Ivy Unleashed

Andrea Nakayama is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator and speaker pioneering the movement to transform healthcare into a system that works for everyone. Andrea joined the functional care world after a devastating life circumstance and has made it her mission to help fill gaps in healthcare. Tune in to her story of resiliency, the frameworks she’s created to help people heal, her experien...

As we evolve, we need love in new and different ways. Whether it's self-love or love in our relationships, checking in to determine our needs is essential. Tune in to hear how Andrea & Brooke are finding love in their lives for ideas and ways to bring more love into your life as well.  Mentioned in the episode: The Golden Secrets: SKINCARE – THE GOLDEN SECRETS Code: GOLDIVY BetterHelp: Be...

We were honored to be in the presence of Dr. Shefali. Every time she speaks, she empowers us to become more conscious. Becoming more aware of our ego, our need for control, recognizing when we’re complacent, recognizing our inner critic, realizing our issues in relationships are because of our own inner child’s unmet needs. In this episode you’ll hear how the ego shows up and receive tools to disr...

Who wants more connection, passion, and fun in their relationships? WE DO!! We brought Relationship & Connection Expert, Monica Tanner to help us ditch resentment and replace it with a new form of commitment as our romantic relationships evolve. In this episode you’ll hear about the importance of knowing yourself, expressing your needs, how our past can affect the state of our current relation...

Every year the resolutions are made and every year, they lose steam. Why? There’s no plan or system to sustain them. We’re diving in headfirst to the strategies that will help you follow through the entire year so that you feel your absolute best. You’ll hear our personal goals, new strategies that might inspire you and/or make you laugh, and an abundance of tips to help you level up in 2024. Ment...

We all have influence and potential that Rene Rodriguez is helping us tap into. Considered by many as the leading authority on leadership and influence, René Rodriguez is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, leadership advisor, and transformational speaker coach.  In our conversation, you'll hear ways to step into your power as a speaker, ask for what you want, overcome your inner critic,...

Who wants to feel their best? WE DO!! Unfortunately we are exposed to toxins in the air, in food, skincare products, and more. What we like to focus on is what we can actually control. The more we know, the better we can take care of ourselves and others. We are talking with author and certified practitioner, Dr. Wendie Trubow. Dr. Wendie had her own health journey after unexplained weight gain, b...

When you give up alcohol, people get curious about why. “Did something happen?” “Do you have a problem?” But if someone gives up Diet Coke, we completely understand it’s because it’s terrible for your health. Our culture has normalized and romanticized the intake of alcohol so much that it’s out of the norm to not participate in social drinking.  We are getting vulnerable, once again with our expe...

Have you ever been told you’re too emotional or you’re too much? You are not alone. Andrea is brought to tears easily and has been following Highly Sensitive Person Mentor, Alissa Boyer, to help her embrace her sensitivity. Alissa is breaking the stigma of sensitivity being a weakness and empowering HSP everywhere to find the superpower within their sensitivity.  In this episode, you’ll hear about...

We’re back for Season 4 of the Ivy Unleashed Podcast and couldn’t be more excited to deliver you more value. As we enter a new year, it’s always a good idea to check in with how you want to feel, allow it in, and keep finding ways to align with your needs. Setting goals for a new year requires a limitless mindset and tools to integrate what you want. We are going to share 3 stages and mindset shif...

Andrea is hardcore challenging herself these days and is here to share her lessons during the final days of 75 Hard and her experience crossing her 25th marathon finish line. She's giving the inside scoop on what she loves about 75 Hard along with lessons and cringeworthy moments. She is also officially halfway through her mission to run a marathon in all 50 states and is sharing her latest e...

We celebrate another season and another year through our journey of growth with the season 3 finale! We share our experience at Jen Gottlieb’s powerful “Build Your Brand” event where we found our belonging by being in the rooms with people we want to be. Energy and human connections are crucial to being seen and heard and making others feel the way that you feel so tap into what makes you tick and...

Jen Gottlieb is back for Part 2! In Part 2, Jen shares insight to her newly released book, BE SEEN, which not only will help you build the confidence necessary to live the life you know you were meant to live, but it will also equip you with all of the essential tools you need to find your unique voice, build your brand, and live out loud! Jen shares the 3 tips to being seen, be courageous, be cre...

Jen Gottlieb is a powerhouse entrepreneur, international speaker, host of the I Dare You Podcast, and co-founder of Super Connector Media. In Part 1, Jen shares her journey from her childhood to manifesting landing a role in the Broadway National Tour of The Wedding Singer, to then becoming a host on a hit VH1 TV series. But Jen realized this was not the life she envisioned. She was planting seeds...

Are you ready to take control of your life with a physical, mental, and spiritual journey? In this episode we share each of our journeys through 75 Hard, which is a transformative mental toughness program. By focusing on your physical health you in turn benefit your mental and spiritual health as well. We walk through the challenge and Brooke shares her reasons for making a decision to stop 75 Har...

Tracy McCubbin has always referred to herself as “obsessive compulsive delightful,” but who knew she could turn that trait into a booming business? Twelve years and thousands of decluttered homes later, Tracy knew it was time to take what she had learned working with her clients and write a book to help others dealing with clutter, which is beyond life-changing. In this episode Tracy bounces aroun...

Are you not feeling your best and just cannot figure out what is wrong? In this episode Brooke shares her journey spending years navigating the overwhelming amount of information and conflicting doctors’ opinions in the gut-health world. The good news? It doesn’t have to be complicated; it’s actually quite simple! This episode serves as a guide that can help your body self-heal the way it was desi...

Jeremy Stein is an entrepreneur, podcast producer and host, husband, and father of two teenage girls. After meeting his now wife Rhonda 20 years ago, Jeremy picked up and packed up his entire life to start new moving from Maryland to Florida and now co-hosts with Rhonda a very successful podcast all about Walt Disney World and beyond, which helps both Disney veterans and rookies navigate the parks...

We’re sitting down during this season of fun for a game of “Would You Rather?” Let’s laugh, let’s joke, lighten it up and not take life too seriously with these questions that dive into fun facts about us and occasionally get a little bit deep. Life and health can be serious, but it can be fun too. Plus, you can never know too much about each other! For Promotion Inquiries contact- sarah@goldivyhe...

Gaelin Elmore is back for Part 2! Gaelin shares more about his current life, the work he's doing being a father, and the state of his family relationships now. He teaches how your specific journey can give you the license to be empathetic towards what others are going through and to not diminish or de-qualify what you’ve been through. We are all a product of the support that we have and when...

Gaelin Elmore helps professionals and adults who serve youth with adverse backgrounds understand belonging, identify the gaps in belonging, and erase them so their youth can heal and reach their full potential. In Part 1, Gaelin takes us back to his first memory as a 4 year-old child, being taken from his family as he was thrust into a long journey through the foster care system, the abuse he face...

A new season is upon us and instead of resisting the chaos we want you to embrace it, feel good about it, and have acceptance of that season. It is time to identify what season you are in and take inventory on how it is going. We provide you with questions and prompts to give you the tools to thrive, own your struggles, and conquer the SEASON (our powerful acronym you'll hear more about in th...

John “Slick” Baum is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of innovation in the aerospace industry who is skilled in U.S. DoD, International Relations, Weapons System Development, Intelligence, Operational Planning, Campaign Communication and Strategic Leadership. “Slick” joins to share his story as a young kid who first saw the movie Top Gun and wanted to be a pilot. He then went f...

Do you often feel the need for more motivation in your life? In this episode we debunk motivation by sharing practices we’ve used and adopted into our lifestyles each day to increase our energy to get things done. If you simply wait to get motivated, you are setting yourself up for failure. You often need outside direction, so we share our top tools that will help when your motivation is low and w...

Julie Schmid is an extremely talented dancer, actress and artist by day but joins today to share her journey, struggle, and determination to live life to its fullest with her husband Jason. Originally diagnosed with vertigo, which was later diagnosed as a brain tumor, Jason beat cancer once with Julie and family by his side. After 5 years, in a new marriage, a devastating diagnosis of Glioblastoma...