All Too Well

Evan Golub was a seemingly healthy 29-year-old until he woke up one day with a crazy case of vertigo, and four years and 30+ practitioners later he still had no diagnosis. He lived with pain and disorientation and was told by doctors that everything looked ok, it was all in his head, and he just needed to move on, prompting a period of deep feelings of isolation and loneliness.  Cue Hinge.com...

Dr. Kevin Gilliland is a psychologist and the Executive Director of Innovation360 , an outpatient counseling service that works with people struggling with mental health, substance abuse and relationship issues. He believes in a holistic approach to health and is passionate about using movement and connection as medicine for problems like depression.   We loved chatting with Kevin to carve ou...

Before Kerry Harling found her own Highway to Well, she spent years suffering from fibromyalgia, depression, Lyme disease, anxiety and chronic fatigue and eventually, she was diagnosed with mercury toxicity. Five years and several life-changing events later, she stumbled onto an ayurveda course and jumped in with both feet.  With that knowledge she has been able to heal herself and others and...

20 years ago, at the age of 25, Dawn Russell was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. After getting a bone infection from surgery, she decided that chemotherapy and radiation were not for her and began a quest around the world to research alternative healing methods. She ended up focusing on nutrition, consuming tons of greens at a time. After her recovery she founded 8Greens with the mission of getting...

Sharon Brown’s middle son, Blake, was a perfectly healthy baby until at six months old, he developed a sinus infection and was put on antibiotics. Thanks to old school Western medicine, he pretty much lived on antibiotics for the next 5-6 years, battling chronic sinus infections, ear infections and respiratory infections. When his teacher informed Sharon that Blake likely had Attention Deficit Dis...

A must-listen for entrepreneurs!  Dave Heath is the co-founder of Bombas, soon to become your favorite socks too--because they’re insanely comfortable, but also for their social impact, donating one pair for every pair sold. He didn’t set out to sell socks, but everything changed the day he was scrolling Facebook and learned that socks were the number one requested item in homeless shelters.&...

Mastin Kipp is a functional life coach and trauma hacker that Oprah has referred to as the up-and-coming thought leader of the next generation of spiritual thinkers. All that pressure aside, he says the reason why we need to talk about trauma is because it’s blocking you from reaching your goals, whether for weight loss, relationships, finances or business. And trauma doesn’t just to the big stuff...

It’s another Z&E special minisode!  This is part two of our personal experiences with what we like to call a wellness wake-up call. This week it’s Zoë’s turn, and it just so happens she’s had some tummy troubles too, of a different sort. Two years ago she had her second baby, and that sweet little baby broke her mama in half. Zoe had severe diastasis recti, which can occur during pregnan...

We’re back with another Z&E special minisode!  This week and next week we’re sharing our personal experiences with what we like to call a wellness wake-up call.  You can be doing everything “right” and still not be focusing on the right things, and unfortunately sometimes you have to learn that the hard way.  This week Erica tells the story of when her stomach exploded (yep, lit...

Today we’re talking to Andrew Shearer from Farmshelf. Not so fun fact--in the US, most of the food we eat is grown 1500 miles away. Farmshelf is reducing food miles and making it easy to grow fresh food all year round by building smart indoor farms for restaurants and hotels. Farmshelf is a plug and play product--it even includes cameras to track the plants’ growth and create time lapses for educa...

Dr. Sonya Rhodes is a psychotherapist and author of four books including Cold Feet and The Alpha Woman Meets Her Match . (ahem, attention Santa!)  She’s a relationship therapist who’s actually been married for… she didn’t want to say exactly but for a long time. In this episode she spills the beans on what makes a marriage work or not, and gets honest about the struggles in her own marriage (...

This week we’re back at FounderMade’s discovery show with a whole new batch of founders.  We love getting a chance to hear their inspiring stories, but even more, we love our rapid fire Q&A’s as it always brings some fun facts and surprising stories to light.  Today’s ep features founders from: Green Road Cannuka Higher Mind Intoxicating Beauty Final Straw Between them they make beau...

If nothing makes you happier than than an ice cream sandwich chasing a meatball, Michael Chernow is your patron saint of restaurateurs. In this episode we chat with our fellow nightlife industry veteran, whose long road to sobriety culminated in career success beyond his dreams.  Michael rode the huge success of Meatball Shop on to his second project, Seamore’s, a sustainable seafood restaura...

Cynthia and Jamie are the co-founders of Stix, a company that makes the experience of buying and taking a pregnancy test a comfortable experience for women. Stix pregnancy tests are home-delivered in discreet packaging. No more running into your nosy neighbor at the drugstore or having the cashier all up in your business.    Jamie and Cynthia talk about... How they started Stix after hav...

At the beginning of her career Bozoma Saint John turned down a job at Goldman Sachs and shortly afterwards found herself temping for Spike Lee. Since then she’s worked in C-level roles for the likes of Apple and Uber (being tasked with repairing their reputation after mistreatment of drivers and reports of sexual harassment surfaced) and is now Ch ief Marketing Officer at Endeavor . In this episod...

Fighting stigma about sexual pleasure is all in a day’s work for Alex Fine, co-founder of DAME Products. She believes fully that a good vibrator can improve someone’s life, but first we need to address the shame that we associate with sexual pleasure, and all the other fun cultural hangups that are holding this conversation back.    Alex talks about... Her early days in this biz--she sta...

Today our guest is Dr. Ellen Vora, MD and Holistic Psychiatrist. We loved our previous chat with her about about anxiety and this time she’s back to speak about bipolar. Ellen says she is here to do something a little bit different than other psychiatrists, which is to help people who either want to manage mental illness holistically and never go on medication in the first place, or work with peop...

Today our guest is Nick Marsh from CHOPT Creative Salad Company. CHOPT is all about changing people's perception of what a salad can be, setting mouths on fire and resetting the nation’s palate. Tune in for this truly fascinating, colon-friendly conversation about the fast casual food landscape and how much salad in America has changed since CHOPT opened its first location in 2001.   Nick Mar...

Jennifer Sun is the founder of Sun For Soul, a brand rooted in Chinese medicine. She joins us to talk all about adaptogens and the amazing nut butters she has created to deliver powerful Chinese herbs in a delicious way. The inspiration for Sun For Soul comes from Jennifer’s dad, who’s been an acupuncturist and Chinese medicine doctor in New York for 35-plus years. Jennifer grew up drinking all di...

This week we have an absorbing and in-depth discussion about supplements with our friend and trusted functional medical practitioner Dr Zandra Palma.   It can be so confusing wondering what supplements we need to take to boost energy and health, and which ones are pure marketing bullsh*t. And even the ones to avoid altogether!  We think you’ll get a lot out of this week’s discussion. &nb...

Today we talk with special guest Dr Josh Axe. Not only is he a wealth of knowledge on nutrition and Chinese medicine, he’s also a regenerative farmer!  He’s very easy to chat with and very happy to give us the benefit of his amazing knowledge. We loved talking to Dr Axe and we think you’ll get a great deal out of this episode as well. Plan to pause and take notes.  Enjoy!   Dr Axe t...

In this episode, we talk to author, attorney, podcaster, speaker and generally cool chick Heather Hansen. In her book The Elegant Warrior , Heather highlights the importance of being your own advocate in health as well as in other areas of our lives. She discusses compassion and empathy but also the key role that trust plays in our wellbeing, specifically the kind of trust we place in our medical...

We’re back in the booth with Dr Morrison, this time on the funky issue of mold and all its associated health risks--what causes it in homes and buildings, how it presents in the body, and the tests available to find out if you have it in your home and the treatments available. BUT not all molds are created equal!  There’s plenty of room to enjoy the good kind (hint: beer and cheese) once you...

We are thrilled to have Alisa Vitti back on the pod, this time on the magical maddening world of menopause. Self-care makes a huge difference in navigating this journey, but the conversation often goes unaddressed.  Alisa takes the time to shine a light on this most important — and often misunderstood — aspect of women’s health.   We talk everything, from when menopause *actually* begins...

This week we’re doing an encore presentation with chef, author and renowned speaker Seamus Mullen. We had a fascinating chat with Seamus but it was so long ago — and we thought his views were so relevant — that we thought it was time to reprise the interview. We know Seamus as an acclaimed author, speaker and one who has had his own health crises that left him at death’s door, before providing emp...