Cheryl G. keeps it real - juggling mom life (mom of 3), losing over 50 lbs. postpartum with hard work, diet and lifestyle change and battling things that we can all relate to, finding a routine and knowing triggers. There is a very big voice that doesn't always get the facetime it deserves, and that is the face of mom.

In this interview we talk about the power of story telling and sharing your story, doing the right thing, and breaking through the fear of vulnerability; how fear can transform to courage and shame can transform to freedom.

Laraine sits down with yomassage instructor Dori Lancaster to talk yoga, veganism, motherhood, and, most importantly, break down what the heck "yomassage" is.

Tommy Rosen, yoga instructor, founder of Recovery 2.0, author of Recovery 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction. Tommy Rosen, in long term recovery himself, walks the walk. He has reached and continues to reach so many who struggle with addiction. His website: recovery2point0.com

Beki Hill, MFT, keeps it real as we talk mental health, addiction, and foster care. Ms. Hill currently works with the Children's Bureau.

Dr. Armaiti May, DVM, is an integrative house call veterinarian, and vegan advocate. She is also the founder of Veterinary Association for the Protection of Animals (VAPA) a non-profit organization to educate the veterinary profession about the benefits of vegan eating and encourage veterinary schools to offer humane surgical teaching methods to students. In this episode we talk veganism, helping homeless pets, and vaccines.

Zoe Quechla Maxwell, is an art therapist, mother, grandmother, world traveler, and giver extraordinaire. She shares stories of her richly colorful life from working in hospice, to living off the grid to traveling the world bringing art therapy to all walks of life recovering from trauma.

Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom, yoga instructors, authors, and visionaries are a married couple who have been sharing yoga across the globe for years. Their latest project is bringing yoga inside the walls of prisons - one in particular is a maximum security prison, and changing the lives of those incarcerated, perhaps one of the biggest changes some of these men have ever experienced or known. It begs the question; if those behind bars had the opportunity or exposure to this practice in early years, would their lives have ended up differently? As Travis talks about the "product of our environments", it can't help but make us reflect on our own lives and what kind of environments we were brought up in, as well as the current state of the environments we create for ourselves.

Laraine Salazar interviews mother and yoga instructor Alexis Cox about the real day in, day out roles of motherhood that often go unspoken on a conventional level. They talk about the dwindling support of the "village" in today's times and how this effects the family unit, the generational patterns and myths we've somehow been led to believe, as well as the good, the hard and the unpredictable aspects of motherhood. Alexis is currently developing a yoga website, which will be debuting this Fall aimed at giving the busy mama on the go yoga practices and a place to find some restorative support. You can find more information at radhahomeyoga.com