Better Because of It
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsBetter Because of It is a podcast for women who are ready to use a life changing crisis as a catalyst to turn their pain into power and become who they are meant to be: as the most authentic, confident & truest version of themselves, whole and free.
Join Kristine Vineyard, your host & life coach, as she brings a blend of practical & spiritual coaching wisdom along with storytelling & “how to” actions to heal from the inside out and live a life stronger, bolder, more at peace and with true joy.
Let’s walk this courageous path together, illuminate the true essence of ourselves and trust that we are ... BETTER BECAUSE OF IT!
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Riding Through Uncertainty with Michelle Trieste | Ep #23
April 19, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 34.6 MBMichelle shares her tumultuous journey from marrying a drug lord, being held captive in another country, and ultimately her kids being kidnapped. Her perseverance and will to, not only live, but to save her girls is a testament to finding strength in hard times. Go here to join the community of women creating a life Better Because of It. https://www.ubwellstudio.com/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has th...
Loss, Grief and the Adventure After with Trudi Remmer | Ep #22
February 22, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBTrudi is no stranger to loss. Every decade brought about death starting as a child with losing her brother, then her father and ex in her 20s and losing her mom in her 30s. She has felt alone, lost trust, and lost her ability to even feel pain. The compounded grief left her overwhelmed and feeling like an outsider to peers who couldn’t comprehend her story. In this episode, we discuss how grief shows up. Feels like shit and is normal! We have an open conversation about the power of allowin...
Weathering Life’s Storms with Counselor, Angie Shields | Ep #21
February 08, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes - 36.1 MBFive years of infertility, a daughter born with special needs, limes disease, an abusive marriage, and a traumatic divorce lead School Counselor, Angie Shields to the power of forgiveness, stronger faith, and living more authentically. But not without having to work to own her part through the recovery of shame, pride, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and codependency. Angie shares her work in progress knowing that we have to bring light to the dark places for true healing and growth. She...
Sober & Alcohol-Free in 2023 with Jessica Taylor-Horton | Ep #20
January 25, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBDry January? Thinking it’s time to take a look at your relationship with alcohol? Join me and health coach and friend, Jessica, for this candid conversation about our journey with alcohol. We wanted to share our personal stories about alcohol rather than from a coaching perspective and how alcohol is affecting us. Yes, we work with people around their relationship with alcohol, but this is OUR story and how we are better because of choosing to live sober and alcohol-free. Go here to join t...
Self-actualizing with Kasey Bergh | Ep #19
January 11, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes - 35.4 MBStarting off the new year, we are joined by Kasey Bergh, who shares her journey toward self-actualization. In this episode, we hear through Kasey’s rich life stories what it takes to become the best version of ourselves. Through a vast array of adversities that include kidney disease, a kidney transplant and a traumatic divorce, Kasey shares key factors that contribute to finding and staying true to her light in the midst of the darkness. Through self-awareness and personal growth, includi...
A Life Redesign | Ep #18
March 16, 2022 08:00 - 40 minutes - 28.4 MBDo you feel stuck or anxious about the future? Do you feel like you’ve arrived at this place in your life and your thinking, now what? Wondering what you should and want to do with your life but you aren’t sure which direction to head. Many times after a big life disruption, once we stand up and wipe ourselves off, we take a look at our lives as this new person and wonder how the heck do I want to live my life now. Listen as I share exact steps to becoming the designer of your life so you ...
The Instruction Manual That Causes Our Suffering | Ep #17
February 23, 2022 15:40 - 31 minutes - 22.1 MBThe manual is just what it sounds like. It’s an instruction guide we have for people in our lives about how we would like them to behave so that we can feel good and be happy. The problem is - they cause our suffering instead. These manuals are made up of our thoughts and beliefs about how people should behave based on what we believe to be true, based on what we know and have been taught, and based on what we have learned. We may feel justified to have these expectations of others, bu...
Improving Your Well-being and Making It Last | Ep #16
February 09, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes - 24.3 MBOur overall well-being flourishes when we have integrated specific areas in our life that are proven to bring about wholeness. These areas combined bring about more happiness, success and overall meaning in our lives. That is the biggest reason I have studied, applied and continue to improve my overall well-being while also encouraging others to do the same. Why… because I believe this is the key to less suffering and more resilience and overall joy in our lives. And you are going to not onl...
Planning A New Chapter After Hardship | Ep #15
January 12, 2022 14:19 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBA new year resembles new beginnings in life. It is often a time when we have a chance to let go of the past year to embrace a new and optimistic future. We have this beautiful opportunity to shut the book on one chapter of our life while opening up and starting a fresh new chapter, should we choose. And the beautiful part … this new chapter has everything to do with where we focus our mind and attention, and little to do with what’s actually going on in our existing reality. Join me in t...
Learning to Empathize with Yourself | Ep #14
December 29, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 23.1 MBWhen most people think of empathy, they think of empathizing with someone else. It’s no wonder considering the many circumstances, in both personal and work life where you find yourself caught between people or groups of people expecting you to understand. These situations require you to manage yourself among different individuals while maintaining some personal connection with each of them. Empathy helps to avoid misunderstanding. But when you are feeling misunderstood yourself, empathizi...
Acceptance When It Feels Unacceptable | Ep #13
December 15, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBOne of the hardest lessons to learn is to accept things the way they are and let go of expectations. This is where we create struggle for ourselves unknowingly. But what if we knew how to accept what is or what happened? What if rather than feeling frustration and resistance to, we could feel a sense of flow and understanding? The less we resist, the easier things become. So how can we begin to create more ease and flow in our lives? Listen as I share ways to accept whatever you need to in o...
Dealing with Difficult People | Ep #12
December 01, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 27.1 MBRelationships can be beautiful … they can also be very challenging and difficult. So how do we create more love and connection when dealing with difficult people in our lives? I believe it’s about creating a better relationship with ourselves, so we are better able to handle any other relationship, no matter how challenging it may seem. Today I share a number of ways to take your power back in any situation so you can create the experience you most desire, regardless of what is happening in ...
Gratitude and Taking in the Good | Ep #11
November 03, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20.7 MBYou may hear it all of the time. And there is a reason for it. Gratitude, taking in the good. It is one of the easiest things we can do to create a life we most desire - to create more peace and joy in our lives. And yet, how often do we actually take the time to direct our focus toward what we most want vs what we don’t want in our lives. Listen up as I share ways to create small steps of actively changing your brain in order to create what you most desire in your life. Go here to join th...
The Survival Kit of EQ | Ep #10
October 20, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29.9 MBLife is unpredictable. We know this. It’s a journey where it’s impossible to avoid peaks and valleys. And in that journey, there is pain sometimes. In these times of pain, we have a choice in how we want to deal with the pain. Many times we are unaware that we have a choice, but I’m here to tell you we do. And that’s a good thing. In this episode, I share exact actions to take to heal and grow from pain from the inside out. Go here to join the community of women creating a life Better Beca...
Why Self-care Isn’t Selfish | Ep #9
October 06, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes - 15.1 MBWhat is at least one thing we can learn from the pandemic? I want to challenge you to take away the importance of self-care as a necessity. Self-care from the inside out that rejuvenates the soul so you share your goodness with others and the world. Evidence proves that there are tremendous benefits to implementing self-care into our daily lives. It improves our mental, physical and emotional health and well-being. It is an essential part of what makes us human. By allowing for space to cr...
Not Just Surviving but Thriving | Ep #8
September 22, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 31.1 MBWhat if you could go from struggling right now to redirecting your pain, confusion or stuckness to purpose and living beyond the struggle? I’m talking about not just acknowledging or accepting your adversity but taking your struggle and creating ways to move forward with personal strength, deeper meaning and a greater appreciation for life. Listen as I use strategies of Post Traumatic Growth to create ways to move from uncertainty to living a life better because of it. Go here to join ...
Managing Your Thoughts | Ep #7
September 01, 2021 08:00 - 36 minutes - 25.6 MBSometimes bad things do happen. Confusion, sadness, overwhelm and worry show up despite our very best efforts to move forward. Life can be unexpected, messy, challenging and it can feel unfair. So what do you do when that bad thing happens? In this episode, I share how we have an option to choose how we want to think about our current experience of life. How to move past the negative thoughts and emotions and choose to be intentional about what we are creating in our minds and in our liv...
Mindfulness & Awareness in Healing & Growing | Ep #6
August 25, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.7 MBThere is a reason mindfulness is such a buzz word. Why? Because when we start to become more mindful in our daily existence, we experience more focus, more peace, more happiness and leave behind the constant hum of overwhelm and stress. If you are feeling stuck, overwhelmed or battling negative emotions, bringing awareness to our minds and bodies allows us to become the observer to the ways we remain stuck in our past conditioning. We can create change in our brains and our lives by paying...
Paige Nelson: Overcome Adversity with The Hero’s Journey | Ep #5
August 18, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBHave you ever thought of looking at your life as a hero on a journey? In this episode, I am joined by Paige Nelson, friend, mentor, student & teacher. Paige shares her expertise and lessons learned from twentieth century mythologist, Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey. The Hero’s Journey gives us a new way to view our lives - a pattern of how the typical life of a human having a human experience takes place and unfolds. Paige gives us her heart and shares her personal journey of step...
Identity Crisis? Find You | Ep #4
August 11, 2021 18:52 - 21 minutes - 15.5 MBDid you know questioning parts of yourself after a major life change, transition or stressful time in life, is normal? You might be feeling lost without the partner you’ve had for years by your side, without the job that gave your life purpose and meaning, after the loss of a loved one or after discovering what you once believed to be true to you, is no longer. In this episode, I share about the identity crisis you might be experiencing and what you can do to embrace this time in order t...
Didn’t See That Coming, Now What? | Ep #3
August 11, 2021 16:22 - 39 minutes - 27.6 MBThere are many reasons why change happens in our lives. Sometimes it happens when we least expect it. If you’ve been knocked down by life, listen as I share how to take control of this unexpected life change and create more for yourself right now. I show you how this unexpected situation in midlife shows up in your internal life which is producing your current reality. I share tools to begin to process your healing emotionally so you can see new possibilities for your future - so you may...
My Why & Professional Journey | Ep #2
August 11, 2021 16:04 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBIn this podcast I share life changing tools that started my healing process. Tools that I use for myself and with my clients to create consistent change and growth and deep rooted trust, belief, self love and self worth. In this episode, I share the importance of self awareness as a starting point and with personal awareness work. You will hear about my personality strengths, values and how I came to be a life coach and my why behind what I do. I share about the people I coach and the comm...
My Story from Trauma to Thriving | Ep #1
August 09, 2021 14:18 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBWelcome to the show! In this first episode, I share my back story and how I came to be who I am today. I share about my life, past trauma & the different adversities I overcame including betrayal, divorce, child loss and child abuse. I share my struggles with mental health, loss of identity, midlife crisis and the many taboo topics that aren’t necessarily dinner party talk so we can lift the shame associated with them and walk together to heal and live true to ourselves! I know the pain ...
Welcome to Better Because of It
August 06, 2021 23:18 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MBBetter Because of It is a podcast for 40 something women who are ready to use a life changing crisis in midlife as a catalyst to turn their pain into power and become who they are meant to be: as the most authentic, confident & truest version of themselves, whole and free. Join Kristine Vineyard, your host & life coach, as she brings a blend of practical & spiritual coaching wisdom along with storytelling & “how to” actions to heal from the inside out and live a life stronger, bolder, more...