How We'll Live Podcast

My mom is one of the many strong women I am surrounded by each day who motivates me to be the best I can be, act thoughtfully, and inspires me to be curious.  She's a strong woman. A friend. A daughter. A sister. A colleague. A chauffeur. A therapist. A chef. And an inspiration. I couldn’t think of someone more qualified to talk about life, personal growth, raising children, and finding a new purpose when it feels like your biggest job is done. The unique thing about my mom and something that I admire, is her ability to take risks and reinvent. She’s been in and out of many different career paths, each of which have been influenced by profound life events.  And two years ago, she packed up a UHaul and headed south, to Wilmington, NC to be closer to her happy place...the ocean. With no friends or clients there to greet her, she started a holistic wellness practice from scratch. She’s a licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, has Advanced Training in Oncology Massage, is a Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master & Occu

Chris Aimone is working at the intersection of technology and wellness as co-founder of Muse - a headband that assists your meditation practice by using EEG neurofeedback technology to analyze your brainwaves in real time while you meditate. By measuring your focus and progress over time you can stop guessing whether you're doing it right and start enjoying the benefits of an ongoing meditation practice.   Chris is an artist and inventor at heart with a masters in engineering science and computer science. He believes that meditation can help us live in greater harmony with ourselves and the environment. He created Muse with an ethos to develop technology that expands our perspective of ourselves and the world around us.   He’s built installations for the Ontario Science Centre and contributed to major technology projects featured around the world including the Olympics and Burning Man.   Listen to discover your own guiding light and how meditation and mindfulness could have a meaningful impact on your life.  

Today's podcast guest, Genevieve Piturro is the founder of the nationally recognized non-profit, Pajama Program. She had been climbing the corporate ladder in NYC for 20 years when her inner voice started nagging at her. When she stopped dismissing it, her path and journey became more clear and easier to follow. It was as if the universe aligned.  Her world was changed forever.  Genevieve is a shining example of pursuing happiness and how great achievement feels when you do things with meaning and purpose.  Today, Genevieve is a mentor for others looking to tune in with their intuition, or as she calls it, the "heart-voice connection" to find a deeper sense of fulfillment.  In our conversation she shares:  Why contentment isn't enough in today's world.  How a simple question from a six-year-old girl changed her life forever.  How and why she left the corporate world and started a non-profit (including noshing a lot of popcorn).  What she did about naysayers and uncertainty.  Why connecting with your int

Thomas Curran is a personality psychologist who His research rose to prominence following a 2017 publication of the first systems-level cohort study to show that perfectionism is on the rise in American, Canadian, and British college students Since then, he has written and spoken extensively on how we have created societies perfectly calibrated to promote perfectionism, which is contributing to almost epidemic levels of serious mental illness among young people. Thomas is the author of over 30 published papers and has received numerous awards for his scholarship and research.   If you’ve ever scrolled through Instagram wishing you had what “she has”; had your brain on fire with anxiety ensuring all of your t’s were crossed and i’s dotted; or simply hold yourself to the highest of standards...ones that you would never hold someone else to, I think you’re goingn to love today’s episode.   We talk all about: the culture of the perfectable life The 3 types of perfectionism & perfectionistic

I first discovered Sathya and his work with Keythi in a National Geographic article. I was moved by their work to improve the lives of small farmers through technology, innovation and creativity. Keythi designs, adapts and implements low-cost farming solutions that help small farmers increase yield and predictability of produce. They combine these technologies with end-to-end support to give these farmers a seamless path towards income increase. They have developed a “Greenhouse-in-a-box” – an affordable, modular greenhouse bundled with full stack services that uses 90% less water, grows 7 times more food and gives farmers a steady dependable income. Sathya started his career in accounting, taxation and finance. Quitting his job at PwC, he founded a couple of Agriculture startups to increase his happiness and increase income for farmers; this lead to the formation of Kheyti. He writes on farm matters in Business Line, HuffPost, SSIR, SciDevNet and became a Rainer Arnhold Fellow in 2018, an Aspen New Voices Fe

Vijay Ravindran is the co-founder & CEO of Floreo - a groundbreaking research and venture-backed virtual reality therapy system to aid parents and professionals working with children with autism. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and technology executive with experience in online retail at Amazon and the news media industry for The Washington Post Company. Ravindran's career spans digital commerce and news media. He joined Amazon in 1998 when the company sold books and music. He later served as director of the ordering department at Amazon and led the team that launched Amazon Prime. As Chief Digital Officer for The Washington Post Company, he founded WaPo Labs and oversaw the development of over a dozen products in digital news and launched Washington Post Social Reader and Trove, a personalized news web application. He is an engineering graduate of the University of Virginia and serves on the Board of the Lenfest Institute, which develops and supports sustainable business models for local journalism. Y

I never thought I was a technology or ‘data’ person, but what I’ve learned is that big data, AI, and the rapid advancement of technology, when used properly and with care can change the world for the better. Today's guest has had an expansive career highlighting the impact technology and big data can have on healthcare.  Dr. Selanikio has consulted and/or spoken at Davos, Foo Camp, WHO, UNICEF, IFRC, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Google, DARPA, CNN, Fox News, the Clinton Global Initiative, the Royal Society of Medicine, and for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry – and has been profiled by the Guardian, Wired, Forbes, TED, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the BBC, NPR, Information Week, and the Washington Post, among many other publications. An emergency responder and former CDC epidemiologist and outbreak investigator, in December 2014 - January 2015, he was the lead physician at the IMC Ebola Treatment Center at Lunsar, Sierra Leone. As an officer of the Public Health Service, Dr. Selaniki

The earth is a pretty important place. It’s the one place we all have in common, the place we put our feet, and a place we hope our children’s children’s children get to enjoy. But that can’t happen if we don’t play our part. This week I'm sitting down for a fun and enlightening conversation with Abby Cannon. Abby Cannon, JD, RD is an attorney turned dietitian who lives a very low waste lifestyle. She received a degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and her law degree from Brooklyn Law School. While practicing law in New York City, she realized her true passions were for nutrition, wellness, and the environment and so she returned to school to become a dietitian. Her food philosophy marries sustainability and nutrition in an approachable, non-judgmental way. Abby's Food Court (both the website and the private practice) helps people to make the most sustainable choices for their health and the environment. On any given day, you can find Abby running around New York with glass jars and bamboo

In this episode, I'm talking with America's Heart doc aka Dr. Joel Kahn. Joel  Kahn, MD, of Detroit, Michigan, is a practicing cardiologist and a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine.  He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Michigan Medical School and trained in interventional cardiology in Dallas and Kansas City. Known as "America’s Holistic Heart Doc", Dr. Kahn is a diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine and maintains sub-specialty board certification in Cardiovascular Medicine.  He was the first physician worldwide to complete the Metabolic Cardiology curriculum in conjunction with A4M.com/MMI and the University of South Florida. Dr. Kahn has authored scores of publications in his field including articles, book chapters and monographs. He writes articles for MindBodyGreen, Thrive Global, and Reader’s Digest and has five books in publication including Your Whole Heart Solution, Dead Execs Don’t Get Bonuses and The Plant Based Solution. He ha

Dr. Susan Cucchiara is a Naturopathic Doctor who graduated from Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine in Tempe, Arizona.  She is trained as a primary care physician and is an expert in natural and holistic health.  Dr. Cucchiara sees everyone from pediatrics to geriatrics and treats everything from the common cold to chronic disease.  She does so using safe and effective healing techniques specifically tailored to each unique individual.  Dr. Cucchiara specializes in nutrition, metabolic disorders, hormones, gastrointestinal disorders, autoimmunity, mental health disorders and more! She is now in New York practicing in New York City and also offers phone and video consults. You can learn more about Dr. Sue's practice on her website or by following her on Instagram.  This conversation was really special to me because not only is Sue an ND with a unique approach outlook on holistic wellbeing, she's MY ND! For about a year at the launch date of this episode, Sue has been helping me heal my body from the ins

In this episode, I talk with Matt Wechsler, an award-winning filmmaker from Chicago and the founder of Hourglass Films. He is a self-taught filmmaker who grew up in a family video production business. After servicing over 500 clients over 12 years, Matt decided to hang up his work-for-hire hat to pursue his dream of documentary filmmaking. He has since been nominated for two local Emmy awards and has won several film festival awards. Matt’s passion to solve complex issues continues to drive his desire to make films. I knew the food system was complex, but Matt’s documentary and this conversation opened my eyes even more. In today’s show you’ll hear: how a trip to the farmer’s market caused Matt to go down the rabbit hole to understand the importance of what makes food and farms sustainable his personal experience with changing with the way he ate including losing 10 pounds how unavailable water is despite planet earth being mostly made of it, the impact food policy has on farmers the amazing relationship he

This episode is with Dan Gartenberg. Dan has PhD in Cognitive Psychology, TED resident, Assistant adjunct professor at Penn State, and CEO of Proactive Life LLC where he is developing the Sonic Sleep Coach Software Platform which uses Smart phone and Internet of Things technology to accurately detect sleep and make it more regenerative. Dr. Gartenberg is currently executing grants to validate this technology from the National Science Foundation and National Institute of Health.   You’ll hear why the thing we do for ⅓ of our life impacts everything from our health to our relationships, why sleep is basically related to all health ailments & some chronic disease, what the heck a zeitgeiber is, why you might be binging on chips at midnight, what’s actually happening when you dream, his tips for a better night’s sleep and so much more.

How Haile's changing the world: Haile is is an 18 year old international speaker, health activist, vegan food & lifestyle influencer, the youngest Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach in the United States, and the founder/CEO of the nonprofit HAPPY which addresses the need for free/affordable nutrition and culinary education in underserved and at-risk communities, as well as in schools and through annual summer camps. She was inspired to pursue this passion after her family successfully reversed her father’s type-2 diabetes with healthy eating and lifestyle choices. Haile has been featured on Rachel vs. guy Kids Cook Off, Cupcake Wars, the Today Show, Dr. Oz, The Rachael Ray Show and highlighted in several major publications. Her mission positive example and inspiration. And, continue to demonstrate the power and unlimited potential that exists when we walk confidently in the direction of our dreams and live our lives with purpose and passion. In our conversation, Haile shares: How her father’s

The first episode of How We’ll Live is to help you get to know the host and the ‘why’ behind this show. You’ll learn how Hailey went from brownie stuffed cupcakes to holistic health and wellness and how a conversation with a friend was the breakin