How much do you value friendship? Maybe you're an extrovert who loves being everyone's friend, or maybe you're an introvert who's happy to have just two to three friends in your circle. No matter your personality type, we, as human beings, need human connection and social support – friendships, specifically.

A 2020 study shows that the number one thing that prevents depression is having someone to talk to. A significant amount of research points to the direct impact that friendship has on your physical, mental, and emotional health.

In this episode, we talk all about friendship, what it means, and the impact of friendship on our lives. Joining us is Danielle Bayard Jackson, a female friendship coach and an educator who speaks nationally on the subject of friendship as a wellness imperative. Her coaching business, Friend Forward, is dedicated to teaching women how to create and maintain better female friendships.

Especially as busy moms, we understand how limited our time and energy are so we also have to be strategic about the people we want to invest in. But that doesn't mean we can't make room for new connections to happen in our lives as well.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The definition of friendship
• How many friends can a person maintain
• Why weak ties are also important
• How to invite new connections in your life
• Friendships between different personality types
• What limits your opportunity to meet new friends
• What is a friendship coach – and who needs one?

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Supporting Resources: https://www.betterfemalefriendships.com/ https://www.instagram.com/daniellebayardjackson/?hl=en Friend Forward Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/friend-forward/id1500460079

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I am all for loving your body, no matter your size or weight. Also, part of loving your body is to make sure you are in your best health and you're feeling your best. And so, if you feel like something is off and maybe you want to get to the bottom of something, then you've got to get to the root cause of it. You never know what kind of healing your body needs to have and you might just save yourself from a very serious disease.

Today, we are going to talk about my health journey, bringing you back to my childhood all the way to where I am right now.

As a child, I struggled with my health, especially with my gut. Back in the day, it was just either you had peanut allergy or not – and that's it! There wasn't any elimination in the diet. There were no nuances that we have now today, which I am so thankful for.

That understanding just didn't exist when I was a child because there was a huge disconnect between what we ate and how we felt in our bodies. And so, part of my work today is to make that connection again, because that's what has really changed my life and I am now able to feel my best.

Feeling so empowered by that, I want to share this message with other people struggling with health issues that healing is possible – and healing is for you!

In this episode, you will hear:

• Feeling out of control with my health issues as a child
• What sparked my desire to learn more about health and wellness
• My first big step into movement
• How my health declined from becoming vegetarian/vegan for three years
• When and why I switched to a paleo diet
• The importance of running full thyroid panels for pregnant women
• How the keto diet messed up my metabolism
• Healing my body with the help of Katie Braswell and Cynthia Mathes
• Other health tests you should consider doing

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Cynthia Mathes: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiamatheswellness/ Katie Braswell: https://www.livewildbewell.com/

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Love bacon? But you don't want to feed it to your kids because it's processed, it's got nitrite, and it's unhealthy. Well, you and your kids can actually eat all the bacon you want. You just have to make sure you know where you're getting it from.

Out of all the meat out there, it seems that pork has been the slowest to come around when it comes to ideal practices and humane stewardship. But Pederson's Natural Farms has been doing this for a very long time. In fact, they're the first to make no-sugar bacon available nationwide.

In today's episode, Neil Dudley, vice president of Pederson's Natural Farms, joins us to talk about raising humane pork. He gives us a word picture of how they raise pigs at Pederson's Natural Farms. Additionally, we talk about organic – what that means for pigs and pork, and why it's important to vote with your dollar.

At the end of the day, your nutrition is a key building block of your health and happiness. It affects every aspect of your life so it's time we all reevaluate the food that we bring to the table.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The history of Pederson's Natural Farms
• What makes Pederson's products different from traditional processed meat
• A tangible picture of humanely raised pigs
• Maintaining the biosecurity of farrowing farms
• Sourcing meat from other local farmers
• Organic vs. non-organic products
• Why you can't totally eliminate nitrite from bacon

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Did you know that only 2% of the people making clothing in the fashion world earn a living wage? That means 98% of the clothes we wear are made by someone that cannot make ends meet, and 75% of them are women. These are women working 60-70 hours a week, six days a week, just to live. How crazy is that?

We can all do our part in empowering women and ending poverty. In today's episode, we welcome Barrett Ward, the CEO of ABLE Clothing, and Marissa Pardo, ABLE's VP of brand marketing. In order to continually and increasingly empower women, they make beautiful, long-lasting, wonderful products that we all want to buy, regardless of their mission. But doesn't it also feel great when you know there's a purpose or story tied to your every purchase?

I've pretty much known Barry and Marissa since 2009 through Mocha Club, an international community committed to fighting extreme poverty in Africa. Aside from going down memory lane, we discuss how ABLE creates economic opportunities for women, which they believe is the key to ending generational poverty around the world.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The importance of understanding cost per wear
• What you can do to prevent things from landing in a landfill
• How they define "responsibility" at ABLE
• Who makes ABLE products locally and abroad
• How their manufacturing process works

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https://glnk.io/pz6m/oliveyouwhole Shop ABLE - use the code OLIVEYOUWHOLE to save 15%!

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As a busy working mama, prioritizing your health while also making sure your kids are eating healthy can be a lot on your plate. And sometimes, you can't help but compromise one over the other – or worse, you end up compromising both. Oh, the joys of motherhood!

But that doesn't mean it can't be done. Today on the show, we talk all about healthy living as a busy mom. Additionally, we chat through her feeding struggles with her son, Leyton, and she's got some great tips on how to feed picky kiddos.

Heather is a lifestyle blogger, mama of two, and recently, a podcast host of Healthy with Heather Brown. Heather shares how she struggled with postpartum depression and how she learned to find value in her identity, focusing on what makes her feel good while still staying healthy versus having to track anything.

Currently, Heather runs a program that helps other mamas who are overwhelmed by what it looks like to live a healthy sustainable lifestyle so they too can live happy, healthy, and free!

In this episode, you will hear:

• What it takes to prioritize movement
• Meal planning for your family
• How to plan your meals = marrying budget + healthy food
• Creative ways to get your kid to eat healthy food
• Bringing awareness to your own health

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Supporting Resources:

* Healthy with Heather Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-with-heather-brown/id1638763905

* The Bible Recap: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bible-recap/id1440833267

* Water Tracker: https://www.mylifewellloved.com/product/water-tracker-printable/

* Archetype Health Birmingham: https://archetype.health/

* Revitalize by Modere for water: https://www.modere.com/productdetail/revitalize?referralCode=Heather

* Water Filtration Podcast Episode 33: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/olive-you-whole/id1594932917?i=1000576471510

* Pure Barre: https://www.purebarre.com/

* Burn Bootcamp: https://burnbootcamp.com/

* F45 Training: https://f45training.com/

* Trace Minerals: https://amzn.to/3KnquHs

* Crucial Four salt: https://crucialfour.com/collections/all/products/icelandic-flake-salt

* Free 6-Week Healthy Lunch Meal Plan: https://www.mylifewellloved.com/product/healthy-lunches-printable/

* Healthy Meal Planning: Kids' Edition by Heather Brown: https://www.mylifewellloved.com/product/healthy-meal-planning-kids-edition-ebook/ (use coupon code PODCAST)

* Live Coaching Online: https://www.mylifewellloved.com/product/september-slim-down/

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How do you usually deal with pain or sickness? If you think medicine is the only way to heal, well it's not. There are a lot of factors that contribute to one's sickness. Maybe you have dairy issues, or soy issues. And while you might get rid of those foods that you're sensitive to, you could still be dealing with relationship issues or trauma, which could play a huge part as well. That is why having a holistic approach to treating any kind of pain or sickness is important in maintaining your overall well-being.

Joining today's conversation is Amanda Love, a registered holistic nutritionist. Amanda teaches women how to cook simple but delicious, allergy-friendly, healthy meals, and she integrates a holistic approach through mind-body-spirit.

Born six weeks early, Amanda was growing up getting sick all the time – with sinus infections, sore throats, and whatnot. She looked completely normal but why would she be so sick for 10 days at a time? In 2010, Amanda was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a disorder that is characterized by "widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory, and mood issues."

In this conversation, Amanda talks about her symptoms with fibromyalgia, some treatments that she has tried – what didn't work, and the things that work best for her to manage her pain and symptoms. Hopefully, at the end of this episode, you will learn one thing or two that you can prioritize in your life to help you feel better – because that's the goal!

In this episode, you will hear:

• The possible correlation between immunity and being born premature
• Amanda's story of fibromyalgia and how bad her symptoms were
• Factors that affect gut sensitivity
• Things that didn't work to alleviate her symptoms
• Things that work for her: food, sleep, trauma healing
• Ways to promote better sleep

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"Trauma to Triumph": https://amzn.to/3wsqqjW

5HTP supplement: https://vimergy.com/products/5-htp

Physical, Emotional Health Secrets Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/361675060902718

Physical, Emotional Health Secrets Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/physical-emotional-health-secrets-with-amanda-elise-love/id1462685687

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Imagine a healthy ecosystem where there's everything from your livestock, to the ground-nesting birds to the field mice, the snakes, the insects, and the life within the soil. With regenerative agriculture, it serves all those communities in a way that creates a net positive return. But what is regenerative agriculture and how does it positively impact our health and the environment?

In today's episode, we welcome Taylor Collins, co-founder of Epic Provisions, the world's first 100% grass-fed meat, fruit, and nut bar. About a year after Taylor, and his wife, sold Epic Provisions to General Mills in 2016, they purchased Roam Ranch, a 900-acre land in central Texas. There they continually raise their 100% grass-fed livestock – in an environment where animals have the ability to roam freely.

Taylor explains how they bought the land at its worst condition and used animal impact to restore and return it to its previous biological potential – a clear testament of Mother Nature's capacity for forgiveness, which is greater than our own species' capacity for destruction.

Taylor and Katie are also active in helping grow regenerative supply chains at their new parent company Force of Nature. Today, we talk about regenerative agriculture and our hope for the future of this planet because of regenerative agriculture, and because of the work of people like Taylor and his wife, Katie.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The benefits of regenerative agriculture and what the system looks like
• The time and work it took to build Roam Ranch
• The connection between our own health and the health of the land
• The consistent reuse of soil in regenerative agriculture practice
• The principles of regenerative agriculture
• Why there's no such thing as plant-based regenerative systems
• Why becoming vegan is the worst thing you can do if you really care about animals

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Force of Nature: https://forceofnature.com/

Roam Ranch: http://roamranch.com/

Where Hope Grows Podcast: https://forceofnature.com/blogs/inside-the-herd/where-hope-grows-podcast

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Have you been curious, like me, about water filtration and its importance? I finally did the deep dive into all the research and am excited to share with you the best water filter in my humble opinion! We'll even go into a cost analysis – and you may be surprised!

This post is sponsored by Berkey Water Filters, but all research, thoughts, and conclusions are my own! Thank you for allowing me to create content with the brands I love to continue to bring you content for free!

With the body being made up of 70% water, we all know how important it is to stay hydrated to keep our bodies healthy. Drinking water is a must for being healthy, but what if the water you are drinking is actually potentially harmful?

Most of us aren't aware of what's in our water. We simply trust that what shouldn't be in the water won't be. Why would anyone let the water be contaminated? The truth of the matter is that no matter where you're getting water from – if it's not filtered properly, you are most likely drinking contaminated water. Let's take a look at what is potentially in our tap/bottled water and learn what we can do to make sure our water is safe.

In this episode, you will hear:

• News stories about contaminated water
• Possible contaminants that may be present in your water
• What the U.S. is doing about the contaminants in tap water
• Drinking water contaminants that are not monitored by the EPA
• Threats to our drinking water
• Effects of these contaminants in your water (even just a fraction of them!)
• How to find what's in your tap water
• Facts about bottled water
• The drinking water solution

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* Trace Mineral Drops from Trace Mineral Research: https://amzn.to/3Pia97M

* CellCore Minerals: https://cellcore.com/products/ct-minerals (if you have an account already)

* AquaTrue Reverse Osmosis Filter: https://aquatru.com/?oid=17&affid=2171&c=oliveyouwhole

* Radiant Life Whole House water filter: https://www.radiantlifecatalog.com/water/whole-house-systems/ (I may end up with an affiliate code for them)

* Rainshower New Century Shower Filter: https://radiantlifecatalog.com/new-century-shower-filter

* Berkey shower head - I'm asking them if this has been permanently discontinued

* Aqua Bliss Heavy Duty Shower Filter: https://amzn.to/3SErElG

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A lot of white people are quite hesitant to start a conversation about white supremacy. Either they don't know how to get started or they're nervous about the backlash of being anti-racist from Black people or other races.

In this episode, Jill Nagle, the co-owner of Evolutionary Workplace, joins us to discuss how we can dismantle the white supremacy mythology. Jill makes this important point of how white supremacy only hijacks part of our humanity. It corrupts our willingness and ability to look at hard truths. Whiteness only exists socially, because there is no biological basis for the distinction among races. We all belong to one race – and that's the human race!

This problem is rooted in history and we are still carrying it in our bodies until this day. But we end up arguing, polarizing, and canceling each other – instead of reckoning with history, and all the trauma, abuse, and pain – so we could all heal as one.

When I asked Jill about what a successful life looks like to her, she said that she finds success in acting with integrity, showing up for people she loves, and catalyzing transformation that helped the world evolve into a safer, more loving, understanding, and compassionate place.

In this episode, you will hear:

• What is white supremacy mythology
• The different connotations of supremacy
• The dangers that come from white supremacy
• Why people are resistant to dismantling white supremacy
• Undoing the harmful effects of white supremacy within our white bodies
• Ways that white people can help dismantle white supremacy

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Supporting Resources:

• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem https://amzn.to/3oD9ItS (affiliate)
• Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by Jonathan M Metzl https://amzn.to/3S9uBuf (affiliate)
• https://www.evolutionaryworkplace.com/
• https://jillnagle.medium.com/

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Plastic is everywhere. It means it's even in places you never thought about (like in the clothes you're wearing right now!). Microplastics are in our oceans. They're in the water we drink. It's everywhere! Unfortunately, plastic is non-biodegradable so it will be here with us for thousands of years. Therefore, plastic is a huge problem.

Admittedly, using less plastic is probably the hardest thing that our family has to deal with. It's so hard to get down to very minimal plastic usage. In today's episode, we're joined by Morgan Cook of Mostly Eco Morgan as she talks about what you need to know about sustainable living and how to use less plastic.

Morgan started out by studying fashion in New York City and ended up learning a ton about the environmental and ethical issues within the fashion industry. So she became really conflicted about her dream of pursuing fashion and eventually decided to launch her blog Mostly Eco Morgan.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Eliminating single-use plastic in your life
• Ways to reduce plastic when doing groceries
• What sustainable living means to her
• What we can do as individuals to reduce the impact of climate change
• Growing your own food
• Practicing thrifting, renting, and borrowing

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Supporting Resources:

• Stasher Bags: https://amzn.to/3oDSooM (affiliate)
• Stasher Bag Fajitas: https://www.stasherbag.com/blogs/stasher-life/marinate-paleo-fajitas-with-stasher-bag
• Join Ridwell: ridwell.com/invite/CAROLINE257
• Get $10 on your first ThredUp order: https://www.thredup.com/r/XN7KST
• https://mostlyecomorgan.com/

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