Courageous Wellness

Today on the podcast we have a lovely conversation with Lauren Montgomery. Lauren is a Certified Health Coach, Health Supportive Chef, and Founder of Monty’s, a plant-based brand dedicated to creating delicious, clean and craveable plant-based essentials, starting with cream cheese and butter. Lauren founded Monty’s on an overall wellness mission to create insanely delicious, plant-based alternati...

Today we sit down with Angela Zheng the founder of Karuna. Karuna provides a broad array of functional juices and smoothies that work to restore health through whole plant-based ingredients. Formulated from a belief that Food Is Better Medicine™, each unique offering is inspired by ancient wisdom and backed by modern science. Karuna does not add sugar to their products, and they are all USDA Certi...

This week on the show we have a conversation with Steph Hendel. Steph is a health and weight loss coach, but with a radical and innovative twist: her work is women-focused, coaching through spiritual weight release using the principles of inner work, mindset, manifestation, intuition, sacred feminine embodiment, self-love, and self-empowerment.  Steph has a number of courses where she aids women i...

Aly & Erica Answer Fun Wellness Questions + Discuss What They Are Currently Loving in Wellness! To learn more about our health coaching subscription service visit: www.patreon.com/courageouswellness Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Courageous Wellness! We release new episodes each #WellnessWednesday! You can also follow us on instagram @CourageousWellness and visit our website: www.cour...

Today on the podcast we have a wonderful conversation with Iris Felder. Iris is Fitness Enthusiast, Beauty Guru, Real Estate professional, and an all around Wellness Activist. Iris was inspired to embrace fitness and a healthy lifestyle as her saving grace from her life experiences. Instead of getting depressed about career and relationship, she turned that into a motivational tool to command chan...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Heidi Smith. Heidi is a psychosomatic therapist, herbalist, and flower essence practitioner based in the New York City area. She is also the author of The Bloom Book: A Flower Essence Guide to Cosmic Balance. In The Bloom Book, Heidi shares her wisdom about the power and value of flowers and herbs for our health.  In this conversation we discuss Heidi’s journe...

This week on the podcast we have a wonderful conversation with Raia Carey, also known as Coach Carey. Raia is passionate about  encouraging others to tap into the confidence they never knew they had. A 2x certified Life Coach and motivational speaker, Raia’s personal story includes losing over 300 lbs, and persevering through bullying and adversity faced due to her weight, her race, and her sexual...

We got vaccinated and we recorded a podcast all about our experience! We share why we decided to get the vaccine, what made us feel safe, and how we both felt after the first + second dose. We understand that vaccines are personal and we respect everyone’s choice to do what is best for their own body. We made our choice to vaccinate, not only for ourselves, but because we felt a responsibility to...

Today on the podcast we have an incredible conversation with Ashley Marie, founder of BTR Bar. Ashley found inspiration in an unlikely place at an unlikely time: at the hospital cafeteria. When both of her parents were diagnosed with cancer, her life turned upside down as she became their caretaker, and her own nutrition began to suffer. Ashley was devouring protein bars when she could, as many of...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Sydney Weiss, creator, host and producer of Seek The Joy Podcast. We get to explore Sydney's personal story of how she herself became a joy seeker and what led her to create her beautiful platform and community. After dealing with a slew of health issues from shingles to appendicitis, having graduated from Law School, and failing the bar exam the first time sh...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Shivan Sarna. Shivan is the founder of the SIBO SOS Summits and creator of the docuseries Digestion SOS: Rescue and relief for IBS, SIBO, and Leaky Gut. She has spent the past twenty years on TV as a host for the Home Shopping Network. Shivan shares with us the intricate nature of her personal journey and diagnosis with SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgro...

On Today’s episode of the podcast we have the most inspiring conversation with Melissa Bernstein. Melissa along with her husband Doug, is the Co-Founder of the toy company Melissa & Doug, which has created over 5,000 children’s products and sold billions of dollars of toys since its inception. Raised by educators, Melissa and Doug started the business in their garage in 1988, and they’ve been on a...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Tatiana Lampa. Tatiana is a NYC based trainer and is the founder of the TRAINING WITH T APP. She has a degree in Nutrition & Exercise Sciences, is an ACSM Certified Personal Trainer, a Certified Functional Strength Coach, and a NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist. She is extremely passionate in spreading the importance of exercise, healthy choices and moving b...

On this episode of the podcast, we have a fun and informative conversation with Dr. Blake Shusterman aka The Cooking Doc, a leading nephrologist and an exclusive ambassador of the American Kidney Fund, the nations leading kidney-health focused organization. He is also an author of the cookbook: The Cooking Doc’s Kidney-Healthy Cooking: A Modern 10-Step Guide to Preventing and Managing Kidney Disea...

On this episode, we announce the launch of our health coaching subscription services and discuss our health coaching journey!  To learn more about our health coaching subscription service visit: www.patreon.com/courageouswellness Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Courageous Wellness! We release new episodes each #WellnessWednesday! You can also follow us on instagram @CourageousWellness...

Today on the podcast we sit down with celebrity stylist, on-air expert, podcaster, and TV personality Ali Levine. Ali has worked on red carpet events, movies, TV shows, with celebrities including Carey Mulligan and on shows like New Girl + Happily Divorced.  Ali shares tips with our audience on the connection between wardrobe and wellness, talks confidence, and shares her own personal wellness jou...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Sadie Lincoln the co-founder and CEO of barre3 -- a fitness company focused on teaching people to be balanced in body and empowered from within. Starting in 2008 with a flagship studio in Portland, Oregon, barre3 has grown to include more than 160 franchise studios powered by female entrepreneurs, plus an online-workout streaming-subscriber base in over 98 cou...

This week on the podcast we welcome back, Dr. Will Cole. Dr. Cole is a best-selling author, and a leading functional medicine expert. Dr. Cole specializes in clinically investigated underlying factors of chronic disease and customizing health programs for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal dysfunctions, digestive disorders, and brain problems.  Dr. Cole was named one of the top 50 fun...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Brenda Lomeli, a Master Certified Life & Weight Loss Coach and Certified Holistic Nutritionist. Through her program, The Last 10lbs, Brenda helps women lose weight and create empowered lives filled with purpose. Her own journey includes an 80lb. weight loss, after discovering the connection between food and emotions.  On this episode, we do discuss weight loss...

Today on the podcast we have a wonderful episode with Nick Shaw, the Founder and CEO of RP, Renaissance Periodization, a diet and fitness company founded on evidence-based practices to help members achieve their health, athletic performance and physique goals. He is also co-host of the RP Strength podcast with his wife - and RP colleague - Lori Shaw.  As a former competitive powerlifter and bodybu...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Stephanie Center, a holistic occupational therapist and host of the podcast: The Daily Detox with Stephanie Center. Stephanie’s mission is to help individuals get and feel well. Her company, The Holistic House, was sparked from own health experience, which she shares with us today.  Stephanie is a wealth of knowledge. She works to offer natural, effective, and...

Today on the podcast we speak with Victoria Albina. Victoria is a Certified Life Coach and Certified Breathwork Meditation Facilitator with a passion for helping women with their most important relationship: the one with themselves. She is a UCSF-trained Family Nurse Practitioner, has a Masters degree in Public Health from Boston University School of Public Health and a BA in Latin American Studie...

Today on the podcast we have an inspiring conversation with Britteny Floyd-Mayo, the CEO behind Trap Yoga Bae.  Bridging the gap between self-care and cultural relevance — Trap Yoga Bae introduces those who feel ostracized from the typical Yogi experience to the idea that self-care looks like “YOU.” Trap Yoga with Trap Yoga Bae® is a Vinyasa-style experience, backed to the heavy bass and hypnotic...

On this episode of Courageous Wellness, we sit down with Tinamarie Clark. Tinamarie is the author and creator of the Shift Stirrer Method ™ a five-step mindfulness method to get our sh*t together and shift our perception. Tina’s path as a  Shift Stirrer™ traces back to her  roots. Raised in Section 8 housing by a single mother she felt branded by her circumstances and struggled with a persistent s...

On this episode Aly+Erica recap their virtual coaching event: How to Support Yourself (and Others!) with Food this Holiday Season. We discuss gut health, fiber, polyphenols, fermented foods, immunity, and the PFF helper. Erica also shares a recent experience with anxiety -- and how she was able to reset her gut in just 3 days!  We conclude by sharing favorite books and shows we both have been lovi...