Posts by Giovanna Rossi
243: How Purpose Shapes Everything About You with Jaya Jaya Myra
This week on the show, I talk to Jaya Jaya Myra. She is a research scientist turned natural health advocate and the go-to media expert on mind-body wellness, stress management, mindfulness, food for mood, and natural, healthy living. She’s a best-selling author, TEDx and motivational speaker, and Creator of The WELL Method. After healing herself naturally from debilitating fibromyalgia, Myra developed The WELL Method to teach others the 4 cornerstones of a healthy, purpose-driven life.
We discuss:
– Why you should aim for synergy instead of harmony
– How Purpose shapes everything about you, down to your physical body type
– Practical ways to build synergy in daily life
You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/243show.
The books Jaya Jaya recommended were anything by David Frawley
Visit Jaya Jaya’s Website: https://www.jayajayamyra.com/
Grab her books:
The Soul of Purpose: A Step-By-Step Approach to Create a Purpose-Driven, Healthy Life
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241 Career and Motherhood with Anya Creightney
Today on the show, I talk to Anya Creightney, a poet, mother of two, and Programs Specialist at the Library of Congress.
We discuss:
- The struggle of balancing career and motherhood in our society
- How the Library of Congress represents everyday people
- Why learning and knowledge is fundamental to moving forward as a society
You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/241show.
Check out the Library of Congress website: https://www.loc.gov/
The books Anya mentioned were:
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
Ottolenghi Flavor: A Cookbook by Tara Wigley (Author) Yotam Ottolenghi (Author) and Ixta Belfrage
You can also continue the conversation in the Well Woman Life community group at wellwomanlife.com/community
The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy.
235 Women and Power with Elizabeth Lesser
Good morning well woman community… As our country tries to pull through from the last few days, it’s more important than ever to hold people accountable for inciting violence and enabling unlawful behavior. It’s unAmerican, unethical and unacceptable. Some leaders are distancing themselves now, but it’s too little too late. Now is when we need more compassion and collaboration in places of power. The topic for today – women and power – is more relevant and important than ever.
We’re going to talk about power all month long. This week, we start with talking to Elizabeth Lesser, the author of several bestselling books, including Cassandra Speaks: When Women are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes; Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow and Marrow: Love, Loss & What Matters Most. She is the co-founder of Omega Institute, recognized internationally for its workshops and conferences in wellness, spirituality, creativity, and social change. She has given two popular TED talks, and is one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100, a collection of a hundred leaders who are using their voices and talent to elevate humanity.
We discuss:
Why the word power make us so uncomfortable,
How culture is built on storytelling
How our emotions are a form of intelligence
and the catch 22 of women’s power
You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/235show.
The books Elizabeth recommended were:
Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents By Isabel Wilkerson
The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
https://bookshop.org/books/the-lying-life-of-adults/9781609455910
You can also continue the conversation in the Well Woman Life community group at wellwomanlife.com/community
The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy.
234 Just Giovanna: Release and Power Up
What if you could do away with New Year’s Resolutions once and for all and instead release 2020 and power up for 2021?
On the show this week, we’ll reflect on 2020 and release those things that we don’t want to carry with us into the new year. We’ll reframe our story to reconnect with our power. And we’ll take all of this to power up for 2021.
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231 Native Women-Owned Businesses with Alicia Ortega
Hello Well Women,
What do Flat Cedar Medicine bags, art prints, Vegan Hemp Oatmeal Vanilla Bar Soap, Cedar and Lavender Lotion, Chamomile Lip Balm, and Sage & Cedar Bundles have in common? They were all made by native and women-owned entrepreneurs during this year’s pandemic and supported through a project that packaged these items together and mailed them to people all over the world. The project was created by Native Women Lead, an organization dedicated to growing, supporting, and advocating for Native Women in positions of leadership through business and entrepreneurship with a goal to revolutionize systems and inspire innovation by investing in Native Women in business. The organization also gave out 35 loans totaling $150,000 under the Matriarch Response Loan Fund in partnership with Nusenda Credit Union and New Mexico Community Capital. Here to talk about this and all of the work she’s been doing to support native women leaders is Alicia Ortega from the Pueblos of Pojoaque and Santa Clara. She is a Co-Founder and Co-Director of Native Women Lead, an organization dedicated to growing, supporting and advocating for Native Women in positions of leadership through business and entrepreneurship with a goal to revolutionize systems and inspire innovation by investing in Native Women in business.
We discuss:
– Why we need to keep creating space for woman and women of color.
– How we can empower women to take up their space in business or politics.
– and finally, the importance of support small, women-owned businesses during the pandemic.
All the information shared today can be found at the show notes at wellwomanlife.com/231show
Here are the links to the local women-owned, native businesses.
- http://cheekbonebeauty.ca/
- http://www.squareup.com/store/nani-chacon-art
- http://www.earthskyfloral.com
- http://www.etsy.com/shop/KhaPoviHerbals
- http://www.quwutsunmade.com
- http://dancingbutterflynaturals.com
- http://www.nizhonisoaps.com
- http://www.olboutique.store
- http://bisonstarnaturals.com
The book Alicia mentioned was Becoming by Michelle Obama
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The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy.