In this episode, I’m joined by Jennifer Tyler Lee. Jennifer is an award-winning author, game creator, self-trained home cook, and healthy eating advocate. 

Her first book, The 52 New Foods Challenge, was nominated for an IACP Cookbook Award, and her nutrition game, Crunch a Color®: The Healthy Eating Game, was named one of Dr. Toy’s “10 Best” Children’s Products and received the Parent-Tested Parent-Approved seal of approval.

In her newest book is called Half the Sugar, All the Love.

Jennifer and I connected on Instagram as we both help people with sugar addiction. But as you’ll hear in this episode, we have different approaches. I coach people through the 21-Day Sugar Detox where they learn how to stop eating sugar to change their palette (and mindset) so they no longer crave sweet things.

Jennifer shares delicious low-sugar recipes to show that reducing added sugar doesn’t mean completely giving up the foods you love. She shows you how to sweeten foods, both savory and sweet, naturally with fruits and vegetables instead of added sugar.

Jennifer’s easy, healthy recipes have also been spotlighted by Jessica Alba, Jamie Oliver, Michael Pollan, Oprah, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn Kids, Whole Foods, Parents Magazine, and US Weekly, among many others.  She is a featured contributor at Red Tricycle and shares her recipes each week on her blog, www.52newfoods.com.

In this episode, I answer the most frequently and uniquely asked questions I’ve received as a 21-Day Sugar Detox coach, about the 21-Day Sugar Detox program. You’ll hear questions and answers about Yes/No foods and why, tips on how to navigate the program, and we even have some real talk about your mindset, and how and why it matters in how you approach this program. 

As a 21-Day Sugar Detox coach, I’ve led dozens of people through the program. And over the years, I’ve seen the same mistakes made over and over again.

So in this episode, I’ve pulled together a collective list of the ten of the most common missteps made and how to avoid them.

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.

In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Kate DeVarney, a Neuroscientist, Holistic Wellness Coach, and Qigong teacher. You’ll hear Kate share:

• What Qi Gong is and the different kinds of Qi Gong practices

• How she was introduced to Qi Gong during treatment for breast cancer and the difference its made in her healing

• How her daily practice of Qi Gong helps her in managing the daily pressures in her full-time corporate job 

• And she even walks us through her step-by-step practice of it

In Kate’s words: “The incredible practice of Qigong, together with important lifestyle changes, and the support I received through creating a healing community, helped me transform my stress, pain, and trauma into a sense of peace, healing, and renewed energy. I discovered the strength and the life-changing tools I needed to finish treatment, thrive, and create a life I truly love.”

Now, Kate’s mission is to coach other women living with cancer in this powerful, comprehensive system of self-care, that teaches how to integrate simple, mind and body practices into a sustainable self-healing lifestyle.

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.

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.