Being Well-Beings Podcast

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This episode was such a long awaited, energetic, and vibrant conversation with Carmen Hunter.  Her authenticity, intelligence, openhearted nature, and courage made this conversation so refreshing while getting to know more about her as a podcast guest.  In a follow-up exchange, Carmen’s feedback to me was, “You’re just a lovely person to talk to. Period.”  Well, the feeling is certainly mutual -- and I believe you will hear that as you join us in this conversation where we dig into the background when she started her own board-certified health Coaching school as well as some history around her mamahood journey - talk about some real and raw stories of grit, determination, perseverance, and fire! It was such a rich and profound honor to sit down and interview Carmen.

Carmen Hunter is a certified functional health coach with a focus on helping people break through emotional and mental barriers on their journey to better health. She has used her coaching experience to create and found The Institute for Functional Health Coaching, an online accredited health coaching organization that gives people a blueprint to start their own health coaching business. She has over 16 years of experience working worldwide with hundreds of chronically ill clients and almost a decade of mentoring practitioners in the online space. She is passionate about coaching people through their health and lifestyle challenges and uses what she calls “investigative inquiry” and intuition to help her clients quickly see the hope and light in their struggles. She believes that “you know better than anyone what is best for you” and her goal is to empower people to learn to trust themselves again and create sustainable health-mentally, emotionally and physically.  Most recently, she is part of a small team working with Root Cause and Networkit to create a first of its kind coaching platform focused on combating all the toxins we are bombarded with and empowering individuals to greater health, wellness, and wellbeing.

Carmen is offering a $200 off coupon to anyone who signs up for IFHC using the coupon code LO200 - link can be found in the show notes.  She is also offering a free hour of mentoring for anyone who signs up with our special affiliate link, such a kind and generous offer to our CfF extended community and listeners. Thank you Carmen!

Quick side-note just before we jump into this interview - to stay connected with myself and our growing Coaches for Freedom community, go to coachesforfreedom.com - you can also follow us on our Substack or Instagram - and to connect with Carmen on social media or via email - all the links can be found in the show notes. And if this episode resonates, please share the Being Well-Beings podcast with others so they might join us in these conversations.

Lots of gratitude, hugs, & Aloha

Lo Elizabeth, MA, NBC-HWC, RYT, PCC, MINT member

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Stay connected with Carmen Hunter:

Instagram: ⁠@carmen_hunter_health

Website: Carmen Hunter Health, LLC

Email: carmenhunter@protonmail.com

Sign up for The Institute for Functional Health Coaching school with coupon code LO200 for $200 savings AND complementary gift of one-hour mentor coaching with Carmen

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I had the distinct and very special pleasure to have Ashley Taylor as our guest for this episode. Her transparency and authenticity shines through in this interview.

Ashley Taylor, also known by her instagram handle @ashleytaylorwellness, aka the high maintenance hippie, is a Board-Certified Registered Nurse of 10 years and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach. In 2020 her Instagram platform blew up - and she shares in this interview that the growth in audience began to skyrocket just after a very courageous decision in March 2020 to speak publicly with full authenticity sharing perspectives and insights that were not only controversial to the mainstream narrative but also around themes that others were being censored and de-platformed for expressing.

We talk a bit about in this episode, during a time in 2020 when my eyes and heart were opening even more to what was taking place and feeling quite alone in that awakening, Ashley was one of the brave individuals to speak publicly that resonated and helped to inspire me that I was not as alone as it seemed.

When I learned about Ashley’s path to acquiring additional coaching certifications including the National Board Certification for Health & Wellness Coaches, she became one of the individuals on my short wish list to meet and interview.  Although, I had no idea what to expect from our conversation and discussion around her Coaching journey…what I did discover was striking, as it is crystal clear that she is called to the Coaching profession and path.  I could see, hear, and feel that while Ashley clearly has a variety of skills and intelligence, above all else she is in her purpose as a professional Holistic Coach.  Ashley’s perspective is also very aligned in support of the CfF mission and vision!

Given my passion for the Coaching field and professional role, it was exhilarating to discover this, plus I so appreciate the opportunity to experience firsthand her warmth, kindness, flexibility, and open-heartedness.  Having this conversation with Ashley is EXACTLY why I finally launched this podcast - there are many individuals we might reach, and hopefully inspire towards the Well-being/Coaching/Counseling work in a way that is aligned and purposeful for both bridging and building the path forward in service of mankind and our future generations.

I have an even greater respect for Ashley now after getting to connect with her personally, and I know that as you tune in, you will be pleasantly surprised at how much she expresses and in such a way that illuminates her passion and purpose for the courageous life she has created in alignment with her values.  I truly hope you will join us in this entire conversation, and then, if inspired, please share it with others.

Lots of love & gratitude,

Lo Elizabeth, MA, NBC-HWC, RYT, PCC, MINT member

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Bio:

Ashley Taylor Haupt, RN-BC, BSN, FMCHC

Holistic Health + Life Coach

Ashley Taylor Haupt is an RN of 10 years and a certified functional medicine health coach. She experienced a health crisis in 2018, and was dealing with extreme mental and physical burnout. This led to her finding alternative forms of healing, as the conventional system did not help her heal. Ashley now views this experience as one of the greatest lessons and healing opportunities of her life, and now helps others learn to become the most mentally and physically resilient version of themselves.

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Stay connected with Ashley:

Instagram: @ashleytaylorwellness

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ashleytaylorwellness

Email: ashley@ashleytaylorwellness.com

Podcast: High-Maintenace Hippie podcast

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Thank you for being here to join me in this conversation! I am extremely delighted to share this episode with my guest, beautiful friend, and colleague, Angela Doss, who many might know by her instagram handle @attuningforks .  Over the last few years, Angela’s social media presence has been a poetic and profound expression of truth, bravery, compassion, and inquiry.  With very few psychology professionals speaking publicly regarding anything that might not match the mainstream narrative, Angela’s perspective both as a psychotherapist and a local based in the Los Angeles area of California has been a source of inspiration to myself and so many others.  Her writings and musings are a valuable contribution to the medical and health freedom space. 

I have felt and found multifaceted resonance with Angela as she is the Founder of Counselors for Freedom and mutually feels a calling aligned with mine.  It has taken us about one year to allow the form to begin to take shape, but the timing is coalescing now for us to partner in efforts both for bridging and building the parallel path forward in service of the Counseling, Coaching, and Well-being fields.  It was an honor to hear a bit more about her transformational story of a near death experience and simultaneous diagnosis with Type 1 Diabetes, along with an experience up on the mountaintop in the later part of 2020 when she chose the “courageous road less traveled”.  Angela has a warmth, kindness, presence, and perspective that I hope will permeate the field of psychology. 

Bio:

Angela Doss, MA, FNTP, AMFT

Psychotherapist; Clinical + Community Psychology/Coaching

Angela is an Integrative Relational + Somatic Empowerment + Spiritual Counselor & Coach with 10+ years of education and experience. She has a Masters in Clinical Psychology with two specializations — in Applied Community Psychology, and in Spiritual & Depth Psychology. She has worked in residential eating disorder treatment, and she is an IPE-Certified Dynamic Mind Body Eating Psychology Coach and an NTA-Certified Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. She completed additional coursework in Integrative Medicine & Nutrition for Mental Health, as well as Cult Recovery & Exit Counseling.

She is a Registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles, California, where she provides counseling and psychoeducation to adults and adolescents of diverse cultural backgrounds, including individuals, couples, and families.  Early in 2022, she founded Counselors for Freedom for the purpose of uniting mental health professionals of all identities and modalities from across the globe in shared support of health freedom, medical choice, informed consent, and bodily autonomy.  

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I hope that you will stay connected with myself and our growing Coaches for Freedom community, and also be part of the budding collaboration with Angela and Counselors for Freedom as we join forces to begin to make some fun, new things happen.

Lots of gratitude, hugs, & Aloha

L

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Stay Connected with Angela Doss:

Attuning Forks Wellness & Counselors for Freedom

Instagram: @attuningforks @counselors4freedom

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Stay Connected with the Being Well-Beings podcast:

Instagram: ⁠⁠@beingwellbeingspodcast⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠@coachesforfreedom⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠Coaches for Freedom ~ BWB Podcast

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This episode is a super organic and synchronistic conversation with ⁠Laura Jane Bolton⁠ - and it was particularly special and fun to have Eve, my Coaching colleague, friend, and member of our Coaches for Freedom Co-Creators Core Circle, join me as a co-host in this episode.  We could have chatted even longer as Laura brought forth so much rich wisdom, insight, and experience into the space.  

In the spirit of being mindful of time, we decided to let it flow and split our conversation into two episodes. I hope that you will join us in Part One of this conversation as we talk about her Coaching origin story, current Coaching work in the world with conscious entrepreneurs, and begin to delve into the importance of focusing on one’s ‘inner apocalypse’ wherein lies the opportunity for true awakening to occur.  In Part Two, we dive even deeper, unpack her perspectives and current observations calling her to offer more group Coaching, and finally hear about her journey away from social media. Afterwards, Laura told us that this was one of the most favorite conversations she has ever recorded!  We also loved it as it left us with a refreshing taste of inspiration as we continued on with our day.  Laura’s vibrant, courageous energy and open-hearted communication was quite palpable during this exchange.

Laura is a Coach who works with awake entrepreneurs to help them develop greater health, wealth, reach, and impact, through the discovery, connection, and embodiment of their fullest, deepest and most authentic self.

Extended Bio:

Laura Jane Bolton was born and raised in London England, where at 18 she ventured off to study Psychology at University. From there Laura had a 15 year corporate career including change management consultancy and Executive Coaching.  In 2015, when she was suffering with a plethora of health issues, Laura left the soul sucking confines of the corporate world, healed herself, retrained, and began working as a High Performance Health Coach. She also began travelling the world, and in the past few years has lived in Spain, Croatia, Cape Town, Bali, the US, and Mexico, where she currently resides. Over time her work has evolved and she currently focuses on mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and personal sovereignty.

Whilst Laura has spent many thousands of hours (and dollars) studying these topics, her wisdom is grounded in her own lived experience and overcoming various personal challenges throughout her life, including; A spiritual awakening and dark nights of the soul/ego; Being broke, homeless and jobless; Abusive relationships; Losing friends and family; Wellness issues including Anxiety, Depression, IBS, Skin Conditions, Fibromyalgia, a Stroke and "Cancer". And then there's the emotional rollercoaster ride we've all been on since early 2020. For Laura this has been a challenging time but also an incredible time as its led her to experience an even deeper level of healing, growth and expansion than she ever thought possible.

Quick side-note just before we jump into this interview - to stay connected with myself and our growing Coaches for Freedom community, please go to coachesforfreedom.com - you can also follow us on our Substack or Instagram - all the links can be found in the show notes. And if this episode resonates, please share the Being Well-Beings podcast with others so they might join these discussions.

Lots of gratitude, hugs, & Aloha

L

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Stay Connected with Laura Jane Bolton: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.laurajanebolton.com⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠@laura.jane.bolton⁠

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Stay Connected with the Being Well-Beings podcast:

Instagram: ⁠⁠@beingwellbeingspodcast⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠@coachesforfreedom⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠Coaches for Freedom ~ BWB Podcast

Connect with Coaches for Freedom here ~ join our Community, find a Coach, subscribe for updates

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This episode is a super organic and synchronistic conversation with Laura Jane Bolton - and it was particularly special and fun to have Eve, my Coaching colleague, friend, and member of our Coaches for Freedom Co-Creators Core Circle, join me as a co-host in this episode.  We could have chatted even longer as Laura brought forth so much rich wisdom, insight, and experience into the space. 

In the spirit of being mindful of time, we decided to let it flow and split our conversation into two episodes. I hope that you will join us in Part One of this conversation as we talk about her Coaching origin story, current Coaching work in the world with conscious entrepreneurs, and begin to delve into the importance of focusing on one’s ‘inner apocalypse’ wherein lies the opportunity for true awakening to occur.  In Part Two, we dive even deeper, unpack her perspectives and current observations calling her to offer more group Coaching, and finally hear about her journey away from social media. Afterwards, Laura told us that this was one of the most favorite conversations she has ever recorded!  We also loved it as it left us with a refreshing taste of inspiration as we continued on with our day.  Laura’s vibrant, courageous energy and open-hearted communication was quite palpable during this exchange.

Laura is a Coach who works with awake entrepreneurs to help them develop greater health, wealth, reach, and impact, through the discovery, connection, and embodiment of their fullest, deepest and most authentic self.

Extended Bio:

Laura Jane Bolton was born and raised in London England, where at 18 she ventured off to study Psychology at University. From there Laura had a 15 year corporate career including change management consultancy and Executive Coaching.  In 2015, when she was suffering with a plethora of health issues, Laura left the soul sucking confines of the corporate world, healed herself, retrained, and began working as a High Performance Health Coach. She also began travelling the world, and in the past few years has lived in Spain, Croatia, Cape Town, Bali, the US, and Mexico, where she currently resides. Over time her work has evolved and she currently focuses on mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing, and personal sovereignty.

Whilst Laura has spent many thousands of hours (and dollars) studying these topics, her wisdom is grounded in her own lived experience and overcoming various personal challenges throughout her life, including; A spiritual awakening and dark nights of the soul/ego; Being broke, homeless and jobless; Abusive relationships; Losing friends and family; Wellness issues including Anxiety, Depression, IBS, Skin Conditions, Fibromyalgia, a Stroke and "Cancer". And then there's the emotional rollercoaster ride we've all been on since early 2020. For Laura this has been a challenging time but also an incredible time as its led her to experience an even deeper level of healing, growth and expansion than she ever thought possible.

Quick side-note just before we jump into this interview - to stay connected with myself and our growing Coaches for Freedom community, please go to coachesforfreedom.com - you can also follow us on our Substack or Instagram - all the links can be found in the show notes. And if this episode resonates, please share the Being Well-Beings podcast with others so they might join these discussions.

Lots of gratitude, hugs, & Aloha

L

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Stay Connected with Laura Jane Bolton: ⁠https://www.laurajanebolton.com

Instagram: ⁠@laura.jane.bolton

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Stay Connected with the Being Well-Beings podcast:

Instagram: ⁠@beingwellbeingspodcast⁠ and ⁠@coachesforfreedom⁠

Website: ⁠Coaches for Freedom ~ BWB Podcast

Connect with Coaches for Freedom~here join our community, find a Coach, subscribe for updates: https://www.coachesforfreedom.com

Follow us on Instagram: @coachesforfreedom

Subscribe to our Substack: https://coachesforfreedom.substack.com

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In this episode, Lo got a momentous chance to sit down briefly with one of her earliest Coaching Mentors, Linda Bark, PhD, RN, MCC, NBC-HWC, NC-BC.  Lo had the opportunity to learn from Linda about 15 years ago in a graduate school level program when her Wisdom of the Whole approaches to holistic health Coaching that weaved in both somatic and integral psychology were considered quite cutting edge.  At that time, the health and wellness Coaching field was still fringe and evolving, yet Linda foreshadowed then to Lo that Coaching would be mainstream in healthcare and corporate systems within a decade...and, well, she was right!  Here in this chat they get to celebrate Linda's recent 80th birthday, and discuss some of Linda's experience, insight, and perspectives around the past, present, and future of the well-being field.

Linda Bark has pioneered new professional health pathways by starting a nursing private practice in 1970 and by bringing holistic nursing to hospitals in the 80s. During the 90s she led medical tours to China, lived in China to discover how to help Westerners create a context for Eastern healing and consulted to organizations nationwide to start healing centers. She has 2 nursing degrees, a masters in life transition counseling, and a PhD in philosophy and religion. She combined her education and experience to create the Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy, a home for leading people to new ways to live and work. They are helping build a new world that has more kindness, increased healing for the planet, more wholeness and the knowledge that we are all connected.

Bullet points about Linda:

• Certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF) as a Master Certified Coach 
• Board Certified Nurse Coach through the American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation 
• More than 30 years of coaching experience 
• Pioneer of new professional health pathways 
• Author of award winning book: The Wisdom of the Whole: Coaching for Joy, Health and Success 
• Creator of the integral/holistic coaching model; an innovative and unique approach to co-creating learning experiences that empower people and help them feel and maintain a sense of ease, fun and fulfillment. 
• Creator of the Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Academy, a Coach training program certified by ICF, NBHWC, and AHNCC

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Stay Connected with Linda and the Wisdom of the Whole Coach training program (certified by ICF, NBHWC, & AHNCC):

http://www.wisdomofthewhole.com

Instagram: @wisdomofthewhole 

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Stay Connected with Being Well-Beings Podcast:

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Instagram: @beingwellbeingspodcast and @coachesforfreedom

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Website: Coaches for Freedom ~ BWB Podcast

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In this episode, Lo sits down with fellow longtime professional Coach, Jill McLaughlin Grunewald, HNC, FMCHC, and just after they finished their recorded conversation Jill said this was the best, most comprehensive, and personal interview she's ever done!   

They talked about sooooo much—including (*estimated time stamps): 

11:50 - Observations on the growth, changes, and standardization of health coaching 

20:56 - Directive coaching vs partnering with client vs 'fixing' them 

26:38 - Her journey taking a public stand for medical-health freedom 

31:34 - Knowing in 2019 that mandates were coming 

34:27 - What happened post-pub, healthcare practitioners reaching out 

40:36 - Losing it all was on the table, but business doubled

 44:25 - Role of coach as connector 

51:18 - Power of vulnerability 

53:53 - Target on back & angel showed up 

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Integrative Nutrition & Hormone Coach Jill McLaughlin Grunewald, is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, founder of Healthful Elements, co-author of the #1 best-selling Essential Thyroid Cookbook, and fierce health freedom and parental rights advocate. As the mother of a transracially adoptive child, Jill is particularly outspoken against medical racism. 

She's successfully managed three autoimmune conditions (Celiac, Hashimoto's, and alopecia) with a whole foods diet, smart supplementation, and lifestyle changes. Since 2006, Jill has helped hundreds of clients and students with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's do the same. Since 2014, she has also helped many with alopecia reverse their hair loss—something that many doctors insist is impossible. 

In early 2020, pre-'Rona', Jill published an anti-mandate masterpiece, and as a result of the outpouring of support from healthcare practitioners of all types, she founded Coaches for Health Freedom.  

Stay Connected with Jill: 

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https://www.healthfulelements.com 

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Anti-mandate article

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https://www.coachesforhealthfreedom.org 

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Stay Connected with Being Well-Beings Podcast: 

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Instagram: @beingwellbeingspodcast and @coachesforfreedom 

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Website: Coaches for Freedom ~ BWB Podcast

https://www.innerintegration.com/

https://rumble.com/c/InnerIntegration

https://meredithmiller.substack.com/

The presentation referenced in the interview is linked here:

https://rumble.com/v27r4e6-how-they-got-people-to-participate-in-covid-compliance.html

Follow/connect with Lo & Coaches for Freedom:

https://www.coachesforfreedom.com

@coachesforfreedom

https://coachesforfreedom.substack.com