Happy Healthy Human Radio - Find Balance With Samantha Attard Phd, Ryt, Doula

I am so excited for today's episode, because we're talking to my Ayurveda teacher, the brilliant and insightful Ali Cramer. Ali just wrote a great new book on Ayurveda called "Modern Ayurveda". It's the perfect book to help you move from the theory of Ayurveda to actually practicing it on a daily basis. I absolutely love it and will be recommending it to clients (and taking some of the recommendations for myself!). Listen to this episode to learn more about Ayurveda and integrating it into your daily life. Be sure to check out Ali's yoga classes and Ayurveda trainings at AliCramer.com.

Hi all!  Today's moon chat is AWESOME. I will be re-listening to this episode quite a few times to soak up all of the wisdom. As always, I'm talking with our resident astrology expert, Kathleen Barry (@kbb323). You'll learn about the new moon in Libra and what to do if you're born on the cusp of two signs. We also have an extended conversation about Saturn, which recently went from retrograde to direct. Learn how to answer to Saturn's taskmaster qualities and find growth personally and professionally this season. In other news - maternity leave starts in about 3 weeks, meaning it's the end of the podcast season! I'll be back with new episodes in January 2020. In the meantime, if you want updates about my work (and the baby!), head on over to spirocollective.com to join my newsletter. You'll get Sunday morning missives full of life wisdom and fun. Thank you! 

Our shoulders and neck do a lot for us. Our head is heavy! And our shoulders don't have an easier job, given all of the funny positions they're put in to type on computers and phones. It's time to relieve some tension and increase some mobility in our necks and shoulders.  Today's yoga practice is a super simple, do-anywhere stretch session that will calm your body and and make you take a deep sigh of relief. No special equipment necessary. Enjoy!

Hi all! I hope you're having a fabulous week. It's time for another pregnancy update - now that I'm about halfway through the 3rd trimester, things have started to change yet again! Here about what I'm working on right now. Plus, I'm sharing some of my favorite pregnancy/birth related resources: Mindful Birthing The Birth Partner The Birth Kweens Podcast The Startup Pregnant Podcast Evidence Based Birth I'd love to hear your favorite birth-related resources. Head over the spirocollective.com/contact to leave me a note!

My friends, we ask our feet to do a lot for us. They carry us day in and day out in all types of weather, footwear, and situations. So today, I wanted to share with you some poses you can do to strengthen and stretch out your feet. This is a short, simple, and sweet yoga sequence you can do anytime to help your feet feel at their best!  Don't forget to check out spirocollective.com for the beautiful new website. Then, make sure subscribe to my weekly newsletter to stay up to date on new events and workshops happening throughout the winter and into the Spring! 

Hello friends! After a few weeks away, we're back with another AMAZING moon chat with the brilliant Kathleen Barry (@kbb323). We'll be recapping her recent trip to Peru (!!!), including all the yogic lessons she learned OFF of her yoga mat. Then, we'll dive into this beautiful Virgo season with some great tips on how to channel Virgo energy (without driving yourself crazy). It's another not-to-be-missed episodes. Some important things happening this fall: -The new website is here! spirocollective.com -I am running a 4-week stress cleanse course starting September 10th! Learn more here: https://4-week-stress-detox.teachable.com/p/4-week-stress-cleanse -Yoga Teacher Training at Spark Yoga starts September 6th! Sign up here: sparkyoga.com -I'm spending less time on social media these days. The best way to keep updated on me, my teaching schedule, maternity leave, plus (just a few) baby pics is to sign up for my newsletter, which you can do down below (or on spirocollective.com!) Thanks so much family. Enjoy this

Hello friends! This episode started as just being a body scan meditation (more on that later), but as I started doing the intro, I realized there was a lot to talk about! So this episode has two parts: a fall update (this is the first 10 minutes), and then a body scan meditation (start at minute 10:00 to experience that!) Let's talk about body scans! Body scan meditations are *amazing*. They're so great for helping you relax, falling asleep, or getting in touch with your body. I currently do a body scan every morning as part of my morning meditation, and then at night to fall asleep. It's amazing how quickly you can fall asleep when you do these scans! I also mention in the episode that body scans are great to do if you're dealing with an illness or fear around your body. You can bring healing energy throughout the body as you do the scans, and it can feel incredibly restorative. For the fall update - here are some important things to know: -The new website is here! spirocollective.com -I am running a 4-week

There's a common teaching that says that every thing you find angering or annoying in other people are actually things that you dislike or see in yourself.  While I've theoretically understood this, in the past week, I've had first hand experience in seeing how things that I find annoying are also things that I am actively doing. So today, I'm sharing what these situations were, how I am dealing with them, and what I would do differently in the future. Check out this special garden edition of Happy Healthy Human Radio!  And, don't forget to check out the new website, spirocollective.com, for upcoming events and announcements. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samantha-attard/message

Hello friends!  Today's episode of Happy Healthy Human Radio is a special one - I'm recording from my family's cottage on Lake Erie! It's been so nice to be outside (without sweating all of my body weight) and be near the water - I needed to share a little piece of what it's like here with you!  In today's episode, I'm exploring a concept that I was working on recently with a client. We were talking about how to not over explain and justify all of your decisions with the people around you. In our conversation, however, we realized that one of the most important people to not explain or justify to is yourself. So listen in to learn about how our explanations to ourself actually undermines our goals, plus how to treat these thoughts instead. I hope you have a WONDERFUL week and enjoy this special episode! 

Hello all! Today let's take a deep dive into pregnancy nutrition. It's a crazy time. Not only is your nutrition super important (you're making a new human out of what you eat!), it's also incredibly hard to stick to a healthy eating plan when most foods make your stomach turn. So on this episode, I'm sharing: The vitamins and minerals that are important to get tested for and to watch during pregnancy. The best ways to get your omega 3's (hint: fish isn't my top choice). How to eat more vegetables when they make you want to barf. What's the deal with carbs and how low can you go? Why pregnant women have to take a gestational diabetes test and how to make sure you ace it. I hope you find this post useful as you navigate your pregnancy. Be sure to share comments, thoughts, and questions!

Hello my friends! It's time for another amazing moon chat with my friend Kathleen Barry. Kathleen is a yoga instructor and astrology expert, who always lays down some amazing wisdom in these conversations. Today, we're talking about living through the swirl of emotions that is brought on by eclipses, mercury retrograde, and Cancer season. We dive into the ins and outs of living a mindful life, and how to handle the seasons our lives take. I hope you'll love this conversation as much as I did. As always, be sure to follow Kathleen on IG - @kbb323 - for more astrology and yoga-related wisdom.

WOW what a delight it was to talk with Atara Bernstein, co-founder of Pineapple Collaborative. We dove into her history with food, living in a new city, and creating balance as an entrepreneur. Atara is a master holistic thinker who feels food can influence every part of our lives. Her work with Pineapple Collaborative is bringing women together all across the country to use food to express their personal style. This conversation was wonderful, and I think you'll love it too. You can find Atara and Pineapple at: pineapplecollaborative.com instagram.com/pineapplecollaborative --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samantha-attard/message

Hello friends! Welcome to another episode of Happy Healthy Human Radio.  Let's talk about the other - our brains developed to split the world into me vs you and us vs them. But is that really the healthiest way to look at the world? Let's talk about how to turn the world to one big US, and why that's so important. 

When do you think the yoga poses were invented? While there were about 12 poses that were defined in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika over 3,000 years ago, the majority of the shapes that we do in our Western yoga classes weren't invented until the early 1900s. In today's conversation, I'm talking about the history of our yoga poses and what to do with that information. While the podcast is inspired by my experiences in the yoga world, it is useful for talking about any tool that you use to find more happiness, health, and joy in your life.

I don't know about you, but my hips could use some love. Whether it's from sitting too much throughout the day, your latest run or spin workout, or you're just naturally a little tighter in that area, let's do a 40 minute yoga sequence to specifically stretch out the hips. 

In today’s 12-minute guided meditation, we’re focusing on letting thoughts and emotions rise and fall. You’ll experience old thoughts and experiences flowing out of your body, releasing stuck emotions and finding new space to be present in your everyday life. No meditation experience necessary! Just find a place to sit or stand where you’ll be uninterrupted for 12 minutes.

Hello friends and welcome back to another amazing conversation with our resident astrology expert, Kathleen Barry. This episode is a little different. While we talk a bit about the summer solstice and Cancer season that we are in, we quickly turned our conversation to other topics, most notably how to make peace with our shadow selves. We also talked about the Trauma Recovery Yoga teacher training that Kathleen just completed down in New Orleans. This is an important and full conversation. Enjoy!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/samantha-attard/message

Halfway there! In today’s episode, I’m talking about lessons I’ve learned through my conversations with clients as well as experiencing my own pregnancy. We’re going to talk about: Creating connection with your baby How to involve your partner with your pregnancy The wonderful Spinning Babies technique - standing release How to feel good about what you’re eating (even if it feels super unhealthy compared to your usual diet) Why more exercise might not make you feel more tired If you're pregnancy or know anyone else that is, please come on out to my workshop at Take Care Shop on June 27th! We're talking about preparing mind and body for labor. Register here.

You can always win the game. The game of your relationships, your work, your energy, your life. You are in charge of you. And thus you can choose the rules. That means you always have the possibility of winning. Today we're talking about how changes in the weather and our life situation can impact us physically and emotionally. But just because they impact us doesn't mean that we're at their mercy. It's time to pay attention to the game you're playing and take action to bring body and mind into balance. You're also going to hear about how Ayurveda talks about this exact issue and teaches us how to balance body and mind. 

I love doing this podcast because it's an opportunity to talk to people with a completely different skillset and set of experiences. I so loved talking with Diana for this reason. She's a social media expert that has worked for larger corporations, non-profits, small businesses, and for herself. She uses these experiences to craft social media strategies for her clients. We had a wonderful conversation that ranged from the nitty-gritty of social media strategy to the over-arching role that social media can play in our lives. It was a beautiful conversation, and I hope that you enjoy it as much as I did. Diana Morales is the founder of Lust Local Media - a full service Social Media Consulting Firm. Diana actually began her career in social media when she was working in  Corporate Recruiting at the Lucas Group. During this time, Diana was able to master Social Media Management, working under the wing of one of the top ranked recruiters in the country, Diana was able to establish a savvy social media strat