WellSeekers with Lucia

Real Ways to Balance Your Mind, Mood and Holiday Spirit in 3 Minutes or Less!

The holidays are a stressful time, if you have listened to our series so far, so know all the stats on how and why we get burned out during this joyful season.
On today's show, meditation guru, Swami Varadan is back to help us balance our minds, moods, spirits and lives just in time for the holidays! Swami will talk about his latest meditation technique and walk us through a powerful few minute meditation to help calm you instantly!
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Holiday Food Favorites & Tricks to Balance Your Mind, Body and Life

The holidays are a tricky time of year. Some reports estimate people gain between 7-10 pounds, other's between 1-2 pounds. We all love holiday food, but imagine if there was a way to enjoy the foods of the season and still feel good? On today's show we are talking to Emily Manuel, Certified Holistic Nutritionist, about simple and real ways to create and enjoy foods this holiday season that fuel our minds, moods and lives and how to enjoy our favorite treats without going overboard.
Join Lucia and Emily as they help guide you to your own story of well this holiday season!
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Lucia at Night: Feel More Connected This Holiday Season!

On today’s show, Pete Perrotta, Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LADC joins Lucia at Night to talk about ways to approach this Holiday season in a more connected and loving way, and the meaning of family. Also joining in studio are friends Sarah and Krista where we talk nicknames, favorite holiday music and movies, cookies, and so much more!
So watch and listen to today’s show and de-stress from your day, and form stronger relationships with the people, places and things that you love; all in an informative, fun and intimate conversation. A treat and retreat for your day, Lucia at Night is going to help close the door on your day and light up your night.
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When the Holidays Hurt: How to Handle Stress, Anxiety & Give Yourself Permission to Enjoy the Season

The holiday season is suppose to be one that reminds us to stop and let in the peace, joy and love that surrounds us daily. In reality, over 80% of people in a recent survey reported feeling stress and anxiety around the holidays. So what if this this time of holiday bliss, really brings up hurts from the past, family dysfunction and a list a mile long to accomplish? How can we enjoy our holidays and rise and comeback to the place of joy we crave in spite of what transpires around us or creep sin from our past?
On this episode Lucia is joined by Dr. Danica Harris to talk about ways to enjoy your holiday season and diminish stress and anxiety in real and practical ways. Join Lucia and Danica as they kick off our 6 part series to help guide you and stand by your side this holiday season!
For more on Danica follow her on Instagram @theempoweredtherapist and on her site: empoweredhealingdallas.com
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Lucia at Night: Talking Love, Life, Music and Blended Families

Welcome to Lucia At Night! Lucia At Night is finally here and we could not be more excited.
A treat and retreat for your day, Lucia at Night is a monthly addition to our show WellSeekers with Lucia to help focus on relationships with the people, places and things that you love in an informative and, fun and intimate environment. Helping you de-stress from your day and connect to what you love - We are going to help close the door on your day and light up your night.
Launching today, we are talking about what LAN (Lucia At Night) is all about and what you can expect, as well as welcoming a special guest and good friend of mine, Naja Hall. Naja Hall is a Family Life Coach specializing in helping blend families, and is taking time out of her hectic schedule to spend her night with us. She'll offer professional and personal experience on transitioning into dating or committing to someone who has a family you are blending into, or possibly blending someone into your family. Lucia and Naja are talking love, life, music and so much more.
So get connected with Lucia and the Night, Tribe, as we bring some light, laughter and love to your life, but most importantly - your night.
To learn more about blended families, you can reach out to Naja at NajaHall.com.
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The Keys to Prevention of Eating Related Issues

On today's show, Michelle Pierce MA, LMHC, RYT, Lead Clinician & Director of Clinical Programming for MEDA in Newton, MA joins us to talk about prevention of eating related issues and what we can all do to help reduce the prevalence of eating disorders. (Meda:www.medainc.org)
Every 62 minutes a person dies from an eating disorder, where eating disorders are the number one leading cause of mental health related deaths. Some possible factors, explored and discussed in today's show, include untrue and unhealthy beliefs, and pressures of unrealistic expectations with our relationships and judgments with our bodies, and with food. Additionally there may be inappropriate association of these beliefs and pressures to self worth and self identity, as we are told from social media, diet culture, and even our own narratives.
So how can we make an impact to help prevent this in our own lives, our loved ones lives, and culturally? Through our need to connect, and need to support. Through education, conversation and relationships. Find our more, and join the conversation with Lucia and Michelle now on WellSeekers.
To learn more about prevention of eating related issues, you can reach out to Michelle on social media @recoverwithMEDA.
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Help for Kids with Eating Related Issues

According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Eating disorders in young men and women are on the rise (Source: www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and…Disorders-002.aspx). In the United States alone, as many as 10% of females are reported to suffer from a clinical eating disorder. When you consider non-reports, males and eating related issues like binge eating, the number can be much more significant. So how do we know if our child is struggling with an eating related issues? How do we talk to them and how do we find help?
On today's show, Michelle Felton, LMHC, CEDS, is back. Michelle is the Clinical Director of Laurel Hill in Medford, MA and has her own private practice as well. Join Lucia and Michelle as they talk about eating disorders, how they present in kids and how today's current landscape contributes to the issue. They also will talk about signs, symptoms and hope for those struggling.
Lucia will also take on some healthy coping tools that can help with anxiety and stress as well as continues the conversation on why food and body image still plays such a large role in society for women especially.
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Hope & Healing for Athletes with Eating Disorders

Men, adolescents, athletes and so many other populations are never considered to struggle with eating related issues, but the facts are - THEY DO! So what does it look like when different populations have eating related issues and how can we help?
On today's show Lucia and guest Michelle Felton, LMHC, CEDS joins us to talk about athletes and other populations who may be struggling, how we can help and the hope that exists.
If you or anyone you know struggles with body image, eating related issues, or an eating disorder we encourage you to listen and to share today's show.
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Get Help for a Loved One with an Eating Related Issue: How to Help Take Care of Them & You!

Eating related issues are a part of almost everyone's lives in some way.
According to statistics (anad.org/education-and-awaren…isorders-statistics/), at least 30 million people of all ages and of all genders suffer from a clinical eating disorder, with estimates much higher for those that go unreported. Even more shocking is the every 62 minutes, at least one person passes away as a direct result of an eating disorder & that eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of ANY mental illness.
On today's show, Kelly McAdams, MSW, LICSW and New England Regional Outreach Manager at Monte Nido & Affiliates, joins us to talk about how we can talk to a loved one who we may think has some sort of eating related issues.
One of the biggest things that can aid in someones struggling with an eating related issues, is prevention, so what can we say if we think someone around us is struggling? No matter how far down the line they are in their struggle, Kelly will help give us some resources to talk to our loved ones as well as ways to take care of ourselves along the way.
Don't miss this critical episode below and for more on treatment resources make sure to check out Monte Nido & Affiliates (www.montenido.com/)
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Rise & Comeback to a Relationship w/Your Body & Food That You Love: One Woman’s Journey of Hope

Have you ever struggled with an eating related issues? What about body image? If you have you're not alone. Eating related issues can range from issues with body image, self confidence, obsession over caloric intake to a clinical diagnosis of anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating.  Wherever you are with food and your body, today's show is a MUST listen if you have ever struggled with body image or food related issues. Join Lucia and former professional dancer, turned professional makeup artist, Campbell Ritchie as she shares her experience of finding her own story of well with food and how she had to rise and come back from an eating related issue that nearly took her life.If you or anybody you know struggles with food, body image, or self confidence - this show is a MUST listen.
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