Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast

In this deeply personal episode of the Thrive with Cate Podcast, Cate Stillman sits down with Elsie Escobar — Hall of Fame podcaster, co-founder of She Podcasts, former Director of Community and Content at Libsyn for 15+ years, and now founder of Multimodally — for a decade-in-the-making catch-up between two women who first met on yoga mats in the mid-2000s and have been building parallel arcs eve...

In this special episode of the Thrive with Cate Podcast, Cate Stillman joins Nina Pullella's Wild Woman Collective of Oahu to teach the framework she's spent 25+ years refining — how to translate detox momentum into lifelong evolution, and why the window right after a cleanse is the most important moment of your year. You did the work. You went into the cave. You ate the simple food, kept the earl...

In this honest and timely conversation, I sit down with Marcus Fernandez—homeopath, educator, and host of Beyond the Shed—to unpack what women between 35 and 70 truly need to know about the men in their lives. Marcus reveals a pattern he's seen across 30+ years of clinical practice: it's almost always the women who bring the men into wellness, and far too often, they arrive only after something ha...

About this episode: In this closing episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Gut Health Challenge series, Cate brings everything full circle — from her healing condo in Mexico, fresh from osteopathic bodywork that finally released post-surgical swelling — to guide members through the most important question of the entire week: What are you ready to release for good? Drawing on Pareto's 80/20 princ...

About this episode: In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast, Cate shows up on her 53rd birthday — fresh from surgery and fresh from an all-night mission helping a neighbor navigate a financial and legal crisis — and delivers one of the most honest, layered conversations in the Gut Health Challenge series. What begins as a reflection on Maslow's lesser-known final insight — that se...

About this episode: In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast, Club Thrive mentor Lynn steps in to lead a mid-challenge check-in session — and delivers one of the most grounding, identity-focused conversations of the Gut Health Challenge series. While the first two sessions explored the physiology of fasting and liver regeneration, this one asks a different question entirely: Who ar...

About this episode: In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast, Cate leads a live Club Thrive session recorded mid-fast alongside members deep in their own 72-hour water fast or Fast Mimicking Diet (FMD) cycles — delivering one of the most scientifically rich and practically grounded conversations in the series. Cate walks through a research-backed slide deck — built with AI and Perp...

About this episode: In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast, Cate Stillman leads a live session from Club Thrive, sharing insights from her own recovery after hip replacement surgery while guiding participants through a gut health and fasting reset. This conversation dives deep into the relationship between fasting, the microbiome, and adipose (fat) tissue—revealing how the body n...

In this fascinating conversation, I sit down with Julie Ryan , a serial entrepreneur and inventor of surgical devices, to explore the "buffet of psychicness." Julie reveals that psychic ability isn't a rare gift for the "chosen few"—it is a physiological part of our anatomy that anyone can learn to activate. After years in the medical supply industry, Julie pivoted to mastering medical intuition a...

What if the crisis you're trying to fix is actually an invitation? In this intimate and wide-ranging conversation, I sit down with Dr. Claudia Welch to explore near-death experiences, menopause, identity collapse, and the spiritual art of surrender. After surviving a life-threatening case of MRSA pneumonia, Claudia found herself stripped of certainty, control, and even aspects of her professional...

  About this episode: In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Podcast , Cate Stillman is joined by spiritual author, intuitive guide, and former lawyer Patrick Paul Garlinger for a rich, multidimensional conversation on bending time, identity, depth work, and awakening within modern professional life . Patrick shares his unconventional journey from Spanish literature professor to New York City law...

About this episode: In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Podcast , Cate Stillman is joined by spiritual teacher, Ayurvedic lineage holder, and author Maya Tiwari for a deep and necessary conversation on Shakti, ancestral healing, and embodied feminine wisdom . Together, Cate and Maya explore what modern wellness culture often avoids: the role of darkness, descent, illness, and loss as initiator...

About This Episode In this grounded and insightful episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast , Cate Stillman is joined by Sujatha Reddy , Ayurvedic practitioner, educator, and wellness guide, for a deep conversation on what it truly means to build health and a life from alignment rather than pressure. Sujatha shares her lived experience of Ayurveda not as a rigid system, but as a practical,...

About this episode: In this expansive and deeply grounding conversation, Cate Stillman is joined by Udo Erasmus, M.A. , legendary pioneer of the healthy fats movement and author of Your Body Needs An Oil Change . With over four decades of research in biochemistry, nutrition, and counseling psychology, Udo brings clarity to one of the most misunderstood topics in modern wellness: dietary fats—and w...

About this Episode: In this groundbreaking conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with  Dr. Charles Akle , pioneering surgeon, immunologist, and co-creator of immy.  The friendly bacteria in  immy,  Mycolicibacterium aurum  Aogashima ( M. aurum ) , works naturally with your immune system to calm inflammation. With decades of experience in transplantation, oncology, and immunology, Dr. Akle brings r...

About this Episode: In this powerful conversation, Cate Stillman interviews David Crow—renowned author, herbalist, plant-medicine researcher, and founder of Floracopeia. Together, they explore the worlds of Tibetan, Ayurvedic, and Chinese medicine through the lens of lineage, ritual, and spiritual ecology. David shares his extraordinary journey—from being one of the first Western students in acupu...

Aging is not a decline—it's an initiation. In this episode of the Thrive with Cate Stillman Podcast , Cate Stillman speaks with Ron Pevny , founder of the Center for Conscious Eldering and author of Conscious Living, Conscious Aging , to explore how the later chapters of life can become a time of growth, purpose, and legacy. Ron shares his evolution from guiding vision quests to leading Conscious...

In this enlightening conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Dr. Toni Engram , founder of Flourish Dental Boutique in Dallas, to explore how biological dentistry bridges oral health and whole-body wellness. Together, they unpack why your mouth is the mirror of your overall health—and how what's happening in your teeth and gums can reveal the state of your immune system, hormones, and even emoti...

Moral dissonance is rising in an age of global uncertainty, digital distraction, and AI acceleration. In this deeply reflective conversation, Cate Stillman and Susan Harley—writer at Courageous Conversations —explore how personal values, collapse awareness, and spiritual grounding shape our collective future. Susan draws from decades in psychology, coaching, and NLP to illuminate how integrity, ag...

About this episode: In this illuminating conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Kristina Scaglione, LCSW-R , founder of Root & Rise Clinical Specialists , to explore the rise of trauma-informed therapy , the layers of modern trauma, and how holistic healing integrates mind, body, and spirit. Kristina shares her journey from volunteering with a New York non-profit serving the homeless to establ...

About this episode: In this insightful conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Dr. Heather Stone—functional medicine practitioner, thyroid expert, and founder of ReverseMyCondition.com—to explore how women can heal thyroid imbalances, overcome weight struggles, and restore vitality naturally. Blending functional medicine with primal and Ayurvedic wisdom, Dr. Stone shares why excess weight is a...

About this episode: In this illuminating conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Dr. Steffany Moonaz—yoga therapist, researcher, and founder of Arthritis. Yoga —to explore how yoga helps people living with arthritis and chronic pain reclaim vitality, mobility, and joy. With decades of experience bridging research and practice, Steffany shares why yoga is far more than asana and how breath, mind...

About this episode: In this inspiring conversation, Cate Stillman sits down with Lynn and Yael from the Club Hero community to explore what it really means to live with sacred ambition . Together, they dive into the multidimensional nature of success—how to thrive not just in career, but also in health, family, creativity, and spirit. This episode shines a light on why so many mid-career professio...

About this episode: This episode dives into microbiome health and Ayurveda with Anu Simh , plant-based chef, Ayurvedic practitioner, and author of Flourish from Within . Join host Cate Stillman and Anu as they explore how ancestral food wisdom and diverse plant-based recipes can restore gut health, reverse lifestyle disease, and empower long-term wellness. Drawing from her new book, Anu shares pra...

About this episode: This episode dives deep into longevity science with Chris Burres , founder and chief scientist at MyVitalC. Join host Cate Stillman and Chris as they explore the Nobel Prize-winning molecule that achieved a 90% life extension in mammals—the longest ever recorded in peer-reviewed research—and what it could mean for human health. From the story of its 1985 discovery at Rice Unive...