It Has to Be Me

Tess Masters
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It Has to Be Me

What are your “It has to be me” moments? Those key points in your life where you know “This is what I want to do” and you go for it! I’m Tess Masters and I’m getting the skinny from people who are smashing their fears and doubts to make the things they want happen. Let’s dive in, get fired up, and go after your next “It Has To Be Me!”

  1. Inside The Hoffman Process | 029

    6 HR. AGO

    Inside The Hoffman Process | 029

    Crystal Jenkins, therapist and director of teacher training at The Hoffman Institute, explores the ways that limiting beliefs and behaviors rooted in childhood hold us back as adults.   We dive into the Hoffman Process—an 8-day transformational experience that enables participants to recognize and break negative patterns to make empowered choices and go after what they want.   Crystal shares her personal experience with the Process, and how she was skeptical despite her partner’s encouragement to go through it. A seasoned counselor trained in psychology, she wondered how much this had to teach her. But, just two days in she was looking at everything she thought she knew about herself through a different lens.   Identifying her childhood wounds, and those of her parents, she moved beyond reacting from historical memories to responding in relationships as a resilient adult. Freed by this new awareness, she broke through her own perceived ceiling of what was possible, went after what she wanted, and achieved her boldest goals.   We discuss the importance of embracing imperfection, the power of personal responsibility, and the value of checking the stories that drive our choices. “Accept your mistakes,” Crystal says, “learn from them, make amends, and love yourself up!”   Let her mantra—“I don’t want to miss a thing”—inspire you to claim your next “It Has To Be Me!”   TESS’S TAKEAWAYS  When you live in the past or project into the future, you miss life.  Limiting beliefs and behaviors ingrained during childhood can be overcome. Recognizing your childhood wounds and those of your parents improves relationships. Using your voice and expressing opinions is how you let people get to know you. Understanding your emotional triggers enables you to respond rather than react.  Relationships are a 50-50 dance of responsibility. Take 100 percent of your 50 percent.  Take responsibility, make amends, forgive yourself, learn, and move on.   Seize opportunities to do things that are in line with what you want.     MEET CRYSTAL JENKINS  Building on experience as a teacher, school counselor, and therapist, Crystal Jenkins became a teacher at The Hoffman Institute. Since 2017, she’s been the Institute’s Director Of Teacher Training.    Crystal specializes in guiding individuals through transformative personal development journeys.   Known for her compassionate and intuitive approach, she helps participants gain more self awareness, and confront and heal patterns rooted in their pasts, in order to replace negative behavioral cycles with healthier and more empowering perspectives.   Beyond her work at Hoffman, Crystal enjoys spending time outdoors with her family and friends. An avid sports fan, she rarely misses a day of checking the scores of her favorite teams.     CONNECT WITH THE HOFFMAN INSTITUTE    The Hoffman Institute: https://www.hoffmaninstitute.org/  The Hoffman Process book: https://www.amazon.com/Hoffman-Process-World-Famous-Technique-Transform/dp/0553382764/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hoffmaninstitute  Instagram: a href="https://www.instagram.com/hoffmanprocess/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    1h 7m
  2. Thyroid and Hormone Health For Women Over 40 | 028

    NOV 14

    Thyroid and Hormone Health For Women Over 40 | 028

    For women over 40 with thyroid issues and hormone imbalances, functional medicine practitioner Amanda Hinman shares her 5-step plan for healing naturally from Hashimoto’s, Graves disease, PCOS, insulin resistance, and other conditions.    Amanda takes us inside her introduction to functional medicine when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis during her fourth pregnancy, although she believed she was in peak health. At the time, her first daughter had chronic seizures and her husband was suffering from panic attacks. These health crises shifted her perspective on wellness—that symptoms are not inconveniences to be ignored or “fixed,” but powerful signals that point to underlying imbalances needing attention.   We discuss the interconnectedness of hormones, the six key hormones for women, the five core nutrients, restoring digestive fire, and why cleaning up your home environment and lifestyle choices are so critical for vitality and longevity.   Emphasizing the importance of optimal thyroid function, Amanda explains why record numbers of women now experience thyroid dysfunction. She encourages us to go beyond standard yearly bloodwork, to DUTCH tests, stool samples, micronutrient labs, and advanced thyroid panels to get more comprehensive data. To find your clear path to better health, Amanda advocates “looking at the data not the drama.”   What makes her approach so great is her focus on mindset and the identity shifts that make healthy living sustainable and fun. Her “Be, Release, Do, Have” method is all about who we need to be in order to achieve our goals.     Get Amanda’s tips for letting go of limiting beliefs and reframing your internal narrative into one grounded in self-belief and healing.     TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  Be an empowered health leader rather than a passive health reactor.  Pay attention to your food, exercise, stress, and toxins. Mindset shifts are crucial for making sustainable health changes. Be proactive with a quarterly hormone review and yearly bloodwork.  Optimize your thyroid function for better hormone and metabolic health.  Focus on gaining lean muscle rather than losing weight to support longevity.   PFFV (Protein, Fiber, Fat, Vegetables) is a simple meal-planning framework. Restorative practices activate the parasympathetic nervous system to promote healing.    ABOUT AMANDA HINMAN  After careers in finance and fitness training, Amanda got an autoimmune disease diagnosis that prompted her to become a functional medicine practitioner.   As founder of Hinman Holistic Health Institute and creator of the Thyroid & Hormone Solution program, she and her team specialize in helping women over 40 heal from hormone, mood, and gut imbalances.   They have helped hundreds of women manage hypothyroidism, Hashimoto’s, and PCOS, and thrive, and overcome insulin resistance, anxiety, hypertension, elevated cholesterol, brain fog, and weight gain.   Amanda’s book, The Thyroid & Hormone Solution, takes readers inside her 5-step plan to balance your hormones naturally.   Amanda lives in Illinois with her husband and four daughters.     CONNECT WITH AMANDA    Website: https://www.hinmanholistic.com/  The Thyroid & Hormone Solution book: a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thyroid-Hormone-Solution-Hormones-Naturally/dp/1960876716/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    1h 20m
  3. Show Up Without Labels or Limits | 027

    NOV 7

    Show Up Without Labels or Limits | 027

    My dear friend Andrew Wilder—founder and CEO of NerdPress—reminds us that success is rarely a straight line. Following a path that has been anything but traditional, Andrew takes us through his surprising journey from lighting designer to food blogger to tech CEO. His story has been about staying curious, trying new things, building resilience, finding joy in the work itself, and most important, leaping even when the goal isn’t clear. Andrew shares his dad’s advice, to walk different paths and see what you like. He says just showing up and talking with people can lead to unexpected opportunities. Doing this got him to what he is passionate about—empowering people to use complex tech solutions. One key for Andrew was letting go of the need to define his identity through professional labels. This freed him to measure success by his own standards and metrics. His advice: Target excellence rather than perfection, collaborate with others, and make decisions that align with your values and mission. Andrew’s story will get you fired up to be bold, take risks, and stay open to possibilities that may lead to your next “It has to be me.” TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: Make decisions from your values. Let go of labels and define success your way. Strive for excellence, not perfection. Try everything you feel like to find where your passion is. Just showing up and having conversations leads to opportunities. Go with your intrinsic motivation: What gets you up in the morning! Reach out for help and collaborate with others to achieve your goals. Success isn’t a straight line. Enjoy the messiness and learn from it. ABOUT ANDREW WILDER Andrew Wilder is the founder and CEO of NerdPress, a dynamic team renowned for providing exceptional WordPress support, optimization, and maintenance to hundreds of publishers and small businesses. Andrew's first career, in theater lighting design, instilled in him a deep appreciation for collaboration, a principle integrated into the ethos of NerdPress. Andrew’s technical expertise and knack for making complex topics understandable have made him a go-to speaker on web-tech, and a regular contributor on the “SEO for Bloggers” webinar series. Through his Eating Rules food blog, Andrew started the October Unprocessed challenge that inspired more than 30,000 people to adopt healthier eating habits by building community and avoiding processed foods. An Eagle Scout, Andrew serves on several boards and commissions in Los Angeles as part of his commitment to community service. CONNECT WITH ANDREW   Website: https://www.nerdpress.net/    Website: https://eatingrules.com/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nerdpress.net    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eatingrules    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nerdpressteam    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjwilder/    Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator

    1h 6m
  4. Hit Reset with a 14-Day Cleanse | 026

    OCT 31

    Hit Reset with a 14-Day Cleanse | 026

    Last week, Karen Kipp and I shared how we help people use clean eating and juicing as tools for better health. This week, three women in our community share how The Decadent Detox® changed their lives. Gretchen, Ellen, and Melynn tell us how the 14-Day Cleanse surprised them and the transformations they experienced.  From loving vegetables they never ate before, to being shocked that family members got on board, to the flow-on effect in other areas of their lives, these ladies take us on three different and inspiring journeys.   None of these women tells a typical “detox” story. Gretchen wanted to get healthy but had no idea where or how to start. The program’s structure, meal plans, and personal support got her on a path to losing 30 pounds, reducing inflammation, and feeling confident with healthy eating.    The 14-Day Cleanse helped Melynn redefine what “healthy” looks like, and discover food intolerances that were the key to her chronic acid reflux. With just two weeks of strategic eating, she got rid of the condition, and got off medication she had been dependent on for 20 years.    Ellen also got the nutrition education she wanted, and recipes she and her family enjoy to stay on track with better food choices. Learning to listen to her body helped her recognize the signs of illness and get early diagnosis of a rare, treatable condition.  We celebrate the incredible impacts of practicing self-care through eating delicious fresh food, the value of joining a supportive community, and the importance of making healthy living fun.    TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  Coaching and a supportive community make it easier to get healthy. Learn to listen to what your body needs to make informed choices.  Take time to nurture yourself physically and emotionally.  Nutrition knowledge supports better food and lifestyle choices.  Make healthy living enjoyable and sustainable by eating great food.  Juice fasting is an effective tool to achieve better health.  Gently transitioning into a juice fast and out of it gives the best results.  Two weeks of strategic clean eating empowers you in other parts of your life.    JOIN OUR COMMUNITY  Join the 14-Day Cleanse: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/14-day-guided-cleanses/  Learn more about The Decadent Detox®: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/    MEET OUR GUESTS  MELYNN SIGHT  After a successful career in business, Melynn is enjoying retirement and finding that life is fuller than ever! She loves spending time with her husband and children, traveling, enjoying a good meal, walking the dogs, and playing Pickleball. She is also passionate about facilitating an anti-bullying program for 9-year-old girls in an inner city charter school in Kansas City, and being a Rotarian. After going hard at work for decades, Melynn welcomed the opportunity to really take care of her health by joining The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® communities. Through cooking the delicious recipes in these programs, her life has taken a big turn, and she feels better than ever!   ELLEN LEWIS  With a degree in International Business and French, Ellen realized her dream of working abroad before marrying and starting her family. After working in customer service and account management, Ellen became a stay-at-home to raise her kids. When her son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, Ellen became passionate about the power of better food and...

    1h 5m
  5. The Power Of Juice Fasting | 025

    OCT 24

    The Power Of Juice Fasting | 025

    Karen Kipp, health coach, juicing expert, and co-creator of The Decadent Detox®, gives us the lowdown on the safest and most effective way to achieve better health through juicing and juice fasting. She takes us inside how growing up in a meat-and-potatoes family and losing her mother to cancer at 17 made her completely committed to health. She recalls how her dad gave her a Champion juicer he’d picked up (for five dollars) at a garage sale, and got her started with juicing. In the Midwest of thirty years ago, she learned by herself through experimentation, and then taught others. Life as a working single mom anchored her to a scrappy, “do what you can” approach to everything. This down-to-earth, flexible attitude, combined with her comprehensive knowledge, attracted a loyal following for her in-person wellness retreats. We recount how we met in Kansas City and bonded over our mutual concern about the popularity of dangerous cleanses. To offer a safer alternative and show people how to juice fast responsibly, we created the 14-Day Cleanse using Karen’s local-community experience as a starting point. Through our online programs, we’ve helped over 30,000 participants around the world and witnessed countless health transformations. If you want to lose weight, sleep better, have more energy, and reduce inflammation with personal coaching and a supportive community, join us live for the next decadent detox. TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: No one is going to take care of you like you do. Why juices and smoothies both belong in a healthy lifestyle. Strategies to lower the sugar in juices to prevent blood sugar spikes. Juice strategically to support circadian rhythms for better sleep and energy. The difference between extreme “cleanses” and strategic clean eating. How to avoid the dangers of irresponsible cleansing and fasting. Transition gently into and out of a juice fast to maximize the benefits. Picture the worst-case scenario. If you can survive it, you can do anything. MEET KAREN KIPP As a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC), reflexologist, juicing expert, and co-creator of The Decadent Detox® programs, Karen Kipp has helped thousands of people achieve and maintain better health. For more than 30 years, Karen has facilitated wellness retreats, health initiatives, and juice fasts in Kansas City, including live events to support the 14-Day Cleanse. Maintaining a private practice and two holistic health companies while being a single mom on a budget taught Karen to prioritize self-care without spending a lot of money. She strives to make health and wellness accessible to everyone, sharing simple strategies that work with any lifestyle. Karen also serves as a volunteer and board member for several nonprofits, and enjoys cooking, gardening, adventure travel, and time with her daughter and large extended family. CONNECT WITH KAREN Website: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/ Join the 14-Day Cleanse: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/14-day-guided-cleanses/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decadentdetox Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedecadentdetox/ Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health programs.      Health tips and recipes by Tess have been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Yahoo Health, Hallmark Channel, The Today Show, and many...

    1h 13m
  6. Strategies To Relieve Stress & Trauma | 024

    OCT 17

    Strategies To Relieve Stress & Trauma | 024

    Kelly Lubeck, shamanic healing practitioner, shares simple strategies you can use to connect with your body, release stress and trauma, and embrace change to magnify your contribution. We dive into Kelly’s journey of healing from vicarious trauma while working in Africa and post-war Central America. She recounts her big “It Has To Be Me” moment when her body shut down, and she literally lost her fingerprints! Through a variety of healing modalities, Kelly learned to listen to her body and embrace self-care not as a luxury, but as an act of service and revolution for positive change. She now helps other women prioritize their self-care in order to pursue and fulfill their purposes.  Kelly walks us through simple movement, breathing, and sound techniques that can be woven into everyday life to calm and shift your energy. Regulating your nervous system, releasing stress, and holding your experiences in balance are things you get better at the more you practice them.   Kelly’s call to action: Ignore your body and it will demand you pay attention. Listen to your body and you have a greater capacity to heal and serve.   TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  Self-care is not a luxury, but a form of service and revolution. Befriend your resistance to self-care as a way of embracing change.  Your brain doesn’t like change, but your body demands it.  Cultivate a practice of listening to your body’s signals for better wellbeing.  Movement, breathwork, and singing help you regulate your nervous system.  Keep in a place of healing to be ready for whatever comes.  When you show up well, you help others to show up well.  Let go of what you believe is not safe about your dream and pursue it.  KELLY LUBECK BIO  Kelly Lubeck, MPH, RYT is passionate about helping changemakers stay embodied, heal holistically, and lead with clarity, confidence, and compassion, without sacrificing themselves to their mission. She creates positive change in the world through private client work, group programs, workshops, and speaking engagements.  With a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University, Kelly has over 25 years’ experience developing and leading public health initiatives in the United States, Africa, and in post-war Central America. Combining that work with her training as a yoga teacher, soul-centered coach, and shamanic healing practitioner, she uses the science of the nervous system and a variety of holistic health practices to help women leaders heal from trauma and balance the demands of life and leadership. CONNECT WITH KELLY  Website: https://www.kellylubeck.com/  Free Workbook: https://winning-experimenter-7416.ck.page/936220dabe  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weavingthehealing/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lubeckkelly/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellylubeck/  Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health...

    1h 6m
  7. The Power of Parent-To-Parent Mentorship | 023

    OCT 10

    The Power of Parent-To-Parent Mentorship | 023

    Abigail Wald breaks the “mommy code” and gets raw about the minefield of parenthood. She reveals how getting brutally honest about her struggles as a mother encouraged other women to share their unconventional truths, and how those transparent conversations developed into a global community. Mother Flipping Awesome helps thousands of women and men get real, hit the “reset” button on their parenting journeys, and navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of raising kids. We discuss the necessity of getting out of the parenting vacuum of “having the same experiences alone,” and into a community where you can share all your stories honestly and acknowledge feelings and thoughts you’ve been told are taboo. Abigail insists that giving yourself permission to express your full human experience as a parent enables you to feel the depth of the love you have for your children. She leads with a central philosophy that parenting isn’t just about raising kids. It’s an invitation to step into your own leadership. Claiming the unique parenting style that aligns with your values and with the needs of your child, she says, is the key to creating a harmonious “mini society” that is your family. TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: A family is a mini society. Being a mother is a complex journey with distinct phases. Parenthood is an invitation to rise into your own leadership. Allow your parenting style to align with your values. Understand and respect each child's particular needs. Your child is an individual, not an extension of you. Find a community that catches and supports your experience. Harness your anger as a marker of your values and an instrument for change. MEET ABIGAIL WALD While raising her children, Abigail Wald maintained a successful voiceover career, and created the Yes Bar out of her home kitchen. While navigating her son’s medical condition, she joined parenting groups hoping to hear other moms tell it like it is—and instead she got sanitized stories that didn’t match her experience. And it turned out that those stories, telling only one side of parenthood, ignored a lot of people’s experience. While parenting fills our hearts with more love than we thought possible, and gives our lives purpose and meaning, it also messes with our minds, bodies, sleep, relationships, careers, identities, priorities and even our sanity. So Abigail established the Mother Flipping Awesome community as a space for mothers and fathers to share no-holds-barred accounts of real-life parenting. The community, with Abigail and her team as coaches, helps parents press “reset” on their parenting lives, cleaning up one sticky, gooey corner at a time. CONNECT WITH ABIGAIL Website: https://abigailwald.com/ Parenting Blog: https://abigailwald.com/blog/ Strong-Willed Kids Class: abigailwald.com/kids Tweens and Teens Class: abigailwald.com/teens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherflippingawesome/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@motherflippingawesome LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-wald-77413837/ Meet Tess...

    1h 8m
  8. Unleash Your Inner Champion | 022

    OCT 3

    Unleash Your Inner Champion | 022

    Are you putting limits on the possibilities for your life? Dave Scatchard, former NHL star and peak-performance coach shares how you can build a champion “I can do anything” mindset, train yourself for greatness, and reach your goals.    After surviving five concussions  and a near-death experience, Dave retired from ice hockey with chronic headaches, short-term memory loss, and slurred speech that impaired his quality of life.   Refusing to live a half life, Dave worked with top doctors and healers to regain his physical and spiritual strength and athletic endurance, and complete his first Ironman! He learned to balance the masculine and feminine, the gladiator and the monk, to harness his experiences in his new passion as a mindset and business coach.   We dive into how Dave embraced trauma to find another gear with his resilience and determination, and how seeing yourself as “always in training” helps you leverage every experience to hone your skills and upgrade your operating system.   Dave walks us through his nine-step system for getting laser focused about what you want, putting learning into action, and tapping into your full power. His rule: “You only lose when you quit.”    This episode is a masterclass in unleashing your inner champion and taking action on your “It Has To Be Me” moments.      TESS’S TAKEAWAYS  Work on what you can control to increase your chances for success. Create a really specific goal so you have a laser target to hit. Give yourself permission to raise the frequency of all parts of yourself.  Don’t waste your gifts. You get to create and build each day.  Schedule and Commit: Put what you learn into practice immediately.  To master the skills you need, practice every day and be committed to excellence.  Don’t quit: Keep pushing forward and never give up. Use painful experiences to find the next gear in your strength and resilience.     DAVE SCATCHARD   In a fourteen-year career as a professional hockey player in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, NY Islanders, Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues, Dave Scatchard sustained five concussions and traumatic brain injuries.  With the guidance of top coaches, healers, and energy workers, Dave restored his health, and leveraged his experience as an athlete to become a life and business coach.   His Peak Performance and All-Star Coaching system helps entrepreneurs and others think bigger to achieve financial success and happiness.   Dave has recently launched the All-Star Success Codes podcast to inspire people to unleash their inner champions and achieve their goals.   He, his wife, their three children, dog, cat, and two lizards live in Arizona.   CONNECT WITH DAVE  Website: https://allstarcoaching.com  Book: https://www.allstarcoaching.com/the-comeback-book  All-Star Success Codes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-star-success-codes/id1751771541  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davescatchardcoaching/  Instagram: a href="https://www.instagram.com/davescatchard/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

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What are your “It has to be me” moments? Those key points in your life where you know “This is what I want to do” and you go for it! I’m Tess Masters and I’m getting the skinny from people who are smashing their fears and doubts to make the things they want happen. Let’s dive in, get fired up, and go after your next “It Has To Be Me!”

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