Awaking Wellness

  This episode details homesteading, slow living and how a fell in love with it.  Also, I remind you to hold on to your peace of mind.

In this episode we expolore a story about a woman that has overcome many challenges throught out her life after being diagnosed with Lyme's Disease.  Her personal wellness has become critical in helping her sustain her physical, mental and emotional well being.  Please welocome the Mama and Lyme Awareness Advocate, Ali Perch.

Joining me today is an Executive Director of a growing non-profit called PLAN of Pennsylvania. They assist people living with disabilities to build meaningful lives. For the majority of her career she has been in executive leadership for non-profit organizations. She's also consulted with non profit organizations assisting with leadership development, special projects and acquiring executive talent.  She has an Undergraduate in Psychology and English Masters in Group Process Group Psychodynamics and a 300hr RYT     She practices and teaches yoga, which has been nothing short of life changing for me. And I love being active outside - hiking, kayaking, backpacking and recently a little biking. Yoga and being outside are both more of a spiritual practice for her.   Please welcome a woman with strength and integrity Ms. Christy Holland.  

Kendra is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and herbalist. From 2003 to 2020, she co-owned the Whole Family Wellness Center in Portland, Oregon, immersing herself in a busy private practice with over 25,000 patient visits. 

A former policy attorney who co-founded the media and design brand, AphroChic. AphroChic is dedicated to celebrating creativity from across the African Diaspora. A graduate of Spelman College and American University Washington College of Law, she is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of AphroChic Magazine. She was the host of the HGTV web series, Sneak Peek with AphroChic and Jeanine and her husband Bryan Mason are the authors of REMIX: Decorating with Culture, Objects and Soul, published by Penguin Random House in 2013.

I'm your host, Maureen Priest and joining me today is a multi talented woman.  She is Licensed Professional Counselor, Coach and Corporate Wellness Provider/Consultant.  Most recently, she has had the privilege of serving as a Life Management Specialist on site at Vanguard, where she developed and implemented their first mindfulness program.  Over the last thirteen years, she has provided mental health therapy in psychiatric institutions, offered outpatient/community mental health counseling, led psychoeducational groups and workshops on the campus of Gwynedd Mercy College, taught for the Psychology department of Penn State Berks, and provided mentorship and supervision for newer therapists.  In 2006, she founded Waking Wellness with a focus on mindfulness based strategies to manage stress, anxiety and depression.  The newest evolution of this practice is now EleutheriaU, a self-care for serious self-growth community. Rachelle has also studied Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Comprehensive Energy Psychology, The Bengston Method, Personal Life Coaching, as well as Yoga and Meditation for Anxiety and Depression. In addition to growing EleutheriaU, Rachelle is a Certified Yoga Teacher and mama to two spirited boys.  Please welcome Rachelle Bevilacqua.

Cara Bradley is a leading authority of mental fitness having led thousands through her signature strategies to work and play in flow. She shares her 30+ years of body-mind training with Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, and premiere college sports teams. Her training focuses on building awareness of body-mind states, regulating the nervous system and priming the gut-brain connection for optimal wellbeing and performance. She is the author of On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up, and Shine, founder of the award-winning Verge Yoga Center, and host of the On The Verge mental fitness podcast. www.carabradley.net  

Mother, business owner, friend, and serial connector, she loves people, learning their stories and helping to enrich people's lives through community development. She is former 8th grade Language Arts teacher turned entrepreneur and business owner. She works from home as a founding leader with Pure Haven, helping people fill their homes with safe, natural personal care & cleaning products while coaching 100s of fellow independent business owners to reach their personal and financial goals for their families

Chatting with me today is a visionary entrepreneur, motivational Speaker, #1 International Best Selling Author, wealth mentor and certified transformation & success coach.    We're chatting about ancestral coding, generational wealth and much more!    

Joining me today is a man that I call and explorer of life.  Pre-college, he was primarily interested in sports as they were something he excelled at which enabled him to "fit-in" despite always feeling a bit different. In college, he changed majors to psychology to seek a deeper understanding of who he was, why he felt and thought the way he did, and to seek a better understanding of why people operate and behave in the ways that they do. After college and some time working in mental and behavioral health, he experienced a deep depression, requiring hospitalization, which radically altered his perception of both himself and the world. Turning towards consciousness studies and the perennial philosophy as taught by the many wisdom traditions of the ages, he came to the study and practice of Yoga and since then has become a new person entrenched in the pursuit of Self-realization. Drawing from an eclectic variety of teachings, he continuously surrenders to all aspects of life as his guru while he continues to grow and evolve towards his optimal state of being. Please welcome the Inquisitive and insightful Jesse Russell. --