- Life Updates + Living Outside the Box
As we wrap up Mindset May, I want to share more about my personal experiences changing my mindset and how that has shaped my life.
I typically avoid being too personal here on Balanced Black Girl, but in this episode I’m opening up about some of my past experiences and future plans. My mindset has played a part in all of those decisions, and it’s had a powerful impact on my life—both positive and negative.
I also share what you can expect from the podcast this Summer (hint: it’s going to be very fun and cute), let you in on the theme for the month of June, and tell you about some exciting upcoming changes.
I also talk about…
- Learning to not letting fear rob me of experiences
- The things that most impacted my mindset and helped me expand
- How our 20s aren’t the only time in our life to try new things and explore
- Giving ourselves permission to like the things we like
- Why I don’t talk much about relationships on this podcast
- Leaning into the flexibility and support that I have in this season of life
Resources:
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy43m | May 30, 2023 - How to Rewire Your Brain with Keylee Miracle
It’s been an incredible month of learning about our minds, and this week Mindset May continues with an episode featuring the perfect guest for this theme— Keylee Miracle.
Keylee is a double-board certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Master, Neurolinguistic Programming Practitioner, and the creator of The Neurointuitive Method. Keylee believes in the power of tailoring our healing experiences to what our unique needs are.
Together, we talk about our ability to rewire and reprogram our brains to help us heal and cultivate the habits that we want to implement. We also talk about tools and practices for taking care of our brains and the power of hypnotherapy. This is a tactical and informative episode that will help you tailor your self-care practices to love on your brain.
We Also Talk About…
- How our lived experiences shape our neuroplasticity
- Ways to shift your thinking to activate your parasympathetic nervous system
- The importance of knowing who you are
- Understanding the difference between the conscious and unconscious mind
- Supporting your brain so it can support you
- Keylee’s signature Neurointuitive Method — what it is, how it works, and why it’s effective
Resources:
- Visit Keylee’s website for free meditations: https://www.keyleemiracle.com/library
- Follow Keylee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/keyleemiracle
- Follow Keylee on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keyleemiracle/
- Subscribe to Keylee’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@keyleemiracle
Sponsors:
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy56m | May 23, 2023 - Embracing Neurodivergence & Developing Squiggly-Brained Systems with Janelle Pearson
We often put so much pressure on ourselves to think and work in a strictly linear way. But so many of us just aren’t wired like that! And despite what we may believe, it doesn’t doom us to a life we don’t love.
So in this episode, we’re continuing with our Mindset May series and talking about staying balanced in life when you’re neuro-spicy with Janelle Pearson.
Janelle is an actress and community manager at one of my favorite companies—Holisticism. Together, we talk about living life with squiggly brains that don’t like to cooperate with the status quo.
We Also Talk About…
- Squiggly brains and why they’re a super power
- Navigating the shame and stigma around taking medication
- Doing the work for seven generations back and forward
- The necessity of community in the healing process
- Systems and processes that have helped Janelle
- Setting up your life to be in flow with flexible systems
Resources:
- Visit the Holisticism Wesbite
- Follow Holisticism on Instagram
- Join the waitlist for The North Node, Holisticism’s private membership
- Learn How to Use Monday Hour One
- Listen to Holisticism’s podcasts The Twelfth House and Good for U
- Follow Janelle on Instagram
Sponsors:
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Welcome back! For the next few episodes, we’re continuing our current theme of Mindset May, and focusing specifically on our brain health. Because who doesn’t want to be sharp when they’re 90, right?
In today’s episode, I’m talking about something we often sacrifice, but desperately need—quality sleep. We all crave it, and at various points in our lives, we all struggle with it (shoutout to my friends with young children).
So, I’m sharing a wealth of information about the function and science of sleep and some of my favorite methods for improving your sleep quality ASAP.
I also talk about…
- 4 stages of sleep and what we get from each of them
- The importance of breaking up with the snooze button
- Creating a sleep friendly environment
- Building in relaxation time before sleep
- The effects of caffeine, alcohol, food, and exercise on sleep quality
- Light as a supplement to get in doses throughout the day
Resources:
- Reframing Our Relationship with Alcohol: Exploring Sober-Curiosity
- The Role of Sleep Hygiene in Promoting Public Health: A Review of Empirical Evidence
- What Are the 4 Stages of Sleep?
- Sleep Spindles
- Alcohol and Sleep
- 9 Best Foods and Drinks to Have Before Bed
- 5 Reasons Exercise Improve Sleep
- Using Light for Health
- Get the screen light adjusting f.lux app
Sponsors:
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It’s a new month, so you know that means a brand new series! This May, we're talking about expanding our minds, changing our thoughts, and taking care of our brain health.
So, in this episode I’ve invited two previous guests back on the podcast — Erica Dickerson and Jamilah Mapp of Good Moms Bad Choices podcast. Erica and Milah are podcasters, writers and parents who host world-wide retreats and live shows that help you feel more connected to your authentic self and the women around you.
Together, we talk about the importance of mindset, meeting our needs, overcoming guilt, and the power of plant medicine.
We Also Talk About…
- How important mindset work is when we’re in a good place
- Tools for overcoming limiting beliefs
- The importance of the company you keep
- How our needs are not that different from when we were children
- Taking time to notice and feel the things we’ve accomplished
- Not feeling guilty about getting what you want
- Plant medicine as a means to grounding and connecting with what’s real
Resources:
- The effects of grounding (earthing) on inflammation
- Visit the Good Moms Bad Choices Website
- Listen to the Good Moms Bad Choices Podcast
- Get the book: A Good Moms Guide to Making Bad Choices
- Join the next Good Moms Bad Choices Retreat
- See Good Moms Bad Choices on Tour
Sponsors:
- Anima Mundi Herbals | Anima Mundi Herbals offers incredible plant-based and organic tonics, wellness blends, and skincare products. Visit their website and use the code BALANCED15 for 15% off your order.
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- BiOptimizers | Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers has the seven types of magnesium your body needs. Get 10% off your order at magbreakthrough.com/balanced.
- Tru Earth | Tru Earth offers eco-friendly laundry detergent strips that are compact and make doing laundry so much easier. Visit tru.earth/balanced for 12% off your order.
Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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- Join Club Balanced, our community on Geneva
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This week in our Level Up series, we’re going all in on the topic of confidence.
If you’re like me, you probably spent a lot of your life misunderstanding what confidence is all about. So I’m here to tell you that it’s not as complicated or mystical as we often make it seem.
Tune in to learn how why confidence matters, common misconceptions about confidence, and how confidence is a skill you can build everyday in small, accessible ways.
I also talk about…
- How action breeds confidence, not the other way around
- How our nervous systems are related to our confidence
- The importance of having and understanding your plan
- Ways to make deposits into your confidence account
- Identifying what’s draining your confidence account
Resources:
- Your Brain on Confidence
- Training the Brain to Boost Self-Confidence
- Podcast episode: Healing Through Rest: Creating Balance for Your Nervous System
Sponsors:
- Foria | Try Foria’s intimacy bestsellers including their Awaken Arousal Oil. Get 20% off your first order by visiting foriawellness.com/BALANCED or use code BALANCED at checkout.
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- ZocDoc | Zocdoc | Find and book a top-rated doctor in your area today with Zocdoc. Visit zocdoc.com/balanced to download the app for free.
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Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy36m | Apr 25, 2023 - Are Your Routines Holding You Back? It Might Be Time to Shake Things Up
This week on our journey of Leveling Up, we’re talking about how to know when you need to let go of your routines and try something new.
I love my routines. They’ve helped me accomplish so many things my 23-year-old self dreamed of. But as much as they served me to get here, they aren’t helping me move to the next level. My routines don’t fit my new dreams, so I’m shaking things up!
Tune in to learn how your routines can hold you back when it’s time to refresh your habits and the small changes you can make to level up your life.
I also talk about…
- Developing the skills that prepare you for the life you want
- Why I’m releasing routines, even though I’m a routine-oriented person
- Doing a life audit to evaluate if your routines are serving you
- Small changes that help you get out of a rut
- The power of decluttering
- Why change is an opportunity for so much more
- The financial outcomes of our habits
- The importance of support for building momentum when you’re getting out of a rut
Resources:
- Podcast Episode: How To Do a Life Audit
- Podcast Episode: Reframing Our Relationship with Stuff
- Podcast Episode: Digital Self-Care and Decluttering
- Book: The Science of Stuck
Sponsors:
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- LMNT | LMNT is a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Right now LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase. Get yours at drinklmnt.com/balancedles.
- BiOptimizers | Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers has the seven types of magnesium your body needs. Get 10% off your order at magbreakthrough.com/balanced.
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Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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Welcome back! This week, we’re continuing the Level Up series with a topic that we can all resonate with—getting back on track after falling off.
I’ve needed to do this so many times I’ve lost count, and it can be a vicious cycle. We fall off, then get trapped in a negative thinking pattern and start to internalize beliefs that we lack discipline or drive.
But the truth is that those routines just don’t fit us anymore! So tune in to hear my favorite practices for getting out of that cycle and back on track.
I also talk about…
- Identifying what’s getting us off track
- Not beating ourselves up when we just need to pivot
- Meeting ourselves where we’re at and adjusting our routines to fit
- How hitting 50% of your goals still gets you ahead in life
- Chasing the feeling not the goal
- Taking small steps that compound over time
Sponsors:
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- Visit our website at balancedblackgirl.com
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It’s a new month and that means a new series! Today we’re stepping into April and focusing on Leveling Up. So stay tuned for conversations about getting unstuck, motivating yourself out of a rut, and busting through plateaus.
In this episode, I share my first big experience getting out of a rut with my 25 by 25 list. Spoiler, I didn’t reach all 25 goals, but it DID help me learn what I’m capable of and just how much life can change in a pretty short amount of time.
I also talk about…
- How being stuck could just be misalignment
- The time I needed a hobby, but got a boyfriend instead
- The beautiful moment when you realize you have choices
- The empowering boost of making smart financial decisions
- How reaching the goals on my list wasn’t even the best outcome of the list
- How the seeds you plant now are what help you get unstuck tomorrow
Resources:
- The Science of Stuck: Breaking Through Inertia to Find Your Path Forward by Britt Frank
- Subscribe to Balanced Black Girl on YouTube
Sponsors:
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- LMNT | LMNT is a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Right now LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase. Get yours at drinklmnt.com/balancedles.
- BiOptimizers | Magnesium Breakthrough by BiOptimizers has the seven types of magnesium your body needs. Get 10% off your order at magbreakthrough.com/balanced.
Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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Today, we’re closing out our book club series talking about a very underrated form of self care— hobbies—and how Black women, specifically, need to embrace them for their own wellbeing.
Tune in to learn about the research-backed benefits of hobbies and how regardless of your age or skill level, there are so many hobbies out there for you.
I also talk about…
- Re-evaluating why we’re seeking out another degree or business
- Digging deeper to see what areas we’re truly dissatisfied with
- The slippery slope from hobby to side-hustle
- Reading as an accessible and deeply beneficial hobby
- Reading what makes you feel joy, not just what you think you should
Resources:
- Real-Time Associations Between Engaging in Leisure and Daily Health and Well-Being
- Reading Is Self-Care
Sponsors:
- ZocDoc | Zocdoc | Find and book a top-rated doctor in your area today with Zocdoc. Visit zocdoc.com/balanced to download the app for free.
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- Hers | At Hers, you can get access to real medical providers who can prescribe trusted anxiety and depression treatment if it’s right for you. Visit forhers.com/spring to get started for $25 off if prescribed.
Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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- Join Club Balanced, our community on Geneva
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy26m | Mar 28, 2023 - Trusting the Timing of Your Life and Embracing Your Divinity with Lyvonne Briggs
Continuing our Black author's book club series, this week I’ve invited Lyvonne Briggs back to the show. Lyvonne is the author of the book Sensual Faith: The Art of Coming Home to Your Body. She's an Emmy Award winner, a body and sex-positive womanist, preacher, spiritual life coach, and speaker. She is the host of the Sensual Faith podcast and co-host of Sanctified, a faith-based Spotify exclusive podcast on Jamel Hills’ Unbothered network.
Together, we have an incredibly rich and powerful conversation about decolonizing our faith, building our spiritual team, and navigating our personal evolutions.
We also talk about…
- Seeing ourselves in one another’s stories and knowing we aren’t alone
- How the smallest things can be big shifts toward healing
- The fact that God doesn’t require our suffering to prove our devotion
- Letting go of invisible milestones and trusting the timing of your life
- Unlearning the inclination to earn our self-love
- Embracing African cosmology and the Black woman as divine
- The truth about writing a book and getting it published
Resources:
- Visit Lyvonne’s website
- Read Lyvonne’s Book, Sensual Faith: The Art of Coming Home to Your Body
- Follow Lyvonne on Instagram
- Listen to the Sensual Faith Podcast
- Listen to the Sanctified podcast
Sponsors:
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Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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We’re continuing our book club series with another conversation with the very first Balanced Black Girl guest, Chrissy King.
In celebration of Chrissy’s new book The Body Liberation Project, we have an honest, vulnerable conversation about what body liberation is and how we can work towards it individually and collectively. We also talk about reading and writing as an act of self care.
Chrissy King is a writer, speaker, former strength coach, and educator with a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry. She empowers individuals to stop shrinking, start taking up space, and use their energy to create their specific magic in the world.
We Also Talk About…
- What diet culture is and what it entails
- How food is for pleasure, not just fuel
- The myth that Black women and girls don’t struggle with body image
- The intersection of racism and diet culture
- The difference between body liberation and body positivity
- Reading and writing as an act of self care
Resources:
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- Clay | Organize your digital connections with Clay. Clay is offering a free 60-day trial to Balanced Black Girl listeners at clay.earth/partners/balanced.
Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy58m | Mar 14, 2023 - Healing Through Humor and Cultivating Media Literacy with Clarkisha Kent
It’s a new month, so we have a new theme—Book Club! For the next few weeks you can look forward to conversations with amazing authors from the Balanced Book Club.
Today I'm joined by Clarkisha Kent to celebrate the launch of her new book Fat Off, Fat On: a Big Bitch Manifesto. Clarkisha is a Nigerian-American writer, culture critic, former columnist and author. She is also the creator of the Kent Test, an immediate litmus test designed to evaluate the quality of representation that exists for Black women and women of color in film and other media.
Together we discuss her new book, how she handled writing such a vulnerable story, the ways humor can support our healing, and why media literacy is a critical skill.
We Also Talk About…
- The value of the public library
- The dynamic nature of being human
- How no one knows what they’re doing with their life
- The many flavors of exploitation
- The effectiveness of getting mad sometimes
- The necessity of being critical of the media you’re consuming
Resources:
- Visit Clarkisha’s Website
- Follow Clarkisha on Instagram
- The Kent Test
- Fat Off, Fat On: A Big Bitch Manifesto by Clarkisha Kent
Sponsors:
- ZocDoc | Zocdoc | Find and book a top-rated doctor in your area today with Zocdoc. Visit zocdoc.com/balanced to download the app for free.
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- LMNT | LMNT is a tasty electrolyte drink mix with everything you need and nothing you don’t. Right now LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase. Get yours at drinklmnt.com/balancedles.
Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
- Visit our website at balancedblackgirl.com
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We’ve had some incredible episodes on intimacy these past few weeks, and today we're wrapping up the series with licensed marriage and family therapist Kamil Lewis.
Kamil’s work focuses on sex therapy and examines intersectional identity specifically with race, sexuality, and gender. She’s the CEO of the therapy practice The Expansive Group and co-host of the podcast Safe Word.
In this episode, we discuss ways to connect with ourselves and how the ability to connect with others really starts within. Kamil also shares some great tactical advice to help you build your connection skill set.
We Also Talk About…
- The experience of intimacy as a Black Femme
- Replacing the narrative that putting yourself first is selfish
- Creating small, sustainable, moments of care in your life and giving your routines room to change
- Cultivating a curious and playful relationship with masturbation
- Having healthy conversations about pleasure with children and not just the dreaded “talk”
- Kamil’s favorite self-care practices
Resources:
- Visit Kamil’s Website
- Follow Kamil on Instagram
- Listen to the Safe Word Podcast
- Follow Sex Positive Families on Instagram
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy54m | Feb 28, 2023 - Embracing Your Sacred Sensuality with Krystal Taylor
All too often, our formative experiences with our bodies and sensuality are tied to shame. That can lead to us feeling disconnected from ourselves and confused about what we want or need from intimacy.
In this episode, we’re continuing our series on intimacy as we delve into the topic of physical intimacy with Krystal Taylor. Together, we talk about unpacking sexual shame and feeling more comfortable in our bodies and relationships.
Krystal is a certified tantra yoga instructor who specializes in educating and supporting individuals towards sexual wholeness. Her unique coaching approach involves sharing ancient yogic philosophy, ancestral practices, as well as her own sensual, get down to earth techniques.
We Also Talk About…
- Working through learned shame around sexuality and pleasure
- Why sex and intimacy are two different things
- Reconnecting with your body, intuition, and voice
- What Tantra really is
- How to begin exploring your sensuality
Resources:
- The difference between sex and intimacy: https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxFg4wBdCl/
- Visit Krystal’s Website (and sign up for her newsletter!)
- Follow Krystal on Instagram
- Watch & Learn from Krystal on YouTube
- Join Krystal for Tantric Training
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As adults, building and maintaining friendships is a challenge. What felt so easy as kids, now feels like an overwhelming task full of rejection, uncertainty, and confusion. But connection plays a huge role in our overall health and well-being. Studies show that it’s even more important than regular exercise!
So in today’s episode, we’re diving into platonic intimacy with Dr. Marisa Franco. Dr. Franco is a psychologist, international speaker, and professor. She’s also the author of The New York Times best seller Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends.
Together, we discuss the importance of friendship, the science behind our need for platonic connection, and how simple it can be to make friends as an adult.
We Also Talk About…
- How friendship is acted out across gender lines
- Loneliness as a stress experience & critical longevity indicator
- Treating our friendships with as much care, excitement, and celebration as our romantic partnerships
- How healthy conflict in relationships can lead to deeper intimacy and understanding
- Friendships throughout times of transition
Resources:
- Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make – and Keep – Friends by Dr. Marisa Franco
- Visit Dr. Marisa Franco’s Website
- Follow Dr. Marisa Franco on Instagram
Sponsors:
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy54m | Feb 14, 2023 - Understanding the Four Types of Intimacy and How They Impact Your Health
It’s February, and around here that means celebrating Black History Month, Aquarius season, and (at least in this episode) very reluctantly love.
If you’ve been listening to Balanced Black Girl for a while, you know I loathe talking about modern dating and the way relationships are discussed online right now. However, we can’t talk about living a healthy lifestyle without talking about building and maintaining healthy relationships.
Join me in this safe container, free from discussions about who’s fixing whose plate, to explore the connections between relationships and our wellbeing.
I also talk about…
- The hurtful marketing strategy that relationship content thrives on
- Recognizing connection as a skill
- Why relationships are so important to happy, healthy lives
- Emotional intimacy, physical intimacy, mental intimacy, and spiritual intimacy
- The value in not being defensive to questioning
Resources:
- Physical Contact and Loneliness: Being Touched Reduces Perceptions of Loneliness
- Spiritual Intimacy: Talking as "Soul Mates"
- Strengthen relationships for longer, healthier life
Sponsors:
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Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy28m | Feb 7, 2023 - Improve Your Focus: The Art of Managing Your Attention featuring Tara from Open
It seems like there’s always something new to distract us and keep our attention spans ever-shrinking. So today, we’re wrapping up our Reframing the Reset series by talking with Dr. Tara Zinnamon about de-commoditizing our attention spans to regain agency and awareness of where our attention is going.
Dr. Tara Zinnamon is a neuroscientist, yoga, breathwork, and meditation teacher who has a unique perspective as she balances her knowledge of neuroscience and yoga in her personal and teaching practices. If you can’t visit her studio, you can find her classes on Open where she hosts a range of yoga classes.
We Also Talk About…
- The four types of attention
- The damage overworking and overextending ourselves can do to our attention
- Capitalism’s impact on our ability to focus on ourselves
- Leaning into adjustable practices and goals that flow with your phases of life
- Why we start the year in January (hint: like most things, it’s made up)
- The benefits of even just a few minutes of meditation and breath work
- Being “woo” adjacent
Resources:
- Follow Dr. Tara on Instagram
- Take a Class with Dr. Tara on Open (free for 30 days with this link)
- [Your Attention Is Your Most Precious Resource](https://medium.com/the-ascent/your-attention-is-your-most-precious-resource-663c6ffbc0ba#:~:text=It guides our future.&text=This is what makes the,of truth — ideas are powerful.)
- Defining the focus of attention: effects of attention on perceived exertion and fatigue
- Theories of Selective Attention
- Acute coordinative exercise improves attentional performance in adolescents
- The yin and yang of sleep and attention
- Increased dopamine tone during meditation-induced change of consciousness
- How to Get Healthier Dopamine Highs
Keep in touch with Balanced Black Girl:
- Visit our website at balancedblackgirl.com
- Join Club Balanced, our community on Geneva
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1h 11m | Jan 31, 2023 - Reframing Our Relationship with Alcohol: Exploring Sober-Curiosity
For this week’s Reframing the Reset episode, we’re talking about alcohol, and exploring this sometimes-sensitive subject in a non-judgmental, open, and educational way.
Join in as I share my personal journey with alcohol consumption — from my not-so-inspiring first drinking experience to my somehow less inspiring last. We’ll also dive into some pretty surprising heath information and the cultural connotations of drinking for women.
I also talk about…
- The false sense of confidence alcohol can provide
- The art of sneaking kombucha into the club
- The dreaded Saturn Return and why it’s really nothing to be scared of
- Getting comfortable sitting in your discomfort
- The actual science behind wine’s health benefits
Resources:
- No Level of Alcohol Consumption Improves Health — The Lancet
- Alcohol’s Effects on the Body — https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohols-effects-body#:~:text=Drinking too much can weaken,do not drink too much.
- How Alcohol affects your sleep patterns — https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/effects-on-the-body/alcohol-and-sleep#:~:text=Regular drinking can affect the,drinking disrupts your sleep cycle.&text=Some people may find alcohol,sleep quality through the night.
- Alcohol and Anxiety — https://www.healthline.com/health/alcohol-and-anxiety#consequences
- More young women are drinking to cope — https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/09/1003980966/women-now-drink-as-much-as-men-and-suffer-health-effects-more-quickly
- Sex differences in alcohol-related alcohol use — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6430711/
- Women’s response to alcohol suggests need for gender-based alcohol programs — https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/womens-response-alcohol-gender-specific-treatment/
- Substance Abuse Treatment Entry, Retention, and Outcome in Women: A Review of the Literature — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3532875/#FN1
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy42m | Jan 24, 2023 - Reframing Exercise: The Importance of Building and Maintaining Muscle
Starting a new year often gets people interested in improving or revisiting their exercise regimens. But workout culture is so fraught with harmful weight loss narratives that the critical benefits of movement often get overshadowed.
In this episode, I share my knowledge of cardio, mobility, and strength training, and my own life-changing fitness journey. I also explain my strategy for building a health-focused routine rooted in building strength and longevity as an act of kindness to your future self.
I also talk about…
- The unique benefits of strength training for women
- What a healthy fitness routine could look like
- Understanding basal metabolic rate
- Nutrition and sleep basics
- Some tactical tips for understanding your strength workouts
Resources:
- Join the Reframing the Reset Challenge
- Check out these physical activity guidelines for Americans
- Hormonal responses and adaptations to resistance exercise and training: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15831061/
- Exercise programming for Insulin Resistance: https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fulltext/2011/10000/exercise_programming_for_insulin_resistance.5.aspx#:~:text=Resistance
- Muscle Mass Index As a Predictor of Longevity in Older Adults: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0002934314001387
- Get ClassPass for two weeks free and try workout classes in your area
- Alive App by Whitney Simmons: https://aliveapp.co/
- Uplift with Jibby: https://uplift.plankk.com/
- Nike Training Club: https://www.nike.com/ntc-app
- Alexis Moore, flexibility coach: https://instagram.com/stretchwithlex?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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- Open | Open is a mindfulness app built to transform your life. Experience the power of combining breathwork, meditation, sound, and movement to strengthen your mind-body connection. Visit https://go.o-p-e-n.com/balancedles for 30 days free.
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