"Simple Herbalism for Well-being" with Irene Vizcarra

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08/31/22 • 52 min

Your darkest hours can lead you to a fulfilling life. Irene Vizcarra joins Christie Mann in this episode where she shares her story of a dark period in her life, how she used plants to support her healing and offers suggestions for how you can use plant medicine to support yourself, as well.
In this episode:

Leaving a comfortable corporate job
How important it is to have a career that aligns with who you are at the core
Busting through taboos and myths around plant medicine
Doing the work and not feeling guilty about being in a positive place
How to work with plants when you’re experiencing anxiety and depression
Breaking down taboos around plant medicine
The benefits of slowing down and drinking tea
Which plants can help with anxiety
Which plant can help with anger
Which plant can help support you through grief
Which plants can help with depression
What to watch out for when using plants while you’re also using pharmaceuticals
Mental health challenges and being an immigrant
Which plants can help you feel a sense of belonging
What Oat Straw can help with

About Irene:
Irene Vizcarra is the Founder and Medicine Woman behind Holy Wild. As a Folk Herbalist, Ceremonialist, and Green Witch, she creates all formulas in ritual, leaning on her relationship with the plants, the Spirit realms, and the Earth, to create offerings that are heart-felt and transformational.
https://holywild.me
About UpLevel Productions:
Founded by Christie Mann, MA, CPCC, PCC, and Rachel Baldi, CPCC, PCC, UpLevel creates, produces, and delivers Transformative Experiences, Workshops, Training, Events + Media that develop leaders who make our world a healthier, more alive, and connected place to be. As Associate CTI Faculty Partners, UpLevel is licensed to sell, produce and deliver Co-Active coach training and leadership development programs around the world to support the transformational growth of individuals and culture inside the workplace and organization.
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Leaving a comfortable corporate job
How important it is to have a career that aligns with who you are at the core
Busting through taboos and myths around plant medicine
Doing the work and not feeling guilty about being in a positive place
How to work with plants when you’re experiencing anxiety and depression
Breaking down taboos around plant medicine
The benefits of slowing down and drinking tea
Which plants can help with anxiety
Which plant can help with anger
Which plant can help support you through grief
Which plants can help with depression
What to watch out for when using plants while you’re also using pharmaceuticals
Mental health challenges and being an immigrant
Which plants can help you feel a sense of belonging
What Oat Straw can help with

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"Physical Health & the Impact on Mental Well-being" with Jocelyn Pepe

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Everyone knows the pandemic had a massive impact on our physical and mental health. This week's guest has insight on how we can help ourselves get back on track. Jocelyn Pepe joins Christie Mann to talk about paying attention to our physical health and how physical health affects our mental well-being. She also shares some techniques everyone can use to help make taking care of their physical and mental health easier. She also has a special message about teens and what they really need right now.
In this episode:

Why teens may need extra support with their mental health
Postpartum depression
The importance of sleep
The time when we can get the most restful sleep
Being as alive as you want to be
Ultradian rhythms
Circadian rhythms
Organizing her week to help reduce anxiety
Working with your menstrual cycle
Foods that are good for cognitive function
Gut health
Off-the-plate nutrition
Temperature modulation
Supporting employees in a holistic way

About Jocelyn:
Jocelyn is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a Registered Health Coach (RHCTM), a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and a member of the Health Coach Alliance.
As a global facilitator, Jocelyn has co-created profound change in organizations and been witness to the change that is created when employees are provided with the right tools, resources, and support.
By partnering with groups and individuals in a journey of self-awareness and self-reflection around their habits and well-being, employees at all levels develop healthier minds, bodies, and souls. This enables everyone to truly thrive, building stronger relationships with themselves, their co-workers, and their clients. The result is a thriving, healthy workforce who are highly engaged and resourced to produce and innovate.
As a mother of three, Jocelyn has felt the impact of being highly engaged in her career and yet out of alignment in her overall health and well-being, leading to total burnout.
Jocelyn is fiercely committed to every individual realizing the benefits of having their physical, mental, and social well-being aligned to thrive personally and professionally.
https://truliving.ca/
About UpLevel Productions:
Founded by Christie Mann, MA, CPCC, PCC, and Rachel Baldi, CPCC, PCC, UpLevel creates, produces, and delivers Transformative Experiences, Workshops, Training, Events + Media that develop leaders who make our world a healthier, more alive, and connected place to be. As Associate CTI Faculty Partners, UpLevel is licensed to sell, produce and deliver Co-Active coach training and leadership development programs around the world to support the transformational growth of individuals and culture inside the workplace and organization.
Come Learn, Love and UpLevel with us!
www.uplevelproductions.com
Instagram @uplevelproductions
Facebook & LinkedIn @uplevelproductionscompany

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https://www.instagram.com/uplevelproductions/
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Mental Health Awareness Series Recap with Rachel Baldi & Christie Mann

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🎙The tables have turned in this week's episode on The UpLevel Podcast!

It's Christie Mann's turn to be interviewed, and she is joined by her UpLevel Productions co-founder, Rachel Baldi. They discuss Christie's own mental health journey and talk about the powerful tools she uses to help support her mental well-being.

This episode is packed with takeaway tools for you to implement in your own mental health journey. PLUS, stick around for a BONUS guided meditation!

In this episode:

Learning how to be aware of your mental health status
Being aware you’re in a slump but feeling too stuck to do anything about it
Scientific reasons behind emotions
The evolutionary purposes of anger and sadness
How to support sadness in a healthy way
The power of Gestalt
Giving your emotions a seat at the table
Working with your energetic body + being aware of your energetic field
Guided Ego Eradicator meditation
A tool for people who struggle with focused meditation
The science behind active meditation

About Christie:
Christie is a Best-selling Author, Executive Coach, learning consultant, speaker, Meditation + Embodiment teacher who designs, delivers, and facilitates transformational content and experiences. Her business leadership experience over the past two decades in marketing, operations, sales, business development, strategic partnerships, and learning & development has allowed her to work with some of the world’s leading brands and organizations.

She possesses a rare ability to create larger organizational visions and make things real while achieving and exceeding targets, operating profitable P&Ls, and leading empowered teams who take responsibility for their results and their worlds.

She is a proud member of CTI’s (the world’s oldest and largest in-person coach-training school) and The Trium Group’s - Faculty and Organizational Coaching teams, delivering courses and coaching leaders in over 100 countries across the Globe. Christie has a Masters in Spiritual Psychology and holds a B.A. in Media Information and Technoculture from the University of Western Ontario.

She is the creator of the Emotional Leadership Academy, a 6-week Virtual Intensive developed after the overwhelming response from adults with the release of The Adventures of Lil’ Sass, a series of emotional wellness books for young people. In awe of children’s resilience and emotional flexibility, she champions adults’ rights to have and express emotions too.

When she’s not in the classroom, writing, on her mat, or in the boardroom, Christie is bringing leadership development tools to the vulnerable youth incarcerated in Southern California and Ontario, Canada. A stand for humanizing the workplace, Christie works with individuals and organizations to support them to UpLevel all areas of Well-Being and ignite their true potential.

About UpLevel Productions:
Founded by Christie Mann, MA, CPCC, PCC, and Rachel Baldi, CPCC, PCC, UpLevel creates, produces, and delivers Transformative Experiences, Workshops, Training, Events + Media that develop leaders who make our world a healthier, more alive, and connected place to be. As Associate CTI Faculty Partners, UpLevel is licensed to sell, produce and deliver Co-Active coach training and leadership deve

www.uplevelproductions.com
https://www.instagram.com/uplevelproductions/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/uplevelproductionscompany
https://www.facebook.com/uplevelproductionscompany