The Art of Living Well Podcast®

We are so excited to welcome today's guest, Meredith Essalat. Meredith is a K-8 school principal in San Francisco, CA and author of The Overly Honest Teacher: Parenting Advice from the Classroom which was released on October 13, 2020. With a career in academia that has spanned more than 17 years, she started off in collegiate student activities before moving into both elementary and secondary acad...

Today's episode takes a slightly different format as Marnie is in the "hot seat" and we learn about what's been new and good in her life.  Marnie shares insight and revelations about her summer and what she has been focusing on each day to bring more joy into her life. Stephanie asks Marnie about her much anticipated memoir that she's been writing and we learn about her journey through the writing...

We are so excited to welcome today's guest, Lisa Whalen. Lisa Whalen has a Ph. D. in postsecondary and adult education from Capella University and an M.A. in creative and critical writing from Hamline University. She teaches composition, literature, and creative writing at  North Hennepin Community College  in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Her debut book, Stable Weight: A Memoir of Hunger, Horses, and...

We are so excited to introduce today's guest, Carolina Reis Oliveira, who is the Co-founder and CEO of OneSkin . Carolina holds a biochemistry degree and a Ph. D. in stem cell biology and is an alumnus of IndieBio, the world's leading biotechnology accelerator. In 2016 she relocated to Silicon Valley from Latin America to co-found One Skin, a biotech company developing solutions to target skin agi...

We are so excited to welcome today's guest, Indu Arora. Indu Arora, an Ayurveda and Yoga Therapist, considers herself a student for lifetime. She has been sharing about Yoga philosophy, Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda since 1999. She is inspired by and taught under  Kriya Yoga, Himalayan Yoga, Kashmir Shivaism and Sivananda Yoga lineages. She has studied both Yoga and Ayurveda in a traditional Guru para...

We are so excited to welcome today's guest, Patricia Ladis. Patricia Ladis, PT, CBBA, is a licensed physical therapist and behavioral breathing analyst who treats athletes, dancers, and pregnant women. She is the founder of WiseBody PT, and was the co-founder of KIMA Center for Physiotherapy & Wellness, one of New York City's most highly regarded PT and wellness centers. She is also the co-founder...

RE-RELEASE: This episode with Ben Leber first aired in March 2020 and we are re-running it today because it's a fantastic conversation filled with tips, strategies and inspiration on how to shift your mindset and overcoming your limiting beliefs. Today's guest, Ben Leber, is a retired 10-year NFL linebacker who played for the San Diego Chargers (now LA), the Minnesota Vikings and the St. Louis Ram...

We are extremely honored and excited to welcome today's guest, Lindsay Dahl, Beautycounter's SVP, Social Mission where she leads the safety, sustainability, advocacy and giving teams.  A nationally recognized leader, Lindsay has been working for over 15 years to remove toxic chemicals from the products we use every day. Working at the intersection of activism, product safety, and sustainability, L...

We are super excited to introduce today's guest, Marley Comito. Marley graduated this past May from Hopkins High School in Minneapolis, MN and she will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison this fall as a Journalism major. Marley is a writer, blogger , vlogger and a podcast host for a podcast called, Spill the Soup. We had a heartfelt and serious conversation with Marley tackling some o...

We are super excited to introduce today's guest, MaryEllen Reider, who is the co-founder and director of Yarlap®, the wellness device to treat urinary incontinence and improve sexual performance and experience through muscle control.  MaryEllen and her dad have emerged as a leading voice in the pelvic floor and sex tech wellness space. She strives to empower women through their pelvic floor muscle...

In today's episode we share our favorite dishes and inspiration for how to make fresh and delicious dishes to bring to your next BBQ or summer gathering.  We also created a special recipe book with some of our favorite recipes that you can easily recreate. Click here to download their delicious recipes. We also talk about our upcoming 7-Day Functional Medicine Liver Detox and our Back Yard Yoga Ba...

We are thrilled to welcome Christian Rasmussen, co-founder of MN Nice Botanicals.  Born and raised in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, Christian Rasmussen met his co-founder Tad in school. After completing a year of college for physics in 2010, Christian decided he wanted to pursue a different path, and dropped out to dive into the Real Estate Industry. By 2014 he had successfully complete...

We are thrilled to welcome Sara Whicher and Marcy Townsend the co-founders of Chisel Architecture.  The team at Chisel provides architectural custom design and a custom process. In their award-winning work while with Midwest-based design firms, eight years together at two firms and seven years at four additional firms, they've acquired an incredible breadth of expertise. They have a track record o...

We are thrilled to introduce today's guest, Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson . Jacque is the founder of Heartwood Healing and the creator of the Heartwood Self-Mastery Programs. She's an award-winning author and motivational speaker who has offered individual mastery, mindfulness, and resilience training and coaching to thousands of people through her work with organizations including Mayo Clinic, Mayo...

We are thrilled to introduce today's guest, Tanya Boigenzahn. Tanya is the founder and director of Devanadi School of Yoga & Wellness, and is an Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, Thai Yoga Bodywork Practitioner, and Reiki Master with an emphasis in Tantra, Sri Vidya, Buddhism, and Somatic healing. She is honored to be one of the first ParaYoga® Level 3 Teachers and Certified Four Desires Trainers in the w...

We are so excited and honored to welcome Christina Glickman. Christina is a mother, speaker and author of the new best selling book Xtra: The Art of Being . A book meant for the person who's looking for permission and inspiration to be themselves. She is also a community builder through her successful membership program created for strong, loving, purpose driven women that are looking to step into...

We are so excited and honored to welcome Jeremiah McElwee, Thrive Market 's Chief Marketing Officer, to our show today.  A twenty-seven year veteran of the Natural Products industry, Jeremiah has been on all sides of the business and supply chain, literally from seed to shelf. Jeremiah was part of the initial startup team at Thrive Market and he currently serves as the Chief Merchandising Officer....

We are thrilled to welcome today's guest, Jina Seavall. Jina has been helping people feel more in tune with their true nature and vitality since 2002. Jina guides clients using hypnosis to experience and learn from their past lives so they can make the most of this life. Jina believes that we can use the body as an instrument to create clarity and gain insight and wisdom so we can live to our full...

"Every Monday is a chance to start a new fabulous week...embrace it! Marnie & Stephanie love Mondays and want you to be excited to kick off your week too. In this episode we share why we love Mondays and some tips on how you can learn to enjoy the start of the week with as much enthusiasm as Fridays. They also announce their new  Art of Living Well Summertime Tribe program that will kick off on Ju...

We are thrilled to welcome today's guest, J ean Ketcham who is Aging but Dangerous . Years ago, she made the conscious decision to live a life of fun, spirit and style, and she's never looked back. After retiring, Jean discovered that 55+ women were not living up to their true potential. Their social circles were shrinking and their lifestyles were becoming less stimulating and less adventurous. T...

We are so excited to welcome today's guest Dr. Gertrude Lyons.  Dr. Lyons is a leading-edge trainer and educator in human emergence, lifestyle, parenting, leadership development, career, relationship satisfaction and success, and women's development, and through her work inspires people to take control of their own personal transformations.  She has made it her mission to challenge traditional not...

We are so excited to welcome today's guest Lindsey Bomgren, who is the fitness-loving content creator behind Nourish, Move, Love (NML).  NML is a health and fitness lifestyle site devoted to helping women create a lifestyle and body they love through — quick and effective workouts , simple and delicious recipes  and  faith based devotionals . Lindsey started NML in 2015 as a 'blog' to create and s...

We are thrilled to welcome today's guest, Pilar Gerasimo. Pilar Gerasimo is an award-winning health journalist, pioneering social explorer, and author of a new book, The Healthy Deviant: A Rule-Breaker's Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World (North Atlantic Books, 2020). Best known for her work as the founding editor of Experience Life magazine, which today reaches more than three million p...

We are thrilled to welcome today's guest, Chastity Lord. Chastity has spent two decades dedicated to dismantling systems of inequity for marginalized communities. She deeply believes that generational poverty is a social justice issue and that families are the best owners and narrators of their lives. History has proven time and again that building infrastructure, leadership, and power for margina...

We are thrilled to bring you today's guest, Tommy Searle.  Tommy is the co-founder/CEO of Wellnest Journal. He founded Wellnest shortly before graduating from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor's in Computer Science Engineering. He's currently living in San Francisco, CA, close to his hometown of Mill Valley. Wellnest Journal is a fun and easy journaling app that prompts you on your day an...