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Finding Joy and Connection with our Kids Amongst the Chaos with Kari Kampakis Oct 11, 2021

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This week on the podcast, I sit down with Kari Kampakis, a bestselling author, blogger, and national speaker from Birmingham, Alabama.

Her book for moms, Love Her Well: 10 Ways to Find Joy and Connection with Your Teenage Daughter, and books for teen girls: 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know and Liked: Whose Approval Are You Living For, have been used widely across the country for small groups studies. Kari's newest book, More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive, will be released in April 2022.

Listen in as we talk about:

The balance between parenting vs. friendship
Parenting mistakes you can correct
Why it's important for us to apologize to our children
Tips to create more connection with your kids

Kari's work has been featured on Today show, Today Parents, Yahoo! News, Grown & Flown, Thrive Global, Your Teen, For Every Mom, Motherly, FaithGateway, EWTN, Ann Voskamp's blog, The Huffington Post, and other national outlets. She also hosts the Girl Mom podcast. Kari and her husband, Harry, have four daughters and a dog named Lola.

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More Than a Mom: How Prioritizing Your Wellness Helps You (and Your Family) Thrive by Kari Kampakis

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What We Can Do at Every Decade to Build and Maintain Better Health with Dr. Vonda Wright Oct 04, 2021

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This week on the podcast, I sit down with Dr. Vonda Wright, a double boarded orthopedic sports surgeon, internationally recognized authority on active aging and mobility, and an innovator focused on optimizing personal and professional performance at every age.

This conversation around aging healthily is so important, and Dr. Vonda gives us so much valuable insight into how we can age gracefully and enjoy every phase of our lives.

Listen in as we talk about:

Tips to build physical and mental hardiness at any age
What we can do in every decade to build and maintain better health
Can you reverse the damage you have done to your body?
Dr. Vonda's top two tips for better health and mobility

She serves as the inaugural Chief of Sports Medicine at the Northside Health System in Atlanta and previously served as the inaugural Medical Director building the 185,000 sq ft UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh PA, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In addition to her surgical practice, Dr. Wright is a media content expert and regularly contributes to national TV shows including "Dr. Oz," "The Doctors" and the "Today" show. She is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today and U.S. News & World Report, as well as in magazines such as Maxim, Prevention, Fitness, Runner's World, Best Life, and Arthritis Today and numerous online publications. She proudly serves on the Sharecare Medical Advisory Board, the Atlanta and Pittsburgh Ballet boards and is President-elect of the American Heart Association Atlanta.

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How to Balance Work and Home Life with Tara Williams, Founder of Dreamland Baby Sep 27, 2021

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This week on the podcast, I sit down with Tara Williams, the founder and CEO of Dreamland Baby.

In 2018, Tara desperately tried to find a product to help her six-month-old son extend his one-hour sleep window. Her solution? A doctor-approved, evenly weighted wearable sleep sack.

After a successful Kickstarter and an appearance on Shark Tank, Tara's weighted sleep solutions are now helping babies (and their families) worldwide to get the sleep they need!

Listen in as we talk about:

Does balancing motherhood and work really exist?
Tips to create boundaries around your time so you can be present with your family
How to create a morning routine that sets you up for success
Tara's journey onto Shark Tank
Her advice for better sleep

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Playing Big: Pushing Back on the Culture That Raised You with Andrea Owen Sep 20, 2021

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This week on the podcast, I sit down with Andrea Owen, who is a global speaker, professional certified Daring Way™ life coach, and the best-selling author of 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life, How to Stop Feeling Like Shit and the just-released book Make Some Noise (TarcherPerigee, August 31, 2021).

Andrea has taught hundreds of thousands of women tools and strategies to empower themselves with unshakeable confidence to live their most kick-ass life.

Listen in as we talk about:

Why we play small
How to know if you're playing small
Where's the balance in playing small and big
How listen in and act on your intuition
Andrea's story of hitting rock bottom and transforming her life

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Creating Meaningful Relationships and Eliminating Small Talk with Rachel Greenwald, NYT Best Selling Author Sep 13, 2021

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This week on the podcast, I sit down with my go-to on all things relationships, Rachel Greenwald.

Rachel is one of the most successful matchmakers in the United States, responsible for 857 marriages in the past 20 years. She is the New York Times bestselling author of "Find a Husband After 35: Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School".

Listen in as Rachel and Natalie talk about:

Rachel's analogy of Penthouse people vs. basement people
How to decide which relationships you want to invest time and energy into
Tips to connect deeply with people virtually instead of in person
How to eliminate small talk and have more meaningful conversations

She has been featured widely in the media as a relationship expert, including The Today Show, CNN, The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, NPR, and many more. Her books have been translated into 18 languages worldwide, and have been optioned by Paramount Studios for a Hollywood film.

Rachel now uses the tactics she learned in the love business to help business leaders improve their professional relationships at work. She is currently doing an Executive Fellowship at Harvard Business School, and has conducted relationship coaching sessions at organizations like Google, Estee Lauder, Morgan Stanley, YPO groups, Stanford University and others.

She teaches two different workshops regularly at Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson: one program is called "Relationships That Work" for executives, and the other program is called "Post-Divorce Bootcamp" for singles.

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Rebound Partying and Prepping Your Kids for College with Dr. Jill Grimes Sep 06, 2021

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In this week's episode, I sat down with Dr. Jill Grimes, MD, FAAFP, a nationally recognized medical media expert, award-winning author, and proud mom of two awesome collegiate daughters.

After two decades of private practice, Dr. Grimes now splits her time between writing, speaking, vaccinating, and seeing patients. She also enjoys speaking at American Academy of Family Physicians, Pri-Med®, and Harvard Medical School conferences.

Listen in as we talk about:

What rebound partying is
How to talk to your kids about partying and alcohol consumption
Tips to empower our kids to take care of their health
Dr. Jill's top things every kid should know about their health

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How to Kick Your Sugar Cravings for Good with Nagina Abdullah Aug 30, 2021

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In this week's episode, I sit down with Nagina Abdullah, a health coach for women professionals, physicians, and 7-figure entrepreneurs and founder of the website MasalaBody.com.

She teaches women to lose 20-40+ pounds even while working 60+ hours a week, even if they have tried every other program available. Nagina has a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology from UC Berkeley and has helped over 700 professional women successfully lose weight and create a lifestyle change.

Listen in as we talk about:

The scientific background of what sugar really does to our bodies
How sugar was hindering Nagina's life
The specific food substitutions she used to lose over 40 pounds and keep it off
How to incorporate reducing sugar consumption into your family environment

As a former management consultant, she lost 40 pounds while working 60+ hour weeks with a family by creating a healthy lifestyle shift instead of dieting. She started her company MasalaBody.com to help other career-focused women get control of their cravings, never feel deprived while they're doing it, and get the body and energy they dream of for life. Nagina's methods have helped over 750 women claim freedom and control over their cravings, body and energy.

She has been featured in Health.com, Business Insider, People.com, Fox News and more, and has spoken at UBS, Nestle, Deloitte Consulting, and NYU Stern business school.

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How to Set and Maintain Effective Routines with Amy McCready, Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions Aug 23, 2021

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In this week's episode, I sit down with Amy McCready, the Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and the creator of the 7-Step Parenting Success System online course, which has transformed over 75,000 families on six different continents.

She is the author of two best-selling parenting books: If I Have to Tell You ONE MORE TIME and The "Me, Me, Me" Epidemic.

Amy is a TODAY Show contributor and has been featured on CBS This Morning, CNN, Fox & Friends, MSNBC, Rachael Ray, Steve Harvey, The Doctors & others. Her greatest joy is helping moms and dads become the parents they've always wanted to be.

Listen in as we talk about:

How to structure routines that will support your kids and family
What to do when your kids don't follow the routine
Tips to lessen power struggles
Ways to empower our kids to follow their own routine
How to communicate with your kids

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Life Changes and How To Set Non-Negotiables with Kristi Piehl Aug 16, 2021

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In this week's episode, I sit down with Kristi Piehl, CEO and Founder of Media Minefield.

She started her company in 2010 following a 12-year career as an Emmy Award-winning television news reporter. Media Minefield is a one-of-a-kind PR agency specializing in earned media, crisis communication and social media.

Listen in as we talk about:

How to turn getting laid off into your life purpose
Empowering yourself to make different choices
How to model flexibility and boundaries
Tips for staying within our personal boundaries

Kristi is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs of all genders and ethnicities and is a founding board member of the Demon Angels and a founding member of the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute at DePaul University. She is also a founding member of The 25 at Bethel University, a four-year cohort program to empower women to use their strengths and skills to uncover their potential.

In 2020, she launched the Flip Your Script podcast, where she interviews people who have faced a critical turning point in their life and explores how they found the inspiration to move forward and rewrite their own unique story.

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Supporting Your Kids Going Back to School with Dr. Angela Wall Aug 09, 2021

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In this week's episode, I sit down with Dr. Angela Wall to talk about the fear and anxieties kids are facing as we prepare for back to school.

Dr. Angie Wall has been a school psychologist and psychotherapist for over 25 years. She received a master's degree in child development and counseling from the University of Colorado and she earned her doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Denver.

Listen in as we talk about:

What exactly is anxiety and are all kids predisposed to it
Why it's important for your kids to go to school
Tips for parents to help their kids deal with anxiety
How to support your kids as they go back to school

In addition to practicing in the schools, Angie maintains a private practice providing counseling as well as assessment services. She addresses issues in children, adolescents, and young adults ranging from anxiety and depression to issues specific to children on the Autism Spectrum. Assessment services include gifted testing and the identification of learning disabilities and dyslexia.

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