The Luella Jonk Show

Today I have with me two powerful women, two twin sisters, Ashley and Jenna from Jenna Rae Cakes, a delectable family-owned bakery housed in Winnipeg, Canada. However, if you don’t live here, not to worry, they ship internationally as well! These women took a passion and made it into a rapidly growing business. Jenna needed a medium to express her design skills and it turns out that watching an episode of Cake Boss was all it took to solidify her purpose. She used the mindset I Think, I Can to create beautiful delectable sweet treats. Ashley’s eye for style and design helped her sister market her skills and build a brand that makes these sisters shine on Instagram. Their most recent accomplishment is writing a beautiful recipe book of their most sought-out treats, so all bakers can get a taste of their unique creations. Enjoy the show.   Relevant Links | Social Media: https://www.jennaraecakes.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jennaraecakes/ https://www.instagram.com/luellajonk/ https://luellajonk.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOqxxLnT_j5N-30ii6JgQw  

Join me today for a powerful heart-felt ☺ episode with a woman who knows what it is like to become aligned with her feelings and use this ‘heart energy’ to get behind her thoughts. We often speak of how one must align with one’s own core values and beliefs to become our true authentic self, but what does this look like exactly? It seems like an enigma, doesn’t it? It doesn’t have to be – listen and get inspired! Catherine Burdett believes in the power of the heart to access insight and guidance on some of the most pressing personal questions that may arise in our lives. While she didn't understand the science of a coherent heart/mind connection at the time, she knew how it felt to be out of sync with her values - the emotional push and pull, of desiring to be home full-time with her new young family and the joy and reward of leading teams and contributing in the workplace. She chose to follow her heart 21 years ago, resigning her beloved role as a senior leader with a well-known hospitality brand, and hasn't looked back.  Catherine is a professional certified coach with the International Coach Federation, a trainer and master facilitator specializing in the skills and competencies of emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and resilience. As a solopreneur and CoFounder of The Alignment Project, she has enjoyed global travel working with diverse cultures and organizations. She is a member of both the Canadian Management Centre and HeartMath Institute's training, coaching, and facilitation rosters.    Relevant Links | Social Media: Enter code "10%Save" at checkout for 10% off: https://thealignmentproject.ca/store/ https://www.instagram.com/luellajonk/ https://luellajonk.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOqxxLnT_j5N-30ii6JgQw

Molly Downey, RDN, LDN is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN) who specializes in glucose control, metabolism, and weight loss. She graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington and currently works as a nutrition manager at Nutrisense, a health technology company that leverages continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to optimize diet, health, and overall wellbeing. Molly explains to us how using a continuous glucose monitor is what personalized health care means. A CGM is a device worn on the back of your arm and measures your blood sugar in real-time. This is unlike what you would extract from blood work requisition during your yearly check-up. Blood sugar regulation is not important to only those suffering from diabetes, it provides a window to how your body responds to stress, food, sleep, hormone regulation, weight loss and so much more. If you want to fine-tune your health, tune in to this special episode.   Relevant Links | Social Media: https://www.nutrisense.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/nutrisenseio/about/ https://www.facebook.com/nutrisenseio https://twitter.com/nutrisenseio https://www.instagram.com/nutrisenseio/ https://www.instagram.com/luellajonk/ https://luellajonk.com/

Suzy Patz provides us with a powerful testimony of how she changed as a wife, employee, sister, daughter, but most importantly, as to how she now identifies herself as a woman. Suzy speaks from her heart in terms of how trauma allowed her to springboard into what it truly means to be alive and present in a world filled with incredible frenetic noise. She spoke of how isolation, meditation, allowed her to become a gatekeeper to the type of energy she wills to penetrate her body. This purposeful action allowed her to curate a life of incredible hope and happiness in who she has come to be.   Relevant Links | Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzypatz/ https://www.instagram.com/luellajonk/?hl=en

Today a doubly certified health coach, Elizabeth Resnik, joins me in conversation about how to dumb things down in the noisy world of health and nutrition. In her 40th decade, Liz discovered that the key ingredient to feeling her best is mindset. However, she also shared other tools in her toolbox that radically transformed the health of her skin. Hint: Bugs Bunny.  Happy healthy and hot is a unique blend of mindset, nutrition and fitness that helps women lose weight while they gain confidence, energy, and vitality. Elizabeth coaches clients all over the US and has started branching out internationally. She has been featured on TV, numerous podcasts and in 2020 was a finalist in the Maxim Cover Girl completion.  Follow Elizabeth on Instagram @happyhealthyandhot_elizabeth and grab a copy of The Happy Healthy and Hot Journal at Amazon.com   Relevant Links | Social Media: The Happy Healthy and Hot Journal at Amazon.com  Elizabeth Resnik Instagram Luella Jonk | Website Luella Jonk | YouTube Episodes

Today’s episode focuses on how weight loss can be particularly individualistic. How one diet might not be your diet, even though the experts say it is. Gin Stephens was just your everyday woman: a teacher, a mom, and a wife who was committed to feeling better and shedding the weight that she had slowly gained throughout her years. She wanted to become healthy and happy again.  With incredible determination, she discovered that delaying her food, rather than denying herself food is the right way to go. It worked so well that others became interested and asked her to share her secret. Gin went on to write two highly popular and successful books on intermittent fasting and her most recent book Clean(ish): Eat (Mostly) Clean, Live (Mainly) Clean, and Unlock Your Body's Natural Ability to Self-Clean has also become highly popularized in terms of disease prevention by ridding ourselves of toxic burden, inside and out.     Relevant Links | Social Media: GinStephens.com Luella Jonk | Website Luella Jonk | YouTube Episodes  

This episode is all about what it means to become intentional with your health and life goals. Patrick Laine explains how his ‘light bulb’ moment changed his perspective surrounding becoming intentional with his health goals. He knew if he didn’t get real about changing his mindset, he would still be his unhealthy self (mind and body) 10-20 years from now.   Patrick is not about calorie counting, weighing, or doing without. He realized that changing your thoughts is what changes your behavior. He wants you and your children to focus on where you want to go, not where you are right now. It is all about setting your intention.   Patrick’s motto is ‘there is no better time than right now’ to change your thoughts, which will change your life.   Relevant Links | Social Media: MentorsWhoMove.org GettingFitFaced.com ProcessMercury.com Luella Jonk | Website Luella Jonk | YouTube Episodes

Anne Thériault is a young, talented Canadian essayist and journalist who took it upon herself to research the history of the treatment of those struggling with emotional health. This curiosity led her to a small town in Belgium, named Geel, where she discovered that at one time, individuals were treated with utmost care and compassion.   Despite national efforts towards speaking openly about emotional health – our Canadian medical system needs a lot more tuning in and education towards making those affected by emotional health feel better understood and taken care of once admitted into the system.   Looking for show highlights? The whole episode is a highlight. Press play!   Relevant Links | Social Media: Twitter

If you think it - you can do it. This is the mindset of my guest today, Elle Russ. Elle believes she was born this way but also believes this mindset can be cultivated and coached. Being raised as a confident woman, Elle has always taken life by the reins and pushed herself into learning new things. In this episode, Elle shares how she has helped clients gain confidence and use it to further themselves in their mindsets, careers, and personal lives. As a veteran podcast host of the Primal Blueprint Podcast, Elle boasts 7 years of experience with over 500 episodes and 20 million downloads under her belt. I have followed Elle for some time and felt inspired by her zest and her authenticity.  I was delighted to have her as a guest on my platform so we can offer ways for you to grow your confidence.    Episode Highlights: The I Think, I Can Mindset by Elle Russ (1:32) Know what you’re capable of, and work within your boundaries (2:46) The Opportunities that come with Confidence (4:04) Cocky versus Confident (14:01) Speaking up doesn’t have to be confrontational (23:03) Narcissists and People Pleasers (33:08) Enneagrams and Myers Briggs Personality Tests (45:46) Free speech and Consequences (52:36) Toxic People and being downed by negativity (1:02:15)   Relevant Links | Social Media: Elle Russ | Website Elle Russ | Facebook Elle Russ | Instagram Elle Russ | Twitter Elle Russ | Linktree Luella Jonk | Website Podcasts: The Primal Blueprint Podcast | Elle Russ The Elle Russ Show Podcast Books: Confident as F*ck | Elle Russ The Paleo Thyroid Solution | Elle Russ

Compromise and communication are the backbones for any happy long-lasting relationship. No two people are the same, but sometimes those differences can put you into conflict with your partner. Joining me today is Julie Sharon-Wagschal. As a certified Gottman therapist, she and I will take a deep dive into John Gottman’s Method of Couples Therapy. If you’re searching for ways to boost empathy and understanding with your partner, let the tools and resources in this episode serve as your guide; because everyone deserves to be in a relationship where they can be their authentic selves. Julie Sharon-Wagschal is a licensed psychologist specializing in individual and couples counseling based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is the Founder of the Center for Relationship Learning and is Europe’s principal educator of Gottman Method Couples Therapy. A research-based approach to couples therapy that explores what can make a relationship go wrong and the essential building blocks to a happy, healthy relationship. Julie Sharon-Wagschal helps guide couples through conflict and towards respectful and meaningful discussions. She also practices as a mentor for clinicians who strive to obtain certification in the Gottman Method.