Rising StrongHER Podcast

#31: Sweet Tooth - Myths and Realities Around Sugar with Sara & Wendy

August 08, 2022 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

Sara puts her Health Coach hat on with Wendy as they discuss the hidden truths around our passion and science with sugar. Sweet is a natural favor the body needs AND becoming a savvy consumer and listening to your body is key to good health! We talk about the shocking amount of refined sugar in common food items. Hidden Truths: Fructose (the kind in pre-packaged foods not fruit/veggies) does not satisfy hunger so you might eat more. Brain fog, fatigue, and excessive hunger, could...

#30 - Radical Self Acceptance & Self Care with Sara & Wendy

July 25, 2022 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MB

Sara & Wendy have a great conversation about what it means to consider radical self acceptance and self care. It's not exactly what you think. This is also is a great introduction to our brand new Wise Women Collective Membership starting August 10th @ 6:45 pm. We talk about normalizing, being ok with not being ok. Life is full of pain and joy, suffering is optional. Using the analogy of the weather which is also always shifting, This is what the "weather" is today, we suffer when we wa...

#29: Summer Solstice Meditation with Sara

June 21, 2022 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Get comfortable, throw your headphones on and listen in for this Summer meditation with Sara. Summer Solstice represents the energy of the sun, strength, forward momentum, will, joy. It's a time to consider brining forth into fruition everything that you've been dreaming of, ideas, goals into action. Connect with Rising StrongHER community: Schedule your FREE one hour of Wellness & Life Coaching with Sara https://www.risingstrongher.com/health-coaching Summer Self Care Mini Retreat A...

#28: Using the Tarot as an Intuitive Guide For Your Life with guest Crissy Cicuzza

June 03, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Ready for a fresh perspective on whatever you're facing right now? If so you've got to listen to this episode where we talk with guest and friend, Crissy Cicuzza, Tarot Card Reader. She delivers empowered, enjoyable readings that provide relevant guidance for your life situations (large and small!) to help you to step into your authentic self. Crissy shares with us: what Tarot Card Readings are and demystifies how the cards can help with clarity and direction in your life how you can ...

#27: How To Keep Love Alive Long Term with Guest Lynn Lyons

March 31, 2022 16:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MB

Sara & Wendy have a delightful conversation that was both vulnerable and illuminating on our recent podcast with Lynn Lyon. Lynn is a licensed individual and couples therapist with over 2 decades of experience. She is a dear friend of Wendy's and brings compassionate joy to everything that she does. In this podcast: Learn powerful & life changing tools to bring to any long term relationship. Enjoy a short guided meditation to land you back into your heart. Laugh & maybe cry hearing abo...

#26: How to Find Joy while supporting our Aging Parents with guest Brooks Haislip

February 07, 2022 17:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MB

We have a great discussion around finding joy while supporting aging parents with Brooks Haislip, a Simple Wellness Coach, strategic life mentor, meditation guide and lover of the full range of life. The AARP estimates that 53.0 million adults in the United States are caregivers. This is an important topic. Brooks shares her journey as one of the caregivers supporting her mother who has dementia and Alzheimer's and offers us ideas on how it's possible to find joy and self care during time...

#24: Manifest Your Goals & Dreams with a Vision Board with guest Gigi Poveromo

January 24, 2022 16:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

Sara has a lively conversion with Rising StrongHER Ambassador, Gieselle "Gigi" Poveromo who is a Non-Profit Employee Engagement Leader and Certified Professional Coach and long time Vision Board Artist. We talk about how it’s possible to turn your dreams into reality, which takes a lot of work of course, through what’s called manifestation. Part of doing the work is creating the vision. One great idea to create vision is a Vision Board. Gigi shares how Vision Boards work for her in her...

#25: Women's Heart Health with special Guest Sheila Caldwell

January 18, 2022 15:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MB

This episode is dedicated to Women's Heart Health. Sara & Wendy have an open & honest conversation with Sheila Caldwell, Heart Attack Survivor and Founder of The Heart to Heart Foundation. Sheila's mission mission is to inspire and enable women and their loved ones to take action that prevents heart attack, stroke, and premature death. She shares her story and message of hope about learning to thrive again after a Heart Attack. Along with steps to knowing your numbers, your risk factors,...

#23: Journey to the Self Through Breath, Meditation (and Chocolate) with 9/11 Survivor Guest Kushal Choksi

January 12, 2022 19:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MB

Sara & Wendy talk with special guest, Kushal Choksi, ex- Wall Street Trader, survivor of 9/11 attacks, author " On A Wing And A Prayer" , chocolatier, serial entrepreneur as we talk about meditation, breathwork, chocolate, and life. One of the great learnings here is that yoga meditation and breathwork is for every body! It doesn't slow you down, it actually helps you be a better human in work, life, and play. Kushal guides us through Sky Breath and shares his top tips: 1. Don't take l...

#22: Winter Solstice Meditation with Wendy

December 18, 2021 18:00 - 6 minutes - 4.46 MB

Great warm and cozy for this Winter Solstice Meditation with Wendy. Music by Joe Levi music, find him on Instagram @joelevimusic Connect with Rising StrongHER community: Virtual Course - Overcome Emotional Eating & Negative Body Image coming in January 2022 https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/nourish-to-flourish Join our private Rising StrongHER free Facebook community here for more inspiration: https://www.facebook.com/groups/284428745896520 Instagram @rising_strongher Our website: ...

#21: Ditch the Diet Resolutions with Sara & Wendy

December 07, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

Sara puts her Health Coaching hat on with Wendy as we explore why people fail with New Year Resolutions and how to ditch them AND still achieve your goals. Diets are usually like a pair of shoes that don’t quite fit right, uncomfortable, restrictive, not conducive to long-term wear, and causes other wellness issues. Letting go of the diet mentality is extremely hard for many people. It’s often engrained from other challenges, obstacles and ongoing emotional eating cycles, and life struggle...

#20: Take the confusion out of Diets with Sara & Wendy

November 25, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MB

Sara puts her Health Coaching hat on with Wendy as we explore 10 of the most popular "diets" and try to take the confusion out of them, including pros and cons for each. We also define bio-individuality towards diet. This means - what’s one person's way of eating is another’s poison. What works for you may not work for another. Unfortunately the diet industry tries to fit us all into a "one size fits all" approach. An estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year, and Americans ...

#19: "The Deer" Guided Meditation for Relaxation & Ease with Sara

November 25, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB

Settle into a cozy location, put your headphones on, breathe, and relax with Sara on this nature inspired visualization meditation "The Deer - Gentle Ease" and is inspired by a magical interaction Wendy and I had at the Grand Canyon in October. It's for letting go of force, pushing, and shift into gentle ease for the holiday season or any season of life. Music by Joe Levi music, find him on Instagram @joelevimusic Connect with Rising StrongHER community: Virtual Course - Overcome Emot...

#18: Re-Write Your Story Through Clinical Hypnosis with guest Debra Young

November 08, 2021 16:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB

Sara and Wendy interview our guest, Debra Young, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Clinical Hypnotherapist with over 23 years of experience. Our discussion is centered around our curiosity of Clinical Hypnotherapy as another holistic tool to help aid in tapping into your authentic self. AND we end up sharing all sorts of fabulous inspirational wisdom nuggets for our community. Who am I? this is a common question many of ask in midlife. We see this as an exciting opportu...

#17: Fall Equinox Meditation with Sara

September 21, 2021 21:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

Get comfortable and enjoy a seasonal guided meditation with Sara. As the season shifts from Summer to Fall, we start to shed away what doesn't serve us. Music composed by Joe Levi Music You can find him on Instagram @joelevimusic Connect with Rising StrongHER community: In person in Charlotte Restorative Yoga @ Thrive Center for Wellness Nov 13 @ 1:30 pm-3 pm https://thrivecarolinas.com/events/ Fall Mini Retreat @ the Yoga Cottage in Charlotte Nov 6 https://risingstrongher.mykajabi.com/...

#16: Tackling Taboo Topics.... Sex and Vaginas at Midlife with Dr. Carol Cox

August 24, 2021 14:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB

Yes, you read the title right! Wendy and Sara talk with Wendy's cousin, Dr. Carol Cox, MD from Tampa, FL with 24+ years experience as an OB/GYN. We ask her the hard questions with warmth and lightness, the questions many of us are afraid or ashamed to talk about because of our limiting beliefs, how we were raised, and/or what we're brainwashed to think. Here's what you can expect to hear in this important episode: * Most of our peri-menopause symptoms are normal!! Thank goodness. * Vagin...

#15 - Get to the Root of your Health through Functional Medicine with Dr. Nancy Palermo

August 12, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

Ever feel like you never have enough time with your doctor? Feel like you're only given a "band aid" for health issues and/or your issues are dismissed? Ready to take a deeper dive into your health and wellness? If so, you've got to hear this episode. Sara & Wendy talk with special guest Dr. Nancy Palermo, MD turned OB-GYN to Board Certified Functional Medicine Doctor and founder of Thrive Center for Personalized Healthcare & Wellness in Charlotte, NC. She spent over 25 years as an OB...

#15: Get to the Root of your Health through Functional Medicine with Dr. Nancy Palermo

August 12, 2021 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

Ever feel like you never have enough time with your doctor? Feel like you're only given a "band aid" for health issues and/or your issues are dismissed? Ready to take a deeper dive into your health and wellness? If so, you've got to hear this episode. Sara & Wendy talk with special guest Dr. Nancy Palermo, MD turned OB-GYN to Board Certified Functional Medicine Doctor and founder of Thrive Center for Personalized Healthcare & Wellness in Charlotte, NC. She spent over 25 years as an OB...

#14 - Intuitive Eating and Making Peace with Food & Body Image

July 13, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Wendy interviews Sara as she puts on both her Health Coaching hat and opens up personally for this episode. We take a dive into the concept of Intuitive Eating, where how we eat is just important as what we eat and making peace with food and body image. Sara talks about her personal journey with emotional eating and how starting as a teenager she was conditioned to measure weight loss, body size, and what she was eating. Also learning what's nourishing for me may not be nourishing for you, ...

#14: Intuitive Eating and Making Peace with Food & Body Image

July 13, 2021 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

Wendy interviews Sara as she puts on both her Health Coaching hat and opens up personally for this episode. We take a dive into the concept of Intuitive Eating, where how we eat is just important as what we eat and making peace with food and body image. Sara talks about her personal journey with emotional eating and how starting as a teenager she was conditioned to measure weight loss, body size, and what she was eating. Also learning what's nourishing for me may not be nourishing for you, ...

#13: Wisdom of the White Hair

June 30, 2021 16:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

Sara & Wendy sit down and have an honest & fun conversation about the midlife journey of letting our hair grow out to it's natural color full of white, gray, silver! No woman should feel obligated to conform to anyone’s beauty standards but her own, let's remove the stigmas. For women, our hair is a big deal. Many of us spend years, lots of money, and time covering up what's authentically us to look younger, to live up to society's "beauty standards", feel better, or whatever the reason...

#12 - Menopause & Balancing Hormones Naturally with Merritt Tracy

May 19, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Sara & Wendy have a talk about Menopause and Hormones! We chat with special guest, Merritt Tracy, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and a Trained Hormone Coach. She has been helping women naturally balance their hormones and achieve their wellness goals for nearly 10 years. Merritt defines for us the stages of our midlife cycle: peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause Understand what's really going on in our bodies as hormones shift Learn natural ways to balanc...

#12: Menopause & Balancing Hormones Naturally with Merritt Tracy

May 19, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Sara & Wendy have a talk about Menopause and Hormones! We chat with special guest, Merritt Tracy, a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and a Trained Hormone Coach. She has been helping women naturally balance their hormones and achieve their wellness goals for nearly 10 years. Merritt defines for us the stages of our midlife cycle: peri-menopause, menopause, and post-menopause Understand what's really going on in our bodies as hormones shift Learn natural ways to balanc...

#11: Here's How to Re-Invent Yourself with guest Astrid Chirinos

May 05, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Sara and Wendy welcome our dynamic guest Astrid Chirinos, who is a bi-lingual visionary and multicultural trailblazer, over four decades in North Carolina. Her country of origin is Caracas, Venezuela. Our topic is around re-inventing yourself. This will inspire you to take action. "If you give me an opportunity I'll take it." Astrid Chirinos In a culture in the USA, where we believe in "doing" the tasks at hand, Astrid shares with us how important it is to connected with "being" to und...

#11 - Here's How to Re-Invent Yourself with guest Astrid Chirinos

May 05, 2021 18:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

Sara and Wendy welcome our dynamic guest Astrid Chirinos, who is a bi-lingual visionary and multicultural trailblazer, over four decades in North Carolina. Her country of origin is Caracas, Venezuela. Our topic is around re-inventing yourself. This will inspire you to take action. "If you give me an opportunity I'll take it." Astrid Chirinos In a culture in the USA, where we believe in "doing" the tasks at hand, Astrid shares with us how important it is to connected with "being" to und...

#10 - How Your Intuition Speaks To You

April 11, 2021 17:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

Sara & Wendy discuss trust, the voices in your head, and self care. What does our intuition really sound and feel like vs. other voices? Think for a moment what your life would be like if you were able to trust your inner voice, intuition...trust your yes and trust your no. How much time would we all gain if we got off the hamster wheel of second guessing ourselves again again and again….what would it be like if we knew our unique inner voice of wise intuition? … With our upcoming course...

#9: Make Yourself a Priority! Advice from our Wise Elder, Marlene Cox age 82

February 28, 2021 15:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MB

In this episode Sara & Wendy have a soulful, inspiring conversation with one of Sara's mentors and our wise elder. At 82 years young , Marlene Cox, is a RETIRED Human Resources Leader, mom, grandma, mentor, a good friend, family Matriarch (She has one child and two grandchildren; 45 plus nieces and nephews, 2nd, third and fourth generation ). You're going to love this incredible conversation! She shares her story of being born during World War II, losing her mother during the the tuberc...

#8 Reclaiming My Culture, Wholeness, and Essence along with Healing Racism with Guest Amihan Matias

February 24, 2021 14:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

In this episode Sara & Wendy have a very important & timely discussion with Amihan Matias, who is a social justice activist, community builder, and leader. She is a leadership coach, racial equity, and cultural humility trainer with 30 years of experience working with social justice and social change organizations. Amihan has overseen the creation and implementation of several cutting edge and nationally recognized executive leadership development programs. These have included a nonprofit e...

#7: Finding Balance & Harmony through Ayurveda, yoga's sister science with guest Tesia Love

February 16, 2021 16:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

In this episode, Sara and Wendy explore the benefits of Ayurveda, yoga's sister science, with guest Tesia Love, Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner (NAMACB) from Charlotte, NC, 500-hour Yoga Teacher and Licensed Massage & Bodywork Therapist. She offers Ayurvedic nutrition and herbal consultations, as well as Ayurvedic body therapies. She has spent nearly 20 years studying Ayurveda, and seven years professionally helping her clients transform their health through this ancient science. Learn a...

#6 - Break Up with the Excuse "I Don't Have Enough Time". 3 Easy Tips for Making Time for Self Care!

January 29, 2021 19:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

How many times have you said: “I would take better care of myself if I just had more time”? Or “if I had more time I would….cook more, read more, exercise more, sleep more, etc… Sara & Wendy have a conversation about why after 20+ years in the yoga & wellness industry we’ve heard this from so many people about why they don’t place self care at the top of their list. “I don’t have time and I’m too tired.” Which we completely understand at times….. It’s like what they say on the airplane… ...

#5: The Power of Two Simple Words " I AM " to Shift from Stuck to Freedom

January 05, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MB

In this podcast, Sara and Wendy explore the extraordinary power of “I AM” and we will dive even more deeply into this powerful topic in our 4 week series Chaos To Calm. Which I’m super excited about since it really does have the ability to change our lives. I AM - these 2 words can move us from stuck to freedom. They can move us out of negative spirals into a place of joy, gratitude and love. Thanks to the science of neuroplasticity we now understand how experiences can reorganize neural ...

#4: Are you REALLY that happy? A conversation with guest Michele Tampa-Hoag

December 13, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

Welcome to the Rising StrongHER Podcast! We're extra excited about this episode on Happiness and Joy with special guest Michele Tampa-Hoag. She is one of the most joyful people we know who has a burning passion to spread love and joy! Actually her mother always said she was born happy! This conversation is sure to bring a smile to your face and warmth in your heart! It did for us! In this episode: Sara & Wendy get personal and introduce us to Michele Tampa Hoag, E-RYT200, Founder of Pri...

#3: Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino Self Care & the Inner Child

December 01, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB

Welcome to the Rising StrongHER Podcast! We're so excited about this episode on Self Care, Play, Pleasure, and the Inner Child! This episode is sure to bring a smile to your face. Stop depriving yourself of joy! In this episode: Sara & Wendy get personal and introduce us to Sara Beth & Wendy Lynn, the remembrance of our "inner child". We discuss how as we go through life and can forget how to play, find joy & pleasure in simple things. We offer our personal tips on how to bring your ...

#2: 4 Simple Phrases to Forgiveness & Peace with guest Mayuko Fukino

November 16, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MB

Welcome to the Rising StrongHER Podcast! During the Thanksgiving holiday season Sara talks with our guest Wellness Coach, Mayuko Fukino about what forgiveness can do to help you find peace and the ancient Hawaiian forgiveness & reconciliation practice of Ho'oponopono. In this episode we: get personal and discuss our real life stories that inspired our heart to forgiveness why forgiveness isn’t something we necessarily do for someone else, it’s what we do for ourselves to give ourselves pe...

1: Introducing Rising StrongHER & November Gratitude Mantra

November 02, 2020 19:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MB

Welcome to our very first Episode! Meet Sara & Wendy of Rising StrongHER. In this episode we: get personal and discuss our midlife stories that inspired the creation of the Rising StrongHER collective. share the Rising StrongHER mission to challenge the status-quo and redefine the narrative around healthy aging for women. We believe it's the perfect beginning to living a vibrant life centered around our wisdom and strength. offer our personal top Self Care strategies that you can impl...

#1: Introducing Rising StrongHER & November Gratitude Mantra