What does September mean to you? Do comforting thoughts of pulling out your sweaters, turning on the fireplace, pumpkin spice lattes and homemade soup start flooding your mind, or goes it makes your heart say "Oh, no! Not yet!" In this episode, we look at how you - your beautiful, perfect body and mind - transition into the fall months. Some people love it! Others have a really hard time. There is a reason why. Together we talk about How the three body types tackle the fall months differently, Why our three mind types are telling us what they are in the fall, How to understand those around you in the fall, and then we chatted about my five self-care tips for ensuring you RISE in the fall. In this episode, I chatted about a recent conversation I had with Linda Drosdowech on her show All in Gold. You can watch that interview on what your Boss Wellness Type is here. To stay up to date on my fall courses, and join my email list at www.marlabarr.com and follow me for more self-care fall tips and tricks on Instagram at @marla.barr. As always, that you for listening in, for taking the time to comment and review this show, and THANK YOU for taking an interest in learning a bit more about taking care of YOU! Love and light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of the Your Wellness Journey, I sat down with Ayurvedic expert, Purnima Chaudhari to look at energy fields; how electronic magnetic radiation (EMR) impacts them; the Ayurvedic nadir and how to they come into play; how she is seeing EMR impact our health; and the easy things you can do starting today to mitigate EMR in your home. Here are a couple of links Purnima wanted me to share with you for more information: Purnima's website to take classes or receive a treatment The Ayurvedic Prana Flow Cream - I have this product and LOVE it. For more information on the programs and courses I teach, you can visit me online at www.marlabarr.com, or you can follow me on Instagram @marla.barr. Love and Light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Carole Tetreault is a healer, spiritual guide and is also known as Blue Thunderbird Woman. Marla finds out more about Carole's journey through Shamanism which was enhanced by a book by Don Miguel Ruiz called The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom. Since then, Carole has worked with Shamanism as a form of healing - which includes ancestral healing where the pain from your past lives is addressed. In this episode, you will find out what is involved in a Shamanic practice, how to connect with your spirit guide, determine your spirit animal and return the happiness that may have fled because of trauma.  Marla also works in conversation about the difficulties of 2020 and how Shamanism can help us digest and address the feelings of grief and trauma that stem from what are uncontrolled happenings. You will learn how to unearth the root of these feelings and address any pain you may be experiencing.  For more about Carole and the work she does, you can visit her website or her Instagram at @blue_thunder_bird_woman. To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What can you accomplish in a breath? We inhale, exhale, repeat, and don't think about it. But depending upon our breathing style, we can do so much more.  In this episode, Natalie Suppes, a certified PAUSE breathwork facilitator and Crohn's wellness coach, and I explore this style of breathwork. After over a decade of battling Crohn's disease, Natalie looked for answers to help her body and mind heal. Along the way, Natalie found this breathwork technique that transformed the trajectory for her health. In this episode, we looked at how PAUSE breathwork: is different than other styles of meditation, mindfulness or breathing exercises, what it can accomplish, and how to perform it. To learn more about PAUSE breathwork on their website. You can also continue to follow Natalie on her podcast Sick and Successful, on her Instagram page, or on her website. To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Is it time to take stock of where you are and how you are doing? So many of us feel that we are off course, stuck in jobs or relationships that are not helping us get to where we should be. Stopping once in a while to check in and see where you are is critical in moving you forward. In this episode, I sat down with Maurice Thibodeau as we chatted about his Life Inventory Assessment and how it can give you a beautiful picture of where you are and what you should be focusing on in your life (and where you can let it slide). I took Maurice's online assessment in just a few minutes and we went through some of my results live. You can learn more about life coach Maurice Thibodeau on his site, learn more about his Life Inventory Assessment and the AWAKENING Retreat the two of us are hosting from August 14-18 just north of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Love and light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How can we find peace, use peace and rise from what is happening in the world right now? This week I sat down with Michael Arterberry, youth development expert and founder and executive director at Youth Voices Center Inc. in Connecticut. We had been planning this talk for over a month as we were supposed to discuss how to be a role model for our youth and what we can best do to support their wellness and growth. Then a week before we got together, Mr. George Floyd was murdered and our news feeds, social media and conversations with friends and family have been filled with protests and pain, outrage and fear. As a leader and visionary in the Power of Peace Movement, working for over two decades with at-risk youths, we looked at what has happened, how to deal with this, and where to go from here. Michael has been a recipient of the 100 Men of Color Award and Educator of the Year. He is an accomplished author, motivational speaker and facilitator of his signature program Power of Peace. You can reach Michael at: Website: Youth Voice Center Inc. Facebook: www.facebook.com/YouthVoicesCenter Or get his book: Be Encouraged!!!: 250 Days of Motivation and Encouragement At the end of this episode, I mentioned a contest. I won't spoil the details (they are all in the episode), but you can reach out to me at either marla@marlabarr.com or on Instagram at @marla.barr. Wishing you love, light and the knowledge that we are all one during this time. Peace is Power - Marla See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We go to school. We get the job. Then comes the car and the apartment, and we have to work more. The clothes and the vacations come next, and we have to work more. At some point, you might think "What am I doing? Do I really want this? How did I get here?" In this episode, I sit down with Bret James of High Sierra Permaculture as we talk about his transition from a Denver-based computer programmer to living off the grid on the north shore of Kauai to homesteading in the California Sierra Nevada mountains. We talk about: What is modern homesteading? Why was he drawn to leave "it" all behind? How did he get started what did he learn along the way? What is permaculture?And how we can all bring this lifestyle into our day-to-day lives starting today? Bret wants me to share with you the link to one of the great online courses he teaches on permaculture. I've taken the course and it is wonderful. You can also find Bret on Instagram or on his website. Wishing you love and light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After the first month in isolation, I had melted into a place of homeschooling, letting go of my old routine and, well, scones. I have always loved scones and I thought there must be some magical way bakers made it that was impossible to recreate. Well, after 2 solid weeks of trying, I perfected some plant-based scone recipes to a point that our favourite time was morning scone-time at 10:30 am. After a month of that, I was feeling pretty darn blah, sluggish, stagnant (but if I come out with a vegan scone cookbook, don't be surprised ;). I needed something to pull me back from the land of homemade scones, so I went online and found a couple of guys doing this crazy thing called the Climb Mount Everest from Home Challenge. I read more and was fascinated not necessarily by their ambitions to climb the real Mount Everest one day, but how I could bring this into my routine and shake of the quarantine blahs. I came up with this plan to start walking up to my one flight of stairs in our house every day. First, it was just 5 flights. Then I managed to hit 30 flights huffing and puffing. Now I do 108 flights every morning. Every morning.  In this episode I share with you how I started, how I am NOT letting the coronavirus take my endurance, stamina or strength, and how this challenge has been more therapeutic for me that I thought it ever could be. Here is the link to the tracker I have been using for this. I hope it helps you. As always, if you have any questions or comments, you can find me on Instagram at @marla.barr or online at www.marlabarr.com. Oh, and in this episode, I referenced the previous episode I taped on crying. Here is the link to that little gem. Wishing you love and light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

All of us could use a little laugh right now. Okay, maybe we all need a HUGE crying-in-joy/it-is-hard-to-catch-your-breath/you-won't-need-an-ab-workout-for-a-month kind of laugh. Being in isolation for going on 50 days now, a lot of the things in our lives that used to bring us joy are not possible right now, so we have found our joy in a new place. At the beginning of 2020, Tiktok was a skyrocketing app that attracted people in the 13-29 age group. Then Corona happened and TikTok is now where you will find the most hilarious grandmas in their 80s, your cousin that SWORE she would never do the social media thing, and homeschooling parents that are making it through each day sharing their ups and downs. Join social media guru Charmaine Jennings and I, as we dive into TikTok and what you might find there.  To learn more about Charmaine, you can find her online on either of her growing companies: www.hustleandcharm.ca or www.strategiccharmboutique.com. Or you can find her on Instagram at @hustleandcharmcommunity. Wishing you a day filled with joy! - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode, I bring on Kevin Naidoo to discuss our lives in quarantine thus far. We talk about a lot of different subjects from the ego, to gratitude, to confrontation and communication in a pandemic. We covered a lot of ground, and my conversations with Kevin are always so enlightening. Hope you enjoy! To learn more about what Kevin is up to, visit him online at www.kevinnaidooyoga.com and on Instagram and Facebook. Love and light, Dear Souls! - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, I invite Jennifer Maynard to talk about “longevity nutrition” — the best long-term nutritional habits you can have. Jennifer is the CEO and co-founder of Nutrition for Longevity Inc. — a company focused on giving people the tools to maintain healthy diets from “longevity regions” (places with the longest, healthiest lifespans on Earth). We speak about her farm in New Jersey, food as medicine, soil health in farming, and the worst foods people can eat during self-isolation. Jennifer is brilliant, and I hope you enjoy the interview! 1:40 - Beginning of Jennifer Maynard interview. 4:00 - Jennifer talks about her history and what brought her to healthy eating. 7:31 - We discuss Jennifer’s farm in New Jersey and her farming practices. 9:15 - Jennifer talks about the best foods people can eat, why they’re so good, and what characteristics those foods have. 12:15 - We discuss the importance of soil health in sustainable farming and food taste. 16:45 - Jennifer talks about the importance of having an entirely or mostly plant-based diet. 19:31 - Jennifer describes her own diet and why she’s chosen it. 27:30 - Jennifer details Nutrition for Longevity’s goals and business. 34:20 - We discuss fasting and it’s historical and cultural significance. 37:00 - If Jennifer could walk into a supermarket and erase three foods, what foods would she erase? 45:40 - We discuss the importance of having a healthy diet and why it’s so essential to healthy living. For more information on Jennifer's company, visit Nutrition for Longevity, follow them on Instagram at @nutritionforlongevity, and here is the link to the book by Dr. Valter Longo, The Longevity Diet. If you have any follow-up questions, do not hesitate to reach out to us on Instagram at @marla.barr or at www.marlabarr.com. With gratitude - Marla and the Your Wellness Journey Team To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

So, you've stocked up on your vitamins, have planned your day around the free IG live workouts available, and have committed to do that Climb Everest from a Home challenge. You're ready for this Take-That-Covid-19-You're-Not-Welcome-Here battle, right? Well, not so fast soldier. I guarantee if you'd stop and take a moment to check in with your beautiful body, mind and heart and say "Hey, troops! Are you ready to bring our A-game?", they'd be all like "Serious!?!?!?!? I have been fighting on the frontlines for you for like your entire life. We need a break, never mind this A-Game stuff". Then you're like "What? What battle? What have we been fighting?!? Maybe a cold in the winter?" Your warrior body/mind/heart gives you a little laugh. "Sit down. We have a few things to tell you, Kid". In order for us all to bring that A-game, we need to fight this virus, to head off onto that immunity battlefield, first, we have to acknowledge the 7 seven battles most of us are fighting every day. In this episode, you and I go through each of them and address how you can easily start working on this TODAY so that you can let that glorious warrior body-mind-heart of yours get to work on this, one of our greatest battles that we will all face together. While we are all living on Planet Crazy right now, I have started daily 8:00 am CST live check-in on my Instagram @marla.barr. Do feel free to join us. Sending you so much love and light during this time, Dear Friends! - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

So, WOW, April! If there ever was a month where we needed a bit of an okay-what-the-heck-is-going-on-and-how-can-I-navigate-through-this, it is probably this month. In this update I went through: The couple dates in April that might impact you Some important things to think about when you bring items home from the grocery store And that FREE 28-page Food During Crisis resource I put together for you. And as I mentioned in the episode, please tune into my Instagram channel @marla.barr as while we are all living on Planet Crazy right now, I am hosting 8:00 am CST live chats. Each day we talk about different aspects of your wellness, self-care, mental health and just be there for one another, so do feel free to join in. I am sending you so much love and light during this time - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, I sit down with a dear friend and healer, Purnima Chaudhari as we dive into the oldest lineage of self-care on the planet: Ayurveda. As we are all stepping up our immunity game right now, it is time to look at some of the very best, longstanding (and SIMPLE) practices and routines that boost our immunity and ensure your health is as strong as possible. We chatted about:The three types of foods: smart food, dumb food and dead foodWhy oral health is so important Purnima's 4-step mouth care routineWhat she is seeing in the collective right nowHow energy works in healing those across the globe and why energy workers can feel this crisis on a different levelHow to make "Smart Water"What our biggest toxic enemy isAnd the importance of yoga, meditation and breathwork in all of our self-care routines.To learn more about Purnima's services and advice, you can follow her on Instagram @purnima_chaudhari, or visit her website. Please feel free to share this episode and as always, do feel free to leave a comment or rating on whatever platform you enjoyed this show on. Wishing you the best on your wellness journey! Love and light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

I read an article recently about how and why we overreact. It was penned by Dr. Art Frenz, a wonderful clinical psychologist who practices in upstate New York. Dr. Frenz specializes in stress management, psychological fitness, self-calming skill and dealing with loss and grief. As I have seen dozens upon dozens of reports of toilet paper to bleach, frozen pizzas to mushrooms, flying off the grocery store shelves, I wondered how you can tell if we are overreacting, reacting or underreacting. What is the difference? What pushes us to either extreme and what tools do we need to fully understand how we react to this current global crisis. In this episode, Dr. Frenz and I speak about:The three parts of reacting: feelings, thinking and behaviour What happens when our reaction time is shortened Why our feelings should never be ignored Why our feelings are never wrong how to self-soothe ourselves at this time Dr. Frenz also spoke about the Serenity prayer and the wisdom we can all pull from it. I have it here below for you: God, grant me the serenity accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference. To learn more about Dr. Frenz, visit his website at www.artfrenzphd.com.  Wishing you love, light and serenity. - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"Marla, I need help working on my belly". "Hummm, okay", I say. "I've tried this workout and this new diet and nothing helps. What can I do?" This is a common question I get. In honest, the only thing that will help you is to understand what is actually going on in and around your beautiful belly, the amazing story it is telling you, and the SUPER IMPORTANT role those Goddess/God-like love handles actually play. In this episode, you and I chat about your relationship with your belly region, the 4 main reasons our intestines tend to distend and swell. I made up this handy little acronym "D.A.N.G. Girl" to help us remember. Then we go into the only one way that you can work to diminish your love handles if that is your goal, how you DON'T want to get rid of it (spoiler: it's through dieting), and the only one way to prevent additional accumulation of tissue to that lovely midriff of yours. I hope after listening to this episode you can look at your amazing bellies in an entirely new light. Every glorious cell of yours serves a purpose, and the story of the adipose tissue or fat cells that surround our digestive organs (we just think of them as our love handles or our beer bellies), is amazing and one to be in AWE of. You're gorgeous. You're beautiful. You're perfect. Listen in and let me prove it to you. Love and light, Sweet Soul - Marla Oh, and I mentioned I would give you the link to my Gluten Episode here, so here you go.  To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You see people stocking up on masks and toilet paper, as they await the latest news reports, deciding if our current state with the COVID-19 pandemic will impact their work and their families. We are all currently in a time where our comfort levels with safety and security are being tested. Our emotions are on a roller coaster of sorts as fear - even if we don't want to admit it - creeps in and out of our day. Although we can easily feel helpless, there is so much we can do. In this episode we look at the four things that are adding to our global response and our individual response to this pandemic, heightening our reaction and the decisions we are making. This week I was actually scheduled to talk to you about our root energy centre, which speaks to our safety need and our fulfillment of security. We then go into my 7-step self wellness plan that you can start putting in place today to help you mentally, emotionally and physically move through this health crisis as well as any other emergency that you might experience. At the end of this episode, you'll find a special meditation I put together for you. I mentioned in the episode that I would link you to the Art of Hugging episode I taped last month, so here you go.  Do feel free to like and share this episode and subscribe to the show. Sending you love and light - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Have you ever wondered why we hug or what it really does for us on a physical or emotional level? Why, like anything, there is a science and art behind it. Let's dive into today's episode as we chat about: What does hugging do for us Why we might not like to hug What is a chakra hug and how entraining plays a role If you have any questions about this or any other episode, feel free to reach out to me either on my website at www.marlabarr.com or on Instagram at @marla.barr.  To love, light and hugs - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What do you need to know? What are the lessons you need to hear to get you through, to help you understand what you are dealing with right now? Well, I don't have all the answers, but I know our Fairy Yogi Godmother does. Years ago I met one of the most profound wise souls on the planet. Unbeknownst to me, this crossing with Flossie Park would change everything for me. As a special Valentine's Day gift to you, I invited Flossie back on to the show all the way from her home in Encinitas, California to talk love, self-love, relationship and where we get it all wrong. I hope this conversation leaves you as inspired, motivated and positive as it did for me. If you have any questions about this or any other episode, feel free to reach out to me either on my website at www.marlabarr.com or on Instagram at @marla.barr.  Wishing you SOOO much love - Marla To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Full-time parent. Full-time business owner. Partner. Daughter. Friend. Boy, we all wear a lot of hats, oh and somewhere on that daily to-do list, we have to make sure WE are getting the self-care we need.  In this episode, I sat down with Amelia Barnes, the visionary, founder and day-to-day juggler of the eco-amazing lifestyle apparel company PranaVida. We talk about: How we (attempt) to do everything being a plant-based parent Raising eco-kids Wearing all the hats as an entrepreneur How to fit in some ME time everyday And who Amelia looks to for inspiration You can check out Amelia's wonderful company (I own 8 pairs of her leggings - serious they are THAT good) at Pranavida, or follow her on Instagram at @ameliakyoga or @pranavidastyle. To stay in touch or if you have a comment or question about today's episode, you can find me on Instagram or online at marlabarr.com. Love and light - Marla  To join Marla's Wellness Insiders' email group, you can follow the link here.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.