Episodes

  • Cortney Novogratz: Homes, Family & A New Book

    Cortney Novogratz: Homes, Family & A New Book
    Dec 24 2024
    In a book teeming with advice, inspiring stories from decades in the home renovation and design industry, and DIY empowerment, THE NOVGRATZ CHRONICLES: Lessons Learned from Twenty-Five Years in Buying and Renovating Houses (Chronicle Books/PA Press; October 22) is an intimate look inside the work and family of renowned Novogratz powerhouse design duo, Robert and Cortney Novogratz. Stars of HGTV’s Home by Novogratz and Bravo’s 9 by Design, authors of four books, owners of a highly successful furniture brand, and the parents of seven children, Robert and Cortney are personal friends of Heather’s and the conversation between Heather and Cortney dives deep into love, shared vision, design, parenting, building a business, and so much more. Listeners will relish the wisdom gained from the chaos, from the mistakes made, and the details from their first house renovation project in Chelsea in the 1990s to reality tv and creation of furniture. Heather and Cortney talk about the love story of Cortney and Robert, their shared passion for creating homes and a large family, how they work together, how they raised 7 children while creating a huge brand and empire of renovation, design and products. Cortney also talks about being a woman in a man’s business and how she used her strappy instincts to make things work. Also, she shares thoughts on being a female leader, about creating clear lines of being in charge but as importantly, to listen to your team and others and keep learning. It’s a fun, detailed convo on so many aspects of the rich life that is the Novogratz’s, and Heather even asks for practical tips re: design and places to shop. You will gain so much insight into family, love, business, parenting, design and more in this chat with two good friends. Note: Look for Cortney on HSN on November 4th with the new Novogratz Holiday Collection. Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSOR: OUAI - Get on your OUAI to save for the holiday. Go to www.theouai.com for 15% off sitewide and enter promo code INMYHEART. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Life in Balance: Nature, Herbs, Meditation

    Life in Balance: Nature, Herbs, Meditation
    Dec 17 2024
    Rachel Levine is an Herbalist, Human Design Guide, Intuitive Mentor, Yoga Therapist, and the founder of her lifestyle brand, Intuitively Wild. After years of navigating personal challenges in her own life including an eating disorder and mental health issues which she openly talks about, Rachel discovered the transformative power of a ritualistic lifestyle that brought her back into an emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy state. She now mentors people and shares how she found herbs and other holistic ways to bring her into a balanced state. The Intuitively Wild philosophy is centered around a holistic approach to well-being, rooted in the belief that a strong connection to nature, oneself, and others, along with personalized rituals, is the key to living a mental healthy life. Her clients learn to support themselves on a foundational level so that they can finally align with their true authenticity and thrive, no matter what life brings. Heather and Rachel talk about practical ways to incorporate nature, herbs, meditation and yoga into a more balanced life on all levels. Learn about particular herbs good for you in different seasons, and the forms in which you can use herbs in your daily life. You will find more in the podcast about these subjects: Why connecting to nature, yourself, & others is the best tool to live in alignment & thrive How to work with the seasons, herbs, flowers, & plants to support you through each cycle Why it's important to reframe "routines" to "rituals" & how to create rituals that work for you Spiritual & wellness tools: Human Design, Yoga, herbalism, meditation, etc. You can find Intuitively Wild and the Apothecary : www.intuitivelywild.com If you want to know more about Human Design you can go to www.Jovianarchive.com And also Rachel invites you to contact her for any guidance to best sites. Website: www.Heatherthomson.com Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo Sponsor: AirDoctor - Head to www.airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HEATHER to receive UP TO $300 off air purifiers! Exclusive to podcast customers, you will also receive a free 3 year warranty on any unit, which is an additional $84 value! AirDoctor comes with a 30-day money back guarantee so if you don’t love it, just send it back for a refund, minus shipping! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 mins
  • Stressing over Anxiety? The Road to Peace

    Stressing over Anxiety? The Road to Peace
    Dec 10 2024
    Laura Rhodes-Levin, LMFT, therapist and Founder of The Missing Peace Center is author of her book, THE MISSING PEACE: Rewire Your Brain, Reduce Anxiety, and Re-Create Your Life. Laura wants to help you understand your anxiety, teach you how to work with it and embrace it rather than fear it. According to Laura, who suffered debilitating anxiety for many years, “Anxiety is not what's wrong with you. Anxiety is what’s right with you. It is an essential survival mechanism. It’s the fight/flight/freeze response in your amygdala, the emotional center of your brain.” Heather and Laura talk about choosing peace without guilt, how nature can help, and practical tools to manage anxiety. They also talk about making sure we can all say “yes” to the question: Did I Live my life to the fullest? Laura makes sure we know it is everyone’s right to live a peaceful and joyful life, anxiety free. Laura also recently founded the PHEW Foundation, a nonprofit that funds Intensive Outpatient programs for patients in need at The Missing Peace Center for Anxiety. Laura has served as an expert on psychological issues on several outlets and has been seen on KTLA, Good Day LA, Fox News, KCAL 9, KCBS, KABC, and more. Social: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSORS: OUAI – Get on your OUAI to save for the holiday. Go to www.theouai.com for 15% off sitewide and enter promo code INMYHEART. BetterHelp - Find comfort this December, with BetterHelp. Visit www.BetterHelp.com/HARMONY today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Sweta Vikram

    Sweta Vikram
    Dec 3 2024
    Sweta Vikram is an International Speaker, Best-selling Author, and Ayurveda-based Health & Mindset Coach. She grew up in an Indian home that used Ayurvedic healing sciences in day-to-day life. Sweta’s latest book (her 14th ) is The Loss that Binds Us: 108 Tips on Coping with Grief and Loss. It is a grief manual that helps when you lose someone to death but also a loss of a relationship or job. She sheds light on the various stages of grief and coping with it, emphasizing emotional and mental wellbeing, providing readers with practical suggestions to cope with, embrace and live through grief. Heather and Sweta talk about ayurvedic healing principles, the holistic view of mind, body and spirit and the journey through grief. Sweta is a Doctor of Ayurveda who graduated from Columbia University. As a trusted source on health and wellness, she appears in a documentary with Dr. Deepak Chopra. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and other publications across nine countries on three continents. She was voted as "One of the Most Influential Asians of Our Times" and winner of the "Voices of the Year" award (past recipients have been Chelsea Clinton). She also teaches yoga, meditation, and mindfulness to survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence as well as incarcerated men and women. Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSORS: LMNT - Go to www.drinkLMNT.com/Heather and Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase. Also try the new LMNT Sparkling — a bold, 16-ounce can of sparkling electrolyte water. JENNI KAYNE- Gift yourself and your loved ones the best gift of all—Jenni Kayne. Go to www.Jennikayne.com and Our listeners get 15% off your first order when you use code HEATHER15 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Oprah’s Favorite Things with Adam Glassman

    Oprah’s Favorite Things with Adam Glassman
    Nov 26 2024
    It’s that time of year. Oprah’s Favorite Things are here and Heather welcomes Creative Director Adam Glassman who has been creative director of Oprah Daily, formerly known as O, The Oprah Magazine, since 2000, overseeing the style pages, all aspects of the magazine’s cover shoots, and the highly anticipated "O Favorite Things." Heather and Adam go over some of the fun and Favorite Things and you get the inside and often inspirational stories behind the owners, the product and the insider view of Heather and Adam enjoying each one! Stay tuned also for the great Style tips Heather asks Adam about including “What’s great to wear now” and Holiday Wardrobe ideas. Glassman is also a special correspondent for “Extra” covering all the red-carpet fashion. You can also see him on Good Morning America and The View. Oprah Daily has revealed its 2024 Oprah’s Favorite Things list, featuring 116 unique gifts, with the majority selected from small businesses and women-, LGBTQ-, Latinx-, and Black-owned businesses around the country. For the tenth year in a row, curated items will be available for purchase in the Oprah’s Favorite Things gift guide exclusively in Amazon’s store at amazon.com/oprah, as well as on the app for customers to conveniently shop anytime, anywhere. To shop the full list of items please visit: https://www.oprahdaily.com/oprah-favorite-things-2024. Oprah’s Favorite Things list is a must-have holiday shopping guide that’s been around for 28 years and features the most ingenious gadgets, fashionable sustainable goods, decadent desserts and the finest finds in home, fashion, and beauty, with 51 gifts under $50. You can also purchase the magazine’s Holiday Edition on newsstands now. Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo Sponsor: Jenni Kayne - Gift yourself and your loved ones the best gift of all - Jenni Kayne. Go to www.Jennikayne.com. Our listeners get 15% off your first order when you use code HEATHER15 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Angelo Keely/KION & Essential Amino Acids for Health

    Angelo Keely/KION & Essential Amino Acids for Health
    Nov 19 2024
    Angelo Keely is the co-founder and CEO of Kion, an active lifestyle, supplement and functional food company dedicated to helping people fully experience a fun and active life by providing pure, energy-enhancing solutions. Angelo was aware of nutrition at a young age as his parents were in the health food and supplement business. He has been involved in nutrition, fitness, yoga and meditation for over 20 years. Angelo started Kion in his garage. His goal was to build the best possible company for everyone it touches. The conversation with Heather and Angelo covers the importance of protein and amino acids for building muscle while losing weight, healthy aging and just about everything in your body. Kion Aminos are the most important supplement for meeting your daily protein, body composition, and weight loss goals. Essential amino acids (EAA) are more effective than protein powder. It has 8 times more EAA’s than whole foods. EAAs are the most practical and scientifically validated for fat loss without muscle loss, improving physical training outcomes and maintaining muscle and functional fitness with aging. In this episode you will find out what is an amino acid and what does it do. How we get them in our diet. Why eating enough of proteins is so important especially for women and what protein sources are better than others. Angelo talks about how amino acids help improve your energy and why Kion Aminos are so good for you. Angelo and Kion are offering our listeners a great deal. You can: VISIT www.GETKION.COM/HARMONY for 20% off your order. SPONSORS: AirDoctor: Head to www.airdoctorpro.com and use promo code HEATHER to receive UP TO $300 off air purifiers! Exclusive to podcast customers, you will also receive a free 3-year warranty on any unit, which is an additional $84 value! OUAI: Get on your OUAI to save for the holiday! Go to www.theouai.com for 15% off sitewide and enter promo code INMYHEART Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Don’t Let Fear Get in the Way of Life

    Don’t Let Fear Get in the Way of Life
    Nov 12 2024
    Heather and Sara Schulting Kranz both love the outdoors, are adventurers and both lead retreats. Their conversation sheds so much light on Living Fearlessly and Boldly. Sara is a certified coach, her specialty being Transitions & Pivots in life. She is an author, her book is called “Walk Through This”, about forgiveness and healing. She is also a Keynote Speaker. Sara had a trauma 10 years ago.Her husband betrayed her and she had 3 young sons. She moved out of a big house to a small one with 3 boys and raised them while going thru grief, anger and trauma. The next 10 years are a model of learning, growing, self-care, knowing who she is. And now, Sara is sharing what she’s learned with us. So many of us go through grief, transitions, pivots, finding love again, parenting, and so much more. Sara, like Heather, finds solace in nature. She guides groups down the Grand Canyon, and other retreats. Sara also combines her love of the steepest mountain climbs with her coaching, Her intention is always to make the participants stronger and committed to living fearlessly, and do the hard things that will ultimately lead to a more joyous life. Sara’s podcast is Live Boldly with Sara Schulting Kranz. Ten years later, Sara is happier than ever before. She continues her journey to help others thru their toughest times and helps them come through it all happy, living boldly and creating ripple effects thru the world. SARA INFO: Website: https://saraschultingkranz.com and you can watch her Speaker Reel on You Tube (and on site) https://youtu.be/K5kCKYUfqro. Her IG: https://www.instagram.com/saraschultingkranz/ Heather’s WEBSITE: www.HeatherThomson.com SOCIAL: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSORS: LMNT - Get your free LMNT Sample Pack with any purchase. Go to DrinkLMNT.com/Heather 23andMe - Go to www.23andme.com/HEATHER for your limited time offer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Dr. Paul Zeitz: Reduce Anxiety & Better the World with Revolutionary Optimism

    Dr. Paul Zeitz: Reduce Anxiety & Better the World with Revolutionary Optimism
    Nov 5 2024
    Dr. Paul Zeitz is a preventive medicine physician, epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global justice and human rights. Drawing from over 35 years of advocacy, campaigning, and political movement leadership, Zeitz is the initiator of www.unifymovements.org, a movement-building platform dedicated to catalyzing new, social, economic, and political systems committed for our collective repair, justice, and peace. He is the author of many books, his latest being Revolutionary Optimism: 7 Steps for Living as a Love-Centered Activist. Revolutionary Optimism is the antidote to anxiety and apathy. It is a practical handbook for anyone feeling anxiety about their life and the crisis affecting our world, a guide to becoming involved and helping in any organizations or where your passion leads you. This action lessens personal anxiety while helping the world be a better place. “Revolutionary Optimism is the antidote to anxiety and apathy,” explains Dr. Zeitz. “I have written about the 7 Steps that helped me with three life-changing actionable strategies that include choosing to put love at the center of all you do to achieve your highest potential, focusing on political imagination and manifesting your vision for a better world, and Discovering how to take action and contribute to peaceful movements. My goal is to help people, young and old, to work together to bring out families closer and improve the beautiful world we live in.” Listen to the conversation with Heather, and at the end take part in a visualization exercise of what our world looks like in the future, and we leave you at the end with a beautiful short meditation that Dr. Zeitz leads. Social Media: IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamheathert/ You Tube: https://youtube.com/@iamheathert?si=ZvI9l0bhLfTR-qdo SPONSORS: AquaTru - receive 20% OFF any AquaTru purifier! Just go to www.AquaTru.com and enter code “HEATHER“ at checkout. Betterhelp -Visit www.BetterHelp.com/HARMONY today to get 10% off your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins