Heart Wide Open Wellness Podcast
Welcome to the Heart Open Wide Wellness Podcast! A space where we explore how to keep our hearts and souls open to growth, healing, and new opportunities—even when life’s challenges make it tempting to shut down.
I’m Hannah Zackney—therapist, yogi, life coach, and creator of Heart Wide Open Wellness, a hub for transformative programs, retreats, and community support.
Each episode, we dive into powerful conversations with inspiring guests from diverse backgrounds—healers, thought leaders, wellness experts, and everyday people who have embraced joy, health, and abundance unapologetically.
Join us as we uncover insights, tools, and personal stories to help you cultivate resilience, embrace change, and live with an open heart.
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Heart Wide Open Wellness Podcast
33. Trusting Intuition & Beginning Again with Mandy Nowotenski
Welcome back to the Heart Wide Open Wellness Podcast! In this episode, host Hannah Zackney, LMFT sits down with Mandy Nowotenski — yoga instructor, head of nutrition coaching at Cornerstone Wellness MD, and single mother of two.
From her early struggles with sensitivity and depression to finding empowerment through yoga, nutrition, and shamanic practices, Mandy shares how listening to her intuition and learning to “begin again” transformed her path. 🌱
Together, Hannah and Mandy explore the gifts of motherhood, honoring intuition, embracing imperfection, and the healing power of yoga, chanting, and spiritual practices. This episode is filled with wisdom, raw honesty, and reminders that it’s never too late to start again.
🔑 Episode Highlights & Show Notes:
* (00:00) Welcome & introduction to Mandy’s journey
* (06:00) First time Mandy chose intuition over expectation
* (15:00) From dropping out of school to finding her own path
* (25:00) Discovering yoga as healing for body and spirit
* (35:00) Navigating motherhood: magic, chaos, and growth
* (47:00) Shamanic practices & connecting to power animals
* (1:05:00) Finding her voice through chanting & overcoming fear
* (1:20:00) Why imperfection is the only rule in her house
* (1:35:00) Living with an open heart & the courage to begin again
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