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236. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of July as offered by Louise Hay's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar. 

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235. Who do you consider a lifelong friend? Someone you’ve known for decades? A newer friend you feel deeply bonded to? In the final episode of The Heart of Friendship series—celebrating connection, sisterhood, and shared growth—I chat with my dear friend Michelle, who I’ve been friends with since we were 16, for a heartfelt, funny, and honest conversation about what it means to grow up and older together. We share behind-the-scenes stories from our wild days in our 20s (like lying to our moms and driving 27 hours from Minneapolis to New Orleans for Mardi Gras just to follow a...

234. I’m honored to welcome back my dear friend Laura Libby (aka Ophelia Flame) for part three of my four-part series The Heart of Friendship, where we explore how connection, sisterhood, and friendship evolve through life’s big transitions. Last week, we shared the story of our friendship — from burlesque to beyond the stage. This week, Laura opens up about her journey through perimenopause and menopause — how it shook her, shaped her, and inspired her to become a menopause support specialist. She shares how aging reveals new layers of body wisdom, and why reclaiming joy in midlife is a radical...

233. Welcome to week two in my four-part series The Heart of Friendship, where we explore how connection, sisterhood, and shared growth shape our lives and become essential parts of living a meaningful, wholehearted life. This week I introduce you to my amazing friend Ophelia Flame, also known as Laura Libby, who I met through burlesque, but our friendship has deepened far beyond the stage. Listen in as we talk about how we became friends, the evolution of our relationship through performance, health challenges like Bell’s palsy and Rheumatoid Arthritis, and what it means to be fully seen and su...

232. Tune in this week for the first interview in my four-part series The Heart of Friendship, where we explore how connection, sisterhood, and shared growth shape our lives and become essential parts of living a meaningful, wholehearted life.

This episode features my dear friend and burlesque dance partner of 21 years, Darlinda Just Darlinda (yes, that’s her name!). We dive into the story of how we met, what it’s been like to perform together for over two decades as The Schlep Sisters, and how touring the world, traveling side by side, and sharing the stage has shap...

231. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of June as offered by Louise Hay's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar. 

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230. Join me this week as I share my off-the-cuff reflections on Louise Hay’s affirmation, “I choose forms of exercise that keep my body strong and healthy. My body responds positively to movement of all kinds.”

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229. Healing can be a complex, lonely, non-linear journey, and healing can mean many different things. But what if healing isn’t the ultimate goal? What if healing is the side effect of connecting? Join me this week as I explore how to shift our focus from “healing” to connecting—with ourselves, our bodies, our thoughts, our needs, patterns, environments, and others. I ask the question, what if instead of focusing on healing, we focused on connecting and where we feel connected—and allow healing to follow from there? 

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228. What expectations do you have of yourself? Others? Do you think expectations are helpful or unhealthy? Join me this week as I explore the concept of releasing expectations and how that can lead to a more supportive life. 

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227. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of May as offered by Louise Hay's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar. 

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226. It’s human to want to change things about your body. Everyone has imperfections and flaws. Everyone has parts of themselves that they are working on or trying to embrace or change. When you think about your relationship with your body, what are you resisting? Instead of resistance, what if you got curious instead and began to practice self-compassion? Might  self-compassion bring about transformation? Tune in this week as I discuss our relationship with our body and the concept that what you accept transforms and dissolves. 

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225. Tune in this week I share a personal experience of participating as a patient model at an NYU Rheumatology musculoskeletal ultrasound workshop. I reveal how this unexpected experience presented an opportunity to explore both my complex relationship with my rheumatoid arthritis affected hands as well as the challenges of body acceptance. Join me as I consider and discuss our ever evolving relationship with our changing bodies. 

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225. Tune in this week I share a personal experience of participating as a patient model at an NYU Rheumatology MRI workshop. I reveal how this unexpected experience presented an opportunity to explore both my complex relationship with my rheumatoid arthritis affected hands as well as the challenges of body acceptance. Join me as I consider and discuss our ever evolving relationship with our changing bodies. 

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224. Of course we all want peace but how do we get there? And why is it important for our health and wellbeing? Join me this week as I answer these questions by taking the word PEACE and assigning individual words to each letter. I chose these words to help inspire and invite more peace into our daily lives. The words are: P - Patience, E - Education, A - Acceptance, C - Connection, E - Ease.

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223. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of April as offered by Louise Hay's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar. 

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222. Join me this week as I take you on a visual, emotional, and spiritual  journey of letting go. With a focus on love, compassion and forgiveness, I guide you through simple breathing techniques, a body relaxation scan and an energetic cord cutting with a person or thing that is no longer serving you. 

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221. Letting go is a natural and necessary part of growth. There is strength in knowing when to let go. Letting go is a sign of trusting the universe and the process of life, as well as believing in yourself. When we finally release what no longer serves us, we create space for growth, healing, and new opportunities. If there is something you feel you need to release in order to move forward, tune in this week as I guide you through A Letting Go Ritual.

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220. The ancient practice of Feng Shui encourages us to become more aware of our environment and how it affects us. Feng Shui addresses how clutter, what we’re reluctant to let go of, serves as a metaphor for what may be blocking our path forward. Does that include the space in our head and our hearts, as well? Tune in this week as I bring my mom, Hinda Abrahamson, a Feng Shui consultant for over two decades, back on the podcast to discuss Feng Shui and Letting Go. Listen to our heartfelt discussion about what letting go means to us...

219. What do you want to let go of? And is letting go difficult for you? If so, why? Tune in this week as I discuss letting go, why it can be difficult and why letting go is so important for your wellbeing. I share personal stories about letting go and suggest journal prompts to help the ease of letting go. 

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218. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of March as offered by Louise Hay's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar.

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217. Gut health plays a pivotal role in your overall health wellbeing. A healthy gut is essential for proper digestion, immune function and is shaped by many factors including dietary habits, lifestyle and mindset. This week my focus is on mindset and lifestyle habits for a healthy gut. Tune in as I explain why mindset matters and I share 4 simple lifestyle recommendations to improve the health of your gut. 

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216. This week I introduce you to Miriam Diana, whose interest in health, exploring sensuality, and creative expression led her to become a Certified Conscious Sex, Dating and Relationship Coach. Tune in as we discuss sexuality, intimacy, vulnerability, and self-love. Miriam opens up about her own health struggles and we explore the question of how your health impacts your dating and relationships. She shares how to use self-acceptance and reparenting (aka inner-child healing) techniques — as well as tantric energy and breathing exercises — to support healing. Miriam Diana believes that dating and relationships are a self-love game, and asks us, “How can I...

215. The health of your gut impacts everything, from your nervous and immune systems to your digestive function and mental health. Gut health is continuously shaped by multiple factors, including dietary habits, seasonality, lifestyle, stress, antibiotics use, or disease. This week my focus is on nutrition and gut health. Tune as I discuss eating habits for gut health to reduce inflammation and promote the repair of the intestinal lining. I share 7 eating habits to incorporate into your diet to support a healthy gut.

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214. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of February as offered by Louise Hay's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar. 

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213. How’s your gut health? If you’re dealing with digestive discomfort like gas and bloating, indigestion or acid reflux, chronic diarrhea or constipation, you’re familiar with the symptoms of an imbalanced gut. However, it might surprise you that gut imbalance symptoms often present in other ways such as brain fog, poor concentration and memory, depression, anxiety, seasonal allergies, and skin issues. How do you help heal your gut? Join me this week as I explain a "5 R" holistic framework for addressing gut health.

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212. Join me this week as I celebrate the 4-year anniversary of my podcast, and my 52nd birthday, with five of my oldest and dearest friends from childhood. Tune in as we talk about our 4 decades of friendship growing up together as figure skaters and how that bond was formed. Listen in as we share childhood memories and our thoughts and experiences with our health as women in our 50's. 

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211. A New Year carries with it opportunities for new thoughts and outcomes. Join me this week as I discuss self-empowerment and explore questions such as: What does it mean to be empowered? What makes you feel empowered? Why is it important to empower yourself? I also recommend 5 ways to empower yourself in 2025 and beyond.

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210. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflections on the affirmation of the month of January as offered by Louise Ha's 2025 "I Can Do It" daily calendar.

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209. The New Year is fast approaching. This transitional time is perfect for nourishment, self-reflection, forgiveness, and connection. Tune in to discover 3 things you need to do before 2025.

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208. With the stress, excitement, and temptations of the holiday season, it's important to be intentional and plan ahead so you are mindfully taking care of yourself and not exacerbating stress and aggravating flare-ups and pain. Tune in this week as I discuss what flare-ups are, what chronic conditions have flare-ups, the importance of identifying triggers, and I offer 7 strategies to care for chronic pain flare-ups over the holidays, and beyond.

Listen to, Just As You Are: Sleep Meditation by Selena Lael

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207. The desire to indulge this festive time of year is natural. At the same time, many of us try to use self-control to keep from “overindulging.” The issue is, when we “give in,”  we often feel guilty. Let’s try something different, Mindful Indulgence. Instead of depriving or limiting  yourself of the things you desire, savor and appreciate them with mindfulness. Tune in this week as I discuss what Mindful Indulgence is and the 4 steps that will help you indulge guilt-free this holiday season and beyond. 

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206. The holiday season can be a time of celebration and festive gatherings, and it can also be stressful and overwhelming. With so much going on, it’s easy to overlook one crucial aspect of your health and wellbeing: self-love. It’s the last month of 2024, you get to exercise the power of self-compassion and embrace loving yourself. Tune in this week as I discuss self-love and recommend 5 ways you can love yourself through the holidays and beyond. 

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205.  Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflection on the affirmation of the month of December as offered by Louise Hay’s 2024 “I Can Do It” daily calendar.

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204. Our lives become harmonious when we’re able to honor and navigate life’s challenges in a constructive, grounded, and positive way. Too often, however, we feel overwhelmed, over-stressed and out of alignment, which contributes to a sense of disharmony. Tune in to this episode where I discuss 8 ways to create more harmony in your life.

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203. Did you know that your brain is always seeking evidence for its pre-existing beliefs? We start with a view of a particular issue and then search for information that upholds that view. This is called Confirmation Bias. Tune in this week as I explore the concept of confirmation bias, why we do it, its root cases and signs. I also share the impact of confirmation bias on our lives.

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202. Ever feel overwhelmed when attempting to start (or complete) a project because you feel you don’t have enough time? How about that to-do list that keeps getting pushed back? Help is on the way in the form of “The 20-Minute Rule.” Tune in as I explain what the 20-Minute Rule is and how you can use it to shift from procrastination to action.

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201. Tune in this week for my off-the-cuff reflection on the affirmation of the month of November as offered by Louise Hay’s 2024 “I Can Do It” daily calendar.

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200. I am celebrating the 200th episode of my podcast with one of my favorite people, my friend and yoga therapist, Laura Staton. Join us this week as we discuss life, loss, aging, the importance of allowing yourself to dream, meeting yourself where you’re at, and figuring out what's important to you.

Laura Staton is an Occupational Therapist and certified Yoga Therapist and author of Yoga Bones - A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Pain and Orthopedic Injuries Through Yoga. For many years, she was a dancer and choreographer in NYC. 

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199. When was the last time you connected with your inner child? My what? Yes, we all have one. Join me this week as I explore what our inner child is and its importance in our lives. I will share 5 ways to connect with your inner child that allows you to experience more self-care, self-compassion, healing and forgiveness.

Listen to Selena Lael's Inner Child Healing guided meditation.

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198. This week I am giving you an encore of my most popular episode! "The Truth About an Anti-Inflammatory Diet" ~ Eating an anti-inflammatory diet is beneficial and healing, but what is really involved when aiming to tame inflammation? Join me as I discuss an anti-inflammatory diet and explain why what you eat directly impacts gut health and immune function. I give you 5 guidelines to incorporate an anti-inflammatory diet into your daily life and recommend specific journal prompts for you to explore what’s causing you inflammation and how to tune in to your body and nourish yourself.