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.

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 the final installment of this mini-series, we explore Tiers 3 and 4 of the Functional Nutrition Framework.

If your health concerns aren’t resolved in Tiers 1 and 2, there’s likely some complicated dysfunction happening. You’ll hear how in Tier 3, we look to add an Integrative or Functional Medicine doctor to the partnership if one isn’t already involved. I share:

• How I found the functional and integrative doctors 

• How I guide my clients to find one to work with them no matter where in the world they’re located

• What to consider when selecting one

After resolving your health problems in Tiers 1, 2 or 3, we move to Tier 4 and maintaining your new normal. I share my new normal is and how I maintain it seasonally.

This week marks the second anniversary of The Live FAB Life Podcast!

In this episode, I discuss having an epiphany, with the help of some friends, on my unique position to help women in tech bring health and wellness to the forefront of their careers and lives.

You'll hear me share my work experience of working in startups to large corporate environments, the different stressors I experienced and how being micro-managed directly impacted my health and how I learned to reframe and deal with the situation for the better.

What role does finances play in making healthcare decisions? How much of a factor is it in your overall stress load? What’s your mindset around money?

Finances are at the center of our health and wellness yet one that we may be difficult to address and easily avoided.

Joining me to have a frank discussion on financial wellness is Bre Bauer. Bre is a self-proclaimed “Budget Nerd”, who spent years in a cycle of accumulating consumer debt and then working her tail off to pay it off.  

It wasn’t until she changed her awareness and behaviors around her money mindset and spending habits that she was truly able to become and remain debt-free.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Mistakes and misconceptions around money and finances

• What budgeting means and what it doesn’t mean

• The importance of building awareness around your spending habits

• How to budget with a variable income

• How to build a healthy money mindset

• And a whole lot more!

As nutritionists, wellness practitioners, coaches, etc., we can offer guidance, make recommendations and offer insights, but the ultimate key to your success is the mindset that you bring to the table.

Joining me in this podcast episode is Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Personal Development Coach, Catherine Mulvihill.

You’ll hear us explore:

• What is the Immunity to Change

• Why people feel stuck - what holds them back from making progress on their goals

• Different kinds of challenges

• How this applies to both nutrition, health, wellness and even business endeavors

• How to uncover your unconscious beliefs that sabotage your successes using the Immunity Map

Joining me on this week’s brand new episode of The Live FAB Life Podcast is parenting coach, MegAnne Ford of Be Kind Coaching.

In her work as a life and parenting coach, much of what MegAnne teaches is how to understand and decode the communication of behaviors, which isn’t limited to parent-child relationships, but to all human relationships.

When taking a functional approach to health, the goal is to uncover the root cause(s) of a problem and in many situations, especially ones rooted in emotional stress, relationships and how we communicate with each other is often at the root of the problem. 

In this episode, you'll hear us:

• Introduce the Mistaken Goals Chart

• Discuss four behaviors and what they *really* mean

• Explore misconceptions and truths when it comes to decoding behaviors

• Action steps you can take immediately to put this action

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