Stay Connectedwelcome to let’s thrive, the podcast. a place for real chats on real experiences to inspire & empower. life is an ever-evolving journey and this podcast is here to support and guide you along the way.
if you can listen with an open heart & open mind, you might be surprised by what revelations come through. each of these stories is unique and personal yet reflects universal lessons & experiences we all face! so take what resonates and leave the rest, I’m just happy you’re here 🙂
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Taking control of our health and advocating for ourselves isn’t always easy. Today’s guest, Bethany Holmes, knows firsthand how long and strenuous it can be to get the answers and help needed. When a sudden health crisis changed her life forever and led to emergency brain surgery, Bethany had to learn a new way of living. Her journey represents what can happen when the gap between emotional and physical turmoil closes and full healing can happen.
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Connect with Bethany @thehealthy_b and me @emilyfeiklsand @letsthrivepodcast.
What is pseudo recovery and is full recovery even possible?! If you’ve ever wondered these exact thoughts stay tuned as today’s guest, Emily of @eatwithcare, is explaining it all. Sharing unposed photos of your body and vulnerable stream of conscious captions while in recovery is not easy yet Emily does it to make a point: to dismantle diet culture and wake people up to the truth of disordered eating. She shares how her journey with disordered eating began and what it looked like over the years until she chose to recover … only to realize she was in pseudo recovery. She now shares her journey towards full recovery as she speaks on topics such as body acceptance, weight gain, the binge-restrict cycle, fear foods, and the mental/emotional/social impact of disordered eating.
In this episode we discuss:
Connect with Em @eatwithcare
Connect with me @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast
Gabrielle Westbrook is an Enneagram Life Coach helping women find their most authentic self, tap into inner power, and finally take charge of their life. Her work with the enneagram began after spending years on the sidelines of her own life, asleep to what her full potential was. She now works with women to help unlock and discover who they truly are so that they too can live their best life. In today’s episode Gabrielle breaks down what the enneagram actually is and how it can impact our life. This includes what each type is, an explanation of the triads of the types, and a mindset shift that each type should work towards.
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To support the show please leave a rate and review for the podcast! And to learn more about Gabrielle’s enneagram coaching offers, go to The Hope Healers.
If you know Tay of @itstaylermarie then you’ll know that in the past year she’s gone through quite the transformation. After spending years of her life battling the effects of diet culture in her life, Tay decided to take initiative and change. She shares her journey of falling into health obsession and how she slowly transitioned out of it to find her own sort of in-between. The mindset shift that Tay had to make is what changed her journey for the better. Tay also speaks on the positive and negative impact of social media when it comes to health.
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As a content creator through instagram, YouTube, and now her podcast, Natalie Barbu is the queen of diversifying content. In today’s chat she explains her start in the world of entrepreneurship and content creation all while sharing the highs and lows of it. As the Founder and President of Barbu Agency, Natalie knows what it takes to build a brand and market to the ideal audience. With her own experience and education, Natalie now helps others build their business and shift their mindset around marketing. She dives into what it looks like to face the fear and do it anyway, with topics such as leaving corporate, starting a business, or even putting your work out into the world. Natalie also shares her best advice for branding and diversifying content on different platforms. Her work is a prime example of turning a dream and passion into reality.
In this episode we discuss:
Connect with Natalie @nataliebarbu, on YouTube, and with her podcast, The Real Reel
I’m @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast
Tune in for a fun episode on light and heavy topics as Mikaela of @hopefullivin and I answer listener questions. In this conversation you'll learn new things about both Mikaela and I as well as have an opportunity to answer these questions for yourself.
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Connect with Mikaela @https://www.instagram.com/hopefulllivin/ and me https://www.instagram.com/emilyfeikls/
Raise your hand if you’ve ever suffered from the side effects of diet culture *every hand goes up*. Well if so, today’s episode with Krista Williams of Almost 30 podcast is sure to inspire action and change to break free of diet culture. Krista is a badass entrepreneur and co-founder of Almost 30 podcast but she’s also a woman just like us that has been preyed on and manipulated by diet culture. She shares her journey through the years with disordered eating, body dysmorphia, and how she’s now found peace with both. Krista explains that oftentimes these issues start while we’re young and are the portrayal of health we see reflected from those around us or the media. She also shares how her experience with Reiki and her spiritual beliefs have helped her heal.
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Krista @itskrista and @almost30podcast
Emily @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast
Dive into the power of adaptogens with today’s guest and CEO of JOYÀ, Ruth Elenkave. Seven years of over-the-top intensity at her law firm left Ruth with severe adrenal exhaustion, where simply getting out of bed was a challenge. Afraid that her body was giving-out and knowing things had to change, she made a life-changing decision to quit her firm. Hoping for answers, she enrolled in a school of Holistic Nutrition to learn healing modalities. What started as a post-lawyer reset, turned into an A-HA life pivot. After becoming a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and seeing such a significant shift in her own health, she realized her calling was to bring people joy through nourishing, healing foods: JOYÀ was then born.
In this episode we discuss:
Connect: JOYĂ€ and https://joya.ca/
Connect: Emily and Let’s Thrive
We all know that diet culture royally sucks and yet so many of us fall into it. Today’s guest, Erin Christ, has had her fair share of struggles with the thoughts, habits, and beliefs imprinted on us by diet culture. As a recovery advocate on Instagram Erin shares her own experience and journey towards recovery. She works to inspire others to break free of diet culture and fully embrace their life and body. Erin shares her story that involved gaining weight and learning to build a life without the fear, obsession, and mental turmoil of disordered eating.
In this episode we discuss:
Connect with Erin: @bodybybreakfast
Connect with me: @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast
Creative, CEO, and the ever evolving spirit of Lindsey Simcik is here to chat all things intuition, tapping into your authentic voice, and standing firm in your self worth and power. We all know her from Almost 30 but as an individual Lindsey has lots to offer and shares some of her greatest life lessons with us in this episode. She dives into her life leading up to Almost 30 and how it prepared her for such growth and evolution. Lindsey also shares the changes and areas of focus in her that made the greatest impact whether that be in work, relationships, or with tapping into her soul.
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To connect with Lindsey find her @lindseysimcik or @almost30podcast
Connect @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast
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