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When Grateful Hearts Speak
by Gracie Simmons
A podcast about gratitude and empowerment, demystifying the myths of yoga while connecting our community with conversations without condemnation.
Episodes
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Sonya's Healing Journey from Mold Toxicity
A few key takeaways from Sonya Beck's healing path over the last several years: Don't beat yourself up, You're NOT crazy, You are your best advocate and if you know in your gut that something's not right -listen to it and follow it! Getting a new diagnosis, or going through the trial and error…
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Making Education Alive Again with Laine of WayguMama Ranch
Author, fitness instructor, world traveler and yogi, Laine D'Souza embarked on a new journey after covid. From growing up in Hong Kong to meeting her husband in the Villages of Central Floridia, they knew they wanted more from life then what they were experiencing. They moved to Laurel Hill, in…
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Meet our "slightly mystic" Mary Wyatt!
Mary, who's been teaching for us at Grateful Hearts Yoga since January 2025, shares her story! From growing up in catholic school and first learning of yoga there, to dipping a toe in and then fully immersing in yogic teaching and philosophy in the 70's, Mary shares her passion for and credits…
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Staci- The Magical Human
From battling depression, anxiety and addiction most of her life to thriving as a single mom and business owner, Staci is living proof of endurance, mindset and belief in what one can accomplish. Her ongoing health struggles have only added fuel to her fire for living despite what she's been…
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The Year That Was and Wasn't pt 2- Robin's 2024
Part 2; we dive into Robin's year of struggles and joys, how she overcame the dark cloud of depression she was under as well as rehabilitated her self after her 13th foot surgery. She shares about her "year of yoga with no poses" and how leaning on her deeper understanding of yogic philosophy...
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The Year That Was And Wasn't Pt 1
A year of chaos, and no podcast recordings, but we're back to tell about it! In this episode Gracie shares her story of 2024 and all that happened and didn't happen.. nearly losing her youngest daughter, Angel, who had gastric complications from her former gastroschisis disgnosis at birth and...
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One City One Mission-Tim Bolduc, Crestview City Manager
Have you taken the time to read our beloved City's Mission Statement? It is as follows: To Improve the quality of life by providing exceptional municipal services. Vision: To be known as a forward-thinking, hospitable and growing community that embraces diversity with a family-centric culture.…
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The "Man Behind the CWOM Memes" Has a Heart for Helping People-Brannon Remaklus
You may have seen him cracking jokes and "stirring the pot" in the infamous Crestview Word of Mouth Facebook group but here is a look behind the screens of Brannon's gigantic heart for people. He's owned Atlas Martial Arts gym in South Crestview since 2010 he says: to fill a void our community…
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Sustainable and Minimal Living-Earth Farm 9
Randy and Dana from Earth Farm 9, just North of Crestview Fl in Laurel Hill, tell us all about their life and what they offer at their community driven farm environment. Randy began early on in life working in the food industry as a chef and eventually owning his own juicing company and then his...
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Bloom Where You've Been Planted- Christina's Custom Art
A Pennsylvania native, Christina now calls the panhandle her home and seems to be the catalyst of beautifying many of our local businesses! You may have seen her work on nocticeable places like Main Street Automotive, Gordon's Martial Arts, Crestview Manor, Ohana Heating & Air as well as Pounders...
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Letting Go & Leaning into Love with Amy Taula
One of our newest Grateful Hearts Yoga teachers, Amy Taula, shares information from her life experiences on relinquishing control in life & in parenting, letting go of limiting belief systems and tuning into our intrinsic power. Amy describes our body’s incredible ability to heal through…
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A Legacy of Love 92yrs in the making- Gracie's Great Aunt Faye Shaw
What a treasure it is to have family around who have lived through so many of life's challenges. Gracie's Great Aunt Faye Shaw is just 92 years young with lots of love left to share. Faye's testimony of God's love, as she shares in this episode, started as young as five years old for her when she...
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Leaders Create More Leaders, Not Followers- Meet Gayla!
Gayla has described herself in this episode as a "Lover of Women" and it definitely shows after the first few moments of getting to know her. She owns her strong personality which is inspiring to most or possibly polarizing to some. She holds a space for other women that gives them the…
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"Research is Formalized Curiosity"- Say Hello to Skylar Peters!
"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein." -Zora Neale Hurston This quote sums up Skylar's ability to dive into her curiosities with such focus and force…
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A Sailor's Rollercoaster Life for Cynthia!
Growing up as a small town Marianna, Fl girl, Cynthia Mitchell knew she was meant for bigger things and never quite felt she fit in at home. She packed up at 18 and couldn't wait to see the world and that's just what she did. She tells us about "Living a lot of Life" in her 20's from her...
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A Quick Message From Gracie
Nothing is good or bad, right or wrong, all is filtered through our lens of perception based on our lived experience and what we know to be true at the time. When we know better we do better or we'll just stay stuck in repetitive patterns of destruction until something just has to give. Lets vow…
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All About Misty! No Colon, Clean Eating & Lots of Cannabis!
Misty Peterson is a Buti teacher at Grateful Hearts Yoga and a dear friend of ours. In this episode Misty divulges her truths and her JOYS. As she was diagnosed with dyslexia as an adolescent and not having much help with it, she began to learn about her own mental health and how it was tied to...
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Pounders "Leads with Love"-Kakela's Road to Success
"Father & Husband first, restaurant owner second" as Kakela Peters describes himself, has lived the majority of his life locally in Crestview, Fl. Personally, I have enjoyed getting to witness his road to success from moving back home with a family and a dream to making his first $300/day profit…
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Meet Misty Gillette-My Favorite Place!
From growing up in Nashville, TN to finding her forever home in Crestview, FL, Misty, owner of My Favorite Place Spa tells, us how her business began and what the transition to Crestview and out of the military was like for her family. Misty opened My Favorite Place in 2018 and is opening a…
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Sounds of Freedom in Action-How You Can Help!
The Sound of Freedom is crushing the box office and spreading awareness all over the country of the Child Sex Trafficking crisis, but what's next? Our yoga friend and Veteran, Dave, shares with us about his experience working with a local organization; Called 2 Rescue out of Pensacola. He tells…
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Helping the Homeless in Crestview w/Ann Sprague
Homelessness is not only a major issue in our community of Crestview, Fl but around the world. In this episode we meet Ann Sprague, a Baker, Fl. native, former school teacher and guidance counselor who is now devoting her life to following God's newest calling for her by helping the homeless....
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Introducing Joanne Klepal!
Joanne Klepal is a certified Asian Bio-Energetic Therapy practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, Master Practitioner of Neuroscience Linguistic Programming(NLP), Coach and Master Practitioner of Timeline Therapy and author of Natural Healing Techniques with Cory Croymans. She has practiced, coached…
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Get to know Somi Dokouhaki!
An Incredible yoga teacher and human being, Somi tells us all about growing up in Iran, her family dynamics and her eventual immigration from her country to Finland, to the United States and how she landed in Crestview, Fl! Robin asks Somi about the immigration process, about the role yoga has...
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Meet Derek McGinnis, Owner of Uplifters Fitness Studio!
As we get to know Derek and how Uplifters came to be we also discuss what its like to raise kids while running a business and also touch on special needs parenting! Derek's youngest child was born with Down syndrome and he tells us how it felt to receive that diagnosis for his only son and how he...
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Intro Part 2-All About Robin!
Get to know your hosts and why they've started this podcast! In this episode Gracie interviews Robin about her childhood through adulthood/motherhood and paths that led her to Crestview, Fl and ultimately Grateful Hearts Yoga! We learn about her gifts of compassion, keen organization skills and…
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Intro Part 1-All About Gracie!
Get to know your hosts and why they've started this podcast! In this episode Robin interviews Gracie to ask about her childhood, how she recognized her developing spirituality, what has tested her Faith, what keeps her motivated and more! Learn how she became a yoga teacher & studio owner in 2018...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast about gratitude and empowerment, demystifying the myths of yoga while connecting our community with conversations without condemnation.
HOSTED BY
Gracie Simmons
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