Posts in Wellness
Proactive vs Reactive

On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.

Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.

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Get Well Soon

On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.

Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.

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When is it time for therapy?

On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.

Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.

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"Out From The Darkness" of mental illness

On The Well Podcast we spoke with Carla Arges who has lived with and come out from battling mental illness. This time, she’s sharing about her devotional book and we share some incredibly encouraging nuggets of wisdom regarding coming “Out From the Darkness”. Join us for maybe some surprising conversation about mental health and mental illness.

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7 Tips to Overcome Overwhelm

October is Mental health awareness month!

We are kicking it off with Kim Harter back on the podcast.  Kim is Mental Health Counselor and helps women that are feeling

overwhelmed

exhausted

anxious

depressed

Are you feeling any of those difficult emotions? Maybe you feel like you’re drowning in them. We want you to know you’re not alone.

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Women's Hormone Basics & Tips for Balance

Hormones, you know, estrogen and testosterone.  We put them in the tiny box we received the information from during our junior high sex education class years ago and left them there.  But did you know there are several other hormones that are significantly impacting how you feel?

On a scale of 1-10 (1= no symptoms, 10 = out of control symptoms), how is your menstrual cycle?  If you’re entering perimenopause or menopause, what are your symptoms? Are there areas of “hormone balance” that are difficult for you? (Hint, it’s very hard to truly balance every hormone on every given day, but we can grow closer to balance!)

Some symptoms of hormone issues: infertility, difficult menstrual cycles, poor memory and brain fog, hyper or hypo thyroid issues, adrenal fatigue, difficulty losing or gaining weight, trouble sleeping, and/or mood swings. 



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Metabolism & Perimenopause

Your body is always under a certain degree of stress, but in perimenopause and menopause your cortisol (stress hormone) sky rockets! High levels of cortisol leave us in a constant state of "fight or flight", which is the biggest villain keeping you from feeling your best.  It’s time to learn more about how your body works and get started on the road to your revitalized self.

In episode 161 of The Well Podcast, we welcome Stephanie Fusnik to chat about metabolism, perimenopause, hormones, weight loss, nutrition and how it all works together to help us reach our wellness goals.  Stephanie has a lengthy background to support her knowledge on this topic.


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Be Your Own Health Advocate

If you're not feeling well, you are not feeling well!

You may have been dismissed by one or more doctors but you know yourself better than anyone, trust yourself!

Do you or someone you know struggle to feel well or feel like your normal self?  We’ve heard countless stories of people who have had to see multiple doctors, do their own research, and follow up with more doctors until they finally get answers.   

But it’s not just about the answers.

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Support for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Pelvic Floor Dysfunction symptoms can start as a low grade nuisance but can build to a significant problem over time.

In women over 50 years old, 50% of women have symptoms. 

Q: So what are the symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction? 

A:  Some symptoms include: 

  • Having to go to the bathroom frequently.

  • Incontinence (leaking urine when you laugh/cough/sneeze). Leaking when you jump on the trampoline.

  • Thinking you’ve voided and still feeling the urge to go again. 

  • Pain with intercourse. 

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5 Tips to Balance Your Hormones

Have you struggled to lose weight?

Are you in your 30s or 40s and find yourself feeling not like yourself?

Are you struggling with getting a solid nights sleep?

Has your doctor just prescribed a pill for you or your teen daughters difficult menstrual cycles?

We can relate! And that’s why we had coach Rebecca on to share what she’s learned on her journey.  We hope this blog post will wet your appetite to head over to our podcast to hear what coach Rebecca has to share. 

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5 Simple Steps to Detox Your Life

When you come to THE WELL I pray you find a clean, cold "glass of water" on a hot day.

You get this through hearing good news of God’s love, self care, natural wellness tips and nurturing the good things in your life to design a life you love!


Sometimes, though, there are things that need to be cut out. Toxic thoughts, products and habits that are taking over and are affecting your health.

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3 ways to have the healthiest fall ever…. mind, body and heart!!

Do you turn the calendar to October and get immediate anxiety, panick and dread?!?

As a mom, wife, business owner, lover of the Fall and holidays and pumpkins and coffee, I don’t want it to be this way!!!

But nonetheless, if this is you, you are not alone.

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The Worst Part of Having Covid

Honestly the worst part of having Covid was feeling crazy! I was so thankful to one of the coaches on The Well that had just had it and talked me through the roller coaster!
I got covid on my birthday… my 44th! Great timing, huh?!

I started with no symptoms but aches continued to progress but I didn’t really feel awful until days 8-10.

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