Women Gone Vibrant| Ayurveda for midlife & menopause

Whatever you think and feel has a vibration.

Whatever vibration you carry is what you attract.

You are probably familiar with the ‘law of attraction’: a law states that “like attracts like” which means whatever you think you attract.

This is not wowoo or esoteric. Thoughts are simply energetic patterns that can manifest into reality. In other words our reality is manifested thoughts, our reality is thoughts densified.

Taking that a...

Bone loss and bone weakening is a major concern for many women especially when getting older. The diagnoses of osteopenia and osteoporosis are dreaded ones not alone because it makes many of us feeling helpless.

A year ago, Jackie Prete had been diagnosed with osteoporosis (bone loss) after a bike accident. This was on the heels of dealing with osteopenia (reduced bone mass) for a number of years prior to that. The numbers were ver...

As if pregnancy, childbirth and menopause wasn’t enough fun for women, there are a whole set of challenges associated with our female parts.

1 in 3 women experience some form of pelvic floor disorder. That’s a significant 33%. Think uterine and bladder prolapse, urinary incontinence, urinary tract infections, yoni flatulence or rectal incontinence.

In a study from 2007 with close to 9,000 women it was shown that …..

• 25% of wom...

Menopause is a birthing process that, when embraced consciously, will help us transform into the powerful, authentic wise elders that our society needs so badly. In other words, menopause is an opportunity for women to transform into wise crones.

Many women dread menopause. They dread the hot flashes, night sweats, gaining weight, mood swings, hormonal changes, getting old and whatever else comes with the menopausal transition. The...

In the US, 1 in 5 women of childbearing age do not have children. That is a significant 20%.

Given the historic role as women as mothers and the fact that a woman’s body is designed to create life, it is still tough for many women to swallow being childless.

Emotions may go wild. Grief takes over. Going to blessing ways becomes an agony.

Kathleen Woods and I talk our way from what it means to be a childless woman, to how to deal ...

Our sexuality, creativity, vital life force energy and the way we digest trauma are intrinsically interlinked. Krista Woroschuk and I shoot the breathe on how we can arrive in our bodies, unravel our sexuality and unleash our creative potential.

What you get from tuning in:

• The link between trauma, vital life force energy and sexuality
•    5 Strategies to drop into th...

Emotional eating, eating disorders and body image issues are an inter-generational phenomena. It starts with children, spans across teenagers and young adults and can go way into old age. What is it about food that has such an attraction that so many of us use it like a drug or refrain from using it at all?

Carolyn Ross MD shares her personal story around healing from a severe diagnosed disease and what lessons she has learnt. She ...

The Healing is the personal story of Saeeda Hafiz and a true page-turner.

Saeeda is an African American woman who grew up in impoverished conditions and an abusive family. Her idea out of misery was to uplevel herself into the middle class.

While having been successful career wise in most people’s perception, she yearned for more. A cooking class opened her eyes to more than just the normal sense of success. She started exploring n...

The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.  It is one of the yearly invitations to tune into the rhythms of nature. Some peoples say that at the winter solstice the moon gives birth to the sun. It is the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new one. The dark gives way to the light.

The word solstice is a combination of the l...

If you are like most people eating healthy and well is high on your new year’s resolution list. Is it?

That’s not surprising. After all, good food is a foundational piece to lasting health and happiness. With bad food we feel blah, bloaty, uninspired. Who wants that? With good food we feel uplifted and inspired. I attest to it.

Well, I hate to break the news to you, but if you want to feed yourself well, home cooked food is essen...

This is a practical episode about food to help you stay on the bandwagon of healthy eating during the winter holidays.

For most of us, winter holidays mean lots of cookies, home-baked goods, many parties and lots of alcohol. And with it comes what? You guessed it, tight fitting pants and a sluggish, heavy digestion.

In the last episode we talked about the 3 phase holiday feasting strategy. If you have not listened to that episode, ...

Holidays and celebrations feed our soul. They are a way for us to honor the abundance of earth and connect with friends and family.

On the downside, the holidays present us with  tons of temptations. Think cookies, home baked sweets, elaborate feasts. Can you already feel your pants getting tighter just thinking about it? And on top of it, you may be wondering if you should make another hole in your belt to accommodate all those go...

This is the story of how Jackie Prete healed herself from a traumatic accident and how you can too.

She found herself in excruciating pain and motionless in a hospital bed after being run over on her bike. The prospect was dire.

Her shattered leg may leave her unable to walk, teach yoga, being potentially deformed for life and/ or permanently on crutches. Not a sunny outlook for anyone but especially dire for someone whose liveliho...

We are talking about clothes of all things. What me? Yes. That’s right.

Clothes and everything that comes with it, shoes, accessories, jewelry is important to many women. Period.  And clothes are something that in the world of yogis, with whom I have been hanging out, has often been suppressed and shunned. After all the development of the soul is more important,...

Most of us have no concept around what it means to invest in ourselves. You may have invested in your career or maybe in a house but have you truly invested in yourself?

I venture to say that most people SPEND on themselves but not INVEST.

Hahh? What’s the difference?

You will find out in this podcast and way more on what is holding you back from creating mo...

Divorce suck but life doesn’t have to.

Getting divorced is not a failure. Getting divorced can be a massive opportunity for growth.

There are no mistakes in life. There is only lessons learnt. But truth be told a relationship death can also be tremendously heartbreaking.

Using the language of “getting un-married” versus “getting divorced” is one way of signaling that you are ready to empower yourself as a woman. Blooming after marr...

Elise makes bold claims on the front flap of her book Superager. She says: You can look younger, have more energy, a better memory, and live a long and healthy life.

First of all, what in the world is a superager? And how come she feels so confident about claiming that we can all be one?

Elise is answering all those questions plus she shares inspiring stories of wise elders. We also talk about how aging has changed over time and wh...

Finding your feminine essence in a masculine world is not an easy feat. It’s a discovery, it’s a curiosity.

As women, regardless of sexual orientation, we carry a watery nature, an essence, a juiciness and creativity that has been given to us by nature. We can create and birth a human being. Menstruation is one way the body expresses that power.

Amenorrhea, or the absence of menses, during a time in our lives when we are expected t...

18% of the US population suffers from generalized anxiety. That’s almost 1/5 of the population. That’s huge. Anxiety disorders are highly treatable, yet less than 40% of those suffering receive treatment. Hand in hand with anxiety often comes depression. Yikes.

I had severe anxiety in my early to mid 20s, too. So did Jamie. We have walked the path and came out the other end way more grounded and self confident. Jamie used to be o...