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I am sure most of you have heard of Whole30, the international community that focuses on real, whole foods and mental and physical fitness. In this week’s podcast and blog, I interviewed the incredible creator and founder of Whole30 and bestselling author, Melissa Urban, on her health journey, dealing with trauma, how

There is so much to be anxious about these days, including what to eat. But did you know that there is a way of eating that can actually help reduce the level of anxiety you experience on a day-to-day basis? In this week’s blog and podcast, I discuss the anti-anxiety diet with RD Ali Miller, and how you can balance you

I am sure you have heard the phrase “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. But what does that even mean? For many of us, change is one big thing, a moment, an event, a decision—it is Rome as we imagine it, an immense empire. Yet, as I discuss in this week’s blog and podcast with master coach and top podcast presenter Kara Loewe

We have all experienced shame before: the feeling that we are not enough, the feeling that we do not live up to certain standards or ideals. But what happens when this shame spirals out of control? What happens when it overtakes our life, and affects the way we think, talk and behave? In this week’s blog and podcast, I

How you think affects how you eat, because the food you eat is determined by your specific choices and desires. But did you know that what you eat also affects how you think? In this week’s blog and podcast, I talk to Harvard-trained nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Georgia Ede about how certain diets can affect our menta

We all want to be happier, but how? What is happiness? And is it something we should be looking for? In this week’s blog and podcast, I talk with NY Times bestselling author and happiness expert Gretchen Rubin about what happiness is and what it isn’t, how we can be happier right now, and how we can manage our day-to-d

We have all heard the phrase “you are what you eat”, but how true is this? How does what you eat and your lifestyle choices affect how you function on a day-to-day basis, and how you age? In this week’s podcast and blog, I speak with Dr. Steven Gundry, a cardiothoracic surgeon and NY Times bestselling author, about why

Trends come and go. Whether it is fashion or tv, chances are what is popular now won’t be popular long-term. And the same goes for health. From wellness retreats to self-care, we have turned being healthy into something trending and a lifestyle to aspire to.While this can be inspirational, it can also be daunting. As a

With so many advances in medicine over the past several decades, it is easy to think that we will find a cure for everything, and that there is nothing we cannot achieve when it comes to the human body. Yet, in many cases, we benefit from looking to the past as well. Good medicine, as I discuss in this week’s podcast w

Let’s face it: distractions are a part of life; whether you are interrupted by your children or a news flash or social media. But what happens when distractions take over your life, affecting your ability to function and complete even the most basic of tasks? What happens when you just can’t stop getting distracted? As

Addiction is something many of us have experienced, whether we ourselves have battled with addiction, guilt and shame, or we know a loved one, friend or family member who is dealing with addiction. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 19.7 million American adults (aged 12 and older) battled

Uncertainty is one of the only things we can be certain of in life, so we need to learn to become comfortable with the uncomfortableness of not knowing. In this week’s blog and podcast, I am going to talk about WHY we hate uncertainty, why we feel so much discomfort with uncertainty, and HOW to become comfortable with