Rebellious Wellness Lifestyle

Over 20 years ago, Sue Choi left her desk job to immerse herself full-time to understand meditation, movement, and body. Her journey to resolve chronic depression and autoimmunity without medication, led her to develop an approach that can save you years of frustration, but more importantly, enrich your daily life. Sue has spent thousands of hours learning and training in a broad variety of modali...

This Shortie was born of getting any answer to “does our metabolism slow down after 40 and if so why?” The answer is yes. #Bummer but also, you might be saying “I knew these extra pounds weren’t all my fault.” Small comfort, but once you know why it happens, you can prepare yourself or reverse a trend if you are already experiencing the weight gain that comes with the menopause transition years. A...

Vicki Dello Joio’s life is an expression of her many selves; actor, facilitator, speaker, speaker trainer, Qi Gong and Tai Chi teacher. She has trained in all of those arenas with Master teachers. With her diverse background, Vicki has developed unique teaching methods that empower people to focus their energy with increased awareness, transforming obstacles into opportunities and enhancing their...

My guest, Mara Bishop is the founder of WholeSpirit and the Enatured ™. She has over 25 years of experience as a shamanic practitioner, intuitive consultant, teacher, author, and artist. Enatured™ draws from shamanism, psychology, mindfulness, and scientific research about nature, to help us consciously engage the environment for relationship, support, and restoration. Her Personal Evolution Couns...

If online dating sounds scary or you have tried it and not had any fun–nor have you found someone you want to spend more time with — my guest, Lisa Copeland, is here to make it all better. She’s an online dating coach specifically for women over 50. After struggling to find a partner or a coach who could help her figure out the dating scene (they were all way younger than her 50 years so what coul...

After seeing heart surgery--in person, standing at the head of the patient beside the Anesthesiologist--my understanding of how our lifestyle habits affect that little beast of a muscle expanded by lots. The surgeon held the heart in his hand. (Real hearts look nothing like those things you see on medical dramas btw.) He pointed out the fat that had accumulated over years of poor dietary choices a...

When you know there’s something wrong but medical tests and Western med docs can’t find it, you need Debora Wayne. She is the founder and CEO of The International Chronic Pain Institute, an internationally recognized energy healer and pain release specialist. So many people suffer needlessly because Western medicine is just beginning—albeit mostly behind closed doors—to recognize the concept of en...

Former classical musician, journalist in the world of gaming, actor, and now energy healer and teacher, Alx Uttermann now teaches radical self-care on a global scale. Raised by a surgeon and a nurse, has a special concern for medical professionals and frontline workers. Our conversation began on the topic of energy healing and how we are energy beings as well as walking bones and guts. Alx learned...

This is my guest, Dr. Susan Lovelle, in a nutshell, “I love the challenge of working with busy, successful women who are merely surviving on caffeine, wine, and willpower. Those who diet and exercise but can’t lose weight, who are exhausted but can’t sleep, and are consumed by doing everything for everyone else…except themselves.” You already know why I’d want her on the show—too many of us are li...

At age 25, Ben Ahrens, a semi-professional surfer, became bedridden for over 3 years with Chronic Neurological Lyme Disease. Before that, he lived and promoted a healthy, active lifestyle as a trainer and an athlete. Despite his best efforts and conventional medical treatment, Ben found himself truly stuck, unable to get better. Then he came across neuroplasticity. What’s a young guy doing on this...

Telling stories and captivating audiences is what Leslie Gold, aka, The Radio Chick, did for years before starting her podcast, A Life’s Story, and a business called, “Your Life’s Story.” She built a top-rated show in New York City with 1 million daily listeners. In 2017 she left radio to focus on other interests and then came the pandemic. She wanted to connect with people. Despite being asked fr...

Bari Ellen Ross did more than just survive cancer. She became a patient advocate and a voice for underserved communities of cancer patients. She is currently the volunteer chair of the Winship Patient & Family Advisors (PFA), a member of the Emory Healthcare PFA Council, and a Winship Peer Partner. She was recently appointed to a three-year term as a patient advocate on the National Cancer Ins...

When my guest, Katie Belfie, was three years old, she pestered her mother for weeks until she finally gave in and bought all the family members fire escape ladders for their rooms. Evacuation plans followed, and this emergency preparedness expert wouldn’t be lying if she said she’d been doing this all of her life. Obvs this interest in being prepared for emergencies guided her career choices. In 2...

Dr. Debi Silber is a holistic psychologist, a recognized health, mindset, empowerment and personal development expert. She’s a speaker, coach and author of 3 bestselling books. She has contributed to FOX, CBS, The Dr. Oz show, TEDx (twice), The Huffington Post, Shape, Self, Health, Working Mother, Forbes, Psychology Today, WebMD, Ladies Home Journal, MSN, Woman’s World and Glamour. After suffering...

My guest, Natalie Palamino, answered those questions and more. Natalie is a Master Stylist, Clean Hair Care Expert and Founder of North Authentic, a conscious hair care company. She used her B.S. in Finance, JD/MA, and 12 years behind the chair as a hairstylist, hair salon owner and educator focused on clean products to start her company, North Authentic. Why start an online company when life as a...

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn is a physical therapist in Salt Lake City, UT, arthritis specialist, and founder of Keep the Adventure Alive. she has had extensive experience training people of all ages and medical conditions including those with spinal stenosis, osteoarthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, She started Keep the Adventure Alive because she was seeing too many people succumb to arthritis pain. She fou...

My guest today is Michael Unbroken . Michael is a coach and mentor to those who have been victims of childhood (or later) trauma. He has as many certifications as is possible in his field and his many testimonials are proof that he is the real deal. “I don’t consider myself an abuse survivor coach as much a Trauma Warrior Mentor. I don’t work with victims. I help mold heroes out of the ashes of tr...

My guest is Jon McLernon , founder of Freedom Nutrition Coaching in Red Deer Alberta, Canada. He helps people say no to BS diets for good with his brain driven weight loss approach. Jon has been a Nanotechnology Researcher, Marine Engineer (Navy), globetrotting English teacher (visiting 45 countries on 5 continents) and ran a Nutrition and Supplement store. After experiencing a trauma while living...

Martha is a Registered Dietitian in Ontario, Canada, with over 30 years of experience working in many areas of nutrition. She currently works in Long Term Care (nursing homes, gerontology) and has a private practice, Primal RD, promoting a LCHF diet and lifestyle for healthy aging and chronic disease prevention. And she is a cancer survivor who, after many months of research on “her kind of cancer...

My guest today, Marie Scott, is a Functional Medicine Health Coach who is passionate about helping widows and widowers to gain health, humor, and love back into their lives. Imagine being crazy, happily married to or partnered with someone for decades. Then, unexpectedly, even though you are only in your fifties, that person dies. This is a small part of Marie’s story. She shares honestly about he...

My guest is Norm Robillard, Ph. D , Founder of Digestive Health Institute, is a gut health expert, author, and microbiologist. He is the creator of the Fast Tract Diet – Fermentation Potential (FP) system, author of the Fast Tract Digestion book series , and publisher of the Fast Tract Diet mobile app. How he got here In his mid to late 30s he was working in the biotech industry and he started exp...

Before you decide this episode isn’t for you because I’m talking to a psychic I invite you to read on. This conversation is a deep dive into healing the aspects of ourselves that hold us back from doing what we know or sense, that we would be happier doing. And ends with a way to learn to tap into your psychic powers. Liz believes we are born with them but they get covered up by the logical mind a...

Jennifer Herrera , my guest this week, is a practitioner of many of the healing arts. Reiki master, certified coach with HeartMath, and Pilates instructor. Not long ago she was working in real estate. Seems many of my guests listened to their inner wisdom and took a leap into what the world around them might see as cray cray but was exactly the right move. Been there and done that. What about you?...

If you’ve ever been blindsided by an unexpected divorce you know it can be devastating — at least initially. Janie J’s story of reinvention and creating a life she loves began at 60 when her husband decided to leave after 35 years. She shares the fears, negative self talk, her decision to create a life she could love after years of being “just a mom” and taking care of everything. She was working...

Dr. Plasker may live in Georgia, but he has a NYC energy and no-BS manner and we had fun. Chiropractor, International best-selling author of the 100 Year Lifestyle book series, and speaker, Dr. Eric Plasker is on a mission. He wants to help us all see our longevity potential as birthright time not borrowed time and develop a proactive mindset to create our own 100 Year Lifestyle. Today, too many p...