The Glo Podcast

Koya Webb is a Glo teacher, Wellness Visionary, Educator, & Founder of Get Loved Up. She has over 15 years of experience in holistic health studies and dedicates herself to supporting those who suffer from chronic disease through building sustainable, daily self-care, plant-based nutrition, and eco-friendly practices. In this episode, Koya chats with Derik about how she discovered yoga in college...

We met U.S. Army veteran Charley Jordan through photographer, and fellow Glo podcast guest, Robert Sturman (episode #14). Sturman photographed Charley and other military veterans who use yoga as a healing practice for PTSD as well as mental, emotional, and physical effects due to their careers.  Charley is now a college adjunct professor, flower farmer, and owner of Jordan Farms in Tennessee. Char...

Derik Mills speaks with Drybar’s co-founder, Alli Webb, about starting new ventures, approaching difficult conversations, and the positive impact that professional and personal coaching has had on her leadership. Alli says her inner and outer journeys have been crucial to her success in business and personal relationships. It’s what’s supported her in developing confidence in her creativity, conqu...

We all have moments that inspire us to change or dedicate ourselves to something we would have never guessed or expected. Glo teacher Annie Carpenter, shares the importance of presence and how our yoga practice can support us in cultivating presence. Annie shares about the early days of YogaGlo, the teachers who impacted her life, the Katha Upanishad, and how her practice (as a teacher and student...

Most people say, “I want to get rid of all the stress in my life” or “I don’t want any anxiety in my life.” But, as Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki explains, we all need good anxiety. Anxiety is the fire that drives us forward.  As the Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, Dr. Suzuki is known for her research on our ability to form and retain new l...

Derik discusses the founding years of Glo with the first teacher he approached, Jo Tastula. Located in Western Australia, Jo chats with Derik about her unique upbringing, how it changed her teaching style, and the ups and downs of her journey to becoming a yoga teacher. She shares how her practice has helped to create a sacred space for healing in some of her most difficult moments—losing both of...

At Glo, we have an internal slack channel called “Member Love” where we post feedback from our members around the world. This is the second episode in a series on The Glo Podcast where we’ll be sharing a conversation with one of our Glo members. Today, Derik speaks with Kelly Alexander, a Glo member, certified yoga teacher, holistic health coach, and founder of "Raw By Nature," a website that offe...

Lisa Brooks Mills speaks with Jessica Zweig , an inspiring entrepreneur, personal branding expert, and author of Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself . Jessica shares how her struggles with low self-esteem, debt, and toxic relationships became the catalyst to creating, Simply Be, a platform dedicated to helping individuals and businesses unco...

Derik Mills speaks with scientist, writer, and expert in the “Psychology of Technology” Dr. Larry Rosen . They discuss the psychological consequences of social media and our addiction to our devices. He shares his 30+ years of research in the field and the correlation between our cognitive functions, increased technology consumption, and our rising cortisol levels. Dr. Rosen shares the truth about...

Derik Mills explores technology and its impact on our health in this interview with Larissa May, Founder and Executive Director of #HalfTheStory. Larissa, AKA Larz, is pioneering the future of digital wellness for the next generation. They discuss the importance of digital wellness, #HalfTheStory’s upcoming Global Day of Unplugging, the educational programs her brand is developing to empower youth...

At Glo, we have an internal slack channel called “Member Love” where we post feedback from our members around the world. This is the first of a special feature on The Glo Podcast where we’ll be sharing a conversation with a Glo member. Today, Derik speaks with Emer Deane, founder of Clear Path Coaching and Polyvagal informed Leadership and Career Coach who empowers women to befriend their nervous...

Almost 30 began as a podcast between two friends sharing candid conversations about spirituality, holistic health and wellness, personal development, rejection, fear, relationships, and finding purpose. They have since recorded nearly 500 podcast episodes and counting, and expanded their platform to a global network for women. Lisa Brooks Mills, Glo’s co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, chats wit...

This episode of The Glo Podcast, Derik speaks with celebrated photographer and yogi, Robert Sturman , whose work has taken him around the world, into prisons, and behind the scenes on military bases. He’s also been the official artist of iconic events such as Grammy Awards, FIFA World Cup, and U.S. Olympics. Sturman discusses his parallel journey as a yogi and developing his skills as a photograph...

This special episode of The Glo Podcast features a talk given by Dr. Dan Siege l, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center , at Glo HQ in Santa Monica just before the COVID-19 lockdown. Dr. Siegel gives an in-depth discussion on how to use The Wheel of Awareness , a useful meditation tool he developed...

Part two of Derik’s conversation with Professor of Religion Dr. Douglas Brooks expands on the origins of yoga, its rich history of borrowing from other cultures and time periods, and its connection to our understanding of true freedom today. They also discuss yoga as a form of self-care—in body and mind—and how we can ultimately live a more healthy, fulfilled life of connection and purpose.  If yo...

In this episode, Derik speaks with Professor Douglas Brooks about the history and evolution of yoga in theory and in practice. As a Professor of Religion at the University of Rochester, Professor Brooks was a Fulbright Fellow in Sanskrit at Madurai University, and holds both a master’s and a doctoral degree from Harvard University.  They discuss Professor Brooks’ spiritual and philosophical journe...

Derik in conversation with Dr. Ramani Durvasula , clinical psychologist, narcissism expert, and author of “Don’t You Know Who I Am?”: How to Stay Sane in an Era of Narcissism, Entitlement, and Incivility . They discuss some of the reasons that narcissists behave as they do, and how narcissism shows up in the workplace and on social media. Dr. Ramani dives into how to recognize narcissistic persona...

Derik speaks with Jason Crandell , renowned yoga teacher and author. Jason has traveled the world educating teachers and practitioners of yoga and has become known by many as a “teacher’s teacher.” This episode discusses Jason’s education and philosophy on the vast and various definitions of yoga, including one of his favorites, Mary Paffard ’s “pirate yoga.”  Jason also shares how yoga is a senso...

Derik Mills in a powerful conversation with Dr. Yasmene Mumby, discussing her journey as a writer, activist, artist, wellbeing guide, middle school teacher, community organizer, and law student.  She is the creator of a multi-part audio-memoir series called Ahimsa , and author of “Amplify Black Voices: Yoga, You Can Do Better,” an influential article she wrote for Elephant Journal about her experi...

Morgan Harper Nichols is known as an artist whose poetry, storytelling, and songwriting doesn’t just make you think, but actually makes you feel. This episode is a lesson in empathy in real-time . Morgan recites poems from her upcoming book, How Far You Have Come, and sings an a capella version of her song, Tell the Story . This powerful episode reveals how empathy expressed—in all forms—can help...

The work of uncovering your authentic self can be challenging because it means relinquishing control and feeling the difficult emotions we suppress. However, it’s in the process of developing this kind of empathy for others that we begin to lead our most fulfilling life. Seane shares these and other lessons she’s learned along her spiritual journey. She and Derik talk about her experience uncoveri...

Lisa Brooks Mills , co-founder and Glo’s Chief Impact Officer, leads a conversation with Dr. Aviva Romm , holistic medical doctor, about hormone imbalance, discovering root causes behind symptoms, and healing. As someone affected by Hashimotos , an autoimmune condition, Lisa discusses Dr. Romm’s new book, Hormone Intelligence , and the culture of burnout and its impact on gaslighting women out of...

Derik Mills speaks with Dr. Amelia Nagoski , the co-author of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle , Dr. Nagoski explains how stress not only affects our emotional and physical wellbeing, but can remain trapped in our bodies. She discusses the ways patriarchy jeopardizes everyone’s health, but especially women and people of color. She also shares the importance of connectedness, the b...

Derik Mills and Professor Rhonda Magee discuss systems of white supremacy and white privilege, and how being “colorblind” denies how race plays an active role in our everyday existence. They explore Professor Magee’s “color-insight” approach and the work of other groundbreaking thought leaders in social justice both past and present, including those of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin, an...

Derik Mills speaks with Tina Lifford, CEO of The Inner Fitness Project , a wellbeing initiative that teaches practices for navigating life with mindfulness and resilience. They discuss Tina’s thriving acting career (currently playing Aunt Vi on Queen Sugar ), her work as an Inner Fitness Coach, and her book, The Little Book of Big Lies - A Journey Into Inner Fitness, which has received multiple aw...