Cope and Chill

Are you spending a lot of energy overthinking and obsessing about your break up with your ex?  Has this breakup left you feeling sad, angry and rejected, and you just can’t seem to stop thinking about it?  Hear coach Nick Kidawski share what happens with our brains and nervous systems when we go through a break up, why we get stuck on thinking about what happened, and learn how we set ourselves free from this cycle, restore a cente...

What does it mean to be mentally fit?  Is it like being physically fit in that we are strong, resilient and built for endurance?  The answer is yes, and so much more.  Mental fitness is used to describe our sense of well-being and is described in terms of how we think, feel and act.  So, how do we become more mentally fit?  This week, I talk with mental fitness coach, Frida Soerensen, who shares with us the building blocks of menta...

Do you struggle with trauma?  How have you tried to heal?  Has it worked?  This week, on The Cope and Chill Podcast, we will talk about three alternative approaches to healing trauma.  As you may know from your own experience, or from someone you know, not every approach works for everyone.  Sometimes, an alternative approach is the best way to go for some people.  In this episode, my guest, Embodiment Coach and Hypnotherapist, Sta...

Do you struggle with trauma?  How have you tried to heal?  Has it worked?  This week, on The Cope and Chill Podcast, we will talk about three alternative approaches to healing trauma.  As you may know from your own experience, or from someone you know, not every approach works for everyone.  Sometimes, an alternative approach is the best way to go for some people.  In this episode, my guest, Embodiment Coach and Hypnotherapist, Sta...

Love and fear are at the base of all our problems, this is what Cindi Buckley, author of the book “Love Awakens You” says.  This week’s discussion comes at self-care and healing from more of a spiritual perspective.  We do get a bit deep on this one, as we explore the big emotions of love and fear and how they are part of everything we do.  We also discuss what it means to be kind, accepting, forgiving and compassionate.  This epis...

Have you ever been so angry with the people you’ve worked with that you wanted to just tell them off?  Did you then bottle up those emotions because you knew if you did that it would not only be bad for them and the work environment as a whole but also bad for you!  Potentially very very bad for you.  What can you do instead?  How can you still say what’s on your mind without setting off emotional shock waves and potentially influe...

You may have heard of or tried Mindful Meditation and may be aware of its many benefits.  Mindfulness is about awareness without judgment and has reportedly helped people with many things, from greater mental focus and clarity to lowered blood pressure and better sleep and more.  But, are you aware of Mindful Movement, and in particular the “Feldenkrais” method of awareness through movement?  Join me on July 4, for Episode 11 of th...

Does something traumatic from your past still have a grip on you?  Do you feel like your body remembers your pain?  Trauma can be hard to shake.  It can stay with us and inhabit our bodies.  It can show up as chronic pain or tightness in our necks, or chests, stomachs or backs.  But how do we shake it?  How do we let go of it and move on to a more peaceful existence?  In episode 10 of the Cope and Chill Podcast, we will explore an ...

Have you ever felt stuck in life?  Do you feel like you want so much more, a new relationship, a better job, more meaning in life, but just can’t seem to get there?  What’s holding you back?  Many of us start overthinking and, when looking at all of the perceived obstacles, we begin doubting ourselves and our desires. And, then we get stuck.  In this episode, I talk to Stephanie Cornelisse, who is a self-described “female embodimen...

Do you feel anxious or uncomfortable when faced with a big decision?  Do you feel uncertain about how to move forward with big choices in life?  How do you know if you are making the right decision?  In this episode, I talk to Gestalt psychotherapist and certified yoga teacher about “How to know if you are making the right decision” by tuning in to the wisdom of the body.  

Our body talks to us, we all know this.  When we are thirst...

Did you know that trauma can be passed down from one generation to the next?  Are you aware of traumas that were passed onto you and that you may be passing onto your children?  Have you considered a spiritual approach to addressing this seemingly never-ending burden?  If you’re wondering how to break the cycle, it starts with you!  But how do you do it?  Where do you begin?  Tune in to hear Author and Coach, Jenna Lee, discuss a s...

Do you or someone you know struggle with an unhealthy relationship to food? Are you tired of yo-yo diets? Do you struggle with emotional eating? Tune into this episode of The Cope and Chill Podcast where I talk with holistic nutritionist and life coach Casey Weiss. Casey had struggled with a toxic relationship with food for years, but has successfully overcome her struggles to live healthfully, manage her weight, while still enjoyi...

Are you searching for more meaning in life but aren’t sure how to move forward?  If you’ve reached mid-life and are wondering what’s next for you, join me as I talk to life coach, Darcie Warden, on the next episode of the Cope and Chill podcast.  Darcie specializes in helping people connect to their inner wisdom when considering what’s next for them in life.  She helps them learn the language of intuition to understand what their b...

Do you know how to listen to your intuition? Do you regularly trust what it has to say? What happens when we don’t listen or trust it? Join me and my guest,Trang Pham-Nguyen, owner of the Happy Healing Shop, on May 19, as we talk all about intuition…what it is, how to tap into it and what happens when we don’t. We also discuss the topic of doing “inner work” or shadow work and the concept of reparenting ourselves to heal our inner ...

Why do we get so upset?  Listen to author Ben Winter talk about effective ways of dealing with unmet expectations and the underlying causes of anger.  Learn why unmet expectations are the source of much of our anger, where these expectations come from, and how to become more aware of them so you can stop unmet expectations from getting you so upset.  Ben also shares how you can get a copy of a free tool that he developed to help yo...

What would you do if you realized that you weren't happy because everything around you had conditioned you to abandon your needs and live life as a people pleaser?  Listen to author, blogger, YouTuber and business woman, Urmi Hossain, talk about her experience being raised by Bengali parents in Italy, growing up learning to abandon her most essential needs and deepest desires in order to become a culturally accepted, compliant...

Monica is a master yoga teacher in the areas of anatomy, self massage, injuries and recovery strategies.  She talks about how, after having children and nursing her daughters, she found yoga to be a way to reconnect with her own body and reclaim it for herself.  Monica also talks about how to foster resilience with each challenge or "lesson" in life, and that as resiliency is built, it can help us to face increasingly dif...