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In the puzzle of life, I hope there are always missing pieces!

Let's talk about FOOD! It is possible to have a balanced, harmonious relationship with food that supports your health and well-being. It takes love, acceptance, compassion...and practice, practice, practice!

Your body is your first, best and last partner in this life. No one knows you better than your body. It is your closest friend, ally, confidant, collaborator and mirror. It is the two of you who live this life now and will leave this life together just as you entered it. If you do not yet love your body, it’s never too late to start. https://www.giraffetangooctopus.com/post/your-body https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/16/health/dying-regret-body-hate/index.html

Appearance standards are unrealistic, ever-changing, and most importantly..made up! They take on the importance we give them and are only true if we believe them. Learn eight daily practices for uncoupling your self-worth from the way you look and freeing yourself to focus on matters that matter!

Join me and special guest Dr. Dravon James for a lively discussion of how to wrangle those unhelpful thought patterns, uncover their source, get to the heart of you, and discover your superpower! Knowing and using your superpower will center you, bring purpose into your life, and elevate your day-to-day happiness!

Join us for a story of family, faith, and forgiveness. Ken Guidroz discusses how he coped with his son's challenging journey through prison. He shares how he discovered hope and transformation through letters between father and son following a tragic accident. Lessons, gifts, and gratitude can be found even amidst life's most challenging trials.

Karen Johansen is spry, active, vivacious, social, and fully engaged in life. She has accepted and navigated life's challenges with positivity, optimism, and gratitude. Join us for stories of life, love, loss, friends, family, and football! Karen shares her philosophy and the secrets to living well and happy at every age.

Gratitude has the power to lift, shift, heal, restore, and change our perspective. Join us for seven days of prompts, affirmations, and practices to help you manifest gratitude in your life.

The colder months are on the horizon and the subsequent “Winter Blues” are following close behind. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, Millions of Americans have reported experiencing symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (more commonly referred to as seasonal depression). Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is strongly correlated to a dysregulation in mood, sleep patterns, and energy levels. In a time when anxiety and depression have already been skyrocketing due to social, political, and economic unrest, it’s more important than ever to take preventative measures to protect our mental health from a seasonal decline. Thankfully, reducing stress, depression, and burnout is possible if given the right tools. In this episode, Dr. Hammer shares the GAIN Method to combat negative thoughts and rewire the brain with daily practice. It may be even easier than you think to strengthen your resilience, thrive all winter long, and meet your mental health goals!

Did you know that most couples get engaged during the holidays? According to BBC Future, 40% of proposals in the U.S. take place in the 2 ½ months between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day. With 40-50% of marriages ending in divorce, we need to make sure we are making these bonds for the right reasons to ensure they will last. Being intentional about when and why we choose to pop the question plays a big role. On this show, Dr. Frieda Birnbaum shares ways to avoid the social trap of the holiday season that might cloud your judgment when it comes to your relationship.

We imagine what it will feel like to be a certain age. Then, we are that age, and it feels nothing like we thought it would. Join me as I mark another trip around the sun and share some observations and learnings about life, love, and birthdays.

Farrah Fawcett: friend, artist, advocate, angel. Her fierce courage, grace and vulnerability as she faced and documented her journey with anal cancer was critical in saving my life. Her legacy, through the Farrah Fawcett Foundation led by best friend, advocate and CEO Alana Stewart, continues to impact the lives of those affected by HPV-related cancers by providing important funding for research, patient assistance and awareness. Join me and very special guest Alana Stewart as we celebrate Farrah, friendship and The Foundation. Farrah and Alana are true angels among us.

What if we stopped focusing and commenting on other people's appearance? There's a case to be made that we would all feel lighter, freer, and more accepting of ourselves and each other.

Your challenges can provide unique opportunities for immersive practice. The work we do to develop unconditional love, acceptance and compassion for ourselves requires practice. It is very much like learning another language. In order to become fluent, daily practice, and ultimately periods of immersion, are necessary. Challenges, obstacles, and adversity typically trigger unhelpful narratives, uncomfortable emotions, and self-destructive behavior patterns. That is until we shift our perspective to one where we view the mountain that lies before as as an opportunity to learn how to climb it and to develop the strength, confidence and muscle memory to climb the next one.

Do you have a friendship village? Or, like many humans, are you feeling lonely, isolated, disconnected, and without close friendships that would enhance your life and support your health and well-being? Florence Ann Romano provides insight into the pandemic effect on the Friendship Recession. She offers tips for readying yourself to welcome new friends into your life, suggestions for where you might find them, and guidance on the qualities to look for to build a balanced, supportive community at every stage of life.

We are live today with Bob Gardner, The Freedom Specialist! For the past 15 years, Bob has been incorporating multiple tools and knowledge gained from his years of martial arts, breathwork, functional psychology, deep tissue release, and numerous other healing modalities to help thousands of people permanently put an end to depression, anxiety & addiction by identifying and healing what's at the core of these issues. We don’t have to be permanently saddled with these diagnoses, conditions, and labels. They can be left behind for good, and we can live free. Freedom is where it’s at! Learn more about Bob and The Freedom Specialist at www.thefreedomspecialist.com.

Letting go of the expectation of a forever partner/spouse, a forever career, a forever home, a forever friend, a forever anything...can free you up to experience, enjoy, and be present for the life you are living right now. It can untether you from the pressure to make something work that isn't for you or to stay somewhere that you no longer belong. It can release you to move on when it's time to move on and to relinquish the idea that an ending is a failure. It is the beginning of something new, and you can approach it with awe, wonder, and curiosity. When we let go of forever, we don't start over, we just start!

I only did what everyone else wanted, not what I wanted is the biggest regret expressed by the dying, according to an end-of-life chaplain. In this discussion of The Art of Allowing, Jamie Lerner describes the joy and freedom of living your life without having a point of view (judgment) about what anyone else is saying or doing, how to connect with your true knowing, and the opportunity to create unconditional relationships that enhance your life. I left this conversation with a greater sense of peace and connection to myself and the reassurance that only I know what is right for me. I can't stop thinking about it. Thank you, Jamie!

Anesthesia creates an insensitivity to pain. When it wears off, if the source of the pain is still active, we hurt. Anesthesia behaviors are designed to do something very similar; to alleviate our suffering. Unfortunately, some anesthesia behaviors create suffering and consequences of their own. And they are not necessarily things we want to abstain from, so we are left to dance with the devil; think food, money, sex, watching TV and engaging with social media. Learn how to spot your anesthesia behaviors, determine their impact, follow the breadcrumbs to the underlying cause of your suffering, and heal it at the source.

Are you struggling with binge eating? It might seem like binge eating is about food. Dr. Nina dispels this myth and explains why diets fail and why nighttime eating is problematic for many of us. She shares how to recognize the motivations for emotional eating and practical steps to stop the madness. True liberation is possible!