In this episode I had the pleasure of sitting down with Karen Sibal, a grounding coach, author and motivational speaker from Toronto, ON. Karen is certified in functional medicine and Ayurveda lifestyle teachings and is truly passionate about helping people feel better.

In this episode Karen shares bits of her own healing journey, where she focuses her energy while healing and some practical tips about what to do right in the home to truly feel your best! Karen wants to help us let the stress of it all fall away and live to our full potential.

You can find Karen here:

Website karensibal.com

Instagram @grounded_n_love

Her books The Little Book of Grounding, Get Financially Grounded with Gold and Silver

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Marigol Era is an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, podcaster and mama. In this episode we dive into what the rhythm of life is like for her as an unschooling family. The ways they do things a little out of the box from most, how they respect the rhythm of their bodies and nature and how unschooling fosters so many interests and creates passions that may have gone unnoticed otherwise.

You can find Marigol in a few places

Instagram Marigol Era

Facebook Group Shakti's Gift

Website beacons.ai/marigolera

Podcast Shakti's Gift

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Kristina Driscoll is the host of the She's Brave Podcast and we sat down in this episode to really look at some unconventional decisions she has made in her life and journey of motherhood. These decisions were the exact right ones for her family, but on the outside they often looked 'wrong'.

Kristina Driscoll trained for a career in finance, working over ten years in pension consulting and as. a financial advisor. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

Kristina Driscoll’s husband was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s when their son was five years old. She was the caregiver to her husband and young son for 12 years. She continued to manage their investments throughout her husband’s journey. Kristina is also on the board of directors for the animal rescue group Sanctuary One. In 2015 she built a cottage for FIV-positive cats and continues to fully fund the cottage each year. Kristina has a podcast called “She’s Brave” on Apple and Spotify. She helps women find their path to becoming brave, resilient, and authentic.

Here are the books Kristina mentioned in the interview

Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic - and What We Can Do About It by Jennifer Wallace

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

You can find Kristina on

Instagram @shesbravepodcast

Facebook Group Podcast Mastery

Website shesbravepodcast.com

Podcast She's Brave

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In this episode Rebecca Gillis very openly shares her journey, how she created a home and how coming home to herself was necessary. Rebecca has been in recovery for 9 years when this was recorded. And she realized on her recovery journey that what was really missing for her in her struggle with addiction was a connection to herself. Her biggest journey has been to come home to herself and create relationships and spaces that make her feel at home.

Rebecca now is a coach who helps people overcome negative traumas, work with their inner children and achieve true healing, and coming home to themselves.

You can find Rebecca here:

Instagram @rebeccagillis57

Facebook Community Hell, Happiness Repeat

Podcast Hell, Happiness Repeat

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In this episode I am joined by the amazing Jana Sheridan, who is not afraid to ruffle some feathers and I was soaking in all the brutal honesty she brought forward! Jana's homeschooling journey began when she was in college and heard the term homeschool for the first time and set out to write a paper on how stupid it was, in the end she could find only benefits to the concept and wrote her paper in favour of it and has been on a mission to bring school to the home ever since. Get ready to be filled up with all things related to education in the home, even if your children go to school.

You can find all kinds of homeschool supports on her website homeschool-911.com

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Lacie Newton is a teacher and momlife coach who helps mamas reduce the stress in the everyday moments and become happier in momlife. She believes mom's have the most important and underappreciated role in raising the future. Lacie is working to help mom's get the support they need to feel fufilled and joyful in motherhood.

You can find Lacie on:

her website mamasimpatico.com

Instagram @mamasimpatico

Podcast Mama Simpatico

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Julia Christine is an awareness and mindset coach who is passionate about using many modalities to find complete health for her clients. She puts a great deal of focus on breath as it is available to us all and completely transformational. In this conversation we explore many ways to come home to ourselves, work with our emotions and lead a soul led journey. Enjoy!

You can find Julia on

Instagram @juliachristinehealth

Tiktok JuliaChristineHealth

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Her podcast is Life After Breath

Facebook Podcast Community Life After Breath

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Amanda Schuman is a life coach and dream work coach, as well as a wife and mother. She and her husband took their family on a magical journey to a mission (like an indigenous reserve in North America) for a 3 year sojourn in Guyana. In this episode Amanda shares many experiences that shifted her views on the home, from what from scratch cooking looked like there to how she came to terms with making friends with the bugs with whom she shared her home and so many other experiences.

You can find Amanda at

Instagram @spiralembracedreamworkcoach

Website spiralembrace.ca

Email spiralembrace@gmail.com

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