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13 May 2022184. A Holistic Approach to Building Strength & Improving Health with Sal Di Stefano #FabulousFriends01:22:06

Sal Di Stefano is a personal trainer, co-founder of Mind Pump Media, and the co-host of Mind Pump, an online radio show and podcast that is dedicated to providing truthful fitness and health information. He's also the designer of the Muscular Adaptation Programming System (MAPS), and the author of The Resistance Training Revolution. Sal is dedicated to prioritizing health over appearance. He aims to shift the direction of the fitness industry from being rooted in aesthetics and insecurity to one based in self-love and self-care. He’s going to bust some myths around building muscle and share with us some tips on building a holistic lifestyle that supports your health through exercise and diet that everyday people can follow.

You will learn about...

  • Learning what’s effective to help everyday people get fit
  • How adaptation increases strength in the body
  • Why exercise needs to be valued by more than its caloric burn
  • Raising your metabolic rate through strength training
  • Busting strength training myths
  • Treating working out like a skill, not like a workout
  • Going into a workout with the right mindset

Resources:


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Be Well By Kelly is produced and published by Crate Media.

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09 Jun 2021108. Enhance Your Health through Food with Dr. Mark Hyman #WellnessWednesdays00:44:56

Enough with the food wars! 

Dr. Mark Hyman, an internationally renowned leader in functional medicine, has found common ground between the vegan and paleo diets to create the “pegan diet”: a flexible set of food principles that help boost your body’s functionality. 

His program helps release us from the dogma surrounding biology, where we blindly follow extreme food trends without considering our personal chemistry. 

We discuss how constructing the food on your plate can boost immunity, reverse disease, and diminish the harsh effects of viruses. Plus, the practical ways you can address your food choices for yourself and your family, and how Dr. Mark Hyman puts his revolutionary food theory into everyday practice. 

You will learn about...

  • The science of creating health
  • How foods can fight viruses such as COVID-19
  • Purging your kitchen and constructing your plate consciously 
  • The connection between food and mood 
  • Feeding your children the right way 
  • His daily routine, food, and (occasional) vices 
  • Protecting the planet with our food choices

Resources:


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Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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01 Feb 2023231. A New Hope for Healing Multiple Sclerosis by Dr. Terry Wahls #WellnessWednesdays01:01:18

My guest today is Dr. Terry Wahls, a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials testing the effect of therapeutic diet and lifestyle to treat MS and related symptoms. Through her custom protocol, Dr. Wahls overcame her own diagnosis of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which had confined her to a tilt recline wheelchair for four years.

Now, she bikes to work, plays with the dog, and generally thrives as a health and wellness messenger of critical importance to our world. In this deeply moving and informational conversation, Dr. Wahls shares stark first-person memories from the painful early stages of her healing journey, details the nutrient-dense diet that changed everything, and looks into the future of MS treatment – spotlighting the important role that nutrition has to play in it all.

If you have MS, or know someone who does, I definitely recommend her book, The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles & Functional Medicine, where she details her story at length.

We also cover…

00:03:12 — Early Symptoms & MS Diagnosis

  • Into the experience – Dr. Wahls details her diagnosis
  • Prioritizing mitochondria health with supplements  
  • Developing a custom Paleo-inspired diet
  • Going from a tilt recline wheelchair to completing an 18.5m bike ride 
  • Realizing that recovery was possible

00:11:34 — Exploring Different Treatments for MS 

  • Background on MS discovery in the 1800s
  • MS in the brain – rapid decline usually seen between 45 and 50
  • Supporting your body through MS with nutrient-dense foods
  • Inspired by Loren Cordain’s work
  • Breaking 20 years as a vegetarian 

00:16:52 — Healing Through Nutrition 

  • Which nutrients Dr. Wahls chased in her custom diet
  • Benefits of a meditation practice 
  • Switching to organic ingredients 
  • Why she relied so heavily on leafy greens and liver
  • How her diet  evolved throughout her healing journey 
  • Leveraging healthy fasting strategies 
  • Eating every other day – what, why, and how?

00:31:18 — Forging a New Path & Sharing Her Message


Resources:
18 Jan 2023227. Identify & Treat Hormone Imbalances with The Health Babes #WellnessWednesdays01:04:31

The Health Babes brand was created by Drs. Becky Campbell and Krystal Hohn, functional medicine practitioners with a passion for helping people get to the root cause of their health issues after overcoming complex symptoms of their own during grad school.

As board-certified physicians of natural medicine, these ladies are a dynamic duo of research knowledge and lived experience. If they can’t tell us all the ways we can get our hormone levels under control, no one can.

Besides working together in their functional medicine practice, they have recently published a super actionable book called The Health Babes Guide to Balancing Hormones – which is just one resource among many from these two designed to help people on a larger scale.

Dr. Becky Campbell and Dr. Krystal Hohn created this fundamental resource manual to explain the various ways your hormones can affect your body and what you can do to balance them for a happier, healthier life. And that’s right where we pick it up, today!

DISCLAIMER: As a reminder, the information provided in this podcast is for educational purposes only, and does not substitute for professional medical advice.

We also cover…

00:01:46 — Pain-to-Purpose Stories


00:07:38 — Basics of Hormone Health


00:24:30 — Take Care Of Your Gut & Baby Your Liver


00:39:01 — Drivers of Hormone Imbalance

  • Drivers of hormonal imbalance (hello, stress!)
  • Supporting the mighty mitochondria 
  • Prioritizing sleep and boundaries
  • Trauma stores in the body  

00:48:55 —The Pillars of Hormonal Health

15 Apr 2022178. How Psychobiotics Can Help Turn Down the Stress with Tina Anderson and Kiran Krishnan #FabulousFriends01:23:31

The team behind Just Thrive is back once again. Tina Anderson is an attorney turned healthcare CEO, and Kiran Krishnan is a research microbiologist. Every day, we’re learning more about the connection our gut health has to all aspects of our body: from our immune system to our brain function to even depression. Together, our guests are here to tell us all about how our gut health can support our immune system, how it works in general, and what you can do to take that power into your own hands.

You will learn about...

  • The gut-brain connection and how we can harness it
  • Tools for keeping your gut in a happy, healthy place
  • What to measure and how to advocate for your health
  • How people can support a diverse microbiome
  • The gut’s impact on immunity
  • Supplements for gut maintenance
  • Cortisol’s effect on the gut

Resources:


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09 Aug 2023263. Why We’re Hooked on Processed Foods with Michael Moss #WellnessWednesdays00:51:43

In today's episode, I welcome Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Michael Moss, author of two New York times bestselling books on the processed food industry: Salt, Sugar, and Fat and Hooked. He's a frequent guest of newscasts from the CBS This Morning to the BBC, and he spent his career as an investigative reporter with the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Michael helps us pull back the curtain on the big business of food to understand how chemists are getting you hooked on processed products. We talk about the “blisspoint”, the power of food memory, why our biology is mismatched to our current food environment, how the food industry has controlled the diet industry, and how we can flip the switch on food giants for better health and more appreciation for the food we eat. Let's welcome Michael Moss to the show.

We also cover…

00:02:00 — How Processed Foods Are Engineered for Addiction

• Michael’s work with the investigations group at the New York Times during 9/11

• The story behind his Pulitzer Prize winning reporting on the food system and food safety

• Uncovering engineering of the “bliss point” and “flavor burst” in food 

• Devious aspects of convenient processed food and the science behind habit

• Read: Salt, Sugar, Fat by Michael Moss

• The impact of food memories

00:16:00 — Exploring Food Chemistry & Diet Industry Deception 

• Explaining how processed foods don’t have a satiety backing

• Understanding the term vanishing caloric density

• Read: Hooked by Michael Moss

• What’s going on in flavor labs in the food industry?

• The mismatch between our biology and the food environment

• How Michael believes we can bring about change in the food industry 

• Tristan Harris of Social Dilemma: tristanharris.com

• Ways that the food industry has taken control of the dieting industry

00:31:00 — Changing Our Food Story: Tips for Parents & Consuming Responsibly

• Michael’s advice on engaging with processed foods and their addictive nature

• Get ahead of mid-day cravings 

• How to get kids to enjoy vegetables

• Communicating and setting boundaries with kids around junk food 

• Creative ways to show kids that good food is slow food

• Pasturebird: pasturebird.com (use code “BEWELLBYKELLY” for a discount)

Resources:

• Website: mossbooks.us

• Twitter: @MichaelMossC

Connect with Kelly:

• kellyleveque.com

• Instagram: @bewellbykelly

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly

Be Well By Kelly is produced by Crate Media.

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18 Nov 2022216. Behind the Highlight Reel: Living In The Greys with Mary Lawless Lee #FabulousFriends00:48:55

My guest today is Mary Lawless Lee. She is a mother, writer, entrepreneur, and digital media personality dedicated to living creatively, chasing curiosity, and exploring the world through the lens of fashion, family, travel, and design. Happily Grey, her now-iconic fashion and lifestyle blog, serves as a loving space for readers to connect with Mary's life experiences, and their own, journeying together through life's highs, lows, and in betweens.

But she’s not just an influencer OG. Adding a retail space and – now, a book – to her resume, she’s a perfect example of someone who seems to juggle everything at once with ease. Her new book, and this conversation, tell a different story. 

Her radical honesty and grounded mindset root her in reality, and helped her escape struggles with an eating disorder, perfectionism, people pleasing, and a toxic marriage. Thank you, Mary, for spending some time with our community today. 

We also cover…

00:01:40 — Turning a Passion Into a Lifestyle

  • Growing up in east Texas and going to nursing school
  • Working for 7 transformative years in the cardiovascular ICU
  • Journaling as a meditation practice
  • Paying $50 for her first blogging website
  • Early days of HappilyGrey.com
  • Building a community and lifestyle brand
  • Expanding into skincare – nemah.com
  • Side hustle status for 3.5 years
  • Day-to-day of life as a blogger
  • Building a team from scratch and forging her own path
  • The importance of brand culture and collaboration
  • Making a good (and bad) brand deal

00:18:14 — Nēmah Skincare & Happily Grey

  • Marrying her clinical background with digital marketing and motherhood 
  • Developing products that are authentic to you
  • Investing in safe, clean formulas 
  • Happily Grey by Mary Lawless Lee
  • Life is not all black and white
  • Finding freedom in the in-between

00:24:49 — Mary’s Personal Growth & Evolution

  • Struggling with perfectionism and people pleasing
  • Unpacking Mary’s experience with an eating disorder 
  • Recovery is a never-ending journey
  • Accountability, honesty, and giving up control 
  • Having gratitude for your physical self
  • Working amid the perceptions and expectations of social media 
  • Gathering tools and building a support system
  • Vulnerability seeds connection 
  • Happily Grey by Mary Lawless Lee 
  • Career and life advice for following your passions

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11 Mar 2022171. Regenerative Farming: Agriculture as Nature Intended with Robby Sansom #FabulousFriends01:17:35

Robby Sansom is on a mission to inspire consumers to work with nature, not against it. Force of Nature carves an innovative yet sustainable farming method that nurtures the soil, respects animal and plant diversity, and promotes natural protein over synthetic substitutes. 

This enlightening conversation invites you to join the regenerative revolution, connect to your food and community in a meaningful way, and empower your consumer choices to work for you, your body, and the planet. 

You will learn about...

  • The issues with the agricultural industry
  • How Force of Nature is mobilizing the community 
  • The current farm crisis and how you can help the farm community
  • The benefits of regenerative farming
  • Evaluating carbon impact
  • The truth about plant-based foods
  • Nutrient density vs cost 
  • How to get the most from your protein 

Resources:

  • Website: forceofnature.com (use code “BEWELL15” for $15 off your first order). 
  • Watch: Sacred Cow
  • Thanks to Good Culture for sponsoring this episode! Head to goodculture.com/kelly to save on your next purchase. 
  • Thank you to Vuori for sponsoring this episode! Go to Vuori.com/Kelly for 20% off your first order over $75 and free shipping
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02 Jul 2021115. Optimizing Sleep, Nutrition, and Exercise with Max Lugavere #FabulousFriends01:04:50

Health genius, Max Lugavere, catches up with me for a geek out over the current life hacks we’re obsessed with and the different ways we’re giving our bodies and brains a much-needed boost. 

Since we last spoke, Max has been sleeping – a lot! He shares his super easy formula for a great night’s sleep (you’re going to need nasal strips and mouth tape). We pick apart the new sports hobbies he picked up during the pandemic and why jump rope and boxing are now part of his new normal. Of course, I couldn’t miss the chance to talk about nutrition and the core ingredients on his plate, keeping him at his genius best.

You will learn about...

  • Biohacking your way to a great night's sleep 
  • Exercise modalities since the pandemic 
  • Micro digital detoxing 
  • A typical day in the life of Max 

Resources:


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12 May 2021101. Earn your Health & Heal Yourself with Dr. Mary Pardee #WellnessWednesdays01:05:15

Today’s guest Dr. Mary Pardee brings a grounded, research-based approach to help clients achieve optimal health. Her mission is to be the doctor she never had when she was suffering from IBS symptoms, and she received no clear exit strategy from traditional medicine.

In this educational episode, we delve into the broad spectrum of GI tract issues that plague so many Americans today and contemplate the long-term fixes to ease your digestive state. Dr. Mary taps into all avenues for healing, always asking the “why” behind the symptoms, with a holistic buffet of alternatives ranging from nutrition, mindfulness, and light exercise to the latest technological advancements.  

You will learn about...

  • Her health background and unique approach to functional medicine 
  • Getting to the root cause 
  • What is IBS/IBD/SIBO, and how is it showing up for you?
  • Testing, protocol, and treatment options 
  • Her personal wake up call and mindset shift in her healing journey 
  • Nutrition motility, and mindful eating 
  • The science behind the leaky gut
  • Understanding Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT)

Resources:



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04 Dec 2024315. Protecting Your Kids From Sugar: Recipes, Label Reading + Setting Boundaries w/ Dr. Michael Goren00:47:35

I’m excited to welcome Dr. Michael Goran, one of the world’s leading experts in childhood nutrition and obesity, to the show! With over 35 years of research and experience, Dr. Goran has dedicated his career to understanding the impact of sugar on children's health, and he’s the author of Sugarproof, a must-read for parents looking to make healthier choices for their kids. In this episode, we explore the science behind sugar’s effects on metabolism, how sugary drinks and processed foods affect children’s health, and strategies for reducing sugar intake at home. Dr. Goran shares actionable tips for curbing sugar cravings, how to read labels, and why family meals and boundaries around food are so important. Whether you’re trying to manage your child’s sugar intake or just want to make healthier choices, this episode is packed with expert advice that will leave you feeling empowered and informed!

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On This Episode We Cover:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:01:12 - Chemical composition and metabolization of sugar

00:03:01 - Metabolising fructose

00:05:15- symptoms of fatty liver disease in children

00:06:16 - sugary drink consumption , apple juice vs soda

00:11:46 - eating sugar vs drinking sugar

00:13:19 - fructose malabsorption in children

00:14:31 - Curbing sweet tooths in kids

00:16:50 - Cereal preferences study

00:19:12 - Sugar’s impact on academic performance

00:21:16 - Strategies to lower sugar intake

00:23:31 - Detrimental sugars to look for , reading labels

00:24:43 - Alternative sugars and FDA guidelines

00:27:21 - Chemical sugars and appetite

00:29:45 - Establishing boundaries at home

00:32:20 - Dr. Goran’s children

00:34:53 - Importance of family dinner

00:36:45 - Healthy homemade treat recipes

00:39:04 - Good time of day for sugar

Check Out Dr. Goran:

https://www.instagram.com/sugarproofkids/?hl=en

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Disclaimer: Content from this podcast is provided for information and education purposes only, and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. The use of information from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. Always speak with your healthcare professional before taking any medication, nutritional or herbal supplement.

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26 Nov 2021154. Breaking Down Functional Medicine with Taylor Dukes #FabulousFriends00:54:57

Board-certified family nurse practitioner, Taylor Dukes, is on a mission to help you heal your gut, sleep better and balance your hormones. Her flexible healing protocol meets you where you're at, so you can stay consistent on the journey to look, feel, and perform at your best.

This information-rich episode lifts the lid on the chronic autoimmune issues she's diagnosing in her patients right now and the roadmaps she prescribes for recovery. Learn about all the holistic tools in Taylor's toolbox, from her preferred testing methods and go-to supplements to add to your routine, to simple dietary changes that can make a world of difference to your overall health.

You will learn about...

  • The health crisis that led Taylor to functional medicine 
  • What a typical consultation with Taylor involves
  • What you should be testing for
  • Sibo testing and treating 
  • How to diagnose leaky gut 
  • Supplements to consider  
  • Pregnancy and postpartum journey 
  • Finding the best functional medicine provider 

Resources:



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26 May 2021105. Guide your Body & Find Your Flexible Flow with Dr. Jen Fraboni #WellnessWednesday01:05:57

I've had the honor of receiving the movement medicine of today's guest, Dr. Jen Fraboni, a well-respected physical therapist, who’s now reaching even more people to guide their own body and transition from pain into power with her accessible online program, The Mobility Method. 

In the episode, she reveals how she landed into physiotherapy, the critical differences between flexibility and active mobility, and the actionable hacks you can incorporate into your life to gently improve your body's alignment and prevent injury. She also explains the impetus behind her new program and why it's the perfect antidote to our collective alignment pandemic of sitting on chairs, couches, and cars all day.

You will learn about...

  • Journey into physiotherapy
  • What the goals are for a physical therapist 
  • Flexibility and active mobility
  • Down-regulation movements for you to try at home 
  • Examining common pain points
  • Strengthening your Pelvic Floor beyond kegel exercises
  • Dispelling myths around alignment

Resources:


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10 May 2023250. Mitochondria & Mental Illness: Finding Hope & Healing in Our Cells with Dr. Chris Palmer #WellnessWednesdays01:10:05

Dr. Chris Palmer is taking the internet by storm and for good reason. He's a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher, and his new book, Brain Energy, proposes a comprehensive theory of what causes mental illness, integrating existing theories and research into one unifying theory, the brain energy theory of mental illness, in which he argues that mental disorders are really metabolic disorders of the brain. 

In today’s conversation, Dr. Palmer shares the science behind how the mitochondria functions in the body, and ultimately affects brain health. He shares how we can support healthy mitochondria and what the recent research in the last 20 years tells us about healing mental illness with metabolic interventions, like the ketogenic diet, and lifestyle strategies like exercise, a good sleep routine, reducing inflammation, and more.

It is really amazing to think about the healing and regeneration that can happen for your mitochondria when you use these metabolic interventions, and hearing the life-changing impacts of implementing these practices with amazing stories like he shares in this episode brings so much hope for the future. 

I can’t thank Dr. Palmer enough for concisely putting this theory into a book that anyone can read. It is such an important message, affirming our ability to really have control over our life and live the best version of it.

We also cover…

00:02:00 — An Introduction to How Mitochondria Functions in the Body

  • Why Dr. Palmer became a psychiatrist and his mother’s struggle
  • How the mitochondria can influence mental illness 
  • The role of mitochondria in the body: Neurotransmitters and hormones
  • Why women are more susceptible to mental illness
  • The new research backing up his theory

00:22:00 — How Metabolic Interventions like the Ketogenic Diet Impact Brain Health

  • What we can do proactively support mental health
  • Metabolic strategies for improving mitochondrial health
  • How COVID can cause mental health challenges
  • Case study: Recovering from chronic schizophrenia using metabolic treatments
  • Why the ketogenic diet is so effective at treating seizures and other brain illnesses
  • How the brain can use ketones as a fuel source to support and regenerate mitochondria

00:46:00 — Lifestyle Strategies That Support Mental Health

  • Dangers of prescription medications that harm metabolism
  • Mitochondrial biogenesis through exercise
  • The importance of a good sleep routine
  • Dr. Palmer’s perspective on supplements 
  • Effects of the ketogenic diet on women’s hormones
  • Dr. Palmer and Kelly’s experiences with the ketogenic diet

Resources:

10 Nov 2021149. Navigating Parenting’s Biggest Questions with Dr. Kelly Fradin #WellnessWednesday00:52:59

Dr. Kelly Fradin's sound, evidence-based advice during the high tide of the pandemic helped countless people shut out the external noise and focus on the essentials of parenting during a crisis. 

As someone on the frontlines, professionally as a pediatrician and personally as a mother, her perspective straddles the perfect balance of academia and intuition. In this episode, we reflect on the physical and emotional milestones during a child's early years and how to navigate the new normal. From schooling to immunity, Dr. Kelly breaks it down so you can go back to feeling empowered as a parent. 

You will learn about...

  • Dr. Frandin’s nuanced approach to pediatrics 
  • Parenting during the pandemic
  • COVID concerns in the classroom
  • How to boost immunity in the family
  • What to do if your family gets COVID-19
  • What “Advanced Parenting” looks like  

Resources:



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Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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17 Jun 2022189. Bringing Joy to the Table with Jennifer Anderson of Kids Eat in Color #FabulousFriends01:11:30

Feeding kids is hard, even when you’re an expert in the field. Jennifer Anderson is a registered dietician and has a Master's of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her journey with childhood feeding started when her 3-year old, as she says, fell off the growth chart. What she discovered included more questions than answers – at first.

In 2017, she founded Kids Eat In Color, a popular online resource that helps children and families from all backgrounds have better nutrition and mental health via access to expert, actionable information. Prior to starting Kids Eat In Color, she coordinated youth nutrition programs at a food bank, performed research in inner city food deserts, and consulted for the USDA.

Our conversation is another mom-centric goldmine of real world advice and reliability. Jennifer and her brand take all parents as they are; no food is good or bad – and if you did your best, what you did was good. Even if our hurdles, and those of our kids, seem unique at the moment – we’re all in this together.

You will learn about...

  • How Jennifer got into children’s nutrition 
  • Strategy vs. control with eating habits 
  • Raising competent eaters 
  • Using positive framing and avoiding confrontation
  • Parenting with a thick skin 
  • Emergency meals (eggs are a safe bet)
  • Discussing nutrition with your kids
  • Knowing that your best is good  

Resources:


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15 Apr 202020. Welcome to WE: Creating Healthier Relationships for a Healthier You - with Brigit Ritchie #WellnessWednesdays01:06:54

When I first heard about the impact that Brigit Ritchie was making within organizations like Google, I knew I had to learn more — and when I saw the empowering work she’s doing around the world, I knew I had to have her on the show!

Brigit’s vision is to help people develop rational mindfulness so that they can thrive in and out of the workplace, so she co-founded WE, an experiential development group that creates space for women to support women in LA through a twelve-week curriculum program that combines mindfulness practices, emotional intelligence tools, and inclusive leadership so that everyone can feel connected and safe. But Brigit leads these sessions across the world to create cultures of inclusion at companies like Google, Instagram, Lululemon, and much more.

You will learn about...

  • (01:30) The origins of WE
  • (06:25) The first steps to getting to know yourself
  • (11:03) Finding what fills you up, no matter what you do
  • (14:50) How do we start actively listening and create a safe space, in our communities and our workplaces?
  • (20:27) Active listening circles
  • (27:00) The profound impact that you can make when you make someone feel heard
  • (32:50) How often should we be practicing these listening and mindset exercises?
  • (35:15) 3 ways to implement the principles of active listening and presence in your life, even if you’re not in a situation to facilitate active listening circles in your workplace or home life
  • (37:20) How to approach conflict resolution
  • (49:15) The lack of manager training in this country (and the interpersonal skills that everyone needs to develop these days)
  • (52:55) Where is the line for appropriate sharing in the workplace?

Resources:


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08 Apr 2022176. Join the Glucose Revolution & Hack Your Blood Sugar with Jessie Inchauspé #FabulousFriends00:34:04

Jessie Inchauspé is on a mission to translate cutting-edge science into easy tips that help people improve their physical and mental health.

Jessie is back on the show for a second time to promote her new upcoming book, Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar. She gives us approachable hacks to balance blood sugar that are digestible for anyone, no matter where they’re at.

You will learn about...

  • The importance of eating your food in the right order
  • Tips for eating out at restaurants
  • Acetic acid’s role in blood-sugar balance
  • The best ways to break your fast
  • The non-food impacts of glucose
  • How the menstrual cycle impacts glucose

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29 Jan 202174. Supporting Children’s Neural Development - with Dr. Marion Van Horn #FabulousFriends01:00:24

Dr. Marion Van Horn is a Research Associate at the Montreal Neurological Institute whose work focuses on brain development, developmental plasticity, and synaptic pruning. She is also a mom of three, and as a mom, she has some amazing techniques for supporting your kids’ brain development. We also dive into how we can protect ourselves and our families from COVID-19.

You will learn about...

  • What Dr. Marion researches in her lab
  • What neuroplasticity is and how to support it within children
  • The importance of play for kids
  • The benefits of lowering expectations
  • How much time we need to spend outside
  • Getting enough sleep and sticking to a routine
  • Improving synaptic pruning
  • The role of nutrition in cognitive development
  • How we can support ourselves against COVID-19 during pregnancy

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26 Feb 2025326: Biohacking, Cycle Syncing & Finding Self Worth | Aggie Lal01:07:30

Aggie Lal joins the show to share her journey into biohacking and how she transformed her health through cycle syncing, strength training, and nutrition. She discusses the importance of aligning workouts and business decisions with hormonal cycles, overcoming childhood trauma, and maintaining a growth mindset in the face of social media pressures.  

She also breaks down her daily routine, including how she balances fitness with overall wellness and the role of weightlifting in muscle building.

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Topics Discussed:

  • Biohacking and the start of Aggie’s wellness journey  
  • The science behind cycle syncing and optimizing workouts  

Making business decisions based on hormonal cycles  

  • Overcoming childhood trauma and finding self-worth  
  • Navigating mom-shaming and social media pressures  
  • Growth mindset and prioritizing mental well-being  
  • Daily routines, gym habits, and weightlifting for women  
  • Nutrition strategies for muscle building and overall health  
  • The launch of Aggie’s new health-focused app

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  • 00:00:00 - Introduction 
  • 00:03:04 - Start in biohacking
  • 00:08:21 - Cyclesyncing 
  • 00:11:48 - Optimizing your workout split 
  • 00:15:30 - Cyclesyncing and business decisions 
  • 00:20:46 - Finding self worth 
  • 00:23:36 - Childhood trauma 
  • 00:27:35 - Mom shaming & social media 
  • 00:30:41 - Growth mindset 
  • 00:35:07 - Prioritizing emails, texts, and communication
  • 00:39:05 - Aggie’s routine 
  • 00:41:45 - Combing gym with wellness
  • 00:46:46 - Gym routine & weight lifting 
  • 00:50:15 - Nutrition for muscle building 
  • 00:54:04 - Aggie’s new app & gamifying health 

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23 Jul 2021121. Bridging Medical, Community & Health Paradigms with James Maskell #FabulousFriends00:56:24

Healthcare game changer, James Maskell, is softening the friction and disconnect between traditional medical professionals and functional medicine through community, accountability, and root cause resolutions for chronic illness.

It began in 2015 when he created The Functional Forum: the world’s largest practitioner conference. After witnessing firsthand the power of community in healing outcomes and dedicating his second book, The Community Cure, to the phenomenon, he founded Heal Community: a 12 week program that enables virtual care in a group setting. 

We unpack why harnessing the power of all healthcare bodies benefits everybody and examine how base health can be impacted by community accountability. 

You will learn about...

  • Career trajectory and early introduction to functional medicine 
  • Identifying the pain points in conventional and functional medicine 
  • The different systems of the body 
  • Scaling functional medicine and creating community
  • Group dynamics and trauma healing

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05 Mar 202182. Build a Personal Regenerative Farming Practice with Chia-Ming Ro #FabulousFriends01:05:09

Chia-Ming Ro is a garden consultant and creator driven to help clients foster an appreciation for growing their own food and increasing their families food security, with a focus on regenerative farming practices. What started as a childhood hobby has blossomed into a career and a movement. She’s transformed her own home into a developing urban homestead by trading concrete and lawn for raised beds housing edible and pollinator gardens. She’s also working with her city's environmental committee to legalize beekeeping to save the honeybee population and increase pollination for homegrown crops. She gives us a primer on gardening no matter where you are, how to get started, and how to grow effectively.

You will learn about...

  • The easiest plants to start growing
  • Where to get started with at-home gardening
  • How much sun your food needs
  • The difference between perennials and annuals
  • Keeping away pests (or living with them)
  • Managing your soil and composting
  • Bees role in the ecosystem
  • Space-saving tips for gardening

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15 Mar 2024290. Visualize, Activate & Embody Your Dream Future Self with Mimi Bouchard #FabulousFriends00:57:45

I’m thrilled to welcome back Mimi Bouchard to catch up on her life, which has undergone radical transformation in the last several years. Mimi is an entrepreneurial trailblazer and influential thought leader in the self-improvement and wellness space. She founded the top-rated Superhuman app, which has motivational audio activations for every moment of your day.

In today’s episode, we trace back the critical points of her incredible journey, one which inspired her to start the Superhuman activations app. She explains how activations are different from meditation, revealing how embodying the self-image of your future self is essential to creating your ultimate life.

We also explore how to get clear on your goals, why you need to know about the bounce back rate, and the most important qualities of successful people.

Mimi gets real about the nitty gritty of starting her business and gives advice for entrepreneurs seeking to create a sustainable brand, revealing how she’s visualized and achieved her dream life – and how you can do the same.

We also cover:

(00:01:45) Mimi’s Holistic Life Transformation

(00:06:14) How To Embody Your Dream Future Self

(00:14:31) Recommendations on How To Achieve Clarity

(00:20:00) Mimi’s Advice for Parents of Teens

(00:24:26) Activations To Become Your Future Self

(00:29:19) Choosing the Right Activation for You

(00:30:24) Activations That Changed Mimi’s Life

(00:34:42) The #1 Quality of Successful People

(00:39:45) How Mimi Built Her Business

Resources:

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• Website: mimibouchard.com

• Superhuman: superhuman.app/superhuman-app (2-week free trial)

• Podcast: The MIMI Podcast

• Instagram, Mimi Bouchard: @mimibouchard

• Instagram, Superhuman: @superhumanapp

• TikTok: @mimi.bouchard

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* Content from this podcast is provided for information and education purposes only, and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. The use of information from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. Always speak with your healthcare professional before taking any medication, nutritional or herbal supplement.

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30 Apr 202198. Motherhood Truth Bombs with Cat & Nat #FabulousFriends00:55:17

Hysterical duo Cat & Nat broke the mommy-cookie cutter mold by changing the narrative around motherhood and creating safe spaces for women to open up and build community. 

Their events caught on like wildfire, and they’ve since made a massive online tribe for women to share their stories about the loneliness and stress that comes with motherhood.

In this episode, they reveal how they’re helping moms deal with babies, pubescent teens, mom anxiety, and those awkward sex conversations by creating community, connecting women with experts – and keeping everyone’s wine glass topped up along the way. 

You will learn about...

  • How they went from childhood friends to business partners
  • Dealing with the reality of motherhood
  • Creating safe spaces to converse openly 
  • Evolving as a parent
  • Puberty conversations and being open
  • Mom anxiety 

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29 Apr 202024. Living in the FLO - with Alisa Vitti #WellnessWednesdays01:05:10

Before meeting our guest, I had never seen the pairing of nutrition, understanding our menstrual cycle, and how our hormones change — and it completely transformed the way I approach holistic health! 

Alisa Vitti is a functional nutrition and women’s hormone expert and the founder of the modern hormone healthcare company Flo Living. If that rings a bell, it’s probably because you’ve heard of her book In The Flo. She also wrote the book WomanCode and is the creator of MyFlo, the #1 paid period app on the app store. When she realized that — despite having more content around women’s hormones and more access to that information — women’s health was getting worse instead of better, she needed to get to the root of why that was, and that led her to the discoveries that she’s put in her books.

You will learn about...

  • (01:41) What inspired Alisa to start sharing her story
  • (05:31) Why women are being left out of healthcare research
  • (10:41) The phases of our hormonal shifts
  • (17:36) Lining up your diet and workout routine with your cycle
  • (21:56) Addressing menstrual disorders
  • (27:49) Weight loss while working with your biological rhythm
  • (32:44) The ways women have been misled
  • (38:05) The intelligent design of your body
  • (42:57) Your body and caffeine
  • (47:56) Birth control and synthetic hormones
  • (56:07) Optimizing our lives around these phases

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02 Feb 2022163. How to Reprogram Your Gut Health with Dr. William Davis #WellnessWednesdays01:02:07

Dr. William Davis is the Chief Medical Officer at Realize Therapeutics, bestselling author of Wheat Belly, and overall health crusader. He is the authority on CIFO, CBO, endotoxemia, and everything related to our microbiome. He took what he saw in his practice and started speaking out about how people can reduce their hospital visits and achieve magnificent health at home without the use of drugs or medical intervention. Specifically, he pointed out the ways his patients’ food choices were impacting their lives. We talk about the vast impact our gut microbiome has on overall health, the choices you can make to positively affect the gut, and more.

You will learn about...

  • The inspiration behind Wheat Belly
  • Why Dr. Davis pivoted from wheat to gut health
  • The benefits of lost microbes and how we can restore them in our gut
  • The rise of CBO and CIFO, what they are, and why we’re seeing more of them
  • How to heal the inflammation in the gut
  • Super recommendations for a super gut
  • How Dr. Davis supports his gut

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22 Sep 2023267. Go Mom Yourself: Dr. Morgan Cutlip's Guide to Loving Your Kids & Honoring Yourself #FabulousFriends01:13:58

I'm so excited to welcome Dr. Morgan Cutlip back to the show. Dr. Morgan has a PhD in psychology, and she's a highly sought-after relationship expert. She knows what it feels like to lose yourself in motherhood and she's determined to help mothers navigate it better. Throughout her career, she has helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide learn how to form and maintain healthy relationships.

Dr. Morgan has been featured On Good Morning America, Teen Vogue, The New York Times, Women's Health Magazine, Mops International, Loveology. Her brand new book, Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself, is available now. 

In today’s episode, we dive into what the research says about striving to be a perfect parent, and tools for managing the realities of motherhood. I love how Dr. Morgan gives examples from her own life showing how competing priorities and unmanaged expectations can lead us to feel like we’re failing as parents – and uncovering why we put so much pressure on ourselves. 

She effectively combines her expertise as a psychologist and experience as a mom together in her book to provide practical tips for how to prioritize our time and check in with ourselves – all in order to show up in ways that bring us more peace. Check out Dr. Morgan’s Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself to dive deeper into supporting yourself in parenthood and in life.

We also cover…

(01:00) Unpacking Identity Conflicts That All Moms Go Through

• Read: Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself by Dr. Morgan Cutlip

• Identity, your needs vs. the needs of everyone and everything else

• Risk in losing touch with your own priorities 

• Tapping into your personal power to dictate your life

• How Kelly’s mom influenced her mindset as a mother 

• Acknowledging and reframing our judgements of other moms 

• We’re not empty nesters, we’re bird launchers 

(11:00) Ideals vs. Reality: Setting Healthy Expectations 

• Studying the the idealization of motherhood

• What does it mean (to you) to be a good mom?

• Understanding feelings of guilt, shame, and falling short

• How Dr. Morgan’s mom influenced her mindset as a mother

• How Kelly manages her own expectations in the home

• Grieving for your old narrative and accepting the pain of prioritization 

• Inherent risk in setting impossible standards 

• Untangling me time vs. work time

• Finding untapped power in behavioral change 

(29:00) Identifying the 5 Components of Intensive Mothering

• The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood by Sharon Hays

• Essentialism, believe that other people can dutifully care for your children 

• Child-centered, know that they can’t be your entire world

• Fulfillment, understand that being a mother won’t complete you

• Stimulating, stepping down as entertainment director for the family

• Challenging, it doesn’t have to be hard to be effective 

• Decoding a desire to create control over your environment

• Removing perfection from parenting 

• Working with Tina Bryson 

• Panting positive seeds of personal growth 

(42:00) Loving Your Kids Without Losing Yourself

• Background and meaning of Relationship Attachment Model (RAM)

• Intro to the 5 points of connection 

• Knowing yourself...

16 Feb 2022167. Dropping (Uric) Acid with Dr. David Perlmutter #WellnessWednesdays00:59:02

Modern medicine is ignoring a scientific phenomenon that’s right under its nose–uric acid. 

In this episode, Dr. David Perlmutter, a board-certified neurologist and five-time New York Times bestselling author, reveals the deadly truth about high uric acid levels, as well as offering practical advice, diet hacks, and lifestyle strategies you can implement to manage its levels. Discover how this “insignificant” byproduct of metabolism is at the root of many life-threatening illnesses, and how you can shift your health trajectory for the better in as little as two weeks!

You will learn about...

  • The backstory to uric acid + how it helped our ancestors survive
  • How to easily test your uric acid levels 
  • Natural ways to lower uric acid 
  • Purines, alcohol, and uric acid
  • Eating fruit vs drinking juice 
  • Fructose and alcohol
  • The LUV (Lower Uric Levels) Diet

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23 Apr 202196. Re-Parenting the Diet Brain with Laura Conley #FabulousFriends00:50:11

After years of yo-yo dieting, Laura Conley decided to get to the root cause of her “diet brain” and stop counting calories. Once she purged her binge-to-cleanse mindset and took the power away from food, she discovered that her body would find its set point weight without the need to starve herself. 

We discuss how motherhood inspired her to shift her relationship with food and how she came to a place of true body acceptance with a body love code that was both empowering and effective. 

You will learn about...

  • Past struggle with weight loss while working in the wellness community 
  • How motherhood changed her body perspective
  • Emotional eating and changing mindset 
  • Losing weight from an authentic place
  • Pursuing pleasure outside food

Resources:

  • Website: lauraconley.com
  • Instagram: @lauraconleycoaching
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26 Jul 2024302. The Truth About Seed Oils: Fighting the Root of Chronic Disease, Low Energy & Advanced Aging with Dr. Cate Shanahan01:06:47

Dr. Cate Shanahan’s groundbreaking work has inspired entire movements involving bone broth, live culture ferments, and seed-oil-free business empires. In this episode, I welcome Dr. Cate back on the podcast to chat about the latest research in her new book, Dark Calories: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back.

We covered Seed Oils 101 in our last conversation (episode 210); so here, we take it even deeper, talking about seed oil’s connection to cellular damage, uncontrollable hunger, blood sugar instability, and gut inflammation. We also address headlines stating that the ketogenic diet is just as good as a high-carbohydrate diet for managing diabetes.

Dr. Cate explains how to replete our cells and fuel our mitochondria, cut through the anti-inflammatory diet noise and learn what foods to prioritize to fight oxidative stress and get more energy to our cells. We also learn how to build meals that prevent energy dips and debunk myths about snacking and fasting.

By taking this science seriously and making informed dietary choices, we can improve our health and the health of our families. Our wellbeing is worth the effort!

We also cover:

(00:00:41) Hidden Dangers of Seed Oils: The Brain’s Worst Enemy

(00:11:59) Connecting Oxidative Stress to Damaged Cells & Chronic Disease

(00:26:16) Support Mitochondria By Fueling Cells & Combating Oxidative Stress

(00:35:53) Dr. Cate on the Keto Diet & Insulin Resistance

(00:51:15) Debunking Popular Snacking & Fasting Myths

Resources:

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• Read: Dark Calories by Dr. Cate

• Website: drcate.com

• Instagram: @drcateshanahan

• Read: Comparing foods cooked in seed oils to smoking cigarettes

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• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly

* Content from this podcast is provided for information and education purposes only, and is not intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional. The use of information from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. Always speak with your healthcare professional before taking any medication, nutritional or herbal supplement.

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05 Aug 2022195. Eating to Support Your Hormones and Blood Sugar with Dr. Mariza Snyder01:09:19

That’s the sound of the first-period bell – time to get to class with today’s indepth science-packed episode with Dr. Mariza Snyder. Dr. Snyder is a functional practitioner, a woman's health expert, and the author of eight books. Her latest; The Essential Oils Menopause Solution: Alleviate Your Symptoms and Reclaim Your Energy, Sleep, Sex Drive, and Metabolism; focuses on tangible advice for women in perimenopause and in menopause.

Today's episode goes through ways to ease your way into these transitions later in life, defines the three stages of menopause (pre-menopause, peri menopause, and menopause), and reveals how we can build a custom diet – as determined by our hormones – to support our overall wellness.

She also leaves listeners with three very basic changes that can work wonders for your health and put some structure into your daily routine:

  1. Walk (especially after meals)
  2. Carve out a bit of circadian fasting (dinner by 6pm, and no breakfast till 10am)
  3. Ditch the carb-heavy breakfast foods (go for protein-rich, low-sugar)

This one is as specific as it is expansive, as we also touch on her early life mitochondrial dysfunction and how she overcame the issues it caused in her body, managing a healthy blood-sugar balance, how to live with vitality and abundance in your day-to-day, and so much more.

You will learn about...

  • How she managed mitochondrial dysfunction
  • Important roles of the gut and liver 
  • The 3 phases of menopause
  • Healthy blood-sugar balance
  • Designing your diet based on your hormones
  • Dr. Mariza shares 3 basic wellness tips
  • Protecting your time


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18 Mar 202012. How to Use Your Memory More Effectively + Maintain Cognitive Health Over Time - with Dr. Jesse Rissman01:14:11

Dr. Jesse Rissman is a cognitive neuroscientist who runs the Rissman Memory Lab, a cognitive neuroscience research laboratory based in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. This is a fascinating episode exploring what anyone can do to optimize their memory and how we can use our memories more effectively, including how Dr. Rissman is using virtual reality in his lab.

You will learn about...

  • (01:05) Why Dr. Rissman decided to become a cognitive neuroscientist and how he’s able to study memory by measuring what’s going on in your brain
  • (07:20) What he is currently studying in his lab using fMRI
  • (15:15) How can we improve our memory around the experiences we want to remember? And can we lighten memories of trauma that we don’t want to be solidified in the brain?
  • (20:30) The memory phenomenon “reconsolidation”
  • (27:28) What Dr. Rissman learned about people who have diagnoses like ADD and people who are easily distractable in his post-doctoral work
  • (30:00) How you can make sure you maintain a sharp memory and don’t become too easily distracted
  • (34:13) How long can the average person pay attention to one thing? Is there any value to your mind wandering?
  • (39:50) How the Rissman Memory lab is using virtual reality to research memory
  • (47:18) Your “memory palace”
  • (56:30) How physical exercise and a healthy diet help to prevent memory decline
  • (59:30) Techniques for memory recall
  • (01:01:30) The best ways for children to learn
  • (01:05:50) New cognitive neuroscience research that Dr. Rissman is interested in

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11 Mar 202011. Empowering Women to Love Wellness - with Lauren Bosworth #FabulousFriends00:35:40

Lauren “Lo” Bosworth is the founder and CEO of Love Wellness, a female-first wellness company focused on total body care. She has been a powerful force in arming women with wellness knowledge, and I am just so excited to share her story with all of you today!

You will learn about...

  • (01:10) Why did Lo choose to reinvent herself and start Love Wellness?
  • (04:30) Cutting through the misinformation in the wellness space
  • (06:20) The chronic illness that Lo used to experience (and how switching to natural products helped alleviate that)
  • (13:40) Hero products that helped Lo deal with chronic yeast infections
  • (16:45) Diet changes that promote vaginal health
  • (20:05) Creating practices to manage stress
  • (22:00) How Lo has grown Love Wellness so much in just a few years
  • (26:55) Marketing on social media
  • (30:25) What’s next for Love Wellness
  • (32:25) Lo’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

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21 Dec 2022223. Eat More Plants: Building a Biodiverse Diet with Dr. Megan Rossi #WellnessWednesdays00:56:13

We find ourselves back in the all-important microbiome in today’s extra-informative episode of the Be Well By Kelly podcast. 

We’re joined by Dr. Megan Rossi, a fellow boy mom, gut-obsessed nutritionist who founded the Gut Health Doctor and is considered one of the most influential gut health specialists in the world. She's also a registered dietician with an award-winning PhD in gut health – my kind of expert!

Frustrated that her research findings weren't reaching the public and seeing fads and potentially dangerous misinformation on gut health being spread online, Megan took to social media to share credible evidence-based advice and has built an engaged community of hundreds of thousands of followers in the process.

Her breadth of knowledge bridges the gaps between science, the food industry, and our day-to-day lives – making this conversation a biodiverse bonanza of actionable steps and research-backed information for a healthier microbiome.

We also cover…

00:01:41 — Getting Into Gut Health Early

  • How the loss of her grandma inspired her career
  • Working with the Australian Olympic synchronized swimming team
  • Studying links between IBS and FODMAPs 
  • Love Your Gut by Dr. Megan Rossi
  • Tips for reintroducing FODMAPs

00:13:16 — Gut Health & Microbiome Research

  • 2018 study on gut health and plant-centric diet 
  • Benefits of biodiversity in our diets
  • What’s happening with polyphenols?
  • Gaps in early development of postbiotic products 
  • Fasting vs. biodiversity 
  • The importance of healthy fiber by the numbers 
  • The Super 6 plant-based food groups
  • Renewed testing of food additives in Europe 

00:30:50 — Practical Tips & Takeaways

  • Reading labels for harmful ingredients
  • Focus on inclusion, not exclusion
  • Dr. Megan's online recipes
  • Cost effective hacks to fiber-filled homemade meals
  • Full-body health (and mental health) roles of gut bacteria
  • Tips for baby’s microbiome development 
  • Debunking  gut health myths 

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10 Mar 2023241. Embrace Healthy Perfectionism with Katherine Morgan Schafler #FabulousFriends01:00:08

I’m excited to welcome Katherine Morgan Schafler to the show! She's a psychotherapist, writer, speaker, and the former onsite therapist at Google. She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology at UC Berkeley before obtaining two masters from Columbia University. Additionally, she completed her postgraduate training and certification at the Association of Spirituality and Psychotherapy in NYC. 

Today I'm bringing Katherine on to talk about her recently published book, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, which is designed to help you understand the different types of perfectionism, how your perfectionism can work for you, (not against you), and how to embrace it. We talk about the sociocultural issues ambitious women face, the importance of living in alignment with what you truly value, and how you can harness perfectionism in a healthy way to be your most authentic self. 

Having these conversations inspires me to take a beat and think about how I am being thoughtful with my days, my energy, and my time, and I’m so grateful to Katherine for sharing her professional advice with us. If you’re a fellow self-proclaimed perfectionist, make sure to take the perfectionist profile quiz on her website to understand your type, and pick up a copy of her new book, The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control, to learn more.

We also cover…

00:01:32 — Perfectionism Isn’t a Bad Thing

  • Katherine’s career journey
  • Read: The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control: A Path to Peace and Power
  • The sociocultural issues with languaging used to describe women
  • Maladaptive vs adaptive perfectionism
  • Commercial wellness labeling perfectionism as “bad” when it isn’t
  • Why high functioning people suffer from stress and depression 
  • How to begin working through what doesn’t feel right in your life

00:19:44 — Living in Alignment with Your Values

  • Pleasure’s role in finding what makes you happy
  • The difference between immediate gratification and pleasure
  • The connection between perfectionism and happiness
  • Two questions Katherine encourages ambitious, high-achieving women to ask themselves
  • Breaking the illusion of control

00:32:06 — How to Unleash Your Perfectionism in a Healthy Way


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11 Sep 2024307. Did You Know You Have A Vaginal Microbiome? Dr. Jacques Ravel on Female Health Innovations01:16:39

Today’s episode is all about the vaginal microbiome, and I’m joined by Dr. Jacques Ravel, a leading expert in microbiology and immunology. Dr. Ravel has been deeply involved in research on the vaginal microbiome and co-chairs the Seed Health Scientific Advisory Board. We dive into the science behind Seed’s new VS-01™, a vaginal symbiotic probiotic that introduces Lactobacillus crispatus to promote a healthy vaginal environment.

Dr. Ravel explains why vaginal acidity is key to preventing infections and how a balanced microbiome can help prevent common issues like bacterial vaginosis and UTIs. We also touch on how everyday practices like douching, lubricants, and even antibiotics can disrupt the delicate balance of the microbiome. Dr. Ravel also explains how supporting the vaginal microbiome during and after pregnancy can offer long-term benefits. I’m so grateful to Dr. Ravel for pioneering safer, more effective treatments for women’s health!

We also cover:

(00:01:39) Vaginal Microbiome 101

(00:10:08) The Most Common Vaginal Health Disruptors

(00:21:10) A New Approach to Preventing UTIs & Yeast Infections

(00:35:26) VS-01™: A Breakthrough in Vaginal Health & Microbiome Balance

(00:53:18) Research Behind VS-01™ & How it Supports Vaginal Health Pre & Post Pregnancy

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18 Aug 2021128. Data-Driven Decisions for Your Family with Emily Oster #WellnessWednesdays01:03:55

I’m so excited to be connecting with this week’s guest: economics professor and author, Emily Oster. Having devoured her first two books on pregnancy, Expecting Better and Cribsheet, I couldn’t wait to read her newest masterpiece. The Family Firm, an exploration of how to parent the early school years, did not disappoint. I knew I had to have her on the show to delve deeper into the subject of running your ever-evolving family as though it were business. 

We cover every issue over the elementary period, from the importance of choosing the “best” school for your child, to nutrition, sleep, and how to help your children step into independence while providing a safe, supportive environment for them to thrive. 

You will learn about...

  • Decision making as a parent
  • The Four ‘F’s
  • Nutrition and developing your children’s palette 
  • Why family dinners are so important 
  • The science of sleep
  • Parenting styles and finding the sweet spot
  • School and extracurricular activities 
  • Feelings, entertainment, and managing screen time 

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01 Sep 2023265. Raising Healthy & Happy Kids of All Ages: A Wellness Roundtable Episode #FabulousFriends01:09:55

As I bring a third child into the world, I have a few of my own thoughts and opinions on the world of kids and parenting, for sure! But no matter how much I learn, I still have questions. And so do you! In fact, raising children – feeding them, relating to them, keeping them happy and healthy – is one of the most common topics in my DMs, and one of the most popular interview themes on our feed.

In this episode, you'll hear from some of the biggest names and brightest minds in the space – from experienced parents to accomplished scholars, doctors, bestselling authors, and more. We cover the importance of nutrition and gut health, handling picky eating, building connection, the science behind tantrums and developing brains, communication, and independence - just to name a few.

And while this episode features our most impactful segments on the topic, the full conversations from which they're pulled offer tons of additional knowledge. Listen for episode numbers between each guest rotation, or search the word "kids" on the show's website at bewellbykelly.com to find the source material and more.

On this roundtable journey, we draw insights from previous episodes featuring brilliant minds like:

• Dr. Nicole Beurkens, Healthy Kids, Happy Parents #134

• Jennifer Anderson, Bringing Joy to the Table with Kids Eat in Color #189

• Dr. Elisa Song, Whole Family Wellness: Helping Our Kids Thrive #208

• Dr. Becky Kennedy, Cultivating the Good Inside Our Kids and Ourselves #151

• Dr. Tina Bryson, Parenting & the Power of Showing Up #212

• Jenn Curtis, Using the Parent Compass: Promoting Self-Advocacy in Kids #199

• Dr. Marion Van Horn, Supporting Children’s Neural Development #74

We also cover…

00:01:00 — The Important Role Nutrition Plays in Behavior (Dr. Nicole Beurkens)

• Considering the impact of food on a child’s mood and mental health

• Getting off of the blood sugar rollercoaster 

• Examples of blood sugar spiking breakfast foods

• A growing mind and body are more sensitive to health variables  

• Benefits of protein for breakfast

• Why kids need good sources of carbs 

• Excessive additive sugar has a negative impact on the brain 

• Importance of hydration on health 

00:14:00 — Effectively Encouraging a Picky Eater (Jennifer Anderson)

• Fab 4 Under 4: A Comprehensive Guide To Feeding Your Children

• Unlocking the power of “You don’t have to eat it”

• Disengaging from the mealtime power struggle 

• Encouraging picky eaters through their interests

• Rescue snacking vs. holding your...

14 Oct 2022207. Sit With Whit: Living Through Honesty with Dr. Whitney Goodman #FabulousFriends00:43:40

You open Instagram and it hits you right away, a sense of perfection or idealism that seems just a little too shiny, a little too great to be real. And guess what? Most of the time, it isn’t. Today's guest, Dr. Whitney Goodman, assures us of that much and more. She's the radically honest psychotherapist behind the popular Instagram account, @sitwithwhit, the book Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy, and the owner of the Collaborative Counseling Center, a private therapy practice in Miami. She helps individuals and couples heal past wounds and create the life they've always wanted.

We spend this episode unpacking the false perception of perfection all around us, the world’s constant striving for “happiness,” and why finding center in your life is so much more complicated than that – and should be! Whether it’s content-friendly or not – feeling all the feelings, really embracing them and chershing them, can be as healthy for us as a diverse and nutrient-rich diet.

Dr. Goodman offers up a more diverse experience, more layers to really dive into and learn about ourselves and the people we love. We get tips on listening (it’s more than just hearing!), recognizing toxic positivity and understanding why it sells, the importance of values over happiness, and prioritizing focus time – even thirty minutes a day – to help keep your mind sharp.

It’s time to get honest about – well, everything! There’s no time to waste striving and stressing over goals that only move further into the distance the harder we work at them. Life is perfect as it is, we’re so glad Dr. Goodman took the time to share this message with us today.

You will learn about...

  • Pitfalls of toxic positivity
  • How to respond instead → Really, truly listening to someone
  • Finding room for validation beyond happiness 
  • Seeing the world in black and white
  • Setting realistic goals to actually feel fulfillment
  • Values > happiness
  • Whitney’s personal experience and growth
  • Feeling all the feelings and that’s ok
  • The power of 30-minute focus blocks 
  • Recognizing toxic positivity
  • How to give feedback to someone who’s “toxically positive”
  • Setting boundaries with friends/family in a compassionate way
  • How to find a therapist
  • The flaw with “time heals all wounds”
  • The “Good Enough” community
  • Unpacking the perfection trend
  • Social’s media place in all of this
  • The truth about most influencers 

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06 Aug 2021125. Food Foundations for Life with Dr. Tyler Jean #WellnessWednesdays00:53:39

Dr. Tyler Jean has experimented with just about every food identity out there. As a college athlete, he lived by the nickname “Protein Jean” before doing a complete 180° and building an Instagram following based on plant-based eating. Now, he combines the best of the vegan and Paleo lifestyles to empower his patients as a naturopathic doctor. 

We dive into the foundations of good health, exploring the root cause of common ailments without the “pill for every ill” approach, the pillars of digestive health, and how to listen to your body for cues. Plus, he shares the actionable rituals you can add to your day to elevate your body and mind, and the morning matcha recipe you’re not going to be able to live without. 

You will learn about...

  • Personal food journey and career trajectory 
  • What is a naturopathic doctor?
  • How to find the right doctor 
  • The pillars for radical health 
  • Digestive metabolism
  • Self care tips, efficient routines and coffee/matcha recipes

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26 Feb 202180. Setting Your Kids Up for Sleep Success with Melissa Brown #FabulousFriends01:15:41

Melissa Brown is a sleep consultant who’s developed a sleep training approach through her company Sleep Shop, which is tailored to each individual family’s unique goals and parenting style. Having worked with hundreds of families both locally and internationally, Melissa has become a go-to resource for new parents and seasoned veterans alike. Whether helping a family welcome a newborn or implementing a sleep schedule tuneup for a toddler, Melissa is always there. As a mother of multiples, she is particularly ready to ensure sanity for parents who are welcoming multiples themselves.

You will learn about...

  • How Melissa got started as a sleep consultant
  • When to get started working with a sleep consultant
  • The things that get in the way of good sleep for babies
  • Managing your child’s temperature for good sleep hygiene
  • Sleep product recommendations
  • Uncovering sleep trauma studies
  • How to set wakeup and bedtime

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30 Jun 2021114. Healing Hormone Chaos with Dr. Aviva Romm #WellnessWednesdays00:53:51

MD, midwife, and herbalist, Dr. Aviva Romm, is lifting the lid on the hidden hormone pandemic. With over 80% of American women reaching out to a doctor with hormone concerns, it’s a subject that needs to be front and center of the collective health conversation. Instead, all too often, women are overwhelmed by a spectrum of health issues swept under the rug – by society and the medical field – as part and parcel of “being a woman.”

Your gender is not a diagnosis. Painful periods and menopause, endometriosis,  PCOS, and fertility problems are cues telling us something is out of balance in the body. Thankfully, Dr. Romm is helping women self-assess their internal landscape, empowering us with the knowledge, data, and actionable steps to rewire our hormonal health. 

In this episode, she explains the symptoms to look out for from puberty to menopause, and the lifestyle tools to employ to nourish your body – and hormone levels – from the inside out. 

You will learn about...

  • The hidden hormone pandemic 
  • The symptoms to look out for
  • Decoding the term “hormonal”
  • Food and environmental triggers
  • Reprogramming taste buds 
  • Ways to balancing your hormones

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27 Oct 2021145. A Hormone-Friendly Approach to Keto with Dr. Sarah Gottfried #WellnessWednesdays00:56:24

World-renowned physician and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Sarah Gottfried, cracks the keto code for women in her new book, Women, Food and Hormones which goes where so many male-focused studies have failed to tread. 

By analyzing the hormonal response to the traditional keto diet, Dr. Sarah Gottfried was able to finally understand the flight of all the keto refugees out there who tried to emulate men’s weight loss journeys through keto. 

We dig into her innovative four-week protocol that prioritizes opening the all-important detox pathways to put you on track for metabolic flexibility. All while taking into account the unique hormonal factors male-focused keto research has ignored. 

If you’ve been doing “all the right things” and struggling to see results, this episode’s for you!

You will learn about...

  • Why keto works for men and women differently 
  • The importance of detoxification pathways and how to create them
  • The dietary solutions to oxidative stress 
  • How to balance testosterone and why women need it
  • The real consequences of coffee and alcohol 
  • How to create a hormone-friendly, daily routine 

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16 Apr 2025333: How to Reignite Intimacy, Communicate Better & Fix Relationship Burnout | Dr. Morgan Cutlip01:20:16

Relationship expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip is back to break down one of the most common sources of tension in modern partnerships: the mental load. We get into why women often carry more of it, how it impacts connection, and what couples can do to finally feel like a team.

We also talk about the emotional weight of invisible labor, how to communicate needs without defensiveness, and simple ways to keep the spark alive. Plus, Morgan shares insights from her new book, A Better Share—out now!

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  • 00:02:44 – Mental load defined
  • 00:07:10 – Gender differences
  • 00:08:23 – Emotional, cognitive, physical toll
  • 00:12:12 – The triple threat
  • 00:18:39 – Partner expectations
  • 00:22:51 – Taking initiative
  • 00:25:57 – Relationship check-ins
  • 00:30:38 – Preventing conflict
  • 00:32:17 – Men and respect
  • 00:35:46 – Women and invisible work
  • 00:38:48 – Stay-at-home parent needs
  • 00:40:43 – Showing up without being asked
  • 00:46:01 – Communication vs. defensiveness
  • 00:49:15 – Asking for what you need
  • 00:55:16 – Feeling pursued
  • 00:57:24 – Keeping intimacy alive
  • 01:03:10 – Sex and connection
  • 01:05:08 – Gratitude and task sharing
  • 01:08:33 – Money and responsibilities
  • 01:14:03 – Tracking the mental load


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25 Feb 2022169. Easy Tips to Master Your Metabolism with Austin McGuffie #Fabulous Friends01:00:48

Content creator, Austin McGuffie, is on a mission to break down metabolism into digestible chunks for the average person – especially for the American Black community. He is a relatable nutrition changemaker helping people make healthier choices for themselves without shaming the dietary devils we’re constantly tempted by. In this episode, we discuss the easiest ways to shift your metabolic health, the impact of glucose monitoring, and the role of culture in dietary decision-making. 

You will learn about...

  • Breaking down metabolic health
  • The benefits of a comprehensive health screening 
  • The three things you can do right now to shift metabolic health 
  • Using movement as a tool
  • Self-directed nutrition 
  • Advice for health coaches
  • Turning soul food into whole food 
  • How Levels has impacted Austin’s health journey 

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09 Feb 2022165. Elevate Your Health & Experience a State Change with Dr. Robin Berzin #WellnessWednesdays00:57:45

CEO and founder of Parsley Health, Dr. Robin Berzin, shares her profound, science-backed insights into how to take care of your body + mind through core actions. In this episode, Dr. Berzin outlines her holistic healing process from her book, State Change. An inspiration guide on identifying the triggers causing chronic conditions so you can reframe your routine and reclaim your health and happiness. 

You will learn about...

  • Addressing physical barriers to mental health 
  • How different foods can impact your physical and mental health
  • The movement factor 
  • The science behind why emotions are stored in the body 
  • Tech and sleep 
  • Substances and state 

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19 Jul 2023260. The Truth About Ketones: Benefits, Use Cases & Impact on Brain Health with Dr. Latt Mansor #WellnessWednesdays01:09:21

In today's episode, we’re joined by Dr. Latt Mansor, a distinguished researcher and world-renowned expert in physiology and metabolism, holding a PhD from Oxford where he conducted pioneering research. Dr. Mansor serves as research lead for the wellness product brand, HVMN, where he oversees the company's initiatives and collaborations with universities and research institutions.

He's made significant contributions in understanding the role of exogenous ketones, work which forms the basis of our conversation today. I've been using exogenous ketones since 2017, and the technology has improved vastly, starting as salts and moving to esters. Now, the best-of-the-best on the market is a diol.

Dr. Latt explains the use and role of exogenous ketones in everything from lowering inflammation to supporting healing through a traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's, and dementia; how exogenous ketones work in the body and their benefits; and why the United States government has contracts with him to provide energy to our elite men and women on the front line.

I also share my own experience with ketones and how I’m using them, postpartum, to feel my best. I'm so impressed with how the technology has improved, how much better it tastes, how great you can feel, and all of the amazing benefits. If you’d like to try Ketone-IQ, use the code KELLY for 20% off of your first order with HVMN. Note, this is an affiliate discount code from which I may receive a commission.

We also cover…

00:02:00 — How Ketones Impact Brain Function & Energy 

• Dr. Latt’s journey to working in metabolism research

• Endogenous ketones and exogenous ketones explained

• Why the brain needs glucose to function

• How the brain creates energy from ketones

• The difference between ketone ester and ketone diol

00:27:00 — Benefits of Ketosis & Using Ketones for Postpartum & Depression

• What it feels like to be in ketosis

• How Kelly used ketones pre-pregnancies

• Read: Brain Energy by Chris Palmer 

• Mitochondria & Mental Illness: Finding Hope & Healing in Our Cells with Dr. Chris Palmer #250

• Kentone diols for pregnancy and postpartum

• The link between ketones, mitochondrial health, and improving depression

• Use cases for ketones related to brain cognition and memory improvement

00:43:00 — Metabolic Flexibility & Ketones’ Role in Healing Brain Disease 

• Situations where Kelly recommends using exogenous ketones for clients

• Dose recommendations 

• Metabolic flexibility and why it’s important

• How ketones influence our ability to have strong brain function later in life

• How a ketogenic diet can help with brain diseases

• Use cases for Ketone IQ in hospitals with traumatic brain injury patients

• Running Through Hell: Enduring Ultrarunning & Boosting Mental Health · Lisa Tamati

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02 Apr 2025331: Mold, Toxins & Hidden Dangers: Why Your Indoor Air Might Be Making You Sick | Mike Feldstein01:16:20

In this episode, Mike Feldstein, founder and CEO of Jaspr, shares his journey from fire restoration expert to air quality innovator. He talks about how his background in disaster response led him to create Jaspr, the world’s first commercial-grade air purifier.

Mike dives into practical tips for improving indoor air quality, including mold remediation and air quality monitoring. We also discuss how Jaspr’s design can help create healthier living spaces, plus a few surprising insights on air purification.

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Topics Discussed: 

  • How does air quality affect health and well-being?
  • What makes Jaspr’s air purifier unique compared to other air purifiers?
  • How can I reduce mold toxicity and improve air quality at home?
  • What are the best ways to monitor and test indoor air quality?
  • How does Jaspr’s design improve air purification compared to other systems?

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Introduction
  • 00:01:39 - Fire restoration and air quality consulting
  • 00:04:19 - The Mold Rush
  • 00:06:40 - Mold remediation
  • 00:13:03 - Reducing mold toxicity
  • 00:20:57 - Monitoring air quality
  • 00:24:28 - Easy ways to improve air quality
  • 00:31:11 - Common household toxins
  • 00:32:55 - Upholstery and air quality protocol
  • 00:35:38 - Air quality testing
  • 00:37:24 - DIY Smoke Detox
  • 00:45:57 - HVAC systems and air ducts
  • 00:50:27 - How Jaspr works
  • 00:54:34 - Child safety & warranty
  • 00:59:34 - Air filtration in schools
  • 01:02:37 - Diaper bins & bacteria
  • 01:05:51 - Removing mold
  • 01:07:25 - Jaspr Warranty

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27 May 2022186. How to Care For & Protect Our Oceans with Lea D'Auriol #FabulousFriends00:56:12

We all share this planet, and we want it to be healthy and blue for as long as possible, but making eco-friendly choices has only become more difficult. Lea D'Auriol founded Oceanic Global in 2016 with the mission of engaging new audiences in the ocean conversation. Her nonprofit taps into universal passions such as art and music to raise awareness for issues impacting our oceans and to provide individual and industry solutions that drive positive change. Oceanic global takes a uniquely creative approach to conservation creating immersive experiences that engage local communities amplifying the efforts of synergistic groups to generate measurable impact and ignite global action. We go over ways that you can decrease plastic use and ultimately decrease microplastics in the ocean, along with recycling dos and don'ts, and some of her favorite ways to keep our planet blue and healthy.

You will learn about...

  • What Oceanic Global does to raise awareness of our relationship with the ocean
  • How Lea parlayed her prior career into creating an impact
  • The ways microplastics are affecting our planet and health
  • Where do identify our plastic usage and make a change
  • How to avoid greenwashing
  • Recycling dos and don’ts
  • Making responsible purchasing decisions

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12 Mar 2025328: Manifesting Abundance: Shift Your Mindset and Align Your Energy | Cathy Heller01:17:07

328: In this inspiring episode, Cathy Heller shares her insights on how to tap into flow, abundance, and your highest potential. She dives deep into the power of mindset, the law of resonance, and how showing up authentically can transform your life and career.  

Cathy also opens up about her most profound spiritual experiences and how they shaped her perspective on love, purpose, and success. She offers practical tips for shifting your energy, overcoming fear, and becoming a magnet for the life you truly desire.  

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Topics Discussed:

- Shifting your energy to attract abundance  

- The law of resonance and manifesting your desires  

- Building resilience, curiosity, and flow in your life  

- Reframing fear into unlimited possibility  

- Morning practices to align with your highest self  

- Authenticity vs belonging in relationships and work  

- Why disagreements can foster growth and understanding 

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Introduction
  • 00:04:13 - Your Energy Shapes Your Reality
  • 00:10:48 - Finding Flow and Ease
  • 00:14:12 - Building Resilience and Curiosity
  • 00:20:12 - From Fear to Possibility
  • 00:25:21 - Thoughts and Wellbeing
  • 00:31:16 - Shifting Your Mindset
  • 00:36:06 - The Law of Resonance
  • 00:40:04 - Morning Alignment Practices
  • 00:45:05 - Becoming Magnetic
  • 00:46:18 - Manifesting Abundance
  • 00:50:28 - Showing Up Authentically
  • 00:54:03 - Cathy’s Spiritual Experience
  • 00:57:15 - Leading with Love
  • 01:02:42 - Authenticity vs Belonging
  • 01:10:01 - The Power of Disagreement

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17 Sep 2021136. Shifting From Stress to Strength with Dr. Samantha Boardman #FabulousFriends01:06:03

Sitting on the couch can sometimes turn into a self-pity session where you spin out on everything going wrong in your life. Rarely do we make space to find wellness in illness, but Positive Psychiatrist, Dr. Samantha Boardman, is changing the traditional therapy conversation. 

We discuss the unique and accessible ways to invite vibrancy and joy in your life and why perfection isn’t a priority when aligning happiness with action. 

You will learn about...

  • What it means to be a positive psychiatrist 
  • Creating “WOOP” goals
  • Positive psychology for children
  • Connecting movement and nutrition with mood 
  • Combating resistance around goals 
  • Permission to feel “negative” emotions
  • A typical day in the life of  Dr. Samantha Boardman

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01 Jan 2025319: 2025 Manifestations: Traveling With Kids, Decluttering, + Parenting Goals | Christopher LeVeque00:48:16

Welcome back to part two of our special two-part series with my husband, Chris LeVeque! In today’s episode, we’re sharing our New Year’s planning for 2025, including how we’re setting goals for the year ahead—both as individuals and as a family. From parenting resolutions to manifesting big dreams, we talk about the changes we’re excited for and the strategies we’re putting in place. Plus, we reflect on what’s working for us right now and what we’re excited to build on in 2025.

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  • 00:13:10 - Trip highlights and the BIG stroller
  • 00:16:52 - New Years resolutions 
  • 00:19:44 - 2025 parenting goals 
  • 00:23:21 - Changing family dynamics 
  • 00:27:48 - Easy wins with children 
  • 00:29:09 - How we met 
  • 00:33:08 - Decluttering and meal prepping 
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  • 00:41:06 - 2025 manifesting 

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01 Sep 2021131. Breaking Down Histamine Intolerance with Dr. Becky Campbell #WellnessWednesdays00:52:41

It took years of trial and error for Dr. Becky Campbell to discover she suffered from Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, a condition which meant her body couldn’t break down histamines. Certain foods – even the “healthy” ones – would leave her with a crippling migraine or feeling exhausted. Extreme heat and cold were also big no-nos. 

The game changed when she began to explore histamine intolerance through a functional lens. She cured her body and formulated the four phase histamine reset plan that helps you identify your lifestyle and food triggers and eliminate the ingredients causing you to feel bad. 

We discuss how you can spot if you have histamine intolerance, the dietary steps that will combat a myriad of issues such as vertigo, allergies, migraines, and the supplements that can support your system. Plus, we explore the link between COVID-19 and histamine intolerance issues, and how functional medicine can treat thyroid imbalance. 

You will learn about...

  • What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome? 
  • How do our bodies break down histamine?
  • The four phase histamine reset plan
  • Supporting your body to eliminate histamine 
  • Dealing with histamine intolerance after suffering from COVID-19  
  • Supplement 101
  • The functional approach to thyroid issues 
  • Personal habits that help her 

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14 Apr 202193. Creating a Beautiful Birth with Dr. Lisa Karamardian #WellnessWednesdays01:06:31

We’ve reached an incredible milestone! We’re celebrating 3 million podcast downloads in less than 15 months.

I wanted to celebrate with a guest that helped me reach a personal milestone: a beautiful birth story. Dr. Lisa Karamardian is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Newport Center Surgical, California, and was the guiding force in the healing birth of my second boy, Taschen. 

I tackle the subject of birth with an expert in the field who truly empowers a woman’s labor while taking charge and providing guidance and tools to provide a safe delivery. The truth is, there is no such thing as a “right” birth, and birthing plans can go out the window when push comes to shove. 

Dr. Lisa Karamardian brings her years of experience to the table and talks about all of the treatments available to create a beautiful birth. She demystifies “old-wives tales” around epidurals, breaking water, Pitocin, and Cytotec, and we both reflect on my second birthing experience. 

You will learn about...

  • Her OB-GYN education and professional backstory 
  • Birth plans vs birth 
  • Healing from the trauma from my first birth
  • The purpose of NST (non-stress testing)
  • Advanced maternal age pregnancies
  • Misconceptions around the birth process 
  • Understanding Pitocin and Cytotec 
  • Postpartum needs and resources 

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03 May 2023249. 168-Hour Week: Take Control of Time & Upgrade Your Life with Laura Vanderkam #WellnessWednesdays00:46:09

Today's guest is Laura Vanderkam. She's the author of several time management productivity books, and her TED Talk garnered over 13 million views. Her newest book, Tranquility by Tuesday, gives us nine ways to calm the chaos and make time for what matters most. 

In today's podcast episode, you are going to learn how to look at your time in weeks, in the 168 hours you have in a week, versus your days. This allows us to prioritize the things that are most important to us, make meaningful memories and take time for ourselves. Laura also shares the research and data behind her nine rules for time management, and provides tangible ways we can upgrade our lives by being more intentional with our time.

When you think about women who have multiple hats to wear, whether they're at their job or with their family life and friends, it’s easy to become reactive throughout the day. Taking control of your schedule and living the life that you want to is so important to so many of us, and yet we don't have the tools to do it. I love everything that Laura teaches and I'm so excited to have her on the show to give us what we want most, and that is time.

We also cover…

00:02:00 — The Biggest Time Management Life Hack

  • How time management became Laura’s speciality
  • Key takeaways for time management early on in her career
  • Thinking about time in terms of weeks instead of days
  • Tips for being intentional and mindful of how you spend your time
  • Recommendations for how to plan out your week in advance

00:17:00 — Benefits of Having Blank Space & Fun in Your Schedule

  • Laura’s 9 rules for time management
  • How to commit to making time for yourself, especially when you have a family 
  • Benefits of having a backup time slot or open space in your calendar
  • How many hours of your day should be scheduled for productivity?
  • Tips for entrepreneurs who feel like they’re pouring from an empty cup

00:32:00 — How to Make Time Memorable & Intentional 

  • The importance of planning things in your week that are memorable
  • How to have fulfilling and nourishing leisure time
  • Tips for winding down before bed
  • Motivational science and data behind time management and productivity Laura’s learned

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05 Oct 2022204. Toxins in Disguise: Dr. Anthony Jay on Estrogenics #WellnessWednesday00:56:37

Dr. Anthony Jay is the President of the International Medical Research Collaborative, a nonprofit organization based in Boston that trains medical students from around the globe. He is also an author and renowned expert on estrogenics, substances that merely act like estrogen in our body, oftentimes tricking it into negative chain reactions in our health – even cancer.

So, where are these tricky imposters in the products around us? And, how can we avoid them in the future? Dr. Anthony details the long list in his book, and is kind to share many examples in our conversation today. Specifically, he touches on fragrances, petroleum products, soy products, and mold, which is so much more common in shelf products like coffee, grains, and peanuts than you might imagine.

We also talk about the role that the gut microbiome, an old familiar friend, plays in our processing of these chemicals, and draw a very real connection between the harms of estrogenics and everyday plastics like water bottles and shower liners.

If you’re listening to this and looking around your life with a newfound stress, know that you’re not alone in this collective journey to a more natural, non-toxic, and simple life. Knowledge is key. Understanding complexities like those presented today is the first step toward making positive changes. And we’re here to help you get there, every step of the way.

You will learn about...

  • What are estrogenics? 
  • Estrogenics vs. testosterone
  • Link between estrogenics and an increased risk of cancer 
  • Common products and ingredients to avoid broken into three categories: food, plastics and personal care
  • Major players to know: mold, red dye, flax and soy
  • Chemical risks of plastic water bottles
  • Sources of other plastics to avoid
  • Why “BPA-free” isn’t good enough
  • The science of estrogen in plastic
  • High estrogen leading to early puberty in girls
  • Common home products to be aware of
  • What these chemicals do to your hormones
  • Benefits of sweating and sauna use to expel chemicals 

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16 Sep 2022201. Level Up Your Training with Dr. Stacy Sims01:00:23

Today’s guest is the esteemed Dr. Stacy Sims. She's a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise, nutrition, and performance for women. Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry have established a new niche in sports nutrition and her shining reputation as the expert in sex differences in training nutrition and health.

We chat about her research background (70 papers and counting!), how she’s addressing the gender gap in male-to-female studies related to the fitness and athletics space, the critical role that iron plays in fatigue and performance, and the salty truth about healthy hydration.

This episode is also chock full of tips on how to up your iron levels if you're at that low anemic level, how to hydrate properly based on your cycle, and learn how to build up that lean muscle mass prior to menopause so that you don't have negative or limiting symptoms.

You will learn about...

  • Dr. Stacy’s place in the research world 
  • Leveling the playing field
  • Focusing on the female athlete
  • Iron levels during specific hormones phases
  • The true key to hydration 
  • What causes cramping?
  • Myths about menopause
  • Writing her book “Next Level”


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25 Nov 2022218. Leaning into Discomfort and Doing the Hard Things with Michael Easter01:03:28

My guest today is Michael Easter, a leading voice on how humans can integrate modern science and evolutionary wisdom for improved health, meaning, and performance. He travels the globe to embed himself with brilliant thinkers and people living at the extremes. He's the author of the bestselling book, The Comfort Crisis, and a professor of journalism at UNLV.

We spend this one unpacking the comfort crisis and the complex experiences that seeded this concept in Michael’s mind as something more than an observation of his own life. 

He covers his nutrition journey, why learning how much he was eating was the key to understanding his own metabolic equilibrium, highlights a few fascinating teachers and researchers that have inspired him along the way, and applies his crisis lens to another, more surprising, neurological gem under siege – creativity in kids.

His application of learned lessons is a breath of fresh air. Backed in research, but avoidant of the weeds – his POV is heart-filled and psychological, but not out of reach. Big thanks to Michael for sharing his deep wisdom with us today.

We also cover… 

00:01:24 — Unraveling The Comfort Crisis

  • Inspiration for The Comfort Crisis
  • Struggling with drinking and getting sober
  • Learning the reward of walking through discomfort
  • Working with Donnie Vincent
  • How an extreme excursion outlined his book
  • Nutrition work with Trevor Kashey
  • Why you eat vs. what you eat with Trevor Kashey
  • Pitfalls of enforcing rigid eating rules 

00:21:55 — Doing the Work: Lifestyle Changes

  • Choosing foods that are ingredients > foods that have ingredients 
  • Positive effects of spending time in nature 
  • The Nature Pyramid by Rachel Hopman 
  • Working with our  hands vs. our heads

00:36:54 — Growth Through Challenge

  • What exactly is a misogi challenge?
  • Commenting on the sports science work of Marcus Elliot 
  • Inventing a challenge to push past limiting beliefs
  • The developmental significance of rites of passage 
  • Hard things are the ultimate teacher

00:48:27 — Creativity & Happiness Across Cultures

  • Remembering the research of Ellis Paul Torrance
  • IQ vs. creativity testing with regard to life outcomes 
  • The commercialization of ideas and the creativity crisis among kids
  • Happiness research in Buton (not a single stoplight)
  • Life is impermanent: Find joy in experiences over material things
  • America’s false happiness checklist 
  • Get out there and do hard things!

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27 May 202031. Fuel Your Body with Fiber & Optimize Your Health - with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz #WellnessWednesdays01:11:20

I am obsessed with fiber and leafy greens, so I’m in good company with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. He is a Vanderbilt undergrad. He went to Georgetown for medical school and completed his residency at Northwestern. He then followed that up with a fellowship at Chapel Hill. Now he’s a practicing gastro, he’s obsessed with plants and fiber, and he just published an awesome book, “Fiber Fuel: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome.” I finished reading in just one night! Your gut is so involved in every other part of your body, and we get into how you can start taking control of your diet and get on the right path.

You will learn about...

  • (01:46) Discovering the importance of diet on health
  • (09:19) The difference between prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics
  • (15:44) Finding the optimal amount of fiber to take for you
  • (22:48) How fiber relates to hormone health and estrogen
  • (30:26) The benefits of various prebiotic supplements
  • (32:49) Getting more plant-based diversity into your diet
  • (41:44) The relation between your gut and metabolism
  • (48:50) Fat for your gut health
  • (54:34) The three supplements every American should be taking
  • (58:14) How your lifestyle affects your gut

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03 Jun 2022187. The Keys to Launching a Female-Driven Business with Lori Harder #fabulousfriends01:05:28

Lori Harder is a longtime podcaster, coach, author, serial entrepreneur, and now – a beverage industry founder. She joins the show to talk about her entrepreneurial journey on the way to launching Lite Pink this summer, what she’s got planned for the future, and how you can take the same steps when building a brand, launching a project, or tackling a tall task of your own.

Touching on her biggest failures and battle with anxiety, Lori gets super personal in this conversation, one that she shares reignited her own passions and intentions related to Lite Pink. It’s a common thread we touch on – how working alongside, communicating with, and spending time with fellow female business leaders provides fuel for our own fires.

I hope you walk away from this episode feeling the same energy, ready to jump back into The Work on your way to accomplishing your own dreams.

You will learn about...

  • Jumping into the fitness industry
  • Lori’s entrepreneurial journey
  • Being a female entrepreneur in 2022
  • Founding Lite Pink
  • Raising money for your business 
  • Working with a network of powerful women
  • Overcoming anxiety and negative self-talk

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17 Jun 202034. Elevate Your Cooking & Eat What You Want - with Gaby Dalkin #WellnessWednesdays00:45:21

Today’s guest is Gaby Dalkin of What’s Gaby Cooking. She’s a trained chef, recipe developer, cookbook author, and entrepreneur, and her latest cookbook — “Eat What You Want” — will have you drooling. She’s really down to earth, really fun, and someone I’ve personally learned from over the years. She has helped me elevate my cooking skills in the kitchen, and I know she will do the same for you.

You will learn about...

  • (03:15) When Gaby fell in love with cooking
  • (09:04) Jumping into blogging full-time
  • (14:40) Investing in professional photography
  • (18:51) Getting a book deal
  • (24:59) The inspiration behind “Eat What You Want”
  • (29:12) Some of Gaby’s favorite recipes
  • (32:06) Chef hacks and go-to ingredients
  • (37:29) Sourcing proteins and vegetables

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03 Apr 202017. The Grain-Free Road to Recovery from Autoimmune Symptoms + Supporting Women of Loss - with Danielle Walker #FabulousFriends01:08:46

There are few people I look up to as much as Danielle Walker, personally and professionally. She is the new face of the grain-free and gluten-free cooking online, a New York Times Best Selling author with four cook books under her belt, a loving wife, and a mother to four beautiful babies. We discuss Danielle’s road to recovery after being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease when she was 22 and how she became the blogger rockstar she is today.

Towards the end of the episode, we celebrate the life of one of Danielle’s daughters, beautiful Aila Jane, who is now a sweet angel in Heaven. Things get pretty emotional, but Danielle has some beautiful advice for how we can support women of loss that everyone can benefit from hearing.

You will learn about...

  • (01:00) When Danielle was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis
  • (02:55) The stigma of talking about diseases like this
  • (12:10) What an Ulcerative Colitis flare up is like
  • (16:30) When Danielle started turning to food as medicine
  • (33:55) Testing and learning how foods affects your body through elimination
  • (38:10) The incredible results that Danielle experienced when she shifted to something that’s similar to a Paleo diet
  • (41:45) Danielle’s Top 5 Tips for individuals who have an autoimmune disease
  • (45:05) Danielle’s favorite supplements: liposomal curcumin, butyrate, fish oil, collagen, probiotics
  • (49:40) Processing heartbreak, one day at a time, when you’re in the public eye
  • (56:00) Aila’s legacy
  • (01:00:18) Danielle’s advice for talking to people who have experienced a loss like this

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29 Sep 2021138. Exploring the Gut-Immune Connection with Dr. Emeran Mayer #WellnessWednesdays00:58:40

70% of the immune system sits in the gut, but our 21st-century diet of processed food, poor sleep, and stress is reaping havoc with our gut and overall health. 

Gastroenterologist, neuroscientist and author, Dr. Emeran Mayer has done all the years of rigorous research for us, and the current gut climate is not looking good. Chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, are on the rise, and boosting immunity against viruses is at the forefront of everyone's mind. The solution? Tune in to hear the simple strategies that will reverse the slippery slope we're on, and build us back to better health. 

You will learn about...

  • The Vagus nerve 
  • Microbes and hormones
  • Building resistance to infections 
  • Chronic stress, sleep rhythm, and the gut 
  • Sleep rhythm and gut function 

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06 Oct 2021140. Feed Your Mental Health with Dr. Drew Ramsey #WellnessWednesdays01:03:46

Dr. Drew Ramsey is on a mission to get our brains into grow mode with mood-optimizing foods. Through Nutritional Psychiatry, he’s supporting brain and body health with inclusive information that chooses science over shaming to dial us into happy food routines. 

What we eat has a knock-on effect on our physical and cognitive capabilities. In this episode, we dive into revolutionary research into healing depression and anxiety through food, and share the actionable steps you can easily implement to create more joy at mealtimes. 

You will learn about...

  • Understanding an eater’s reality
  • The 12 foods for optimized mental health
  • Nutrient-dense foods and ways to work them into your meals
  • Short chain and long chain omega-3 fats
  • How blood sugar affects the way we feel
  • Creating food boundaries as a parent

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15 Jan 20203. Making Movement Accessible, Supporting Pregnant Mothers, & Building a Passion-Driven Business - with Simone De La Rue00:51:35

When Simone De La Rue, the dancer-turned-fitness expert and entrepreneur extraordinaire, invited me to offer nutrition guidance as part of the Body by Simone app, it was the beginning of a wonderful partnership and friendship.

It’s been an amazing journey, and I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know so much about this special, motivating woman who is so passionate about supporting women who want to get active and healthy. I couldn’t be happier to be her partner in crime in a business, as friends, or as new mothers, and I’m excited to help you all get to know her the same way I have!

You will learn about...

  • Body by Simone: The origin story (1:30)
  • Making dance approachable + fun, just like when we were kids (5:10)
  • Taking care of yourself + staying active throughout pregnancy (8:00)
  • Nutrition during and after pregnancy (20:00)
  • What has made Simone a successful entrepreneur (27:30)
  • What Simone is excited about in the future (40:00)

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30 Jan 20205. Biodynamic Farming 101: What You Need to Know at the Grocery Store & Farmer’s Market + How to Start Your Farm - with Bubba Lamolinare00:58:46

I had the pleasure of meeting Bubba Lamolinare while I was visiting Miraval Austin, where he works as the farm supervisor, and I immediately knew I had to bring him on the show.

Bubba has been farming his entire life. He grew up on a farm, created A&M’s biodynamic farming program, and worked as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agent for Yoakum County before coming to Miraval to supervise the Cypress Creek Farm. He offers so much insight into the differences between traditional, organic, and biodynamic farming, what we should all be looking for in the produce we buy, and how we can grow our own crops using biodynamic practices.

You will learn about...

  • What it was like growing up on a rural Mississippi farm
  • Agriculture programs at universities
  • What it takes to start a fish farm, the regulations around fish farming in the United States, and what you should look for when you’re buying fish
  • Why Bubba decided to pursue biodynamic farming and what the program he started at A&M looks like
  • Planting seasonally
  • The differences between the various farming practices (and buzzwords) and what you should know when you’re looking at your food labels
  • The biodynamic farming practices being used at Miraval
  • What you can ask the farmers at your local farmer’s market to understand more about how the food they’re selling was grown
  • Soil and soil health
  • Starting your own biodynamic farm
  • Crops that are hard to mess up

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15 Jul 202041. Preparing Children’s Immune System for School - with Dr. Taz Bhatia #WellnessWednesdays00:37:30

With her East-meets-West approach to medicine, Dr. Taz Bhatia does it all. She’s certified in integrative medicine, holistic medicine, and pediatrics, she’s a champion for women’s health, and she believes we all can uncover our innate superpowers. She is also the founder and CEO of CentreSpring MD in Atlanta, was previously a professor in integrative medicine at Emory University, and is a licensed acupuncturist and certified nutrition specialist. Wow! We discuss considerations for parents as we look at going back to school in the future, and how they can prepare their health and immune systems for whatever happens next.

You will learn about...

  • (04:47) Tips and tools to increase our kids’ immunity
  • (08:52) Normal bowel movements for children and supplementing their diet
  • (14:20) Probiotic strains and the best mechanism for delivery
  • (18:00) How to avoid loading your kids with sugar
  • (24:58) The non-negotiables when protecting your children’s health
  • (28:45) What to look for in blood testing and how often to have it done

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25 Mar 202014. The Smart Cookies Beginner’s Guide to Financial Wellness - with Sandra Grahame #WellnessWednesdays00:54:25

Sandra Grahame is a money and lifestyle expert who has been featured on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, and so much more. She is an author, a keynote speaker, a brand spokesperson — but, most importantly, she’s a Smart Cookie!

Smart Cookies Money Mentoring is a digital platform designed to help ambitious women achieve life changing financial goals. As co-founder and CEO, Sandra has helped hundreds of women achieve financial wellness — a topic we don’t talk about enough in the wellness space — and I am so excited to introduce her to all of you in a time when so many people are really thinking a lot about their finances and how they can make money from home.

You will learn about...

  • (00:40) What is financial wellness?
  • (02:10) How working with friends to tackle their own debt inspired Sandra to create Smart Cookies
  • (06:00) What everyone should be doing to support themselves financially in the future
  • (14:05) Sandra’s advice for taking the “next step” in adulthood: buying a house, saving for your kid’s college tuition, etc.
  • (17:40) The first steps you should take towards planning for retirement
  • (28:45) Marie Kondo-ing your money
  • (30:24) An exercise to help you connect your habits and actions to your Why, which will help you be more intentional about your purchases
  • (36:20) Apps that will help you invest and save
  • (42:50) How do we know if we’re using the right credit card?
  • (48:50) Low-hanging fruit for cleaning up your spending

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15 Mar 2023242. Is This Normal? A Guide to Women’s Health with Dr. Jolene Brighten #WellnessWednesdays01:02:49

Dr. Jolene Brighten is a pioneer in women's medicine, an award-winning board certified naturopathic endocrinologist, and certified sex counselor. She's the author of Beyond the Pill and Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth, and a fierce patient advocate who is completely dedicated to uncovering the root cause of hormonal imbalances.

Dr. Brighten empowers women worldwide to take control of their health and their hormones. In this episode we talk about three important topics in her newest book, Is This Normal?: your sexual self, your cyclical self, and her 28-day plan to bring your hormones back into balance. This new book comes with a free cookbook when you pre-order or order online, and it helps you understand your body and identify hormone imbalances that you may be able to treat naturally. 

I’m so grateful for Dr. Brighten for being a beacon of truth, sharing all of her knowledge, and giving women a place to talk about the things that nobody talks about. Grab a copy of her new book, Is This Normal?, today, and enjoy this conversation with Dr. Brighten.

We also cover…

00:07:10 — Understanding Your Sexual Self

  • What’s normal when it comes to sex and libido
  • Focusing on what’s normal for you versus comparing your libido to others
  • How hormones influence your sexual desire
  • When in your ovulatory cycle you will likely feel most and least aroused
  • Excitation and inhibition 
  • Things that put the “breaks” on intimacy; especially stress
  • Acknowledging the mental burden women carry
  • Trauma, deep hurts, and common issues for heteronormative relationships that affect libido
  • What’s normal: masturbation and orgasms
  • Read: She Comes First by Ian Kerner

00:48:13 — Identify Hormone Imbalances & Heal Naturally

  • How common hormone imbalances manifest in our lives
  • Advice for women in the perimenopause phase experiencing estrogen dominance
  • Alcohol’s impact on ovarian function and hormones
  • Vitamin, diet and lifestyle recommendations for natural hormone balancing
  • What you can expect to accomplish with her 28-day program

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29 Oct 2021146. Optimize Your Life & Unleash Your Potential with David Nurse #FabulousFriends01:02:57

David Nurse’s key to success involves adding small pieces and practices to your life that help you prioritize relentless consistency over flash-in-the-pan gestures. He teaches us that optimizing your routine – from the way you look and address yourself in the mirror, to enabling visual cues to actualize your dreams – can profoundly shift your perspective in ways you’ve never imagined. 

David has coached over 150 NBA players on their personal and professional development, both on and off the court. So, if you’re looking to make a leap to the big leagues, David is your guy. Tune in to learn how to pour into your purpose and actually live the life you’ve been vision boarding. 

You will learn about...

  • How to understand your mindset
  • Connecting with your subconscious
  • Fear and how it holds you back 
  • The power of relentless consistency 
  • Service and placing boundaries
  • How to identify the “buckets” in your life 
  • Steps to reach your goals
  • The daily habits that make all the difference

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28 Jun 2023257. How True Wellness Is Achieved by the Power of the Gut-Body-Mind-Spirit Connection with Dr. Vincent Pedre #WellnessWednesdays01:07:54

For over a decade, Dr. Vincent Pedre, founder of The Happy Gut Life, has devoted his career as a medical doctor to helping patients improve their wellbeing and quality of life by building the foundation of gut health that supports total physical and mental wellness. He believes that healing begins in the kitchen through the foods that we eat. 

He inspires people to make the changes that will have a lasting positive impact on their health and the health of their community. His teachings, products, and gut-boosting programs have transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, allowing them to regain the quality of life they were seeking.

Dr. Pedre has been a leader in the gut space since the success of his first book, The Happy Gut Life. His latest, The Gut Smart Protocol, is a culmination of his 20 plus years of clinical experience and research as a functional gut expert. In today's episode, we learn all about his new book and how true wellness is achieved by the power of the gut-body-mind-spirit connection.

We also cover…

00:01:00 — Using Meditation & Functional Medicine to Reverse Gut Issues 

• Growing up with gut issues and how it impacts quality of life

• Using meditation to conquer fears

• The difference between Western and functional medicine approaches to healing the body

• How the microbiome functions and what it does

• The connection between antibiotics and leaky gut

00:25:00 — Cultivating the Gut-Body-Mind-Spirit Connection

• The main culprits of leaky gut

• Why we need to look at the whole system of the body

• What factors impact the gut the most?

• Environmental threats to gut health

• Why you have to cut out alcohol to heal the gut

• Overcoming the mental hurdle of making lifestyle changes

• How to take action in your health journey

• Tips for anyone who’s sober curious

00:41:00 — Smart Tools for Improving Gut Health

• How stress impacts healing

• Tools to calm stress

• Recognizing the benefits of facing challenges

• Different foods that can heal the gut

• Is cheese good for your gut?

• Treating your gut like your friend

• Gut Love Meditation: gutsmartprotocol.com/recordings

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• Read: The Gut Smart Protocol by Dr. Vincent Pedre

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15 Jan 202172. Taking Care of Your Pelvic Floor - with Allison Oswald #FabulousFriends00:55:55

Allison Oswald is a PT in women’s health, and she helps so many women make sure their pelvic floor is ready to go pre-, during, and post-labor. She went to Loyola Marymount University for her undergrad and Mount Saint Mary’s for PT school, ran a Plumb Line Pilates Studio for a number of years, and has helped some of Hollywood’s A-listers. She delves into and debunks some of the false beliefs women have around birth.

You will learn about...

  • What you should be thinking about regarding alignment and pelvic floor during pregnancy
  • Making sure your pelvic systems are working correctly
  • What working with a pelvic floor therapist looks like
  • What to be aware of with your alignment
  • Tips to set yourself up for success
  • Behaviors to avoid

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15 Oct 2021143. Raising Anti-Racist Children with Dr. Traci Baxley #FabulousFriends01:01:04

After the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent Black Lives Matter uprising, many people grappled with the discomfort of racial bias and how it showed up in their lives, communities, and upbringing. The need to become actively anti-racist has been an evolving mission of mine as I seek to teach my children about social justice, inclusivity, and compassion for all. 

Cultural and race identity coach and Professor, Dr. Traci Baxley supports parents on their journey to becoming allies, helping them move from fear-based parenting. By leaning into the discomfort of triggering topics like race, politics, and current social injustices, we can build a future generation to be proud of. 

This episode is a fantastic resource for parents to evolve their value system and take actionable steps towards social justice parenting.  

You will learn about...

  • Where to start with inclusive parenting
  • Why fear is an obstacle 
  • How to create core values in the home 
  • The 4 ‘S’s (Self-reflect, Survey, Seek and Speak)
  • Unpacking privilege without feeling shame
  • Teaching children boundaries 
  • Raising compassionate children 

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11 May 2022183. Evidence-Based Tools to Help You Raise Good Humans with Dr. Aliza Pressman #WellnessWednesdays01:12:18

Dr. Aliza Pressman is the Co-Founding Director and Director of Clinical Programming for the Mount Sinai Parenting Center, as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She’s also the host of the Raising Good Humans podcast, where she brings the latest and greatest research on child development directly to parents – without them having to sift through endless journals and parenting books. She’s passionate about bringing her expertise to parents and empowering them with the knowledge they need to make the best choices possible for their children. We talk about the pillars every parent should consider when raising their children, and how to combat perfectionism in order to do the best you can.

You will learn about...

  • What Dr. Aliza studied and why she started her podcast
  • Pulling together science to make it accessible
  • How coming to terms with how you were raised is important for your child
  • Editing behaviors and setting boundaries for your kid
  • Building independence and resilience in your children

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21 Sep 2021137. A Wholistic Approach to Pediatrics with Dr. Pejman Katiraei #WellnessWednesdays01:05:32

Dr. Pejman Katiraei has spent years using his curious mind and expertise across allopathic and holistic medicine to explore chronic conditions such as lupus, colitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, memory problems, ADHD, anxiety, and IBS in profound depth. An initial consultation with him lasts 1.5 hours, and it doesn't take long to understand why! 

In this episode, he explains why diseases do not "just happen," and we need to get to the root of all anomalies to truly serve children and their families. We discuss the consequences of mold toxicity, Lyme, and ADHD, the limitations of testing, and the value of a parents' gut instinct that "something is not right" with their child. Plus: the exciting technological advancements that will bring his groundbreaking work to more people around the world. 

You will learn about...

  • The “wholistic” approach to medicine 
  • Limitations of testing and honoring parents’ instincts 
  • Mold symptoms and detoxification
  • Stress, anxiety, and ADHD in children 
  • Lyme diagnosis and sensitive testing 
  • Scaling his work to help more people

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08 Dec 2023278. Setting New Standards in the Beauty Industry with Gregg Renfrew, the Founder of Beautycounter #FabulousFriends01:02:36

Let's welcome my friend Gregg Renfrew, founder of Beautycounter and a true pioneer of clean beauty, to today's podcast. She founded Beautycounter in 2011, charting an innovative and deeply personal path for clean beauty. 

A champion of the people – Gregg continues to set the highest standards for safety as she pushes the industry forward, testifying in front of Congress to advance legislative reform so that everyone has access to safer products.

She's also inspiring a community of thousands of women to demand better for themselves by supporting women's entrepreneurship. She's led Beautycounter's growth as it's launched more than a hundred safe, award winning products – ultimately building an omni-channel business that's proven that clean beauty isn't just a trend. It's here to stay.

In this conversation, we delve into Gregg's pioneering work in clean beauty, what to avoid and prioritize in your beauty products, the growth of Beautycounter, and how her unwavering standards are shaping the future of beauty. It's an episode filled with inspiration, advocacy, and a vision for a cleaner, healthier world. I am so proud to share Gregg’s incredible impact with you, and grateful to have access to products that will be go-tos for me and my family for years to come.

We also cover:

(00:02:14) The Inspiration Behind Beautycounter

(00:08:41) The Beginnings of Beautycounter

(00:14:56) Why There’s a Lack of Regulation in the Beauty Industry

(00:23:08) Beautycounter’s Standards in Manufacturing & Traceability

(00:32:38) How To Simplify & Prioritize Your Clean Beauty Products

(00:38:12) Powering Up Women & Creating Impact

(00:50:01) What’s on the Horizon for Gregg & Beautycounter

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07 Oct 202053. Understanding & Honoring Your Hormone Health - with Dr. Jolene Brighten #WellnessWednesdays01:28:54

Dr. Jolene Brighten is the perfect person to take us back to the basics of sex ed and explain what is happening in our 28-day cycle (if we’re lucky). She believes that you shouldn’t have to go to medical school to understand the body you live in, and she wants to help people understand how to work with their body and end the rhetoric that the only way to be successful as a woman is to suppress what makes you femininely badass. We talk about some of the issues we see in hormonal imbalances and how to correct them.

You will learn about...

  • Leveraging the strengths of your body
  • Breaking the stigma about the female body
  • How the menstrual cycle works
  • The most common hormone imbalances, how to identify them, and how to fix them
  • Getting restful sleep
  • Supplements and lifestyle changes to support your hormones
  • Bringing your period back
  • Supporting fertility
  • Prenatal supplements

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04 Dec 202067. From Hormone Imbalance to Hormones in Balance - with Candace Burch #FabulousFriends01:03:39

Candace Burch is a hormone health educator and founder of Your Hormone Balance, a hormone testing and consulting practice that helps people of all ages correct hormone imbalances that negatively impact health and longevity. She’s also a co-founder of the educational non-profit Women In Balance, and her mission as a wellness advocate is to educate, inspire, and guide women towards safe, natural approaches to hormone balance and breast cancer prevention.

You will learn about...

  • The signs of a hormone imbalance
  • Getting a sense of your hormone levels
  • Preventing estrogen dominance
  • Rebalancing your cortisol levels to get balanced energy
  • Getting a balanced diet
  • Adaptogens and other supplements to support balance

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13 Nov 2024313. From Blue Light to Sunrise: How Light Impacts Your Well-Being with Dr. Martin Moore-Ede01:00:49

For over 40 years, Dr. Martin Moore-Ede has been a leading expert on circadian clocks and the health impacts of electric light exposure at night. In this episode, Dr. Moore-Ede explains how LED lights can disrupt our natural rhythms, the crucial role of melatonin in metabolic health, and ways to boost it naturally. We also discuss why morning light is essential, how blue light glasses affect us, and practical ways to optimize lighting for good quality sleep. He also shares insights on managing light exposure to prevent health issues like breast cancer and obesity, along with tools and products to support a healthy circadian clock. Make sure to check out his new book, The Light Doctor: Using Light to Boost Health, Improve Sleep, and Live Longer, and discover how small adjustments can make a big difference!

We also cover:

(00:00:00) Introductions

(00:01:24) Dr. Moore-Ede’s Discovery: Why Circadian Clocks Matter for Health

(00:15:32) Melatonin’s Role in Metabolic Health & The Real Energy Cost of LEDs

(00:29:03) Effects of Daily Light Variability & Why We Have Morning & Evening Types

(00:36:51) Best Tips for Blue Light Blocking

(00:45:04) Optimizing Your Room for Better Sleep & Health Risks of Poor Light Control

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23 Nov 2022217. Using a CGM to Master your Metabolic Health with Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew, MD #WellnessWednesdays01:08:15

Dr. Lauren Kelley-Chew is the Head of Clinical Product at Levels, a groundbreaking health and wellness brand using technology to try and reverse the metabolic health crisis. Wearing the device, users unlock a wealth of knowledge about how their body works, helping people understand how their food directly impacts their health and quality of life.

We talk about how she went from being on the waitlist for Levels, to being recruited to work there. At the time, reckoning with a surprising (but not surprising) prediabetes diagnosis – she was looking for answers. She found them in the data.

We spend most of this one deep in the science, getting granular on how Levels works, ways people can use its scores to improve their blood sugar, and their lives as a result, and how her research could change the way people view nutrition forever.

It is that simple, and it is that complex. Blood glucose is one our favorite topics to dissect – and we manage to break new ground each time another expert shares their perspective. This conversation is no different, packed with knowledge and an advanced understanding of what makes us tick.

For a limited time, Levels is offering listeners 2 additional free months on your annual Levels Membership when you sign up through levels.link/KELLY.

We also cover…

00:01:30 — Lauren & Levels: Using Tech to Promote Health

  • Levels brief explanation and mission statement
  • The impact of Lauren’s pre-diabetic outlook
  • Getting recruited to Levels 
  • Reacting to her prediabetes diagnosis
  • Going on her own research journey online
  • Commenting on the work of Robert Lustig
  • Benefits to studying a healthy population
  • Research highlights at Levels  

00:13:20 — Personalizing Nutrition With Data

  • Personalizing recommendations using data 
  • Understanding your body’s inputs 
  • Surprising effect that oatmeal has on blood sugar
  • Common symptoms of metabolic issues  
  • Kelly connects her childhood ADD diagnosis to blood sugar dysregulation 
  • Finding balance and creating boundaries around sugar as a parent
  • Scoring meals and metabolism in Levels 
  • Healthy ranges of blood sugar
  • The freeing effect of CGM tracking (knowledge is power!)
  • Reconnecting with your body and finding food freedom
  • Snacking when it comes to metabolic health

00:33:40 — Managing Your Blood Sugar

  • Possible disease and dysfunction
  • Insulin irregularities and PCOS
  • Link between insulin resistance and hormonal imbalance
  • Pregnancy and metabolic health
  • Modern medicine’s disconnection from the root cause
  • CGM: one of the best things you can do for yourself
  • Menstrual cycles and metabolic health
  • Calling out blood sugar offenders and ways to minimize the spike
  • Make a choice, not a cheat
  • Tips to support your metabolic health

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01 Nov 2023273. The Tools to Live a Fully Charged Life with Meaghan B. Murphy #WellnessWednesdays01:04:46

Meet my mom role model, Meaghan B. Murphy. Meaghan is a powerhouse known for her high energy, upbeat personality, and her "yay" lifestyle. She's not just your average magazine editor; she's currently the Editor in Chief at Woman's Day magazine, co-host of the Off the Gram podcast, and an on-air TV personality. 

But Meaghan’s expertise doesn't stop there. She's a certified personal trainer, a breast cancer previvor, and a master of MacGyver-style life hacks – all with three children, a labradoodle, and a knack for holiday decorations, she's a true happiness hacker.

In this contagiously inspiring episode, we explore the strategies outlined in her book, Your Fully Charged Life, designed to help you live a more optimistic and joyful life. We dive into how her insights are particularly valuable for working moms and anyone seeking to inject a little more "yay" into their daily routine, shedding light on how life’s most painful and challenging times can infuse your life with more presence, grace and gratitude.

We also discuss what overcoming an eating disorder in her teens taught her, navigating the delicate balance of motherhood and career, Meaghan's inspiring journey as a breast cancer previvor, her proactive decision to undergo a double mastectomy due to genetic factors, and the tools of resilience she relied on in the process. 

She shares so many helpful, practical tools that can instantly brighten your life, so without further ado, let's jump into this uplifting conversation with Meaghan B. Murphy.

We also cover…

(02:00) Jumping Into Challenges & Fostering Open Communication With Your Kids

(28:00) Tools for Cultivating Happiness & Grounding in Gratitude Daily

(43:00) Building Resilience through Hardships & Tips for Owning Your Time

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16 Nov 2022215. Adaptogenic Mushrooms: Returning to our Roots with Four Sigmatic #WellnessWednesdays01:09:08

I'm so excited about today's guests, Tero Isokauppila and Danielle Ryan Broida of Four Sigmatic, a functional foods company that wants to make the world's most studied, nutrient-dense foods – mushrooms – more delicious and easier to consume by bringing healthy upgrades to market.

Tero is the company’s founder and CEO, touting a long history of herbal understanding from his childhood in Finland and early exposure to the field of natural wellness. Danielle is a key player in the worldwide mushroom movement, having joined forces with Tero about five years ago. 

As a registered herbalist, nutritionist, instructor of psychology and the head of education at Four Sigmatic, she’s teaching the world about the importance of a life on functional mushrooms. In this episode, they debunk misinformation behind the trendy food product and its widening commercialization, and go deep on the rich history of adaptogens around the world.

Their new book, the ultimate textbook for all things adaptogens, titled: Healing Adaptogens, is out now. Join us for an ultra-informative conversation as these two experts shed new light on these mysterious little organisms and the huge positive impact they can, and do, have on the world. 

We also cover…

00:02:09 — Honoring Nature As Medicine

  • Tero’s Nordic wellness wisdom
  • Adaptogens for sports performance
  • Discovering the Japanese matsutake, ‘pine mushroom’ also grows in Finland
  • Danielle’s journey around the world to herbal medicine
  • Functional mushroom-based treatment
  • Referring her patients (then, herself) to Four Sigmatic
  • Accessing our Ancient Allies 

00:25:51 — Adaptogens 101

  • The History of Adaptogens- Latin meaning: to fit or adjust
  • 20 to 30 species fall under this category
  • Synergistic Beings- Non-toxic, normalizing, and non-specific
  • Generations of documented use
  • Healing Adaptogens by Tero and Danielle
  • Benefits of biodiversity in our diet
  • Meeting the 5 functional mushrooms adaptogens
  • Deep dive on how Lion’s Mane helps focus and cognition 
  • Brain, nervous system, and gut health as the next frontier
  • Traveling the blood-brain barrier 
  • Enhancing performance with cordyceps mushroom
  • Supporting the symphony of the body
  • Fungi is everywhere (good and bad)

00:50:12 — Research, Safety & Sourcing

  • Adaptogens come from all over the world
  • Research from some regions is more developed 
  • Revealing studies from the supplement industry 
  • Are mushroom supplements right for you?
  • Good fungi fighting bad fungi 
  • Sourcing quality wild mushrooms
  • What fungi have in common with sea crustaceans  
  • The critical importance of extraction to create clean supplements
  • Spotlighting other adaptogens
  • Beginner’s adaptogens: holy basil and cacao 
  • Healing Adaptogens by Tero and Danielle

Always check in with your healthcare practitioner before taking any new supplements, including Adaptogens.

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23 Oct 202056. Cleaning Up the Pharmaceutical Industry - with David Johnson #FabulousFriends00:39:29

David Johnson is the co-founder of Genexa, a clean medicine company. When he and his co-founder had kids, they began to look at the medicine world and wondered why nearly all of the ingredients used out there weren’t necessary. They set out to find out if there was a way to make the pharmaceutical industry and medicine cleaner. David shares the story that led to the founding of the company, where they got started, and some of the difficulties that come with cleaning up certain products.

You will learn about...

  • The unnecessary ingredients in medicine
  • Cleaning up homeopathy
  • Fixing the over-the-counter medicine industry
  • The problem with most preservatives
  • Putting people over everything else
  • Making products for adults

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26 Apr 2023248. Calm Your Cravings and Support Your Mood with Dr. Amy Shah #WellnessWednesdays00:53:46

Dr. Amy Shah is back to talk about her new book, I Am So Effing Hungry, and her five step method for conquering cravings, boosting your mood, and making peace with your body. Dr. Amy Shah is a double board-certified MD with training from Cornell, Columbia, and Harvard, nutritionist, and best-selling author. Dr. Shah focuses on gut health, inflammation, and intermittent fasting.

In today's episode, we'll talk about how today's food system is hijacking your brain and your cravings. You'll learn about how the gut microbiome impacts your hunger and what exactly psychobiotics are. She'll explain the psychology and neuroscience behind hunger and cravings, and she'll give us some hacks and small changes we can make every day to calm our cravings and take control over our health.

We also cover…

00:01:00 — Why We Feel Out of Control When Eating Processed Foods

  • How being an Indian immigrant led Amy to learn about nutrition
  • Contributors to chronic lifestyle diseases like diabetes
  • The impacts of feeding kids processed foods
  • Feeling a lack of control when eating processed foods
  • The difference between hunger vs cravings
  • Breaking a food/dopamine addiction and self-soothing with food 

00:19:00 — How to Improve Your Gut Microbiome

  • How the gut microbiome impacts our hunger
  • The mental health connection to gut health
  • How quickly we can remedy our microbiome 
  • What changes to expect when you move to a whole food diet & where to start
  • High dopamine foods 
  • The biggest thing you can do to improve your gut health

00:33:00 — Hunger Hacks & Cravings Crushers

  • How to tame cravings
  • The importance of circadian rhythms
  • Day in the life of Dr. Amy and how she takes control of her hunger
  • Dr. Amy Shah’s favorite breakfast foods for curbing cravings
  • Kelly’s pregnancy craving

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13 Oct 2021142. Building a Case for Keto with Gary Taubes #WellnessWednesdays01:04:55

Have we been analyzing obesity wrong this whole time? 

Investigative science and health journalist Gary Taubes knocked the medical world for six when he boldly claimed that America’s chronic obesity issue was a hormone problem, not an overeating one. His first two books, Good Calories, Bad Calories and Why We Get Fat punctured the traditional belief that a low-fat diet is the answer to optimal health. Now, he’s on a mission to show how a ketogenic diet can prevent or reverse diabetes and obesity. 

In this episode, Gary grounds the science into digestible chunks, presenting an enthralling case for keto that will make you rethink how you approach weight loss, health, and conventional nutritional advice. 

You will learn about...

  • The nutritional myths you believed to be true 
  • Obesity and societal eating habits 
  • Insulin and the obesity connection 
  • Decreasing and increasing glucagon 
  • Fat storage being regulated by carbs
  • The benefits of keto for chronic conditions 

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07 Apr 202191. Heal and Support Your Gut with Sarah Greenfield #WellnessWednesdays00:51:30

Sarah Greenfield is a functional medicine dietician and “poo aficionado,” eliminating the societal stigma around stools with Fearless Fig: a holistic health service that diagnoses the root cause of digestion issues. 

This TMI chat covers all things BM, with a scientific snapshot of your body’s ecosystem from your “mouth to butt.” Learn how to analyze your bowel movements in relation to the lifestyle triggers causing tummy upsets. Plus, Sarah shares her expert tips on supporting the gut and shifting your microbiome with the right diet, exercise, and supplements. 

You will learn about...

  • What a regular bowel movement looks like
  • Symptoms of an unhappy gut 
  • Healing your microbiome
  • Culprits of constipation 
  • Using diet to regulate stools 
  • Rebuilding the gut 
  • Decreasing stress levels to supporting your digestive system 
  • Getting the right supplements 

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22 Dec 2021158. Positivity From the Inside Out with Jon Gordon #WellnessWednesdays01:05:29

How do you start creating positive momentum when the upward battle of life keeps you down?

Believe it or not, Jon Gordon, the positivity expert, wildly successful coach, and keynote speaker, has been there. At his lowest point, he was unemployed, depressed, and struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The moment he decided to cultivate a vision and reframe his obstacles as opportunities, he blossomed. Now, the toolkit that got him out of his mental mess has inspired millions. 

Tune in to uncover the roadmap to positive thinking and how implementing small habits such as a gratitude walk in your day can transform your life in ways you could have never imagined. 

 

You will learn about...

  • Ways to rewire a negative mindset into a positive one
  • The importance of a “gratitude walk” in Jon’s practice 
  • How Jon transformed his mindset and life 
  • Protecting yourself from the negativity of the world 
  • Steps to stay in your power 
  • Finding the connection, clarity, and confidence to create 
  • Spiritual connections and downloads 
  • Building the bridge to transition 

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04 Jun 2021107. Dream, Decide & Do with Ellen Marie Bennett #FabulousFriends00:57:12

Ellen Bennett, of Hedley & Bennett, reveals how she cooked up her apron business concept – to make kitchen staff look and feel as good as the delicious dishes they were making – on the job, while working as a line chef in a two-Michelin star restaurant.

In six years, she has gone from moonlighting and selling aprons at an LA market stall to manufacturing aprons for top chefs, restaurants, and consumers worldwide. 

We bond over the hustle of building a business, from investing your heart – and savings – into your calling, to networking, branding, and social media. Ellen also shares how her Latinx heritage (she’s half British, half Mexican) gave her life principles that serve her business and mindset to this day. 

Be sure to get your hands on her new book, “Dream First, Details Later: How to Stop Overthinking and Make it Happen.” It details her wild and wonderful entrepreneurial journey and gives you the actionable steps you need to shift from procrastination into productivity. 

You will learn about...

  • Winning her first client and a collaborative work approach 
  • Learning along the way and building a bigger vision for the brand
  • Turning disappointments into triumphs 
  • The influence of Latinx heritage on her life and business
  • Pivoting from your comfort zone to follow your gut instinct 

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23 Aug 2023264. Embracing Progress Over Perfection with Peloton Sensation Emma Lovewell00:51:12

In today’s episode, I welcome my dear friend, Emma Lovewell, an author, health and wellness expert, and the top-rated Peloton instructor for more than five years. Emma teaches cycling, dance, and strength classes to millions of devoted fans across the world. 

Through her website, Live Learn Lovewell, she supports her community to cultivate an authentic, well-balanced life through healthy eating and movement. She recently released her first book, Live Learn Love Well, a memoir chronicling her incredible journey — from her childhood to taking the stage at Peloton.

In this conversation, Emma shares her personal journey and lessons from her upbringing, the leaps of faith she took in her career, and how she learned to live a life of progress, not perfection. We talk about goal setting, speaking your dreams into existence, and how to give yourself grace and patience along the way. 

Like Emma herself, this conversation is optimistic, uplifting, and inclusive. Let’s welcome Emma Lovewell to the show, and get ready to go along for the ride. 

We also cover…

00:06:00 — Emma’s Personal Journey & Finding Her Voice 

• What inspired her to write her book, Live Learn Love Well 

• Emma’s unique upbring in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts  

• The challenges of growing up biracial in a predominantly white community 

• Discovering her creative passions and entrepreneurial spirit from a young age 

• Finding her voice through music, movement, and performance 

• The valuable lessons Emma learned from her mom

00:21:00 — Stepping Out Of Her Comfort Zone & On To The Peloton Stage  

• How Emma emailed the CEO of Peloton to land an audition 

• Taking leaps of faith to go after your dreams

• What it was like teaching her first live ride

• Creating deep connections with her riders through the screen

• The messages she wants all of her riders to take away from her classes 

00:36:00 — Striving For Progress, Not Perfection 

• How Emma grappled with her own perfectionism 

• Tips to trust in the process instead of focusing on the destination 

• Sharing your goals and speaking them into existence 

• Emma’s advice for writing your goals in pencil, not pen 

• Emma’s personal and professional goals for the next 3 to 5 years 

00:45:00 — Emma’s Wellness Philosophies & Self-Care Routine 

• Emma’s toolkit to care for her mind, body, and spirit 

• Emma’s nutrition advice for adding more vegetables to your day 

• The role therapy plays in her wellness routine 

• The importance of having an abundance philosophy vs. a deprivation mindset

Resources:

• Instagram: @emmalovewell

• Twitter: @emmalovewell

• TikTok: @emma_lovewell

• YouTube: @EmmaLovewell

• Read: Live Learn Love Well by Emma Lovewell 

• Website: livelearnlovewell.com/

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08 Jul 2022192. Learning When Less is More with Jacey Duprie #FabulousFriends01:08:06

My guest today is Jacey Duprie, the editor and digital entrepreneur behind Damsel In Dior, a highly influential fashion and lifestyle blog with a monthly viewership exceeding 5 million. She’s been featured in Architectural Digest, Vogue, Vanity Fair, and E news – and is a newly published author!

We talk about her introspective and insightful new book, Liking Myself Back: An Influencer's Journey from Self-Doubt to Self-Acceptance, and the (very public) journey of self-discovery she’s experienced while building a business and growing a family. 

Of course, parenting is a big piece of our focus, but we also touch on the importance of nurturing intimate relationships, work/life balance, and the pressure on moms to juggle it all. Jacey gets real on the impact that her pregnancy had on her business prospects but provides a shining example of someone, with support from her partner, who’s found that perfect balance.

You will learn about...

  • Jacey’s childhood and fashion inspiration
  • Nurturing relationships 
  • Work/life and self-care
  • Managing work expectations during her pregnancy
  • Healthy boundaries
  • Tips on how to balance it all


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19 Feb 202178. Finding the Advantage in Adversity - with Doug Bopst #FabulousFriends01:09:36

Formerly incarcerated and addicted to drugs, Doug Bopst turned his life around in prison with the help of fitness. Now, he’s using his platform as a trainer, author, speaker, and podcaster to empower others and inspire them to elevate their own lives. He’s found a way to alchemize the hardest times in your life into inspiration and motivation, and that is so what we need right now.

You will learn about...

  • How Doug found himself in jail
  • Discovering fitness and health
  • Finding the why behind drug addiction
  • Changing the way you talk to yourself
  • Making decisions to live a healthier lifestyle
  • Using your mistakes to become better

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28 May 2021106. Dissolving Fears to Free Your Mind with Peter Crone #FabulousFriends00:55:15

Peter Crone doesn’t solve problems; he works to dissolve them. By cutting off the oxygen supply to the self-destructive system we feed daily, Peter Crone gives life to the innate power and potential we all have inside us. His strategies have helped thousands of people become the architects of their existence and move from a state of dis-ease to peace. 

Today we explore how limiting self-beliefs, ego, and subconscious programming hold us back, and how by stepping into your purpose and being of service to your wellbeing you can still hold space for the ones you love. 

You will learn about...

  • Stripping away problems 
  • Common self-limiting beliefs 
  • Holding space for others 
  • Using language to articulate what you want
  • Ego sustains our state of survival 
  • Finding karma in “bad” life experiences

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29 Nov 2023277. Inside Ezra’s Mission for Curing Cancer Through Early Detection #WellnessWednesdays01:48:56

For my 40th birthday, I decided to invest in my health by undergoing a full body MRI scan through Ezra, a New York based healthcare AI startup utilizing medical imaging and artificial intelligence to provide individuals with a full body cancer screening service that's fast, accurate, and more affordable than ever.

Ezra is on a mission to create a new standard of preventative care and provide people with necessary knowledge to make decisions about their health. They look at 14 organs to advocate for early cancer detection as part of an annual health care screening.

In today's podcast, I chat with Emi Gal, the CEO and founder of Ezra, Dr. Carol DerSarkissian, who is the medical director, and Dr. Daniel Sodickson, who is the scientific advisor (you can find their full bios at the end of the episode). 

We cover Ezra's full body MRI diagnostic process, how MRIs work, the common question regarding false positives, the use of AI and the future of imaging, Ezra's goal to reduce costs, as well as my own test results, and a lot more! 

This is not a sponsored podcast, but since early detection is the most effective cure for cancer we currently have, I felt like this technology was important to highlight in podcast form. If you're interested in going through with this type of an investment for your health, you can head to ezra.com/bewell to learn a little bit more about this technology – and use code BEWELLBYKELLY for $150 off.

We also cover:

(00:01:31) Exploring Ezra’s Diagnostic Process

(00:10:14) Reviewing Kelly’s Ezra Report – Live!

(00:23:10) Ezra’s Inspiration for Finding a Solution for Cancer

(00:30:20) How Ezra Leverages AI for Cancer Screening

(00:35:30) Different Types of MRIs & Partnering With Image Centers

(00:42:32) Ezra Scoring Explained: Green to Yellow to Red

(00:53:59) Developing A Plan To Cut Cost & Increase Early Detection of Cancer

(00:58:22) Reducing Healthcare Costs & Appealing to Insurance Companies

(01:05:47) Opportunities Beyond Cancer Detection

(01:09:57) Dr. Dan: The MRI Expert

(01:18:15) How MRIs Work & Addressing False Positives

(01:32:33) The Latest Improvements With Ezra Flash AI & the Future of Imaging

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28 Oct 202057. Finding Fairness, Balance, & Intimacy in Your Relationship - with Dr. Morgan Cutlip #WellnessWednesdays01:04:04

Dr. Morgan Cutlip has a passion for helping couples develop and maintain healthy relationships at Love Thinks. She coaches couples on how to find balance, have a healthy sexual and romantic relationship, and survive through the turbulence of having kids. The key to a successful marriage is having a plan, and she shares how you can develop a plan together and stay consistently on the same page with your significant other.

You will learn about...

  • Imbalances in relationships after kids
  • How often we should be talking about our relationship
  • Touching base consistently
  • Prioritizing our partners
  • Finding intimacy through connection
  • Avoiding resentment

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19 Feb 2022168. 10 Year Anniversary Special with My Husband, Christopher Patrick LeVeque: Part I00:56:46

It took a while, but I finally got my wonderful husband and baby daddy, Christopher Patrick LeVeque, on the mic to celebrate our ten-year wedding anniversary. Tune in for a behind-the-scenes peek into the LeVeque household as we answer your questions about how we met, life with kids, and if Christopher really likes smoothies!

You will learn about...

  • The early days of our relationship
  • How we met!
  • All things parenthood
  • The #1 thing you didn’t know about me 
  • Christopher’s career transition

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27 Mar 2024292. Empowering Parents with Natural Remedies for Sick Kids with Dr. Elana Roumell #WellnessWednesdays01:24:35

As moms, we want to do everything we can to help our kids prevent sickness and feel better faster, which is why I'm thrilled to welcome a very special guest today, Dr. Elana Roumell, a renowned pediatric naturopathic doctor, mother of three, and the brains behind the innovative Med School for Moms.

Dr. Roumell not only co-hosts the popular Doctor Mom Podcast, but she's also the founder of Nourish Medical Center in San Diego, California. Her Doctor Mom Membership program helps moms feel calm, competent, and confident when their kid gets sick, and ultimately helps parents feel empowered with their family's healthcare decisions.

In today's episode, we delve deep into the world of children's health, exploring holistic and homeopathic remedies. Dr. Roumell shares her expert knowledge on treating common childhood conditions, like ear infections, with natural methods by helping parents understand their causes.

We discuss the different types of natural medicine, their roles, and easy home hacks – particularly in managing fevers and colds without traditional medication.

A topic that has been a source of anxiety for me and many moms, especially in states with mandates, is vaccines. Dr. Roumell provides incredibly helpful insights into vaccine education, including delayed schedules and strategies to prevent adverse reactions.

She also emphasizes the importance of informed dietary choices during illness, particularly avoiding sugar and dairy, and even shares her top recommendations for pediatric supplements to enhance immune response and gut health.

I'm incredibly grateful to Dr. Roumell for sharing her expertise and for her unwavering advocacy in the realm of pediatric healthcare. Her dedication to empowering parents is truly inspiring. If you're eager to learn more and feel empowered in your role as a parent, I highly encourage you to explore Dr. Roumell's course. Visit doctormommembership.com and use the code BEWELL for a special discount.

We also cover:

(00:01:00) Becoming Doctor Mom: Starting with Homeopathic Methods

(00:12:37) Go-To Methods for Treating Ear Infections

(00:22:56) 4 Types of Natural Medicine & Addressing the Fear of Fevers

(00:37:58) Vaccine Education & Tips to Prevent Adverse Reactions

(00:55:17) What to Avoid When Your Kid is Sick

(01:06:13) Top Supplements to Give Your Kids from a Pediatrician

Resources:

Click here for full show notes

• Membership: doctormommembership.com (discount code BEWELL)

• Instagram: @drelanaroumell

• Website: medschoolformoms.com

• Podcast: Doctor Mom Podcast

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• Instagram: @bewellbykelly

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly

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12 Jul 2023259. Dr. Andy Galpin Empowers Busy Moms & Professionals with Time-Efficient Workout, Sleep Optimization & Nutrition Tips #WellnessWednesdays01:04:44

Today's guest is Dr. Andy Galpin. He's a tenured professor at Cal State Fullerton, where he's the Co-Director of the Center for Sport Performance and the founder and Director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Physiology Laboratory. 

He is a human performance scientist with a PhD in human bioenergetics and over one hundred peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Dr. Galpin has worked with elite athletes from Olympic Gold medalists to champions in the NFL, MLB, UFC, NFL – you name it. He's also the co-founder of Absolute Rest Biomolecular Athlete and Rapid Health and Performance.

In this episode, we break down his most tried-and-true tips for busy professionals. 

Dr. Galpin shares the same tips and tricks he recommends for his wife, a mom of two kids, like her specific workout routine and what a typical day of eating looks like in their house. We also talk about the myth of avoiding carbs for good sleep, the best advice for getting more quality sleep, interacting in a healthy way with fitness technology, and so much more.

We also cover…

00:01:00 — A Custom Workout Regimen for Busy Moms

• The most efficient way to work out when you have 30 minutes or less per day

• N.E.A.T. activities explained

• The research behind making changes in less than 3 days/week

• Tips for maximizing your time in your workouts

• Benefits of workout classes

• Should we prioritize strength or cardio workouts?

00:28:00 — Raising Awareness of the Pros & Cons of Wearable Fitness Technology 

• How to interact with fitness technology without hindering our ability to use our intuition 

• Read: Unplugged by Dr. Andy Galpin

• Benefits and downfalls of fitness technology

• Why you shouldn’t try to hack your fitness technology

• The fastest way to decrease your biological age

00:40:00 — How to Achieve Better Sleep & Macronutrient Balance

• Tried and true things people can focus on for quality sleep

• Standard sleep hygiene rules

• What to eat before bed for optimal sleep

• Tips for tracking food

• How to achieve a macronutrient balance in each meal

• How to make healthy food taste better

• The #1 macro to curb cravings and have more energy

Resources:

• Website: andygalpin.com

• Website: absoluterest.com

• Rapid Health Optimization: andygalpin.com/rapid-health-performance

• Instagram: @drandygalpin

• Twitter: @drandygalpin

• YouTube: Dr. Andy Galpin

• Podcast: How to Counter Anxiety + Sleep Like a Baby with Andrew Huberman #001

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03 Mar 202181. Supporting Your Immune System through Gut Health with Tina Anderson and Kiran Krishnan #WellnessWednesdays01:03:49

Tina is passionate about promoting gut health and spreading her knowledge of the far-reaching benefits of probiotics, while Kiran has been involved in the dietary supplement and nutrition market for the past 20 years. He spent several years with hands-on R&D in the field of molecular medicine and microbiology at the University of Iowa, conducting over 50 human trials and publishing a dozen himself. This dynamic duo has so much wisdom to share, and your gut is sure to thank you.

You will learn about...

  • What a spore-based probiotic is
  • The processes our body outsources to microbes
  • How antioxidants work with probiotics
  • The nutrients that microbes can create within our gut
  • How probiotics can help chronic illnesses
  • What IgG is and how it’s produced in our body
  • The consistency of probiotics
  • The importance of a diverse diet

Resources:

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01 Nov 2024311. Unpacking Breast Implant Illness & Holistic Recovery Strategies with Dr. Rob Whitfield00:56:39

In this episode, we’re joined by Breast Implant Illness expert and holistic plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Whitfield, who’s here to share valuable insights on the symptoms of implant-related health issues and how to navigate explant surgery recovery. Dr. Whitfield breaks down the science behind how implants can trigger autoimmune responses and explains the key differences between explant surgery and capsulectomy. We also dive into his SHARP program, where he offers practical tips for improving sleep, detoxing after surgery, and making diet adjustments to support healing. He even shares specific nutrition advice, like how protein can help with tissue repair and reduce inflammation. Whether you’re thinking about explant surgery or just want to learn more about breast implants, this episode has got you covered!

We also cover:

(00:00:00) Introductions

(00:00:51) Understanding Breast Implant Surgery & Risks

(00:08:38) Symptoms of Implant-Related Health Issues & Toxicity

(00:19:29) Dispelling Myths & Managing the Mental Impact Of Explant Surgery

(00:33:46) SHARP: Steps to Optimize Explant Surgery Recovery & Detoxification

(00:42:21) Embracing Holistic Methods for Surgery Recovery

Resources:

Click here for full show notes

• YouTube: Breast Explant & Recovery by Dr. Robert Whitfield

• Instagram: @breastimplantillnessexpert

• Website: drrobertwhitfield.com

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• Instagram: @bewellbykelly

• Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly

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10 Apr 202019. Creating the Life You Crave - with Alli Webb #FabulousFriends00:43:20

You may not know who Alli Webb is — yet — but there’s a good chance you’ve enjoyed time at one of her two phenomenally successful businesses: Drybar and Squeeze. She’s been a guest judge on Shark Tank, sat on thousands of panels, and inspired women all around the world. In this episode, we discuss her physical transformation, her divorce, and starting a new business venture. 

I’d also like to note that this was actually the first episode I ever recorded for the show. So, since recording this episode, a couple things have changed: Alli’s fallen in love with a new beau and Squeeze just celebrated a successful first year. But I still wanted to share this episode because there’s still a lot to learn and Alli gets so vulnerable and raw, which is exactly what she’s like with her friends and that’s exactly why I love her so much!

You will learn about...

  • (02:10) How to juggle multiple businesses, being a parent, and still having a life
  • (04:30) Alli’s childhood and the relationship she formed with food
  • (08:00) Alli’s body transformation
  • (12:13) Going through a separation
  • (19:14) Getting to know yourself again
  • (28:50) Launching Squeeze and creating a better massage experience
  • (36:35) Advice for prioritizing your health, getting out of a relationship (if you need to), and following your dreams.

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