Season 4, Episode 21

Sandi Kern is the founder of Desire to Be Well Juicery, and an integrative health practitioner whose story starts in the suburbs of Maryland, winds through years of chronic inflammation, and lands in a barn-turned-juice-bar in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

When I first met Sandi, I was struck by her energy. She’s warm, funny, a little sassy, and full of passion—not just for wellness, but for making wellness fun. Her journey to healing wasn’t easy. It took years of being dismissed by doctors before one finally said, “This is food-triggered inflammation. Let’s start there.” And that simple act of listening changed everything.

Suddenly, food wasn’t the enemy—it became the way back to herself. Sandi rebuilt her diet from the ground up. She experimented, got creative, and somewhere between coconut cashew Alfredo sauce and dancing barefoot in the kitchen with her husband Fred, she found not just health, but joy.

Now she’s created something really special—a place where people with dietary restrictions don’t have to ask a million questions or explain themselves. They can just eat. And not just eat—but savor, celebrate, and maybe even dance a little.

This episode is about healing, love, and kitchen alchemy. It’s about trusting your body, reinventing your plate, and remembering that sometimes, joy really is the best ingredient.