Conversations With Friends

Happy Monday!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 23 is a conversation with my friend, Steph Parejamaas. Steph and I met last year through my book, Unschooling Works and I am super grateful to be able to share her high vibes with you all!!! Today's show was actually our 2nd recording. Losing an hour of a show and especially a super charged convo does hurt a bit. Though when your guest also has a podcast, it is easy to get back on the saddle and get it done! And I know everything happens as it is meant to so today's show is even better than the 1st ! Along with the podcast (which Steph shares the advice that EVERYONE should start a podcast!), Steph is also a healthy living champion and mental health practitioner, who uses her naturally vibrant energy, to inspire her clients to push beyond their limits and go for what they can see. The name of her show is Beautifully Changed and features stories, and personal living inspiration from Steph herself, on how we each can create the life we each desire. Steph is

 Happy Monday family!! Conversations with Friends, episode 22, is a conversation with a new friend, Ben Anderson. Ben and I were connected through another recent friend of the show, Quilen Blackwell. Here is a little bit about Ben. "Ben Anderson is the Chief Development Officer at Chicago Eco House where he works with neighbors to convert blighted lots into beautiful off-grid flower farms running on rainwater & the sun. This role combines his experience in corporate sales with his passion for the environment and his neighborhood in on the southside: West Woodlawn.  He is most of proud of working alongside his neighbors when they built Vernon Park Gardens, an Eco House flower farm plus a community garden & neighborhood stage in the summer of 2018. You can find Ben in his backyard feeding his ten chickens or at one of the many local neighborhood meetings he attends." Eco House is leading the way in creating sustainable opportunities for our youth today and for the generations that are to come.

Happy Monday!!! Conversations with Friends, episode 21, is a conversation with my friend, my family and my high school basketball Scotty Gilbert, aka Coach Scotty aka Coach! I am honored and grateful to be able to share this convo with you all! Coach Scotty and I met my freshman year of high school when I decided to try out for the varisty basketball team. I can't remember how those try ours went now, though I know we worked for our spots on the team! Coach has played such a major role in my life that it took many years to really put the pieces together. He was the 1st person that told me "you know that soda will give you cancer, right?" ... I didn't know... though I listened and began changing my diet and lifestyle then. Coach Scotty led our team and many others after, into multiple city championships and into state games too. His passion for working hard for what you want influenced us all and helped build a team of young women dedicated to following his passion. I learned so much about team, winning,

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 20 is a conversation with my friend, Isaiah Aaron Spriggs... but you can call him Aaron. Aaron and I met a couple years ago in Portland through a local community organization, Deep Underground. I met with some DUG team members and also met Aaron and instantly knew we had a similar vibration. I didn't know much about Aaron then, though I knew he had a light to share and I wanted to add some fuel to it. Aaron is a man of his family. He is a feeler and uses this ability to communicate the depth of the human experience with his audience. He is a community supporter and encourager of the marginalized of our cities. Aaron is an amazing poet too!  Check out some of his poetry in motion in this video here!  AND he is one of the contributors and opening poet in the new poetry anthology I published this year  (available for purchase here) ancient future: a poetry anthology. I am grateful to know you friend! There is something about the ability of

  Happy Monday family!!!   Conversations with Friends Episode 19, is a conversation with a friend Darryn LaMonte. Darryn is an astrologer and provided me my first sidereal zodiac reading a couple of years back. I was opened to new energies available in the sky after this reading. I was super excited to invite Darryn on the show and share some of his starseer energy with you all. Darryn has been around astrology for most of his life. We sat down and recorded this episode on the new Anchor podcast host site and for whatever reasons the first episode did not save. We lost our first hour of convo where we discussed Darryn's background and how he found himself reading the stars. I have asked him back on the show to share more, though today's episode is tuning into what sidereal astrology is and what the stars have in store for us in the coming years. We talk past and future astrological placements, what types of changes we can expect based on the stars and how using our natal charts can help us align wit

Jessica is the founder and owner of Aster Earth, a Sonoran desert based all natural soap and body product line. Plus so much more!!! Tune in to learn how this mama created her business from love and inspiration and at home with her young children. Lots on iinspiration and high vibes. Tune in family! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/support

Interdependence, Diversity, Nourishment. We know how these things work together. Come take a trip down the rainbow with me and tune into the secrets they hold. Happy Monday family!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/support

Happy Monday !!! Conversations with Friends Episode 17 is a conversation with my friend and plant sister Hevelynn. Hevelynn and I met online a while back and have been developing a sisterhood through healing, creating, laughter :) and plants. Our Piscean souls are walking parts of this path side by side and the outcomes of the union are pretty special.  Last week, I was inspired to get the herb shops youth program planned out and operating. So, I decided to ask my friend, Hevelynn, what she could share with me about her organization, Greener STEMs and how the STEM program is currently playing out. I want to draft a program that bridges my families unschooling lifestyle with the lifestyle of the majority of the youth in the city who are in school.  From learning about Hevelynn's work and desires to foster creativity and solutions-based learning opportunities for the children she works with, it felt wise to bring her experience into the planning phases. Today's show is this conversation.  Tune in to learn more

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends, Episode 16 is a conversation with my friend, Quilen Blackwell. Quilen and I met years ago in Lents Oregon, right as my family and I transplanted into the neighborhood from Arizona. Quilen is a part of a very important family in my life and I am truly honored to share his voice, his passion and his work with you all! Quilen is currently living in Chicago, IL and is the founder and facilitator of Chicago Eco House, a community investment organization, sharing energy, skills, time and love with the humans living in Englewood Chicago.  Chicago Eco House was created to help stimulate the current resources in the community Quilen and his family live in. The most valuable asset any community has is its human resources. When we focus on this gift and encourage its ability to transform things, we see true healing and wellness develop. Chicago Eco House is walking this talk with local neighbors and community organizations dedicated to regenerating the economic and spir

Happy Monday!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 15 is a conversation with a new friend, Dr. Even Vandriel, a healer and naturopath based in Chandler, Arizona. Evan opened True Resilience Integrative Medical Solutions and is serving the Valley holistic healthcare based on healing the entire body system. This conversation was super inspiring to me, as many with my friends are. Dr. Evan broke down what naturopathy is and how a naturopathic Doctor is different from a traditional Doctor. We learn about homeopathy, gut health, the nervous system, vital minerals and applied kinesiology. And so much more family!!! This is an episode you do NOT want to miss! If you are in the Phoenix area and you are interested in learning more about what Dr. Evan does and how he can serve you and your health needs, he offers a FREE consultation for all first time patients. Get in contact with him through his webpage at: https://www.trueresilienceims.com/ So much knowledge in this hour conversation friends. Evan, thank you for tuni

Tune in to learn what my new book, Transitioing to a Plant-Based Lifestyle, is about and how it will help you align with the healing powers of plants!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/support

Happy Monday!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 14 is a conversation with my friend, Rhesa Napoli. Rhesa and I met in Portland a couple of years back over some plant based convo and I am super excited to share her passion and knowledge with you all today!!! Rhesa is a healer, walking her path to learn her most valuable healing tools. She is a naturopath in Portland, OR, working to get her energy into the community and around the bodies that need it most. Rhesa and I met in an attempt to have her work with my family at our juice bar in Portland just so she could connect with the community. She is driven to serve.  Rhesa is currently living in a small neighborhood in Portland that is overcoming years of challenges. She recently joined the Board of Green Lents, a local non-profit organization started by Jalene Littlejohn. Green Lents is a grassroots group dedicated to adding to the Lents community. Rhesa and I worked on the local food forest together as neighbors in Lents. Tuning into sustainable, land restor

Happy Monday family!!! Welcome back to Conversations with Friends! Episode 13 is a conversation with my friend and my mama, Janell Jones. Janell and I go way back. A couple of weeks ago, my mother agreed to speak to a friends family about her own healthy living program and how she stops taking medications by eating a whole foods diet. Her passion and motivational energy was so hype, she had me considering my entire lifestyle! I knew I had to share her story with more. My friend confirmed by suggesting we do a podcast together, so here you are. Janell is a passionate woman that has learned how to funnel her energy into making changes in her life. I have watched her change over the years by making conscious lifestyle choices that look like small daily actions that move towards a new solution. It is amazing to witness your parents grow.  She agreed to share some of her love on the podcast and I am super thankful and excited to share some of my family energy. If this is the only time we combine our voices on a pu

Happy Monday Family!!! it's just ME today. Be back with my friends soon xo --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/conversationswithfriends/support

Happy Monday podcast family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 12 is a conversation with my friend, Ryan Mores. Ryan and I met when the family and I returned to the desert this spring. I think we both knew pretty quickly that we were on the same team. I met Ryan while looking for valley resources and organizations interested in and planting food forests in Phoenix. We met over tea and the conversation took off. I remember leaving that first hang out with my new friend thinking... well, I have been back in the desert about a month now and I am already having food forest conversations!!! Things are really on point for major work!  Ryan is a busy and empowered mover and shaker living in Tempe, Arizona. He is the Community Education Manager with the Watershed Management Group https://watershedmg.org/, a Tuscon based non-profit that is committed to educating smart water use throughout Arizona. He uses his natural skills, respect and love for our Mother Earth to bring the local community into workshops, classes,

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 11 is a conversation with my friend, Kristen O'Brien. Kristen and I met in Colorado a few years ago at a doTerra Tribe retreat. It was the first weekend I had ever been away from my children. I had some of my highest vibing mama friends with me though. It was a powerful weekend. Kristen is an all powerful woman soul here to move mountains! (I heard last night that if you do not believe you can move mountains, you will never see that it is possible. MANY mountains have been moved in human history. BELIEVE!!!) This mama has found her passion in healing by using plants with her family and her community at large. She has created a large doTerra plant family business and has personally assisted in the healing of hundreds of humans over the last few years. She also built a stable and ever growing income with doTerra. If you are interested how you can create a personal income with the #1 essential oils company in the world, get in contact with this mama! She

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 10 is a conversation with my friend, Ginger Galloway. Ginger and I were connected through another past friend of the show, James Woods. James saw something in the both of us that said ... Yall need to know each other... and he was spot on! Ginger is a beautiful soul, woman, mama, sister, friend, mentor. She is a community activist and supporter of the arts. She is an author, playwright, editor, teacher, homesteader and so much more. She is an inspiration to me. If I am going to be alive, I want to try everything my energy is drawn too. I have no filter for experience. If I want it, I go for it. Ginger is the type of friend that let's me know this is more than ok. She encourages me to try my best, to go for it and to follow my heart. If you are an artist, a creator, a writer, a painter... whatever you enjoy. If you need some energy to pick you up and remind you that you TRULY CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!!! Tune into this episode! Ginger will breath life

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 9 is a really valuable conversation with my friend, Hayley Gardner. Hayley and I met in Portland OR at our juice cart a few years back and have been building ever since. I am grateful she is sharing her voice with us today. This woman is a library of knowledge! Hayley is a licensed acupuncturist based out of Slidell LA. She and her partner recently relocated back south (chasing the sun much like my family did too) and have envisioned, created and now opened their newest business venture, Estuary Herbs, a high quality, potent Chinese healing herb/food collection. Hayley and her partner are a powerful team, bridging healing herbs and healing food as one. Check out there full product line at https://www.estuaryherbs.com/product-category/over-the-counter/ . I visited Hayley's acupuncturist office in Portland a couple years ago to discuss my kidney energy and learned a bit about how our organs are represented in the body. She was able to sense my kidney sta

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 8 is a conversation with my friend, April Bassette. April and I have been close friends since freshman year of high school. Our converstations were good then and they are only getting better. April is one of my closeset friends and is a continual inspiration in my life. I am excited to share her voice and loving energy. She is currently starting a new business as a life coach so she can share her vibrations with so many more. There is a certain way she inspires her friends and family. A straight to the point approach that will always be upfront and honest with those she loves. It is meeting you where you are at and helping you look within to answer the right questions for internal growth.  My friend and I have grown through many stages together. I am super amped to watch her move into this new phase of life and expand her heart space through her sphere. April was my Gemini catalyst that pushed me to stop hiding and get my voice out into the world. I ca

Happy Monday family!!! Conversations with Friends Episode 7 is a conversation with my friend, Chris Chin. Chris and I met working together in Portland and instantly connected. Conversations developed around websites and branding and we made some stuff happen together.  Chris is a social media marketing professional currently based in Portland OR. He specializes in building online brands through content production and social media leveraging. His company, Polished Agency, guided me through creating my first website, AlignwithPlants.com. The step by step program was exactly what I needed to be able to get my site up and running and regularly producing content. He told me then that if I kept up with the site for at least one year, updating it regularly, the audience would organically grow and he was 100% correct. Right around the one year mark, the site began recieving visits from folks around the world. Consistent content is what online marketing is all about.  Tune into today's show to learn a 3 step process C