Every Body Holds A Story Podcast

Introducing... Every Body Holds A Story Podcast! Marsha Vanwynsberghe and Sue Ruhe couldn't be more Thrilled to be Unleashing this collaborative project into the world!  Stay tuned as our Amazing guests share their stories so we can learn, grow and impact others around the globe! Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory/    

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss Marsha's body story, specifically diving into her recent story leading up to and recovering from intensive back surgery in 2020.   In this episode we discuss: Vulnerability: what to share and when to give yourself permission to keep some details to yourself.  The power of our mindset is so incredibly important and we have no idea when we need to lean on our mindset in difficult moments.  The difference between sharing from our wounds and our scars.  It is much harder to share from our wounds as we are still healing and it is ok to use our energy to heal.   Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss Sue's background with Myofascial Release Therapy and how this has led her to do the work she is doing now.  2020 led to Sue growing her virtual business to help people learn how to release their own myofascial trauma.  Sue also shares her own birth story.  In this episode we discuss: Sue's birth story, the experience and trauma and how to shift the mindset that our traumas can be called experiences.  Everything has the meaning that we give it.  How Sue pivoted to add a virtual business during the pandemic of 2020 and how it helps people to squash anxiety with their own hands.  Sue's thoughts and ideas of how our bodies and our stories overlap and why this podcast is so important! Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Sue shares her full birth story on her Love Your Cells Podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164?i=1000488958876 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

Today we are speaking with Soul & Somatic Guide Sarah Kleiner.  Sarah is the best-selling author of Soul Nudge, and is known for helping women build a connection with their soul and find their own unique medicine. Clients often come to Sarah knowing they need to deepen their self-healing practice, while also acknowledging that little voice in the back of their head saying 'I think I'm a healer". She teaches clients foundational healing tools, all while focusing on uncovering their own individual soul gifts, medicine, and path. Her work is guided by training in coaching, somatic healing, shamanic journeying, Earth connection practices, herbalism, Reiki, and soul work.In this episode we discuss: 1) Sarah's thoughts on soul gifts and learning to listen to what our body is telling us and the messages it is sending us.  2) Understanding how our nervous system responds to stress, anxiety and how to know that our symptoms can be all connected and not isolated.  3) The different ways to heal ourselves and how healing is truly an ongoing process. Learning to listen to our bodies, what it needs and actually giving it the time and work it needs to heal.  Connect with SarahWebsite: www.sarahkleiner.comEmail: sarah@sarahkleiner.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.kleiner11 Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/sarah.kleiner1 https://www.sarahkleiner.com/step-into-soul Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss their thoughts on bodies and business and how our businesses will only grow to the extent that we commit to growing ourselves.  In this episode we discuss: 1) How living in comparison is truly living in scarcity and minimizing the potential we all have to create change in our lives.  2) 2020-2021 is a test of can we be empathetic towards others and see that the stressors of this time are affecting all of us.  It is hard to show compassion towards others when we don't show that compassion towards ourselves.  3) How we show up for ourselves, will dictate how we show up in our businesses in every single way.  This will impact what we charge for our services and how we show up for others. Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

Today we are speaking with Business Owner, Online Business Strategist Sarah Swain. Sarah is a high impact, results driven and heart led business owner, author & business strategist for online, services based businesses. She's an action taker with a massive drive to help women realize their freedom and security lies in their own abilities. Sarah knows this to be true as in 2017, she walked away from her 6-figure corporate gig with nothing to fall back on other than beautiful, blind, ignorant faith. 3 years later, she now owns and operates one of the fastest growing Canadian empowered media organizations & inclusive communities, The Great Canadian Woman. When she's not online trying to take over the Canadian wifi waves, it's a guarantee she's somewhere in the beautiful Rocky Mountains with her husband and fur family in their home province of Alberta. In this episode we discuss: 1) Sarah's shift after 3 years of business startup and 2020 breaking her in all the right places, she decided to make her level of organization, workflow and efficiency the highest priority.  2) Learning to listen to our bodies, the messages they are sending us and respecting and giving our body what it needs to function at its best.  3) How our businesses will only grow to the extent that we take care of ourselves and nurture what we need.  Bringing our best selves forward is what allows our business to soar.  Connect with SarahWebsite: www.thegreatcanadianwoman.caEmail: Sarah@thegreatcanadianwoman.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegreatcanadianwomanInstagram:  https://www.Instagram.com/thegreatcanadianwoman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/iamsarahswain Listen on Libsyn: https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/17756639 Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Everybody Has a Story,https://forms.gle/7dx1PA3jjmS7ufp79 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss their thoughts on bodies and business and how our businesses will only grow to the extent that we commit to growing ourselves. They share their thoughts on how businesses grow through collaboration and how important it is to be a real human in our businesses.  In this episode we discuss: 1) Being vulnerable may be scary, yet it will bring the most authentic people into our lives. We are missing the real connections with people because we are not allowing ourselves to be seen or keeping our doors open to connect with others.  2) We need to stop putting the business first, instead focus on building ourselves into the person to bring it to life. People will be able to engage with us and see what we can offer, by truly being ourselves.  3) We cannot say we trust in the universe and spend our time micromanaging it. We have to commit to showing up and then let the universe do it's magic. "Energy will trump strategy every single time." Rachel Joy 4) Today we referenced a few other coaches who have impacted us, Craig Seigel, Rachel Joy, Cora-Lynn Hazelwood and Jess Glazer. We both resonate with real people, coaches, and people online who inspire us to be more of ourselves. Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

Today we are speaking with an incredible young woman named Lily Francis.  Lily is almost 18  years old and currently in grade 12. Her parents say she has been active since the day she was born. They enrolled her in many activities and gymnastics was her favourite. She did competitive gymnastics until she broke her back in grade 6, almost 7 years ago. Lily fractured the following vertebraeL2, L3, L4 and had stress fractures in L5 and T10.  Knowing she couldn't compete at the level she previously had competed at due to her injury, she turned to track and field. She tried a variety of events but has landed in competing in the heptathlon, which includes 7 events. To this day, I am applying to universities with hopes of being a varsity athlete. Lily shares her incredible story with us as a young athlete having to work through the physical challenges of rehabilitation while still performing as a top level athlete. In this episode we discuss: 1) People cross our paths that are meant to impact us and support us. Lily seeing her dad go through his own rehab process 6 months before her injury, and his doctor being the one to recognize that she had an injury that needed to be addressed was no accident. 2) Recognizing that fear is a normal part of life, yet the fear of staying still and doing nothing is bigger than the fear of "what if or what could happen" by trying to move forward. 3) Our journey and what we experience on that journey is what makes us who we are and the impact that we are here to create for others. Connect with LilyEmail: lilysfrancis@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lilysfrancisFollow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss a quote about setting intentions and learning the power of surrendering during the process and how surrendering is a key piece of the puzzle.  The more you control your intentions, the less you are actually living in the energy of intention. As humans we tend to set goals and then micromanage all the details thinking we actually can control how it will all play out.  Living in this manner means we are closing out all other possibilities that things can actually work out differently or even better than we ever imagined.   In this episode we discuss: 1) "Intention without surrender is a fast track to delusion", Rebecca Campbell.  This is such a powerful quote as we deep dive into the meaning of surrendering to your intentions.   2) Surrender in this aspect means letting go of how this goal can happen.  When we let go of how we create space to be able to let the magic unfold in ways we can't even imagine.  Holding onto control that we don't have also blocks us from people, opportunities and experiences that are meant to cross our path. 3). Our goals might happen faster than we expect or even days later than our intention, that is micromanaging the details.  Our energy will change, and we can self-sabotage ourselves from actually reaching those goals.  4) When we focus on the goal only, then we will take on situations or work with people that aren't the right fit only because we are focused on the end goal.  This toxic energy can actually block us from reaching our goals, make it so much harder to achieve, and drain us of all of our energy and that will sabotage us for the next stage of our business. Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

Today we are speaking with Kim Basler.  Kim is an Author, Speaker, Food Freedom and Mindset Coach.  Kim understands first hand the struggles around emotional eating, chronic dieting and body image issues. With over 28 years working in the health and fitness industry she is invested in helping women find a balanced approach towards healthy living.  Her training at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating enables her to use a mind body centred approach to nutrition as well as cutting edge eating psychology strategies. Kim believes in a holistic approach to health. Moving beyond the number on the scale and embracing health through mind, body and spirit. She is also a published author in a collaborative book "Owning Your Choices"In this episode we discuss: 1) The power of learning to listen to our emotions, experience them, and how the only way to heal ourselves is to feel the emotions.  We must feel to heal. 2) Learning to accept and love ourselves for who we are, what we have experienced and know that it's all played a part in who we are today.  Resisting these feelings only keeps them around longer. 3) Our stories can create a massive impact in the lives of others and learning to share our stories can teach others how to light their own flame inside too.  It's a massive ripple effect that we can all be a part of. Connect with KimWebsite: https://www.kimbasler.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.basler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimbasler_foodfreedom Email: kim@kimbasler.comFollow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

Today we are speaking with Jamie and Kim Fitzpatrick. Jamie and Kim are online health and wellness entrepreneurs, as well as business mentors. Together they are parents to Colby and Tessa. They are big dreamers who are here to make a massive impact in the lives of others regardless of their age or current state of health and fitness. Together they have experienced life from an unhealthy perspective, and they discovered a new way of truly living fully.  Kim and Jamie also operate another business called Legacy by Kim, in honour of her mother, Carol.  As an online boutique headband line being handcrafted in Canada, the prints are limited and produced in small batch exclusive prints.  As part of this work and in honour of the Carol Colby Perras Foundation, Legacy by Kim gifts Legacy headbands to women undergoing chemotherapy and cancer treatment.Individually and collectively they have lived through heavy circumstances and are openly sharing their story to continue to help others.  Jamie and Kim feel that the greatest impact we can have in this world is to share their passion, their vision, and the knowledge that they have gained through their personal experiences to empower others to take personal action towards change. Using optimal health and wellness as a catalyst for change, they are dedicated to helping you live your best life. Together they want to give people the match that lights the fire already within. In this episode we discuss: 1) How their family was impacted by Jamie's heart attack at 46 years old.  Kim performed CPR for 9 minutes ultimately saving Jamie's life.  Jamie had a 6% chance of survival, and less than a 1% chance of survival with no brain damage. 2) Through combined personal, physical and emotional traumas we have to learn to feel in order to heal.  Most people want to go directly to healing without feeling and that's impossible. 3) Using different tools depending on where you are in your journey in your life.  It might mean journaling, rest, recovery, time outside, and making self care a priority as well as self-compassion, and it requires being more curious and subjective to what we need on a daily basis. Don't be afraid to pivot since everything we receive is data.  We can pivot at any time. Connect with KimWebsite: https://www.jamieandkimfitzpatrickfitness.com Website: https://legacybykim.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kim_m_fitzpatrick Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/legacybykim Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kim.p.fitzpatrick Email: kimfitzpatrickfitness@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss the 1 year anniversary of being locked out of our jobs since the beginning of the pandemic.  Sue and Marsha get real as they share their thoughts and perspectives of this past year, and they share a few of their lessons. In this episode we discuss: 1) Sue gets vulnerable and openly talks about her shingles' scars that are triggered by stress.  Varicella-Zoster Virus - hangs out dormant in our dorsal root ganglia and nerves demand respect.  Sue's scars and experience could have stopped her from stepping into her new role as a virtual body coach, and this is how she stepped up and created a new business during the pandemic.  2) The power of learning to love ourselves.  It's not loving ourselves when things are perfect, or we look a certain way, it's learning to love ourselves for exactly where we are at and knowing that our bodies are more than enough just as they are. 3) Sue and Marsha share the importance of vulnerability and how it has brought the most incredible people and experiences into our lives.  Without the experiences of this past year, our group coaching spaces, this podcast might not exist. Apply to be a guest on our upcoming podcast called, Every Body Has a Story, launching in January 2021.https://forms.gle/PxX6w2WgXDJnhw9Q9 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

Today we are speaking with University Lecturer, Coach and Speaker, Kathi Balasek.  Kathi founded One Well Widow and also lectures at the University training new teachers and coaches.  A love of teaching and experience becoming a young widow raising 5 children, she has blended the two in her purpose to empower widows and advocate for them moving forward to rebuild their life.   A widow CAN move forward in ALL things!In this episode we discuss: 1) The spectrum of emotions that a widow can experience from relationships, financial during their experience and how difficult it can be to make the time you need to help yourself heal. 2) Adversity happens to all of us.  Finding the lessons in the story and learning how to use these lessons to move forward to do something with our story gives all of the challenges meaning and purpose. 3) No one teaches you how to be a widow, how to handle the loss and how to move on with life.  It's these times in our life that require asking for help, surrounding ourselves with people who can support us and allowing ourselves to receive the help. Connect with KathiWebsite: https://www.onewellwidow.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onewellwidow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kathibalasek LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathi-balasek-ma-929642199 Email: hello@sheplayswell.comFollow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss the moving parts of their business and how they're continually working with growing themselves and growing and scaling their businesses. In their typical banter fashion, they share their thoughts on comparison, collaboration and learning to trust yourself and your journey.  In this episode we discuss: 1) Marsha shares her new knowledge and studies of NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming).  We set goals with our conscious brain which is our goal setter (literally only 1% of our brain) and the goal getter is learning how to reprogram our thoughts, which is our subconscious brain. This study includes Time Techniques, EFT, Hypnosis and Success Coaching.  2) One of the first principles of NLP is living at Cause instead of Effect.  This is the power of learning how to live at cause, which means we are at cause for everything that happens in our life.  We always have a choice in how we respond. 3) Following what we feel called to do and now letting ourselves get stuck in the How or the Why.  We highlight the programs we are both implementing and integrating in our businesses this year, and so much of it comes from trusting ourselves and the direction we are both taking our businesses.Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

Today we are speaking with Divorced Mom's Coach, Marisa Lupo.  Marisa is a certified life coach who has mastered strategies that empower women in her private practice to cultivate an authentic life overflowing with love, meaning, and passion. After having checked all the boxes that she thought were going to lead her to the happiness she craved, something deep within her was still missing. Purpose emerged through her most difficult time; an entangled divorce with two children, a very opinionated Italian family, without much support from those closest to her.   She developed the tools and strategies to untie the knots of divorce that bound her and started living a life of freedom.  In her coaching she guides women through untying the knots of divorce and teaches them how to emerge into their highest self.  In this episode we discuss: 1) Learning to honour and find your voice by unpacking your story, and when you learn how to do this you can then stand in a place of truth and be able to express that in the most authentic way possible. 2) Marisa's experience in the plant medicine ceremony (Ayahuasca), and how this experience helped her to connect to her higher consciousness and body again.  This experience further opened up her heart center and grounded her voice and message to teach and encourage women to no longer be trapped and silent. 3) Releasing the shame, disappointment and guilt from others because our story works out differently than they planned.  Our story is up to us to live out and Marisa shares her journey of learning to let go of these emotions in order to fully live into her truth to then create the impact she is here to make. Connect with MarisaWebsite: https://marisalupocoaching.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/marisalupocoaching Facebook: https://facebook.com/coachfordivorcedmoms Email: marisalupohome@gmail.comFollow her podcast: When Voice Meets Spirit https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/when-voice-meets-spirit/id1554098438 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

Today we are speaking with Executive Coach and Sales Trainer, George Wang.  Coach George Wang is a Board Certified Executive Coach, Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Certified Hypnotherapist. Before the age of 15, Coach George Wang was just a normal kid from the 90's playing Nintendo 64 and shooting basketball with friends when one day he was suddenly diagnosed with a rare kidney disease with an average of 10 years before full kidney failure. This led to another discovery of a large tumor on his right lung which was surgically removed along with two-thirds of his lung. With the outpouring of love from friends and family during this traumatic time, Coach George learned the value of human connections and developed a belief that life was all about the connections we make with other human beings. This led him on a path of non-stop learning. Over the past 20 years, Coach George has dedicated his life to studying every method of human behavior science he could get his hands on, which has led to not only his own personal success, but to the success of his clients as well. Today, Coach George helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and corporate executives to connect with, market to, sell, and serve their customers in an ethical manner using psychological behavioral principles. He believes that business should always be win-win, and that the customer should win more. This is how business is done in its truest and most ethical form.In this episode we discuss: 1) Through George's illness and recovery from a young age, he learned the value of connection and relationships, and this was an integral part of his focus in his professional career.  2) How to sell authentically by focusing on what your client needs.  Sales isn't about being pushy. It is about offering your client the solutions you have available and always come from a space of giving value. 3) George's experience in NLP and how it transformed his life.  Business and sales tend to have a negative connotation when it actually is what unites us all.  Sales, done properly actually unifies us as humans and allows us to care for one another.  George shares so many incredible examples of this during the show. Connect with GeorgeWebsite: https://CoachGeorgeWang.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachgeorgewang Follow George's podcast: Money, Love and Freedom podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/money-love-freedom-with-coach-george-wang/id1491664619 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

Today we are speaking with Health Coach and Mental Health Advocate, Rachel Braga.  Rachel is a Mother of three who lost identity and lust for life after leaving a career to take care of her children. After reclaiming her health, her personality and confidence have taken centre stage and she's living a free life! Which  made her more in tune and stronger to face Cancer.  In this episode we discuss: 1) The journey of Rachel reclaiming her health and being able to be aware of and catch the signs that something was "off" in her body, and ultimately finding her cancer very early.  This greatly improved her recovery process.  2) How we have to make our health, our mental and physical health a priority, especially in this time of the pandemic and how it is continually impacting our lives. 3) Rachel's mission to continue to be so real and authentic with people, and how we can all embrace this side of ourselves and let others see it. Connect with RachelEmail: Rachelkbraga@gmail.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachel_k_braga Follow Rachel's podcast: The Morning Ish Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-morning-ish-podcast/id1534738720 Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

Today we are speaking with Holistic Counsellor and Author, Shannon Moyer-Szemenyei.  Shannon is a Leader. Wife. Mother. Friend. Poet. Mentor. Human. She is a believer in fundamental rights, standing up for oneself, owning your truth and being a kind and compassionate human being, leaving a positive impact wherever possible. Shannon lives with her family in London, Ontario and, when not writing or nurturing others, you can find her at the hockey rink or horse barn with her boys, or cuddled on the couch with her rescue dog, Berney.  In this episode, we discuss: 1 - Learning how to commit to our healing and using our voice to help others.  Being quiet and hiding in our stories doesn't serve anyone. This is a punishment to ourselves. 2 - What does owning your truth mean, and how our own mental health and healing was far more important than the discomfort of others. When we turn the inner dialogue off to protect others, we stop listening to our own intuition and voice. 3 - Trauma is relative to your own individual experience in life as a human being. Shannon speaks openly about how trauma impacts and affects our brain and how we then process those pieces. We have to deal with the root causes of our trauma in order to move through it. 4 - There can be beauty in the breakdown when we allow ourselves to feel the emotions to heal and then use those lessons in our life by paying it forward to others.    Connect with Shannon: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moyer_and_co Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moyerandco Website: www.moyerandco.com Email: hello@moyerandco.comFollow Shannon's podcast: The Morning Ish Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-morning-ish-podcast/id1534738720 Working with Shannon: Shannon holds space during counselling sessions that are rooted in meditation, intuitive writing, journaling and art. Product wise - Shannon just published her first book, The Years of Breaking! It's a collection of poetry written while going through PTSD recovery and unraveling my story! It's available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Pegasus, Waterstones, Book Depository Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739

In this episode, Sue and Marsha discuss the current state of our lives and the perpetual anxiety loop that we are easily finding ourselves in during this stage of the pandemic, especially in Ontario, Canada.  They are being real and honest with you today as they both share the signs, the feelings, and ways that they are continually identifying and working through the feelings. You are always your business, so the only way to bring your best self to your life and your business, is to work through the emotions and prioritize self-care practices to fill your cup first.  In this episode we discuss: 1) Sue shares her experiences of the anxiety loop, leaving a job location, embracing change and recognizing the signs and feelings of anxiety.  Sue also shares how Incredibly calm she now feels on her Sunday nights! 2) Marsha shares her lessons from her NLP immersion and how important it is to recognize our thoughts and how our bodies hold onto the stress and the way to change this comes from changing our thoughts at the level of the subconscious mind. In order to change our circumstances we actually have to tap into the resources and tools we all have available. 3) Together they explain how our bodies work hard to process and release anxiety even if nothing actually happened or was wrong.  Anxiety is something that builds in our bodies and eventually our bodies work to find a way to release it, and typically not in a productive manner. 4) Sue and Marsha share their upcoming offers that they have to help people with their anxiety, stress and how to do the work to change their circumstances and ultimately their stories. Marsha's current offers:1. 1 - 90 Min Session Breakthrough Session Promo Codehttps://www.marshavanw.com/offers/Zv9wsft2?coupon_code=EARLY 90 MIN BREAKTHROUGH SESSION 2. 3 - 90 Min Session Breakthrough Promo Codehttps://www.marshavanw.com/offers/3SNdvYNH?coupon_code=EARLY3SESSION   Grounding Foundations with Sue - $100 Discount Intro Bonus https://susan-ruhe.mykajabi.com/grounding-foundations   Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739  

Today we are speaking with International Speaker & Best Selling Author Cody Byrns. Cody is an award-winning speaker and a #1 best-selling author. His life underwent a major shift in 2013 after a horrific traffic accident left his body burned and scarred. After years of countless surgeries, and innumerable physical and emotional hurdles, Cody has since founded his own non-profit Burn Foundation, and is on a mission to spread his story of inspiration, hope, and recovery to everyone he meets. Cody has been featured on many TV and radio shows around the world, and his message has encouraged thousands. Be prepared to have an experience that will motivate you to move out of bondage into a life of freedom! In this episode, we discuss: 1) Even if we have every right to be or play the victim in our lives, we can choose to believe and see that there's hope for a better tomorrow. Everyone goes through pain and it is always teaching us something. We can choose to focus on the lessons or focus on the pain. 2) E.P.I.C. - Cody's acronym helps people to focus on the steps to help you get up when life knocks you down.  E - Embrace challenges; P - Provide perspective on the lessons to reframe the pain; I - Implement change and apply the lessons to our life to be a better person; C - Celebrate your story, embracing your lessons to be a better vision of possibility to inspire others.  3) Using our story, our healing and the lessons to serve, support and impact others.  We can all use our lessons to help others.  4) We can learn to move and grow with our scars and this is how we can all authentically help others with the lessons we have learned.  Connect with Cody: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecodybyrns Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/codybyrns Website: https://www.CodyByrns.comEmail: info@codybyrns.com Listen to The Scar Release Podcast: https://codybyrns.com/podcast/ Download a FREE copy of my Epic Life Game Plan, which contains the steps to get back up after life knocks you down. This has helped so many people, both in their personal and professional life at http://epiclifegameplan.comDownload the first chapter of Cody's Best-Selling book, Scar Release Breaking Free of Yesterday's Troubles for FREE at https://www.scarreleasebook.com   Follow us on Instagram:https://instagram.com/everybodyholdsastory Tune into Sue's podcast, Love Your Cells: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/love-your-cells-podcast/id1478170164 Tune into Marsha's podcast, Own Your Choices Own Your Life:https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/own-your-choices-own-your-life/id1445904739