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Raise your hand if you feel burnt out..... ok, WHOA... we felt the collective energy of about a millions hands in the air!! It is clear that humans today - and particularly humans of the FEMALE variety - are running on an energy + resource deficit. Meanwhile, your responsibilities and stressors continue to climb. Yikes. To help address this incendiary topic, we welcome the one-and-only Dr. Darria...

What is NLP? It’s short for Neuro Linguistic Programming, and it is the one of the best kept secrets of highly effective people. Who uses NLP? Oh, ya know, some “little known folks” like Barack Obama, Tony Robbins, Oprah Winfrey, and beyond. Today we have Sonya Furlong, head of the Centre for Life Therapies, giving us the low-down on this subtle but powerful technique that has the power to ch...

In an internet filled with countless memes and endless platitudes about self-care and mental wellness,  Stephanie Harrison,  the founder of  The Happy Co,  cuts through the noise with her artfully illustrated, scientifically backed visualizations about mindfulness, kindness, and the general mental framing to live a happier life.    LISTEN TO THIS SHOW IF:   You a...

Welcome to OTG's Back-to-School Series, where we are re-airing our favorite parenting experts to help you survive the season! Today, we are talking about creating brains. Sounds fancy, right?! America’s Brain Gal, Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Dr. Sarah Allen translates applied brain science to everyday life. She helps busy moms efficiently and effectively learn to look at their kids as l...

Welcome to OTG's Back-to-School Series, where we are re-airing our favorite parenting experts to help you survive the season! Today's guest on OTG is Laurie Gelman. If the last name sounds familiar, it’s because Laurie’s husband is the legendary TV producer Michael Gelman of Live with Kelly & Ryan . Little known fact, Laurie actually spent 25 years as a broadcaster here and in her na...

Welcome to OTG's Back-to-School Series, where we are re-airing our favorite parenting experts to help you survive the season! Chloe Melas is an entertainment reporter for CNN, covering all things entertainment and Hollywood for the network across platforms. Somewhere amidst her meteoric career trajectory, she met her wonderful husband and had two cute little boys… but found herself perplexed...

Today we welcome Siri Lindley, a 2x World champion triathlete, author, speaker, animal activist, and cancer survivor. Named one of Tony Robbins’ 10 Favorite Motivational Speakers, Siri is also a life coach and distinguished keynote speaker, where her mission is to “positively influence others, to help empower individuals by connecting them to their greatest strengths.”  After beating lif...

Our guest today, and co-host, Heidi Kristoffer, walked away from a glamorous acting career to get covered in other people's sweat teaching yoga. So we dig deep... to find out WHY. After avoiding multiple surgeries and healing her spine using YOGA, Heidi knew she had to share it. Now she has her own “CrossFlow Yoga” app so she can bring these practices that have helped her SO MUCH to as many people...

Ever wish you were one of those upbeat, positive people who embrace every day with a CAN-DO mindset that motivates others and makes life more FUN? Well, our friend and co-host, Meaghan B Murphy,  is  one of those people, but she wasn't always that way. Get the REAL back story on how a kid nicknamed Grumpy survived some harrowing teen years to ultimately transform her mindset and her life...

We interviewed our gal Jamie Hess to talk about “loving your hustle,” because truly no one does it better than her! Jamie spent two decades as a high-level Public Relations pro with clients including W Hotels Worldwide, LinkedIn, McDonald’s, Barry’s Bootcamp, and many more. Over time, she found that her favorite clients were always those in the health + fitness space, and she yearned to pursue tha...

Summer seems to be the one time each year that moms actually do have a little time to read. (Thank you, sleepaway camp!) But if you’re not on TikTok scrolling the black hole of #BookTok book-fluencer videos, how the heck are you supposed to know what fiction is actually worth your precious beach time?!    OTG to the rescue! In our special Summer Book Club series we sit down with the hott...

Conflicted about getting your under-5-year-old vaccinated for COVID? When we found out that longtime friend of OTG, Dr. Darria Long Gillespie, recently helped write some guidelines for vaccines and kids with Brown University school of public health, we knew it was time to have our first ever THIRD time guest on the show. There isn’t a more perfect or qualified do...

Wondering what to read this summer? TikTok has become the ultimate authority, turning books into instant best-sellers. Scroll through #BookTok and you’ll find a black hole of videos of book-fluencers talking about their favorite picks. Team OTG wants to save you from the endless scroll. That’s why we launched our new Summer Book Club series where we share the hottest books worthy of your beach bag...

People  magazine calls  Brooke Lea Foster's  latest novel  On Gin Lane  the Best New Book, best-selling author  Elin Hildebrand  exclaims it's "utterly captivating," and  Town & Country  magazine heralded  One Gin Lane  as a Must-Read Book of Summer! We sat down with the award-winning author to get the inside scoop on title character Everl...

Zibby Owens  has interviewed over 1200 notable authors (think: everyone from  First Lady Jill Biden  to  James Patterson ) on her award-winning podcast  Moms Don't Have Time to Read Books . She regularly shares her book picks on  Good Morning America  and has written several of her own, including a new children's book  Princess Charming  and a...

Alopecia took center stage, literally, when Will Smith seemingly slapped Chris Rock for cracking a joke about his wife Jada's bald head. The 50-year-old actress had previously been open about her experience with hair loss, even posting a video on Instagram discussing her struggle and decision to shave her head. She wrote, "Mamma's gonna have to take it down to the scalp so nobody thinks she got br...

Do you ever feel like no matter what you try, you are simply speaking a different language from your kiddos? Want to learn how to connect more effectively and - more importantly - simply to YELL LESS?? Today we are joined by the woman Time Magazine named The Millennial Parenting Whisperer, clinical psychologist extraordinaire, Dr. Becky Kennedy. Known as “Dr. Becky” to her 1.1m followers ON the ‘g...

The Baby Formula shortage... it's a national crisis that has mom's everywhere living in anxiety and frustration. We're seeing all sorts of new conversations cropping up because of it, from "milk sharing" to "lactation shaming" and beyond... clearly, it's got us talking. So, what's a new mom to do?? We are joined by  founder of  boober,   Jada Shapiro,  a birth and postpartum do...

One in 3 female-owned businesses is owned by a mom. That’s nearly 4 million “mom bosses.” However, when you consider the fact that there around 582 million entrepreneurs globally, that number starts to seem kind of wimpy.  What's holding YOU back from turning an idea into a business or a side hustle into a full-time gig? If you need the nudge and/or the know-how to chase your dream, today's g...

Global fitness coach/influencer and author Joe Wicks (aka @thebodycoach 4M followers) became a social media phenomenon when the U.K. entered its first lockdown in March of 2020. He launched his YouTube series "PE with Joe" and more than 900,000 families tuned in around the world to work out with him on the very first day. On Day 2, over 955,000 families took part together and Joe broke the wo...

Today, we are talking about creating brains.  Sounds fancy, right?! America’s Brain Gal, Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Dr. Sarah Allen translates applied brain science to everyday life. She helps busy moms efficiently and effectively learn to look at their kids as little brains so they raise happy, connected, successful humans, building their brains without losing their minds!  Dr. Sarah...

She hears voices and sees dead people. MaryAnn DiMarco is an internationally-recognized psychic medium, author, healer and spiritual teacher. Known for her ability to channel powerful messages from spirit guides, angels and loved ones who've passed, MaryAnn translates those messages into practical guidance and advice for happier and more fulfilling lives.  Intrigued? Well, there's a 5-year cl...

Meet  Alex Rudin , a NYC-based multimedia artist and illustrator whose powerful work comments on everything from politics to racism and mental health. Stop whatever you're doing right now and go to @_alexrudin to see for yourself.  OK. You’re back! Incredible, right?!  Alex also commiserates with the cohosts on her longtime struggle with disordered eating and the often-misunderstood...

We've got our sparkly cowgirl boots on and a girl gang of VIPs at our side... today is a VERY SPECIAL EPISODE!! If you are a longtime listener of OTG, you may remember our first two editions of "Off the Gram: Live!" where we were joined by a live virtual audience for our interviews with Arianna Huffington and Katherine Schwarzenagger Pratt.  We decided that 2022 was calling for the...

Hey y’all!! Comin in hot with a sneak peek of the LIVE episode we just recorded with a live studio audience… in Nashville! Tune in today for details on the release date of the full length show, as well as the “big reveal” of the original song we recorded along with our gaggle of gorgeous OTG superfans at the private home studio of Country Music artist, Meghan Linsey!! Hosted on Acast. See aca...