A Quest for Well-Being

It takes a certain amount of focus and determination to lose weight, so your mental attitude and self-confidence are imperative in finding your unique style of fitness. In this episode, Dr. Audrey Pullman discusses the connection between a positive mental image with a positive body image. In her workshops she teaches simple and effective techniques on how to unleash your creativity, to find your "Unique Style of Fit" to lose weight and attain that positive body image. Dr. Audrey also talks about how the Power of the Mind will allow you to be Bold, Powerful and Confident to overcome any obstacles or challenges in meeting your weight loss goal. The art of personal change is to know what you want, and you will generally get it. Dr. Audrey's work and books provide the tools for a personal life's journey through an evolving self-reflection from failure to success. Dr. Audrey Pullman is a Performance Enhancement Specialist with a background in Emergency Psychiatric Medicine, Disaster Integrated Emergency Management and Community Addiction. She is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist and integrates her knowledge of grief work, stress management and holistic work with complementary and traditional medicine. Dr. Audrey has received several academic awards for the use of alternative medicine strategies in the management of chronic pain and stress-related problems. She has treated military veterans who suffered with Post-traumatic stress disorder and childhood and adolescence depression with art therapy and other integrative medicine modalities. Dr. Pullman received a BA degree at the University of Denver, majoring in drama and biology. She began her medical education at the Medical College of Wisconsin and completed medical school at the Universidad Central Del Caribe in Bayamon, Puerto Rico after being awarded the National Health Scholarship for under-served areas; and where she did research on AIDS in the Hispanic community. She completed her psychiatric residency at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Program, and began a two-year fellowship in Community and Addiction Psychiatry at Sykesville hospital. She was trained under the guidance of her medical mentor various creative integrated modalities, such as, art therapy, biofeedback, hypnosis, psychodrama and creative expression. Dr. Pullman is the CEO and Founder of Audrey's Grief Expressionist (AGE) workshop, LLC. These AGE consultants provide a creative framework for medical students, residents, physicians and other healthcare providers who may need additional training on Creative Imagination for treating non-compliant patients. To learn more about Dr. Audrey Pullman please visit her website www.audreygriefexpressionist.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast ** Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters.

"Support is what's needed, In humanity's soul. To create a completed, Feeling of whole. If love is tangible, Anything possible. Our hearts are what's full, And nothing is stopping you..." ~ Poem by Jamie Carr This episode is about healing, resilience, courage and Non-Denominational Poetry in Christ and will be listening to Jamie Carr who is an author and poet. Jamie grew up an intelligent, happy child. In the first week of seventh grade, however, he began to indulge in drinking and smoking weed until the night he got into a car accident when he was nineteen. He was in a coma immediately. Jamie had suffered a brain injury and lost all physical mobility on the entire right side of his body. Jamie spent the next three and a half years in therapy—physical, occupational, and speech. To improve his mind, he began reading and writing daily. Knowing that he'd damaged his memory, he made notecards of words he didn't know while he was reading and studied them while walking everywhere. When he is not at the gym training with his friend Sid, Jamie is devoted to reading and writing poetry and reading the Bible, Newsweek, National Geographic, etc. Jamie credits writing poetry with improving his mind, and he enjoys how it taps into the creative part of his brain. After eighteen years, he wrote God a nondenominational book. Knowing that he writes poetry for Jesus, his friends informed him of an ad published by TBN. Jamie sent them a transcript on a Wednesday and received a response by Friday that they were interested in publishing his work. Now he is the only published poet by TBN! To learn more about Jamie Carr, please visit his Amazon book page https://www.amazon.com/Non-Denominational-Poetry-Christ-Jay-Carr/dp/1640882510 For Intro-Free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast Note: Bio intro and outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters

Self-care not only requires food, water, and exercise. A well rounded human being needs quality time spent aligning their overall spirit, eliminating stress, finding joy, and holding onto happiness. Being grateful and taking stock of what's meaningful should take center stage. Having your head in the game and feeling your best doesn't have to be a constant all-consuming struggle. Sometimes we have to take a step back to move forward. Change is never easy, but self-care and the positive changes it could bring about are worth exploring. Self-care is not a chore. Put value on your health and lose the guilt we associate with self-care. Talking a walk, seeing a movie, reading a book and just breathing creates a focus on your needs and gives them value. Says: Ellen Postolowski In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Ellen Postolowski on self-care, self-love, lifestyle transformation, mindful eating and thoughts in between! Ellen has spent most of her career assisting my clients with changes needed to implement and succeed in establishing a healthier lifestyle. Her personal struggle with food, illnesses, and leading a more fulfilling life led her on this path. Twenty-five years in the culinary world, honors graduate at the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in addition to certification at The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, has elevated that experience and passion for helping those that are ready for change. Finding the mind/body connection is equally as important as to what's on your plate. A back to basics approach, common sense, commitment to that lifestyle, consistency, and being accountable is Ellen's outline offered. There is not a cure-all solution that works for everyone. Reclaiming yourself with Ellen's support can provide solutions that make for life long changes. To learn more about Ellen Postolowski please visit her website https://chefellen.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

A few years ago, complementary and alternative medicine was defined as therapies that were not taught in medical school or offered in mainstream hospitals. But this no longer applies. Many complementary and alternative therapies are now offered in clinics and hospitals around the country and their use and acceptance is growing rapidly. This is reflected in a new name used in many healthcare settings: "integrative therapies." But whether you say integrative or complementary therapies, or holistic practices, or something else, it refers to the same thing-a wide array of healing practices that fall outside purely pharmaceutical or surgical treatments. ~ Mary Jo Kreitzer This episode is about natural / alternative healing and thoughts in between and my guest is Jeff Maziarek Jeff is the author of two books, the first being Spirituality Simplified, an easy-to-understand and entertaining work that provides an ideal starting point for anyone with a sincere desire to pursue a path of personal and/or spiritual growth. His second book, Codi's Journey, is a very personal memoir about his Border Collie, Codi, who passed away in 2005. Both books are available in print and eBook formats on Amazon.com, and Codi's Journey also can be found in eBook format on BN.com. Jeff's spiritual growth philosophy is based upon the works of many of today's most respected personal/spiritual growth authors. It is rooted in the concept that each individual is personally responsible for creating the entire substance of their lives. To learn more about Jeff Maziarek please visit his website www.pondercentral.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast

You may be feeling the gargantuous shifts on this planet & are wondering where or how you can remain in the lighter vibes & speedier frequencies. Perhaps you're feeling super blocked personally or professionally in your life, i.e. health, finances, purpose, love, relationships, &/or career. Or you may be questioning whether your joy & peace will be there when you land those huge quantum leaps you're feeling strongly nudged to take. Or whether you have any Angels or Spirit Guides. Or if your loved ones who've passed are with you. Or what to do with some limiting thoughts that maybe Your powerful Assistants in the quantum dumped you off somewhere along the way. Well, They want you to know right now, That Never Happens! They Never, Ever Leave You. No Matter What. What if you really can flip all of your life aspects & their Light switches back to their strongest "On"? Receiving a quantum leaping Angel Walk or Phone Talk with Your Angels & Guides may be just the guidance you've been seeking. - Jeannie Marie Blaha In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Jeannie Marie Blaha on The Astonishing Light Of Our Own Being. Jeannie Marie Blaha is an Intuitive, Medium and Quantum Leaping Co-pilot. Since childhood, she has received steady, insistent nudges from those so-called "invisible" realms to help others remember their joy and well-being birthrights. From about the age of 13 months, Jeannie was keenly fascinated and active with all things Quantum and Spirit. As a little tyke, she eagerly shared those communications with animals as they expressed no fear of such happiness, possibility and healing. In her teen years, messages from the Quantum began to sneak out for people, too. What began as Angel walks evolved into both Angel walks and phone talks that now include guided Quantum Leaps with Jeannie. Along with her profession in seeing and busting out desired reality blocks via her Quantum adventures, she is passionately involved with horses, dogs and all of nature, as well. Yoga and Kung Fu meditation are also favorite mind and body bending practices for her. Currently, Jeannie, aka The Angel Cowgirl, is also writing a book with her A-list Quantum cohorts! To learn more about Jeannie Marie Blaha, please visit her website www.takeawalkwithangels.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Where would you be without your emotions? If the sum total of all your experiences makes up the tapestry of your life, it is the emotions you have experienced that give that tapestry its color. Our emotions really do give color to our lives. Try to imagine for a moment a world where no emotions could occur. No joy would be possible. No feelings of happiness, bliss, charity or kindness. No love would be felt, no positive emotions of any kind. On this imaginary emotionless planet, there would be no negative emotions either. No sorrow, no anger, no feelings of depression, and no grief. To live on such a planet would be to merely exist. With no ability to feel emotions of any kind, life would be reduced to a gray, mechanical ritual from cradle to grave. Be grateful that you can feel emotions! But are there emotions you have experienced that you would rather not have felt? If you are like most people, your life has had its darker times. What you may not realize is that some of the negative emotions you've experienced, even though you may have felt them long ago, may still be creating problems for you in subtle, yet very damaging ways. The Emotion Code is about finding those old emotions and releasing them forever. ~ Dr. Brad Nelson In this episode, Dr. Brad Nelson reveals how we can heal trapped, negative emotions. Dr. Bradley is a Veteran holistic physician. He is one of the world's foremost experts in the emerging fields of Bioenergetic Medicine and Energy Psychology. Dr. Brad has certified thousands of practitioners worldwide to help people overcome unresolved anger, depression, anxiety, loneliness and other negative emotions and the physical symptoms associated them. His bestselling book, "The Emotion Code," provides step-by-step instructions for working with the body's healing power. Dr. Brad spends his time lecturing internationally, writing articles, and developing the next iteration of The Emotion Code (The Body Code) and credential programs for The Emotion Code and The Body Code practitioners. To learn more about Dr. Brad Nelson please visit his website www.emotioncodegift.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Do you feel burdened by excess weight and lack of energy? Are nagging thoughts causing you stress, anxiety, or worry? Are your surroundings disorganized, chaotic, and out of balance? There is a direct correlation between the burdens, negative thoughts, and disorganization in our lives and how they reveal themselves through our home, our health, and our happiness. Home refers to our environment which has a profound impact on us. Health refers to our physical body. And Happiness is the measure of our emotions and mental attitude. It's never too hard, and it's never too late. In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Barbara Badolati. Barbara is a sought-after speaker, mentor, and coach in the arena of health, wellness, and mindfulness. She was a pioneer in the field of corporate wellness, founding her company, Alive & Well in 1986. This included developing and teaching mind-body programs, opening several yoga studios and coaching thousands in personal growth and well-being. Barbara now provides her 30+ years of business savvy to health coaches just getting started, consulting executives in mindful leadership and sharing her blissful way of being to uplift others and make the world a better place. To learn more about Barbara Badolati please visit her website www.BarbaraBadolati.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast Note: Bio Intro and Outro one by Heidi Lynn Peters

As we make deep contact with the internal space of our body, we connect with our essential nature. We realize our authentic self as vast, clear, unbounded space. The more fully we open to the absolute stillness of this fundamental consciousness, the more freely the movement of life takes place. Non-dual realization is an actual transformation of our being, not just a change in our beliefs. It's not that we know non-duality. It is that we are non-duality. –Judith Blackstone, Realization Process founder In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Michael Lydon. Michael is a Realization Process Advanced practitioner. Realization Process is a form of body-focused meditation for spiritual growth, transformative healing, and embodied wholeness. Michael holds full certification from Judith Blackstone in all three Realization Process trainings, including Embodiment, Meditation, and Healing Ground. Michael also holds additional certification in Realization Process for Advanced Trauma Repair. Michael offers guided Realization Process practices for awakening and healing via Zoom, and in-person for those in the Greater Boston area. Michael specializes in helping individuals find deep well-being at the core of their body, and release stress-based holding patterns related to limiting beliefs or trauma. To learn more about Michael Lydon please visit his website: https://www.realizationconsulting.com/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Within each and every one of us is a source of internal guidance and inspiration. It's an inner voice or feeling that directs you towards greater love, truth, and healing. It's an energy that communicates to you from a place of spirit and unlimited potential. This force, energy, and guidance is your intuition. Your sacred navigator and superpower on this journey called Life. Connecting to and strengthening your inner voice is incredibly empowering, healing, life-enhancing, and beautiful. Your intuition is the voice of your soul, it is the means by which your spirit guides you, inspires you and communicates with you. When you follow the guidance of your soul, you live a divinely-inspired life, a life that is infused with purpose, synchronicity, ease, and grace. - sivanaspirit.com In this episode, Valeria Teles interviews Lisa Ford. She is an Author, Psychic, Light Worker, and Healer. Lisa was born in France to an American, Military couple. She lived in five states and two countries before settling in Denver, Colorado. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Colorado State University in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Psychology. She is also a Chartered Financial Consultant. After a successful 28 year career in finance and insurance, Lisa retired in 2012 to focus on her health and family. Since that time she has been volunteering, writing novels, and investing in real estate. In her spare time, Lisa does Crossfit, snow skis, rides horses, and practices Reiki as a level one Master. She meditates daily, works with energy and is certified in Feng Shui which she implements in her properties. Since she was a teenager, she has engaged in and studied, metaphysical topics such as psychometry, numerology, Tarot, and past lives. To learn more about Lisa Ford please visit her website https://www.lisa-ford.com For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast

Burnout is a growing epidemic in our workplaces, and it's affecting not just employee well-being, but the corporate bottom line. Forty-four percent of full-time workers in the U.S. say they feel burned out at work at least sometimes — if not very often or always — according to a recent Gallup report. Self-Care is also associated with Burnout, poor Employee Relations, and Toxic Work Environments. A new development is Emotional Trauma Life Support. New science and psychological treatment are needed for providers like Police Fire, Paramedics, Nurses and Doctors in ICU, ER's, Neo-Natal, etc. In this episode, Rev. Marc Baisden answers important questions such as the reason that Self-Care is so Important and how it impairs a person from providing quality of care. As a Minister and Therapist, Rev. Marc Baisden has seen so many individuals, families, communities, agencies, and churches struggle with Emotional Instability/Distress, Relational Distress, and Addictions. The calling that guides him is to serve people no matter where they are or are at. Through that calling, Rev. Marc has been able to work in Institutions, hospitals, community centers, native villages and reservations, schools and in front rooms/kitchens. To learn more about Rev. Marc Baisden please visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rev-marc-baisden-a57b33149/ For Intro-free episodes: https://www.patreon.com/aquestforwellbeingpodcast Podcast Page: https://fitforjoy.org/podcast