A conversation with Mitika and Manuela about our busy, busy lives

Are You Waiting For Permission?

Mikita S.Smith Self-care and Wellness Coach host of the podcast, Thyme 4 Tea with Mikita. Mikita feels that self-care looks different for each of us. Sometimes self-care means hitting the reset button, setting boundaries, or finally putting yourself first.

Dr. Manuela Powell is a mindset coach who works with women who are sick and tired of society telling them what a "good mom" is supposed to be. She helps them find the audacity to live on the outside the way they feel on the inside, without guilt or apologies. For almost 20 years, Manuela was a cancer surgeon and, after having her second child at 44, she craved more flexibility and freedom to be with her family. She put away her scalpel to, instead, dissect women’s souls and help them excise the “shoulds”, "have-tos", and “I’m-not-good-enough's” from their brains forever, so they can finally stop being everything for everyone, and live however they want to live, to the shock of the mom police. Manuela fiercely believes the day all women realize how powerful they are will be the day the world completely changes for the better. She's a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and after living in NYC, Washington, DC, and Hawai'i, she currently calls Austin, Texas her home, together with her husband and their awesome little dudes. She stitches fabric instead of people, pets every dog that crosses her path, and loves making a fool of herself at improv.

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Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith:

Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal

Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph:

Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.

Your hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life.

You can find Meridith: Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal. Or if you are looking to be a more confident and credible speaker, please reach out to Meridith here at Meridith Grundei Coaching

You can find Joseph at Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire

*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.

And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREON

Thank you.