This introduction episode will be dedicated to what you can expect in this series.

The Life Tonic podcast will deliver fresh and inspiring episodes every other week of the month, on a Monday - to start your week off with content supercharged with tonic thoughts!

The Life Tonic podcast is hosted by Joanna O, and will feature segments on goal-setting, living with intention and harnessing your inner warrior! The podcast is designed to be a resource for intentional living and personal growth. The content embodies the fun, the unknown and out-there aspects associated with how we thrive in our bodies and minds.

Joanna will feature alongside inspiring leaders, healers, visionaries, creators, entrepreneurs and disruptors in every sense of the word, who can share their story and vision. In each episode we will challenge opinions, ask questions and uncover all things related to how we can thrive in our minds and bodies.

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We have just stepped into 2020, a New Year, a new decade and wherever you find yourself in your current life, you can always make a fresh start!

Setting intentions is your most powerful tool to align with the thoughts that you want to manifest. The good news? You get 365 shots at it!

In this episode, I talk about the importance of self-reflection to awaken your inner warrior in 2020 and manifesting all your goals, the importance of challenging times, how mistakes = lessons and lessons = growth and how to effectively re-align with yourself as soon as the January motivational buzz starts wearing off.

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Sanity & Self App

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Insight Timer

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In Part I one of this episode, I introduce mentor and spiritual advisor Aiyah Maraka, founder of MySpiritualDiet who has had a spiritual journey which is nothing short of diverse.

Aiyah is a source of knowledge for all things crystals designed to raise your energy, her hand-crafted, supercharged crystals also happen to have a unique Texas twist to them! In this episode, we talk about the approaches and exercises to that can redirect you to the purest aspect of your heart and soul, 2020 energy and finding our truth and the illusion of spiritual perfection. Aiyah tells us what it’s like to go on a 'spiritual detox'.

We discuss the nuances of ‘unlearning’ to discover the real power of YOU as well as the importance of doing our own internal work and finding our truth in order to grow into our higher selves. Aiyah shares her view on how to best connect with yourself in challenging moments in our lives and quieting the disruptive voice inside our heads.

Mentioned in this episode:

MySpiritualDiet

Aiyah's Range of Bolo Tie Crystals

The Beauty and the Beast Paradox

What makes you spiritually perfect?

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In Part II of the episode with Spiritual Advisor Aiyah Maraka of MySpiritualDiet, we talk about the self-inflicted pressure to 'hustle' and succeed we experience as millennials and allowing the natural flow of life in to prepare ourselves for what we are meant to receive. We explore the depth of anxious mentality and thoughts and how those can manifest in physical imbalance as well as navigating modern life mindfully.

In the episode, we also touch on the concept of divine timings and the paradox of why everything you want is not always what is meant for you, divine messengers and why situations can have a repetitive pattern to teach us more about ourselves.

Aiyah shares her philosophy of the 'Beauty and the Beast' living inside each one of us and why we shouldn't run away from negative feelings.

Listen to Part I - Perfectly Imperfect with Aiyah Maraka

Mentioned in this episode:

MySpiritualDiet

Aiyah's Range of Bolo Tie Crystals

The Beauty and the Beast Paradox

What makes you spiritually perfect?

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“Thoughts are the vocabulary of the brain and feelings are the vocabulary of the body. How we think and feel becomes our state of being.”

In this episode, I try to answer what it means when our body speak to us and manifests imbalance.

I attempt to apply the tools for connecting to your inner power, heal negative behaviours, patterns and habits and let go of what no longer serves you through aligning mind and body.

In what is a slightly controversial episode topic, I open up about chronic breakouts, my experience with energy healing and what it means to go through the experience of body talk with a holistic practitioner.

I also touch on some lifestyle changes I will be implementing to bring out my most glowing self and work on the next best version of her!

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My London Naturopath and Body Talk Practitioner

The Natural Dispensary

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Coming into this episode, I recommend to do so with a clean slate - much like San Francisco-based Sex and Relationship coach Myisha Battle does it with her clients...by the end of this two-part episode however, you would have hopefully arrived home to yourself.

This is what is unique about Myisha's work - she explores the various sex and dating tales with her clients and takes them on a journey from self-discovery, acceptance and eventually adventure. Free of judgement or need for incessant advice, Myisha has mastered something we don't do very much as humans - to hold space and provide an external perspective to help people grow into their sexual power.

In Part I, we talk about what's 'normal' when to comes to orgasms and pleasure, getting to know your body and harnessing your power to ask for what you want, both sexually and in relationship, as well as why it’s important to date someone who isn’t your ‘type’.

We also tackle the ultimate question - are millennials the least sexually active generation? 

About the guest

Myisha is a certified sex and dating coach, feminist and founder of Sex for Life, LLC, which is home to her sex and dating coaching practice and my sex-positive podcast Down for Whatever, which explores almost every aspect of human sexuality.

Follow Myisha on Instagram to learn more about her work and join her monthly Q&A on sex and relationships.

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• Tune in to two upcoming classes with Myisha Battle on All Bodies this month. These will take place on March 15th and March 24th. For more information, go to allbodies.com and click on "Take Class" to access more resources.
• Make Love not Porn
• Down for Whatever Podcast

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Welcome to Part II of my conversation with Myisha Battle, a professional coach and source of knowledge for all things sex and relationships!

You can listen to part I here.

In this episode, we uncover why a growing number of millennial women struggle to enter serious relationships as well as how hustle-culture is linked to hook-up culture. Does being a successful professional often mean we forget to nurture other aspects of our psyche and can women really have it all when it comes to relationships, sex and outside pressures?

Myisha also shares insight on how daily life stresses and societal and political factors can affect our sex drive and intimate lives as well as some useful resources to educate other and yourself on modern day sexuality.

About the guest:

Myisha Battle is a certified sex and dating coach, feminist and founder of Sex for Life, LLC, which is home to her sex and dating coaching practice and my sex-positive podcast Down for Whatever, which explores almost every aspect of human sexuality.

You can access her latest class on All Bodies as well as find out more about her coaching work on her website. Tune in to two upcoming classes for All Bodies this month, taking place on March 15th and March 24th.

Follow Myisha on Instagram for her monthly Q&A on sex and relationships.

Also mentioned in this episode

• Make Love not Porn
• Down for Whatever Podcast

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