Roots to Rocket Science | Beauty, Health, and Everything Else

In this week's episode of the Roots to Rocket Science Podcast, host Natalie Novak had Jonathan George. Known as "the human hitmaker". Jonathan is a singer, songwriter, and producer. Winning the title Grand Champion on Ed McMahon’s “Next Big Star”, a sequel to Star Search in 2001 helped launch his musical identity. He went on to serve as creative director of the Hollywood Pop Academy and continued his work in artist development. George founded JG Entertainment, where he is responsible for developing many young artists.

In this week's episode of the Roots to Rocket Science Podcast, host Natalie Novak had Sandra Diaz co-founder of Nu Evolution cosmetics. Sandra started her career in New York City’s fast-paced Commodity industry. She was responsible for the development and implementation of strategic marketing, advertising, and public relations programs for all Financial and Agricultural Futures and Options contracts.

After a successful career in healthcare, Shreya founded Hyve, a DTC company which is disrupting the cleaning products category with probiotic-powered, plant-based formulations. Hyve is a mission-driven company, focused on redefining ‘clean’ in every aspect and giving back to clean water initiatives globally.

The journey to hyve started with a simple question of “how clean is our cleaning culture?” Shreya found mainstream cleaning products to be unsustainable, both physically and environmentally -- single-use large plastic bottles, ingredients leading to disruption of home and skin microbiomes, and products unable to penetrate biofilm protecting most harmful bacteria.  With a background in science and a passion for the planet, Shreya developed products to address each concern -- packaging and formulation that reduces the company’s carbon footprint, ingredients that harness the power of biology not chemistry, and products that clean safely at the microbial level.  With Hyve’s subscription model, sustainable cleaning just got easier!

In this week's episode of the Roots to Rocket Science Podcast, host Natalie Novak had Tracy Ftacek. She has made a career out of empowering others to see their own beauty, lean into it, and unapologetically share it with the world. It’s not merely her decades of experience that make her an industry leader, although that’s part of it. After all, you don’t launch a successful business and mobile app without knowing your shit. But the true beauty of the Pretty Convenient model is that it’s built on meeting the needs of beauty professionals and clients alike—something Tracy has capitalized on simply because she understands women on both sides of the chair. Busy professionals need someone trained and reliable to make them feel beautiful. Stylists need to feel empowered to own their expertise and schedules. Put them together and you have something Pretty Convenient.

By creating a business and service built on trust, Tracy has disrupted the beauty industry. She doesn’t jealously guard her prolific beauty expertise and business acumen—she takes every opportunity she can to share it with others, in service of creating a more balanced community of stylists who are creative AND entrepreneurial, thus better able to serve an increasingly demanding client base. Because why should anyone be satisfied with the status quo?

Tracy will be the first to tell you that there’s always room to grow, whether it’s your team, your business, or your confidence in yourself. As a founder, boss, trainer, and mentor, Tracy recognizes the responsibility she has to pay it forward to help the next generation of creative entrepreneurs thrive. As an artist, confidant, and teacher, Tracy understands the privilege she’s been given to find what makes someone beautiful and bring it to life. It’s more than makeup and bigger than beauty. It’s beautifully disruptive.

In this week's episode of The Roots to Rocket Science Podcast, host Natalie Novak had Sarah Chatley, CEO of Organic Skin Den, join her for a teleconference. Sarah has devoted the last twenty years of her life learning and honing her skills as a holistic skincare therapist, incorporating Western and Eastern approaches with her clients. She has worked alongside plastic surgeons and dermatologists and has worked in world-renowned spas all over the globe. In addition to her skills as a skin therapist, Sarah is also a Reiki Master and Nutritional Health Coach. To learn more about Sarah and/or her services, go to https://www.organicskinden.com/.

As you listen to this episode, you will discover why Sarah decided to pursue entrepreneurship, how she balances work life with home life, what it means to adapt to the “inner voice,” and how to live an intention-based life. Prepare to be drawn into Sarah's amazing and unique energy!

If you’re a fan of this podcast, please leave a review! Give us feedback and let us know if there is anything you would like Natalie, Ron, or the two of them to address together! Lastly, if you would like to learn more about KPS Essential’s founders, mission, or products, visit www.kpsessentials.com.

In this week's episode of the Roots to Rocket Science podcast, host Natalie Novak-Bauss had Susan Streur, a clinical patient of ours, join her for a teleconference to discuss her battle against DSAP (Disseminated Superficial Actinic Porokeratosis). DSAP is a rare skin condition that primarily affects the legs and arms of women, leaving reddish-brown lesions bilaterally on the lims. Susan has been battling this rare disease since 1998 and is starting to see results with the help of KPS’s products in conjunction with MLS Laser therapy! If you are interested in learning more about DSAP you can find information at https://dermnetnz.org/topics/disseminated-superficial-actinic-porokeratosis/.

Also, if you’re a fan of this podcast please leave us a review! Give us feedback and let us know if there is anything you would like Natalie, Ron, or the two of them to address together! Lastly, if you would like to learn more about KPS Essential’s founders, mission, or products, visit www.kpsessentials.com.

In this week’s episode of the Roots to Rocket Science podcast, hosts Natalie Novak-Bauss and Ron Webb sat down with food freedom and worth coach Sarah Harken to discuss her 12 year battle with cystic acne and why she chose to partner with KPS Essentials as a brand ambassador. This episode sheds an array of light on why it is extremely important to be cognizant of what we ingest into our bodies, both topically and orally. You can connect with Sarah on Instagram @sarahjeanharken. You do not want to miss this!

If you’re a fan of this podcast please leave a review. Give us feedback and let us know if there is anything you would like Natalie, Ron, or the two of them to address together! Lastly, if you would like to learn more about KPS Essential’s founders, mission, or products, visit www.kpsessentials.com. 

In this week’s episode of the Roots to Rocket Science podcast, host Ron Webb sits down to speak with the eclectic Matt Finelli. These two discussed a wide range of intriguing topics including Matts incredible time and journey in the Peruvian Amazon, his international modeling career, both of their unique experiences with ghosts as young men, and the benefits of daily meditation.

Matt Finelli is a master meditation teacher, a sage, a mystic, a shaman, an ever-changing landscape of human experience. He has his degree in psychology with a specialized focus in neuroscience and has studied plant medicines under shamans in the Peruvian Amazon. He has taught consciousness exploration techniques all over the world and has a deep fascination for philosophy and culture. He is also an advocate for the responsible, therapeutic, and spiritual use of psychedelics, and is presently working in the field of biotechnology. If you would like to follow along with Matt on his unique journey through life you can find him on Instagram as @matteyye!

If you’re a fan of this podcast and would like to learn more about KPS Essential’s founders, mission, or products, visit www.kpsessentials.com.

Natalie reconnected with Dr. Andrea McSwain, DO, of Michigan Center for Holistic Medicine. In this week’s episode, they discussed Dr. McSwain’s journey as a medical professional, and why she chose to pursue osteopathic medicine after her traditional medical training. From there they discussed the attributes of ideal candidates for McSwain’s medical estheticians, as well as what you can expect from her practice that you may not find in a traditional dermatologist office.

The Michigan Center for Holistic Medicine, owned by Andrea McSwain, DO and operated by Kelly Peterson, ND was created in 2020 with a vision and mission to provide advanced, Holistic Healthcare for the greater Michigan community. To learn more, please visit https://miholisticmed.com/

If you’re a fan of this podcast and would like to learn more about KPS Essential’s founders, mission, or products, visit www.kpsessentials.com

In this week’s episode of the Roots to Rocket Science podcast, host Natalie Novak teleconferences her conversation with Kim Becker, author and founder of Hello Gorgeous! Of HOPE, Inc. They discussed a range of topics including Kim’s unique story, her reasons for founding Hello Gorgeous, and why she chose to partner with KPS Essentials for her non-profit work. They also discussed the realities facing their businesses as the world moves through the COVID pandemic, and what the future holds for them both.

Kim Becker is a motivational and inspirational speaker and an award-winning author of two books about beauty, cancer and the amazing scope of the human spirit. Kim is a dynamic communicator with an incredible story of faith, hope and service to others, and is the Co-Founder of Hello Gorgeous! of HOPE, Inc., a non-profit organization that restores the beauty that cancer steals. If you would like to learn more about Kim’s story, or her work with Hello Gorgeous!, visit https://www.hellogorgeous.org/

If you’re a fan of this podcast and would like to learn more about KPS Essential’s founders, mission, or products, visit www.kpsessentials.com