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

Dr. Natalie Underberg is a Functional Medicine Practitioner and the founder of The PCOS Doc. With a doctorate of Chiropractic and advanced training through the Institute of Functional Medicine, Natalie is a leader in the women's health space. She has helped hundreds of women reverse the symptoms of their PCOS and get pregnant naturally through her group program, The PCOS Collective, and her 1 on 1...

Jessica Cahill is a friend, nutrition coach, badass human + someone who is not vegan enough for the vegans or crossfit enough for the crossfiters.  Don't try and put this woman into a box.  She isn't going to fit! We talk about the detriment effects of 75 hard and how its not sustainable.  Even more family estrangement, boundaries, relationships-- its all in here :) Jess is an incredible human and...

Shelby Peterson is a wealth of knowledge + super fun human. She is currently a nutrition coach with level 10 coaching.  Prior to moving solely to the online space Shelby trained in person until the pandemic hit. She worked her ass off to get noticed by level 10 + when Joelle (CEO) was hiring she earned that spot!   Follow shelboy on IG: @stronglikeshelby Apply for coaching with level 10: click her...

Jen Norris is a retired member of the Air Force, a mental health advocate, partner + fur baby mom.   Sit back.  We talk about it all in thie espiode whether its controversial or not.  Politics, religion, suicide, death, mental health, sexual assault, military justice issues etc etc etc.  Find her on instagram @military_crime. Find me @danielle.kepics + @empowered.medicine (small announcement in in...

First + foremost NO shame to anyone who has implants or any kind of plastic surgery. Y'all do you, I support you.  My goal with this episode was to educate + inform the general public how prominent this actually is + the ways in which it impacts someone.  Mental health, physical health, etc. Brittany McKenna went through every other possible explaination before finally figuring out it was literall...

Jenna Longoria is a Board Certified Functional Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P) passionate about women's hormonal health. Through her own struggles with PCOS + endometriosis + not getting any answers except the birth control pill from conventional doctors she took her health into her own hands. Now she helps women through private  + group coaching to help them get answers, not bandaids. She has FREE...

Sara Hayes was a high level high school and collegiate cross country runner. Feeling unsatisfied in her 9-5 she turned her passions for movement and mindfulness into her full time job.  Sara works with any and all humans and helps them center mindfulness and positive habits into their exercise and movement.  We talk about everything from disordered exercise/eating, mindfulness, advocacy with your...

Melissa Vasikauskas is a Registered Dietitian who specializes in helping individuals who fall somewhere on the disordered eating spectrum find peace with food + body image. She describes disordered eating + disordered behaviors so well + I think this episode will be so helpful for anyone who has EVER struggled with diet culture, food rules/restrictions, + finding peace with nutrition.  There are S...

Brenna Davey was popular. So popular I brought her back for an impromptu episode.  Y'all may be hearing from her semi-regularly! We go deep into the second and third order effects of COVID with mental health, loneliness, social skills, child development etc. We also get to know Brenna little better and about her history in work as a LCSW in probation as well as at level one trauma center at the ve...

Janene Borandi is a doctor of acupuncture medicine and one of my dearest friends. We met randomly snowboarding about two years ago now and instantly connected over our passion for wanting to help people lead healthier lives.  I FINALLY sit down and talk to her on the podcast + get into everything:  How does acupuncture work? What is Qi (chi)? Why do acupuncturist look at your tongue? The 5 element...

This conversation blew me out of the water and is one of the most favorite episodes I have recorded and I think I made a friend for life in Brenna Davey.  Brenna and I connected through the good old powers of the internet and I went out on a limb and asked her to chat on the podcast because she seemed like an interesting human. This conversation has encompassed so accurately many of my views and c...

Joelle Cavagnaro is the founder + CEO of level 10 coaching. Joelle is an incredibly knowledgable human on MANY topics in the health, wellness + fitness space.  Today we sit down + talk all about how she proved conventional gynecology wrong after she was point blank told "oh honey you will never get pregnant naturally"  Spoiler alert: she has a healthy 9 month old and didn't require any help concei...

I FINALLY sit down and talk about my preparation and experience on the JMT.  This episode is great for anyone who feels overwhelmed with either pursuing the JMT or just their first overnight backpacking trip. I talk all about my gear, importance of being in nature  + what I would do differently my second time around!  Tune in. Leave a review. Have an epic week.  IG: @danielle.kepics

Tom is the midwestern dad you need, but didn't know you were missing in your life!  Seriously though Tom is an awesome human. He is currently a strength and conditioning coach with Level 10 coaching and he has a LIST of qualifications including a BS in kinesiology MS in Spots Administration.   We talk about the importance of doing the "boring" stuff, making lasting impressions on teenagers (especi...

Brooke Czarnecki is a newly minted registered dietitian and she is GOLD. She is all about fueling athletes and humans to do badass activities and providing top notch education along the way!  Audio quality is a little rocky-- I explain in the intro- but stick with it because Brooke is a high quality human offering amazing views!  Check her out on IG @ intentfulnutrition Follow me on instagram @Dan...

Sarah Emma is BACK! We had so much fun recording this episode mostly about mental health.  Trauma, boundaries and how both influence our health and fitness goals a progress. There is so much more to this episode! If you don't know Sarah already go back and listen to my previous episode with her!  She is an absolute joy and an incredibly qualified strength + nutrition coach. She currently works wit...

Ashley Ball is BACK. She will always be Ashley Broderick to me.  If you're my friend you keep your maiden name FOREVER :)  Today we talk about everything from what it looks like to have healthy boundaries-- its so much more than what you think!  We are reading "Set Boundaries, Find Peace" and the author is AMAZING. She breaks it down so that you can DEFINITELY know where you struggle!  We also tal...

Solo episode that I tried out doubling as an instagram live so you will hear some dialogue.  I chat about how we need to be present to what we are doing with each of our days, taking action and adjusting goals for various reasons. Enjoy. Rate. Connect with me!  IG: @Danielle.kepics e-mail: Danielle.marie.pac@gmail.com Make it a great week!!

Aaron Owens Mayhew is a registered dietitian and ultralight long-distance backpacker with nearly 20 years of experience as a hiker and nutrition expert.  In 2017, she quit her job and began preparing for her first thru-hike. During this process, Aaron realized how uniquely qualified she was to plan and prepare meals for outdoor athletes and decided to put her skills to the test. She founded Backco...

Dr. Nicole Lussier, PT, DPT is a Physical Therapist and the owner/founder of Body in Motion, LLC, a digital health and wellness coaching platform. Given  her unique background she is a coach who specializes in working with athletes suffering from chronic pain. She is a certified yoga instructor as well and incorporates mindset into her coaching methodology. Nicole firmly believes that health is we...

Cassy Aguirre is the co-founder of Women in Rescue and a huge advocate for getting women into the great outdoors.  She is also a a teacher and an overall rad human.  We talk obviously all about the outdoors, how covid is impacting kids and so much more!   Enjoy + make it a great week!! IG: @cassy_aguirre @women_in_rescue

Derrick Ball is back for a victory lap. Derrick is the co-founder of Ballistic Performance and the man in charge of my fitness. We sit down and talk about the importance of why women need to bulk, how the fitness and nutrition industry has absolutely failed women.  The importance of lifting weights, reverse dieting, surpluses and SO MUCH more.   Check them out. Rate the podcast. Have a dope week!

THIS episode is so incredibly important. My friend Ingrid who I have known since 2008 sat down with me to talk INCREDIBLY candidly about her experience, struggle and recovery with alcohol addiction.  Her story, message and knowledge that she is conveying is so incredibly important. Addiction does not have one particular look. It does not discriminate. Just because you haven't hit rock bottom doesn...

Shelby and I sit down and talk all about our paths to becoming physician assistants, the ugly truths about school/work, being a new grad, getting a job etc etc.  We also talk about how to develop new habits, the importance of taking small steps each day to improve ourselves and SO much more!  If you're a pre-pa hit Shelby up for some mock interview practice and I'm currently taking students for pe...

Courtney Thomas is BACK! I could literally chat with Courtney FOREVER. I love ALL of the level 10 gang and everything their CEO is doing with the company.  We chat about everything from health struggles, the importance of being IN CHARGE of YOUR health, how the medical system fails all the time, periods, gut health, nutrition, therapy-- LITERALLY so much goodness.  She is SO much knowledge and I l...