HeyJaredEssential Self-Care
Welcome to the Essential Self-Care podcast where we talk about all things self-care for those of us who are, let’s face it, too busy for self-care. It’s time to bring that same compassion that you offer to everyone else in your life, to yourself as well.
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Ep 109: Messy Beginnings w/ Alice O’Connell (opens the original)
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Today’s episode features a self-care modality that we haven’t covered yet on the show—knitting. Alice O’Connell, a former tv actress, first took up knitting as a way to pass the time while on set. What started as simply a way to pass time became an essential part of her self-care when she had kids and found that she was losing herself in the journey of parenthood. Knitting gave Alice micro-windows of calm when everything else felt overwhelming. This thread of self-care reached new heights when A
Ep 108: Find Your Cheerleaders w/ Mohana Rajakumar (opens the original)
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How do you navigate a pandemic lockdown as a massive extrovert and creative? Novelist and screenwriter Mohana Rajakumar joins us to share how the COVID lockdown while living abroad set her on a self-care exploration. Mohana describes how, after 20 years of being a novelist and having written 10 books, she lost the fun and mystery of novel-writing. She was in search of a new creative outlet and the isolation of living abroad during the pandemic was fertile ground for her to explore different path
Ep 107: How to Practice Self-Care through Pain and Uncertainty w/ Ana Quinn (opens the original)
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How do you practice self-care when faced with three years of undiagnosed, excruciating leg pain? On this episode, Ana Quinn—leadership development and executive coach—shares how she approached the most challenging season of her life with tenacity, resilience, and faith. After living with years of undiagnosed leg pain, she was found to have a rare circulatory disorder that required surgery in both of her legs. Ana shares the anchors of self-care that helped her during that time: exercise, prayer,
Ep 106: Creative Placemaking and Individual Authenticity w/ Kate Pittman (opens the original)
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Have you ever visited a place and felt an intangible sense of belonging? In this episode, I welcome Kate Pittman, Executive Director of the ViBe Creative District in Virginia Beach, to shed light on community spaces that foster individual authenticity—the expression of that which gives us joy. We talk about how creative placemaking can positively impact the health, safety, and overall well-being of individuals and communities—including the entrepreneurs who are running their businesses in the di
Ep 105: A Fish Out of Water: Navigating an Unexpected Career Transition w/ Stephanie Vatalaro (opens the original)
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How do you move forward from an unexpected jolt to your 20-year non-profit career? Stephanie Vatalaro found herself grappling with this question when her non-profit lost funding in 2025. Faced with the reality that the executive role she had planned on maintaining until retirement was no longer an option, Stephanie shares what those early, gut-wrenching days looked like for her. From her initial focus on crisis management to intentionally taking time for herself, and ultimately creating WaveMake
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