The Ultimate Journey of Self-Care

Alison talks with Sarah Rawlings about her holistic approach to health, shaped by her experience as a mom of six, personal trainer, and health coach. They discuss how Sarah works with clients by looking beyond fitness to include nutrition, sleep, stress, work, relationships, and home life, and how she helps them clarify what they want and why.

They also talk about consistency, movement, and small changes, including short walks, tak...

Alison speaks with special guest, Nancy McKay, about her personal journey through sobriety, a suicide attempt, and ovarian cancer, and how these experiences led her to leave oil and gas and become a life coach. They discuss Nancy's view that people are not broken when they cannot do things perfectly, and her focus on helping clients recognize their own wisdom rather than looking for answers outside themselves.

They also talk about l...

Alison's guest, Katie Naughton discusses her family background in the automotive industry, her path through dealership work and becoming a dealership owner with her husband.

She describes the dealership ownership experience as the point where she saw a need for more support among women in leadership and says many existing women’s events focused on shared frustration without offering much practical help. She wanted a space wher...

Alison talks with Javier Gutierrez, a former professional baseball player who now works with clients on strength training and overall fitness. The discuss his athletic background and how his own experience in sports shaped his approach to training and coaching.

The conversation focuses on what getting stronger means over time and how strength is not only about appearance, but about supporting daily life, staying active, and maintain...

Alison welcomes Katie Kirklin, a registered nurse and certified functional nutrition counselor who is also training in nervous system regulation. The discussion focuses on digestive health and gut health, with an emphasis on both the science behind the topic and practical steps listeners can apply.

Katie shares her personal health history and describes developing health problems in her teens and 20s, trying different diets and medic...

Barbara McAfee, a vocal coach and author, joins Alison to talk about the importance of using our voice and how voice connects to communication, self-expression, and wholeness. Their discussion focuses on why many people feel held back by their voice and what can help them speak with more clarity and confidence.

They start with the layers that can shape how we use our voice, including family messages, cultural expectations, past crit...

Alison's guest, entrepreneur George Rivera, discusses how years of building businesses left him overworked and disconnected from his family, and how a comment from his dying father made him realize he was repeating the same pattern with his own son.

He says the change did not happen immediately. Although he recognized the problem, it took about three years before he fully restructured his life. He was working long hours and became t...

If work-life balance is something you strive for, you won't want to miss this special re-broadcast!

Alison interviews entrepreneur Allan Draper, diving deep into the intricacies of work-life balance and the entrepreneurial mindset.

Allan reflects on the essence of being an entrepreneur, emphasizing that it transcends mere professional identity; it's an integral part of who he is. He identifies the enthusiasm for business creation not...

In this episode Alison speaks with Matt Campbell about the “Primal Five,” which he describes as five foundational areas of self-care: movement, social connection, sunlight, sleep, and attention to what we consume. They discuss how these needs fit the way our bodies are made, while modern life can make them harder to maintain.

They focus first on consumption, including scrolling, news, social media, alcohol, and ultra-pro...

In this special re-aired episode, Alison talks with Allison Davis about longevity and what it means to build habits that support long-term health. They focus on how to reset goals within a 60-day window and use that time to create practical changes. She explains that her work is designed to help women follow a clear, baby-step approach to longevity habits.

They two discuss Allison's three-part framework: body work, brain work, and w...

In this popular re-aired episode, Alison talks with Cathy Christen about self-care through the lens of energy, health, and intentional living and their conversation focuses on how nourishing ourselves can come from more than just sleep, food, and exercise.

Cathy shares her background in entrepreneurship and explains that after years of pushing hard, she became burnt out and realized that success was not sustainable if she ignored he...

This impactful, re-aired episode, features Alison speaking with Serena Sabala about her work in health, fitness, and wellness, including the holistic business she runs with her husband. Serena describes her book, *Make the Shift*, as a workbook built around three pillars: focus, food, and fitness.

She explains her approach to mindset as “empty, shift, repeat,” encouraging people to replace limiting thoughts and practice ...

This interview focuses on the connection between strength training, mindset, and nervous system regulation. Alison speaks with Maggie Huzarska, a mobile fitness professional based in the Netherlands who works with clients in their homes and in other studios. Their conversation centers on how movement affects not only physical fitness, but also identity, decisions, and daily habits.

Maggie describes her path into fitness as a gradual...

With Summertime in mind, this episode revisits a conversation about rest, stress, and consistency in self-care and fitness with Di Katz Shachar, an entrepreneur with a background in sports sciences and public health.

A major topic is behavior change and why people struggle to stay consistent with workouts. Alison and Di discuss how people often expect everything to go perfectly, but obstacles such as illness, injuries, or family dem...

In this encore episode about breathing for better sleep, this episode focuses on how a simple breathing practice may help with relaxation, stress, and insomnia.

Alison speaks with Raj Khedun, the editor-in-chief of Keep Fit Kingdom and the creator of the 3-3 Metaverse breathing method. He explains that his interest in the body, fitness, martial arts, and breathing developed over time, alongside questions about human potential, recov...

Due to its popularity and with Summer approaching, Alison thought it would be the perfect time to re-air her conversation with Courtney Koenig about the “ROI of peace” and how she has reframed her coaching work around peace, self-care, business, and daily life. They also discuss human design as a tool for understanding our natural gifts, decision-making patterns, energy, rest, and work style.

Alison and Courtney talk abo...

Alison welcomes J.D. Tremblay, director of Hungry Warrior Academy in Canada, discussing his DECA system for building clarity, resilience, and high performance through physical, mental, and spiritual health. He says emotions should be treated as data, with decisions based on facts, logic, and personal goals, purpose, health, and direction.

He explains the four parts of DECA: discipline, energy regulation, capacity, and action. Trembl...

In this episode Alison speaks with Jennifer Doty about navigating career change after an unexpected layoff from a long MetLife career. They talk about how she reflected on what she wanted her next chapter to look and feel like, defined her non-negotiables, and used networking to find a new role that fit her priorities and strengths.

A major theme of the conversation is what it means to do many things while still prioritizing yoursel...

In this episode Alison speaks with Chanlee Sutoyo about journaling as a tool for self-care, emotional processing, and reclaiming personal voice. She shares that she has journaled since childhood and describes her journal as a private place to tell the truth without judgment.

They discuss how she came to use journaling in a more intentional way during a difficult period in her career. After developing chronic pain in a high-pressure ...