Welcome to a brand new season as we discuss being Cracked Open in this thing called life. This week Gail who is a Social Worker, shares with us her story of one of life's greatest challenges. Gail shares how she has evolved into the person she is today. Gail's story is very empowering and helps us to understand that good can always come from a challenging life block. Join us this week as we Listen, Talk and Evolve together, after we have been CRACKED OPEN. #divorce #dating #LifeChallenges  #failing #Evolving #SocialWork #EmptyNest #LifeAfterKids #FindingYourself #Podcast #NewSeason

Welcome to the New: Wide Open Spaces with Ilise CRACKED OPEN Podcast. This season will bring many guests and insights into what cracks us open in our own individual lives.  I share my life shattering experiences and how I was CRACKED OPEN. This Fiery Redhead will take you on a journey that you can relate too and guide you in the direction of healing, celebrating and looking at yourself and your life in a new way.  Come take the ride of life with me. #NewSeason #Grief #Life #Joy #coping #insight #self-help #empowerment 

Take a listen to the new episode from the Fiery Redhead, where she takes you on a journey of the recent loss of her Mom and how she does not let Grief define her. Ilise will make you realize that YOU ARE NOT YOUR GRIEF and how you can take sadness and heartache and turn it into a new chapter in your life. Ilise's story is poignant and anyone who has experienced grief of a loved one, pet or lifestyle can benefit from her wisdom and concrete ways to accept that your Grief does NOT DEFINE YOU! #Grief #loss #GrievingProcess #GriefJourney 

Listen Now, to the Fiery Redhead as she discusses how to plan time to grieve. The grieving process is multidimensional and requires time and awareness. The Fiery Redhead will share her own grief with you and how she believes you can grieve and still live a healthy, functional life.  Time to let it out! This Episode is Dedicated to one of my BFF's, Cheryl Luckman Simmons, I will miss you forever my Sista. #MentalHealthAwareness #StopTheStigma #Grief #Grieving #Loss #Coping

Listen Now, as the Fiery Redhead discusses the importance of focusing on our own individual Mental Health. Mental Health Awareness Month is a time to stop and reflect on ways to improve in our own lives. It is time to stop the Stigma and realize that everyone has mental health issues in their lives or those that they love. Embrace the fact that we all struggle. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Struggles #SelfHelp #StopTheStigma #MentalHealth   

Listen Now as the Fiery Redhead takes you on a journey of discovery as you embark together on absorbing the small joys of life. This can be a difficult process of slowing yourself down and focusing on the little pleasures. Ilise will provide you with that spark to change the way you look at the world and yourself. Let's take the Journey together. #Journey #LifeJourney #SmallWins #SelfEvolving #NewPodcast

Listen Now, as the Fiery Redhead talks about the liberating experience of Purging things, people and places in our lives. She shares her GLP-1 Journey and how she empowered herself through a purge of weight and her closet. The Fiery Redhead will help you identify areas in your life that might require a PURGE Session. She will provide you with the skills and insight towards creating a healthier YOU! #Purge #GLP1 #HealthierYou #Declutter #LetGo #Empowerment 

Join the Fiery Redhead as she discusses how the current world environment can impact your health and anxiety. There are many aspects of our world that can elevate your anxiety levels and make you feel out of control. This episode shares a technique that the Fiery Redhead uses herself to cope with her own anxiety. Listen Now and you too can take control over your environment and anxiety. #Anxiety #AnxietyDisorder #EnvironmentalAnxiety #CopingMechanism #WorldChaos #PoliticalEnvironment 

"Congratulations, Great Job, I am so Proud of You", Do you look for people to acknowledge your accomplishments? Do you seek approval of others? Join us this week as Ilise discusses how the only person's approval that you need to seek is your own. Ilise will talk about the anatomy of why you seek approval and how you can break that habit. Listen Now! #Approval #Advice #SeekingApproval #FeelingProud #BeProud #LoveYourself #Evolve

Join us this week as we discuss the common myths about anxiety and how it is like an annoying bug in your life. Anxiety, may be prevalent in your daily life but might not be caused by just one specific thing or event. Listen now and we can smoosh this annoying bug that has been buzzing in your ear. #Anxiety #MentalHealth #AnxietySymptoms #AnxietyRelief #PodcastHost

Join me this week as we identify ways that Countries with the lowest documented cases of Depression, accomplish this. We will talk about your experiences and how you can identify what is going on with you emotionally by sitting with yourself. There is no magic trick to cope with mild depression but there is strategies that can create a healthy environment for yourself to live in. I challenge you to join me today. #MildDepression #GreenSpace #TheBlues #AnxietyDisorder 

Join me this week as we discuss the confusing changing world that we live in. Let's see how the term FUCKTOSE INTOLERANT impacts your world and ways to cope with it. Politics play a heavy hand in today's society and relationships, it is a hard road to navigate. Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together on this journey called life. We can set an emotionally healthy tone in our lives and with others.  I know that I can ignite that fire in your belly, to make healthy changes in your world. #FucktoseIntolerant #coping #CopingWithPolitics #PoliticalWorld #PoliticalTrauma #compassion #listen #MentalHealth   

Join us this week as we talk about how to detach from world chaos and focus on your own personal world. I also discuss briefly Mel Robbins and her "Let Them Theory" as we navigate the stress and chaos in our own worlds. I encourage you to find the fire within and ignite the spark in you. Be the spark that not only survives the chaos but illuminates the path forward for others. #coping #WorldChaos #Stress #Stressors #SelfPreservation #LetThem #LetMe

Join us this week as we Interview Medical Student, Elisha Myers.  Elisha shares with us her Journey and how stress and anxiety played a role in her process. She shares her coping mechanisms and gives the listener great insight into themselves and how you can cope with Stress in your life.  Let's work through the Anatomy of Stress, as Elisha shares her story with us. Listen, Talk and Evolve TOGETHER. #Stress #MedicalSchool #College #Anxiety #Insight @ElishaMyers @UniversityOfFlorida @FloridaAtlanticUniversity @TrinityCollegeDublin

In weeks Episode, we will discuss how to get you back to unfinished dreams and desires. Life is complicated and it is very easy to lose your way, so don't be hard on yourself. Now get up, take a listen to this episode and give yourself a good kick in the ass to get motivated. It's time to start thinking about you and what you need.    Let's Talk, Listen and Evolve together, and in the process you will Reinvent Yourself. #InnerChild #ReinventYourself #YoungerSelf #Podcast #BadAssBitch

Going through the Grief Process is a slow form of torture. This weeks Episode I discuss my Grief and how it Sucks. I know there will be many of you that can relate to my pain and might even cry with me. That is ok, because we need to have a release. I share with you some ways that I cope with Grief and I also share my Friend's life with you as a way to honor her.(Also a way to deal with my grief) Thank you Cheryl, "Because I knew You, I have been changed for good".(lyrics from Wicked) Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together. #CancerSucks #Grief #ForGood #BreastCancer #MDAnderson #Music #CancerTreatment #Warrior 

This is the launch of a brand new season that is more Raw, Edgy and Not Politically Correct. Join me as I talk about my journey on the GLP1 shot, the good, the bad, the ugly and the magic it can have on your life. It is not an easy road but boy is it worth it. If you have been thinking about taking this medication, I will provide you with my personal experiences and the facts about what you will experience on this medication. It's a New Year, a New Season and a New Me maybe it can be a healthier you as well. #GLP1 #Semiglutide #WeightLoss #BodyDysmorphia #FoodNoise #NewPodcastSeason 

How have you filled the Wide Open Spaces in your World this past year? It is always healthy to take a look back at the year to identify what you have accomplished and what got let behind. Creating a SMART Goal list, is a coping mechanism that can be used by all. Let's end this year together by filling the Wide Open Spaces within you, with Positive and Healthy things. It is never too late to make good choices in your life. Wishing all of you Happy Holidays and a Healthy New Year. #SelfInventory #WideOpenSpaces #Goals #NewYear #GoodChoices #MentalHealthPodcast #RoadBlocks #NewYearNewYou 

Seasonal Affective Disorder is very common in the months of October through January due to the winter months. Join us this week as we identify if you suffer from the winter blues. I provide you with insight and ways to cope with this seasonal mood disorder. I want to help you put the Jolly back in the Holidays this year. #SeasonalDepression #HolidayBlues #WinterBlues #Depression #Cope #NewPodcast #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder #988

Have you ever thought about how to Defy Gravity in the way you perceive yourself? The movie Wicked has a theme of Ugly verses Beauty. This week we will talk about how you see yourself in your own reflection and how you can find a little bit of Popular and Wicked in your own self. Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together and I believe we can find the beauty that lies within us all. So take a listen and let's Defy Gravity together. #DefyGravity #Wicked #Popular #Self-Esteem #Empowerment #YouAreBeautiful #YourReflection #NewPodcastEpisode