Almost 30

Today on Almost 30, the intelligent, quick-witted Dana James joins us! Dana is a triple certified nutritionist, functional medicine practitioner and cognitive behavioral therapist. She is a big believer in addressing both the tangible and intangible, and places self-worth at the center of the weight-loss conversation. Dana is the founder of Food Coach NYC, where she has helped over three thousand women decode their body fat. In our conversation today, the three of us talk about the four different archetypes from her book, The Archetype Diet, and what each archetype works best with when it comes to food, lifestyle, and exercise. Dana also shares her own journey with health and nutrition, and how she got into this line of work.

We also talk about:

• Reprogramming what we eat
• Examples from different clients Dana has seen
• The role of metabolism with hormones
• Paying attention to the gut microbiome
• The subconscious and the role it plays  
• Stress reducing practices + your sense of self
• What it’s like to work with Dana
• The archetypes for men

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Resources:

• Learn more: danajames.com ; foodcoachnyc.com

Upcoming Events:

• May 4th: London with Millana Snow

Sponsors:

• Chosen Foods | Use code ALMOST30 for 50% off at chosenfoods.com/almost30

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We are so grateful for today’s episode and today’s guest, sharing her story and providing an inside look at what it’s like to be a social worker in the foster care system today. On a previous episode, we had mentioned how we’d like to be educated more on the foster care system, and an incredible member of #almost30nation reached out to share her story. This conversation today is emotional, insightful, and is sure to offer you a clearer picture of the field of social work and the world foster kids live in today.

Words from our guest:

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) working and residing in Los Angeles County. I work with children, teenagers, and families with severe histories of trauma and mental illness. The children and families I work with are a part of the LA County foster care system. I support my clients by helping them process their trauma, empowering them to reach their full potential, advocating for their needs, navigating the foster care system, and guiding them through the roller coaster journey they are on. I have never met more resilient people than my clients, and they inspire me to do this challenging work and be the best version of myself day in and day out.

I am originally from the Bay Area and moved to the East Coast to complete my Master of Social Work (MSW) program at New York University. About 5 years ago, I moved to Los Angeles and began working within the LA County Department of Mental Health and Department of Children and Family Services. I was working with a 13 yr old female client who was very suicidal. I was going to her home 3-4 times weekly for therapy sessions to ensure she was safe, had someone to talk to, and could work through her suicidal thoughts. As our time was coming to an end, we wrote each other letters as part of our termination and goodbye process. In her letter to me she wrote, "thank you for letting me realize that life is worth living" THIS is the reason I do what I do.

Helping one person might not change the whole world, but it can change the world for one person. Honestly, that is what motivates me day in and day in. That is what I find so rewarding about my job. I know I am not going to “save” all my clients. I know some will fall through the cracks. But I also know that if I can make an impact on just one child, that I am helping change the world for that one person.

Statistics (from CASA organization):

Foster youth in LA is 30,000

33% of California’s foster youth currently reside in LA County

73% of foster youth have spent two or more years in the system

38% of youth have had five or more foster care placements

Less than 50% of foster youth graduate from high school and only 3% graduate from college

33% of girls in foster care become pregnant at least once by age 17

25% of youth aging out of foster care will be incarcerated within two years

At age 19, 60% of former foster youth are unemployed

27% of the homeless population spent time in foster care

Only 3% graduate from college

Half of all young adults who age out of foster care end up homeless or incarcerated.

75% of young women in foster care report at least one pregnancy by age 21

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

Everyone stop what you are doing. She’s back. Lacy Phillips!!  This master of manifestation joins us LIVE at Soho House in West Hollywood to talk all things, well, manifestation! Our dear friend and former podcast guest, Millana Snow of Wellness Official, asked us to co-host an elevated summer series.   In this episode, you will hear our chat with Lacy, as well as a riveting, inspiring, and relatable Q&A. Questions covered relationships with others, fostering romantic relationships, magnetizing money, all the way to manifesting your dream life. This conversation is real and in-the-moment.  Attendees, including us, are figuring out blocks and triggers, just like you. Lacy is so grounded, loving, and honest in her answers, offering so much help to the audience– and you!– to truly expand into alignment.

We also talk about…

• How Lacy grew up + beginning to understand manifestation
• Getting the signs to teach manifestation
• Taking a critical look at your shadow self + reparenting
• Opening up to receive and magnetize more money
• Recognizing and calling in expanders
• What the “dark” period is + how to come out the other side of it
• Where to begin with manifestation
• Working through trauma and EMDR
• Revisiting phases in reparenting work
• Being in the process of expansion in business
• Figuring out your shadow trigger words
• Determining the clarity of what you want
• Using Human Design as a tool

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Learn more: tobemagnetic.com (code ALMOST30 for 10% off your purchase)
• Instagram: @tobemagnetic

Upcoming Events:

• May 4th: London with Millana Snow

Sponsors:

• Dermalogica | Use code ALMOST30 for 20% off at dermalogica.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

Nicole Lapin, the NYT bestselling author of Rich Bitch and Boss Bitch and the host of Hatched on CBS, is BACK. Nicole is our go-to gal for everything finance, money management, and financial empowerment. She helps take the shame and guilt out of financial wellness, and creates space for feeling good about our money decisions and desires. If you haven’t listened to our first episode with Nicole, be sure to check it out! In our conversation today, Nicole shares the inspiration behind her books, dealing with the grief surrounding her father’s death, and the BS around money, dating, and doing it all, especially as women. PLUS Nicole answers questions from Almost 30 Nation!

We also talk about…

• Where Nicole’s financial grit came from
• How Nicole recovered from serious burnout
• Happiness and success being fluid
• Reframing your mindset on your job
• Interviewing Justin Beiber + other celebs at the start of her career
• Dealing with imposter syndrome
• Paving the way as a female entrepreneur + refusing to cut her hair
• Student loans, 401k’s, Roth IRA’s and the money market
• Being an example for yourself and your children
• Nicole’s dating life + masculine and feminine energy

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Learn more: nicolelapin.com

Upcoming Events:

• May 4th: London with Millana Snow

Sponsors:

• Honeybook | Use code ALMOST30 for 50% off the first year of Honeybook at honeybook.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

#Almost30nation!!  Give it up for Jerry O’Connell!  Jerry is a mega talented actor, hilarious and humble human, and a stellar dad and husband.  He made his acting debut in the iconic film Stand By Me and has been working consistently ever since.  What we love about Jerry is the levity and passion he brings to every opportunity.  He is eager to learn, whether in front of the camera acting, or behind it directing.  He is generous with his time and quick to help those in and out of the business. His mark on Hollywood is constantly evolving and we’re pretty sure he is getting younger every year.  TELL US YOUR SECRETS, JERRY O. In our conversation today, we talk about working in the entertainment industry, relationships and marriage, and what it was like starring in an iconic movie at such a young age.  

We also talk about…

• Guest starring on Workaholics
• Pregnancy and having children
• Drinking in relationships
• Jerry dissects a recent dating experience that Lindsey had...uh oh!
• Fyre festival
• Eyebrow stories

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Instagram: @mrjerryoc

Upcoming Events:

Sponsors:

• Kopari | Use code ALMOST30 for 15% your first order at koparibeauty.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

Today on the podcast, we are joined by intuitive astrologer and spiritual teacher, Danielle Paige. Danielle is able to connect mind, body, and soul through a cosmic lens.. Her soul’s mission in this lifetime is to help people gain more confidence and clarity on their purpose, path, and stepping into their power in a feminine way that is authentic to each soul she encounters. In today’s episode, Danielle shares her personal journey of healing, her transformation from lost to love, and she was generous enough to give Krista and Lindsey incredibly unique readings on air.  Surprise, surprise their charts are intensely connected! We also talk about how Danielle has accelerated healing by changing what she does for her body, her spiritual awakening, full moon rituals, and so much more.

We also talk about…

• How difficult the past few years have been for Danielle + what she’s learned
• Finding faith in her hard times
• Working through old thought patterns
• How her breakup opened her up + looking back at the astrology around it
• Danielle reads Lindsey + Krista’s charts
• The astrological energy for 2019
• Being more consciously aware of downloads

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Learn more: healingpaige.com

Upcoming Events:

• 2019 Almost 30 Tour

Sponsors:

• Quip | getquip.com/almost30 for a free refill pack with your purchase of a Quip electric toothbrush
• Poo~Pourri | Use code ALMOST30 for 15% off at poopourri.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

The incredible writer and thought leader, Ruby Warrington is our guest today! Ruby is the brilliant goddess behind The Numinous, a cosmic lifestyle platform that updates all things "new age" for life in the Now Age. Ruby also works as a consultant, while other projects include "sober curious" event series “Club SÖDA NYC” and spiritual coaching program Moon Club. Also an author, Ruby’s first book Material Girl, Mystical World is the perfect guide to modern spirituality. Today, Ruby shares with us the reasons for writing her newest book, Sober Curious, and how she came to unlearn her mindless habit of consuming alcohol. We also talk about our relationship with alcohol and how it’s changed for us as we’ve grown, and dating while sober curious.

We also talk about…

• Ruby’s event with us last year
• Who Ruby was before her sober curiosity struck
• Sitting in the discomfort + transitions of not drinking
• The acceptance of drinking + the negative focus of the UK
• Ways that Ruby finds her natural high
• The health benefits of not consuming alcohol
• Being in a sober curious relationship with her husband

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Learn more: rubywarrington.com ; the-numinous.com

Upcoming Events:

• College Tour: Email [email protected]   
• Hotline : 1 (424) 272-1853

Sponsors:

• Lola | Use code ALMOST30 for 60% off your 1st order at mylola.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

Daniela Kende, holistic health coach and natural birthing expert, joins us on today’s episode. Daniela runs her coaching programs on the foundation that no one knows your body better than you do– how refreshing is that? She asks her clients to set aside their self-judgements, and give themselves permission to rebel against the rules of the popular “diets” out there. Daniela believes that by strengthening your intuition, you will begin to actually hear what your body needs. In today’s conversation, we go deep into nutrition while pregnant and trying to get pregnant– what to eat, what to pay attention to, and ultimately figuring out what works best for you. Daniela also shares her own personal pregnancy journey, her labor story, what it’s been like since her daughter was born, and the conversation around having a natural birth at a hospital.

We also talk about…

• Taking herbs during pregnancy
• Morning sickness
• What a doula is, and why Daniela decided to use one
• The different trimesters in pregnancy
• Other lifestyle changes and adaptations that she made while pregnant
• The benefits of delayed cord clamping + ingesting the placenta
• The effect on the pelvic floor
• Being a part of the motherhood community
• Daniela’s advice for moms and mom’s to be

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Learn more: danielakende.com

Upcoming Events:

• March 26th: Rachel Rosen Event

• Hotline : 1 (424) 272-1853

Sponsors:

• Article | www.article.com/ALMOST30 for $50 off a purchase of $100 or more
• HUM Nutrition | Use code ALMOST30NATION for 15% off at humnutrition.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

Today we welcome Karen Newell to the show! Karen is the co-founder of Sacred Acoustics, alongside Eben Alexander (listen to our episode with him here), an author, and empowers others in their journeys of self-discovery. There’s so much that goes into sound, spirituality, and consciousness, and Karen does an incredible job at teaching and helping us understand it all. She shares how to enter and engage your own consciousness in order to connect to inner guidance, achieve inspiration, improve wellness and develop intuition. In our conversation we talk about what people experience when they incorporate binaural beats to their daily practice, the spiritual connection that is created when listening to the sounds, and the different types of brain waves we experience. Karen also shares with us her thoughts on using sound and tone for ADD and ADHD, and we hear all about Karen’s book, Living in a Mindful Universe.

We also talk about…

• How Karen began using sound in her meditations
• Meeting her different spirit guides + connecting with them
• Astral traveling + out of body experiences
• Why we chant and om in yoga practice
• Stored emotional trauma

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Learn more: sacredacoustics.com

Upcoming Events:

• March 26th: Rachel Rosen Event

• College Tour: Email [email protected]   
• Hotline : 1 (424) 272-1853

Sponsors:

• Buffy | Go to www.buffy.co use code ALMOST30 for $20 off
• Four Sigmatic | Use code ALMOST30 for 15% off your order at foursigmatic.com/almost30

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters

We are often asked what balance looks like for us, and honestly, we don’t know!  There is an incredible plus balance looks different to every person. We were part of an event put on by us, Youtube, and Dermalogica on International Women’s Day, surrounding the topic that balance is BS. Achieving balance in life is such a trendy thing to talk about, and at this event, we sat alongside other amazing women to debunk the idea of balance. The panel featured Danika Brysha, Sara Tan, Deepica Mutyala, and Jane Wurwand. Each woman offered so much value and insight to business, entrepreneurism, and this idea that balance is BS. We are so excited for you to give this episode a listen.

We also talk about…

• Defining milestones for Jane
• What led Danika to the creation of Model Meals
• Deepica + Sara on creating boundaries
• The unsexy side of entrepreneurism and business
• Different missteps and mistakes we look back on
• How everyone balances work and personal life
• Advice for female founder just starting out  

Find more to love at almost30podcast.com!

Resources:

• Follow each panelist on Instagram: @danikabrysha ; @saratan ; @deepica ; @janewurwand

Upcoming Events:

• March 26th: Rachel Rosen Event

Sponsors:

• Article | www.article.com/ALMOST30 for $50 off a purchase of $100 or more
• HUM Nutrition | Use code ALMOST30NATION for 15% off at humnutrition.com

The Almost 30 Podcast is edited by Podcast Masters