July17
The 3 Big Questions: Where did I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here?
Join Heather, Deb, and Carolyn’s discussion on Soul Purpose – the unique series of talents, strengths, passions, gifts, interests, hobbies, attitudes and values that form the essence of the most magnificent version of YOU. It is possible to pursue your own individual Soul Purpose while filling your roles as mother, wife, daughter, grandmother, and so on. Learn how to Live and Thrive not just exist and survive. Be the woman who loves your life even while scrubbing toilets!!
Challenge:
Start a list in a journal or notebook of your talents, strengths, and gifts. Keep the list handy so you can add to it as you go about your day and recognize unique things about yourself. Ask God to help you identify what makes you magnificent. Write yourself a litter including this list and mail it to yourself.
Chocolate Recipe:
The Yummiest Muffin Tops Ever – Triple Chocolate Chunk VitaTops, the best part of the muffin! Order from VitaTops.com
To find out more about discovering your Soul Purpose, visit awakensoulpurpose.com.
July10
Whether you are dealing with a chronic health situation, or temporary but, or maybe expecting a baby or recovering from delivery, there will be times when you are NOT on top of things physically. Then what happens to your well-orchestrated plan and the flow of your life when mom’s down and out? How can we, as women, navigate these waters and keep them calm instead of dark and stormy? Tune in as our host, Carolyn Pennington, relates her continuing trek towards health and teaches us strategies she’s learned to weather storms when mom is sick.
Challenge: Gather things that give you a lift and place them in a drawer or box to bring out when you are sick or under the weather. Include a favorite movie, a yummy chocolate, special notes from people in your life, a deck of cards, a special poetry book, scented lotion, a candle, soft bedsocks, and anything else that lifts your body, mind, and soul. Add things to this collection when you are drawn to something that nurtures you. And keep the chocolate well stocked!
Recipe: Chocolate Smoothie
1 banana – frozen works great!
3 TBSP Cocoa Powder
1 can coconut milk – found in the Asian food aisle
2 TBSP Honey
2 cups ice cubes
Blend with the LID firmly in place!! Until smooth and frothy.
July4
Deb White, Heather Johnson, and guest host Kimberly Small (mother/attorney) talk about what it means to be a Patriot. Teaching your kids to develop love for their country. Do simple things like teaching your kids ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ on a road trip, teach them how to fold the flag, send letters to people in the military. The importance of becoming involved in the community to have your voice heard! A great show for the 4th of July season!
Listen to the whole show to get another great chocolate recipe!
June26
Summer is a magical time of year of kids. No school, no homework, no schedule. But how do you beat the ‘I’m bored!’ summer blues? And how do you stay connected and have fun with your kids after they are grown and moved out? Laugh and learn how to keep your sanity, whether your babies are in preschool, or newlyweds. Senior Associate Editor of FamilyFun Magazine, Ellen Wall, also shares some great craft ideas and easy activities for all ages to keep your kids busy, learning, and having fun all summer long. You will relate to these ideas and surely find some you, and your budget, can live with.
Challenge:
Start a summer bucket list—things you want to do with your kids or family before the end of the summer. Let every family member give ideas. Narrow them down to a manageable list and schedule the activities on the calendar. Then see your summer transform into one anticipated event after another.
Get more family fun ideas by picking up a copy of FamilyFun Magazine or go to FamilyFun.com and subscribe for a year of fun family ideas. You can also usually find copies of FamilyFun at your local library. Don’t forget to comment at the end of this podcast for a chance to win FREE copies of FamilyFun Magazine.
Recipe:
Chocolate-coated mousse-cream cones (Hungry Girl)
2 flat bottom ice cream cones
1 jell-o sugar free pudding snack any flavor
2 T sugar free chocolate syrup, room temp.
½ c. Cool-whip fat free
Put 1 T syrup inside cone until evenly coated and put in freezer.
Put cool-whip and pudding in dish and stir. Chill in freezer 45 min to an hour- but not fully frozen
Spoon cool-whip mixture into cones.
Top each cone with a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Only 84 calories and 1 gram of fat.
Enjoy!
Resources:
www.familyfun.com
June20
If you want to be a powerful and strong woman, the physical can’t be neglected. Our bodies were made to move and it can be fun! Coach Keena shares her experiences with triathlons and shares ideas on how to get started exercising. Her athletes are women from all walks of life; the soccer mom, business executive, single, married, non-exerciser, competitive athlete. She teaches us how to become and stay motivated to make movement part of our life, and that we are never too old to start learning something new…maybe even tap dancing at age 60! Listen as Heather, Deb and Coach Keena laugh and share ways to get you moving and having fun.
Challenge:
Set a movement goal. Decide one specific thing you can do this week to move more and with more joy. Register for a 5K race or even a full or half marathon! Book that biking tour in Italy you’ve dreamt about, take dance lessons with your husband, hire a coach to get you through your first triathlon. Start where you are and make your goal a reality!
Go to Coach Keena’s website at www.coachkeena.com. Check out her online training tools and live classes customized just for women. Take your training to the next level and maybe even become and IronWoman!!
Recipe:
Upside Down Chocolate Cream Pie from Hungry Girl
1 Jell-O Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding Snack
1 sheet (4 crackers) low-fat honey graham crackers crushed
2 T Cool Whip Fat Free
Line bottom of small dish with whipped topping. Even spoon pudding on top. Cover with crushed graham crackers. Voila!
Resources:
www.coachkeena.com
The Biggest Loser
www.hungry-girl.com
‘Running with Angels’
June5
You have one constant address – the house you live in – your body. Your body is the tool through which you do your life’s work. How well are you keeping up on your “house work” and how are you taking care of your most important “tool”? Heather and Deb explore the reasons we all know more than we do when it comes to caring for our bodies. Eating was planned to be one of life’s sublime simple pleasures. But if hunger is not the problem, eating is not the solution. Hear some strategies for small changes that will help you eat when hungry, sleep when tired, and nurture yourself in healthy, fun ways that an M n M couldn’t hope to do for you!
Challenge: Make small healthy changes and add new ones each week. A power nap, drinking 6 glasses of water/day, switch to butter spray, try a new healthy food like quinoa or Greek yogurt, join a club that calls to you, take a class you’ve always wanted to try.
Chocolate Recipe: Painted Apricots
½ cup finely chopped pistachios
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
24 dried apricots
Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl. Hold apricots from one end and dip them one at a time into the chocolate, coating about ¾ of the apricot. Dip the tip of the apricot into the chopped pistachios. Place on a waxed paper coated cookie sheet and let set about 1 hour. Can be stored in a container separated by waxed paper about 2 weeks in the fridge.
Resources:
Weight Watchers International 1-800-651-6000
www.awakensoulpurpose.com
Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach
May22
Have you ever wondered why some women have such a great sense of style and always look so ‘together’? Do you often stand at your closet and feel like you’ve ‘nothing to wear’? Join author Carol Tuttle and your hosts Heather and Deb as we learn how to follow our true nature and dress for our energy type. Your clothing and your appearance speaks for you before you open your mouth, and with Carol’s knowledge in energy work and her incredible experience you will learn to show the world, and yourself, how beautiful you truly are.
Challenge:
Find out your energy profile by visiting www.myenergyprofile.com. It will change the way you see yourself and the world around you, and improve your relationships with a new understanding and appreciation for the unique differences in every person you interact with. ALSO, comment on the show for a chance to win a copy of Carol Tuttle’s new book, ‘It’s Just My Nature’.
About Our Guest:
Carol Tuttle is the author of the groundbreaking new book ‘It’s Just My Nature’ and the spiritual self-help book ‘Remembering Wholeness’. Carol is a leader in the areas of Energy Psychology, EFT and Energy Medicine. Find out more about Carol and her Dress Your Truth live and online courses at www.myenergyprofile.com.
Recipe:
Chocolate Crepes, Johnson Style
1 can CHOCOLATE sweetened condensed milk
1 C flour
6 eggs
½ tsp salt
add water to desired consistency
Mix all ingredients in a blender of kitchenaid mixer.
Pour, eat with coolwhip or powdered sugar sprinkled on top.
Makes 8-10
Resources:
‘It’s Just My Nature’ by Carol Tuttle, www.myenergyprofile.com, www.caroltuttle.com, Dress Your Truth
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May15
Human Nature – what is it? Why are you “a natural” at some things? Can you easily recognize your strengths as gifts? Join Heather and Deb as they chat with best selling author, Carol Tuttle, about her latest groundbreaking book, It’s Just My Nature! Find out what Energy Type you are, how to live in harmony with yourself first and then others, and just plain have more fun being you! Find out how to “be in your element” and love it.
Challenge: Examine your life – get to know the amazing unique person that you are. Use tools available to help you. Go to Carol Tuttle’s websites and see if it just might be Your Nature! Find out what Energy Type you are.
Recipe:
Le Chocolat French Toast
Next time you make French Toast add these 4 ingredients to the eggs and milk for a chocolate treat!
3 Tablespoons of Sugar or 4 packets of Splenda
2 Tablespoons of Cocoa
1/8 teaspoon of Salt
1/4 teaspoon of Cinnamon
HYPERLINK www.caroltuttle.com
HYPERLINK www.myenergyprofile.com
Books
It’s Just My Nature! by Carol Tuttle
May15
Deb and Heather teach you how to walk emotionally with others when they bring their problems to you. Learn the two words to avoid and the three magic words that will help people in your life feel listened to, understood, and supported. It’s that easy – in five words you can open up lines of communication that may have been shut down for years, deepen your relationship with loved ones AND show your support and confidence in their ability to find the solutions perfect for their own lives. Totally Win/Win!!!
Challenge of the Week: When anyone brings a problem to you this week, be most eloquent and respond with “Oh”, move on to “Hmmm” and end with “Wow”. See how much more understood everyone will feel in your presence. And remember: NO “Buts” about it and never ask “Why”.
Recipe: Chocolate Fondue – warm chocolate brings out the flavor even more!
For a really fast chocolate fix, break a bar of good quality chocolate into pieces and put into a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup (a small Pyrex bowl is great). Melt the chocolate completely, stirring periodically until it is smooth. You can dip strawberries, apple or banana chunks, cubes of pound cake, brownie chunks, pretzels, or marshmallows into the chocolate for an impromptu fondue.
Books:
I Don’t Have To Make Everything All Better, Gary and Joy Lundberg
May2
Women are taking the business world by storm as they become entrepreneurs and begin to share their expertise and knowledge with the world. Guest hosts Mieka Barlow and Natalie Erickson join Deb and Heather and share their secrets to success in their Xocai healthy chocolate business. Learn about how to be successful in business and life with the three c’s: Consistency, Confidence, Commitment. Start something new, or be motivated to keep your business going with this fun and lively discussion. Who knew healthy chocolate could be such fun…and yummy!
Challenge: What do you want to be when you grow up? Start daydreaming and really let it fly. No matter your age you can start something new. Maybe you start your novel, hug you kids a little more often, start meditation daily, or apply for that small business loan. They sky is the limit. Go for it today!
Resources: www.womeninchocolate.com, Xocai Chocolate
