You know we’re all about the shrooms here on HTW, and not just the ones that take you on a trip. But when it comes to other psychedelics and their potential health benefits, it can be hard to get over some misconceptions we have. Most of us grew up hearing “drugs are bad, mkay,” and while many can be—and nearly all without taking the proper precautions—it’s taken a toll on public perception around certain compounds and held us back from some very useful and SAFE benefits.

Lauren Taus is a licensed psychotherapist, practicing Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and trained to work with both psychoactive compounds and plant medicines. Lauren leads Inbodied Life, a group therapy practice and she also offers immersive educational programs for clinicians to learn psychedelic assisted therapy and integration in contexts that hold personal healing as essential to effective facilitation. Lauren is a lifelong student, educator and activist. For decades, Lauren’s work has focused on creating aligned, and kind mind-body connections to support complete health for individuals and the collective.

She helps walk us through using these potent plants as tools for healing, looking at ketamine beyond the stigma (and where those stigmas may be right), and the potential uses for future psychedelic-assisted therapies.

Lauren talks about…

• Her pain-to-purpose path into the world of mental health

• The value people get from their addicitons

• How ketamine-assisted psychotherapy works and the history of drug-assisted healing

• The experience of using ketamine beyond the stigma

• How we compromise ourselves to maintain relationships

• The impact of drug legalization

Resources:

• Learn more at inbodiedlife.com

• Instagram: @lauren.taus

• Listen: Inbodied Life Podcast

• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Oh hey, wellness fanatics! Buckle up for a wildly entertaining chat with the fabulous Candice Kumai, who's basically the Swiss Army knife of the wellness world. She's a chef, journalist, author, model, and host of the Wabi Sabi podcast, and now she's got a new book out on Audible called "Spirited." Brace yourselves for some juicy girl talk and plenty of laughs!

Candice and Erica have been running side-by-side on this wacky wellness rollercoaster for years, watching the landscape morph into something we barely recognize, and still riding those entrepreneurial highs and lows. In this episode, we dish out some real talk about our battles with imposter syndrome, anxiety, insomnia, and all those not-so-glamorous moments that come with the territory.

Expect a healthy dose of chuckles and maybe even a little cat chatter, as among other roles, Candice also devotes many hours to rescuing and fostering kittens.  So, if you're ready for a wild ride through the ever-shifting world of wellness, and a deep dive into Candice's new book "Spirited," don't miss this outrageous and downright honest conversation with the one and only Candice Kumai. 

Candice talks about…

• The beautiful heartbreak of cat rescue and fostering

• Boundaries, the silver linings of the pandemic, 

• Feeling empowered to be your full self, the light and the dark

• The ugly side of social media and fake influence in the wellness world

• Leaving the legacy of being a good person

Resources:

• Learn more at Candice’s website: https://candicekumai.com/

• Listen to "Spirited" exclusively on Audible: http://audible.com/spirited

• Kintsugi Wellness: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062669850/

• Clean Green Eats: https://www.amazon.com/Clean-Green-Eats-Clean-Eating-Recipes-ebook/dp/B00O11JTME

• Listen to Wabi Sabi Podcast: https://candicekumai.com/wabi-sabi-podcast/

• Follow Candice to support her work: https://www.instagram.com/candicekumai/

• Candice's shop site: https://thematchashoppe.com

• Candice on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CandiceKumai/videos

• Candice on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@candicekumai

• Visit earthandstar.com and use the promo code “PODCAST” to get 15% off your first order

• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Neuroscientist, board-certified psychiatrist, health tech entrepreneur, and inventor Dr. David Rabin has spent more than 15 years researching the effects of persistent stress on people. He’s also the co-founder and CIO of Apollo Neuroscience, which created the first wearable device verified by science to actively enhance sleep, relaxation, focus, and calmness by employing a new touch therapy that sends a signal of security to the brain.

As a psychiatrist, Dr. Rabin focuses on very difficult to treat mental illnesses. He has been constantly fascinated by why chronic and intense stress can sometimes make people stronger, while other times it holds us back — even within the same person. Medication doesn’t work for more than half of patients, which led Dr. David to find something else to treat mental illness. We discuss the path that led to that discovery, how it works, and why it’s so important in reducing stress.

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Dr. David Rabin talks about…

• Using technology to put us into a state of safety
• Hacking the autonomic and parasympathetic systems to 
• How sound can be used as a signal to evoke a soothing response
• The problem with too much data and how that leads to more stress

Resources:

• drdave.io
• apolloneuro.com
• Instagram: @drdavidrabin
• Twitter: @drdavidrabin
• Visit earthandstar.com and get 15% off your first order with code HTW
• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Fighting stigma about sexual pleasure is all in a day’s work for Alex Fine, co-founder of DAME Products. She believes fully that a good vibrator can improve someone’s life, but first we need to address the shame that we associate with sexual pleasure, and all the other fun cultural hangups that are holding this conversation back. 

Alex talks about...

• Her early days in this biz--she started making sex toys at home and got her friends to try them out in front of her.  She has good friends. 
• How she and her co-founder teamed up to make toys they couldn’t find on the market
• Dame is currently suing the MTA subway system for reneging on a deal to run her ads even though the MTA runs ads for erectile dysfunction medication, breast augmentation, and the Museum of Sex. Ahem.
• The state of porn--how some is good, and some is really just not
• The current state of our sex education curriculum in schools
• Her favorite sex toys
• Her fantasy dinner party as you might imagine, is quite fantastic

Resources:

• Dame Products’ website
• Dame Products’ Instagram

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Today our guest is Dr. Ellen Vora, MD and Holistic Psychiatrist. We loved our previous chat with her about about anxiety and this time she’s back to speak about bipolar. Ellen says she is here to do something a little bit different than other psychiatrists, which is to help people who either want to manage mental illness holistically and never go on medication in the first place, or work with people that want to do the hard, slow work of getting off it. She shares innumerable tips in this episode, including how upping magnesium intake, keeping blood sugar levels stable and addressing thyroid problems have really helped her patients with bipolar. As with other health issues, diet and lifestyle are key to avoiding or minimizing problems (our key takeaways: aim to sleep like a kitten and step away from the pancakes). We also chat about how psychedelics can be useful for treating a range of conditions but are not safe for people with bipolar. 

Special note: If you are struggling with bipolar, depression or any other mental health issues, or if you know somebody that is, help is available at any time on the suicide prevention hotline on 1-800-273-8255.

Dr. Ellen Vora talks about...

• The different types of bipolar and the ways it can manifest
• Tools for diagnosing it and how it is sometimes over-diagnosed 
• How she helps patients treat their bipolar holistically 
• How SSRI antidepressants can cause bipolar episodes in people who are predisposed
• Following a disciplined diet and lifestyle can be the key to transitioning off of some seriously scary meds that are used to treat disorders like bipolar
• How bipolar tends to travel genetically with things like celiac disease, thyroid, autoimmune illness and alcohol abuse
• Other hidden and surprising triggers...ahem, GLUTEN.  
• How Klonopin and other “benzos” are being handed out WAY too cavalierly, and withdrawal from those drugs is no joke.  
• Microdosing with drugs such as Lithium as a potential treatment option

Resources:

• Dr. Ellen’s website
• Dr. Ellen’s Instagram
• Dr. Ellen’s Twitter
• Dr. Ellen’s Facebook
• Dr. Ellen’s YouTube
• Anatomy of an Epidemic

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Today our guest is Nick Marsh from CHOPT Creative Salad Company. CHOPT is all about changing people's perception of what a salad can be, setting mouths on fire and resetting the nation’s palate. Tune in for this truly fascinating, colon-friendly conversation about the fast casual food landscape and how much salad in America has changed since CHOPT opened its first location in 2001.

Nick Marsh talks about...

• What he puts in his salad
• The origins of CHOPT
• How to change people's perception of what a salad can be
• How much the culture and mindset of food has changed in the past two decades
• How the mission of CHOPT is to get Americans to eat better and eat more vegetables
• The challenges of selling healthy casual meals in an industry designed to meet the needs of traditional fast food
• Options for making healthy food more accessible to people on low incomes

Resources:

• CHOPT’s website
• CHOPT’s Instagram

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Jennifer Sun is the founder of Sun For Soul, a brand rooted in Chinese medicine. She joins us to talk all about adaptogens and the amazing nut butters she has created to deliver powerful Chinese herbs in a delicious way. The inspiration for Sun For Soul comes from Jennifer’s dad, who’s been an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine doctor in New York for 35-plus years. Jennifer grew up drinking all different types of his herbal remedies and was inspired to make Chinese medicine more accessible by combining some of his popular herbal blends in fun and yummy products.

Jennifer Sun talks about...

• How she wanted to use her father’s expertise to create fun products that introduce some of the basics of Chinese medicine.
• Her Sprouted Almond Butter which helps to increase energy, and her Matcha Pumpkinseed Butter to cleanse the liver.
• How Chinese herbs support acupuncture treatment.
• The Chinese medicine diagnostic process (tongue readings!)
• Her journey from working in the pharma industry to bringing her vision to life.
• Why you need expert advice rather than buying random herbs.
• How she defines adaptogens--elements in nature, food, herbs and teas that readjust your body in the way that you've unbalanced it.
• How to diagnose if your body is naturally overheated or heated after certain meals, just by looking at your tongue.
• How to use the Chinese horoscope calendar to assess what you need.
• Her evening routine, which helps her check in with herself.
• Different types of dried mushrooms and how they help to balance your yin.

Resources:

• Sunforsoul.com

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This week we have an absorbing and in-depth discussion about supplements with our friend and trusted functional medical practitioner Dr Zandra Palma.   It can be so confusing wondering what supplements we need to take to boost energy and health, and which ones are pure marketing bullsh*t. And even the ones to avoid altogether!  We think you’ll get a lot out of this week’s discussion.

Dr Zandra Palma talks about...

• Busting supplement myths-- there is no one supplement prescription for everyone.
• Evolution and the concept of toxins and cleansing. We don’t eat as diverse a diet as we used to, and that’s why we need help clearing out the crap!
• Folic acid vs methylated folate--this is a biggie, listen closely. 
• How science shows that multivitamins are often the absolute least effective supplements.
• The essential Vitamins A and D. 
• The value of organ meats and their essential vitamins.
• Sunlight and Vitamin D--it’s an individual assessment.
• We’re all deficient in magnesium, mainly due to modern farming practices.  Magnesium comes in a variety of forms, which run a range of benefits. 
• Our adaptive environment and probiotics.
• The microbiome, why it's so important to have a healthy gut and targeting the right probiotic for you.
• Gut bacteria, heartburn and reflux--the perfect storm
• Good old fashioned Vitamin C.

Resources:

• Dr Palma’s website

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Today we talk with special guest Dr Josh Axe. Not only is he a wealth of knowledge on nutrition and Chinese medicine, he’s also a regenerative farmer!  He’s very easy to chat with and very happy to give us the benefit of his amazing knowledge. We loved talking to Dr Axe and we think you’ll get a great deal out of this episode as well. Plan to pause and take notes.  Enjoy!

Dr Axe talks about...

• The benefits of a Keto diet.  Spoiler alert--here’s a guy who speaks up that Keto is not for everyone and is only designed for short term use.
• Keto for weight loss but also for brain focus.
• Keto is not just about butter--healthy fats and vegetables should play a big role.
• The final word on Atkins vs Keto.
• Insulin imbalance.
• Keeping stress hormones low and their impact on Keto 
• Intermittent fasting and its role in all diets, Keto and beyond.
• Hippocrates and “heal thyself”. How your body heals itself.
• What’s in his own daily regimen, and what’s NOT--hint: bad news for pork and shrimp lovers.
• The astonishing healing compounds of turmeric and rosemary.
• Good news for lectin-avoiders: sprouted rice!
• His deep knowledge of Chinese medicine 
• What your tongue will tell you about your health.
• Should you eat before or after a workout?
• Which meat to eat?
• His regenerative farming methods.
• Veganism and replacing meat as an athlete.
• Collagen and skin health.
• Liver as an iron supplement.

Resources:

• Keto Diet — Dr Josh Axe
• Dr Axe.com

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In this episode, we talk to author, attorney, podcaster, speaker and generally cool chick Heather Hansen. In her book The Elegant Warrior, Heather highlights the importance of being your own advocate in health as well as in other areas of our lives. She discusses compassion and empathy but also the key role that trust plays in our wellbeing, specifically the kind of trust we place in our medical practitioners. This is big stuff.  We loved chatting with Heather and think you’ll get a great deal out of this episode as well.

Heather talks about…

• How to learn to ask the right questions as an attorney and in life.
• She started out working in medical malpractice and quickly realized that the skills learned in the courtroom are pretty much universal life skills.
• What is an Elegant Warrior?
• Trust between physician and patient has been proven to be key to good health
• The stress of medical malpractice trials.
• Trust and credibility.
• Trust and placebo studies.
• Trust, Empathy and Compassion--notice a theme here?  It’s TRUST.  
• Learning to object and how to overcome objections, particularly for young women.
• Teaching people, particularly young people, to advocate for themselves.
• The principle of The Curse of Knowledge
• When you know that it’s time to object, do so!

Resources:

• The Elegant Warrior
• The Elegant Warrior podcast 
• Joyful — Ingrid Fetell Lee
• The Happiness Project — Gretchen Rubin
• Compassionomics — Stephen Trzeciak, Anthony Mazzarelli

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We’re back in the booth with Dr Morrison, this time on the funky issue of mold and all its associated health risks--what causes it in homes and buildings, how it presents in the body, and the tests available to find out if you have it in your home and the treatments available. BUT not all molds are created equal!  There’s plenty of room to enjoy the good kind (hint: beer and cheese) once you know the difference. Have a listen to the wise Dr Morrison. 

Dr Jeffrey Morrison talks about...

• Good vs bad mold.
• How changing building methods to drywall post WW2 encouraged mold development.
• Many people don’t realize the extent of mold damage in their home.
• Testing kits aren’t adequate but check out the ERMI test.
• Mold exposure and linked inflammation problems.
• Mold toxicity symptoms mirror poor gut health problems.
• How does stress affect the inflammatory response for fight or flight.
• Cleaning up the diet--this is a no brainer...
• Mold toxins. How to rid the body of them.
• Using feeling to release the emotional response.
• The use of childhood antibiotics.
• Some happy news--the benefits of good mold.  Yay, mushrooms!
• Difference between fermentation with mold and fermentation with bacteria.

Resources:

• Retraining the brain
• The Morrison Center
• Mold — Wikipedia

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We are thrilled to have Alisa Vitti back on the pod, this time on the magical maddening world of menopause. Self-care makes a huge difference in navigating this journey, but the conversation often goes unaddressed.  Alisa takes the time to shine a light on this most important — and often misunderstood — aspect of women’s health.

We talk everything, from when menopause *actually* begins (spoiler alert), to taking care of yourself at every stage of the cycle, and Alisa’s brilliant philosophy that biology always sets us up to be the best version of ourselves. PREACH! And yes, we get into menopause and sex and get Alisa’s take on maintaining libido to enjoy sex at all stages of life.

We love talking to Alisa, as her advice is always super actionable on a personal level. Menopause is not a scary word, we need to talk about it more comfortably. Listen up to hear what we mean!

Alisa Vitti talks about…

• The difference between perimenopause and menopause. How to track whether or not you are post-menopausal. This is important to understand how best to care for yourself.
• Menopause starts at 35!
• The stages of menopause (as a guide) from your 30s through your 50s
  
• Reducing menopausal symptoms (and PMT) by taking care of yourself in the correct way.
• The degree to which you take care of yourself while still in the hormonal cycle is the indicator of how well you’ll be when post menopausal.
• Keeping track of your PMS symptoms and understand which phase you are currently in.
• How a female’s sex drive usually increases as she grows older.
• A study that shows women who eat oily fish and legumes at least twice a week, may lengthen the time in their perimenopausal time by up to two to three years.
• The essential role self-pleasuring plays in the ability to maintain sex drive during the hormonal cycles.
• The difference between orgasm and climax.
• The importance of B complex vitamins, other supplements and superfoods that can set you up for success
  
• MANOPAUSE is real--how men also suffer their own hormone slowing.
• Adaptogens rather then synthetic hormones to help men.
• Changing our thinking on menopause. After all, we don’t judge puberty the same way!
• Postmenopausal, you have great advantages you be the best person you can be. Biology sets you up to be a better version of yourself as you move through your life cycle.

Resources:

• WomanCode: Perfect Your Cycle, Amplify Your Fertility, Supercharge Your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source
• FLO Living — Twitter
• The Flo Living Hormone Center

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This week we’re doing an encore presentation with chef, author and renowned speaker Seamus Mullen. We had a fascinating chat with Seamus but it was so long ago — and we thought his views were so relevant — that we thought it was time to reprise the interview. We know Seamus as an acclaimed author, speaker and one who has had his own health crises that left him at death’s door, before providing empowerment and a path to wellness for others through his work.

Now he’s co-hosting the Goopfellas podcast to connect with others and share stories of personal transformation, and we couldn’t be more excited for him!

Seamus Mullen talks about...

• His mountain bike race where he peed himself just before he crossed the finish line. (Luckily this was prior to Instagram).
• The drawbacks of modern medicine and his own wellness experience.
• How he thinks of health as being “a thousand choices”.
• How he believes that it wasn’t one cataclysmic event has made him sick, more a series of events, beginning in childhood.
• How all the small choices he made contributed to his ill health.
• His motorcycle accident. Which took feeling like a bunch of crap to a new level.
• His diagnosis with rheumatoid arthritis, what this means and how this played out with his general health.
• How standard medicine often doesn’t help underlying issues.
• The holistic approach to healing.
• His journey to being a chef.
• How so many foods aren’t suited to us.
• Our instant gratification society.
• If you’re dedicated and committed to better health, you will feel better. Health good and bad is contagious.
• We as a nation have the responsibility to stop exporting poor health.
• How we need to track what we're eating.
• Dialling into thousands of years of food knowledge as he outlines in his book.
• Food needs to be visually vibrant.
• Personal empowerment is so important. Provide people with a path to wellness.

Seamus’ advice is to stop treating yourself as a victim. His work is inspirational and accessible. Please enjoy this interview.

Resources:

• Seamus Mullen
• Seamus’ books on wellness through real food
• Goopfellas podcast

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Cristina Cuomo is the founder, editor, and (breaking!) CEO of The Purist, a journalism platform with the aim of pushing the needle further in the direction of wellness and helping people define and refine the life that they want to live.

They edit down the wellness world to what really matters, dispelling myths (such as “will adaptogens make me high?”), and bringing awareness to topics that need a little more love. We talk about what trends are making waves in wellness, where we need to be putting a little more of our focus, the importance of getting back to basics in health, and more.

Cristina talks about…

• What exciting trends are on the horizon in the wellness world
• The rise in menopause awareness
• Creating positivity around wellness messaging
• The anti-hustle movement and finding space for quiet
• Sleep hygiene and the importance of getting rest

Resources:

• Learn more at thepuristonline.com
• Follow Cristina on Twitter: @cristinacuomo
• Read: The Happiness Hypothesis
• Read: Eat to Beat Disease
• Visit earthandstar.com and get 50% off your first order with code HTW
• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

So, we had a brush with failure in business. Now, know that we aren’t the only ones who have failed, but we’d like to think that we’re some of the few who actually talk about it. Today we’re on to share our business fails, reflect on life after Blueprint, and what we think of it all now as we look back.

Ready to own up to your failures and see how far you’ve come? Listen up as we talk about...

• Failure not being the opposite of success, it’s a part of it
• Step one: Proof of concept is a big deal
  
• Spending A LOT of money and the concept of sunken cost fallacy
  
• Labeling and ingredient missteps
• Impostor syndrome
• Shifting our mindsets + our main takeaways

Resources:

• Learn more: htwpodcast.com
• Instagram: @htwpodcast

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Today we are sitting down with Elly Truesdell, the CEO of Canopy Foods. Canopy Foods is providing infrastructure, production and expertise to power the next generation of unforgettable foods and enduring brands– they are the evolved co-packing company that your food business needs to know. And even if you’re not in the food biz, but just the business of eating food--take note! Elly has built her career from over 9 years at Whole Foods Market, and offers expertise in brand development, food trends and product innovation. She now sits on the Board of Canopy Foods, as a mentor to FOOD-X and the Chobani Food Incubator, and acts as advisor to Almanac Investments. In our conversation today, we talk all things startup and food manufacturing. Elly shares the weird things she keeps in her fridge, what it was like working with brands during her career at Whole Foods, and how pumped she is about jackfruit.

If you’re a food business looking for the low-down on co-packing, listen up as Elly Truesdell talks about...

• Where to develop products when you’re a company
• Growing and scaling your brand through retailers
• What Canopy is doing to set themselves apart + change the co-packing game
• Where the plant-based movement is going
• New food categories that she’s excited about

Resources:

• Learn more: canopyfoods.com
• Instagram: @ellytruesdell

We now have a partners page full of all the brands we know and love, and they’re offering great discounts just for you! Head over to the website to check out all the great brands and companies we know and love.

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If you’re even remotely similar to us, then you also enjoy being taken out of the monotonous day to day grind, and traveling to far away places does just that for you. Anything the breaks the routine allows you to take a step back and appreciate it in a new way. Well, todays guests are doing just that– Pavia Rosati and Jeralyn Gerba, the founders of Fathom, are here to get out travel juices flowing.

Pavia and Jeralyn have created a spektacular brand by offering travel tips, tricks, and wanderlust articles accessible to all through their various social platforms. The two have also come out with their first book, Travel Anywhere, and it’s all about traveling like a local, not a tourist. In our conversation today, we talk about the balance of traveling well but not breaking the bank or eating questionable street meat.

If you’re ready to hop on a plane to anywhere, listen up as Pavia and Jeralyn talk about...

• What Fathom is + how Dailycandy started the newsletter buzz
• Reacting and directing your life
• Why Fathom became a real thing
• What changes about travel
• Incorporating wellness into travel
• Foresting bathing + unplugging
• Visual diaries of traveling but not taking away from the trip
• Travel rapid fire

Resources:

• Learn more: fathomaway.com
• Instagram: @fathomwaytogo
• Read: Travel Anywhere

We now have a partners page full of all the brands we know and love, and they’re offering great discounts just for you! Head over to the website to check out all the great brands and companies we know and love.

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We’ve got a special mashup for you today because we’re featuring two interviews in one episode. That’s right; two episodes in one, two awesome founders, and two incredible companies that we know, love, and support.

AdrinAdrina, Gem + Bolt co-founder (the company that fulfills all of our mezcal dreams) joins us in the first interview. Carly Stein, the founder of Beekeeper’s Naturals– AKA the woman who is keeping our colds at bay– joins us for part two of today’s double header. Though it may not seem like these companies compliment one another, we assure you we are the living proof that they do.

Too much Gem + Bolt mezcal got you feeling a little under the weather? Use a little Beekeeper’s Naturals throat spray to perk you right back up so that you can enjoy more mezcal!

Both of these founders have serious passion for their products; listen in to learn more about the wonders of mezcal, and the healing properties gifted to us by the bees...

• AdrinAdrina + her co-founder being outlaw babies- literally.  
• Opening up a speakeasy to unofficially study their products
• The story of mezcal
• Altars become art bars at their hugely popular and very special events
• Tequila and mezcal ARE different
• A lifetime of having to avoid antibiotics led to Carly getting sick overseas and discovering the magic of propolis
• Deciding to become a beekeeper + creating products for herself
• Talking a massive risk to start her company
• How the Beekeeper’s Naturals hive is taking over your medicine cabinet
• Why vegans are supportive of Beekeeper’s Naturals + creating change in the industry

Resources:

• Learn more: gemandbolt.com ; beekeepersnaturals.com
• Instagram: @gemandbolt ; @beekeepers_naturals

We now have a partners page full of all the brands we know and love, and they’re offering great discounts just for you! Head over to the website to check out all the great brands and companies we know and love.

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Don’t you just love to crack open a can of something refreshing on a nice spring day? Our guest today, Bill Creelman, made us fall back in love with sparkling water. He is the Founder and CEO of Spindrift… maybe you’ve heard of them?

Spindrift is known for their “that’s it” slogan, because all that’s in their bubbly beverages are water and real fruit. We adore Bill and all that he creates, and talking to like minded entrepreneurs is always fun for us. In the conversation today, Bill shares what it’s been like for him to create forward-thinking companies, and the transitions of selling his first company.

Grab your favorite Spindrift and listen in as Bill Creelman talks about...

• Bill’s early stages of dipping into entrepreneurship
• The lessons that Bill learned early on
• Overreacting in their Spindrift game plan
• Transitioning from glass to cans
• What the heck ‘natural’ flavors are
• How Spindrift innovates in the flavor game
• Advantages and disadvantages of being the OG mover
• The different beverage categories and trends
• Entering your product into the marketplace

Resources:

• Learn more: spindriftfresh.com
• Instagram: @spindriftfresh

We now have a partners page full of all the brands we know and love, and they’re offering great discounts just for you! Head over to the website to check out all the great brands and companies we know and love.

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The excellent Dr. Ellen Vora is on the podcast today, and we’re big fans because yes, she’s really cool, but she’s also not down with the over-prescription of meds as treatment. Ellen believes that the power to heal lies within each of us. She’s not anti-medications, but she is all about trying other, more holistic approaches to healing first. Today we’re talking all things functional and holistic, with a special focus on everybody’s favorite, anxiety!

Dr. Ellen Vora is a board-certified psychiatrist, acupuncturist and yoga teacher. She’s all about taking a functional medicine approach to mental health, considering the whole person and addressing the problem at the root, rather than reflexively prescribing medication to suppress symptoms.

We’d loved this conversation with Dr. Vora, and know you will too, so listen up as she sheds some light on...

• What the heck a holistic psychiatrist is
• Why she practices functional medicine
• Anxiety and how we all have it
• Shame around mental illness
• The transition into motherhood + the support needed around it
• The subsets of anxiety and the feelings of it
• Asking why with your symptoms
• What to do with an anxiety diagnosis
• Common culprits (caffeine is one of them)
• Getting off of anti-anxiety medications
• Digestive health and what we really want in our gut
• Food that’s available to children
• Her quick fix for you to start doing now

Resources:

• Learn more: ellenvora.com
• Instagram: @ellenvoramd

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It’s been 11 years since Tiger Woods has won the Masters, and our palms are sweaty over the idea of freestyle rock climbing, but our guest today, Keren Eldad is here to remind us that it’s all possible in the mastering of our mindset.

Coach Keren is a trusted advisor to industry-leading executives and superstar entrepreneurs who are setting records at the top of their fields. In her coaching practice, Keren helps her clients make significant breakthroughs in the profitable growth of their business while revitalizing their energy and defining the meaning of their entire lives. It’s a tough job, but Coach Keren is up for the challenge. Having served in the Israeli army and entering into coaching from crisis counseling, Keren believes in service as a way of life, and comes to add value and joy to yours.

There’s just something about being around Keren that makes us feel cool, calm, and empowered. In our conversation today, Coach Keren reminds us to go back to the basics of visualization and Wonder Woman pose because they actually work.

Want to climb a mountain without a harness? Or maybe you just want to revamp your mindset. Either way, listen up as Keren talks about…

• The differences between career, executive and life coaches
• Accepting that you don’t know what you don’t know
• The moment where Keren knew where she needed to go
• Developing her coaching method over 4 years
• Why humility is so important in business
• What’s tripping people up?
• Shutting out the buzzkills out there
• Going for what you really care about
• Happiness and joy
• Why we choose negativity
• Why visualizing just isn’t working for you
• Vibrations DO matter
• How long until I can see results?

Resources:

• Learn more: kereneldad.com
• Instagram: @coachkeren
• Read: The Dark Horse Project

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In 2019, we vote that it’s time we start being more honest with ourselves about our understanding of the way money works, and how we can make it work for us. Nicole Lapin is on today’s episode, makin’ it happen. #sorrynotsorry

This girl is a force; she’s an established *cough* New York Times Best-Selling *cough* author, writing books like Boss Bitch, that help women feel empowered, open, and honest about their finances. She has also created an online financial wellness education platform, The Money School. Nicole has created a kickass sisterhood with both of her books and online community– she wants women to feel confident with their money and their money decisions, and we’re all for it.

Today, Nicole breaks all of our money stresses and questions down, from relationships to taxes, to reframing your mindset, and beyond. Everyone needs a little bit of Nicole Lapin in their lives in order to feel that much more financially well, so listen in to this one.

Ready to stress less and spend smarter? Listen up as Nicole talks about...

• How we are Rich/Boss Bitches
• Financial infidelity + anxiety  
• The “when I get there” rabbit hole
• An embarrassing story about the language around money
• Financial losses and navigating them
• Reframing your financial mindset
• To raise money or not to raise money, that is the question
• The illusion of entrepreneurism
• The Money School & The Boss School

Resources:

• Learn more: nicolelapin.com
• Instagram: @nicolelapin
• The Money School (code: HTW50)
• Check out: The Boss School
• Read: Rich Bitch ; Boss Bitch ; Becoming Superwoman

We now have a partners page full of all the brands we know and love, and they’re offering great discounts just for you! Head over to the website to check out all the great brands and companies we know and love.

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Today we are talking to Acupuncturist and Chinese Medicine mastermind, Paul Kempisty. Paul is also a mind-reader and tongue-reader, and can tell you what you’re feeling without you saying a word. It’s kinda crazy, but we’re here for it in the name of wellness.

Paul’s training and education have him versed in Chinese Medicine, Reiki, oncology, gynecology, acupuncture, and much more. He now runs a private practice in New York City where patients seek treatment of both common ailments, gynecology and fertility as well as complementary care during and after orthodox cancer treatments.

Paul is not your average acupuncturist– he has great bedside manor, and lets you know everything he’s seeing and thinking, which is what we all want when it comes to our health. In this conversation with Paul today, we go deep into the topics of hormonal imbalances, PMS, and menopause, and how his line of holistic healthcare can help.

If you’re ready to put a pin in your hormonal troubles, listen up as Paul talks about...

• Why people keep coming back to acupuncture
• Acupuncture isn’t a placebo, but a system to address what is happening in the body
• Hormone balancing with acupuncture
• Acupuncture for animals
• Results Paul has seen in relation to women’s health
• Using essential oils + aromatherapy alongside acupuncture
• What herbs to get your hands on
• Why tea tree oil is magic + how to use your oils
• Paul reads our tongues– ok we are not dying, but we have room for improvement
• The pulse-tongue connection

Resources:

• Learn more: iloveacupuncture.net
• PubMed Articles
• Herbs to check out: Dang gui, Angelica, Fu Ling, Free and Easy Wanderer
• Oils to check out: www.ilovearomatherapy.net

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We are talking to our speed dial doctor, Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, about his passion that should really be all of our passions: plastic. It’s ruining our lives and the planet, to be blunt. In our last episode with Dr. Morrison, he touched on the various environmental pollutants and heavy metals, but honestly, he barely scratched the surface. That’s right, he’s back! Sure, we all recycle and we know plastic is bad for the planet, but there’s more we need to know and do.

Dr. Jeffrey Morrison is an award-winning medical doctor, leader in the field of Integrative Medicine, author, and champion of a nutritional approach to healthcare. His focus is on preventing and reversing degenerative and chronic diseases by enhancing the body’s innate ability to heal and detoxify itself.

Sit back, relax, and listen to Dr. M break it down on...

• The convenience factor of plastic products and why straws, well, suck
• How many products that plastic is actually in--um, our world is pretty much made of plastic
• What plasticizers do to our body and our health
• We love a good swap– what to trade your plastic for
• The Clean Seas initiative
• The skin, liver, and plastic connection when it comes to detoxification
• Sweating it out in a sauna or from a workout– does this really work?
• Fasts and cleanses to allow your system to rest and remove what isn’t necessary
• Taking a break for your body and yourself

Resources:

• Learn more at https://www.morrisonhealth.com/
• Read: Cleanse Your Body, Clear Your Mind: Eliminate Environmental Toxins to Lose Weight, Increase Energy, and Reverse Illness in 30 Days Or Less
• Watch: Albatross Documentary
• Listen: HTW Episode 31
• Orez Floss
• Madesafe.org
• Think Dirty App
• Seed shampoo

We are doing a giveaway in the name of health and mezcal! Our friends at Gem + Bolt are killing it in the mezcal game, infused with the heart opening elixir, damiana. To win a bomb goodie bag from Gem + Bolt, tag your 3 best drinking buddies on our Instagram post from March 27th, tell them to give us a follow, and that’s it. We’ll announce the winner on the best day of the year, Cinco De Mayo.

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Psychedelics aren’t just for your parents! They’re coming back, and this time they mean business—big business. Patrick Moher is the president & co-founder of Microdose, the preeminent media site for all things psychedelic industry born out of the pandemic. They’re working to shift the world’s perception of psychedelic medicine, at a time when the world is keenly aware of our deteriorating mental health and desperate to just feel something. We talk shop about the business side of psychedelics and the road to legalization and beyond.

Patrick talks about…

• Why you need to be paying attention to microdosing
• Exploring the broad range of the psychedelic industry
• Recreational vs therapeutic psychedelic usage
• How psychedelics have begun outpacing cannabis in legalization and adoption
• Creating room for personalized experiences and individual needs
• Opportunities for investing in the psychedelic industry

Resources:

• Learn more at microdose.buzz
• Get tickets to Wonderland
• Follow Patrick on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/patrickmoher
• Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Today we are talking all things booze with our lady crush of a guest, Dr. Zandra Palma. If you’re a drinker, like us, we want to uncover as many tools as we can when it comes to consumption, and getting the opinions of a medical professional sounded like a great place to start. We cover a lot about the effects of alcohol, what to drink, red vs. white, sugar content, and beyond. Sure we know the old adage, “beer before liquor, never sicker,” but after this conversation with Dr. Zandra, we learned a lot more.

Dr. Zandra Palma is a physician practicing within Parsley Health, with a background in Functional Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Anesthesiology. After an apprenticeship with a Zen Buddhist monk (as you do), Dr. Palma wrote her thesis around Contemplative Care, integrating mindfulness-based practices into the care of terminally ill patients.

So grab a glass of vino, or organic mezcal harvested by virgins, and listen as we talk about…

• The gamble of leaving anesthesiology for the unknown (at the time) world of functional medicine
• What mezcal is, and why Dr. Palma makes it her drink of choice
• Physiology what is going on when we are drinking alcohol
• Gaba supplements and what they do for us
• Cheap wines and why we need to pay more attention to wine quality
• Sulfites: what they are and why they affect us differently
• Allergies, sensitivities, and secret gluten
• Red wine vs. white wine and how bubbles get you drunker, faster
• Dr. Palma’s top hangover cure + foods for a hangover
• Switching between spirits
• Long term risks involved with alcohol consumption + how much we should/shouldn’t drink
• Health benefits of alcohol

Resources:

• Learn more: zandrapalma.com
• Instagram: @zandrapalma_md

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Highway to Well is produced by Podcast Masters

Amy Parker and Gina Pell are the creators of The What, the best thing to come to your inbox since the spam folder. The What is a clever list for curious people delivered every Wednesday, lovingly curated by these two BFFs on a mission to spark intellect and whet appetites.

And these two girls are dot com OGs! They started their previous company, Splendora, all the way back in 1999 and then sold it in 2011. But this time, instead of building an internet empire, they’re just trying to spread the love; what they loved learning about in the past week, a friend that’s so badass they’re impossible not to love, and anything else that fills their heart with joy.

Get ready to learn what’s what...

• Riding the dot com bubble with Splendora
• The greatest thing to happen in their careers
• Taking your own advice
• The What List was conceived like any other baby: with a little bit of wine and a great night
• Liquor in the front: another great business idea?
• Creating the first The What Summit in 2018
• Amy + Gina’s #1 metric for success
• Why these girls love engaging with their fans in Facebook groups over other social media channels
• Getting women involved with helping other women

Resources:

• Check out The What: http://thewhatlist.com
• Join the Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewhatwomen/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewhathq
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewhatlist/

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We just had our first ever LIVE podcast event in partnership with Lululemon and our wonderful guest, Kimberly Snyder!!

Kimberly is the founder of Solluna and the #FeelGoodMovement, a multi-time New York Times bestselling author, a nutritionist, a renowned speaker, a meditation teacher, a certified yoga instructor, and a holistic wellness expert. She is also host of the top-rated Feel Good with Kimberly Snyder podcast and just released a new book called Recipes for Your Perfectly Imperfect Life: Everyday Ways to Live and Eat for Health, Healing, and Happiness.

Put on some yoga pants, pour a glass of wine, and tune into this live Lululemon podcast experience...

• Why this is the most personal of Kimberly’s three books (and her first book since becoming a new mom)
• Kimberly’s backstory, from childhood to party girl to wellness entrepreneur
• How a three-year backpacking trip opened Kimberly up to a new perspective on health + wellness
• Listening to (and learning from) your “downloads” when you meditate
• When you’re able to look at the shadow, it loses its power
• A shamanic perspective of the universe
• Being unapologetic about self-care
• The bioenergetics of food, or how it affects our minds and emotions
• It’s not about being more perfect, it’s about being more peaceful and being happy
• Irritable soul syndrome: how not letting go leads to bloating
• Is CBD just a fad?
• The time and place for raw food diets
• Being open to a perfectly imperfect birth

Resources:

• Check out https://shop.mysolluna.com/
• Read: Recipes for Your Perfectly Imperfect Life: Everyday Ways to Live and Eat for Health, Healing, and Happiness
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_kimberlysnyder/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimberlySnyderCN
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/_KimberlySnyder
• Check out the Lululemon flagship store: https://info.lululemon.com/stores/us/new-york/Flatiron

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Rachel Krupa is the Founder of The Goods Mart, which is pretty much what you’d get if 7-11 and Whole Foods had a baby.

In other words, The Goods Mart is a better-for-you, socially conscious alternative to the modern convenience store. They’re making higher quality options easily available, curating over 350 mission‑driven products (so far) that are not only delicious, but also healthier and better for the environment. They’ve balanced accessibility with planet-friendliness, purpose with design, and curated the best possible products for a range of budgets to create a feel good convenience store experience unlike any other.

From tasty treats to entrepreneurship to reality TV, this episode is stocked full of goodies...

• You can’t spell “The Goods Mart” without “Good Smart,” and you can’t spell “homeowner” without “meow”
• How much The Goods Mart has grown in less than a year
• What you will find inside of this new kind of convenience store
• Our mixed feelings on the new, better-for-you tampons
• Is socially conscious convenience the wave of the future?
• Rachel’s winding business journey: interning for the MLB, waitressing, working for Lizzie Grubman, & becoming an entrepreneur
• How Rachel accidentally became a reality TV star on one of the first reality TV shows
• Growing into her role as a role model (and the badass women who were her role models)
• Making the most of a lunch break & other ways we treat ourselves

Resources:

• Check out https://www.thegoodsmart.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachkrupa/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelkrupa/

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Today it’s just Zoë and Erica reflecting on the insight and wisdom we’ve picked up over these past 33 episodes (and, really, some of the things we’ve picked up living our lives). We chat about getting off of birth control, a nurturing bone broth during birth experience, food as medicine, and more lady learnings that are helping us out on the highway to well.  

Resources:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/htwpodcast/
• Episode 12: Functional Nutritionist, Women’s Hormone Expert, Best Selling Author, and Founder of floliving.com Alisa Vitti
• Episode 20: Founder and CEO of Bonafide Provisions Sharon Brown
• Highway to Well Partners: https://www.htwpodcast.com/partners

Highway to Well is produced by Podcast Masters

Brooke Alpert is a nationally recognized nutrition expert, a certified holistic cannabis practitioner, and the founder of Daily Habit, the first product that combines the effectiveness of full-spectrum CBD with the health benefits of MCT, all in a convenient dry powder (that also tastes delicious, which was a nice surprise when we got to try it).

Brooke’s husband was struggling with chronic pain, and they tried all kinds of medical interventions to no avail. Then they discovered CBD and things started to change. CBD is pretty hot right now and some of the claims can seem almost impossible, so it’s refreshing and reassuring to hear about the science behind why it actually works from a nutritionist’s point of view.

So relax and tune in while Brooke gives us the scoop on her story, the science of CBD, and more...

• How CBD has allowed Brooke’s husband to be there for more of the important moments in their daughter’s life
• Brooke’s personal experience with CBD: “When I take it, I have that chip off my shoulder”
• Discovering that CBD isn’t just a treatment for chronic issues – it’s a wellness supplement!
• Why CBD affects everyone differently
• How the stigma around CBD prevents more people from giving it a fair chance--ahem, Erica’s mom...
• Becoming a certified cannabis practitioner & introducing CBD into her private practice--we love that she’s been schooling her patients and they are actually getting on board!
• The difference between CBD and THC
• The polarizing field of nutrition and what dieticians are talking about behind closed doors
• Delicious ways you can incorporate Daily Habit into your routine

Resources:

• Learn more at https://www.dailyhabitcbd.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailyhabitcbd/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailyhabitcbd/

Nutraceutical + Follicle = Nutrafol!

Erica has been using Nutrafol religiously for the past few months, and the reviews are in: her hair is thicker, stronger, and longer! Nutrafol isn’t just a little bottle of biotin – it is an amazing combination of all-natural, plant-based ingredients that support your body’s immune system and help reduce stress to go after the root cause of most hair problems.

Get $10 off your first month’s subscription of Nutrafol using code “highway10” at www.nutrafol.com!

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Nancy Easton and Bill Telepan are the co-founders of Wellness in the Schools (WITS), an organization dedicated to teaching kids healthy habits so that they can learn and live better.

One of the reasons we love WITS is that they’re not just focused on improving school lunches, which is a big issue that needs to be addressed but, unfortunately, only a bandage on the childhood obesity epidemic. Instead, WITS is taking a holistic approach to wellness that includes nutrition, physical fitness, and lifestyle education with the goal of improving student outcomes and driving systemic, long-term change – ultimately shifting school cultures and putting an end to childhood obesity.

If you want to lend WITS your support, you can join us at the 12th Annual Wellness in the Schools Spring Gala on April 2nd, 2019 in NYC. You’ll have a ton of fun, eat delicious food, and get the opportunity to further this amazing cause. Even if you can’t make it to NYC for the event, you can still support the organization by bidding on items through Charitybuzz: https://www.charitybuzz.com/support/213.

We also chat about...

• How Nancy and Bill first got into the world of wellness
• Why many children struggle to access nutritional foods in their daily lives – and why school is the only opportunity for many of them to have a hot and healthy meal
• Witnessing how poor nutrition impacts a student’s ability to learn
• What WITS is cooking in school cafeterias
• How WITS is making fitness fun
• What long-term, systemic change looks like in these public schools
• The battle against bureaucracy
• The challenge of educating parents, too

Resources:

• Learn more at http://www.wellnessintheschools.org/
• Get a ticket for the Wellness in the Schools Spring Gala (4/2/2019): http://www.wellnessintheschools.org/event/wits-gala-2/
• Support WITS by bidding in their online auction: https://www.charitybuzz.com/support/213
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnessintheschools/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WellnessintheSchools/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/WITSinSchools

Have you tried Hungryroot?!

We’d like to thank Hungryroot for supporting this show and our health! These healthy foods are prepared and shipped to your door and ready to eat in less than 10 minutes. You can prepare them as instructed or customize the recipe to make it your own. Plus, they just taste delish and they can work with anyone’s lifestyle or food allergies. Get $25 off your first two orders using code “HTW” at www.hungryroot.com/HTW.

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Everybody should be aware of the environmental toxins in our world, but for some reason, there’s almost no one talking about it (even in the health and wellness community). We’re all exposed to potentially dangerous toxins every single day, and if we don’t know where they’re coming from, we can’t do anything to minimize or avoid our contact with them.

That’s why we’re talking to Dr. Jeffrey Morrison, a functional medicine doctor and the author of Cleanse Your Body, Clear Your Mind: Eliminate Environmental Toxins to Lose Weight, Increase Energy, and Reverse Illness in 30 Days Or Less. We’re also joined by one of his patients and friend of the pod, Leonard Steinberg, who discovered he was suffering from mercury poison with Dr. Morrison’s help. We talk about the most common heavy metals that you are likely to encounter, what happens when you consume too much of them, and how you can eliminate them from your daily life and body.

Remember, the only heavy metal that should be going in your body is Iron Maiden or AC/DC…(obvi!) so pay close attention to what we cover in this episode...

• Why excessive mercury exposure matters to everyone – not just pregnant women – and how mercury starts accumulating in our bodies
• How the acceptable levels of lead in a child’s blood before doing chelation therapy has shifted... to our detriment
• What happens when heavy metal poisoning goes unchecked
• The wonderfully proactive nature of functional medicine – and why we shouldn’t be waiting until something goes wrong with our health to start doing something about it (because, for some reason, that needs to be said)
• How we can start leveraging data to make smarter decisions about our bodies
• Looking for real estate through a wellness lens--worlds we are happy to see collide!
• How just 8 minutes of sweating in a dry sauna a day, over a year, can detox heavy metals
• What you can do to help your body detox environmental toxins
• Three things you can do to make your house healthier to live in and reduce environmental toxins

Resources:

• Learn more at https://www.morrisonhealth.com/
• Read: Cleanse Your Body, Clear Your Mind: Eliminate Environmental Toxins to Lose Weight, Increase Energy, and Reverse Illness in 30 Days Or Less
• Monitor your mercury consumption at www.gotmercury.org
• Hunt for a healthy home with www.compass.com

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Lindsey Simcik and Krista Williams are the boss babes behind Almost 30, a podcast about wellness, entrepreneurship, spirituality, self-development, and a little bit of everything else that matters in our lives.

Almost 30 started as a platform to discuss the transition from your 20s to your 30s, but over the years, it’s grown to so much more than that (and not just because they’re now in their 30s). It’s about ALL the difficult transitions in our lives – and these girls give you all the tools and motivation you will ever need to navigate those transitions with grace.

This one is a whole lot of fun, so settle in for some podcaster-on-podcaster (on-podcaster-on-podcaster) action...

• The origins of Almost 30 & how it evolved naturally over time
• Recording almost every day... and falling in love with it!
• Transitioning from side hustle to full-time podcasters
• Being your own healer, therapist, guide, and boss; it all starts with you and you have all your own answers!
• Learning you can make money doing what you love & in a way that is aligned with who you are
• Letting go of limiting beliefs
• Being super real on the mic
• Living in a culture where everyone wears (at least) a few hats
• Embracing the woo-woo
• Creating a podcasting course
• The biggest challenges they’ve encountered along this winding journey
• Struggling with the comparison game

Resources:

• Listen to Almost 30: https://www.almost30podcast.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/almost30podcast/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Almost30podcast/
• Lindsey Simcik on IG: https://www.instagram.com/lindseysimcik/
• Krista Williams on IG: https://www.instagram.com/hundredblog/
• Your Podcast Pro course: https://www.yourpodcastpro.com/

Have you tried Hungryroot?!

We’d like to thank Hungryroot for supporting this show and our health! These healthy foods are prepared and shipped to your door and ready to eat in less than 10 minutes. You can prepare them as instructed or customize the recipe to make it your own. Plus, they just taste delish and they can work with anyone’s lifestyle or food allergies. Get $25 off your first two orders using code “HTW” at www.hungryroot.com/HTW.

Tero Isokauppila is the Founder and President of Four Sigmatic, a Finnish-American superfood expert and 13th generation farmer who grew up foraging mushrooms and is now bringing their adaptogenic magic to everyone.

Mushrooms are among the most studied things in the world – and from every breath you take, to your favorite fermented beverage, to the pharmaceuticals that save our lives, mushrooms play a silent but vital role in our daily lives.

The conversation is so often impenetrably scientific or insanely vague that it’s laughable, so today, we get to the root (or mycelium) of things and figure out what’s up with these ancient but transformative gifts from nature...

• What we should all know about non-psychedelic mushrooms, beyond the ones you might find on a pizza
• What an adaptogen is and how it helps your body
• The non-Anglo Saxon history of mushroom consumption
• Why Anglo Saxon culture (might have) lost their connection to mushrooms
• Men hating on women’s skills
• The difference between psychedelic and non-psychedelic mushrooms (and the first time we took mushrooms)
• Beer, wine, cheese, and other things that require mushrooms
• The pharmaceutical industry of sickness
• Achieving peak performance
• How the Chinese running team won a 1993 world championship by eating Cordyceps
• Making tasty drinks with mushrooms that replace coffee, but still give you energy (and more sustainable energy)
• How Four Sigmatic is approaching education
• Sitting in the company of a direct descendant of Santa Clause
• Tero’s new book, Santa Sold Shrooms

Resources:

• Learn more: teroisokauppila.com | foursigmatic.com
• Follow Tero on IG: @iamtero
• Follow Four Sigmatic on IG: @foursigmatic  
• Read: Santa Sold Shrooms by Tero Isokauppila
• Read: Healing Mushrooms by Tero Isokauppila

We’re having way more messages than we used to – and you can too!

Zeel is this genius on-demand service connects you with a professional massage therapist in as little as an hour. It’s hard to take the time out of your day to go visit a spa and get a massage, but now you can schedule a massage with a professional masseuse whenever you want, in your own home! Get $20 off your first Zeel massage using code “HTWzeel” at zeel.com or using the app.

You know we’re all about the shrooms here on HTW, and not just the ones that take you on a trip. But when it comes to other psychedelics and their potential health benefits, it can be hard to get over some misconceptions we have. Most of us grew up hearing “drugs are bad, mkay,” and while many can be—and nearly all without taking the proper precautions—it’s taken a toll on public perception around certain compounds and held us back from some very useful and SAFE benefits.

Lauren Taus is a licensed psychotherapist, practicing Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), and trained to work with both psychoactive compounds and plant medicines. Lauren leads Inbodied Life, a group therapy practice and she also offers immersive educational programs for clinicians to learn psychedelic assisted therapy and integration in contexts that hold personal healing as essential to effective facilitation. Lauren is a lifelong student, educator and activist. For decades, Lauren’s work has focused on creating aligned, and kind mind-body connections to support complete health for individuals and the collective.

She helps walk us through using these potent plants as tools for healing, looking at ketamine beyond the stigma (and where those stigmas may be right), and the potential uses for future psychedelic-assisted therapies.

Lauren talks about…

• Her pain-to-purpose path into the world of mental health
• The value people get from their addicitons
• How ketamine-assisted psychotherapy works and this history of drug-assisted healing
• The experience of using ketamine beyond the stigma
• How we compromise ourselves to maintain relationships
• The impact of drug legalization

Resources:

• Learn more at inbodiedlife.com
• Instagram: @lauren.taus
• Listen: Inbodied Life Podcast
• Visit earthandstar.com and use code HTW to get 15% off your first order

Our lovely friend Keri Glassman is a fabulous celebrity nutritionist and the Founder of Nutritious Life, and today, she’s going to teach us what is up with OILS!

Keri is an OG in the holistic wellness industry with over 15 years of educating both consumers and experts under her belt. As an expert on all things nutrition AND a badass lady founder, we were thrilled to sit down with her and hear what she’s done with her Nutritious Life Studio classes and then dive into some burning questions.  

Discussed over Black Sesame Pie from @rawsometreats….

• We’re always working on ourselves, always growing to become better, more comfortable, and more confident people... and that’s why we’re happy to trade a few wrinkles for a happier, wiser, and more confident life!
• How we met Keri over a decade ago, pioneers together on the front lines of wellness before juicing, yoga, and self-care became trendy.
• The 8 pillars of a Nutritious Life: Eat Empowered, Sweat Often, Stress Less, Sleep Deep, Live Consciously, Drink Up, Nurture Yourself, Love More.
• Everything you need to know about cooking and eating oils: how much fat should we be having, why is (some) fat good for us, why are some oils better than others, and why does the smoke point matter for cooking?
• What’s up with the controversy around coconut oil and is the widely reported on study about coconut oil credible?
• What the hell is canola oil, exactly, and why is it in pretty much every single packaged food?
• The different extraction methods used to get oils and which ones creates the healthiest, safest oils for eating.
• How you can use oils outside of cooking: moisturizer, lube, & oil pulling.  Chew on that!

Resources:

• Learn more at https://nutritiouslife.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutritiouslifeofficial/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeriGlassmanNutritiousLife/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/KeriGlassman

We’re having way more messages than we used to – and you can too!

Zeel is this genius on-demand service connects you with a professional massage therapist in as little as an hour. It’s hard to take the time out of your day to go visit a spa and get a massage, but now you can schedule a massage with a professional masseuse whenever you want, in your own home! Get $20 off your first Zeel massage using code “HTWzeel” at zeel.com or using the app.

Amy Duncan is the plant whisperer, wellness warrior, and fearless leader behind Mowellens, a CBD oil wellness brand and community.

Amy’s passion for plants grew after helping her husband battle a malignant brain tumor in 2012. She witnessed the healing power of cannabis firsthand – both for him and for her. When this passion combined with Amy’s experience in biotechnology and healthcare, Mowellens was born: a lab-tested, high terpene, pure, natural, cannabis product range that provides results you can see and feel.

You’ll understand our girl crush when you hear Amy’s inspiring story, and you’ll learn so much that you never knew about the healthy benefits of CBD...

• The challenges of taking a year off to support her husband’s dream, being a St. Louis Cardinal, and then starting her own career in healthcare. Amy did everything from medical device sales to running a biotech laboratory, where they worked on genetic sequencing and testing before, ultimately, becoming a cannabis testing lab.
• How Amy took what she learned in the laboratory to found Mowellens and help her husband after his brain cancer re-emerged in Fall 2016.
• Why the non-psychoactive nature of CBD makes it the perfect healthy habit for today’s adaptogen-seeking, self-care-focused world & a great holistic alternative to pharmaceuticals.
• The difference between what you smoked in high school and the CBD in the natural medical products produced by Mowellens – or why cannabis, THC, hemp, and CBD aren’t all the same thing.
• When you might want to use the different products in Mowellen’s line: Inner Peace edible nano CBD blend, Lit From Within edible CBD superfood oil, One For All topical CBD wellness oil, The Keeper’s Stash hemp enhanced honey, & Dream in Green whipped CBD infused body souffle.
• The stigma that still exists around CBD products of all kinds, and how it all stems from misinformation, prejudice, and ignorance.
• How consumers can tell the difference between CBD products they can trust and products that are just riding the trend and cutting corners.

Resources:

• Check out https://mowellens.com/
• Amy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingduncan/
• Amy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/livingduncan
• Mowellens on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mowellens/
• Mowellens on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mowellens/

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Dr. Will Cole is a leading functional medicine expert who consults patients around the world via webcam and locally in Pittsburgh. Dr. Cole was named one of the top fifty functional-medicine and integrative doctors in the nation, and is the author of the book, Ketotarian, in which he melds the powerful benefits of a ketogenic diet with a plant-based one.

It’s time to seriously rethink how we approach preventative care for chronic illness. Hint: it starts on your plate. A carb-restricted diet has come a long way since Dr. Atkins started touting steak and eggs as the breakfast of champions. We’re happy to report there’s now room for veggie lovers at this table, and Dr. Cole breaks it down for us in simple to understand terms.

There’s a lot to unpack in order to understand how ketones play a role in your health. We’re totally starting a band to play at wellness summits called the Ke-Tones….

Here's some of what we cover in the episode:

·     Dr. Cole started early in the healthy lifestyle game as a kid--they were drinking the Kool-Aid around his house before it was Kool. Um because his dad was Mr Pittsburgh…please just listen for details.

·     He breaks down the difference between conventional and integrative medical practices. It gets kinda nerdy but it totally makes sense why we’re stuck in this hamster wheel of western sick care.

·     Can we put an end to this whole “detox myth” crap? It’s simply not enough that our bodies are BUILT to eliminate toxins naturally—we actually have to give them the fuel in order to do so. So that Bloomin Onion is not really going to find its way out of your system without a little help…

·     Ketogenic + Plant Based come together to make Ketotarian, the perfect combination. Like peanut butter and chocolate…as long as it’s keto chocolate and almond butter.

·     Ketotarian is about getting the benefits of ketosis in a more sustainable way. Avoiding vegetables because you’re afraid of the carbs is NOT the way to do this properly. So onion lovers, rejoice! We’re talking to you, Zoe’s mom…

·     He breaks down a few days worth of food in the Ketotarian diet—there’s more there than you think! And it’s tasty. Organic wines can enhance ketosis…after eight weeks. Settle down, it’s time to detox before you retox.

Website - https://drwillcole.com/

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IG - @drwillcole

Twitter - @drwillcole

Pinterest - @drwillcoleinfo

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We sat down with Nadine Abramcyk, co-founder of Tenoverten nail salon to talk non-toxic beauty and how her original idea to elevate the NYC manicure experience evolved into something much bigger. We should also mention that Nadine was a week away from giving birth during this episode…and her nails looked great. 

·     We start with the story of Tenoverten and then zoom out to clean beauty in general. Almost immediately, Zoe gets on her soap box about how toxins are in everything, specifically, chemical flame retardants in our furniture, infant car seats, etc. Somebody get this girl aCBD lolly.

·     Like all great ideas, Tenoverten was born out of necessity. If you want a beautiful, non-toxic mani-pedi experience that doesn’t break the bank and takes the environment into account, ya gotta do it yourself. 

·     We get to the bottom of this new cryptic language being used across polish brands: 3 Free, 5 Free, etc. 10 Free refers to the top ten toxic ingredients that are NOT in the Tenoverten polish formula.  Yeah, we’re lookin’ at you, Formaldehyde. 

·     Erica is nail shamed after admitting to her former gel habit. Nadine assures her it’s going to be okay and that Tenoverten welcomes recovering gel addicts who want to start over – they call their gel removal process nail rehab. Erica is 90 days clean.

·     We discover that TSA is a pain point for Zoe. She opts Out of “that cancer machine” every time she goes through airport security. Erica wishes she could opt out of traveling with Zoe. #MyBodyMyChoice.

·     Know this: Manicure is Meditation

Carly de Castro is a seasoned health and wellness advocate who started Pressed Juicery with one mission in mind: to make high-quality, nutrient-dense products that were convenient and accessible. After working a stressful career in film publicity in New York that was beginning to take a toll on her health, Carly moved back to Los Angeles and reconnected with childhood friends Hayden Slater and Hedi Gores, who both had similar revelations, and the trio founded Pressed Juicery in 2010.

With zero formal experience whatsoever, they launched a business that has maintained its staying power and is still kicking ass. It can be done. Hear how Carly and her partners have navigated sometimes scary waters and maintained their position as retail darling of the juice biz and managed to find balance and harmony within the partnership as well. It’s kind of a juicy fairy tale. 

After a brief discourse on potty training and Zoe’s theory on birth order and behavior, we got down to business. 

·     Carly’s path was not always wellness-forward. But when her Mom got sick while Carly was living in NYC and she started spending time taking care of her, Carly was learning to understand food-as-medicine and she herself getting super healthy, juicing. She did a BluePrint cleanse a few times (thanks, Carly!) but was surprised to not see anything like it locally in LA. She started making it at home for her mom and the seed of an idea was planted. 

·     After such an intense experience caring for her mom, Carly realized that LA was calling her back, and away from NYC. She decided it was time to harness the power she was feeling from her new health regimen and figure out how to share that power with the locals. The question was just how. Seeing BluePrint at Whole Foods in Tribeca made her realize it was indeed possible to do, and it brought her to tears. Us too!

·     She teamed up with two friends who shared a similar vision for bringing wellness to the masses. The plan was there was no plan, just a drive and a passion and a healthy dose of hustle. 

·     A broom closet with a whopping 22 square feet was their first location. You can imagine investors drooling over their amazing revenues per square foot. They’ve since expanded to spaces that can hold actual people AND cleaning supplies—over 70 locations. Press on, gang!

·     Pro tip: If the health department tries to pull some permit shizz and shut down your business, it’s super helpful to be pregnant when you show up in their office.

·     Pricing their juice was a crap shoot that paid off. They didn’t have a magic formula, but the goal was to democratize juice and price it so that everyone has access to it. Their membership program was born out of this vision. So much birthing.

·     Another discourse on the state of the healthy food market. Fun fact: we all love Paleo Puffs. We bought a shit ton of them at Erewhon, however did not find the much hyped Coconut Girl ice cream sandwich. Erica is still pissed about this.

Instagram: @PressedJuicery 

Twitter: @PressedJuicery 

Facebook: PressedJuicery 

www.pressedjuicery.com

Poor gut health stalls fat loss, creates hormonal havoc, leaves you feeling exhausted and zaps your overall health. Health coach and author, Robyn Youkilis gives us hands-on, easy-to-implement strategies to restore our gut and become abundantly healthy. We talk about emotional eating and how to reconnect with our bodies – hint: this involves not only nourishing but actually listening to your gut; It is after all, your second brain.

Robyn is the perfect mash up of health expert and your good-advice-giving girlfriend. She talks about fermentation just as easily as she talks about flatulence. It’s all good. No need to be embarrassed, folks.

Here's some of what we covered with Robyn:

·     Here we go again with the gut health! We just can’t talk about it enough and neither can Robyn Youkilis. We have so much in common!

·     The first thing we clear up is that, despite her last name, she is not Greek—she’s Jewish. Zoe thought she was going to have a new Greek BFF, but, alas.

·     Hippocrates – also Greek – said all disease begins in the gut. Good thing it’s only thousands of years later and we’re just now revisiting this point. Geez.

·     We talk about how 90% of your serotonin – your brains happy hormone – is produced in YOUR GUT.

·     Should I eat that cupcake? Robyn would answer: What’s your gut say? We would answer: Robyn, if it’s, say, our birthday, can’t we just eat the cupcake and stop listening to that backseat driver? Just for today.

·     She explains how to ferment your own veggies – it’s super easy. Promise.

·     We cover emotional eating and how at one point, Robyn could not have a jar of peanut butter in the house. She’s since let PB move back in and they’re now getting along great.

http://www.robynyoukilis.com/

https://www.instagram.com/robynyoukilis/

GT Dave is the Founder & CEO of GT’s Living Foods, the maker of GT’s Kombucha. Family owned & operated since 1995, the #1 selling Kombucha brand has stayed true to the sacred, authentic brewing process - handcrafting small batches with 100% raw & organic ingredients. His mission: To help people live happier, healthier lives.

His inspiring story of healing started with his family and paved the way for the empire he has built today, and if he isn’t the nicest and most down to earth emperor you’ve ever met, we’ll eat our hats. 

GT’s story began in his parents’ kitchen, when the new agers that they were started making their own funky tea, which turned out to have played a major role in his mother’s fight and ultimate victory over cancer. His personal story has been one of both joy and heartache, and the brand he created with his own two hands is a reflection of the amazing dedication and focus that he has had since he was a kid. Also he showed up to meet us with a full sleeve of tattoos from the totally rad Halloween party he had just hosted. They were temporary, however, so ironically this was perhaps the only time in his life he did not commit to something 150%.

You’ll hear from a true wellness O.G. on how he turned his family’s passion and their own health journey from sickness to health into a reality bigger than anything he could have imagined. From the humblest of beginnings--he did his best Doogie Howser as a 15-year-old in a suit with a briefcase and peddled his wares straight into the iconic Erewhon Market in LA--to a more recent spiritual journey he had, which gave him all the confidence he needed to grow, expand and eventually rebrand to bring his vision to its full funky glory.

Here's some of what we covered with GT:

·     GT’s first exposure to kombucha was through a friend of his parents--she came back from the Himalayas with a culture, and shared it with GT's father who then brought it into the household.   It made everyone just feel good, and his parents were instant fans.  They started to drink it religiously and went from one batch to two to seven batches. Basically they started getting all cultural at home. 

·      Life at Beverly Hills High for GT was less Kelly and Donna, more Andrea Zuckerman and her library friends. **Those born after 1990 please google all of the above, including the word “library.”** His parents’ early prototype of this mysterious fermented tea used to sit on the dining room table and burp and bubble and fart to any lucky passerby. Social life was a bit of a challenge, to say the least.

·     As they watched his mother’s miraculous progress in her fight against cancer, he convinced his parents that there was something to this burping beauty and they should make a real go of it as a business. To which they replied, we have jobs—your move, kiddo. And so it began.

·     He started the business out of his parents’ kitchen, and with laser precision he painstakingly labeled every bottle, sold every order and set up every new account himself. Actually himself and the two alternate personalities he created so that folks would take him seriously. 

·     He considered himself barefoot and pregnant at the inception of the product—he was so invested and so willing to just go for it that he made the decision to not go to college, but to jump in with both feet and build a business, with his parents’ blessing. Wow, they really were super cool watching their barefoot and pregnant son.

·     To this day he considers himself a helicopter parent over his baby—this metaphor just keeps giving. He wants to make sure as it grows up, it goes to the right school and doesn’t marry the wrong dude. See above, “Dylan McKay.”

·     A quick lesson on Ayahuasca—it’s not a drug, it’s a medicinal preparation of a plant and a leaf. And powerful medicine at that—GT got a message during his ceremony that validated his work and inspired his rebrand, including a new name. Zoe then very generously tried to sell him the trademark to her own name, just in case. We’ll follow up on that at a later date.

·     As part of the new vision, he acquired CocoKefir, a similar business that started with a healing story and ended with a success—CocoYo was their love child. Groovy.

·     Like us, GT has watched the category he created grow and thrive, and then get infiltrated with some less-than-authentic coattail riders. We agreed that as much as brands must do the work to offer the information, the responsibility lies also with the consumer to educate themselves and understand the brands that are authentic (AHEM!) vs the ones that are just copycats.

• And since we ran out of time before we could play Fantasy Dinner Party, we asked GT to send his picks, so here you have it. Hope there's room at the table for us: "Jesus Christ, Madonna (the singer), George Washington, Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Marilyn Monroe, Steve Jobs, Oprah, Pablo Picasso, and my Mom. We would serve an all plant based dinner that had micro-doses of psilocybe and THC to unlock the brilliant minds of these individuals."

@ @GTsKombucha | @GTDave3

 www.GTsLivingFoods.com

Samer Hamadeh is the founder of the on-demand massage company, Zeel. As the first and leading on-demand massage company, Zeel delivers wellness benefits to customers nationwide through innovative technology and the power of massage – in as little as an hour. Yes, that means the masseuse comes to YOU – table and all. This game changing wellness-tech company is not Samer’s first rodeo – he is a true entrepreneur who has a long list of successful businesses under his belt. But they weren’t all successful from the beginning. We learn how Samer has navigated some almost-out-of-business moments and why he pivoted when he did. We can all take a few pages from Samer. 

Oh, and you’ll get $20 off your first Zeel massage when you have a listen and use the code HTWZEEL at checkout.

You’ll learn how Samer negotiated some very sticky situations while building his business and why he suggests NOT staying married to your original idea. He reassures us that ideas should evolve and that is a good thing – it does not make your fist idea wrong.

It’s Samer on strings! OK, so he studied violin for 12 years and went to school for chemical engineering, but that’s not the only reason we love this self-professed data geek. We love him because his humble nature and lack of ego allowed him to course-correct businesses that were on the verge of failure and get them back on track by letting them evolve into what they were meant to be. Zeel did not start off as an on-demand massage company, but that’s where it is today, and it’s crushing it.

Here's a bit of what we cover with Samer:

• Samer is a true entrepreneur who does not suffer from Imposter Syndrome. Nor should he, with the amount of businesses under his belt.

• His first business was selling marked up candy, which was eventually shut down due to lack of proper permitting -- middle school can be so cruel. In college, while studying chemical engineering and practicing violin, he started a textbook binding business. Um, swipe right, am I right, ladies?

• …oh, and then in the 90s he started Vault.com, a job site for youths -- grew it to a cool $20 mil and sold it for about $75 million dollars. Like ya do.

• The next genius business idea struck while taking a 3-month vacay in Paris with the fam. Must have been super romantic, because he and his wife, Alison, conceived yet another baby: Zeel.

• We talk a lot about the secret to his success, but our favorite piece of advice: Don’t get married to your original idea – LET IT GO if it can grow in a different way. Evolution is good! Spoiler: Zeel did not start off as an on-demand massage concept.

• We also talk about the ID verification system he created to make sure that their lovely masseuses don’t show up at some creepy dude (or dudette)'s house. Can this system be applied to online dating?

• Zeel: Friend or Foe? Uber did not put taxis out of business and Zeel did not put spas out of business. Way to play nice everyone – gold stars all around!

SPECIAL OFFER FOR LISTENERS: Get $20 off your first Zeel massage when you have a listen and use the code HTWZEEL at checkout.

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Sharon began her journey when she healed her son from chronic health issues using real food and bone broth. Sharon believed that the healing power of bone broth should be available to everyone and, so, Bonafide Provisions was born. Now the #1 selling frozen bone broth in the nation, it was born out of necessity in this incredible mom of three’s relentless search to heal her child without drugs. 

You’ll learn for the first or the thousandth time just how critical it is to have a healthy gut, and the incredibly easy way to get on the path immediately. Equal parts boss lady, nutritionist, and badass mother hen, Sharon is a wealth of knowledge and breaks down the science behind gut healing in simple and inspiring ways. 

Here's some of what we covered with Sharon:

·     After watching their son struggle for years with health issues that then translated into problems in school, Sharon knew it was time to take matters into her own hands. Exhaustive research led her to discover the centuries old practice of drinking bone broth for good health. She rolled up her sleeves, and tapped her chef husband (LUCKY!) and together they became bone collectors…not like that. 

·     She saw powerful and immediate results in her son, which inspired her to pursue nutrition more formally to spread the gospel, hallelujah. 

·     An ancient proverb says “A good bone broth can resurrect the dead” It can also make for an amazing podcast episode. 

·     Here’s a great visual to explain the mind-gut connection—it starts in utero, when one piece of tissue splits and becomes the gut and one becomes the brain—they live together like Siamese twins in your body. So when you even THINK about speaking in public and then get butterflies in your stomach, that’s the wonder twins at work. Bone broth = twinning!

·     We learn why NYU is now offering FREE MEDICAL SCHOOL. Yes, you heard right.

·     So if bone broth is such a magical remedy, why doesn’t your doctor tell you about it? Two reasons: Western physicians have LESS THAN 40 hours of nutrition study in their entire field of study, so food therapies are simply not top of mind for them. Plus, you can’t patent bone broth, but you can patent a pill, and the pills peeps are the ones paying doctors better than their salaries.  

·     Sharon breaks down the various ways that bone broth works its magic in your tummy, including all its different nutrients and what they do. Nerd alert—this stuff is fascinating. 

·     Hippocrates said all disease begins in the gut. Good thing it’s only thousands of years later yet most of us are still in the dark on this one. Sigh. 

·     Bonafide is the #1 Frozen broth nationwide—so they’re actually, like, BONA FIDE. Genius. 

·     Stock from concentrate is NOT the same as bone broth. Go straight to the freezer if you want the real deal. If it ain’t frozen, then be like Elsa and let it go. 

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Intermittent fasting is our modern-day way of mimicking ancestral eating, where intentionally creating these stressors makes us more resilient and helps us heal on a cellular level. We sit down with Nicole Centeno, a French Culinary Institute–trained chef and the founder and CEO of Splendid Spoon to discuss it all, from soup to nuts.

We both love soup. In fact, it might be the very thing that’s held this relationship together after 17 years. So, when we met Nicole, or as we lovingly refer to her, Dame Spoon, we were excited to have another cook in the kitchen.

Nicole is amazing because she is one of the few people who enjoys geeking out about the power of food as medicine as much as we do. And she makes a killer Ikarian stew. Also you’ll learn how to pronounce Ikaria.

If entering into a state of ketosis has left you in a state of panic, you’re not alone. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to understand whether or not we should be eating like cavemen, not eating like Kate Moss circa 1997, or just focusing on plants, like, well, just about everyone these days.

Here's some of what we cover:

·     Nicole did a bit of studying in college and learned how ancestral eating and antient fasting rituals were used to treat people with epilepsy.

·     Ancestral eating is how we ate when we didn’t have the crazy abundance of food we do today. #Snacknation

·     In caveman days, if you binged on a pint of ice cream you would probably slip into a very long nap…and then you would wake up dead, because another animal ate you. So, if we’re not smart about what we eat – we’re probably not passing on our genes, ya know?

·     We get into all of it: industrial farming, intermittent fasting, lectins, Blue Zones, dirt smoothies. …what?! You haven’t heard of dirt smoothies?!

·     We also learn how Nicole, within 2.5 years: started a business, had a baby, got pregnant with the second, ended her marriage and wrote a book. Not bad, Nicole. Not bad. But did you do it all in heels? Psh. Thought so.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR LISTENERS! Enjoy $20 off your first Splendid Spoon delivery with the discount code splendid.to/htwpodcast. Check out the two new Smoothies in the Breakfast line, Blackberry Basil & Carrot Ginger Chia!

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@splendidspoonny

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It’s a new season, and that’s the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. We’ve got new guests lined up, and plenty of topics in store for us to shoot the shit about! Something about fall feels so ripe for a reset, so we talk about what you can expect in the coming months, what fall rituals we practice, a brief if inaccurate lesson on Rosh Hashana dining, and using the seasons as a turning point. We also celebrate the wisdom of the power lesbians we love and admire.

We talk about…

• What’s in store for the latest season of HTW
• How we’re celebrating the fall
• Open call for topics to discuss
• What we’re listening to

Nutrafol is the Neutraceutical wellness company that is addressing hair wellness as part of a whole-body healing process. Roland has had his own incredible health journey, battling rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid cancer, losing his hair in the process, and learning that the happiest side effect of using botanicals to treat his ailments resulted in a healthier head of hair. And Nutrafol was born.

Truth: We have NOT been paid or compensated in any way to talk about the merits of this product. Although we totally should be. We are just legitimately excited about all that it can do, and Erica has personally experienced huge benefits from it. So yes, we totally should be paid. But we are not. 

Here's some of what we covered in our interview:

• Roland is a biohacker by hobby. Umm, perhaps we should re-think those hours spent on tennis lessons…

• When his friend and later Co-Founder Giorgos, a former male model who had struggled for years with hair loss and the effects of the pharma products to treat it (ahem…Giorgos was NOT living the life of the romance book covers he so clearly inspired…), he approached Roland, knowing he could do the research, and together the two took action to take back their hair.

• Roland’s grandfather was legit a medicine man, aka a “white witch” doctor so it’s not totally surprising Roland plays well with plants. Better he got those genes than the hair genes, which as we discovered, are kinda bullshit. 

• Also bullshit? Biotin. Sorry, Mom…

• The Nutrafol formula is made from a long list of botanicals that can address everything from gut health to hormone balancing to stress. Better hair is almost just a happy side effect, and who doesn’t want to be that happy?

• Nutrafol isn’t just about what comes in the pill. They have a team of health coaches that offer support—they can conduct strand tests that provide equally and sometimes MORE comprehensive data than those panels of bloodwork that leave you weak and pukey…with ONE strand of hair.

• For extra mazels: they just won Allure’s Best of Beauty Breakthrough Award AND Best Hair Loss Prevention in The 2018 Esquire Grooming Awards!

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Founder and CEO Ben McKean built his plant-centric, nutrient dense empire, Hungryroot, amidst an overcrowded meal kit delivery category. Learn how he navigated having to shut down his business for 6 months during a major growth spurt. Don’t call it a comeback. 

 Here is some of what we covered with Ben:

--Ben came to this town with a spiralizer and a dream. Budding entrepreneurs: This episode is for you!!!

--He gets into the inner workings of Hungryroot and what it really takes to run a successful food and beverage company. Hint: “You can’t fuck up with food.”

--His two older brothers told him he “knew nothing about business.” And in true youngest child fashion, he proved them wrong by starting not one, not two, but three very successful businesses by the age of 32. Nah nah, na nah nah. 

--He built his empire around plant-centric food delivered to your door, but he tells us that sometimes, all he really wants is to Netflix and chill with a deep-dish pizza and the Obamas. “Everybody’s got a dream!” Or is it: “Everybody’s gotta dream”?

--He may or may not pivot and get into politics at some point. Black Bean Brownie Batter for President! (Would be a lot easier to digest than our current situation)

www.hungryroot.com

@hungryroot

twitter.com/benjaminmckean

• Latham is a doula and the founder of MamaGlow, the ultimate destination for women who are looking for a stand-in-your-power-I-fucking-got-this birth experience. Whether you are searching for the perfect doula, a great prenatal yoga class, one-on-one personal guidance or spiritual support even AFTER baby arrives, MamaGlow has you covered.  Latham is a two-time best-selling author of Mama Glow and OWN YOUR GLOW. A graduate of Columbia University and The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham serves on the TUFTS University Nutrition Council as well as their board for Entrepreneurship.

• She tells us the ONE thing you can try to instantly feel better. We agree.

• Best advice ever: mother yourself.

• She explains the true role of a doula – she’s like a producer for your birth – mapping out the run of show and makes sure shit gets done.

• Her birth story is a good one – her ancestors showed up to help her push.

• Latham is from Oakland, which is called Oakland because of all the Oak trees. (Were we the only ones who didn’t know that?) Oh, and she can HEAR plants and their vibrations.

• …and because of the Oak trees in Brooklyn, Zoe is a mouth breather throughout the entire episode. Damn you, allergies!

• As a culture we’re doing a crap job at supporting postpartum women. Understanding and supporting maternal mental health is critical.

• Mama Glow holds a globally recognized doula immersion program attended by women from around the entire USA and 6 continents! Stay tuned for their 2019 Doula program in a city near you - visit www.mamaglow.com

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