“I have cystic acne but my skin is super dry too.”

“Most of the time my skin is okay but I have breakouts around my cycle. I know its hormonal.”

“I have keratosis pilaris on my arms which is why I always wear long sleeves. I really want to be able to wear t-shirts and tank tops this summer.”

“I have eczema / psoriasis / rosacea, and none of the products I’ve tried has helped.

These are the kinds of things so many people have come to for looking for help with.

So in this episode, we tackle:

• The two types of skin problems we struggle with

• How even the best, safest products are only the first step in trying to address chronic skin problems

• How to take a functional approach toward resolving skin issues

We’re kicking off the new year with a powerhouse interview with my friend and mentor, a woman who I deeply respect and admire, Diane Sanfilippo.

Diane is the owner and founder of Balanced Bites, a certified nutrition consultant, the New York Times best-selling author of the wildly popular Practical Paleo and The 21-Day Sugar Detox (of which I’m a 21-Day Sugar Detox Coach for!), and the coauthor of Mediterranean Paleo Cooking.

She’s the co-creator of the Balanced Bites Master Class and the cohost of the top-rated weekly health podcast The Balanced Bites Podcast.

On today’s episode, she joins me to introduce her SEVENTH book, Keto Quick Start: A Beginner’s Guide to A Whole Foods Ketogenic Diet!

You’ll hear us discuss:

• Why she chose to write a keto book

• What is a Keto-Paleo diet

• Keto vs 21-Day Sugar Detox vs Paleo

• How Keto can help with skin health

• Keto and Mental Health

• Keto and Women’s Health

• Keto and Calorie Counting

How we manage and deal with unavoidable stress really comes down to how well we take care for ourselves.

Joining me for her third episode on the show is Tami Hackbarth, the 100% Guilt-Free Self-Care Coach. It was exactly one year ago, back in Episode 018, where Tami made her debut on the show and introduced us to her definition of self-care which goes well beyond the massages, manis and pedis and spa treatments that we think of when we think of self-care.

In this episode, Tami is back to sharing her observations, findings, and takeaways after a year of working with professional women, women just like you and I, on their self-care.

You’ll hear us have a deep discussion on a number of things including:

• How self-care is the foundation upon which every single aspect of our lives is built on

• How we get in our own way with a scarcity mindset

• How to set ourselves up for success to finally achieve goals that we’ve spent a lifetime wanting

Is it possible to enjoy the holidays without feeling guilt from overindulgence and sugar overload?

In this episode, we examine how you justify your choices, how you make your decisions, and how to slow down and be present this holiday season.

I also share five simple, practical and tactical strategies for before, during and after your holiday party so you can enjoy a healthier, guilt-free holiday season!

Are you a Type A person who's always-on-the-go, crossing off *our* (because I’m one of ‘em 🙋🏻‍♀️) to-do lists and attached to your phone, tablet, or laptop - or maybe even all three at once?

Then when you start to shows signs of stress, like breakouts, fatigue and other health issues and you’re asked, “How’s your stress levels?”  you might not even realize that you're stressed...#amright? 👀

So we’re told that we have to slow down and take it easy, but neither comes naturally to us. In fact, it’s a learned behavior that we have to constantly and actively work on. 💆🏻‍♀️

In this episode, I'm sharing ten simple ways to slow down for Type-A people!

We deal with stress on a daily basis. We hear about all the time on the news, read about it in magazines and hear it talked about online. And we’ve become immune to it, accepting it as a normal way of life. But most of us don’t truly realize the tremendous impact daily stressors have their health.

In this episode, I'm talking all about stress, including:

• What're our sympathetic vs parasympathetic nervous systems

• How stress affects our hormones and leads to a plethora of health problems

• Five ways to manage our daily stress

The word “detox” has gotten a bad rap because there’s been so much “noise” out there about how to detox, AND there’s different ways to do it.

In this week’s podcast episode, I break down:

• What a detox really is

• Why its essential in this modern world we live in

• The three ways toxins enter your body

And I share ten practical and tactical tips for your detox!

What do acne and breakouts, weight gain, allergies, arthritis, even and heart disease have in common?

Well, when you peel back and layers and tease out what’s actually going on, at the root of all these things is the health of your liver and how it’s functioning (or not functioning).

About four or five years ago, I learned that I had a fatty liver, and despite doing all the things, when I got a repeat MRI earlier this year, we learned there had been no improvement.

My doc and I have spent most of this year searching and tweaking things to find answers and when I got the organic acids and other industrial toxins lab work back, all the pieces started to come together.

Because at the root of this is how well my body is able to move toxins out of it and the liver is one of the main filters in the human body.

So in this episode, I share:

• How I came to learn I have a fatty liver 

• What the liver does

• Signs of liver congestion and how this happens

• What to do to support the liver

Now, I know that liver is not the most exciting topic to talk about. I mean, *I’m* fascinated by it, but for most people, it’s not a general topic of conversation.

But, you know what is?

Weight loss, hormones, fatigue, gut health and yes, even how to get clear skin.

So the next time you these things are a problem for you, and you’re thinking about what to do about it, I want you to *think functionally* and uncover what the root causes of it are — and more often than not, how your liver is functioning will be part of that equation.

When you look for the root causes for illnesses and diseases and even skin problems like acne, eczema or even psoriasis, you always want look at one’s diet, their gut health, what kinds of toxins they’re exposed to, and the root cause of all root causes stress!

We can avoid foods that cause inflammation, avoid using products with harmful ingredients, but when we need stress relief we typically head straight to the spa for a massage. #AmIright

But there’s other types of “body work” and in this episode, we’re going to learn about CranialSacral therapy.

Prior to this episode I didn’t know what cranial sacral therapy was so we’re going to learn about it together.

So joining me to teach us about it is, Mindy Totten, a CranialSacral therapist who’s been practicing for the past 15 years.

In this episode, you’ll hear Mindy share:

• How she went from being an English and Humanities teacher to becoming a cranial sacral therapist

• What is cranial sacral therapy and how its different from other types of body work.

• Who it’s best for, how does it work, and even how to find a legit cranial sacral therapist and what to expect in your first appointment.