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Welcome to Stacked Intent: Your Guide to Authentic, Intentional Living · Stacked Intent: Your Guide to Authentic, Intentional Living

• 0:00
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Hello, my name is Becca Stackhouse Morson, and I'm ready for you to tune in each episode of your ways to become you.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Looking at ways you can be your authentic and intentional self, you'll finish each episode motivated to live life more authentically.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: I learned how to be truly me through relationships, chronic disease, finances, and taking each journey along the way.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Talk about the real aspects of life?
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Of course.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Relationships, finance, nutrition, hardships, exercise are all topics that we will discuss.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Pull up a seat, drive safely down the road, or get into that workout group.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: To be challenged, motivated, and encouraged to be you.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: This is the Stacked Intent podcast.
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  Amy Stackhouse: I'm Amy Stackhouse with Turkey Connections Group.
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  Amy Stackhouse: My role is to facilitate by connecting in our studio.
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  Amy Stackhouse: Today I would like to start out by introducing the podcast, Stacked Intent.
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  Amy Stackhouse: It is hosted by Becca Stackhouse Morson, and she is the owner of Stacked Intent.
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  Amy Stackhouse: So let's start out with a hello, Becca, and tell us about your company.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Hello, so I am Becca Stackhouse Morson, and I have a but launch Stacked Intent.
• 1:32
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so Stacked Intent is designed to kind of help you dig into who you are authentically are through your relationships to your finance, nutrition, and then along the way we'll cover some specific special topics.
• 1:46
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Um that's kind of the launch and summary of what stacked intent is.
• 1:52
  Amy Stackhouse: How did you come up with this idea of stacked intent?
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Um, I've just always find it very important to take along the along the different stages and phases of my life of finding the intentionality that happens through when I was in middle school, high school, through college, and then into my first career job launch.
• 2:15
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so in launching this business, I really want to help people find that in themselves.
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  Amy Stackhouse: Very good.
• 2:23
  Amy Stackhouse: And with that comes the podcast.
• 2:26
  Amy Stackhouse: So what are your thoughts on podcasting and why can that be an intricate element to stacked intent?
• 2:37
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Well, the podcast is gonna give us the place to give you some resources, information, be able to bring on some guests who specialize in topics.
• 2:48
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: It's gonna allow us to give you something to listen to while you clean your house, exercise, drive along the road, that you'll be able to just put it in your ear and listen along the way.
• 3:00
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Um, because we're gonna have some other features, but the podcast is just there to give you some and being able to give you the information in a way to understand it outside of an academic journal.
• 3:13
  Amy Stackhouse: Okay, that kind of strikes me that you must have some background in the world of academia and research.
• 3:21
  Amy Stackhouse: So tell me a little bit about your background and why that is such a specific platform that you have interest in.
• 3:32
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So I went to school at the University of North Alabama and I got my undergraduate degree in social sciences with a um certification for family life education, and then I got my master's in family studies, and then I spent the last five and a half, almost six years as a family and consumer science accounting extension agent.
• 3:55
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so through all of that, I kind of learned the ways of taking those academic journals and that research and making it understandable to the everyday person who may not necessarily have that same background or have the time to dig into it.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so I found it really, really important to make sure what you're putting out there is not just opinion, but it gets backed by research and things that have been proven through decades of what people have put into finding out really the methods that work best.
• 4:29
  Amy Stackhouse: And you've seen some of this practically through your experience and through programming that perhaps you did.
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  Amy Stackhouse: So how does that play into the scheme?
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: I saw it through the newspaper articles I wrote.
• 4:44
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: I mean, I wrote bi-weekly for my newspaper uh for the past five years, and then I wrote newsletters and I wrote blog posts.
• 4:54
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So kind of taking that research and putting it into chunks of understandable information.
• 5:02
  Amy Stackhouse: You have some specific uh elements that you're putting into stacked intent.
• 5:07
  Amy Stackhouse: So go over those with me and for the listeners of what exactly are you focusing in on and maybe why?
• 5:18
  Amy Stackhouse: Why are those important to you?
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  Amy Stackhouse: For instance, the nutrition or the relationship.
• 5:24
  Amy Stackhouse: So tell me exactly what they are and why do they resonate with you and why should they resonate with the listeners?
• 5:31
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: The three big things that I'm focusing on in uh stacked intent as an overall concept through my digital courses, through in-person speaking, through in-person courses, online, through all of the different avenues.
• 5:48
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: But the biggest things are I'm doing relationships, finance, nutrition.
• 5:53
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so the reason that we start with those three is I believe that you need those three in a balance of who you are when you exist in the world.
• 6:03
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so I think relationships, a lot of times when we think of those or we hear people talk about them, you automatically go to, well, I'm not in a romantic relationship.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: When really relationships exist in our everyday, day-to-lay life.
• 6:18
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so I think it's really, really important for us to figure out and understand who we are in those.
• 6:24
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And then in finances, I mean, I'm I'm recently married and I had to figure out how to express my needs and finances and figure out my husband's needs and finances.
• 6:34
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so I really think it's an important aspect to figure out who you are in finances, because as much as sometimes we don't like money, money exists and we have to have it to function.
• 6:45
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so really figuring out who you are and what your needs are, you are in that is really important.
• 6:51
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so, and then lastly, nutrition, which we'll have a co-host, Ashleigh, that's gonna help us on that nutrition focus.
• 6:59
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: But nutrition, if you don't know that everybody else is sitting down for dinner, but you really don't need to eat right now, and why that's important, then you don't really tune into who you are and what your needs are.
• 7:14
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: The three big pillars, and then along the way, we're gonna take relationships and tie them to self-defense.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: We're gonna take finances and tie them to why it's really, really important to have a budget, understand your paycheck.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: We're gonna really dig into some of those finances and then nutrition.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: We're gonna talk about why you may need dinner, but everybody else isn't eating yet, or why you go out to that restaurant, but you sit there and you don't eat anything.
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  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Uh, and then we'll have other topics along the way from special guest or parts that we found relevant as we move through the seasons.
• 7:51
  Amy Stackhouse: Excellent.
• 7:52
  Amy Stackhouse: So, what I hear you saying, the thread that I keep hearing throughout everything you say is intentional living.
• 7:59
  Amy Stackhouse: Would that be correct?
• 8:00
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Yes.
• 8:02
  Amy Stackhouse: So intentional living can be accomplished by everybody, or it can be.
• 8:08
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: It can be, it can be accomplished whether you're single, whether or whether you've been married a decade, or whether you've been married 40 years.
• 8:15
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So it doesn't really matter where you are in your life, you can always make those changes and shifts to really be intentional in how you're living.
• 8:26
  Amy Stackhouse: And your vision, short-term, long-term.
• 8:28
  Amy Stackhouse: What's your vision for stacked intent?
• 8:32
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: I'm gonna have had my website launched, and then by January, we're gonna have a launch of a digital course that is the DNA for understanding your relationships, nutrition, and finance.
• 8:47
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And then long term, there's gonna be digital courses that I launch a couple of times a year coming to speak as a guest at things, being a speaker on those topics, and then uh at some point we're gonna have some in-person as well.
• 9:04
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And we're also going to in the next year have some take that relationship and understanding what a healthy relationship is, but we're gonna tie it to jujitsu and how self-defense may be really important when you may have missed those red flags in a healthy relationship, or they might not have existed, and how you defend yourself when things just go south and you didn't expect them to.
• 9:31
  Amy Stackhouse: Just real quickly, you mentioned jujitsu, and that's the first time I've heard you say that.
• 9:36
  Amy Stackhouse: Um what if somebody isn't real sure what that is and what is it?
• 9:41
  Amy Stackhouse: What is jujitsu to you, and what is it maybe to the public?
• 9:45
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Jiu Jitsu to me, it is something that I started three years ago and really dug into who I was and helped me really when I was having some struggles in life, it helped me focus and have somewhere to go and really create an environment and a community.
• 10:02
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And then what jiu-jitsu is, it is your ground grappling and fighting.
• 10:07
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so it is what you do on the ground, and there is sport jujitsu, which means some things are really only gonna work when you're in a padded room and you have a ref and you have an agreement that when you tap, that's agreeing that you either choked me or broke my arm.
• 10:24
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: On the street, it's a little bit different, and there may be things that wouldn't work in the padded room, or there may be things that would have worked in that padded room that you really don't need to try on the street because it could get your head banged on the ground and busted open.
• 10:39
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so when I'm talking about it in the relationship and self-defense form, it's really what will be more applicable in the world.
• 10:48
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: But overall, jujitsu is something that puts you in really, really bad situations that you have to learn how to get out of those.
• 10:57
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And as somebody that's typically the smallest person in the room, it really teaches you how capable you are to get out of a really, really bad situation.
• 11:08
  Amy Stackhouse: So a lot of what I hear is that you you mentioned the word or the acronym um DNA.
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  Amy Stackhouse: And so you're talking about the DNA, the patterns, the what makes up a person, and that being one element of being self-confident and being able to apply some of those lessons that you know throughout experiences in life to your actual intentional life.
• 11:38
  Amy Stackhouse: Does that pretty much sum up the direction that we're headed?
• 11:41
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Yep, it is the direction we're headed to learn who you authentically can be while you're intentionally stacking your life.
• 11:50
  Amy Stackhouse: That's absolutely awesome.
• 11:53
  Amy Stackhouse: So let's make an intentional segue um working with you as co-host, and that is Ashleigh Childs.
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  Amy Stackhouse: So, Ashleigh, welcome.
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  Amy Stackhouse: And how about telling the listeners who you are both professionally and um and personally?
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yeah, well, thank y'all for having me.
• 12:15
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, my name is Ashleigh Childs, and I am a friend of Becca's.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so Becca and I actually got to meet through our job.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So she mentioned briefly that she used to be the Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Agent.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So that is still my current role.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: I have recently transitioned across the state.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I was in Thomas County, Georgia for about three years and then have recently started, and now I am managing two counties.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I'm in the southeastern part of the state.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yep.
• 12:44
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I'm in Canler County, Georgia, and I'm in Evans County, Georgia.
• 12:47
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, I have a background in community nutrition, love talking about food, love eating food.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I think that this is going to be a really cool opportunity to get to share that love.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And I'm excited to support Becca in this endeavor.
• 13:03
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Currently planning a wedding.
• 13:05
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So personally, that's where I'm at.
• 13:07
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, so some of this intentionality is going to be very important in that process as well.
• 13:15
  Amy Stackhouse: That it will, and you're making transitions, and um nutrition a lot of times can go by the wayside when we're making transitions.
• 13:23
  Amy Stackhouse: And and and you you mentioned community nutrition.
• 13:27
  Amy Stackhouse: Tell me what that is.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yeah, so in community nutrition, that was what I got my master's in, and it really was interesting to see the difference in people's personal opinions about nutrition, and then also what you can do on a community level.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So that the community part of it is really just making sure that things are in place for people to make healthy choices.
• 13:53
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So if you live in a place like in rural South Georgia that does not have a grocery store that has a refrigerated section, or they don't have access to produce, it can be really hard to make healthy decisions.
• 14:06
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So community nutrition is really more about helping people make decisions based off of the resources that they have.
• 14:14
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: But then also my role is to help garner some support from our community stakeholders and people that have a little power to be able to put forth the effort and the money and the resources to make sure that these things are there and to make healthy foods more accessible.
• 14:36
  Amy Stackhouse: Oh wow.
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  Amy Stackhouse: So there are options.
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  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yeah, yeah, because it's hard to make a healthy decision if the options aren't there.
• 14:45
  Amy Stackhouse: Yeah.
• 14:46
  Amy Stackhouse: Involving this in with the concept of intentional living, how do you see that parallel?
• 14:54
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: I actually think it's really cool to think about intentionality and then also just nutrition in general, because we have to make a decision about what we eat, regardless of what the what the options are.
• 15:07
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um you decide what you're going to eat for the most part, how much you're going to eat, when you're going to eat, and what we put in our body really does make a difference in how we feel.
• 15:21
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, so doing things that are good for your body intentionally is going to help us to live a more, like Becca was saying, intentional, genuine, stacked life and developing some of these principles to know that you have the power and you are capable to make good decisions when it comes to your nutrition.
• 15:42
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, I think that that intentionality and knowing again your capability is going to be so important.
• 15:50
  Amy Stackhouse: Well, you talked about some transitions that you're having in in life.
• 15:54
  Amy Stackhouse: I mean, going from single to entering into marriage, I mean, just going out to eat or being with someone that is different, that is starting to be with you at a more meals than not.
• 16:08
  Amy Stackhouse: Um, that involves some choice and some understanding.
• 16:12
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yes, absolutely.
• 16:13
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: I'm glad you mentioned that.
• 16:14
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So fortunately, my fiance and I both have an understanding and appreciation for what we put in our body.
• 16:22
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So both of us try to make healthy choices, but then also too, we have a a good relationship with food.
• 16:29
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So we understand that there are opportunities that we're not gonna be as conscious or necessarily making the most healthy choice on the menu.
• 16:39
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Because if we want to go and get nachos, that's what we're gonna get because we know that that's a decision that we've made.
• 16:46
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: We've made healthy choices throughout the week.
• 16:49
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: We have an opportunity to make a less healthy choice, um, but that's not that's not a habit or a lifestyle pattern.
• 16:58
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I I will say I'm very fortunate to know that I can we eat pretty much the same way, and I know that's not not the same for everyone, so that can definitely be a challenge.
• 17:10
  Amy Stackhouse: Well, we hear a lot about mindful living.
• 17:15
  Amy Stackhouse: So, does this play into mindful living and that that type of thing?
• 17:19
  Amy Stackhouse: Is that kind of where the direction that you see?
• 17:22
  Amy Stackhouse: Yes.
• 17:24
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Mindfulness when it comes to eating, that's more of just being aware of your eating experience.
• 17:31
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So understanding your hunger cues, understanding your triggers when it comes to food.
• 17:38
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Are you eating just because you're bored?
• 17:40
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Are you eating because other people are eating, or are you eating because your body's telling you, hey, I'm hungry and I need some nourishment?
• 17:48
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And mindfulness is really becoming more in tune with what your body is telling you.
• 17:52
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And then also on that same token, if your body tells you that it's full, it's gotten enough, knowing those cues and being able to stop eating because you're satisfied.
• 18:04
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So just bringing an awareness to your eating experience is going to be really the key when you talk about mindfulness and nutrition.
• 18:14
  Amy Stackhouse: When you got involved in nutrition as your career, what did you start out in high school thinking this is the direction I'm going to go?
• 18:26
  Amy Stackhouse: Did you have enough exposure to it to where you knew this was was a career choice?
• 18:31
  Amy Stackhouse: Or how did you how'd you land where you are?
• 18:34
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Actually, yeah, it did start in high school.
• 18:37
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I was in a a family and consumer sciences class, which it was nutrition through the lifespan.
• 18:43
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so I was in the ninth grade and I was heavily involved in 4-H growing up.
• 18:48
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So we had the opportunity to do what they call DPA.
• 18:52
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So it's district project achievement.
• 18:54
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So as a student and a member of 4-H, I got to pick a topic that I was interested in, create a speech, create a demonstration, and then I had to go and compete on the district and the state level with this project.
• 19:13
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So being in this nutrition through the lifespan class, I was all in every day.
• 19:18
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Like I was, I had never been more engaged in a classroom than I was in that class.
• 19:25
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so I decided to do my 4-age project based off of what we were talking about in nutrition through the lifespan.
• 19:33
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so from then, I really just had a passion for it and decided that that was something I wanted to pursue.
• 19:39
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Didn't really know extension was going to where be where I was going to end up, but I'm grateful for it.
• 19:45
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, thought at one point that I was going to try to go into a clinical setting and be a dietitian, but I do feel like the job that I'm in is so rewarding.
• 19:54
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, and being able to teach everyday people that are not in a clinical setting about nutrition and how important it is.
• 20:04
  Amy Stackhouse: Well, sometimes you're getting people who wouldn't enter into a clinical setting.
• 20:09
  Amy Stackhouse: Yeah, exactly.
• 20:09
  Amy Stackhouse: That kind of gives you a broader spectrum almost.
• 20:13
  Amy Stackhouse: So there are a lot of challenges and a lot of goals that you have within your career.
• 20:21
  Amy Stackhouse: What are some of those?
• 20:24
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So some of the goals that I have is in one of the counties that I'm at, um, they really are a low resource community.
• 20:31
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so there's one grocery store, and the grocery store does have produce and healthy food options.
• 20:38
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: However, because they're the only grocery store in town, they can make their prices a little higher than what we're used to.
• 20:46
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so people that I've just spoken with, um, getting to know people in the community, have mentioned that several times about the fact that they would rather drive 20 miles to Statesboro to go to Walmart because the prices are less expensive there than it is in their own community.
• 21:04
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, so one of my goals really would be to help people feel like they are capable to make good decisions without having to drive 20 miles down the road.
• 21:17
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So one of the classes that we teach is grocery shopping on a budget.
• 21:21
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so I would like to, since it's a locally owned grocery store, I would love to be able to work with the grocery store owner and try to figure out some either some incentives for people that are making healthy choices or if there is a way that we can make these healthy meals for families more accessible.
• 21:41
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So it's a a very lofty goal, but um something I think that would definitely be attainable over time.
• 21:52
  Amy Stackhouse: So that really encompasses both a goal and a challenge.
• 21:56
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yes, absolutely.
• 21:58
  Amy Stackhouse: So um you said In ninth grade is when you started this thinking.
• 22:03
  Amy Stackhouse: Um you know, as we're entering this podcast, we we don't exactly know the target audience age could could dip to the ninth grade.
• 22:14
  Amy Stackhouse: So, what would you tell a ninth grader?
• 22:18
  Amy Stackhouse: What would you tell a parent?
• 22:20
  Amy Stackhouse: Um, and then what would you tell that older individual who's listening to this um stacked intent podcast?
• 22:31
  Amy Stackhouse: What would you tell them to put in mind or warn when you're dealing with the nutritional aspect?
• 22:39
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So nutrition through the lifespan is is just that.
• 22:43
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So it means that we have different needs depending on our age, depending on our sex.
• 22:48
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So if you're in the ninth grade for the most part, it's it's pretty well understood that high school is a challenge in and of itself because your body is changing.
• 22:58
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, you may be involved in sports, you may be more active than you've ever been before, or you may be less active.
• 23:07
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So your nutrition needs are going to vary from those people around you.
• 23:11
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So there's a lot of peer pressure that comes in high school.
• 23:14
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so if you are trying to fit in, and social media is also a challenge.
• 23:21
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, and you may have different opinions or maybe different thoughts about what healthy foods are based off of what your friends do, or you may have also gotten some exposure to eating habits based off of social media and what your friends do, and there can be a pressure to fit in.
• 23:40
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I would tell that ninth grader that your needs are going to be different than your friends.
• 23:46
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so making sure that you're fueling your body with good, healthy things and not focusing so much on body image and the pressures of what other people are doing.
• 23:57
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And then for your adult that may be a busy person that don't, I mean, you may not feel like you can eat a healthy meal throughout your day because you're constantly on the run.
• 24:08
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: I would encourage that person to try to be intentional about spending a little more time in meal planning for your week and preparing your food so that way when you are in a rush, when you are preparing a meal for your family after you've been at work all day long, if you have something prepared, you know that you're making a healthy choice for you and for others too.
• 24:30
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And then for the older adult, again, that same token of your body is changing.
• 24:36
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So your needs are gonna be different.
• 24:37
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: You may not have the same hunger cues that you used to, but it's still important for you to maintain a good, nutritious, balanced diet as well.
• 24:47
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So paying attention to those hunger cues, but also knowing that as we get older, our our calorie needs are gonna change, we're not gonna be as active.
• 24:57
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, and so trying to make the the best decisions when you can and when you do feel hungry, so that way your body's getting the best bang for the buck when you when you do feel hungry.
• 25:08
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So you're getting a good nutritious meal.
• 25:11
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: That's something with my grandmother that we're we're we're talking through.
• 25:15
  Amy Stackhouse: Oh, really?
• 25:16
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Mm-hmm.
• 25:17
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yeah, she really wants to eat a lot of sweets and a lot of salty things right now.
• 25:21
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, and we do know that that's because as we age, our taste buds kind of deteriorate.
• 25:27
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And so the things that are more flavorful and more dominant are the things that seem more appealing to her.
• 25:34
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, also, your you think about your physiological changes, so it's a little harder to digest things, maybe a little harder to chew things too.
• 25:42
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So oftentimes like pastries are a little softer and easier to eat.
• 25:47
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um and of course, with high amounts of sugar, fat, and sodium, it's gonna make you feel fuller.
• 25:54
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Um, maybe not necessarily in a good way, but we're working through some of those challenges and making sure that she's still getting her fruits and vegetables and not in the form of an apple pie.
• 26:07
  Amy Stackhouse: But there's a fruit right there.
• 26:09
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yes, exactly.
• 26:11
  Amy Stackhouse: That would be her logic, right?
• 26:13
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: Yes, yes, absolutely.
• 26:16
  Amy Stackhouse: Um to both of you, Becca and Ashleigh, as you're kind of looking at this podcast and going into this segment.
• 26:27
  Amy Stackhouse: Uh, both of you have a vision and something that you want to come out of it, something that you definitely communicate to each and every listener.
• 26:36
  Amy Stackhouse: What would that be?
• 26:37
  Amy Stackhouse: What would be kind of a pinpoint that each of you would want to make sure that a listener came out of this podcast with?
• 26:46
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Mine would be to make sure that it is okay to be you even when it feels inconvenient for other people.
• 26:55
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: I love that.
• 26:56
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: That's great.
• 26:57
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: And especially with thinking about the the topic of nutrition, um, I think that's where people can really fall into some of these social pressures and and fall into some of these fad diets that may not be the best for them.
• 27:12
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So I think having a well-rounded sense of mindfulness and all that you do, um, and especially when it comes to nutrition, again, you are what you eat, and you think about how that affects everything that you do.
• 27:28
  Ashleigh Geurin, MS, CNWE: So the principles that Becca has in place, um, I just I'm excited about helping people feel more capable and more like themselves when it comes to food.
• 27:40
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And I would add when you go back to what Ashleigh was talking about when you're talking to a ninth grader or an older person about how they feel about their food, those same things apply when you're in a relationship of finances.
• 27:53
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Like the social pressures that come from your peers and your social media and our media outlets for relationships are crazy.
• 28:05
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so if you're not in a household that teaches you what healthy friendships, relationships, what healthy co-worker relationships, employer relationships, and hope healthy partner relationships look like, then a lot of times turning to the media is not your answer there.
• 28:24
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so that's one of those things that that ninth grader who may be listening, or if you're in a place of restarting, finding those relationships that are genuinely healthy and good in your life are what's important.
• 28:40
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And in high school, it may not be the romantic one, it may be that friendship because romantic relationships in high school, unless you're with somebody that allows you to change through the years and they allow you to grow and change with you, it's gonna be a really hard one once you get into your mid-20s because y'all you've both changed, and if you didn't allow each other to change, but the same thing can be true in friendships.
• 29:07
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: And so when you're doing those things is making sure that you aren't necessarily looking at what's popular, but what is important for you to have at that stage.
• 29:21
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: We launched Act Intense.
• 29:23
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: You're gonna hear 12 episodes per season.
• 29:26
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: I'm gonna try to do three seasons a year.
• 29:29
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So there will be a little break between seasons, but there's gonna be 12 episodes.
• 29:33
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: You're gonna hear episodes on relationships, finances, nutrition, and each season we're gonna have a different special topic.
• 29:42
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So there's gonna be about three episodes per topic.
• 29:45
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: Um, we're gonna look at transferring transformation your idea of you'll learn how to intentionally make these choices by understanding what your DNA is through your relationships, your nutrition, your finances, and whatever that special topic is that's gonna tie into what we're covering that season.
• 30:06
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So that you are gonna live a life that you dream and that you love, and that you don't keep getting stuck and scattered, but we're gonna help give you some resources of mapping out that plan.
• 30:17
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: So we hope you tune in each week to hear and become authentically you as you look at the ways that you can be your authentic self and your intentional self.
• 30:28
  Becca Stackhouse-Morson, MS, CFLE: You're gonna probably laugh some, cry some, and you'll finish each week being motivated to live a life of more hour.