Countering Burnout

Joining me on The Bearing Life® Podcast is Dr. Michelle Pokorny to talk about burnout. She offers incredible insight to help us have a better understanding about practices and habits for life balance and mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. How do we handle our lives when seasons of too much become a way of […]

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The Fall of Leaves

I love the smells and sights of fall, especially the reds, golds, and oranges of the leaves. There is such beauty in how they transform on trees and paint a warm nature painting, then eventually dance to the ground. Growing up in a state with minimal autumn brilliance, I always find wonder and amazement in […]

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Journey Together

I had so much fun with my friend Jennifer on the podcast this week. We really are young at heart and love looking back at what started our friendship long ago and how we’ve journeyed through life. Even though we’ve lived in different places, had different careers, and periods of time when we lost touch […]

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Notes of Friendship

Join me and my friend, Jennifer Quinlan, on The Bearing Life® Podcast this week as we look back and talk about our lifetime of friendship…how we first met, ways we’ve reconnected throughout life, and how we’ve maintained our closeness over the years. Connect with Dr. Julie Shannon: Website Facebook Instagram

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A Look Back

How did the piano, singing in the bathroom, and a mutual love for Barry Manilow cement lifelong bonds of friendship? Join me and my friend, Jennifer Quinlan, on The Bearing Life® Podcast this week as we look back and talk about our lifetime of friendship…how we first met, ways we’ve reconnected throughout life (thank you […]

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A Wave of Light

Today is a day to honor. To honor your friends who have lost a child. Today is a day to remember. To remember the life you carried. Today is a day to love. To love your family and friends who walk alongside you. In October each year, during Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, I […]

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Traveling the Terrain

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month and this week I share a practical, easy, impactful way we can join together on October 15th to support those in the midst of an often-lonely road of infertility, miscarriage, infant, and child loss. Episode 12: Walking Well with those on an Infertility Journey Episode 14: Infertility […]

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Traveling the Terrain

The off-road trip under a brilliant blue sky, through changing colors of Fall, proved a breathtaking, memory-making day with a couple of family members. Such a wonderful reminder that having others along for the ride, literally, multiplies joy, both in the moment and in the memory reflection and remembrance. When we choose to travel with […]

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