Living Prana Vida

Known as @onedayofwinter on Instagram, a Nicola is a UK blogger and author of Life after Baby Loss: A Companion Guide for Parents. Her candid reflections and insights of her son Winter’s life and raising her rainbow baby Raven deeply resonated with me in my loss and parenting journey, and I was honoured to speak with her and hear first hand her story. Whether you’ve lost someone or know someone who has, there are so man...

In this episode Amelia shares the arrival of Ava Rosemary, and chats with fellow loss mom and owner of The Enchanted Farm Sanctuary, Robin Birdsong. Robin lost her beautiful little boy, Danny, to SIDS in 2007. She fell into a depression so deep she couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t function. Her 10 year relationship with her fiancé, Danny’s father, fell apart. She lost everything, including the w...

Amelia interviews Dr Renae Thomas, an Australian-born lifestyle medicine doctor in Loma Linda, California. Loma Linda is one of five extensively researched Blue Zones, which are places in the world where people live longer and healthier than anywhere else on earth. The average lifespan of Loma Linda residents is 10 years longer than the US national average, and they are 10 times more likely to live to 100 than typical American...

Amelia interviews Jenay Rose (@namastejenay), a Certified Thought-Coach, Transformational Life Coach, 500hr Registered Yoga Teacher, and Mindfulness Expert. Jenay dives deep into how we can find purpose through pain, shift from a scarcity to abundance mindset, balance manifestation and self care with the hustle and grind, and incorporate simple yet powerfully transformative rituals into our day-to-day lives.

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Amelia shares about the times in her life where she felt stuck, depressed and unmotivated, and the things that helped find purpose and meaning once again. She takes you through the past 11 years of defining struggles that challenged her identity, her worth and her abilities, and reflects on what helped her pull through and learn from these experiences.

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Instagram: @ameliakyoga @pranavidastyle

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Do you want to make positive changes in your life but fear judgment? Or failure? Then this episode is for YOU! Amelia shares personal reflections, psychological and anthropological perspectives and simple but highly effective strategies that will help you step out of your own way and start making real, long-lasting changes. She also discusses how to deal with loved ones who don’t understand or support you, and opens up about ...

Amelia interviews Ashley Wood @_ashleywood, mother, Akashic records reader and host of the Manifest This podcast. Ashley shares channelled wisdom on how to live in flow and in alignment with your intuition, and how to manifest an abundant and fulfilling life. Amelia and Ashley talk about intuitive eating, self-love, how to overcome resistance when trying to make positive shifts in life, and how to stay connected to your authentic s...

Amelia interviews her friend and fellow loss mom Emma Hansen (@emmahansen). Emma shares about her experience losing her firstborn son Reid who was stillborn, and the subsequent tragedies that completely shattered the foundation she built her healing on. Her resilience, honestly, and decision to continue choosing hope over fear and advocate for those going through child loss, even in the midst of unimaginable hardships, is truly ins...

Amelia shares the emotional stories of Landon's and Lily's births, her experience with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), and what her plans for baby #3 are. In this solo episode, she talks about:

- how this pregnancy has been going so far (now 30 weeks pregnant!)

- Landon's birth and the signs that told her something was wrong in the weeks leading up to it

- Lily's birth and her eventual diagnosis with ICP

- Grievin...

In this episode, Amelia interviews sustainable fashion blogger and photo journalist Aditi Mayer @aditimayer. They talk about the true cost of fashion, from the exploitation on marginalized peoples to the environmental impact of fast fashion, and also the need for more true diversity and inclusion within the fashion world. Aditi shares some great tips and advice on how to find your unique style, thrifting and how to sh...

Amelia chats with Carly Bergman and Brenden Fitzgerald, AKA @sustainable_duo about zero waste and minimalist living, the joys of eating from the earth, sustainable food growing, connecting to the earth and eco-spirituality, and conscious entrepreneurship.

We dive into:

- Carly and Brenden's contrasting roots/upbringing and how they each found veganism and sustainable/minimalist living, and each other

- How and why Brenden went from...

Amelia shares about the shifts she’s made in her parenting approach over the past couple months and how they’ve helped her daughter Lily go from terrible threes to tantrum-free and transformed her relationship with Lily. Amelia is joined by Marla @thedetoxyogi (from Episode 2) as they discuss what were the 5 biggest parenting game changers for her. Don’t have little ones? These strategies are also re...

From pregnancy after loss and dealing with challenging times, to her relationship with her husband Justin and the lifestyle changes she's made, Amelia opens up about where she's at right now and many of the struggles and epiphanies that have guided her personal and spiritual growth over the past decade. Heidi (from episode 1) joins Amelia again on this episode to ask her your most asked questions, such as:

Do you ever...

In this week's episode Amelia interviews musician Katie Matzell, the voice behind the podcast into and extro music, Better Late than Never.

• Katie tells us about how she’d longed to sing and perform since she was a child but held herself out of fear and decided to take a “safe” career route instead and didn’t start pursuing music until her late 20s
• How learning she was introverted and is very connected t...

In this episode, Amelia chats with Marla Barr @thedetoxyogi, mother of two, food scientist, yoga and meditation teacher, wellness retreat facilitator and host of the Your Wellness Journey podcast. From her unexpected and ultimately transformative job teaching an elephant to paint to becoming a marketing specialist on Deepak Chopra’s team, Marla’s life is an amazing example of how to live inspired, vulnerable, and aligne...

Podcast host, Amelia Barnes, unveils the very first episode of the Living Prana Vida podcast with a beautiful conversation between herself and newest Prana Vida team member, Heidi. During the interview, Amelia dives into what sparked her mission to run a sustainable yoga apparel company, and the remarkable evolution of her brand, and life, over the past six years. She shares about the painful experience of losing her firstborn son,...