Team Picks – Treats for Yourself and Your Furry Friends
Our insidewink team shares some products we love from treats for your dog to music for your ears to was to make you feel beautiful.
Tips for Hitting the Road with Your Furry Friends
Part 1 of Kathlene McGovern’s 2 part series on the best and safest ways to travel with your furry friends!
A Friend is a Mirror to Our Soul
Our wonderful Cheryl Farrell uses iconic characters from the TV series CHEERS to personify actual friends of hers and shows how each friend reflects something about Cheryl herself.
Befriending Yourself
We all know how to be a good friend to others, but how do we create a warm and loving relationship with ourselves? Dove Rose has great ideas and answers.
What I Learned From the Friends Next Door
Kate Fuglei learned a lot from the six McGoogan sisters that lived next door to her growing up, especially the importance of friendship.
Letter from the Editors to our Friends
With the theme of friendship, Jean and Alison set out to write something really special…instead what they discover is shared in this monthly letter.
Vulnerability: The Key to Meaningful & Enduring Friendships
As Amy Margolis finds out after the birth of her daughter, being real, open and vulnerable is the true foundation of meaningful relationships… something we all need right now!
Self Care Takes Priority: How to be Your Own Best Friend
Our self-care is important. In Cheryl Farrell article we learn to say no thank you, to be true to ourselves and to be our own best friends.
Friend Family
In our small Studio City living room, we have two Thanksgiving tables set up. It is crowded. It is fun. It is loud. You have to suck in your stomach to squeeze around a corner to get to the kitchen for more sweet potatoes. And it is full of …
I have a friend…
I have a friend… … who gives me gardenias as a surprise … who makes me laugh till I cry … who always reaches for the check first … who calls me because she knows I have a doctor appointment … who I tell everything to because she never judges … who doesn’t gossip … who...
Podcast Episode 83: Madi Murphy
Madi Murphy is the co-founder of CosmicRX, a moon-powered community helping millions of people learn the art of birth chart interpretation and delivering digestible doses of cosmic know-how directly to your phone and email inbox. Madi works as a leadership coach, was named one of the top 100 wellness luminaries by Well +Good, and was chosen as one of Kripalu’s first ever New Visionaries. She has been quoted regularly in Refinery29 and her work has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, and Marie Claire.
Podcast Episode 82: Paola di Florio & Peter Rader
Oscar and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Paola di Florio is a vanguard in the “Conscious Cinema” movement and founder of Counterpoint Films, whose mission became to produce and distribute media that “Awakens the Human Spirit” which she runs with her husband and business partner, author, screenwriter, producer Peter Rader. Besides, My Father, The Healer – their films include: Autobiography of a Yogi (which became one of the top-grossing indie docs of 2014-15) and Infinite Potential, a rich exploration of science and spirituality.
Podcast Episode 81: Dr. Ellen Hendriksen
The wonderful Dr. Ellen Hendriksen (she/her) is a clinical psychologist who will help you calm your anxiety and be your authentic self. She serves on the faculty at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders (CARD) and earned her Ph.D. at UCLA, completing her training at Harvard Medical School. Jean and Alison speak with Ellen about her new book How To Be Enough: Self-Acceptance for Self-Critics and Perfectionists.
Podcast Episode 80: PFLAG
Jean and Alison have a beautiful conversation with Farrah Dodes and Corey Berry about PFLAG – the nation’s largest organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and advocating for LGBTQ+ people and those who love them.
Podcast Episode 79: Linda Ugelow
Linda Ugelow has been a performer for over 35 years. With a master’s degree in expressive therapies and movement studies, she has been helping people get comfortable in their skin for decades. Her new book, Delight in the Limelight: Overcome Your Fear of Being Seen and Realize Your Dreams is a “journey of reclaiming the confident free self-expression that you dream of when you speak, whether that’s on stage or on camera or in the meeting room.”
Podcast Episode 78: Bonnie Yee
Bonnie Yee describes herself as a Guide, Teacher, Channel, and most important a Friend to all who wish. Bonnie’s journey has been unfolding for many years, even before she was aware. Then sudden life changes thrust her onto an accelerated path of spiritual wakening and it became obvious this was her mission. Excited about her new awareness but also feeling rather isolated in this knowing, she asked for guidance. What came next surprised her – She was told to provide a safe space for assisting others on their journeys. This has now evolved into opening the Oasis of Light – Quantum Healing Center.
Podcast Episode 77: Stephen Schettini
Stephen Schettini, also known as The Inner Monk is a former Buddhist monk, TEDx speaker, and mindfulness teacher whose life story is full of courage, transformation, and deeply practical wisdom. Stephen’s journey began in emotional chaos, born into a family of circus performers, before he sought clarity and peace through eight years in monastic life in India. Eventually, he left the monastery not to abandon the teachings, but to translate them into real-world guidance for people navigating life’s complexity with compassion and grace.
Podcast Episode 76: Nancy Allen & Marlene MqGuirt – WeSPARK – insidewink Classic
Jean and Alison spoke with Nancy Allen & Marlene McGuirt last year and they have since become friends. Nancy and Marlene, from the WeSPARK Cancer Support Center, share how WeSPARK enhances the quality of life for cancer patients, survivors and their loved ones by providing free programs and services, thereby alleviating the physical and emotional side effects of a cancer diagnosis.
Podcast Episode 74: Carla Ondrasik
Jean and Alison had a great conversation with Carla Ondrasik about her new book – Stop Trying!: The Life-Transforming Power of Trying Less and Doing More. Carla is a former vice president at EMI Music Publishing turned motivational speaker, coach and author, who uses her 20+ years of evidence-based research to help you accomplish everything you’ve been trying to do. Stop Trying! illuminates the deception in a mindset built on trying, which can lead to anxiety, procrastination, perceived loss of control, fatigue, fear of failure, lack of follow-through, and overall life dissatisfaction.
Podcast Episode 73: Audrey Graves
Jean and Alison had the immense pleasure of speaking with Audrey Graves – the Braille Institute’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. For the last 20 years, Audrey has been teaching students with visual impairments at the Nebraska Center for the Education of the Blind (NCECBEV). She has taken on many roles in the education field, ranging from teacher to principal at NCECBEV. She is currently an outreach consultant. Her passion for and love of her students is so inspiring!