Her Wholeness
Our Her Wholeness community is on a journey to become our healthiest selves in all domains of life. The pursuit of Wholeness is all about cultivating lives of freedom, purpose, service, rest, and sustained joy. We CAN live outside the confines of money, time, and energy-depletion. Courtney and Brigette share a passion for advocacy and encouragement as nurses, leaders, moms, and life-long learners. Join Courtney, Brigette, and guest experts weekly for fun conversations and applicable strategies for approaching optimal health and wellness.
Episodes
48 episodes
Pregnancy, Postpartum, Pelvic Floor - How We Can Thrive Physically and Build Better with Amber Grimmett of Fierce, Not Fragile
Today's episode will leave you with so many takeaways, whether you're currently pregnant, trying to conceive, thinking about getting pregnant someday, or in a postpartum season. Amber is a pregnancy and postpartum fitness coach and owner of Fie...
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Episode 48
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54:19
Emotions as a Tool for Connection and Experiencing Life
In today's episode, we are sharing a synthesis of literature around emotions. We cover core emotions, the importance of feeling emotions, how we are missing opportunities for connection by trying to fix other people's emotions, and we share&nbs...
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Episode 47
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42:54
When You Just Don't Want To...Why 'Doing Hard Things' is Important and How to Implement
"Ugh, I just don't want to" - something we say or feel regularly! Today's episode is going to leave you feeling reflective and inspired to tackle things you have a high resistance to doing. We cover brain science that tells us doing hard things...
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Episode 46
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50:00
How to Prepare Now for Longevity and Quality of Life in Our Later Years w/Lauren Johnson, DPT
Today we welcome to the pod Lauren Johnson. He is a physical therapist, avid cyclist, wellness guru, lifelong learner, husband, and dad to 3 (soon to be 4)! We welcome Lauren to the show today to discuss how movement is connected to our longevi...
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Episode 45
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Contentment Continuum - What is Contentment? And Dangers of Being Overly or Under Content
We have been away for a few months and are so happy to be back! Today we are investigating contentment. We define content along with it's sister words complacent, and covet. Listen in to hear where these...
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Episode 44
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33:57
Finding Purpose From Suffering and Grief with Julia Erman
Today's episode is POWERFUL. Courtney and Brigette brought on Julia Erman, friend, wife, special needs mom, entrepreneur, author, educator, and speaker. This is a deep, raw, emotional conversation, but one that we need to talk more abou...
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Episode 43
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1:00:02
Loving and Fueling Your Body While Untethering from Diet Culture w/Ashley O'Connor
We have a really important conversation to share with you all today! We brought Ashley O'Connor on the show - fitness coach, nurse, podcaster, and bright light for both fitness and nursing communities - to talk about body image, diet culture, a...
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Episode 42
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54:20
How To Discover and Utilize Coping Skills (To Keep You Whole and Kind) w/Lindsey Konchar
Meet Lindsey Konchar, MSW - author, social worker, coach, mom, wife, and newly certified financial therapist! She is so smart and so fun and we think you are going to love her and also resonate with what she has to share. Lindsey is the...
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Episode 41
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1:00:00
40: The Fruits of Community, Connection, and Belonging with Tami Milner
This episode is one of our all-time favorites - filled with so many takeaways about community and engaging with people we come into contact with. Tami is a friend, entrepreneur, mentor, and leader in community-building - among so many other hat...
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Episode 40
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39: HOW TO Actively Build Meaningful Communities of People Around Us
Today's episode is the continuation of our last episode about WHY community building is so vital for our health. Today we are discussing the HOW TO; the tangible ways we can all become engaged, active participants in building a community of peo...
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Episode 39
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18:28
38: WHY Community Building is Vital for Our Health
In today's episode we are talking about one of our very favorite things - COMMUNITY! Join in on the discussion about the importance of why building a community around us of people that share core values is one of the most supportive things we c...
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Episode 38
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37: Connectedness Pt 2 - Networking Deep-Dive - WHY and HOW
Today's episode is part 2 of our series covering the umbrella topic of "connectedness." Today we are specifically talking all about networking. Or, if that word gives you hives, you can call it "relationship building" instead ;)&nb...
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Episode 37
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34:27
36: Connectedness Week 1 - Intro to Networking, Building Community, and Community Connectedness
In today's episode we are introducing a new series about "Connectedness." Today's episode introduces three different concepts that will be explored in more detail in future weeks: networking, building community, and community connectedness. Eac...
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Episode 36
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29:51
35: Plastics Explained - All About Different Types of Plastics and How They Impact Our Health
Plastics are not made equally! Today Courtney is leading us through a detailed explanation of the different types of plastics. We are looking at the numbers on plastics and what they mean for our health. Courtney tells us which ones are safer t...
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Episode 35
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34: Tips to Prepare for the Week Ahead (& How it Can Help Mental Health and Reduce Anxiety)
We've all heard of meal prep - but what other things can you do to prepare for the coming week? And speaking of meal prep, how do different people do it? Courtney and Brigette walk through their systems to prepare for the week ahead in today's ...
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Episode 34
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43:28
33: The Importance of Nutrition for Longevity and Sustained Joy w/Tanna Duarte of Paradigm Wellness Co
Meet Tanna Duarte! Tanna is our guest today on the pod. Tanna is a Holistic Women's Health and Fitness Coach. We brought her on the podcast today to share her knowledge with you! In today's episode, we cover a lot of ground. We cover th...
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Episode 33
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46:51
32: Friendship Foundations and Living Optimally
Friendships are the topic of conversation today on Her Wholeness! Courtney and Brigette discuss some foundational components of friendship, why friendships are important for life satisfaction (aka living optimally and wholly), and some things t...
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Episode 32
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31: (Boundaries Part 2) - HOW to Set Loving Boundaries for Wholeness and Better Relationships
Today's episode is a continuation of our conversation about boundaries from last week. Last week Courtney and Brigette talked about why boundaries are important, and this week we are getting into the meat and potatoes of HOW TO set boundaries t...
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Episode 31
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36:09
30: Why Boundaries are Critical for Your Wholeness
Today's episode is part 1 of 2 in a raw, honest conversation about boundaries and the importance of boundaries and its impact on our wholeness. Courtney and Brigette answer the question of WHY boundaries are important - what purpose do they ser...
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Episode 30
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30:09
29: A Tool to Help You Prioritize and Narrow Your Goals When You Have a Lot of Areas You Want to Improve
Courtney and Brigette discuss how they have received a question several times over the past few weeks that goes something like this, "I have so many things I want to do! How do I choose what to focus on?" The reality is we all have limits and f...
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Episode 29
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27:47
28: Confused by which salt to buy and use? Here is your guide!
One Google search will make it very evident that choosing the best salt for you is trickier than it would seem. Table salt, kosher salt, sea salt, and Himalayan pink salt (plus a lot of derivatives)...how do you choose? In today's episo...
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Episode 28
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29:47
27: Vision Casting and Action Planning for Growing Intentionally in the New Year
2023, we're WHOLLY here for you!We love the energy around the new year! Today we are talking about setting your vision and creating action plans for the new year. We discuss why we think it is important, how to think about vision from a...
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Episode 27
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40:47
26: Reflection Tips for Closing Out 2022
When thinking about ending the year and beginning a new year, Courtney and Brigette think about this in two steps: 1. Reflection 2. Vision casting and action planning for the new yearIn today's episode Courtney and Brigett...
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Episode 26
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15:46
25: Defining, Reframing, and Overcoming Failure - And Why We Might Want to Consider Failing More
In today's episode, we set out to talk about overcoming failure, and it led us down a discussion of how we define failure, how we can reframe our idea of failure, how we can use failure for growth, and so much more. We wrap up the episode with ...
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24: Why Choose Organic? (Part 4) Interview with Kevin and Miranda Easley of Easley Farms
This interview was so enlightening! Kevin and Miranda of Easley Farms join us today on the podcast to talk about the many ways that regenerative farming is good for us and the environment. Kevin and Miranda share their journey into organic and ...
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Episode 24
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