Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff with Kristine Carlson

Holidays aren’t always the happiest time of year for everyone. For many people, the festivities bring up feelings of loneliness, sadness, and anxiety. Kristine Carlson shares her tips on how to beat the holiday blues and navigate the festivities with the inner peace [and even joy!] you deserve.

"To heal is perhaps our greatest life’s work.” Trauma recovery author and patient-turned-therapist Natalia Rachel is on a worldwide mission to help people dissolve shame and ignite a shift towards self-compassion and recovery from trauma. In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to make the first steps into post-traumatic healing, growth, and self-transformation.  

Do you find yourself entrenched in a negative habit that just isn’t serving you anymore? Whether it’s mindless scrolling, overeating, or compulsive shopping; any self-sabotaging addiction pulls us away from our truest, highest selves. Kristine sits down for a revealing conversation with recovery advocate Steven Washington on how she overcame perfectionism and eating disorders. You’ll learn his tools to restore you to peace and balance – so you feel like “you” again. 

“Menopause doesn’t happen to you, it happens “for” you!” Founder of Wise Woman Emerging (a platform midwifing women through the menopausal change) Dr. Cari Schaefer DACM; shares everything you need to know about navigating this process and feeling your best. Learn her expert tips on how to boost metabolic function, balance your hormones, and manage your moods so you not only manage this natural phase in your life – but embrace it.

"Mojo-recovery specialist” Deborah Kagan is on the show today to help you cultivate confidence and live a juicy, turned-ON life! She shares potent practices to ignite your feminine energy so you feel comfortable in your own skin again. You’ve got it – and you never lost it.    *Trigger Notice - Kris and Deborah discuss rape.

Movement is medicine – and your body already knows this to be true. Kristine sits down with Jennifer Loftus, founder of Divine Feminine Dance™ for a juicy conversation on the healing power of movement and how any woman can reconnect with her sensuality at any age. Learn how to surrender to the dance so you experience the transformational benefits on your mind, body, and spirit. 

Who says you can’t feel sovereign, sexy, and secure in menopause? Today Kristine Carlson shares what menopause is really like; along with the practices and protocols that helped her transform her experience. 

In the early 2000s, fitness trainer Misty Tripoli appeared to be at the top of her game – under contract with Nike and representing companies like Reebok, Skechers, and Equinox. Meanwhile, she was secretly struggling with severe bulimia and a deeply unhealthy relationship with food.  

You deserve to feel sexy, alive, and energetic in your body at any age! In this new series of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff podcast, Kristine Carlson and expert guests explore how women can increase their confidence and celebrate their changing bodies at every step in their journey. Listen in and reclaim your sensuality in your own skin. 

Stephen Jobs said, "As we look back on our lives, we can see how all the dots lined up to bring us where we are today."  It's helpful to remember that the difficult times and struggles we go through will matter--and eventually, we will be grateful for all of it. Today Kristine shares some of her struggles and how she practices gratitude. Practicing gratitude is the path to joy.  Listen in to be inspired on your path to being a happier more grateful you.