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Today Anna Collins joins me on the podcast. Collins is the president and COO of Bulletproof 360. She’s a transformational leader who has pioneered and scaled new business at some of the worlds biggest multi-billion dollar companies, such as Microsoft and CVS Health. Now, as the president of Bulletproof 360, Collins has made it her mission to help create products and provide information that radically improves lives. She’s a mother, a wife, a boss and a living example that women can achieve greatness in their career and on the home front. Today we’re going to be talking about work-life balance, tips for achieving high goals, determining your non-negotiables and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while running a business and taking care of your family. Collins shares some personal testimonials about persevering through failure in sport and career.

Key Takeaway: Always ask for what you want, don’t take yourself so seriously and determine what the definition of success is for you.

Highlights:

• Determining what success means to you
• Time, talent and treasure and where to spend these valuable assets
• Learning lessons from failing, losing and hardship
• The correlation between business and sport
• Negating risk and comparing worst-case scenarios
• Balancing work, life and family
• Assessing a career paths based on a company’s values and culture
• Diet and exercise habits
• Using supplements to aid in nutrition and recovery

Find more from Anna Collins and Bulletproof 360:

Instagram: @bulletproof

Facebook: facebook.com/Bulletproof

Website: bulletproof.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anna-collins-5965

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A lot of us say “yes” to things that we really don’t want to do, myself included. Today I’m talking about why it’s okay to say “no.” If you want more time, freedom and energy, you have to start saying “no” to the things that don’t serve you and your goals. You don’t have to make excuses and explain yourself. It’s okay to just say “no” and go on with your life. Staying true to yourself will allow you to live the life you desire.

Key Takeaway: Saying “no” is the ultimate self-care

Highlights:

• Saying “yes” because we think it makes us a good person
• Feeling drained because of saying “yes” to everyone and not leaving personal time
• Take the time to do what makes you happy
• Evaluate if saying “yes” brings you closer to your goal or further away from your goal
• Say “yes” if it makes you feel your best
• Determining your core values

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77: The Most Nutrient-Dense Superfood in the World with Catharine Arnston

Today I sit down with Catharine Arnston, the CEO, chief science officer and founder of ENERGYbits. We discuss the health benefits of an unlikely superfood: algae. Arnston first became inspired to start this company 10 years ago, when her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer. When her doctor insisted that she begin an alkaline diet, Arnston began researching and stumbled across algae, which is the most nutrient-dense superfood in the world. Since then, Arnston has dedicated her life to teaching the public just how beneficial algae can be for your overall health and well-being. These benefits are largely due to the nutrient profile present within algae, as it provides your body with all the vitamins and minerals that it needs to stay healthy. All of the algae sold by ENERGYbits are ketogenic and high in protein, contain essential fatty acids and provide essential nutrients that most people don’t receive in their normal diets.

Key Takeaway: Algae is a superfood that can assist with overall health and wellness, meeting athletic goals, receiving your daily vitamins and minerals, improving your immune system, fighting chronic illnesses and much more.

Highlights:

• ENERGYbits sells algae tablets that provide energy, satisfy hunger, help after workouts, assist with wellness and much more.
• In the past, the United Nations has declared that algae could be the solution to world hunger because it’s incredibly nutrient-dense and is a sustainable crop.
• Legislators are also beginning to realize the power behind algae, as they recently passed the Algae Agriculture Act, which encourages farmers to grow it.
• Spirulina gives you energy because it contains B vitamins, your daily requirement of K2, protein, essential minerals, amino acids and more. In addition, it contains no added sugar, dairy, gluten or caffeine.
• Chlorella is a wellness algae that gives you all the benefits of plants and none of the potential side effects. This form of algae heals cell walls, pulls out toxins, reintroduces minerals, builds the immune system and helps prevent heart diseases.
• An in-depth explanation between the different products that can be found throughout ENERGYbits
• The Centers for Disease Control says that most chronic illnesses stem from our bodies not receiving the nutrients and support they need. In order to assist with this, you can turn to algae in order to ensure that your body is receiving all of the vitamins, minerals and more.

Find more from Catharine Arnston:

Instagram: @energybits

Facebook: ENERGYbits

Website: energybits.com

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In this solocast, I break down my personal health routine and offer tips on how to achieve your dream fitness goals. We often find ourselves stressed, overwhelmed and entirely unmotivated to stick to our fitness routines when our already busy lives go into overdrive. So how do we change that? Today I give you the inside scoop on how I balance my career, workout schedule and health, so you can start to build your own personal health routine and achieve your best life. When you positively identify why you want to live a healthier life, you will start to proactively cut out bad habits and automatically adopt healthy lifestyle changes!

Key Takeaway: Be gentle with yourself! Focus on empowering your body rather than dissing it. It’s good to be driven and have serious goals, but by slowly implementing healthy choices into your life and appreciating your ability to transform with each day, you will turn those new habits into a completely new lifestyle.

Highlights:

• The benefits of working out 4 to 5 times a week at Burn Boot Camp
• Find an environment that will inspire you to get into the zone
• Be firm about completing those few non-negotiables, but have a flexible routine in order to inspire positive thinking and goal setting
• Think of creative ways to stay active and incorporating movement into your workplace
• Resisting unhealthy food
• What does balanced nutrition look like for me?
• Why are Supplements and vitamins a necessity in today’s world?
• Indulging in self-care
• The surprising benefits of spinal health
• Self-care can also mean practicing daily gratitude, personal reflection and active learning
• Identify your bad habits and throw them out! Next step? Slowly incorporate new healthy habits in their place, one step at a time.

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In this solocast, I discuss why you should ditch the scale for good and how you can replace it with healthier alternatives. The scale has traditionally been viewed as the best way to measure one’s health; however, it isn’t the best metric because it doesn’t take your overall health into account. Your typical scale doesn’t measure other influential aspects of your health, including nutrition, eating habits, exercise and sleep. If you’re currently on a weight loss journey, you should consider ditching the scale entirely and instead focusing on weekly progress photos and measuring your body fat percentage.

Key Takeaway: If you’re on a weight loss journey, consider ditching the scale because it can’t give you an accurate picture of your overall health and the number on the scale can become an obsession.

Highlights:

• You should ditch the scale because it isn’t the best metric to measure your health, nutrition, exercise or overall fitness.
• It is possible to lose body fat while gaining weight because muscle weighs more than fat. This is because muscle is dense, increases your metabolism and burns more calories.
• A list of reasons you should ditch the scale and instead use more accurate metrics that will ensure that you don’t get fixated on a number on the scale
• Listen to the cues that your body is giving you. Instead of focusing on what you physically look like, it might be helpful to focus on what you want your life to look like.

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Gossip is the topic of today’s podcast. Almost everyone gossips and while you might not realize it you could be gossiping too. Gossip can be a part of normal interactions and conversations with friends and family and while you might not mean ill intent, it’s best to start filtering your thoughts and realize when you’re gossiping. Also, take note of the people around you who are gossiping and audit who you’re hanging out with. In this episode I talk about why people feel the need to gossip, the affects it has on yourself and others as well as how to stop gossiping.

Key Takeaway: Start trying to limit your gossip and begin to change the direction of a conversation if the people around you are gossiping.

Highlights:

• You’d be surprised at how much you gossip
• Saying hurtful things
• Gossiping for attention
• Putting others down to feel better about yourself
• We don’t know what people are going through/what their story is
• Spreading false information
• Surrounding yourself with positive people
• Filtering your thoughts
• Changing the direction of a conversation 
  

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Courtney Burish is back on the show today. Courtney is a coach with the Primal Health Institute and works one on one with clients through a series of nutrition and lifestyle protocols. Today we’re getting into the weeds about dairy. Dairy’s very controversial in the health world and confuses almost everyone.

We know that most dairy products you buy in the grocery store are inflammatory and over processed. These products lead to digestion issues, mucus build up, contribute to autoimmune disease and even hormone related cancers. However, there are some types of full fat unadulterated dairy that have health benefits, which you can include into your diet a few times a month. In this episode Courtney teaches us which types of dairy we should incorporate if we absolutely want to keep eating dairy. We also discuss dairy alternatives, for those of you who are trying to get off dairy products.

Key Takeaway: Avoid nonfat and over processed homogenized dairy. If you’re going to eat dairy, consume full fat and raw dairy products.

Highlights:

• The gray areas of Dairy
• Some types of dairy cause inflammation
• If you eat dairy, try and consume full fat unadulterated dairy
• Doctors’ dairy recommendations
• Pasteurization and homogenization of dairy products
• Hormone related cancers
• About 75% of the population is intolerant to dairy
• Dairy elimination protocol
• Checking ingredient lists for traces of dairy
• Dairy alternatives
• Goats milk and sheep’s milk
• Addictive qualities of dairy
• Dairy myths

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Courtney Burish:

Instagram: @organic_blondie

Facebook: Organic Blondie

Website: www.organicblondielife.com

Welcome back to another episode of Coffee & Kettlebells. Today’s episode is all about the power of compliments. Often times in our day-to-day lives we see people and have kind or positive thoughts about them, but we don’t say anything. This might be out of fear of their reaction, or feeling venerable within ourselves. Though it might be uncomfortable at first, giving out compliments has to power to change someone’s day, week or life. It requires little effort on our end and will make you and the person you give the complement to, light up.

Key Takeaway: Start verbalizing the positive things you’re seeing in others. Step outside of your comfort zone and extend a compliment to someone else. Start today.

Highlights:

• Feeling vulnerable giving out compliments
• Acknowledging things in others doesn’t detract from things about yourself
• Uplifting others uplifts you
• The energy you put out into the universe is the energy you get back
• Auditing yourself and realize why you’re not giving compliments
• Complimenting strangers but also your family and the people in your inner circle
• Verbalizing your feelings to others strengthens your bond

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Nicole Granato joins on me on the podcast today. Nicole is a holistic nutritionist and wellness coach, who specializes in treating hormonal imbalances, adrenal fatigue, eating disorders and much more. Today’s we’re discussing PCOS “Polycystic ovary syndrome” The Mayo Clinic’s definition of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Women with PCOS may have infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods or excess male hormone (androgen) levels. The ovaries may develop numerous small collections of fluid (follicles) and fail to regularly release eggs. Nicole challenges this traditional definition of PCOS. In her opinion you shouldn’t be diagnosed with PCOS unless an ultrasound shows you have cysts on your ovaries.

Traditionally Dr.’s treat PCOS by prescribing Birth Control. In this episode Nicole challenges that treatment option and provides holistic ways to treat PCOS. She cured her own PCOS without the use of Birth Control or other medication and has helped many other women do the same.

Key Takeaway: There is more then one way to treat PCOS and you shouldn’t necessarily believe you have PCOS unless you have cysts on your ovaries.

 Highlights: 

• Taking bits and pieces of different diets
• Being diagnosed with PCOS
• Hormone disrupters
• Balancing hormones naturally vs. using Birth Control
• PCOS Symptoms
• PCOS affects about 1 in 6 or 1 in 8 women
• Misdiagnosis’s
• The cause of PCOS is unclear
• Treating PCOS though diet and lifestyle
• Weight gain, irregular periods and hairloss – precursors to PCOS

Find more from Nicole:

Website: www.nicolegranato.com

Facebook: Nicole Granato Wellness

Instagram: @nicolegranato

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Today’s episode is all about Blue Light. Blue light is expelled from electronic devices and long-term exposure has damaging effects on your eyes and can negatively affect your sleep. Our smart phones, computers and TV’s have completely taken over our lives, so it’s impossible to completely avoid blue light exposure. However, there are things you can do to limit to your blue light intake. In this episode I go over what blue light is, how it could be affecting you and your kids and the recent steps I’ve taken to reduce blue light exposure in my life.

Key Takeaway: It’s impossible to completely avoid blue light in today’s society. But by taking action on a few of the tips I talked about, you can vastly reduce your exposure.

Highlights:

• Age related Macular Degeneration
• Digital eyestrain – Headaches, tired eyes, neck pain etc…
• Blue light can alter your natural circadian rhythm
• Hormones and stress levels affected by Blue light
• Blue blocker glasses
• Electronic detox
• Turning on Night Mode on your smart phone and computer

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For daily fitness, nutrition and life inspiration, as well as glimpses into my daily life, follow me on Instagram and Facebook!

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If you love everything you have learned from my podcast and you feel ready to take your health, fitness and happiness to the next level, start here!