In this powerful episode of the Vivatude Podcast, certified health coach and fitness professional Tracy Cromwell sits down with Dr. Shay, an acupuncturist, professor, author, and holistic coach, to explore what it truly means to heal—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. With more than a decade of experience across disciplines including acupuncture, fitness, nutrition, martial arts, and mindfulness, Dr. Shay shares how an integrative approach to health can help women over 40 build resilience, strength, and fulfillment through every season of life.

Dr. Shay opens up about her own life-altering car accident and the long road to recovery that followed—while she was finishing her medical boards. Together, Tracy and Dr. Shay discuss how physical fitness, mindset, movement practices like tai chi, and even creativity and play (yes, improv comedy!) can become powerful tools for healing. This episode speaks directly to women navigating injury, unexpected change, caregiving responsibilities, or feelings of loss—offering hope, perspective, and practical strategies for reclaiming well-being.

The conversation also dives deeply into caregiver wellness, emotional boundaries, and the often-overlooked need to “care for the caregiver.” Dr. Shay explains how acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine address not just pain, but the body’s stored stress and emotional weight—what TCM calls Shen, or spirit. If you’re a woman over 40 seeking holistic health, emotional resilience, and a more compassionate way to support both yourself and others, this episode offers insight, validation, and actionable tools you can start using today.

✨ Connect with Dr. Shay Vasudeva

💠 website: https://www.ShayTheCoachAcupuncture.com

💠 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shaythecoach/

💠 LinkedIn: Dr. Shaweta Vasudeva & ShayTheCoach

💠 email: ShayTheCoach@gmail.com

💠 X: https://x.com/ShayTheCoach

💠 phone: 480-253-9642

✨ Connect with Tracy Cromwell

💠 YouTube: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@tracycromwell

💠 Podcasts: 👉 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/tracy-cromwell

💠 Interviews: 👉 https://tracycromwell.com/pages/interviews-with-tracy-cromwell

✨ Connect with Vivatude

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Jan Edwards' life changed on a business trip to Ethiopia, where she encountered human trafficking for the first time. In that moment, she decided to do something about it! Two years later, Jan launched the Paving the Way Foundation to disrupt the cycle of trafficking and child exploitation.

In part 1, hear how one woman decided to make a difference for vulnerable teens and children, how she created a solution that is educating kids and keeping them safe.

In part 2, Jan continues her story of launching the Paving the Way Foundation to combat child trafficking while juggling the responsibilities as a caregiver. During that time, Jan wrote and directed a short film, Trapped in the Trade, that went on to educate thousands while also winning film festival awards.

In part 3, Jan describes the steps that allowed her to find financial support while following her mission of combatting trafficking and exploitation. Through a combination of her own investments (the 401(k) her mom told her to start), plus her entrepreneurial spirit and fundraising, Jan and her foundation having found the support they need. Learn how you can support the mission of Paving the Way Foundation.

✨ Connect with Jan Edwards & Paving the Way

💠 Paving the Way Foundation Website: https://www.pavingthewayfoundation.org/

💠 Paving the Way on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PavingW/

💠 Paving the Way on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pavingw/

💠 Trapped in the Trade Film: http://www.trappedfilm.com/

💠 Jan’s book for caregivers: Managing Aging Parents While Keeping Your Sanity 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Parents-Keeping-Sanity-Advocacy-ebook/dp/B01HCESHMY

✨ Connect with Kate Phillips

💠 Free Gifts & More: 👉 https://linktr.ee/katephillips

💠 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@totalwealth

💠 Website 👉 https://www.totalwealthcoaching.com/

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/thekatephillips

💠 Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/totalwealth.kate/

✨ Connect with Vivatude

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In this episode of Vivatude, Lauren Archer sits down with Rebecca Rama Devi Prien, author of This Again: Untangle the Root of What Distracts & Derails You from Your Life’s Work and host of the Sacred & Strategic podcast, for a rich and grounded conversation about the deeper patterns that quietly shape our lives — and how spiritual practice can reveal what strategy alone cannot.

Rebecca brings a rare fusion of intellect and soul to this dialogue. Trained in elite academic and professional environments before turning toward spiritual practice, she now works with purpose-driven women who are highly capable, highly strategic — and often unknowingly over-reliant on the mind. Her work invites a return to a deeper intelligence accessed through spiritual practice, particularly Sanskrit mantra.

Lauren shares that listening to Rebecca’s audiobook was the first time, as a Western woman, she truly understood mantra not as belief or philosophy, but as an embodied spiritual technology. Together, they explore how midlife can serve as a powerful threshold — a time when familiar patterns resurface not as failures, but as invitations to untangle what Rebecca calls the karmic knot.

In This Conversation, You’ll Explore

💠 Why there is often one core issue at the root of what distracts and derails us — no matter how many ways it appears

💠 What a karmic knot is, why it is so stubborn and elusive, and why mindset or strategy alone cannot fully resolve it

💠 How some patterns may be inherited from ancestry, culture, or the collective, rather than originating with us personally

💠 Why spiritual practice is underdeveloped in modern culture — especially for women trained and rewarded for strategic thinking

💠 How chanting Sanskrit mantra works at an energetic level to untangle deep patterns with clarity and precision

💠 How midlife can become a sacred initiation into alignment, purpose, and embodied wisdom

💠 A Core Insight from Rebecca

In a culture that prioritizes strategy, metrics, and logic, spiritual practice is often viewed as secondary or suspect. Rebecca explains that when used intentionally, spiritual practice doesn’t replace strategy — it reveals it. Through spiritual practice, we gain access to intelligence, insight, and solutions that the thinking mind alone cannot reach.

Rather than forcing clarity through effort, mantra practice allows clarity to emerge organically — from a deeper source of wisdom.

✨ Resources & Links

💠 Rebecca Rama Devi Prien’s website: https://www.ompreneur.com/

💠 Free This Again guided practice: https://www.ompreneur.com/this-again-practice/

💠 Book: This Again: Untangle the Root of What Distracts & Derails You from Your Life’s Work

💠 Podcast: Sacred & Strategic

✨ Connect with Lauren Archer:

💠 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@LaurenArcher

💠 Website and Gift 👉 https://www.laurenarcher.live/

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/LaurenArcher

💠 Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/laurenarchercoaching/

✨ Connect with Vivatude

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/VivatudeOfficial

💠 Vivatude Podcast Playlist 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAaH5P8bm1O2DNFGvKx2uh0rqhA8fWo7F

💠 Meet Our Hosts 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAaH5P8bm1O0sTSMv6IkG3WThSRouw-2x

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In this powerful episode of Vivatude, life coach Anu Aoroa sits down with entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Head of Women’s Health at Viome, Anu Jain, for a transformative conversation about closing the gender health gap and redefining healthcare for women over 40. Vivatude is more than a show — it’s a movement and mindset for women seeking emotional strength, financial freedom, spiritual clarity, and vibrant health in midlife and beyond. Together, they expose the truth about how women have historically been treated like “small men” in medicine, why women were excluded from clinical research until 1993, and how systemic bias continues to affect diagnosis, menopause care, heart health, autoimmune disease, and mental health.

This series dives deep into precision health, microbiome science, and personalized medicine, revealing how women can move beyond reactive, “band-aid” healthcare and become the CEOs of their own wellbeing. Anu Jain breaks down the five pillars of women’s health — food, sleep, stress, exercise, and purpose — and explains how gene expression, hormones, and the gut, oral, brain, and vaginal microbiomes are intricately connected. From strength training in perimenopause and menopause to understanding why superfoods aren’t universal, this conversation delivers science-backed insights designed specifically for women navigating midlife health changes.

The discussion also explores groundbreaking innovation in women’s health, including the future of menopause research, ovarian health, fertility, and targeted diagnostics. Anu Jain shares her investment work in women’s health startups, global initiatives like Women Moving Millions, XPRIZE, and Girl Up, and why funding and data equity are critical to advancing care. If you’re navigating caregiving, rediscovering your identity in midlife, or seeking smarter, personalized solutions for long-term vitality, this Vivatude series is an empowering roadmap to thriving — not just surviving — after 40.

✨ Connect with Anu Jain

💠 Viome website: https://www.viome.com/womens-health

💠 Viome website: https://www.viome.com/

💠 Evvy website: https://www.evvy.com/

💠 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theanujain/

💠 Women's Safety X-PRIZE: https://www.xprize.org/competitions/womens-safety

✨ Connect with Anu Arora

💠 Anu's book Ignite Your Light 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Ignite-Your-Light-infinite-potential/dp/1719066582

💠 Website 👉 https://www.anuarora.com/

💠 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@speakeranuarora

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/anuarora21/

✨ Connect with Vivatude

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/VivatudeOfficial

💠 Vivatude Podcast Playlist 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAaH5P8bm1O2DNFGvKx2uh0rqhA8fWo7F

💠 Meet Our Hosts 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAaH5P8bm1O0sTSMv6IkG3WThSRouw-2x

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In this inspiring episode of Vivatude, host and fitness expert Tracy Cromwell sits down with acclaimed actor, writer, and disability advocate Teal Sherer for a powerful conversation about resilience, wellness, and living a vibrant life—no matter what challenges arise. Designed especially for women over 40, this episode explores how physical health, mindset, humor, and environment shape our ability to thrive through life transitions, injuries, caregiving roles, and unexpected change. Teal shares her personal journey as a wheelchair user following a spinal cord injury at age 14, offering insight that is both deeply human and incredibly empowering.

Teal is best known for her award-winning comedy series My Gimpy Life, her work in national commercials, TV shows like NCIS: New Orleans, films such as HBO’s Warm Springs, and her advocacy through writing for New Mobility Magazine. In this conversation, she and Tracy discuss reframing disability, letting go of fear-based narratives around aging and injury, and embracing adaptive tools—like mobility devices and accessible home design—as gateways to independence and freedom. For women navigating caregiving for aging parents, recovering from injury, or redefining their physical identity in midlife, Teal’s perspective offers reassurance, dignity, and hope.

The episode also highlights Teal’s upcoming solo performance, The World Looks Different Sitting Down, at Seattle Public Theater—a deeply personal, funny, and moving show that invites audiences to see disability, motherhood, creativity, and love through a new lens. Whether you’re seeking motivation, emotional strength, or a reminder that your life can still be full, meaningful, and joyful, this Vivatude conversation will leave you feeling inspired, seen, and energized to keep moving forward—on your own terms.

✨ Connect with Teal Sherer

💠 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MyGimpyLifeShow

💠 Website: https://www.tealsherer.com/

💠 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tealsherer/

💠 New Mobility: https://newmobility.com

💠 Seattle Public Theatre: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=280896

✨ Connect with Tracy Cromwell

💠 YouTube: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@tracycromwell

💠 Podcasts: 👉 https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/tracy-cromwell

💠 Interviews: 👉 https://tracycromwell.com/pages/interviews-with-tracy-cromwell

✨ Connect with Us at Vivatude's Facebook page at 👉 https://www.facebook.com/VivatudeOfficial

In this episode, the Vivatude founder and hosts share their thoughts about 2225 and 2226. For some, it's a time to embrace an unknown future, for others a chance for self-forgiveness. Lauren Archer with Vivitude encourages listeners to embrace change and personal growth by letting go of external expectations, trusting in synchronicities, and confidently expressing their true selves. Kate Phillips reflects on the past year and discussed an intention-setting guide that includes journaling prompts and steps for conducting an intention-setting retreat, with the aim of clearing the slate before setting goals. Tracy Cromwell shares simple, achievable ways caregivers can begin supporting their bodies again through movement, rest, nutrition, stress reduction, and asking for help. Life Coach Anu Aurora explores what it means to live in a year filled with paradox: moving fast while longing to slow down, holding joy and grief at the same time, and standing in the “in-between” stage so many women experience during this season of life.

Lauren Archer: Embrace Change and Personal Growth

Vivatude host Lauren Archer discussed the concept of thresholds in life, which represent phases where individuals are ready to move beyond familiar ways and embrace the unknown. She encouraged participants to pause and connect with their heart energy as a center of intelligence, distinguishing it from the mind's focus on external logic and planning. She invited them to reflect on what qualities or habits they might be ready to let go of, using her own transition from living in the US to becoming a digital nomad as an example. Lauren emphasized the importance of opening up to new aspects of oneself, such as courage, compassion, and authenticity, as they move into the next phase of their lives. Drawing from lived experience, Suzanne Newman explores forgiveness not as a single act, but as a process shaped by accumulated disappointments, altered dreams, and paths that led somewhere different than expected.

Before You Set Intentions… Do this!

Coach Kate Phillips recommends you “complete the past” and clear the slate for the new year. Kate Phillips hosted a special holiday edition of the Vivitude show focused on reflection and intention-setting for the new year. She discussed the importance of reviewing past experiences and accomplishments before setting new goals, emphasizing the value of gratitude and complete reflection before moving forward. The show included an intention-setting guide with journaling prompts and steps for conducting an intention-setting retreat, with Kate encouraging listeners to make this part of their annual ritual and reminding them to subscribe to the show. Kate discussed her experience with intention setting over the past 20 years and encouraged listeners to download her intention setting guide at https://intention.gr8.com.

Closing 2025, Welcoming 2026

As 2025 comes to a close, many women caregivers are carrying exhaustion that runs far deeper than physical tiredness. In this deeply compassionate episode of the Vivatude podcast, host Tracy Cromwell speaks directly to women over 40 who are caring for aging parents—women who are emotionally drained, decision-weary, and quietly holding more responsibility than most people ever see. This episode offers validation, grounding, and reassurance for caregivers who may feel depleted, invisible, or unsure how much longer they can keep going without support. Tracy shares simple, achievable ways caregivers can begin supporting their bodies again through movement, rest, nutrition, stress reduction, and asking for help.

Finding Joy While Caregiving and Facing Life Transitions

As 2025 comes to a close, Life Coach Anu Aurora invites you into a deeply reflective and heartfelt episode of the Vivatude podcast, created especially for women over 40 navigating caregiving...

In this episode of Vivatude, host Kate Phillips welcomes finance expert Scott McRae of The McRae Agency for an important conversation focused on financial concerns and strategies for caregivers. Women over 40 are often balancing careers, retirement planning, and the emotional and financial responsibilities of caring for aging parents. Scott brings over 35 years of experience as a retirement income specialist to help caregivers better understand how to reduce financial uncertainty while protecting their future prosperity.

Kate and Scott explore the real financial challenges caregivers face, including out-of-pocket caregiving costs, lost income, and the stress of managing money during uncertain times. They discuss why traditional approaches—like CDs and low-yield savings—can fall short in today’s low interest rate environment, and how market volatility can put both retirement and caregiving plans at risk. Scott explains practical strategies for protecting money from market losses while still creating dependable income.

Scott explains why many legacy LTC insurance policies have declined in value, with shrinking benefits and rising costs, and introduces multi-purpose financial strategies that allow families to build wealth while preparing for care needs. The conversation covers real estate as a family investment, showing how properties can create income, build equity, and serve as a future long-term care resource rather than a single-use expense. Kate and Scott also discuss how life insurance policies with long-term care riders can provide living benefits, allowing policyholders to access funds for care while still preserving legacy value for loved ones.

Kate and Scott explore why annuities can provide significantly more income than traditional bank CDs, particularly as interest rates fall. They discuss how age actually becomes an advantage with annuities, allowing individuals and couples to increase guaranteed retirement income for both spouses. The conversation also breaks down indexed annuities, participation rates, and the now-famous metaphor of the “casino where you can’t lose money”—illustrating how it’s possible to participate in market growth without risking principal, especially during the critical retirement red zone.

This episode also highlights why life insurance companies can offer guarantees Wall Street cannot, and how putting all financial professionals—CPAs, attorneys, and advisors—on one coordinated team leads to better outcomes. Scott shares how viewers can access powerful financial planning software and receive a personalized financial forecast to see exactly how long their money can last—on a guaranteed basis. If your biggest fear is running out of money while caring for loved ones and planning your future, this Vivatude conversation offers clarity, confidence, and actionable solutions.

✨ Create a Financial Forecast with Scott McRae

· The McRae Agency: https://mcraeagency.net/

· Schedule a no-cost, no-obligation consultation with Scott:

· Scott@McRaeAgency.net

· Or call (501) 291-0025

✨ Connect with Kate Phillips

💠 Download Kate’s 22-page guide, “Break Through to Abundance: 4 Reasons You’re Stressing Over Money (and how to break the cycle forever!)” at 👉 https://katesgift.gr8.com/

💠 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@totalwealth

💠 Website 👉 https://www.totalwealthcoaching.com/

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/thekatephillips

💠 Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/totalwealth.kate/

✨ Connect with Vivatude

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What if money stress isn’t just about numbers — but about nervous system dysregulation, limiting beliefs, and emotional wounds?

In this episode of VIVATUDE, Lauren Archer welcomes fellow VIVATUDE co-host Kate Phillips — holistic financial coach and founder of Total Wealth Coaching — for a soul-centered conversation about how financial insecurity impacts emotional and spiritual well-being.

Together, they explore how fear, doubt, and scarcity thinking hijack our ability to make clear financial decisions — and how inner alignment is the missing piece in most money advice. Whether you’ve struggled with guilt around money, confusion about investing, or tension with loved ones over finances, this episode brings heart, humor, and hope to a sensitive topic.

Since 2005, Kate Phillips has empowered women to overcome financial fear, shame and confusion so they can build wealth. A best-selling author, coach, and wealth educator, she is known for blending personal growth with practical action. Kate has helped clients reach goals such as buying a home, starting a business, learning to invest and earning more money.

💠 Download Kate’s 22-page guide, “Break Through to Abundance: 4 Reasons You’re Stressing Over Money (and how to break the cycle forever!)” at 👉 https://www.totalwealthcoaching.com/

✨ Connect with Kate Phillips:

💠 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@totalwealth

💠 Website 👉 https://www.totalwealthcoaching.com/

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/thekatephillips

💠 Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/totalwealth.kate/

✨ Connect with Lauren Archer:

💠 YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@LaurenArcher

💠 Website and Gift 👉 https://www.laurenarcher.live/

💠 Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/LaurenArcher

💠 Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/laurenarchercoaching/

✨ Connect with Vivatude

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💠 Vivatude Podcast Playlist 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAaH5P8bm1O2DNFGvKx2uh0rqhA8fWo7F

💠 Meet Our Hosts 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAaH5P8bm1O0sTSMv6IkG3WThSRouw-2x

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