Lunch with a Life Coach

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• Forging A New Path of Leadership with Ancient Wisdom with Jess Boots 05.09.2025 52min

  So many of us are struggling with old, outdated frameworks for what defines a leader, what qualities a great leader embodies and what conversations belong in the leadership space. This episode is the answer and sits at the intersection of science and “woo”, where we bring you the ancient wisdom of the chakra system and yogic philosophy and apply it to how we believe leadership can positive evolve. In this invitational conversation, I am joined by the lovely Jess Boots, a leadership coach, aut...
• Parallel lives, ripple effects & the link between breaking cycles + identity shifts with Hollis M. M. 19.08.2025 1t 12min

  Ep 24: What happens when two people sit down and realize just how uncannily similar their stories are? In this episode, Kayleigh and Hollis dive into the ways that our personal histories echo through identity, relationships, and the choices we make every single day. Together, we explore: how we actually define what a life coach does (+ why you would want to work with one)the link between breaking old cycles and creating positive ripple effects just by the way you liveHollis’s experiment with ...
• The Revelation of Reclaiming Cyclical Living 18.07.2025 1t 17min

  Ep 23: If you’ve ever felt pressured to turn your healing into progress or wondered why living in alignment often feels like swimming upstream—this episode will shift something deep in your bones. Ximena is a Mexican philosopher and regenerative design practitioner who breaks down how we internalize extraction, and why returning to rhythm is more than self-care—it’s system disruption. Together, we explore how reclaiming our cyclical nature is part of what might actually save us. In this episo...
• How to Unlock Your Most Potent Self with Lindsey Freeman 29.05.2025 1t 3min

  When Lindsey hit play on a Human Design podcast at her corporate design job, she didn’t know it would change everything. But that moment sparked a self-inquiry investigation of what could be beyond the old, outdated identities and beliefs, which led her to become an Energy Architect. In this episode, we talk about: How grief became a catalyst for redefining joy and successThe ways misaligned environments can block creativityThe cost of dimming your light for someone elseWhat happens w...
• From Olive Garden Dreams to Cooking Close to Nature with Chef Janna 14.05.2025 1t 13min

  Ep. 21: In this episode of Lunch with a Life Coach, Kayleigh sits down with the incomparable Chef Janna to explore what it really means to make food a lifestyle—without falling into the trap of food perfectionism. From her early inspiration sparked by a server at Olive Garden to her current approach to cooking as a form of devotion in both her cafe Mother's Roots and at home, Janna shares how discipline in the kitchen can actually create more freedom, not less. We talk about the subtl...
• Somatic Snack: Rest as Resistance 22.04.2025 29min

  The theme of the season is “as soft as possible”, so we’re kicking off season 2 of Lunch with a Life Coach with a Somatic Snack all about rest. Kayleigh debunks the 5 common myths about rest, shares the nervous system perspective on why it’s so hard for us to rest in our society, and outlines the various different types of rest you can experience. This episode will help you reclaim rest as a way of meeting yourself, understanding your inner rhythm, and softening the grip of inter...
• The Permission to Pivot with Kourtney Wellette 20.11.2024 1t 11min

  We contain multitudes within us and the soulful, brilliantly wise Kourtney Wellette is here to share how she has embraced and leveraged a partnership with her own body to build a life she loves that honors those multitudes. While Kourtney set off on the path of functional medicine, fueled by her own experience with auto-immune disease, she realized the path she originally envisioned wasn’t what her reality. Kourtney and I explore what it’s like to break with the expectation of “...
• Somatic Snack: The Taste of a Yes and No 22.10.2024 11min

  On this episode, Kayleigh shares one of her favorite frameworks to help you tune into what a Yes and No feels like in your body. Treat yourself and discover how tuning into your internal "yum" and "yuck" can simplify your choices and lead you to what feels good, even when your rational mind wants to complicate things. ---- Kayleigh Martin is a somatic life coach and nervous system mentor with a mission to help you turn your nervous system into a thriving system. She loves ...
• Somatic Snack: Discipline (vs?) Devotion 03.10.2024 10min

  The words your choose matter: not only because of the meaning they carry but the feeling the carry. For today's Somatic Snack, Kayleigh shares her experience of uncovering the reason she hated the word discipline, what was keeping her from being ok with being a disciplined person, and the symbiotic relationship of discipline and devotion. You'll learn how words effect your somatic experience and how creating awareness around the words you choose can impact your lived experience. --- K...
• Beyond the Surface: How Men Can Build Meaningful Friendships with Brian Thompson 24.09.2024 1t 6min

  Ep: 16 On this episode, Kayleigh sits down with therapist and men’s group facilitator Brian Thompson for an honest dive into work addiction, the power of group reflection and support, and friendships.. Brian candidly shares about his turning point in winding his way out of burnout as well as the vital importance of mentorship. (A must-listen if you’re in the healing/therapy/coaching field.) Kayleigh and Brian address the real challenge that many men are currently facing: finding and c...
• Somatic Snack: Somatics Explained 03.09.2024 15min

  Kayleigh kicks off her new sub-series of Lunch with a Life Coach called Somatic Snacks by explaining just what somatics means. In this series you’ll get bite-sized, sweet, solo-episodes where Kayleigh will share easily digestible concepts, ideas, and practical practices to add to your recipe to thrive. In this first episode, Kayleigh helps break down somatics including: The role of the body (“soma”) in healing and thrivingHow the nervous system plays a key role in linking the body and...
• H.O.T. Take: Making Financial Freedom Fun with Teresa Milner 20.08.2024 54min

  Ep.14: Ever thought about having H.O.T. conversations with yourself about your financial wellbeing? On this podcast, you’ll learn exactly what that means, an embodied approach to break scarcity mindset, and why making the investment to work with a financial partner is truly an investment to your own wellbeing. Teresa Milner, aka Mama T, a financial advisor and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, shares her wealth of knowledge and lived experience of how she personally cultivated fina...
• On Showing up 100% for Yourself (and Love) with Katie Louise 07.08.2024 1t 10min

  Ep 13 Come for the dating advice, stay for the insight behind the role that embodiment and inner child work play in bringing in the love (romantic or platonic) that we crave. Love and empowerment coach Katie Louise shares her story about building a business based on self-love in an environment that questioned her, how to step out of victim mentality, and how to not let your inner child drive the bus for you. Kayleigh shares her new perspective on belonging and setting boundaries aroun...
• The Life-Changing Power of Tiny Rituals with Julie Miller 25.06.2024 1t 9min

  Ep 12: Join Kayleigh and the not-so-silent partner of Lunch with a Life Coach Julie Miller as they explore the wondrously transformative yet simple world of rituals. Julie shares about her process of coming out of the “broom closet” as a witch and how her anchor into these practices have helped her continuously connect back to her sense of rebellious agency. Her story of burning old tethers of safety and security to the corporate world of “shoulds” will have you examining how to set u...
• The Quest for Healing & How to Responsibly use Somatic Approaches with Amanda Chils 11.06.2024 1t 1min

  Ep 11: You’re not broken. You don’t need to be fixed. You just need to stop putting peanuts in your coffee grinder. With the background musical stylings of Puff Daddy (the turkey), you’ll hear trauma specialist and licensed clinical therapist Amanda Chils and I getting real about healing on this episode. We reveal the problem with a lot of traditional therapy and why the body is key to healing the root of trauma. Amanda shares about the transformative technique of RRT (Rapid Resolutio...
• Risking it All to Become Wild with Emma Whittard 28.05.2024 55min

  Ep 10: What does it mean to BE wild, especially as a woman? Transformational Coach Emma Whittard and I dive into defining what it means to be a wild woman, why we should try on being an angry woman, and using your emotions as a compass to the most true version of yourself. Emma shares her own story of breaking the cycle of preconceived definitions running her life and her surprisingly challenging experience of rebalancing the feminine and masculine entering the coaching world. If you’...
• Becoming Your Own Home Base with Larissa Bell 14.05.2024 1t 10min

  Ep 9: You don’t have to have it all figured out. Coach and Women’s Guidance Facilitator Larissa and I are here to share with you the ways to be ok breaking binary thinking and embracing the Both/And approach to life. This episode is a smorgasbord of wisdom and insight into what true authenticity looks and feels like and teaches you how to be an artisan of your own life. Through lots of laughter and personal shares, Larissa and I delve into the messy misconceptions of perfection to str...
• The New Divorce Ingredient: Mindfulness with Jigna Patel 16.04.2024 39min

  Ep 8: We’re taking the F’s out of divorce and embracing the M: no failure, less fighting, more mindfulness. Jigna Patel, a Mindful Divorce Coach, shares the profound role of mindfulness that can help shift your experience of divorce (or ending of a significant relationship). Jigna shares how she leveraged mindfulness to help her navigate both the logistics of divorce as well as staying connected with herself through the process. We dive into the historical view of divorce in our socie...
• Embracing Scars: Trauma Coaches Candid Exploration with Katya Lovejoy 02.04.2024 1t 6min

  Ep 7: Today we’re getting candid: about what it’s like to be a trauma coach who is also working through trauma. Katya Lovejoy, a clinical hypnotherapist, trauma coach, and meditation teacher opens up a window into her own journey with embodiment, psycho-spiritual evolution, and exploration of all the different parts or “voices” in our heads. We explore the path to breaking the cycle of codependency, the power of healing past generations through our present-day choices, and breaking th...
• Healing through the lens of Eldership, Grief, and ADHD with Cassandra Posey 19.03.2024 1t 2min

  Ep 6: What do grief and imposter syndrome have to do with each other? Find out in this episode where Kayleigh sits down for a “buffet” lunch with Founder of Cognitive Function and Myceliate: the Festival, Cassandra Posey. In this intimate dialogue, Cassandra shares how she’s navigated grief and how eldership has emerged as a vital piece of her healing process. Together, they also explore how the current conditions of our culture have influenced the rise of ADHD, the importance o...