No road trip in this episode – just a conversation between the PATH Pod ladies, Toni and Jenny. They decided to take a minute to consider how their theme of Shift was landing now that the year is half over. The discussion begins with the SHIFT acronym and winds its way to a review of the 2024 episodes so far. Next, they dip into the archives as they highlight some of the episodes that encapsulate the Shift theme. If listening to older episodes sounds enticing but feels overwhelming, Toni and Jenny offer a nice handful to get started. Of course, there is talk of music at the end because it’s still The PATH Pod! Enjoy & Thanks for traveling on the journey with the ladies of Positive Approaches To Health!

On this leg of the PATHPod journey Toni and Jenny head to Austin, Tx where they find Gustavo Padron! Gustavo is an amazing yoga and meditation teacher, a personal trainer and an author of the Grounded Practice journal. He is a healer in every sense of the word and uses breath, posture and the power of words to help his clients manifest their ideal self. He understands the power of going within and harnessing one’s inner guidance system, knowing that getting in the body is key to real and lasting change. There are so many tools to plop into the behavior change toolbox during this conversation along with nuggets of wisdom Gustavo drops on Toni and Jenny during their time together. Listen and fall in love with Gustavo just like Toni and Jenny did when they met him! Learn more about Gustavo and his work here. Purchase his journal, Grounded Practice. Follow him on Instagram @gustavoapadron.

Toni and Jenny are on the road again in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time they meet up with another old pal from Toni’s high school days – Alicia Guckenheimer. Alicia is an artist and childrens book author, a creative soul who has been creating art as early as she can remember with her father. Eight years ago she traded in her shoe career for the colorful chaos of the classroom where she teaches art t to k-8th graders. She teaches through the beautiful lens of painting a world where everyone shines and weaves compassion and helping others into her art lessons. In her childrens book, Dream Big, Start Small she writes a tale of imagination and compassion and the possibility “if you can dream it you can make it and you can change the world.” The three of them discuss how the messages within the book have a very far reach and speak to the importance of joy, having a starting place, self-empowerment and learning inner strengths in the process of behavior change. You can find Alicia, her book and her art classes on Instagram @dream_big_start_small_13 or on her website.