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S2E8: Traveling Baseball Mom
GroWise Be Well
06/01/21 • 19 min
As a first-time traveling baseball mom, GoWise Be Well host, Sarah Southfield, has a newfound appreciation for the lengths that parents go to to ensure that their children can live out their sporting passions. For Sarah, who runs a business, a farm, a household, and loves to socialize, it came as quite a shock when she realized she needed to give up her weekends to watch her child play baseball. However, she has now fully embraced this aspect of her life, and she shares some tips she has learned which make the experience enjoyable for everyone involved. After listening to this episode, you’ll understand why you should go out immediately and buy a clip-on umbrella, and why you should not make any hasty decisions about buying a traveling truck! Sarah explains why “flexibility is queen” when it comes to being part of a traveling team, as well as which times of the weekend are essential to plan. Being present with the people you love is the most important thing in life, and for Sarah, that means being a traveling baseball mom.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Awe that Sarah fields towards families who go to great lengths to support their children's weekend sporting activities.
- One of the big shocks Sarah recently experienced when she became a traveling baseball mom.
- Sarah explains all of the things that are keeping her schedule very full at the moment.
- How Sarah would usually spend her weekends before she became part of the traveling team.
- The importance of being flexible as a traveling parent.
- Some items that Sarah quickly realized are essential when you are traveling for sports events every weekend.
- Sarah’s opinion on children using electronics.
- Activities that Sarah makes sure to have on-hand for herself and her children while they are watching weekend games.
- How Sarah has learned to handle it when her son doesn’t play as well as she knows he can.
- Why Sarah and her husband decided to hold off on buying the truck they thought they needed for weekend traveling.
- What Sarah has learned from being a traveling baseball mom that applies to all aspects of life.
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EP 21: The Tar Pit
GroWise Be Well
11/17/20 • 22 min
In today’s episode, host Sarah Southwell speaks about COVID-19 and wades into waters that are so thick that they’re more like boiling tar pits. A key theme that’s raised early in our discussion, Sarah highlights the importance of trusting your intuition and making up your mind on what you should be doing about the pandemic. Accordingly, we talk about the need to have conversations with our loved ones about what makes us feel safe. Sarah also recommends that we develop a strict set of parameters for feeling safe — parameters that we should embrace so that we don’t live in a state of fear. After sharing why she has developed a distrust for the government, Sarah points to government practices that are harmful to our health. Wading even further into the tar pits, Sarah questions whether the government has our best interests at heart before exploring what they could be doing to keep us healthy. We then reflect on the mental health dangers of social isolation and what the pandemic is costing us. Near the end of the episode, Sarah emphasizes her mission to empower people. As she explains, it’s up to us to decide how we want to handle COVID-19. Tune in to hear more of Sarah’s insights into managing your health and home during the COVID-19 crisis.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Sarah reflects on the importance of making decisions based on your intuition.
- Why we need to start asking ourselves tough questions about COVID-19.
- Finding our levels of comfort and safety when seeing people during the pandemic.
- How we can end up in a state of constant fear.
- Hear why Sarah has developed a healthy distrust for the government.
- Contradictions between the government’s COVID response and their failure to act in other areas.
- Asking yourself the question — “Does our government have our best interests at heart?”
- What the government should be doing to keep us healthy.
- The mental health dangers of social separation.
- Exploring what we lose by living in fear of the pandemic.
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EP 9: Attitude of Gratitude
GroWise Be Well
08/11/20 • 18 min
As we wake up each morning, there are immediate things around us to be grateful for! Whether it just be waking up, things we sense around us as our minds become alert, or mundane yet important things like breakfast and the weather, there is no shortage of things for which to feel thankful. The more we consciously practice an attitude of gratitude for these things, the better our lives become and the opportunities that present themselves every day for this type of gratitude should not be wasted! This episode is all about how to continually approach each day with this in mind. There may be times where we could have done better, where we feel we missed the mark or that things had been different, but as you will notice, each day is another chance to live out your best life and be the person that you want to be. Sarah covers some small tactics to stay on track with this pursuit, how our lives can align in surprising ways, and how talking and writing about our gratitude is a great daily practice. Tune in to hear it all!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Things to be grateful for first thing in the morning!
- The opportunity and lessons that present themselves every day.
- Re-contextualizing everything that comes at us and the importance of positivity.
- Gratitude for the challenges and learning experiences; communicating with this in mind.
- Small tactics for catching oneself before reacting in the wrong way.
- Surprising incidents of alignment and staying open to synchronicity.
- The attitude of gratitude — the most important tool in your toolbox!
- Finding one thing every day, no matter what, that you are grateful for.
- Daily sharing and communicating this gratitude; so many things to list!
- Gratitude journalling and the amazing power of writing in difficult times.
- The constant practice of remaining grateful and the magical effect this has on one's life.
Tweetables:
“Today is a fantastic day. It doesn’t matter if it’s cloudy out or if I stubbed my toe on the way to the bathroom, or that I burned my toast.” — Sarah Southwell [0:00:50]
“I can tell you that if you want more good things, if you want more happiness and joy and love, then you need to see the world is a really good place and you need to be grateful that you even have a voice that allows you to speak your mind.” — Sarah Southwell [0:04:27]
“I love the challenges, I love the learning experiences. I love the teachers and the teaching moments that get thrown at me all the time.” — Sarah Southwell [0:05:17]
“I say these things to you really as kind of a reminder to myself to try and get it right but I also say them to you because hopefully you can learn from all the mistakes I make.” — Sarah Southwell [0:07:02]
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S3E3: To Test or Not to Test
GroWise Be Well
06/07/22 • 22 min
In today’s episode, Sarah shares her experience with a type of home testing kit she ordered to better understand her own digestive system and that of her family members. Tuning in you’ll hear all about bio-hacking, what it is, how it can help you, and how Sarah first became interested in it. She explains why she decided to order the test kits for both herself and her family, what the testing process was like for her kids, and how she supported her child in overcoming his fear of having his finger pricked. She expresses her concerns about what the results may indicate and explains how the information will help her but will not be taken as scripture. She opens up about what it was like for her to be allergy tested as a child, how tough it was to cope with a dairy allergy when there were no dairy alternatives, and how different things are for her son who now also has a dairy allergy. Sarah believes that if we’ve been through something and somebody else can learn from our experience, we have a responsibility to share this information with one another. So tune in today to hear all about Viome test kits and biohacking, and how these things may help us to grow wise and be well.
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to what bio-hacking is.
- Why Sarah decided to order Viome test kits for both herself and her family.
- What the testing process was like for her kids.
- Some of Sarah’s concerns about what the results may indicate.
- How she supported her child in overcoming his fear of having his finger pricked.
- What it was like for Sarah to be allergy tested as a child.
- What it was like coping with allergies when she was a child.
- How Sarah’s son copes with his dairy allergy.
- What Sarah hopes listeners will gain from hearing about her experiences.
- How the test works.
- How Sarah found out about Viome and what inspired her to buy the kits.
- Why we shouldn’t necessarily follow the food pyramid and how even healthy foods can be bad for some people.
- Why you should listen to your body and your intuition when it comes to your diet.
- Other ways that you can research this information.
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S2E3: Anxiety and Panic
GroWise Be Well
01/26/21 • 29 min
Anxiety and panic are commonly felt but rarely talked about. Today host Sarah Southwell discusses the causes of anxiety while offering solutions that have helped her to overcome these feelings. Sarah opens our conversation by sharing details about how she experiences anxiety and panic. From over or under-exercising to reading a book that inspires bad dreams, we unpack how you can develop feelings of unease. We then reflect on the difficulties of trying to be everything to everyone and how this can lead to feeling ungrounded. Linked to feeling ungrounded, Sarah explores how anxiety can open the floodgates of negative self-reproach that exploit your vulnerable state. Later, Sarah shares her top four tools for mastering anxiety. As we dive into her solutions, Sarah explains the benefits of essential oils, oriental medicine, and meditation. Anxiety is natural; much like all pain that we face in life. Tune in as we reflect on what you can do to tackle your anxiety from a place of joy, calm, and security.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Sarah shares her experiences of anxiety and panic.
- How maintaining your lifestyle balance can limit anxiety.
- The dangers of trying to be “everything for everyone.”
- Finding joy while overcoming painful circumstances.
- Why you should never dwell on the question; ‘what’s wrong with you?’
- The differences between excitement and anxiety.
- Sarah’s perspective on what panic means to her.
- Top tools to identify the source of your anxiety or panic.
- How essential oils can help you feel grounded again.
- Using oriental medicine to rebuild your energy.
- How meditation trains your mind into following positive thought patterns.
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EP 18: Discussing Ménière's Disease with Amanda
GroWise Be Well
10/20/20 • 30 min
Many people have overcome their medical challenges; some even come out of it healthier than ever. Today we speak with GroWise Be Well Maven, Amanda Wheeler, about living with Ménière's disease and how she’s taken back control of her body. After we introduce the episode, Amanda opens up about her early struggles with Ménière's disease and the confusion of not knowing what was happening to her. From being forced to miss work to not being able to drive, we discuss how Amanda’s condition robbed her of self-sufficiency. We talk about how focusing on negative possibilities can help manifest them before touching on the medication that Amanda was prescribed. We then reflect on the incredible turn that Amanda’s life took after she moved back home and reset her body. Now, Amanda explains, she uses natural approaches along with Oriental medicine to treat her condition — leading to fewer and shorter spells with the disease. Near the end of the episode, Amanda shares her top tips on dealing with Ménière's disease. Wonderful things can happen when you begin to understand your body’s unique needs. Tune in to hear more of Amanda’s incredible story.
Key Points From This Episode:
- How Amanda’s journey with Ménière's disease first began.
- The fear of not knowing what is happening to your body.
- Amanda explains how employers would react to her Ménière's episodes.
- Details on how Ménière's disease has affected Amanda’s life.
- Manifesting negativity; how Amanda’s doctor made her see the worst in her condition.
- How Ménière's disease robbed Amanda of her self-sufficiency.
- Hear about how Amanda reset herself and has rediscovered her health.
- Top tips on dealing with Ménière's disease and not giving up on your body.
- What Amanda has done to keep hope during her difficult times.
- The links between what Amanda eats and her condition.
- How our struggles can help us become wiser people.
- The importance of dealing with inflammation — everybody gets it.
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EP 15: How We Observe Samhain
GroWise Be Well
09/29/20 • 37 min
We’re all guilty of following traditions without understanding why. For example, how do you recognize Samhain? — A Gaelic festival that’s more commonly known as Halloween. Today the GroWise Be Well team discusses what Halloween means to them and how they celebrate it. From Samhain to the Mexican Day of the Dead, we open the conversation by talking about how differently Halloween is celebrated across the cultural spectrum. For Lindsay, Halloween is a stepping-stone towards Christmas, an occasion that she prepares well in advance for. With a focus on Thanksgiving, we discuss the importance of questioning our traditions and who they serve. Kayli provides some insight into this, commenting on how she reimagines traditions so that they resonate with her. For some of the team, this can mean doing your spring cleaning during fall or replacing Thanksgiving with Mabon, a festival that happens one month earlier. We touch on how each team member experiences Halloween before exploring the German ‘wild women’ night of Hexennacht and how Hollywood has distorted the image of witches and voodoo. After chatting about our favorite Halloween movies — Hocus Pocus gets a mention — Sarah highlights this episode’s key theme which is to find the reason that you partake in traditions. And if they bring you joy, then that’s reason enough. Tune in to hear more on how the incredible team behind GroWise Be Well recognizes Samhain
Key Points From This Episode:
- Comparing how people from different heritages celebrate October 31st.
- How Lindsay ties Halloween in with her Christmas preparations.
- Seeing communities come together to make Halloween a magical experience.
- Exploring Thanksgiving and questioning the purpose of tradition and who it serves.
- Easter versus Ostara and the importance of recognizing the story behind the tradition.
- Reimagining traditions according to how they fit into your life.
- Spring cleaning in fall; hear why Kayli has been cleaning her home for Samhain.
- How German women cut the neckties off of men during Hexennacht.
- The historical transition from being scared of spirits to wearing them as costumes.
- How Hollywood has distorted our views of witches and voodoo.
- Celebrating Halloween by staying in, eating chocolates, and watching movies.
- Why having fun is a good enough reason to engage with tradition.
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EP 8: Why GroWise Be Well?
GroWise Be Well
08/04/20 • 19 min
There’s a meaning behind everything that GroWise Be Well does, and today’s bonus episode is devoted to exploring the ‘why’ behind the company. Founder Sarah Southwell chats about the fateful Christmas party that inspired her to create GroWise Be Well — her purpose; to share ways of healing with the world. Sarah shares the company’s mission to teach people about its 13 powerful healing modalities before helping them figure out what works for them. Sarah then discusses GroWise Be Well’s logo. More than just a pretty picture, the logo represents the tree of life and it is filled with rich symbolism. As each symbol connects with a different healing modality, Sarah talks through each of them, providing context for each healing practice. From crystal healing and mindfulness to herbal arts, GroWise Be Well offers a wide scope of offerings. Listen to this episode to hear more about their mission and how they can help empower you through their healing modalities.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Sarah shares the origin story for GroWise Be Well and the knowledge gap that she fills.
- GroWise Be Well’s purpose; to help people access different modalities of healing.
- Why some of Sarah’s friends think that she’s running a philanthropic organization.
- How each symbol on the GroWise Be Well logo represents a different healing modality.
- GrowWise Be Well’s efforts in building a scalable school curriculum.
- How everything that GroWise Be Well does has a deeper meaning behind it.
Tweetables:
“The root of GroWise Be Well is to raise the energetic frequency of humanity. And we do that by helping you raise your energetic frequency.” — Sarah Southwell [0:02:49]
“The world is ready for a revolution in education. Our curriculum answers that call by empowering children to be their best in mind, spirit, and body.” — Sarah Southwell [0:16:00]
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EP 3: Meet the GroWise Be Well Team
GroWise Be Well
06/30/20 • 64 min
GroWise Be Well consists of an incredible and kooky team of hardworking women and in this episode, you get to meet them. Sarah asks her team a few questions, some serious and some silly, with their answers providing wonderful insights into each team member. Hear how Lindsay’s conversation about her favorite animal leads to a story about an exhilarating encounter with a group of bears. Learn which color brings Amanda the most joy, even though she would never paint her house that color. Later, Sasha shares how her love of salad is linked to picking food from her garden and making a meal from ingredients that she’s grown herself.
Paige talks about why, with a choice of any three things in the world, she would choose her husband if she were marooned on a desert island. At the end of the episode, discover what drew each woman to GroWise Be Well — for Kayli, it was the platform’s message of self-empowerment. Reflecting their importance to the team, each member has a title of team Dynamo, Maven, Seeker, Genie, Luminary, or Wordslinger. Listen to the episode to find out what this means and to learn more about the wonderful people behind GroWise Be Well.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Sarah introduces Kayli, Amanda, Lindsay, Sasha, and Paige, the GroWise Be Well team.
- Learn about what the team’s favorite animals are.
- Hear how each of the team’s favorite colors has influenced them.
- How strongly colors link to our memory and emotions.
- What would your superpower be?
- Sarah asks what you would do with one million dollars.
- Where each team member would most like to go.
- The team each names three things that they would take to a desert island.
- What each team member’s worst habit is.
- Why the team works for GroWise Be Well and how it has helped them in life.
Tweetables:
“What would I do with a million dollars? I'd build a school for kids where they could believe in their own individual genius.” — Sarah Southwell [0:34:22]
“There are so many people out there who want to tell us what is true and what's good for us but GroWise Be Well is all about empowering the individual to step into your power and claim that.” — Kayli Maffei [0:57:12]
“More than just having a healthy body or a healthy mind, we’re an inclusion of many parts. Being able to work on them in little bits and pieces has really opened up my eyes to things that I didn't even know that I was going through.” — Lindsay Henry [01:01:45]
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S2E7: Website Launch
GroWise Be Well
05/18/21 • 20 min
The main mission at GroWise Be Well is to raise the energetic frequency of humanity, and Sarah has been working on an exciting new tool to help her achieve that goal. This new tool is the GroWise Be Well website and in today’s episode, listeners get to hear all about how to navigate it so they can access the high-frequency resources to be found there. There has been a slight break in episodes of this show but Sarah assures us that this is all due to the immense time and energy she has been putting into making the website as special as possible. She takes us on a tour of the website from the top, giving a simple tutorial on how to do the guided meditation, explore the menus, set up an account, and then browse the different products on the online shop. Sarah was able to heal herself by learning self-love and the modalities she used were wide-ranging, from herbal arts to mindfulness and divination. One of the most exciting parts about the website is that you’ll be able to find out more about these 13 modalities there too! So tune in today and remember to trust in your capacity for healing and transformation because everything you need already exists inside you!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why there has been a break in regular releases of this show.
- The work Sarah has been doing to launch the GroWise Be Well website.
- Changes that have been going on in the GroWise Be Well business; products, staff, and more.
- A reminder of the main mission statement behind the GroWise Be Well company.
- Learning how to live in love and lovingly defend your boundaries.
- The products to be found under the GroWise Be Well umbrella on the website.
- Sarah walks listeners through the website’s UI and the different tools to be found there.
- The modalities Sarah uses to help people heal themselves that exist on the website.
- Doing the meditation, creating an account, filling your toolbox, and visiting the shop.
- Staying up to date with changes at GWBW by signing up for the newsletter.
- Engaging in Sarah’s healing philosophies by exploring the modalities menu.
- How to make a personal appointment with Sarah on the website.
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FAQ
How many episodes does GroWise Be Well have?
GroWise Be Well currently has 53 episodes available.
What topics does GroWise Be Well cover?
The podcast is about Kids & Family, Inspirational, Family, Holistic, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Health and New Age.
What is the most popular episode on GroWise Be Well?
The episode title 'S3E8: A New Path' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on GroWise Be Well?
The average episode length on GroWise Be Well is 24 minutes.
How often are episodes of GroWise Be Well released?
Episodes of GroWise Be Well are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of GroWise Be Well?
The first episode of GroWise Be Well was released on Jun 8, 2020.
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