You're Up First

About You're Up First

What if a few simple shifts could lead to a life you truly love? Welcome to The Living Wellness Muse podcast with your host, Leanne Elliott—writer, entrepreneur, Reiki Master, intuitive medium, and mom of three. Twice a month, we explore how to stop spinning, release overwhelm, and rewire self-doubt through soulful conversations with doctors, healers, creatives, and everyday women who’ve navigated life’s big transitions—and emerged stronger, wiser, and more aligned. Each episode offers inspiration, insight, and practical tools for midlife transformation, wellness, relationships, purpose, and reinvention. A more joyful, grounded, and meaningful life is possible—let’s go create it, together.

Publisher

Leanne Elliott

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Nov 2022

Latest episode

29 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

169 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jan 2026

   Beyond the Mind: The Healing Journey of Plant Medicine

   On today's episode, I welcome Christine Marie Aitchison, a Ceremonial Medicine Woman, healer, author, and founder of The Healing Circle Collective in Portland, OR. Christine brings together her BSN in nursing with years of experience in plant spirit facilitation, shamanic reiki, sound journeying, and sacred ceremonial work. Christine guides clients through profound emotional and spiritual healing, helping move through C-PTSD, physical illness, toxic relationship cycles, and deep patterns of d...

2. 

   15 Jan 2026

   Women at Work: Claim Your Career Confidence, Influence and Authority at Any Age

   In today’s episode, we dive into the systemic challenges women face in the workplace — not just later in life, but at every age. Too young. A mother. Too old. There’s always a narrative ready to sideline or diminish women’s value in corporate spaces. My guest, Bonnie Marcus, is an author, coach, speaker, and podcast host who equips ambitious professional women with the tools to overcome workplace barriers and advance their careers on their own terms. She is the author of The Politics of Promo...

3. 

   24 Dec 2025

   The Hidden Power of Tarot and How It's Still Relevent Today

   In this illuminating episode, we sit down with Laura Donahue, known as LaDonna, astrologist, tarot practitioner, and intuitive guide. Tarot has been stereotyped, feared, and misunderstood for centuries, often labeled a “dark art.” But its true origin story tells a different tale: tarot began in Italy as a tool for introspection, a mirror for the inner world, and a compass pointing us back to our own power. Tarot can reframe how even the most difficult and painful experiences can represent not...

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• Abby Bradetich
• Dr Velvete Womack
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Reach and audience

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YouTube views

42,753

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

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Quality

97

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

71

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