Pep Talks

Welcome to today's PEP Talk - Don't Be a Victim of Your Diagnosis - Episode #26 We are not our health issues. We may have health issues; however, they do not define us. In today's PEP Talk I discuss simple steps you can take, today, to assist your body in overcoming health challenges.    Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Don’t Be a Victim of Your Diagnosis - Episode #26, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.    Originally posted July 2015 on YouTube.

Originally posted June 2015 on YouTube. Welcome to today's PEP Talk – Mindfulness – Simple, Not Easy – Episode #25.  Mindfulness is an extremely simple technique that provides profound health benefits; however, it isn't always so easy to do. Today's PEP Talk provides some suggestions on how to incorporate mindfulness into your daily routine. Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Mindfulness – Simple, Not Easy – Episode #25, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully/mindfully to attain true PEP for life.     

Originally published May 2015 on YouTube.    Today’s PEP Talk is a rebroadcast from when I was doing my PEP Talks in a video format. With the help of my trusted technology expert, Lucia, the audio has been extracted from the video to create a podcast.   Over the next several months, we will be airing all of my retro PEP Talks so all PEP Talks can be found on my website or whichever service you utilize to listen to your podcasts.   There are times when I encourage a client to listen to one of my past PEP Talks and I cannot remember if it was a video PEP Talk or a podcast. Now a person can simply go to my website, enter a key word in the search bar of my website, and find what they are looking for.   Now, on with today's PEP Talk... Welcome to today’s PEP Talk, More Curious Than Afraid. In today’s PEP Talk I encourage you to approach life with a sense of curiosity versus fear. I also share a personal example of a time when I chose curiosity over fear.   Often times, people allow fear to hold them back – t

Welcome to today’s PEP Talk – Sleep is Emotional First Aid – Episode #23  In January, I discussed how vital it is to receive restorative sleep and I also reviewed some tips to assist you in receiving quality sleep.  In this podcast, I want to share some additional information I learned listening to a podcast with Professor Matthew Walker on Dr. Chatterjee’s Feel Better Live More podcast, Episode #147.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Sleep is Emotional First Aid – Episode #23, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.

I revisit last month’s PEP Talk by further explaining the ‘health snacks’ in the heart category from Dr. Chatterjee’s book, Feel Better in 5.   I also provide a health snack for the mind – the 5-Step Release. If you have something that is preoccupying your mind, I am hopeful you will find this technique helpful in releasing it.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – 5-Step Release and Listener Question – Episode #22, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life. 

Welcome to today’s PEP Talk – 5 Minutes to Health – Episode #21.   Do you have a health goal you are struggling to attain? Did you start off the New Year, gung-ho, following through on your health goals and, in the last week or two, you noticed yourself slipping back into old patterns?    In this month’s PEP Talk, I provide a mindset shift with regards to the attainment of health goals. Believe it or not, even in just 5 minutes, you can improve your health.    Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – 5 Minutes to Health – Episode #21, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.  

Welcome to today’s PEP Talk – Sleep Hygiene – Episode #20.   Sleep is vital to our health; yet, it is estimated, that 70% of adults report inadequate sleep. In today’s PEP Talk, I explain why we need sleep and I also provide some sleep hygiene tips.  Let’s start the New Year with an emphasis on improving your quality of sleep!   Also, I wanted to let you know I have moved my office to Historic Downtown Parkville. The new address is 171 English Landing Dr., Suite 235, Parkville, MO 64152. If this is the first you are learning of this move, and you have an upcoming scheduled appointment, you will be getting a call from me, closer to the time of your appointment.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Sleep Hygiene – Episode #20, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.  

Clearly, breathing is essential to life; did you also know the way in which you breathe can impact the quality of your life? In this month’s PEP Talk, I discuss some rather unique findings from the book Breath:  The New Science of a Lost Art, written by James Nestor.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – How We Breathe – Episode #19, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.  

Welcome to today’s PEP Talk – Divisiveness – Episode #18.     Due to the election and the pandemic, people are more vulnerable to personalize views that do not align with their own. In today’s PEP Talk, I discuss three psychological roots that I believe are associated with unnecessary judgement, criticism, anger, and defensiveness.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Divisiveness – Episode  #18, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.  

Welcome to today’s PEP Talk – Assigning Meaning – Episode #17. In today’s PEP Talk I discuss our desire to assign meaning to experiences. We have a tendency to identify incidents as being good or bad. Is it possible, that experiences are neither good nor bad? Is it possible, it is simply your thoughts, about the event, that provides the meaning?    Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Assigning Meaning – Episode  #17, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life. 

Welcome to today’s PEP Talk – The Disconnection Syndrome – Episode #16. I am expanding upon our discussion from March’s PEP Talk Podcast, Trickery of the Food Industry – Episode #13, as well the podcast from October 2019, Curiosity versus Fear – Episode #8.   In this month’s PEP Talk, I describe the Disconnection Syndrome as defined by Drs. David and Austin Perlmutter. I truly believe we are experiencing a disconnection epidemic in our society where divisiveness is at an all-time high. What is so exciting, about what the doctors describe, is our ability to decrease anger and hatred by taking care of our health.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – The Disconnection Syndrome – Episode #16, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life. 

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – eBook and Listener Question.  I am so excited to share my latest eBook resource with you – it is 200 pages! I announce the resource in this month’s PEP Talk podcast. I also answer a listener’s question about resources to further one’s journey in attaining true PEP for Life, which I have listed below.   Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – eBook and Listener Question, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.  Wellness Mama – Katie Wells  Brain Warrior’s Way – Dr. Daniel Amen  Doctor’s Farmacy – Dr. Mark Hyman  Happier – Gretchen Rubin  Kwik Brain – Jim Kwik  Cathe.com – Cathe Friedrich   PALEO AIP RECIPE ROUNDTABLES –  Eileen Laird, Phoenix Helix  Chef Lonnie Fisher KC area 

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – 30-Day Acts of Kindness Challenge – Loving Kindness Meditation This is a mid-month reminder about the 30-Day Acts of Kindness Challenge for the month of July.  I also provide a resource, a loving kindness meditation, to assist you in connecting with your inner love warrior. Pairing these two behaviors (the Acts of Kindness Challenge and practicing the loving kindness meditation) could result in a profound sense of inner peace while also positively impacting the individuals around you. Please forward this email to others and/or send the link to the podcast. I want us to work together to create a movement of kindness.  I want people talking about how they are noticing a change in the world – a positive change where people are kinder and more loving. Kindness truly is infectious – let’s infect the world with love! Below is the link to the article I referenced during this podcast as well as two scripts for the Loving Kindness Meditation: Article by Madhuleena Roy Chowdhury Scr

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – 30-Day Acts of Kindness Challenge I believe we need a positive movement of change in our country. I believe we need to unite as a community and I believe we need to get back to some basic principles of humanity by intentionally displaying acts of gentleness and love. I invite you to participate in a 30-Day Acts of Kindness Challenge. I challenge you to carry out three acts of kindness, each day, during the month of July.  By practicing kindness, every day for 30 days, we can begin to rewire the brain. We can begin to shift away from looking for the ways in which we are divided and start looking for the ways in which we are united.  By the way, July has 31 days so you get an extra day to solidify this new habit.  There is a page on my website where I would like for you to share some, or all, of your acts of kindness, each day, throughout July. Feel free to share how someone was kind to you. Please forward this email, or the link to the podcast, to others. Please help me crea

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – Visceral Reaction to the Pandemic – Episode #15.75. Some people are experiencing a rather intense reaction to the pandemic.  In today’s PEP Talk, I discuss a potential root cause of unexpected reactions to the pandemic. I recorded this podcast before the death of George Floyd; however, I believe the information in this podcast, particularly the second part of the podcast, regarding grace and compassion, applies to the divisiveness surrounding the current tragedy.    In this podcast, I reference two other podcasts which I have included links for below. I said Curiosity Versus Fear was episode 7; however, it was episode 8.  PEP Talk – Control – Episode #1 PEP Talk – Curiosity Versus Fear – Episode #8 I recently read this quote and I wanted to share it with you:  “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more na

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – Listener Question – Distractions From Internal Work – Episode  #15.5. I am excited to bring another listener question to you today!  In today’s PEP Talk, I address a listener’s question regarding unhealthy behaviors that distract us from addressing internal limiting beliefs.    Please feel free to submit a question that you would like answered on the podcast. Go to the Submit a Question page of my website – I love hearing from you. Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Listener Question – Distractions From Internal Work – Episode  #15.5, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.  

I am expanding upon our discussion from March’s PEP Talk Podcast – Trickery of the Food Industry – Episode #13, February’s PEP Talk Podcast – What  Worry and Meditation Have in Common – Episode #12, as well the podcast from October 2019, Curiosity versus Fear – Episode #8. Last month, in the email I sent, as well as in the podcast description, I provided some self-care tips to support your psychological health during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the suggestions I provided was to keep a gratitude journal. In today’s PEP Talk, I go deep, explaining the powerful benefits of gratitude. I think you will be surprised to learn how something as simple as expressing appreciation can provide such profound health benefits. Below are the resources I mention in the podcast: Gratitude Questionnaire Gratitude Quiz Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Gratitude – Episode #15, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.

I am so excited to bring a listener question to you today! I have already recorded May’s PEP Talk Podcast so I decided to record a second PEP Talk for April to answer a listener’s question. In today’s PEP Talk, I discuss how when an individual puts oneself down, in front of someone else, she is hurting herself and may also be making the other individual uncomfortable.  Please feel free to submit a question you would like answered on the podcast. Go to the Submit a Question page of my website – I love hearing from you. Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Listener Question – Self-Effacing - Episode #14.5, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – Excuses and Filler Words – Episode #14. Today’s PEP Talk is more of a PEP Talk Tips episode as I am providing a couple of tips regarding communication. One communication faux pas is associated with excuses, while the other includes the utilization of filler words. I am hopeful you will find the suggestions to overcome these gaffes, simple and attainable.  I recorded this month’s PEP Talk before the coronavirus pandemic and prior to the enactment of the stay at home order. Consequently, I did not reference our current challenges in the podcast. Therefore, during this incredibly challenging time, I want to take a moment to provide some self-care suggestions which can assist in elevating your mood: 1.  Outdoors – please take time to go outside every day. Ideally, I would like for you to walk for 30 minutes every day. There are numerous nutrients we receive from the sun (even on a cloudy day). These nutrients support bodily processes, including the systems which support our mood.

Welcome to today’s’ PEP Talk – Trickery of the Food Industry – Episode #13 In this month’s PEP Talk I discuss the area of the brain associated with pleasure and how manufacturing companies purposefully hijack this area of the brain so you will eat more of the foods they manufacture.  In fact, the types of food created by manufacturing companies take over the pleasure center of the brain where cocaine and heroine work.  In this month’s PEP Talk I also share some resources available to you on my website including a way to submit questions that you would like answered on the podcast.  Additionally, be sure to listen for the discount code (during the month of March) for my PEP for Life Transformational System bundle which is available through my website. Please take a few minutes to listen to today’s PEP Talk – Trickery of the Food Industry – Episode #13, and I encourage you to do one thing today purposefully to attain true PEP for life.