Call IT In with Dar

Today I’m joined by Dr. Alison J. Kay, an internationally recognized expert in holistic healing, energy medicine, and applied mindfulness. Alison is an award-winning, #1 international bestselling author and the creator of the Vibrational UPgrade™ System, a powerful approach that blends ancient wisdom from Asia with modern science to help people live with more ease, clarity, and fulfillment. 

In our conversation, entitled “A New Set ...

Today’s guest, Deb Dutcher, is proof that love doesn’t have an expiration date. A former high-tech VP turned Certified Health Coach—and now a boomer online dating coach—Deb helps widowed and divorced women in their 50s and 60s find love again with confidence and clarity. She’s the best-selling author of Sexy, Lean and Strong After 50 and the creator of The Finding Mr. Adorable Journey, a system she developed after leaving her secon...

What if the habits, patterns, and even money struggles you’ve been carrying aren’t flaws… but old programs ready to be gently released? In this episode entitled “Breaking Cycles,” I’m joined by Kisha Reynolds, a certified clinical hypnotherapist who helps people break free from deeply rooted patterns—especially body-focused behaviors and long-held scarcity beliefs—using the powerful tools of the subconscious mind. 

Kisha shares her ...

Feeling drained after holiday gatherings and wondering why you’re carrying everyone else’s emotions? 

In this episode of Call It In With Dar, I’m joined by Todd Smith, creator of a leading podcast for Highly Sensitive People. Todd shares gentle, practical tools to help you stop absorbing stress that isn’t yours, release what you can’t control, and find peace—without needing anyone else to change. If you’re sensitive, thoughtful, and...

Today’s episode is one of those conversations that stays with you long after you’ve listened. My guest, Anda Nix, is an intuitive somatic life coach, postpartum doula, and the founder of Cauldron Coaching — and she’s someone who has walked through the fire of chronic pain and come out the other side with a deep, embodied wisdom. 

Anda opens up about the years she spent navigating pain, the unexpected trip to Mexico that cracked some...

Today’s guest is Harpreet, a nurse practitioner with over 30 years of experience.  In this episode we discuss navigating perimenopause and menopause, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and listening to one's body. In our interview…She highlights common symptoms like sleeplessness, mood changes, and low energy, stressing the need to slow down and manage stress to avoid the onset of chronic conditions. Harpreet shares ...

Today’s conversation is one I know will stay with you long after you hit “pause.”  My guest, Lya, has been in the fitness world since the late ’90s—but she didn’t stop at reps, posture, or form. Over the years, she followed the quiet wisdom of the body into something far deeper. She’s now the founder of Integrative Body & Energy Balancing™, a multidimensional healing approach that weaves together movement science, somatic intel...

Today’s conversation is one I’ve been excited to bring you, because it speaks to something most of us don’t even think about… yet it shapes how we wake up, how we heal, how we dream, and how we grow. My guest, Kim Costa, has a rare blend of experience — realtor, construction and design expert, and longtime guide in personal development. She’s spent years watching how women’s lives change, and how their homes either rise to meet tha...

Today’s conversation is with someone who has spent her life lifting women higher. Nancy Griffin—former Procter & Gamble manager, community leader, and now longtime wealth advisor—has dedicated her career to helping women claim their worth, protect their health, and build the kind of wealth that supports a joyful, generous life. 

Inspired by her trailblazing mother, Nancy founded Women, Worth & Wellness® back in 1994 with a s...

On today’s episode, we’re stepping into the tender territory of shadow work — the parts of ourselves we’ve tucked away, judged, or learned to hide — and learning how to meet them with love instead of fear. My guest, A’sha Love, shares her remarkable path from a traditional life to a spiritual awakening.  Together, we’ll explore why shadow work is especially essential for healers and sensitive women: how unprocessed ancestral patter...

You know those moments when your body says, “enough,” but your ambition says, “keep going”? Today’s guest, Doralice Allen, knows that crossroads all too well. As a former corporate leader managing a 25-person team, she was powering through brain fog, sleepless nights, and relentless hot flashes—until she realized that pushing harder wasn’t strength, it was survival. That wake-up call led Doralice to rebuild her health from the insi...

Today’s guest, Jill Schuler, spent a combined twenty years first as a successful CPA and then an attorney, checking every achievement box society handed her. Everything changed after the heartbreaking loss of her father. What followed was a profound spiritual awakening that led her far beyond the boardroom and into the world of inner guidance, intuitive wisdom, and encounters with spirit guides. 

Jill now supports high-achieving pro...

In this episode we’re talking with Carla Wainwright, a Midlife Alchemist, Coach, and Sexual Awakening Facilitator with over two decades in the healing arts. She bridges the science of the body with the sacredness of life experience—helping women 40 and beyond reclaim vitality, balance hormones, and reconnect with pleasure and power. 

In this episode, we explore what she calls Sacred Metabolism—how our bodies process stress, emotion,...

Welcome back to the show, friends. Today we’re diving into one of the most fascinating and rapidly growing areas in the healing world — plant-based medicine — and how it’s helping women (and men) reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and purpose in profound ways. 

 My guest, Kayse Gehret, is one of the most highly regarded and sought-after guides for what she calls “The Medicine of the Moment” — the practice of Microdosing Earth Me...

Rebecca Archuletta, a rapid transformational therapist, discusses her method of using hypnosis to address deep-rooted issues, particularly anxiety. She emphasizes the importance of addressing limiting beliefs like "I'm not enough" and "I don't matter," which often stem from childhood traumas. Rebecca's program includes a two-hour session and a personalized audio for 21 nights to reprogram the subc...

Today we’re continuing with the Rising With Vitality After 55 mini-series, a special set of short conversations created just for women who are ready to feel younger, stronger, and more alive than they ever imagined. 

Here, we’re not buying into the story that our best years are behind us. Instead, we’re reclaiming our energy, awakening our gifts, and rising into a season of life that is powerful, joyful, and full of possibility. 

So ...

Welcome to Reclaiming Your Body’s Wisdom episode 3 of our Rising with Vitality mini series. Today, I want to talk about something that so many women struggle with—especially as we move into our fifties, sixties, and beyond. It’s that complicated relationship with our bodies. For years, maybe even decades, we’ve been taught to push, to punish, to criticize our bodies into being something different. Thinner. Younger. Stronger. More “...

Welcome into Calling Back Your Energy the 2nd episode in our Raising your Vitality mini series!

Today I want to talk about something I hear from women all the time: “I’m just so tired.” Maybe you’ve said it yourself. You wake up exhausted, even after a full night’s sleep. You push through the day on coffee, snacks, or sheer willpower. And by evening, you’re too drained to enjoy the things that once brought you joy. 

Some people will ...

Welcome to the Rising With Vitality mini-series, a special set of 5 short conversations created just for women who are ready to feel younger, stronger, and more alive than they ever imagined. 

Here, we’re not buying into the story that our best years are behind us. Instead, we’re reclaiming our energy, awakening our gifts, and rising into a season of life that is powerful, joyful, and full of possibility. 

So if you’ve been feeling t...