Made For Living Well

Anxiety is a sneaky thing that most are familiar with. It tends to lurk around, waiting for a moment of insecurity to the surface threatening to sabotage your day. But today, we're going to take a different approach to anxiety - we're going to tell it who it's messing with. In this episode of Monday motivation, you'll learn why you shouldn't just tell your anxieties to God but why you need to tell...

Disordered eating comes in many forms whether physical or mental or both, today on the show I interview someone who's walked through it all. In this brave, untold story Whitney shares her journey with disordered eating through anorexia and eventually orthorexia and healing. We talk through triggers and end with identifying what it looks like to balance health without an obsession with it. A discus...

There has to be more on this quest to health - I just can't settle for what we've been given to work with. Questioning does it even work? Is the true meaning of health tangled in a web of the uncertainty of counting of calories and macros? What does health actually mean? Today on the podcast I share my thoughts on this journey to uncovering health and I'm finding it looks different than anything w...

Light therapies are popping up all over the place. Even though light therapy isn't new - but something we've known the power of for a while - the specifics and the science is getting more detailed. Inside this podcast, I interview a red light therapy expert and ask him all the questions. From how it works, the benefits, the risks and how long it takes to see results. Ultimately answering the quest...

Adaptogens are all the rage right now but how do you know what's right for you? Inside this episode, we dive into what adaptogens are, how to know if they're right for you and where to start. Plus, I share my top five adaptogen list that I use and what I use them for.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/147

I'm not an organized person. It just doesn't come naturally. But I've learned that you don't have to be an 'organized person' to have a plan. Inside this podcast, we dive into how to make meal planning work for you. Plus I share my brilliant time-saving hacks you need.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/146

Maybe you've never heard of it, polycystic ovary syndrome {PCOS}, but it's the most common endocrine disorder in women. Affecting one in five of us and yet many don't even know they have it. On today's episode, we dive into PCOS with leading expert Dr. Gersh. We also talk about why you should stop fearing estrogen, how to use it for good, if you should take birth control and what about menopause....

Eat less and more fresh and move more - that's the heart of spring & summer. Yes, the warmer weather is upon us and this warm-up means great changes for your body. Learn how to live through this Seasonal Guide for Spring & Summer: What to Eat & How to Live.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/144

From incontinence to mom pouch, Kegels and sexual health in men and women this podcast talk through the eight top myths about the pelvic floor. I interview pelvic floor expert MaryEllen Reider on our beliefs about the pelvic floor, the actual role of it, why it's so important and how to make it stronger.   SENSOR ALERT: Inside this podcast, we talk about sex, male and female anatomy so if you have...

While metabolism happens to be about so much more than weight loss - I still get the question, how can I boost my metabolism. Inside this podcast, I give the answer - not just as it relates to your weight - but how you can boost your metabolism for a healthier mind, more energy, better hormonal flow and more. Check out this podcast as I spill all the details and wrap it in a pretty bow!   Learn mo...

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Stressed? Who isn't? Inside this bonus podcast, I share why chronic stress is harmful to our hormones and how a simple one-day stress fix can reset your body to get back to health. I lay out the simple steps - that don't involve changing what you eat - to live less stressed and why one day can change the entire course of your week.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/140

We've been led to believe that the only way to get healthy is to force your body into doing what you want - in some ways to beat your body into submission. From cutting calories to eliminating entire food groups we think we can achieve our goals. But in this podcast I break that myth and why force creates resistance that's hard to overcome. I also share the true secret to lasting health and health...

Metabolic flexibility - it sounds sexy, and it is. Metabolic flexibility is the capacity to switch between fuel sources like carbohydrates and fats and match that to what is needed to be burned in the body. But so many of us are metabolically inflexible making weight loss nearly impossible. Inside this podcast, I interview Brian St. Pierre and ask him how we can utilize metabolic flexibility to ge...

This is a quick bonus episode that emphasis's where we eat food matters just as much as what we eat. It's a drastic concept but one with a lot of science to back it up.     Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/137

Our mind connects our nervous system to the rest of our body. Hear how your mindset could change your metabolism through this critical control system in the body called the autonomic nervous system.   Learn more: https:/simplerootswellness.com/136

Sugar detoxes are all the rage and rightfully so – we're a nation obsessed with cravings, and we hate it. But what if cravings weren't the problem? What if cravings could be a good thing? What if you could crave healthy food? Learn 5 ways to crave healthy food in this podcast.    Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/135

Have you ever wondered why you don't binge on broccoli? Or brussels sprouts, carrots, cucumbers or even tomatoes? Maybe you haven't even thought about it - but today you're going to learn why. It's a big topic, food addictions, and one that needs some light. Today we're exposing it all.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/134

There are a lot of tips to help you succeed at health, like switching your morning drink for some warm lemon water or counting your carbs. But we all know how those go down - three days in, five tops and you're flirting with your old lifestyle. So how do you create health success and not in a just quick-fix kind of way but one that lasts? That's what we dive into on this podcast with expert Adam S...

I've never heard of anyone overeating broccoli. It's rarely something you would see someone closet eating. So the question becomes why and how do these food preferences control our metabolism. This gets into the psychology of why we eat what we eat and how it's impacting our biology.     Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/132

There's one critical hormone that can change your entire metabolism. More powerful than insulin this hormone speaks truth over your hunger cues and how your body burns or stores energy in the form of fat. Learn how to hack this hormone to create peace with your metabolism.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/131

By this point in health history - we know that calories in / calories out is a refuted topic. But no one really explains how you burn calories, rev metabolism and lose the weight. Welcome to Intro 101 of metabolism and the basics of what no one is telling you.   Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/130

I'm such a geek for wellness trends. The predictions of where people are pushing and moving in the health field get me pretty excited. Okay, giddy excited. I read many articles about them and talk endlessly about them for a while. So here we are with the 2019 wellness trend predictions. I have to say that that wellness trends are looking better and better. In fact, I am so excited about where heal...

Motivation seems to be one of those tricky words that fall into the same category as willpower. I've debated and questioned if it is a limited resource just like willpower and the more we rely on it the more we expend it. Or is it like a muscle that the more you use it the more you can build it to stronger and longer proportions. We all know what motivation is - the drive that causes us to act by...

Do you get jitters going into the new year? So many big hopes and dreams and wishes and yet fear that they'll all come crashing down around you? Or is this just my worst nightmare? Today on the podcast I talk with Laurie Gerber - an expert in designing a life you love. Laurie is a renowned life coach with Handel Group where she has been coaching for over 15 years. On the show, I'll be asking Lauri...