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Why Loving Your Work Matters Why Loving Your Work Matters

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 This episode is supported by sales of Danielle LaPorte’s Fire Starter Sessions. The Fire Starter Sessions is the permission slip you’ve been waiting for — to fully want what you want and go for it, to expand your consciousness and your cash flow, to up the ante on your dreams, to be incredibly generous with your love.

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For most of us, our jobs are important to our personal survival and economic well-being.  While some people have found personal fulfillment through the work they do, others are doing what they have to do to collect a check. No matter where you are in your career or employment journey, what you do for money and how you do it matters.

I really enjoyed this conversation with Aileen Axtmayer of AspireWithAileen.com, a career coach with a broad range of experience and expertise in career counseling and personal development.  What makes Aileen different from other career coaches? Her training as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Yoga Instructor offers an holistic approach to the way we (view) work, especially as our work impacts our relationship with food, our relationships and our overall well-being.

Check out these resources Aileen has for creating a meaningful career and healthy lifestyle: 

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Green Smoothies, Chocolate, and Bacon invites you to challenge the belief that dieting, deprivation, willpower, and regimented exercise is the only way to have a healthy and happy life.

Click here to listen to past episodes.

While we can prevent or reduce our health risks, there’s no-one-size-fits-all solution. As an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, I invite my clients to take their wellness journey “off the plate”.

Learn more at honeybeewellness.club.

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Why Did You Buy That?

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Nothing like the holiday season to get you all in your feelings about money and materialism.  My desire to be location independent and my disdain for Suzie Homemaking introduced me to minimalism which eventually helped me to not get caught up in the madness that is Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

I may not buy anything, but I still like to look and dream.

Resources for the topics I mentioned in this episode:

 

Minimalism

Black Minimalists

Zen Habits

Becoming Minimalist

Women Can Be Minimalists, Too

Essentialism: The Disclipined Pursuit of Less

My Health Coach Training

Institute for Integrative Nutrition

My Yoga Teacher Training

Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan

Blendtec

Amazon Special

Location Independence

The Suitcase Entrepreneur

Location Independent

WeWorkRemotely 

Emergency Food / Food Storage

Mondays with Melissa is hosted on the Blubrry platform using the Blubrry Powerpress plugin. Podcasting is an ambitious undertaking, and I don’t know that I would’ve been able to pull off five days of podcasting without the seamless integration that is Blubrry offers with its WordPress plugin. I still have a lot to learn about podcasting and much to improve on, but as a beginner who is learning as I go along, Blubrry makes it easy to keep up and keep going. If you’ve been enjoying this podcast and thinking about launching your own, I invite you to check out Blubrry’s podcast hosting service. You’ll get a month for free to upload your show and figure out the ins and outs of podcasting.  Click here to sign up, and let me know how it ends up working out for you.

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#BreatheOnPurpose like Darth Vader (Ujjayi Pranayam)

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The information presented here is not intended to replace the advice of a licensed healthcare professional, nor is it intended to prevent, diagnose, or cure illness or disease. Please consult your primary healthcare professional before making any changes or additions to your current routine.

Ujjayi (oo-jai) breath is also known as oceanic breathing and the victorious breath. Because of the sound you make, I like to call it the Darth Vader breath.

Ujjayi is often used during Hatha practice to help maintain focus through the asana flow, during other forms of physical activity, and to also relieve tension and nervous energy.

With this breath, you’re only breathing through your nose, while slightly constricting the throat along with a root and chest lock. These locks are called bandhas, For more about bandhas, check out Yoga International’s A Beginner’s Guide to Bandhas. 

You may become lightheaded during this breathwork, so it’s highly suggested that you spend a few minutes in long deep breathing before you begin the Ujjayi.

#BreatheOnPurpose uses the Insight Timer.

This episode is supported by my affiliate relationship with REI. As an affiliate, I receive a commission for sales made through the links I share with you. I’ve been an REI Co-Op member for several years, after getting to know their brand and mission during my two years as an Outdoor Afro Team Leader. For the third year in a row, REI will be closing all of its stores to #OptOutside with family and friends on Black Friday. REI invites you to create a new Black Friday tradition by spending time in the outdoors with those you love as well. Learn more by clicking here.

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What If You Just Punched Him In The Face?

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This episode contains explicit language. 

I’m tired of talking and reading about sexual harassment and assault and why it’s so hard for men to understand that it’s unacceptable. So I decided from here on out to explain it to them the best way they understand: Punch him in the face. 

If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, while expecting the same result, then it’s time women reclaim their mental health and the (em)power(ment) that comes with pushing back and stomping down anyone and anything that would dare to treat us less than what we deserve and expect.

What my words and facial expression don’t get across my fist will make clear.

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#BreatheOnPurpose: Diaphragmatic Breathing with 90-90 Hip Lift

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Breathe on Purpose is intended for education and instructional purposes only, and is not intended to be perceived as or replace the advice of a licensed medical professional. Please exercise personal wisdom and discretion. 

Breathe on Purpose uses the Insight Timer.

Today’s breathwork exercise is modified from the Postural Restoration Institute’s 90-90 Hip Lift with Balloon.

Instructional Videos

If you know of a video that has a better explanation, please feel free to link to it in the comments.

This episode is supported by HoopYogini
HoopYogini is a movement practice integrating Hula hooping with Hatha yoga and Mindfulness meditation.

For beginners and seasoned hoopers and yoginis alike, you’ll learn to hoop like a HoopYogini with HoopYogini’s Foundations and Flow bundle, a series of instructional videos you can download and practice anywhere.

Are We Limiting Our Capacity to Love and be Loved?
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Are We Limiting Our Capacity to Love and be Loved?

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Are we limiting our capacity to love and be loved and to even take care of ourselves economically in pursuit of The One?

What might our lives look like if we stretched ourselves outside of the constructs we’ve accepted as normal but are no longer aligning with how the world is changing? Will we continue to try to force the old systems and structures to adjust or will we find the courage to create new ones?

Recover From Someday: Goal Mapping Workshop

I’m holding space for 12 people on Saturday, October 21st at 11amET to stop wishing and waiting for the conditions to be perfect.

If you’d like to recover from Someday, I invite you to join us.

Click here to register. 

Adulting: Are we doing it wrong?  Join Melissa for courageous conversations in the pursuit continuous personal growth.

Share your thoughts below or on Twitter with the hashtags #FlawsOutClawsOut #MondaysWithMelissa #MotorMouthMelissa

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Will Cook and Travel for Food and Fun with CherylAnn of CheffyKandCA.com

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Growing up, the kitchen (and food) was central to socialization and bringing people together. Cookouts, repasts, block association meetings, block parties, holidays, you name it, there was a spread. And we’re not talking pupus, but get yourself a plate and help yourself to summadis food.

When people stopped by, they sat in the kitchen to talk story, as opposed to the living room. My hair was washed, pressed, and braided in the kitchen.  Today, while I don’t consider myself a foodie, I love learning and talking about foodways and food cultures.

CherylAnn and her partner Kent are hosting a culinary tour to Bucerias, Mexico this December 3-8, 2017.  

Learn to create delectable, local, Mexican favorites. Five nights and six days of hospitality, relaxation, site-seeing, cooking classes, and good food and drink.

Casa de la Reyna is located in Bucerias, a quaint, fishing village about 20 km north of Puerto Vallarta. Price includes lodging on the ocean with swimming pool, cooking classes, off-site tour, breakfast, additional daily meal and snacks, evening happy hour, and enough free time so you can completely unwind.

Click here to learn more and book your spot. 

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Adulting: Are we doing it wrong? Mondays with Melissa is an ongoing conversation about adulthood and the continuous pursuit of personal growth.

Melissa’s working it out in real time, and some of it won’t be pretty.

Join the conversation in the comments. If you’d like to be a guest, let me know your topic in the comments (leave your email in the box that only I will see) and I’ll be in touch.

On Twitter,  I’m @HoneyBHolistic Use hashtags #FlawsOutClawsOut and #MotormouthMelissa