This week, Jess and Ry sit down with their mom, Hormone Health Educator, Candace Burch, M.A., founder of Your Hormone Balance. Candace earned her masters in Health Education in 1979, and has had a 30+ year career in health and wellness, always advocating for safe, natural approaches to health care and disease prevention. She continues to spread awareness about the importance of natural hormone balance: speaking at events, on podcasts and consulting with women every day, helping them relieve symptoms, prevent disease and improve their quality of life.

In this episode, Candace shares her experience growing up in the 50’s, moving from Chicago to Beverly Hills at a young age, and overcoming allergies and adrenal issues. Candace talks about the lack of awareness around nutrition when she was growing up and how her health and self confidence was influenced by her upbringing. Candace also shares how she became fascinated with hormones and health, and the skiing injury that ultimately lead to her decision to pursue a Masters Degree in Health Education.

They also discuss:

· Candace’s 17 day juice fast while living on a health farm in the 70s

· Founding A.H.H.A “Aspen Holistic Health Association” after college

· Her earliest career experiences out of college in radio and for a local news station

· Her reaction to birth control when it was first introduced

· The vexed topic of birth control and non hormonal options

· The impact of protein and diet on ovulation / healthy cycles

· Candace’s experience going through peri-menopause while Ry and Jess were very young

· Her work as Director of Education for one of the nations largest hormone testing labs

· How she finds meaning and purpose through her work with Your Hormone Balance today

· Why saliva is her preferred hormone testing method and how she works with clients to detect and correct imbalances

· PLUS quick fire questions: her personal mission, her favorite health trend and what she’s most excited about this year!

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This week the sisters sit down with Spencer Paysinger, a former professional football player turned Consulting Producer on the hit CW drama “All American,” which is loosely based on his life growing up in South Central LA and commuting to Beverly Hills High School to play football. Spencer talks about his early upbringing, as well as what it was like to play college football at University of Oregon, and the ups and down of spending seven seasons as a linebacker in the NFL (including winning a Super Bowl in his first season with the New York Giants in 2011).

Despite his success in Football, Spencer dreamed of achieving more, and cultivated a mindset early on to develop skills and interests off the field that would allow him to thrive in all aspects of his life.

In this episode Spencer also discusses:

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Rye and Jess also share their tips for finding mentors and seeking out new skills, interests or career path (in the intro to the episode).

Resources

Watch Season 2 of All American on the CW, new episodes Mondays @ 8pm (Season 1 also on Netflix!)

KIPP – Knowledge is Power

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Jess and Ry sit down with Carla Romo, certified dating & relationship coach, author, and speaker. Carla helps women who feel stuck and stagnant build purpose and confidence in their break-ups, dating life and relationships. Growing up, Carla experienced domestic abuse and entered into several toxic relationships, but was able to come out the other side with strength, positivity and a very clear sense of her purpose here on earth...to help others build healthier relationships in all areas of their lives.

In this episode Carla discusses:

· The secret sauce to relationships

· Spotting red flags in relationships

· The impact of codependency and narcissism in a relationship

· Avoiding the “fixer” mentality

· Learning to be happy outside of a controlling relationship

· The truth about “self love” and the WORK it takes

· Her views on “self care”

· How to find love outside of dating apps

· Trust after infidelity

· Her experience with domestic abuse, how she changed her mindset from “victim” to “survivor”

· Her of toxic relationships and what she learned

· How she met her current boyfriend, and how they handled long distance for over a year

· The process of writing her book

· What to expect in her new book, Contagious Love

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Rye and Jess also share their own dating / relationship advice, including:

Resources

I am Carla Romo Website (to order her book!)

I am Carla Romo Instagram

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For many people, the holidays are chock full of events, get togethers, over consumption, and/or being out of your routine--which can lead to feelings of guilt, anxiety, or just feeling really run down. In this episode, the sisters provide their top strategies for maintaining healthy habits throughout the holidays, while also being kind to yourself and enjoying the season!

In this episode, Jess and Ryan discuss:

Resources:

Chomps jerky

Blender jet

Laird superfood

Four sigmatic

Omica sweetener

Lakanto liquid sweetener

Smart sweets

Liv Hungry

Beauty Bar Chocolate

Be Well by Kelly Freezer Fudge

If you liked this episode, let us know by rating, reviewing and subscribing! And remember: if you leave a review this week, make sure to include your first name and last initial, because we will choose 1 listener to send a bundle of Wish Garden Herbs tinctures and teas!

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Candice Puthawala, founder of the sugar free, adaptogenic "Beauty Bar Chocolate," shares her 19 year journey working in the fashion industry with her young daughter in tow. Candice describes the moment her body began to shut down as a result of chronic stress and toxic work conditions—ultimately leading to 3 autoimmune diagnoses, which shifted her life in a completely new direction. This new path allowed her to go deep and re-connect with her innermost self, embrace her intuition and turn her natural skills and interests into a beautiful (and delicious!) new wellness product!

In this episode Candice also discusses:

⁃ Her experience going to Fashion School (FIDM) as a very young single mom

⁃ How she stayed true to her values / morals in the cut-throat fashion industry

⁃ Getting her own storefront and becoming successful

⁃ Dealing with low esteem

⁃ Her advice for meditation, and her formula for manifestation, including “letters to the universe”

⁃ Finding her voice through meditation, public speaking classes, therapy & integrative medicine

⁃ Going to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy to find a new career path

⁃ Realizing her purpose; combining fashion and wellness to create Beauty Bar Chocolate!

⁃ The benefits of adaptogens and cacao (both in the formula of her bar)

⁃ Her skin care secrets!

Resources

Beauty Bar Chocolate – Get 20% off w/ code: SOLO2.0PODCAST

Candice Puthawala on Instagram

Beauty Bar Chocolate on Instagram

Institute for Integrative Nutrition

Matthew Kenney Culinary Academy

Skin Te (sparkling collagen tea) 

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This week, the sisters sit down with clean crafted wine consultant and full time paramedic, Andrea LeClair, who has developed a passion for educating people about clean wine after becoming a consultant for clean wine club company, Scout and Cellar.

Andrea wants to help people understand what’s really in their wine bottles and how to find cleaner alternatives (without chemicals, additives or added sugar!)  that actually fit into a healthy lifestyle.

In this episode we discuss:

· What bio dynamic, organic, natural and sustainable labels mean

· Why the labeling around wine is so confusing

· Why there are a lack of regulations in the wine industry

· What sulfates & tannins are, how they impact us

· Understanding Mega Purple and Round Up

· How much sugar is in wine VS clean, organic wine

· More about the female founder (and former attorney) behind Scout and Cellar

· How Scout and Cellar lab tests to detect chemicals and additives and what their guidelines are for “clean wine” 

· Why clean wine is growing in popularity

· How winemakers manipulate wine to impact taste / cover up imperfections

Resources:

Scout and Cellar

Andrea LeClair on Instagram

The Wine Bible

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Jess and Rye sit down with Jesse Golden: a devoted mother, Holistic Health Practitioner, author, yoga teacher, model, and founder of The Golden Secrets (a line of chemical free perfumes)

In this episode Jesse talks about her upbringing as a ballerina, her career as a professional model and what is was like to be diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis at 29 years old. As a ballerina she was taught to ignore pain but when she was faced with this debilitating disease she had to learn to listen to her body which is when her life really shifted.

In this episode Jesse also shares:

RESOURCES

Dr Zach Bush 

Louise Hayes, "You Can Heal Your Life"

The Golden Secrets 

The Golden Secrets to Optimal Health Book

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In this episode the sisters sit down with Deja Riley: boxing instructor and movement coach, host of Dance Fit Sugar on @popsugarfitness and the creator of #DanceOutofTheBox which combines shadowboxing and dance in a rhythmic cardio workout!

During this conversation, Deja gets real about her experience moving to LA to make it as a professional dancer, juggling multiple jobs, struggling to pay rent in a small apartment with her 2 sisters – eventually booking gigs for stars like Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Trey Songz, Katie Perry, JLo and more. She discusses the toll of this physically and emotionally tough career, what it did to her confidence and the moment she decided it was time to leave her “dream career” behind in favor of a more purposeful path—one that is now perfectly aligned with who she is and how she wants to live!

In this episode, Deja also shares:

Resources:

Deja’s Instagram: @dejariley

Deja’s Website:

Dance Fit Sugar on Pop Sugar

Deja’s “IG account to follow:” Mike Posner

Solo 2.0 Instagram: @solo2.0podcast

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Jess’s Instagram: @bodyblissbyjess

Ryan’s Instagram: @ryeburch

Your Hormone Balance website

@yourhormonebalance

Welcome to the Solo 2.0 Podcast hosted by sisters, Jess Suchan and Ryan Burch.

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Your Hormone Balance 

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