Wellness While Walking

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Have you been wondering about functional medicine – what is it and how does it differ from conventional medicine? Dr. Jeffrey Bland, the father of functional medicine, joins us today! We delve into the idea of the functions we all should have and be trying to maintain, and Dr. Bland shares his expansive view of health as being beyond the absence of disease. Our conversation wraps up with a powerfu...

We're jumping into new territory today, with the expert guidance of our guest, Alyce Adams, RN, or The Kegel Queen. Alyce works with women who suffer from vaginal prolapse or urinary incontinence, helping them to avoid surgery and feel like themselves again. We speak today about what small steps we can take to fight these conditions, potentially ending up with a better sex life as well! Now, that'...

Dopamine Nation author Dr. Anna Lembke joins us again, to help us level up our life satisfaction. We talk about walking, sugar addiction, and how to incorporate pain and discomfort to help us feel better. Like so many things, sometimes the best path isn't the direct one – Dr. Lembke gives us a roadmap to pursuing happiness through the back door! LET'S TALK THE WALK! ***NEW*** Facebook Group for Ou...

Why the glee over being sick? Could never getting sick be problematic? What I'll do to heal + more in this episode from the health coach who isn't so healthy right now!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! ***NEW*** Facebook Group for Our Community! Join here for support, motivation and fun! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking on Twitter Wellness While...

News flash: we're pretty much all addicted to something, whether we realize it or not! Those little hits of dopamine we get – whether it's from a bite of chocolate, or seeing "likes" on our social media posts, or that nightly glass of wine – all add up to what feels like pleasure. What's really unclear to us is that we all then feel an equal or greater amount of pain or discomfort. And when we kee...

(Exercise) snacks, anyone?? New research answers exactly how much we need to walk to undo our sedentary lifestyles, and then we work through the real-life details together – what to do exactly, how to fit these "snacks" into our days and how to remember to do them! We then talk about orthorexia, a kind of disordered approach to food, and why there's sometimes a fine line between healthy eating att...

JJ Virgin, author of four best-selling books centered on improving diet for health, joins us to discuss creating a balanced plate, and shares her approach to helping clients and readers reduce the impact of sugar on their bodies and health. Despite her background in weight loss, she believes it's not as vital as we often perceive it to be! And when asked for one recommendation for the greatest imp...

We're kicking off a new year with celebrity nutritionist and fitness expert, JJ Virgin! She shares her perspective on health and wellness, and then talks about the one change she thinks has the most leverage on our health! Also, find out more about joining the Wellness While Walking free community!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! ***NEW*** Facebook Group for Our Community! Join here for support, motivation...

Have you hopped on the walking backwards trend? Find out whether walking backwards might be right for you! We'll then pivot to looking forwards – can a word of the year help us make the year ahead great? Join me for this "pre-amble" or shorter walk kick-off episode. There'll be no beep because maybe you'll turn around at the end, and ponder your word or theme for the year on the way back!     LET'...

Three coaches discuss three health books that can change your life! Join our book chat to learn new ideas that change your health and wellness trajectory! My colleagues, Sarah Danforth and Sudha Gopal, and I will discuss The Four Agreements, Lost Connections, and This is Your Brain on Food, and some next steps we've taken based on the books! LET'S TALK THE WALK! ***NEW*** Facebook Group for Our Co...

In Episodes 152-156, we talk about staying healthy in busy times, as part of our #healthywhilebusy Challenge! This informal challenge – through 5 mini-episodes – can be complemented by a worksheet which will help us determine our holiday values while keeping our self-care front and center during December, or any other busy time in your life! See the show notes for information on getting the  compa...

In Episodes 152-156, we talk about staying healthy in busy times, as part of our #healthywhilebusy Challenge! This informal challenge – through 5 mini-episodes – can be complemented by a worksheet which will help us determine our holiday values while keeping our self-care front and center during December, or any other busy time in your life! See the show notes for information on getting the  compa...

In Episodes 152-156, we talk about staying healthy in busy times, as part of our #healthywhilebusy Challenge! This informal challenge – through 5 mini-episodes – can be complemented by a worksheet which will help us determine our holiday values while keeping our self-care front and center during December, or any other busy time in your life! See the show notes for information on getting the  compa...

In Episodes 152-156, we talk about staying healthy in busy times, as part of our #healthywhilebusy Challenge! This informal challenge – through 5 mini-episodes – can be complemented by a worksheet which will help us determine our holiday values while keeping our self-care front and center during December, or any other busy time in your life! See the show notes for information on getting the compan...

In Episodes 152-156, we talk about staying healthy in busy times, as part of our #healthywhilebusy Challenge! This informal challenge – through 5 mini-episodes – can be complemented by a worksheet which will help us determine our holiday values while keeping our self-care front and center during December, or any other busy time in your life! See the show notes for information on getting the worksh...

What exactly is burnout, and how do we know if we're suffering or at risk of experiencing it?  Today's episode will give us the answers to those questions, and will be instructive for all of us. Cait Donovan will discuss signs and symptoms of burnout, and my guess is that you're feeling some of them. An episode of Cait's podcast, FRIED: the burnout podcast is on tap, and it's a powerful taste of t...

When Karli Amonite couldn't get the food she needed to heal from a chronic illness, she and her husband dug in, and started farming to have more control over what they – and their community – ate. Even if we're unable to do the same, it's incredibly useful to know what can change a food from being healthy to less so (SPOILER ALERT: it could be the soy, corn, grains, GMOs…) Join us for the informat...

Kitchen tips and tricks abound in the second part of our chat with Michelle Tam, co-founder of Nom Nom Paleo, who brings us seemingly endless delicious and easy-to-follow recipes, 3 killer cookbooks, delicious spice blends, and more! She'll coach us on our kitchen mindset as well! And then I'll let you know how and why I got on the Paleo bandwagon, where I stand now and an update on the friend I d...

Nom Nom Paleo's Michelle Tam is in the house -- and specifically the kitchen -- today! Her infectious warmth, humor and dose of real-life perspective helps us on the path to cooking simple, healthy meals bursting with flavor! Wouldn't you love to treat yourself and your family to a dinner of Won Ton Meatballs or Sheet Pan Salmon Teriyaki or Cracklin' Chicken on a weeknight? Michelle is our guide t...

Long or short walks? Brisk or slow? Count steps or not? Will walking help me lose weight? How can I be motivated to walk? These are questions that come up for us about our walks, and Dr. Marie Murphy from Northern Ireland and Scotland, who studies walking and is an expert at getting the population to be more active, is the perfect expert to answer these questions and more! She brings research AND...

Documentary films can be powerfully persuasive, and our guest today helps us understand why, and then gives us a roadmap for how to watch films in the genre. Jason Osder -- filmmaker and professor of documentary at The George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs -- will be our guide today, as we learn some behind-the-scenes conventions filmmakers use, and how to navigate docu...

((BREAKING! Get 10% off the Fit Feet Program*!)) Let's talk footwear, pain while walking and what to do about it, and our feet as key to our ability to balance and stay injury-free! We sit at the feet of Dr. Courtney Conley of Gait Happens, learning wisdom that can help us achieve a life of health and vitality via small steps!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness Wh...

Good health starts with our feet! Today, we'll delve into feet, toes, ankles and everything they're connected to (which is every other part of our bodies!) with Dr. Courtney Conley of Gait Happens! This pivotal conversation gives us the next steps to take that will keep us on a happy and fulfilling path of walking and moving well through life! Plenty of fixes for what ails us, and how to head off...

Does obesity drive disease, or vice versa? We talk TOFI (Thin On The Outside/Fat On The Inside), BMI, sugar in pediatric cancer clinics, salt being potentially wrongly maligned, keto and vegan diets, calories and more! Our teacher is Dr. Robert Lustig – your socks will be rocked!   LET'S TALK THE WALK! Wellness While Walking Facebook page Wellness While Walking on Instagram Wellness While Walking...