Living The Authentic Life

On today’s episode we brought in the expert pediatrician Dr. Espana to help us break down what’s worrying parents today - from our children’s physical and mental health in schools today to managing social media & phone time - we cover it all 💯 Right now, we’re all just doing the best we can so the most important parenting tip is to give yourself a break — or better yet maybe a spa day at Dr. Espa...

Shine shine shine! ✨ We are so excited to return to the Living The Authentic Life Podcast with special guest Myles Yachts — from dancing to rapping to style — this man knows how to impress 💯 Myles and I first connected a few years ago after an incredible performance at Vail Dance Festival, and we’ve been hooked on his authentic spirit ever since. Join us today as we talk about his journey and ho...

Estela Cockrell found out the hard way. Faced with mysterious symptoms and diagnoses from food allergies, autoimmune disorders, and even Lyme disease, Estela took a closer look at the everyday products her family used and discovered the ugly truth: health-harming parabens, gluten and phthalates (just the tip of the toxic iceberg). Estela created her own line of natural and performance-based skinca...

Our Special guest stole my “heart” when I met her 💗April Marie Salazar is a true boss publisher, author, philanthropist, socialite, mother and power couple - plus she just underwent heart surgery 1 month ago and is already making waves raising awareness and funds as an Ambassador for the American Heart Association 👏🏻❤️ Today we made some waves of our own taking our podcast on the road to suppor...

Special Gifts For Special People In Your Life. We have vintage purses, bags, jewelry, watches and more. Check out this special edition where we share the best gift ideas for your loved ones!

Please join us for episode 42 with our fabulous guest Julia Wang! Julia Wang is a real estate powerhouse and is the CEO and Broker of NextGen Real Estate. She was named as the #1 realtor on social media for all of Houston and Texas and was chosen as one of five real estate agents to follow in 2020 by Yahoo Finance (and the only female). And on top of all that she’s a devoted mother of 2. During th...

Did you know that foster care is the biggest pipeline to the sex industry, and 60% of foster kids have been trafficked? Join us for today’s important episode with guests Jennifer Hohman and Amy Pierce diving deep on the dedication to stopping these horrific sex trafficking crimes through advocating with the Texas SMART Act Army and the Houston 20 (www.fightforus.org). Go on Facebook and join The T...

Join us for a powerful conversation with today’s guest Michelle Hammons - the creator and CEO of Beauty Life Coach, TV Host for The Connect Show Texas, mom of 4 and all-around girl boss. On this episode, we connect on key strategies to embracing your authentic self, from healing past trauma & finding forgiveness to knowing & enforcing your boundaries. Dive in with us for an inspiring episode on wh...

Join us in honor of Autism Awareness Month for Episode 39 of the #LivingtheAuthenticLife podcast on the challenges families face when a child is diagnosed with autism. We host special guests and Texas taste makers Amy Pierce, KNOWAutism Board Chairwoman, and Jane Borochoff, the founder and executive director of Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, a Houston-based nonprofit that serves adult...

Join us for a special live Living The Authentic Life Podcast forum gathering thought leaders in our communities for meaningful conversation. We are diving deep with today’s forum guests: Amy Pierce, philanthropist and co-founder of The Houston 20, a grass-roots group targeting sex trafficking, on how we can better ourselves with the latest in personal health development and how we can better our c...

Join us for #LivingTheAuthenticLife Episode 37 with fitness extraordinaire and owner of Acceleration Training Concepts, Tony Talamini. Tony brings 35 years of experience in the fitness industry along with a fresh brand new way of thinking when it comes to our physical health. Tune in to hear how his unique approach to functional training and deliberate practice is changing the way we work out and...

Join us for a fascinating Living The Authentic Life podcast episode unpacking the world of diet and nutrition with renowned Registered Dietitian and nutritionist Shana Tatum of Houston’s Sydenham Clinic. We are debunking popular diet myths and diving in on finding wellness through the power of food – balanced with good sleep, daily movement, stress reduction and meaningful relationships.

We are pretty sure when the term Girl Boss was invented - they had this babe in mind 💪🏼💯 We had the fab Roselyn Weaver on the Living The Authentic Life Podcast today 🎙Roselyn shared her courageous journey from overcoming hardships to navigating adoption and the world of foster care ✨ While we have always been inspired by her stylish fashion, we are equally inspired by her devoted commitment to...

Join us for our FIRST LIVE Living the Authentic Life Podcast Forum Series gathering thought leaders to dive into discussions of health/wellness AND discuss ways we can make a difference in our community in stopping sex trafficking. I can’t wait to share my incredible health/ wellness journey with the Sydenham Clinic. It’s been a great overall experience — that has helped me go from working with mu...

Join us for a special episode in honor of World Cancer Day with our guest Larissa Linton of Heroes for Children. Tune in to hear a mother’s courageous journey of loss and hope battling childhood cancer with not one, but two children. The need for a more comprehensive organization became evident to Heroes for Children Co-Founders Larissa and Jenny after they recounted not only the devastating effec...

Today's Living The Authentic Life Podcast guest is Dr. Terry Rice, the chief doctor of Houston's concierge Sydenham Clinic that is redefining how we monitor our health with an exciting take on proactive, precision medicine with integrated wellness. Dr. Rice's authentic avant-garde approach to medicine is backed by state-of-the-art science and 35 years of expertise, including the medical directorsh...

Join us for an empowering Living The Authentic Life podcast episode with special guest Stephanie Tsuru of @shespacehtx, with a special toast to my fellow Women of Distinction honorees ✨ Stephanie is the founder of SheSpace in Houston, TX - the fabulous female empowerment-focused communal office space, perfect for any Girl Boss to maintain some normalcy during the pandemic. Stephanie shares her jo...

Join us for a special episode of Living The Authentic Life in honor of Human Trafficking Awareness Month with special guests Cara Parker and Hilary Sherrer of The Landing — a nonprofit serving women, men, and children in Houston who are survivors of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. There are an estimated 25 million victims of human trafficking in the world, and less than 1% of...

Join us on the Living The Authentic Life podcast with this week’s fabulously creative guest, Carla Valencia. Carla Valencia Design is the manifestation of Carla Valencia’s creative dreams and family history. Carla’s authentic journey is all about family - from using the old-world embroidery passed down by the women in her family to Carla’s partner in sewing crime - her father Carlos. From evil eye...

Tis the season... the reason for the season. Join us as we cozy up with podcast guest, Brett Trapalino. We dive into finding joy amid the challenges of everyday life in 2020. She shares how faith itself can lead us on our journey through uncertainty and pain. When Brene Brown spoke of faith she said, “ I thought Faith would say, I'll take away the pain and discomfort. But what it ended up saying i...

With the current health crisis and 2020 rocking our worlds, it’s no wonder that there’s an increasing demand to find a high-level, customized approach to health & wellness. This week’s enlightening Living The Authentic Life Podcast we are getting the most exciting take on proactive, precision medicine with integrated wellness with our guest, the founder and CEO of the Sydenham Clinic, Aanchal Bhat...

Today's Living the Authentic Life Podcast guest Keli Rabon @KeliR is an investigative journalist turned stay-at-home mom and fabulous influencer. Join the Contessa and Keli as we delve into how we've been keeping ourselves entertained over quarantine and what we've been binging from HBO's The Undoing to Apple TV's The Newsroom. We go deep on our shared passion for fashion, home, and family fun, al...

Join us for Episode 25 with special guest Brett Trapolino. From offering crucial steps on fighting the many challenges of COVID to finding forgiveness in relationships on the path to internal and eternal peace, Brett shares her incredible journey through life with a purpose. She recently launched Keep Growing life coaching program to walk women through vulnerability to reach freedom in their life....

Join us for a special Living The Authentic Life podcast episode with Harris County Division Chief of Adult Sex Crimes & Trafficking, Johna Stallings and Rebecca Beavers of Anti-Trafficking Alliance HTX and Private Investigator. A study from the University of Texas states 79,000 trafficked victims are minors. No matter how they got into "the life," as so many call it, getting out is never easy. Now...

Starting in her early twenties, today’s guest Lara Bell began her career in television and media where she fell in love with community relations. After being a Texas tastemaker in Houston’s media scene for over 20 years, Lara found the perfect way to combine her love of television with her love of the community by launching Swoon Media and moving into an editorial role. Since then Lara has become...