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What is mediumship, and how do people who work as mediums understand their connection with the spiritual world?

In this episode of Good Is What Makes You Feel Well, I’m joined by Karen Docherty, an internationally recognized evidential medium, spiritual mentor, and educator from the East Coast of Scotland. With more than two decades of experience, Karen shares her personal journey, her education at the renowned Arthur Findlay College, and how she works with clients today.

Together, we explore the world of evidential mediumship, spiritual development, and Karen’s lifelong connection with Spirit.

✨ IN THIS EPISODE, WE DISCUSS:

🔹 Karen’s personal journey: How her connection with Spirit has been part of her life and family heritage across generations.

🔹 Understanding evidential mediumship: Karen’s approach to connecting with the spiritual world and the importance she places on authentic communication.

🔹 The Arthur Findlay College: Karen’s educational journey and the role this experience played in her development as a medium.

🔹 Working with clients: How Karen approaches private readings and supports the people who come to her for guidance and connection.

🔹 Spiritual mentorship and education: How she shares her knowledge through teaching, demonstrations, and mentorship.

🔹 Love and connection beyond the physical world: The belief at the heart of Karen’s work and how it shapes her approach to mediumship.

🔹 A grounded approach to spirituality: How Karen brings traditional spiritual values into her work with people from different backgrounds and walks of life.

💛 ABOUT KAREN DOCHERTY

Karen Docherty is an internationally recognized evidential medium, spiritual mentor, and educator based on the East Coast of Scotland.

For more than two decades, she has dedicated her life to helping people explore the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds. Through private readings, mentorship, demonstrations, and teaching, she has supported thousands of clients and students in the UK and internationally.

CONNECT WITH KAREN: www.karendocherty.com

🌿 ABOUT GOOD IS WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL WELL

I’m Anna Resende, an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, author, and host of Good Is What Makes You Feel Well.

I believe well-being encompasses more than physical health. It includes our mental, emotional, and spiritual lives, the relationships we nurture, and the meaning we find in our experiences.

Through conversations with inspiring guests, this podcast explores different perspectives on what it means to live a healthier, more conscious, and fulfilling life.

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🎙️ Good Is What Makes You Feel Well explores physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and sustainable wellbeing, and what it means to live a healthier, more meaningful life.

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What does it really mean to thrive in college? It's about more than grades, choosing the right major, or preparing for a career. It's also about mental wellbeing, belonging, discovering who you are, and building a meaningful life.

In this episode of Good Is What Makes You Feel Well, I’m joined by Jay Hamilton, Stanford University’s Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, to explore how students can make the most of their college experience—academically, personally, and emotionally.

Jay is an economist, educator, and author of You Got In! Now What? 100 Insights into Finding Your Best Life in College. His work at Stanford focuses on connecting students with transformative educational experiences that foster curiosity, critical thinking, personal development, and a lifelong love of learning.

We discuss the challenges students face when transitioning to college, including social media pressure, expectations from parents and peers, mental wellbeing, and the search for belonging. Jay shares how Stanford supports students through residential communities, academic advising, contemplative spaces, arts, sports, and opportunities to build meaningful relationships.

We also explore how artificial intelligence is changing higher education—and why human connection, independent thinking, and learning through experience remain so important.

In this conversation, you'll hear about:

• How to thrive in college beyond academic achievement
• College mental health and student wellbeing
• Finding belonging, friendship, and community on campus
• Discovering your identity, values, and purpose
• Choosing a college major without feeling locked into one future
• Developing a growth mindset and learning from setbacks
• Navigating social media pressure and outside expectations
• How AI is changing learning, writing, and student behavior
• The purpose of a liberal arts education
• Why college should prepare students for a meaningful life—not just a career

Jay shares why curiosity, openness, optimism, and a willingness to challenge convention can help students discover new possibilities. We also discuss the importance of resisting the pressure to follow someone else's script and learning to define success on your own terms.

As the author of Living Your Best Life in College: How to Avoid the Freshman 15, Stay Healthy, and Thrive for Good, I especially value this conversation about the connection between wellbeing, education, and the transition to adulthood.

Because getting into college is one milestone. Learning how to live well is a lifelong journey.

If you're a college student, parent, educator, or someone who cares about young adults' mental health and wellbeing, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on what higher education can—and should—make possible.

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You Got In! Now What? 100 Insights into Finding Your Best Life in College

🎙️ Good Is What Makes You Feel Well explores physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and sustainable wellbeing, and what it means to live a healthier, more meaningful life.

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What if the thing standing between you and your next breakthrough isn't your ability—but your comfort zone?

In this episode of Good Is What Makes You Feel Well, I'm joined by Art Turock, a performance coach, author, entrepreneur, elite athlete, and lifelong experimenter in personal growth.

Art has spent more than 50 years turning ideas about performance into lived practice. His journey has taken him from leading “Train the Trainers” programs at the University of Iowa to speaking for Fortune 500 companies, coaching executives and leaders, writing books, and—at age 55—reinventing himself as a competitive track and field athlete. And at 76, he's still putting his philosophy into practice—starting his mornings with 100 push-ups.

In our conversation, we explore what it really means to break out of your comfort zone and do what's required rather than simply what's comfortable.

Art shares his unconventional approach to goal setting, mindset, accountability, wellness, leadership, exercise, and personal development, including the 21 provocative questions he uses to help people rethink what they want and what they're willing to do to achieve it.

We also talk about:

• Exercise, confidence & mental wellbeing
• Mindset shifts and personal transformation
• Unconventional goal setting
• Breaking self-imposed limitations
• Building healthier habits
• Staying active and strong as we age
• Wellness and leadership
• Creating healthier workplace cultures
• High performance and personal accountability
• Reinventing yourself at any age
• The difference between doing what's comfortable and doing what's required

One of the ideas that stayed with me from our conversation is this:

Sometimes the breakthrough doesn't come from finding a better strategy. It comes from being willing to do something different.

Whether you're working on your health, your career, your relationships, your leadership, or simply trying to become the person you know you're capable of becoming, this conversation offers plenty to think about.

If you're interested in personal growth, healthy aging, exercise, mindset, leadership, high performance, goal setting, or breaking out of your comfort zone, this episode is for you.

🎙️ Good Is What Makes You Feel Well explores what it means to live well physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and sustainably.

Subscribe for more conversations about holistic health, personal growth, healthy habits, purpose, leadership, and what it truly means to feel well.

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Website: https://artturock.com/

Books: Demolish Your Comfort Zones & Getting Physical

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What if your garden could do more than simply look beautiful?

What if it could grow food, support native plants and pollinators, strengthen communities, and help us reconnect with nature?

In this episode of Good Is What Makes You Feel Well, I’m joined by Ricky Rietjens, an ecological designer, garden specialist, and environmental educator whose work brings together gardening, food systems, native plants, community wellness, and environmental stewardship.

Ricky shares his journey from studying medicinal plant chemistry to working in native edible and medicinal garden design, herbal literacy, environmental education, and community gardening in Los Angeles.

We explore:

• Sustainable gardening and native plant landscapes
• Growing edible and medicinal plants in urban environments
• Pollinators and the importance of native bees
• Food sovereignty and reconnecting with where our food comes from
• Permaculture and ecological gardening
• Transforming lawns into native habitats and food forests
• School gardens and environmental education for children
• Traditional ecological knowledge and ethnobiology
• Nature, gardening, mindfulness, and somatic healing
• Community building through food and gardening
• Gardening programs for underserved and at-risk communities
• Creating a more sustainable relationship with the natural world

Ricky also shares his experiences teaching gardening and nature-based education, working with youth, developing herbal literacy programs, and creating gardens that connect people with food, plants, and place.

One of the central ideas in our conversation is simple:

We may not need to look farther away from nature. We may simply need to start paying attention to what is already growing around us.

Whether you have a large backyard, a small garden, or simply a few pots on a balcony, this conversation invites you to think differently about what growing food can mean for our health, our communities, and the environment.

If you’re interested in sustainable gardening, native plants, permaculture, food sovereignty, environmental education, herbalism, pollinators, community gardens, or reconnecting with nature, I think you’ll find a lot to explore here.

Good Is What Makes You Feel Well explores what it means to live well physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and sustainably.

Subscribe for more conversations about holistic health, wellbeing, conscious living, nature, sustainability, and what it means to truly feel well.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricky.farms/

Email: rickyfarmsdesign@gmail.com

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What happens when we redefine success—not as achievement, but as freedom, learning, purpose, contribution, connection, and making an impact?

In this conversation you will hear unexpected life lessons about trust, spirituality, simplicity, and different ways of living from a 500-mile pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago, and the fascinating connection between diversity, innovation, and economic growth. Other topics covered were sustainable food, nutrition and mental health, education and life skills, and social impact.

My guest, Dr. John Bamforth is a scientist, former global business leader, innovator, and lifelong learner whose journey offers a fascinating perspective on retirement, purpose, community impact, meaningful life, and wellbeing.

After 35 years in corporate life, he now enjoys using his time to make real community impact. John’s book, Race to Innovation, challenges us to look beyond traditional sources of ideas and recognize the incredible creativity and entrepreneurial potential within communities that have historically been overlooked.

I hope this conversation inspires you to think differently about retirement, success, innovation, and ultimately, what it means to live a meaningful and well-lived life.

CONNECT TO DR. BAMFORTH:

https://www.racetoinnovation.net/

Book: Race to Innovation

🎙️ Good Is What Makes You Feel Well explores physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and sustainable wellbeing, and what it means to live a healthier, more meaningful life.

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What if the emotional states we practice most often become patterns that influence the way we experience our lives—and our nervous system?

In this episode of Good Is What Makes You Feel Well, Anna Resende speaks with Dr. Colette D. Sinclair about emotional regulation, nervous system health, emotional patterns, and the mind-body connection.

Dr. Sinclair has spent twenty years working at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and contemplative science. She is the creator of Emotional Posture®, founder of Integrated Mental Wellness, and author of Emotional Postures.

Together, we explore a different way of thinking about emotions—not simply as reactions that need to be controlled or managed, but as experiences that may shape our internal patterns and influence how we relate to ourselves and the world around us.

Dr. Sinclair shares her framework of six emotional postures:

✨ Gratitude
✨ Acceptance
✨ Ease
✨ Forgiveness
✨ Compassion
✨ Love

We discuss emotional regulation, nervous system balance, intentional emotional practice, coherence, consciousness, and the relationship between neuroscience and integrative wellness.

This conversation invites us to consider a powerful question:

What emotional state are you practicing most often—and what might happen if you intentionally practiced something different?

Listen in and discover another perspective on emotional wellbeing, nervous system regulation, and what it means to truly feel well.

CONNECT WITH DR SINCLAIR: https://www.colettesinclair.com/

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Good communication is foundational for all human interactions - It goes far beyond leadership and the workplace.

In this conversation, you will learn how self-awareness, personal responsibility, and the choices we make in how we show up in our relationships are foundational to create a psychological safe environment where people flourish.

My guest, Molly Tschang, is the creator of Say It Skillfully, an acclaimed video series, podcast, and book. Molly has spent more than 20 years working for corporations and today, as founder of Abella Consulting and creator of Say It Skillfully® she helps senior executives and their teams build the chemistry, clarity, and trust they need to Win as One.

We both agree that our ability to communicate honestly, listen deeply, navigate difficult conversations, and create relationships where people feel safe enough to speak up and be themselves is paramount to a better world.

This conversation will give you some practical tools, and also something to reflect on: What might change in your relationships, your work, and your life if you became more willing to say it skillfully—and to truly listen to what others are saying?

So, let’s dive in! Shall we?

CONNECT TO MOLLY at sayitskillfully.com

Book: https://www.sayitskillfully.com/book

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mollytschang/

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