Courageous Wellness

Today on the show, we have Vanessa Reiser. Vanessa is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), licensed in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida. She is a psychotherapist and the founder of the nonprofit TellaTherapist.org. She is also a long-distance runner and two-time Ironman who is best known for running the state of New York (285 miles in 11 days) in a wedding dress to raise aware...

Today, we sit down with  Palak Dave, entrepreneur, speaker, author of the book Beautiful Everydays: A Guide to Living in the Here and Now, and the Founder behind the brand, Embiria. Palak is not your typical wellness guru. She's on a mission to spark a crucial conversation about the importance of reclaiming our lives from digital overload and rediscovering the beauty IRL. Formerly an award-winning...

Today, we sit down with Dan Doty.  As a writer, wilderness guide, men's work leader, and somatic meditation teacher, he has helped to instigate and lead a part of the current global men's movement. As the visionary and founder of EVRYMAN, he has led retreats, and had the fortune to give talks around the world on masculinity, fatherhood, and spirituality. Dan has been featured on the Joe Rogan Expe...

Today, we sit down with JENNIE KETCHAM CROOKS, licensed clinical social worker, anxiety specialist and author of LOOK UP: The 30-Day Path to Digital Minimalism and Real Life Maximalism. The book guides readers through 30 consecutive days of evidence-based interventions for managing our out-of-control digital consumption to improve our meaningful real-world connections and better align our actions...

Today on the show, we welcome Chloe Harrouche. Chloe is the founder of The Lanby, a concierge primary care practice in NYC. Her goal is to reimagine what it's like to go to the doctor from every touchpoint. At age 23 Chloe was diagnosed with breast cancer and experienced our broken healthcare system. Through her experience, she found no one to coordinate care across specialists, no hospitality, an...

Today we speak to Jennifer Scheinman, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, and Senior Manager of Timeline Nutrition. Jen’s master’s degree in Integrative and Functional Nutrition, coupled with advanced training in bioenergetics, provides her with a profound understanding of the complex interplay between nutrition, cellular health, and longevity. This specialized education has equipped Jen with a uni...

Career coach Megan Hellerer has become known as the “Conscious Career Coach,” working with clients including journalists, lawyers, a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, a Fortune 30 Under 30 tech founder, the editor-in-chief of a major lifestyle magazine, and Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.   She offers a culmination of over a decade of learning, training, and coaching in her new bo...

Today on the podcast, Aly speaks with Dr. Morgan Anderson of Dr. Morgan Coaching. Dr. Morgan is a psychologist and attachment theory expert that works to help women do personal healing to attract healthy love and partnerships in their lives. She went from being on a rollercoaster with relationships in her early twenties to then committing to breaking the cycle of drama and heartache. This led her...

Today on the show, Aly and Erica have a long overdue catchup with a solo episode! The hosts talk about self-like, caring for yourself through difficulties, hanging at the US open, changing the way we support our health through different life stages, and they also tease a new Courageous Wellness offering of astrological health readings with Erica! Interested in making changes to your health routine...

Today, we welcome Micaela Hoo, co-founder of Chronically Hacked and My July, to the Courageous Wellness Podcast. Micaela Hoo is a writer, lifestyle entrepreneur, and chronic illness coach living in Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of Chronically Hacked, a world renowned and celebrity endorsed online course about how to navigate the confusing world of chronic illness. Additionally, Micaela and he...

Today on the show, Aly speaks with Dr. Tara. Dr. Tara is a tenured professor of relational and sexual communication, and quantitative research at California State University Fullerton, an award-winning researcher, TV Sexpert on ‘Celebs Go Dating,’ and the host of Luvbites Podcast that focuses on sexual wellness and sexploration. Her work has been featured in ABC News, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health...

Today we have Dr. Efrat LaMandre, founder of The Knew Method. Dr. E is a Nurse Practitioner with a  Ph. D. in Integrative Medicine and she created The Knew Method to empower patients and help millions of viewers worldwide understand that "YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE NOT IN YOUR HEAD." She explains how conventional medicine often doesn’t address the root cause of symptoms. Using functional medicine and The K...

Today on the podcast we have Doug Carlson. Doug is the North American CEO of Good Idea Drinks - the first functional beverage clinically proven to boost metabolism, sustain natural energy, and help to balance blood sugar - with no caffeine or sugar. Today we talk all about metabolic health and how Good Idea came to be, with its roots in years of research at the Univesrity of Lund in Sweden.  Good...

Today on the show, we have Dr. Morgan Nolte. DR. Nolte is a board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy. Recognizing a lack of preventative education and care that focused on reversing risk factors instead of just treating symptoms, Dr. Nolte founded Zivli, an online course and coaching program that helps adults reverse insulin resistance for long-term weight loss and disease...

Today on the show, we have Stephanie Moyal. Stephanie is a co-founder of Troop Mushroom Gummies company with her cousin Jake Mellman.  They are on a mission to demystify mushrooms and make them approachable. They believe nature, especially mushrooms hold many of the answers that we’re looking for. By turning to preventative rather than curative health measures, we as a troop can walk a path to a h...

Dr. Tom O’Bryan is a world-renowned Functional Medicine educator. He speaks all around the world at medical conferences in places like Rome, India, Brazil and the U.S.He’s the one that other doctors turn to when they need help. He’s helping to write medical textbooks to train the next generation of doctors. Recently he has released a new docu-series called “The Inflammation Equation.” In “The Infl...

On today’s episode, we have Kate Morton, an expert dietitian with a master's in Human Clinical Nutrition. Kate faced her own hormonal challenges after quitting birth control. This personal experience fueled her drive to launch her brand Funk It. Merging her scientific know-how with genuine care, Kate created a brand dedicated to menstrual health. Funk It stands as a trusted resource, offering high...

Today on the podcast, we welcome author, Banning Lyon. Banning was an average 15-year-old living in Dallas, Texas. He enjoyed skateboarding, listening to punk rock, and even had a part-time job. But his life quickly changed after a school guidance counselor believed he was suicidal after giving away his skateboard. Days later he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and what he was told would be...

Today, we welcome fiction writer, Mary Adkins to the show. Mary is the author of When You Read This, Privilege, and Palm Beach. A native of the American South and a graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School, her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Atlantic. She also teaches storytelling for The Moth. Mary works as an online writing coach, and helps other authors write through...

Today, we welcome Rachel Garahan to the show. Rachel is a creative director, artist, and innate nurturer. In all of her work, she is drawn to what she calls the "elemental connection": the space where nature and the human spirit overlap. She is also the author of a new pregnancy journal, 9 Months of Wonder. With a spare, modern design and gorgeous illustration, 9 Months of Wonder is designed to he...

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Dr. Katie Lee is a dentist, speaker, author, and coach who lives in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Lee graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010 and was an owner-partner in over 80 DSO supported dental practices throughout the US and served as Clinical Partner overseeing 5 states. Currently, she consults for health technology companies, provides implant education for general dentists, and is...

Today we have a fascinating conversation with Dr. Cate Shanahan, author of the new book DARK CALORIES: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Get It Back, released on June 11th.   DARK CALORIES explains how a group of eight little-known oils cause the cellular damage that underlies virtually all chronic disease, exposes the corruption that deceives doctors and consumers into eating them,...

Today we welcome back Alessia Scauzillo, founder of “A Sculpt Body.” She has created a platform that promotes wellness, body love, dating and authenticity. If you want to listen to Alessia’s first episode of the podcast, where she details her journey from the corporate world to fitness, you can check out that episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/courageous-wellness/id1395464655?i=10...

Today we have an impactful conversation with well-being expert and social media sensation Stephanie Harrison, who aims to remedy the happiness issues we face as a society. In her new book, NEW HAPPY: Getting Happiness Right in a World That's Got It Wrong, released in May, Harrison exposes society’s lie and shares a revolutionary, science-backed approach to true happiness – and you might be surpris...