Your Journey to Joy

Michelle Hillier from Breath + Fire: Finally feeling like her authentic self. How the pandemic revealed cracks and things we escape to and they are not always good

 

Everyone is in recovery from something. As it did for many of it, the pandemic revealed many things, some cracks in our systems, relationships and health. And as moms sometimes we also lose our identity as we give to others and escaping with alcohol to deal with life, 

 

Today Michelle Hillier joins me to talk all things recovery , divorce Michelle is most known for Breath+Fire, a wellness program that helps people identify gaps in their lives that are holding them back from becoming who they truly want to be.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic pushed Michelle to her breaking point. All of a sudden, all of her work—which had been her escape—was cancelled. The isolation spotlighted the cracks in her marriage while at the same time Michelle’s mother was diagnosed with dementia, and she looked for ways to numb the feelings. 

 

Today, Michelle is in recovery, she has been sober for one year, and she uses her personal story to help people see it’s possible to lead a great life. 

 

We had a wonderful and real conversations about what we escape to , the choices we make, how breath can help use improve our lives and more. 

 

 

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Journaling :My journal is almost 1 year old !! Journaling does work !! Have you started yet ?

I can't believe it's almost been a year that my Journey to Joy journal has been out. Do you journal ? It is such a very good thing. 

I think it's like FREE therapy. 

Listen in ...as I share AGAIN...why journaling is such a good thing. 

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Check it out and order here. 

Want to learn more about Wellness ? Ready to get going on your Wellness journey ? 

Visit my wellness site here. 

Do a quick 5 minute Wellness QUIZ to see a great place to start.

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Intuitive Eating with Jennifer D’Amato: So much more than food

Jennifer joins me today to have a frank discussion about Intuitive eating and what that all means. It truly is a starting point for eating and finding peace around food. 

Jennifer is an Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach. She specializes in helping women connect with their bodies , make peace with food and refine her health so she can walk away from diet culture and embrace all life has to offer. 

You can find her on IG, FB and www.healthcoach4life.com .

https://www.instagram.com/jennifer_healthcoach4life/

Everyone should listen to this episode. 

You will learn so much . I know I did.

 

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Tazima Parris: Filling up your pleasure cup

Tazima and I sat down for a fascinating and fun conversation about pleasure. She is an awesome and dynamic lady. Her focus is a sex coach and pleasure maker helping women go from resentful to radiant. But we didn't talk about that  on this episode. 

We talked about finding joy in your life, 

I know that as my life was chaotic I wondered when the joy would return. But I soon learned that it was about me and me going to find the joy!! 

This was a fun conversation and all your ladies will find great value in it. Listen in. 

And find Tazima here. Linked in 

and on her website Infinite Relating

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Summertime.: Sharing some favorites: Wellness Wednesday with ChrisBartholomew on running and travel and life

Summer time is busy and fun . 

And I'm sharing some of my favorite interviews and episodes that i have done in the last 2 years. 

Since I just started a little running out side again, I thought I'd share a Wellness Wednesday episode with Chris. He is an avid runner and quite an athlete. We had a fun conversation about running and travel and life in general. 

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My time with my business and my partnership with Shaklee I have met some awesome people. Chris Bartholomew is no exception. He is currently The Eastern Regional Sales director yet has been involved in our incentive trips quite a bit. And I've noticed that he is an avid runner. Not just a few miles but many miles that he puts in during the weeks.

I am privileged  that he sat down with me for a conversation about running and his travels and what running gives to him. And then a neat discover he made about hydration after one hot day. 

The thoughts he shares at the end are so good for running and exercise and really life. 

1. Make a decision : Just start, once you do the inertia keeps you going. 

2. Have Fun!! Love that. We need to do things to bring us joy and fun. 

You will also learn in this episode why we both choose Shaklee as our brand of wellness products and why a host of Olympic athletes do as well. 

Chris is the most knowledgable about the Shaklee Pure Performance Line and you will learn a lot from him today. 

So grateful for this time with Chris. I really enjoyed it and had fun learning more about Chris. 

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Mindset Engineer : Molly Brown:Creating the life that you want by being the person you need to be in order to reach your dreams and goals

Molly Brown is a fascinating gal. 

As she is now a Mindset Engineer, she shares her journey through bulimia, the army, following the rules, wanting to disappear, finding a community and imagining the person she needed to be to find success. As she read books on personal development and neurology and the mind, she saw that she could design her own mindset following the same system I used as an engineer.

it's fascinating, heart felt and so inspirational. I loved our conversation. 

 

You can find Molly at

Molly Brown, Mindset Engineer

Design the mindset you need to achieve the results you want.

MindsetEngineeringllc@gmail.com

https://calendly.com/mindsetengineeringllc

www.Mindset-Engineering.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mindsetengineer/

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Don’t do Recovery Alone: Matt Gardiner

Alcohol  was fun and loud and entertaining for Matt.

Had a great conversation with Matt about recovery and sobriety.  

So many topics we talked about : 

Rest 

Divorce 

Sobriety 

Expressing yourself in music 

Sound therapy 

 

Matt is an awesome guy who helps Those in Recovery Create a Healthy & Active Lifestyle without The Need for Alcohol.

 

He hosts a podcast as well here https://www.spreaker.com/show/beyond-recovery

 

You can find more about Matt Gardiner here. 

 

https://linktr.ee/mattgardiner555

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Time to Celebrate:Reflection on my daughter being home and what I’ve learned

It's been 4 months since our daughter came home from her most recent treatment stay. And many people ask how she is doing!! 

She is going great !!! 

And some days are hard! 

I am taking this episode to celebrate though all the things that we have to celebrate. One of my coaches told me once I don't celebrate the good things enough. So that is what I am doing today. 

For 7 years my daughter has struggled and been home many times. And I've learned SO much about when to speak, when to be quiet, boundaries for me and for the family . 

I appreciate all of you for following along with this journey . It's been up and down and all around. And today is time to forgot about the bad times, put your troubles down and celebrate !!! 

Thanks Madonna for the song 

Holiday 

May you find time to celebrate the good times today !! 

Much love !! 

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John McLeod: Anything is possible and it’s never too late to change . A spouses view of recovery

John McLeod is the Husband of a recent guest Nicole McLeod. You can listen to her interview here. 

Nicole mentioned that John may want to come on and share is side of the story. I was thrilled. 

Addictions and disorders not only effect the 'patient'. They impact the whole family. this is a great conversation with John who is honest and open to share his side of things, watching his wife struggle and not be present and find her way to treatment and strong into recovery. 

I think you will enjoy this episode and find much wisdom in what you hear. 

thank you John. 

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Melody Belliveau: Sharing light in the darkness: Overcoming Rare Genetic disease Jobs Syndrome and gut health discussion.

I think you will enjoy this conversation that I had with Melody. 

She was Diagnosed with a rare genetic autoimmune disorder called Jobs Syndrome. Such a severe allergies, asthma, infections since she was a baby...and at 52 years old she discovered what had been going on all her life. 

We talked about gut health and topical steroid withdrawal and so much more. It's fascinating and shows the power of investigating and natural and asking more questions. https://www.itsan.org/

She shares her story so that others can see their way out of the darkness. 

Melody Belliveau is a Content Writer, Speaker, and Creator of The Social-Commentary.Com whose passion and purpose is to share a message of light on the darkness life can sometimes bring. 

You can find her: 

www.TheSocial-Commentary.Com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmelody320/

Twitter is @BelliveauMelody
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/melody.belliveau

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