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Come Home is a show for everyday people who face everyday challenges; a place where you will find connection through other people's real stories, and feel the inspiration to Come Home to your own heart and inner knowing. Listen in as host, Melissa Costello coaches callers live around a current struggle they are facing, or deep-seated pattern they want to shift while offering tangible strategies, a dash of spiritual guidance and sometimes a tablespoon or two of tough love, that you can easily apply to your own life. Get inspired to take action in your own life and overcome the obstacles that you may be facing while feeling a little less alone in the world, with Melissa's honest guidance and coaching solutions.
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Consistency! It’s one of those things that many of us struggle with. How do we build it, whether it’s with exercise, our eating habits, our spiritual practice, our self care? There are many obstacles that can stand in the way of building consistency; time, money, lack of energy, not believing we can do it….In today’s coaching episode with Elana, you will get to hear one woman’s experience in wanting to build consistency with exercise, which is a priority to her, but she doesn’t make it h...
Weight loss is a frustrating and often unreachable goal. Many of us seek out experts to find the answers, only to end up disappointed and defeated.In this coaching episode with Zilla, she comes to the session feeling confused and frustrated by her weight loss goals.She's been following a pretty restrictive plant-based diet and has hit a plateau after losing some weight. She's part of a very well-known plant-based community with a weight loss "expert" who promises the world.Zilla finds herself...
For many women, body acceptance can feel impossible and intangible. It’s a concept that seems hard to grasp, especially because we are conditioned from a very young age that our bodies equal our value. This starts a vicious cycle of yo-yo dieting, body shame and self-hatred for many women.In this episode, Melissa chats with licensed psychotherapist and healing practitioner, Shirley Johnson. Shirley grew up in a multi-racial family and went on her first diet at the age of 10. She spent years y...
In the era of ageism, it’s increasingly hard for women to embrace their natural aging. We are constantly exposed to beauty influencers through social media along with unrealistic images, photos and ideals in mainstream media, which makes it even more challenging for women to cultivate a unique sense of self or to have a positive self-image.In this episode, Melissa chats with Style Coach, Erin Mathis. Erin teaches midlife women how to create an authentic style that helps them make the impact t...
In this Expert Series episode, we discuss what parenting looks like in today's world where social media is pervasive in the lives of youngsters. In the age of apps like Photoshop and FaceTune, how do we advise and support our children's body image as they are growing and being exposed to unrealistic ideas about their bodies? It is becoming increasingly challenging to create an atmosphere in which our children can embrace their bodies, despite the unrealistic body norms that social media ...
As women, many of us struggle with loving and accepting our bodies. Culturally we are programmed by what we see in the media and by diet culture, and it’s detrimental to the way we view ourselves. In today’s episode, Melissa dives deep into body acceptance with Ilene Leshinksy, a psychotherapist, teacher, body image specialist, creator of Find Body Freedom, and author of "Reflections of a Fat Girl.” Ilene deemed herself a fat girl many years ago because of what she heard grow...
In this coaching episode, Chris comes to the call with a question about overeating, especially in social situations. She finds herself feeling out of control with desserts, and also wonders how to STOP eating when there is food left on her plate because she doesn't want to waste it. She often ends up feeling overly full and guilty afterwards.The “Clean Your Plate Club,” as Melissa calls it, is very common especially among generations who had parents that were raised in the Depression. Chris a...
In today's episode Melissa coaches Ashley, who explains how weight gain is slowly eating away at her self-esteem. She has struggled with weight loss for most of her life and is eager to overcome her emotional eating habit that has amplified during the pandemic. Melissa investigates further to learn about Ashley’s daily routine, including what she puts in her body, her workouts and sleep patterns. She discovers that Ashley is experiencing mental health issues that may be...
In today's male-dominated industries, women often go unnoticed primarily due to their ability to express themselves and communicate effectively without apologizing.In today's episode, we have with us Malika, the founder of The Center for Women's Voice. Malika coaches professional women, helping them through their communication barriers and transforming prime areas of their life.According to Malika, repeated apologizing from women turns into a habit over prolonged exposure and that itself supp...
What does it feel like when you receive a compliment? Do you deflect by complimenting back immediately or feel undeserving of the praise?My caller today Kim has struggled with her self worth and accepting compliments and feedback from others. She turns the feedback or compliment into something negative about herself, because she doesn’t believe herself to be worthy of the compliment.During the episode we untangle her limiting beliefs around WHY she can’t accept compliments and how they trigge...
When we have loss in our lives, whether it's a death, breakup or other kind of loss, it’s common to override the natural grieving process that is necessary for deeper healing. It often feels easier to distract ourselves from the pain, like turning toward food, drinking alcohol, over-working, having sex or whatever other avenue helps us to numb out. Yet, avoiding the myriad of emotions that come with grief tends to only prolong the pain. My caller today, Sunny is struggling with a hu...
As women it can be easy to get caught up in the pressures of life and what we “should” be doing based on what society models to us. We “should” be married and have kids by a certain age. We “should” look a certain way. We “should” be able to do it all and still look good while doing it. We “should” be a good mom, good wife, good friend and good daughter. We “should" be just OK with how things are….Today’s guest is Strength and Conditioning Specialist Holly Perkins and in our conversation...
If you’re a woman, then my guess is you know a little something about taking care of others and putting everything and everyone else first. And, you may even feel a sense of guilt when it comes to taking care of yourself. Or taking time to do things you love.If so, you are going to love this episode. Aftan called in today because she has been neglecting a very big part of who she is for many years to raise her two daughters. Slowly over time she let go of pieces of herself and her dreams, and...
Life tends to throw us a lot of curveballs, and sometimes it can be challenging to navigate them without suffering from depression, negativity and defeatism. Today’s guest expert inside The Nook is Resilience Coach, Karey Spransy. Karey joins me to share how she built resilience in spite of the MANY challenges she has faced in her life, including a teenage pregnancy at age 17 and the battle with Stage-4 Colon Cancer.Karey’s long-time struggle with FOMO led her to a huge realization that ...
If you’ve ever struggled with feeling unsupported by friends and family or you feel like an outsider because of a certain belief system, then this episode is a must listen. Today’s caller Julie is a vegan. She’s been feeling a lack of support from her family around her choice to be vegan, and even though she wants to raise her children the same way, she is constantly being judged and getting push back from those around her.Julie feels confused about how to navigate this tricky terrain wi...
Today’s episode shines the light on the detriment of diet culture and how it creates a common thread of dysfunction in the way many people relate to food in their lives. The amount of shame and confusion that it causes can be a heavy burden to carry.My caller today, Alli feels that burden. She has been struggling with snacking all throughout the day and she’s been feeling out of control. It’s definitely gotten worse during this last year with COVID.She wants to experience hunger again and fee...
Feelings of failure, shame, and guilt are the biggest products that the diet industry sells us. This 70 billion dollar industry negatively impacts the mental and emotional health of millions of men and women, promising quick fixes, but ultimately always ending in failure.My caller today, Pam, knows this struggle firsthand as she has been dieting in an attempt to lose the same 30 pounds for years. She has been stuck in the diet cycle for a long time, but has been unable to lose weight in a sus...
So often, the goal of health and wellness coaches falls short by only focusing on diet and exercise, but there are so many more layers to it. That is why you are going to love my guest today, Courtney Townley. Courtney is the host of the Grace + Grit Podcast and the creator Rumble + Rise. She deems herself a mover, a shaker and a healthy people maker and once you hear this episode you will understand why.She has worked in the health and wellness sphere for over 20 years now, and today...
If you’re a mom, or a woman who is seeking purpose and fulfillment after raising children or going through a big life transition and looking to start a career, then this episode is a must listen! My guest, Dana comes to the call today feeling stuck about her next career path. She is a mom who has been focused on raising her daughter for the last 12 years, and doing everything for everyone else. She’s dabbled in real estate and other careers, but never felt fulfilled. She’s at...
If you’re a woman who has spent her life doing for others, and feels guilty putting yourself first then today’s episode will strike a chord. Also, if you’re at a crossroads and you feel ready to move into the next phase of your life, but you don’t know how because you’re so used to doing everything for everyone else then I KNOW you will get a lot of golden nuggets from my coaching session with Lisa.Lisa has recently decided to retire from her long career in healthcare and wants to begin ...
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