Goalfriend Forever

Do you love your body? As creator of Love Your Body Love Yourself, Marla Mervis-Hartmann assists women in finding a “YES!” to that question. Marla and Kate originally met in New York City when they were both pursuing their professional acting careers, now they reunite on the Goalfriend Forever Podcast to talk about how to break free of body and food obsession. More about Marla: After years of struggling with her own dysfunctional body-relationship Marla has transformed her experiences into services to help women discover honor and find appreciation for their bodies. As a professional Marla, has been featured at TEDx Salinas. She was the leading body image expert and Reiki Master at Journey Malibu, a Drug/Alcohol rehabilitation center. Marla has followed her passion for women’s health down many paths of study including women’s sexual wellness; postpartum care; Restore Your Core educator; Tantra teacher certification; Yoga teacher training, and massage therapy. This collected body of knowledge shines through in her offerings of Love Your Body Love Yourself. In all of her work, Marla is devoted to empowering women to feel good about themselves and to live the life they desire. She lives in LA with her husband and son where she works full-time as a professional coach, speaker, facilitator and Living Light Reiki Master and Teacher. www.loveyourbodyloveyourself.com Body Compassion Collective-https://thepleasureplan.org/bcc

With the holidays approaching, there can be an increased focus on food, eating and drinking. A season of increased stress during the holiday season can also be a reality for many people. Eating with mindfulness is not about deprivation or rules around food, however instead we focus on how to increase our presence and relax our energy around food. In this one hour workshop, health and life coach, Kate Wiliams Stone will share information on how to reduce stress, eat with mindfulness and enjoy food. This workshop will be a fun and informative experience.

In this episode, Amy and Kate share what it was like when they met “the guy”. Hint, hint: those guys are now their husbands. Sometimes, we think that meeting “the guy” will help things, but that isn’t always the case. Your goalfriends share about the challenges that new relationships can bring up. How did meeting “the one” shift their goals? You will learn more about Imago therapy from Amy, this is a therapeutic technique that allows couples to better understand each other’s feelings and more empathetically allowing them to heal.

Before you start setting goals for the future, sometimes you need to clear some space to create something new. It’s like creating a blank slate. In this episode, Amy and Kate explore different ways to clear space to create new goals. They dive into the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual ways to clear space. This is an episode not to be missed!

In this week’s episode, Amy interviews her sister-in-law, Paula Rosen, who lost her husband to an aggressive brain cancer in 2007 when her step-daughter was 17 and her boys were 10 and 8. This conversation is soulful, funny, and vulnerable as Paula shares her story about her goals and dreams when she was a little girl, meeting her husband, Michael, marriage, caregiving for someone who is terminally ill, death and the aftermath. Paula has walked through her grief with a grace and resiliency that is inspirational.