Rebellious Wellness Over 50

Martha is a Registered Dietitian in Ontario, Canada, with over 30 years of experience working in many areas of nutrition. She currently works in Long Term Care (nursing homes, gerontology) and has a private practice, Primal RD, promoting a LCHF diet and lifestyle for healthy aging and chronic disease prevention.  And she is a cancer survivor who, after many months of research on “her kin...

My guest today, Marie Scott, is a Functional Medicine Health Coach who is passionate about helping widows and widowers to gain health, humor, and love back into their lives. Imagine being crazy, happily married to or partnered with someone for decades. Then, unexpectedly, even though you are only in your fifties, that person dies. This is a small part of Marie’s story. She shares honestly abo...

My guest is Norm Robillard, Ph. D , Founder of Digestive Health Institute, is a gut health expert, author, and microbiologist. He is the creator of the  Fast Tract Diet  –  Fermentation Potential (FP)  system, author of the   Fast Tract Digestion book series ,  and publisher of the  Fast Tract Diet mobile app. How he got here In his mid to late 30s he was working...

Before you decide this episode isn’t for you because I’m talking to a psychic I invite you to read on.  This conversation is a deep dive into healing the aspects of ourselves that hold us back from doing what we know or sense, that we would be happier doing.  And ends with a way to learn to tap into your psychic powers. Liz believes we are born with them but they get covered up by the lo...

Jennifer Herrera, my guest this week, is a practitioner of many of the healing arts. Reiki master, certified coach with HeartMath, and Pilates instructor.  Not long ago she was working in real estate. Seems many of my guests listened to their inner wisdom and took a leap into what the world around them might see as cray cray but was exactly the right move. Been there and done that. What about...

If you've ever been blindsided by an unexpected divorce you know it can be devastating — at least initially. Janie J’s story of reinvention and creating a life she loves began at 60 when her husband decided to leave after 35 years. She shares the fears, negative self talk, her decision to create a life she could love after years of being "just a mom" and taking care of everything. She was working...

Dr. Plasker may live in Georgia but he has a NYC energy and no-BS manner and we had fun. Chiropractor, International best-selling author of the  100 Year Lifestyle book series,  and speaker, Dr. Eric Plasker is on a mission.  He wants to help us all see our longevity potential as birthright time not borrowed time and develop a proactive mindset to create our own 100 Year Lifestyle....

Today's episode has so many great one liners, ahas, takeaways. Listen if for all the goodness but I’ve listed the ones that grabbed me and I hope will give you something to think about. Dee Wooldrige’s bio is rich with highs and lows just like many of us who have lived many decades. Her life began as the 9 th  of 13 children. Because of this she felt, she said, “forgotten, invisible, fea...

Nadine Kelly is a retired pathologist, experienced yoga instructor, American Council of Exercise certified Health Coach and Senior Exercise Specialist, founder of  YOGI M.D.  and host of the  YOGI M.D. Podcast.  For years, she was a practicing physician in a thriving community hospital setting. But despite having reached what she thought was her ultimate goal, something was mis...

You might think that a conversation with a genetics expert might be tough to follow or dry. My guest, Dr. Judy Ford, is both easy to understand and anything but dry. She is able to explain how all the pieces of the complex puzzle that is aging fit together: Telomeres, Senescence, Fat Metabolism, Mitochondria and Inflammation, and more. Here’s what you’ll hear in this episode: How a game of  b...

My guest, Annette Cashell, is a Restorative Exercise Specialist and Pilates instructor. You may recognize yourself in Annette. For many years she had a “real job” aka, sit at a desk for a long time every day. She took up Pilates to help with her lower back pain and did that for 16 years.  “I still had issues with my wrist, with my knee, and eventually I had an issue with my neck. I had terrib...

Justin Benton and his wife are the founders and owners of 101CBD products.  They created their Organic, Raw, Whole-Plant, True Full Spectrum CBDa oil to assist their child after a diagnosis of severe, regressive autism at age two. Their relentless search for a holistic solution led them to raw hemp as well as lifestyle changes.  Having experienced a miracle for their family, th...

My guest today is Christina Eanes and get this, she was an FBI agent and trained other agents. How cool is that? Through more than fifteen years of public service with a California police department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christina worked on an array of programs, including the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program and the FBI’s Leadership Development Program, where he...

My guest today is Brenda Fredericks, mother and former middle school teacher turned Transformational Coach. She is the founder of Body Love, a method designed to show women how to create a new healthy relationship with their bodies so they can experience more joy, ease, and sexiness in their lives. As a body love skeptic myself Brenda’s boldness about her journey intrigued me. Here’s a bit of...

My guest today, Claire Snowdon Darling, is a specialist in  menopause  and hormonal imbalances,  adrenal issues  and chronic fatigue and emotional issues such as  anxiety  and the connection between them all. She is the visionary founder and senior practitioner at  Balanced Wellness,  the UK’s leading Alternative Health Experts, and The  College of...

My guest today, Deborah Ivanoff is a Master Business Coach, Certified Mediator, Speaker, Author & Facilitator. She helps people resolve the delicate "business in their heart" so they can "get back to their business" in the world. Her signature approach addresses the root challenges that keep high-achieving people from the success and fulfillment they know they deserve.  With her “inner to...

Yes, you can control your thoughts in any situation Erin McCollough is a Certified Infinite Possibilities Trainer, studying under Mike Dooley. While getting certified, it became clear to her that her life's purpose is to help businesspeople find joy, purpose, and meaning in their lives.   She coaches and conducts her own trainings on changing the way we thin...

Terry teaches adults and kids--imagine that--how to meditate. Our conversation was different than any others I've had about meditation in that, Terry makes the how to, simple. He has helped clients get out of unhealthy relationships and into healthy ones, launch their business, start their careers, and explore their inner spirituality by teaching them meditation and coaching them into fulfillment....

Dr. Cynthia Green is a psychologist and a leading expert on cognitive wellness. We're talking about our brains, girls. Cynthia has written six books on the topic and has been featured as a media guest of all the great places in the world to be included. I She even did a book with National Geographic on your best brain ever. Her company, Total Brain Health offers brain training tools for individual...

Dr. Angela Cortal is an Oregon based naturopath who has made it her mission to change how we approach and treat chronic joint pain by reversing the causes. WHAT? Reversing the causes of things like arthritis or chronic pain? Yes ma’am and without invasive surgery or prolonged treatments that keep you coming back for more rather than setting you free.  We're talking about reversing the causes...

Jennifer O’Brien helps people talk about caregiving and end of life. She encourages compassionate, real conversation through her book, The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal , where she shares her story of caregiving through collages and writings.  After years of caring for people with serious illness as a physician, Jennifer’s husband, Bob Lehmberg, was diagnosed with a stage IV, metastatic c...

My guest, Carl Reader, addresses the root causes of pain. He is a Functional Movement Coach, Personal Trainer and have a background in Exercise Physiology and Pilates. What this means for you is the possibility of exercising safely without risk of pain and injury or getting to the root cause of your pain so you get relief. I had a virtual session with Carl during which he corrected my posture gett...

For twenty-five years, Mary Shomon about that I have been out in the thyroid trenches fighting for decent care and awareness and doing what she can to help support her fellow thyroid patients. She has written 15 books and the majority of them are on thyroid and autoimmune health and hormonal health, many of them are New York Times best sellers. She took on the powers that were, back in the 90s but...

My guest is Dr. Joe Casciani. He has a 30-year history in long-term care as a psychologist and mental health, and an expert in mental health practices. He is most interested in the aging part, how the psychology of aging is applied and  how we can age better . His new business is called Living to One Hundred Joe believes that successful aging is more about a mindset than we give that attentio...

Vedic astrology is the astrology of India. Prema and I talked about how this ancient Indian science can be used to support us on our journey physically, mentally and spiritually. There's no one time of life that we feel more drawn to get readings or explore our personalities, what makes us tick, but midlife is certainly a time when women especially begin to look inward after decades of being outwa...