Marlo's Conversations with Friends: Topics Around WELL-Being

What is Flow and how do I get in it? Well, it's an experience we have when we are truly doing challenging and fulfilling work that moves us so much to lose all sense of time and space while we are in it. A great place for all us to be throughout each day. Take a listen to the conversation I have with longtime friend, Tony Gordon, around what we can do to get into Flow fast! Enjoy.

The word Self-Care has become a mainstream buzzword, and, in many ways, I have seen it become something that I don’t believe is its original meaning, though many would disagree with me. Care of oneself can look like so many things and isn’t just about taking care of the largest organ on our body (skin) or making sure we are eating healthy and exercising. My perspective of it goes much deeper and yes, there are some folks out there that believe this too. That’s what Rudy and I dive into.

Happy Spring Everyone! .. It’s been some time again since my last banter. I decided that Spring, in particular Earth Month and Community Gardens, would be a good place to pick up where I left off. I have been an avid gardener, both containers and ground, for almost three decades and have always been a big fan of people who grow their own food which my home conditions are not conducive for. .. My friend Annemarie Sampson, from Mission Driven Wellness and a passionate environmentalist, is having this conversation with me to help share how important Community Gardens are the far-reaching benefits that have lasting impact. .. I ask you to take some time out of your life, make some space and listen to this conversation. Then find some space, find some people, find some resources to start connecting with Mother Earth, your community and bringing a healing space to everyone. .. Thank you for listening and supporting my work. Be Well, Marlo

I think many of us feel like the world is on repeat of our space at this same time last year. In some ways, yes, it is. In many other ways, it doesn’t have to be. We can, as a lot of us do in January, sit down and think about what we want to focus on this year – resolutions, goals, checklist or intentions. I prefer to use the latter word as they are more flexible, a bit expansive and you release them or surrender them over to the Universe to take over. Though that doesn’t mean that you just do nothing. You still need to do the work. Reclamation of Oneself, my theme for this conversation is with two of my dearest friends I invited back, Mariam Hannon and Lindsay Styck. We talk and laugh about how to take back - reclaim - yourself and really take a look at where you want to expand in this new year. It’s about creating a path and the steps that meet your needs, desires and dreams, not anyone else’s. This banter is about what questions to ask yourself, what steps to take and how to move forward with these intentions as your guide this year, and how to be kinder to yourself through the whole process. I ask you to take some time out of your life, make some space and listen to this conversation. Then continue in that space and map out your intentions for the journey ahead. It’s the one of the kindest things you can for yourself – Reclamation of Oneself. Thank you for listening and supporting my work. Be Well, Marlo

Well, it’s that time of year when the whole world starts talking about Gratitude and what it means because it’s Thanksgiving this week. I am doing a little bit of the same but please know that I talk about Gratitude ALL year long and I specifically talk about Micro Gratitude, which I don’t hear many people really speak to. I decided to do this conversation by myself, as Micro Gratitude is what I have been practicing my whole adult life. This episode is short and straight to the point and insight into how I live it. Micro Gratitude is a daily practice that happens in so many moments all day long when you allow yourself to get present and really BE IN your life. Yes, it is truly life changing when you allow it to be. I know it’s changed mine. Look, I know everyone’s always busy and now you’re even busier as we all start the process of wrapping up the year during these upcoming holidays and try to squeeze in seeing all your loved ones too. I get it. Me too. Here’s what I can tell you. The sooner you start to try on this daily practice with a whole heart and present mind, the sooner your world will change to be more aligned with the presence of Abundance and Good. If you don’t want any of that, that’s ok. If you do, you got nothing to lose. I ask you to take some time out of your life this week, the week of Thanksgiving here in the U.S. or as I call it, Gratitude Day, and listen to this short banter I have on making your life full of more Good and sharing it with others. Thank you for listening and supporting my work. Be Well, Marlo