Vibrant Happy Women
by Dr. Jen Riday
The Vibrant Happy Women Podcast is for women who want to expand their capacity for joy. If you crave a more authentic, heart-centered, and balanced life, you'll love learning with Happiness Expert Dr. Jen Riday as she interviews vibrant women and shares proven tools that will help you "get your SPARKLE back" in all areas of your life. You'll be inspired by discussions of authenticity, healthy boundaries, emotional healing, time management, confidence, adventure, spirituality, conscious parenting, marriage, friendship, identity, self love, and more! And if you enjoy this podcast, you'd love Vibrant Soul, the place to heal, transform and expand your soul with likeminded friends. Join us at JenRiday.com/vibrantsoul.
Episodes
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362: Social Media's Toxic Impact on Women: An Honest Conversation (with Kara Alaimo)
Are you ready to uncover the surprising truth about the impact of social media on women's lives? Get ready to be enlightened as we unravel the unexpected insights shared by Kara Alaimo, author of "Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls." Brace yourself for a revealing...
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361: Flowdreaming: The Secret to Letting Go of Stubborn Life Patterns (with Summer McStravick)
If you're feeling frustrated and stuck because your visualizations and affirmations aren't leading to the manifestation you desire, then you are not alone! You may already be taking action by repeating positive statements or creating vision boards, only to find that nothing is changing in your...
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360: Expanding Your Capacity for Joy
How much joy are you willing (and able) to feel? Can your emotional and nervous system baseline handle more happiness? Can you really expand your capacity? On this episode Jen shares how she reached her personal "max capacity" of joy at the recent Vibrant Happy Women Retreat and what she decided…
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359: How to Be a Freaking Dime Even When Life Gets Messy (with Jill Payne)
From the bustling streets of New York City to the serene beauty of Victoria, BC, Jill Payne's journey took unexpected turns. Her candid account of navigating single motherhood and managing her emotions and energy during the pandemic and beyond sheds light on the transformative impact of...
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358: Why Women Need Time Away (with Dr. Laura Froyen)
Dr. Laura Froyen joins me again to chat about the power of taking time for yourself. As moms and caregivers, it's easy to get caught up in taking care of everyone else's needs. But what about our own? Laura shares her perspective on why retreats like my annual Vibrant Happy Women Retreat are so...
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357: Supporting Men's Emotional Wellbeing
Breaking the stereotype of "clueless men," Anne Fraser takes a stand for men's emotional intelligence and healing, aiming to support them through a journey of understanding and love. Raised in a dysfunctional family, Anne Fraser witnessed the toxic dynamics of her alcoholic grandfather and needy...
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356: The Value of Coaching for Transformation
Guest Linda Folken, a vibrant and happy woman participant, discovered the transformative power of coaching through the Vibrant Happy Women podcast. Struggling to align with her values and searching for personal growth, Linda immersed herself in Dr. Jen's resources and tools. One of her favorites...
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355: Finding the Courage to Play Bigger
Are you ready to step out of your comfort zone and play bigger in life? In this episode, you'll discover why finding the courage to play bigger will help you make a positive impact in the world. Dr. Jen shares her own journey of stepping into the unknown and hosting the Vibrant Happy Women…
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354: Overcoming the Fear of Being Visible (with Hailey Rowe)
Have you ever felt like you're stuck in a rut, doing the same things day after day, and wondering if this is all there is? Then this episode is for you! Join guest Hailey Rowe and I as we discuss overcoming the fear of being more visible. The fact is, being the brightest, shiniest, most visible...
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353: Choosing a New Story for Your Life (with Nicole Alexander)
Do you like the "story" of your life? Join me and guest Nicole Alexander as we discuss how to release the overwhelm, fear, confusion, and "shoulds" so the next chapter in your life story is one that feels amazing for you. Nicole Alexander spent more than 15 years leading communications and public...
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352: A Soulful Approach to Health (with Karuna May)
Most of us have participated in "diet culture" at one time or another, which can leave us feeling like a failure. My guest Karuna May and I discuss a more soulful approach to health that allows us to treat ourselves with compassion and to see the wholeness and sacredness of who we really are. In...
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351: Learning About Yourself Through Dreams (with Tzivia Gover)
Dreams happen for all of us, whether we remember them or not. What would happen if you could use your dreams to help you to know yourself better? You can! Join me and guest Tzivia Gover for a fun conversation about dreams that will leave you feeling curious about the true meaning behind your...
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350: Healing Grief Using EFT Tapping (with Heather Ambler)
Grief and sadness can occur in any number of circumstances and often leave us feeling helpless, unproductive, and out of control of our lives. This week Heather Ambler explains how Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT Tapping, can help us understand the root of our grief so we can truly heal from...
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349: How to Handle Grief (with Kitt Rothstein)
Life comes with its share of curve balls, which can leave us feeling overwhelmed with emotion. In this episode, my best friend, Kitt Rothstein, and I talk about her 18-month journey of grief that culminated with the death of her amazing husband, Blake, on July 3, 2023. What You'll Learn: What to…
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348: A Functional Approach to Health (with Dr. Meg Mill)
Do you struggle with energy and clarity? Or with headaches or other aches? This is the episode for you. Dr. Meg Mill talks about using a functional approach to healing your body so you can feel more confident and in charge of your health. What You'll Learn: The difference between functional and...
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347: Love Your Body (with Arielle Estoria)
Body shame is pervasive in our culture, and this episode is geared toward releasing that shame. Join Jen and guest Arielle Estoria as they discuss: How to take up space with your body What it means to be powerful, even if you're a bigger-bodied woman What it means to follow the 5-step path of...
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346: Somatic Practices to Regulate Your Nervous System (with Nicole Smith Levay)
For decades mental health and child development experts have taught us to focus on thoughts and behaviors in order to be happier and more successful. Unfortunately, this approach wasn't fully effective for many people because it didn't address energy and nervous system regulation. Join me and my...
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345: Being Authentic (with Rachel Macy Stafford)
What does it really mean to be authentic? And how do we release control and allow our kids to be their authentic selves? Guest Rachel Macy Stafford answers these questions and shares her story of ditching perfectionism and shame so she could truly shine. In this episode you'll discover: How to...
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344: When Things Feel Heavy and Overwhelming
Positive thinking has its merits, but sometimes when life feels heavy and overwhelming, it is even more powerful to know how to regulate your nervous system. In this episode Jen describes: Where she has been since November What the three main nervous system states are (and which one has been…
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343: Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids (with Alyssa Blask Campbell)
Ever felt like your kids are always out of sorts, having a meltdown, or just not listening? This week we're talking about how to raise emotionally intelligent children, and especially how to teach them about nervous system regulation. My guest, Alyssa Blask Campbell, shares why it's essential…
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342: How to Find Your Truth
Wondering where I've been? In this episode, I explain everything! You'll learn how time away can help you find your truth and live in greater alignment. I talk about the importance of boundaries, adding light to your life (aka, filling your cup, but in the best ways possible), and how to let go…
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341: Women's Retreats: Taking Time for Yourself (with Jen Mernick & Bernadette O'Grady)
I'm joined by two friends I met at the Vibrant Happy Women retreat, Jen Mernick, and Bernadette O'Grady. Jen and Bernadette both have kids, jobs, and busy lives, but they learned the importance of taking time for themselves when they attended the retreat. They join me this week to share where…
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340: How to Be a Brave Woman (with Rachael Evans)
Rachael Evans is a world-leading visionary, business pioneer, author, and advisor who is making waves across the world with her new redefinition of bravery. A dynamic speaker, Rachael inspires audiences to embrace the bravest, boldest versions of themselves and has dedicated herself to fuelling...
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339: Somatic Practices for Healing Stress and Trauma (with Dr. Arielle Schwartz)
Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a Clinical Psychologist, EMDR Therapy Consultant, Somatic Psychotherapist, and Certified Yoga Instructor. This week, Dr. Schwartz shares what somatic practices are and why they can often be more effective than traditional talk therapies. She also lets you in on what she...
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338: Manifesting Your Highest Self (with Efia Sulter)
Efia Sulter is a Mindset and Manifestation Coach, host of The Manifest Edit Podcast, and creator of the V.I.B.E.S method for aligned manifestation. Her mission is to empower and teach ambitious women how to stop playing small and access their innate magic so they can expand their current reality....
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337: Finding Your Purpose by Breaking the Rules (with Mandy Mecham)
Mandy Mecham shares part of her own journey to finding her purpose, and we talk about breaking the rules, finding inspiration in yourself, and showing up as enough. We even cover creativity and the thing that makes all of this so difficult—fear. This conversation will change how you think about...
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336: Why Am I So Anxious? (With Tracey Marks)
Whether you struggle with anxiety or a loved one close to you does, you are not alone. This week we are sharing where anxiety comes from, what's happening in the brain with anxiety, and some holistic tools that can help with it. Hear some key takeaways about anxiety, how we can support ourselves...
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335: Female Firefighters and Emotional Resilience (with Kerry Wisdom-Henbest)
Kerry Wisdom-Henbest shares what she has learned about stuffing emotions versus feeling them and how she helps firefighters and first responders process the daily trauma they face. Hear why it is so important for first responders to start learning to process their trauma and her advice for…
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334: Being More Than a Mom (with Ericka Sóuter)
Ericka Sóuter is the Author of How to Have a Kid and a Life: A Survival Guide. She explores the 21st-century parenting dilemma that being a good mom is synonymous with giving up everything that makes you, you, and joins me this week to talk about how moms can find the thing that lights them up...
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333: How to Live a Happy Life (with Salisia Valentine)
Salisia Valentine is an amazing woman I met on a boat while on a whale watching tour. She sat down next to me, we immediately clicked, and I knew that this is a woman who is not just existing, but living the kind of wild, free, and fierce life we're all craving. So, I invited her on the show to...
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332: On Becoming An Adventurous Woman
I'm encouraging you to abandon the shoulds, and take the first step to becoming an adventurous woman. Hear how I have been feeling stuck in my life and how I am exploring more adventure, and how liberating yourself will simultaneously liberate every other woman who feels stuck. Get full show…
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331: How to Start Investing (with Kiana Danial)
Kiana Danial shares some analogies about investing to help you think about it in a way that feels relatable, and some steps you can take to get started. Whether you have money to invest or not, listening to this episode will help you create a plan for how to be self-sufficient and have the…
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330: The Imago Dialogue Process
I'm sharing more about The Imago Dialogue and sharing an example from my own life where I used this process recently. Learn why this is an incredibly helpful communication mechanism, and how to use this process as you go through your life whenever you feel upset at another person. Get full show...
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329: Words of Wisdom for Teens (with Jacqui Letran)
Jacqui Letran shares the power of choosing your emotions and some tips and tools to handle anxiety, depression, and uncomfortable emotions. She shares how her own experiences as a teenager led her to want to help other teen girls and the power of getting to the root of your feelings and...
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328: Attachment Styles and Relationship Patterns (with Tracy Crossley)
Tracy Crossley is a relationship expert, who specializes in treating individuals with unhealthy life and relationship patterns. She is the author of Overcoming Insecure Attachment: 8 Proven Steps to Recognizing Anxious and Avoidant Attachment Styles and Building Healthier, Happier Relationships…
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327: The Benefits of Taking Inaction (with Jinny Uppal)
Jinny Uppal is no stranger to driving contrary and innovative thinking and has done so much in the business world working with Fortune 500 companies to increase productivity. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School and practices Buddhist meditation and breathwork daily. She joins me this…
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326: How to Emotionally Co-Regulate with Your Partner (with Elizabeth Earnshaw)
Elizabeth Earnshaw is a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified Gottman therapist. She is an expert on relationships and understands how essential it is that we emotionally co-regulate with our partners. She joins me this week to talk about this further, as well as how to create...
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325: Creating Emotional Safety in Your Relationship
I'm showing you how to create emotional safety in your marriage and other significant relationships. Discover the foundation of emotional safety, some of the tools that help us regulate our nervous systems and help our spouses coregulate with us, and how to create a shared emotionally safe space...
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324: Beliefs About Friendship
I'm walking you through a step-by-step process to help you assess your existing beliefs about friendship and whether they are holding you back. I'm showing you how to swap your limiting beliefs for more empowering thoughts and how to go out and be the friend you have always wanted to have. Get…
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323: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion (with Dr. Shauna Shapiro)
Shauna Shapiro some mindfulness tools and practices that will help you show yourself more compassion and love yourself a little deeper. Shauna shares her "Good morning, I love you" practice and how it helped her to learn to truly love herself, and why loving ourselves can enable us to create…
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322: How to Create a Day of Rest (with Deanna Mason)
Deanna Mason and I discuss the many different ways you can rest and show you the importance of creating a day each week specifically dedicated to rest. When you make more room for rest, you will find that you have more room for other things, so discover how to establish the type of rest you need,...
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321: Thoughts and Boundaries
I share the difference between thoughts and boundaries and how to establish which one you need to implement in your life. Discover why you don't have to stay stuck thinking thoughts that don't serve you, and two questions to ask yourself to help you uplevel your thoughts or set a boundary. Get…
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320: Taking Control of Your Finances (with Amy Scott)
Amy Scott and I take a deep dive into our finances and discuss the stress that comes with the day-to-day managing of money. Hear how Amy helps couples get on top of their finances, how she is teaching her kids about finances, and how to take control of your money and get the autonomy you want.…
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319: Unclutter Your Soul (with Trina McNeilly)
Trina McNeilly and I discuss what it means to unclutter your soul, and why doing so can help not only yourself but others as well. Trina shares some of her own soul clutter, how to know what you need to declutter in your soul, and three steps you can take right now to start this process. Get full...
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318: Building Heart-Centered Friendships (with Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston)
Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston are the authors of I'll Be There (But I'll Be Wearing Sweatpants) and they believe that women need to know that they are not alone in experiencing loneliness and their search for friendships. They join me this week to share why friendships aren't about being…
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317: Systems for Your Sanity (with Geomyra Pollard)
If you are tired of feeling like you have no time for yourself, this week's guest is here to help. Tune in to hear some of the systems Geomyra uses in her own life and her tips and tools for implementing them into your own. Hear the endless benefits of having systems in your home and how to use...
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316: The Decision That Changed Everything
You do not have to live in a place of burnout, overwhelm, and exhaustion. You can create an entirely new way of showing up in the world, and I'm showing you how this week. Discover how to become a new person in the way you think and feel and how to figure out the next best step to take you in the...
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315: How to Make Exercise Easier (with Beth Sandlin)
We discuss how to exercise in ways that are gentle, respectful to our nervous systems and that doesn't make us want to quit. We're detaching from the belief that workouts have to be set and rigid, and helping you rewrite the stories you currently hold about exercise. If you are a busy woman or…
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314: Frugality Can Be Fun (with Jen Smith)
My guest this week is co-host of the Frugal Friends Podcast, Jen Smith. Jen paid off $78k of debt in just two years and is on a mission to help people spend money in a way that is more aligned with their values. She joins me this week to share why each of us has a different value system that...
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313: Letting Go of External Validation (with Kristen Pierce)
If you are holding on to dark secrets or some things from your past that you're carrying shame for, this is the episode for you. Kristen shares how she realized she was seeking external validation, how she learned to let go of it, and how she became able to love herself enough to give herself the...
About this show
The Vibrant Happy Women Podcast is for women who want to expand their capacity for joy. If you crave a more authentic, heart-centered, and balanced life, you'll love learning with Happiness Expert Dr. Jen Riday as she interviews vibrant women and shares proven tools that will help you "get your SPARKLE back" in all areas of your life. You'll be inspired by discussions of authenticity, healthy boundaries, emotional healing, time management, confidence, adventure, spirituality, conscious parenting, marriage, friendship, identity, self love, and more! And if you enjoy this podcast, you'd love Vibrant Soul, the place to heal, transform and expand your soul with likeminded friends. Join us at JenRiday.com/vibrantsoul.
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