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MoxieCast 028: Stepping Into Our Greatness, with Sarah McVanel
Social media is full of memes encouraging us to “be ourselves,” and to “be authentic.” Least helpful advice ever. How do we do that? What does it even mean? Enter Sarah McVanel, today’s guest. Sarah had a wake-up call when her young son had a mental health crisis and ended up on antidepressants. She left her […]
MoxieCast 027: Come Home To Go Big, with Kendra Cunov
You know that old chestnut, “Go big or go home”? There’s an implication that it looks a certain way to go BIG. It’s usually shiny and far-reaching. There’s loads of travel and champagne involved. Big success is seductive. So seductive, that we often we leave parts of ourselves (the creative part, for instance, or […]
MoxieCast 026: Training Your Happiness Muscle, with Susanna Halonen
If you ever find yourself saying, “I’ll be happy when I get promoted/lose the weight/find my hawt partner (or fill in the blank with your own variation),” today’s episode is for you. Today I’m joined by the “Happyologist,” Susanna Halonen. Have a guess what percentage of your happiness is predicted by your circumstances. I said 50 […]
MoxieCast 025: Finding More Joy & Purpose, with Jeff Harmon
If you’ve ever grappled with the angst-producing question, “Is this all there is?”, today’s episode is for you. We’re connected 24-7, yet we crave intimacy and true connection in our bellies. Am I right? We’ve learned to value productivity (and accessibility) over the soul-satisfaction of doing work that makes us feel alive. If you’re nodding […]
MoxieCast 024: Performance Fuel for the Extraordinarily Busy, with Rhiannon Lambert
Hands up if you’ve ever experienced a forehead-meets-keyboard moment late in the afternoon before necking back another coffee or Diet Coke? Or maybe you haven’t eaten since breakfast – unless you count the biscuits in the 2pm meeting, or the breath mint you had in the taxi heading home. Living like this, it’s easy […]
MoxieCast 023: Changing Your Relationship to Food, with Daniel Thomas Hind
“I know what it’s like to stand in front of a fridge and just eat and eat and eat. It’s like you have no choice, you’re almost possessed.” Meet Daniel Thomas Hind, founder of EvolutionEat, a transformational lifestyle coaching company that helps overwhelmed people revolutionize their relationship with food. As a formerly fat Italian […]
MoxieCast 022: Mastering Distraction, with Giovanna Capozza
Have you ever thought about over-achieving as a form of distraction? Me either. Enter Giovanna Capozza, today’s guest. Giovanna is a transformational coach, speaker and host of She Rises, a podcast which focuses on everything from business leadership to spirituality for high-achieving women. She’s witty, wise and has the best eyebrows on the planet, but […]
MoxieCast 021: Monica Day on How to Have Better (Wilder, More Connected) SEX
I have wanted to talk about SEX on Moxie Cast for a long time, but I’ve struggled to find intelligent, sensitive and thought-provoking content that still felt a bit GRRRR. Then I met Monica Day. She’s smart. She’s sassy. And most importantly, she’ll mess with your thinking about the sex you’re having. We talk about […]
MoxieCast 020: Handling Uncertainty & Discomfort, with Nathan Seaward
Nathan Seaward grew up knowing precisely what he wanted to do. You know how people can get associated with a thing? I have a friend who mentioned once that she liked flamingos and now she’s the flamingo-lady. Come Christmas or birthday, friends and family bestow upon her an array of flamingo-themed items: mugs, sweaters, socks, […]
MoxieCast 019: Dealing With a Difficult Past. Insights, Ideas & Practices, with Kelly Childress
We don’t reach the mountaintop from the mountaintop. We start at the bottom and climb up. Blood is involved. — Cheryl Strayed Kelly Childress has climbed the mountain. A few mountains, actually. Her own challenging past has set her up to do the important work that she now does – helping patients to […]