Strong + Unfiltered: Perimenopause, Hormones, Gut Health + Metabolic Optimization

Kristin is a board certified nurse practitioner who specializes in root cause treatment of complex acne cases. She earned her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and her master's degree from Georgetown University.    While she was working as a nurse practitioner in family medicine she started struggling with adult acne. She soon became disillusioned with the ineffective, expensive s...

Hanna Carroll is a mindset coach who helps people get unstuck and into happy, fulfilling, and successful careers. She helps people move past mental blocks like fear & confusion and into clarity, confidence, and self-worth in order to find/create a career they love. Hanna believes that you can live your purpose through and aligned career and that the journey to an aligned career is one of healing....

HOT TAKE. I might take some heat from this one, but a individual who has been vegan for SIXTEEN YEARS is the one saying it.  Tune in to see what she has to say about her experience being vegan. We dive into the health speed bumps she is hitting, how being vegan has played into that + how we are navigating it with her still being able to maintain not eating animals (cause it's an ethical thing for...

Rémy Roe is a father, fiancé, and feminist who recently retired after 15 years as Special Operations Combat medic in the U.S. Army. He retired after earning his second Purple Heart medal from injuries sustained in Afghanistan, and is currently a staff member at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Rémy refers to himself as a "tactical academic," having earned master's degrees in Exercise Ph...

MacKenzie Tanner is a marine veteran, future DPT, nutrition coach + second time guest here on the podcast.  In this episode we talk about - All things physical therapy school - Her plans after graduation - Why you should see a PT for MORE than just checking the box to get to your surgery - Why lifting heavy is actually GOOD for low back pain - Her ventures in nutrition coaching + what motivates he...

Carly Blanchett is a trainer + manager at noble clay fitness the only non-profit OPEX training center in the country. She earned her B.S. in Kinesiology + minor in sports business management + is also a certified OPEX CCP Coach.  We dive in to Carly's intuition with her body + ability to advocate for herself in her health journey-- from menstrual cycles to mold exposure. If you're someone who need...

My guest this week is an amazing human + I LOVED talking with her!   Taryn Barlow is a Cognitive Health Coach, which is a unique combination of her background in Speech-language Pathologist, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, and a Certified Brain Injury Specialist. She supports individuals who have sustained Brain Injury in balancing lifestyle, enabling them to thrive again. Taryn is the owner o...

Brooke Czarnecki is a registered dietitian + accomplished long distance runner. She quit her fulltime job to pursue teaching women how to fuel their running + cultivate healthy relationships withfood + exercise.  She has a BRAND NEW master class out which is an INSANE value at 19.99 she is going to teach you how to effectively fuel for your marathon, mitigate GI distress, avoid the "wall" at mile...

Jenna Altman is the Owner and Head Coach at Harvest Coaching. She has been in the health & fitness industry for 6 years. Jenna is certified as a fitness coach through ACE, L1 and L2 certified Precision Nutrition, Health Mindset Certified through Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas and holds a specialization in Functional Nutrition and Metabolism via Sam Miller. She is also a pre and post natal training & nutriti...

Alessandra Scutnik is the Co-Founder of two online businesses, SD Evolution Online Health Coaching and software company Fit Coach Pro. Through the last decade in the fitness industry, her mission is to help as many people as possible improve their lifestyle through health and fitness in a way that educates and brings enjoyment.  Her and her husband, Josh run both businesses together, while also ba...

Courtney Thomas from Level TEN Coaching is BACK for a third time.  In todays epside we cover A LOT. But our conversation is centered around how you can do hard things. We also give you steps to take if you are struggling to just start. We talk about the benefit of resilency, growth mindset + perseverance.   Somehow we also focused on on friend Tom (who also works with Level TEN) + pick on him a li...

  Morganne Skinner is a registered nurse, returned Peace Corps volunteer (Zambia '18-20), nurse writer, and fertility awareness educator. Her experiences with endometriosis led her to discover the wonders of fertility awareness as it helped her get diagnosed and manage her symptoms.   Now she is passionate about sharing this knowledge and life-long skill with women looking for answers. She teaches...

Ashleigh Hubbard is an old soul in a young body.  At the age of 25 she has owned + operated her nutrition coaching company A-Hub nutrition for seven years.  She was a highly competitive olympic weightlifter + also someone who spent a number of years recovering from HA (hypothalamic amenorrhea).  We talk about everything from the HA community to blood sugar regulation + other random shit.  Check he...

Alex Shaw is the owner + CEO of Moon Wellness Center where she empowers women to lead their healthiest happiest lives possible + get in touch with their bodies.   We touch on everythign here from trauma, cervical muchs + just a ton on womens health.  Find her in IG: @moonwellnesscenter Find her website www.moonwellnesscenter.com My 8 week program menstrual misfits is LIVE! We start in 2 months + s...

My guest this week canceled so I took this opportunity to tell you all about what is currently happening with life + empowered medicine. If you want to work with me 1:1 for DUTCH/GI MAP click HERE to get in touch. If you're interested in group coaching for your menstrual cycle join Menstrual Misfits-- click HERE If you want mentorship as a health coach click here If you're a pre-pa or current pa s...

My good friend Jess Cahill from savage health is BACK. Get ready for a double dose of enneagram 8w7 humor + truth serum. We talk about our recent therapy experiences, how crossfit isn't loving Jess's nervous sytem, building business, general life + so much more.  Check out my 8 week course to happier, healthier menstrual cycles-- IT IS LIVE + spots are LIMITED. Payment plans available! CLICK HERE...

Holly Priestly is a freelance writer, ghost writer, outdoor enthusiast + intense follower of the universes messages to her.  She spent the last 3 years living in her van with her dog traveling around the United States (of course I loved this). We talk about everything from following your souls mission, intentional living, what it was like livign in a van (during COVID) + SO SO much more. If you ar...

Christine Reed is a long-distance backpacker and author of the memoir, Alone in Wonderland. She shares her personal journey from sedentary office worker to rugged outdoorswoman in hopes of inspiring others to see something bigger for themselves-- whatever that may be. But also to remind us that a good story is about sharing something of ourselves and connecting with others. She's found in the outd...

Katie Conners + I connected because of level TEN coaching. She has been working with one of their coaches (John) for two years now + she has become a completely different person.  She smiles more, has imporved her mental health, has better health/biomarkers + has lost ove 120 pounds.  She learned how to put in hard work + consistency + has developed habits that will last a lifetime.  Follow Katie...

Sara Howe is a dog mom, wife, certified occupational therapy assistant, certified personal trainer & certified health coach. The unique thing about Sara is that she's a stroke & traumatic brain injury survivor due to a car accident when she was 19 years old. After going through a near death experience & going through recovery from all of her injuries she has a new perspective on life. During her r...

My friend Shelby from level 10 coaching is BACK. Today we tackled a topic that we are both SO freaking passionate about: helping people get answers + appropriate evaluations from their healthcare providers.  If you've been around a while you know how passionate I am about helping people get answers + not bandaids for their health. We walk you through some scenarios, listener/follower questions etc...

Karly Newman has been navigating the challenges of MS for the past 21 years since developing symptoms at the age of 12. Though she's experienced setbacks in her disease process, she's become passionate about the power of lifestyle modifications to improve her quality on life an alleviate some of the symptoms of her disease. This has meant adapting often to find joy in different forms of movement,...

Ashley Ball (formerly Broderick) is the co-founder of Ballistic Performance and one of my dearest friends.  She is also pregnant with her first child!  Today we sit down and catch up some (we are both so busy!), what her pregnancy has been like-- the struggles + the good, what her training/nutrition has looked like + what its like to be in a changing body.  Check them out on instagram @ballistic.p...

Danielle Mellor is an aries + my birthday twin, strong AF female,  assistant w/ level 10 coaching and also works on her own as a nutrition coach.  She sits down today to talk about her struggles through an abusive relationship.  The narcissim, the gaslighting-- all the ugly stuff no one ever talks about.  Find her on the gram: @mell.nourished.strength  Find me @danielle.kepics + @empowered.medicin...

Heidi Oien + I connected through instagram + I quickly gravitated towards her. She is a nurse of 20+ years, mom, wife and so much more.    We touch on the downfalls of medicine/healthcare, reflect on COVID and so much more. If you haven't already rate + review the podcast + if something resonantes with you please share with a friend :)