GroWise Be Well
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Sarah Southwell, founder of GroWise Be Well, a holistic, inspirational lifestyle company dedicated to empowering you, discusses with radical authenticity, holistic health, personal empowerment, and metaphysical modalities.
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Jan 31, 2023
S4E2: How to Help Your Kids Play Video Games Safely
The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on how we educate our children. And while most of our kids have returned to learning in the classroom, that doesn’t mean we should abandon online education tools altogether. Especially since the rise of online learning has produced incredible platforms like Outschool, which offers a diverse range of classes on every subject you can think of, from marine biology to horror films. In today’s episode, we unpack one course in particular that every parent should know about by Jo Reynolds on the dangers of video gaming and why it can be so addictive. To learn more about this informative course and how you can help your children safely navigate video gaming, be sure to tune in today!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* An overview of Outschool, an online learning platform for kids.
* How Outschool allows for flexibility.
* The diverse range of classes that Outschool has on offer.
* The excellent teachers on the platform.
* Outschool’s course by Jo Reynolds on the dangers of video games.
* Jo Reynolds's enthusiasm for teaching and why her kids love him.
* How Sarah manages her children’s gaming based on his course.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
OutSchool
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Jan 24, 2023
S4E1: Schools and Violence
*Please note that this episode carries a trigger warning for school shootings and gun violence.*
Welcome to 2023 and Season 4! Sarah Southwell has set out a goal to focus more on education in her future episodes, and this episode is doing just that. In this episode, Sarah wants to ask an important question; what are the parents going to do about gun violence in schools? With a terrifying and devastating increase in this violence, there has been an outcry from parents asking the administration what their mitigation plans are. Parents and schools have to work together to create a solution, and Sarah shares some of her personal and professional ways to do just that. She discusses the long-term implications of gaming and gun violence imagery and why there needs to be a reshaping of the education system to change the narrative of the public school institutional model into one that is enjoyable, encouraging, and supportive of learning. It all comes down to a need for active, communicative, and (unfortunately) more restrictive parenting.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Discussing Sarah’s passion: using education as a tool for empowerment.
* What is coming up in 2023 for Sarah and GroWise.
* How parents influence their children's behavior.
* Why Sarah believes there needs to be a change in the educational format.
* What children need to feel when they are at school.
* How the cafeteria food is causing harm.
* Why metal detectors and guards are not the way forward.
* The different elements Sarah thinks about when designing a school.
* The influence and control parents have over their children, both subtle and overt.
* Why gun violence imagery is harmful (TV, gaming, music, etc.).
* How technology has allowed parents to ‘unparent’.
* Sarah’s opinions on necessary parenting styles.
* Why we need to focus on the nutritional value of the food our children eat.
* How educators have to compensate for the deficiencies of their students when they come to school.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Dec 13, 2022
S3E10: Happy Holidays 2022
As 2022 draws to a close, Sarah reflects on all she’s been working on in the last couple of months and what she’s discovered over the years of homeschooling her children. We learn about her passion for education and what she feels the word encompasses, as well as her critique of the current educational model and intention to develop a holistic education model that includes both the metaphysical and financial aspects of education. Tune in to discover what Sarah feels we need to be teaching the youth, and her goal to provide the necessary change through GroWise Be Well!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* What Sarah’s been working on since the last episode.
* What she covered in the previous podcast.
* How she discovered her passion for education.
* What education encompasses.
* Why financial education shouldn’t be neglected.
* The curriculum Sarah developed and discarded.
* The faults of the current educational model.
* The most important things to teach young people.
* What we can learn from the current educational model.
* Sarah’s goals and intentions for GroWise Be Well going forward.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Sep 13, 2022
S3E9: Manifest It
Welcome back to GroWise Be Well! During today’s conversation, we talk about all things manifestation. Tune in to hear how Sarah teaches children to manifest while they are coloring, encouraging them to daydream in detail to bring about what they really want. You’ll also learn how Sarah uses an allegory she learned in church to illustrate the way in which the Universe sends you pieces of what you are seeking, or variations of what you want, and what to do about it. She empowers listeners by reminding you that we have to facilitate whatever we are seeking, and introducing you to tools you can use to strengthen your manifesting power. Join us today for an empowering conversation about harnessing the Universe’s power along with your own, to reach your goals and create a life you love!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Sarah’s upcoming book about a space age education model.
* What most adults don’t realize about manifestation.
* How Sarah teaches manifestation to children through intention setting and gratitude.
* The power of daydreaming in detail.
* An allegory to illustrate the way that the universe sends you pieces or variations to work with.
* Why you have to facilitate what you are seeking for the universe to deliver.
* The importance of bringing our energy to whatever it is that we want.
* What happens when you collaborate with the universal energy.
* Sarah’s experience of looking back and seeing what she had to learn before she shone.
* Setting intentions and recognizing parts of what you manifested when they arrive.
* Understanding that you may have to take steps towards what you want to achieve.
* Tools you can use to strengthen your power to manifest.
* Having gratitude and recognizing that you already have everything you need.
* The various energetic wavelengths for creating what you want.
* A reminder of the incredible abundance available to us on earth.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Aug 16, 2022
S3E8: A New Path
Welcome back to GroWise Be Well! Things have been quite amazing at GWBW for the last few months. As of today, it’s just your host, Sarah Southwell! There are no employees, just Sarah editing the podcast, stocking the shelves, and writing the blogs. A new chapter has begun at GroWise Be Well, and Sarah is seeking new treasure by striking out on her own! Tune in today to hear what she has rediscovered, her latest undertaking, and what she wants to bring into fruition within her lifetime. You’ll also hear about her thoughts on revolutionizing the education system, how she has completely fallen in love with everything she’s been trying to do, and what you can expect to see next from GroWise Be Well. Don’t miss today’s episode for the inside scoop on what’s next from the podcast and all our platforms.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* The recent shift at Grow Wise Be Well, where your host Sarah Southwell, is the only member of the team.
* The call Sarah felt to reach people the way she wanted to, which is through her heart!
* A recent reminder Sarah had of a moment in the book, the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
* Where she recognized her own path in the book which pushed her to strike out on her own.
* The learning curve Sarah has experienced taking on everything herself.
* Her intentions to take on the blog and social media, as well as doing video logs.
* What she has been able to rediscover returning to headquarters on her own.
* The changing direction of the podcast.
* One of the things Sarah has undertaken: writing a book!
* Her passion for education and allowing our youth to feel valuable and powerful.
* The idea she has for a futuristic take on education.
* Her intention for the podcast to introduce listeners to her new concept.
* How she has fallen back in love with everything she has been trying to do.
* Her excitement to step into new changes at GroWise Be Well.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
The Alchemist
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Jul 12, 2022
S3E7: Choices
The choices we make affect the world around us, but they also impact our daily lives in profound ways. Sarah’s 16-year-old son, who was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder at age five, was the main driving factor behind her family’s decision to buy a farm and grow most of their own food. As you may already know, there are numerous correlations between environment, nutrition, and how a child heals, recovers, and displays their best qualities, whether they are on the autism spectrum or not. In today’s episode, we learn from Sarah’s observation of her son working through how his body is responding to his own choices and examine the relationship between choice and consequence. We also invite you to consider the choices that you make on a daily basis and how they may help or hinder you in achieving your goals. Tune in today to learn more!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Some of the amazing things Sarah’s son has been able to achieve and overcome.
* Why you should set high goals for yourself; dreams keep us excited about life!
* How dedicated Sarah’s 16-year-old is to work hard to achieve his goals.
* The decline she has witnessed in his ambition and how it’s related to his neurological system.
* How she helps her son understand that his choices directly influence his outcomes.
* The positive impact that better sleep, cutting out dairy, and reducing video game time has had.
* An invitation to consider the choices you’re making and how they help or hinder you in achieving your goals.
* How you can affect real change by making some simple changes!
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Jul 5, 2022
S3E6: Check It Out
As we enter the final stages of summer following the June solstice, we want to take some time to tell you about a few of the exciting things on the horizon at GroWise Be Well! Created with children in mind but captivating to all, our new Roller Friends crystal-filled essential oil rollers are a fun, hands-on, and multi-sensory introduction to essential oils and crystals that you will learn all about in today’s episode. You’ll also find out what to expect from the GroWise Be Well App, how to sign up for upcoming classes with our in-house herbalist, and some of the new products you will find in the store in the coming weeks, plus so much more! Make sure to tune in today!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Introducing Roller Friends, a multi-sensory introduction to essential oils and crystals.
* The activities and information that you can expect from the GroWise Be Well App.
* How the app will allow you to organize your life in an earth phase-based way.
* Learn about the forthcoming GroWise Be Well biannual magazine.
* Classes with MacKenzie, our in-house herbalist, that will be available soon!
* New products, including a spider shield, a bite and sting repair clay, an energy clearing spray infused with black tourmaline, and more!
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Roller Friends
Ancient Root Apothecary
Mackenzie Brosious on Instagram
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Jun 28, 2022
S3E5: Anger, Anger, Out You Get
Anger is something that we all struggle with from time to time. In this episode, our host, Sarah Southwell, opens up about a recent experience she had with anger. She explains how she has been struggling with direction. As much as she loves GroWise Be Well, she doesn’t necessarily want to run a large business. This lack of guidance has left her feeling like she’s in a void, and she has found herself feeling very angry. Today, she explains how she dealt with her anger by journaling, creating a rhyming incantation, and calling upon her guardians for help during the last full moon. Tuning in you’ll hear what this incantation was, why the full moon was the best time for her to let go of her anger, and the many messages she received from the universe calling her back to love and joy afterward. We believe that love is the frequency of manifestation, so for a reminder of the power of love to overcome anger, tune in today!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* The uncomfortable void Sarah feels she has been in due to the uncertainty of direction for GroWise Be Well.
* How this void is making her angry.
* Why full moons are a good time to let go.
* The rhyming incantation that Sarah created to deal with her anger.
* The story she read to her kids about anger and how it echoed what she was going through.
* All the different ways the universe was sending her messages calling her back to love.
* How love is the frequency of manifestation.
* How Sarah is stepping into a place of wanting to care for humanity and be a leader and a teacher, not a business owner.
* How she identified the source of fear that was making her angry.
* Closing words on the power of love.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Jun 21, 2022
S3E4: Pro What?
The pro-life versus pro-choice debate can be an intimidating issue. While one is preoccupied with saving the unborn, the other is focused on women’s sexual and reproductive rights, and both stances have complex motives and objectives. In light of current events in the US, today’s episode touches on these sensitive subjects from a human, emotional perspective and proposes that we approach them from a position of love and understanding, not judgment and hate. Tune in today to learn more!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Introducing today’s subject gently and touching on the role that control plays.
* The importance of containing human population growth for the sake of the planet.
* Why forcing another human being to do anything is counterintuitive to human evolution.
* Why ‘think about the children’ isn’t a valid reason to put women in bondage.
* Understanding that going backwards in the way that we treat an equal part of our species is not the right way forward.
* What you can learn from a conversation with someone who has a different perspective.
* Approaching difficult topics from a position of love and understanding, not hatred.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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Jun 7, 2022
S3E3: To Test or Not to Test
In today’s episode, Sarah shares her experience with a type of home testing kit she ordered to better understand her own digestive system and that of her family members. Tuning in you’ll hear all about bio-hacking, what it is, how it can help you, and how Sarah first became interested in it. She explains why she decided to order the test kits for both herself and her family, what the testing process was like for her kids, and how she supported her child in overcoming his fear of having his finger pricked. She expresses her concerns about what the results may indicate and explains how the information will help her but will not be taken as scripture. She opens up about what it was like for her to be allergy tested as a child, how tough it was to cope with a dairy allergy when there were no dairy alternatives, and how different things are for her son who now also has a dairy allergy. Sarah believes that if we’ve been through something and somebody else can learn from our experience, we have a responsibility to share this information with one another. So tune in today to hear all about Viome test kits and biohacking, and how these things may help us to grow wise and be well.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* An introduction to what bio-hacking is.
* Why Sarah decided to order Viome test kits for both herself and her family.
* What the testing process was like for her kids.
* Some of Sarah’s concerns about what the results may indicate.
* How she supported her child in overcoming his fear of having his finger pricked.
* What it was like for Sarah to be allergy tested as a child.
* What it was like coping with allergies when she was a child.
* How Sarah’s son copes with his dairy allergy.
* What Sarah hopes listeners will gain from hearing about her experiences.
* How the test works.
* How Sarah found out about Viome and what inspired her to buy the kits.
* Why we shouldn’t necessarily follow the food pyramid and how even healthy foods can be bad for some people.
* Why you should listen to your body and your intuition when it comes to your diet.
* Other ways that you can research this information.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
Viome
GroWise Be Well on TikTok
GroWise Be Well on Instagram
GroWise Be Well on Facebook
GroWise Be Well
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May 31, 2022
S3E2: Why, Not How
The recent school shooting in Uvalde Texas is yet another awful addition to a growing list of senseless tragedies that affect some of the most vulnerable members of our society. The national talking points that arise after a school shooting have become depressingly familiar, and finding a resolution continues to feel practically impossible. In today’s episode, we reflect on the gun debate, how it gets framed, and what questions we should be asking if we want to see real changes in society. We also delve into the kind of factors that might cause someone to experience a psychotic break, why someone who wants to do harm will find a way to do it, and finally, how we can use our actions and our tax dollars to affect society. Tune in as we discuss the difficult question about school shootings, which is not ‘How?’, but ‘Why?’.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Sarah’s reflections on the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
* The questions we should be asking in the wake…
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May 24, 2022
S3E1: I’m Back!
The GroWise Be Well podcast is back! Today, our host Sarah Southwell explains that the reason new episodes haven’t been released for a few months is because she took a break to really dig in deep and answer some questions she had about herself, her business, and where it is going. Tuning in, you’ll find out what you can expect from the podcast going forward, why Sarah is going to start creating TikTok content, and why she upholds authenticity in all that she does. Sarah goes on to discuss the main subject of today’s podcast: “You have never lived this day before so what do you want this day to be?” Hear about how this revelation has changed the way Sarah lives her life and how it can do the same for you. To find out how to manifest the energy you want in your day every day and to hear examples from Sarah’s life of how this works, tune in today!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* The reason for the break in the GroWise Be Well podcast.
* The new, shorter format the podc…
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Dec 14, 2021
S2E14: Christmas Movies With the Team
Christmas is in the air, and many of us are indulging our nostalgia by rewatching our favorite Christmas movies. The team at GroWise Be Well is no different! Tune in today to this special live episode with the whole team, talking about their favorite and least favorite Christmas movies. From surprise answers when asked what their favorite Christmas movie is (Nightmare Before Christmas and Die Hard), to golden oldies such as It’s a Wonderful Life and White Christmas, the team discusses and debates the merits behind a multitude of movies. We hear how Sarah saves Polar Express for Christmas eve, and why Kayli is scared by the words to “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”. Find out which sequels didn’t live up to expectations, and which of the Grinch movies is most popular. We discuss the relevance of the story of Scrooge, and how it applies to the current climate, as well as the meaning behind Christmas to both religious and non-religious people. Tune in to hear the soundtracks that insp…
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Nov 2, 2021
S2E13: Immune System with Steve Delvo
In today's episode, we are joined by Steve Delvo, Doctor of Oriental Medicine, who shares his thoughts on what the immune system is and how it functions from an Eastern perspective. Rather than choosing between a Western and Eastern approach, our goal today is to learn how to put it all together holistically in a way that helps us to live most vibrantly. Rather than seeking emergency medicine, we should be thinking about staying ahead of the curve to support immunity and prevent illness. Listeners will hear about the foundations of Steve’s holistic approach, with a focus on the spleen, kidneys, and liver and their relationship to one another. We talk about the role of emotions in supporting or degrading immunity, and how a diverse diet supports your energy, and herbs and acupuncture can act as tools to get you back on track. We touch on stress, and why it is the silent killer, and the oriental habit of countering actions that bring imbalance. As we conclude our conversation, Steve te…
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Oct 5, 2021
S2E12: Passports
The focus of today’s episode is a topic that forms the basis of a hotly contested debate raging across all parts of the world today. I’m going to be sharing my view on COVID-19 vaccine passports which are, in many places, being used as a measure of determining whether or not citizens are entitled to enter certain institutions. I know this topic is likely to make a lot of people feel uncomfortable, but rather than avoiding discomfort I encourage you to face it, because in doing so you will learn more about why you feel the way you do. My view all boils down to the fact that I believe that trust and respect for other people’s views should form the foundation of our society; listen in to see whether you agree.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* The importance of addressing issues that make us feel uncomfortable.
* My opinion on the topic of today’s discussion; vaccine passports.
* Parallels between what is going on today and what went on during Hitler’s reign.
* A sarca…
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Aug 3, 2021
S2E11b: Guided Visutation
In today’s special episode, Sarah guides listeners through her daily visutation, a meditative visualization exercise for checking in with one’s body. It’s important to set aside at least 15 minutes for this exercise, although you may want to set aside a bit extra, especially on your first try. For this guided meditation you will visualize your body as a house. Sarah offers a gentle reminder that if you haven’t checked in with your body in a long time, the house you visualize may need some love and care, but that’s nothing to be ashamed about. Throughout the visutation she guides listeners through various visualization exercises, like using a grounding cord to invigorate your lower energies, as well as employing different colors for visualizing your chakras. Join Sarah today for this gentle introduction to visutation, or if you’re looking to reaffirm your existing practice!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Introducing today’s guided visutation, a visualization exercis…
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Aug 3, 2021
S2E11a: Intro to Visutation
In today’s episode of GroWise Be Well, Sarah shares the visutation she practices every morning. Tuning in you’ll hear her discuss how she started her practice after learning about how to ‘check in’ with your body from EFT practitioner Carol Look. Sarah explains how she intuitively visualized her body as a house and how that visualization has changed over time to be a house that is light, brighter, and well taken care of. Hear how an early experience of body shaming can inform your relationship with your body and how visutation can heal that relationship. Join us today to learn all about the fascinating ways that visutation can bring joy to your life and nurture your relationship with your body. Tune in for our next episode where Sarah will be sharing a guided visualization of her visutation practice.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Introducing today’s topic and how Sarah does visutation every morning.
* What Sarah learned from EFT practitioner Carol Look.
* How Sara…
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Jul 6, 2021
S2E10: Fear Demon
In line with GroWise Be Well’s quest to raise the energetic frequency of humanity to get everybody to feel hopeful and feel love and gratitude, today, your host, Sarah Southwell discusses the topic of fear and how to overcome it. She opens up about her phobia of driving on the highway that she has struggled with for 18 years and how driving her son to baseball practice has forced her to face this fear. From CBD gummies to calm powder and Rescue Remedy, she explains what products she has experimented with to try to help her anxiety while driving and how these affected her. Tuning in today, you’ll hear how Sarah realized that the fear demon that locks her in a fear prison is herself, how all the products she was taking were just feeding the fear demon, and how strong emotions are like unwanted guests and you don’t have to entertain them. If you have your own fear demon, whatever that may be, tune in today to find out how you too can change your story and free yourself from fear pri…
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Jun 8, 2021
S2E9: Claim Your Freedom From Social Media
How much time have you spent on social media today? Probably more than you’d like to admit. And how much of that time has made you feel good? Probably not very much. In fact, it’s probably made you feel more anxious than anything else. As a non-social media user herself, Sarah Southfield has watched what it has done to the people around her, and she is horrified by what she has seen. In today’s episode, Sarah explains why the connections that social media platforms claim to create are not real and how they contribute to the mental health crisis that the world is currently experiencing. She presents a very compelling case for why we should remove social media from our lives entirely and find better uses for our time; calling friends, volunteering at homeless shelters, adopting pets. The list is endless! If you do choose to stay on social media, always keep in mind as you scroll through your feeds that nobody’s life is perfect.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Some thank you…
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Jun 1, 2021
S2E8: Traveling Baseball Mom
As a first-time traveling baseball mom, GoWise Be Well host, Sarah Southfield, has a newfound appreciation for the lengths that parents go to to ensure that their children can live out their sporting passions. For Sarah, who runs a business, a farm, a household, and loves to socialize, it came as quite a shock when she realized she needed to give up her weekends to watch her child play baseball. However, she has now fully embraced this aspect of her life, and she shares some tips she has learned which make the experience enjoyable for everyone involved. After listening to this episode, you’ll understand why you should go out immediately and buy a clip-on umbrella, and why you should not make any hasty decisions about buying a traveling truck! Sarah explains why “flexibility is queen” when it comes to being part of a traveling team, as well as which times of the weekend are essential to plan. Being present with the people you love is the most important thing in life, and for Sarah…
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May 18, 2021
S2E7: Website Launch
The main mission at GroWise Be Well is to raise the energetic frequency of humanity, and Sarah has been working on an exciting new tool to help her achieve that goal. This new tool is the GroWise Be Well website and in today’s episode, listeners get to hear all about how to navigate it so they can access the high-frequency resources to be found there. There has been a slight break in episodes of this show but Sarah assures us that this is all due to the immense time and energy she has been putting into making the website as special as possible. She takes us on a tour of the website from the top, giving a simple tutorial on how to do the guided meditation, explore the menus, set up an account, and then browse the different products on the online shop. Sarah was able to heal herself by learning self-love and the modalities she used were wide-ranging, from herbal arts to mindfulness and divination. One of the most exciting parts about the website is that you’ll be able to find out mor…
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Mar 30, 2021
S2E6: Learning
You don’t need tools to connect you to healing energy or your guides. Everything that you need is within you. But when you’ve strayed from your path and you feel lost in the darkness, these tools can be the lanterns that you need to find your way back to the light. Today host Sarah Southwell discusses the value of learning new tools while staying true to yourself. After catching listeners up on her journey, and that of GroWise Be Well, Sarah unpacks her experience of becoming a Reiki master while also learning intuitive healing. We then talk about how tools like tarot cards and crystals can reignite your connection to your guides. Reflecting on her recent learnings, Sarah opens up about the top insights that she’s taken away from her process. The key to this is the idea of learning from others but never blindly following them. Later, Sarah shares her metaphor about why life is an enchanted forest and how healing tools are lanterns that light our way. Join us to hear more about le…
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Feb 12, 2021
S2E5: Biodiversity
It has long been a pressing issue that humans are destroying themselves by living unsustainably on this planet, but the good news is there is still hope that we can change. In today’s episode, Sarah talks about the lessons she has been giving her kids at home about the magic of the universe and how they point to the urgent issues humanity is facing. Our host and her kids recently watched David Attenborough’s A Life On Our Planet, which acts as a reminder of the beauty and magic of biodiversity on this planet as well as the importance of treating our environment more kindly. However, as Sarah reminds us today, the earth is strong enough to survive and outlive humans — it is ourselves who we truly threaten with our damaging practices. Sarah goes on to share a few of the ways that she has made some changes in her habits toward the goal of living in more harmony with the planet. She also gives listeners some tips for practices that they can implement in their lives to begin to revers…
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Feb 2, 2021
S2E4: Ascension
Ascension may seem like a big word but it perfectly captures the moment when you rise above your negative feelings and embrace love. Today host Sarah Southwell opens up to share her recent moment of ascension. After introducing the episode, we talk about the dangers of receiving revelations and how it can lead to overthinking and anxiety. As Sarah explains, to ascend is to reach a place where you can see things clearly. Following this explanation, we explore how vital ascending is to uplifting ourselves and the people in our lives. Sarah then dives into her moment of ascension, unpacking her revelation and how it helped her overcome lifelong feelings of struggle. As we discuss her takeaways from this experience, Sarah highlights that your moment of ascension doesn’t need to last forever. Instead, it becomes a warm and wonderful reference point that you can always go back to. Tune in to hear about ascending and the beauty of letting go and seeing with love.
*Key Points From This Epis…
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Feb 2, 2021
Bonus: Breathe in the Color
Today host Sarah Southwell shares the breath-in-color technique, a stress-reducing exercise that can also help you overcome feelings of being stuck. Simple yet effective, Sarah explains the technique, which involves closing your eyes and imagining that you’re breathing in your favorite color; for Sarah, that’s pink lemonade. An added bonus, we discuss the benefits of adding positive statements to your process so that you could breathe in love and breathe out the things that you need to let go of. Tune for more insights on breathing in color.
Key Points From This Episode:
* Sarah introduces today’s mindfulness technique.
* Exploring how you can ‘breathe in and out in color.’
* How breathing in color can help you feel unstuck.
* Adding positive statements to the breathe-in-color process.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well
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Jan 26, 2021
S2E3: Anxiety and Panic
Anxiety and panic are commonly felt but rarely talked about. Today host Sarah Southwell discusses the causes of anxiety while offering solutions that have helped her to overcome these feelings. Sarah opens our conversation by sharing details about how she experiences anxiety and panic. From over or under-exercising to reading a book that inspires bad dreams, we unpack how you can develop feelings of unease. We then reflect on the difficulties of trying to be everything to everyone and how this can lead to feeling ungrounded. Linked to feeling ungrounded, Sarah explores how anxiety can open the floodgates of negative self-reproach that exploit your vulnerable state. Later, Sarah shares her top four tools for mastering anxiety. As we dive into her solutions, Sarah explains the benefits of essential oils, oriental medicine, and meditation. Anxiety is natural; much like all pain that we face in life. Tune in as we reflect on what you can do to tackle your anxiety from a place of joy, calm,…
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Jan 19, 2021
S2E2: Helping Others
We all want to help others but it can be difficult to reach people who are in a challenging situation — especially when they can’t recognize their circumstances. Today host Sarah Southwell reflects on what it means to help people, especially as help can come at a personal cost to yourself. We explore what these costs are before looking at what you can do to protect yourself from negative energy. While highlighting the importance of having hope and knowing that things will work out in the end, Sarah talks about why it’s up to each individual to save themselves. After sharing how true friends set boundaries, we touch on why we should focus on being positive and not burden people with our expectations. From meditation to having a letting-go ceremony, Sarah then shares her top tools to reach out to people who are open to being helped. Most profoundly, both time and your inner-power are key in overcoming circumstances. Tune in for more insights on how you can help people to help thems…
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Jan 19, 2021
Bonus: I am the Mountain
Today’s mantra, courtesy of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, reminds us that you are solid and grounded like a mountain. After sharing how she first encountered the mantra and why it resonates with her, host Sarah Southwell reads I am the Mountain. The events in your life are temporary. Tune in and reflect on how strong and rooted you can be.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Sarah shares where she first heard today’s mantra.
* Exploring the meaning behind today’s mantra.
* Hear I am the Mountain, a reminder that you can weather any storm.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well
Thích Nhất Hạnh
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Jan 13, 2021
Bonus: The Optimists Creed
Today we debut a new type of GroWise Be Well episode — our Daily Sayings. More than an opportunity to share words to live by, these sayings are tools to help you focus on positivity and joy. In today’s episode host Sarah Southwell reads The Optimist’s Creed. Tune in to hear this wonderful call to make your optimism come true.
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* Sarah introduces the concept behind our new Daily Sayings series.
* Hear the Optimist’s Creed, a powerful promise to live every day with hope.
*Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:*
Sarah Southwell on LinkedIn
GroWise Be Well
Christian D. Larson
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Jan 12, 2021
S2E1: The Unknowing
When you start anything new, hoping for the best isn’t always enough to rid yourself of a fear of the unknown — or as host, Sarah Southwell calls it, the unknowing. For our first show of 2021, Sarah speaks about how we can conquer the unknowing and live more intentional and present lives. Early in the conversation, Sarah dives into using divination tools to help you understand what you need to look out for and look forward to. But as she explains, divination isn’t the same as having the universe on speed-dial. We then explore how fixating on the future leads to doubt and why divination tools should be used for guidance and to help connect yourself to your intuition. Sarah shares how she overcomes the unknowing through visualization before discussing the importance of knowing yourself. Later, Sarah highlights the reasons why we shouldn’t stress about the future. 2021 will be a year of magic. So tune in to hear more about starting the year with your best foot forward.
*Key Point…
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Dec 9, 2020
EP 23: Holiday Care
A very happy holidays to everyone out there, whichever holidays you may be celebrating! As we settle into December, it is a great time to look at some ways to take care of yourself during the festive season. This year has been a difficult and different one for so many of us and the time off with family that most of us are lucky enough to enjoy is just another reason to be grateful. Part of that gratitude means doing what you owe yourself: taking care, being kind, and not overdoing it! The most wonderful gift you can give your loved ones is to be present and healthy during this time, and this starts with the way you think about and treat the different parts of yourself! It is a time of giving and generosity, but remember to start this on the individual level. In line with all this, Sarah will be taking some time off until early January, when you can expect more great episodes and further explorations into the topics that will help you grow. Remember, the universe is here to help you and…
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Nov 24, 2020
EP 22: Christmas with the Team
Today the GroWise Be Well team discusses Christmas, a time usually spent feasting with family and sitting in front of a warm, cozy fire. For some listeners, Christmas may feel like it’s ages away but for others, it’s just around the corner. Early in our conversation, Amanda shares why she’s already begun her shopping before sharing her future Christmas aspirations, like having seven Christmas trees throughout her home. We then dive into different ways that we celebrate the season. On the topic of food, we speak about how Kayli’s family, reflecting their Mediterranean and Italian heritage, enjoy seafood for their Christmas Eve dinner. After chatting about making gingerbread houses, we talk about a true Montana alternative — making a log cabin from pirouette sticks. Near the end of the episode, we touch on the virtues of eating in moderation, and Sasha gives listeners an insight into how her Russian Orthodox heritage influences how she spends Christmas. A significant time of th…
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Nov 17, 2020
EP 21: The Tar Pit
In today’s episode, host Sarah Southwell speaks about COVID-19 and wades into waters that are so thick that they’re more like boiling tar pits. A key theme that’s raised early in our discussion, Sarah highlights the importance of trusting your intuition and making up your mind on what you should be doing about the pandemic. Accordingly, we talk about the need to have conversations with our loved ones about what makes us feel safe. Sarah also recommends that we develop a strict set of parameters for feeling safe — parameters that we should embrace so that we don’t live in a state of fear. After sharing why she has developed a distrust for the government, Sarah points to government practices that are harmful to our health. Wading even further into the tar pits, Sarah questions whether the government has our best interests at heart before exploring what they could be doing to keep us healthy. We then reflect on the mental health dangers of social isolation and what the pandemic…
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Nov 10, 2020
EP 20: The Social Dilemma
There are only two industries that refer to their clients as users — the drug and the tech industry. Today, host Sarah Southwell unpacks key lessons from The Social Dilemma, an alarming documentary on the negative impact of social media. Early in the discussion, Sarah highlights how the documentary interviews industry insiders, many of whom created the code behind platforms like Facebook and Instagram. We chat about how social media has taken away our ability to be in the present moment before talking about its addictive properties. Drawing from the movie’s insights, we dive into the advanced state of the artificial intelligence employed by platforms and how it may be smarter than we are. Sarah shares specifics on how social media damages our children and spreads division through fake news, before providing listeners with advice on how we can better handle our media usage. After touching on why we should regulate media use, Sarah calls on us to take a stand to live more joyous and…
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Oct 27, 2020
EP 19: Thanksgiving with the GroWise Be Well Team
From date changes to what actually transpired, a lot that we’ve been taught about Thanksgiving is a myth. Today the GroWise Be Well team asks themselves what the holiday means to them, and how we can celebrate it while staying true to the spirit of gratitude. We explore the history of Thanksgiving, it’s similarities to the pagan festival of Lúnasa, and dive into reasons why the day has been created. Later, we touch on why America holds so tightly onto many of its myths before discussing what it means to be American. While we focus on some of Thanksgiving's worst qualities, including its excesses, we also highlight the positives, like food, family, and feasting. Another hallmark of Thanksgiving, we talk about dealing with conflict through open communication and setting boundaries. Near the end of the episode, we reflect on the question — are our old holidays worth keeping? A key insight, host Sarah Southwell shares why we should each holiday with intentionality and thoughtfulness…
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Oct 20, 2020
EP 18: Discussing Ménière's Disease with Amanda
Many people have overcome their medical challenges; some even come out of it healthier than ever. Today we speak with GroWise Be Well Maven, Amanda Wheeler, about living with Ménière's disease and how she’s taken back control of her body. After we introduce the episode, Amanda opens up about her early struggles with Ménière's disease and the confusion of not knowing what was happening to her. From being forced to miss work to not being able to drive, we discuss how Amanda’s condition robbed her of self-sufficiency. We talk about how focusing on negative possibilities can help manifest them before touching on the medication that Amanda was prescribed. We then reflect on the incredible turn that Amanda’s life took after she moved back home and reset her body. Now, Amanda explains, she uses natural approaches along with Oriental medicine to treat her condition — leading to fewer and shorter spells with the disease. Near the end of the episode, Amanda shares her top tips on dea…
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Oct 13, 2020
EP 17: Understanding the Balance of Life Through Oriental Medicine with Steve Delvo: Part II
Welcome to the second part of our interview with sage Oriental medicine practitioner Steve Delvo. Today we continue our conversation into the power of Oriental medicine and how it can help us lead balanced and healthy lives. Early in our discussion, we ask Steve when people should use his services. His answers highlight a common medical issue — that many patients only seek help when they feel discomfort, and often not as a preventative measure. We then touch on the history of acupuncture and acupressure before Steve shares a story about how he used cupping to heal a patient — before Steve, they had been struggling with their injury since 1977. A key part of Oriental medicine, we explore how diet impacts your health and energy and, from mucous in our throats to developing IBS, how our bodies give us feedback that tells us to change our diets. Diving deeper into his practice, Steve unpacks the eight pillars of Oriental medicine and explains how having the right attitude is the most s…
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Oct 6, 2020
EP 16: Understanding the Balance of Life Through Oriental Medicine With Steve Delvo: Part I
As you may well know, here on the GrowWise Be Well podcast we truly believe that Oriental medicine is an absolute live saver. Today on the show we are so fortunate to welcome Steve Delvo to help us all understand just how important Oriental medicine is. Steve is a doctor of Oriental medicine, first raised in North London, England, and then moved to the Philippines. On his 9th birthday, he apprenticed to Grand Master Lee until the age of 19, studying traditional martial arts and Oriental medicine. From there, he moved back to the States where he did a two-year apprenticeship under Master Rolfer; rolfing is facial release deep tissue massage. After that, Steve moved to San Francisco working intensely on professional athletes, doing Oriental medicine, deep tissue massage, and postural work. Steve’s journey then took him back to Asia for further training and practice. He then moved to Sante Fe, New Mexico to do a four-year accelerated program to obtain his Masters Degree. In Tucson, Ariz…
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Sep 29, 2020
EP 15: How We Observe Samhain
We’re all guilty of following traditions without understanding why. For example, how do you recognize Samhain? — A Gaelic festival that’s more commonly known as Halloween. Today the GroWise Be Well team discusses what Halloween means to them and how they celebrate it. From Samhain to the Mexican Day of the Dead, we open the conversation by talking about how differently Halloween is celebrated across the cultural spectrum. For Lindsay, Halloween is a stepping-stone towards Christmas, an occasion that she prepares well in advance for. With a focus on Thanksgiving, we discuss the importance of questioning our traditions and who they serve. Kayli provides some insight into this, commenting on how she reimagines traditions so that they resonate with her. For some of the team, this can mean doing your spring cleaning during fall or replacing Thanksgiving with Mabon, a festival that happens one month earlier. We touch on how each team member experiences Halloween before exploring the Ge…
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Sep 22, 2020
EP 14: Sarah’s Magical Elderberry Elixir of Life
Our bodies are put under enormous pressure as we move into fall and a chill starts creeping into the air. A common flu season, it’s difficult to keep your family safe, especially when your kids are likely to take off that jacket and hat that you insist they wear. Today, host Sarah Southwell shares her top tool for boosting her family’s immune system — her Magical Elderberry Elixir of Life. Something that anyone can begin preparing, Sarah shares how she makes her medicine, touching on sourcing her ingredients through wildcrafting and the other ingredients that she includes in her elixir. Sarah emphasizes that her medicine is preventative and that it should be used in combination with other strategies, like avoiding eating mucus producing foods. Later, Sarah highlights the power of intention when creating her medicine, which she channels through crystals and ritualistically updating her herbal medicine book. As Sarah explains, creating your own medicine is easy, you just need a lit…
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Sep 15, 2020
EP 13: Overcoming Health Challenges with Paige & Grant
It can be agony to watch your children struggle through mysterious medical issues while the experts seem powerless to find a solution. Today host Sarah Southwell speaks with Grant and Paige, who share their incredible story about how they found health, joy, and abundance — but not without a fair amount of challenge and sacrifice. After struggling to have kids, they talk about the wonder of prayer and how it helped them conceive two miracle children. Grant and Paige reflect on their happiness before opening up about their kid’s medical problems. We dive into how they saw a variety of experts and how, from exploring food allergies to testing their water, nothing seemed to work. As we discuss their journey, they highlight how supportive their community and family have been. Fortunately, Grant and Paige found their breakthrough in the form of Nutritional Response Testing and the Gonstead Chiropractic method. They talk about the benefits of these approaches and how they’ve helped thei…
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Sep 1, 2020
EP 12: The Stigma of Suicide
WARNING: This episode has no easy answers. Tied with our previous conversation on mental health, in today’s episode GroWise Be Well Founder Sarah Southwell and Wordslinger Kayli Maffei discuss suicide. After acknowledging that this is a sensitive topic, Sarah poses a profound question; should those people who have exhausted their options and who don’t want to be on our planet anymore be allowed to leave it? While many people see suicide as a selfish act, we explore why it might be selfish to hold people back. We then talk about whether people with serious thoughts of suicide are in the right mental state to be thinking clearly — and who has the right to say what the right mental state looks like? As our conversation goes, Kayli opens up about her experience with bipolar disorder and how she often didn’t have the energy to seek help. Kayli and Sarah share their views on helping those who are going through mental hardship. Their insights tap into another tricky question; whose re…
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Aug 25, 2020
EP 11: Mental Health with the GroWise Be Well Team
Maintaining your mental health is a lifelong journey but you don’t have to go it alone. In today’s episode, the GroWise Be Well team shares the mental health challenges they’ve overcome and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Early in the episode, Amanda opens up about having Meniere's disease alongside bouts of depression. You’ll hear how powerful speaking to her loved ones and taking her mental health into her own hands has been in healing her life. A common thread in our discussion, we talk about the impact of self-healing and looking beyond what our doctors prescribe us. Later, Lindsay talks about experiencing catastrophic thinking and the tricks that she uses to stop these patterns in their tracks. After touching on how the stigma surrounding getting therapy is disappearing, Paige discusses having automatic negative thoughts and what she’s done to better herself. A key element of mental health, we dive into the importance of treating ourselves with love and resp…
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Aug 18, 2020
EP 10: Nutrition & The Truth Behind "You Are What You Eat"
We hear about nutrition all the time. So much so that it’s become a ‘roll-your-eyes’ topic for many. While most media focuses on the negative, host Sarah Southwell shares the positive story behind nutrition — that food can make you feel joyful and strong. After introducing the idea of nutrition, Sarah talks about being on the ‘greased path,’ which are those times when everything goes your way. Knowing about nutrition, she explains, is how you fuel yourself with a vibrancy to get back to the greased path when facing challenging times. We then dive into the meaning behind the phrase “You are what you eat” (spoiler alert: it’s truer than you might think). Sarah discusses the importance of eating non-GMO and organic food before noting how store-bought food can damage our health. Sarah talks about how nutrition is often generalized based on many body types, despite everyone being unique. Reflecting a message of self-empowerment, Sarah urges listeners to learn how their bod…
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Aug 11, 2020
EP 9: Attitude of Gratitude
As we wake up each morning, there are immediate things around us to be grateful for! Whether it just be waking up, things we sense around us as our minds become alert, or mundane yet important things like breakfast and the weather, there is no shortage of things for which to feel thankful. The more we consciously practice an attitude of gratitude for these things, the better our lives become and the opportunities that present themselves every day for this type of gratitude should not be wasted! This episode is all about how to continually approach each day with this in mind. There may be times where we could have done better, where we feel we missed the mark or that things had been different, but as you will notice, each day is another chance to live out your best life and be the person that you want to be. Sarah covers some small tactics to stay on track with this pursuit, how our lives can align in surprising ways, and how talking and writing about our gratitude is a great daily prac…
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Aug 4, 2020
EP 8: Why GroWise Be Well?
There’s a meaning behind everything that GroWise Be Well does, and today’s bonus episode is devoted to exploring the ‘why’ behind the company. Founder Sarah Southwell chats about the fateful Christmas party that inspired her to create GroWise Be Well — her purpose; to share ways of healing with the world. Sarah shares the company’s mission to teach people about its 13 powerful healing modalities before helping them figure out what works for them. Sarah then discusses GroWise Be Well’s logo. More than just a pretty picture, the logo represents the tree of life and it is filled with rich symbolism. As each symbol connects with a different healing modality, Sarah talks through each of them, providing context for each healing practice. From crystal healing and mindfulness to herbal arts, GroWise Be Well offers a wide scope of offerings. Listen to this episode to hear more about their mission and how they can help empower you through their healing modalities.
*Key Points From…
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Jul 28, 2020
EP 7: How to stay in the slipstream of intention
Building on a previous episode’s theme, today the GroWise Be Well team talks about how they stay in the ‘slipstream of intention’, along with their unique strategies to create the world that they want to live in. With so many wonderful apps out there, we begin the conversation by recommending the app Melly, a delightful focus and relaxation app starring pandas. After chatting about meditation, we highlight how journaling can help you organize your thoughts and express your feelings. While talking about feelings of sadness, anger, or a sense of injustice, the team acknowledges the need to continually work at ‘catching our emotions’ so that we don’t become overwhelmed. Other tools that the team touches on include nature therapy, exercise, acupuncture, chromotherapy, essential oils, and how crystals help cleanse your energetic field. From the rich symbolism of tarot cards to looking to astrology and the stars to help you align your goals, they then discuss the role of divinati…
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Jul 21, 2020
EP 6: The Bog
We all feel compelled by the mass consciousness to watch too much news or get sucked into Facebook. While it’s good to check-in with the world, it’s easy to be led astray and begin focusing too much on ‘what is’ instead of creating the world that we want. In today’s episode, GroWise Be Well founder Sarah Southwell opens up about the anger that she’s felt in the last week and what she did to ground herself again. A key theme of this episode, Sarah explains that when you’re focused on fighting something, you end up generating negative, or, low-frequency emotions and thoughts. This gets in the way of living a joyful life. Sarah uses the analogy that we can get stuck in the “Swamp of Sadness” and she talks about the tools that you can use to pull yourself out of the muck. Importantly, Sarah emphasizes how much control we have to shape our mindsets, and through that, how much we can do to shape the world and make it a better place. After all, we’re all in this together.…
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Jul 14, 2020
EP 5: The Farm
The power behind intention is that when something comes in front of you and onto your path, you are forced to evaluate it and think about it before choosing your course of action. Today on the show we talk about my journey of becoming a farmer in Montana*. *I believe that the universe presented this wonderful idea of creating a life where my children can live on a farm, where we all eat healthy foods and grow stronger and more vibrant. During this episode, I share all about the importance of researching food and how food affects us. We talk permaculture and farm design, I share my thoughts on raw milk, what kind of milk we drink, and how you can incorporate farm-fresh living into your daily lives — even while living in the city! Stay tuned for some great stories from my personal experience of becoming a farmer in Montana!
*Key Points From This Episode:*
* We go back in time and I share how I became a farmer in Montana.
* How I got into researching food and how it affects us in…
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Jul 7, 2020
EP 4: The Power of Intention
Intention is one of our greatest gifts; through it we connect to Source and shape our lives as well as the world for the better. Today’s episode is all about the power of intention and Sarah tells the amazing story of how she first connected to it, the role it plays in her life today, and what we can all do to tap into it as well. We hear about two struggles Sarah went through and how they led her to different sources of knowledge. She was able to draw from this wisdom and learn about curating thought through intention, as well as manifesting reality through thought. We learn more about Sarah’s practice of intentionality – what she does to keep track of her thoughts and put them out into the universe as well as receive its responses. Sarah shows us how we can tap into the power of intention too, and how our lives will be flooded with higher frequency emotions and thoughts, which through the power of manifestation will begin to shape our lives in absolutely real ways. The best par…
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Jun 30, 2020
EP 3: Meet the GroWise Be Well Team
GroWise Be Well consists of an incredible and kooky team of hardworking women and in this episode, you get to meet them. Sarah asks her team a few questions, some serious and some silly, with their answers providing wonderful insights into each team member. Hear how Lindsay’s conversation about her favorite animal leads to a story about an exhilarating encounter with a group of bears. Learn which color brings Amanda the most joy, even though she would never paint her house that color. Later, Sasha shares how her love of salad is linked to picking food from her garden and making a meal from ingredients that she’s grown herself.
Paige talks about why, with a choice of any three things in the world, she would choose her husband if she were marooned on a desert island. At the end of the episode, discover what drew each woman to GroWise Be Well — for Kayli, it was the platform’s message of self-empowerment. Reflecting their importance to the team, each member has a title of team Dy…
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Jun 23, 2020
EP 2: A Day in the Life: Sarah’s Self-help Empowerment Routine
In the last episode, Sarah talked about her life and how she developed a self-help empowerment toolbox that allowed her to overcome her challenges. So today, Sarah opens up one of her toolboxes, the one labeled ‘early morning healing rituals’. Sarah’s routine borrows from many traditions that she’s learned from and it all begins with a bullet coffee — Dave Asprey-style. While exploring her toolbox, Sarah explains the benefits that kinesiology, Oriental medicine, and chromotherapy have in her life. Sarah talks about how she nourishes her mind through a curated combination of meditation, visualization, affirmation, and daily readings from The Secret. In detailing her routine, Sarah mentions a lot of apps and products that she’s found over the years. While they can provide practical solutions, Sarah emphasizes that you should listen to your body and intuition to find what works for you. While this may seem like a lot of work before breakfast, it ensures that Sarah starts her d…
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Jun 8, 2020
EP 1: Meet Sarah, the Founder
Welcome to the very first episode of the GroWise Be Well podcast! In this episode, we introduce you to our founder Sarah Southwell, whose empowering story shaped GroWise Be Well’s mission. Sarah shares her journey which begins in 2002 when she decided to kick her addiction to speed. While facing debilitating withdrawal symptoms, Sarah sought out medical help and soon became used to hearing, “nothing is wrong with you.” Instead of giving up, Sarah talks about how she began researching how to cope with her withdrawal, leading her to create a toolbox of healing methods. In the process Sarah learned about the value of people, love, joy, and that she was working towards making the best life that she could imagine. Similar to her challenge with addiction, Sarah discusses how she struggled to find help when coping with postpartum depression, and then later, with supporting her child through sensory processing disorder. By trusting her intuition and diligently researching each issue, Sar…
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