Building Resilience

Since experts have been establishing such strong connections between the gut and the brain, it makes sense we wanted to have today's guest on our show! We're lucky enough to be joined by Hollie Chrome of Hollie Chrome Holistic Wellness. Hollie specializes in supporting women in feeling empowered about their Health and Wellness through creating and achieving their own unique Wellness Vision. Hollie works with many women who have felt like they were never successful in achieving their health goals, like they were in a continual cycle of starting over with their health and who felt like factors such as stress, lack of support and lack of nutritional knowledge were barriers to their success in achieving their definition of optimal health. Hollie’s work is served by a strong foundation in the Mind-Body connection, and how this connection is critical to success in optimal and functional health. Hollie is a mother of 3 and when she isn’t empowering women to finally achieve their Wellness Vision, she is sewing, hiking and creating healthy low-sugar treats. We need to nourish our minds through mindset practices, which we talk about all the time, but in addition, we need to nourish our bodies through nutrition and movement. Studies are being done on the gut-brain connection but it is still a relatively unknown topic. Even scientists and researchers do not fully understand the connection between them, but they have established that there is a very strong, scientific connection between our brains and our thought processes and what happens in the gut and vice versa. Today, Hollie is going to go over what is known about the gut-brain connection. How can we improve our gut health? What do we do that's damaging our gut health? And what can looking after our gut do for our mind? Find out on today's episode!As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. Make sure to follow Hollie on Instagram and TikTok, as well as visit her website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've all felt overwhelmed before when we have a lot going on at once in our lives. Thoughts like "I'll never get this done" and "I don't have time to do this" get stuck in our minds.These thoughts create a storm of irritation, frustration, and other emotions, which create the situation of overwhelm. Fortunately, overwhelm isn't something that happens to us—it's a state that we actually create with our thoughts, because our thoughts create our feelings. Even though it can be so unhelpful, we're doing it to ourselves!This week, we discuss where overwhelm comes from, some strategies on how to tackle it, and how doing things imperfectly might just save us. As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sometimes the word "stress" can be used to describe things that are going on inside of us, like our thoughts. Many times, we say our stress is caused by our family, work, school, health, commute, money, COVID (among many, many other things). But what if we were to tell you that your stress is actually caused by none of the above? These stressors are not the cause of your stress. And as long as you will continue to believe that these are causes of stress, we will continue to have the symptoms.Join us this week as we discuss stress—what is it, where does it come from, and how can you use it to your advantage?As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're pleased to have our very first guest on this episode of Building Resilience, and it's a big one for us! Dr. Eric Gentry of the Forward Facing Institute is an internationally recognized leader in the study and treatment of traumatic stress and compassion fatigue. He has trained over 100,000 health professionals over the past 20 years, and we're two great big fans of his!Dr. Gentry joins us on this episode to help explain more about the threat response from the cerebral perspective—literally! On this episode, we revisit the stress response—how to relax into high demand situations, and how to perform the famous "wet noodle". He teaches us how to literally switch off our instincts and be present in the moment, simply by relaxing into our bodies. You won't want to miss this episode!Find out more about Dr. Gentry on the Forward Facing Institute's website, contact him at eric@forward-facing.com, watch his YouTube Channel, or keep an eye out for his upcoming book, Forward Facing Freedom.As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you like peaches? Believe it or not, there are people who do not like peaches. You can be the juiciest, most beautiful peach, but there is always someone who's not going to like peaches. But do we worry about it? Who's at fault, if somebody doesn't like peaches, do we blame the peach? There are plenty of peaches and plenty of apples to go around, so be who you want to be! This week, we talk about other peoples' opinions. Do they matter? When should we listen to what people think about us?As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You can search the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than yourself. And that person is not to be found." - BuddhaResearch shows that self-compassionate people tend to be more caring, supportive and compassionate towards others. What does that mean? It means that being kind to yourself is actually an act of kindness to those around you! Want to learn how can you be more self-compassionate in order to become your own best friend? You won't want to miss this episode!Find out how to change your mindset on this episode of Building Resilience! As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How many times do we say "I feel anxious", but we're not really sure why? Anxiety is an emotion, but it also has a physical component, the stress component, which is the fight or flight stress response. The brain gets alerted that you were under a threat. You feel the emotion of anxiety and then your body goes into the fight or flight response. Our body is reacting as if there's danger—but the danger is just inside our mind.Join Heather and Leah this week as they tackle the big topic of anxiety. What is it? Where does it come from? And most importantly, how can we help ourselves feel less of it?Find out how to change your mindset on this episode of Building Resilience! As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mindset. We've all heard the word, especially in a self improvement setting. But what does it really mean? A mindset is a set of assumptions, methods, or notions held by one person or a group of people. It arises out of a person's worldview or their philosophy of life. Boiled down—it's basically the way we think. Our mindset is an amazing thing, because it shapes the reality of everything we do. It's a lens that colors every And bonus—we can change it ourselves.Find out how to change your mindset on this episode of Building Resilience! As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inner critic. The super ego. The Mean Girls. The concept has many nicknames but they're all the same thing—that inner voice we hear criticising us whenever we try to change. We're imagining we're hearing their voice in our minds, but their opinions are also imaginary. Who are these mean girls? What do they want? How can we use their chatter to our advantage?And what does all this have to do with....slime?Find us on our website or join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where does love come from? Most people would say, it comes from my significant other, my kids, my dog, my family, my friends—movies or commercials or cards lead us to believe that love comes from somebody else.This week, we're here to tell you love is not what you think! Because we know that any feeling is created by a thought, and feelings are created by thoughts, we create our love.As always, find us on our website or our Facebook group. We'll see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.