Good is What Makes You Feel Well
Each week, we’ll explore topics that impact your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health through inspiring transformation stories. Here you’ll find practical guidance and actionable strategies to apply in your daily life. I’m your host, Anna Resende — author, health coach, and speaker — I’m here to help you protect your energy, strengthen your well-being, and thrive through life’s transitions. If you’d like to make amazing discoveries, improve your health, get inspired, and yet find sustainable ways to live and help the planet, tune in! You are in the right place!
Episodes
63 episodes
Lisa Tahir in Healing Your Core Wounds
We all carry invisible wounds.Some were shaped by childhood experiences, some by relationships, and others by the expectations we've placed on ourselves. Left unexamined, these wounds can quietly influence the way we think, love, communi...
Sy Alli in Out of the Storm: From Surviving to Serving
There are moments in life that change us forever.Sometimes they come through unexpected loss, trauma, or struggles so deep that we wonder if we'll ever find our way back. But usually, our darkest moments become the source of our greatest...
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Grace Tallman in Can Grief and Joy Coexist?
Grief is one of the few experiences that every human being will encounter.Yet, despite how universal it is, many of us feel completely unprepared when loss enters our lives. We don't always know how to process it, how to support others t...
Jennifer Hough in The Physics of Flow: Getting Out of Your Own Way
There are moments in life when we realize that the harder we push, the more stuck we seem to be.What if the answer isn't more effort, but a different understanding of how life itself works?In this conversation, we explore what it ...
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Ruth Shelton in Nature's Pharmacy for Everyday Health: The Healing Power of Herbs
Herbs can support us in so many ways. Whether you're looking to make healthier and more flavorful meals, strengthen your immune system, or find natural support for a chronic health condition, my guest Ruth Shelton believes there's a...
Lisa Johnson Shares the Green Flags of Healthy Relationships
Healthy relationships don't happen by accident.They are built on trust, respect, honest communication, and the freedom for both people to be fully themselves.Unfortunately, not every relationship is built on those foundations. Som...
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Amanda Sproles on The Wisdom of the Body: A Somatic Path to Healing
Have you ever noticed that understanding something intellectually doesn't always create change?We can read the books, listen to the podcasts, and know exactly what we "should" do, yet still find ourselves repeating the same patterns, rea...
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What Illness Taught Me About Health: Holly Eckert's Journey Through Epilepsy and Healing
What happens when the body suddenly stops cooperating with the life you've carefully built?In this conversation, we explore a woman’s journey from artist to patient advocate, the lessons learned while living with epilepsy, the importance...
Ana Maria Jinga from Darkness to Freedom: Rewiring the Mind for Healing
Have you ever noticed how easily we believe every thought that crosses our minds?A self-critical thought emerges, and we mistake it for our identity. But what if your power lies in realizing that you are not your thoughts?In this ...
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Phil Weiss in Life Planning: The Path to Financial Freedom
Money touches nearly every aspect of our lives, yet many of us were never taught how to relate to it.Financial well-being is much more than figures in your bank account. It's about knowing what’s important to you and aligning your financ...
Aaron Poochigian on The Unexpected Healing Power of Central Park
True healing happens when we open ourselves to the beauty around us—the beauty in the silence, in the trees, in the animals, in poetry, and through the beauty of learning to be present with ourselves again.In this conversation, you’ll le...
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Holly Copeland in Rewilding the Soul: Healing Through Nature, Presence & Awareness
There comes a moment in many people’s healing journey when they realize that wellness is not only about fixing symptoms… but about remembering who we truly are beneath the noise, the conditioning, and the disconnection from ourselves and from n...
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Dr. Bill Dean in Healing Through Balance: An Ayurvedic Perspective
What happens when a highly trained surgeon who spent decades inside conventional medicine… decides to follow a deeper calling into ancient healing wisdom?This conversation will shake your knowledge about food. It will give you the cue to...
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Corey Folsom in Conscious Communication: Small Shifts To Transform Your Relationships
We all want deeper, meaningful relationships…But most of us were never taught how to communicate truly.In this episode, we explore the small shifts we can make to create connections that feel honest, grounded, and lasting.
Blair Sorrel in How Overparenting Shapes Identity, Independence, and Mental Health
What if setting high expectations for our children… is actually what holds them back?In this conversation, we explore how parenting shapes a child’s inner world, the fine line between support and overprotection, and the importance of com...
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Solo Episode Introducing The Grounded Parents Circle - A Group Coaching Container
In this solo, I introduce The Grounded Parents Circle… a group coaching container I’m creating to support and guide parents navigating their children’s transition to college or adulthood.If you have a college-age kid and you are feeling...
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Amy Wiebe on When Motherhood Feels Overwhelming: From Chaos to Connection
What happens when you’re thriving in your career… but quietly unraveling at home?Today’s guest, Amy Wiebe, knows that experience intimately.In this episode, she shares a powerful bedtime tool to transform stressful nights into cal...
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Rachel Krentzman in When the Body Holds the Story: A Journey Through Trauma & Healing
In this conversation, we explore religion, trauma, and how we can heal—not by fixing ourselves, but by learning to be with what is.Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Montreal, Rachel Krentzman’s early life was shaped by both devotion...
Dr. Fawad Mian asks What If Surgery Isn’t Your Only Option?
Have you ever been told that pain, medication, or even surgery were your only options? I tore my ACL 5 years ago, and I was told surgery was the only way I could be active again.Well, today’s guest is here to challenge that belief.
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Lynda Samphire in The Messages Hidden in Your Dreams
In this episode, we explore the hidden messages in our dreams, how to begin trusting our intuition, and what it really means to listen to ourselves on a deeper level.I had so much fun talking with my guest, Lynda Samphire, a highly intui...
Laura Gabayan tells us the 8 Scientific Elements of a Meaningful Life
What if you could learn wisdom from a book?Well, in this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Laura Gabayan, a physician and researcher who, as a result of her Wisdom Research Project, has identified eight key traits that, combined, make a person ...
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Welcome to Season 3 - Solo Anna Resende
A few weeks ago, I was standing in the middle of a large gathering in Mexico, surrounded by people building regenerative technologies, intentional communities, and new ways of living on this planet…And in that moment, I realized somethi...
Season 2 Finale — Solo
Welcome to Good Is What Makes You Feel Well, Season 2 finale.I can’t believe we’ve reached the end of another incredible season—forty conversations, forty moments of connection, curiosity, and inspiration. And I have to say… it has been an ...
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Jamie Lerner’s Integrative Approach to Well-Being: Designing a Joyful Life
Today’s guest embodies curiosity, clarity, and an unapologetically joyful approach to living. Jamie Lerner describes herself as having been “born with a knowing”—a deep inner sense of who she came here to become. Encouraged from childhood to fo...
Nicole Fay on Collective Well-being: Building a Supportive Community
This episode is a deep dive into the power of holistic health, community connection, and what it truly means to build a culture of wellness from the ground up. I’m joined by someone who embodies all of that and more: Nicole Fey, founder ...
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