Pam Martin McDonald on Motherhood, Holistic Healing, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health

Pam Martin McDonald is a “Naturotherapist” with the ANN, and a Holistic Health Practitioner in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She is the Founder of Meridian Health & Wellness, a virtual holistic health platform that serves a community across North America.

Pam is a passionate mental health advocate who believes in whole body health, achieved and maintained by addressing the mental, physical and spiritual elements of the self. Her entry into better health was sparked by motherhood. She started with physical health with a mommy and baby workout class and 6 months later dove into the highly competitive world of fitness competitions. She is now a retired, professionally trained and award-winning bodybuilder, having competed and placed in 5 of the bodybuilding competitions entered, in two federations both locally and nationally.

She is a certified personal trainer (Canfit Pro), she developed and taught live online circuit training programs, fitness classes, group transformation programs, nutritional coaching, private and group sessions in Yin Yoga (Satori Yoga, NB), Yoga Nidra (Shakti Yoga NL), Healthy Weight Loss Coach (CanFit Pro), Kids and Family Yoga (Karma Kids NY), Essential Oils and Natural Health Coaching (doTerra Int.), Meditation Teacher (The Lotus Center, NL), and Restorative Yoga (Andrea Peloso), Reiki Practioner (Reiki On the Rock). 

Pam has a passion for helping others overcome doubt, unhealthy patterns and improving mental health. She is a public speaker, wellness presenter, personal development coach, self-care program facilitator, and has offered wellness retreats both privately and corporately. 

Show Notes:
Start of interview (1:48)
The inspiration behind the many paths Pam has taken (8:40)
Pam's holistic health journey (20:37)
When Pam discovered yoga (29:57)
About shifting to online classes during the pandemic (33:30)
Children participation in yoga and holistic health (42:02)
New products and/or services at Meridian Health & Wellness (46:37)
How do you define an Alpha Woman? (50:09)

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Chapters

• 1:48 Start of interview
• 8:40 The inspiration behind the many paths Pam has taken
• 20:37 Pam's holistic health journey
• 29:57 When Pam discovered yoga
• 33:30 About shifting to online classes during the pandemic
• 42:02 Children participation in yoga and holistic health
• 46:37 New products and/or services at Meridian Health & Wellness
• 50:09 How do you define an Alpha Woman?