Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Happy Pot Luck Saturday! Fourth-grade pen pals, summer camp friendships, chocolate mousse pie, prison inmates, and a letter-writing assignment that brought in the FBI. Yes, we're going back to the days of pen-pals. We talk about school pen pal programs, handwritten letters on double-lined paper, exchanging stickers and photographs, and the excitement of waiting for someone to write back. We talk r...

Happy Regular Guy Friday! We fooled them again and somehow made it through another week! This week, we're spinning the big wheel on The Price Is Right, revisiting the '70s, and getting some unexpected life lessons from the people with a B. We talk about why sometimes the best thing you can do is lean into who you are instead of trying to keep up with everyone else. We talk about how shag carpeting...

Hey Heal Squad! After our eye-opening conversation with Dr. Kristi Funk about breast cancer prevention and early detection, we wanted to revisit another incredibly important conversation. Because what happens when prevention isn't enough and you hear those four words no one ever wants to hear: "You have cancer"? Where do you even begin? That's why we're bringing back my conversation with cancer su...

Hey Heal Squad!! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re talking all things BOOBS today with  renowned breast cancer surgeon Dr. Kristi Funk! Yup she is back and we are going way beyond “get your mammogram.” We’re talking about why breast cancer rates are rising, especially in younger women, what women with dense breasts need to know about what mammograms can miss, and the lifestyle...

Hey Heal Squad! We're back with another What Worked This Week, and Maria kicks things off with a little travel talk. Yup, she shares a terrifying story about getting seriously sick overseas and ending up ALONE in a hospital in France. Can you imagine?! Well, there's one travel membership she wishes she'd known about back then, and she's telling us why she won't travel without it now. Seriously, if...

Happy Sunday! Welcome to Heal Squad’s The Sunday Set Up. Life lessons to help you start the week. We hear so much about the importance of self-improvement, self-care and doing the work to become our best selves. But what happens when there simply aren't enough hours in the day? This week, we talk the reality of balancing work, family, responsibilities and the endless list of things we're told we s...

Happy Pot Luck Saturday! Chicken cutlet subs, Shamrock Shakes, wooden spoons, and the great butterscotch dip disappearance. We talk nostalgic foods this week, and apparently strawberry ice cream is somewhat controversial. We talk the hunt for a proper Italian sandwich in Florida, fresh bread, thinly pounded cutlets, and why chicken parmesan isn't always the best lunch choice. We talk Friendly's Fr...

Happy Regular Guy Friday! We fooled them again and somehow made it through another week! This week, we're riding the Crazy Train, and apparently, we could all use a little reset. We talk about worry, anxiety, and why so much of what we stress about never actually happens. How worrying about something that does happen means we've lived through it twice. We talk about getting out of our own heads, f...

Hey, Heal Squad! It’s another throwback Thursday!  After talking with Giada De Laurentiis about getting out of your comfort zone on the dance floor AND all this talk about Maria’s booty at Dancing with the Stars, we remembered this conversation with Aubrey Marcus and knew it deserved another listen. Aubrey gets into why movement can be so much more than a workout ,  including ecstatic da...

Hey Heal Squad! Fresh off Dancing With the Stars, our friend Giada De Laurentiis is here, and she is talking about EVERYTHING! DWTS, menopause, blood sugar, pasta, olive oil, and so much more! First, Giada takes us behind the scenes of what it really felt like to say yes to Dancing With the Stars. We’re talking about panic attacks, self-doubt, breakdowns, a BROKEN TOE….but ultimately realizing jus...

Hey, Heal Squad! Fall is officially here, and Maria is getting cozy with a new find she is OBSESSED with: lamb’s wool slippers she found on Etsy. If your feet are always getting hot and sweaty in slippers, you need to hear why these have been such a game-changer for her. Then, you know we love our coffee around here, and Maria has discovered the secret to making hers taste SO much better….and it’s...

Happy Sunday! Welcome to Heal Squad’s The Sunday Set Up. Life lessons to help you start the week. Sometimes the clutter around us is telling us something about the clutter within us. This week, we talk about the power of cleaning up — not just our homes, but the unfinished tasks, postponed decisions and things we keep putting off because dealing with them feels overwhelming. A pile of papers, an u...

Happy Pot Luck Saturday! Pinky Tuscadero, Leather Tuscadero, O.J. Simpson, Elvis sightings, and a possible trip to Germany. We talk about the Happy Days years, Gary Marshall, Potsie singing, and discovering that Suzi Quatro aka Leather Tuscadero is still out there rocking — and apparently seeing her live in Germany for a hundred bucks is something we’re seriously considering. We talk about the O.J...

Happy Regular Guy Friday! We fooled them again and somehow made it through another week! We talk about whether everyone needs a North Star, why some people need one just to get out of first gear, and why others may be better served by something simpler: fun, freedom, and knowing what actually gives them energy. We talk the danger of becoming too obsessed with the destination, the difference betwee...

Hey, Heal Squad! We’re throwing it back to a conversation that feels more relevant than ever. Health and fitness coach Jared Tavasolian joins Maria to break down the fascinating world of body reflexology: the idea that pain and tension in one part of the body may reveal what’s happening somewhere else, physically or emotionally. Jared shares how his own search for answers took him from living in p...

Hey Heal Squad Dr. Emily Splichal is back for Part 2, and this time things get VERY personal. Maria reveals for the first time what happened to her feet while competing on Dancing With the Stars (including dancing through seven stress fractures!)  and Dr. Emily takes a closer look at Maria’s own feet and discovers something she never knew! Dr. Emily also tackles some of the biggest questions...

Hey Heal Squad! When was the last time you REALLY thought about your feet? Today you will be thinking a lot about them, because functional podiatrist and human movement specialist Dr. Emily Splichal is here to reveal just how much the feet can affect the way the entire body moves and functions. From the shoes and socks we wear to toe spacers and barefoot workouts actually work...Dr. Emily breaks d...

Hello, hello, Heal Squad! This week’s What Worked This Week is basically your group chat for all the random little things that have been..well working! Maria is sharing five finds and hacks she’s genuinely loving right now,  starting with the very real moment she realized she suddenly can’t read the tiny print on anything anymore LOL! We’re talking cute, inexpensive readers, the phone case th...

Happy Sunday! Welcome to Heal Squad's The Sunday Set Up. Life lessons to help you start the week. This week, we talk about expectations and how much of our disappointment may come from expecting life, other people, and even ourselves to behave exactly the way we think they should. We talk about letting go of attachment to outcomes, why we can get hurt when others don't respond with the same care o...

Happy Pot Luck Saturday! Twelve albums for a penny, jazz fusion, fake apartment numbers, and 22,000 CDs. Yes, we’re finally talking about Columbia House. We talked about the Columbia Record and Tape Club, the little cards tucked inside magazines, waiting for that cardboard box to arrive, and the fine print that turned one innocent penny into- well- a lot more. We talk about the albums you actually...

Happy Regular Guy Friday! We fooled them again and somehow made it through another week! Fall is officially here, the heat has been switched on, and the digressions have gone quadratic. We talk about why the decades used to feel so different, the business lesson hiding inside the Gold Rush, and why sometimes the smartest move is selling the maps and shovels instead of chasing the gold. We talk abo...

Hey, Heal Squad! We’re throwing it back to one of our favorite conversations with comedian, writer, actor, and now Dancing with the Stars podcast host Andy Richter! You probably know Andy as Conan O’Brien’s longtime hilarious sidekick, but in this conversation, we get to see a much more vulnerable side of him. Andy opens up about his mental health journey, navigating rejection and uncertainty in H...

Hey Heal Squad! We’re back with Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn, and today she gets incredibly candid about what life actually looks and feels like after a preventive double mastectomy following her BRCA1 discovery. She talks about waking up with reconstructed breasts, what surprised her about recovery, losing sensation in her breasts and nipples, and the complicated reality of knowing you made...

Hey Heal Squad! Nobody Wants This star Jackie Tohn is her, and you guys…there is a STORY behind why it took us this long to finally have this conversation! Let’s just say, the first time Jackie came to Heal Squad, she threw her back out so badly on the way to the studio that by the time she arrived, she couldn’t even get out of her car and was hysterically crying in pain. So instead of recording t...

Hey Heal Squad! Maria is coming in HOT after a whirlwind week of travel…from  New York, to  Philly, to Boston and  LA…but somehow after a wild week of jam packed schedules…she came out of it feeling happier and more energized instead of completely depleted. So…what worked? Well she’s gonna tell us!  First, we’re asking a question that might hit a little deeper than expected: Wh...