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.

If you’ve ever tried macros eating and/or mindful, intuitive eating, then you know that these two approaches are on opposite ends of the spectrum. And to most of us, they don’t typically go together.

That is unless you’re Katie Garces. 

Katie is a Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who focuses on a “real foods framework” to maximize health. Katie blends her professional background in traditional healthcare, wellness, and nutrition, with her passion for the healing power of spiritual wholeness to provide customized advice and life balance solutions for women.

She also believes that macros and mindful eating can be blended together and offers this service in her practice.

In this episode, we examine how she brings these two vastly different approaches together simply and sensibly. We discuss how slight tweaks to your macros can have profound effects and the role and impact that body wisdom, curiosity, and even nutrient density can play.

Have you heard of Intermittent Fasting and wondered why it's supposedly good for you? Or how about why you often hear it associated with the Ketogenic Diet? Or have you heard how these things, and being a "fat-adapted" athlete can improve your athletic performance, but aren't quite sure how it works?

In this episode, I'm joined by Jamie Dant, a Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist & Board Certified Nutrition Specialist. For the past 13 years, Jamie has worked in the fitness industry as a personal trainer, strength and conditioning coach & the owner and operator of her own gym.

Jamie specializes in helping female athletes nourish their minds and bodies without restrictive dieting or tons of cardio so they can achieve optimal health and performance.

You'll hear us discuss:

• What is intermittent fasting, it's benefits & how to ease into it

• The relationship between intermittent fasting, the Keto diet & Weight Loss

• How nutrition impacts athletic training & performance

• The role of mindset

And so much more.

In this podcast episode, I’m joined by my running coach, Josh Maio of Gotham City Runners. I started working with Josh back in 2010, took a break while I recovered from overtraining, and recently started working with him again, as I figure out what running looks like for me these days.

While we focused on discussing three topics in this episode:

1. Body Image

2. The Role of the Weight Room

3. And the Importance of Rest

We also talk shop about a number of other topics from personality traits of runners, to the dynamics of the running community, the role social media plays in it, and so much more.

In this episode, I’m joined by Martin Luna, a personal trainer at Equinox who’s certified by NASM and Precision Nutrition with specializations in kettlebells, animal flow, pro-natal, calisthenics, swimming, boxing, barbells & weight lifting.

He's also my own personal trainer.

You’ll hear us discuss the power of mindset & attitudes, overcoming challenges in training, and he shares tips on how to make your workouts more effective.

As a 21-Day Sugar Detox coach, I spend a lot of time speaking with, listening to, observing, and coaching folks who have successfully completed the 21DSD, as well as those who want to, but have yet to try it.

In this episode, I’ve taken my best tips, along with advice from detox alumni, and curated a list of the 10 things you can do for a successful 21-Day Sugar Detox!

We’ve reached 100! In this milestone episode, we take a trip down memory lane as I revisit the most popular episode from every tenth one, as determined by you and your listenership!

Featured are episodes:

1. 008: How to Break-up with Sugar

2. 013: How to Effectively Work From Home and Find Time for Fitness with Jolene Peixoto

3. 030: Secrets to A Successful 21-Day Sugar Detox

4. 036: How Did You Come to Form Your Beliefs?

5. 047: What Happens When You Stop Obsessing About Food with Katie Garces

6. 053: Defining Clean Eating and How to Put It Into Practice

7. 068: Keto Quick Start: A Beginner’s Guide to A Whole Foods Ketogenic Diet with Diane Sanfilippo

8. 072: My Journey And Pursuit For Beautiful Skin For Life

9. 084: Beyond the Pill: Post Birth Control Syndrome and Women's Hormonal Health with Dr. Jolene Brighten

10. 092: Minding Your Health When Your Mind Is On Work

I also share how it took me two years to get over my debilitating perfectionism to finally start this show and what I’ve learned and how it’s been vital to my own healing journey.

In this episode, I’m joined by Barb Vogel and Nikki Price, co-founders of inner-ēco, a mission-based company that makes food-based probiotics.

You’ll hear them:

• Share their story of how the company came to be

• Why they believe in bringing real food with clean ingredients to families of all sizes (pets included!)

• The benefits of food-based probiotics

• How they’re a mission-based company committed to helping free enslaved people around the world.

• How they maintain their health and other life responsibilities as successful businesswomen

One of the first things that get sacrificed to our ever-busy schedules is eating healthy, nutritious meals. From personal experience, I know that the key to this is always being prepared, which is why meal prepping is a very handy skill to practice.

In this episode, I'm joined by Jenny Castaneda of Cook and Savor, a 100% gluten-free blog where she shares quick and easy recipes, healthy living and meal prep tips.

You'll hear Jenny share:

• How she manages to make healthy home-cooked meals while working a 9-5 as a woman in tech

• Three tips for anyone to get started with meal prepping or even if you already do this and want to take it to the next level

• How to keep food fresh throughout the week and what she stores her meal-prepped food in

• How she makes healthier versions of traditional dishes from our shared Filipino heritage

• All about her brand new book, Easy Keto Meal Prep (releases on October 8th)!