Coffee with Carolyn
By Coach Carolyn - Women's Wellness Advocate
Over the years...from listening to her clients and their challenges, and her own experience - Coach Carolyn became especially passionate about women over 40 in every way, including but not limited to the topic of menopause since it has seemed such an area of unknowing, uncertainty for women and she couldn't understand why. Here, she discusses it all so women over 40; in or past menopause can all THRIVE.
Creating conversations, connection and community for women.
Coffee with Carolyn Mar 01, 2023
Episode 28: Slow down for crying out loud! Permission to sleep and rest...
Happy New Year!
Tanya and I decided to start the year off with an episode dedicated to "starting the conversation" on all things Rest, Sleep and giving yourself Permission!
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Let's say enough to pushing past our limit; enough to not being comfortable saying no and a loud, resounding ENOUGH!!! to thinking rest and respite is for weak people. The strongest are those who take the time for them and in doing so..... are keeping their nervous system, brain, heart, mind, muscles and MORE healthy!!
The "explicit" in this episode is just one particular word I say :)
Reach out to Carolyn here.
Reach out to Tanya here.
Episode 27: SEASON 3!! STRESS: What it is. What it isn't. What you can do.
Welcome to Season 3. A season of growth, learning, thriving.
Learn the ins and outs - what stress is, and isn't. They types and why you should care enough to do something / take stock of how you react to situations if you need to.
Join Coach Carolyn who through experience, education and PERSONAL EXPERIENCE has learned what is needed in order to thrive. It can so often be challening but we need to know how to control what we can control during these times.
Episode 26: "Menopause Midriff" - HONOURING our body and mind during this stage of life.
Angela Growse is a Pelvic Health Physio with a very special interest (and expertise) in women's health and menopause.
We've had many conversations along this topic and get very inspired/ excited by them.
Want to reach out to her?
She is at ProFunction Health Care
140 Ann Street, Suite 103
PH: 519.601.7761
Em: agrowsept@gmail.com
Episode 25: The Power of Thought
Learn how not to stay "in" negative thinking and be in charge of your thoughts.
Carolyn is passionate about helping people change their thinking....since ultimately helps change their actions and hopefully has a positive affect on life.
We can think we can...or can't. Either way we are right :)
Episode 24: HOW TO BIOHACK YOUR OMEGA-3 LEVELS AND OPTIMIZE YOUR HEALTH
This week Coach Carolyn speaks with Corinna Bellizzi, MBA, Head of Sales and Marketing at ÖRLÖ Nutrition to learn how to biohack your omega-3 levels and optimize your health.
You can find Corinna at:
corinna@orlonutrition.com
As well as at:
@orlonutrition - on all on all platforms IG/FB/TW/TikTok/LinkedIn/Pinterest/YouTube
Corinna also hosts her podcast Nutrition Without Compromise :
https://orlonutrition.com and is available at OrloNutrition.com and on all podcast platforms (and also on YouTube)
About Corinna Bellizzi, MBA:
Corinna is a natural products industry executive and omega-3 expert who successfully creates new nutrition categories, pioneers brands, and develops educational strategies that disrupt markets.
Given her concern for the future health of people and planet, Corinna shifted her omega-3 career from a focus on fish, to algae in 2016. With a team of experts, she led the development of Örlö Nutrition, a new brand by VAXA Technologies, Inc. It launched in May 2022 with their first products including the world’s first carbon- negative omega-3 supplement and a carbon-negative Immunity Boost spray with Ultra Spirulina. As an avid podcaster, she started a new podcast, Nutrition Without Compromise, to lean into the simple truth that great nutrition and bountiful health are a human right.
With Örlö Nutrition and with the podcast, the message is clear. You can achieve optimal health without sacrificing your ethics or the health of the planet.
Timestamps:
About Corinna
2:14 Details about her Podcast
3:16. Care More Be Better information
5:46. Nutrition Without Compromise Information
6:03. What VAXX and Örlö are doing in the world of
Algae.
7:18. Genetics
8:30. About Omegas
10:34. Inflammation
11:34. Getting it into our diet
14:42: The SMASH fish
17:33. Örlö algae and being more absorbable than
krill or fish oil
17:52. What phospholipids are
21:00. About their algae
21:26. How much should people get in a day
22:16. DHA details
22:21. Recommendations for EPA/DHA daily
23:15. The needs of pregnant women
25:20. TESTED BY YOU CAMPAIGN discussion
26:44. The results people notice from the product/
Campaign
33:30. How to get the test.
34:44. What you get with the test.
36:49. Corinna's supplement recommendations.
Episode 23: POST MENOPAUSE - not the time to ignore the messaging.
A short but important message for women either post-menopause or in the menopausal journey somewhere - to understand more about the importance of still doing what they can for every aspect of their health at this time of life.
Please know if you are post-menopausal, menopause messaging is still important and being part of meno groups still so worthwhile.
If you need any info, help where to look; how (or who) to reach out to Medical Professionals, sites geared to the menopausal and post-menopausal woman and her body or more...please don't hesitate to email Coach Carolyn at info@coachcarolyn.ca.
IG: @yourwellnesswhy
info@coachcarolyn.ca
TV: Rogers TV LONDON "The Modern Woman's Menopause Show"
Episode 22: Your second time around - doing things for joy and how the Universe helps us do just this!
Jim (Jamie) Millard is a highly, highly respected Physiotherapist and Coach - and now adds esteemed Author to his bio. Coach Carolyn met him many years ago when he helped her and back then she marvelled at both his wisdom with his work - and also his words. Check out his bio below and ..... grab a copy of his amazing book while you are at it.
Ponder if you will, what you would do - if anything different - your second time around.
"Jamie Millard is a proud Canadian of Greek, Celtic, and Anglo-Saxon descent. He resides in London, Ontario. A physiotherapist by craft he has spent his life as an empathic healer and hope dealer. Jamie has compassionately served the people in his community for over thirty years assisting them in overcoming their challenges with pain. Jamie is a student of all things divinely human connection; the purest form of art. Jamie is a communication coach.
A passionate bard celebrating the magic of expression, his quest as laid out by Rilke has always been to “Live the questions”. The questions that have no right to go away. The questions that deal with who we are becoming. Poetry is a deeper conversation with our soul as it intersects with the frontiers of our unique humanity. We are after all a body in a soul. Writing in the sweet mystical darkness of early dawn, Jamie is a creative alchemist who enjoys casting lyrical spells on the magical wings of words as the sun slowly kisses the moon."
How you can reach Jim:
@Jim_millard IG
@bodymechJim
@cuoreosity IG
https://www.amazon.ca/Cuoreosity-heArt-Being-Jamie-Millard-ebook/dp/B0B4F4YW63
Cuoreosity :The heArt of Being
Jim Millard (he/him/his)
Registered Physiotherapist
National Director Clinical Training & Development
Rehabilitation Services
CBI Health
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Citing "The Second Mountain" we use as a term in this interview is taken from a book by David Brooks that explores the four commitments that define a life of meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation, to a philosophy or faith, and to a community
Episode 21: Having Meaningful Conversations
How we talk to others is essential. For our happiness when we connect; for our success - be it in our professional or personal world.
Coach Carolyn learnt about the importance of how we talk to others in the early 2000's when she was in Real Estate. The lesson was life-changing and has allowed her to excel not just in her professional life but...it's been essential for her as a Parent and for her connections even with friends. Every aspect of her life has benefitted from this knowledge and here she shares with her Listeners just how (and what) has helped.
Happy listening!
Episode 20: Plan for Success - For the Love of YOU!
Not only will this episode help create some stress-release in your life, but if you are a woman of the "menopausal" age or beyond this can be crucial to you for keeping your brain healthy and calm....for getting what you need and ya never could know, might positively impact your symptoms (see #episode 19 re: Sugar!).
Just three things to do:
- Listen to this episode;
- Take time after - and BEFORE you do ANYthing.... to write the day in your planner that you will physically sit and plan your meals/workouts/ topic of choice
- And then put in your alarm your first day for doing this.
- Oh.... and maybe a fourth; please #follow this Podcast and share if you haven't yet.
Thanks! Keep sparkling!
Coach C xo
Episode 19: You are sweet enough friend: Sugar
Coach Carolyn discusses sugar; really the reasons why it's so important to look at what we consume (we truly ARE what we eat) and why for the health of the next generation it is imperative we get this one food figured out.
This is not a scientific episode; she saves that for the experts. Instead she speaks from the heart; from her own experiences and ultimately both the lessons she's learned and amazing impact the change has made for her.
Keep sparkling!
xo
Episode 18: Declutter your space and declutter your mind.
Clutter.
If you are anything like Coach Carolyn; having a mess around, creates a feeling almost of overwhelm. She read a book years ago.....and this helped change how she looks at clutter and what she does about it.
Think about it; the less "outside" you have to do....the less effort you have to put into searching, finding, cleaning....and this my friends can go so far to help with a sense of calm, destress, less overwhelm and more.
Listen to this weeks pod episode and see how decluttering can hopefully make a difference in your world!
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Have a topic you'd like to hear about? A Guest you'd like to listen to? Or....do you want to set up a consult with Coach Carolyn to help you find out what you need to do for you and thus find your happy? As a Certified Health Coach, Certified Life Coach, Personal Trainer, Yogi, NLP Practitioner and more - she helps women over 40 with any aspect of their life and health. Click here for any of the above!
Episode 17: When will you decide you are too important to ignore?
Many women I come across; are working so hard - on being Mom, Wife, Friend, Co-worker - and being the absolutely BEST at these and yet....
forget to put themselves not just ON this list but a the TOP of it.
Listen to this week's Episode of Coffee with Carolyn where she shares why to put yourself first; how to think about it and HOW to do it. Enjoy!
Upcoming retreat on March 26th. Deadline March 22nd...would love to do just this for yourself and give you a day dedicated to you. Register/ find out more HERE
Episode 16: Finding Joy
I took a week "back" last week; away from the noise of social media; away from the musts we tend to put on ourselves - with the goal to see what bubbled up to the surface during this silence. It was surprising to me and yet was so worth doing this.
Hope you enjoy this episode from the heart; and I hope it allows you the idea of taking some time to reflect too.
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I help women - especially women over 40 (and I mean from 40 to over 80 as an example of my current clients); move, laugh, thrive. Find their strong, figure out how they deal with their stress. I help them focus on sleep and breath and moving. Fuelling their souls with nourishing food and how (often "what" too since it can be so confusing.). With 30 plus years in the fitness, health and coaching world, I can cover it all. So let me help you. Let's chat. No pressure; just a chat to see what YOU need and if in any way, I'm that - and if not....that's totally fine. Without talking, how do we know though? Email me at info@coachcarolyn.ca. Can't wait. Coach Carolyn xo
Episode 14: Why you need to work out for the woman you are today.
As we age our needs change. With every decade comes different needs and reasons to get to the gym. Now, disclaimer here: I speak in this episode about what women need to be doing but please a couple of things first:
1) Before you start any new exercise program always speak to a Health Pro, Doctor etc first.
2) If you have any injuries that hold you back from taking part in what I speak about in the episode - that's a perfect example of listening to YOUR body, YOUR needs. Some people physically can't work out due to injuries so please if this is you....don't go against that.
In this episode I am speaking to women who would otherwise be capable of doing exercise - and explaining WHY this is so extremely important to do so.
CORRECTION: I mention the biceps as a secondary muscle group. This was said incorrectly; if we are working our back muscles for example and using our arms, our biceps could in that case be secondary. The point I wanted to make was they are "smaller" muscles vs. something like our Quads.
So please, as always and as something I am always promoting: LISTEN to your body and do FOR your body what you can and what it needs with where it is TODAY.
Have any questions? Want to learn about my Health Coaching Programs/ Life Coaching, On-Demand Platform, Monthly zooms bringing women 40+ together or Yoga? Message me here!
Want to watch an episode of my tv show "The Modern Woman's Menopause Show"? Watch HERE.
Are you on INSTAGRAM? Follow me HERE.
Stay well til next time,
Hugs'n'sparkles! xo
coachcarolyn.ca
Episode 13: Imposter Syndrome No More!
Do you question yourself, your abilities, appearance etc - and wish you didn't? Do you believe you aren't as capable as the "image" you show the world...(hint: and yet you ARE).
Listen up as Coach Carolyn talks about her experiences with this, with the conversations she's heard from women who you'd think would never struggle with this but do....
And...see if any of the tips and tricks she offers help.
Have questions? Want help with anything "being woman" over 40? Reach out and let's talk.
Episode 15: Raising the consciousness of YOU. When 2 Health Coaches get together and talk life, health, happiness and menopause...
Join Coach Carolyn as she interviews Tanya Willis of Vibrant Living with Tanya and the Podcast: Menopause Made Easy with Tanya, as they discuss all things being woman: health, lifestyle, pressures (both from the world and what we put on ourselves); sugar, menopause and what it brings...and so much more.
Some great nuggets of inspiration here that you can take away and apply to your life and....some truly through-provoking conversation.
Find her on instagram HERE.
Episode 12: Welcome Back! New Name, New Season!
Please note: This show has been renamed (permanently) since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
New Season and topics for the 40+ woman.
Just for fun; at the start of every episode will be a song I thoroughly enjoy....hope you do as well!
Have topic ideas for future Episodes? Contact me HERE and let me know.
Want to be a future Guest? Same thing...contact me HERE and let's start the conversation.
Want to let me know something about being 40+ - be your celebrations; how you've felt, struggles, celebrated, thrived or otherwise? I'd LOVE to hear from you so please....Contact me HERE.
Can't wait for so much more....and stay tuned for my Upcoming Episode:
Getting rid of the Imposter in the room: Women and Imposter Syndrome.
Thanks for being here! Please follow....and share me with your pals! Much appreciated.
Hugs'n'sparkles,
Coach Carolyn
Episode 11: Never too late.
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
Speaking with Jacquie Gauthier: Native Canadian now residing in Hoedspruit, South Africa. Without giving much away; she's an accomplished woman: media personality, playwright, Co-Producer of Plays with the festival of one-woman shows playing Off Broadway, NY as well as at the National Museum of Women and the Arts in Washington, D.C. Not to mention the Festival was featured in Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine! Authoring 2 books, she is an incredible woman. (Links to books as well as to connect with Jacquie below).
It's her Foreign Aid trip in 2010 that we discuss; the amazing outcome from doing this and lessons learned along the way from this experience and life in general that has her where she is today: Yogi and offering the most incredible Safaris in both SA and India. (Link to her website also below).
Since moving to South Africa Jacquie has qualified as a Nature Guide and a Yoga teacher. She's combined these two passions to create the Soul Safari experience mentioned above, introducing her guests to the magic of Africa. What's next? Soul Safari India: On the Trail of the Tiger
Listen to this amazing Episode where she offers so much wisdom, inspiration and thought-provoking information.
LINK to Website (info on Safaris and her contact info here): CLICK HERE
Jacquie's two books, The Gift of an Elephant and Twenty Eight Elephants (and Other Every Day Miracles) are available on Amazon: CLICK HERE.
Link to Nourish: CLICK HERE
Episode 10: Breathe. Sleep. Breathe: Be.
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
Focussing on her breath has been a game changer for Coach Carolyn's sleep; health; mindset in general.
To say this is a topic of passion for her and something she wishes everyone would embrace is an understatement.
Listen this week to how it has helped her and others as well as the importance on zoning in on this under-focussed area yet life force.....of our health and happiness. And if you want to sleep better: listen up!
Episode 9: Creating Space with emotional strength
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
Are you tired? Drained? Feel times are really, truly, FINALLY affecting you? Listen on and feel hope.
Episode 8: It ain't too late to start (again...). Get back today. Learn from my lessons.
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
My experience with having to listen to my body and take a break was a message I wished to share. For those who feel it is too late to start being healthy (however that looks to them)...or for those who had to also take a break and it just hasn't ended...please listen in to my experience, what I learned, and why it is important to get back to it.
Episode 7: Resiliently YOU.
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
Going over 3 of 7 traits today that apply to Resilience and applying them to today....the times....to help you through.
Self-compassion
Self-Awareness
Pragmatism.
Episode 6: Body Image: Loving, Accepting, Celebrating YOU
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
How I came to terms with my body - and the advice I give to women I work with. While I understand this may work for some and not others, I do hope that the perspective helps someone create action in their world and feel better about themselves. I am not discussing eating disorders or the spectrum of these in this episode; that is for another time with Professionals - this is purely my way of helping women look at their thoughts when it comes to this area that seems to challenge us.
Episode 5: Recharge. Renew. For YOU.
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
Many don't have meditation in their life due to some many things that hold us back: because we don't know how. And... often people feel meditating is far more time-consuming and tricky than it is.
Join Coach Carolyn this week as she explains how it can help; especially the *importance* and *impact* on this and those in or prior to the #menopause years and then....
Sit back and enjoy 10 minutes of you time as she guides you through a delicious meditation offering two benefits to you:
- showing you exactly how simple and doable they can be and.
- having done this for you today!
🙏Please FOLLOW, COMMENT, or SHARE so that the people who need some #inspo and to hear the messages, can. 🥰
Coach Carolyn xo 🧘♀️Health Coach, 🤹♀️ Life Coach, 👩🎓NLP Practitioner and PoundPro 💪
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Episode 4: Menopausedom.... 4 ways to start feeling some control
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast. Podcast.In this Episode Coach Carolyn talks about
Menopause. A stage of life women have been struggling through since time immemorial; but do we REALLY know what to expect? What to prepare for? Are we any the wiser on what all of these feelings, symptoms are when they happen? Starting the conversation on this so more women can share, understand, learn more and not feel so alone, so scared and not like they are literally as some say "losing it". From the heart pumping fast to anxiety; night sweats to no sleep. Allergies and the dreaded weight gain. What's a gal to do?
Join the conversation since although we can't stop what is going on; we CAN certainly figure out how to get through it without it winning the day.
Have questions? Want more info on this topic? Have something you'd like to share or know more about? Email Coach Carolyn at: info@coachcarolyn.ca.
Remember: Her Group Program will be beginning in February so email her to get the info on it and put your name on the registration list.
Stay well....
And remember to create some space in your day for you.
Episode 3: Meeting YOU where you're at.
Please note: This show has been renamed since recording "Coffee with Carolyn" Podcast.
Talking about the pressure women can put on themselves - especially with the word "should" and why this can create stress in our lives. Offering an opportunity to think about this and ways to change your thinking if this is you.
The times we are in - especially call for us to have more self compassion; created more self care opportunities, and to not try to live up to others' expectations or results.
Hoping you find this helpful; Coach Carolyn offers her insight on ways to change your thinking and to be much kinder on you.
Next week: she talks MENOPAUSE. A topic that is important, prevalent and yet not many women go into this situation with much knowledge. Her goal is to change this....and create some conversation.
Are you looking to achieve intentional change as a path to build your future best self? She can help you in both lifestyle and health and wellness habits. Reach out to her by clicking HERE.
Episode 2: Resilience, Redefine, Renew.
(NB: This podcast has since been renamed "Coffee with Carolyn")
Join me each week for discussion on all things "woman". Women's health, our lessons, lives and loves. Anyone is welcome to listen in; however "being" in the 40+ world myself I know what I've experienced and can relate to others. Most of my clients are women also; so I felt this Podcast would be great dedicated to them.
This week, I take up "this space" to talk about the challenges we've faced this year - and will continue to face in life since they will always be there; but how we can grow from them each time. It's some inspiration, information - and a bit of sparkle for your day.
Have a particular topic you'd like me to cover? Please email or message me and I'll be happy to consider it. I want to "meet my Listeners where they are at, so I'd love to hear from you.
Be well friends.
Coach Carolyn xo
Intro 1: Welcome to "The Space with Coach Carolyn"
Welcome;
I am so excited to offer my brand spankin' new Podcast! Another item off my "to do list" for 2020 - and what a year it has been. I've been in Health and Wellness for 30+ years now and have worked primarily with women - so this is a Space dedicated to you where we will talk life, health, love and laughter. Everything woman! I especially cater to the 40+ crowd but at the end of the day anyone can learn since what you learn now can be applied "when you get there".
So this might be a space for you to switch off and listen, to learn and be inspired. Or...perhaps you are looking to create space in your world; your mind, or life.
Whatever it is you are looking for, you will find it here and if not? Send me a quick note and ask me to cover a topic so I can meet you where you are at.
From Mental Health to Body Health; Productivity to Habits; Humour to Dressup ..... it'll all be here so stay tuned.
Each Monday at 12 noon - watch out for the link. Please subscribe, share and ..... join me on instagram: @the_space_with_coach_carolyn.
Here's til Monday Friends!
Coach Carolyn xo