Take charge of your well-being... with Optimal Living
- Kelly Wagner

- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 22 hours ago
When life hits you hard—or when a hundred small stresses pile up over time—trying to “fix things” can feel overwhelming.
When one area of life unravels, others often follow: work takes over, and your relationships become strained; move your body less, and your mind slows down too.
Ignore any of it for too long, and the problems and pain just get bigger.
Where do you even begin to get things back on track?
If you’ve ever felt worn down, disconnected, or unsure how to weave your well-being back together again—you’re not alone.
That’s exactly why I created Optimal Living — a six-part interview series with eighteen experts in their respective fields, who share practical ways to restore balance in your body, mind, heart, spirit, relationships, and environment.
Each conversation offers insights and resources to help you rebuild your foundation of well-being, one step at a time.
What makes this project different is the reason it began. After watching my mom struggle with depression for as long as I’d been alive, she died by suicide at the age of 60. In my effort to come to grips with it—and to figure out how to prevent others from ever having to live with the same depth of despair—I learned how true well-being depends on caring for all parts of ourselves, not just one.
That search became this series.
These interviews offer real tools and helpful perspectives you can start using today to nurture a life that—as the show’s tag line goes—is Happy. Healthy. Holistic.
Originally aired exclusively on Rogers TV across Waterloo Region in Southwestern Ontario, Optimal Living is now available for the first time worldwide—on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Over the next six weeks, I’ll release one new episode each week. You can watch Episode 1, 'Healthy Body', here.
My promise is that Optimal Living will help you reconnect the pieces of your life that make you feel grounded, nourished, and alive again.
Maybe more than ever before.
And here’s a beautiful truth to hold onto whenever things get hard: when you nurture one area of your life, the rest will begin to flourish too. With every single thread you weave back together, the fabric of your well-being—and your life—grow stronger.
One day at a time.
This one's for you, Mom.
With love.💗
xo
Kelly

