Courageous Wellness

Today, we welcome Micaela Hoo, co-founder of Chronically Hacked and My July, to the Courageous Wellness Podcast. Micaela Hoo is a writer, lifestyle entrepreneur, and chronic illness coach living in Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of Chronically Hacked, a world renowned and celebrity endorsed online course about how to navigate the confusing world of chronic illness. Additionally, Micaela and her mother, Dawn, run My July, a clean skincare line that was born out of her chronic illness. She serves as a mentor in the Global Lyme Alliance Peer-to-Peer Mentor Program.  When Micaela was diagnosed with late-stage chronic Lyme disease among other chronic illnesses and found it difficult to find safe products that wouldn’t irritate her skin, her mother, Dawn, turned to nature’s simple gifts and developed homemade remedies that were effective, gentle, and comforting. This was the conception of My July.

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Today on the show, Aly speaks with Dr. Tara. Dr. Tara is a tenured professor of relational and sexual communication, and quantitative research at California State University Fullerton, an award-winning researcher, TV Sexpert on ‘Celebs Go Dating,’ and the host of Luvbites Podcast that focuses on sexual wellness and sexploration. Her work has been featured in ABC News, Cosmopolitan, Women’s Health Magazine, Insider, and other media outlets. She's also on the advisory board for the MŌN app, Couply app, and Superstars app.

You may be familiar with Dr. Tara’s work from her large social media presence with over 60 million impressions. On the show today we talk all about sexual communication, sexual self-esteem, body neutrality. She gives tips and tools for both singles and couples. We discuss multiple mature and adult topics so highly recommend that listeners of this episode be over 18. Also we do touch on the themes of sexual assault and trauma, and if hearing conversation on those topics is unsupportive of your current wellness journey, please tune back in next week. 

We learned so much from having Dr. Tara on the show and we love how she approaches sexual wellness with a deeply researched yet light-hearted and fun point of view. Enjoy the episode.

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Today we have Dr. Efrat LaMandre, founder of The Knew Method. Dr. E is a Nurse Practitioner with a  Ph.D. in Integrative Medicine and she created The Knew Method to empower patients and help millions of viewers worldwide understand that "YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE NOT IN YOUR HEAD."

She explains how conventional medicine often doesn’t address the root cause of symptoms. Using functional medicine and The Knew Method, she helps people with varying issues from general “I-don’t-feel-good-itis” all the way to autoimmune issues and other chronic illnesses. As a result, she helps people optimize their health, prevent illness, reduce medication usage, and feel great.

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Today on the podcast we have Doug Carlson. Doug is the North American CEO of Good Idea Drinks - the first functional beverage clinically proven to boost metabolism, sustain natural energy, and help to balance blood sugar - with no caffeine or sugar. Today we talk all about metabolic health and how Good Idea came to be, with its roots in years of research at the Univesrity of Lund in Sweden. 

Good Idea has a remarkable amino acid blend combined with chromium picolinate, an essential mineral known for its ability to enhance insulin sensitivity. After conducting clinical trials to fine-tune the ratio, the results were impressive - GOOD IDEA drinks were able to reduce blood sugar spikes by an average of 25%, making every meal a little healthier.

Doug has a long standing history as a successful entrepreneur and was the co-founder and CEO of Fiji Water. On this episode, he shares about why the work from the Swedish team of Good Idea captured his attention in a major way. Erica and I both share the enthusiasm and passion the team at Good Idea has for helping tackle the metabolic health crisis we have in our country, in a way that feels accessible for people to integrate into their everyday lives.

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Today on the show, we have Dr. Morgan Nolte. DR. Nolte is a board-certified clinical specialist in geriatric physical therapy. Recognizing a lack of preventative education and care that focused on reversing risk factors instead of just treating symptoms, Dr. Nolte founded Zivli, an online course and coaching program that helps adults reverse insulin resistance for long-term weight loss and disease prevention. 

Dr. Nolte’s content has reached millions of people through her podcast and YouTube channel, which now has over 100,000 subscribers. She’s been a guest lecturer for local physical therapy departments, State and National Physical Therapy Organizations, and has been a guest addressing insulin resistance on top-rated wellness podcasts including Everyday Wellness with Cynthia Thurlow, The Ultimate Health Podcast, and the Dhru Purohit Show. 

On the episode, we discuss insulin resistance, preventative care, making small lifestyle changes that have big effects and also her thoughts around GLP-1 medications. We loved chatting with Morgan and keep an eye out for us on her popular youtube channel and podcast, where we will be sharing our personal health journeys.

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Today on the show, we have Stephanie Moyal. Stephanie is a co-founder of Troop Mushroom Gummies company with her cousin Jake Mellman.  They are on a mission to demystify mushrooms and make them approachable. They believe nature, especially mushrooms hold many of the answers that we’re looking for. By turning to preventative rather than curative health measures, we as a troop can walk a path to a healthier life.

In this episode Stephanie and Aly chat about all things mushrooms: psychedelics, functional and her personal experiences with both.We here at Courageous Wellness are fascinated by the powers of the mycelium kingdom and hope you find Stephanie’s expertise and experience as interesting as we do. Enjoy the episode!

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Dr. Tom O’Bryan is a world-renowned Functional Medicine educator. He speaks all around the world at medical conferences in places like Rome, India, Brazil and the U.S.He’s the one that other doctors turn to when they need help. He’s helping to write medical textbooks to train the next generation of doctors. Recently he has released a new docu-series called “The Inflammation Equation.” In “The Inflammation Equation” Dr. Tom reveals the underlying cause of 14 of the top 15 causes of death in the world. 

On our episode today, we discuss why we are so inflamed and how inflammation has been linked to fertility, Alzheimer’s and 14 of the 15 top causes of death. We also discuss some small steps we can all take to reduce our toxic load and reduce our inflammation in our bodies. We

gained a lot from the conversation with Dr. Tom and hope you do as well.

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On today’s episode, we have Kate Morton, an expert dietitian with a master's in Human Clinical Nutrition. Kate faced her own hormonal challenges after quitting birth control. This personal experience fueled her drive to launch her brand Funk It. Merging her scientific know-how with genuine care, Kate created a brand dedicated to menstrual health. Funk It stands as a trusted resource, offering high-quality, food-based vitamins for hormonal balance. She is on a mission to help women navigate, understand, and embrace our cycles confidently.

On today’s show, we go beyond nutrition and discuss all aspects of our life that impact the 4 phases of the menstrual cycle. Kate offers practical tips to focus on and why our period gives us many clues into our overall health. We loved chatting with Kate and hope this episode further empowers your own understanding of how you can optimize the four unique phases of the menstrual cycle.

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Today on the podcast, we welcome author, Banning Lyon. Banning was an average 15-year-old living in Dallas, Texas. He enjoyed skateboarding, listening to punk rock, and even had a part-time job. But his life quickly changed after a school guidance counselor believed he was suicidal after giving away his skateboard. Days later he was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and what he was told would be a two-week stay turned into 353 days that would change his life forever. Coming from Maria Shriver’s imprint, The Open Field is Banning’s first book, THE CHAIR AND THE VALLEY: A Memoir of Trauma, Healing, and the Outdoors 

Banning takes readers through his fraught relationship with his family, the mistreatment he suffered at the hospital, the lawsuit against the owners of the facility, and his desire to make sense of what happened to him. We witness Banning navigate the difficult landscape of trauma and his daily battle to live a normal life. After years of highs and lows that include being adopted by his attorney and mentor, falling in love, grieving the death of his fiancée, and being sued by the same doctors who mistreated him, Banning decides to take control of his life and finds hope in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park, where he discovers new purpose in being a backpacking guide. Through friendship, nature, and eventually giving therapy another chance, Banning summons the courage to keep moving forward. This was a really powerful conversation and is a must-listen — and we hope you enjoy this conversation as much as we did.

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Today, we welcome fiction writer, Mary Adkins to the show. Mary is the author of When You Read This, Privilege, and Palm Beach. A native of the American South and a graduate of Duke University and Yale Law School, her writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Atlantic. She also teaches storytelling for The Moth. Mary works as an online writing

coach, and helps other authors write through resistance and finish their books by finding a creative process that works for them. In this episode Mary discusses carving out time for creative self-care, her experience after suffering 3 miscarriages in one year and how to write from trauma without re-traumatizing yourself. We appreciate Mary’s insight into using creativity as a form of enriching and creating value in daily life.

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