Episodes

What can the living, learn from the dying? What are five phrases we can use with someone who is dying, someone we love, or on ourselves? How can we close the gap between our expectations of how things should be vs how things really are? If you would like to dig into these questions, join me as I talk with Dr. Luyi Kathy Zhang. Dr. Zhang is a hospice & palliative care physician, mindset & life coach, an author and the host of The Purpose Filter podcast which helps living people apply dying lesson...

Let's dig into Life after Loss with Tim Bigonia, host of the Journey to Grateful, Navigating Through the Loss of Life and Love podcast that was created after Tim suffered his own personal loss and realized he had "messages" to share with others going through their own loss or dealing with grief. On this episode we will talk about several grief/loss related topics: Grieving isn't something that only comes with a death, it can be a job, relationship...This one is hugeGrieving is not linear, it...

Erin Tusa is an integrated holistic health and strength coach based in Guelph Ontario, Canada. After her own 100 pound all or nothing weight loss "rollercoaster", Erin developed a holistic model of both coaching and training that helps people heal their relationship with food and exercise without needing more discipline and willpower. Erin empowers clients to understand that their eating and exercise issues actually have very little to do with the food, and MORE to do with how physically and emo...

In 2003, Krys Pappius was living what many would call “a good life”. She was in her 10th year of a career as a police officer, and as far as anyone was concerned, she was successful. Then she was in a serious car crash that shook her up both physically and emotionally. She realized that while she had all the signs of success, her life was unfulfilling and boring. She realized that she was a people pleaser who no longer knew who she was or what she wanted in life. In that moment, Krys promised...

Dina Henry Scott is a career woman who has traversed the world of technology for years, she is a mother, a wife, a grandmother (her favorite role) and a cancer survivor. Join me in my conversation with Dina and learn about how she navigated life before, during, and after her cancer diagnosis. Connect with Marianne: Website : Message In The Middle with Marianne Message In the Middle Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/422430469323847/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MessageInTheMi...

Dr. Brittany Clayborne is a mother that has been faced with many challenges. She was in perfect health until a heart attack during labor at 26 years of age with a condition called Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Most people recover from this disease within a few months to a few years, but a very small percentage do not and go on to need further medical care. That was Brittany's case and since that diagnosis in 2010 Brittany "died" & had to be defibrillated 6 times. From June 2015...

Join me in a discussion with Elena Nicole, a wife, a mother, a certified health coach and personal trainer, and owner of Elena Nicole Health. Elena helps busy women who want to get healthier, look and feel their best and do it in a realistic and sustainable way. She works with her clients to develop habits and routines in the areas of mindset, nutrition and movement so they can not only reach their goals but maintain them. You can reach Elena: IG: www.instagram.com/elenanicolehealth Facebook: E...

Join me in a discussion with Christine O’Brien Horstman. Christine is a life and career coach and corporate trainer. As a mother and chronic illness warrior, Christine knows how hard it can be to take care of yourself and your family when life gets tough. Coping with one health crisis after another – cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and, most recently, long COVID – has equipped her with a toolbox that she shares with others facing their own times of stress. Christine's wish is that everyone has a ...

Katrina McGhee is a Career Break and Sabbatical Coach - a certified life coach with an MBA - whose signature Take the Break program helps mid-career women create happier, more fulfilling lives by designing bold and transformational life breaks. Informed by her own intrepid and successful career break, Katrina’s RSVP Framework guides her clients as they create their life-altering career break experiences. They return from their breaks recharged, inspired, happily-employed and forever changed. On...

For those of you following along with our book choices in the Private Face Book Group you know that we have been reading Just a Thought by Dr. Amy Johnson. Just a Thought is a self-help book that teaches us that our minds are like machines, like computers. They constantly spit out repetitive stories. They love to replay the past and predict the future. They have conviction over their beliefs. Our minds love drama and exaggeration. Our minds live to create identities for us and then work like c...

Kate McCauley is founder and CEO of Danu, LLC. She has a degree in Kinesiology, a Masters in Education, is a certified health coach and a certified woman owned business owner. Kate helps women manage stress through building every day habits to be happier and healthier at home and at work. She does this through 1:1 coaching, workshops and speaking engagements. Website: Danu, LLC (danunow.com) Insta: https://www.instagram.com/health_coach_danu or FB: https://m.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fb...

Join me for a conversation with Maria Jordan, The Wise Woman Coach. Maria is a Midlife Transformation Coach and helps women experiencing big life transitions, who have lost sight of who they are! She guides them through their unique journey from Lost to Found; to remember the woman they once were AND discover the woman they are becoming. So, they emerge feeling confident, empowered and with a strong sense of self. As a child, Maria was persistently bullied which resulted in low self-worth and a ...

Join me in learning more about Imposter Syndrome with Confidence coach and Imposter Syndrome Specialist Rachel Lounds. Rachel has over 25 years working in the advertising industry and has always had a deep interest in human behavior and positive psychology, so after quitting her job in advertising she decided to retrain to become a coach and focus on the very real but detrimental consequences of imposter syndrome on female success. Rachel trained with the Australian Institute of Professional Coa...

This episode focuses on practical tools that can be used in your daily life to create habits that bring ease and an increased sense of wellbeing. Some areas of focus are self-compassion practice, embodied dream work, guided imagery, and finding easy ways to bring mindfulness into daily life. Join me in my discussion of these topics with Bryony Smith (she/her), LMHC, a second-generation Psychotherapist and Psychosynthesis life coach. Bryony's private practice is near Amherst, MA, but she offers ...

Join me in an informative and fun conversation with Dr. Mary Sanders as we discuss how an integrated approach can really make a difference in our overall health and well- being. Dr. Mary has over 25 years of experience as a self-employed businesswoman and consultant. She has a doctorate in Chiropractic from Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Lewis, MO. She has a Certificate in Positive Psychology from the Wholebeing Institute in Lennox, Mass and she has a Masters in Intuition Medicine® from t...

Join me for a discussion with Matty Lansdown. A scientist, functional nutritionist and health coach that specializes in weight loss and self- confidence for professional women and busy mothers. Matty has a pretty interesting background, he started out in the field of nutritional epigenetics and spent many years working in hospitals as part of a disease research team. Through that work, Matty developed the core belief that the vast majority of disease and illness is not due to bad luck or geneti...

Join me in a discussion with Suzana as we discuss why creating a better relationship with yourself will lead to living a more fulfilled and joyful life. Suzana is a certified general life coach by Kingstown College Ireland and an EMCC Accredited Coach at Master Practitioner level. She is located in Ireland and her goal is to help as many people as possible become aware that they can change their life, or any aspect of their life that they are not happy with, and to inspire them through sharing...

Join me as I have a conversation with Fiona Modderman, a fitness/bootcamp/personal trainer and health coach who spent many years struggling with an eating disorder, body image, and weight loss. Now, on the other side of her illness, she has become a happy and fulfilled wife, mother of 3 and a coach who works with women who want to FEEL good, start to put themselves first and in the process, learn to care for their physical and mental health. You can connect with Fiona at: Website: www.fimodderma...

Join me in a deep dive into The High Five Habit by Mel Robbins. The High 5 Habit is a self-improvement book focused on helping the reader deal with negative and self-limiting thoughts and provides strategies for taking charge of your life by establishing a morning routine, eliminating negative self-talk and transforming your life through positivity and confidence. I’ve done a lot of work in that space for the last few years, and these are all concepts I believe in, and have worked to i...

Join me as I have a conversation with life coach Janine Durso as she explains why she is a self- proclaimed unicorn slayer and why she believes the life we want depends on it. Janine Durso is a Certified Life Coach and Unicorn Slayer who teaches women how to cultivate self-belief so they can stop chasing validation and happiness externally and create it for themselves. (Spoiler alert: your happiness and fulfillment doesn’t come from anything outside you.) Whenever you find yourself saying “I’ll ...

Join me as I talk to Andrea Haughey, a health and fulfillment coach who has certainly had her share of challenges to overcome. A few years into her career as a personal trainer she hit a rock bottom which propelled her into a journey to recovery from an eating disorder that had controlled her life for over 15 years. During the process of healing her own relationship with food, her body, with movement, and ultimately her relationship to self, her mission shifted. Andrea realized that there was s...

Join me in a discussion with Bri Campano host of Clever Conversations podcast as we delve into some of life's curve balls and hear how she chose to move through them and even grow/thrive in the face of adversity. You can find Bri Campano: IG @thecleverbiotch Facebook- @cleverconversationspodcast website- cleverconversationspodcast.com Clever Conversations Podcast Connect with Marianne: Website : Message In The Middle with Marianne Message In the Middle Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/g...

An extension to the deep dive into Glennon Doyle's Carry on, Warrior the Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life, Marianne DeMello-Smith and Tracy Isaacs have a very real conversation about difficult life situations, how you work through them, and the hidden gifts that can come out of them. Connect with Marianne: Website: Message In The Middle with Marianne Message In the Middle Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/422430469323847/ YouTube: https://www.yo...

Take a deep dive into Carry On Warrior The Power of Embracing Your Messy, Beautiful Life by Glennon Doyle to see what Messages we can find between the pages. Connect with Marianne: Website : Message In The Middle with Marianne Message In the Middle Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/422430469323847/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MessageInTheMiddle/playlists LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianne-demello-smith-678b9966 Email : Contact | Message In The Middle with Mariann...