My Motivation

The wise old saying that “laughter is the best medicine” is really true. Intrinsic Health Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader, Debbie Friend, shares her journey with using laughter to heal and discusses laughter’s powerful effects on nourishing the mind, body and soul.

In this episode, we discuss:

- The health benefits of laughing and what it does to the body

- How laughter can reduce stress

- Using laughter to deal with tough times

- The healing power of laughter

- How laughter can strengthen our relationships

- How to infuse more laughter into our everyday lives

- Laughter Yoga – what it is and how its transformed peoples’ lives

And more!

Debbie Friend, Intrinsic Health Coach and Laughter Yoga Leader, is the Founder, Owner and Program Facilitator of LifeCurrents whose mission is to help people manage their daily stressors and lead healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives. Her career started as a hospital-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Specialist and Exercise Physiologist where she spent years counseling, educating and training heart patients on how to develop, adopt and practice sound dietary and exercise habits. Over the years, her focus shifted to helping people manage the one major roadblock to healthy living, stress. Through her engaging stress management presentations, laughter yoga sessions and 1:1 health coaching, she helps clients step into their best selves by teaching strategies for healthy living and motivating them to adopt healthy habits.

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Are you playing it safe? Following other people’s dreams for your life rather than your own? Pursuing a career society has deemed acceptable rather than one you’re truly passionate about? If this sounds like you then this episode is just what you need to hear!

Online fitness coach, Noah Defraties, takes us through his inspiring journey leaving his safe, corporate career behind to follow his passion for fitness. Noah’s wisdom and powerful advice will awaken the motivation inside you to chase those dreams that you were once too fearful or hesitant to.

Noah also shares awesome tips for how to stay motivated to eat healthy/exercise during this unique time we’re all living in.

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About Noah Defraties

Noah is an online fitness coach that specializes in helping people build muscle and strength while making fitness a lifestyle.

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Two things that are essential to our happiness, mental health and living a fulfilling life, but often are difficult to do, are following your intuition and setting healthy boundaries. I sat down with Spiritual Coach, Reiki Healer and Yoga Instructor, Sarah Lane, to discuss:

- Why it’s often difficult to listen to our intuition

- How we can become better at following/trusting our inner voice

- Why setting healthy boundaries is important/why it’s often difficult to

- How we can set healthy boundaries at work, in romantic relationships and with family and friends

And so much more!

Sarah also tells her inspiring journey about how listening to her intuition/setting healthy boundaries led her to living the life she’s always imagined. The wisdom she shares is truly life altering!

Sarah and I also talk a lot about the power of meditation and if you’re in need of some relaxation, which I’m sure we all are these days, you’re in luck because Sarah leads us through a short self guided mediation, you’re not going to want to miss!

And that’s not all!!

The road to career success for women in male dominated industries can sometimes be an uphill one. Chief People Officer, Kelsey Habich, provides career changing advice on how women can rise to the top and land their seat at the table.

We discuss:

- how Kelsey climbed the corporate ladder so quickly at such a young age

- gender gap challenges that arose throughout her career and how she worked through/overcame them

- how the gender gap has changed over the years and how companies can continue to close this gap

- advice Kelsey has for women on how to succeed in male dominated industries

-advice for recruiters on how to be successful

This episode is just what you need to hear to propel your career forward.

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Life, Career and Purpose Coach, Ashley DelBello shares her inspiring journey leaving the corporate world after 15 years to embark on a journey of self discovery to find her greater purpose. She discusses how burnout had impacted her, how she arrived at the difficult decision to leave the PR world, as well as the steps she took to discover the line of work that was most meaningful to her. In addition to this, we also explored how to set boundaries at work, why we tie our self worth to our job and how to ask for help when needed while still feeling like a contributing team member.

If you are currently feeling burnt out and are seeking a more fulfilling career and overall life, you need to listen to this episode! Ashley provides truly life changing advice!

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Isabel Hoppman is a 17 year old entrepreneur who founded SWEET (Successful Women Entrepreneurs Everywhere Today) that was created to inspire young girls to start their own businesses. She shares her experiences with starting SWEET, obstacles she’s faced along the way, how she’s stayed positive through difficulties, as well as advice she has for young aspiring entrepreneurs that think their age is a limiting factor.

Isabel is proof that there are no age limits when it comes to your dreams.

Be sure to follow SWEET so you can stay up to date on all the wonderful things SWEET is doing!

Instagram: @Isabelhoppman