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Happy Validation Day! Wait . . . what? Did I miss some memo here?No worries. Consider this your memo, because today I am introducing you to something really important that you may have missed...

For decades upon decades, we as women have been conditioned that if we want to lead, if we want to be powerful, if we want to be taken seriously, we need to be strong, show less emotion, be r...

Today you and I are building a bridge between your natural instincts, the ones that you were born with and bubble up inside of you every single day, and your emotions, all those up and down e...

At the beginning of each year, you and I have a tradition of sitting down with Dr. Gregory Schwartz, the Planet Doctor, and talking about how our individual health is linked to what has been ...

Do you have a winter weight? Do you have a summer one? This time of year after the holidays and celebrations have wrapped up, after that ball drops on New Year's Eve, we might start thinking ...

If you need a little help forming some selfcare goals and sticking to them, boy, do I have the 1-page resource for you.In this part 2 of 2 episodes on this topic, I walk you through the 1-pag...

If you need a little help forming some selfcare goals and sticking to them, boy, do I have the 1-page resource for you.In this episode, I walk you through the 1-pager that I've developed over...

So you love chocolate? Me too! You want to dive further into this passion? You want to pretend that you are standing in the midst of a cacao field taking in every smell, sound, and sight that...

In this episode, I walked you through a recent spirit animal journey I had so you can see what this type of practice might bring your spiritual journey as we search for wisdom, peace and heal...

For nearly a decade I would have called myself a very happy coffee addict. My two cups of morning coffee was sacred, a critical piece of my self-care, practically a religion really, then ever...

I bet you have never thought of a witch as a self-care expert. Well, maybe it is time we change that.Since we are well into the fall and Halloween is right around the corner I thought it was ...

Before we dive into today's episode, I have to say WOW! AHHHHH! Look at us . . . We did it! This is our official 100th episode. There is no way I can thank you all enough for being here, list...

At mile 9.5 I walked to the side of the road. I took my shoes and socks off, and I quit. There was no way I was going to finish this half marathon. I'm not a runner. What was I thinking when ...

What is the difference between your emotional health and your mental health? Aren't they just the same thing?In this episode I walk you through how and why they are totally different topics a...

As we are hitting the height of the summer heat, how are you feeling? Are you loving every minute of this, or are you finding yourself a little more out-of-sorts than the norm and craving for...

June is here and my producer Matt asked me on to a program over on DeanBlundell.com to talk about this podcast, health, what we might have experienced during the pandemic, and how to shop. Ma...

Mother's Day is a day that has the potential to rouse so many different emotions in everyone; everything from elation to heartbreak is possible depending on who you're speaking to. This day c...

When your heart and mind start to race and you know you need a bit more TLC, what do you do? In this episode, I walk you through the 5 self-care elements and how you can use them to help you ...

Do you eat food? Seems like a crazy questions, right? But the answer to this question might come as a shock to you. Plus, what is a food-like substance anyways and if it isn't food, what...

So are you ready to add a new layer to our selfcare routine? Do you naturally gravitate to things that are sparkly? Or do you want to bring in million-year-old earthing grounding tools into y...

I think we have all felt a significant transition or emotional switch over during the past year for a boatload of reasons. One of those reasons may have been written in the stars millenniums ...

Is this your personality type? Man, if it is - honey smokes are you gifted!Nearly 30 years ago psychologist Elaine Aron coined the personality type "Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)". Since then...

Well, spring is officially in the air, so are you ready? Does this season made your heart SING or are you more of a "blah" for springtime?Well, there is a reason for that. In this episode, yo...

As each day passes, more people around the globe are choosing to explore the plant-based or vegan lifestyle.Everyone's "why" for contemplating this switch is different. Everyone's story is un...

How do you speak to yourself? What do you say when you look in the mirror? What has society confidences you "beauty" is and do you fit into that definition.I don't. Actually, I don't know any...

I am often asked this question "I want to work on my selfcare. What is the one thing I need to do first?" Oh, Honey, I've got you, because there is one thing that is HUGE. It doesn't have any...

I had been practicing yoga for over 20 years before I started to dig into the rich stories and history of each pose. What were they individually trying to teach us? What little pieces of wisd...

Well, it has been about a year since we checked in with one of our favourite doctors, none other than Dr. Gregory Schwartz, THE Planet doctor. As Dr. Greg has told us before in the last episo...

What time is that big meeting you have today? And why are you hungry now? And when do you need to start powering down at night? In today's episode, I walk you through a full day from the time...

Ready to set your goals like a yogi? With New Year's Eve right around the corner and resolutions and your goals for 2021 top of mind, I wanted to walk you through the 12 yogi goal setting are...

How many best friends do you have? One . . . maybe two . . . or heck maybe five (those are lucky duck friends to all have you). Whatever that answer is for you, I want you to add 265 to that ...

Well, hello there. Today we are doing something a little different. I am switching out my yoga pants for a cute 2-piece suit as I need to look the part for you. Today, I am going to be your r...

What is the one word for you that describes how you are feeling right now? Take everything that has been 2020, add it to a pot, stir it up, and look down. You have one word to describe how th...

It's that time of year where our thoughts turn to the holidays, our favourite dishes, and who might or might not be able to celebrate with us this year. As much as I LOVE to bake, I don't alw...

Growing up we heard it a million times: "Milk does a body good!" We would see advertisements with our favourite movie stars or athletes sporting a milk moustache with that logo. We believed i...

It's morning. You peek over at the clock. Yep, time to get up. We stretch and reach for our housecoat when we stop. "Yuck, what's that taste?" The story of what goes on in that gorgeous mouth...

There are so many types of meditation styles, some calm you, some rejuvenate you, some - let's be honest - put you to sleep. I have been meditating regularly for 30 years now using every styl...

Chemical Engineer turned nano-mineral superhero? Yep, that pretty much describes Barton Scott and what he found out about your lovely locks of hair. In his early 20s, Barton had everything. H...

One of Tim's best friend's received a terminal diagnosis. He was willing to do anything he could to help him. When he asked Tim to come to Florida with him for a month to try something differ...

What does September mean to you? Do comforting thoughts of pulling out your sweaters, turning on the fireplace, pumpkin spice lattes and homemade soup start flooding your mind, or goes it mak...

In this episode of the Your Wellness Journey, I sat down with Ayurvedic expert, Purnima Chaudhari to look at energy fields; how electronic magnetic radiation (EMR) impacts them; the Ayurvedic...

Carole Tetreault is a healer, spiritual guide and is also known as Blue Thunderbird Woman. Marla finds out more about Carole's journey through Shamanism which was enhanced by a book by Don Mi...

Sometimes we forget that our journey to where we are right now is packed with beautiful stories. For this - our 2-year podcast episode - I thought I would share one of mine with you. I have b...

What can you accomplish in a breath? We inhale, exhale, repeat, and don't think about it. But depending upon our breathing style, we can do so much more. In this episode, Natalie Suppes,...

Is it time to take stock of where you are and how you are doing? So many of us feel that we are off course, stuck in jobs or relationships that are not helping us get to where we should be. S...

How can we find peace, use peace and rise from what is happening in the world right now? This week I sat down with Michael Arterberry, youth development expert and founder and executive direc...

We go to school. We get the job. Then comes the car and the apartment, and we have to work more. The clothes and the vacations come next, and we have to work more. At some point, you might th...

After the first month in isolation, I had melted into a place of homeschooling, letting go of my old routine and, well, scones. I have always loved scones and I thought there must be some mag...

All of us could use a little laugh right now. Okay, maybe we all need a HUGE crying-in-joy/it-is-hard-to-catch-your-breath/you-won't-need-an-ab-workout-for-a-month kind of laugh. Being in iso...

In this week's episode, I bring on Kevin Naidoo to discuss our lives in quarantine thus far. We talk about a lot of different subjects from the ego, to gratitude, to confrontation and communi...