The Calm Collective – a wellness podcast for women
The Calm Collective - a wellness podcast for women
Podcast Description
Co-hosted by Ashlee Livingstone and Colleen Kurtz, experts in wellness, stress management, and finding your calm.
Stress is a normal part of life, but the chronic effects don’t have to be. Join us for raw, relatable conversations as we explore how everything is connected—mind, body, and even the powerful mind-gut connection. We’ll share simple, practical tools to help you move out of survival mode and transform your wellness.
The Calm Collective is your space to pause, breathe, and realign. Ready to feel more calm and in control? Tune in weekly for your wellness.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast centers around themes of stress management, personal wellness journeys, and the mind-gut connection, with episodes featuring discussions like Colleen's transformation from chronic fatigue and Ashlee's exploration of breathwork as a stress-relief tool. Other topics include sustainable lifestyle changes, emotional health, and community support.
Co-hosted by Ashlee Livingstone and Colleen Kurtz, experts in wellness, stress management, and finding your calm.
Stress is a normal part of life, but the chronic effects don’t have to be. Join us for raw, relatable conversations as we explore how everything is connected—mind, body, and even the powerful mind-gut connection. We’ll share simple, practical tools to help you move out of survival mode and transform your wellness.
The Calm Collective is your space to pause, breathe, and realign. Ready to feel more calm and in control? Tune in weekly for your wellness.
The transition back to school isn’t just stressful for our kids it completely disrupts the entire household's nervous system.
From navigating massive high school hallways and locker anxieties to wrestling teenage sleep schedules and morning routine battles, the shift from summer freedom to autumn structure is a high-stakes transition for everyone involved.
This week on The Calm Collective, Colleen and Ashlee welcome back guest Becky Funk to unpack how parents can navigate back-to-school anxieties without taking over, micro-managing, or projecting our own fears onto our kids.
Becky shares brilliant, real-world parenting strategies for supporting your teen's growing independence, including how to ditch accusatory language, manage the constant stress of online grade notifications, and help regulated teens make peace with natural consequences.
Colleen, Ashlee, and Becky discuss:
High School Transition Anxieties: How to validate fears around larger buildings, finding lunch tables, and shifting social dynamics without trying to ”fix” everything.
The ”Should, Could, Would” Priority Reset: A simple paper-and-pen strategy to help overwhelmed teens (and parents!) organize their brain dumps and prioritize mental health over endless schedules.
Curiosity Over Accusation: Why switching from ”Why didn't you…?” to curiosity-based questions opens the door for genuine communication and co-regulation.
Sleep, Energy Drinks, and Morning Battles: Practical ways to gradually adjust adolescent circadian rhythms and establish breakfast routines that actually stick.
Balancing Safety with Independence: How to give your teenager control over their decisions while maintaining steady, supportive boundaries.
Grab Becky’s free resource to discover if your teen is struggling with anxiety or if it is just typical teen stuff: https://www.thebeckyfunk.com/anxiety-or-typical-teen-stuff
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