Bite-Sized Balance Podcast with Wendy McCallum
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsBite-Sized Balance is a podcast where everyday extraordinary women share their stories, expertise and wisdom with other women - all in the name of lifting each other up and creating a better life balance.
Whether it’s wellness, career, relationships, alcohol, food, mindfulness, hormones or parenting - we talk about all things women’s balance.
If your life looks great "on paper" but it still feels like something is missing, you're in the right place.
Wendy McCallum, the host of Bite-Sized Balance, is a Certified Burnout & Balance Coach and Wellness Expert who has spent over ten years helping busy high achievers create more joyful, balanced lives.
As an experienced coach (and ex-lawyer!) she speaks with honesty and empathy. No stranger to burnout, she’s been where many of her clients find themselves.
Wendy has a background in nutrition and wellness (RHN, NNCP), life coach training through CTI, and a sub-specialty in alcohol-free life coaching (as a Certified Naked Mind Coach).
She helps busy people reduce stress, prevent burnout, and replace unhealthy coping mechanisms like food, alcohol and social media) with healthier habits.
Find Wendy at www.wendymccallum.com
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Episodes
Season 4 Wrap-Up: Reflections, Joy, and New Beginnings with Sarah Baillie
December 19, 2023 05:01 - 47 minutes - 33.8 MBIn this bittersweet season finale, Sarah Baillie and I come together to share some big news: the early wrap-up of Season 4. It's been a tough decision, but one that opens up exciting opportunities on the horizon for both of us. We peel back the curtain on the "why" behind this choice, exploring the joyous spaces it's creating for personal pursuits. For me, Wendy McCallum, it means dedicating more time to my passion for writing fiction and diving into my Business Building Bootcamp community...
No One Is Coming: Embracing Personal Responsibility for a Joyful Life with Sarah Baillie
December 12, 2023 05:01 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBIn this second to last episode of Season 4 of Bite-Sized Balance, I'm joined by Sarah Baillie to explore what’s been a game-changing concept for both of us: "No One Is Coming." We dive deep into the profound reality that if our lives aren't what we want them to be, the power to change that rests solely in our hands. This awakening often hits women hard in midlife, around menopause, as the awareness of time becomes more acute. Drawing inspiration from unexpected places like the Trolls movie...
Shifting the Narrative: What If It Goes Right?
December 05, 2023 05:01 - 26 minutes - 19.5 MBHey there, lovely listeners! First, I've got some big news to share with you on this short episode of Bite-Sized Balance. But mostly, I want to dive deep into a mindset shift that has truly transformed my life (and that I recently applied in relation the big decision that prompted today’s announcement): the powerful perspective shift from "What if it goes wrong?" to the game-changing question, "What if it goes right?" Fear and anxiety have a sneaky way of holding us back, keeping us stuck ...
Money Talks: Empowering Women in Midlife with Natasha Carrillo
November 28, 2023 05:01 - 42 minutes - 28.4 MBIn this down-to-earth episode, Wendy sits down with Natasha Carrillo, a Financial Educator and Coach, to chat all things women and money. No stiff suits or complicated jargon here – just a real conversation about why women need to take the reins when it comes to their finances, and how avoiding the topic isn’t serving us! Natasha breaks down the impact our upbringing has on our money mindset and shares some practical advice on how to shift those beliefs to feel more empowered about our ca...
Mastering Holiday Balance: A Practical Guide
November 21, 2023 05:01 - 22 minutes - 16 MBIn this short episode of Bite-Sized Balance, I'm serving up practical, empowering strategies to keep your holiday balance in check, with a goal of you wrapping up the year feeling rested, restored, and not even a tiny bit over-stuffed and annoyed! I'm dishing out practical tips on how to prioritize what truly matters by deciphering between energy drains and gains, and using the 4 Ds (delete, delegate, defer, and do) to get those lists serving you better. No more overcommitting, no more o...
Finding Joy in the Little Things: Sobriety and Gratitude with Guest Client Chantal
November 14, 2023 05:01 - 44 minutes - 27.2 MBIn this heartwarming episode of Bite-Sized Balance, Wendy McCallum sits down with a remarkable guest, her client Chantal. Chantal recounts her transformative journey from decades of addiction to true freedom from alcohol. Chantal candidly shares her experience with the medication Antabuse and the pivotal role it played in her recovery. The conversation takes a beautiful turn as Chantal unveils her unique practice of specific gratitude, demonstrating how it has reignited joy in her life. By...
The Magic of "Holding It Lightly" with Sarah Baillie
November 07, 2023 05:01 - 19 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this brief yet powerful episode of Bite-Sized Balance, my regular guest and BFF Sarah Baillie and I explain the transformative idea behind "Holding it Lightly", a tool we both use regularly in our coaching practices. I open up about a challenging period in my life and how intentionally loosening my grip on the problem (with the help of a fantastic coach!) led to a remarkable shift in my feelings, behaviors, and overall well-being. We explore the tendency among women to hold tightly to s...
Rewiring Your Brain: The Blueprint for Permanent Habit Change with Adele Spraggon
October 31, 2023 04:01 - 41 minutes - 29.5 MBIn this fascinating episode, I’m joined by Adele Spraggon, a Behavioral Change Expert and author, to explore the complicated world of decision-making in your brain. Adele sheds light on why your brain is always making choices on your behalf (spoiler alert: it's not your fault!) and unveils the step-by-step path to reprogramming it with a fresh set of operating instructions. Together, we dig into neuroscience to uncover how understanding your brain can empower you to make positive changes ...
Embracing the Space in Midlife with Sarah Baillie
October 24, 2023 04:01 - 18 minutes - 13.5 MBIn this short and insightful Bite-Sized Balance episode, my regular guest and BFF, Sarah Baillie, and I explore the notion of "Filling the Space" that often arises as we begin to say "no" to things that no longer serve us, set boundaries, and experience a shift in caregiving duties as our children grow older. Sarah beautifully articulates the common discomfort we feel with unoccupied time, driven by societal expectations of busyness. This tendency to fill the void immediately can lead to ...
Ayurveda, Women’s Hormones and Midlife with Carina Greweling
October 17, 2023 04:01 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBNo matter what kind of healing or balance you're seeking in this season of life, you've probably realized that quick fixes and shortcuts rarely bring about lasting results. But taking that initial step towards educating yourself is the first stride toward creating real change. In this episode, I sit down with Ayurveda Health Coach, Carina Greweling, who helps women achieve lasting hormone balance by restoring healthy sleep, gut health, and energy. She's a certified Ayurveda Hormone Coach, ...
Unlocking Daily Joy: The Power of Gratitude Practice
October 10, 2023 04:01 - 18 minutes - 13.5 MBToday we're diving deep into a transformative practice that can supercharge your daily joy and make you feel like you can tackle the big challenges in your life. Gratitude is not just a buzzword; it's a game-changer. It has empowered me to stay so much more present as a parent, wife, and daughter, especially in the last year of my dad’s life. In this episode, I’ll share why your gratitude practice may have been ineffective in the past and what steps you have to take to make it a meaningfu...
Laura Cathcart Robbins: Motherhood, Ambien Addiction, and Recovery
October 03, 2023 04:01 - 49 minutes - 32.8 MBDid you know that 1 in 10 women relies on sleep aids regularly? It's a staggering statistic, but it's hardly surprising. In today's fast-paced world, where we juggle demanding careers, relationships, never-ending to-do lists, hormonal shifts, and mental health challenges, even a mere six hours of sleep can seem like an unattainable dream. What might surprise you, however, is the potential danger hidden within those seemingly harmless sleeping pills. Today, I have the privilege of being joi...
Sober in October: Here's Your Plan for Taking a Mindful Break From Alcohol
September 26, 2023 04:01 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBIf you’ve been curious about what life might look like without alcohol, Sober October is the perfect time to do an experiment. I’m sharing this episode with you now so you have some time to prepare for a successful break from alcohol because it absolutely requires having a solid plan. First, you’ll want to start examining your assumptions about alcohol, even before you stop drinking. Practically speaking, you’ll also need to decide what you’ll drink instead and how you’ll respond when peop...
How to Fall Back into a Healthy Routine
September 19, 2023 04:01 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBVacations are over and the kids are back at school. It’s that time of year when we often feel the need to get “back on track” and into the structure and routines that help us thrive. But something that we rarely consider is that as life changes, so does our personal “recipe for success.” Be it in relationships, careers, added responsibilities, shifting hormones, or the ages of your kids, life has a way of changing and throwing curve balls when it comes to maintaining a healthy routine. So...
Mommy Wine Culture: Why It’s Not About the Wine with Coach Celeste Yvonne
September 12, 2023 04:01 - 46 minutes - 30 MBThere’s a very pervasive social narrative that moms need alcohol in order to survive motherhood. This is what is known as “mommy wine culture” and chances are, you’re all too familiar with this messaging because the marketing behind it is really unavoidable. On this episode, I’m joined by life coach and author of It’s Not About the Wine, Celeste Yvonne to help us uncover the real reasons moms want to escape and why alcohol as a coping mechanism is just adding to the mayhem. We will talk a...
What We Did This Summer (Season 4 Opener with Sarah Baillie)
September 05, 2023 04:01 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBAaaand we’re back for Season 4! My lovely co-host Sarah joins me as we share some summer updates and ease back into routines and rhythms that keep us sane! I finally moved into the house we’ve been renovating for months, but then we had to deal with the flooding of my husband’s business and the cottage. Sarah spent a good portion of the summer in her favorite corner of the couch with a book but became a professional camp shuttle and laundry service for her busy kids too. Both of us loved e...
Everybody's Doing Their Best (Season 3 Finale with Sarah Baillie, N.D.)
June 27, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBWendy and Sarah are back again to wrap up season 3 of BSB and talk about the one impactful mindset shift they have made in the last couple of years that has led to them living with more compassion and way less judgment. Drawing on a Brené Brown anecdote, Wendy and Sarah explain how everything changes when we start assuming that everyone, even the people who frustrate and disappoint us most, are “doing their best.” We can then decide how to respond from a place of empathy instead of cri...
Full Nest Syndrome (Empty Nest Update with Sarah Bailie, N.D.)
June 20, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBWendy talks about how the empty nesting went last year with Sarah, and how she is feeling now that both of her kids are home for the summer. Just one year ago on the podcast, Wendy shared the reality of Empty Nest Syndrome, including her apprehension and grief around her children leaving for university and the sale of their childhood home. But their time away brought many unexpected gifts, and she found herself enjoying the agency and freedom that came with the un-parenting. She trave...
Infertility, Depression & Alcohol with Maureen Benkovich
June 13, 2023 04:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBThis week Wendy is joined by Maureen Benkovich. Maureen shares her moving personal story as she and Wendy have an honest discussion about infertility, pregnancy loss, grief, depression, and women’s drinking. Maureen is someone who has experienced the pain of infertility and knows firsthand how easy it is to get stuck in a cycle of shame and blame when it comes to grief, depression, and drinking. For years, she used alcohol as a way to cope with these challenges, and it only made thing...
Avoiding the Rock Bottom of Midlife with Dr. Sarah Baillie, N.D.
June 06, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutes - 34.9 MBThis week, Wendy is joined again by her friend and colleague Sarah Baillie, N.D. to talk about the practical steps women can take to avoid hitting an emotional rock bottom in midlife. Research suggests that most people are at their unhappiest in their forties, but that this continues to improve as they age. Sarah and Wendy believe there are ways to speed that process up! As more of their clients come to them looking for support in pro-actively making their midlife easier and happier, W...
The Hows & Whys of Feeling (Not Fixing!) Your Emotions with Jay Fields
May 30, 2023 04:01 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBWendy talks with Jay Fields, an educator, coach, and author who has taught the principles of embodied social and emotional intelligence to individuals and organizations for twenty years. If you’ve ever wondered how to get better at sitting with your emotions, instead of drinking, eating, or scrolling to escape them, Jay’s got the practical three-step solution. Wendy and Jay discuss the importance of feeling your emotions instead of “fixing” them, and how learning to do this using...
Female Friendships in Midlife with Dr. Sarah Bailie, N.D.
May 23, 2023 04:01 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBToday’s conversation around the value of meaningful female friendships in midlife is especially poignant for host Wendy and her co-host Sarah, colleagues who have also become very good friends over the course of the last few years. They discuss how picture-perfect social media feeds can often lead to comparison and feelings of inadequacy, and how that can keep women from reaching out when they need more connection. But with midlife there’s a sense of coming home to oneself, and ...
Breaking Up with Criticism and Praise with Lorna Wilson
May 16, 2023 04:01 - 52 minutes - 48.9 MBWhat does your inner critic sound like? In this episode, Wendy introduces coach Lorna Wilson and they dive deep into how to silence your inner critic, identify the opinions or feedback you should be paying attention to, and how not to be reliant on receiving praise from others. Wendy shares how Lorna has helped her reframe criticism and tap into her own inner mentor. The discussion stems from the book Playing Big by Tara Mohr, which Lorna and Wendy both highly recommend to all women! Lor...
How to Get More out of Midlife with Sarah Baillie (Part 2 of 2)
May 09, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes - 28.4 MBThis is Part 2 of the “How to Do Less and Get More in Midlife” Episode. In Part 1, Sarah & Wendy discussed why so many women reach overwhelm and burnout in the care sandwich that is midlife. They shared their favourite coaching strategies and tools to help busy women scale back on their to-do list and clear some space to bring in more of the things that serve them. In this second instalment, they provide some concrete strategies for standing in personal responsibility and figuring out what y...
How to Do Less in Midlife (Part 1 of 2) with Sarah Baillie, N.D., Coach
May 02, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes - 37.5 MBFriends and colleagues Sarah and Wendy talk about why so many of us reach overwhelm and burnout in the care sandwich that is midlife and share their favourite coaching strategies and tools to help busy women scale back on their to-do list and clear some space to bring in more of the things that serve them (listen to Part 2 of this episode, coming soon, for those strategies!). Topics include being v. doing, how to say no more often, how to care less, how to figure out what’s no longer serving...
Finding Yourself in Midlife: An Expat in Paris with Susan Hodgson
April 25, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 48.3 MBSusan Hodgson is an Irish expat coach helping women navigate new territory with their drinking amidst the challenges of living abroad and trying to find that elusive feeling of “home”. She lives near Paris with her French husband and three kids who enjoy correcting her grammar and complaining about holidays back to the Donegal rain. Susan shares her story of becoming alcohol-free, and Wendy and Susan discuss the common misconceptions of expat life, why it can make drinking less more challe...
Imposter Syndrome and Perfectionism with Melissa Chureau
April 18, 2023 04:00 - 53 minutes - 50.9 MBMelissa Chureau is a purpose and mindset coach, lawyer, and podcaster. She helps women move beyond imposterism and perfectionism to create space in the mind, and uncover our true, integrated selves. As a lawyer for 20 years, she has witnessed many people who work and live out of alignment with their values and purpose—often because they don’t know their worth, regardless of their successes. Many feel like imposters waiting to get exposed, and afraid that who they really are isn’t enough. ...
The Power of AWE with Michael Amster, M.D.
April 11, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBMichael Amster, M.D., is the co-author (with Jake Eagle, LPC) of the new book The Power of Awe. Dr. Amster is a pain management specialist and awe researcher who teaches at the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. He’s also a long-time meditator and yoga instructor. He joins host Wendy McCallum to share what he and Jake discovered a few years ago about the amazing power of “microdosing awe” and how the simple practice they teach can impact almost every area of your physical, mental and e...
From Evangelist to Women's Rights Advocate (with Julia Anderson)
April 04, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBJulia Anderson shares her incredible story of leaving the narrow experience of her evangelistic Christian upbringing (including its purity culture) at the age of 19 to raise her newborn daughter and create the independent, successful life she craved. Julia is now the CEO of the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) and has over 15 years of senior and executive-level experience in international development, not-for-profits, civil society, human rights, and gender equ...
Intoxicating Lies (with Meg Geisewite)
March 28, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBAs a best-selling author and speaker, Meg Geisewite is changing the narrative on the mommy wine culture, hustle culture, and our pro-drinking culture. In Meg’s debut book, Intoxicating Lies: One Woman's Journey to Freedom from Gray Area Drinking, Meg flips the script on the five most intoxicating lies we tell ourselves about alcohol. In this episode, Meg shares her story of being an ordinary, working mom who found herself trapped in the mommy wine culture, and how her love of science le...
Sales, Sisterhood and Supremacy in Multi-Level Marketing with Emily Lynn Paulson
March 21, 2023 04:00 - 57 minutes - 54 MBEmily Lynn Paulson is the author of the new book Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing and Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life. She is also a speaker, recovery coach, and the founder of Sober Mom Squad, and has given two powerful TEDx talks, both challenging the status quo of parenting, alcohol use, and feminism as we know it. Emily has also been featured in major publications such as the Today Show, New York ...
The Alcohol-Free Marriage with Amy and Matt Edwards
March 14, 2023 04:00 - 51 minutes - 48.4 MBAmy and Matt Edwards are the hosts of the Alcohol-Free Marriage Podcast. Amy is also a certified coach who helps high-achieving women get out of the shame and blame cycle when it comes to their relationship with alcohol. They join host Wendy McCallum today to share their story of quitting drinking as former craft beer enthusiasts and starting the podcast – the ups, the downs, and some of the joyful surprises of leaving alcohol behind together. Tune in to find out how they got to the decisi...
The Wellness Conversation We're NOT Having with Tabbin Almond
March 07, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBTabbin Almond is a certified coach living in Devon, England, who is passionate about removing the stigma and creating meaningful employee support around alcohol use disorder. She is committed to changing the corporate wellness conversation to include alcohol as an important factor in employees’ physical and mental health. Tabbin has a book in the works called The Wellness Conversation We’re Not Having, where she explores the corporate world’s failure to address the role that over-drinking ...
Missing Midlife Conversations with Sarah Baillie, N.D.
February 28, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 54.4 MBHost Wendy and her friend and colleague Sarah Baillie discuss a 2011 article from The Atlantic (by author Sandra Tsing Loh) that is still a very relevant and hilarious read for women in midlife, no matter where they are when it comes to the hormonal transition of perimenopause and menopause. They discuss what it would mean if fertility was actually the “Big Change” and menopause was just a “return to normal” and why this theory actually makes far more sense in our modern world. Sarah talks...
Peaceful Coparenting with Scott Pinyard, Coach
February 21, 2023 05:00 - 57 minutes - 54.1 MBScott Pinyard is the owner and coach at Modern Coparent, a company dedicated to helping people find peace while coparenting. He has years of coaching experience both in private practice and as the Head Coach of This Naked Mind. Scott’s focus is in helping people through challenging growth with compassion, patience and humor. Scott shares his personal story of modern coparenting and how he came to be a coach in this area. He explains how our lives are built on story and how these stories in...
Amanda Lee, Domestic Violence Survivor
February 14, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 57.3 MBAmanda Lee is a domestic abuse survivor and the author of the new book One of The Lucky Ones. 1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner. This extraordinarily common form of abuse silences victims and paralyzes them with terror, a pattern Amanda is all too familiar with. In this episode, Amanda shares her dramatic story. Like so many women, over time her fairy-tale romance became increasingly turbulent and violent. And like so many, she felt at times that her futu...
The New Alcohol Guidelines with Ann Dowsett Johnston
February 07, 2023 05:00 - 52 minutes - 40.2 MBIf you recently saw the revised drinking guidelines in Canada and gasped, you’re not alone. Most Canadians are drinking more than two drinks a week, the new low-risk maximum. Ann Dowsett Johnston is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, a book named one of the top 10 of the year by the Washington Post. Ann is also now a psychotherapist, and Wendy’s friend, mentor and writing coach. Ann joins Wendy for a dis...
How to Get Unstuck (In Your Career, Relationship or Habits!)
January 31, 2023 05:00 - 24 minutes - 23.9 MBAre you stuck in a job, habit or relationship that’s not serving you? Maybe you’re struggling with whether you should stick it out a little longer in case it gets better? In this episode, Wendy shares the approach she uses with coaching clients who are feeling unsatisfied and unfulfilled to help them gain clarity, get unstuck and start taking action to create the life, habits and relationships they dream of. She explains how to articulate the fear behind your resistance to change, how to mak...
Dr. Jenn Salib-Huber: Making Peace with Your Body in Midlife
January 24, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBJenn Salib-Huber is a Registered Dietitian, Naturopathic Doctor, and intuitive eating advocate. Jenn provides health and hormone education to women in midlife without a side of diet culture, so they can make peace with food, aging, and hot flashes and find the confidence they deserve in midlife. Jenn and Wendy discuss the concept of “undieting your life”, body neutrality v. body positivity, the second peak of body dissatisfaction that occurs in perimenopause, the real factors that cont...
Wendy’s 5 Year Alcohol-Free Anniversary (With Guest Host Christy Osborne)
January 17, 2023 05:00 - 55 minutes - 52.5 MBFellow This Naked Mind coach and friend Christy Osborne joins Wendy to celebrate her five-year anniversary of quitting drinking. Wendy shares her alcohol story, including her “last straw(s)” and talks about everything that has changed for her (big and small!) since she had her last drink. Christy and Wendy discuss some of the surprise gifts of going alcohol-free, how they parent and role model around the topic of drinking, and both share a drinking story that used to bring them shame but now...
What to Expect When You’re Empty Nesting (with BFF Megan)
January 10, 2023 05:00 - 51 minutes - 49 MBWendy and her best friend Megan, who have five young adult children between them, reflect on their transition to an empty nest together this fall. They share the story their unique lifelong friendship, and their shared experience entering motherhood, midlife, and now empty nesting together. They recount some of their favourite parts of living without kids again and some of the unforeseen challenges (or are they perks?) like chocolate covered peanuts for lunch and key lime pie for dinner, pla...
Smells Like Teen Spirit: Parenting Teenagers (with Dr. Sarah Baillie, N.D.)
January 03, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBIn today’s episode, regular co-host and bestie Dr. Sarah Baillie, N.D., joins host Wendy to talk all things teenager. They share their top insights and tips as experienced parents of teens, including strategies to diffuse tension, improve communication, and re-frame the teenage years to increase the joy and decrease the common frustration around parenting young adults. It’s an honest, raw, and funny conversation (as always!) between two moms who get it. Don’t miss this one! Topics include ...
Resolution Reset with Wendy (Snackbite Solo Episode)
December 27, 2022 05:00 - 32 minutes - 31.7 MBHow many years have you made New Year promises only to find yourself making them all over again 12 months later? Wendy shares her Top 10 Tips for making lasting habit change in 2023 and every year thereafter in this bite-sized solo episode. With these strategies you’ll make permanent, meaningful change this year instead of giving up when “life gets lifey”, as it always does. Learn about trying different, not harder, stacking small change, the power of positive emotion, and the pitfalls of ...
How to Do Your Own Alcohol Experiment (Snackbite Solo Episode)
December 20, 2022 05:00 - 31 minutes - 30.4 MBWait! Before you say, “But I don’t have a problem with alcohol”, know this – Wendy’s tips in this bite-sized solo episode are critical to making permanent, meaningful change in ANY area of your life. Whether your coping mechanism of choice is red wine, salt and vinegar chips, cupcakes, or Nordstrom Rack, there’s something in this episode for everyone. Learn the 3 C’s of making change with an experiment mindset, how this approach changed EVERYTHING for Wendy in January 2018 and led to her b...
“Your One Word Year” with Mary Byers
December 13, 2022 05:00 - 54 minutes - 51.8 MBIn this episode, Wendy talks to Mary Byers, author, speaker, and coach, who helps organizations and individuals set priorities and develop winning focus, about Mary’s experience with her “One Word Year” experiment. Mary explains how she has let one word guide her each year for the last decade, and how that’s helped her to concentrate on what’s most important, simplify her focus, and improve her life. Wendy and Mary discuss the power of this practice and Mary provides guidance on how to pi...
The Little Podcast That Could - 100th Episode Celebration (with Dr. Sarah Baillie, N.D.)
December 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBIt’s the 100th episode of Bite-Sized Balance! In today’s episode of ‘the little podcast that could’, regular co-host and bestie Dr. Sarah Baillie, N.D., joins host Wendy to celebrate 100 episodes of Bite-Sized Balance, the “fake” podcast that Wendy started over two years ago. They each choose a handful of episodes that stand out for them from past seasons and discuss why you should give them a listen if you haven’t had the chance or are a new listener to the show. They also talk about ...
Women, Burnout Culture and the Great Resignation with Sara McElroy
November 29, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBSara McElroy is a former hustle culture devotee, ex-chief marketing officer, the Wall Street Journal’s poster girl for pandemic career burnout, and a two-time member of the Great Resignation: class of 2021 and 2022. Following a stress-induced shingles diagnosis in early 2021, Sara decided to hit the reset button on her life; she quit her hard-won CMO job and trekked to Peru's Sacred Valley to reset her frayed nervous system. When she returned, she relocated from the buzzy metropolis of Atlan...
The Rise of Anxiety & Overwhelm with Kelley Kitley
November 22, 2022 05:00 - 55 minutes - 52.7 MBKelley Kitley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and therapist with over 20 years of experience in the field, a sought after international mental health media expert, a mom of four, and a bestselling author of her autobiography of survival “My self.” She has appeared in hundreds of publications, podcasts, live news, and radio shows including The Today Show, The Chicago Tribune, Self magazine, Shape, Dr Oz, The Drew Barrymore Show, the Wall Street Journal and the Oprah Magazine, and owns Se...
Finding Magic in Midlife Recovery (with Racquel Reid)
November 15, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBRacquel Reid is a certified This Naked Mind coach with a unique story of recovery. In this episode, Racquel shares her drinking story and explains why her life got smaller 11 years ago when she first stopped drinking, and how after years of feeling “abnormal” and hiding away from the world, she rediscovered her power and magic and has built a life beyond what she could have imagined. Both in the “zigs and zags” of menopause, Racquel and Wendy discuss how happy they are to be alcohol-free at ...
Pet Peeves in Midlife (with Dr. Sarah Baillie, N.D.)
November 08, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBIf you need a good laugh and a little levity, tune into this episode, where Wendy and Sarah share the list of “Pet Peeves” that they’ve been accumulating together over the last year, including petty yet universal annoyances like the perpetual “goaty” smell of dishtowels and empty ice cube trays left in the freezer, but also inexplicable, less rational irritants like mimes (in general, in person or on screen), books about the Great Depression or riding trains and anything “curated, artisanal ...