The Fiery Redhead / Formerly, Wide Open Spaces with Ilise

The host returns after a long break, recording from a café while navigating grief, major life changes, and a search for self. She reflects on feeling detached, the need to pivot, and contemplates renaming the show to The Fiery Redhead. This episode explores coping with loss, reclaiming connection, adapting to change, and invites listeners to join the journey and share their own pivots and stories.

Before I can continue with Podcast Interviews and further topics, I need to share how I have been Cracked Open by Grief. I am hoping that my personal story will be relatable and might just help someone who is struggling like me. Grief is not linear and can be Life Altering. Grief can come from all different types of loses but they all have one thing in common, sadness and pain. Listen to my latest Podcast and let's get through loss together, in whatever form it may come in. 

Welcome to a brand new season as we discuss being Cracked Open in this thing called life. This week Gail who is a Social Worker, shares with us her story of one of life's greatest challenges. Gail shares how she has evolved into the person she is today. Gail's story is very empowering and helps us to understand that good can always come from a challenging life block. Join us this week as we Listen, Talk and Evolve together, after we have been CRACKED OPEN. #divorce #dating #LifeChallenges  #failing #Evolving #SocialWork #EmptyNest #LifeAfterKids #FindingYourself #Podcast #NewSeason

Welcome to the New: Wide Open Spaces with Ilise CRACKED OPEN Podcast. This season will bring many guests and insights into what cracks us open in our own individual lives.  I share my life shattering experiences and how I was CRACKED OPEN. This Fiery Redhead will take you on a journey that you can relate too and guide you in the direction of healing, celebrating and looking at yourself and your life in a new way.  Come take the ride of life with me. #NewSeason #Grief #Life #Joy #coping #insight #self-help #empowerment 

Take a listen to the new episode from the Fiery Redhead, where she takes you on a journey of the recent loss of her Mom and how she does not let Grief define her. Ilise will make you realize that YOU ARE NOT YOUR GRIEF and how you can take sadness and heartache and turn it into a new chapter in your life. Ilise's story is poignant and anyone who has experienced grief of a loved one, pet or lifestyle can benefit from her wisdom and concrete ways to accept that your Grief does NOT DEFINE YOU! #Grief #loss #GrievingProcess #GriefJourney 

Listen Now, to the Fiery Redhead as she discusses how to plan time to grieve. The grieving process is multidimensional and requires time and awareness. The Fiery Redhead will share her own grief with you and how she believes you can grieve and still live a healthy, functional life.  Time to let it out! This Episode is Dedicated to one of my BFF's, Cheryl Luckman Simmons, I will miss you forever my Sista. #MentalHealthAwareness #StopTheStigma #Grief #Grieving #Loss #Coping

Listen Now, as the Fiery Redhead discusses the importance of focusing on our own individual Mental Health. Mental Health Awareness Month is a time to stop and reflect on ways to improve in our own lives. It is time to stop the Stigma and realize that everyone has mental health issues in their lives or those that they love. Embrace the fact that we all struggle. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #Struggles #SelfHelp #StopTheStigma #MentalHealth   

Listen Now as the Fiery Redhead takes you on a journey of discovery as you embark together on absorbing the small joys of life. This can be a difficult process of slowing yourself down and focusing on the little pleasures. Ilise will provide you with that spark to change the way you look at the world and yourself. Let's take the Journey together. #Journey #LifeJourney #SmallWins #SelfEvolving #NewPodcast

Listen Now, as the Fiery Redhead talks about the liberating experience of Purging things, people and places in our lives. She shares her GLP-1 Journey and how she empowered herself through a purge of weight and her closet. The Fiery Redhead will help you identify areas in your life that might require a PURGE Session. She will provide you with the skills and insight towards creating a healthier YOU! #Purge #GLP1 #HealthierYou #Declutter #LetGo #Empowerment 

Join the Fiery Redhead as she discusses how the current world environment can impact your health and anxiety. There are many aspects of our world that can elevate your anxiety levels and make you feel out of control. This episode shares a technique that the Fiery Redhead uses herself to cope with her own anxiety. Listen Now and you too can take control over your environment and anxiety. #Anxiety #AnxietyDisorder #EnvironmentalAnxiety #CopingMechanism #WorldChaos #PoliticalEnvironment 

"Congratulations, Great Job, I am so Proud of You", Do you look for people to acknowledge your accomplishments? Do you seek approval of others? Join us this week as Ilise discusses how the only person's approval that you need to seek is your own. Ilise will talk about the anatomy of why you seek approval and how you can break that habit. Listen Now! #Approval #Advice #SeekingApproval #FeelingProud #BeProud #LoveYourself #Evolve

Join us this week as we discuss the common myths about anxiety and how it is like an annoying bug in your life. Anxiety, may be prevalent in your daily life but might not be caused by just one specific thing or event. Listen now and we can smoosh this annoying bug that has been buzzing in your ear. #Anxiety #MentalHealth #AnxietySymptoms #AnxietyRelief #PodcastHost

Join me this week as we identify ways that Countries with the lowest documented cases of Depression, accomplish this. We will talk about your experiences and how you can identify what is going on with you emotionally by sitting with yourself. There is no magic trick to cope with mild depression but there is strategies that can create a healthy environment for yourself to live in. I challenge you to join me today. #MildDepression #GreenSpace #TheBlues #AnxietyDisorder 

Join me this week as we discuss the confusing changing world that we live in. Let's see how the term FUCKTOSE INTOLERANT impacts your world and ways to cope with it. Politics play a heavy hand in today's society and relationships, it is a hard road to navigate. Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together on this journey called life. We can set an emotionally healthy tone in our lives and with others.  I know that I can ignite that fire in your belly, to make healthy changes in your world. #FucktoseIntolerant #coping #CopingWithPolitics #PoliticalWorld #PoliticalTrauma #compassion #listen #MentalHealth   

Join us this week as we talk about how to detach from world chaos and focus on your own personal world. I also discuss briefly Mel Robbins and her "Let Them Theory" as we navigate the stress and chaos in our own worlds. I encourage you to find the fire within and ignite the spark in you. Be the spark that not only survives the chaos but illuminates the path forward for others. #coping #WorldChaos #Stress #Stressors #SelfPreservation #LetThem #LetMe

Join us this week as we Interview Medical Student, Elisha Myers.  Elisha shares with us her Journey and how stress and anxiety played a role in her process. She shares her coping mechanisms and gives the listener great insight into themselves and how you can cope with Stress in your life.  Let's work through the Anatomy of Stress, as Elisha shares her story with us. Listen, Talk and Evolve TOGETHER. #Stress #MedicalSchool #College #Anxiety #Insight @ElishaMyers @UniversityOfFlorida @FloridaAtlanticUniversity @TrinityCollegeDublin

In weeks Episode, we will discuss how to get you back to unfinished dreams and desires. Life is complicated and it is very easy to lose your way, so don't be hard on yourself. Now get up, take a listen to this episode and give yourself a good kick in the ass to get motivated. It's time to start thinking about you and what you need.    Let's Talk, Listen and Evolve together, and in the process you will Reinvent Yourself. #InnerChild #ReinventYourself #YoungerSelf #Podcast #BadAssBitch

Going through the Grief Process is a slow form of torture. This weeks Episode I discuss my Grief and how it Sucks. I know there will be many of you that can relate to my pain and might even cry with me. That is ok, because we need to have a release. I share with you some ways that I cope with Grief and I also share my Friend's life with you as a way to honor her.(Also a way to deal with my grief) Thank you Cheryl, "Because I knew You, I have been changed for good".(lyrics from Wicked) Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together. #CancerSucks #Grief #ForGood #BreastCancer #MDAnderson #Music #CancerTreatment #Warrior 

This is the launch of a brand new season that is more Raw, Edgy and Not Politically Correct. Join me as I talk about my journey on the GLP1 shot, the good, the bad, the ugly and the magic it can have on your life. It is not an easy road but boy is it worth it. If you have been thinking about taking this medication, I will provide you with my personal experiences and the facts about what you will experience on this medication. It's a New Year, a New Season and a New Me maybe it can be a healthier you as well. #GLP1 #Semiglutide #WeightLoss #BodyDysmorphia #FoodNoise #NewPodcastSeason 

How have you filled the Wide Open Spaces in your World this past year? It is always healthy to take a look back at the year to identify what you have accomplished and what got let behind. Creating a SMART Goal list, is a coping mechanism that can be used by all. Let's end this year together by filling the Wide Open Spaces within you, with Positive and Healthy things. It is never too late to make good choices in your life. Wishing all of you Happy Holidays and a Healthy New Year. #SelfInventory #WideOpenSpaces #Goals #NewYear #GoodChoices #MentalHealthPodcast #RoadBlocks #NewYearNewYou 

Seasonal Affective Disorder is very common in the months of October through January due to the winter months. Join us this week as we identify if you suffer from the winter blues. I provide you with insight and ways to cope with this seasonal mood disorder. I want to help you put the Jolly back in the Holidays this year. #SeasonalDepression #HolidayBlues #WinterBlues #Depression #Cope #NewPodcast #SeasonalAffectiveDisorder #988

Have you ever thought about how to Defy Gravity in the way you perceive yourself? The movie Wicked has a theme of Ugly verses Beauty. This week we will talk about how you see yourself in your own reflection and how you can find a little bit of Popular and Wicked in your own self. Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together and I believe we can find the beauty that lies within us all. So take a listen and let's Defy Gravity together. #DefyGravity #Wicked #Popular #Self-Esteem #Empowerment #YouAreBeautiful #YourReflection #NewPodcastEpisode

When you go shopping do you get that dopamine rush? Do feel excited and very happy? Join me this week as we discuss the difference between shopping as a Therapy vs a Compulsion. There is a thin line between the two. Do you know which category you fall into? Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together with me the Fiery Redhead. #Compulsion #ShoppingTherapy #RetailTherapy #OverSpending #FinancialStress #DoomsdayShopping #Shopping #HolidayShopping                  

Resistance often shapes our journeys in unexpected ways. This Podcast Episode dives deep into understanding this powerful force and how it can be transformed into a catalyst for personal growth. If this past election season has impacted your mental health or relationships or maybe you have "Election Depression" then let's LISTEN,TALK and EVOLVE together. #Election #Resistance #PrincessLeia #SocialMedia #Relationships #PersonalGrowth #ElectionDepression #Communication #ToxicPeople #ElectionOutcomes #LetsGetAlong

The United States of America is going through some major life changes. I am not hear as a Podcaster or Therapist today, I am here as a mother of two daughters. This weeks elections in the US will have a major impact on many of us in society. Listen, Talk and Evolve with me as we discuss how we can cope and fight to maintain our Mental Health. #Elections #AmericanElections #MentalHealth #LGBTQ+ #Amendment4 #Roe #DobsDecision #BodilyAutonomy #MyBodyMyChoice #LoveIsLove #Mother 

The next 72 hours are going to be rough in the United States. I share some tips with you on how to handle the US Election in a way that is productive and healthy for you. Let's Listen, Talk and Evolve Together. #USElection #Election2024 #Vote #CopingMechanisms #Communication #DecreaseAnxiety #SelfControl #BeKind #BeRespectful #AcceptTheResults 

Do you put a facade on or a mask when you are in Social, Professional, Family or Friend situations? Many of us Camouflage our true emotions or our feelings get misinterpreted because we have "Resting B!tch Face." This week let's Listen,Talk and Evolve together, on ways to get our true feelings out in the most appropriate way possible. Yes, it can be done. Purchase    Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery by Ilise Litwin (Barnes&Noble, Amazon or Goodreads) #Wanderlust #RestingBitchFace #HalloweenMask #Camouflage #ExpressYourself #Evolve #TakeTheMaskOff #NewPodcast

The death of One Direction star Liam Payne has put a spotlight once again on Mental Health. Join me this week as we discuss the impact the stars death has on many and how to support yourself or loved ones when dealing with mental health issues or a diagnosis. #OneDirection #LiamPayne #MentalHealth #DualDiagnosis #MentalHealthDiagnosis #CopingSkills #Anxiety #Depression #Mania #ADHD Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery by Ilise Litwin (Barnes&Noble, Amazon or Goodreads)  Please follow me on all social media and don't forget to hit that Love Button 

I feel that it is vital for all of us to explore our Wanderlust. No matter how small or how grand that might be. Experiencing the Wander and the Lust in our lives is what sprinkles our lives with joy and excitement. Wanderlust might even change you for good. Join me this week as I Podcast from South Africa.I will share my Wander and Lust as I take you on a journey that will spark the Wanderlust Within YOU. An elephant or two might just come to visit us. @ShamwariPrivatGameReserve @Shamwari @VictoriaFallsLodge @CapeTown @AdventuresAfrica @SouthAfrica #Shamwari #Wanderlust #Safari #elephants #lions #giraffe #zebra #Hippo #Rhino #SouthAfricanWildlife #Wander #Lust Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery by Ilise Litwin

The colors of the rainbow represent diversity, love, acceptance and being authentic to yourself. I hope that today and every day you wave your rainbow flag. It is important as family or friends of the LBGTQAI+ community that we accept, understand, learn and support them. This Podcast discusses Coming Out and how you can save someone's life by supporting their authentic selves or by being authentic to yourself. Be Proud of who you are and the life that you live. #ComingOut #NationalComingOutDay #LGBTQIA #AuthenticSelf #Acceptance #RainbowFlag PURCHASE AT AMAZON OR BARNES&NOBLE Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery by Ilise Litwin  

September is Suicide Prevention Month. This Episode I discuss the way music can pull someone out of a dark place. Artists like Shawn Mendes, Cold Play, Paramore, 21 Pilots and The Frey all have lyrics to songs that reference being Helpless and Hopeless. This can give you a connection to not feeling alone and a way to reach out for help. As Shawn Mendes sings "It is Not in Our Blood." to give up. If you need help please dial 988 crisis line.  Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery  by Ilise Litwin, is now available on Amazon, Goodreads and Barnes & Noble. #SuicidePrevention #MusicTherapy 

You can be Spiritual but Unaffiliated. This week we have a conversation about ways that you can feel elevated through your Spiritual Nature. This is a non-religious episode. There is no talk of religion, just me helping to guide you, to increase your Spirited Side through various life experiences and places. Join me and let's Listen, Talk and Evolve together. #FeelingElevated #spirituality #SpiritualNature #SpiritualPeace #EmotionalPeace #RelationalPeace #evolving #SelfInsight #Podcast 

Politics can destroy relationships, your physical and mental health. We can have control over the negative effects of Politics in our lives without compromising our beliefs. Politics impact us around the world and we must learn how to survive in a healthy way during these tense times. Take a listen to my own personal experiences and how I provide you with insight into the healthy ways to deal with Politics in the world.  #politics #vote #MentalHealth #Relationships #Communication #AgreeToDisagree #Boundaries #Evolve #PoliticalCampaigns #PoliticalAdvertising #NewPodcastEpisode 

Societies and Countries have different perspectives of what Nurturing Oneself entails. We have an innate need to Nurture ourselves through food as a form of survival. Take a Journey with me as I talk about my observations abroad and how cultures look at Nurturing Oneself. Do You Nurture Yourself?? By the time you finish this Podcast you will be on your way to feeling Nurtured. I have published my first book  Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery by Ilise Litwin. You can go to Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Goodreads and other book sellers just Google my name. I would love to here your thoughts and don't forget to check out my social media and hit that love button.

Musical Lyrics are like Poetry and have the power to change our lives. This week I use Jelly Roll's song "I'm Not OK" to discuss. Number One "I love it" and number two, it is a great song to use to show you the power of lyrics. Singer/Songwriters have a responsibility to their audience when performing. The music they present can hit you at the depths of your soul and their must be a story to tell. I will give you a great perspective on how you can use song lyrics to aid in your Mental Health. As Jelly Roll sings, "Gonna Be Alright"! Wanderlust Within: A Journey to Self-Discovery by Ilise Litwin Barnes and Noble and Amazon   #JellyRoll #ItsNotOk #MusicTherapy #GonnaBeAlright #NewPodcast

Some Explicit language and discussions. I am obsessed with the new Season of Bridgerton and the brilliant message of  body positivity and sexuality that it instills in it's viewer. Take a deep dive with me into body image and how we all can feel more empowered in our own bodies and sexuality. We will take the power away from society and Body Shammers and show them what Beautiful really is!  #Bridgerton @Bridgerton @NicolaCoughlan #BodyImage #Sexuality #LoveYourself #NicolaCoughlan #BodyPositivity #BridgertonPodcast

So Excited to announce my first Podcast Interview with Gretchen AKA G-Rex from the Popular Podcast: Sh!t that Goes on in Our Heads. G-Rex and I discuss Pride Month and our youth of today. We both acknowledge that more needs to be done for our youth when it comes to Sexual Orientation, Pronouns etc and how hard it is to be a kid today. G-Rex also shares her story and how her Podcast has become a source of expertise and inspiration for many when dealing with Mental Health. We both found a strong connection with each other and we hope to collaborate again in the future. G-Rex and her Co-host Dirty Skittles have reached the Spotify top 250 Podcast list. I was honored to be able to have G-Rex spend some time with Wide Open Spaces and "Sh!t that Goes on in Our Head" is a MUST PODCAST LISTEN. Thank you G-Rex

We all have an internal Bully inside of us. This week I will help you to identify that Bully, and give it a good left hook. Join me as we enter the arena for a Knock Out. Listen and Evolve with me the Fiery Redhead. #fFieryRedhead #Bullies #WideOpenSpaces #Empowerment 

"Courage is the compass that guides us through the forest of the unknown, towards the destination of your true selves." This week I am going to introduce you to Activation Therapy. You are going to have the desire for change and the need to make positive enhancements to your life. Join me on this weeks Journey in becoming a bad ass. #WideOpenSpaces #badass #Acitvate #LoveYourself #Podcast  

Welcome to the Premiere of Season 5 . Thank you for joining me the Fiery Redhead and going on this Journey of Loving Yourself together. This season has a New Look, New Sound and New Insights, as a community we will Evolve and grow together. Pop in your earbuds and Let's begin my Dear Listeners.  #newseason #NewPodcastAlert #LoveYourself #RedHeadsdoitbettter

When was the last time that you did something just for you? I bet it might be a hard question to answer. I am going to encourage you to tap into some memories of a time when you were incorporating many leisure activities and coping mechanisms into your daily life. I hope I have peaked your interest and you will take a listen because it is time to Treat Yourself Right. Please follow me on Social Media Platforms and don't forget to hit that Love Button. Listen and Evolve with me. #mentalhealthawareness #treatyourselfright

I don't know about you, but I have been feeling uneasy and anxious with all of the protesting and wars in the world. I am aware of how these stressors can impact us Mentally and Physically. Let't take a Listen and Evolve Together on how we can cope and create a healthy environment in our own personal worlds. Let's harness the healthy and positive aspects that surround us on a daily basis.

Do you have Nature Deficit Disorder? Let's sit down and talk about how Nature can be a form of Therapy. Isn't it about time that you allow Mother Nature to take care of you? Let's go out and Explore all of the Wide Open Spaces in Your World together. Listen and Evolve with me, The Fiery Redhead.

Feeling the sun on your face can boost your mood and help regulate your sleep-wake cycle. Embrace the sunshine for a natural wellness boost! Join me as I discuss the importance of the sun on your body and your mind. Let's soak up the sun responsibly together. Listen and Evolve with me. #sunshine #soakupthesun #wellnesstips #universityofflorida #newpodcastepisode #science

Life can be tough and we can be very unkind to our minds in the process. I want to ask you the question "Are You Kind to Your Mind?" Today we discuss unconventional ways to help you get unstuck and to nurture yourself. I want you to become a "Self-Care Badass!" #selfcare #badass #mentalhealth #stuckinyourhead

Exploring the Wide Open Spaces in your world, includes traveling. Not traveling to avoid life but to enjoy life. My Podcast discusses how we can fill our lives with positive coping mechanisms. For the next 7 months, I will be sharing my travels with you and how it has impacted my Wide Open Spaces. I hope that I give you some helpful information on traveling to these destinations as well. Let's travel together. #virginvoyages #scarletladycruise #squidink #cruising #mentalhealthtravel #travel #wideopenspaces #mentalhealth #virgincruiseline #podbean #podcaster

Decorating ones body with Ink dates back to 3300 BCE. Body Art tells a story about someone's life but it can also be used as a form of Mental Health Therapy. Tattoo Therapy is a great source of empowerment and a healthy way of coping. Join me today as I take you on a Journey of self-discovery and empowerment in your own life. #Bodyink #tattootherapy #bodyart #tattoo @squidink @Johnnyrodrigueztattoo @virginvoyages