Food, Success & Life For The Modern Woman

In this episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman, we discuss the challenges presented when we’re trying to make change. Any change. Whether it’s a change in our lifestyle, career, family…anything. We go into why these challenges within us come up, what is going on in our brains scientifically, and how to overcome the challenges. An excellent episode to understand how to be successful next time we set a goal, because these usually involve some form of change. A very timely episode with the new year coming up.   Why We Lose Interest in our Goals We’ve all been there. We start a new regime, whether it’s going to the gym or starting something new at work, and we’re super excited initially. For a few days that’s all we can think about and we start strong and ferociously. And then, it’s not as exciting. We start losing steam, feeling lazy about it, it feels uncomfortable….so we skip a day, then we stop and never return to it. According to Todd Herman of The Peak Athlete, what is happening is that neurot

We talk all things gut health related with Brenda Watson, from the bacteria living in our stomach, how it affects every function of our body, what leaky gut is and how to reverse it. It is truly amazing how we can resolve many issues and ailments we experience ourselves, and we hear our friends talking about, by simply healing our gut! Brenda gives us some tips we can begin implementing today to reach good gut health, that will also improve the texture of our skin and help us lose some extra pounds. And given that it’s the holidays, we can all use a little help detoxing and keeping those pounds at bay.   Gut Health and the Rest of our Body The bacteria in our digestive system is really an organ. There is more bacteria than there are cells: 90% bacteria and 10% human cells. There are 3-4 pounds of bacteria in our stomach at any given time. It is made up of good bacteria, neutral bacteria and negative bacteria. A healthy person has 80% good and neutral bacteria, and 20% negative bacteria; that’s considered bala

In this episode we go into what is methylation, why it’s so important for every function of our body, why it’s gained so much more attention in recent years and how we can create a methylation balance that will help us prevent and reverse ailments such as cancer, autism, thyroid issues, autoimmunity and heart conditions. The concept of methylation is truly fascinating and this is an episode you will want to share with all your loved ones. We previously talked about methylation on the show with Dr. William Walsh.   What is methylation? The process of methylation in the body is so fundamental. It is happening all the time. A methyl group, is a carbon with 3 hydrogens. A small little player that is moving all the time, changing the metabolism. Listen in to hear Dr. Fitzgerald talk about the effects it has on our body. It’s important for fetal development and touches every bodily function.   Why is there an increasing focus on methylation in the last several years? Epigenetics is booming right now. There is a lot

This week’s episode is all about building up our confidence, quieting our own mean girl voices and learning to love ourselves once and for all! Sarah Doyle takes us through her journey, one of limiting beliefs, that lacked self love and confidence and how she built herself up to helping thousands of ladies across the globe build Unstoppable Self Confidence, happiness and success in their lives with The Better Life Project. Most people think that we’re either confident or not. We can’t talk ourselves out of low confidence. The key to building self confidence is to take more action towards it, to push ourselves into a growth mindset. Most of us also believe that we have a set mindset, that we’re born with what we have and feel we can’t change certain characteristics. If you’re feeling like you can’t change your confidence, Sarah is challenging us all to take her FREE 7 Day Confidence Plan. If we do everything she recommends in this challenge, we will become more self confident!  And who doesn’t want that?! So i

In this episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman we chat with Suzanne Waldrop and former podcast guest Coach Jim Laird. Suzanne is one of Jim’s most inspirational and transformed clients so we invited her on the show to discuss her success with powerlifting. She shares with us her struggle with weightloss while training and running marathons, how she moved into strength training with Coach Laird, to become what she is now, amongst many other titles, a competitive powerlifter. For all us Type A personality females, this is a great inspiration story. One that reiterates the mere existence of this podcast, to cut through the clutter of information that is available through the media and the internet, find an expert that challenges you, gets your personality and that you can put your trust in to know they have your back. Most of us think that more is more. If we want to lose weight, we have to exercise more. But this is a myth. In the case of Suzanne, like many female runners, she got into running to

This is the episode to listen to if you’re interested in taking charge of your aging journey, and learn how to improve your health as we age. Dr. Shiroko Sokitch takes us through what is at the core of helping us heal and age gracefully…the simple act of LOVE. Putting love into everything we do and learning to love ourselves will allow us to take care of ourselves properly, by listening to our bodies, and giving it the nourishment and movement it needs to take us through our aging journey seamlessly.   3 Tips to Improve Health with Age Find love within yourself. Learn more about yourself by listening to your body. Work on your spiritual and emotional development.   How to Regain or Find Love After Tragedy One simple thing….meditation. Dr. Sokitch is loving HeartMath Inner Balance Lightning. It helps you learn to achieve coherence – a synchronization between the heart, breath, and brain. It has several meditation sessions you can use to help you breath through your problems. Meditation is not difficult but

In this week’s episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman, Tawnee Prazak takes us through her journey of developing an eating disorder during her college years, and how she came out of that, recovering into what she has become now: a Holistic Endurance Coach. We go over the damages a woman’s body goes through when she’s an endurance athlete with the typical nutrition plan. She talks to us about getting real with the voices in our head and overcoming them, healing our bodies with functional medicine, what a healthy diet plan for women will look like to reach fat adaptation. We’ve talked a lot about functional medicine on the podcast previously. To get more in depth on the subject check out this interview:  What the ‘Bleep’ is Functional Medicine with Dr. Cole.   Functional Medicine and Endurance Sports Most of us are overtraining for what is healthy for us without the proper nutrition. It’s not just a matter of going out for a long run, and eating all our calories back with low quality foods. “We nee

In this week’s episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman, Nicole Jardim explains the four phases of our menstrual cycle. This episode is a must listen if you’re interested in getting in touch with your body on a hormonal level. Our hormones are not these crazy, wild emotional roller coasters out to ruin our lives. Our endocrine system and hormones are our guiding system. They react according to the current phase our body is going through and the sooner we learn to follow their guide, the better we will feel and know our bodies. Sign up to receive our newsletter, and you will also get our FREE 15-Day Fat Loss Kick Start Guide Four Phases of the Menstrual Cycle Phase 1- The Bleeding Phase or Menstruation The emphasis is on this phase being the big deal, but this is actually the last part of what happens to our bodies throughout the month. Hormones are at their lowest. Jardim recommends during this phase we plan to keep our calendar clear. Energy level is at it’s lowest. Phase 2- The Follicular Phase

Dr. Cole recently launched Heal Your Hormones, Brain & Gut video course. This video course is designed to equip you with everything you need to make the BEST, most-informed decisions about your hormone, brain and gut health. Are you struggling with hormonal problems? Or brain problems like anxiety, depression or brain fog? Maybe you have digestive issues that you can’t figure out – well, it’s time for you to learn about the underlying connections between your brain, your hormones and your digestive system. This course can be your first steps to regain your health, reverse disease and move on with your life. He’s working on an autoimmune video course too. Check his website regularly or join his email list to find out when it’s available.   Dr. Cole’s 3 Habits to Ensure His Health: Mindfulness meditation Hot yoga Ignore junk food. Make it NOT an option. That’s freedom!   Dr. Will Cole’s Bio: Dr. Will Cole, leading functional medicine practitioner, specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors a

And we’re back with the last episode of our four part series of interviews to discuss the Four Pillars of Weight Loss with Jason Seib of AltShift. You will be shocked at what you will hear in this episode. The myths and misconceptions we believe about exercise, that maybe even have us feeling in adequate or not good enough for not living up to them, will blow you away.   Listen in on Part I for our discussion on Stress Management, Part II for our discussion on Sleep, and Part III for our discussion on Nutrition, for a full protocol that will lead to loosing weight and burning belly fat. Let’s dive in to find out more about how different types of exercise (and intensity levels) work on our body. Spoiler alert: more IS NOT  better! What is AltShift Diet? It’s a diet that was created after Jason was following a paleo diet. Paleo makes people healthier, but doesn’t necessarily lead to fat loss. The AltShift Diet cycles fats, carbs and calories, and people are finding this healthy eating plan easy to follow. It

We are  back with Jason Seib of AltShift for Part III of our four part series of interviews to discuss the Four Pillars of Weight Loss in more detail. Listen in on Part I for our discussion on Stress Management and Part II for our discussion on Sleep. In this episode about Nutrition, Jason and Jennifer discuss diet plans for women, that will lead to loosing weight and burning belly fat. Let’s dive in to find out what a healthy eating plan is. Four Pillars of Good Health and Fat Loss The following are the four pillars of fat loss. We will be dedicating one whole episode to each, so be sure to come back the next few weeks to listen in on discussion about the other pillars. Part I- Stress Part II- Sleep Part III- Nutrition Part IV- Exercise– coming up Not one is more important than the other. If one is missing, it can dismantle your goals for loosing weight, burning belly fat, and healthy living. The Basic Things We Should Know About Nutrition Out of the 4 pillars of fat loss, nutrition is the one that mos

Jay Papasan, National Best Selling Author of The ONE Thing, talks to us about finding our purpose in life, narrowing down our priority, taking the steps to maximize it and ultimately reaching our goals. He also talks about the difference between willpower and discipline, and gives us research based evidence that multi-tasking is not effective.   What is The ONE Thing? A book about asking yourself that question and giving yourself the time to answer it. Focus on the question “What is the ONE thing I can do such that by doing it, everything else will be easier or unnecessary?” So identify the one thing, not two or three. That you CAN do right now, not could or should. Powerful!   3 Steps to Find Your Purpose and Maximize Your Life (or health, or career) Learn how to identify your #1 priority. Commit to the activity. Learn how to make the activity a habit. Jay explains that once you find that activity, to time-block it in your calendar. Preferably first thing in the morning, when willpower is still at it’s pe

This week on Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman…Living Primal Podcast, we are interviewing Menno Henselman. We are talking all things weightlifting and nutrition for women. He’s super geeky (in a great way ;-)) and uses only evidence based data to backup his training and nutrition protocols for weight lifting, healthy eating plans, losing weight and burning belly fat.   Differences Between Menand Women in Weightlifting and Nutrition Much of the discussion revolves around the differences and advantages women have on weightlifting over men, and some of the things we as ladies should know to fully take advantage of these evidence based data to fully reap the benefits, sculpt our bodies and achieve our full healthy living potential. Differences aren’t huge between men and women in lifting weights. The fundamental principles still apply. But there are a a couple key metabolic and physiological ones to take into account: Women have higher estrogen levels- making women a lot more resistant to muscle damage a

We are  back with Jason Seib of AltShift for Part II of our four part series of interviews to discuss the Four Pillars of Weight Loss in more detail. This is Part II where we focus on Sleep. Listen in on Part I for our discussion on Stress Management. What is AltShift Diet? It’s a diet that was created after Jason was following a paleo diet. Paleo makes people healthier, but doesn’t necessarily lead to fat loss. The AltShift Diet cycles fats, carbs and calories, and people are finding this healthy eating plan easy to follow. It is a fat loss protocol and people are achieving astonishing results. There is scientific research backing the diet protocol. The reached #1 on Fitness & Nutrition category in iTunes, and received Paleo Magazine’s Best of 2015 Award for Best Ebook. And the testimonials are amazing! Purchase Ebook Here   Four Pillars of Good Health and Fat Loss The following are the four pillars of fat loss. We will be dedicating one whole episode to each, so be sure to come back the next few week

We are bringing Jason Seib of AltShift back to do a four part series of interviews to discuss the Four Pillars of Weight Loss in more detail. This is Part 1 where we focus on Stress Management. What is AltShift Diet? It’s a diet that was created after Jason lived in the Paleo world. Paleo makes people healthier, but doesn’t necessarily lead to fat loss. The AltShift Diet cycles fats, carbs and calories, and people are finding the it easy to follow. It is a fat loss protocol and people are achieving astonishing results. There is scientific research backing the diet protocol. The reached #1 on Fitness & Nutrition category in iTunes, and received Paleo Magazine’s Best of 2015 Award for Best Ebook. And the testimonials are amazing! Purchase Ebook Here   Four Pillars of Good Health and Fat Loss The following are the four pillars of fat loss. We will be dedicating one whole episode to each, so be sure to come back the next few weeks to listen in on discussion about the other pillars. Part I- Stress Part II-

Dr. William Walsh discusses the findings of his 30+ years of research, epigenetics and the role methylation has on brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, cancer and heart disease. This episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman barely touches the surface of understanding the role of epigenetics and nutrient therapy on our health, but it is a powerful one you won’t want to miss. Epigenetics is the study, in the field of genetics, of cellular and physiological phenotypic trait variations that are caused by external or environmental factors that switch genes on and off and affect how cells read genes instead of being caused by changes in the DNA sequence. Hence, epigenetic research seeks to describe dynamic alterations in the transcriptional potential of a cell. Dr. Walsh discusses how toxins, lead and drugs can cause the epigenetics in a pregnant women to go wrong, leading to disorders such as autism. After birth, environmental factors can create the same epigenetics malfunct

Elizabeth Benton of Primal Potential shares with us her inspiring story. She struggled with weight most of her life, having reached over 300 lbs. She became obsessed with dieting at a very young age and started her first diet at the age of 5. The more obsessed she became, the more she binged, snuck food, and was feeling depressed. So how did she overcome her obstacle? She started with a single step…and she shares that step with us in this episode. The fundamental structure most of us follow is eat less, move more, restrict yourself, eat only foods that are fat loss friendly, deprive, deprive, deprive…restrict, restrict, restrict. Doing the same thing over and over again….the definition of insanity. So she decided to be gentle with herself and focus on One Thing. This is Step 1. Doing everything now because we’ve got to get this weight off ASAP doesn’t work because we’re not forming habits. There is only so much willpower we have. Focusing on just “one thing”, will help us form a habit. When do we take Step 2?

In this episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman Podcast, Debbie Reynolds talks to us about the factors that are knocking our hormone balance out of whack. She goes over the symptoms to keep an eye out for and the holistic approach we can take to get back into balance. The trends are showing that not only are women’s hormones being affected these days, but also men and even our children! Contributing factors include everything from stress, poor nutrition, plastic water bottles and chemicals in the products we use.   SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS TO LOOK FOR THAT INDICATE YOU’RE PERIMENOPAUSAL: really fatigued anxious not sleeping gaining weight If you think this sounds like you…you’re on the same boat with many of FSLers (FSL Modern Podcast listeners)!! You’ll want to listen in on this episode. LIFESTYLE TIPS TO HELP BALANCE HORMONES Getting 7-8 hours of quality sleep every night. When this doesn’t happen, your cells don’t regenerate. Eat the right foods – nutrient based diet. Fitness- hot yoga is an excel

Starting a new health, fitness or nutrition journey can be challenging in and of itself. However, it is fairly common to experience some pushback from friends and family. The most common detractors of our goals are those closest to us…usually a spouse or partner, because it brings out the self consciousness in them. So how do we overcome this obstacle? Tom Hughes provides tips to succeed despite these obstacles, and provides a step-by-step guide to gain their understanding and support. Tom encourages  his clients to assess their support system. Many times people have a larger support system than they’re aware of. Common groups that are often overlooked: Staff members if you have a gym membership. In your circle of friends, there are usually 1-2 people that exercise with regularity and you can turn to for support and advice. Online resources like Facebook Groups. Many gyms, fitness programs and coaches now have FB groups you can become a part of for being their member/client, and here you will find other peop

In this episode of Food, Sex & Life for the Modern Woman Podcast, Abby Jean, in-house esthetician at Annmarie Skin Care, talks to us about adopting a simple, natural, organic skin care routine. One that will prevent and help reverse the visibility of the wrinkles starting to appear on our face. We talk about the major culprit contributing to those wrinkles and how to put an end to that, creating the soft, glowy skin we all long for. HOW TO PREVENT AND REVERSE WRINKLES Yes, we asked the burning question and Abby Jean delivered! Unfortunately, wrinkles are inevitable because skin gets dryer, thinner and less elastic as we age. Through sun damage and lifestyle choices like smoking, drinking, partying, stress, genetics, facial expressions (smiling, lifting brows) and worry. The best way to prevent and reverse the look of wrinkles is to be persistent and consistent with the products we use. It takes at least two weeks to see the results from the products we use, so it’s hard to determine what a product will do