Latest Excessive Podcast Episodes
All about Menopause
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - December 11, 2018 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhy is menopause such a mystery? If a woman lives long enough she’ll experience it. But what is it really? Hormones change and hot flashes ensue but isn’t there more to it than that. Young girls have tons of information at their disposal when they start menstruating but when that ends, then what...
Bad Habits Be Damned!
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - December 04, 2018 14:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEverybody’s got’em … bad or negative habits. It could be anything from not drinking water to negative self-talk to adopting a victim mentality. Rhonda Farrah is a Lifestyle coach who helps people live life on purpose instead of life on default. We talk strategies and thinking that can help you p...
No More Fear, No More Shame
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - November 27, 2018 14:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThere is no look of a woman in an abusive relationship. She doesn’t belong to a specific race or practice a certain religion. She can’t be identified by social class or educational background. She can be and is any one of us. Rustie MacDonald shares her story but it reflects the story of many wo...
Thanksgiving - Traditions, Tales, Trivia
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - November 20, 2018 14:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAh, Thanksgiving! Turkey with the trimmings, family and friends. The Holidays are upon us. Jean and Karyn share some Thanksgiving traditions, some Turkey Day tales and end with some interesting Thanksgiving trivia. If you are looking for a few laughs and some trivia that will impress your frien...
Mental Health at Work
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - November 13, 2018 14:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMental health is health and it is part of who we are. We take it with us wherever we go, including to work. Yet mental health in the workplace is rarely talked about. Do we share our condition with co-workers and bosses or do we keep it to ourselves? What can we do to educate those on the job an...
A Living Family History
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - November 06, 2018 14:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhen Bryan Renslow’s mother died, he took his grief and turned it into something that could help, not just him, but others. Living Family History was created to help ease the grieving process by giving people a way to honor the memory of those who have passed. He stops by to talk to Karyn and Je...
Living a Life You Love
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - October 30, 2018 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsKaren Chaston was a successful CFO who lived her own version of Groundhog’s Day – the same thing over and over again. When the universe sent two sobering wake-up calls, she knew a change was in order. She started Live Love by Design to help women live their best lives and get off of the treadmil...
Saving Each Other
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - October 23, 2018 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAfter enduring immense tragedy and unspeakable grief, two people find love where they least expect it. With Saving Each Other, first-time author Stacy Mitchell has created a story that has readers laughing and crying. In fact, after her initial publication, she used reader feedback to make some ...
Home Alive
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - October 16, 2018 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMothers across the country are terrified every time their son pulls out of the parking lot or backs out of the driveway. The possibility of him encountering the police leaves them quaking in their shoes. After years as an emergency medicine physician, Dr. Geoffrey Mount Varner had seen enough. H...
Mental Health Matters
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - October 09, 2018 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNancy Virden of the Always the Fight blog (www.alwaysthefight.com) and Karyn, both depression sufferers and suicide survivors, sit down to talk about depression, wny mental health matters and what loved ones can do to help. It isn't about positive thinking or platitudes. Sometimes it is about as...
Awakening to A New Passion
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - October 02, 2018 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMaking movies does happen outside of Hollywood. And independent films prove that not every movie requires a big budget. Sharon Wilharm, and her husband John, are releasing their seventh film, The Summer of 67 (www.summerof67.com) in November 2018. An avid reader with a degree in journalism, Shar...
Grief and Growth
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - September 25, 2018 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNo parent ever expects to lose a child. Yet, unfortunately it happens. For Roni Lambrect, it happened when her only child was 15. She decided, in her grief, was to honor her son by doing. She has written several books, including Parenting at Your Best, all about mindful parenting. Children grow ...
Karyn's 50th Jubilee
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - September 18, 2018 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHost Karyn Beach is celebrating the big 5-0 this week. As she enters her sixth decade, she and Jean look back on the major lessons learned in the first five decades - from bubbles to changing the game to the power of resilience, there has been a lots of lessons learned and life lived. And, as Ka...
A Mind for Mindfulness
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - September 11, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhen most people think of mindfulness, they think of meditation. Yet, mindfulness coach, Clarissa Hughes, says mindfulness is much more than meditation. Being mindful involves being present in the present moment. You aren't dwelling on the past or focusing on the future. Instead, you are dwelli...
Wow! You Too Can Dream Big
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - September 04, 2018 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe’ve all experienced tough times, when Kathy Tuccaro shared her story with me all I could say was “Wow!” During our interview, again, all I could say was “Wow” … repeatedly. Kathy’s is a story of trauma from sexual abuse, rape and alcoholism. It included multiple stints in rehab, the loss of on...
Authenitcally You!
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - August 28, 2018 13:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhat does it mean to be authentically you? Karen Luise knows and she also knows that sometimes to be authentically who you are, you’ve got to break a few rules. Authentic means that you genuinely know who you are, what you want, where you’ve been and what matters to you (as far as values, ideals...
Corporate Kindness
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - August 21, 2018 13:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTwo words you never hear together: corporate and kindness. They are practically oxymorons – but not so fast. Lara Heacock works with corporations on kindness to combat overwhelm and burnout. Now according to Lara, corporate kindness is different from interpersonal kindness. Corporate kindness is...
Do It Now! Stop Procrastinating
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - August 14, 2018 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIt’s so easy, isn’t it? You really will get to it tomorrow, won’t you? Then tomorrow comes and … tomorrow is still there. Procrastination is real, a real problem. Eric Twiggs is the author of The Discipline of Now which covers 12 steps to overcoming this pervasive habit. Why do we do it? How can...
Shoot for the Stars!
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - August 07, 2018 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsInez Barberio got a degree in journalism from NYU and then life happened. Motherhood and career took her in several different directions. She was fulfilled, but after 40, she needed something different and something more. Then, fate and encouragement from her sons, led her in a different directi...
Go For It
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - July 31, 2018 13:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTHIS IS A SUPER-SIZED SHOW! ALMOST 50 MINUTES OF FUN. FEISTY. FABULOUSNESS! What would it take for you to walk away from a lucrative career? The answer for Shonda Carter was a dream. It was walking away from comfort and towards her calling. It meant walking away from a career she had built and...
Career Change - from HR to Music
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - July 24, 2018 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsEvery morning, people get up and head to work. Maybe during their commute, lunch or even during a meeting; they start thinking about what they would rather be doing. Maybe they’d love to be writing or painting. Maybe they wished they had gone right instead of left at that fork in the road. Sharo...
Relax More, Stress Less!
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - July 17, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMore heart attacks happen on Monday morning than any other time of the week. Stress is an epidemic. Yet at the same time, it is often a ‘badge of honor’. We brag and boast about how stressed we are. And, we feel guilty if we have time to relax. Nicky Stansbury, international stress management li...
Become a Money Magnet
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - July 10, 2018 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsMoney isn’t everything, of course it isn’t. However, having money can alleviate a lot of stress and make a lot of the things you’d like to have and do possible. James Goi Jr. is the Attract Money Guru and the author of How to Attract Money Using Mind Power. But it goes beyond cash and coins. The...
Celebrate Your Independence
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - July 03, 2018 13:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsNever mind that the actual Declaration was passed by the Continental Congress on July 2nd and not signed by everyone until the beginning of August. Independence Day is celebrated on July 4th. That’s when we officially declared our freedom from Great Britain. But what about you? Looking back on y...
You CAN Travel
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - June 26, 2018 13:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIt’s a big world with lots to see and do. So isn’t it about time you saw more of it and did more in it. From one-tank trips to international treks, traveling more is within your reach. So, let’s do it. Travel agent, Jill Jones of Cadillac Travel can show you how. Not only can you afford to tra...
The Truth about Human Trafficking
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - June 19, 2018 13:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsHuman Trafficking. When the topic comes up we think of sex slaves in far away lands. We think of something that happens far away from the comforts of our homes. Yet human trafficking is occurring right around us … all of the time. Nancy Hartwell has dedicated over 40 years to investigating human...
Walking the Camino de Santiago
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - June 12, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile walk starting in France and ending in Spain. Jennifer Johnson made the whole life-changing walk and now takes others on an abbreviated (just over 100 mile) Camino. Some walk to work through issues like grief or health. For others, the walk is more spiritual. ...
Walking the Camino de Santiago
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - June 12, 2018 13:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile walk starting in France and ending in Spain. Jennifer Johnson made the whole life-changing walk and now takes others on an abbreviated (just over 100 mile) Camino. Some walk to work through issues like grief or health. For others, the walk is more spiritual. ...
Aging Healthily
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - June 05, 2018 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe opposite of aging gracefully is well, something we’ll all encounter but aren’t in that much of a hurry to do (I’ll give you a hint it involves being six feet below the earth or being reduced to a mound of dust). But aging gracefully is an option to just aging. Gerontologist Cassandra Hill st...
Have a Happy Healthy Summer!
eXcessive and a Little eXtra - May 29, 2018 13:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThere is no time like summer time to get it all together. Days are longer, weather is warmer, everyone is going on vacation or taking days off. According to health coach and Fun. Feisty. Fabulous! health contributor, Kim Acedo, getting healthy comes down to four things: eating, moving, sleeping ...
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