Episode 119 - Plants and Self-Care: How Caring for Plants Can Reduce Stress, Increase Joy and Improve Our Health
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 119 - Plants and Self-Care: How Caring for Plants Can Reduce Stress, Increase Joy and Improve Our Health

Plant care is self-care. That’s Maria Failla of the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast’s motto. Plants, and the lessons that have come from caring for them, have been the single most impactful wellness tool in Maria’s life, and she hopes Growing Joy helps empower others to experience the incredible shifts that come from reconnecting with nature.

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Episode 114 - How To Improve Your Financial Wellness with Erin Confortini
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 114 - How To Improve Your Financial Wellness with Erin Confortini

Continuing with our ‘8 Dimensions of Wellness Series,’ we are diving into financial wellness! We wanted to bring on a guest that lives a similar lifestyle to most of us - loves to shop, travel, buy $8 lattes, live in a cute place and hang out with friends but has also found a way to prioritize saving, investing and planning for their future.

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Episode 109 - How To Start A Podcast: Everything We’ve Learned After 100+ Episodes
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 109 - How To Start A Podcast: Everything We’ve Learned After 100+ Episodes

In this episode, we transparently share some of the hardest parts about having a podcast, as well as some of the most rewarding parts! All around, we would definitely say it’s worth it to start one but definitely take some time to listen to the episode all the way through if this is something you’ve been thinking about doing. We want to help shorten your learning curve and spare you the many headaches we went through.

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Episode 108 - How to Develop Deep, Authentic Friendships, Red Flags in Community and The Five Friends You Need with Dr. Chelsea Shields (Part 2)
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 108 - How to Develop Deep, Authentic Friendships, Red Flags in Community and The Five Friends You Need with Dr. Chelsea Shields (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of our conversation with award-winning anthropologist and TEDx Speaker Dr. Chelsea Shields. After working with clients all over the world to help them better understand how humans have evolved and what they’re socially influenced by, she has developed a theory about the five friends you need in life to contribute to your social safety net.

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Episode 104 - Emotional Wellness, Balance and Harmony with Tiana Gidley
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Episode 104 - Emotional Wellness, Balance and Harmony with Tiana Gidley

This is episode #1 of 8 in our Eight Dimensions of Wellness Series, where we break down the 8 different areas of our life that make us a whole, balanced person. When we decided to do this series, Tiana immediately came to mind as someone who we’d love to hear from in the areas of emotional and mental wellness.

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Episode 103 - Self-Care Series: 8 Dimensions of Wellness
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 103 - Self-Care Series: 8 Dimensions of Wellness

We think 2023 should be about listening to yourself and what works for YOU - a holistic approach to health. Every person is different and has unique needs so we wanted to dive into these 8 dimensions of wellness to help you figure out what your balanced life looks like.

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Episode 101 - How To Reflect On Your Year
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 101 - How To Reflect On Your Year

It seems like society puts a lot of emphasis and excitement on New Year’s resolutions, but we rarely talk about following up with the previous year’s accomplishments.

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Episode 100 - 100 Ways To Improve Your Life
Allison Wetig Allison Wetig

Episode 100 - 100 Ways To Improve Your Life

Wow… 100 episodes! We are so thrilled to have met this milestone. We couldn’t have done it without our amazing community of listeners and our support system of close loved ones.

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