Straight-Up Wellness

In this episode, Talia Pollock talks about her fun and creative approach to plant-based living:

* How plants saved Talia's life

* Life sentence IBS diagnosis

* Healing with a vegan diet

* Social isolation from healthy dieting

* Inner change to owning your health

* What a plant-based diet actually is

* Whole foods as much as possible

* What Talia eats in a day

* Apple cider vinegar

* Loving leftovers

* Cooking as an act of self-care

* Plant-based comfort foods

* Upgrading ingredients you already have

* Food porn

* Adapting recipes for keto

* Cooking for meat eaters

* Thoughts on soy

* Choosing tempeh

* Favorite proteins

* Plant-based pastas

* Favorite recipes from "Party In Your Plants" book

* Mental associations with food and how it makes you feel

* How to add more plants into your current life

* Tracking macros, counting calories

In this episode, Jessee Naylor talks about maximizing metabolic rate to transform your health:

* Metabolic Profiling process

* When your diet suddenly stops working

* Goals for metabolic profiling

* Specific metabolic needs

* Considering your past nutrition

* Figuring out your metabolic rate

* Metabolic rate rollercoaster

* Maximizing metabolic rate

* Metabolic lifestyle

* Finding your lever

* How your body responds to different foods

* Easing into the transition

* Learning from the source of your body

* Making potatoes healthy

* Resistance starch

* Sugar addiction

* Importance of eating organic

* Environmental toxicity

* Managing meal planning for a family with different needs

* Understanding the purpose of the scale

* Working with women's ever-changing hormones

* Breaking down the side effects of menopause

* Health metrics to measure

* Number of times per day you think about food

* Avoiding sugar and using portion control

In this episode, Jeff Brown talks about Blue Zone lifestyle factors for health and longevity:

* From military to health and wellness

* Disease care

* Functional medicine

* American College of Lifestyle Medicine

* Blue Zones

* Blue Zone certification paths

* Blue Zone commonalities

* Socialization

* Benefits of wine

* Lean protein sources

* Habit of motion

* Movement for lymphatic detox

* Best types of wine

* Geographic locations of blue zones

* Proximity of an ocean

* Becoming a Blue Zone Certified City

* Simple health challenges

* 66 days for a habit change

* Gratitude for a healthy mindset

* 26-element life book

* 6 macro habits of health

* Healthy surroundings

* Twilight hour

* Limiting blue light

* A day in Jeff's routine

* Heat and cold health benefits

* Moving every 30 minutes

* How we fall asleep

* Habits to start changing now

* Becoming a student of nutrition

* Starting the day with 8 ounces of water

* Hydrating for hunger

In this episode, Coach Kevin Kearns talks about his MMA fitness training courses:

* Coach Kevin's story

* Being bullied

* Gaining strength and confidence through fitness

* Achieving a physical transformation through a college major

* Hobby --> Lifestyle --> Career/Business

* The Fitness Connection

* Pitfalls of gym ownership

* Burn with Kearns

* Riding the UFC wave

* Becoming a UFC Fighter Coach

* Building the core up first

* Burning calories and boosting self-confidence

* Gas in a Tank protocol

* Train like an Ultimate MMA Fighter

* Fun in hitting stuff

* In-school programs for kids

* Why hitting something is good

* Get Fit Without Getting Hit

* Consistency and commitment = results in 8 weeks

* Fitness for 40+ community

* Exercise equipment

In this episode, Stephanie Raffelock talks about approaching aging with an open mind and a willing heart:

* Stephanie's story

* Privilege of aging

* New aspects of aging

* Fear of aging

* Advertising's influence on aging

* Releasing "older"

* Challenges of aging

* Undercurrent of healthy aging

* Diet for alkalinity and inflammation

* Moving body daily

* Attitude and thoughts contributing to aging

* Helping our parents age gracefully

* Pain as motivation

* Stephanie's daily routine

* Starting with "thank you"

* Dogs as great human trainers

* Workouts

* Having an "encore career"

* The importance of purpose

* The Positive Aging Movement

* Owning your age

* Hollywood embracing aging

* Adaptability

* Cooking as an art

* Getting Stephanie's book

* Coffee Table Wisdom podcast

In this episode, Jay Croft talks about the importance of exercise as we age, and how to get moving:

* Why health over 50 is important

* Aging out of the primary demographic for fitness

* Addressing the needs of people over 50

* Aging differently

* How aging affects the economy

* How we view age culturally

* Importance of exercise as we age

* Exercise in the prevention of falling and age-related cognitive decline

* Goals of exercise are different at 50+

* Strength at age 65+

* The types of exercises we do as we age

* When we begin losing muscle mass

* Functional fitness

* The role of nutrition for health after 50

* Importance of protein

* Leveraging the time you have to eat better

* The placebo effect

* Prescriptions and the risk of falling

* Fear of aging

* Exercise as the fountain of youth

* How to start - or get our older loved ones to start - moving

* Leading by example

* Choosing activities that you enjoy

* Find what motivates you

In this episode, David Roseberry talks about his incentive system for doing good deeds:

* What is Proxy Score

* How and why Dave founded the company

* Mental health improvement through acts of service

* Being happy with your skills

* Listening to self-help

* Incentive system to think of others

* Service-scoring platform

* How employers search for employees

* Current employment statistics

* Mental health statistics among youth

* Doing things that fill your soul

* Getting a Proxy Score

* Building the score

* Finding volunteer opportunities

* Discounts offered to Proxy Score individuals

* Being a Public Benefit Company

* Pitching to Shark Tank

In this episode, Liz Tennyson shares her story and discusses fasting and journaling for mental clarity and soul cleansing:

* Liz's personal story

* Detoxing

* Misdiagnosing inflammation

* Intermittent fasting for mental clarity and soul cleansing

* Fasting for mental health

* The 16/8 IF window

* Fasting for religious purposes

* Dry Fasting

* How to do a 24-hour dry fast

* Placing meaning and setting intentions for fasts

* Liz's day during a 24-hour fast

* Breaking the fast

* The void

* Powering through mental resistance

* Overcoming self-doubt with fasting

* Fasting and journaling

* Journal prompts during a fast

* What your body experiences vs who you are

* Turning doubt into declaration

* Unpacking declarations

* The journal prompt that changed Liz's life

* Removing shame and judgement

* Having people to call on for help

* Danger of isolation

* Importance of accountability

* Intentionality for breakthroughs

* Working with Liz

In this episode, Lauren Unger talks about spiritual and energetic healing:

* How spiritual work found Lauren

* Becoming a medium

* Reiki

* Holy Fire Reiki

* Spiritual Awakenings

* Chakras

* How chakras become imbalanced

* Immediate healing

* Soul awakening

* How long healing lasts

* Releasing stress from the organs

* Body of Light work

* Distance reiki

* Favorite transformation stories

* Reiki and fertility

* Importance of mindset

* Blocking our abilities to receive

* How healing ourselves heals others

* Intentionality of healing

* Guidance through a healing journey

* Sound healing

* Trusting your intuition

* Journaling

* Reiki as natural healing and immunity

In this episode, Lauren Unger talks about spiritual and energetic healing:

* How spiritual work found Lauren

* Becoming a medium

* Reiki

* Holy Fire Reiki

* Spiritual Awakenings

* Chakras

* How chakras become imbalanced

* Immediate healing

* Soul awakening

* How long healing lasts

* Releasing stress from the organs

* Body of Light work

* Distance reiki

* Favorite transformation stories

* Reiki and fertility

* Importance of mindset

* Blocking our abilities to receive

* How healing ourselves heals others

* Intentionality of healing

* Guidance through a healing journey

* Sound healing

* Trusting your intuition

* Journaling

* Reiki as natural healing and immunity