406: Act As If: How to Stop Surviving and Start Thriving Through Habits, Thoughts, & Meditation with Katie Krimitsos
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Still suffering from the holiday blues? Is anxiety and depression holding you back from living the life of your dreams?
What if a simple age-old practice could change everything? That's right, we're talking about meditation. Specifically, The Women's Meditation Network and how Katie Krimitsos created a meditation empire that can help you heal - emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
Anxiety and depression are two of the most widespread mental health issues faced by people today. They can be overwhelming and make it difficult to live a happy and fulfilling life. Fortunately, meditation is an ancient practice that can help you overcome these challenges and promote overall health and wellbeing.
The history of meditation dates back thousands of years, with its roots in ancient India. Over time, it has been adopted by different cultures and religions, each adapting it in their own unique way. Today, meditation is experiencing a resurgence in popularity, and there are numerous forms of meditation available, including mindfulness meditation, loving-kindness meditation, and body scan meditation.
Meditation has been scientifically proven to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. By slowing down the activity of the mind and body, meditation can help reduce stress and anxiety, while also increasing feelings of happiness and wellbeing. These positive effects can counteract the negative effects of depression and lead to improved mental health.
In addition to its mental health benefits, meditation has also been shown to have positive effects on physical health. It can help reduce pain, lower blood pressure, improve heart health, and enhance sleep. By promoting physical and mental wellness, meditation can help individuals live healthier lives.
Katie Krimitsos is a leading advocate for meditation and its many benefits. Through her podcasts, Katie provides women with resources and guidance to help them incorporate meditation into their daily routines. Katie encourages people to "act as if" they already have what they want to manifest in their lives, and helps them not just survive, but thrive in all areas of their lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Holistic Voice presents the Food Heels podcast with your hosts Alison Melody and Susie Hardy. Join the Food Hills Nation and learn the secrets to go from feeling unwell to healing yourself. |
| 0:15.6 | Warning side effects of this podcast may include increased health and vitality, thoughts of living longer, an increase in sexual activity, feelings of joy, cravings for kale and kinawa, and a spike in Tinder matches. |
| 0:24.5 | In rare cases, people have experienced a strong desire to put in their Lulu lemons and take a yoga |
| 0:28.5 | class while drinking a green juice. If you experience any of these symptoms, text your priest |
| 0:32.4 | immediately. All right, welcome, Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining me. I'm Allison Melody. Today I've got one of your |
| 0:38.8 | favorites returning champion, Katie Krimitzos. She is a meditation influencer and podcast network |
| 0:45.7 | creator and good friend of the show. She's been on so many episodes I lost count and she's one of my |
| 0:51.6 | favorite people. I feel like we spend all of our time together, |
| 0:55.5 | even though we live in different states, because I wake up to her meditations and I fall |
| 1:00.3 | asleep to her meditations and I take her meditations on the plane with me when I need to |
| 1:05.3 | rest. So it's just like we hang out all the time. So thank God she still takes my phone calls and text me back. |
| 1:12.9 | So excited to have her on the show. Katie Kermitsos is a mom, a wife, an adventurer, a podcaster, |
| 1:20.3 | a seeker, and a changemaker. Katie is committed to brightening the light of women all around the |
| 1:26.5 | world through her work under |
| 1:28.3 | the women's meditation network. These are guided meditation podcasts and resources created for |
| 1:36.0 | women to help them consciously create lives they love. She's got eight podcasts in her network. |
| 1:42.4 | You guys know this because you hear me talk about the podcast on food heels, right? You've heard me talk about the meditation for women podcasts. You've heard me talk about ambient sounds, water and nature, sleep meditation. That's the one I fall asleep too. There's also sleep sounds. There's also the morning meditation for women. There's daily |
| 2:03.3 | affirmations and there's sleep meditation for women three hours. So that means, you know, |
| 2:08.5 | it'll run for three hours while you listen. Katie is crushing it, you guys. Katie's network |
| 2:14.2 | of podcasts are getting four million downloads per month, and she's at about |
| 2:18.7 | 70 million lifetime downloads. So I'm just so proud of her. I'm so proud of how far she's |
| 2:24.5 | come, and it's just a pleasure to have her on the show. All right, next up, my interview with |
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