Episode 045: Health, Fitness, & Relationships Part 1 with Chris Smith
Closing out 2021 and starting 2022 with a very special guest, my boyfriend Chris Smith! Over the last three years I have witnessed such a beautiful revival in him all without intense workout regimens, calorie counting, or restrictive dieting. While he has shed quite a few pounds in this time, the transformation is so much deeper than what you see on the surface. Plus, you’ll learn more about our relationship and how we moved it out of the friend zone!
Episode 042: Reclaiming Your Health & An Update On My Health Journey
In today’s episode I open up about what the last few years of my health journey has been like and what it means to me to reclaim your health. I share how I have slowly rebuilt strength in my physical body and a few of the different resources I used to support my body along the way.
Episode 041: Diets Fail, You Don’t with Melissa Mauricio
In this Episode I dive in with Melissa Mauricio, a transformational coach specializing in intuitive eating. We chat about her journey with food, diet culture and how it praises disordered eating habits, and ultimately creating peace with food so you can reclaim time and energy to live a big life!
Episode 023: The Gift of Water with Mayu Water Co-Founders
When Zeev had his first child he began thinking about things he never thought of before. The first being water to which he consulted Shay and the rest is history! Water is something that we use every day but many know little about. In this episode we dive into what to look for when assessing your water, what makes mayu water special, how we can reduce plastic with this daily habit, and so much more! Listen in to learn how you can create your own spring water at home.
Episode 022: Creating a Birth Plan with Dr. Marissa Hols
In this episode, I dive in with another friend from chiropractic school Dr. Marissa Hols. We chat about how she grew up with conventional medicine and found her way to alternative medicine and the innate healing power of the body. She busts common myths of having a home birth, how patient-focused mid-wives are, the importance of creating a birth plan, abuse pregnant women experience during childbirth, what explicit consent is, and so much more!
Episode 021: Whole Food Dinner For Schmucks
In this episode, I dive in with my parents to hear what their experience was like going through a whole food reset cleanse. Changing food habits in the schmuck household has not been an easy feat! Hear about their first experience with a cleanse 10 years ago to how they felt this time around. I’m beyond proud of them for being open and going on this journey with the Pledge community last month.
Episode 018: Exploring Our Relationship with Food
In this episode, Samantha shares several factors that complicate our relationship with food and make it difficult to change up our eating habits.
Episode 017: Recovery & Sobriety with Michael Maassel
In this episode I dive in with Michael Maassel on her journey to sobriety. We cover so many facets of what was happening for her behind the scenes, the mindset shift that started her journey, the fear of failure and worthiness around sobriety, how we tend to run away and numb from feeling our feelings, and the power of community.
Episode 016: Being Your Own Best Advocate with Sandra Letenzi
In this episode I dive in with a former client and health coach, Sandra Letenzi. We explore what makes her so passionate about health and educating others to be their own best advocate, where we misunderstand chronic disease in western medicine, beginning to understand the power of your liver, and alternative forms of testing you can do to better understand what’s happening in your body before you get a scary diagnosis.
Episode 014: Growing Up On Essential Oils with Jacquelyn Bagwell
In this episode I dive in with Jacquelyn Bagwell, a doTERRA wellness advocate and lifelong oiler. We chat about what it was like growing up with essential oils, how they empower you in your physical and mental health, common misconceptions or objections she hears most, why she loves doTERRA specifically, and her fav oils to use on a daily basis!