Skip to main content
The HYE Life Podcast

The HYE Life Podcast

By Meredith Wadsworth

The HYE Life is about Honoring Yourself Everyday. In essence, this is about tuning out the noise, and tuning in to yourself-- not who others expect you to be or who you used to be, but who you are now, with the understanding that that determines who you become and the life you continue to lead. Whether you have 10 minutes or 2 hours, whether you're looking to improve upon your health, mindset, wealth, general wellbeing, or simply want to expand your relationship to your self and those around you, this podcast has something for everyone. Ready to feel the HYE? Let's dive in.

www.feelthehye.com
Available on
Apple Podcasts Logo
Castbox Logo
Overcast Logo
RadioPublic Logo
Spotify Logo
Currently playing episode

044 // The Healing Power of Carbs w. Diabetes Experts Robby Barbaro + Cyrus Khambatta

The HYE Life PodcastFeb 18, 2020

00:00
01:26:51
079 // Personal Growth Update: the Best Most Challenging Year of My Life

079 // Personal Growth Update: the Best Most Challenging Year of My Life

Join me on another walk for this personal growth update episode! I share my reflections on a recent trip a took to round out my 27th year of life and share how the last year has been both one of the best and darkest years of my life-- because two opposing truths can, and often do, go hand in hand.

PS - I forgot to mention in the episode that my best friend who came with me to France is someone I only met in this past year, in large part because of the challenging things I was going through. Just one example (among many) that constantly remind me of the mantra, "So much good will come from this."

Some topics that come up:

- imposter syndrome, feeling the fear and doing it anyway

- saying yes to opportunities you don't feel "ready" for

- The reality of facing your own growth and resilience

- Growing from a past relationship, facing triggers

- Sharing the good in your life without the guilt

- Your misery doesn't lessen that of others; you sharing your light only ignites others

- How quickly things change

- How light can only come from darkness: all your challenges are helping you grow to find the sense of self you didn't know was possible


LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// FigFlix virtual yoga

// Learn more about how to Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Book Private Virtual Yoga

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email

Oct 08, 202126:51
078 // Playing Small
Sep 10, 202119:38
077 // Whats Love Got to Do With It? w. Julia Perretta, LMFT

077 // Whats Love Got to Do With It? w. Julia Perretta, LMFT

When it comes to self-healing and personal development, it's easy to get trapped in the belief that the work must be done in a vacuum-- that in order for it to be "self-healing" and "self-development" it must be done alone; that you shouldn't be in partnership until you've done all the work on yourself. So what's love got to do with it? 

Every relationship, no matter how long or what transpires, is a lesson. Whether romantic or platonic, familial or acquaintance, every relationship in which we find ourselves offers an opportunity to notice our relational patterns, how we form our bonds and connections, and brings light to all our complex layers that individual work can't reveal. 

Join me and my dear friend and Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Julia Perretta as we explore the topics of attachment styles, personal development through partnership, beliefs around the "ideal" relationship, "failed relationships," the motivation behind being in relationship, codependency and its root cause, and so much more.

Julia specializes in working with couples and individuals utilizing somatic and attachment-informed approaches. She encourages healing through authentic embodiment, connection, humor, love and engagement with the things that bring you joy. She is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher and shares these practices with her community and clients.

LINKS:

// www.lightmindwellness.com

// Follow Julia @lightmindwellness @joulesrhoulez

// Email Julia: lightmindwellness@gmail.com

// Read about Julia on Psychology Today

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Embodied Self-Study: Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Book me for Private Virtual Yoga

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my occasional Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email

Aug 26, 202101:02:33
076 // Reviving Curiosity

076 // Reviving Curiosity

We are all born with an insatiable curiosity to discover our world. We open our eyes and take in our surroundings with all of our senses, letting our bodies do the exploring. Somewhere along the way, we are taught that the world is a dangerous place and that we are vulnerable to all its whims and follies-- "curiosity killed the cat," as the adage goes. We are taught to fear our own curiosity lest it get us into trouble, whether it be punishment, physical pain, heartbreak, grief, psychological trauma, or death. And while we can appreciate and honor our biology's survival mechanisms, we often do so to a detriment-- losing our sense of wonder and magic, and moving about life with less curiosity and more projection-- casting our learned and conditioned assumptions, biases, and past experiences onto whatever (and whoever) is in front of us, all for the sake of maintaining a sense of security and self-preservation. 

In time, we become blind to our biases, our expectations, our personal narratives, and even to what we know (or what we think we know). We move through life, blind to our blindness, cutting ourselves off from leading fully embodied lives. 

What if instead, we approached everything as though it was the very first time we saw it? heard it? felt it? 

What if, instead of living in fear, we lived in opportunity?

What if we nurtured our curiosity, and in doing so, stayed open to greater possibilities?

What if, when we noticed our curiosity kicking in, we fueled it rather than extinguished it?

What if we took that class, rented that book, listened to that TedTalk, asked the questions and actually stayed quiet and open and present long enough to hear their answers?

What if, when we catch ourselves wondering how something works, how it's done, or what it would be like, we gave ourselves permission to indulge in our curiosity? What if we go find out?


LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Embodied Self-Study: Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Book me for Private Virtual Yoga

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my occasional Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email


Aug 17, 202123:47
075 // Broad Strokes: a Personal Growth Update
Aug 03, 202128:01
074 // Vulnerability, Authenticity and Oversharing

074 // Vulnerability, Authenticity and Oversharing

Vulnerability is of integral importance in our lives and personal development. While often seen as a weakness, vulnerability is an incredible strength and is often that "missing piece" in relationships that allows us to be fully authentic and understood-- when shared in the right way. 

Vulnerability not only forges deeper connections with those we entrust with our truth, but it allows us to begin to integrate into our identities the very parts of ourselves we have felt ashamed of or abandoned, and gives others the permission (they've been unwittingly seeking outside of themselves) to do the same.

That said, as publicly sharing vulnerability is becoming more of a thing, it's common to feel pressure to be vulnerable for the sake of being seen as "authentic," but if we aren't respectful of boundaries or sharing with the right intentions, we can end up oversharing and causing more harm than healing-- for yourself and for those you are trying to connect with or serve.


If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review!

And if you're wanting to get even more out of our time together, I'd love to work with you 1-1. Work with me!


LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email

 

Jun 09, 202127:27
073 // Conscious Creativity

073 // Conscious Creativity

When was the last time you created just for the sake of creation, without all the pressure that comes with needing it to be a “good idea,” visually pleasing, or profitable?

For many, we lose touch with our inner creator when we reach that certain point in our youth where the world suddenly asks more of us than to simply experience the joys and wonders it has to offer; when we are told to leave our imagined worlds behind and come back to reality; when we aren’t recognized by institutions or society at large as “artistically inclined,” and so we are told to spend our time and efforts on something more lucrative. And even for those who have the natural talent, the pressure to make something of oneself through their art is often enough to disconnect them from it.

But creation isn’t reserved for the artistically talented, nor is it restricted to sensory mediums. We create every day with our thoughts, choices, and actions that make up our life experience, and when we are blocked or stifled creatively, we become blocked in our lives.

Reconnecting with and nurturing your inner creative is vital to allow for greater self-expression and self-awareness, and as a result, a sense of empowerment, purpose and autonomy in creating an aligned and authentic reality for yourself.


If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review!

And if you're wanting to get even more out of our time together, I'd love to work with you 1-1. Work with me!

LINKS:

// The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email

Jun 01, 202134:36
072 // Relate By Design: Human Design w. Brigit Ritchie

072 // Relate By Design: Human Design w. Brigit Ritchie

This episode welcomes to the show Human Design expert Brigit Ritchie to walk us through the basics of HD and how we can harness its offerings to honor our individuality and build stronger relationships. According to Ritchie, Human Design is a lens through which we honor our unique wiring, create space to own our truth and accept others more fully, and find enjoyment in taking the risk to live from your wiring so you can connect and contribute to your greater community. By understanding your design, which is your unique energy flow, you will feel more connected in your relationships and do your best work from a place of intuitive abundance.

I highly recommend checking out your own Human Design chart as you listen, and then booking a session with Brigit! She offers free 20-min consultations, as well.

If you're enjoying the podcast, please take a moment to leave a review and share with others!

And if you're wanting to get even more out of our time together, I'd love to work with you 1-1 to cultivate greater levels of confidence, resourcefulness, creativity, emotional resilience, and feel more embodied. Learn more about how to Work with me.

Episode Links:

// Follow Brigit on Instagram @brigit_ritchie

// Her website Relational-design.com

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Work with me for 1-1 holistic wellbeing + life coaching

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email


May 24, 202101:09:16
071 // Navigating Resistance: When to Lean In or Walk Away
May 11, 202129:20
070 // My One-Year HA Recovery Update + Reflections
Apr 30, 202138:17
069 // Bonus Interview: My Self-Healing Story

069 // Bonus Interview: My Self-Healing Story

This bonus episode is a re-air of my interview on the podcast Pick A Topic with Leah Rice aired Jan 31, 2021.
Leah interviewed me on my own self-healing story, from how I first got into health coaching and how that has shifted into the kind of self-healing and holistic life coaching that I do now; my journey through restrictive dieting from a young age, body image, and healing my relationship with food and movement; finding my true self and authentic voice throughout this process and how it has expanded my entire world.
*Minor edits have been made for length, and original episode can be found here.
If you enjoyed this episode (or any episode you've heard so far), please take a moment to leave a 5-star review. It would mean so much to me, and it would help to get this free resource to reach other listeners and create a greater impact. Thank you!
And if you're wanting to get even more out of our time together, I'd love to work with you 1-1. Work with me!
LINKS:
// Follow me on IG @thehyelife
// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support
// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!
// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter
// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email
Apr 10, 202101:06:31
068 // Intentional Mornings for Hormone Healing + Quantity vs. Quality for Perfectionists
Apr 02, 202124:16
067 // Perfectionism + Catching Stealthy Expectations

067 // Perfectionism + Catching Stealthy Expectations

We all have expectations that we set for ourselves, for situations, and for others. As humans, we have the incredible power of imagination. We dream and we tell stories, automatically creating a set of ideals for how things and people ought to be... how they “should” be.

Some of the time, we can catch our expectations and recognize when they aren't realistic or fair, but not always. And it's those subtle expectations-- the stealthy ones-- that go under our radar and no longer feel like expectations but feel like facts. These are the most dangerous to our wellbeing, our self worth, our goals, and our relationships.

This episode covers how to go about catching our perfectionism and expectations before they take over our behavior, relationships, goals, and ultimately our lives. These tools and takeaways will help you to not only unpack your anxiety and difficult emotions, but be more present and compassionate towards ourselves and others.

  • Practicing Intentional Imperfection
  • Conditional action
  • Calling yourself out with self-compassion
  • The difference between normal and stealthy expectations
  • The root of blame/guilt/resentment/frustration
  • Creating false narratives around unmet expectations, assumption and perception
  • 4 questions to catch your expectations / storylines


LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email

Mar 26, 202134:30
066 // Indulging in Your Overwhelm
Mar 19, 202119:56
065 // Looking at What's Behind Your Productivity Rut
Feb 17, 202120:10
060 // Recover Your Periods and Your Life w. Dani Sheriff

060 // Recover Your Periods and Your Life w. Dani Sheriff

After discovering that her "healthy" habits were actually the cause of her absent cycles (hypothalamic amenorrhea), Dani Sheriff began channeling her frustration with societal expectations on women's bodies through her childhood hobby: drawing and illustration. She quickly learned that there was a need to help other women with HA and share her own experience, and The HA Podcast was born. Soon after, she created The HA Society, an online membership community offering support, guidance, and tools for women recovering from hypothalamic amenorrhea. In this epic discussion, I share reflections on my recovery journey as we dive into Danny's story, how she not only recovered her periods but her life, and turned her experience into a career.  

We also get into... 

How creativity helped me in my own journey
Releasing the limiting belief that doing the easy thing is a cop out
A tangent on why finding your "talents" should be taken off a pedestal
The importance of community and support in this healing journey Her membership community, The HA Society, and what its all about
How HA is becoming more and more well-known, and the information is consistent: trust your body and nourish it properly.
How expanding her life outside of food + fitness was the key to her recovery and tapping into her aligned self
Breaking up with "fitness" as an identity
Getting pregnant after HA and the expectations fitness marketing places on women's pregnancy bodies
Recovery and dating/marriage
How recovery opens you up to more opportunities, relationships and deeper connection and compassion
How recovery made us better people
Getting stuck in quasi-recovery
Reprograming restrictive food thoughts
Slip ups and letting go of perfectionism in recovery 

Episode Links: 

// Follow Dani on Instagram @danisheriff 

// The HA Podcast

// No Period Now What Facebook group

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email

Feb 16, 202157:37
064 // Growth Grief

064 // Growth Grief

“There is a grief that occurs in your healing. They don’t talk about that so much. It’s a messy, complicated, beautiful and raw place, To have so much unconditional love for the person you once were, a person who wanted to be anybody but themselves.”— excerpt from a little personal reading I give during the episode (let me know if you like when I do these!)

Grief has a very heavy and often negative connotation, and understandably so. In the thick of it, it weighs on you like sandbags tied to your ankles. But it's when we try to ignore our grief, when we trudge forward without pausing to really embrace it and feel it, that our journey is slowed and we drag our feet— and our past.

But if there’s anything that my self-healing process has shown me, time and again, its that grief is good. It has so much to reveal to you. Sit with it, and you’ll see that it isn’t sand bags on your ankles, but a shoreline showing you the horizon, calling you to be fully present to the beauty that is caught in the inbetween, of the day that is setting, and the next that will come to rise.

This episode is for those who need to hear it most, and to know you aren’t alone. Grief— whether for your past self, for your past relationship, for your old dreams— can feel really isolating. but when we open our hearts to it and don’t close it off to others, it can be a place of profound connection, compassion, and more love than you knew you were capable of.

LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email


Feb 09, 202128:10
063 // Perfectionism + Perseverance: Push Through Doubt, Redefine "Success," and Stop Making It All About You

063 // Perfectionism + Perseverance: Push Through Doubt, Redefine "Success," and Stop Making It All About You

This special episode features audio from a coaching session with one of my private 1:1 clients who was coming up against fears and doubts around pushing her comfort zone, trying something new, and going after her goals of teaching yoga. Our session covered several powerful (yet extremely common!) limiting beliefs within the realm of perfectionism and how we shape our identity (and ultimately our worth) around our work, productivity, and outcomes. 

  • Perfectionism may be holding you back from showing up and doing scary things
  • Pushing through doubts, fear, and calling out limiting beliefs
  • Redefining "success" and how you identity with your work
  • Feeling multi-passionate, not having "a thing" and not sure what to pursue
  • How putting pressure on something you love changes the energy you bring to it
  • How to take the pressure off by stop making it about yourself.

If you enjoyed this episode, you'd love coaching! Learn more

LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready to shift your story and take charge of your journey? Work with me via 1-1 coaching + support

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my bi-wekkyl-ish HYElights Newsletter

// Have a question you want answered on the show? Send me an email


Jan 29, 202130:58
062 // To Do More, or To Do Less?
Jan 18, 202122:05
061 // Self-Healing Through Releasing Diet + Fitness Culture
Jan 11, 202136:51
059 // 4 Simple + Effective Ways to Start Making Life Shifts
Dec 09, 202029:00
058 // The Practice of Embodiment with Riki Rosenthal @Riki_Wellness

058 // The Practice of Embodiment with Riki Rosenthal @Riki_Wellness

Sometimes the best interview episodes are the ones where nothing is planned and we just roll with whatever is top of mind. That's exactly what you're getting in this chat with my dear friend and movement teacher/healer, Riki Rosenthal @Riki_Wellness. We met on our teacher training in Bali earlier this year (throwback to pre-Covid) and we've been supporting each other in our entrepreneurial and personal growth journeys ever since. I wanted to bring Riki onto the show because she is incredibly down to earth, so honest and real, and brings out the same in me. She happens to be an amazing yoga teacher, acupuncturist, and embodiment coach. We discuss all of this and more in this fun girls chat. Enjoy!

We also get into...

  • our experiences and perspectives on the pressures to be fit as movement teachers and wellness professionals
  • how yoga has helped us to cultivate our true selves
  • making your movement practice more intuitive
  • the struggle for new yoga teachers during COVID times
  • owning what you love and what you're good at while embracing being a forever student
  • releasing perfectionism, showing up and taking messy inspired action
  • experimentation and trying new things just for the hell of it, without needing something to come of it
  • breaking the molds in personal brand-building
  • finding multiple outlets for expression and embodying creativity
  • why you don't HAVE to make your passion your job (if you don't want to)
  • living in tune with your cycles as women
  • her amazing Embodiment program to help introduce you to, understand, and be within your body


Episode Links:

// Follow Riki on Instagram @riki_wellness

// Riki's website https://www.rikiwellness.com/

// Her Embodiment program

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// work with me for 1-1 coaching. Details and inquiry form here

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my weekly Newsletter

Dec 03, 202057:47
057 // Why An Identity Crisis Is A Good Thing + How to Embrace It

057 // Why An Identity Crisis Is A Good Thing + How to Embrace It

Most of us find ourselves diving into our self development journeys after the catalyst of an identity crisis. And in the thick of that uncertainty, all of that questioning, all of that uprooting, it can be difficult to be present to the exponential growth that is taking place. 

I have had my fair share of identity crises over the last few years: when I first realized I didn't want to work in fashion anymore; when I decided I wanted to start The HYE Life, and again with this podcast; when I realized I wanted to leave NYC and travel without any sort of plan; all throughout my recovery to regain my cycles and restore my relationship with food, exercise, and my body; when I decided to move back to Boston last month, all just to name just a few. And the thing about identity shifts is, once you have your first one, they just keep coming! 

But today's episode talks about why this is not only a good thing, but a great thing, and something we can embrace with curiosity, appreciation, resilience, and excitement. As you dive deeper into your self-discovery, the more identity shifts you will encounter and the more aligned with your HYEr self you become. 

We also mention...

  • how you can have multiple relationships with the same person (or a place) over time
  • why journaling and writing your thoughts down is so important and how it helps with meditation
  • the 3 versions of you and why it's so important to integrate them 
  • the discomfort and grief that comes with growth

LINKS:

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Ready for a Root Awakening and to shift your story? work with me for 12 weeks of personalized 1-1 coaching 

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my weekly Newsletter

Nov 26, 202042:04
056 // Take Charge Of Your Life through Eastern Medicine with Dr. Bita Yadidi

056 // Take Charge Of Your Life through Eastern Medicine with Dr. Bita Yadidi

The HYE Life is about honoring yourself every day. And by that, we refer to your whole Self, your entire Self-- mind, body, and spirit. One of the incredible benefits of working on your Self through a holistic and integrative lens is getting a variety of perspectives on your current situation or condition and the Self discovery that comes with it. Eastern medicine practices such as acupuncture and herbal medicine, while they work on the physical body, are rooted in spirituality and emotional wellbeing via the energetics of the body. THIS I find incredibly fascinating, and it made a profound impact on my own healing journey.

Today's guest, Dr. Bita Yadidi, is a doctor of eastern medicine and owner of the Beverly Hills wellness clinic, Wellness To Be. She is helping busy, overwhelmed and stressed women worldwide through her in-person and virtual practice to find their unique path and experience a holistic lifestyle transformation - so they finally feel physically energized, mentally clear, emotionally grounded, spiritually attuned, and relationally connected.


Episode Links:

// Follow Dr. Bita on Instagram @drbitayadidi

// Free meditation https://drbitayadidi.com/freemeditation

// Her 12-week program Take Charge Of Your Life

// Her clinic Wellness To Be

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// work with me for 1-1 life + self discovery coaching + book a free consultation

//  The Intuitive Kitchen Guide

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my weekly Newsletter

Nov 18, 202059:32
055 // Distraction vs. Healthy Distance on Your Healing Journey
Nov 06, 202016:38
054 // Healing the Community Starts With Healing the Self w. BBP Eric Adams

054 // Healing the Community Starts With Healing the Self w. BBP Eric Adams

Today's episode hyelights Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to share his healing journey that has extended into the healing of the community.

We dive right in, covering everything from his experience with recovering from Type 2 diabetes through plant nutrition, his take on spirituality, and his efforts in office to bring greater access to lifestyle medicine to the community at large. We also discuss his experience working 20 years in the police force, including how he was one of the original advocates for police reform, and how we can all do our part in the building of healthier, stronger communities and, as a result, a healthier, stronger nation. 

Also discussed:

- gender roles we are told around health

- the process of unlearning, reprioritizing, reexamining life itself

- how stabilization of disease has lead to the normalization of disease

- the narratives that we accept about our health

- how a whole food, plant based diet returned his vision in 3 weeks!

- “our spirit has an anatomy: I didn’t want to be physically obese or spiritually obese”

- “we demonize the thought of the power of our own existence”

- how the spiritual body feeds into the communal body

- how he sees holistic health initiatives fitting into the community 

- how this health epidemic is shining a light on our entire health care system

- the importance of proactive education around healthy living within school systems and senior centers 

- intersectional environmentalism

- the civil rights organization he created while in the police force

- how our neighborhoods are more broken than ever

- the role of technology on this communication divide

- “we look at the meanness on a national level, but on a local level, we are really just nasty to each other”

- how we can get directly involved in our health and community reform


Links:

// Follow BP Eric Adams on Instagram @bkborohall

//  Episode 44: The Healing Power of Carbs w. Diabetes Experts Robby Barbaro + Cyrus Khambatta

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// work with me + book a free consultation

//  The Intuitive Kitchen Guide

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my weekly Newsletter

Oct 20, 202035:37
053 // Life Update Episode! Honoring Your Internal + External Shifts
Oct 13, 202025:07
052 // Curating & Cultivating Your Aligned Home w. Jessie Ruane (@JessieFinds)

052 // Curating & Cultivating Your Aligned Home w. Jessie Ruane (@JessieFinds)

Following the idea that your thoughts create your reality, it comes as no surprise that your environment, and especially your home, becomes a reflection of your internal environment. And because we are energetic beings, we also easily absorb the energy of our environment, and thus our relationship with our home is just as important as any other.

Creating an aligned home environment is something that takes time, attention, and love. It should be an expression of who you are, and what you're about! So with that in mind, today's guest is Jessie Ruane, aka @Jessiefinds, an actress and home decor genius based in Brooklyn. I stalked her TikTok and Instagram, and fell in love with her design ideas, totally doable DIYs, and budget-friendly finds (not to mention her positive energy!). So go check out her IG profile and tune into this fun, laid-back episode, and get inspired to cultivate your own aligned home!

  • How she scored her Brooklyn loft
  • Her decoration process
  • How to create spaces where there are none
  • How to prevent the cluttered look in a small apartment
  • How to work with color and accent pieces
  • Where to save and where to splurge
  • Creating a space with a partner
  • How the space around us is a reflection of our inward reality
  • Following you gut and intuition in designing your home
  • How the energy of a room impacts you
  • Breathing new life into your old and tired pieces
  • Her best tips for saving money and finding hidden gems in unexpected places

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// work with me + book a free consultation

//  The Intuitive Kitchen Guide

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my weekly Newsletter

Aug 26, 202051:15
051 // Becoming Trigger Proof: How Regulating Your Nervous System Can Heal Your Past, Present, and Create Your Aligned Future, feat. Dr. Nima Rahmany

051 // Becoming Trigger Proof: How Regulating Your Nervous System Can Heal Your Past, Present, and Create Your Aligned Future, feat. Dr. Nima Rahmany

It's no secret that our past shapes who we are today. But what's less understood is how our past-- in particular our traumas, anxieties, beliefs and implicit biases-- causes much of today's current suffering, physically, psychologically, and spiritually. 

After recognizing this pattern in his patients, chiropractic Dr. Nima Rahmany is now on a mission to guide others in dissolving the root cause of their stress-induced ailments. 

He is the creator of The Overview Method, where participants are taken through an exercise to clear emotional baggage and resentment that holds them back from moving to new levels in business, health, and family relationships. 

In episode 51 of The HYE Life podcast, Dr. Nima explains how he has helped countless people who are stuck in toxic relationships, career limbo, and emotional trauma to overcome their anxiety and create powerfully aligned relationships by deepening their intimate relationship with themselves.

The HYElights:

  • how his practice transitioned from traditional chiropractic to incorporating self-development work
  • what our nervous system has to do with how we handle stress, trauma, and anxiety
  • what it means to self-regulate your nervous system, and how
  • why the key to conscious relationships is co-regulation, and how this begins with the self
  • the role of the vagus nerve in all of this
  • how self-healing enables you to attract relationships, careers, and communities that align with your authentic self 
  • how to be a conscious, supportive partner, parent, and member of your community
  • the importance of healing ancestral wounding, in tandem with social reform, in order to move forward into a new world
  • Dr. Nima's Overview Method, and the 5 steps to becoming trigger proof
  • the importance of reparenting and shadow work, as told from a clinical perspective


Episode links:

www.DrNima.com

Trigger Proof Facebook Group

90-min training - use code triggerproof

Dr. Nima on Instagram and Youtube


// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// work with me + book a free consultation

//  The Intuitive Kitchen Guide

// Take the HYE Road Workbook - the best place to start (besides the podcast) if you're new to me!

// Sign up for my weekly Newsletter

Jul 14, 202032:39
050 // Redefining What is "Healthy" at Different Stages of Health

050 // Redefining What is "Healthy" at Different Stages of Health

One of my biggest qualms with the world of wellness is how often general health advice is shared without real context or consideration of the state of health of those consuming these "tips and tricks."  Am I grateful that access to health information is so widely available now? Absolutely! We can't just depend on doctors and researchers. But unfortunately, that also means we are seeing a lot of agenda-driven studies published on popular media outlets that all conflict each other, as well as a mass arrival of health coaches, fitness experts, and anyone pushina social media following and abs claiming to be a wellness influencer. And frankly? It's creating a whole lot of noise around what is "healthy," and even despite the availability of information, it's making it harder and harder to know what we should actually be doing.

The truth is, we cannot all simply follow general health advice in order to get well, and for many, this could make things a whole lot worse. For me, a lot of the things I was doing to try to achieve long term health did not align with my current needs of restoring hormone balance. 

What you need in order to get well could, and likely will, look very different from what someone else needs. Not only that, but what you need NOW, could and likely will look very different from what you will need in the future! It all depends on your current stage of health and your conditioned mindset around what "healthy" means and looks like-- both physically and in terms of lifestyle. Let's get into it.

  • Taking bioindividuality to the next level
  • Recognizing what your current mind, body and spirit need RIGHT NOW, knowing that it will be different from your past and future needs
  • Coming into a place of consciousness about information sharing and being mindful of what you consume and share
  • Unravelling societal belief systems around "health"
  • You cannot sustain life long health without first getting healthy and balancing this current stage
  • Why you can't trust everything everything you see on social media (shocker!)
  • Taking a closer look at general advice around things like fasting and exercise
  • The dangers of the scarcity mindset
  • Our past is crucial to assess in order to determine our state of health and what we need to do to heal
  • Why it's important to seek personalized support
  • Take care of your three brains
  • The pursuit of health should not be stressful

Work with me https://www.feelthehye.com/1-1-sessions

Book a free consultation https://hyescheduling.as.me/Consultation

Connect with me https://www.instagram.com/thehyelife

Ebooks + Guides https://www.feelthehye.com/hye-ebooks

Jun 20, 202027:47
049 // Opening Up About Cycle Recovery + Regaining our Periods w. Allie Labazzo

049 // Opening Up About Cycle Recovery + Regaining our Periods w. Allie Labazzo

For the longest time, I thought I was totally alone in my struggle with missing periods. It wasn't until I first opened up about my hormonal imbalance and hypothalamic amenorrhea on episode 16 that so many others started sharing their experiences with me, looking for a path to regaining their cycle. 

As it turns out, this issue is far too common, especially among women who are involved in the world of health and fitness. Why is it that the journey to greater health is leaving many of us without our fifth vital sign? 

This episode is as real, raw and honest as it gets. I sit down with Allie Labazzo, a personal trainer who also struggled with HA, to talk about our experiences with HA, the recovery process as mapped out by Dr. Nicola Rinaldi in her book No Period Now What, and why it's about so much more than getting your period back-- it's about getting your life back.

This experience has totally shifted the way I look at health, my work, my identity, and what it means to be truly alive. Whether you're struggling with missing periods or not, this episode is worth a listen.  


Referenced in this episode:

Allie on Instagram @allie_labazzo

No Period Now What by Dr. Nicola Rinaldi

NPNW Facebook Support Group


May 28, 202001:13:30
048 // Releasing Restriction + Getting Fiber Fueled with Dr. B @TheGutHealthMD

048 // Releasing Restriction + Getting Fiber Fueled with Dr. B @TheGutHealthMD

Gut health has exploded in the last few years, and I think now is certainly as good a time as any to be paying attention to our gut health. With the topic of immunity on our minds, the gut isn't often the first place we think of-- but it should be. As you'll learn, "gut health IS immune health!" 

What impacts our gut the most? Turns out it's not just what you eat, but what you're not eating. In this episode, Dr. B returns to the show to discuss the dangers of restrictive diets, the reason why so many are experiencing digestive distress, and how the answers to fix your microbiome are revealed in his new book, Fiber Fueled.

This episode covers...

  • Embracing the now: identifying the positives of Quarantine
  • Releasing your to-do list, letting go of the need to be productive
  • Why gut health IS immune health
  • Gut health and hormones!
  • The impact of restrictive diets on your gut, and how it ties back to hormones (and my own experience with this!)
  • Touching on gut health and disordered eating
  • Using science (GOOD science) as your compass to better health
  • The 5 microorganisms (it's not just all "bacteria")
  • To wash or not wash our produce?
  • The connection between gut & mental health

This is just scratching the surface...

In Fiber Fueled Dr. Will lays out the science (spoiler alert: there’s a lot of it) that supports a plant-forward diet for total wellness. And if you don’t believe me, or him, then we’ll let 600+ scientific citations do the talking. Plus, Fiber Fueled has a 28-day jumpstart program with menus and 65+ recipes, along with essential advice on food sensitivities. And maybe the best part is that this book is fun and easy to read. I can't recommend it enough!

Stalk Dr. Will:

May 15, 202001:13:28
047 // Astrogeography + North Nodes w. Dara Dubinet
Apr 23, 202058:30
046 // Responsibility v. Reactivity + Moving Forward in Times of Stillness

046 // Responsibility v. Reactivity + Moving Forward in Times of Stillness

These are crazy times, there's no denying that. With the majority of the world in quarantine, plans postponed or cancelled, businesses struggling, loved ones forbidden from seeing each other, there is a lot of uncertainty circulating and as human nature would have it, uncertainty breeds fear. But it doesn't have to be this way. When our circumstances feel out of our control, what we always have control over is our responsibility-- that is, our ability to respond rather than react. This episode goes into the difference between the two words in a way you may not have considered, as well as how to embrace the now as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, rather than closing our eyes until it's all over. In addition, we cover...

  • How to deal with shifting timelines and agenda this season
  • How and why yoga teacher training is for everyone
  • Responsibility vs. reactivity - are you living "above or below the line" ?
  • A more empowering outlook on life's happenings
  • How to acknowledge who you truly are (not just what you do)
  • Breaking up with toxic habits (that may be masked as "productivity")
  • Finding gratefulness in the little things that we take for granted
  • The truth behind “wherever you go there you are”
  • Places AND people can have energy than can be overwhelming and stagnating
  • What lesson can you take from this current experience?


Mentioned in this episode:

- Matt Corker, Leadership Coach and Yoga Instructor, https://www.mattcorker.com/ 

- The Sacred Fig Yoga YTT and retreats , https://www.thesacredfig.com/

- Related blogs: Taking Back Quarantime

Apr 15, 202032:30
045 // Identity, Intuition, Integration, Intention

045 // Identity, Intuition, Integration, Intention

Identity, Intuition, Integration, Intention. These are the 4 guiding principles I've come to live, learn, and love by. These are the pillars of what The HYE Life is all about! 

I'm grateful to be able to share this interview I had with another wellness entrepreneur from an online summit series. We talked about these 4 concepts, how they provide a blueprint for us to take a closer look at our lifestyle and daily choices, and how they can guide us back into alignment. 

Mar 08, 202036:34
044 // The Healing Power of Carbs w. Diabetes Experts Robby Barbaro + Cyrus Khambatta

044 // The Healing Power of Carbs w. Diabetes Experts Robby Barbaro + Cyrus Khambatta

There’s a lot of conversation around blood sugar stability in today’s dietary health circles, but not a whole lot of clarity around how to go about achieving it, particularly for long term health. When primary care doctors are prescribing one type of diet, alternative medicine doctors another, and social media influencers another, it becomes even more confusing to know what’s truly trustworthy.

For a long time, the accepted protocol in the medical field for those with insulin resistance and diabetes was  to follow a high fat, low carb diet and take high doses of insulin injections for life. But that never truly felt like a solution for the guests on today’s show, who have taken the old methods the outdated science and turned it on it’s head.

Diabetes experts Robby Barbaro, MPH and Cyrus Khambatta, PhD share their stories from being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes to how they conquered their condition and learned to thrive through the healing powers of a high-carb plant-based diet. Since healing themselves, they’ve gone on to help thousands of others manage and reverse their diabetes through diet and lifestyle changes, as outlined in their online program and newly-released book, Mastering Diabetes .

VISIT THE SHOW NOTES FOR ALL LINKS HERE

// Follow Cryrus @mangomannutrition

// Follow Robby @mindfuldiabeticrobby

// Follow Mastering Diabetes @masteringdiabetes

// Mastering Diabetes Book

// Visit https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/

// Follow me @thehyelife

// Get my new ebook, The Intuitive Kitchen Guide

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Sign up for the bi-weekly HYElights Newsletter

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

// Shift Your Self 12-Week Holistic Program

Feb 18, 202001:26:51
043 // Creating Hormonal Harmony with Emily Waterfield-Buttner @golden.wellness

043 // Creating Hormonal Harmony with Emily Waterfield-Buttner @golden.wellness

Hormones have long been the butt of every joke for why something in us just isn’t quite right.

“I’m just hormonal,” “I feel like shit, my period must be coming soon,” “she’s being so bitchy, she must be PMSing,”… I could go on. But as we are learning more and more, as alternative and natural health medicine is growing in popularity and in depth, hormones are no joke.

A topic that is near and dear to my heart, as I’ve been dealing with my own hormonal imbalance the past few years, I brought my friend and fellow health coach Emily Waterfield-Buttner to the show to talk creating hormonal harmony, the importance of balancing your hormones for overall health, vitality, aging, and how to not just learn to live with your hormones, but learn to thrive.

Whether you are on BC or au natural, whether you are regular or irregular, this chat is not to be missed!

Episode HYElights:

  • Her story with hormone imbalance and experience with birth control
  • How she became a hormone coach and discovered the the power of living in tune with her cycle
  • How to adjust your lifestyle to each phase of your cycle, from exercise to foods to self care to socializing and work
  • Why sometimes you feel on top of the world and others not so much
  • Why you should start to track your energy
  • Experimenting with different forms of meditation
  • Why your period is like a monthly checkup
  • How to go about regulating your cycle for those who are irregular
  • Why removing toxins and plastic is so important for hormone balance
  • Tapping into feminine energy, yin vs. yang, what they look like and how to know which you live in more
  • Why we need to stop trying to catch up to men and forge our own path
  • What your coffee/caffeine habits can tell you about your hormones
  • Why menopause is not to be feared
  • What you need to know about the pill, even if you aren’t having any symptoms

<< Visit the episode page for clickable show notes >>

// Follow Emily @golden.wellness

// Visit www.goldenwellness.co

// Read WomanCode by Alisa Vitti and Beyond the Pill by Jolene Brighton

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Get my new ebook, The Intuitive Kitchen Guide

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Sign up for the bi-weekly HYElights Newsletter

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

// Shift Your Self 12-Week Holistic Program

Feb 07, 202001:05:39
042 // Negative Signs of Positive Growth + the Practice of Slowing Down
Jan 28, 202017:28
041 // The Nitty-Gritty on Non-Toxic w. Jill Sheridan, M.Ed Biology + Founder of Ms. Fresh Organics

041 // The Nitty-Gritty on Non-Toxic w. Jill Sheridan, M.Ed Biology + Founder of Ms. Fresh Organics

“Non-toxic” has become another trendy word, right up there with “organic,” “all natural,” “plant-based” and the like. These are all vitally important terms and concepts to understand and implement, but the fact that they are trendy makes it harder for some of us to actually embrace them— and makes it easier for big companies to abuse them. Just as we can’t always trust every snack label claiming “all natural” and “organic” as healthy, it can be even trickier to discern dishonest marketing practices in the realm of skincare, beauty, and cleaning products. The best things we can do to support our health, vote with our dollar, and shop non-toxic is to make our own (incredibly simple, and affordable!) and to buy from small businesses, like Ms. Fresh Organics.

Today’s guest, Jill Sheridan, M.Ed, biology started her non-toxic business in 2017 after 7 years of creating her own home and body care products for her family and friends. After her son’s bad reaction to the steroid cream he was prescribed for eczema, she took matters into her own hands (literally) to craft her highly-renowned “body buttah.” And thus, Ms. Fresh Organics was born.

A note from Jill: “I just want people to know that safe and effective choices are available at a price families can afford. I specialize in education and empowerment and I provide safe swaps. My products are made in small batches with organic, toxin-free ingredients. I love that women in science and engineering are leading the way with this movement.”

Episode HYElights:

  • The minimal ingredients that provide maximum benefits across the board
  • Why detoxing is not just about removing the toxins— it’s about keeping them out in the first place
  • Why “Anti-Aging” is a misnomer
  • The product I am the MOST obsessed with, and why
  • The #1 thing to avoid in all beauty and home care products, and other top offenders
  • The heated debate around regulating the personal care products industry
  • Trusted sources for getting your information
  • How chemicals found their way into our products in the first place
  • The impact of these chemicals on everything from our skin to our liver, hormones, thyroid, immune system, and gut
  • Simple ways to start to shift to non-toxic routines

    + SO much more— we dive deep!!

<< Visit the episode page for all show notes >>

www.feelthehye.com/podcast/041

Jan 16, 202001:01:20
040 // Finding Confidence Through Vulnerability
Jan 10, 202016:48
039 // The Life Science of Ayurveda with Nidhi Pandya

039 // The Life Science of Ayurveda with Nidhi Pandya

As an integrative health practitioner, I have always had an interest in all forms of health and medicine, especially those that use a holistic approach to healing. And of them all, Ayurveda is truly a lifestyle science that not only addresses creating balance and harmony within your body, but within the world around you.

Nidhi Pandiya is a third-generation Ayurvedic practitioner and brings this ancient wisdom and science into a modern world to unlock the universe, help you to understand your body rather than make assumptions, and not treat— but transform your health and life.

Episode HYElights:

  • What is Ayurveda, and its connection to all of life
  • Understanding the 5 elements within nature and in the body
  • How to identify your imbalances, what elements you are lacking and the ways to replenish them
  • The three dosas (types) that make up all things
  • Why you don’t need to know your dosha to practice Ayurveda (I loved this!)
  • The relationship between air (vata) imbalances, gut issues and mental health
  • The 3 most important takeaways to start embracing Ayurveda
  • Why “you are what you eat” isn’t exactly true…
  • Ayurveda’s take on popular fads
  • The gap between modern science and Ayurveda
  • The importance of counseling and seeking support through healing

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Follow Nidhi on IG @my_ayurvedic_life

// Nidhi’s website https://www.nidhipandya.com/

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Sign up for the bi-weekly HYElights Newsletter

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

// Shift Your Self 12-Week Holistic Program

Jan 02, 202051:56
038 // My Favorite Trick For Cultivating Gratitude + Excitement

038 // My Favorite Trick For Cultivating Gratitude + Excitement

These short n’ sweet episodes are meant to be enjoyed whenever you want a little boost in your day, a little food for thought, a little shift in perspective, a little realignment. Play this while you’re getting ready in the morning, between classes, on your lunch break, or whenever feel you don’t have time for a full episode but still want to feel hye vibe ~ “What are you most excited for?” This little question led to have a crazy aha-moment where I knew I had accomplished a major shift in my life. I take you through that shift, from where I was to where I am now, and my favorite little trick to bring gratitude and excitement into every single day. < Subscribe for clickable links! >> // Ready to Live From Within in 2020? Join my small group coaching program! // Follow me on IG @thehyelife // Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com // Sign up for the bi-weekly HYElights Newsletter // Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist // Shift Your Self 12-Week Holistic Program
Dec 19, 201914:01
037 // Sound Healing + Pursuing Supernatural Grace with Lindsay Bilezikian

037 // Sound Healing + Pursuing Supernatural Grace with Lindsay Bilezikian

For the first interview of Season 2, I sit down in-person with my dear friend, former client, and gorgeous soul, Lindsay Bilezikian. Lindsay and I met back in NYC shortly before we both hit the road on separate journeys in pursuit of our own uniquely aligned life. Lindsay takes us through her story, from leaving behind layers of her life that no longer served her to step into her true, HYEr self. She also expands upon her heart calling as a sound reader and healer, where Lindsay works with the energy of Crystal Tones Alchemy singing bowls to offer a modality of healing that is deeply personal, and allows the individual to experience and activate their energetic body through the vibrational power of sound.

In addition to Sound Healing, Lindsay is a reiki master and holds a 200hr Katonah Yoga certification.

Episode HYElights:

  • Listening to your intuition + recognizing gut feelings
  • Breaking away from what is breaking you
  • How she came to find her Sound, and the journey it’s taken her on
  • Stepping into your own power and putting that into practice
  • Finding beauty in chaos
  • Recognizing your ego (because it’s super sneaky!)
  • Having resilience (and Lindsay’s unexpected spirit “animal”)
  • Becoming your own decision maker

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Follow Lindsay on IG @ltbdiary

// Lindsay’s website https://www.lindsaybilezikian.com/

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Sign up for the bi-weekly HYElights Newsletter

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

// Shift Your Self 12-Week Holistic Program

Dec 10, 201901:10:59
036 // Season 2: Finding & Embracing Your HYE Life
Dec 03, 201925:08
035 // Seasons of Change: Growing Pains, Embracing Discomfort + HYE Updates!
Nov 28, 201930:40
034 // Finding Your Flow as an Entrepreneur with Nicole Nelson @LivingWellWithNic

034 // Finding Your Flow as an Entrepreneur with Nicole Nelson @LivingWellWithNic

One of the many beautiful souls that this journey into entrepreneurship and “following my path,” if you will, has connected me with is Nicole Nelson. Nicole is a fellow IIN grad and a health and business coach (but let’s be honest— what truly brings us together is our mutual love of oatmeal and chickpea cookies).

Before we dive into the interview, you’ll hear some real talk between Nicole and I as we catch up on life, my travels, and how running your business on the road isn’t all glamorous (though parts of it certainly are!)

Nicole then takes us through her 2.5-year process of working at a corporate 9-5 while building her coaching business on the side, all the way through taking the leap into full time coaching. Her warm and welcoming personality is enough to keep you engaged to every word, not to mention the tips and insights she has to offer when it comes to stepping out of your own way and into your own spotlight. I gleaned so much from chatting with her and I know you will as well!

Episode HYElights:

  • Real talk on balancing traveling and work, the misconceptions of being a digital nomad

  • Ways to recharge your battery and to refocus on your end goals

  • Getting out of a rut (check out podcast #23)

  • How not working can often be more productive

  • How to get your first clients as a coach

  • Why it’s important to not ignore the signs and be open to different outcomes

  • How the above point led to Nicole’s Business Breakthrough Academy

  • Her shift from a corporate job to coaching full time, and how she’s changed as a person

  • The 3 key contributors to her success

  • Balancing hustle and flow as an entrepreneur

  • Keeping yourself accountable and creating your own structure

  • The sensitive topic of social media + being more mindful, especially when it’s central to your business

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Follow @livingwellwithnic

// http://www.livingwellwithnic.com and the Health is Wealth Podcast

// Books recommended: Not Working

// Want to become a health coach? Check out IIN and/or IHP

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

//  Apply for 1-1 Wellness Coaching

// Join The HYE Life Daily Facebook Group

// To get HYE vibes in your inbox, join the HYElights Newsletter HERE!

Sep 25, 201901:09:58
033 // Is ‘Authenticity’ Even Real?

033 // Is ‘Authenticity’ Even Real?

We all speak pretty confidently about ourselves when we describe what we do for our job, what role we play within our family, who we are with friends— but are all these “selves” really the same person? What about when we have an off day, and we say we “aren’t our best selves today.” Who, then, is our best self? Are they more or less authentic than our worst self? Who is our authentic self? Does such a thing even exist?

In a slightly different kind of episode (which I recorded a week or so prior to it going live), I take a philosophical deep dive on these ideas as I’ve been inspired by travels and trying to understand this about myself, as well by several books I’ve read lately (linked below!)

Episode HYElights:

  • What does “home” mean for you, and how does it shift during different phases of your life? Does a single home really exist?

  • Does having multi-personalities mean that you lack a core self?

  • What really is the authentic self?

  • Can you ever really be authentic around others and yourself?

  • The link between identity and habit formation, start telling yourself a new story

  • The power of being alone and forming an internal connection and a sense of self

  • Ways to step into your truest self and to find your mechanisms of self expression

Enjoy!

xx MW

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Related reads: Stranger in the Mirror, Flow, The Power of Now, A New Earth, Atomic Habits

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

//  Apply for 1-1 Wellness Coaching

// Join The HYE Life Daily Facebook Group

// To get HYE vibes in your inbox, join the HYElights Newsletter HERE!

Sep 06, 201923:20
032 // The Simple Truths for Optimizing Gut Health with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

032 // The Simple Truths for Optimizing Gut Health with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, MD, aka Dr. B aka @theguthealthmd, is a Charleston-based gastroenterologist with a whole lot to share about the bacteria living in our gut and how to cultivate a happy, healthy microbiome. There’s no question that gut health is ev-er-y-where nowadays, from your social media news feeds to online news articles, blogs, books and grocery stores. And while awareness is a step in the right direction, it can be tricky to filter through all that information and know what’s actually trustworthy.

Sometimes complex topics have truly simple solutions. Dr. B takes us through the issues and solutions surrounding gut health, and the shockingly simple solution behind what it takes to heal. What I love about Dr. B is not only his no-frills, holistic approach to health (a rare thing in western medical practices), but how he is able to take such complex topics as the gut and really break them down to help us understand exactly what we need to know— no sugar-coating added.

Episode HYElights:

  • His journey through training and medical school and what drew him to gastroenterology

  • How the evolution of global access to information has changed the healthcare philosophy, and where he hopes it will continue to shift

  • The biggest misunderstandings around gut health that are circulating the web today

  • What creates an optimal gut microbiome and how it is the starting point for all health

  • What is gut dysbiosis and how things get out of whack in the first place

  • The importance of plant diversity in the diet, and how to properly shift to a plantbased lifestyle without wreaking havoc on your gut

  • Why “the people who need this diet the most are those who are going to struggle the most to transition” (this is GOLD)

  • The truth behind any kind of restriction diet (ahem— low FODMAP) and why you can’t rely on short term benefits to produce long term gains

  • The difference between healing diets in the short term and long term (and this is KEY!)

  • How to eat for lifelong optimal gut health, and thus optimal overall health

  • The role of supplements vs. lifestyle when it comes to healing the gut

  • Why we should be paying more attention to PREbiotics

  • The very first thing to look for when healing your gut and going more plantbased (you could be struggling with this and not know it!)

  • Where animal products fit in with all of this

  • Looking at lifestyle v. genetics in the development of disease

  • Why we should aim for progress, not perfection and the harmful effects of fixation and hypervigilence around our health and nutrition

  • The importance of being able to “look at the layers” of information we take in to guide our lifestyle choices, from scientific research studies to social media

And this is honestly just scratching the surface!

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Follow @theguthealthmd

// http://theguthealthmd.com/

// Books recommended: The Blue Zones, The Microbiome Solution, The Good Gut

// The Plant Proof Podcast with Dr. B

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

Aug 21, 201901:26:07
031 // Disconnect to Reconnect to Your Intuitive Self with Energy Healer Joy Dushey

031 // Disconnect to Reconnect to Your Intuitive Self with Energy Healer Joy Dushey

Joy Dushey is a gentle, nurturing force to be reckoned with. After having a stroke at just 29, Joy embarked on a personal healing journey that would change her life and career forever.  Now, as an intuitive energy healer based in NYC, Joy has developed her own two-tier system, aptly named The Joyful Approach, which employs various modalities, from breathwork to reiki and soundbaths, to help her clients heal the spiritual body from within, and ultimately the physical body from without. Joy’s story is as unique as your own, but it’s what she has been able to build with her story that creates a ripple effect and changes the stories of others. Her zen vibes alone are enough to spark a day full of self love and, well, joy :)

Episode HYElights:

  • Joy’s personal story of recovery and transformation after having a stroke at 29

  • How she listened to what she calls her “divine spark” to guide her

  • Magic of synchronicities

  • What it’s like to work with a shaman

  • Why we need to disconnect in order to reconnect

  • How she developed the 2-tiered “Joyful Approach” life system

  • How to embrace more yin and awaken to your inner divine feminine energy

  • The most common issues she sees in her practice

  • How to protect your energy

  • Why it’s important that even coaches and healers have their own coaches and healers

  • Her refreshing perspective on rituals and routines

  • Her own morning ritual

  • What’s to come from the Joyful Approach and how to get in on the magic!

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Follow @thejoyfulapproach

// http://thejoyfulapproach.com/

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

//  Apply for 1-1 Wellness Coaching

// Join The HYE Life Daily Facebook Group

// To get HYE vibes in your inbox, join the HYElights Newsletter HERE!

Aug 10, 201947:53
030 // Stopping Negative Momentum + Raising Your Vibe

030 // Stopping Negative Momentum + Raising Your Vibe

First you wake up after a poor night’s sleep, then stub your toe on the way to the bathroom, then spill coffee on your new top, then every little thing about your coworker starts to piss you off, the guy you’re seeing didn’t text you “good morning” (‘what an asshole, so dumping his ass’) and on and on and on… notice how one little negative thing starts a snowball effect and suddenly you’re feeling frustrated, annoyed and anxious about things that have nothing to do with it, but they get swept up in the negative momentum as collateral.

Momentum is a powerful concept (thank you, high school physics!) and anything that holds power can be used to create or destroy. Stopping negative momentum in its tracks is quite simple, but takes practice and above all it takes awareness. It’s then only a matter of shifting that momentum in the other direction to raise your vibe and use that power for good. It also takes letting go of the specifics of the negative thought and going general. What do I mean by that? So glad you asked ;) Let’s dive in!

Episode HYElights:

  • How your vibe (the energy you give off) effects your physical energy levels

  • How to stop negative thought patterns before they become a pattern

  • The energy scale and how to shift from the negative end to the positive end

  • Why the key to improving your vibe is to release specificities and go GENERAL

  • The power of getting into a “flow” state, and the duality of self love v. detachment of the self

<< Subscribe for clickable links! >>

// Follow me on IG @thehyelife

// Email me at Meredith@feelthehye.com

// Get my FREE StressLess Daily Checklist

//  Apply for 1-1 Wellness Coaching

// Join The HYE Life Daily Facebook Group

// To get HYE vibes in your inbox, join the HYElights Newsletter HERE!

Aug 06, 201920:19