Transform Your Life Podcast

In today's podcast episode:    Question #1: What is the #1 mindset principle that you would teach a client? 0:50 – What you can use in your life to shift your life to more bliss and less misery 4:45 – How to let go of the need for perfection 12:00 – Entering into life without expectations Question #2: How do you stay motivated when you are a plateau phase? 15:17 – Fitness plateaus 18:16 – getting “good” at lifting weights 19:38 – the importance of imperfect action 20:07 – embracing the fact that you are a beginner 21:34 – energetic plateaus 22:52 – why do we hit plateaus? 25:00 – reframing plateaus as “check-points” 26:00 – do you WANT to heal? do you want to transform? 26:19 – worthiness and accomplishments 27:53 – raising vibration in every pillar 28:20 – self love and weightloss – Ange’s experience 29:42 – why don’t we give ourselves the same love and consideration we give to our children and their bodies?   NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE SO YOU NEVER MISS

In today's episode: 0:26 – what are we using in our lives to stay on track, organized, and productive 1:48 – outsmarting my personality type 3:58 – how to “be someone WHO….” 6:48 – how allocating a specific amount of time increases productivity 7:28 – where am I wasting my time? 7:40 – Ashley’s 2 different laundry systems 14:20 – Ange’s laundry system – no folding required 15:37 – choosing the things that matter and the things that don’t 16:54 – how to do the job in larger quantities – same mess, less time 18:51 – can you create a system that works for you 19:20 – how to keep a tidy house – Ashley’s method 21:47 – how to bring your kids into helping clean the house 22:14 – being in flow 23:58 – where are you spending the time in your day and is it creating the life that you want? 24:41 – the WHY behind what you are doing 27:05 – how the frequency of an activity can be adjusted to increase productivity 28:54 – Ange’s bathing schedule in relation to time and productivity 31:09 – the list of

In this week's podcast: 0:15 – what feels fun for you right now? 1:40 – smudge sticks 3:27 – how to prioritize play in your life 5:49 – honouring the inner child 8:00 – becoming more childlike 10:00 – what doesn’t feel fun right now – ONLINE LEARNING (UGH!) 10:34 – is my kid where he/she should be? Am I doing the right thing? Why do I feel guilty ALL the time? 11:15 – letting go and allowing us and our kids to be DONE 14:27 – comparing kids in relation to his peers 16:42 – trust your parenting path – YOU are the expert on you, your kids and your family 17:55 – the anger, the frustration that has bubbled up with online learning 19:52 – the difference between developing resilience and “giving up” 21:40 – feelings around graduation and lack of closure 22:34 – ways COVID has impacted the transition from Kindergarten to Grade One 24:26 – will we ever go back to what it was? Will our kids need to make up for what they’ve lost academically? 26:46 – what is the biggest and best thing you can do for y

In today's podcast episode:  (2:37) Family, friends, booze and food - How do we manage our personal body goals with managing enjoying my social goals? (3:27) Is it time for a diet break? What even is that!? (4:11) How to manage peer pressure in social situations (5:31) What if I DO want that drink, and how do I manage that? (6:51) Why where you sit matters (8:00) Looking at and planning for the full day (8:34) Why loading up on proteins prior to will help manage calories later (10:08) Ashley’s story with burgers, buns and people pleasing – eating because we feel guilty WTF!? (12:38) BOOZE BOOZE BOOZE – best options to keep your fitness goals and calorie intake in check (14:00) What if you absolutely love a certain beverage, but you know it doesn’t fit your “calorie budget?” (16:29) how to include booze into your macros (17:26) What is the best wine, the best beer, the best cooler (22:00) What if I overindulged, and spent more than my calorie budget allows and handling the guilt (26:16) I’m so hu

“Out of every goal human beings want to attain, happiness is usually the greatest.”   In today's podcast episode:  3:06 – Has Covid benefited your work/home balance or upset it? 6:17 – How do I manage all the schedules and still do my job well? 7:00 – The possibility of letting go of the “work” piece, even temporarily 7:44 – How to manage what is showing up emotionally with homeschooling and working from home? 8:18 – The 2 most important questions to consider when reviewing job satisfaction 11:29 – Seeking permission to change what you are doing 12:25 – What am I going to gain by making a shift? What is working and what’s not? 13:40 – Why can’t you pivot? 14:48 – Forgetting for just ONE minute everything and everyone else 15:58 – Bravery and fear – all you need in a few seconds of INTENSE courage! 18:38 – Facing the fear of letting your boss down, friends down, family down and choosing YOU! 19:17 – Splitting your life and joy into thirds and moving in the direction of the A-Zone 21:34 – How to

In today's podcast episode:    Question #1: IS INTERMITTENT FASTING JUST TO MANAGE CALORIE INTAKE OR DOES IT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE METABOLISM AND WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY BURNING THOSE CALORIES TO HELP WITH MAINTAINING OR LOSING WEIGHT? (1:20) 1:55 – benefits of intermittent fasting and impact on weight loss goals 3:00 how men and women are impacted differently and why 4:19 – does the body function better because of a fast? 5:55 – issues with studies in nutrition   Question #2: HOW TO APPROACH HEALTHY EATING WITH KIDS. I WANT MY KIDS TO EAT HEALTHY NUTRITIOUS FOODS BUT DON'T WANT TO MAKE SUGARY FOODS OR SWEETS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BAD OR EXTRA SPECIAL, THUS MAKING THEM WANT IT MORE. I WANT THERE TO BE A HEALTHY BALANCE, BUT NOT SURE HOW TO GET ABOUT IT WITHOUT MAKING SOME FOODS SEEM GOOD OR BAD. (8:06) 9:11 What is my job as the parent? What is my kid’s job? 11:23 What are kids seeing us do and the way we speak to our partners 13:20 how do we teach kids about sweets and treats without making it “the for

In today's podcast episode:  1.  Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great-grandchildren? (2:45)   2.  Would you rather have more time or more money?(4:15)   3.  Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your life? (7:28)   4.  Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages? (12:21)   5.  Would you rather win the lottery or live twice as long?(14:24)   6.  Would you feel worse if no one showed up to your wedding or to your funeral? (17:20)   7.  Would you rather be without internet for a week, or without your phone? (23:48)   8.  Would you rather meet George Washington or the current president? (25:25)   9.  Would you rather lose your vision or your hearing?(25:35)   10.  Would you rather work more hours per day, but fewer days or work fewer hours per day, but more days? (27:16)   11.  Would you rather listen to music from the ’70s or music from today? (28:42)   12.  Would you rather become someo

In today's podcast episode:  (1:15) What is the biggest struggle for clients right now - Ange? (1:38) How to workout at home with minimal weights and still have effective workouts (3:08) Creative ways to create resistance (4:20) How to bring your kids in for cardio (5:02) How to get creative and be flexible with meal combinations (6:32) Can you be more gentle with yourself – and release a rigid mindset? (7:54) How to manage your VICE at the end of the day (9:08) Emotional eating and grounding yourself (12:50) How to correct binge eating/ and get present! (37:46) Keeping your energy in a good place, even amidst the chaos (40:58) Sleep issues and grounding (42:07) WHERE you’re sleeping can impact the QUALITY of your sleep – geopathic stress lines (48:50) How the direction of you head while sleeping impacts your best sleep (50:03) Getting over the “design” of the room to get more sleep (51:35) Sleep strategies and sleep supplements (56:54) Why do we wake up so many times through the night? (59:5

In today's podcast episode:  Our true feelings around lockdown 3.0 (0:24) Online schooling – teaching and momming – what Ashley and ange are each doing in their households (1:39) How do you be productive as a parent during online learning? (7:39) The balance of working from home and the mom guilt (8:13 How we tap into the energy of the collective – keeping our own energy and staying in bliss (10:44) How do we move forward and cope? The importance of awareness of our own energy (12:52) How to choose the tools that make you feel like you can handle the stress of it all (19:20) The difficulties of ultimatums (28:40) Why do we need this level of control from our government? (29:45) Is THIS actually working? Division, lockdown, and variants (32:15) Letting go of the need for others s to agree with us (35:40) Sitting in the quiet with compassion rather than falling into ego (41:00 Key action points in our lives on how we are managing (47:13) Cosmic Kids Yoga and other great tools for supporting kids

"Your home is your sanctuary – it houses your spark-joy objects and supports you by keeping you safe. Dedicating time to express gratitude for your home is a powerful act that will heighten your sensitivity to joy and remove energy and objects that no longer serve you."    In this week's episode, we talk about power outfits, spring cleaning and how to de-clutter and purge what no longer brings you joy.    In today's podcast episode:  Vibration and Power Outfits (0:18) Ange’s power outfit (1:00) What makes a power outfit? (3:07) How clothes represent what we are feeling (4:20) How we get in our heads about “mom” clothes (5:19) What to do with clothes gifted to you that you don’t LOVE (8:48) Why is it hard to let go of clothes we have bought and how to release the guilt of letting them go (10:00) Having things just to “have things” - what to do with collectables from childhood (12:48) Ange’s tip on seeing what clothes you DO and DON’T wear (16:30) Letting go of baby clothes (17:30) Ashley’s tip f

In this week's episode, we talk all about intermittent fasting.  Intro to INTERMITTENT FASTING (0:40) What the heck even is intermittent fasting? (1:25) Ange’s story with disordered eating, obsessing, and finding intuitive eating (3:40) How intermittent fasting and intuitive eating go hand in hand (10:20) Calling all evening eaters…(11:36) Could you try something different? Which hard are you willing to endure? (14:30) What can I have during my fast – Coffee? Water? Juice? (16:17) Ashley’s crazy, ugly, dieting journey (19:22) Pregnancy and intuitive eating – cravings and aversions (25:47) Ashley’s fear of dieting and working out (29:50) How to let go of the shame and guilt connected to eating (31:58) Releasing the shame and guilt of eating what you want so you can get where you want to go (32:30) Why food makes us feel good? (36:25) How can I create joy with my eating? (39:05) How Intermittent fasting impacts the chakras (40:57) Longer period fasting (46:50) Fasting to be in creative flow (50

Question #1: HOW TO BALANCE MY GOAL OF LIFTING HEAVY AS WELL AS MY GOAL OF GETTING LEANER? (2:00)   Option #1 Chase one goal at a time (3:37) Option #2 Chase both goals, but split the days to lift day, and deficit days (4:58) What is the best way to calculate maintenance calories? (7:22) How to not obsess about the number on the scale? (12:24) Ange’s first fat-loss phase since Sully’s birth (20:00) Why taking a dieting break results in greatest fat loss (22:43) Starting in a place of self-love (23:50) The life-long weight loss plan vs short term (26:27) Including the mental health aspect into dieting (27:50) How to work in what you need and want into a diet that works for you 28:36   Question #2: HOW DO I NOT BE A CONTROL FREAK? HOW DO I STOP MICROMANAGING? (29:05) How do I not micromanage when I do take the lead? What can I control? What can’t I control? (30:44) How to release the fear of not having approval from others (32:02) Clearly communicating expectations (35:30) Micromanaging certa

In this week's episode, we talk about recharging your soul and how to set boundaries.  In today's podcast episode:  How sunshine can recharge your soul (4:20) What lights you up right now – Ashley (5:04) What lights you up right now – Ange (6:34) How to find the recharge within you (6:50) What is the difference between internal recharge and external recharge? (8:27) Are you relying on impermanent things to fill your soul? (10:32) What people do you feel completely safe and open with? (12:00) Who, What, Where and When is your soul lit up (13:15) When, during the day do you feel most alive? (19:10) Is every single person meant to be changing the world? (21:35) Can I still feel lit up and do something I don’t like? (25:22) What to do if your soul is NOT on fire (26:30) How to create boundaries (29:05) When to create a boundary and how to deal with the push back (29:56) Ashley’s experience with boundary setting and facing the challenges of that (31:45) How to have difficult conversations with bou

In this week's episode, we talk about core desires, confidence, parenting and communication.  In today's podcast episode:  Confidence and sex (1:43) How to get your sex life back after having kids (4:44) How to initiate and set yourself up for success (6:20) Why you need to discover and communicate your desires – knowing what feels right (10:42) How to advocate for what you do what (11:34) Releasing the people pleaser in you (13:05) Are you codependent? (20:14) How to feel enough, even when life isn’t perfect (24:09) Resiliency and kids (27:24) Navigating what your kids WANT and still preparing them for the world (34:10) Differences in parenting based on birth order (37:22) How to parent our children to NOT be people pleasers, but confident and powerful (41:44) Why is it important to view our kids as tiny humans, and the importance of transition time (44:57) How to honour the “BIG” things for our kids (50:24) Why we need to be okay being ALL of it (57:00) NEW EPISODES EVERY THURSDAY. DON'T F

In this week's episode, we go deep into mindset work, making a shift, vulnerability & healing.  In today's podcast episode:  Connection and BIG questions (1:00) Digging in deep to feel the light and the darkness (3:25) The importance of taking inventory so you can shift (5:11) What are the 4 pillars of health and the impact of over focusing on one (6:30) Compartmentalizing – when it is good, and when it is bad (13:20) Ange’s and Ashley’s experiences of crumbling pillars (14:45) Power of being vulnerable and opening up (17:13) Inviting healing in (19:07) How to take inventory of your life (20:15) Getting very clear on what you want life to look like (29:58) Where am I? Where do I WANT to be? – intuitively checking in (32:26) Being open to exploring different options (34:43) Ange’s healing through reiki, and Ashley’s journey with fitness (35:14) Why “Momming” makes it hard to let go of control and lean in to trust (38:48) How to make decisions – what do I want MOST? (42:05) Setting the goal

*TRIGGER WARNING* - This podcast episode mentions sexual abuse around 35 minutes.  For our very first episode of our brand new show, we're taking it back to the VERY beginning of when we first met!  In today's podcast episode:  How Ashley & Ange crossed paths (0:01)  Being TOO much for other people to handle (2:16)  Ashley's experience with anxiety (3:18)  How to increase your vibration & move up CONSCIOUSLY (4:00)  Choosing joy & embracing catastrophe (6:00)  How to let go of what no longer serves you, even when you don't know the next step (7:24)  Clearing the inner space (9:37)  How to take risks even when you're afraid to fail (11:20)  Ange calls Ashley out for playing too small (13:30)  Why you need to take radical responsibility (18:09)  Ashley's physical transformation - candida + weight loss (19:17)  Food and shame (24:57)  Why you need to work with someone you trust (29:07)  The revolutionary impact of reiki on Ange (31:00)  Conditional vs. unconditional love (40:52)  Wh

Dr. Gillian Mandich has a PhD from Western University in Health Science, and her primary areas of research are happiness and health. She is the founder of The International Happiness Institute of Health Science Research, a top-rated keynote and TEDx speaker, appears regularly as the resident Happiness Expert on The Social and Breakfast Television, and writes for numerous print and online media. In today's podcast episode:  Why is happiness important?  How to increase happiness, based on the scientific research  World’s happiest countries… What are they and what can we learn from them? How to maximize your happiness in colder climates Tips to create your "best life"  You can connect with Dr. Gillian through her website http://www.gillianmandich.com/ INSTAGRAM: @gillianmandich  

What's the secret to winning the cravings game?  It's not about eliminating your cravings altogether or about building your willpower.  In today's solo episode, Ange teaches you how to understand why, where & when they occur so that you can create a plan of action to conquer your cravings.       

Denise Thomas has been in the fitness industry for over 20-years, coaching in a multitude of sporting arenas and disciplines. She began her fitness journey as an avid soccer player, starting as an excited 6-year-old, earning a scholarship to the United States, and continuing on to representing the Boston Renegades, while becoming a member of the Irish National Team. During that time, Denise worked in various health clubs, coached soccer teams, ran a marathon, and found herself in a job teaching sports performance mechanics to high school, collegiate, and professional athletes in NYC's 'concrete jungle'. It was in NYC where she found CrossFit, competed in the sport, and became a member of the CFHQ Seminar Staff. Denise has worked for CrossFit since 2010, traveling around the world as a flowmaster on the Level 1, Level 2 and Coach Development staff. Currently, Denise is the Head Coach at Reebok CrossFit One, located at the World Reebok Headquarters in Boston, MA, and holds a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiolo

In today's solo episode: What is the best way to lose fat?  How might a meal plan benefit you?  Customized meal plans vs. "COOKIE CUTTER" plans How might flexible dieting benefit you?  What pitfalls do both of these strategies have?