Today i was able to interview Buffalonian girlfriends, Kathleen Mitchell & Cassandra Panaro

Where we chat about girlfriend therapy. - “Vulnerability in a trusting space”

In this episode talk with Ariel about Helping people pleasers take control and finally put themselves first.

• Becoming Your Best Self

• Recovering From People Pleasing

• Core Values

• Embracing Failure and Celebrating Small Wins

• Creating and Holding Boundaries

In this episode, I get to chat with Kate Smith. Creator of Conscious Mamas Movement. Where she speaks about:

• Getting real with our emotions

• emotional literacy skills

• incorporating wellness in our lives

Conscious Mamas Movement is an educational platform that empowers caregivers with mindful tools to raise the next generation of conscious humans.

Kate Smith is a mother, early childhood educator, Certified Children's Yoga Teacher, and founder of the Conscious Mamas Movement, an educational platform that empowers caregivers with mindful tools to raise the next generation of conscious humans. Her work guides parents to do their inner healing work, build their emotional literacy skills, and show up as the present parents they want to be. She combines her decades worth of experience in holistic health to model a way of living well in parenthood. Kate embodies these skills as a single mother to her two-year-old Jefferson.

What does your energy level typically feel like?

Do you KNOW what energizes you?

What if you lived with the ENERGY of each day as a new beginning?

USE that energy to kickstart and renew the HABITS that bring you comfort and recharge you as you face each day.

Everyday we MOVE between our physical, mental and emotional energy.

Christine always found efficiency, simplicity, and organization made life easier within her own family and for many of her clients. She believes that a home that is thoughtfully put together makes tackling the other challenges of the day far more manageable. Christine started Neatly Designed because she had always focused on maintaining a home that is beautiful while still being very functional for everyday living.

In this episode, I chat with Renee who is a Self-Healing Mindfulness Coach.

Together we cover the topics:

• living with someone with mental health issues

• self-love, self-care, self-compassion

• strategies to integrate self-compassion into your daily life

Dawn is a former graduate professor and public teacher who left her “safe” career 12 years ago in order to find freedom, time, and peace in her life. Today, she helps hungry people grow their online businesses, build their confidence, and take ownership of their health.

Laura Kane-Punyon of Buffalo, NY created Our Table because she loves experiencing the vulnerability, generosity, and power of women in real-life community. The purpose of this group is to grow and foster the Our Table community between in-person events

Model/actress turned entrepreneur, author, and speaker - Eleni Fuiaxis is on a mission to inspire personal growth throughout all stages of life. From educating children about social-emotional learning through her books to coaching adults through career and life changes.

Eleni Fuiaxis is driven to empower children with self-awareness skills and to teach them self-love, kindness, gratitude, and problem-solving skills that will serve them throughout their lifetime. She rediscovered her passion for writing and promoting social-emotional learning (SEL) in children and impacting their lives for the better and the result was the book, Picky Patrick

Krystal Jakosky is a teacher and writer based in Colorado helping people "own their shit" and take ownership of their own lives. Krystal teaches online and in-person classes, meets with clients in individual sessions, and hosts "Breathe In, Breathe Out: a Weekly Mindfulness and Meditation Podcast." Through personal stories and hard truths, Krystal gives her listeners and clients a healthy push in the right direction and motivates them to step into a more authentic, fulfilling life.

Simone Knego, shares her journey of adopting three of her six children in foreign countries, her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise cancer awareness, and all of the funny, scary, and inspiring stories that came along the way, Simone instills in her audience the powerful lesson that what you do matters. And it’s the little things we do each day that make the most difference.

Do you feel like stress and anxiety keep you from enjoying your work, life or family? Listen in as Masssoma shares her personal struggles and strategies for success.

Massoma Alam Chohan is an author, a TEDx speaker, a wife, a mother of two, and a strong advocate for those suffering from anxiety. Her book, “Take Your Lunch Break: Helpful Tips for Relieving Work-Related Stress," is a #1 bestselling book on Amazon.

Massoma did a TEDx talk titled "Go Spaghetti: Overcoming Anxiety" to discuss how she overcame her anxiety and panic disorder.

Angela Marie Williams, LCSW and Coach empowers entrepreneurs to achieve their vision through braver decision-making.

She helps ambitious women to escape an unfulfilling life & career and pursue their dreams. When women lead from intuition they become free to innovate and trailblaze rather than follow the ‘way it’s done

You might hear someone described as “open-minded” or optimistic. But how does your mindset really impact your day-to-day life? Your mindset plays a significant role in how you cope with challenges and determines how successfully you navigate hard or stressful times in your life. Your mindset can determine how resilient or persistent you are.

In this mini-episode, I share a personal example of how mindset played a huge role in managing and reframing unexpected events.

Allison Lieberman is a licensed marriage and family therapist, postpartum anxiety expert, mom of 2, and 2x postpartum anxiety survivor. She is passionate about helping new moms overcome anxiety by developing confidence, shedding the mom guilt, and building a community.

She is the co-founder of Rooted in Harmony Counseling, a California-based group therapy practice dedicated to helping moms with anxiety, relationships, and parenting.

She is the host of The New Mama Mentor® Podcast and creator of The New Mama Mentor® Signature Program.

Wonder why you struggle to finish projects? Or always wait until the last minute? It might be perfectionism getting in the way!

Nicole Baker is a Coach who helps perfectionists not only set goals but actually follow through on them.

Having grown up in a family immersed in the personal development world, she has been attending seminars and absorbing personal growth tools her whole life. She has since helped hundreds of perfectionists accomplish goals ranging from starting their own businesses to finishing a half marathon.

She has been featured in Authority Magazine, Thrive Global, Voyage Denver, The Self Helpless Podcast and The Mighty plus is the CEO of Life Coach Baker LLC and the host of The Life Coach Baker Podcast.

Kaila Maguire created the Parent Tell Podcast in November 2020 to highlight the parenthood realities that no body seems to talk about, but that deserve to be discussed. It is a safe space for anyone to parent & tell. Parent Tell's purpose is to empower, inspire, and support parents as we navigate what it truly means to create and then nurture another human being outside of ourselves.

Dr. Denise Moore Revel is a CEO, founder, award-nominated-best-selling author, speaker, and personal development and business coach. Dr. Denise founded The Own Your Amazing Movement, a personal development company. The Own Your Amazing Movement focuses on women who feel stuck and frustrated to dig deeper to find their voice and live their worth out loud.

Through coaching, mentoring, and workshops, Dr. Denise ignites and energizes women to find the power to be authentic, to show up more powerfully, and create extraordinary lives they love.

Renee Harris shares how she started and built their family business, all while raising 9 children. Renee started a "hobby" business selling handcrafted lotion bars at a local farmer's market. She wasn't intending to become an entrepreneur but after having some success at the market, and looking at the direction her husband's career was going in the tech field (layoffs), Renee and her husband decided to take a step of faith and make MadeOn Skin Care a full time business. That was 2009. Her lotion bars have since fixed tens of thousands of dry, cracked hands and feet all over the world.

Linda Bjork believes every journey to healing begins with HOPE!

Linda is a personal development expert, advocate for hope and healing, best-selling author, speaker, host of "Linda's Corner" podcast, and founder of Hope for Healing non-profit charity.

She shares her message to uplift and inspire anyone who has felt like they're not good enough; anyone who struggles with self-doubt, low confidence, low self-esteem, anxiety, or depression. This message also resonates with anyone interested in self-improvement and achieving greatness.