Balance Your Life

#220: This week on the podcast it’s a solo episode! I’m doing a “AMA” or Ask Me Anything Q & A solo podcast recording. I recently did a story on Instagram Stories where you got to ask me any of questions regarding motherhood, health, wellness, beauty, business, anything you wanted to know! I am chatting today about the best investments I’ve made as a mom, hair growth tips, sleep regressions, parenting tips, starting a yoga practice, income streams, and what I’m currently reading. Enjoy!   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok| Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com --------------------------------- ---------  Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands.  ------------------------------------------  Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.  ------------------------------------------ Access the Yoga Mama Journey: Journey to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy and Baby Program and Guide here.

#219: This week on the podcast I am joined by Dr. Melissa McCreery. Melissa is a psychologist, author, host of the Too Much on Her Plate podcast, and founder of the Your Missing Peace program where she helps smart, high-performing women end cycles of overeating and emotional eating - without diets, willpower, or deprivation. Over 39,000 women worldwide have taken her free Hidden Hungers Quiz online and her approach has been featured in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fitness, CNN Health, Real Simple, and Self.   On this episode we talk about how we can use psychology, the brain and mindset to create changes with overeating, and why “diets” have mentally warped our perspective on food. We also discuss how our body image perceptions are tied to “good” and “bad” food, how our sense of self-worth and our lifestyles relate to emotional eating, and so much more!   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com Connect with Melissa : Instagram | Website | Book ------------------------------------------  Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands.   ------------------------------------------   Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   ------------------------------------------ Energybits is giving all Balance Your Life podcast listeners 20% off when you use code MEGHAN at checkout on any of their products online. Use the link in the show notes to get your bag of algae tablets today. Click here.

#218: This week on the podcast I am joined by Kassandra Reinhardt. This is a re-release of my original interview with Kassandra, AKA Yoga with Kassandra on YouTube. Kassandra is a YouTuber with almost 2.5 million followers, the author of 2 books; "Yin Yoga: Stretch the Mindful Way" and “Year of Yoga”. She also has an app, is a yoga teacher trainer, and has multiple courses online.   On this episode we talk about practicing Vinyasa, Yin and Forrest yoga, what each of these practices did for her and her experience with all three styles, as well as how to make the most out of yin yoga. We also discuss when yoga became more than just physical exercise for her, jumping at the opportunity to take a yoga teacher training, her wellness routines she incorporates into her daily life including smoothies, her sleep routine, daily movement, and so much more!   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com Connect with Kassandra: YouTube | Instagram | Website ------------------------------------------  Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands.  ------------------------------------------  Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   -------------------------------------------- Access the Yoga Mama Journey: Journey to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy and Baby Program and Guide here.

#217: This week on the podcast I am joined by Dr. Peter Martone. Peter is an educator and patient care practitioner who has been focused on improving patient’s biomechanics for over 23 years during his private practice as a chiropractor. Dr. Martone has always believed that structure of your spine effects the function of the central nervous system, and this principle is the cornerstone of his practice. His core belief is that the central nervous system controls every function in the human body and in order to be able to express true health you have to keep your nervous system healthy. Peter’s mission is to help as many people as possible achieve optimal health, function and performance so they can reach their full potential.   On this episode we talk about how certain sleep positions affect our health, help us sleep better and live longer, and how to set yourself up for the most ideal sleep. We also discuss 5 keys to waking up well rested, why tossing and turning during sleep is bad, mouth taping, and so much more!   Grab 20% off your Neck Nest by using code BALANCE at checkout. Grab your pillow here. DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com Connect with Dr. Martone: Instagram | Website  ------------------------------------------  Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands.   ------------------------------------------   Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   ------------------------------------------- Organika is offering my listeners 25% off online when you use code Meghan25 at checkout. Shop Organika products and receive 25% off your order online. -------------------------------------------- Access the Yoga Mama Journey: Journey to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy and Baby Program and Guide here.

#216: This week on the podcast I am joined by Kate Middleton. Kate also known as “KB”, is a Toxic Free Lifestyle Advisor and Mindset Coach based on the coast of central California. Katherine’s platform is based on the Education of Living a Toxic Free Lifestyle and believes that through the products we use, the relationships we hold and the mental and physical nourishment we consume, we are faced with many forms of toxins each and every day. As the founder of “TOXIC FREE WITH KB”, a popular podcast, and health and wellness blog , KB’s core mission is to improve overall mental and physical health through the reduction of toxic exposure.   On this episode we talk about her personal story healing holistically from an autoimmune disease and mold toxicity, every day products we use that are leading to toxic overload, and the importance of reading labels. We also discuss nontoxic swaps you can make and simple lifestyle changes you can make right now to living a more toxic free life, and so much more!   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com Connect with Kate: Instagram | Website  ----------------------------------------  Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands.   ------------------------------------------  Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   ------------------------------------------- Organika is offering my listeners 25% off online when you use code Meghan25 at checkout. Shop Organika products and receive 25% off your order online. --------------------------------------------  True Botanicals is a 100 % Non-Toxic, Made Safe® Certified, Cruelty -Free, Natural-Biocompatible and Clinically Proven Clean Skincare Line. It’s currently my holy grail skincare obsession line. True Botanicals is giving you 15% off with the code MEGHAN15 at checkout. Shop these amazing products here.

#215. This week on the podcast it’s another solo episode! I am giving you 10 tangible tips to implement into your life for navigating your postpartum journey, postpartum depression and anxiety.   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com ------------------------------------------  Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands.   ------------------------------------------  Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   ------------------------------------------- Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/meghan to start Ritual or add Essential For Women Prenatal to your subscription today.

#214: This week on the podcast it’s a solo episode! I am giving you the raw, real, unedited version of my postpartum journey, and what the postpartum experience was like for me. This was an emotional episode for me, and one that I hope gives some insight into what it’s like those first few weeks and months for some moms after the birth of their baby.   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com --------------------------------- Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands. ---------------------------------- Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   --------------------------------- Access the Yoga Mama Journey: Journey to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy and Baby Program and Guide here.

#213: This week on the podcast I am joined by Dr. Mike Van Thielen. Mike is a PhD. Holistic Nutritionist, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Certified in Chinese herbal medicine, homeopathy and also the Medical Director at ClariGenZ Health. He is also a best-selling author of Access 2 Success, a book focused on optimizing productivity and focus and creating a stress-free life. He is also a treating physician for Boston Neuro Pain and Psych Centers, helping tens of thousands of patients with chronic pain and mental health conditions. Mike has over 3 decades of involvement with the best optimal health practices, anti-aging and regenerative medicine, sports performance, nutrition and supplementation, and biohacking strategies. He is a mentor and coach, helping people regain control of their health.   On this episode we talk about biohacks for a healthier life, how we obtain optimal health and get to be living our best. We also discuss how to identify your purpose in life, different modalities for learning control over our minds, stem cell therapy, and so much more! DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com Connect with Mike: Website | Instagram   ---------------------------------- Organika is offering my listeners 25% off online when you use code Meghan25 at checkout. Visit organika.com and receive 25% off your order online. ------------------------------- Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands. ---------------------------------- Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.

#212: This week on the podcast I am joined by Stephanie Gee. Stephanie is a skincare and beauty expert, and Director of Operations & New Media at Gee Beauty, which is a multi-generational beauty destination. Gee Beauty offers innovative, result-driven, time-sensitive and efficient beauty and grooming solutions at their locations in Toronto and Miami.   On this episode we talk about beauty, health and wellness as a lifestyle and how they can intertwine together, product essentials needed for every skin type. We also discuss how to do skin cycling and the benefits of it, acids and how to use them in your skincare routine, and so much more!   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website To Email the Show: info@balancebymeghan.com Connect with Stephanie: Instagram | Website   ---------------------------------- Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands. ---------------------------------- Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   --------------------------------- True Botanicals is a 100 % Non-Toxic, Made Safe® Certified, Cruelty -Free, Natural-Biocompatible and Clinically Proven Clean Skincare Line. It’s currently my holy grail skincare obsession line. True Botanicals is giving you 15% off with the code MEGHAN15 at checkout. Shop these amazing products here.

#211: This week on the podcast it’s a solo episode! This topic came highly requested, and I am sharing all my tips and tricks for how I was able to have a holistic birth while at the hospital.   DISCLAIMER: Please keep in mind this episode is not mean to act as medical advice. You are always encouraged to be your own advocate and to do your own research. ------------------------------------- Connect with Meghan: Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | YouTube | Website ------------------------------------- Shop my Amazon Store Front where I link all my favourite wellness, lifestyle, pregnancy, and beauty products and brands. ---------------------------------- Join me by practicing yoga and fitness in the comfort of your home! Click here for my YouTube channel.   --------------------------------- Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/meghan to start Ritual or add Essential For Women Prenatal to your subscription today. -------------------------------- Access the Yoga Mama Journey: Journey to a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy and Baby Program and Guide here.