It’s the time of year where we want to be healthier, we want to be wealthier, we want to make all our dreams come true, and it feels like anything is possible! It’s also the time of year where feelings of inadequacies, lacking, and not being enough can surface.

I fully advocate you doing you - embracing who you are, fully and unapologetically. But I also believe there’s nothing wrong with aspiring for more - of yourself and for yourself.

So what will be your catalyst for change? What will be the thing that will keep you steadfast and focused on whatever “that thing” is that you want for yourself?

In this episode:

• I talk about mindset, self-growth, personal development and share what tools have helped me do this work over the past decade.

• I share a few things I’m going to focus on in 2020 (and what the proudest goal I’ve achieved for myself has been thus far)

• And I ask a few thought-provoking questions to help you figure out what your catalyst of change is going to be.

Being a Type-A person, managing my to-do list, meeting schedule, and borderline OCDC behavior is par for the course. But at some point, all that daily tension takes its toll.

In this episode, I’m continuing my discussion from Episode 107 with an update on the current status of my health.

You’ll hear me share how I’m using conventional and functional approaches to repair hormonal imbalances, and also, how I’m doing some inner work to address deeply rooted behaviors, tendencies, and mindsets that’s kept me in a fight + flight state, so I can bring myself back into balance in a more rested + digested state.

I share the different tools and exercises that I’m incorporation into my daily routine to reset my behaviors, build new habits and how they help to balance hormones.

Over the past 2+ years of the show, I’ve shared my health journey in a number of episodes, but recently I had an experience that shifted the context of how I view my health.

It’s had such a profound impact on me so, in this episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes with an update of what’s going on in my health and how a slightly different approach in tracking is helping me to get to know my body in a whole new way with a fresh perspective.

For years I’ve heard people rave about the benefits of CBD oil and how it’s only thing that helped them get a good nights sleep. So after years of taking prescriptions and supplements that weren’t very effective, I decided that it was time for me to give CBD oil a shot myself.

So a couple of months ago, a friend took me to a cannabis dispensary and the whole experience made me I realize that I had no context as to how to chose which options were best for me.

Were they organic? If so, what did that even mean? As we know, in the beauty industry, terms like “natural” and “organic” don’t hold weight because those terms haven’t been defined. 

How were they defined here?  Are some brands known as better sources than others? What’s the difference between THC and CBD? All of these questions whirled about in my brain so I decided that it was time for an episode on it.

In this week’s brand new episode of The Live FAB Life Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Hyla Cass.

Dr Cass is an integrated physician and psychiatrist who combines the best of leading-edge natural medicine with the modern science in her clinical practice. She helps individuals withdraw from psychiatric medications and substances of abuse, or to avoid medication altogether, through the use of specific natural supplements, including her hemp oil extract.  

In this interview, you’ll hear us discuss:

• An integrative approach for getting a good night’s sleep 

• The relationship between cortisol (the stress hormone) and sleep

• The role and implications of inflammation

• Using CBD for sleep

• The Endocannabonoid system

• THC vs CBD

• How to source quality CBD oil and figure out what’s the right dosage for you

“Sleep quality and duration should be considered a vital sign, as they are strong indicators of overall health and quality of life,”

As a society we’re sleeping less, in shorter durations, and it’s poor quality sleep. We’re dependent on sleep aides, now more than ever, which actually makes our sleep processed and artificial.

So why is this happening? Why are so many people not sleeping?

In this episode, you’ll hear me:

• Share my personal struggles with sleep

• Discuss all the ways poor sleep stresses our body

• How poor sleep affects our hormones

• List eight tips that help me get a better night’s sleep

You’ve probably heard about blue light, but just how much do you really know about it?

In this episode, I'm joined by James Swanwick, an Australian-American investor, entrepreneur, speaker, former SportsCenter anchor on ESPN, host of The James Swanwick Show podcast and the author of The 30 Day No Alcohol Challenge. He’s also a founder of Swanwick Sleep, a company dedicated to helping people get a restful night’s sleep by providing blue light protection glasses.

In this episode, you’ll hear James share:

• What exactly is blue light and how it affects our bodies

• How blue light blocking glasses work and what are the most effective kinds for helping with sleep

• What apps supplement blue light blocking glasses

• And he even shares his gold standard for getting a good night’s sleep

In this episode, we’re going to talk about sleep. I'm joined by Katie Leadbetter, a Nutrition Consultant, and fellow 21-Day Sugar Detox Coach. Katie helps people maintain health and vitality through whole foods based nutrition, customized supplementation and wellness coaching.

Katie and I recently held an Instagram Sleep Challenge, because we were both struggling with sleep and needed some accountability around it. You'll hear us share 10 tips to get a better quality night's sleep, as well as hear us share our own personal experiences with getting quality sleep!