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Today, Mike and Helena are joined by Expert-in-Residence Athanasia Medenas, spiritual guide, to kick off the magic of October and dive into the transformative journey of spirituality.

In this Episode:
🎙️Athanasia shares her experiences as a psychic medium, astrologist, and shamanic practitioner
🎙️Early childhood awareness of intuition and spiritual awareness
🎙️The path of self-discovery
🎙️Connection with the universe
🎙️The role of yoga, meditation, connection, community and plant medicine
🎙️The journey to becoming a shaman
🎙️Spiritual awakening
🎙️The importance of your voice
🎙️The power of energy and the easing of the flow of energy
🎙️Dharma, the sacred law of your soul

Athanasia, the visionary Founder of Shamanic Yoga and the Online Spiritual Academy, is a distinguished Psychic Medium and Energy Healer. Since founding Shamanic Yoga in 2017 and hosting her first retreat in 2018, she has blended traditional wisdom with modern practices. Certified as a Vinyasa Yoga Teacher by Yoga Alliance and as a Clairvoyant Healer from the Intuitive Healing Institute, her expertise encompasses a range of transformative spiritual modalities.

Her shamanic initiation and training, rooted in Divine Consciousness, guides every ceremony, ritual, and journey she facilitates. Combining her Master’s Degree in Sociology with her spiritual expertise, Athanasia helps clients and students dismantle social conditioning and limitations through Astrology, Breathwork, Sacred Plant Medicine, and Energy Healing. Her work is dedicated to helping individuals uncover their authentic selves, connect deeply with their heart and soul, and realize their true Life Purpose—Dharma.

Dedicated to empowering others, Athanasia’s work is a harmonious fusion of spiritual depth and social insight, aimed at helping people achieve their fullest potential and live life with purpose.

You can find Athanasia at https://www.shamanicyoga108.com/ and on Instagram @shamanic_yoga

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How does it feel when you’re really in-the-zone? You’ve hit that place of feeling tuned-in, ALIVE, and Crushing. It.

In this week’s episode of A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast, Mike and Helena explore finding flow—that state of optimal performance and engagement.

In this episode:
🎙️How Mike and Helena find and maintain Flow
🎙️The differences between Flow and focus
🎙️Helena’s approach to helping people harness their stress, find their personal sense of balance, find Flow, and experience harmony
🎙️The role of energy, attention, intention, and connection
🎙️Everyone’s Flow state (and their distractors) is different and personal to them
🎙️What it takes to find Flow can change and evolve day-to-day, moment-to-moment, and can be context-driven
🎙️Flow can be elusive; staying connected to the things that make us feel vibrant and vital; the role of unmet needs
🎙️Setting the environment to encourage a Flow state
🎙️The role of hustle culture
🎙️Navigating dysfunction and distractions in the workplace
🎙️How to tap into Flow when you’re over-tapped

Mike Krause is a mental performance strategist and coach with Global Bound LLC, where he works with nonprofit leaders, their talent, and boards to harness mental performance hurdles – enhancing psychological wellbeing in-and-out of the workplace.

With over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Mike has held various executive leadership roles. He served 4 ½ years with the U.S. Department of State in Southern and Central Africa, focusing on public health initiatives.

Dr. Helena Fowler, DCN is a Clinical Functional Nutritionist who believes food IS function. She specializes in using nutrition and mind-body practices to address stress at the intersections of gut health, hormonal equilibrium, chronic inflammation, and sleep. Helena empowers high-performing individuals, especially women, to find and maintain their personal sense of balance, flow and optimal health; she helps them navigate the stress continuum—harnessing the good stress and reducing chronic stress (and its related challenges). You can find Dr. Fowler, DCN on Instagram: @drfowlerdcn

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Tell us: What comes to mind when you hear “holistic health”?

Do you think of care for the whole person? Or are you thinking more along the lines of crystals, essential oils, and herbal supplements?

Holistic health may sound “woo woo” to some and ideal to others. There is no official definition for holistic health. Today, on A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast, Mike and Helena break down their definitions of holistic health, what they mean when they refer to it, and why they think it's an important factor that merits deep consideration as health models and services continue to evolve.

In this Episode:
🎙️Mike and Helena’s definition of holistic health
🎙️Popular misconceptions
🎙️Holistic health and wellbeing
🎙️Holistic health and whole person
🎙️Where mental performance and nutrition fit
🎙️The role of environmental influences
🎙️Inflammation as a use case for how we think about and apply holistic health
🎙️The need to expand our definitions of health

Mike Krause is a mental performance strategist and coach with Global Bound LLC, where he works with nonprofit leaders, their talent, and boards to harness mental performance hurdles – enhancing psychological wellbeing in-and-out of the workplace.

With over 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Mike has held various executive leadership roles. He served 4 ½ years with the U.S. Department of State in Southern and Central Africa, focusing on public health initiatives.

Dr. Helena Fowler, DCN is a Clinical Functional Nutritionist who believes food IS function. She specializes in using nutrition and mind-body practices to address stress at the intersections of gut health, hormonal equilibrium, chronic inflammation, and sleep. Helena empowers high-performing individuals, especially women, to find and maintain their personal sense of balance, flow and optimal health; she helps them navigate the stress continuum—harnessing the good stress and reducing chronic stress (and its related challenges).

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DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, psychotherapist, or other qualified medical professional. The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this podcast are the speaker’s own and may not be those of the hosts or CoNut Media LLC; we are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. Listeners should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical or mental health condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any such conditions.