Your Age Is Not Your Cage™

43 | Our Kidney Transplant Journey One Year Later: Tammy’s Miraculous Healing and The New Ending to Her Story

On today’s episode, I have my lifelong bestie and my kidney recipient, Tammy Turner, back on the podcast with me!  She’s live and in-person with me too if you’re watching on YouTube you can see us both.  This is such a special time for us because it’s our ONE YEAR KIDNEYVERSARY!  I donated my kidney, which Tammy fondly calls Rocky, last year on June 7, 2023 to Tammy who was suffering from Stage 5 chronic kidney disease and was so close to living her life on dialysis.  You can go back and listen to Episodes #1, 6, & 23 to follow along on our journey to the donation date and our updates after the surgery.
 
Come hang out with us and hear our stories and our updates!  This isn’t just for kidney donors or kidney recipients.  This is for anyone that is suffering in any way from a chronic or debilitating illness or any struggle in your life.  This is for you if you just need to hear some encouragement, get filled up with massive amounts of hope, feel supported, and reminded that you are worthy and seen, and your life is worth fighting for.  Hold onto that Hope and don’t ever, ever give up!
 
Join us in sharing this beautiful story of God’s miraculous healing in Tammy and the renewed life she’s now living and enjoying to the fullest.  Tammy has a new ending to her story.  You too can be the one to CHANGE THE ENDING TO SOMEONE ELSE’S STORY.
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.
 
  

42 | Your Age Is Not Your Cage One Year Anniversary

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!🥳
 
Today is the ONE year anniversary of YOUR AGE IS NOT YOUR CAGE PODCAST! I released my very first podcast the same week I donated a kidney!! It was a very BIG week in my life and one I’ll never forget!
 
Thank you to all my amazing guests for spending your precious time with me and sharing your inspirational stories and wisdom that have changed lives!
 
Thank you to my guests and my listeners for sticking with me as a “newbie” podcaster that is still learning as I go! You won’t find perfection here or perfect sound or perfect video or perfect pics. What you will find is authenticity, vulnerability, friendship, wisdom, laughter, tears, and so much love. 
 
Thank you to my listeners for reaching out to me in my DM’s and sending texts of how a certain podcast spoke to you or changed your life. Your encouragement and support throughout the year have meant the world to me. 
 
Thank you to the lifelong friends I’ve made through doing this podcast. That has truly been the biggest JOY and gift to me in this whole year-long journey. 
 
And thank you to my son, Jake who patiently edits and publishes every podcast. I couldn’t do this without him!
 
I’m excited for year 2 and what God has in store!!! Please reach out to me if you think you’d be the perfect guest for my podcast or you know someone that would. I’d love to hear from you!
 
Cheers to YEAR ONE and Cheers to YEAR TWO!!
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

41 | Celebrity Chef James Barry & Founder of PLUCK Superfood Seasoning

We have our first episode with a guy on my podcast!!  I’m so excited to introduce you to Chef James Barry.  James has spent 20 years in the culinary field where he started his career as a private chef for celebrities such as Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Gerard Butler, Barbra Streisand, and many more.  He is also an organ meat expert and the founder of PLUCK Seasonings, an organ-based seasoning.  James is a published cookbook author having co-authored recipes in many different cookbooks.
 
I can tell you that this was one of my favorite podcasts!  We covered extensively the health benefits of eating organ meats, how to cook them, and integrate them easily into your diet.  James also dropped so many amazing nuggets of wisdom about honoring our health journeys, mastering your kitchen, seed oils & the best oils to cook with, recommended cookware, cooking with your kids, how to amaze your friends in the kitchen, attainable simple cooking tips, an easy way to make salad dressings, and so much more. You truly will be blown away! Get your pen & paper for notes and sit back and get ready to be WOW’d by my conversation with Chef James!
 
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xoxo
Carla
 
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Listeners get a special discount on Pluck Seasoning at the link below:
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

40 | Cheering Women On: Let’s Be Cheerleaders Instead of Seeing Each Other as a Threat

Have you found yourself in this place? Do you think you’re more of a cheerleader or do you tend to think of women as a threat especially if they’re in the same field of work as you?
 
I think this is where the saying “with age comes wisdom” is really appropriate for me. God has definitely done a good work in me on this one.  It’s not always easy to admit your shortcomings, but here we go.
 
I used to have a very competitive, insecure, jealous nature.  Little did I know it all had to do with my OWN insecurities that caused me to be this way.  I was so insecure in my own skin, in my own talents, and in my own abilities that I used to see other women as a threat.  I felt threatened if they were prettier than me, more talented than me in a sport or activity, or if they had more education than me.  It made me feel inadequate. Not enough. Not worthy. It all sounds awful, doesn’t it?  I was good at being passive aggressive and cutting to the core in a way that seemed like I was kidding.  When I look back, it’s so ugly and offensive and childish but that insecure little girl in me didn't know how to cheer others on because I viewed them as my competition that I must conquer and defeat. I believed there wasn’t enough room for the both of us.
 
I’m inviting you to go into a deep dive with me and ask yourself honestly where you are in this area of your life.  I’m going to share with you ways that I was able to overcome the “threat” syndrome.  I’ll also give you some action steps that you can utilize to help you be a better friend, encourager, cheerleader, and friend.  Let’s get vulnerable together and BE THE CHANGE this world needs!
 
Love y’all! xoxo
Carla
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

39 | Women Actively & Powerfully Aging: It’s not over, you’re not too old, & it’s not too late!

Ladies (and men), it’s time to get back in the game!!  I donated a kidney less than a year ago so if I can do it, YOU can do it too!  Seriously, there is so much complaining in the world about aging and how we feel as we age.  It’s become normal to just complain that this is just what happens as you get older so you might as well learn to live with it.  When did we become a society that believes you can’t age actively and powerfully and you just give up instead? When did we decide that it’s easier to just accept our fate, plant ourselves in front of a TV for hours, become sedentary and stiff, pop our prescriptions, and not believe there must be more to our life?   
 
I’m passionate about this topic and I’m here to give you that kick in the butt you might need, no matter what your age is, to get yourself back in the game of life!  You can find a new freedom and excitement in aging as you accept that there truly is MORE to life.  With that new freedom comes JOY and a new ZEST for life!
 
You CAN do this. You’re not too old. It’s never too late.  Let’s be determined to change the narrative around aging.  It starts with us!!  We can BE THE CHANGE.
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

38 | Breast Cancer Survivor Kelly Kohn: Her Health & Fitness Journey, Winning the Battle Against Breast Cancer, and Her Passion to Pursue Her Dreams & Help Other Women

Today I’m chatting with Kelly Kohn.  I discovered Kelly recently on Instagram from a post on Women Who Lift Weights and I was intrigued immediately by her story and her bubbly, encouraging personality and her daily motivational fitness reels on her IG page. Kelly is a mom to 3 boys, struggled with weight and exercise for years and then finally was able to lose over 80lbs.  In September 2023, Kelly began pursuing her dream of being a personal trainer when in October 2023 she was hit with the news that she had breast cancer.  But Kelly is now a breast cancer SURVIVOR!!  I like to say breast cancer THRIVER.  She is using her pain for her purpose and I love it!
 
A few topics we discussed:
 
*History of being overweight & the struggle over the years
*The importance of mindset in your health & fitness journey
*What led her to pursuing a certification as a personal trainer 
*Social media’s role and how it’s helped her
*Breast cancer diagnosis, surgery, complications, and wins
*What's next for Kelly
 
CONNECT WITH KELLY:
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**DON’T FORGET TO “FEEL IT ON THE FIRST.”  DO YOUR BREAST SELF EXAM ON THE FIRST OF EVERY MONTH. POST ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA & LET’S HELP CREATE AWARENESS THAT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES.
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

37 | Perimenopause & Menopause: Equipping Women to Change the Narrative and Believe You Can Feel Good Again!

We’re going to cover the action steps you can take to walk through this perimenopause/menopause journey with the tools you need to embrace the changes in your body. This can be a beautiful next step in your season of life if we equip ourselves and embrace it instead of dreading it. It doesn’t have to be awful if we’re equipped and empowered with the tools we need to set us up to be our own best health advocate.  My hope is that my story and all that I learned can guide you into perimenopause and menopause effortlessly!
 
A few things I discuss:
*Finding the right physician
*Research & learn about specific lab tests
*Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
*Exercising during this season of life
*Nutrition and the foods that nourish during this season of life
 
You don’t have to suffer like I did when you arm yourself with the right tools to walk through this with confidence.  I’m here to help you to learn to do the research and educate yourself just like I did so you can be your own best health advocate now and as you age.  This season can be beautiful.  Trust me, I’ve made it through and I’m thriving now at the age of 59!
 
I’ve attached a link below to get on my email list to grab the labs that you can request from your physician. I encourage you to print this and take it with you.
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

Paquet Family Farm: Homesteading & Returning to The Simple Things in Life

Today, I’m chatting with a very special guest and she’s also family!  My cousin Abby Paquet is joining me today to share about her family’s life and the changes they’ve made over the last few years to get back to a simpler way of life.  Abby is a mom to two beautiful boys, wife to her high school sweetheart, registered nurse, photographer, Believer, and most recently, homesteader.  Abby has many passions including knitting, homemaking, cooking, baking, sewing, gardening, and caring for their dogs and chickens.  She loves being outdoors with her family as much as possible and values being a lifelong learner and trying new things.
 
A few of the topics we discussed:
*Homesteading
*Bringing back old traditions 
*Baking sourdough bread, dinners around the table, spending their days outdoors, learning to garden, learning how to build, canning, candle making, & sewing.
*Including their kids in the process of learning (gardening, caring for animals, building, cooking, sewing, etc.)
*Trusting God’s plan in feeling called to be home with the boys in this season (stay at home mom for 2 years now)
 
You MUST check out her Instagram page! Her content is amazing!!
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

Carla’s Convos: Daily Routines for Healthy Habits & Consistent Rhythms

Today on Carla’s Convos we talk about how we start and end each day and why it’s so important. Being intentional with creating these daily habits will get easier and easier as you keep doing them. Consistency!  Just don’t give up! If you miss anything, don’t beat yourself up. Just move on and start fresh! Before you know it, you’ll have created healthy habits and a sustainable, amazing, new lifestyle! 
 
Use my ideas but make your daily routine your own so that it works for you.  The important thing is to take action and don’t give up.  I’m cheering you on every step of the way!
 
xoxo,
Carla
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.

Liz Haselmayer: Homegrown Education | Foundations of Homesteading and Nourished Families

My listeners asked so I’m delivering! I’ve had so many questions about homesteading and getting back to the basics after my February 28th episode on “Getting Back to a Traditional Way of Life | Homesteading State of Mind".
 
So today I had the privilege of chatting with Liz Haselmayer.  Liz is a homeschooling mother to three daughters and the creator of Homegrown Education.  She’s passionate about teaching kids the foundations of real food and raising “wildly capable” kids with her husband. They are a nourished family, living on hunted game, homeschooling their babies, running small businesses, and leaning into the Lord’s calling. It is their mission to help shape the way the next generation views food, cooking, and proper stewardship of health. 
 
CONNECT WITH LIZ:
Find Homegrown Education Website HERE
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Find Homegrown Podcasts: HERE
 
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**DISCLAIMER: My guests and I are only here to provide support & educational information. We are not providing medical advice. We recommend that you work with holistic practitioners, functional medicine practitioners, and your primary care physician. Always seek medical guidance when you have a medical condition.