Going Beyond with Randi Zinn

During the past few months of more home time, more cooking, more food, more personal habits in clear view- we’ve had the unique opportunity to watch our patterns and our emotions with deep observation. We may have known, but now see even more clearly, that most of us have a complicated relationship with sugar and many of us would like a break up. The process of breaking up with sugar isn’t simply about sugar- it’s a deep exploration of SELF and that’s what THIS conversation is all about!

Welcome to the podcast Molly Carmel. She is a leading eating disorder and addictions therapist, founder of the NYC clinic The Beacon and the author of the book Breaking up with Sugar. She is deeply passionate about helping people from all forms of life break free from a destructive relationship with food and dieting.

Her personal path has informed her professional path and she has found herself as what she calls a “wounded healer” put on this earth to help others change their lives.

In this conversation Randi and Molly dive into:

-Molly’s complicated history- the hardships she endured at a young age with the passing of her father and how it sent her down a path turning to food and sugar to numb and soothe her. 

-From dieting, to suicidal depression to weight loss camp- how hitting rock bottom pulled her toward the quest to heal.

-Why it took breaking up with sugar to change her life. From detoxing to serving others.

-What you can expect from Molly’s book Breaking up with Sugar. What it means to take out aggressive sugars and the truth about artificial sugars. The endless health benefits that come from breaking up with sugar- from healing inflammation to type 2 diabetes and infertility.

-Molly’s spiritual journey to love herself and her relationship with food. What “doing the work” really entails and why the fight is worth it.

-The catharsis she experienced when she decided to get to know her deceased father.
 

Tune in now!

*This episode was recorded in 2019

Joy might not be your top priority during such an intense period of time- but it SHOULD be! Welcome to the podcast Lori Spicer Robertson who shares with us exactly WHY we must cultivate our joy if we are the ones actualizing change and empowerment for others. Lori is the chief communications engagement officer of the United Way of the South in Memphis, Tennessee. She is also the Founder and CEO of WundHer, a digital and in the flesh platform designed to empower the renaissance woman and mother to rediscover their joy. This fempowerment community delivers captivating content, select curated events, community investments, career opportunities and genuine connections with other amazing women. Randi  recently spoke on a panel at the latest digital Wundher event (Joymaker)-was deeply mobed by the positivity and good vibes that went into Lori’s experiential creation. Joy is our fuel and we need it to stay activated. 

In this episode Randi and Lori dive into:

-How Lori started Wundher after realizing she went a whole year without a vacation and had succumb to endless work. You have to check out to check in, she learned!

-Learning to adjust and pivot your personal and business life during the pandemic and why, contrary to what you might expect, she still chose to do an event about JOY in the midst of all the hardships of 2020. 

-The murder of George Flyod and the uncomfortable conversations and moral reckoning that rose from it. The heartbreak that erupted when George called for his mother and what that meant to him and all mothers. 

-Living in a bi-racial household- Randi shares why she feels more emotionally comfortable at home now than she did before.

-Why Lori feels hopefull for change and progress with race and inequality in America. 

Tune in now for this vital conversation!

Step into a deep conversation between two close friends, exploring the journey of owning one’s self and disrupting our patterns. We welcome Deb Ross, founder of The Well Center and one of Randi’s soul sisters! Deb is a licensed acupuncturist and board certified herbalist in NYC and Westchester who has been studying and practicing Chinese Medicine for fifteen years. While this episode was recorded in 2019, this convo is incredibly relevant! Big News for Deb: this week The Well Center is re-opening from it’s lockdown during the pandemic and we’re thrilled to cheer her on! Through this conversation, you will understand not only why we love Deb so much, but why she brings so much wisdom kindness and insight to her family, patients, and community.

In this conversation Randi & Deb dive into:

-From PR party girl to acupuncturist- Deb’s New York history and how she shifted into the healing arts. Plus how she met Randi! 

-The power of stepping into your gifts and owning all that you are. The wisdom that comes with aging and how it contributed to the next phase in creating her own business.

-Creating the space and practices for yourself when you have to be so many things to so many people. 

-Deb’s spiritual journey- looking at her own patterns and childhood, working with a therapist and really doing the work.

-Moving your body any way you can! Randi and Deb discuss the beauty of prioritizing vitality and reframing the way an exercise routine should look and feel like.

-Purposeful disruptions-How to shake up your energy, add a little humor and break old patterns in order to grow. 

-Communication in relationships and navigating conflict-creating an honest, respectful and balanced long-term marriage. 

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A veil has been lifted that has covered our reality and now we can’t look away. Thousands have walked the streets protesting racist systems and demanding equality and justice for black people. Non-black people are finally studying, verbalizing, and connecting the dots of their own privilege to the systemic nature of racism in our country. So many are finally feeling the heartbreak. And somehow in the midst  of the pain and fear is possibility.

In this episode Randi sits down with author, workplace peace advocate, speaker and inspiration enthusiast, Rahkal Shelton. She is passionate about serving, inspiring, and helping individuals find harmony and strategy to thrive in and out of the workplace. Her latest book Woosah: A Survival Guide for Women of Color Working in Corporate has been featured on WGN, the Huffington Post and Forbes. Rahkal brings all of her experience both professionally and personally to this honest and necessary exploration.

In this conversation Randi & Rahkal dive into:

-Why supporting women of color in the workspace is Rahkal’s passion and commitment.

-Institutional racism. Rahkal dives into the micro-agressions, stereotypes and stigmas women of color face in the work space and the frustration in navigating that socially.  

-Education and personal work to combat white privilege: Why it is critical for white people to educate themselves and step outside themselves to really connect with these issues. Rahkal highly recommends a PBS documentary called “The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross"

-The path to healing. How do we heal? How do we give voice to this? The power of creating a safe space to dialogue while taking the politics out of if it. 

-Randi shares her own story about encountering micro-agression racism while applying to new schools for her kids. 

-Mindfulness and how that helps us stay the course.

-How can companies can create safer spaces for people of color in the workspace.

Tune in now!


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We’re thrilled to release an encore episode with mother, model, speaker, and shift stirrer Tinamarie Clark! On Season 4 of the podcast, Tinamarie joined us to tell her unique story of navigating poverty, broken family, the modeling world, and how she’s become the woman she is today. Now, back by popular demand (and we were told that Randi and TM connected like peanut butter and jelly folks), Tinamarie and Randi are going deeper into all the things that have been created  and unearthed since their original conversation.  Tinamarie shares more about her Shift Stirrer Method (SSM), a five S method to get your sh*t together and shift your perception. This method is designed to transform negative thought patterns, also known as stir stories. With the state of the  world, a  pandemic, and major paradigm shifts, we know  we need many more skills to own our shadow selves and get better at sustaining discomfort- we know this conversation will help us NOW!

This episode was recorded in 2019 but this conversation will provide some much needed healing for the moment we’re all in.

In this episode Randi and Tinamarie dive into:

-How the Shift Stirrer Method came to Tinamarie and how it changed her life. 

-What is the method exactly? Tinamarie walks us through each step of the Shift Stirrer Method in detail.

-The importance of every single step of her method. Why each step is transformational and powerful even when practiced on their own. 

-Why it takes courage to really do the work to look at ourselves, own our awful and shift into a new perspective. Randi and Tinamarie share their own stories. 

-Finding your alignment and calling-What it feels like to be in the flow of doing what you truly were meant to do on this planet. 

-The power of vulnerability and pain. How Randi and Tinamarie have taken their hardships in life and created greatness out of them. 

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There’s a lot of heaviness in the world right now. At the Going Beyond Podcast we bring bring raw and vulnerable interviews and will continue to do so. But we also believe in balance and sharing conversations that provide you with tools and inspiration to amplify your positivity!

We are excited to air this episode recorded in 2019 with author, editor, on-air personality, lifestyle and health expert and influencer, a home-hack master and certified trainer, Meaghan B. Murphy!  She was recently named Content Director of Woman’s Day (the #1 selling magazine on newsstands), charged with energizing the brand across print and digital. This follows a 6-year stint as executive editor at Good Housekeeping, where Meaghan helped dust off and reimagine the 130 year-old mega brand. 

Today Meaghan is known for her high-energy, upbeat personality and lifestyle, which she shares regularly with her 20,000+ Instagram followers on @meaghanbmurphy and @theyaylist. Meaghan is currently busy putting the finishing touches on her debut book “The Fully Charged Life” out with Penguin/Random House in February 2021.  She is also the co-host of Off the Gram - a podcast that will help you live your best life, channel your inner girl boss and navigate the ever changing landscapes of wellness & social media. 

Basically, Meaghan gives us life. And we know she will give life to you too.

In this conversation Randi & Meaghan dive into:

-Meaghan’s book “The Fully Charged Life” out May 2021. It’s a radically simple guide to having endless energy every day. Meaghan shares more about the book and how she found the time to write in the midst of her busy schedule and family life.

-How Meaghan went from negative to positive. She was born negative (hard to imagine!) and had to re-program her brain to see the positive in most situations. She trained herself to be good vibes for other people once she realized positivity is contagious and obtainable. 

-How Meaghan has processed the death of her father. How she used her toolkit to both grieve and live a positive life in honor of her Dad. 

-Meaghan’s positivity projects such as "Operation Good Grief" and "Find the Yay" that she shares on social media. 

-What her 2019 schedule was like and how she found time to workout and write a book. Plus her essentials: sleep, gluten free eating, sex, workouts and more! 

-The podcast Off the Gram that Meaghan co-hosts- what she’s learning about podcasting and the platform! 

-How to create, support and love between the mom community and leave negativity behind!

Of all the topics that bring us to our edge, to a place of most raw vulnerability, it’s death and dying….and particularly during the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. We’ve either experienced it or we fear it. When we were approached by Caroline Shrank, director of Down to Earth Funerals in NYC, to talk about the challenges and opportunities to redefine our relationship to death and dying, we knew that we needed to step into our own fears, and welcome this conversation. This episode concludes our corona virus pandemic mini-series, and we knew we couldn’t close it without stepping into the places we’re most scared to go.  

Caroline Schrank is the founder and funeral director of Down to Earth Funerals based in New York City. She is an extraordinary empathetic person and perfectly poised to head DTE and forge a new direction in funeral care.

Her former career as a production coordinator setting up photography shoots for magazines, choosing locations for fashion catalog shoots, coupled with her background in event and party planning, uniquely positions her as someone who can handle a myriad of details effortlessly. The death of both her parents opened her to the idea that death and grief could become so much more personalized, NOT one size fits all. We’re amazed by what she’s done.

In this episode Randi and Caroline dive into:

-Being a funeral director during Covid and how funeral directors are also the front line workers, often replacing the role family members often hold. 

How the virus is preventing people from gathering to heal together and witnessing the double sadness of those who can’t be physically present. How is Caroline holding space for it?

-Discovering new ways to grieve at this time. Why technology has become a tool for grieving, connecting, and support.

-Randi’s own experience processing loss and turning to yoga and movement for healing. 

-How to understand death and establish a new relationship to it- the power of processing with community.

-Caroline’s advice on the importance of having a strong foundation in your life so you can be ready for the difficult times that come your way. 

Tune in now for this vital (and timely) conversation!

*This conversation is from our pre-Corona recorded episodes but clearly the subject matter is so relevant during this time!

Loss. It’s a topic on our minds now more than ever. Many of us have navigated its crushing waves and some are experiencing the reality of grief during this time pandemic for the very first time. We are wondering  why we feel so alone when we go through it, knowing that everyone goes through loss at some point or another? How do we continue to process even when grief arrives again, many years later? How can community better support the experience of grief in our culture?

Join Randi and Rebecca Soffer, cofounder and CEO of Modern Loss, a digital and IRL forum for grief and resilience within a contemporary context. Whether you have been through loss a million times or this is your first loss experience, Modern Loss is a website and community where everyone is welcome. Rebecca is also coauthor of Modern Loss: Candid Conversation About Grief. Beginners Welcome, which The Cut recently named one of the best books on loss for a younger generation. She is a former producer for the Peabody Award-winning The Colbert Report. Rebecca has spoken nationally on loss and resilience at Chicago Ideas Week, HBO, and Amazon, and has led multi-day retreats at Kripalu. Her writing has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, Marie Claire, and The Wing's magazine No Man's Land, and she has been profiled on CBS Sunday Morning. 

In this conversation, Randi and Rebecca get raw and vulnerable about their own profound losses all while acknowledging the discomfort, humor and surprising creativity that comes with it. Randi and Rebecca connect deeply as two women with ironically similar stories and who aren’t afraid to open up and share for the benefit of others.

In this conversation Randi and Rebecca explore:

-Rebecca’s platform Modern Loss. Why she felt the need to create a modern and inclusive community to process loss. 

-The need for collective support and storytelling during a time where you are relearning how to cope with life. How storytelling can pull us all together and help us feel less alone. 

-The taboo nature of death in our culture. How can we begin to normalize it and why we need to give ourselves a break when it comes to confronting loss. How can we bring in more empathy and understanding?

-Randi and Rebecca’s own experiences with loss and grief in their family and what it was like being only children.

-Parenting through loss. The complexities and even creative moments of being pregnant and bringing up children without our own parents. 

-Why it’s okay to do what YOU need to do when dealing with grief. 

-What it was like for Rebecca to create Modern Loss after the death of her parent and how she used her professional skills to curate and produce a meaningful community. 

Tune in now!

Nowadays, we don’t always equate science with healing. Science can save our lives (the greatest innovations have occurred inside of science labs), but it can also be driven by big business and controlled by government regulations. The story you are about to hear is one of scientific innovation, brilliant healing power, and how the two merged together. Welcome to the podcast, our first ever woman scientist, Dr. Annabelle Morgan! Dr. Annabelle has a PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology; she’s a mother of 4, and wife to Grammy Award winning reggae artist, Gramps Morgan. Dr. Annabelle is a cancer researcher, a consultant to both medical science businesses and government, and most importantly, a mother who took her science chops and her powerful intuition, and used it to cure her son of tragic brain-related injury using hemp-derived compounds that she herself made. Now, she works to merge science and the natural space through implementing cannabis and/or plant compounds in general into current modern medicine. More recently Dr. Annabelle has been pulled into some potential research for co-vid 19 treatment (you’ll hear more about that later in the episode).

 Dr.Annabelle is also on the advisory board for our podcast sponsor Quanta! Quanta is an applied science company, focused on enhancing energy levels in plant matter (including cannabis) to increase performance within the human body. More on Quanta below and how you can use a special discount code to try your first products!

In this episode Randi and Dr.Annabelle dive into:

-Dr.Annabelle’s most significant life change with the birth of her son who has had over 38 percent of his brain resected as a result of uncontrollable seizures. She tells the journey she went on to ultimately develop a natural hemp-derived medicine to replace her son’s medications that ultimately cured him.  

-How Dr. Annabelle found her purpose and calling in helping others through merging science and the natural space. Plus why she fell in love with cannabis!  

-How she does it all! What it’s like to balance life as a scientist, mother of 4, and as part of the team of scientists working towards a Co-Vid 19 treatment. 

-Why did she choose to work with a company like Quanta? How their technology works and how it allows you to get the full benefits of whatever you are absorbing, in a completely natural and harmless way. 

-Dr.Annabelle’s take on the co-vid 19 virus- the best scientists in the world are part of the research to treat this virus. 

-How Dr.Annabelle and Randi are finding hope, strength and empowerment during this time of pause! What they recommend daily to come out of this time even stronger!

Tune in!

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Let’s talk about finding intimacy in the middle of quarantine- to some of us, that is a major challenge right now! Under one roof for many more hours a day than most of us are used to, lines and boundaries are blurred in our romantic partnerships. Finding ways to connect romantically might not seem possible right now…or maybe its something you’re really craving but don’t know how to approach. Whatever the moment is for you, we know many intimate relationships are trying to find their “new normal” during a very abnormal time. 

That’s why we brought on Rachel Ballard, a marriage and relationship strategist and the host of the “How to Like Your Husband” Podcast to chat with us about all things intimacy and partnership!

Through Rachel's authentic content, supportive Facebook community and a hilariously funny podcast - Rachel shows you how to put in the hard work for a successful partnership.

Rachel will shine a light on how you can generate loving energy when you’re not sure there is any, and (re)discover the foundation of your relationship, as you choose to move closer to designing a life (and solid friendship) with your partner built on love, lust, and loyalty!

We know that everything has changed, but within change is greater opportunity for fresh starts and new perspectives- so why not within your romantic relationship and long term partnership? In this new normal, you can still find love and intimacy (even when you’re wearing sweats and together 24/7!)

In this episode Randi & Rachel dive into major topics such as:

-How stress affects your relationship with your partner and kids? How to better noticing behavior patterns in your home. 

-Why a gratitude practice is so important and looking for the good in your partner as much as possible.

-The power of sticking with your own routine and why communication is essential for carving out healthy boundaries. 

-Leaning into the positives of your relationship and leaving behind any baggage (for now).

-Handling conflict gracefully and with compassion. Recognizing what something is really about and why a minute of grace makes all the difference. 

-Why taking space is vital to see the other person more clearly. Being okay with the silence as well as the communication. 

-What does intimacy look like for you and your partner? The small and big ways you can find intimacy daily and why we must make time for it!

Tune in now for tips on a more powerful, communicative and fulfilling relationship!