Redefining the Good Life
Episodes
70 episodes
EP 19: The “good life formula”
The "good life formula" is my tried and true process for helping my clients. It consists of two broad containers: first focusing on the body as we get you to feel better in your skin than you have in YEARS. Then, with ...
EP 18: You are not uniquely fucked up.
There comes a moment during my work with almost every one of my clients where I have to utter this sentence to them: "You are not uniquely fucked up dear." As much as our brains would like to make us believe that we ar...
EP 17: The power of your thoughts
Becoming aware of the power of our thoughts is important because it is how we create EVERYTHING in our lives. But the problem is, when we're unaware of the process, we end up creating lots that we don't actually want! ...
EP 16: The four stages of stuck
Work is where many of us spend a huge portion of our lives and yet, when choosing what to do when we were young, we were never encouraged to ask questions like: What would I love to spend my days doing? What kinds of conversations d...
EP 15: How to have your own back
Learning to have your own back no matter what is honoring that most important relationship: the one you have with yourself. And it is an essential ingredient for going after the life you want. In this episode, I break down what ...
EP 14: The "all or nothing" mindset
Have you ever decided to adopt a healthy habit and then, as soon as you had a slip-up, called it quits altogether? And maybe you said to yourself that you’ll start again the next day and do a PERFECT job then? The probl...
EP 13: How to become resilient
Never has the importance of resilience been as obvious as this year! But what does resilience actually mean and how do we go about cultivating it? In this episode, I outline the simple steps to get you there. Tune in to ...
EP 12: Useless and useful stresses
Stress. It's a term that gets thrown around so much that it's stopped being meaningful anymore. But do we even really appreciate what it really means if we took a more nuanced look? I think of stress as being primarily neutr...
EP 11: Demystifying self-care
In this day and age most of us are more overstressed and undernourished than ever. That means having a strong self-care routine is KEY to staying grounded, not to mention achieving amazing things in your life. In this episode, I demysti...
EP 10: Why it's high time to dispel "the myth of progress"
We humans are storytellers above all else. This is probably the biggest thing that distinguishes us from other species. But this superpower of ours can be both a blessing and a curse. The collective story we’re current...
EP 9: What you need is NOT more willpower
We often think that information is what allows us to change our habits. And when we still don't despite knowing better, we think there must be something wrong with us.But this couldn't be further from the truth!
EP 8: The surprising thing that blocks change
Have you ever made a promise to yourself that you didn’t keep? Maybe it was to start waking up 30 min earlier and start journalling every morning. To hand in your notice within the month to finally launch your dream proj...
EP 7: Why you need to go to sleep
Today I have more energy and mental clarity at 45 than I ever did in my 20s. This goes against everything we’ve been told!You’re supposed to get worn down with age, with pregnancies, with parenthood, with the stress of havin...
EP 6: What babies taught me about being human
Even though I'd sensed for a long time that something was off with our modern civilization, it wasn't until I became a mother that it all truly hit home. In this episode I take you on an intellectual and emotional journey of the surpris...
EP 5: The one habit to build everything else on
Last week was all about how the "evolutionary mismatch" is responsible for why you feel the way you do! Today we get very specific about how that might be playing out for you and the one foundational habit to start feeling better s...
EP 4: You are not meant to be broken.
Have you ever thought about the fact that you as an individual are NOT that different than someone born... 30K years ago?!As counter-intuitive as it might sound to our modern sensibilities, this is essentially true. Evolution is a slo...
EP 3: Why you're feeling stuck
How do you know if you're not dreaming big enough? Whether you're stifling your inner voice? This episode is for you if you've ever wanted to make a big decision like leaving your stressful job, starting your own business, moving c...
EP 2: Our decision to live slowly
Have you ever considered that our basic human needs have actually remained unchanged in a really long time... like, MILLIONS of years?? Things like living in a non-toxic world, feeling good in your skin, having access to nutritious...
EP 1: Confessions of a big nerd (or how all this came to be)
"Redefining the Good Life" is for you if you've ever had a nagging feeling that you aren't truly living out your full potential. In this inaugural episode, I spill the beans on how this podcast came about and why I think I'm a good...