices you can adopt to support, appreciate, and celebrate yourself along the way. 

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Imagine being chronically healthy. It's possible. This week, I'm sitting down with Dr. Ellen Langer who explains how we can get there. As an esteemed Harvard professor, the mother of mindfulness, and world renowned researcher, she shares 45 years of data that proves we can think our way to chronic health. In this fascinating conversation, we talk about mind-body unity, reforming our healthcare system with mindfulness, happiness, mindful contagion, living lives of possibility, and her newest book, The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way To Chronic Health.

Dr. Langer has been on the forefront of mindfulness research for nearly five decades. She has taught great minds like Adam Grant and so many others at Harvard University where she was the first woman to be tenured in Psychology.

Her newest book is a culmination of the groundbreaking research she has led in The Langer Lab. Every page is filled with science backed, thought provoking guidance for living happier, healthier lives, and realizing untold possibility by simply changing how we think.

Episode quote: "With a little effort, our lives can be meaningfully changed."

Learn about Dr. Langer:
https://www.ellenlanger.me/
https://psychology.fas.harvard.edu/people/ellen-langer

Order The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way To Chronic Health:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705365/the-mindful-body-by-ellen-j-langer/

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This week, I'm diving into the 2024 election, challenging the "reality" coming across our screens, looking back to look forward, and inviting you to step into the future we're writing together influenced by the mindset we share.

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Welcome to Season 4. This week, we're talking about our never ending pursuit of happiness and why mindfully chasing joy is the key to living the good life that's been hiding in plain sight, up until now.

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Manifestation is surfacing as the buzziest word of 2025. Why now? What's behind the buzz?

This week, Barbara Bizou, global ritual and spiritual alignment expert shares some of the emerging themes affecting our human consciousness as she speaks to the timely intersection of science and spirituality.

Barbara breaks down the do's and don'ts of manifestation and shares the key mindset ingredients that make manifestation powerful. She explains how to tune your mindset and intuition to start actualizing your dreams and goals and she shares three powerful tips to help you kick start your own daily practice to start manifesting whatever you have your sights set on in 2025.

Learn about Barbara and register for her upcoming Vision 2025 Experience: https://www.barbarabiziou.com/events

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This week, we're talking about the self defeating nature of the word 'try' as we explore how our thoughts shape our words and our words shape our mindset, actions, and outcomes. By the end of this episode, you'll understand how 'try' squashes your confidence and potential. You'll walk away with three steps that will help you curb your trying habit and reclaim your power to kick ass in your personal and professional life. 

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Emotional reactivity is part of being human. Even so, it can lead to a series of regrettable, wtf, "oh shit"thoughts that hijack your clarity, objectivity and your life.

This week, we're taking a look at what's under the hood of emotional reactivity to help you respond more mindfully. You'll leave this episode with two powerful practices that will help you develop your emotional regulation muscle and meet every moment with more clarity, ease, and control-from the bedroom to the boardroom.

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This week, Elayne Fluker joins us for a super empowering convo just ahead of International Women's Day. We dive into overcoming the fear narrative and accelerating action in our lives by dropping resistance mindset and asking for support. If you're looking for guidance during these radical times and in everyday life, grab your headphones babe, we've got you.  

Meet Our Guest

Elayne Fluker is the creator and host of the Support Is Sexy podcast, author of the book Get Over I Got It, a celebrated speaker, and executive coach who teaches women how to make empowered asks to stress less and thrive more in life and at work. 

Visit Elayne's website to learn more about her book, her podcast, and her work: https://elaynefluker.com/

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This week, we're talking about supercharging positive action in your personal and professional life by developing your growth mindset and forgetting every self-limiting belief you've had, up until now, about failure. 

And, as we wrap up International Women's Month, we're pausing to celebrate the strong kick-ass women of the past, the present, and the future. May we move forward with intention and change the world together!

Heartfelt gratitude to @Requisit for their original sound tracks featured on this podcast. Check out more of their music on Open Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TeHIxbZbjIXRCmdJaIQ3m

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