Back Pain and Posture

We all can remember that favourite storybook that we read over and over.  The one our parents could recite in their sleep.  We also can remember the characters and the moral of the story.  These are the lessons we likely still live by today when we are searching for that right answer, or that right choice to move forward. 

My guest today, Paul Collins, is the owner of Moonlight Puppies, a publishing company that specializes in writing children’s books that demonstrate strong, life-long principles.  With beautiful illustrations and character development, can reach the heart of every child’s imagination as they listen to and learn to read his books.

As you consider the programs your children may be involved in, and I am aware of the characters now a part of my grandson’s life, we need to look at the messages those characters are sharing, and how we support our youth to be their very best, one good book at a time.

To learn more about purchasing a book, please visit: Moonlightpuppies.com

To see a little bit more about Ellie the Eagle and the Rockefeller Christmas tree, check out the video here:
YouTube: @moonlightpuppies2102

You can learn more about the "It's in the Cards" deck from https://linktr.ee/itsinthecards, or in the shop at www.dancedebut.com

You can purchase your specialty tea blends at www.capebretontea.ca

Are you interested in learning more about the storybooks published by Michelle?  Stacey on the Keyboard and Peter on the Drums can be found in the shop, as well as the CD released with Dan the Music Man - Stacey on the Keyboard.  A full creativity kit has been created for teachers to explore more of dance, music, movement and fun with stories.   

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

 Our guest today, Yvette Cole, is a kindergarten teacher, and a children’s author.  Celebrating Black History Month, her book: “Harriet’s Dinner Party” is being brought to the forefront for shining a lens on some important history that has been invisible to many of us through the decades.  Her frustration with not being able to show the reality and the richness of black history for North America created her first story. 

Our conversation sheds a light on how we can help our youth and our community to grow and understand many aspects of history and connection. 

To connect with Yvette please check out:
https://www.amazon.com/Harriets-Dinne...
https://www.booksbyyc.com/product/har...
Video Trailer: https://www.booksbyyc.com/harriet-s-d...
Illustrator: https://www.janinecarrington.com/abou...

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

Today’s podcast is taking a deep dive into guides, transformation and knowledge we can gain from the other side.  I am joined by Laura Hoorweg who is a gifted Intuitive Counselor/Coach and Clairvoyant Medium. She started her spiritual journey at the tender age of 11 in search of God and the Angels, visiting multiple churches and places of worship by herself, even though she was not raised in a spiritual or religious family. She had an extraordinary transcendental out-of-body experience on the top of a cliff at the age of 15 which changed her concept of this world and what lies beyond it forever.

Laura also took a pilgrimage to Costa Rica, Peru, Hawaii, and Brazil where she spent time healing and looking towards her next transformation.  Together we will be exploring the idea of transformation and our opportunity to have guidance along the way, but also a way to connect with our guides. 

If these ideas are new to you, this podcast will have you thinking differently about how you are supported every day.  And, if this is a subject you have spent time in already, then let Laura lead you into new insights and opportunities with her wealth of experience and insights.

To learn more about Laura, please go to:
Email: laurahoorweg@gmail.com
Web site: www.spiritspeaks2.me
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/SpiritSpeaksToMe
Spiritual Counsellor/Intuitive Coach
Psychic Medium

To order your deck of Affirmation for the Body and BioField Deck, find it in the shop under merchandise on page 2 at www.dancedebut.com.

Ready to order the perfect tea blend for you?  You can order online at capebretontea.ca.

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

I am delighted to be able to watch my parents and my husband’s father thriving in their eighties.  They have embraced their golden years in a way that continues to give to others and to know that their actions, words, and passion to help others make a difference.

On my last visit to my parents, it was an unexpected trip and so my dad was not able to find someone to take his paper route that he does in the middle of the night.  He is awake while many of us are asleep, and he sleeps in two stints during the day.  On this visit, he was trying to get in his visiting time while maintaining his sleeping arrangement that works for him.  We were talking about the stress of the hours, but he delights in the quiet time, his chance to see amazing sunrises, and connect with other paper carriers who work the late night shift.  He exclaimed to me that having a purpose and a connection was important and it kept him going. As much as the hours are hard, I agree with him.

I should add that both of my parents teach Tai Chi several days a week and are devoted to their club.  They both practice on their own as well to stay sharp and ready for teaching, and they know how to work through their physical challenges of stiff knees and hands, sore backs or neck, as they both have a set routine that they are devoted to.

My father-in-law jumped out of a plane for a tandem jump last month to raise a significant amount of money for hospice, and then he went soaring down a zip line.  His work with the Lion’s Club for decades had him involved in the community in many worthwhile projects.  He is still devoted to supporting community events and activities and is one of the most active members at his apartment complex. 

There are many stories of exuberant seniors who run circles around us younger folk, but I want to dive into some of the insights of today’s guest.  Returning to share more of her wisdom as a medical doctor and the patients she has watched grow old over the years and thrive or wither as they have aged is Dr. Marianne Bette. In our last podcast episode we discussed her book “Living with a Grieving Heart,” and today I am excited to hear about what Marianne has learned across her years helping others. 

Retired from her practice in Connecticut, Dr. Bette brings us some of the wisdom and stories that are a part of her next book. 

To learn more about Dr. Bette please go to:
Instagram: @bettemarianne
https://emeraldlakebooks.com/living-with-a-grieving-heart/
mbette48@gmail.com

To order your Affirmations for the Body and BioField Deck please go to the shop at dancedebut.com.

To order the perfect cup of tea for you, please order online at capebretontea.ca

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

We all have our habits and our faults for why we have aches or pains that come and go through our bodies.  How we hold ourselves, sit, walk, and stand all play an important role in the function of our muscles, the organ systems related to the muscles, and the harmony of the systems to work together to create health and wellness through daily healing.

If you have been sitting at your desk for long periods, driving in a hunched position repeatedly day after day, or doing repetitive actions with your work that keep your body in an imbalanced pattern, then this podcast is for you.

I share details about the emotions related to the neck, center, and lower back.  I also highlight some simple tools to get you started on a plan to release tension in the body and support proper posture.

As always, a listen to this podcast creates balance and flow for a healing session while you listen.  

The card deck highlighted is:
The Affirmations for the Body and BioField deck - www.dancedebut.com, in the shop, merchandise, page 2. 

The tea highlighted for the show can be found at capebretontea.ca

As we begin to close up Season 3, we hope you will go back into the archives and mark some of the gems that we highlighted this year.

Have you checked out the YouTube Playlist for Tai Chi Wellness - @michellegreenwell?  Get started with your own Tai Chi practice, and join us online for classes through the week.  You can find more at www.dancedebut.com.  Movement Made Easy and Qi YINtegration.

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

Over the last few years, we have certainly had our challenging times.  It can be hard to focus on the good things in life or the gifts brought to us as we endeavor to get past the challenges, roadblocks, or misfortunes we have encountered.

In Lok Hup, a form of moving meditation that is a part of my Tai Chi practice, we have a movement called “Stop the Cart and Ask for Directions.” That is, do we wish to live a thriving life or are we choosing death and decay.  I appreciate knowing there is a choice at the start of the set, because moving forward with the patterns provides a step forward to living and thriving.

How we approach situations and the heart we bring to them are very important.  Today we are looking at the power of gratitude and forgiveness to release stress and tension in our lives.  How can we look at our challenges and celebrate our ability to find the way through?  How can we forgive ourselves and others when choices might not have been the best for everyone?

As we bring Charlene Waines into the conversation and her latest activities and support for the Moyo family in Milawi.  We will be exploring perspective and heart-centered living.  We all need a reality check to return to thriving and healing in our living, join us to find the tips and tools that will take you there. 

To learn more about the resources we talked about, check out:

Stephen Moyo Mission4Change Go Fund Me:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Stephen-Moyos-Mission4change

Mission4Change CommuniTEA tea:
capebretontea.ca

Charlene Waines on Facebook

GracePads.com

A special shout out to David Hickey of Crystal Journey for his fantastic concert and connection that contributed to this podcast.  You can learn more here: https://www.crystaljourney.ca/

The book mentioned in the podcast is Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit and Joy in the Female Body by Tami Lynn Kent

Learn more about the movement and healing programs offered by Dr. Michelle Greenwell at https://linktr.ee/greenwellcenter

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

It is so easy to become a slave to our patterns and habits of living.  Once we find that groove that makes life easy, we fall into it and excel at keeping that space supported.  This can be things like starting the day with a caffeinated beverage to wake us up.  Having a snack from the favourite vendor near work.  Buying a gym membership or signing up for an exercise class, and getting started with it, but not really loving it, and eventually not finishing the membership, then buying a new membership thinking things will change.  Perhaps, walking every morning the same route with the same pace and challenges.  It may seem that I am dishing your favourite wellness habit at the moment, but bear with me. We all have good intentions. 

My guest today, Michelle Abraham, knows all about patterns and behaviour as she has built a very successful award-winning business in the podcast industry called Amplifyou, North America’s top podcast management company.  She started as a podcaster herself, then branched out to help launch over 100 podcasts to help more people get their message out.  So what does this have to do with habits for wellness?  Michelle’s podcast business, winning Entrepreneur of the Year in 2022,  supports podcasters in the wellness industry.  She knows all about patterns and behaviours as she has heard their messages, and she has also understood their own patterns of intention for success with their podcast, but has realized the right program to make them successful on a grander scale. 

Our story does not stop there however, as Michelle has also realized there is more to the story for healers and has ventured beyond her initial podcast focus, into High Vibe Visionary’s.  She has changed her own patterns and habits to realize more of what she is truly made of.  Transformation requires grit and intuition, passion, and letting go.  Get ready to learn some incredible ideas from a true inspiration.

You can find Michelle Abraham at  https://www.amplifyounetwork.com/

Michelle is a super mom to two incredible kids and an avid traveler. She's also the voice behind not one, but two podcasts – Amplifyou and Blissful Parenting.

In her latest venture, Michelle is thrilled to introduce "Amplifying Your Voice, Vision & Visibility with Masterminds & Aligned Adventures." This immersive experience is designed to elevate your vibe, align your business, and nourish your soul. Through the PACES framework – Podcasters, Authors, Content Creators, Entrepreneurs, and Speakers – Michelle will delve deep into the three pillars of Visibility, Readiness, Resources, and Relationships. 

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

In this special episode to transition from the habits and patterns from 2023, we move forward into 2024 with empowering self-care tools that you can use daily.  I share with you the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula that transformed my dissertation and provided me with a way to understand the key ingredients to bring energy and vitality into my day while engaging my innate healing powers at the same time.  

The Be Well with Dr. Michelle Greenwell podcast has a very special formula to provide you with a balance and transformation while listening.  In this episode I share more about choosing affirmations, the power of herbs, and the activities that I include with my guests.  

I may sound like I am just giving you a background, but actually, I am raising your vibration as you listen and engage with the activities. 

Enjoy the special episode!

You can learn more about the tea here:  capebretontea.ca
Harmony Tea Blends coming soon...

Affirmations for the Body and BioField deck: dancedebut.com - shop, merchandise, second page.
Full resources for Michelle: https://linktr.ee/dancedebut

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

Do you have those days when you felt great at the start, on top of your game, and ready for the tasks of the day, only to find an hour later that you feel deflated and ready for bed? How do you transform so quickly from success and eagerness to loss and heaviness?

Today we are talking about Energy Vampires. Those people and situations that zap the life right out of you. Can you imagine how empowered you can be with the right tools in your hand and the ability to foresee the challenges coming your way?

Now, my guest today, Clancy Cox, was with us in Season 2 and helped us understand our voice and our power to speak. Today she is sharing her shift in focus from vocal coaching to empowering people to speak and to support themselves with their voices and their actions.

You may remember that Clancy is an accomplished Soprano performer and coach with a long list of performances and collaborations that showcase her divine talent. Clancy Cox has lived in several parts of the United States over the years but calls the State of New York home. After a car accident that left her in chronic pain, Clancy found her answers to healing through yoga and voice.

Today, Clancy is extending her expertise with the voice to help us navigate the energy vampires that can drain our joy for living and take down our energy leaving us depressed and despondent.

To reach out to Clancy, please go to her website: Clancycox.com

To order an Affirmations for the Body and BioField card deck for your own personal use, or to support work with clients, please go to the shop at www.dancedebut.com.

Www.capebretontea.ca is always striving to create the best cup of tea to inspire and support well-being. Check out the latest blends and order the tea to be delivered right to your door.

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.

The end of the year is a time when people take stock of their year, their ambitions, their dreams, their accomplishments, their challenges, and more.  It is a time that could pull you into sadness and disappointment, or it can be a time to pull you forward into what is next for you.  It is all in perspective.

My guest today, Arik Xander, has just finished preparing the Zodiac details for the year 2024.  In Chinese folklore, it is the Year of the Green Dragon.  A time for yang energy to rise and for new birth and strength to shine.  But what of the Zodiac?

Be sure to have your pen and paper ready to learn more from Arik, and to consider what your next year could look like if you looked forward and you considered where you are empowered.

How can you follow the program by Arik Xander?
https://www.zodiachacks.com/

To order the Affirmations for the Body and BioField Deck - dancedebut.com, plus  The Top 8 Stress Releasers are FREE.  

To order a specialty tea blend, check out capebretontea.ca

Here is Arik's full bio:
"Arik Xander is a multifaceted professional, renowned internationally as a teacher, astrologer, healer, and innovator. As the CEO of Omega Alpha, LLC, he oversees subsidiaries operating projects in the intersection of wellness and technology industries including naturopathy, astrology, tarot, kinesiology, and energy medicine, based on a lineage he has termed "Central Medicine." His diverse client base includes political leaders, medical doctors, spiritual gurus, influencers, and key figures in various industries, as well as hundreds of individuals across the globe.

As the Master Blender at Aurelia Essential Oils, he contributes significantly to the company's leadership in healing essential oil blends. He has also co-modernized the Tarot archetypes into the Cosmic Pixels line and launched the transformative Zodiac Hacks platform, focusing on demystifying astrological archetypes for self-enhancement.

His book, "Zodiac Hacks: Constellations: a Month-By-Month Guide to Making the Most of Your Year, Every Year," offers insights into the quality of time and interpersonal relationships, explaining astrology in a practical manner. Through his full-time consulting practice, Arik offers individual reading sessions, energy balancing, international retreats, and in-depth one-on-one transformation programs.

Arik is the developer of Astrolochi, which combines astrology with the energy structures of humans, including astrological yoga, and has produced the Vessel Building app for daily exercise. His current projects aim to integrate timeless wisdom into the modern era. His daily writings and the podcast "Ageless" are highly sought after in the wellness community, reflecting his diverse expertise and influence in various fields.”

Dr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health). Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body. Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals. Learn more at www.dancedebut.com. Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists. Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at https://cbteacompany.square.site. Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, and the focus on high quality organic black tea. Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.