Kava and Kettlebells

Heidi & Charles welcome Tessa Morris on the show, founder and owner of the botanical beverage company, Lumenade. Lumenade produces kratom beverages that have a different twist, and are bringing simplicity and all natural ingredients to a growing market. She touches on some very insightful pieces on how she and her husband, Adam, started this journey of business ownership!

Heidi and Charles go on Marina's podcast, "Mocktails with Marina" for an awesome conversation on kava, kava bars, and everything in between. Marina has been in the kava space for quite a bit, and has a wealth of knowledge herself! Please also follow her and support her content!

Heidi & Charles take this episode to reintroduce themselves and give new listeners their background, how they got into kava, and some thoughts going forward.

Heidi & Charles are joined by Dr. Remina, a board certified physician in internal medicine who also opened her own functional medicine clinic. Dr. Remina was an absolute wealth of knowledge, and she touched on quite a few different health topics, differences in conventional vs. functional medicine, and of course a little on kava! This is an absolute must listen!

Heidi & Charles bring Morgan on the show, the owner of Kalm with Kava. Morgan has a wealth of kava knowledge, and brings us his story of finding the plant to now owning the popular brand. We also touch on mental health, general kava information, and some business insight!

Heidi & Charles bring on Fred Bryant, owner of KavaClub of Richmond, VA. Fred has been battling the health department of Virginia the past year attempting to open his dream bar, and gives us the background on his current kava war with the government officials trying to keep this from fruition. Important episode for the community.. Listen here.

Heidi & Charles in honor of episode 69 focus on kratom and its effects on sex! We talk about some of the benefits and also some of the downfalls of using kratom before sex.

Heidi & Charles welcome on Dallas Vasquez, the Co-Founder and CEO of the popular Mitra9 Brands. Mitra9 is the leader of kava & kratom canned beverages taking the country by storm, both in kava bars and thousands of retail spots. Listen to Dallas and his opinions on the industry here!

Heidi & Charles bring on the owners of the brand new Golden Kava Lounge, located in Golden, CO. Luke & Jack are friends who started in the kratom industry, and then decided to open the first kava bar in Golden CO, building up the kava community in the greater Denver area. Listen here to find out about their bar and thoughts on the industry!

Heidi & Charles talk about some of the trends we might see more in 2024 in the kava & kratom industry, along with some other random thoughts!