In this solo episode, Kit reflects on the last two seasons of Second Spring Podcast. Almost 20 guests joined the conversations around health and wellness for midlife women in their second spring. Kit is curious whether you are inspired to make any shifts in your life after having listened to their stories. If so, what are some tools you can use to …

Mitle Southey is a former lawyer turned circle facilitator, a teacher and founder of Circle School - a wonderful training platform that helps teach and support wellbeing practitioners to hold inclusive and enriching circles and gatherings for their clients and communities online and in person. Mitle believes in the power of Circle to offer us space…

Laurie Wasserman is a registered dietitian and the founder of Life Hive Nutrition, a multi-location nutrition counseling firm that helps thousands of clients reach their wellness goals. Laurie is an educator; she brings her passion for healthy eating to many large corporations through on and off site lectures and cooking demonstrations. Laurie is a…

Nan is a fellow certified life coach, a midlife (French) woman, a mother of two living in Paris with her family. We covered so many topics including: How to up-level our life as we age. Why turning 50 is so great for Nan! Aging as seen in the French culture. Why Nan is focusing on muscle building now. Breaking down the Life Coaching model. What is …

Regan Walsh is an executive and life coach, a best selling author of the fabulous memoir Heart Boss. Her purpose is to help women trust their gut and shed their shoulds. Regan is a mom living her Second Spring midlife chapter right here in Columbus, Ohio, just a few miles away from me. I’ve been lucky to have her in my office and I'm so lucky to ha…

Doctor LeTa Jussila is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and national wellness expert. She helps individuals achieve and maintain their healthcare goals efficiently. Leta is known for her therapeutic Cannabinoid recommendations and her education on topics like Microdosing. She has an in-person practice in Santa Cruz, California, and an …

Xen Ayiotis is a mindful and intuitive eating coach who helps women get to the root of their food issues by changing their mindset to find freedom with food and peace with their bodies. Xen is a mother, a wife, a lover of food, and adventures. She is in transition and on the move, currently relocating from South Africa to the Netherlands with her h…

Olivia Mendoza is a breath work facilitator, a women’s circle holder, an intuitive artist. She’s also a self-healer and a proud sober warrior. I met Olivia last fall at a retreat we both attended in England. The first circle we had, Olivia was sitting right next to me and I remember her crying the whole time. Then there was a second day when she di…

S1EP2 Marcia Miller Our guest today is known in and around Columbus as the mother of yoga, meditation, reiki, UZIT, and more. Marcia Miller co-founded Yoga On High, a thriving yoga studio that served the Columbus community for decades. In this episodes, you get to hear Marcia’s story of how she found Yoga (or did it find her?) to how it’s guided he…

Welcome to Season 2 of Second Spring Podcast! Kit is happy to be back and sharing a whole new season with you. She gives you an update of what she’s been up to, including how she’s ending her Acupuncture Sabbatical and starting to offer in person acupuncture (and more) sessions again. You will also hear about the plan for this Season which has a th…

The table gets turned (mostly) to Kit for this final episode of Second Spring Podcast Season 1 when her friend and coach colleague, Caitlin Faas, facilitates the interview! Kit shares how she’s feeling about parenting young adults as an empty nester; some tools that she has found helpful and what she finds challenging in this chapter. You will hear…

Betty Brown is a NAMA - Ayurvedic Practitioner, holistic nurse, and founder of B Well Ayurveda Health Coach. Betty is also a yoga instructor, a mother, an amazing cook, a fellow food & Kimchi lover as well as a fellow Bexley resident. Ayurveda has helped Betty to take charge of her own health. She works with clients to help them feel empowered to m…

Kelly Muir is a martial artist, 6th degree Black Belt in karate, 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. She has been featured in Karate/Kung Fu Illustrated and Black Belt Magazine as a pioneer for women in the Martial Art Industry. Kelly has been a columnist for Black Belt Magazine, writing in the Better Business Column and a contributor to the Pers…

Cheryl is an award winning interior designer, founder and CEO of Crimson Design Group - a full-service interior design firm offering a range of services to both commercial and residential clients. Through her fearless leadership and steadfast mission, Cheryl has grown her company from a small local business in Columbus, Ohio into an impressive, suc…

Rebecca is a licensed acupuncturist, an herbalist, and a Qi gong teacher. Not long after she moved from California did Rebecca become a very valuable Bexley resident. She’s the vice chair of Green Bexley and has contributed so much to the community, especially around encouraging our town to be more environmentally conscious. Rebecca embodies Chines…

Dr Melissa Briggs Phillips is a clinical psychologist and leadership consultant. She’s also a teacher, a mom, a Bexley resident, a good friend to many here in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Melissa has spent years leading projects in health care, community development and higher education. She is the founder of her private practice Next Generation Behavioral …

Dr. Nicole O’Brien is a critical care physician at Nationwide Children’s hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She’s also an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine for the Ohio State University College of Medicine. In 2015, Nicole received the Fulbright Africa Regional Research Program award to work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She’s also recei…

AJ is a self-taught painter specializing in abstract pointillism. She’s a mother to 3 daughters, a Pacific Northwest native, and a Bexley resident for over a decade. Growing up in a warm and loving family with a brother and her parents, AJ looks back to her childhood with fondness. As she got older, and family dynamics got complicated, including he…

Liza Moore is a former lawyer, a midlife mom, a wife, a resident of Bexley, Ohio. After the challenge of her divorce, Liza experienced the unimaginable loss of her oldest daughter, Jadyn. To say that she’s gone through hell and back is an understatement. Liza had been coming to see Kit for healing sessions over several years, for a variety of condi…

Welcome to Second Spring Podcast! This is a relaunch of Kit Yoon’s previous podcast, with a new identity and focus. You will hear Kit’s introduction that is broken down into the What, Why and How of Second Spring podcast in its first season. Kit guides you through the concept of Second Spring - a Chinese medicine term for the transition that women …

It’s a true welcome back to your favorite podcast! After a few weeks of the hiatus and the Unraveling Experiment, we are delighted to share with you one of the most fun and powerful conversations this season. In today’s episode, Kit discusses with the one and only Evelyn Tribole, the cofounder of the Intuitive Eating (IE) movement, how to unlearn d…

“It is time to listen to my body and my innervoice!” Kit Yoon This week’s episode is taking it to a different level. Today, it’s just you and Kit. Our host is sharing personal things, considering her health and mindset, and all about a new experiment – the UNRAVELING. More specifically, you’ll find out the reason Kit is taking a break, how recent p…

In this week's podcast, Kit chats Dana Evans, a fellow inner voice facilitator and coach. Dana helps people take action from their nudge, connect with their inner voices, and restore the feelings and energy by doing – absolutely nothing!? “Even when people aren’t busy, the energy is busy.” Dana Evans You'll hear and learn about the SLOTH EXPERIMENT…

In today’s episode, Kit welcomes Cathi du Puy, a professional home organizer who helps people get their space uncluttered, so it helps them live the healthiest life. Creating calm on the inside creates calm on the outside, as our guest explains. Stay tuned as you will find out about du Puy’s background, when she started doing “organizing magic” and…

In today's episode, Kit chats Brett Kaufman, a founder, CEO, and philanthropist in Columbus, Ohio. Tune in to see how Brett introduces himself, how he chooses to live his life, and how he views success. Brett also shares routines that allow him to remain honest with himself and start every new day with a positive mindset and end each one with grati…

In today's episode, Kit shares her quarantine experience which happened to coincide with Chinese New Year 2021. Learn the two important things that she got to do with the unexpected at home time. It's like she got to start the new year over again! And you can, too! Tune in to find out what happened and what you can do to maximize your Year of the Y…

In today's episode, Kit talks with her former trainer, Ben VanTreese. Ben is a founder of Off the Mountain Strength. Tune in to this episode and you will see why it's good to have millennials on your team to inspire you to create that work-life balance where success and fun and coexist. Ben shares how he helps his clients take care of their bodies,…

"If you love the person you are with, you will never feel alone." Chan Hemintranont In today's episode, Kit chats with her friend Chan Hemintranont who was ending her 14-day quarantine in a Bangkok hotel as protocol to enter Thailand. Kit was so impressed at how much Chan was enjoying her alone time, and wanted to hear her secrets to being comforta…

In today's episode, Kit talks with Tennis Coach Al Matthews. Al has been teaching tennis to young athletes for decades. As you will see, he doesn't just prepare them for the sport, but for life. This engaging conversation digs deep, and asks many questions that can lead to the ultimate question: what do we really want from life? Tune into today's e…

In today's episode, Kit goes over her 5-day mini-course on intuitive eating she had just offered. "Trust Your Gut" touched on the foundations of intuitive eating. During the course, Kit linked the ten intuitive eating principles to the importance of our ability to literally, trust our gut. Tune in to hear about the origins of intuitive eating, how …

In today's episode, Kit chats with Geri Peacock, founder of gluten and nut free Cherbourg Bakery in Bexley, Ohio. Tune in to hear about how the gluten-sensitivity diagnosis changed Geri's life for the better, how she managed to accept this lifestyle limitation and turned it into her greatest strength for herself and others. Learn how Geri tunes int…

In today's episode Kit chats with Nori Duffee, a client found freedom from food and weight by learning to reframe her thoughts, and trust her body. Listen to why Nori contacted Kit in the first place, what she was expecting from coaching, and what she really got from it. Learn how Kit helped Nori with her weight obsession, how she lose extra pounds…

In a very first episode of the Healthy, Actually Podcast, Kit chats with Jeni Britton Bauer, a Columbus native, and founder of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams. Jeni is nothing less than inspiring. She may have single handedly changed the ice cream industry in America. Tune in to hear her story that started in her childhood. It did not begin with ice cre…

In today's episode, Kit has some big announcements for us that will change the podcast moving forward! She introduces us to her new ideas as well as reflects on the pandemic, the changes that it brought into our lives, and the ways to embrace those changes and move forward to 2021. Find out what Kit has learned during 2020, how to trust your body, …

Happy Winter Solstice! Kit reflects back on 2020 and wants you to do the same, in this episode. Listen to what her take aways are, how she guides herself through the exercise of being still, looking back, and welcoming what is happening now. Find out how the year behind us changed the meaning of the word health forever! Learn how to stay grateful, …

In today's episode, Kit talks to her friend, Lori Guth, an urban zen practitioner. This conversation between two long time acquaintances is filled with inspiration and compassion. It is exactly what everybody needs to hear in these troubling and uncertain times of pandemic. Tune in and hear Kit's take on 2020. Find out what resilience is and how yo…

This episode can also be called “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Cannabis but were Afraid to Ask.” Tune in and listen to this short but informative lecture on Cannabis with Dr. LeTa! Find out how did it got the nickname - Marijuana; when it was first used as a medicine and why did this practice stop; what kinds of cannabis are there, and…

In today's episode, Kit chats with Maggie Smith, a best selling author, poet, and an amazing storyteller. This sincere conversation, an unusual chapter of 88% Perfect Podcast, brings art closer to us! It reminds us that the art of story telling in all its forms is one of the basic human needs. Perhaps art can fulfill the need to self-express and se…

In today's special episode, Kit talks to her personal mindful eating coach. This conversation between two inspirational women is full of warmth, pieces of advice, and understanding that will help you cope with any eating and food challenges during holidays. Tune in to this perfectly timed podcast and hear out Xenia's personal story that led her tow…

Today, Kit chats with her friend and Qi Gong master Lee Holden. Kit and Lee went to acupuncture school together, and their conversation is full of wisdom, inspiration, and devotion to helping people with a sweet little surprise towards the end of the interview. So, listen all the way through! Lee drops tons of Chinese Medicine knowledge in this epi…

In today’s episode, Kit chats with Dr. LeTa Jussila, a doctor specialized in Chinese medicine. As Kit announced in the previous episode, the next few podcast episodes will focus on the foundation of her skills: Chinese Medicine and its concepts. LeTa makes a perfect guest! Plus Kit and LeTa went back a long way - since she went to the same schools …

In today's episode, Kit guides us the missing link in her practice. As it often is in life, important answers that we are looking for are right in front of us. This was the case with Kit as she discovered the shortcut to the inner voice and intuition through Chinese Medicine, specifically, the practice of Qi Gong. Tune in and find out what Qigong i…

In today's episode, Kit chats with Julie Ohlemacher, an Intuitive Eating and Body Image coach. Discussion between these two inspirational women, who overcame their dieting challenges, will draw our attention to the diet culture and introduce us to the concept and importance of intuitive eating. See how peer pressure shapes women's minds and bodies …

In today's episode, Kit chats with Desi Creswell. Desi is a former interior designer who became a life coach. In her coaching, Desi focuses on working with creative people and helps them to set achievable goals, eliminate feelings of procrastination and overwhelm so they can be successful in their work and life. In the episode, you will find out ab…

In today's episode, our host, Kit, is joined by Chan Hemintranont, a Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner and Kit's "sister from another Thai mother." The conversation between two close friends, who both grew up in Thailand and now living in Columbus, will bring us all the answers about the Ayurveda. Tune in and find out why the path to our health is un…

Today's bonus episode, Kit interviews Pisan Manawapat, former Thai ambassador to the United States and current official in the government of his country. Thailand had the first registered coronavirus case outside of China, and yet, they managed to keep their numbers of infections and deaths exceptionally low. Find out how they handle the situation.…

In today's episode, Kit chats with Nicole Perkins, a fellow inner voice coach. One of the many things they have in common is the fact that they have found the person they were meant to be and have made it their mission to help others achieve the same goal. This inspirational conversation will MAKE YOU WONDER and MOTIVATE YOU to start working toward…

In today's episode, Kit checks-off one of the things from her 2020 wish list as she brings The NewYork Times bestselling writer James Clear to the podcast. Author of "Atomic Habits," James allows us to lurk into his brain and understand the importance of habits. Learn how the habits and personal history determine our personality. Why is every actio…

Today’s episode is a super special one because our host,Kit, brings on one of her coaching clients, Julie Kim. Julie helps high schoolers get into their dream college through helping them find and create their passion projects. Julie also shares how coaching with Kit has been transformative for her personal life as well as in her career.…

In today's episode, our host, Kit chats with Alexis Joseph, lovingly known as Hummusapien! Alexis is a local celebrity in Columbus, Ohio. She is known as the cofounder of the Alchemy restaurant brand. The conversation between the two of them might make you hungry, but certainly, it will help you learn to listen to your body and think about food dif…