Empowered Wellness Radio

Jeannie Smith

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Alternative Health
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Empowered Wellness Radio offers grounded conversations and practical tools to help you reconnect with your body, understand the patterns shaping your responses, and take an active role in your own well-being. Hosted by Jeannie Smith of Sanctuary of Hampton Roads, each episode explores body awareness, self-trust, resilience, and meaningful change—with clarity, compassion, and no unnecessary hype.

Sep 13

Let What Helps Count: Gratitude as an Agent of Healing

Gratitude does not require us to deny what hurts, minimize what is difficult, or pretend that everything happens for a reason. It simply asks us to let what helps count, too. In this episode of Empowered Wellness Radio, Jeannie explores gratitude as a grounded, embodied practice—not forced positivity. Through everyday moments, treatment-room observations, and a simple practice you can use anywhere, you'll learn how noticing genuine support, comfort, and ease can help widen your experience beyond whatever is demanding your attention. What is difficult is real. What helps is real, too. Both are allowed to count.
Sep 13

Be Where Your Hands Are-The Practical Power of Being Present

It is easy to move through the day with your hands doing one thing while your mind is somewhere else entirely—replaying what happened, anticipating what comes next, or searching for something that was right in front of you all along. In this episode of Empowered Wellness Radio, Jeannie explores a simple, practical way to return to the present: be where your hands are. Through everyday stories and observations from the treatment room, she looks at how attention affects the way we move, work, listen, and connect with our bodies. Presence does not require an empty mind or a perfect state of calm. Sometimes it begins by noticing what your hands are already doing—and returning to the moment you are actually living.
Sep 13

What Just Changed? Triggers, Fear, and Warning Signals

In this episode, Jeannie explores what happens when something suddenly feels off — in our body, our emotions, or our surroundings. She breaks down the difference between triggers, fear, and genuine warning signals, and offers listeners a thoughtful way to become more aware without becoming overwhelmed. This episode helps build discernment, self-trust, and a stronger sense of personal safety.
Sep 13

The Expectation Trap And How Appreciation Sets You Free

In this episode of Empowered Wellness Radio, Jeannie explores the space between expectation, disappointment, and appreciation. She looks at how unmet expectations can create emotional suffering, and how shifting into appreciation can help us regain perspective, clarity, and peace. This episode offers a grounded, practical way to relate differently to frustration and move forward with more freedom.
Sep 13

The Seed Within: What We Carry Forward

A simple pepper seed becomes the starting point for a deeper look at dormancy, growth, protection, and change. In this episode of Empowered Wellness Radio, Jeannie explores how the right conditions can allow something that has been quiet to begin moving again, and how we can carry forward the wisdom of past experiences without remaining trapped inside them.
Sep 13

Your Inner Compass: The Patterns That Guide Us

The patterns guiding our lives often operate beneath conscious awareness. This episode explores how thoughts, habits, and physical responses become familiar pathways—and how noticing them can help us make more intentional choices and create new possibilities.
Sep 12

How to Feel Safe in Your Body — Earning the Right to Exhale

What does it truly mean to feel safe in your body? Explore how the nervous system responds to stress, why relaxation cannot always be forced, and how awareness, support, and self-trust can create the conditions that finally allow you to exhale.
10/26/2019

The Power of Choice

A grounded conversation about awareness, agency, and the small choices that shape how we respond to stress, discomfort, and change. Jeannie and her colleague explore how noticing our patterns can create room for a more deliberate response. Learn more about Jeannie's current work and schedule an appointment at sanctuaryofhr.com.
06/30/2019

Break Bad Habits So They Don't Break You -- Ergonomic Tips

Practical strategies to reduce physical strain and interrupt everyday habit patterns that contribute to tension and fatigue. Jeannie discusses how carrying personal belongings, holding your phone, positioning yourself in the car, and arranging your workspace can affect how your body feels. Learn more about Jeannie's current work and schedule an appointment at sanctuaryofhr.com
06/02/2019

The Best Morning Routines to Feel Energized and Uplifted

A grounded conversation about how small daily choices and routines can influence energy, focus, and physical tension. From preparing the night before to making simple changes in how you begin your morning, Jeannie and her colleague explore practical ways to start the day with greater intention. Learn more about Jeannie's current work and schedule an appointment at sanctuaryofhr.com.
05/20/2019

Master Your Emotions: Being Triggered by Unprocessed Trauma

A practical conversation about recognizing emotional triggers and developing steadier, moment-to-moment self-regulation. Jeannie and her colleague discuss how greater awareness can help us pause, understand our responses, and make more deliberate choices during emotionally charged moments. Learn more about Jeannie's current work and schedule an appointment at sanctuaryofhr.com.
04/16/2019

A Few Things We Are Most Passionate About

In this archived conversation, Jeannie and her former co-host interview each other about their professional backgrounds, the paths that shaped their work, and the ideas they were exploring when Empowered Wellness Radio began. The conversation offers an early look at the experiences that contributed to the continuing evolution of Jeannie's work. Learn more about Jeannie's current work and schedule an appointment at sanctuaryofhr.com.

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Empowered Wellness Radio offers grounded conversations and practical tools to help you reconnect with your body, understand the patterns shaping your responses, and take an active role in your own well-being. Hosted by Jeannie Smith of Sanctuary of Hampton Roads, each episode explores body awareness, self-trust, resilience, and meaningful change—with clarity, compassion, and no unnecessary hype.

Creator

Jeannie Smith
Years Active

2019 - 2026
Episodes

12
Rating

Clean
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