Balanced Living For Busy Professionals Podcast

In this episode, Diane speaks with returning guest, Roger Whitney, the Retirement Answer Man. Practicing good financial health should be a part of the balanced life of a busy professional. How does your financial health stack up, currently?  To help you establish a strong financial foundation and plan for retirement, you'll hear investment strategies, financial management tips and ways to help you meet your lifestyle goals.  As a Financial Advisor in 1991, Roger has witnessed first-hand the rise and fall of the “new economy” and the Dot-com bubble that ended in 2000. This experience solidified that financial management is about people, not money, and that they are served best by advisors that are fiduciaries to their clients, and have the heart of a teacher. In 2003 Roger left his job the largest private bank in the world at the time and, with two wonderful partners, established WWK Wealth Advisors. Today, they are a firm of 14 professionals managing over $200 million in assets. What you will learn:  T

Today Diane interviews Lara Heacock. Together, they explore the concept of self-kindness. They discuss what happens when you stop being so mean to yourself. You will learn practical tips to improve your confidence and navigate through life’s transitions. And, this episode will help you break free of self-critical habits, patterns and attitudes that may be keeping you stuck in place. As you'll hear in this interview, life really does get better when you are kind to yourself.   Lara Heacock is a certified Life Coach, the creator of the Self-Kindness Starter Kit and the founder of Kind Over Matter What you will learn:  Definition and examples of self-kindness  The benefits of self-kindness  Why so many of us are better at being kind to other people than being kind to ourselves  How to become comfortable with vulnerability and why it’s the first step towards creating more self-kindness in your life  The importance of boundaries and the baby steps to help you start setting them  How to work with your inner c

Today, Diane talks to Michael Tamez about healthy and balanced living through changing how you think about food. Michael has been on a 15-year journey to lose over 100 pounds. They discuss the emotional and mental breakthrough Michael had in order to make this change. Michael attributes his weight gain to repressed emotions of anger and sadness which caused him to overeat. This in turn created high blood pressure, sleep apnea and other health problems.  Michael is a holistic health coach who helps people make permanent changes to their lives and the way they eat. He is also the author of the book “Transformative Nutrition: The Ultimate Guide to Healthy and Balanced Living”. Michael studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition which is where Diane also studied.  There, he completely relearned his attitude to food. Michael is now happily married, at his ideal weight and living a life he loves.  What you will learn:  Michael lost 70-75 pounds over 8-9 months.  After the weight loss his medical prob

On this episode, Diane talks with Kathleen Audet about how to dress from the inside out. They discuss how to have a closet that supports you and makes you feel your best every day. Kathleen gives tips on how to shop for essentials. She also encourages you to forget the statement, ‘’I have nothing to wear,’’ forever. In this episode, learn tips that will help you better manage your closet and showcase your personality through your wardrobe.  Kathleen Audet is a personal stylist that has worked with people all around the world to find their authentic image by essentializing their wardrobe. She has been in the fashion and image industry for 20+ years.  What you will learn:  Save your time and money  Hunting versus shopping.   How to dress from the inside out.  Choose a color that fits you.  Buy clothes that fit.  How to dress according to your personality.  Be seen for who you are and not just for the outfit or the label.  Find time in the morning to get dressed easily.  Have confidence in whatever you w

Balanced Living for Busy Professionals' mission is to support you in creating the life you truly want to live.  Today's episode is all about intuition. Specifically about how to connect and align your life and career with your intuition. You’ll hear specific tools and strategies that will help you tap into your sixth sense. To help with this topic, Diane talks to Wendy De Rosa, the founder of the School of Intuitive Studies and author of Expanding Your Heart: Awakening Through Four Stages of Spiritual Opening And How We Can All Open Our Hearts Just A Little More.    What you will learn:   How Wendy began her work around and involving intuition How to tap into career, calling, purpose and meaning with intuition Becoming connected to your heart, unblocking your ability to do so, and tuning into your heart center How to allow yourself to feel compassion, sadness, grief and other emotions; without having them feel wrong or shameful. The four levels of intuition Quotes: “What am I here to do?”  “Get very connect

Today Diane talks to Jon Cheplak about habits, patterns and breaking free.  Together they talk about how to interrupt patterns and change behaviors so that you can live your best life. We all have experienced patterns of behavior, all of which have the same unwanted outcome.  Find out how to recognize patterns of behavior that don't serve your highest good, as well as, the negative feelings that accompany those repeated behaviors. Jon Cheplak is real estate expert, coach, motivational speaker and the author of the book Interrupt the Pattern – The Path to Your Highest Self. What you will learn: How alcoholism and recovery led Jon to become a coach and motivational speaker on habits and breaking patterns. Definition of a pattern or repeated behavior Recognizing your own truth when it comes to creating patterns and taking personal responsibility Creating boundaries: when you need to create a boundary and when you need to say no. Setting priorities that best serve your well-being Being confident, and standing by

Research studies reveal that transitioning into a plant-based lifestyle is the best thing you can do to improve your health. Diane hears often from clients and professionals whom say change-making takes time; and as a busy professional, they just don't have that time to focus on a plant-based lifestyle. In this information packed episode, you will learn simple ways to transition from a Standard American Diet to a plant-based lifestyle, no matter how busy your schedule. Laura Dietrich, Plant Pure Nation Jumpstart Director is one of the main architects behind the Plant Pure wellness programs for companies. Laura coaches individuals and group classes on transitioning into a plant-based lifestyle. What you will learn:   How Plant Pure Nation started and about Plant Pure Nation food. The simplest way to start transitioning a Standard American diet to a plant-based lifestyle. What a plant-based lifestyle is and is not (it's NOT just salads) Plant-based eating can lead to naturally losing weight How to pinpoint

Today Diane talks to Peggy Sealfon about supercharging your life for a happier healthier you. They share tips for starting the new year in a balanced and healthy way.  Diane and Peggy discuss giving up making resolutions and instead setting intentions because these are goal orientated and less likely to fail. Goals and intentions are all about placing your attention in the direction you want to move, because your energy will always follow your attention. Diane and Peggy acknowledge the tendency for women to focus on everyone else rather than themselves and so Peggy gives some practical advice about placing yourself first whilst still helping others.  Peggy is a personal Development Coach, Wellness Specialist, Author and the owner of Stoneware Studio. She has written and co-written several books, namely “Escape from Anxiety: Supercharge your Life with powerful Strategies from a to z”.  In this episode Peggy takes Diane through the steps to fix an imbalance in your life, from taking a productivity pause to

In this episode, you're going to get some key points on how to create life balance your way; key points that you can integrate today. You'll hear Diane’s interviews with three of the most busiest, successful professionals;  who have integrated life balance into their daily lives. By doing so, they have joy and they have their health, well-being, success to show for and not just that, but they’ve gained clarity. Their priorities reflect what they want in their life and they have found meaning and joy with what they do in their life, every day.    You’ll hear from Sarah Dale, a business owner,  caregiver, and wife to a disabled veteran.  As well as, Laura Cheekd, an architect turned entrepreneur, and Founder/CEO of Cheek, a newly launched hyperspeed Bluetooth mobile dating app.  Finally,   Adam Hergenrother joins the conversation. He is the CEO of Hergenrother Enterprises.  Adam has built six thriving, businesses in less than 10 years through his commitment to personal development, continuous growth and work-li

Today Diane talks to Ishika Answani, a spiritual psychologist who is based in Dubai. Diane and Ishika met while studying at the University of Santa Monica and bonded over their love of spiritual psychology. In this episode Ishika discusses the difference between honoring your choices versus following habitual patterns. You must be mindful of the habits you’re cultivating before the habits that don’t support your well-being are hard to change. Anything you do repeatedly can become a ritual and a habit which is fine, however you must make sure that these habits are self-honoring and not harming your state of well-being.  Ishika Aswani counsels people in all matters of life including financial, relationships, body issues and radiant health and well-being. Through this work she uses the two tools of spiritual psychology; soul and behavior to help her clients align their inner experience with the outside world.  What you will learn:  Radiant health and well-being is not just physical Well-being is also men

In this episode, Diane covers some questions that have been sent into the Balanced Living for Busy Professionals podcast over the last year. These are things she regularly gets asked about food, lifestyle, balance and keeping healthy. This is the last episode for 2016 as the show is taking a break from October – December and will return in a new bi-monthly format with some amazing and informative new guests and solo episodes in January 2017. In the mean time Diane will be re-releasing some of the most popular shows from the last year. Diane explores the most important factors for self care, uses some personal experience to talk about quietening that inner voice and explains exactly what a plant based diet is and how to travel and negotiate a busy life on this plan. What you will learn: Don’t think about work life balance as something separate; it should become your whole life. Take 10 minutes, 3 times a day to go for a walk. Find a quiet empty meeting room at work and spend 10 minutes meditating. Notice how

There are practical ways you can be more appropriately engaged in your life. In fact, research studies reveal specific methods that you introduce into your daily life can help boost personal and stress-free productivity.   When we talk about productivity and getting things done; it’s important to note it is so much more than time management.  It's about becoming present with everything you do with your life. In this episode, Diane speaks with her guest, David Allen about managing your focus, agreements, commitments and more.  David Allen is the author of, Getting Things Done.  His book has become one of the most influential business books of its era.   He is an expert on personal and organizational productivity. David’s approach has helped individuals and organizations bring order to chaos. His mission is to coach and educate people on how you can take your busy schedule and get things done in your life.      What you will learn: Getting started, gaining control and focus Get out of your own head Making bett

Research studies reveal that eating 100% plant-based food works.  This means that you don’t eat any animals, dairy products or eggs, as well as, any refined or processed foods. One study in particular took a 50-year look of the predominantly plant-based eating habits of the rural Chinese.  They discovered that the participants of the study showed no signs of breast cancer, colon cancer; and heart disease was almost nonexistent.   Other benefits of a plant-based lifestyle include weight loss, discontinuation of blood pressure medications or insulin treatment; and may reduce or eliminate symptoms of Type-2 Diabetes. Today, Diane welcomes Kim Campbell, author of, The PlantPure Nation Cookbook.  Kim has developed over 150 whole food, plant-based recipes using no processed oil.  Most recently, Kim has worked with her husband, Nelson, at PlantPure Nation promoting a whole foods plant-based lifestyle.  She has contributed recipes, developed and tested products, helped in daily food production, and taught culinary cl

Today Diane Randall talks to Sharon Palmer about starting a plant based lifestyle, changing your eating habits and how to make cooking fun and easy. Diane also changed to a plant based lifestyle so they discuss the health benefits and lifestyle changes they had to make and how much better food tastes when it's not over processed. Sharon has a lot of advice for people who are tempted to make the change but don't know where to start. All the myths surrounding plant based eating can scare people off and make it more difficult to make the change so Sharon addresses these stories. Diane and Sharon examine the best foods to fulfill your protein requirements and the quickest way to create a "go-to" meal from scratch. Sharon is a Registered Dietician with other 25 years experience, she has also written two books about plant based living and writes a daily blog on her website. Sharon is a plant based expert and even went to a meat-free campus college. What you will learn: Moving to a plant based lifestyle can be done

Today Diane Randall talks to Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville about finding your dreams and taking 100% responsibility for your choices. Together they discuss the methods you can use to discover what your dream is and how to pursue that goal and turn it into a fulfilling life. Diane talks from the perspective of a generation who chose the “safe” career option and are now trying to follow their dreams.  Dr. Dorothy talks about her tumultuous upbringing and how that affected her choices of career at every turn. Dorothy reminds us that even if you change your dream after 5 years of achieving it, this isn’t a mistake because every choice builds you as a person. She also reveals that the best way to find your dream is through meditation, a clear mind and focusing on the last time that you felt truly alive.  Dr. Dorothy is a speaker, author, interviewer and psychotherapist who achieved a BA, MA and PhD after a tough upbringing in the housing projects of south Boston. She is a regular guest on both TV and radio and

Today Diane Randall talks to Pam Bradford about healthy living eating plant-based foods. This means only consuming things that don’t have a face or a mother and grown in the ground. Pam inspired Diane to change her eating habits when Diane was feeling at her worst; this inspiration came through the documentary DVD “Eat”. The American diet has very little fiber, so an important part of plant based nutrition is increasing the levels of nutritious micronutrients in the body. Fiber will help you feel satisfied and fuller for longer. Meat and seafood are high in fat and other unknown chemicals that are being pumped into our seas and both Pam and Diane have noticed a marked difference in their mental health, alertness, productivity and waistlines since beginning this lifestyle change. Pam Bradford has been a close friend of Diane’s for 25 years and now lives in North Carolina after growing up in Chicago. She is a contractor in the training and development sector and although she doesn’t try to enforce her diet onto

Detroit-based cardiologist Dr. Joel Kahn joins Diane Randall to discuss heart disease – the #1 killer in America - in this episode titled How to Not Die at Work. Being one of America’s leading holistic heart doctors and founder of The Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity, Dr. Kahn approaches heart health care as a whole with focuses on preventative, early detection, treatment, and reversal approaches. During the discussion Dr. Kahn explains that many do not know they have a slowly progressing or silent blockage developing. A stress test or an EKG will not always pick up a developing silent blockage. These tests simply can’t see inside the arteries. But, there are two tests that are recommended that can get a good look at the heart’s three main arteries to determine if hardening of the arteries is present or developing and you need to know what these tests are. Career minded people, and others in general, lack eating well, getting enough sleep, and exercising. What others don’t realize is that heart disease can p

Joining Diane Randall from Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, Canada is her guest Registered Social Worker, Certified Professional Coach, and Author, Lynda Monk of Creative Wellness Works. Lynda shares with the listeners how expressive writing and journaling practices help reduce stress and bring balance into the lives anyone who craves more tranquility in their day. Research studies reveal that writing helps people to reduce blood pressure, deal with chronic pain, improve immune function, and all types of tangible health benefits are happening simply from the profound practice of writing around our feelings and surroundings. Diane inquires about what someone needs to write about or how to get started. Lynda shares some ways to break into this type of therapeutic writing that is easy and painless. Lynda offers a free download gift for listeners to help them get started. Results from reflective writing practices can be achieved after as little as 5 minutes of writing. She removes all excuses of not having

Today Diane asks an important question about when you should step up to a challenge and when you should hold your values at a higher importance than the task in front of you. To exemplify this decision Diane talks about an experience from her past where she was asked to take on a job last minute and help a client effect change in 5 days! Diane explores the thought process of realizing that completing a job badly would actually compromise her integrity and how she made the decision to walk away with her credibility intact. This was despite being offered even more money to stay on the job. Sometimes you have to value yourself and your mental health more than any money.  What you will learn: Diane teaches change. She was given a job where she had to turn a company around in 1 week. There was no foundational training or consultant support. Diane felt bad about leaving and stated her case to the consulting company. She was offered more money to stay. You know you’re not living your values if something doesn’t fee

In this final episode of the Cheryl Morgan Young interview series Diane Randall and Cheryl talk about how to quiet the mind and clear out the day’s worries. Cheryl has a rather unusual method to calm her mind and a lovely story to explain why it works. As well as quieting the mind Cheryl and Diane discuss how to exercise the body and how to find moderation with your workout schedule. It can be tricky to find the time to fit exercise into a busy schedule so Cheryl has some advice about how she makes the time. Exercise is a necessary part of a lifestyle to maintain a healthy mind however both Diane and Cheryl have experienced what happened when you take this too far and they have some advice for finding a balance. Cheryl and Diane end with some wonderful advice about learning who you are which will help in relationships, work and for your own mental health. What you will learn: Cheryl quiets her mind using Farmville Cheryl’s first pet was a fish – but you can’t stroke a fish! You have to look after yourself bu