This transformative self-development podcast hosted by LaShonda Walker, a Certified Life Coach & Parent Educator, is your bi-weekly guide to navigating your emotions and fostering healthier relationships with family and friends through self-discovery, setting boundaries, and achieving personal goals as you tap into your highest potential.
Learn how to connect to your emotions and understand your needs. Discover how to identify and dismantle unhealthy mindsets, uncover hidden beliefs hindering your growth, and replace them with empowering perspectives for a more fulfilling life. Each episode provides the support and tools you need to break free from emotional barriers and build a life rooted in the present.
You have the power to write an authentic and empowered life story, and this show will help you do the same. Join us on this transformative journey to explore, heal and transform, and write "A New Life Story."
Welcome to A New Life Story Podcast
From Stress to Rest: Emotional Wellness Tips for Closing the Year Strong - Episode 31
The Season 3 finale offers a thoughtful reflection on navigating the transformative emotions of midlife. The episode is filled with empowering discussions on managing stress, understanding midlife emotions, practicing somatic meditation, setting boundaries, and more. Practical advice is shared on starting where you are, with a focus on embracing even minimal effort, such as 3% progress, as a meaningful step forward. You’ll learn how managing emotions can transform relationships by fostering greater awareness and compassion.
The Power of Somatic Healing Techniques: A Guide to Emotional Healing and Wellness with Karena Neukirchner - Episode 28
Trauma-informed somatic healing meditations offer a transformative path to reconnecting with the body and fostering deep emotional healing. In this episode, Trauma-Informed Emotional Healing Coach Karena Neukirchner discusses the power of somatic healing meditations. Unlike traditional therapeutic methods that tend to focus mainly on cognitive processes, somatic healing taps into the body’s wisdom, allowing us to process emotions and experiences at a cellular level.
Understanding Perimenopause: Navigating Emotional and Physical Changes with Dr. Brandi Sinkfield - Episode 27
Perimenopause is a profound time of transition for women, often accompanied by emotional shifts like anxiety, frustration, or brain fog. But did you know these feelings can also be linked to deeper health issues, such as high blood pressure or glucose imbalances? In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Brandi Sinkfield, Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and we discuss the vital connections between your emotions, genetics, and overall health during perimenopause.
How Your Beliefs Affect Stress Hormones: Tips for Feeling Safe in Your Body - Episode 26
Our beliefs—whether conscious or hidden—affect our stress responses. Where our beliefs are off balance, our body is off balance. However, there are practical strategies you can use to bring balance by reconnecting with your body by uncovering those limiting beliefs to regulate your system.
The Adult Chair® Podcast: Healing Generational Limiting Beliefs
In this episode I share how I help people write a new life story by incorporating The Adult Chair Model® and my Explore, Heal, and Transform method. This conversation was focuses on how beliefs formed in our past can affect our present emotional wellness and how healing these emotions can lead to empowerment.
Adopt These 5 Key Traits to Be Your Best Self - Episode 22
Connecting with your highest self is a journey of personal growth and transformation that involves embodying key traits essential for your development. It's about tapping into your inner potential and aligning your actions with your true essence. This episode discusses several crucial traits associated with being in your highest self.
4 Simple Practices for Your Next Major Life Transformation - Episode 21
In this episode I’ll help you navigate through overwhelm and emotional turbulence. You’ll discover how small, intentional steps can pave the way for profound personal growth. In this article you’ll learn more about practical tools for managing overwhelm, setting intentions, and embracing gratitude in this transformative journey.
How Breathwork Can Rewire Your Brain for Better Health with Brittney Hall - Episode 18
In this episode the transformative power of breathwork, yoga, and mindfulness practices takes center stage. You’ll gain valuable insights into managing stress with a simple practice that will enhance your overall well-being, and reshape neurological pathways for self-regulation and generational healing.
Mindfulness Practices to Heal Childhood Trauma with Rashad Sanders - Episode 15
In order to rewrite your narrative and transform your life, it is crucial for individuals to delve into their past. By understanding what transpired in the past, you can then address and heal what is happening in the present, ultimately leading to a transformation of your legacy. One person has the power to inspire and transform an entire generation, and that’s why personal growth and healing are so important.
Using Story Writing to Heal Childhood Trauma with Wendy Olson - Episode 13
***Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault.***
In this episode I’m joined by Wendy J. Olson. Wendy is a healing coach, founder, and executive director of Grit Plus Gumption Farmstead. Wendy believes in the power of story to change and shape people's lives. She walks with women through...
5 Simple & Powerful Self-Care Practices to Increase Self-Awareness and Lower Your Heart Rate - Episode 12
This episode is all about giving yourself a gift for the holidays and everyday - the gift of Self-Care. I outline five simple, yet free ways you can practice self-care including:
Meditation - Helps you gain a new perspective during stressful situations. The practice of focused concentration, that brings you back to...
How Understanding Your Inner Child Helps You Heal Emotional Wounds with Joan Mwangi - Episode 03
In Episode 2 I have the pleasure of interviewing Certified Adult Chair® Life Coach Joan Mwangi and we dive into the world of inner child work. Joan and I crossed paths during our Adult Chair® certification journey, bonded by our mutual passion for breaking down generational patterns…
How to Use Simple Tools to Uncover Unconscious Beliefs and Discover Your True Self - Episode 02
In this episode I discuss The Adult Chair® Model, a framework integral to my work as a life & emotional wellness coach, as well as a guide I use to educate people through this podcast.
This episode provides a comprehensive introduction to The Adult Chair® Model to help establish context for the work I do...
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