The Healthified Podcast

In this solo episode, I share both my past and current relationship with alcohol, why I am starting to question it, and what I am doing to work on it. It is an area in which I have felt very alone at times, so if this episode helps just one person feel less alone in their relationship with alcohol, then my job here is done. On the flip side of that, if a conversation about drinking and alcohol is...

Today’s guest is Frances Sacripanti a personal trainer and personal friend. She has so much wisdom to share in this episode, not only about physical fitness, but also about wellness, mindfulness, and being your own cheerleader in life. We talk about how to shift your mindset about exercise, especially after having kids, how to use your inner dialogue to your advantage, how to let go of unnecessary...

In this solo episode, I discuss how our current environment (especially social media) can create a lot of noise and nutritional confusion. I go deep into my health story, history of disordered eating, and tendency to try anything and everything. I can be a consumer of the information just as much as anyone else, and I talk about what I have had to let go of, and the two cornerstones of my food phi...

In my first solo episode, I reflect back on the past 10 years of my entrepreneurial journey. It was around this time 10 years ago that I left my last 9am - 5pm job, and have been making my way as an entrepreneur ever since. You will learn how I have never really pivoted so to speak, but rather followed the unfolding as one thing led to the next. From working 3 jobs to make ends meet, to launching...

Today’s guest is Chelsea J. O’Leary, a Nashville-based artist, entrepreneur, and home food preserver. She is the founder and owner of Wiley Canning Company, a company dedicated to canning, pickling, and preserving local and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Her first book, The Wiley Canning Company Cookbook , is now available. Chelsea creates recipes and hosts workshops to teach others to can, pickl...

Today’s guest is Laura Lea Bryant, a certified holistic chef and heartache consultant, with over 10 years in the wellness industry. After a divorce and several subsequent breakups, Laura Lea decided to combine her food knowledge with scientific theories on attachment, grief and romantic rejection, to create a private consulting program and body of digital resources. Laura Lea has also centered her...

Today’s guest is Stacia Root. Stacia worked as a registered nurse for 3 years before transitioning into personal training. Stacia saw a lack of education on how to live a healthy lifestyle and chose to follow her passion and work one on one with clients to help them develop a sustainable healthy life. In our conversation we discuss: Overcoming the ego and personal blocks when you want to make a ch...

Today’s guest is Sophie Shepherd, founder of SHE Talks Health and the creator of the SHE Talks Health Podcast. Sophie is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and NLP Certified Life Coach who helps women transform their hormone, gut and thyroid health. Using a combination of root cause functional lab testing, transformational subconscious mindset reprogramming, and diet and lifestyle scie...

Today’s guest is Bio: Taryn White, functional nutritionist and owner of GreenMind, a nutrition consulting business. With a passion for helping individuals solve complicated medical issues, Taryn uses food, nutrition, and lifestyle medicine to optimize health and well-being. She is a mom of four kids, a Certified Nutrition Specialist with a Master's degree in Clinical and Integrative Nutrition,...

Today’s guest is Morgan Lewis of Three Pillars Wellness. Morgan is a Certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant (HNC) and Restorative Wellness Solutions Practitioner with over 3 years of experience. She works to identify barriers and address root cause(s) to digestive issues, gut dysfunction, chronic stress, weight management, nutrition, and lifestyle changes. Morgan’s health journey inspired her to...

Today’s repeat guest is Tina Haupert founder of the wellness brand Carrots N Cake. You will hear all about why I wanted her to come back on and the episode is a good one! In this conversation we discuss: What fat loss is, the role that hormones play, and why it isn’t just about calories in/calories out How functional testing can be a great tool to help you reach your goals Major beliefs you may ha...

Today’s guest is Lindsay Kluge, a clinical herbalist and nutritionist with a passion for bringing plants and people together. Through her work as a teacher and practitioner, she is passionate about helping people feel empowered in their health through community organic gardening, health education, and connection with nature. She has worked in clinical practice with naturopathic doctors and MD’s al...

Today’s guest is registered dietician and integrative health and wellness coach Lisa Smith. Lisa began pursuing her passion to help others discover healing and wellness after graduating from Indiana University of Pennsylvania with two master’s degrees in Human Biology and Nutrition. Following her graduate work, she completed a dietetic internship and opened her private practice - Integrative Welln...

Today’s guest is Christina Watkins, a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and entrepreneur who is on a mission to help women improve their health through nutrition and lifestyle habits. Christina is the founder of The Wellness Concierges where she offers programs and health coaching. Christina has also worked under functional MD’s at the second largest health care system in the United Sta...

Today’s guest is Jordan Rowe a full-time Personal Trainer in my hometown of Richmond, VA.  Looking to give people the guidance they need to navigate their way through the gym, she has helped hundreds of clients become stronger, faster and healthier through full body strength training.  Jordan believes confidence and empowerment comes from not only movement but through pushing yourself past those c...

Today’s guest is Dr. Akil Palinahsamy, a Harvard-trained physician who practices integrative medicine, blending his conventional medical expertise with holistic approaches including functional medicine and Ayurveda. “Dr. Akil” attended Harvard University and graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in biochemical sciences. He earned an MD from the University of California, San Francisco (...

Jen Smiley suffered from asthma, stubborn weight and inflammation for most of her life.  Specialists kept testing and prescribing medications with no real answer as to why this is happening.  Nothing changed until Jen decided to read the back of a seemingly healthy food product and noticed she was consuming ingredients she couldn't even pronounce.  This sent her on a Wake UP! Mission to find f...

Today’s guest is Bronwyn Mitchell. Bronwyn is a Kinesiology Major at The University of Virginia pursuing a Masters Degree in Commerce. She has a passion for nutrition and uses various channels to show others that healthy food doesn’t have to be boring, bland, or break the bank- even as a college student! She posts plant based recipes on her Instagram @plantbasedpost and expanded the brand to occas...

Today’s guest is Whitney Stuart, a registered dietitian-nutritionist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) Whitney focuses on real food for real joy, for the real busy. Her virtual practice, Whitness Nutrition, provides functional nutritional counseling for individuals ready to radically improve their health through blood sugar bliss and empowered education. Whitney has been...

Today’s guest is Christine McMichael, owner of the healthy recipe website Jar Of Lemons. As a working mom of 2 boys, she understands how busy life can be and the very real challenge of getting something nutritious on the table quickly. She started Jar Of Lemons as a solution for her own family, creating recipes that could be made quickly with easy-to-find ingredients but didn’t sacrifice in flavor...

Today’s guest is Elizabeth Thomas, founder and owner of the organic health food business, Elizabeth Eats. Elizabeth Eats was born as a way for her to share gluten free and dairy free treats with more than just my family and friends. She wanted to share with the community of Virginia Beach which over the years has developed into sharing products on a national level. She is a young entrepreneur with...

Today’s guest is Angela Mascenik founder of the Stop Over-drinking and Start Living podcast and numerous stop over-drinking coaching programs for women, is dedicated to helping high-achieving women address the underlying reasons for over-drinking so they can make permanent changes in their relationship with alcohol -- while having FUN doing it! Angela knows the pain of a life of over-drinking and...

Today’s guest is Kristin Watson, founder of the fitness and wellness brand purvelo. Kristin Watson loves to empower, inspire and most of all collaborate with young minds to build better communities for everyone. After earning her BFA from West Virginia University, she took her first job in New York as a middle school art teacher. After 10 years in the field of education and a Masters in early Chil...

Today’s guest is Suzanne Burns, founder of Humble Haven Yoga, a brick and mortar studio with a mission to build a more resilient community by sharing the principles and practices of yoga. Her passion for purpose driven leadership is the foundation of every aspect of Humble Haven and the catalyst to her latest endeavor, The Fulfilled Plate, a one-on-one and small group coaching program for entrepre...

Today’s guest is Dr Joan Ifland, one of the world’s leading experts in processed food addiction. Ever since the publication of her first book in 1999, she has been an innovator in the field to help people recover from food addiction. She is the leading author of her scholarly textbook, Processed food addiction. She received her PhD in addictive nutrition, her MBA from Stanford University, and BA i...