Season One wraps with a solocast from Samantha's heart to your ears. She talks about the summer solstice - what it means, its origins, and why, when we pay attention to it, we get clearer on our own sacred pauses and transitions of life. We'll be back soon with Season Two, and in the meantime, thank you so much for being here.

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

When you are thriving, what is it that you’re doing? How do you feel in your body? What does your day-to-day look like?

Charisse M. Williams wants you to thrive, and has some ideas about how to make that happen. She is a coach, yoga teacher, entrepreneur, and all-around powerhouse with massive amounts of experience to help you live your fullest, brightest life.

In this episode, she and Samantha talk about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship and coaching, how to take big, scary leaps, and the process of writing a book. No matter where you are in your walk of life, you will surely receive nuggets of wisdom from this amazing, powerful woman.

Buy The Joy of Thriving While Black on Amazon.

Sign up for Charisse’s workshop on June 29th: So, You Want to Write a Book?

Charisse M. Williams is a certified leadership coach, speaker and author who helps people navigate major life transitions, cultivate joy and manage the stress in their lives. She serves clients through one on one and group coaching, workshops and retreats. Charisse help clients develop the habits, mindsets and relationships they need to achieve their goals and sustain results.

Before becoming a full-time coach, Charisse worked in social justice organizations for 25 years on human rights, education equity, criminal and juvenile justice reform issues. She held several executive leadership roles including Managing Director of New Site Development at iMentor, President of Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center and Founding Director of Posse Atlanta.

Follow Charisse or Get in Touch:
     Email: hello@charissemwilliams.com
     Website: www.charissemwilliams.com
     LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charissemwilliams1
     Instagram: @charisse_m_williams

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

We’re guessing you’ve read your horoscope once or twice (or, heck, maybe even weekly!) - but the sun sign horoscope is just one teeny tiny piece of your whole birth chart - and your individuality. Ashley Tracey is an astrologer and soul coach who has an amazing way of speaking about the cosmos as a tool to more understanding of yourself. In this episode, she and Samantha break down Sun and Moon signs, the inimitable Saturn Return, Mercury Retrograde and this eclipse season, and more.

To look at your own birth chart in more detail, create and view your  chart at Astro-Charts.com.

Connect with Ashley:
Email: ashley@ashleytracey.com
Website: www.ashleytracey.com
Instagram: @ashleytracey_soul_centered 

Listeners of The Bright Life get their first month of Ashley’s cosmic soul membership for free! Use the code “COSMICLOVE” to redeem.

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

This episode is inspired by the book The Hungry Caterpillar (thanks, Eric Carle!)

In this episode, Samantha gets real about her transition into post-pandemic life. She points to the transitional void as we see the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel. She illuminates the nonlinearity of healing as a tool that might help us more gently move through this transition - just like the sticky metamorphosis of the butterfly.

Learn about Eric Carl here.

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

Meditation. You’ve heard of it, you know it’s a tool for self-care and compassion, and hey - maybe you use it with some sort of regularity! In this episode, Samantha gives you an opportunity to expand how you think about meditation to make it more accessible.

She sits down with Molly Woodhull, who is a meditation guide, self-care expert, and the founder of Woodhull Wellness. Her business offers tangible mindfulness tools to elevate organizations and the people that work in them. She and Samantha talk about the body-heart-mind connection, emotional inflammation, and how the benefits of mindfulness can seep into the corners of our lives.

Get in touch with Molly at woodhullwellness@gmail.com

Visit the Woodhull Wellnesss Website. 

Like Woodhull Wellness on Facebook. 

Follow Woodhull Wellness on Instagram.

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

Let's talk about money!

Bri wants to talk about the emotions and habits behind the behaviors of what drives your money ethos. As a Certified Life Coach and Financial Education Instructor, she has so much life experience and wisdom around the ever-squirmy topic of money. In this thought-provoking episode, she and Sam talk about how Bri changed her relationship with money (hint: it involves a year of no shopping), money wounds, and how to work with them. Seriously. This conversation will have you considering your relationship with money in a grounded and light way.  

Listeners can use code BRIGHTLIFE to receive $82 off of The 90 Day Money Breakthrough until the end of June.

https://theschoolofbetty.mykajabi.com/90-day-money-breakthrough

Brianna Firestone is the founder of The School of Betty, a platform that empowers womxn to create better relationships with their money, time, and energy so they can eliminate money stress and build financial freedom. Brianna is an expert in teaching personal finance that is fun, approachable, and easy to implement. Her Fierce Finances 8 week program is a successful group coaching course that helps womxn change their money mindset, pay off debt, and create incredible, positive new habits around their finances. Brianna is a financial contributor for MindBodyGreen and her expert advice has been featured in Real Simple, The Financial Diet, Money.com, Reader’s Digest, and Business Insider.

Get in touch with Bri at hello@theschoolofbetty.com.

Visit The School of Betty site:  www.thescholofbetty.com

Like Bri on Facebok at facebook.com/bettyschool

Follow Bri on Instagram at  instagram.com/theschoolofbetty.

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

This conversation is about fertility, and it's about so much more.

Kate Potvin is a women's Fertility and Hormone Coach who empowers women to take charge of their health and fertility. She and Samantha talk about how important it is to release expectations (in timelines and in life), fertility in creative processes, and how life happens in cycles. This is almost like a coaching session with Kate, in that she is generous with the information she shares and how we can integrate it into our lives.

Whether you are a parent or not, trying or not, or identify as creative or not, you will find nuggets of wisdom to fold into your life.

Kate Potvin is a women’s Fertility + Hormone Coach and empowers women to take charge of their health + fertility through online education and individual coaching. 

Learn how to work with Kate at katepotvin.com or email info@katepotvin.com.
Follow Kate on Instagram at @flourishfertillity.

Learn more about Samantha and The Bright Life here.

Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.

What would vibrant living look like for you? Really - you might even take a moment to consider. How would you feel, act, and be if you remembered your vibrancy by tinkering with your environment? In this episode, Sam and Jess discuss how the outer environment can reflect the inner environment, working with difficult patterns, and how our inner landscape can impact our health.

Jess Christin is a certified health coach, entrepreneur, and all-around badass. She focuses on empowering women through education around the personal care industry to make more informed decisions for themselves and their loved ones. She believes that every person deserves to feel confident in their bodies and lives! This conversation with her will have you considering your own daily habits, how your inner and outer landscapes are reflected, and how to live into greater alignment with yourself.

Visit Jessica's website and learn more about Clean Living here.

Follow Jessica on Facebook.

Follow Jessica on Instagram.

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Samantha Lawrence (Host, creator.) Graphic design and production by For The Love Media, LLC. This episode was edited by Alex Lee-Ammons.