In this premier solo jam, I invite you into very real aspects of my world. I talk about the collective pain and "loss of self" that mothers feel (I feel it too) and what's possible once we prioritize ourselves. I talk about why I needed to pivot my entire business from "fitness" to "freedom", why helping other moms is so important, and why I want to help women around the world. I dive in deep into the areas of restriction, dieting and exercise, because I experienced it for decades, and I talk about the choices I'm making to make to rise out of that darkness. I also explore the "soul exhaustion" that so many moms feel and why sleep alone isn't the remedy. This introduction episode is my heart on my sleeve. I invite you to listen in, take off the mask of perfection, and hear a very 'reel' side of my story.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why I decided to shift my business from fitness to opening a space for moms to feel freedom.
• Releasing the stories that have held me back for the last 30 years.
• Asking ourselves the question, "How do I want to live my life?"
• Noticing when we're living life from a deep, soul exhaustion, and choosing to put ourselves first.

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Today's episode is all about assessing how we want to live our life and changing our stories. From moving away from my home of twenty years to a new city, introducing my boys to new schools and new friends, reestablishing home life and connecting with my husband, I felt all of the emotions. The guilt of leaving my comfort zone and community, the excitement and possibility of restarting a dream life with my family, the uncertainty of being in an unfamiliar space, and the fear of failing. It was all there. I've had to learn to go with the flow and choose what story I want to exist within, even on the days where the choice is tough to make. The beautiful thing about life is dancing in the duality of both experiences and choosing which one we want to tap into. We get to choose.

In this episode, I talk about:

• How my life changed when I chose to open up to the possibility of living the life I desire.
• Asking ourselves, "What if this amazing thing happened?"
• What to do when we feel stuck and how to move through stiffness.
• Releasing the old stories that no longer define us and recreating our new story.
• Following our hearts and moving forward in a space of uncertainty.

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On today's episode of the Reel Life Freedom podcast I have Amy Jade. She's one of those women who will just light you up. Today on the episode, we talk all about people pleasing and the pain of people pleasing. Not only what it feels like in our body, but also how people pleasing and worth are so incredibly connected. How do you even know if you're people pleasing? Amy and I will fill you in.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How to identify when we're making decisions out of fear.
• How people pleasing is connected to our self worth.
• The importance of using our voice to speak our needs and teaching our children to do the same.
• How people pleasing leads us to self sabotaging behaviors like emotional eating.
• Saying, "No" as an act of self care.
• What's possible once we prioritize our experience.

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This topic comes up so often during my coaching sessions with women who are struggling with food and body and dieting as they're just trying to let go of all that's been guiding them for years. Even some of the women that I'm coaching who are becoming coaches, are working to identify how to move through these same blocks. On today's episode I get into the differences between physical and emotional hunger, how to eat for health, hunger, and pleasure, and trusting ourselves around food.

In this episode, I talk about:

• The difference between an emotional hunger cue and a physical hunger cue.
• How to learn to trust yourself around food.
• A common theme many of the women I coach experience with emotional eating.
• How to identify where your struggles with food come from and how to move forward.
• Deciding how you want to feel before, during, and after a meal.
• Teaching our children how to develop healthy relationships to food and their bodies.

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When I first heard Laura Darcy speak….her truth, the connection she has to yoga, her vulnerability, my heart melted. It was at the Hungry for Happiness retreat in Squamish in January 2019, where I met her, and my openness to yoga, a different kind of yoga, was born.. I was in awe of how just the sounds of words, her connection to herself, and the way she held her hand on heart when she spoke….made me feel lighter. I knew I wanted to share this wisdom with my listeners, and with the Mamas coming to the 'reel' retreat on Vancouver Island in April.

About Laura

Traveling Community Developer + Mindful Movement and Positive Identity Building Coach + Founder of The Roadtrip Home ; are a few of the heart(work) identities Laura Darcy dedicates her days to. Though when she introduces herself she shares" I am a student of the human experience, just like you, fascinated by the moments that bring us back home to ourselves + one another.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What does it meant to come home to your body?
• Yoga and their meanings to many.
• How to use breath to create a connection with yourself.
• Her wisdom in planting the seed of life, to create the life you want to live.
• How I feel so honoured to have met Laura, her grounding presence, and her wisdom.
• The beauty in breathwork to create the space to feel.
• Why SHE will be attending the 'reel' retreat in April!

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During this Solo Jam, I reflect on how to live the life you have always imagined. Letting go of just wanting something…..but embracing the desire and dreams that you deserve. On today's episode I get into the importance of living life with intention and living deliberately every day and share with you the power of the ripple effect in your life, with your friends, family and the little people you are raising! You will also get to learn about how breath, can create the opportunity to be calm, feel grounded even when you feel overwhelmed, living in chaos, and when you plane has lost power.

In this episode, I talk about:

• How to use breath to shut down the mind, to create space to FEEL.
• Choosing stories that light you up instead of ones that tear you down and hold you back.
• The importance of language and intention in creating the life you want to live.
• Letting go of the word WANT and learning to live deliberately.

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Book Mentioned: A Happy Pocket Full of Money

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This episode is so special to me because I got to interview one of my dear friends, Becca Wilson. Becca is such a warm, inviting person and she chose to open up and share pain points of her life that were also brand new to me. What I love about Becca is that she found a way to take the pain she experienced with food and her body and transformed it into a beautiful, thriving holistic private chef business, Delicious Karma. She now gets to help people understand that healthy food can be delicious and her mission is to help other women change their relationships to food and teach them how to prepare amazing, nutritious meals.

About Becca Wilson

Becca Wilson is the creator of Delicious Karma. She has built a business with her passion for helping women nourish their bodies from the inside out. Not only is she a Food & Body Coach, focusing on the emotions that impact the choices around food. As a Holistic Nutritionist, she creates meals, and teaches women how to eat gluten and dairy free. Becca lives in Pemberton, in the mountains and just purchased property to build a retreat style Bed & Breakfast. She has a strong passion to serve women, open up their eyes to the wonder of living in a place of calm, and love in their body, and how to find a sense of flow and ease in the kitchen.

In this episode, Becca shares:

• How hitting rockbottom helped her to create the life of wonder
• The "recipe" of success….a blend of coaching and a passion for FOOD that is touching lives.
• Opens the discussion around food, kitchen, and connection to your body
• Starting and struggling to eat gluten and dairy free
• Asking for what you want and living your dream is possible
• How being honest with experience gives us traction to transform
• The power of collaboration, lifting women up and sharing a collective message.

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I️ am thrilled to share this episode with you for so many reasons. Denise Severson, is a quiet, gentle, and determined Mama, who wanted to heal her relationship with food and her body. I had the honor of guiding, coaching, and watching her evolve into a woman and mother who allows herself to truly feel her emotions. She was a dream to work with, because she chose to show up week after week, month after month. She was open, vulnerable, and desiring a different path. One where she could heal herself and set an example for her two young daughters. Once you listen to this episode, you will adore her as much as I do!

About Denise Severson

Denise is a mom of two amazing girls, 8 and 6, a wife, and a full-time professional certified public accountant. Her desire to end the struggle with food and body led her to a 6-month course, the Society, with Hungry for Happiness. She jumped in with both feet into this experience, and completed this journey with awareness, presence, and so much possibility ahead. Denise shares all about how this knowledge changed her life and how integrating the work is transforming how she parents, and how she sees the world.

In this episode, Denise shares

• How she gets to create the life she desires through learning, responding, and acceptance of what is.

• Letting go of the lens of fear, while opening to the possibility waiting for you.

• The surprise and the wonder, that it has "nothing to do with food"!!!!!

• Trusting our body, listening to what she is telling us, takes PRACTICE.

• Her plan to write a children's book about feelings, emotions, and the relationship to their bodies

• The power of a mom taking care of herself, impacting her family, and generations to come.

• BE, DO, and HAVE philosophy that has shifted everything.

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