The Art of Living Well Podcast®

We are so excited for today's fun and insightful conversation with certified life coach and award-winning designer Carrie Leskowitz.  As founder of Carrie Leskowitz Interiors, Carrie helps clients nurture the holistic connection between their homes and their physical, emotional, and spiritual health through self-exploration and reinvention. Her beautifully curated homes focus on the mind-body conn...

Learn how you can take other people's doubts and negativity and turn it into fuel that pushes you forward to do things you are meant to share with the world.  In today's episode you will meet Kelly Lewis, a women's travel industry maven who is passionate about helping women tap into their personal power through travel. She's the founder of Go! Girl Guides, the world's first series of travel guideb...

We are so excited for today's fun and insightful conversation with sleep specialist Devin Burke. Devin is an international and TEDx speaker, the bestselling author of "The Sleep Advantage," the founder of Sleep Science Academy, and one of the top health and sleep coaches in the world. His books, keynotes, programs and videos have inspired thousands of people to improve their sleep, energy, and lif...

In today's episode you'll hear from Marnie & Stephanie, Integrative Health Practitioners and holistic health coaches, who discuss how to listen to your inner voice and learn to eat intuitively for your unique body. As coaches they work with many clients to overcome challenges around making peace with food, honoring and loving their bodies and learning to eat intuitively so that they can thrive and...

We are so excited for today's fun and optimistic conversation with Tal Zlotnitsky, a life-long innovator and all around curious person, who has launched a number of very successful startups. Currently, Tal is the Founder & CEO of Love Igniter and Relationship Wellness startup, Our. Love. Our. Love Company is building a relationship wellness technology platform, informed by science and infused with...

We are so excited for today's guest, Beryl Solomon, Founder + CEO at Poplar , Your Modern Drugstore.  An entrepreneur and business leader at heart, Beryl founded Poplar in 2017 after personally discovering natural medicine solutions.  Beryl added cannabis to her health and wellness routine and decreased her dependence on pharmaceutical anti-anxiety/antidepressants. The journey was challenging and...

We are truly excited to introduce today's guest, Dr. Jed Kaufman. Jed is a general and trauma surgeon working in Olympia, Washington who has spent many years having conversations around death and loss. Jed has so much valuable insight on the topic of death including how to discuss it with less fear and ending life with dignity. In this important conversation, we dive into Jed's personal experience...

We are so excited for today's fun conversation with Emily Schickli, CEO of Mind Body Dharma, Certified Life Coach, Certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher, and Reiki Master with a Masters in English and Curriculum Design from the University of Chicago. Emily  loves combining practices from both the East and West to help busy professional women-identifying folks turn challenges into adventures, recon...

We are truly excited to introduce today's guest, Alison Keith co- founder of Whole Story Skin. Alison is a holistic skin care expert changing the conversation around premature aging. In 2019 she and her husband Steve, co-founded Whole Story Skin Care.  With family ties in custom skin care formulation, they launched a direct-to-customer brand selling premium quality plant based products.  She saw a...

Marnie and I are truly excited to share today's guest, Heidi Zimmer, Founder of Wild Rice Retreat - Midwest's only wellness retreat center. As a little background, Heidi Zimmer is a real estate development professional and creative entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience leading thoughtful development in the areas of affordable housing, community development, economic development and urban a...

Happy New Year! As we round out 2021, we want to let you know how grateful we are for our listeners and we wish each of you a happy, healthy and wonderful 2022! In today's episode we discuss one of our favorite topics, the new year's health trends. See our exciting list below and listen to our episode where we dive deeper into each of these trends. 1) How to boost immunity - think supplements, foo...

Today's episode takes a slightly different format as Stephanie is in the "hot seat" and we learn about what's new and good in her life. Stephanie shares her experience from her recent retreat experience in Tulum, Mexico including how it pushed her outside of her comfort zone.  Marnie asks Stephanie about her experience with her 13-year-old daughter and what has been going on with her health and we...

We are super excited to introduce today's amazing guest, Lizzi Cutler. Lizzi is a healing arts trainer focusing on the mind, body and spirit. Using her expertise in meditation and coaching, Lizzi designs a customized-path for each client to achieve their personal goals. Trained in Asia, the United States and the United Kingdom, Lizzi's comprehensive knowledge helps clients reduce stress, anxiety a...

We are so excited to introduce today's guest, Wendy Tamis Robbins, who is an attorney, author, anxiety coach and self-proclaimed professional "panic-attacker." After living with a variety of anxiety and panic disorders for almost 40 years, she is now anxiety-free. Not because she is completely free of anxiety, but because it no longer controls her. She has traded living in resistance for building...

We are super excited to introduce today's amazing guest, Tracee Stanley. Tracee was introduced to the practice of yoga nidra in 2001. She immediately recognized it as a healing salve for the world and began to incorporate it into her life and her yoga teaching. She left her high-stress career as a Hollywood film producer to delve deeper into the study of the practices that were empowering and reju...

We are super excited to introduce today's amazing guest, Kelly Love, who is the co-founder of Branch Basics , a wellness brand that creates home cleaning products using the most chemically sensitive ingredients as their benchmark for safety. Raised in a home with all things conventional, it wasn't until college that she experienced the power of living in an environment free of harmful chemicals al...

Today is a huge milestone for The Art of Living Well Podcast as we drop our 100th episode!!  Tune into this fun conversation to celebrate the past two years and to hear what Marnie & Stephanie have learned from this experience. You'll also get to hear directly from each of their family members about what they've learned from The Art of Living Well Podcast. A few tidbits that they share in this epi...

We are thrilled to introduce today's guest, Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy.  Dr. Connealy is a prominent leader in the Integrative and Functional Medical field with over 30 years of experience taking the best of all sciences, including homeopathic and conventional treatments for cancer, chronic illnesses, nutrition, and lifestyle approach. She is the Medical Director of two unique clinics in Irvine, CA:...

We are super excited to introduce today's guests, Karlie & Cody of Ten Creek Range by Stoney Creek Farm, which is in Redwood Falls, MN, not far from the Twin Cities. Ten Creek Range is a farm-to-fork, family owned and operated direct marketing business focused on making healthy proteins accessible to everyone. Karlie is a 5th generation farmer, who after shadowing her dad and grandfather's farming...

We are thrilled to introduce today's guest, Stephanie Berryman.  Stephanie is a passionate facilitator, coach and speaker. She has been in the field of stress management and leadership development for 17 years, providing hands-on, practical support in stress management, relationship building, and leadership development training. This experience has inspired a deep passion for supporting people to...

We are thrilled to introduce today's guest, Jodi McKee .  Jodi is a Healer + Medicine Woman +  the owner of Jewelweed -  a health and wellness shop in Wayzata, MN.  Marnie and I were so excited to conduct our first in person interview since the pandemic in her beautiful store.  There may be some background noise during this episode so just bare with us and turn up the volume on your device if need...

We are thrilled to talk about detoxifying your home environment today. This is such an important topic that is often overlooked on one's journey towards health and wellness. Some suggestions that we make during this episode include: 1) Check ingredients - if there is a warning/caution/danger label it is probably not very safe in your home. 2) Remove the toxins - Gather up the toxic products in you...

We are thrilled to introduce today's guest, Allie Egan. Allie is the Founder and CEO of Veracity Selfcare, a next-generation beauty and wellness brand empowering women to understand the connection between their skin and their broader health through at-home testing and a holistic, data-driven approach to skincare. Their products are at the forefront of clean performance, excluding all endocrine dis...

We are so excited to welcome today's guest, Tim O'Brien. Tim has extensive experience in the health and wellness industry. He began his career in 2003 at GNC franchises, then became District Manager in 2005. In 2008, he became the manager of Elite Nutrition. During those years, he built a solid foundation of knowledge and expertise. His passion and success gave him the vision to open his own busin...

Today's amazing guest is Doctor Jess Bell, a Licensed and Board Certified Osteopathic Physician, Pain Specialist, and Provider of Energetic Osteopathy™.  Dr Jess became an osteopathic physician in her early twenties and a pain management specialist in her early thirties.  As she worked with pain, she identified that her patients needed more than what the medical world alone could offer.  Over time...