In this bold and beautiful episode of The Best Ever You Show, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, Dr. Katie Eastman, and special guest Rebeccah Silence come together for an empowering conversation about what it means to own your voice, reclaim your story, and lead with truth and peace. From the excitement surrounding Taylor Swift’s new release, The Life of a Showgirl to the deeply personal journey of healing and visibility, this episode is an anthem for women everywhere who are ready to rise—and rise real.

We talk about: How to navigate change when your peace is disturbed
Rebeccah's powerful book Coming Back to Life
Her transformational retreat Own Your Voice in Colorado
The power of self-expression and courageous storytelling
What women over 40 and 50 are doing to break every myth about aging, purpose, and power
📣 And—drumroll—we announce the pre-order of The Peace Guidebook, your roadmap to hope, healing, and harmony for all humankind This is more than a conversation—it’s a call to step into your light, speak your truth, and lead with love.

🔗 Pre-order The Peace Guidebook: https://www.amazon.com/Peace-Guidebook-Cultivate-Healing-Humankind/dp/0757326080
🔗 Learn more about Rebeccah’s book & retreat: RebeccahSilence.com
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In this episode of the Best Ever You Show, host Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino welcomes Terri Cole, a renowned author and therapist, to discuss her latest book, 'Too Much,' and the concept of high functioning codependency. The conversation explores Terri's personal journey from the entertainment industry to becoming a therapist, the importance of boundaries in relationships, and the challenges of parenting adult children. Terri shares insights on how to navigate codependency, set healthy boundaries, and foster meaningful connections with loved ones. The episode also touches on the significance of female friendships and the impact of family dynamics on personal growth.

Takeaways

• Terri Cole emphasizes the importance of boundaries as personal rules of engagement.
• High functioning codependency can manifest in capable individuals who feel responsible for others' feelings.
• Asking expansive questions can deepen relationships and foster intimacy.
• Navigating adult relationships with children requires respect for their autonomy.
• The journey of personal growth often involves teaching what one needs to learn themselves.
• Female friendships are essential for happiness and support.
• Resentment can be a key indicator of where boundaries are needed.
• Transitioning to open door parenting involves allowing children to make their own decisions.
• It's important to reclaim time and focus on reconnecting with partners after children leave home.
• Terri's community offers support and resources for those seeking to improve their mental health.

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, host of The Best Ever You Show welcomes Spiritual and Life Coach Ashu Khanna. 

A spiritual teacher and life coach, Ashu guides individuals to align with their inner self. Through her books, teachings, and coaching, she offers a space of love and courage for individuals to anchor within and unlock their infinite potential.

Ranked among India’s 100 Emerging Voices by YourStory, Ashu is the Founder & CEO of Arka Leadership. Also, she is the Founder President of the Mumbai Chapter of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and has served on the Board of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) Gold Mumbai Chapter.

Ashu has also served at Miracle Foundation, Ascent Foundation, Aspire For Her, Annamrita Foundation, and Della Leaders Club.

Visit AshuKhanna.com for more information

In this heartfelt solo episode, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino — bestselling author and founder of The Best Ever You Network — invites you into a powerful conversation about gratitude, grounded in real life. From life updates to insights from The Change Guidebook, The Success Guidebook, and Percolate, this is more than a catch-up — it’s a masterclass in intentional living.

Elizabeth shares personal reflections on family, growth, and the beauty found in everyday moments, while also exploring how gratitude can anchor us through both joy and challenge. Whether you're navigating change, chasing goals, or just trying to slow down, this episode will remind you to flip frustration into appreciation and lead with love.

Pour a cup of something warm, take a deep breath, and tune in to this meaningful pause in the rush of life.

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In this episode of The Best Ever You Show, Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman dive into the beauty of wintering in South Carolina and the tranquility of finding peace in Anacortes, Washington—where the mountains meet the sea. We also share insights from our bestselling books, Uplifting and The Change Guidebook, and how their lessons apply to everyday life.Our main topic? Respecting each other's opinions and emotions in real-life settings. In a world that often feels divided, how do we navigate differences with kindness, patience, and understanding? Tune in for heartfelt conversations, real-life strategies, and a little laughter along the way.👉 Listen now and let’s explore what it means to live, love, and respect—together. 💙

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We want to extend our heartfelt thoughts to anyone impacted by the wildfires. Some of you are there facing the trauma, some of you love someone facing the trauma and all of us are collectively witnessing the pain of loss. We at Best Ever You want everyone to do whatever you can:
Reach out to anyone you know who is impacted
Speak from your heart
Let them know you are thinking of them
Offer practical support like sending self- care items and clothing
Let them know you are there and will be there for them!

Dr. Katie Eastman and Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino

Love the Foods That Love the Planet features tantalizing low carbon dishes to help meet the urgent climate challenge.

What we eat and how we produce it matters. We know our world is careening toward warming tipping points beyond which recovery may not be possible. Shifting the food supply away from animals to plants as much as possible can drastically lower greenhouse gases and buy us the time we need to prevent irreversible harm and devastating outcomes. A plant-based diet also prolongs life, vitality, strengthens immunity, and gains protection from chronic illness and infectious disease. A healthy body and a healthy planet are linked.

We all have more agency than we think when it comes to climate change. Our food choices influence our social and family circles, which in turn collectively drive consumer demand and market response. For those who are concerned with the pressing climate crisis and who want to mitigate the growing threats of extreme weather, wildfires, loss of biodiversity, and food insecurity, Cathy Katin-Grazzini has carefully created and compiled a delicious medley of powerful plant-based recipes that help revitalize the health of our environment and our bodies.

Love the Foods That Love the Planet is loaded with recipes that are packed with climate challenge insights, featuring both creative and traditional cuisine from around the world, and accompanied by eye popping photography by Giordano Katin-Grazzini. These recipes range from simple and quick for weekday suppers to special and celebratory for weekends and entertaining and all of them help save the planet. For all who are environmentally conscious and want to bring a mindful approach to their diet but don’t want to skimp on taste, Love the Foods That Love the Planet provides an active solution for home cooks—from the newbie to the most experienced chef. Help is here, in this climate friendly cookbook.

Bobbie Carlton is the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, or, as she calls them, the day job, the night job and the dream job. Carlton is an entertaining, tell-it-like-it-is speaker who speaks extensively (and passionately) about public speaking and how it can be the driving force behind career growth and business success. She's a TEDx speaker; an entertaining startup event host; she's spoken at the United Nations; she's shared the stage with storytelling legend (and NPR's Snap Judgment host) Glynn Washington; and she's been on the main stage for some of the world’s best-known conferences for technical and professional women. Carlton has been featured on CBS News, in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, USA Today and other major media. She was previously the head of global PR at two different enterprise software companies and the head of marketing for a brand devoted to providing positive role models for preteen girls. She’s inspired thousands of technical, entrepreneurial and executive women to take control of their own speaking careers and has worked with event managers around the world to deliver diverse and inclusive events. More information about Innovation Women: https://innovationwomen.com/

As founder and designer for Jordan Alexander Jewelry, Theresa Bruno designed pieces for Oprah, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Hudson, Pink, and Michelle Obama, who named her a favorite designer. She is now host of The Soul Talks Podcast.Theresa Bruno’s life reads like a fairy tale in many ways. Like life, though, fairy tales are often darkened with tragedy, and Theresa’s life is no exception. She has suffered more than her share of pain. However, she is still writing her story, and in this chapter she is vanquishing the fear and shame that gutted her after her husband’s death and the sudden collapse of her business by bringing it into the light and talking about it- fearlessly.About The Soul Talks Podcast:Soul Talks Podcast with Theresa Bruno launched on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2024 in honor of Theresa’s late husband, James, the love of her life. Born of tragedy, Soul Talks is a testament to the abiding power of gratitude, acceptance, self-compassion, honesty, connection, and love in overcoming adversity. Filmed at the Spots Films studios in Atlanta, GA, Soul Talks airs weekly every Wednesday on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Bobbie Carlton is the founder of Carlton PR & Marketing, Innovation Nights and Innovation Women, or, as she calls them, the day job, the night job and the dream job. Carlton is an entertaining, tell-it-like-it-is speaker who speaks extensively (and passionately) about public speaking and how it can be the driving force behind career growth and business success. She's a TEDx speaker; an entertaining startup event host; she's spoken at the United Nations; she's shared the stage with storytelling legend (and NPR's Snap Judgment host) Glynn Washington; and she's been on the main stage for some of the world’s best-known conferences for technical and professional women. Carlton has been featured on CBS News, in the Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, USA Today and other major media. She was previously the head of global PR at two different enterprise software companies and the head of marketing for a brand devoted to providing positive role models for preteen girls. She’s inspired thousands of technical, entrepreneurial and executive women to take control of their own speaking careers and has worked with event managers around the world to deliver diverse and inclusive events. More information about Innovation Women: https://innovationwomen.com/

As founder and designer for Jordan Alexander Jewelry, Theresa Bruno designed pieces for Oprah, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Hudson, Pink, and Michelle Obama, who named her a favorite designer. She is now host of The Soul Talks Podcast. Theresa Bruno’s life reads like a fairy tale in many ways. Like life, though, fairy tales are often darkened with tragedy, and Theresa’s life is no exception. She has suffered more than her share of pain. However, she is still writing her story, and in this chapter she is vanquishing the fear and shame that gutted her after her husband’s death and the sudden collapse of her business by bringing it into the light and talking about it- fearlessly. About The Soul Talks Podcast: Soul Talks Podcast with Theresa Bruno launched on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2024 in honor of Theresa’s late husband, James, the love of her life. Born of tragedy, Soul Talks is a testament to the abiding power of gratitude, acceptance, self-compassion, honesty, connection, and love in overcoming adversity. Filmed at the Spots Films studios in Atlanta, GA, Soul Talks airs weekly every Wednesday on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.

Your Shopping Superpower provides an insightful guide and strategies for shoppers to align the contents in their carts with their personal values. Your Shopping Superpower explores this important question and offers a comprehensive guide that navigates toward positive and sustainable shopping practices by providing pragmatic tips, tools and revealing how our habits can help reduce climate change, support companies with equitable workplace conditions, and foster diverse, local businesses. Broken into categories including People, Planet, Community, and Health, Diane Osgood expands on key issues regarding climate degradation, labor exploitation, products containing carcinogens and toxins, and the importance of supporting local, women-owned, and minority-owned businesses while covering an array of products that include food, fashion, gifts, household items, and personal care. Addressing shoppers’ doubts about whether consumer choices truly have an impact and their concerns about costs and accessibility, Osgood shows how making these easy changes fosters happiness. With helpful diagrams and firsthand stories on climate and social injustice, Your Shopping Superpower informs and guides shoppers on how to: Implement one change per weekIdentify trustworthy certifications, rating systems, and appsDetect greenwashing and other misleading marketingDetermine which purchases to switch for maximum impactHandle and approach choices that aren’t easy or affordable By changing what we buy, we can initiate the change in our economy's environmental footprint and social impact. To enact change, we must start simple; it’s about progress, not perfection.

A narrative of cultural translation, identity, and belonging. The thrill of a new place fades quickly for Caroline Topperman when she moves from Vancouver to Poland in 2013. As she delves into her family’s history, tracing their migration through pre-WWII Poland, Afghanistan, Soviet Russia and beyond, she discovers the layers of their complex experiences mirror some of what she felt as she adapted to life in a new country. How does one balance honoring both one’s origins and new surroundings? Your Roots Cast a Shadow explores where personal history intersects with global events to shape a family’s identity. From the bustling markets of Baghdad to the quiet streets of Stockholm, Topperman navigates the murky waters of history as she toggles between present and past, investigating the relationship between migration, politics, identity, and home. Her family stories bring history into the present as her paternal grandmother becomes the first woman allowed to buy groceries at her local Afghan market while her husband is tasked with building the road from Kabul to Jalalabad. Topperman’s Jewish grandfather, a rising star in the Communist Party, flees Poland at the start of WWII one step ahead of the Nazis, returning later only to be rejected by the Party for his Jewish faith. Topperman herself struggles with new cultural expectations and reconciling with estranged relatives. Visit: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Your-Roots-Cast-a-Shadow/Caroline-Topperman/9780757325427

Welcome to the Real Life Podcast with Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and Dr. Katie Eastman.  This self-help podcast series focuses on self-help discussions about topics related to gratitude, change, success, compassion and peace. We're here to help you Percolate Peace. There are changes and transitions that challenge all of us. Think of this as tools for your best life toolbox, so that when you need to reach within to navigate something in your life, you have resources and have been taught how to chart a course forward. Each hour-long audio segment offers stories and lessons learned by us and people who have overcome these challenges and practical ways for you to manage these stressors in your own life. Dr. Katie Eastman and Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, CMC are the authors of the bestselling book Percolate-Let Your Best Self Filter Through which was published by Hay House in 2014. Dr. Eastman is also the author of Uplifting. Elizabeth is the author of The Change Guidebook and The Success Guidebook.   Learn more about DrKatieEastman.com, BestEverYou.com and ElizabethGuarino.com

Shaun Proulx is one of the most versatile talents in media and entertainment today. He has credits as a television personality and host, producer, talk radio host, motivational speaker, columnist, author, publisher, actor, live event host, spokesperson,  and activist for the issues of mental health, animal rights, and HIV stigma. Visit: shaunproulx.substack.com  & https://shaunproulxmedia.com/ Listen:https://www.siriusxm.ca/channels/canada-talks/

Shaun Proulx

Described as a “tour de force in anti-aging,” bestselling author Dr. Michael Aziz unlocks the secrets to longevity and disease prevention with a straightforward, doable plan focusing on the ten hallmarks of aging to target your cells and turn back the clock. The passage of time is inevitable, but getting sick as you get older is not. There was a major breakthrough in the world of antiaging in 2013 with the release of a landmark paper conceptualizing nine hallmarks of aging and their underlying mechanisms. Gut health was recently added as the tenth point. Now we know why get old and why the cells start to deteriorate and eventually die. The Ageless Revolution zeroes in on these ten hallmarks of aging to turn back time with a variety of weapons that target the malfunctions in our cells, mitochondria, and DNA. Here, you will discover the secrets to prevention by losing weight, reversing disease, slowing the aging process, and extending your lifespan. Renowned internist and anti-aging and regenerative physician Dr. Michael Aziz offers professional insight into lifestyle changes, hormone replacement, weight loss tips, supplements, medications, peptides, treatments, and procedures that can fight aging. His approachable but informed guidance is nothing short of revolutionary—the first book on the market to bring this bombshell information to the public. You’ll discover an innovative yet practical and easy-to-follow plan for how to look younger, live longer, and feel your best! Visit: https://www.amazon.com/Ageless-Revolution-Hallmarks-Defeating-Reversing/dp/0757325149 to purchase your copy of The Ageless Revolution. Dr. Michael Aziz is an internist anti-aging, regenerative physician specialist. He is board-certified in internal medicine. 

Becky Whetstone, Ph.D. is a marriage and family therapist in private practice who specializes in trauma, codependency, and marriage crisis. A journalist and former features writer and columnist for the San Antonio Express-News, she created a singles movement dedicated toward kindness, decency, and integrity in dating that became a south Texas phenomenon. Among the 600,000 annual divorces that transpire within the United States, almost all of them begin with a marriage crisis. Whether your partner told you they want to leave the marriage, or you are wondering how to break the news that you want out, this breaking point can be filled with overwhelming emotions, worry about children becoming collateral damage, and ill-advised counseling that make navigating this process more frightening and confusing than it has to be. These heartbreaking times can propel couples into a state of fear, panic, and uncertainty about what steps they should take, sometimes leading them to divorce when reconciliation might have been possible. Known as the “Marriage Crisis Manager,” marriage and family therapist Becky Whetstone fills in these gaps by speaking to both partners on how to manage themselves and their relationship in the healthiest of ways, regardless of the eventual outcome. In I (Think) I Want Out, Whetstone’s coaching offers clear understanding on why everyone feels crazy and overwhelmed during one of life’s most difficult experiences. By promoting peacefulness and self-care, she emphasizes the importance of both partners slowing down throughout the process. With engaging exercises and worksheets, Whetstone organizes an intelligent plan so all parties can successfully manage the crisis in a way where smart, rational decision-making can take place, and mistakes are minimized.  Visit: https://doctorbecky.com

It's time for our Annual Thanksgiving Day Gratitude Show on The Best Ever You Network. Join host Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino and guests Dr. Katie Eastman, Rebeccah Silence, and Kelly Learman Browne for this year's Annual Thanksgiving Day Gratitude Show on The Best Ever You Network. It's not always easy to be grateful. When you seek out and celebrate the positives in your life, your outlook and overall well-being are sure to change for the better. A practice of gratitude allows you to acknowledge what matters to you. Gratitude creates awareness, abundance, and feeling enough. So please, take those moments to notice and acknowledge the things you’re grateful for each day. This will most certainly give your outlook and mood a boost and help you learn to have perspective in all situations. Cultivate Gratitude. Together these bestselling authors and friends have a thankful chat about their lives, blessings, gratitude, forgiveness, the power of positive thinking, and friendship.   Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at The Best Ever You Network!

Kristine Carlson, co-author of the beloved New York Times bestselling Don't Sweat the Small
Stuff book series, has touched millions of lives with her wisdom and compassion. With over 25
million copies sold worldwide, her work—originally co-written with her late husband, Dr. Richard
Carlson—has become a beacon for those seeking peace and purpose. Kristine’s journey of
resilience is also captured in the Lifetime biopic, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff: The Kristine
Carlson Story, inspired by her memoir Heartbroken Open, a true story of rediscovering life after
profound loss.  Visit dontsweateveryday.com for more information and to pre-order the book.