What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• How your daily habits can make or break your dharma
• How the Four Desires process guides you to live from your life’s purpose
• How syncing your habits with nature will make you more aware of your unique purpose

Links:

• Four Desires Workshop with Brooke
• The Great Work of Your Life by Stephen Cope
• Check out McIntosh Wellness essential oils suggestion by Lori

Show Highlights:

• 6:00 – What brings you joy? Sometimes this can be difficult to answer if you don’t feel good due to stress or other health issues. When you feel better after implementing the 10 daily habits, you can start to reflect on what brings you joy, and thus uncover your dharma.
• 7:40 – The Four Desires process invites you to ask deeper questions of yourself. The desires are dharma, artha, kama, moksha.
• 12:15 – People usually come to the Yoga Health Coaching 10 Habits course through artha, the desire related to health. We also tend to look at dharma with another manifestation of artha, our profession, and how we support ourselves economically.
• 15:50 – Often, we might be clear about what we’re doing in the world, but may not have addressed our need for kama, relationships and sensuality. The habits can bring us into deeper relationships with the other categories of desire.
• 21:00 – The Habits support all Four Desires, and direct us back to wholeness. Get clear about what’s important for you to express with a Four Desires workshop.
• 29:00- Our habits can make or break our manifestation of dharma!

Favorite Quotes:

• “When we create more energy for ourselves through healthier habits, we can then focus that energy in a way that is in line with our personal dharma.” – Brooke Bailey
• “It is freeing to know that life has our back, and the habits support that understanding.” – Brooke Bailey
• “Wellness encompasses everything, not just the physical and the tangible.” – Brooke Bailey
• “While we are all connected, and we share the same humanity and the same source, we also have a very unique individual spark.” – Brooke Brooke
• “The Four Desires work will strengthen your understanding of how these habits are helping you move forward.” – Annie Barrett
• “Our habits really keep us where we are, or if we shift them, take us to where we want to go.” – Annie Barrett

Guest BIO:

Annie Barrett: As an educator, a Yoga teacher and teacher trainer, a Certified Yoga Health Coach, a spouse, and a mother of two amazing teens, Annie Barrett models and teaches folks how to thrive in body, mind, and spirit and how to live purposeful, passionate lives. Annie has walked the householder Yoga path for 25 years, and she has a gift for making the wisdom teachings of Yoga fresh and accessible. She guides people into knowing themselves more deeply, embracing themselves more fully, and evolving into a state of well-being and expansive freedom. As a Certified Yoga Health Coach, she is trained and practiced in the daily habits and health principles of Ayurveda. She coaches and guides students into upleveling their health and reaching their full potential with proven habits for vitality, health, and happiness.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Learn how bitters are used in Ayurveda
• Discover how to make your own bitters
• See how bitters are used as medicines and flavorings

Links:

• Frequently Asked Questions About Bitters

Show Highlights:

• 4:40—Sharon shares the story of Antoine Peychaud and how bitters made their transition from the pharmacy to the cocktail scene in New Orleans’ French Quarter. She discusses how the use of bitters has been revived today, not only in mixology but also in the realm of healthy living.
• 7:15—Brooke asks Sharon to explain how bitters are actually made and how to best consume the bitter taste in your diet.
• 9:30—Sharon discusses the cultural primer that exists around avoiding the bitter taste.
• 13:20—Learn more about the best bitters for each dosha and how to make your own bitters at home.
• 16:30—Sharon answers the question of whether or not you can take bitters year-round.
• 21:00—Sharon and Brooke discuss the variety of ways to consume bitters and how to experiment with them in the kitchen.

Favorite Quotes:

• “Ayurveda says that what you eat and what you consume — the tastes you put on your tongue — are your medicine.” –Sharon Seyna
• “The least-consumed taste in the Standard American Diet is the bitter taste. It’s important to consume this flavor for so many reasons… It’s going to stoke the digestive fire, your agni. It’s going to prime your palate and stimulate your salivary glands.” –Sharon Seyna
• “Bitters aren’t a substitute for a well-balanced diet. They’re an enhancement to one.” –Sharon Seyna
• “For someone who is aspiring toward a healthy lifestyle, who needs a little help training their palate to consume different tastes, bitters would be a nice way for them to ease into that.” –Sharon Seyna
• “One of the wonderful things about bitters is that they spark your imagination. They round out flavors and make you taste flavors you often would not realize you’re missing.” –Sharon Seyna

Guest BIO:

Sharon Seyna’s misadventures in bartending led her into an in-depth study not only of Ayurveda, Yoga, Space, and Time but also of her Self.

With fortitude and creativity, she forged a new relationship with alcohol and the medicines made possible with this ubiquitous substance. While calling New Orleans home, let’s agree that this was no easy feat! You can go on a bitters bender with Sharon at Bartanica.

Jamee and host, Brooke Bailey, walk us through a four-step process for reclaiming our energy and embracing difficult conversations:

1. Step 1: Become aware of the thoughts stuck in your head, then determine which ones you can process on our own and which ones need an action-based decision.
2. Step 2: Create your own incentives to have the difficult conversation. Get clear on the possibilities you can create from the conversation.
3. Step 3: Establish what you need the other person to hear.
4. Step 4: Determine how you want to feel after the conversation. What would you like for the other person?

This is a great episode for personal as well as professional thrivers. Brooke and Jamee will take you through scenarios on how to deal with a difficult relationship conversation, including how to have a challenging conversation with a coaching client.

Creating incentives and possibilities for the conversation, as well as identifying how you would like the other person to benefit from the conversation, will help you create energy around a difficult topic, rather than letting it drain you.

BONUS: Jamee offers complementary support for your next difficult conversation!

What you’ll get out of tuning in

• How to determine when you need to have a difficult conversation
• The four steps for embracing and planning for a difficult conversation
• Why pre-determining what you want the other person to gain is key to creating a more positive energy during difficult conversations.

Link:

• Free E-Coaching with Jamee

Show Highlights:

• 3:00 There are various tools that can help determine if you need to have a difficult conversation or not.
• 5:00 The brain supports us in our decisions to take action on difficult conversations.
• 6:30 It is not only possible to embrace difficult conversations, but there are actually specific steps you can take to make yourself welcome them even more.
• 12:30 Step three in embracing difficult conversations suggests ways to become clear about what you need the other person to hear.
• 14:45 Consider what positive outcome you would like for the other person involved in the conversation. Acknowledge that you want the highest good for everyone concerned.
• 17:00 Coaches can use specific tools and skills to engage clients in the difficult conversation of getting back on track.
• 21:20 You can get free support from Jamee to embrace your next difficult conversation!

Favorite Quotes:

• “Brain science around decision-making says once we make a decision to move forward, the chemicals in our brain support us in doing that.” – Jamee Tenzer
• “What is the incentive for you to have that difficult conversation? This is where we get back to reclaiming our energy.” – Jamee Tenzer
• “We can’t control what the other person is going to do, say, think or feel. But we do have a choice about what we want to take away from a difficult conversation.” – Jamee Tenzer
• “As a coach, I know that my clients know what’s best for them ultimately.” – Jamee Tenzer
• “If we are truly just going to be curious, and learn what we can from our client and why they’re in the position they’re in, and why they may be resisting that next step…curiosity gives us a lot of freedom to let go of the outcome.” – Jamee Tenzer
• “Once we make the decision to have a difficult conversation, that already frees our energy to move toward the conversation. We are empowering ourselves and putting ourselves in a space of more energy, rather than draining our energy.” – Brooke Bailey

Guest BIO:

Jamee Tenzer is a coach specializing in communication. For 15 years, she has coached executives in many industries including entertainment, non-profit, technology and design. She worked for 10 years as a trainer and supervisor for the International Coach Academy and continues to work internationally through her private mentoring practice and 3 continuing education courses for coaches she co-developed through her company, Coach Cachet.

Jamee is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation, a Board Certified Coach with the Center for Credentialing and Education, and received a Certificate in Mediation from the Center for Dispute Resolution.

• Website
• Twitter: @WorkingMomCoach 
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• Free E-Coaching

Brooke Bailey, a former member of the Rat Race but now soon-to-be Yoga Health Coach, invites Eve Gaudet, her client and Executive Coach, to discuss how we can approach both large and small organizations about making healthier habits an integral part of their wellness programs.

We discuss the high levels of stress people face in the workforce and how this costs businesses billions of dollars annually in lost productivity. You’ll also get tips on how to approach companies so that they will be more likely to embrace what you’ve learned about the power of putting health first.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• Why everyone from the C-Suite to the corner cubicle can use the 10 Ayurvedic Habits for good health.
• Who you should approach to introduce healthier habits to a variety of companies.
• Why Health Coaches are the new Executive Coaches of the business world, and how we can collaborate with each other.

Links:

• Eve’s Website
• Eve’s LinkedIn
• Eve’s Facebook
• Eve’s Twitter

Show Highlights:

• 7:30 – When people in the workforce embrace their individual responsibility to manage their own health, they bring forward the best version of themselves so they can thrive.
• 9:15 – Eve outlines effective ways to approach organizations with your unique wellness services as a Yoga Health Coach:

1. Create a narrative: how will your health coaching services help that company specifically?
2. Talk to a company’s HR director(s) about offering your services.
3. Look at Requests for Proposals (RFPs) released by government agencies.
4. Align with and collaborate with executive coaches: refer each other to clients in order to bolster wellness in the workplace.
5. If a company isn’t interested in a workshop or training at first, you can also offer advice or opportunities to try it with a small pilot group.

• 20:45 Health coaches today are in a similar position to executive coaches 25 years ago. With time, executives will no longer think of health coaching as a fad, and will embrace it as a means to improve their workplace and their success as a business.
• 21:50 – Managers and employees who aren’t health coaches can also encourage their organization to bring coaches on board to improve workplace wellness.

Favorite Quotes:

• “Unfortunately, our health care system is primarily reactive. So the idea that health coaches can come in and take over – or really bolster up that preventive side – I think it’s time, and I think there is a lot of opportunity for it.” — Eve Gaudet
• “Take the first step to start the conversation.” — Eve Gaudet
• “We have to look at ourselves and our health holistically in order to be able to perform at our best.” — Brooke Bailey
• “The work Yoga Health Coaches do is starting to help people shift their perspective through these 10 Habits so that they can choose ease more often. And when they do go into the workplace…, they’ve taken responsibility for themselves before they even start the workday.” – Brooke Bailey
• “If our foundational health isn’t there, then our ability to perform in our career is going to be undercut.” – Brooke Bailey
• “When your quality of life is improved, you’re more fun to be around! Your relationships with your co-workers are better…. It really has a ripple effect.” — Brooke Bailey

Guest Bio:

After years as a leader in both the corporate and public sectors, Eve Gaudet decided to follow her passion for supporting people in their quest for high performance. As a Certified Executive Coach, she now works with with leaders who want to take their performance up a notch.

Eve is someone who has always valued physical activity, but she has learned that it isn’t just fitness or great eating habits that are important. She has discovered that it is a combination of mental activity, spiritual awareness, and a healthy lifestyle that support us in becoming the best version of ourselves.

• Eve’s Website 
• Eve’s LinkedIn
• Eve’s Facebook
• Eve’s Twitter