Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older

In this episode, I walk you through a meditation that includes visualization exercises and share a HeartMath®️ heart-focused breathing technique. I encourage you to get comfortable and carve out space to drop into this embodied experience. Also, I would love to know the story that you want to tell at the end of 2023. If you’d like to share with me (and perhaps the rest of the community), feel free...

There's pressure to start a new year feeling invigorated and inspired but that's not the experience for everyone.  I started 2023 feeling burdened with a resistant stye, cough, and cold along with feelings of melancholy.  Instead of stewing in these depleting emotions, I chose to be curious about the narrative I was telling myself about my health and depleted emotional state. I took this curiosity...

There’s so much healing available in the human body through the energy of the heart and mind, but many of us have lost touch with that connection. It’s helpful to have tools that can bridge the gap and create space for a deeper level of consciousness.  In this episode, I’m joined by frequency medicine pioneer Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, CEO and Founder of Leela Quantum Tech. His compan...

Wyatt Ewing is the founder of Ice Barrel, the most accessible and effective cold therapy solution on the market.  In our conversation, Wyatt breaks down what cold therapy is, the science behind the modality, and the benefits it offers. He also shares his advice for any ‘cold curious’ folks out there who want to start experimenting with cold showers or plunges.  After struggling with stress managem...

In this episode, I’m joined by Energy Medicine Practitioner and Expert Energy Trainer Lara Riggio.  In our modern world, we need tools and techniques to cultivate resiliency and calm in the midst of chaos.  Lara explains how working through an upset can help us break out of patterns that make us feel powerless. We explore how to relinquish control and fear over the unknown, which can be especially...

Hormone health is an essential part of feeling younger while growing older. In this episode, I’m joined by Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner Janel Anderson. She shares her framework for how your lifestyle choices impact your hormones.  Janel shares practical tools for healing your hormones and taking actionable steps towards feeling better with every decade. She breaks down her top t...

Today marks the beginning of Holy Week in the Jewish faith and Advent Season for Christian denominations. In this episode, I talk about my own quest to amplify human connection and celebrate what’s good in this world.  This time of year inspires me to reflect on what a temple is and what it represents. For me, my body is a living temple. By tuning into what it asks of me, I can honor my mind-body-...

The history of nutrition is built from the male body and not the female body. Here lies the advocacy women need to have in doing their own research beyond the pharmacology of what the Doctor prescribes. Dr. Beth Westie started her journey in female hormones by finding a different solution for eliminating ovarian cysts. There has to be a different route other than birth control. There is. Through h...

We all put up with environments, behaviors, and relationships that drain our energy and take up space in our lives. What’s an area of your life that you’re simply tolerating right now?  An easy way to take stock of where you're settling is to evaluate your living space. Your home is often a metaphor for how you feel inside. Does everything look neat and clean, but the drawers and closets are pure...

Holly Getty has a unique, inside-out approach to fashion. She not only helps people discover their personal style, but also increases their confidence and brings out their inner-radiance. Her ultimate goal is to increase everybody's enjoyment and reduce stress around clothing and gift giving.  In our conversation, we talk about the power of your personal style and how to tap into a higher vibratio...

Guiding the aging process is a long-term project and I’m celebrating 11 years since I started to reverse engineer my biological age. In this episode, I break down my Functional Nutrition framework and tracking tool that will help you understand your baseline and get really clear on how you can improve your longevity strategy.  In order to feel younger while growing older, you need to know what's h...

We don't have to accept the aging model that has been the norm in our modern life. We all have agency over how we chronologically age, and there are so many tools out there to support us on that journey.  In this episode, I’m joined by Chris Mirabile, the founder and CEO of NOVOS, the first and only company that addresses human aging by targeting the ten mechanisms of aging. It’s a sophisticated t...

As we approach the holiday season, I want to offer a practice that feels really supportive and grounded. In this episode, I illustrate ways to embody gratitude and stream it to and from your heart center.  It’s no secret that gratitude has powerful healing energy. When you are truly in gratitude and allow yourself to sit in that feeling, it shifts your entire frequency. When you're feeling appreci...

I am joined by Andrea Nakayama, an internationally-known Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator, and speaker who is leading a movement to transform the health industry into a system that WORKS, empowering patients and practitioners alike with the systems and tools of Functional Nutrition.  Andrea is celebrated as a leader in the field of Functional Nutrition because of her unique ability to te...

One of the most important parts of my wellness routine is taking a daily spore-based probiotic from Just Thrive, a cutting-edge supplement company. On today’s episode, I’m joined by the co-founder of the company, Tina Anderson, to learn more about the science behind some of the Just Thrive bestsellers and discuss why optimizing your gut health is crucial to feeling younger while growing older.  Wh...

When you’re in a season of life that finds you stuck in the valley instead of rejoicing on the mountaintop, self-acceptance can be so challenging to embody. But, it’s not impossible. On today’s episode, I’m sharing my thoughts about self-acceptance, the ebb and flow of life, and normalizing the valley periods that we all experience.  It takes a lot of courage to sit with the discomfort and move th...

We're at record levels of people struggling with chronic conditions and not being served. After feeling unsupported during her own health journey, functional lifestyle practitioner Kate Smith wanted to reach a community of people that have limited access to resources. She’s a volunteer at Dream Centers, a non-profit women’s health clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In our conversation, we discu...

After a series of failed surgeries that left Kristin Bowman bedridden and depressed with daily seizures, she was determined to find a solution that her doctor’s couldn’t provide. A friend with decades of nursing experience recommended that she soak her feet in magnesium, and Kristen describes the experience as the missing puzzle piece to put her life back together.  Kristen became passionate about...

The US life expectancy at birth is at its lowest since 1996, but meanwhile, we spend the highest amount on healthcare per capita than any other nation in the world relative to our wealth. On today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain of what's been going on within the US healthcare system and what the statistics really show.  Two of the leading causes of death in the US, heart disease and liver...

When was the last time that you lost track of time? Being with my newborn grandson has reminded me of the wonders of nature and humanity. Watching him inhale and exhale, open his eyes, and develop has been a beautiful experience. With automation and the rapid pace of technology, we have less opportunities to observe and tap into a flow state, but in today’s episode, I’m sharing a couple of techniq...

I have a major life update to share since I published my last episode: I am officially a grandma! Like most things in life, the timing of my grandson’s entrance into the world was unpredictable, but I’m grateful that I can stay calm under pressure and quickly adapt to challenging situations. Like I mentioned in the episode about safety, hyper-vigilance stunts resilience, and it’s times like these...

I’m joined by Angie Brown Harris, Licensed Massage Therapist, NAMS Certified Nutrition Consultant, Mindset and Motivation Coach, and Functional Nutrition Lifestyle Practitioner. After being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in 2019, Angie wanted to explore holistic healing and discovered the world of functional medicine.  On today’s episode, we discuss honoring your inner voice, tools for fee...

There’s a two-word phrase that’s come up a lot since 2020, and it makes me cringe every time I hear it: be safe. I’m reflecting on some of the ways that I’ve defied that sentiment in my adult life and how getting outside of my comfort zone has always paid off in the end. I also touch on my experience at the LifeWave Global Convention that I went to recently and my thoughts on becoming a grandma at...

Back in episode 42 with Miray Tayfun, the founder and CEO of Vivoo, I spoke about my early experiences with the urine test strips and accompanying app. After more than a month of daily use, I wanted to chat with Vivoo’s Nutrition and Wellness Expert, Melisa Karabeyoğlu, about my results and learn more about the parameters that Vivoo measures.  Vivoo provides information in 90 seconds on 9 key well...

Leslie Kenny is certified health coach and the founder and CEO of Oxford Healthspan. After reversing the effects of her autoimmune disease, Leslie founded Oxford Healthspan to identify clinically-safe healthy aging compounds and bring them to market as nutritional supplements. Primeadine® is the first product, a food-based, spermidine-rich supplement. Leslie breaks down the science behind the ‘mir...