Posts tagged WELLNESS
Life in Balance: Nature, Herbs, Meditation. – Rachel Levine

Rachel Levine is an Herbalist, Human Design Guide, Intuitive Mentor, Yoga Therapist, and the founder of her lifestyle brand, Intuitively Wild. After years of navigating personal challenges in her own life including an eating disorder and mental health issues which she openly talks about, Rachel discovered the transformative power of a ritualistic lifestyle that brought her back into an emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy state. She now mentors people and shares how she found herbs and other holistic ways to bring her into a balanced state.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Oprah’s Favorite Things with Adam Glassman

It’s that time of year. Oprah’s Favorite Things are here and Heather welcomes Creative Director Adam Glassman who has been creative director of Oprah Daily, formerly known as O, The Oprah Magazine, since 2000, overseeing the style pages, all aspects of the magazine’s cover shoots, and the highly anticipated "O Favorite Things." Heather and Adam go over some of the fun and Favorite Things and you get the inside and often inspirational stories behind the owners, the product and the insider view of Heather and Adam enjoying each one!

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Angelo Keely – KION & Essential Amino Acids for Health

Angelo Keely is the co-founder and CEO of Kion, an active lifestyle, supplement and functional food company dedicated to helping people fully experience a fun and active life by providing pure, energy-enhancing solutions.  Angelo was aware of nutrition at a young age as his parents were in the health food and supplement business. He has been involved in nutrition, fitness, yoga and meditation for over 20 years.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Sara Schulting Kranz - Don’t Let Fear Get in the Way of Life

Heather and Sara Schulting Kranz both love the outdoors, are adventurers and both lead retreats. Their conversation sheds so much light on Living Fearlessly and Boldly. Sara is a certified coach, her specialty being Transitions & Pivots in life. She is an author,  her book is called “Walk Through This”, about forgiveness and healing. She is also a Keynote Speaker.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Dr. Paul Zeitz: Reduce Anxiety & Better the World with Revolutionary Optimism

Dr. Paul Zeitz is a preventive medicine physician, epidemiologist, author, and award-winning champion of global justice and human rights. Drawing from over 35 years of advocacy, campaigning, and political movement leadership, Zeitz is the initiator of www.unifymovements.org, a movement-building platform dedicated to catalyzing new, social, economic, and political systems committed for our collective repair, justice, and peace.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Cortney Novogratz: Homes, Family & A New Book

In a book teeming with advice, inspiring stories from decades in the home renovation and design industry, and DIY empowerment, THE NOVGRATZ CHRONICLES: Lessons Learned from Twenty-Five Years in Buying and Renovating Houses (Chronicle Books/PA Press; October 22) is an intimate look inside the work and family of renowned Novogratz powerhouse design duo, Robert and Cortney Novogratz.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Choosing Me with Kelly Weekers

Psychologist and best-selling author, Kelly Weekers, was one of The Netherlands' top models, crowned Miss Holland in 2011. At the peak of her modeling career, she stunned the nation when she decided to pivot to become a psychologist. This decision came after experiencing the negative implications of the modeling industry especially on one’s self-esteem. Kelly chose to forge a career in her true passion, Psychology and help people  reach their purpose, happiness and authenticity. Her latest and 3rd book ‘Choosing Me’ came out in January 2024. It is the go-to guide to living authentically and being true to yourself.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Entrepreneur & Mama of Honey Mama’s, Christy Goldsby

Christy Goldsby is the Founder, Head Innovator and Board Chair of Honey Mama’s, the Portland, Oregon-based maker of refrigerated truffle bars. The company furthers the food-as-medicine movement by offering an indulgent experience that contributes simultaneously to health and vitality. In 2010, a personal health journey inspired Christy to bridge two lifelong passions: making and sharing delicious food and personal wellness. Christy created the most undeniably delicious treats using a combination of only real, nutrient-rich whole foods. All Honey Mama’s products are paleo and free from refined sugar, gluten, dairy, soy, stabilizers and additives.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Help Side effects of Menstrual Cycles & More with Kate Morton

Kate Morton is a Registered Dietitian and as a nutrition coach focuses on menstruation, PMS, perimenopause, menopause , anti-diet culture education and infertility. Kate is an advocate for “seed cycling” as one way to handle side effects of menstrual cycles and sells products on her Funk It Wellness site.

 In this episode, Kate and Heather talk about seed cycling, birth control’s various uses, how food affects our hormonal balance, cortisol levels, infertility and perimenopause. Kate offers practical tips on hormones, foods we eat and effects of our menstrual cycle.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Sweta Vikram - Coping with Grief and Loss

Sweta Vikram is an International Speaker, Best-selling Author, and Ayurveda-based Health & Mindset Coach. She grew up in an Indian home that used Ayurvedic healing sciences in day-to-day life.

Sweta’s latest book (her 14th ) is The Loss that Binds Us: 108 Tips on Coping with Grief and Loss. It is a grief manual that helps when you lose someone to death but also a loss of a relationship or job.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Music as Medicine - How the Power of Sound Can Transform Us - Jeralyn Glass

Jeralyn Glass is an international opera star turned sound healer. Her new book Sacred Vibrations: The Transformative Power of Crystalline Sound and Music comes out July 23rd.

Drawing the attention of Gwyneth Paltrow, Jhené Aiko, and SZA, Jeralyn has become one of the foremost leaders in the world of holistic healing through Music as Medicine and now the publication of her highly anticipated book.

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All about Grief and how to embrace it with Susan Grau

Susan Grau is an internationally-celebrated Grief Counselor, Soul Healer, Celebrity Reader, and Intuitive Medium. With over three decades of experience, Susan's goal is to help others who seek to understand the afterlife and to assist with the deep soul pain of grief. Susan draws on her personal near-death experience (NDE) that occurred when she was three years old. During this event, she found herself trapped inside a freezer while guides from the spirit world communicated with her mother to locate her as she was dying.

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Adam Gopnik: True Happiness & Achievement vs. Accomplishment

Adam Gopnik’s newest book was released in April 2024 called, All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters and takes a look at our society’s endless obsession with striving. Gopnik says society is obsessed with achievement. Young people are pushed toward the “best” school they can get into. Adults push themselves toward the highest-paying, most prestigious jobs, seeking promotions and public recognition. The result is not so much a rat race as a rat maze, with no way out. Except one: to choose accomplishment over achievement.

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Lisa Messenger, Australian author & entrepreneur, game-changing founder and CEO of Collective Hub, an international multimedia/lifestyle biz which serves to ignite human potential

Australian entrepreneur Lisa Messenger is the vibrant, game-changing founder and CEO of Collective Hub. She launched Collective Hub as a print magazine in 2013 with no experience in an industry that people said is either dead or dying. Collective Hub has since grown into an international multimedia business and lifestyle platform with multiple verticals across print, digital, events and more recently, co-working spaces – all of which serve to ignite human potential. Lisa is an international speaker, best-selling author, and an authority on disruption in both the corporate sector and the start-up scene.

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Julie  Keller Callaghan, Co-founder of Well Defined and a longtime influencer and advocate in the wellness world.

Julie is the co-founder of Well Defined and a longtime influencer and advocate in the wellness world. Along with her work at Well Defined, she is an executive recruiter and marketing specialist for Hutchinson Consulting. She is also a consultant and content strategist for numerous wellness brands. She is the former editor-in-chief and publisher of American Spa and was named a 2019 Folio Top Woman in Media in the Industry Trailblazers category and a 2018 winner of ISPA’s Innovate Award.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Jameel Spencer, Founder and CEO of consulting agency Writeful Place . Award winning veteran brand builder, has worked with Shaq, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Jay-Z, Pharrell, Justin Timberlake and more.

Jameel is the Founder and CEO of the consulting agency Writeful Place. His agency scripts narratives for personalities, brands, and businesses looking to realize unexploited revenue potential. Jameel Spencer is an award-winning veteran brand builder, who has played pivotal business roles for Shaquille O’Neal, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter, Pharrell Williams, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Simpson and more over the last 25+ years.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Stacy Sims, Leading Global Expert on Female Physiology and Training. Author of “ Roar” and “Next Level” about crushing goals thru menopause. Famous for her “Women are Not Small Men” Tedx talk.

Dr. Stacy Sims is a Leading Global Expert on Female Physiology and Training. She is a forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist who aims to revolutionize exercise nutrition and performance for women. Her contributions to the international research environment and the sports nutrition industry has established a new niche in sports nutrition; and established her reputation as the expert in sex differences in training, nutrition, and health. Stacy is a former elite athlete, coach, nutritionist, known for the phrase, “Women are not Small Men.” She’s been on many influential shows and is a consultant for brands you know such as Nike, WHOOP, Tonal and Nuun. She’s developed multiple hydration products ( Osmo ) and she gave a powerful TEDx talk too.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Lisa Moskovitz, Nutritionist, Dietician, CEO of NY Nutrition Group. Author of The Core 3 Healthy Eating Plan. Find the Simple, Sustainable Way to Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Enjoy Food Freedom.

Lisa Moskovitz is a registered dietitian, nutritionist and the CEO of NY Nutrition Group. She is the author of The Core 3 Healthy Eating Plan, a personalized, science-based guide to finding your healthiest, happiest weight. Discover the Simple, Sustainable Way to Lose Weight, Feel Great, and Enjoy Food Freedom! She received a BS in nutrition from Syracuse University and then went on to complete an intensive dietetic internship at NY Presbyterian Hospital. Since then, she has accumulated over a decade of experience in private practice, providing nutrition workshops and working with the media.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS
Dr. Sylvia Kalicinski (Dr. K), Therapist and writer. Teaches simple strategies backed by brain science and mindfulness. Host of The Dr. Sylvia K Show podcast.

Dr. Sylvia Kalicinski is a Ph.D. level therapist and writer who loves teaching simple strategies backed by brain science and mindfulness. She simplifies brain health, therapy, and coaching while adding a dash of spirituality to help people better understand themselves. Her techniques, such as the B.O.D.Y. skill helps clients better manage stress and live a more fulfilling and confident life. Dr. Sylvia has worked with all kinds of people from celebrities to your next-door neighbor...women, men, and teens who’ve felt anxious, lonely, and stuck.

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Heather ThomsonWELLNESS