Moms Without Capes

235 | Trust Your Body: Unlocking Wellness and Inner Peace with Molley Sutton

Onnie Michalsky, MA, LCPC

Discover how to recognize the signals your body is sending, strengthen your intuition, and trust yourself to make decisions that support your health and happiness. In this episode of the Moms Without Capes Podcast, we’re joined by Molley Sutton, a Registered Nurse and Transformative Health and Wellness Coach, to explore how listening to and trusting your body can lead to improved wellness and a deeper sense of inner peace.

Molley shares her journey of learning to tune into her body’s needs and simplifying her approach to health, offering practical strategies that moms can implement to reconnect with themselves amidst the chaos of motherhood. If you’ve ever felt disconnected from your body or overwhelmed by wellness trends, this conversation will help you find clarity, peace, and balance as you learn to embrace what your body truly needs. 

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

  • How to listen to your body and recognize what it’s telling you
  • Why trusting your body is essential for wellness and inner peace
  • Practical steps to reconnect with yourself and simplify your approach to health
  • Insights from Molley’s journey and her advice for moms seeking balance

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[00:00:00] What if improving your health and finding inner peace wasn't about doing more or chasing the latest trends, but about something far more intuitive, learning to truly listen to your body. For many moms, the constant demands of motherhood leave little room for self reflection or understanding what their own bodies, minds, and souls need to thrive.

But when we pause, tune in. and trust our bodies, we open the door to a deeper connection with ourselves. Today we're diving into how listening to your body can transform your wellness, helping you feel more aligned, balanced, and at peace.

By learning to trust the signals that your body is sending, you'll not only gain clarity on what you need to feel your best, but also take a powerful step towards reclaiming your sense of self. If you've been longing to feel more like yourself again, this [00:01:00] conversation will inspire and empower you to embrace your body's wisdom and discover the vibrant, confident person you are beyond motherhood.

Welcome to moms without capes, the podcast where you'll get practical strategies for reclaiming your sense of identity beyond motherhood. I'm Onnie and my goal is to help you prioritize your needs and carve out space for yourself so that you can discover who you are beyond your role as a mom. For years, I was buried under piles of dishes and endless loads of laundry, constantly putting my family's needs above my own.

I felt overwhelmed, exhausted, and completely invisible. It seemed impossible to carve out time for anything that didn't revolve around my family. But all of this changed when I decided to move myself up on my own to do list and started to prioritize things that brought me joy and fulfillment.

This allowed me to reclaim my sense of worth and take full [00:02:00] ownership of my life instead of feeling like I was constantly just managing things for everyone else. As a mom of six, I know firsthand the struggle to juggle it all. But through years of learning, growing and shedding the super mom identity, I've discovered Live in alignment with my needs without guilt.

And now I'm here to help you do the same. You don't have to lose yourself in motherhood to together. We can hang up the super mom cape and embrace a more balanced, joyful life. This is moms without capes. 

In today's episode, we're joined by Molly Sutton, a registered nurse and health and wellness coach who shares her expertise and personal journey to help you rediscover your connection with your body. Together, we dive into the transformative power of listening to and trusting your body That often gets lost amidst the demands and noise of motherhood, [00:03:00] Molly reveals how simplifying your approach to health and wellness can create space for balance and inner peace.

She provides practical actionable strategies to help you tune into what your body truly needs. Empowering you to reconnect with yourself and reclaim your sense of self. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by wellness trends or unsure how to prioritize your own health, this episode will guide you towards a simpler, more intuitive approach that aligns with your unique needs.

It's an inspiring conversation that offers hope. clarity and real steps to feeling more at peace and connected with yourself. at the end of the episode, I'll share how you can get even more value from the moms without capes podcast so you are armed with a mindset and action steps to make the journey back to yourself even easier.

So without further ado, let's dive into today's [00:04:00] conversation.

You emphasize the importance of listening to your body. What does that look like in practical terms, especially for moms who are often juggling so much? 

So what that looks like practically is different for every season of life, at its simplest form. It's checking in with yourself once a day to start with.

for moms, that sometimes is huge because we don't check in very often. And what I mean by checking in with yourself is, I fit it in to something that I'm already doing in that day. I just add it on to that. For example, when I put Finn, my baby, down for a nap, I sit in his room until he falls asleep during that timeframe is when I check in with myself while I'm waiting for him to fall asleep.

I close my eyes. I take some deep breaths. I do a little gratitude. I think about things that I'm grateful for in the last 24 hours. And then I check in with myself. What do I need for [00:05:00] me today? And it's that simple. And then just doing whatever that is. And for moms, Adding one more thing to your to do list is unfathomable.

but just taking that minute to check in for yourself. It puts you back into the space of I'm a human too. And when I take better care of myself, I'm going to be a better human to my tiny humans that I'm taking care of. Super simple. Take a minute, breathe, check in with yourself.

What do I need for me today? That's as easy as it can be. 

being able to do those self check ins because we are often preoccupied with taking care of everyone else's needs and doing the check in with ourselves like, how am I feeling?

Yes. What do I need right now? What's going on with my body? Where is this feeling, emotion showing up in my body? doing that kind of check in is going to allow you to shift the focus, from taking care of [00:06:00] everyone else's needs to seeing what you need.

And I like the idea of habit stacking, which is something that I think you're alluding to is attaching it to something that you're already doing. And in your case, it was putting your son to sleep. 

you're sitting in his room waiting for him to fall asleep. What can I do besides just playing on my phone? Let me do a self check in and do something just for yourself in something that you are already doing every single day.

Yeah, I really like what you say there because I do go through a Rolodex. Am I hungry? Am I? Sore stiff is there, am I feeling sometimes it's a check in with my emotional self Like am I feeling resentful today because resent to me has always been a trigger to be like, okay My cup is beyond empty And that's why I'm feeling resentful.

What is one tiny thing that I can do for myself? I'm going to go have breakfast. I haven't eaten yet this morning. I'm going to go eat. when I was in the thick [00:07:00] of it with a newborn and a three and a half year old, it was. basic life necessities that I had to make sure I was doing for myself too.

that was the perfect time to check in on that. 

It wasn't even to the level of psychological needs or emotional needs. We just got basics. When did I drink water last? have I had anything besides my cup of coffee today? really important to check in with yourself because my husband is wonderful and very helpful but he had to work also.

It was a big deal to be able to check in with my basic needs. 

So how can moms learn to trust their bodies, especially if they feel disconnected or unsure of what their bodies are trying to tell them? 

So we are taught that there is a magic pill. Or a magic diet, or a magic injection, or a magic workout plan.

That is the answer to everything that we've been looking for, I did different programs that worked for me for a while, and then I got back to [00:08:00] normal life, I felt like a failure, because I gained weight back, or I had. Bad body image issues, or I just felt like I couldn't trust myself, 

You were laying down over again. Yes. And it was reinforcing. 

Yeah. It was a me problem. It wasn't a problem with the things that I was doing because they worked for a little bit. It was my fault. the thing that changed the most for me is learning how to regulate my nervous system and also doing intuitive eating principles, intuitive eating talked about how to.

Trust your body again to start listening to your hunger cues and your fullness cues and pay attention to what emotions you're feeling. If you're starting to feel like you need to emotionally eat, it helped me focus on when I move my body. What does that actually feel like for me afterwards? Mentally, instead of just, I need [00:09:00] to lose all this weight.

It was being able to tap back into. myself because we get so disconnected as humans in the wellness space we feel like it has to be something outside of us that makes us healthy. When you start to listen to your body again and connect back to the signals that your body naturally gives you, and then you feel better afterwards, you start to build that trust back up.

You're like, Oh, I don't have to count every single chip that I'm eating because it's this amount of calories. I can just eat until I. Full and then move on. Like it takes away a lot of the stress and teaches you to trust yourself again, 

big businesses,

don't want us to trust ourselves. They are making money off of the fact that we struggle to trust ourselves and that's like a vulnerability piece and being able to step away from [00:10:00] that and relearn how to trust our body and using how we're feeling as clues you said about the signals.

Yes. And being able to read ourselves. But goes back to that very first question of learning to check in with ourselves and ask ourselves, what do we need? What am I feeling right now? Because it's hard to read those signals if we are on autopilot of taking care of everyone else and focused on everyone else's needs all the time.

Yes. And it starts with that awareness. 

That's the first step and it feels hard to do when it just feels like you're normal to just not pay attention to those things. It is the very first step is being aware. Oh, I am hungry. And being aware is checking in. Are you hungry? 

Yeah. I have done some episodes where I interview people specifically on intuitive eating. awesome. I read the Bible of it. I can't think of her last name. the intuitive eater. Tripoli? Yes. Evelyn Tripoli. I didn't interview her but I [00:11:00] interviewed people who, Like registered dietitians and like people that are nutritionists that advocate for intuitive eating.

And so I was very interested in it. And, because for me, I struggled with being able to trust my body, especially my hunger cues, It seemed like I was always hungry and I didn't know when I was full, 

I just keep eating. I feel like there wasn't that point where I wasn't. Yeah. And I was like, okay, I can stop eating now. Learning how to be mindful and, take it slower because I am a shoveler. my husband and I compete, who can get done first? It was an unconscious competition but it was like, okay, because everybody else needs us and this we need to hurry up and be done.

learning to combat that and reverse that and go against what has become our normal takes learning and it takes practice. 

Yes. It's practice that what is satisfying for food? eating a [00:12:00] salad is not satisfying for me. I love salads, but I got to have something else with that salad or else I'm going to be hungry that's just how my body works.

That's part of it too just learning different things that you can add to your foods to make them more satisfying so that you're not starving five minutes later this is when I have scheduled to eat. That's hard to do with a family.

with my kids, I'm like, six o'clock is dinner, to create that structure, but then also be like not everybody's hungry then, like that's hard to do when you're trying to run a family and make dinner time work we want to eat together as a family So how yeah, yeah to we navigate all of those things and then still Trust our body and build the self trust that we need to Yeah, and I think moving parts 

Just to dive into that a little bit when you look at little kids, they are like the most intuitive eaters and movement like they will just run.

My kids will run around a table randomly just because they feel like it and they are [00:13:00] having fun they stop eating when they are full. They don't eat stuff that tastes gross. They're so intuitive and it's hopeful to me because that's how we all started.

And so it means that we can all get back to that. But it is tricky when you have a family, like with our family, our boys eat about four o'clock for dinner and then we eat about six o'clock and it doesn't always match up that we're sitting together, but we're in the same room and still, talking with each other, but that's when they're hungry versus when Cody and I are hungry.



What are some common signs that our body might be trying to communicate unmet needs or imbalances in our health? 

a lot of the work I do is on nervous system regulation. your nervous system has an autonomic nervous system. This is the part of the nervous system that does things automatically.

And there's two sides to it. Your sympathetic nervous system, which is your fight or flight. That's the thing that's going to engage when you are truly trying to fight off a [00:14:00] tiger about to get in a car wreck or you have you it's what engages to help protect you and save your life and in that stage your heart rate goes up your blood pressure goes up your digestion slows because your body doesn't need to focus on digesting your food when it's trying to fight off a tiger it wants the blood to your limbs so you can run or fight.

And your deep processing slows down. It's just trying to think of survival. What do I have to do to save your life? The other part of the nervous system is your rest and digest. That's the part where you do the deep processing in your brain. It's where you can heal your body when you're sick. Your immune system really is activated in this stage.

we tend as humans To live more in the sympathetic nervous system, and that means that we are in that fight or flight. And it's not because we're being chased by tigers anymore, it's because of our anxious thoughts, How in the world can my thoughts rev up my body [00:15:00] so much?

But you think about how you feel when you are worried or anxious, you can feel your heart. Beaten pretty fast. Your blood pressure goes up. 

safe. 

you feel triggered. You feel overstimulated. You feel all of these things. And so the signs that you're in this. system are, you have bloating, your heart's racing.

You're not able to sleep well. You have that wired and tired where you're so tired, but you can't sleep because your cortisol is so high and it's keeping you awake, which is your stress hormone. you can't lose weight because your body doesn't feel safe to let go of that weight because you are in this heightened state of awareness.

And your metabolism slows down. You're not able to lose weight. You have bloating. You're exhausted, but you're wired. Those are signs that you are in a place of imbalance in your body and mind, you start thinking those anxious [00:16:00] thoughts all the time. You're ruminating all the time.

You can't get out of those. Those are really good signs that your body saying, hey, I'm tired. I need help. Something's off here. And that when you're in that rest and digest, like we don't want to be in rest and digest all day. We wouldn't get anything done. but we want to be in it more often.

We want to be in it more often. you're able to sleep at night. You're able to focus and problem solve instead of ruminating in these thoughts. It is a place of. More awareness of what's present instead of what to worry about. 

So we start seeing these signs. Then what? if you start noticing all these signs from your body that you're imbalanced or you're not in a healthy spot. 

There are multiple things that you can do to help get yourself back in that rest and digest state. Your vagus nerve runs from [00:17:00] the bottom of your brain down to your belly, and you want to stimulate that vagus nerve to bring yourself back into that rest and digest state.

it runs down your throat, So if you think of things that vibrate your throat, you're laughing, you're singing, you're humming, you're breathing, those deep breathing, those things stimulate that vagus nerve. Movement, stretching, those things stimulate your vagus nerves. Cold exposure is one that's been in everywhere.

It's everywhere. And that is good for people that don't have heart conditions, But even putting a cold washcloth on the back of your neck when you feel overwhelmed or putting some cold water on your face, can help bring your body back into a space where it feels safe again.

Hugging somebody that you care about for 20 seconds, just letting them Hold you, have your kid grab your baby. 

I've been using that with my 14 year old. 

Yeah. [00:18:00] 

I'm torturing her with 20 seconds. good job for you.

Oh my gosh, that's awesome. And they're just things to let your body know that it's safe again. when I first talked about how do I check in with myself? You cannot check in with yourself from that. Fight or flight stage your body and mind are in this stage of I have to protect you.

I have to save you all these ruminating thoughts. You have to calm your body down 1st. And that's why I say, take a couple deep breaths 1st, or a minute of deep breathing just to relax your body then. What do I need to do to take care of myself today? You cannot do it straight from overstimulated mode.

You have to calm your body down even for a minute. those things will stimulate your vagus nerve and bring you back into yourself. And you got to do them often because think about how many times during the day where you're like, I have two boys. I'm constantly trying to keep those fellows alive.

they're constantly jumping off of things and [00:19:00] grabbing, Random knives You're always trying to save them. if you can do it more often, check in with yourself more often.

Awesome. just doing that on repeat. When you feel yourself triggered for me, it's my heart's racing. I also hunch my shoulders up. I realized how many times during the day I'm like, Oh, I got to relax my shoulders. Even just sitting here right now, take a deep breath, unfurl your brow, relax your jaw, remove the tongue from the roof of your mouth, lower your shoulders, take a deep breath.

All of those things we tend to do, especially as women, we just hunch up because that's just how we do things. 



yes, we're always being chased by the saber tooth tigers. We're trying to save us or somebody else. Living in modern times of traffic and social media, like all of the things that are constantly getting us into that stress response.

Yes. 

Yeah. And you brought up a good point about doing it while you're calm because that's one of the things that I usually. share with clients, like when we're talking about doing those self check ins and [00:20:00] even when we're talking about relaxation techniques and all of that is sure they work when you are feeling in that hyperactive state or hyper arousal, but it's good to get your body used to how that feels.

And so being able to do it when you are calm and in a state of mind that's not in hyper arousal, because when you are it's hard to get there. If your body doesn't know what that feels like. Yes. So getting your body that kind of muscle memory of getting your body used to like, this is what calm feels and acknowledging it.

And then when you are feeling aroused, you've got a better chance of remembering to do the breathing and singing the things that are going to reset your vagus nerve. 

and to that point, it is challenging sometimes as a mom to feel safe to calm yourself.

when I would sit there for a minute, I'd be like, okay, but what should I be doing right now? is it safe for me to just [00:21:00] sit here for a minute? I should be doing something I loved in your mastermind, how you talked about the mental load.

Moms in particular have a mental load of things that they should be doing. so when you take the time to just sit there for a second, it does feel a little alarming just trying to calm yourself down. 

it feels like torture.

Like what I should be doing on the laundry. I should not be sitting out. Like we get stuck in all of this. And I think we need to be doing all of these other things. And so we struggled to just sit. And have a moment of peace without that mental load, just like weighing on us and making us feel guilty for not doing all that we think we need to be doing.

Yeah. And I think one of the things that's helped me the most and that I coach on is the impact that doing that for yourself has on everybody else around you. When I am not in a state where I feel like my cup is completely empty, I react to things way better. 

I snap at my kids, I snap at my husband if I am overstimulated and I haven't taken [00:22:00] that time for myself. And then comes the guilt and then comes the emotional eating and then comes the, it's all a spiral, right? And so when you take care of yourself, even for a couple of minutes, it's okay. 

Everybody is safe. We're all okay. And I am in a better mood than I was two minutes ago when I sat down. Or at least I took the edge off. 

And just stopping and acknowledging that too, because then the next time it becomes a little bit easier to do. But if you just rush right back into what you were doing and not even acknowledging and giving yourself credit, like I just did that and everybody's still alive.

We made it. We did it. Because in our head, we get so wrapped up, thinking like I can never have a minute by myself. all of the things that we tell ourselves. when you actually go against that and prove yourself wrong, you've got to acknowledge that because it'll get that much easier.

I love James clear. He talks about how you cast little votes for yourself and this new identity that you're creating when you do things repetitively [00:23:00] and actually feel the difference, you're casting a vote and you're like, okay, This is doable.

I can do this and it feels better. I'm going to keep doing it because it feels better. 

Yeah, in fact, I was just talking to my client this morning about atomic habits and James. I love the votes for the identity. So many moms feel that they don't have time to focus on their own wellness.

What are some small but impactful ways that they can listen to their body and make meaningful changes? instead of thinking like the big picture and the all or nothing, what are just some small things that they can begin to do today that will have a big impact? 

one of the main things that I do is.

Movement. I don't call it exercise because exercise has this crazy stigma around it. it feels too big. But if I talk about moving my body, it makes it feel doable. what I do for movement, I base it off of how I'm feeling that day. [00:24:00] particular workout plans that line it all out, like your strength today, your whatever tomorrow.

I didn't sleep. I got up at three o'clock this morning with my four year old who was hacking his lungs out. I need to do something different today because That's what my life is like. I check in with myself and say, how am I feeling today? What do I feel like I want to do for movement?

Maybe it's a day that I woke up in the middle of the night with my little boy. I'm going to just stretch this morning. That's what I'm doing for movement. I don't do anything typically more than 15 minutes I will move my body every day, if possible, for 15 minutes on days where I'm in my ovulation phase of my cycle, I might jump on my mini trampoline because I actually like that.

It's fun for me. on days when, I'm sick and not feeling well, maybe I'm just gonna. Walk outside with my boys. We're just gonna go for a quick walk in the fresh air and I let it be enough my body says [00:25:00] that's yeah And that's really hard because we have a mind frame that says I'm not enough in multiple areas of my life.

when you sit down and tell yourself, okay I'm gonna let that be enough today Then tomorrow I get to do another movement that I'm able to stay consistent with because I let yesterday be enough and today's going to be enough based off what today looks like. you're able to stay more consistent when you take the guilt shame and pressure off of what wellness has to look like.

it does not have to be that complicated. weight loss is a big thing So Everybody in our, a lot of people anyways, and being a postpartum mama, this postpartum versus the postpartum with my first little boy, completely different because I'm listening to my body and I have lost.

All of the weight, just like I wanted to. And I didn't torture myself. I [00:26:00] just listened to my body. I think we hear the word self care and I think of it as self support. How can I support my body today? When your body is not in that stressed out zone, your cortisol lowers, your metabolism increases.

You get better sleep at night, which helps reset your hunger hormones, which helps you not crave all the sugary foods the next day. when you support your body does what it does best. It takes care of you. It lets go of things it feels safe to let go of. 

checking in with yourself, what feels good today and let it be enough and move on. I did it. And I'm proud of myself. I moved my body today. Or I danced with my boys. in the kitchen with music. That's another thing that I do a lot because my boys are there. I'm taking care of them full time through the week.

it will change my boys mood too. If they're in a funky mood and they don't want to, have any of my shenanigans, I will put on a playlist and we will dance in the kitchen. And that's my movement or I [00:27:00] clean the house. That's movement. It's all movements. Just move your body. 

supporting yourself doesn't mean that you aren't involving other people because it sounds like able to do that just with your kids.

Hey, I need and they get the ripple effect. 

My boys love my mini trampoline. I tell them I get a jump first and then you can hop on, for the mamas who are like, gosh, I can't afford a gym membership. cost is a huge thing right now. I do the majority of my workouts or my movement is free videos on YouTube. You would be surprised all of my trampoline workouts.

YouTube jumping Jack. She's fabulous. And like Brett Larkin has a ton of yoga videos. Like the majority of the things that you're trying to do, you can fight for free on the internet. . So if cost is a thing. Look on the internet because there's chances that you'll find something.

How can learning to trust your body lead to inner peace? I know that's what your program is all about. And how long has your own journey taught you [00:28:00] about achieving this balance? 

inner peace to me is again with the trust. I can trust that know how to calm myself down when I am overstimulated.

I can trust that I'm going to eat what my body feels like it needs and not overeat. Or if I do overeat. I'm going to look at it from a curiosity standpoint instead of guilt and shame. Oh man, I'm feeling really stuffed. What was I feeling before that? maybe I was feeling angry and needed to go eat all the food.

I trust myself. I have peace knowing that, okay, I didn't fall off the wagon. I just had a hard day. It's okay. I have peace knowing that I have figured out how to create this life that can mold based on the seasons that I'm in and I don't have to start over because I have gained all the weight back or I have a terrible body image or [00:29:00] I have a mean inner critic voice that is on 24 7 like I Inner piece, the program that you're talking about, I talk a lot about first regulating your nervous system and then working through that mean voice in your head, because we all have it.

It's there. And so I talk about how you can actually rewire your brain to think more empowering thoughts and turn down the volume on those negative thoughts. And that's peace, being able to look in the mirror and not feel terrible about myself, like I did before, that is peace.

Or if I do have days where I don't feel great about my body, it's okay, maybe you're wearing clothes that you don't feel confident in. It's okay to go change your clothes, put on something that you feel better in your body about. it's being there to, take care of myself the way that we take care of everybody else.

And I know that sounds cliche, but we are so good at supporting other people and being able to say, 

because it's true. [00:30:00] 

Yeah, it is so true. We do so good with other people. And so when you learn to channel that into yourself, the trickle down effect is huge, I have peace knowing that my husband who I've been with for 10 years is now starting to take some of the healthy steps that I've been doing for 10 years.

Like the piece is knowing that when you take care of yourself you don't have to have a crazy outside source to do it. It's freedom. It's peace. It's trust. It's enjoyment. I get to enjoy my life. I get to enjoy food. when I go to Thanksgiving, I'm not going to be like, oh gosh, I shouldn't have those sweet potatoes.

I shouldn't have that pie. I'm just going to fill up on these veggies no, I'm going to enjoy the food. I'm also going to be present with my family. because I want to enjoy this life. I worked in oncology as a nurse before and you get to see the day to day of people who don't [00:31:00] get to live a long life and enjoy the people in their own lives 

And you, as a mama and a human deserve to live a life where you trust yourself and are at peace and enjoy the world that you live in. You deserve it. That's what we as humans deserve Oh, it doesn't have to be so hard. 

I can feel 

I just, picture them. they're still in my heart.

I just picture them and I'm like, I'm doing all the things that I'm doing because you didn't get to, 

I want to teach those 

so that we all get to enjoy the life we have 

So what's one piece of advice you can give to our listeners about learning to trust their body? 

One piece of advice. check in with yourself once a day. 

Check in. Calm your body. Check in with yourself. 

that's totally doable. 

It's doable. What do you do for fun? 

What do I do for fun? Besides jumping on my trampoline? I read books. I just got a Kindle and I used to be the. I have to have paper copies of books person, and then I [00:32:00] realized that I would just read them once and then never read them again, and that felt wasteful, and it's expensive, and so I went to Kindle, and I love it, I used to read all the time when I was little, self help, I know that's shocking for you, all the self help, My just for enjoyment books are rom coms.

They're my favorite. They just feel good. I know they're going to get together in the end and that just makes me feel good. 

do you have a book that you'd recommend to the listeners? 

Self help. I'm going to list a couple for you because it's hard to narrow down mind magic for self help, intuitive eating or gentle nutrition.

Are my favorite books on those, untethered soul is really good and, soundtracks. are very good for the inner critic voice that you have. The soul of money is a really great 1 for financial health. Those are my self help. anything by Brene Brown. She's my favorite.

I pretend like we're best friends, but and then, just for enjoyment, [00:33:00] the rom commerce is actually a name of a book by Catherine center. Anything by Catherine center. She has a million really good rom coms Anything that sounds like a Hallmark movie in a book.

That's what I recommend So last question, where can listeners find you? 

I am most active on my personal Facebook page. So Molly Sutton on Facebook and Instagram, that is where you'll see my personal life. So you'll get to see the real me and you'll also get. weekly tips on, health tips that you may not have heard before.

Cause they're random stuff that comes up in sessions or my own life that I like to share with people. And then, www. gracegivenwellness. com is my website. 

All right. And all of Molly's stuff will be found in the show notes of today's episode. So definitely go check that out. Thanks so much, Molly, for coming on the show today.

Yeah. Thank you so much for having me. 

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