Age Like a Badass Mother: Healthy Aging, Plant-Based Nutrition & Longevity

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Julieanna and Lauren talk about the concept of healthspan versus lifespan, the mechanisms of aging, the importance of a plant-based diet, and the role of phytonutrients. Then they get into a deep conversation about new evidence that women do need extra protein as they age. This is bra...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Have you ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns, even when you know better? Maybe you struggle to speak up for yourself, set boundaries, stop people-pleasing, or finally go after what you want. You know what to do. You've read the books. You've listened to th...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Could your sleep struggles be connected to your heart meridian? In this week's mini-episode, Dreena Burton returns to explore the wisdom of Chinese medicine for summer, the season associated with the fire element, joy, connection, and the heart. Dreena explains how excess "f...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Dr. Fuhrman introduces us to the Nutritarian Diet; a diet of excellence that can help us live to 100 in good health. He also discusses the dangers of keto and paleo diets, emphasizing the negative impact of animal protein on lifespan. Additionally, he shares personal anecdotes of mira...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this mini-episode, Lauren Bernick tells you what really works to get glowing skin. She even admits to some embarrassing practices. Lauren believes that if you wouldn't want a product in your mouth, you shouldn't put it on your skin. She has real recommendations for what w...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. We are hearing good stories and getting important lessons with Molly Patrick of Clean Food Dirty Girl. From her parents' incredible meet-cute to living in a teepee without running water or electricity as a child to her quitting smoking and drinking, she lays it out.  Molly is big...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Curious to know what lymphatic drainage is, what it does, and how to do it? Tune in.  In this mini-episode, Dreena Burton joins Lauren Bernick to explain the connection between fascia  health, lymphatic flow, and overall wellness. Drawing from both fascia science and Chinese medicine,...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this episode of Age Like a Badass Mother , Lauren sits down with spiritual acupuncturist and healer Banya Lim to explore intuition, emotional healing, and the connection between the body, mind, and spirit. Coming from a long lineage of healers, Banya shares her personal journey thr...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Can food really help you age better? In this episode of Age Like a Badass Mother, Lauren Bernick breaks down why a whole-food, plant-based diet is often called the closest thing we have to a fountain of youth. Lauren shares how nutrition transformed her own health after reversing hear...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. What if the key to preventing and even reversing chronic disease is already on your plate? Dr. Michael Klaper shares why nutrition is still missing from medical education, how a plant-based diet can transform health, and what every doctor and patient needs to understand about food and...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Fascia might be the most overlooked system in your body, and it affects everything. In this mini-episode, Dreena Burton joins Lauren Bernick to explain how fascia supports movement, connects every system, and why keeping it healthy is key to feeling strong and mobile. They also explor...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. What does it really take to age well? In this episode, I talk with Monica Nassif, founder of Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day, but the real spotlight is on her 93-year-old mother, Thelma. Thelma still lives independently, gets outside every day to walk or garden, stays active, and says yes...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this episode, I’m talking about what it actually means to “let that sh*t go," not in a bypass-y, pretend-it’s-fine way, but in a deeply human, nervous-system-level shift that can change how you feel in your body, your relationships, and your life. I share personal stories, sim...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Years ago, Brandi started The Vegan 8, as a way to help her husband manage gout. That turned into a career, a thriving community, and a whole new chapter of life. Lauren chats with Brandi Doming , creator of The Vegan 8 , to discuss how plant-based eating can transform not just your h...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Chuck Carroll didn't just struggle with his weight; he grew up expecting to die young. By the time he was a freshman in high school, he was already on blood pressure medication, and by his mid-twenties, he genuinely believed he wouldn't make it to 30. At 420 pounds, his body...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this episode, Lauren Bernick explores the hidden costs of perfectionism, especially the fear of judgment, and shares personal stories of failing forward in comedy, podcasting, and life. She encourages listeners to embrace imperfections, take risks, and get into the arena to truly l...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Age Like A Badass Mother LIVE from SXSW 2026: Too Much, Too Nice, Too Old, Too Single — The Impossible Tightrope Women Walk Recorded live at SXSW 2026 in Austin, Texas, from Conscious Kitchen , this special episode of Age Like A Badass Mother brings together an incredible panel of wom...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. If you have been following my saga about trying to lower my LDL cholesterol with food (Dr. Greger's protocol), the results are in! If you haven't done so, listen to episode 82 from January 6th to catch up. You'll see how I completely botched it on my first attempt, but...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. A powerful story of weight loss, addiction recovery, and rebuilding health with a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle. What does it take to completely rebuild your life: body, mind, and spirit? In this conversation, Tim Kaufman of Fatman Rants shares his extraordinary transformation fro...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. By the time Lauren Bernick was six years old, two different women had already told her she was "fat as a house." They weren't seeing her; they were projecting their own inherited fear and shame, expecting her to swallow it and pass it on. That's how the cycle works...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this engaging and evidence-backed conversation, Dr. Angie Sadeghi, a board-certified gastroenterologist and plant-based physician, dives into the crucial role gut health plays in aging well. She explains how a fiber-rich, plant-based diet can transform your health, while also clari...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this solo minisode, Lauren Bernick explores the surprising factors that accelerate aging and shares actionable insights on staying vibrant. What You'll Learn: Physical Factors: How your posture and facial expressions impact how you look and feel over time. Lifestyle & Habi...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Menopause isn’t an ending, it’s a powerful new chapter . Filmmaker Dominique Debroux joins Age Like a Badass Mother to share insights from her documentary Wise Women: Humanity’s Untold Origins. We explore how society has misunderstood and medicalized this life stage, and how post-meno...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. In this solo mini-episode, Lauren Bernick explores aging under pressure and the impact of beauty standards on women’s self-image. She shares her personal experience with Botox and fillers , not to promote or criticize cosmetic procedures, but to examine how cultural pressure to look y...

Question or comment? Send a one-way text to Age Like a Badass Mother. Include your email so I can answer you back. Fitness expert Ellen Barrett explains why exercise often feels punishing in midlife, and the movement principles that reliably keep women strong, energized, and fit. We talk alignment, posture, hydration, energy, building muscle, and why exercise should restore you, not drain you.  El...