Balance Your Life
Meghan Pherrill
Balance Your Life Podcast is designed to inspire and empower you to become the best version of yourself, and to find bliss, peace and happiness.
Each week I interview people who will share their health and wellness story, why they got started, the positive impact their practice has had in their life, tips and tricks to getting started, and why you should start your own journey too!
Each week I interview people who will share their health and wellness story, why they got started, the positive impact their practice has had in their life, tips and tricks to getting started, and why you should start your own journey too!
Episodes
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Nov 4, 2019 • 58min
30. Nutrition, Silent Meditation Retreats and Dealing with Death with Julie Brar
On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Julie Brar. Julie is a Health and Nutrition Coach and has taught yoga for over 15 years. On this episode we talk about dealing with the sudden death of her husband, going on silent meditation retreats, healing herself from Hypothyroidism and adrenal fatigue, and so much more. This episode is back with so much valuable information, so grab a pen and paper, or listen to this one again and again.
Oct 28, 2019 • 43min
29. Rehab, Transcendental Meditation, and Learning to Use the Breath with Maggie Bowles
On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Maggie Bowles. Maggie is a single mom to a toddler, a spiritual and personal development coach, and is known online as “A Modern Mystic”. On this episode we talk about being in Rehab, the 12-step program, Transcendental Meditation, going through a 30-day meditation challenge, the importance of rituals and journaling, using your breath, and so much more!
Oct 21, 2019 • 48min
28. Leaving a Job You Hate to Teach Yoga and Manage a Float Tank (+ the benefits of it!) with Stef Wood
On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Stef Wood. Stef is a 200-hour registered yoga teacher, certified wellness coach and manages a float tank. Stef has a passion for health and wellness and specializes in "Learn Series" yoga for people who have never been on their mat before. On this episode we dive into leaving a corporate job that doesn’t light you up, taking a yoga teacher training, finding your niche, float tank therapy benefits and WHY we should all give it a go.
Oct 14, 2019 • 16min
27. Ego vs. The Mind: How to Discover the Difference Between Them
On this episode of Balance Your Life we have a very special SOLO episode! On this episode we discuss the difference between the ego and the mind, and how one or the either tends to take over when we are faced with challenging tasks. This episode also includes a guided meditation intended to help you feel determined and disciplined.
Oct 7, 2019 • 47min
26. Learning to Trust My Body Again after Traumatic Injury with Sytera Field
On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Sytera Field. Sytera is a mother of three, a former dancer, yoga teacher and yoga studio owner. On this episode we discuss Sytera’s rock climbing incident that left her with a broken leg and how yoga ended up healing her more holistically than physical therapy did. We also discuss what it was like for her to take her teacher training, open her own studio, develop her own myofascial release method called Nadi or Nice, and more!
Sep 30, 2019 • 29min
25. Yoga Saved My Life with Danni Pomplun
On this episode of Balance Your Life, I am chatting with Danni Pomplun. Danni is a yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer, international retreat leader, and host of the Yogi Misfits Sessions. On this episode we discuss his addictions to drugs, losing a partner and dealing with the grief of it, having a failed suicide attempt, being given the ultimatum of going to yoga (which changed and saved his life), and more!
Sep 23, 2019 • 59min
24. Stepping out of Your Comfort Zone to Move Abroad and Teach Yoga with Jen Coco
On this episode of Balance Your Life Podcast, I am chatting with Jen Coco. Jen was born and raised in California, and now lives abroad on the sunny island of Barbados where she teaches yoga. Jen is passionate about yoga and focuses on teaching her students strength, flexibility and stability in the body, as well as clarity, focus and self-love for the mind. On this episode we talk about pursing a path teaching yoga, being a former high school teacher, surfing, Yoga Nidra, and more!
Sep 16, 2019 • 38min
23. Finding Myself Again through Yoga with Winel Harrison
On this episode of Balance Your Life Podcast, I am chatting with Winel Harrison. Winel us a mom of 2, pet parent to Charlie Barlie, Zumba lover, and yogi. There’s more than meets the eye with this badass woman. On this episode we are talking about how Winel got into yoga (hint – it wasn’t the glamourous way she expected), being creative and artistic in a corporate world, having a 17 year relationship fall apart, and why she took her yoga teacher training with NO experience in the yoga world.
Sep 9, 2019 • 17min
22. Set Yourself Up for Success - Morning Routines
On this episode of Balance Your Life podcast we have a SOLO episode for you guys! We are talking all about morning routines and the importance of setting your day up for greatness. We are chatting hydration in the morning, mantra’s, meditations, crystals, movement, and more! Let me know what you are going to take away from this episode, or what you do for your morning routine!
Aug 19, 2019 • 36min
21. Katie Bushie: Life Purpose in Working with Veterans and First Responders
On this episode I am joined by Katie Bushie of Life Spark Holistic. Katie is a Pyscho-Practioner mixing traditional psychology practices with holistic and spiritual mediums. She works with veterans, first responders and their families, as well as travels across Ontario as a guest speaker and teacher. On this episode we discuss burnout, finding life purpose in an alternate career, the importance of mental health, and providing the tools as yoga teachers to take care of ourselves.
