Monkey Chatter
Ever feel like your brain is a bunch of monkeys chattering away? Us too! Join us on "Monkey Chatter," where three women tackle the wild world of wellness with humor, heart, and a whole lot of bananas. We're here to cut through the noise and find the simple, sustainable ways to thrive. Expect laughs, real talk, and a judgment-free zone where we embrace the beautiful chaos of being human.
Episodes
In the last of our Meet the Hosts series, Michelle and Amy interview Yoga and Wellness Monkey Lara!
Lara's journey is a testament to the idea that it's never too late to find your true calling and create a space for healing and well-being. We'll dive into her incredible transition, exploring what sparked this profound shift, the challenges she faced, and the salty wisdom she's gathered along the way.
We cover:
- How she decided to...
In this episode, the 2nd in our Meet the Monkeys series, we interview Amy, certified fitness and nutrition coach, owner of Bit by Bit Nutrition, and founder of Faithfully Fit, a community workout group at her church. Amy is also an avid trail runner, dog lover and rescue pet supporter, whose husband Tony created Archie's Blankets Across America.
Listen as Amy discusses:
- How she handles resistance in her coaching practic...
In this first of three episodes where we interview each other, Michelle chats with us just in time for International Coaching Week, May 12-18th.
Learn all about how Michelle went from sales and marketing guru to being the curious monkey in our circus!
We'll hear about:
- Finding balance with a job in which she felt stifled and pursuing her interests
- How she went from Ag Leadership in New York to Equus Coaching in California
- Where s...
It's a barrel of monkeys as Amy and Michelle travel to Lexington and the monkeys are reunited!
This episode is recorded in one location (Lara's couch), and we get to laugh and chatter in person together about transitions and growth, as well as how each of us has navigated these changes throughout our lives.
And stay tuned to our socials @monkeychatterpodcast for some branding updates too!
Digital Hygiene with Nishaan Sandhu.
Join the monkeys as we welcome mind -body coach Nishaa Sandhu of Nourish Mind Body Spirit for a fascinating discussion about the effects our digital devices have on our lives!
Learn about ways to reduce the negative impacts, and become more mindful, effective, and focused! Visit Nishaan's website at www.nourishmindbodyspirit.com
The Monkeys chatter about all things podcasting. How we met, why we decided to start a podcast, whose idea it was to start, lessons learned and the list goes on.
We also get a little side tracked from time to time, shocker, and discuss 75 Hard, learning a foreign language, and the fact that we are just "normal" people trying to encourage others that they can do amazing things in life.
Listen as we take a walk down...
Check out the Monkey’s ideas for a bucket list, how our lists have changed as we’ve aged, and things we’ve done or think we want to do!
And have you heard of a reverse bucket list?
Find out which of us wants to fund a cat sanctuary, learn Italian, and go to Turks and Caicos!! Well, let’s face it; we all want to go to Turks and Caicos!
What is it about the beach? Is it the salty water in the ocean in the air? Is it the field of the sand between your toes? Is it just the idea of getting away from your local grind and experiencing something new and tropical?
It's been a long and cold February and the Monkeys decide to chatter about all things, islands; lush and green and beachy!
Totally off the cuff, we have fun discussing some of our favorite trips and favorite es...
Join the Monkeys as they spend some time with Psychotherapist, Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor, Cindy Reed.
The Monkeys get introduced to another Amy (amygdala), as Cindy helps them better understand how their brains work, why anxiety isn't something we can just get rid of, and how to use our senses to turn the thermostat down when we need to.
Listen to the end for a special bonus and join the Monkeys as Cindy leads them through ...
Welcome to our second episode of 2025 where we chatter about clutter and how it makes us feel. Listen and laugh with us as we talk about how we deal with it.
Each of us falls into a little different category with our clutter clearing efficiency and Amy is clearly the winner! She and Lara turn the coaching tables on Michelle in order to help her get started "bit by bit"!
This is a deep topic it seems and it wil...
Join the three monkeys for their first podcast of 2025, where we reveal each of our New Year’s intentions and phrases that we hope will help shape the next 12 months!
We chatter about getting unplugged, being not doing, living life in color, nourishing and flourishing! And what do we think about the Funky AI Nanas and their hair color? Listen and find out!
Laugh with the Three Monkeys as we recap our first full year of podcasting! We chatter about some of our favorite episodes and guests, our plans for the future and of course, topics for 2025!
This was originally our Podcast + Wine episode, but two monkeys showed up sans vino, so only one got tipsy (just kidding, no monkeys were harmed during the recording of this podcast!).
Join us while we crack ourselves up and hopefully shar...
Welcome to our penultimate episode of 2024, focusing on setting intentions!
Michelle, our curious monkey starts us off with a summary of her mentor Lorin Beller's Intention Wheel practice. We discuss setting goals or making resolutions versus creating intentions and how intentions can be touchstones for making decisions throughout the whole year, helping us to meet goals.
Amy reviews her recent inspirational phrases (such as "S...
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys!
Join the Three Monkeys as we discuss “Letting Go”, what that means to each of us, and how we deal with the Three Ring Circus that most people deal with in their everyday lives.
For some, letting go is releasing control of things we can’t control. For others it’s not sweating the small stuff.
It could mean allowing past regrets or actions to stay in the past, in others words focus forward! It’s differe...
Now that we're fully immersed in the holiday season, our thoughts have turned to perfectionism and how it can impact our lives!
While holiday planning and events can certainly bring out the perfection princess in many of us, we also examine how the appearance (many times false) of perfection can affect us. We chatter about Jamie Lee Curtis, Instagram-worthy pics, and the idea of the perfect life, training program, or meal prep. T...
Welcome to November, the unofficial start of the Holiday Season, or wait, is it? Does the season seem to begin earlier every year? Doesn't it feel like we're being reminded about the impending hustle and bustle even before Halloween?
Join the monkeys as we discuss it all in our Holiday Survival episode. We talk about the various pressures we all feel, how we cope, and what we've learned over the years (what is a Saran Wrap ball y...
Listen as the three chimps chat about all the training, courses, and workshops we've taken or experienced over the years! What we find valuable, what we like or don't like in a course, and what we think makes a great workshop!
We get off track on the subject of learning, teaching, and our various abilities to retain information!
And guess what? Focus and Deep Work come right back into the convo! Guess our Yoga monkey is going...
The monkeys chatter about their various experiences with Retreats (or lack of as it turns out for Amy!).
We laugh about our first group retreat to Belize that actually wasn't (listen to hear all about it...), the trips we did take and loved and what makes a retreat great.
Shout outs to Lorin Beller Retreats and Yoga In Unique Places! Let us know where our next retreat should take us!
Listen as the monkeys discuss some of their faves when it comes to listening and reading, and yes, audiobooks count as reading! We gab about some of the podcasts we have listened to and loved, or are currently following.
Each monkey shares their favorite books list and we discover how our differences make us such a good trio! We cover classics and current titles, fiction and nonfiction, books on breathing, sleeping, eating, a...
Join the Monkeys as we chatter about the concept and book Deep Work (by Cal Newport).
Deep work is a state of peak concentration that lets you learn hard things and create quality work quickly.
Our various personalities shine through as we see who can focus and who finds it challenging!
Can you guess which monkey finishes the book and which one of us can’t even get through the preface?
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