Wellness and Wanderlust Valerie Moses

Our homes can impact our mental health in a big way. This week, we're chatting with therapist turned interior designer Anita Yokota [https://anitayokota.com/], all about how our living spaces affect other areas of our lives.

Anita shares her favorite home therapy tools for us that not only help the aesthetics of our homes, but also help us create a sense of intention and achieve our other life goals. We also discuss tips for small living spaces, creating a gratitude spot in our homes, and how to know when it's time to give something away.

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Website: https://anitayokota.com/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anitayokota/

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How can we move forward after receiving a difficult diagnosis?

This week's guest is Heather C. Markham [http://www.heathercmarkham.com/], author of the new book "Rough Waters: From Surviving to Thriving with a Progressive Muscular Dystrophy." Heather is also a competitive Para Surfer, winner of Ms. Wheelchair Kentucky, an engineer, educator and wearer of many many hats—and her story is truly inspiring. After being diagnosed with a progressive muscular dystrophy at age 34, Heather took on new adventures and found new ways to create a joy-filled life.

In our conversation, we talk about how Heather's diagnosis impacted her own identity, tips for maintaining resilience in difficult times, the challenges of traveling with a disability, and so much more. We also talk about adaptive technology and how we can create a more accessible and equitable world for all.

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CONNECT WITH HEATHER

Websites: makingwavesforgood.com [https://www.makingwavesforgood.com/], heathercmarkham.com [https://www.heathercmarkham.com/] and justforthelove.com [https://www.justforthelove.com/]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heathercmarkham/

Book: Rough Waters [https://www.heathercmarkham.com/book]

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/moses_says [http://www.twitter.com/moses_says]

What's your missing key to living your best life?

We're catching up with Natalie Kehren [https://www.nataliekehren.com/], holistic life coach and our guest from Episode 93 [https://wellnessandwanderlust.net/2022/07/15/ep-93-connecting-to-your-intuition-with-natalie-kehren/]! Natalie is a trauma informed health practitioner who helps women unlock their true potential along their path to healing.

In this conversation, Natalie shares what she's been up to since our interview last year, along with the missing keys that are holding us back in different areas of our lives. We discuss how certain coping mechanisms keep us from shining our light, ways to ground in our bodies, tips for reconnecting with our minds and souls, and so much more.

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OUR SPONSOR

This episode is brought to you by ENERGYbits [https://www.energybits.com/] algae tablets. Use my code WELLNESSANDWANDERLUST for 20% off your purchase!

* Website: energybits.com [https://www.energybits.com/]
* Podcast Episode: Boosting Your Immune System with Algae with Catharine Arnston [https://wellnessandwanderlust.net/2021/02/04/ep-19-boosting-your-immune-system-with-algae-with-catharine-arnston/]

CONNECT WITH NATALIE

Website: https://www.nataliekehren.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natalie.kehren/

Missing Keys Quiz: https://www.nataliekehren.com/quiz

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/moses_says [http://www.twitter.com/moses_says]

Ready for a grand adventure? Tune in to learn all about how one couple hiked across several countries in Europe over the course of a few months.

Today's guest is Kathy Elkind [https://www.kathyelkind.com/], author of the new book To Walk It Is To See It. In her late fifties, Kathy and her husband took what they call an "adult gap year" and hiked 1,400 miles across Europe's GR5. 

Kathy shares how they prepared for this adventure and what the journey looked like. In our conversation, we discuss the power of self-compassion, how to navigate this type of trip as a couple, advice for those new to hiking, what to pack for a long-distance trek and much more.

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OUR SPONSOR

This episode is brought to you by Vivoo [https://www.vivoo.io/]. Use my code VALERIE20 for 20% off your purchase of Vivoo self-tracking sticks.

* Website: Vivoo.io [https://www.vivoo.io/]
* Podcast Episode: Optimizing Our Health Through Biohacking with Miray Tayfun [https://wellnessandwanderlust.net/2021/03/25/ep-26-optimizing-our-health-through-biohacking-with-miray-tayfun/]

CONNECT WITH KATHY

Website: https://www.kathyelkind.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathyelkind

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1647425255/

CONNECT WITH THE SHOW

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/moses_says [http://www.twitter.com/moses_says]

How can dance and movement bring us joy and help us heal?

This week, we're chatting with Rachel Fleischman, a licensed psychotherapist and social worker, and founder of both Bliss Counseling [https://www.blisscounseling.com/]and Dance Your Bliss [http://www.dancingyourbliss.com/]. Over the last two decades Rachel has supported thousands of humans to deepen their creativity, live their full expression, and love themselves fiercely. 

In our conversation, Rachel shares how movement can help us in our healing journeys, and ways we can spark our creativity in our everyday lives. We also discuss the power of self-compassion and how we can get there, tips for restorative rest, and how we can learn to better understand and appreciate our bodies.

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CONNECT WITH RACHEL

Websites: https://www.blisscounseling.com/ and http://www.dancingyourbliss.com/

Email: dancingyourbliss@gmail.com

CONNECT WITH THE SHOW

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/moses_says [http://www.twitter.com/moses_says]

You've probably heard of random acts of kindness, but what about intentional acts of kindness?

This week, we're taking our kindness one step further with our guest Alan S. Questel [https://www.practicing-kindness.com/], author, director and teacher of the Feldenkrais method.

Alan's mission is to spread kindness in the world. In our conversation, he shares what we can do to like ourselves more, and how we can be more intentional in our acts of kindness. We also discuss ways to practice kindness without being taken advantage of, making sustainable habit changes, how to become better listeners, and much more.

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CONNECT WITH ALAN

Website: http://www.practicing-kindness.com/

Book: https://www.practicing-kindness.com/book/

Email: Alan@practicing-kindness.com

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/moses_says [http://www.twitter.com/moses_says]