Courageous Wellness

Today on the podcast we welcome Stephanie Cowie. Throughout Stephanie’s professional life she was a Vice President at American Benefits Consulting and she also served as a Senior Employee Benefits Consultant for Fortune 50 & 100 companies in the U.S. for the past 22 years. Today on Courageous Wellness, she shares with us a more personal story -- of suffering a stroke in her spinal cord, prior to h...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Kiley Anderson, co-founder of Jetson probiotics. Jetson is a brand that produces the worlds’ only seasonal probiotics that change along with your body.  Kiley discusses how, as a new mom, she opened her eyes to the world of probiotics and the importance of healthy gut bacteria for her own health and her baby. This inspired deeper research to create a high qual...

Today on the podcast we welcome Richa Gupta, founder of both, Good Food for Good, and Turmeric Teas! Growing up in India, Richa was used to eating fresh home cooked food, but as a marketing executive and mom, she found it challenging to find prepared shortcuts that met her expectations in terms of ingredients and taste. She grew frustrated with all the compromises she was expected to make for conv...

Today on the podcast we welcome, Amber Romaniuk, an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert who helps professional women achieve optimal health through mindful eating, self-care and overcoming self-sabotage with food. Her podcast “The No Sugarcoating Podcast” has over a half a million downloads and she has appeared on Canadian television 50 times in the last three years. Amber overcame her...

Today on the podcast we sit down with PLATEFIT creator and founder, Rachael Blumberg. On this episode we discuss Rachael’s inspiring journey in fitness, entrepreneurship, and the incredible technology of the medical grade vibrating plates that are used in the 27-minute PlateFit classes!  PLATEFIT classes are taken on medical grade devices that utilize rapid harmonic vibration — a unique means of d...

Today on the podcast we have the king of Kombucha, himself, GT Dave of GT's Living Foods! GT started making kombucha at home, when he was still a teenager, after seeing the positive effects it had on his own mother’s health while battling breast cancer. In the past 2+ decades GT’s Living Foods has grown to be the leading Kombucha brand, making up 40% of the US market, while remaining a family owne...

This week on the podcast we welcome Dr. Diva Nagula, author, physician, and stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma survivor. On this episode he shares his remarkable non-traditional battle with cancer and share tips and ideas about how we can take a more functional and integrative approach to our own health before facing health battles.    In his new book FROM DOCTOR TO PATIENT: Healing Cancer through Min...

This week on the podcast we are happy to welcome human design expert + leadership coach, Erin Claire Jones! For anyone unfamiliar with Human Design, it is described as the science of understanding yourself. Erin works with startups all over the world, supports executives in the building of companies and even works with partnerships and small teams in order for them to operate more harmoniously and...

This week on the podcast we have a conversation with plant-based culinary expert and author, Summer Sanders. As the creative force behind Local Juicery and lead instructor at the former Matthew Kenney Culinary Institute she became a champion for a plant-inspired lifestyle after beginning the journey of self-healing from a lifetime low self-esteem and disordered eating. On this episode Summer share...

Today on the podcast we welcome Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams. In 2016, President Adams was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. After losing vision in his left eye and suffering from nerve damage in his hands + feet -- he went against the initial recommendations of his doctors and instead pursued a whole-food, plant-based diet. Within three months of this lifestyle change, Eric reversed his d...

Today on the podcast it is just the two of us! On this episode we give updates on where we are at and continue our conversation and discuss our most asked question and topic: body image + food. We end up with a passionate discussion on the importance of making small goals, discuss the concept of 'legalizing' food and end with a in depth dialogue on what "privilege" really means in wellness (spoile...

Today on the podcast we welcome, Kelly Bloodgood, owner of the Well+Good Health Studio -- a  wellness oasis that offers treatments including: infrared sauna pods, red light therapy, pressotherapy, and other holistic healing modalities. These treatments, while relaxing and beneficial for any adult, can also be life saving for individuals with chronic illness, which is the reason Kelly opened her st...

On this episode of the podcast we sit down with the founders of Kensho Health, Danny Steiner and Krista Berlincourt. Kensho is an online platform that makes holistic health more accessible and helps individuals everywhere find the best practitioners, classes, workshops, and retreats. Danny and Krista believe everyone deserves to live a healthy life -- and created Kensho after their own frustration...

Today on the podcast we sit down Dr. Amy Shah, a double board certified MD and wellness expert specializing in food allergies, gut health, and hormones. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cornell University's world renowned school of nutrition and then went on to receive her MD with distinction. With training from Cornell, Harvard and Columbia - She helps busy people transform their health using c...

Today on the podcast we welcome Catherine Arnston, CEO and founder of ENERGYbits.  Catharine started ENERGYbits after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer and advised by her oncologist that an alkaline diet would help her heal. Catharine immediately sprung into action to help her sister research alkaline foods and in the process she discovered algae. When Catharine learned that algae was th...

On this episode of the podcast we sit down for a conversation with LaToya D, host of The Analog Girl, and discuss living with depersonalization, healing from PTSD and tools to manage anxiety.  Through her platform: The Analog Girl, LaToya has helped many individuals by sharing her struggles with depersonalization, anxiety and PTSD. LaToya tells her story of dealing with abuse in her past with auth...

This week on the podcast we sit down for a conversation with Shannon McLay founder of The Financial Gym. The Financial Gym makes reaching your financial goals, getting out of debt, and living your best financial life easy and accessible -- with programs designed for clients of all ages and incomes.  After years of working for a big bank and working as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch, Shannon...

This week on the podcast it is just the two of us and we are sharing updates during this uncertain time. In this episode we answer some of our most asked questions as we discuss anxiety, diet, and daily routine's during this global pandemic. We also dive deeper into tips and tools that are helping us manage and hope will inspire you during your own self-quarantine. We also realize it is a privileg...

Today on the podcast we sit down with Angela Mavridis founder of TRIBALÍ Foods! As a kid in her grandmother’s kitchen in Greece, Angela discovered the nurturing power of real foods. Angela saw her grandmother happily cooking, a naturally paleo diet, from scratch — using only real organic, local, and heirloom foods. Ironically, back in the states, Angela’s dad owned a fast-food hamburger drive-thru...

On this episode we sit down with Grigore Madikians the founder and creator of Gaffer & Child, a company that uses clean skincare to inspire mindful living. Grigore shares his personal story of struggling with problem skin and the harsh chemical products he was given as treatment. Using these products ignored his own core beliefs around sustainability and how he wanted to treat his body, but was un...

Today on the podcast it is just the two of us! On this episode we discuss our current relationship with food, diet culture, and self care. We also discuss Geneen Roth's book: Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, our experience during January Whole30, and much more!    Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review Courageous Wellness! We release new episodes each #WellnessWedn...

This week on the podcast we have internationally known Medical and Emotional Intuitive and Licensed Professional Counselor with over 30 years of experience, Katie Beecher. Katie has been featured in popular publications including Goop and was first exposed to medical intuition at a workshop with famous Medical Intuitive Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz, where she discovered her unique abilities.  With countle...

This week on the podcast we are happy to bring you a conversation with Cynthia Tice, founder of the popular sugar-free chocolate brand, Lily’s Sweets. In everything they make, Lilys sources Non-GMO and gluten-free ingredients harvested through Fair Trade practices, and ensures every product is botanically sweetened—meaning no refined or processed sugars. On this episode Cynthia takes us through he...

On this weeks episode of Courageous Wellness we welcome Tricia Huffman of Your Joyologist. Tricia is a fellow podcast host, speaker, writer, coach, mentor, and manager of integrity! Her mission in this world is to be the reminder that we all must find joy, fulfillment, and enough-ness in the now. That it is not out there somewhere and it never will be -- it is within you, right now, as you are.   ...

  Today on the podcast we welcome Robyn Youkilis — AADP Certified Health Coach, author, internationally renowned speaker, and leading expert in holistic digestive health. Through her coaching practice, Your Healthiest You, and her two books: Go with Your Gut and Thin From Within, she’s helped thousands of clients shed both physical and emotional weight with her straightforward yet supportive coach...