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300 Baking through Your Feelings with Becca Rea-Tucker

By Cianna Reider | Dec 16, 2022 |

Hello Well Women; Happy December. On Show this week, I interview Becca Rea-Tucker, @thesweetfeminist. She is a baker and author with a passion for mixing sugar + strong opinions. She likes using baked goods as an artistic medium, talking about feelings, destigmatizing abortion, and all butter pie crust. Her first cookbook, Baking by Feel, is out now, discussing how to bake through your emotions and including recipes for all different emotions. She lives in Austin, TX, with her husband Rhys and pup Otis.

We discuss:

– Using your platform for advocacy.

– How Baking can be therapeutic

– There are no good and bad emotions – all emotions are OK

As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/300show.

The book she mentions:

Sweet Land of Liberty: A History of America in 11 Pies by Rossi Anastopoulo

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 But first, we’ll hear from Dara Romero, stylist who will give us tips on holiday styles. And I’m sharing the 2022 Well Woman Gift guide – curated items and resources by women, mostly native and black women – to make your month cozy and nourishing. All of these items and links are at wellwomanlife.com/300show

Fashion Advice for Well Women From Dara Romero, Personal Stylist at Macy’s

To work with Dara, or find her recommendations: macys.com/PersonalStylist for booking appointments or Shop with Dara R. – Macys

 

2022 Well Woman Gift Guide

  • First up, I have The Future Is Indigenous Women 2022 Holiday Shopping Guide which has items from native women owned businesses including soaps, clothing and jewelry.

https://nmccap.my.canva.site/2022-holiday-shopping-guide

  • Second on my list is the Buy Black event on December 16th from 11am – 8pm in Albuquerque by the African American Chamber of Commerce, where all items are from black owned businesses.

African American Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce

  • Third, I have the Lunar Abundance book available at Luna and Luz, a woman owned shop in old town Albuquerque.

Luna and Luz Modern West Goods

  • Fourth and final item is natural soaps at Bison Naturals, a native woman owned company.

Bison Star Naturals: Soap and Lotion | Taos New Mexico

 

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299 Release Stress and Elevate Your Mood with Anastacia Marx de Salcedo

By Cianna Reider | Dec 8, 2022 |

Hello Well Women; Happy November. On Show this week, I interview Anastacia Marx de Salcedo. She is a nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, Salon, Slate, Vice, and on PBS and NPR blogs. She has worked as a public health consultant, news magazine publisher, and public policy researcher. She is the author of Combat-Ready Kitchen: How the U.S. Military Shapes the Way You Eat, also published in Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese, and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

We discuss:

The idea that physical activity is more important than diet for health

The important message that you CAN be healthy at any size as long as you get enough exercise, despite what the marketing and media might say.

And

that every day scientists are discovering new cellular and molecular impacts of physical activity, including that it elevates mood, relieves stress, and has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect. We’re all learning together.

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As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/299show

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

298 How to Make and Keep Friends with Dr. Marisa G. Franco

By Giovanna Rossi | Oct 16, 2022 |

This week, I interview Dr. Marisa G Franco. She’s an enlightening psychologist and national speaker, Dr. Franco is known for digesting and communicating science in ways that resonate deeply enough with people to change their lives. She works as a professor at The University of Maryland, and she’s the author of the NY Times best-selling book Platonic: How The Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends. She writes about friendship for Psychology Today and has been a featured connection expert for major publications like The New York Times, The Telegraph, and Vice. She speaks on belonging at corporations, government agencies, non-profits, and universities across the country.

We discuss:

  • Why friendships don’t just happen organically
  • Beating your personal fear of rejection.
  • Why belonging is at the root of a real friendship.

But first, I want to tell you about an upcoming women’s summit I’ll be co-hosting. It’s the Fall Women’s Summit on Oct 27, 2022, from 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM in Albuquerque

Event link

https://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/event/167871/2022/2022-fall-womens-summit

First, we will hear a keynote address from Jen Paul Schroer, Cabinet Secretary for the NM Department of Tourism.

Then I will share the Well Woman Life® Framework – a combined strategic and “heart centered” approach to leadership. Aspiring women leaders as well as seasoned pros can use this to identify their challenges and discover tools to overcome them.

We will host roundtable discussions that relate directly to the Well Women Life® Framework immediately following where you’ll learn new skills/tools and connect with other businesswomen.

PROGRAM

8:00-8:30a Registration and Networking

8:30a Welcome

8:35-8:55a Keynote: Jen Paul Schroer, Cabinet Secretary for NM Department of Tourism

9:00-9:20a Well Woman Life® Framework with Giovanna Rossi

9:30a-11:30p Roundtable Discussions

You can find out which stage you’re in and get free tools to help you at wellwomanlife.com/quiz

As always, all the links and information are at wellwomanlife.com/298show

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

297 Discover Your Leadership by Listening Deeply with Nina Simons

By Giovanna Rossi | Sep 8, 2022 |

Hello Well Woman, on Show this week, I interview NINA SIMONS is Co-founder and Chief Relationship Officer at Bioneers, and leads its Everywoman’s Leadership program. Throughout her career spanning the nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, corporate, and philanthropic sectors, Nina has worked with nearly a thousand diverse women leaders across disciplines, race, class, age and orientation to create conditions for mutual learning, trust and leadership development.

She co-edited Moonrise: The Power of Women Leading from the Heart, and authored Nature, Culture, and the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership—released as a second edition in 2022 with an accompanying discussion guide and embodied practices. The first edition won Nautilus awards in the categories of Women in the 21st Century and Social Change & Social Justice. Both books are being used to inspire and ignite learning in individuals, circles and classrooms.

Nina serves on the Advisory Council for Daughters for Earth, and in 2017, received the Goi Peace Award with her husband and partner Kenny Ausubel, for “pioneering work to promote nature-inspired innovations for restoring the Earth and our human community.” Past honorees include Bill Gates, James Lovelock, and Deepak Chopra.

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/297show.

The book she recommended was Luminous Darkness: An Engaged Buddhist Approach to Embracing the Unknown by Deborah Eden Tull

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for the community, mindfulness practices, and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

296 Reclaiming Abortion as Healthcare With Joan LaMunyon Sanford

By Giovanna Rossi | Aug 26, 2022 |

On the show this week I interview Joan Lamunyon Sanford. She is the executive director of the New Mexico Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, the local connection to a national community of religious organizations and faithful individuals dedicated to achieving reproductive justice through education, organizing and advocacy.

NM RCRC seeks to elevate religious voices wherever faith, policy and our reproductive lives intersect. Joan is currently working with clergy and faith leaders across the state to shift the conversation about abortion toward compassionate support of women’s access to a full range of reproductive health services including abortion.

Joan graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in education and worked as a teacher for 15 years prior to her work with NM RCRC. She lives in Albuquerque, NM with her partner of 25 years. She is the parent of two grown children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren. She has won several awards at the local GLSEN queer bake-off fundraiser.

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/296show.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy.

Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

295: The Problem with Fake Pregnancy Clinics with Terrelene Massey

By Cianna Reider | Aug 18, 2022 |

Welcome back to the well Woman show, I’m your host Giovanna Rossi. on this week’s show I talk to Terrelene Massey, the Executive Director for the Southwest Women’s Law Center in Albuquerque. Terrelene holds a Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law, and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a citizen of the Navajo Nation, from Pinon, AZ and has been living in NM since 2003.

Terrelene also previously served as the Executive Director of the Navajo Nation Division of Social Services. Terrelene practiced law as an attorney with Johnson Barnhouse & Keegan, LLP, and the New Mexico Legal Aid, Inc. She also worked for the NM Human Services Department and the NM Indian

Website – www.100womenabq.org

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/100WomenAlbuquerque

Crisis Pregnancy Centers report

https://alliancestateadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/107/Alliance_CPC_Report_FINAL2-1-22.pdf

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/295show.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for community, mindfulness practices and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

294: The Art of Composition with Elizabeth Garland

By Cianna Reider | Aug 3, 2022 |

On the well woman show this week, I interview Elizabeth Garland. She is an award-winning composer for film and has performed her piano pieces in the US and abroad. Winner of the 2019 International Piano Guild Composition Competition Special Category Award, 2nd place winner of the International Golden Key Composition Competition, she performed at the World Composer’s concert in Vienna in 2018.

A well-known composer and performer, Elizabeth Garland’s solo piano and the ensemble have been featured in films and documentaries, and she has performed her works in the US and abroad. The 2021 Commissioned Composer for New Mexico, she is the 2019 International Piano Guild Composition Competition Winner, 2021 ArtsHub Fellow, 2021 Virtual Visionaries Grant Recipient, and Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Fellow. “Many people learn to play music. Very few learn to compose,” said Garland. “The skills required to compose and notate music both enhance the knowledge and skill of the player and allow for a much wider range of creativity to be called upon than simply playing standard repertoire. The recognition of the art of composition is crucial to the establishment and preservation of a society’s culture,” added Garland.

In August 2022, the Golden Key Music Festival of Vienna will celebrate its Fifteenth edition with a series of special events and concerts in Vienna’s most prestigious concert halls such as Ehrbarsaal, Haus der Musik, Mozarthaus of Vienna, Salzburg, Beethoven Museum of Baden and the Schloss Esterhazy at Eisenstadt. The Festival combines a unique artistic, performing, and educational experience for professional musicians and students with an exciting vacation for music lovers of all ages. Octavia Rossi Pressley and Natalia Sofia Lopez Hinojosa will perform their original music at Ehrbar Hall in Vienna on August 3rd, as well as a Mozart piece at Mozarthaus in Vienna on August 6th. You can find out more at Vienna Festival

On the show, we’ll discuss:

What is the Golden Key Music Festival of Vienna.

The impact that performing at a festival has on children and how you get chosen for this festival.

How composing music is a part of your culture, and how to embrace it more fully.

You can find notes from today’s show at wellwomanlife.com/294show.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for the support from The Well Woman Academy™ at wellwomanlife.com/academy. Join us in the Academy for the community, mindfulness practices, and practical support to live your Well Woman Life.

293: Supporting Parents so All Children Thrive with Dr. Dana Suskind

By Giovanna Rossi | Jul 7, 2022 |

Today, I interview Dr. Dana Suskind, pediatric surgeon and author of the New York Times best-seller “Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child’s Potential, Fulfilling Society’s Promise”.

Dr. Suskind is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a fellow for the Council on Early Childhood. Her work has been profiled by numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Economist, Forbes, NPR, and Freakonomics.

On the show we’ll discuss:

  • Why parents aren’t asking for help during the most difficult years of their children’s lives.
  • What societal supports we need to prevent parents from “going it alone” in the important work of raising children
  • Why paid parental leave and high-quality child care improve children’s brain development and prospects for a better future.

The books she recommended were:

AARP: America’s Largest Interest Group and its Impact by Christine Day

The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale by John a. List

Get her book: https://parentnation.org/buy-the-book/

All notes from today’s show can be found at wellwomenlife.com/293show

Resources for Women in midst of Roe vs. Wade:

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292: Just Giovanna: Well Woman Summer Reset: Week 6 – Finish Strong

By Giovanna Rossi | Jun 29, 2022 |

Welcome to Week Six! In this episode, we finish strong with three tips for loving the skin you’re in as well as finding and trusting your inner Well Woman instead of looking externally for answers.
Past episodes of the Summer Reset are listed below:
wellwomanlife.com/287show
wellwomanlife.com/288show
wellwomanlife.com/289show
wellwomanlife.com/290show
wellwomanlife.com/291show

This week, we finish strong with three tips for loving the skin you’re in as well as finding and trusting your inner Well Woman instead of looking externally for answers. First, hydrate – we started with warm water in the morning and now we’re hydrating throughout the day. Second, apply sunscreen to protect your skin from harm. Third, try a self massage after the shower – apply lotion or oils to your legs and arms and see how your body responds. Finally, go back to the last episode (291) and do the visualization again, this time asking your most powerful self, your inner Well Woman, what she wants to say to you and what she needs. Have a journal handy to capture any insights, words or images as they come up.

Every week on the podcast during this six-week reset, I’ve shared a tool, routine, or practice that supports you to create the results you want for your body, mind, and spirit.

All notes from today’s show can be found at wellwomenlife.com/292show

Resources for Women:

You can always get more support in our Academy – visit wellwomanlife.com/academy.

291 Just Giovanna: Well Woman Summer Reset Week Five – Power Up

By Cianna Reider | Jun 17, 2022 |

In this episode, I share Week Five of the Summer Reset, how to Power Up your body and mind for the most energy, focus, and fulfillment.

The notes for today’s show can be found at wellwomenlife.com/291show

Past episodes of the Summer Reset are listed below:

wellwomanlife.com/287show

wellwomanlife.com/288show

wellwomanlife.com/289show

wellwomanlife.com/290show

This week, we dive into how to power up your body and mind for the most energetic and fulfilling summer day! As you know, we start with warm water. If this is getting boring, you can do one of my favorites and add turmeric, cinnamon and lemon. Yum. Next, tune in to your most powerful self with a short visualization, mediation or journaling. Bring to mind a time when you felt most in your power, when you were confident about your moves. A time when what you said and did was in alignment with who you know you are. There was no struggle, just a deep knowing that you have what it takes. You have the answers and you feel at ease. Where are you? What do you see? What colors and textures are around you? Breathe into this image of you in your power. And breathe it out through your whole body. How can you apply this powerful version of you to your day today? What would your most powerful self spend her time doing today? Accomplish today? Celebrate today? Take some notes. This is gold. If you had a hard time visualizing anything, don’t worry. Take a drink of water, move around and try it again. We finish our power up routine with a few jumping jacks, a brisk walk or other movement to really get your blood circulating.

Remember, every week on the podcast during this six-week reset, I’ll be sharing a tool, routine, or practice that will support you to create the results you want for your body, mind, and spirit.

You can sign up for the emails at wellwomanlife.com/summer

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