Curate Your Health

Episode 234 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Denise Schonwald is here today to talk about mental health. She was an ICU nurse who treated patients with their symptoms. She was noticing patterns in the patients and how the body manifested based on their mental health. A lot of the physical symptoms she would see were stomach issues and procrastination. She became a Mental Health Counselor because she was interested in treating the mind, so that people could have better physical health.  Denise Schonwald, a dedicated registered nurse for over 30 years, has seamlessly transitioned into a nationally licensed mental health counselor and published author based in Sarasota, Florida. With a deep understanding of the emotional challenges faced by patients and their families, Denise's holistic approach integrates mental and physical well-being. As a spiritual teacher and certified family mediator, she brings a unique perspective to her private practice, offering support to clients nationwide through virtual sessions. Denise is committed to nurturing both body and mind, providing flexible and accessible care for individuals, couples, families, and even young thinkers – starting at age 4. She can be found at: https://deniseschonwald.com/, https://www.facebook.com/deniseschonwaldllc/, https://www.youtube.com/@deniseschonwald/videos, https://www.linkedin.com/in/denise-schonwald/ and https://www.instagram.com/deniseschonwald/ You can order one of her books at: https://deniseschonwald.com/2024-author-page/ Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 233 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Susan Salenger is here to talk about how women need to advocate for themselves for health care. She interviewed women for a book she wrote, and she discovered that women, in many ways, put themselves last and this needs to change. Women need to put themselves first and go to the doctor when they don't feel well. She found that many people are unprepared when going to the doctor. It is advisable to write a list of all of your symptoms and medications you take. Many people get anxious at doctor visits so if you have a list, it will keep you on track. In her research, she found that a lot of women leave the appointment not understanding what the doctor was telling them and that they are embarrassed to ask questions. The more information and questions that you have, the better equipped you will be. Susan gives tips for women when the appointment doesn't go as planned. Some of these tips include: emailing the doctor for follow up information, writing down what the doctor said so you can do your own research and get a second opinion from someone with different training.     Susan Salenger is the author and researcher behind SIDELINED: How Women Can Navigate A Broken Healthcare System. Sidelined examines the many ways in which some women manage and sometimes mismanage their healthcare. (Released, April 2022)   Susan explores how women, typically the medical gatekeepers for their families, tend to be extremely conscientious about taking care of themselves, yet at the same time inadvertently undermine their own care. They often hesitate to call the doctor when they don't feel well and worry that their doctor visit will take time away from their families or work. They may hesitate to ask doctors the necessary questions and don't always comply with the doctor's instructions. Salenger's research reveals how conflicted many women are about the medical decisions they ultimately make.   Born and raised in Los Angeles, Susan attended UCLA to study English. After graduation, she worked alongside her husband Fred for 25 years at their production company, Salenger Films, which produced corporate training and development films distributed worldwide. Today, at age 81, Susan lives in Northern California to be near her incredible family which includes her two daughters, four grandchildren, a cat named Max and a dog named JD (Salenger). When she is not speaking about her book or spending time with family and friends, you will find Susan power lifting to stay in shape.    She can be found at: https://www.susansalenger.com/,  https://www.tiktok.com/@grandma.gains, https://www.instagram.com/susansalenger/, https://www.facebook.com/suesalenger/, https://twitter.com/susansalenger, https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-salenger-a4a02716/, https://www.amazon.com/Sidelined-Women-Manage-Mismanage-Health/dp/1647424011/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Her book Sidelined explores the various hurdles women must jump to get the healthcare they want. It examines the many ways in which women have been conditioned not to act in their own best interest when it comes to their health.    It shines a light on the cultural history and gender bias in the medical community that have helped put women in this position. And it offers women practical advice to help them recognize these biases and better navigate the patient-doctor relationship.   You can purchase the book at: https://www.amazon.com/Sidelined-Women-Manage-Mismanage-Health/dp/1647424011/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 232 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Dr. Prudence Hall is here to talk about the unique needs of women, specifically during menopause. How you manage your menopause and perimenopause will determine how you will feel for the remainder of your life. It is so important to be proactive in your health. Around the ages of 35-37 perimenopause usually begins.  Some symptoms include: your periods coming closer together, not sleeping well, compulsive behavior, bloating, digestive issues, and mood changes. Around the ages of 44-49 menopause usually begins. It is imperative to handle your symptoms from the beginning and take the time to care for yourself. Women need to manage their hormonal state and keep a finger on the pulse of unhealthy aging. She helps women by measuring all of their various hormones. All hormones start to decrease during perimenopause at age 35. By correcting hormones that are deficient and making these changes will help women feel youthful. Dr. Hall is the medical director and founder of The Hall Center, a holistic medical center specializing in women's health, detox, weight loss, and daily feeling full of life. She started as a traditional gynecological surgeon and transitioned her career to focus on regenerative and integrated medicine. Recognizing the urgent need to tackle stubborn aging symptoms, she focuses solely on regenerative medicine, aiming to address root causes and promote optimal health without relying on pharmaceuticals. Dr. Hall is passionate about guiding clients to attain peak well-being and proactively ward off the expected decline, employing established natural and regenerative approaches. She can be found at: https://www.thehallcenter.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/prudencehallmd/ Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 231 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Udo Erasmus is here to talk about total health. He first started looking into healthy oils, digestion, and the importance of eating greens. However, he discovered that everything affects health, and in that insight, he started to look at all components of human nature. He says that if you want optimum health, there are eight parts. The first part is internal awareness, this is a stillness practice in a safe place. When you can deeply, quietly and gently breathe, you will notice a calmness, contentment there. He then discusses the other elements of health, which are: peace and a flow of love, the shine of the love in the world, a positive mind, the body, a protective mind, your social group, and the natural environment. If you want total health, you need to be aware and nurture all eight.      The legendary Udo Erasmus is the co-founder of Udo's Choice line, which can be found in Whole Foods and other health food stores worldwide. Udo designed the machinery for making oils with health in mind and pioneered flax oil, a billion dollar industry. However, Udo walked a difficult path to become the man he is today. Being a child of war, Udo's life began with intense struggle. As an adult, he got pesticide poisoning in 1980, leaving doctors at a loss regarding treatment. Deciding to take his health into his own hands, Udo began researching, and his discoveries led him to a passion for finding the answers to life's big questions which would hopefully one day bring him and the world peace.   Today, Udo is an acclaimed speaker and author of many books, including the best-selling Fats That Heal Fats That Kill, which has sold over 250,000 copies. He teaches at events hosted by Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra, has keynoted an international brain health conference, and has traveled to over 30 countries to conduct thousands of live presentations, media interviews, and staff trainings impacting more than 25,000,000 lives with his message on oils, health, peace, nature, and human nature. Udo has an extensive education in biochemistry, genetics, biology, and nutrition, including a master's degree in counseling psychology. He can be found at: https://www.theudo.com, https://www.facebook.com/theudoerasmus and https://www.instagram.com/udoerasmus   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 230 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Udo Erasmus is here to talk about healthy oils. He describes our bodies as a major construction site. Some people say 98% of the time, the atoms in our bodies turn over and are removed and replaced every year. Our bodies need essential nutrients to be healthy. If you are not getting enough, your health will deteriorate, but you can reverse this. You need to be conscious of what you are bringing into your body. He became very interested in learning about how oils are made and discovered that the processing of oils was damaging the nutrients. He discusses how Omega 3 and Omega 6 are both essential to your body, but if you are getting one more than the other, it can be damaging, and you need a better ratio. If you have the right nutrients, your energy and skin will be better. He created oils with health in mind and with the right ratio of Omegas.    The legendary Udo Erasmus is the co-founder of Udo's Choice line, which can be found in Whole Foods and other health food stores worldwide. Udo designed the machinery for making oils with health in mind and pioneered flax oil, a billion dollar industry. However, Udo walked a difficult path to become the man he is today. Being a child of war, Udo's life began with intense struggle. As an adult, he got pesticide poisoning in 1980, leaving doctors at a loss regarding treatment. Deciding to take his health into his own hands, Udo began researching, and his discoveries led him to a passion for finding the answers to life's big questions which would hopefully one day bring him and the world peace.   Today, Udo is an acclaimed speaker and author of many books, including the best-selling Fats That Heal Fats That Kill, which has sold over 250,000 copies. He teaches at events hosted by Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra, has keynoted an international brain health conference, and has traveled to over 30 countries to conduct thousands of live presentations, media interviews, and staff trainings impacting more than 25,000,000 lives with his message on oils, health, peace, nature, and human nature. Udo has an extensive education in biochemistry, genetics, biology, and nutrition, including a master's degree in counseling psychology. He can be found at: https://www.theudo.com, https://www.facebook.com/theudoerasmus and https://www.instagram.com/udoerasmus   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 229 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Caroline Goodner is here today to talk about vaginal health. Her company OrganiCare makes products that help with vaginal infections. Femiclear has natural ingredients that have been proven to be efficient. Her products help with conditions such as: yeast infections, genital herpes, bacterial vaginosis and UTIs.    Caroline Goodner is the co-founder and CEO of OrganiCare, a leader in transforming feminine healthcare by making highly effective, natural products that are science backed and available over the counter through national retailers. FemiClear is a line of natural products that focus on vaginal health. Prior to OrganiCare in 2009 she was CEO of UpSpring Baby, a growth-stage consumer products company that focused on the health, wellness, and safety of mothers and babies. Goodner is a member of Entrepreneur's Organization (EO), and serves on the board of Beyond Batten Disease Foundation. Goodner earned her BA from Duke University and her MBA from Rice University's Jones School of Business.   She can be found at: http://femiclear.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-goodner-98b32/, and https://www.facebook.com/FemiClear/.   FemiClear is a line of natural products that focus on vaginal health. They are highly effective, science-backed and available over the counter through national retailers. You can shop for her products online at http://femiclear.com. You can contact her at caroline@organicare.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 228 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Elsbeth Meuth & Freddy Zental Weaver are here to discuss how we can connect to our dreams and desires. They explain that tantric healing is about opening oneself up and being more intentional. This allows you to shift how you are living and feeling. You can become more aware of your sexual energy in this altered, intimate and vulnerable state. They help people by guiding their breath and energy to allow new possibilities. The more integrated you feel, the more whole you become. When you can come to peace with yourself, you can be a better partner.    Dr. Elsbeth Meuth and Freddy Zental Weaver have assisted thousands of couples and singles create lasting intimacy and fulfillment in their life and relationships. They are featured on Showtime's documentary series Sexual Healing and the Emmy Award-winning NBC show Starting Over, best-selling authors of Sexual Enlightenment endorsed by world-renowned Spiritual Pioneer Dr. Michael Beckwith, and the co-founders of TantraNova Institute in Chicago.   They have coached billionaires, innovators and power couples all over the world, shared their intimacy secrets at a global YPO (Young Presidents Organization) conference in the city of love, Paris, and got nominated as Changemaker at the White House sponsored 2016 United State of Women Summit in Washington, D.C.   Elsbeth and Freddy Zental are beloveds, husband & wife as well as business partners residing in Chicago. You can find them at: https://www.tantranova.com/, https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452585431, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKincrF-VHfsabcIvsbQEhQ/videos, https://www.facebook.com/TantraNova/, https://www.instagram.com/tantranova_institute/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/elsbethmeuth/, https://twitter.com/TantraNova.   Their book, “Sexual Enlightenment: How to Create Lasting Fulfillment in Life, Love and Intimacy” is available in hard copy and audio format on: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1452585431.   Their free gift to our listeners is a video class “Introduction to Sexual Meditation,” where you will learn distinctions and practices of Sexual Meditation to access and channel your creative spark: https://tantranova.lpages.co/introduction-to-sexual-meditation/.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 227 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness is here today to talk about skin care. As tweens enter puberty it is important that they know how to have healthy hygiene, with both body and skin care habits. There are big differences between girls' and boys' hygiene. It is important that we educate and show our tweens and teens how to care for themselves. Mental health and depression can be tied into low self esteem from skin issues. Acne can be a result of hormonal changes, genetic components, and how your immune system responds to bacteria. We can help our kids by having them wash their face twice a day with a gentle cleanser, and make sure to keep the products simple, hypoallergenic, and fragrance free. If you are looking for a local pediatric dermatologist, you can find them here: www.pedsderm.net.        Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness is a double board-certified Dermatologist and Pediatric Dermatologist with a busy practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She currently serves as the President of the Society for Pediatric Dermatology. She is a mom to two tween boys and co-founder of Stryke Club, a personal care brand made just for boys. Dr. Sheilagh is passionate about education and prioritizes teaching with every patient encounter. She strives to educate the next generation of dermatologists and pediatricians in her practice, and teaches families and caregivers through content created for national pediatric and dermatological societies and her social media presence.   She can be found at: @dr.sheilagh.m on Instagram, @drsheilagh on TikTok, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheilagh-maguiness-b56863232?trk=public_post-text, and https://www.instagram.com/dr.sheilagh.m   Sheilagh's podcast media kit is also a valuable resource as it includes context like some of her earned media: https://kitcaster.com/sheilagh-maguiness/.   Here is more information about Stryke Club (https://strykeclub.com/pages/our-story): You know when you see “dermatologist-formulated” on our packaging? We're talking about our co-founder, Dr. Sheilagh Maguiness. She's a board-certified pediatric dermatologist with a busy clinical practice and a passion for teaching. She is devoted to educating patients, families, and primary care providers about childhood skin conditions.   Through Stryke Club, Dr. Sheilagh helped develop a personal care brand to address the needs of boys in particular. Along with her Stryke Club partners, she set out to fill the gap in boys' skincare. The team found the perfect combination of mild surfactants (ie: cleansers) and a common, effective ingredient (ie: sodium hypochlorite) to help fight dirt and bacteria – and put them together to make a cleanser specifically for boys.   CTA: Follow Dr. Maguiness on TikTok and Instagram to earn more about Stryke Club and skincare   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 226 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Karin Reiter is here today to discuss holistic health. She talks about looking at the root causes (the pillars of your health) in order to be healthy. The physical, mental, emotional, and trauma base pillars need to be addressed and she helps people with small steps to make these changes. One of her passions is working with children with ADHD and helping with their diet. In treating the causes, by fixing the gut health, then the behavioral, concentration symptoms will improve. She emphasizes how important it is to have your blood sugar levels balanced. There needs to be protein in meals and the chemicals in our food can exacerbate symptoms, as well as food additives and coloring that can affect behavior in children.    Karin, functional medicine nutritionist, meditation and breathwork teacher, fitness trainer, author, wife, mama and founder of Nutritious N' Delicious, has been a leader in the nutrition and wellness industry for the last 16 years. Karin founded Nutritious N' Delicious in 2011 in Australia (after a corporate career in law and finance) and her aim was to touch as many people as possible and provide knowledge, support, guidance and advice on building a healthier lifestyle. She has led workshops and nutrition programs in Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel and Australia. Karin's passion is to educate, to ask questions and to bring to light the importance of natural, nourishing foods. Karin is a passionate speaker & journalist in the area of nutrition and has written for numerous publications in the USA, Australia, Israel and through-out Asia. Karin is also the author of 2 children's recipe books branded “The rosy checked kids”. You will find Karin traveling with her family all over the world, in the kitchen developing and creating healthy recipes or drinking a green juice after a yoga practice.    You can find her at: https://nutritiousndelicious.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/karingojiberry/   She would like to promote her 1:1 sessions and her group workshops. Workshops are: 21 days to a NEW you- weight loss program, FIT and FAB- program for women who are going through perimenopause and want to feel and look at their top! Wellness retreat in Thailand November 6th, Cancer prevention and treatment programs, ADD and ADHD education workshops for parents.   She is offering 5% off to our podcast listeners with the code CURATE Health podcast.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Midlife Wellness Collective. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 225 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Tess Jewell-Larsen is here today to talk about how she empowers women from feeling exhausted to finding balance. It is so easy to get caught up in our thoughts. She focuses on where these women are lacking or overdoing something, and she tries to help them find one thing they can do for themselves to get to a balanced state. It is important to feel all emotions and allow them to be there, and not push them away. When we don't process these emotions, it can cause unease. Processing can be done through many different avenues, such as: gardening, movement, talking, and drawing. We need to be fully aware and find what nourishes us. By making tiny changes in our lives, it can affect how we show up.  Tess Jewell-Larsen empowers women professionals, entrepreneurs and juggling-it-all'ers to go from exhausted and overwhelmed to balanced and thriving. Tess is a certified mindfulness coach, somatic healer and a Yoga Therapist in training. Tess emphasizes breath support, mindful movement, stress management, nervous system resiliency, mindset and lifestyle shifts, and taking small steps that build up, so that her clients feel more joyful, balanced, and optimistic, and thrive no matter what obstacles come their way. Tess is also the co-host of the podcast The Happy Edit, a podcast that dives into what it means to be happy and how to build a foundation for happiness through different lenses. She can be found at: https://www.tytoniyoga.com/, https://www.instagram.com/tessjewelllarsen/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessjewelllarsen/ and https://www.facebook.com/tessjewelllarsencoaching  She wants to give a shout-out to the podcast she co-hosts called The Happy Edit: https://www.tytoniyoga.com/pages/thehappyeditpodcast Tess and her sister-in-law, Sarah Finnegan, person centered counselor & CBT therapist, look at happiness through different lenses and explore how to edit the way we show up for ourselves to increase our overall happiness. She is also offering a 10-Minute Method Stepping Out of Burnout free e-book: https://tessjewelllarsen.coach/freebie/  The e-book is a guide to help you start reducing your stress load, feel more in control of your life and have the energy to live the life you know you deserve. Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 224 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. John Neustadt is here today to talk about bone health and osteoporosis. He explains how bone density tests are inadequate. He wants to educate people on how to improve your bone health and protect yourselves. Medications, such as antacids, are damaging bones and increasing the risk of fractures. Patients should discuss switching to safer medications with their provider. Also, reducing spicy foods, eating earlier in the evening, and shifting your position in bed, can help with acid reflux. To help strengthen your bones, he suggests exercise, resistance training and eating a healthy diet with high protein, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.    He can be found at: https://www.nbihealth.com/, https://www.facebook.com/nbihealth/, https://www.youtube.com/user/NBIHealth, https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-neustadt-nd-1553576/, and https://twitter.com/JohnNeustadt   Dr. John Neustadt has an international reputation as a doctor, researcher, and integrative medical expert. He became renowned in this field through his nutritional medicine research, clinical work, books he wrote, work with the FDA on evaluating the use of natural products for the potential treatment of rare diseases, developing million-dollar businesses, educating physicians on improving patient outcomes and the general public on how to make sure they're getting the care they need and the results they want, and as a medical expert advising businesses on product development and how to create superfans.   Dr. Neustadt has published more than 100 medical articles, written four health and wellness books and is now a #1 Amazon Best Selling Author in the field of Osteoporosis. His most recent book is, Fracture-Proof Your Bones: A Comprehensive Guide to Osteoporosis. Dr. Neustadt was also an editor of the textbook, Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine, which was used across the United States to train and educate physicians on using functional medicine with their patients.    Dr. Neustadt is a highly sought out speaker at medical conferences, he was recognized as one of the Top Ten Cited Authors in the world for his work. His research on integrative and functional medicine has been featured in the Natural Medicine Journal, Integrative Medicine: A Clinician's Journal, Holistic Primary Care, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, and Experimental and Molecular Pathology.    Dr. Neustadt earned his naturopathic medical degree from Bastyr University where he was awarded the Founder's Award for academic and clinical excellence. He opened his clinic, Montana Integrative Medicine (MIM), in 2005 in Bozeman, Montana. He specialized in hard-to-treat, chronic degenerative diseases through an integrative approach that emphasized identifying and correcting the underlying causes of disease. For his clinical work, Dr. Neustadt was the first naturopathic doctor to be voted Best Doctor among all physicians in his area. When the award was announced, this is what the local newspaper had to say:  “It is noteworthy that Dr. Neustadt did not win ‘best naturopathic doctor;' he won best doctor.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 223 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Adele Spraggon is here to ask our listeners if your patterns of behavior are continuously getting in the way and stopping you from getting the things you want most in your life? She says forget commitment, willpower, positive-thinking, mindset techniques, or better goal-setting. These approaches are a thing of the past. We were told to use our mind to fix our problems, but this is simply not the case. Current brain research proves that you are not in control of your choices. Instead, your decisions are the result of decision-making patterns that were created early in life and that continue to control your life. To take different actions, you need to change your patterns. That means no blame in your past, no shame in your future, and nothing to fix in your present. There are only patterns and patterns can be changed. She wrote an award-winning book that provides the necessary knowledge and step-by-step instructions to change any of your behaviors, actions, or beliefs – permanently – in less than six weeks.   Adele Spraggon is an award-winning author, thought leader, international trainer and a fearless speaker. She has been awarded the 2020 Woman of Inspiration Award and in 2021 she was recognized as the Top Behavioural Expert of the Year. Her book Shift: 4 Steps to Personal Empowerment has won three awards and is sweeping the globe, transforming how people are setting and achieving their goals.   She can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Linked In by searching Adele Spraggon.   Listeners to this podcast can get a free online copy of her award winning book and/or free video training on how to upgrade your brain for success at www.shift4steps.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 222 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Dr. Valerie Cacho is here to discuss how to get a better night's sleep. As we get older, we have less REM and less deep sleep and more light sleep. We need all 4 stages of sleep and if you are not sleeping well, your mood can be affected. She recommends reserving the last hour of your day for yourself to slow your brain waves so you can sleep better. She suggests slowing your breath, meditation, taking a bath, listening to music, or journaling for better sleep. One practice that she discusses is using your five senses. Think of somewhere you want to be, somewhere where you are at rest, and what are five things you are seeing, four things you are feeling, three things you are hearing, two things you smell and one thing you can taste.   Valerie Cacho, MD, is an integrative sleep medicine specialist. Her interests and expertise include diagnosing and treating medical sleep disorders, women's sleep concerns, mind-body approaches to insomnia, self-compassion training, clinical hypnotherapy, and promoting sleep health and wellness. She is the president and founder of Sleep Life Med, a tele-sleep practice in Hawaii and California. Additionally, Dr. Cacho is the CEO of Sleephoria, a wellness brand founded on the belief that a well-rested woman has the energy, clarity, and drive to change the world. She can be found at www.Sleephoria.com,  https://www.instagram.com/sleephoria/, https://www.youtube.com/@sleephoria and https://www.pinterest.co.uk/Sleephoria/     She is offering a freebie to our listeners: 4 questions to ask your doctor if you are chronically exhausted: https://www.sleephoria.health/f/exhaustion-checklist     Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 221 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Audrey Wells MD is here today to talk about sleep, sleep apnea, and weight loss. She goes into detail about sleep apnea and how it is diagnosed, signs and symptoms, why it is easily overlooked and the health complications that can come from it if not diagnosed. Dr. Wells is a seasoned sleep medicine physician and professional mindset coach.  She is on a mission to help people get the most out of their sleep, live with vitality, and protect their long-term health.  Through SuperSleepMD.com, she offers a comprehensive library of self-directed courses, a group coaching program, and a private Facebook community. She also does individual coaching for those who want to uplevel their productivity and potential by taking “too tired” out of the equation. She can be found at SuperSleepMD.com and AWellsMD.com She would like to highlight: The Ultimate CPAP Mask Course and Group coaching experience for CPAP Success, both of which can be found at SuperSleepMD.com. Also, she offers 1:1 coaching for high achievers which can be found at AWellsMD.com She is also offering a freebie for listeners of this podcast which can be found at: https://www.supersleepmd.com/sleeploss-weightgain     Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.    

Episode 220 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Helene Rutledge, from mend Labs is here today to talk about proactive patient center interventions. mend Labs provides patients with the training and support they need through a care plan that includes lifestyle goals and nutrition. The mend nutrapharma products are clinically proven, science backed, and recognized by the medical community to be effective in accelerating repair, recovery, and improving key risk factors contributing to chronic conditions. If listeners are interested in learning more, they should visit www.mend.me.   Helene brings a career of experience in the Healthcare industry to her current role as President and Co-Founder of mend Labs, the Healing Company that is revolutionizing healthcare through Nutripharma-Powered Digital Wellness.    Known as an innovator and change agent, Helene has held senior leadership roles including Global Head of Open Innovation at GlaxoSmithKline, Chief Innovation Officer at New Avon, VP of R&D at Nature's Bounty (now the Bountiful Company), and Head of Global Clinical Supplies at Pfizer. In addition, Helene has served on the Board of Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) and is an award-winning product developer and subject matter expert on Innovation.    Helene earned an Executive MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry from Manhattan College, where she has returned as an adjunct professor and to coach teams of entrepreneurs. She is a native New Yorker and amateur triathlete and relies on mend™ products for her performance and recovery.   She can be found at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenerutledge/ and https://www.instagram.com/mendnutrition/?hl=en   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 219 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Brandy is an MD and has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. He is the Founder of “Natural Insights Into Cancer” which is a passion project for Dr. Brandy. “Natural Insights Into Cancer” uses diet, exercise, targeted supplements, and other lifestyle changes to help you fight cancer. He talks about his cancer diagnosis and how he naturally went into a functional remission with low doses of medicine and a change of lifestyle. He stresses the importance of making healthy and nutritional changes such as eating a plant-based diet, exercise, stress reduction, and sleeping better.    Dr. Dominic Brandy is a practicing medical doctor for 42 years running a plastic surgery/ medspa/ anti- aging practice during that time. He has published 76 scientific peer-reviewed articles and 9 textbook chapters in the medical literature; written many consumer articles; and given over 200 lectures at international medical meetings. Five years ago he was diagnosed with a blood cancer called “multiple myeloma”. Like all cancer patients, after the shock he started to get his life and spiritual priorities in order. “We all know we are going to die, but when it's right there in front of your face, it's a lot different.” Dr. Brandy had one advantage over the rest of us. Medical school and a lifelong history of reading and studying about diet, exercise, and supplements and their relationship to good health.   “Natural Insights into Cancer” is Dr. Brandy's ongoing project to share with you what he has learned through scouring the medical literature about what can be done naturally to fight this dreaded disease. Because Dr. Brandy had directed The Skin Center's anti-aging division for the past 25 years, he already had a solid foundation of knowledge about health and nutrition before his diagnosis. Moreover, health and nutrition have been a passion of Dr. Brandy since the age of 10. So you will be getting information from a medical professional who has an intense passion for learning as much as possible about health, nutrition, and ways to fight cancer naturally.   He shares his knowledge through his website naturalinsightsintocancer.com; his Instagram site @cancerveggiedoc and Facebook page Dominic Brandy. He offers virtual consultations; 24/7 cancer coaching; and extensive lab testing through his website. He is also a sought-out speaker. Dr. Brandy is also the author of an amazing book “Beat Back Cancer Naturally”. This book includes 5 Scientifically Proven Natural and Plant-Based Ways to Prevent, Survive and Thrive with Cancer.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 218 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Reed Davis is here today to discuss Functional Diagnostic Nutrition. He talks about how important it is to run multiple blood work to find the root cause. If you run one test and find a problem, you could simply say that is the issue. However, there could be so much more going on. By looking at the whole picture, there are multiple healing opportunities where you can apply diet, rest, exercise and stress reduction around the blood work. By realizing how it is all connected, you can treat it all at once to enhance your overall life.    Reed Davis, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP) and Certified Nutritional Therapist (CNT), is an expert in functional lab testing and holistic lifestyle medicine. He is the Founder of Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and the FDN Certification Course with over 4,000 graduates in 50 countries. Reed served as the Health Director at a Wellness Center in Southern California for over 10 years and with over 10,000 clients is known as one of the most experienced clinicians in his field. Reed serves on the Advisory Board of the American Natural Wellness Coaches Board and the American Association of Natural Wellness Coaches.   He can be found at www.fdntraining.com and www.facebook.com/FunctionalDiagnosticNutrition/ and www.linkedin.com/company/san-diego-natural-health-&-fitness-ctr/    Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 217 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Mary Katherine Stahl is here today to discuss her entrepreneurial journey. She started working out at a Fit Body Boot Camp and loved the coaches and the community. She decided to open her own business and now six years later, she has opened three locations. She shares her successes and obstacles about balancing a career and being a mom. She believes her success is linked to understanding the importance of relationships with her clientele and coaches.    Mary Katherine Stahl is a busy mom, wife, and multi-business owner. She has a love for health and fitness and inspires others to be the best version of themselves. At the young age of 25, she started as a member at a Fit Body Boot Camp and it quickly became the best part of her day every day. At the time she was working in an operations role at a real estate firm, which did not provide any sense of purpose. She used that passion and energy she felt at boot camp to open her own location in August 2017.    In addition to owning two locations, in July 2020, MK took over a failing Fit Body Boot Camp and grew it by 4 times of where it started in less than 2 years.    Today she is not only passionate about helping her clients but also about providing her team with opportunities to grow. MK attributes a lot of her success to building culture and community within her business. She believes building strong relationships is the key to having a successful business and team.    MK grew her career and family together, two things that require a lot of time, something we can never seem to get enough of! Being a Mom is her most important job title, though balancing motherhood and work seems almost impossible these days. MK prides herself on helping others move outside of their comfort zone, at the gym, and in all areas of life.    MK also serves as the Community Manager for the Fit Body Boot Camp franchise and is the host of the Beyond the Scale podcast. She is the voice of the people and the face of the organization. She can be found at: https://www.instagram.com/marykatherinestahl/, https://www.facebook.com/marykatherinestahl/, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/beyond-the-scale/id1668213969, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aflH_B7E50.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 216 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Laurie Lewis is here today to discuss intermittent fasting. She is a certified coach who shares her personal story and clarifies many misunderstandings about intermittent fasting. She explains the first mistake is that people think it is a diet. It is a timing, an eating window, that is not for weight loss. By tuning into your personal goals and what feels good to you, you will discover what are your ideal fasting hours. She discusses how it is easier to make good food choices when in a fasted state. The best way to start is to decide when to close your eating window. By shrinking your eating window, you will start to look at the foods that make you feel good. Your body will start to use its own body fat for energy and will keep your Insulin low. Your body will learn to eat “window worthy” nutritious food and how much to eat and when to stop eating.    Certified coach, Laurie Lewis, has changed the lives of thousands through her coaching of Intermittent Fasting. Utilizing time-tested (and science-tested) principles, Laurie takes on individual clients as well as leading her group programs Live on Zoom. She helps determined, exasperated, busy people (who are tired of dieting!) from the United States to New Zealand to Ghana to Israel to Scotland.   Combining a 22-year personal study of nutrition (Health Coach Certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition) with her research and practice of Intermittent Fasting, Laurie supports clients and participants with a dream come true. Yes, it is possible to eat the foods you love and live your life feeling strong, vibrant, and lean!   Menopause and stubborn hormonal fat hit Laurie hard in 2012, causing her to suddenly gain 50 pounds. For years, she tried everything and none of the old tricks worked. She hit rock-bottom and almost resigned to the “fact” that she would keep getting heavier and feeling worse and worse forever. At a particularly despondent time in 2017, a video unexpectedly popped up which would turn the course of her life. She stayed up all night learning about Intermittent Fasting, and started that very next morning.   Within days of eating in this newfound pattern of time, the fog lifted and she felt awake and “like herself.” With health, strength, and slender weight restored – 50+ pounds lost. Now, at 59-years old, Laurie has turned her personal success into the premier thriving Intermittent Fasting coaching business. As a certified health coach (Institute for Integrative Nutrition) she combines her knowledge of nutrition with deep research and practice of Time Restricted Eating. Laurie guides her clients with a dream come true -- eat the foods you love and enjoy the rest of your life feeling vibrantly well.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 215 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Cheruba Prabakar is here today to discuss fibroids. Fibroids are common and can affect 80% of women by the age of 50. Most women do not know they have fibroids. Symptoms include heavy bleeding, spotting throughout the month, miscarriages, pain, pressure, frequent urination or constipation. A pelvic ultrasound will help to diagnose. There are many hormonal medications that can help with bleeding, and many treatment and surgical options. There is a genetic component with fibroids, and she recommends that women should see their doctor yearly. She offers fibroid coaching to discuss options, educate and give women the opportunity to discuss various procedures.   Dr. Cheruba Prabakar is a board certified OBGYN and minimally invasive trained surgeon. She specializes in treating women with fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, and pelvic pain, as well as menopause symptoms. She just opened up her own practice in order to prove highly personalized, accessible, and unhurried care. She is also a speaker on women's health issues. She is thrilled to embrace physician entrepreneurship! She lives in Oakland with her family.   She can be found at www.fibroiddoc.com, www.lamorindagyn.com, https://www.instagram.com/thefibroiddoc/?hl=en and https://www.youtube.com/thefibroiddoc. You can download a free fibroid guide at www.fibroiddoc.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 214 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Mark Effinger (Mr. Noots) is here today to discuss neurochemicals. He talks about how he was a lab rat for Accutane. This drug affected his focus, energy level and happiness. He went through exercise and oxygen therapy which was able to detox his system. This was an epiphany for him, as he never realized how well he could feel. So he created a company that would develop neurochemicals in different ratios and combinations so that people could think better, make better decisions and perform better.    Mark Effinger, also known as Mr. Noots, has had a lifelong passion for neuroscience. Tragedy struck when he faced a health crisis and lost his wife to a painkiller overdose. Determined to make a difference, he founded Nootopia and now serves as the company's Chief Product Officer.    With the help of the dedicated team at BiOptimizers and Nootopia, Mark is on a mission to create high-performance, experiential nutritional supplements that can reverse elements of addiction and disease. Through his tireless efforts, Mark hopes to address these human conditions as effectively and healthily as possible, and he is committed to making a positive impact on the world and improving the lives of others. He can be found at www.nootopia.com, and Instagram @nootopiabrain https://www.instagram.com/nootopiabrain/?hl=en, and Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markeffinger/.   Go to nootopia.com and get a 10% discount with the code XXX. The discount is applied to all products.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 213 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Dr. Lulu is here today to discuss gender identity. She identifies this as your true sense of self, how you see yourself, something, no one else can tell you. She stresses the importance of respecting someone's gender identity. She is a pediatrician and talks about how to be the patient's advocate and how to really listen to what they are saying. It is imperative that children have at least one trusted adult. She coaches parents who are triggering kids, parents who are not affirming; and home needs to be a safe place. We don't have to understand, we just need to know. Pediatricians and parents need to ask open ended questions, use pronouns, and affirm who they are.    Dr. Lulu is a Queer, Nigerian-born pediatrician, educator, parent coach, and CEO of Dr. Lulu's Life Coaching Lounge. She is the mother of a transgender young adult and works to educate families, healthcare providers and non-medical organizations on accepting, affirming and supporting their LGBTQ+ children/patients/employees. A former Lt. Col and commander in the US Air Force, Dr. Lulu is also an award winning LGBTQ+ and DEI advocate. She has been featured on local, national and international media and stages, including Oprah Winfrey's The Life You Want masterclass. She is a 3-time TedxSpeaker, 7-time bestselling author and all round agitator of the Governor of Texas. She can be found at Dr-lulu.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 212 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   David Greenwalt is here today to discuss how he helps people learn the truth about mental fitness, nutrition and movement. Obesity is at its highest level ever, with about 40 percent of U.S. adults considered obese. The cause of obesity, he believes, can be broken down into four drivers. One: biological drives, we are driven to calorie dense foods to avoid food scarcity that evolution has built in us. Two: habit condition automatic responses, we use food to change our mental state so that we feel relief, checked out and relaxed. Three: addiction to ultra-processed food.  And the fourth driver is our obese genetic environment. These are all external forces that promote obesity: fast food restaurants, proximity, convenience marts, access, opportunity for less activities, parental modeling, marketing, and government subsidies.   By becoming more aware of these factors, we can learn to implement strategies to have a different response.  Sometimes we need someone else to help us become aware of our subconscious behaviors. If we are aware and are able to catch the behavior as soon as it happens, we can begin to lay down a new healthier path. When you have the support and education, real strategies can win against the external factors and be able to put behaviors in place to lose the weight for the last time.   With us today is Certified Wellness Coach, fitness expert, and author David Greenwalt. A husband, father, former police officer, gym owner, competitive state-level bodybuilder, and powerlifter. In 1997, at age 32 and a body weight of 235 pounds, David discovered an evidence-based approach for getting off his own 50 excess pounds and keeping it off for 25 years and counting. Since 1999, through his company Leanness Lifestyle University, David has been helping student members, from every walk of life, get the truth, and strategies, to lose excess fat one more time for the last time.   He can be found at: https://LLUniversity.com,  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-greenwalt-3bab608/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LLUniversity/ InstaGram: https://www.instagram.com/llu180/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZBYlai7aLc42LGj5JQjEA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lifestyle180   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Episode 211 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Brian Gryn is a personal trainer who coaches middle aged men looking to get their body back. He is here today to talk about accountability and finding clarity about food choice and lifestyle. In our society people tend to not put themselves first, we fall back on old habits and make a lot of excuses for not living a healthier lifestyle. Unfortunately, he discusses that it sometimes takes a health scare to make lasting changes. He also mentions how important family support is with meal planning to make good lasting changes.  Brian Gryn is an intermittent fasting expert, wellness coach, author, human movement specialist, and host of the Get Lean Eat Clean Podcast (100K+ downloads). He is leading the way in the Intermittent Fasting community as the author of The Simple Intermittent Fasting Journal along with the creator of The Intermittent Fasting Certification Course. What began as a personal exploration into fasting has turned into a thriving business, helping middle-aged men make intermittent fasting simple, doable and a complete lifestyle change. Now he is spreading the power of intermittent fasting worldwide with Intermittent Fasting Certified Coaches. With over 15 years experience in health and wellness, Brian also developed his Fat Burner Blueprint Program. This program focuses on nutrition, meal timing, stress management, sleeping like a superhero and micro-workouts. He believes that challenging the body and mind through brief hormetic stressors like fasting, cold/warm therapy, resistance training and sprinting will help you get your body back to what it once was! He can be found at: briangryn.com, https://www.facebook.com/getleanandeatclean/, https://www.instagram.com/bdgryn/, and https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-gryn/ He has a book coming out: Eat Like a King, Look Like a Prince: Eat anything and still get results with the step-ladder framework. He also has a 6 month program called The Fat Burner Blueprint. Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Episode 210 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Hally Brooke is here today to discuss her journey with gut health and brain fog. She discovered by figuring out what foods worked for her, she was able to balance her emotions better and think straight. By being more thoughtful and mindful with the way food made her feel, she was able to heal her gut health. She mentions that by paying attention to what her body needed, she was able to feel better, and what helps one person, may not help another.  Hally Brooke is the Founder & CEO of Live Nourished, she is a Certified Functional Medicine Nutrition Counselor, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Fox 21 Fitness & Nutrition Expert, and a fierce industry advocate. Her self-education in nutrition and exercise began in 2014 when she battled and overcame her own serious GI issues including IBS and SIBO. Through her own process of finding wholeness, health and healing for herself, as well as her education and experience with her clients, Hally has learned that living a nourished life takes more than just “eating healthy” or working out. Hally teaches that “true health” is a blend of not only physical health, but also mental, emotional & spiritual wellbeing. And that sometimes “health” looks like enjoying a burger instead of a salad, or taking a nap instead of going on a run. From that experience, she has built a thriving Functional Medicine Coaching practice that works with clients in ALL the key areas of wellness including movement, nutrition, mindset, resilience, relationships, and self-care. Her life mission is to encourage, empower and free women by teaching healing. Whether as clients, through speaking events, business coaching, or personally with the people she encounters, she lives and breathes this mission day in and day out. She can be found on Instagram: www.instagram.com/livenourishedcoaching and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livenourishedcoaching   BOOK YOUR FREE HEALTH CONSULTATION AND LEARN HOW TO FINALLY FEEL YOUR VERY BEST: https://live-nourished.com/Schedule   You can also download the Gut Health cookbook and supplement guide here: https://live-nourished.com/live-talk-landing-page Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Episode 209 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below. Dr. Cecily Havert is here today to discuss concierge medicine and what that means to you as a patient.  She has a private practice, which allows the doctors to make the important decisions of how they want to run and manage the practice. She has fewer patients, more accessibility to them and has the time to offer longer appointments. She is also able to offer a seamless whole approach by having the ability to talk with other specialists that the patient may need. They accept insurance, but there is a membership fee that the patient pays for to receive the extra care. She has an inclusive practice that helps many in the LGBDQ community. She offers a judgment free, safe space that helps individuals identify who they are by asking the right questions.  Cecily D. Havert, M.D., is a family medicine physician at Northern Virginia Family Practice Associates (NVFP), a primary care practice that offers full-service concierge health care in the Northern Virginia area. With an impressive background in preventive health care, mental health support, and outpatient medicine, Dr. Havert specializes in women's health, adolescent health, and ensures a welcoming and inclusive space for the LGBTQIA+ community. Dr Havert strives to create a collaborative environment within the entire healthcare team, and enjoys working closely with many specialists in the area to make sure that an individual's complete healthcare needs are met. She uses a “Biopsychosocial” lens to offer comprehensive care, and looks to lifestyle and non-pharmacological approaches to care if possible. She has a passion for nurturing patients' emotional and mental health needs, with a goal of providing the utmost in quality, personalized medical care. She can be found at: https://nvafamilypractice.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cecily-dvorak-havert-m-d-79b2217/, and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-breathing-medicine/id1618064985 Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Episode 208 of my Curate Your Health Podcast is out! Link below.   Hannah Bacaron is here today to discuss how our brain and our body are connected. She talks about our mind and body health and how stress can take such a toll. A physical ailment, such as a stomach issue, may be solved from more than one way and there are alternative treatments to consider. Even if you have good habits, such as eating well and exercising, these habits can be destroyed by stress. If you can identify the stress and make micro changes, this will help as opposed to trying to make huge lifestyle changes that are not sustainable.     Hannah Bacaron is an Executive Burnout Prevention, Performance & Transformational Coach.  She's also a two time World Yoga Choreography Champion (Turkey, 2017 & 2018), Speaker, and Published Author. She uses Mindfulness Practices, Advanced Communication styles, Life Management Techniques, Breathwork, Movement and Subconscious Programming Techniques to remove client blocks and hurdles. Her deep understanding of the Mind and Body rapidly alters client's behaviors and results. Her expert knowledge helped her recover from depression, anxiety, get rid of her ulcers, and properly align a physiological condition she was born with. Her expertise has helped her clients negotiate a million dollar deal, overcome burnout, transform their communication skills, better cope with anxiety, advance in their career, and improve their relationship with work and the future. She masterfully combines the Mind with the Body to eliminate physical illness or other conditions caused by or aggravated by mental factors such as internal stress or conflict.   She can be found at www.mymindevolved.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-bacaron-b83772104/   She is offering a free training on how to get out of burn out and feel recharged everyday: https://calendly.com/hannah-bacaron/roadmap. You can also opt-in for a free training by going to this link: https://mymindevolved.com/#/share   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

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Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Tina Koopersmith MD who gives a beautiful overview of who we are through our brain and our body. She discusses how our heart energy can be felt six feet away and if we have a positive energy field, people can feel it. Likewise, if you are in a negative environment, the heart rate is lower, and you can feel the negative energy. She talks about healing techniques that can heal the body. We are connected between our brain and our heart. And, by using techniques that play with your emotions and thoughts, you can gently move your emotions into a peaceful state.    Tina Koopersmith MD is a physician AND coach, a mom and a perpetual student. She is dedicated to modifying our health care system from one focused on illness and sickness to one devoted to prevention and wellness. For 30 years as a fertility specialist, she focused on bringing life to her patients and now she wants to focus on bringing her patients (and other humans) to life. She starts with the premise we all have the same parts and very similar DNA, and yet we all have different experiences and imprinting. Our unique signature means we are all wired to access pleasure in a slightly different fashion. Diversity is to be praised and celebrated. We need to nourish all 4 of our bodies: the mind body, the heart body, the physical body and the energetic body because we are ALL worthy of self-care, self-acceptance and self-love. To learn more:  WomensReproduction.com or DrKoop@womensreproduction.com.    For more information you can check out https://www.facebook.com/womensreproduction, https://www.instagram.com/wmnreproduction/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-koopersmith-13585823/, https://www.linkedin.com/company/west-coast-women-s-reproductive-center/about/, and https://www.youtube.com/c/Womensreproduction/videos. She has a new children's book that can be found at Who Am I? by Tina Koopersmith, Isabella Smith, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® (barnesandnoble.com). Also, you can sign up on her website WomensReproduction.com for a group coaching zoom session "Flip your mindset: from Living to Soaring". And she is offering a free 30 minute Discovery call for Individual COACHING.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Dr. Marion Mass to discuss What You Need to Know About Healthcare Middlemen. She talks in depth about Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) and all the kick back money that they receive. She gives an eye-opening deep dive into all the money that is being lost in the middle of our healthcare system.    Dr Marion Mass is a practicing pediatrician in the Philadelphia area and co-founder of Practicing Physicians of America (PPA). She co-authored the position paper Reducing Cost and Waste in American Medicine: A Physician-Led Roadmap to Patient-Centered Medical Care, and led the first Free2Care Physician Symposium in April 2019, at the Library of Congress. Since that time the Free2Care Coalition has grown to 34 patient and physician member groups, 8 million citizens, and 70,000 physicians who want to make healthcare accessible, affordable, portable and transparent. Marion has written many guest editorials in newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Hill, The New York Post and others.  She is on the editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times and on the Bucks County Health Improvement Partnership, as well as an active member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society.  She enjoys organic vegetable and flower gardening and largely plant based cookery.  Her husband is a surgeon, and they have 3 adult children.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Dr. Barrie Tan to talk about the wonders of plants. Specifically, one that he talks about is annatto, which is an orange-red condiment and food coloring derived from the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana), native to tropical America. It is often used to impart a yellow or orange color to foods. He talks about how our bodies and cell walls are functioning. He discusses antioxidants, what fats do in our bodies and triglycerides and prediabetes.      Dr. Barrie Tan is hailed as a trailblazer and the world's foremost expert on vitamin E. A scientist first and foremost, Dr. Tan earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from the University of Otago, New Zealand and spent several years as a professor at UMass. His research expertise includes lipid-soluble nutrients (carotenoids, E vitamers, CoQ10, and omega-3s) that impact chronic conditions. He was the first to introduce tocotrienols benefits to the nutrition industry and developed the first-ever tocopherol-free tocotrienol product derived from annatto. Dr. Tan continues to collaborate with numerous universities worldwide to further tocotrienol research. Beyond tocotrienol, Dr. Tan's research now spans into geranylgeraniol, a critical endogenous nutrient for healthy aging.    Dr. Tan has held roles of Chief Scientific Officer and Scientific Board Member for multinational organizations. His career includes periods working in association with the US Armed Forces and a Prince of Thailand as well as being an internationally celebrated and sought-after speaker, having presented at multiple respected conferences in the field including IFT, ADA, ASN, IHS, A4M, NPA, AACR, ICIM, AOCS, IAOMT, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Renowned for his engaging warmth and gracious humor, Dr. Tan has also been featured in array of popular media including the Ben Greenfield and JJ Virgin podcasts.   Dr. Tan is currently the President of American River Nutrition, a natural health R&D company he started with his wife, Elizabeth, in 1998. Described as a scientific pioneer, his mission is simple, improve the everyday health of people's lives.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Dr. Stella K. Evans, MD to discuss complex care for children with disabilities and their caregivers. She talks about how she is the prime contact for the caregivers, and she helps navigate the best care through their health team. There are a few roadblocks that she wants parents to know about. She stresses that this is not the parent's fault and sticking with regret, fear and guilt will not move them forward to plan for the future. Also, it is alright to ask for help to find the best care for your children. And finally, always get another opinion if you don't feel like you are getting the care your child deserves.     Dr. Evans is a pediatrician in the Twin Cities of Minnesota with a long career in (and personal history with) care of the complex patient, especially in the family setting. She is a life coach,  neurolinguistic programming trainer, and clinical Ericksonian hypnotist, and she works with parents of children and youth with special health care needs to build their resilience and mental  health. It is her belief that no parent, ever, should have to lie awake at 3 am wondering if they've done the right thing. She can be found at www.facebook.com/Dr stellakevansmd and Instagram @the.garden.nlp  She is offering a free session of 1:1 coaching by scheduling at:  https://stellakevansmd.as.me/?appointmentType=17755799   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Sean Lake to discuss how to stay Fit over Forty. He talks about his transition from being an active snowboarder in his 20s - to then being in his 30s, with less activity and not liking the way he felt. He started to exercise realizing that he craved physical activity. He discusses how fitness is a major tool in being able to give you energy to be the parent/ person you want to be. It is all about making the small decisions to get the big results. He shares that what you eat matters, and by improving one meal a day, you will slowly progress to making the eating habits you are hoping for.       Sean Lake grew up in Winchester, Massachusetts, before moving to Utah to become a professional snowboarder and general ski bum. Once he got that out of his system, he graduated from the University of Utah, using that degree to join Burton Snowboards, work as Shaun White's Team Manager, and land a spot as the Director of Sports Marketing at DC Shoes. After decades in action sports marketing, Sean co-founded BUBS Naturals, a line of collagen peptides and other all-natural supplements that help athletes at all levels perform and feel their best.   Sean named BUBS Naturals after his childhood best friend Glen “BUB” Doherty, a Navy SEAL who was killed in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11 in 2012. In addition to remembering Glen for the patriot he is, the BUBS ethos centers around the passionate and adventure-seeking life that Glen lived. Sean and the BUBS Naturals family further honor “Bub” by donating 10% of all profits to charities that support veterans.   A devoted husband, father, and fitness fanatic, Sean now lives in Encinitas, California, where he can ride his bike to work and still do a quick surf check from the office.You can find him at  www.bubsnaturals.com, @bubsnaturals and @slakeo.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Jeff Chilton to discuss the health benefits of mushrooms. Jeff talks about how mushrooms are low in calories, high in fiber, provide no starch, and are low in fats. He thinks mushrooms have been overlooked in the United States. He shares information about how supplementing mushrooms into our diets will stimulate our immune system. He hopes that by further educating people about the health benefits, it will inspire people to incorporate all of the various mushrooms into our diets.    Jeff Chilton studied Ethno-mycology at the University of Washington in the late sixties and in 1973 began a 10 year career as a large scale commercial mushroom grower. Jeff is the co-author of The Mushroom Cultivator, published in 1983. In 1989 Jeff established Nammex, the first company to supply medicinal mushroom extracts to the Nutritional Supplement industry. In 1997 he organized the first organic certification workshop for mushroom production in China.   Jeff is a founding member of the World Society for Mushroom Biology and Mushroom Products in 1994 and a Member of the International Society for Mushroom Science. Nammex extracts are used by many supplement and food companies and are noted for their high quality based on scientific analysis of the active compounds. He can be found at www.nammex.com and    www.realmushrooms.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Hammerstedt is joined today by Karen Mangum, Wholist's Weight Wellness Coach, and Jennifer Guegen, Wholist's Mindset Coach, to celebrate our 200th episode. For this milestone episode, we opened up the topics and questions from our audience. The coaches answered questions about how to gently pull yourself through a dip to find a healthy and happy self. They also talked about how to make these health lifestyles stainable without feeling like there are restrictions. Finally, they answered tough questions about figuring out who you are, the struggle with fitting in, personal body image vs other's opinions, and situational hunger.       Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Rachel Freiman is here today to discuss how to become MindStrong. Her aim is to educate women and to cut through all the conflicting information. She talks about stepping back, wiping the slate clean and starting to approach health and fitness as a life skill. It is important to understand what diets you tried, why it didn't work, be able to release the past, and start with a new skill base. It is basic human nature for our brain to fight back against change. It is all about baby steps and momentum. We are pleasure seekers, however, when we take baby steps and mentally celebrate it, all the feel good chemicals will be released and our brain will say that it feels good. This will begin to snowball and our brain will say let's do that again and what else can I do? Weight loss journey is full of ups and downs, when we can focus on the steps along the way, we don't have to worry about the end point. There is a three step process to building habits. Accountability is the first step which should not be seen as a weakness, it is what you need. Next, you form a habit through consistency. And finally there is a neuro connection as you repeat actions, this will become a habit.    Rachel Freiman is the CEO of MindStrong Fitness, www.MindStrongFitness.com, a lover of lifting heavy things up and down, and a coach passionate about helping others unleash their strongest, most empowered selves through education and mindset training. Rachel has more than fifteen years of classroom instruction and certifications in personal training, sports nutrition, and behavior modification. She is the author of the bestselling book Becoming MindStrong: The Truth About Health, Fitness, and the Bullsh*t That's Holding You Back. Available on Amazon or Audible   Rachel developed MindStrong Fitness with an inside-out approach, to focus on both physical and mental attributes in building healthy, sustainable habits.   When she's not in the gym, Rachel enjoys exploring the world, snuggling with her puppy, Charlie, eating, and thinking about the next time she'll be eating.    Rachel is offering a free guide: Lose Weight While Still Eating Donuts: How to Never Diet Again And she also has a Women Only Facebook Group: MindStrong Women   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Jonathan Baktari MD is here today to discuss Post Covid New Normal. He talks about the vaccines and how it will be a seasonal vaccine moving forward. The vaccines will be especially important, especially with people with risk factors and the elderly. We will need to learn to live with Covid, and it will be part of viruses that people will get. He also mentions how Covid was an accelerator for many things, including: remote working, zoom calls and more online shopping, all things, which he believes, would have happened eventually. However, with these changes, you do lose the collaboration and the company culture. He believes we need to make more changes to organizations so that they are more energy efficient with better ventilation. The importance of preventative health was discussed, such as eating more plant based foods, moving the body more and finding better stress reactions.    Jonathan Baktari MD brings over 20 years of clinical, administrative and entrepreneurial experience. He has been a triple board-certified physician with specialties in internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine.   Dr. Baktari was formerly the Medical Director of The Valley Health Systems, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield and Culinary Health Fund. He also served as clinical faculty for several medical schools, including the University of Nevada and Touro University.   Currently, Dr. Baktari is the CEO of e7 Health and US Drug Test Centers.   You can find him at the following media channels: https://jonathanbaktarimd.com https://www.facebook.com/BaktariMD/ https://twitter.com/baktarimd?lang=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-baktarimd/ https://www.youtube.com/c/BaktariMD   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Faryal Michaud is a board certified internist and a palliative care physician that is here today to discuss How To Have a Better Conversation About Your Health. She believes there is a misunderstanding of what palliative care is. She describes this type of care as a layer of support to help through the bumpy road of an illness, and to help families be able to connect to services. The layer of support is different for every patient and their family. And, only if the bumpy road is too much, then hospice would get involved, but that is not the palliative care role.   She stresses the importance of understanding what the patient and family knows, and what it is that they want to do. She talks about the -Wish, Worry, Wonder Guide. This model can be explained by saying - I wish you could get better, then worry about the type of care that the patient can get and if they will improve, and then finally, wonder if we should have a conversation about this.    Dr. Faryal Michaud has been practicing inpatient palliative care medicine for the past 10 years which she believes is her true passion. Around the time of COVID, and having moved to Hawaii with her husband and two teenage daughters, she felt incredibly isolated and decided to start a podcast focusing on teaching patients and physicians how to have difficult conversations surrounding end of life issues. Her podcast, “Write Your Last Chapter” has been popular domestically and internationally, creating further evidence that this topic is both poorly understood and deeply needed.   She then decided to start “Physicians Living Intentionally” to focus on what matters as well as provide a space for poetry and reflection. In 2021 she started her business of life coaching for women physicians focusing on teaching how to live intentionally every day. As a certified mindfulness teacher, her program offers ongoing teachings by certified yoga, and mindfulness teachers, as well as group and one on one coaching. She also provides pro bono coaching for patients suffering from serious illness who are unable to afford her services.    She has created a simple 3 step guide to have difficult conversations that can be applied to clinicians as well as moms everywhere on her website: www.drfaryal.com. Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Rachelle McCloud joins us today to discuss how to Utilize Your Brain for Opportunity Despite Trauma. She discusses her personal struggles with mental health. She felt as though she was failing to thrive as a woman and a mother. Once she was able to restore her wellness through intervention therapy, she started helping others. She talks about the desire to be free, how to help your brain that may be stuck to resolve the issues. She describes trauma as anything that occurred that our brain cannot process. If we can't process pain and emotion, we can't move on.    Rachelle McCloud, LCSW is a Mental Health Therapist and Emotional Wellness. Through years of successfully helping clients move their anxiety, depression and trauma disorders into remission, she has developed a program that empowers people to skillfully get rid of symptoms and heal. She is also the facilitator of the Facebook group called Releasing the Baggage of Anxiety, Depression and Traumatic Stress where she delivers free trainings on leading interventions that work well for getting rid of symptoms, not just coping or managing them. Her mission is to empower people to do their own healing work effectively, safely and skillfully.   She can be found @rachelle.mccloud.5/ and  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO3zCKRzsVyhfgHqkSdoqVA   She would like to promote: Inner World Transformation - online self study $2222 or 8 payments of $280 and the intensive coaching program $11K.   Click on her website https://rachellemccloud.com/videoseries to get a pdf of her three favorite intervention techniques. There is also a Free Video Series that Empowers You to Finally Get Rid of Symptoms of Anxiety Depression and Traumatic Stress.  Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. George and Vanessa Naum join us today to discuss how to Strive to Thrive in Your Relationship. As marriage coaches, they discuss the stages of marriage, from romance to raising children together, from finding yourself to getting old together. They help couples find out what they really want and what they need help with. They work with couples to reconnect and how to disconnect from outside stresses.      Dr. Jeep Naum has been a physician for 31 years and a couples coach for 27. Since 2018, he and his wife Vanessa have been specializing in physician marriage coaching. As a married physician and coach, Dr. Jeep has mixed his passion for coaching doctors and helping them find love and a deeper connection in their marriage and career life. Dr. Jeep has been featured on many online podcasts and is a regular contributor to Physician Outlook Magazine. He is a marriage coach to physicians and is the author of: What's Forever For? A Physician's Guide to Everlasting Love and Success in Marriage.      Vanessa Naum- MBA, Coach is passionate about helping married couples live their marriage's full potential particularly since her first marriage ended in divorce. From that experience, she expertly brings knowledge and perspective of what it feels like being in a marriage that isn't working. And, she has a deep background in issues that affect physician marriages. Vanessa is a sex and relationship coach trained in a philosophy that is a holistic and loving approach to sex and relationship coaching that invites people to move beyond shame, clarify their needs and boundaries, live emotionally connected and erotically embodied lives, and experience the joy and satisfaction of great sex and authentic relationships.   They can be found on Facebook @askdrjeepandvanessa, at Instagram at @bestfriendsagain, on Twitter at @askdrjeep, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/drgeorgenaum, and on their website https://www.BestFriendsAgain.com   The book, “What's Forever For? A Physician's Guide For Everlasting Love And Success in Marriage. It has won two awards and is available on our website as well as What's Forever For?: A Physician's Guide for Everlasting Love and Success in Marriage: Naum, Dr George Jeep: 9781644842638: Books - Amazon.   The program is 90 Days To Clarity And Connection and Details are found on the website.   Our Gift To You: Go to our website at www.BestFriendsAgain.com and scroll down to receive a FREE copy of the chapter: Love Letter Method with Your Spouse, from Dr. Jeep's book, What's Forever For? A Physician's Guide for Everlasting Love and Success in Marriage.”   I encourage my new connections to do a relationship needs assessment. It's a good health and wellness check for your relationship. My clients have found it extremely helpful! https://bestfriendsagain.wufoo.com/forms/relationship-needs-assessment/   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Ari Tulla is here today to talk about Precision Nutrition-The What Now. His current company, Elo, was created to help people turn food into medicine so you can live life to the fullest. Elo collects information about your body and uses this data to understand what your body needs. The data is used to deliver the right nutrition so that you get healthy and stay healthy. You can find a link to his company at: https://www.elo.health/. Ari Tulla is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur and the Co-Founder & CEO of the smart nutrition service, Elo, whose mission is to transform food from the leading cause of disease to medicine. Ari is also an active angel investor and advisor with a portfolio of 40 startups, including Virta Health, Good Eggs, and Ōura. He can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EloHealth/, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aritulla/and Twitter at https://twitter.com/umbar. Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results...and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty. And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.  

Tandy Gutierrez joins us today to discuss Our Bodies as a Fitness Vessel. Fitness can look like many different things—it doesn't have to be boiled down to running long distances or lifting heavy things. Small muscles, slow movements, and rest can all be just as important to our fitness and our results. Noticing what feels good to our bodies can be hard to do but can be so helpful in the long term. Tandy says, “less is the new more!” So, how can we listen better to our bodies?   Tandy Gutierrez is the founder & creator of Unicorn Wellness, an online studio that has been bringing Tandy's unique blend of wellness & fitness to her monthly paying subscribers throughout the US, Europe, Asia & Australia since 2013. She has built a community of thousands of women, many of whom belong to her private Facebook group, and who share and support each other in their wellness journey in a brave and safe space. Unicorn Wellness is a lifestyle, as well as a journey, that continues to cultivate a deeply connected community of like minded magic makers (Unicorns) empowering not only themselves, but each other daily and influencing a constructive change in the world in the process. Tandy can be found on Instagram at @tandy_gutierrez, on her podcast called The Magic Spark, and on her website at https://www.unicornwellnessstudio.com/. She is offering our listeners 30 days of free access to her online wellness studio, which you can access here: https://www.unicornwellnessstudio.com/30-day-guest-access   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Hope Pedraza is here today to talk about Healing Your Gut for Sustainable Health. The gut microbiome is the bacteria (both good and bad) and enzymes that are living in your gut. There could be connections between gut health and diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and things like mood and anxiety. Gut health is also connected to hormones. So, how do we heal our gut? What does this process look like? Plant-based foods can be a great start! Hope will answer our questions, discuss pre and probiotics, and share tips on gut health in today's episode.   Hope is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practioner and founder of inBalance, a Pilates based fitness franchise. She can be found on Facebook in her group at @livewholesomeandhealthy, on Instagram at @thehopepedraza, and on her podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hopeful-and-wholesome/id1514451766.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Tammie Chang, MD joins us today to discuss Kind Intentional Boundaries. Boundaries are a relatively new concept that were essentially introduced to the public in the 1990's, so they're not something our parents (for example) grew up with. As women, we were socialized not to talk back or complain and to be caretakers and givers, so this makes the concept of boundaries extra difficult (and potentially feel negative). Burnout in women, especially physicians, is real, but boundaries can mean freedom. So, how do we set positive boundaries with kindness and intent?   Dr. Tammie Chang is a board-certified physician in pediatric hematology/oncology practicing in Tacoma, Washington at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital. She is the Medical Director of the MultiCare Provider Wellness Program and Founder and Director of her hospital's Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program. She is the Co-Founder of Pink Coat, MD, a safe, supportive and loving community for women physicians that supports them in doing their best work and living their best lives, and the founder of her empowerment and leadership coaching practice, Tammie Chang, MD. She is also a certified empowerment and leadership coach for early career women physicians. Tammie has a newly released bestselling book on Amazon called "Boundaries for Women Physicians: Love Your Life and Career in Medicine" and can be purchased at www.tammiechangmd.com/buythebook. She can be found on social media at @tammiechangmd and @pinkcoat_md and on her websites at www.tammiechangmd.com and www.pinkcoatmd.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Latifat Akintade joins us to discuss the topic: Money Fitness Equals Freedom. Financial education can feel overwhelming. How do you know what to do and how do you take care of your family financially? What might your future look like if you're always worried about a paycheck? Dr. Latifat will talk to us about money fitness and share tips on money wellness. She'll also answer questions like, are there helpful apps? What's valuable and worth investing in? Is it more important to focus on saving or investing? We will learn so much in today's episode!   Dr Latifat is a practicing gastroenterologist and founder of The Money Coaching school for badass women physicians. She combines her knowledge of personal finance and skills as a certified life coach to help women have money. She believes that every woman can have money, irrespective of her past. Her goal is that every woman will learn money and have the financial freedom to pursue her dreams without fear of financial consequences. Dr. Latifat and her podcast can be found on her website at www.moneyfitmd.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Laura Purdy is here today to discuss Telemedicine as a New Way Access Health. Telemedicine is a practice that's not new and has become even more prevalent in the pandemic, but many people are skeptical about it. How can doctors provide quality care over video? How do you choose a doctor you can trust? Dr. Purdy gives us some clear direction and helpful information on telemedicine, as well as tips to prepare for your telemedicine appointments and what to think about afterwards when following up with your regular doctor.   Laura Purdy is a board-certified family medicine physician who is wrapping up 14 years as an officer in the US Army. Laura started working in telemedicine in 2016 as a full-time physician. Laura has now worked for dozens of virtual health companies across the industry and also consults for early-stage telehealth startups in the US and UK. She has 49 state medical licenses and believes in empowering young businesses to meet and exceed their vision. Laura has co-founded two telehealth companies and is now lobbying at the federal level to influence change that increases access to care and reduces disparities in telehealth. She can be found on LinkedIn at @laura-purdy-md, on Facebook at @dr.laurapurdy, on Twitter at @dr_laurapurdy, and on her website at https://mdintegrations.com/about-us/.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Sallyanne Pisk joins us today to discuss Nine Drivers for Eating. We are the experts when it comes to our minds and bodies and what they need in terms of nourishment. We can give ourselves permission to enjoy our food and be nourished. It's possible to start a new relationship with food by developing a mindfulness base to eating and living. Curiosity with mindfulness helps remove the judgment we impose on ourselves with our choices. Sallyanne also discusses the drivers for eating, including health, culture/religion, and emotional eating, to name a few. She explores how these drivers, which can be both positive and negative, affect us and our choices.   Sallyanne Pisk has worked in health for 30 years as a practitioner, researcher and manager. She is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, mindfulness practitioner and author. She is a health and wellbeing presenter for the new Feisty, Fabulous & 50+ community radio program and podcast. Sallyanne founded Eating for You, an online business, to help women reclaim themselves and their lives through mindful eating and living. The Eating for You approach is based on scientific research, Eastern nutrition and Sallyanne's own experiences of transitioning from dieting to mindful eating herself, as she realized that healthy eating wasn't meant to be so hard. She can be found on FB and IG at @eatingforyou.com.au, her podcast at https://eatingforyou.com.au/podcast/, and her website at eatingforyou.com.au. She also has an Emotional Eating Triggers Checklist, which can be found at https://eatingforyou.com.au/eatingchecklist/.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Marianne Sarcich discusses the topic, All About the Sisters - Breast Health, Breast Cancer, Breast Advocacy. Marianne was diagnosed with Stage 4 breast cancer in 2016 and explains how important it is to know your risk level--don't be dismissed just because of your age. Women under 40 tend to get the most aggressive types of breast cancer! There's an assessment tool online that will create a personalized action plan for you as well as link you to communities for additional resources and support. This tool can be found at begabbi.com and was created by a breast cancer survivor. Marianne also talks about her experience with breast cancer, the issues with funding, and how we can support our friends and family with cancer.   Marianne Sarcich, a breast cancer survivor and advocate, is the founder of the breast cancer peer support group entitled In This Together Philly Wilmington, where she helps patients and survivors of every stage and age in Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. She connects group members not only to each other but also to information, resources and organizations that can help ease the burden of the diagnosis and treatment and help make them informed patients who are confident in self-advocating. She also advocates locally and nationally by creating programming and awareness for the breast cancer community with a focus on metastatic breast cancer. Her group can be found on here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2006782929610286/. She can also be found on Facebook at @marianne.sarcich, on Twitter at @sarcich, and on LinkedIn at @marianne-sarcich. Her story will be included in a book which is coming out later in 2022.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP joins us today to discuss Using Neuroplasticity as a Tactic for Stress Response. Neuroplasticity refers to how the brain can shape, shift and remodel based on our perceptions. Our brains are hard wired for us to survive, which causes us to experience stress all day long. We can't change our external environment, so how do we remodel our brains and change our perception to the stressors in our environment? Dr. Calderón will explain how this is possible and share some self-regulation techniques to break the stress cycle.   Dr. Vanessa Calderón, MD, MPP is a Latina Life and Leadership Coach and a Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physician. She has over 20 years of leadership experience and is the founder of the Latina Leadership Accelerator, where she uses education, training and coaching to support the personal and professional development of Latina's at all levels of their careers. Dr. Calderón is also a resiliency expert and the Wellness and Resiliency Director of a National Multispecialty Physician organization. She is a graduate and active member of the Green Cross Academy of Traumatology and is a certified Compassion Fatigue Educator and Therapist. She can be found on Facebook and Instagram at @vanessacalderonmd and on her website at vanessacalderonmd.com.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Frank Kilpatrick & Rayko join us to discuss their Gratitude Series - A Musical Path Toward Healing, which includes songs that introduce people to meditations for gratitude. It's so important to find richness in our everyday experiences. For so many of us, meditation can be difficult as it's a challenge to slow down our thoughts and our brains, but music is a way to accomplish this more easily. We will learn more about these concepts and how these artists got inspired to collaborate on this series, and we'll get to listen to The Awakening piece of their music.   Frank Kilpatrick created Gratitude to “draw attention to everything we have to be thankful for.” Frank created lyrics for all songs in the Gratitude suite and oversaw video and music production. He has written numerous songs in exploratory, harmonic and romantic genres that are available for licensing. Recently, he created “Stay Alive” – a 90-minute Suicide Prevention video podcast.   An “Emotional Conduit,” Rayko is a prolific songwriter and an energetic, sought- after vocalist. Rayko composed the melodies for Gratitude and sang, played on and produced all pieces as well. Her compositions often contain themes of social justice, female perspectives and cross-cultural challenge. Rayko is the vocalist in the house band of a popular Adult Swim show, and currently the voice of a new ride in Tokyo Disneyland.    Frank and Rayko can be found on Facebook at @gratitudevideo and Instagram at @gratitude_video. You can learn more about them and find their series on their website: https://www.gratitudevideo.com/.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.

Bonnie Koo, MD is here today to discuss Food, Money and Investing in Yourself. The decision to invest in yourself is an important one and often seems difficult to do. What price will you pay in 1, 5, or even 10 years if you don't invest in yourself today? And it turns out, our thoughts can be similar around money and around food--emotional eating is like emotional spending. A budget feels like a “money diet” according to Dr. Koo, and buying something to feel better is like eating something to feel better. Creating a restrictive budget OR diet creates an impossible situation that sets you up for failure and for you to rebel against it. Learning the skills you need is more important than forcing yourself into these restrictions. Dr. Koo will discuss these topics and share her top money-related tips today.   Bonnie Koo, MD is certified life coach, physician and founder of Wealthy Mom MD. She is a proud graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons. Her mission is to help women create wealth and rewrite history. She is the host of the Wealthy Mom MD Podcast and author of Defining Wealth for Women: (n.) Peace, Purpose, and Plenty of Cash!, which is scheduled to be released on January 11th. Bonnie can be found on Instagram and Facebook at @wealthymommd and on her website at https://wealthymommd.com. The introduction and first chapter of her new book can be downloaded for free on her website here: https://wealthymommd.com/book/.   Dr. Hammerstedt and her lifestyle coaching team can be found at www.wholisthealth.com and @wholisthealth on Facebook and Instagram as well as the Facebook group Curate Your Health. Wholist helps high performing women and men lose weight for the last time, with an innovative food and mindset coaching program to blueprint YOUR optimal body and mind, with real food, real work, real results… and no products or BS. Come curate YOUR sustainable health future, and personal and professional dynasty.   And remember, Who you choose to be Matters. You are valuable, You are worth this, You are your WholeYou.