The Art of Pre-Selling

In this episode, Amber speaks with Allie Egan, CEO of Veracity, about her personal journey and the mission behind her company. Allie's struggles with skin and fertility issues, coupled with the lack of satisfactory answers from medical professionals, inspired her to empower women to achieve optimal health and beauty, so she created a company focused on providing women with valuable information about hormones and skincare products that support overall health.

Allie's personal mission is to bring information about hormonal health into the lives of more women. Allie's company addresses the significant knowledge gap that exists around hormones, particularly for menopausal women, by promoting hormone health awareness and providing effective solutions. Their products are free of hormone disruptors and empower women with more information about their health.

Veracity's innovative approach involves the use of new technology, accurate testing methods, and giving women the tools to communicate effectively with their healthcare providers. All supplements offered by the brand provide both beauty and health benefits.

This inspiring episode of the Wellness Revolution offers a wealth of knowledge, personal experiences, and actionable insights from Allie. If you're interested in learning more about hormonal health, skincare products that support overall well-being, and empowering yourself with information that can transform your life, this is a must-listen episode. Tune in to discover how Veracity is revolutionizing the way women understand and approach their health, and join the conversation as we strive for a healthier, more informed future.

Key Highlights:

• What differentiates Veracity from other hormonal health brands
• How Veracity is revolutionizing the way women understand and approach their health
• What does Veracity's hormone testing entail, what is being tested, and why is it different from traditional lab tests?
• A review of Veracity's skincare line and which products are particularly advantageous for women over 40
• Who would benefit from Veracity's hormone tests and are they essential?
• Is Veracity only for women?

Quotes:

• "The ultimate form of wellness is really your health is connected to your self-care routine and work in unison."
• "Gut health is hormone health."

Episode resources:

• Join Amber's FREE 2-day event happening April 4th & 5th: ambershaw.com/wellness-revolution-event
• Use code "Amber15" for a 15% discount on ceremonial-grade matcha and other wellness products at cymbiotika.com

Connect with Allie Egan:

• Website: veracityselfcare.com
• Instagram: @veracityselfcare and @allie_b_egan

Connect with Amber

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Website: ambershaw.com

In this episode of The Wellness Revolution, Amber emphasizes the importance of taking a holistic approach to achieving a healthy and balanced lifestyle. She believes that it's not just about focusing on fitness and nutrition, but rather, we need to address all aspects of our lives to make lasting changes.

Amber stresses that while traditional diets may work in the short term, they do not teach us how to create a sustainable, all-encompassing lifestyle. Instead, we need to focus on establishing healthy habits and making lifestyle changes that fit our unique needs.

During this episode, Amber will share the three major areas of our lives that we should prioritize for a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Amber believes that by focusing on the process of creating healthy habits, we can achieve our health goals and maintain them in the long term.

Whether your goal is to lose weight and keep it off, reduce inflammation, or you just want to feel better in your body, focusing on these areas first will create a strong foundation for sustainable lifestyle changes.

This episode offers valuable insights into making sustainable lifestyle changes and the importance of addressing all aspects of our lives. Tune in now to discover the three key areas you should focus on that will help you achieve and maintain your health goals.

Quotes from the episode:

"Diets solely focus on the outcome and not the actual process, so this is what really prevents people from losing the weight and keeping it off for good."

Episode resources:

• Join Amber's FREE 2-day event happening April 4th & 5th: ambershaw.com/wellness-revolution-event
• Use code "Amber15" for a 15% discount on ceremonial-grade matcha and other wellness products at cymbiotika.com

About Amber Shaw

Amber is a Mind and Body Transformation Expert, Founder of The Wellness Revolution, motivational speaker, and NBC Health and Wellness Coach. Having built a lifestyle that allowed her to embrace work, children, exercise, and well-balanced eating habits, Amber now works helping and coaching women to achieve the same level of serenity and empowerment through a sustainable way of living.

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

In this episode of The Wellness Revolution, Amber chats with Katy Whalen, CEO of Joi Women's Wellness, an operation that focuses on hormone optimization and peptide therapies for women. Women often experience hormone imbalances, particularly after the age of 40, but these issues are frequently dismissed by doctors or attributed to menopause without further investigation. Katy discusses the symptoms associated with hormonal imbalances, such as anxiety, mood swings, and sleeping difficulties, and outlines effective treatment options for women experiencing symptoms related to low levels of estrogen or progesterone.

While conventional medicine may be a viable option, it is crucial not to ignore alternative options that may work better for an individual's specific needs. Women should be their own advocates and search for informed healthcare providers. Katy emphasizes the critical lifestyle factors that significantly affect hormonal health and metabolic function, urging women to take a proactive approach to self-care and find healthcare providers who can assist them in maintaining their health.

At Joi, Katy customizes treatment plans for each client based on their unique needs, rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, and she talks about how Joi can help women on their health journey.

Katy is passionate about the fact that women do not need to settle for just feeling okay or mediocre and should strive for optimal health and wellness. For those who feel like their body is out of their control and are looking for ways to relieve their symptoms, or simply want to improve their overall health and wellbeing, this podcast episode is a must-listen.

Key Highlights:

• Katy's personal journey of experiencing hormone imbalances and how it led her to found Joi Women's Wellness to help other women struggling with similar issues
• The importance of doing your own research and advocating for your health and wellness
• Katy explains what peptides are and how peptide therapy works
• Katy shares her own self-care practices and important factors that impact women's health
• The various symptoms and challenges women face during different stages of life and how women can take care of themselves during these stages
• How testosterone can be helpful for women
• How Joi can partner with women on their health journey

Quotes:

• "I think the 40s is really, you know, an opportunity to make sure the rest of your life looks and feels a lot better and more vital."
• "You know how you should feel and you listen to it and act on it and be your own advocate."

Episode resources:

• Join Amber's FREE 2-day event happening April 4th & 5th: ambershaw.com/wellness-revolution-event
• Kroma Wellness 5-Day Reset - Use code AMBER for 15% off: kromawellness.com

Connect with Katy Whalen:

Instagram: @joiwomenswellness

Website: choosejoi.co

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

You probably already know that stress has negative effects on our health and well-being, but what so many women don't take into consideration is the various kinds of stress that all have an impact on increasing our stress hormones. Emotional stress, physical stress, and environmental stress all play a role in raising our cortisol levels, which can in turn make sustainable weight loss more challenging to achieve.

If you have been tuning in the past few weeks, you know Amber has been in the middle of 2 different series. The first was on necessary shifts for sustainable weight loss, which included Amber's signature and proven method the Hormonal Fat Loss Blueprint. In this second series, Amber dives deeper into this method and its 4 crucial pieces. We're closing out this series with this final episode covering the necessary component of stress mitigation.

Managing stress is imperative for achieving and maintaining weight loss, and while a lot of us know there are things we can do to lower emotional stress, we also need to pay attention to our physical and environmental stressors. Whether we are talking about emotional stress, physical, or environmental, our bodies react the same way, and that is by releasing cortisol. That doesn't mean cortisol is bad because it has a very important role in keeping us safe from danger, but we were not meant to be in a chronic state of stress, which for so many women, has become the norm. Some ways women may be adding more stress without realizing it is overexercising, undereating, or from the things in their environment. The goal of this episode is to bring awareness to the stressors in our everyday lives and learn to mitigate them as best as we can, which will in turn help to achieve sustainable weight loss for good.

Key Highlights

• Why stress matters for fat loss
• How stress affects cortisol levels
• Ways to manage emotional stress
• Ways you may be adding physical stress without realizing it
• Factors that contribute to environmental stress

Episode resources:

• Join Amber's FREE 2-day event happening April 4th & 5th: ambershaw.com/wellness-revolution-event
• Get your Magnesium L-Threonate from Cymbiotika here, and use code AMBER15 for 15% OFF
• Check out episode 67: Easy Tools to Manage Anxiety

About Amber Shaw

Amber is a Mind and Body Transformation Expert, Founder of The Wellness Revolution, motivational speaker, and NBC Health and Wellness Coach. Having built a lifestyle that allowed her to embrace work, children, exercise, and well-balanced eating habits, Amber now works helping and coaching women to achieve the same level of serenity and empowerment through a sustainable way of living.

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

In this episode of The Wellness Revolution, Amber interviews entrepreneur, psychotherapist, podcast host, and bestselling author, Alison Lager. Alison has her own struggles with body image and disordered eating, so her heart resonates with girls and women of all ages who struggle with this. Alison is passionate about helping other women understand that they can change their programming and break free from the unhelpful perspectives and patterns that have been ingrained in them for so long.

Alison talks about how powerful the words we use with ourselves can be, and she shares some practical exercises that anyone can do to start approaching their body from a place of love and start the healing process.

Alison explains that is just a symptom of our deeper needs, and that our perspective about food and our body often comes from programming that has been instilled in us. She believes that it's never too late to break free from the thoughts of never being enough, body image and food issues, and the stress that comes along with it. Alison's work has helped many women realize their power, and heal from their struggles and this episode is packed with insights that can be useful for anyone feeling at war with their body.

If you are a woman struggling with body image or food issues, or you are someone looking to create a more positive relationship with yourself, then this episode is for you. Alison shares the techniques, rituals and exercises she uses with her own clients that anyone can implement. Join Amber as she talks to Alison Lager about the power of self-love, how to overcome the struggles we all face, and how to heal ourselves and create beautiful things from the pain.

Key Highlights:

• Alison's personal story and how she overcame the programming that made her feel unworthy since childhood
• Practical tools and practices that women can adopt to better connect with their mind and body
• The significance of developing an honest and integrated relationship with our bodies
• How to take control of your self-confidence and not let emotions dictate self-worth
• The power of truth as a pathway to freedom
• Turning pain into something beautiful

Quotes:

• "Truth is a pathway to all freedom."
• "If we let our feelings be in charge we can really be in trouble."
• "I ask them to give their binge or their eating thing that they are upset with a voice, because If we don't say it, we eat it."
• "Pain is an incredible gift because it is always something that creates something incredible in us if we allow it and understand that it always ends."

Episode resources:

• Amber's Little Black Dress Bootcamp: ambershaw.com/little-black-dress-bootcamp
• Kroma Wellness 5-Day Reset - Use code AMBER for 15% off: kromawellness.com

Connect with Alison:

Instagram: @alisonanswers

Podcast: Alison Answers Mission Awake

Get Alison's book: The Wake-Up Call

Join Alison's Women of Excellence FB group

Website: lagercounseling.com

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

As we age, it becomes increasingly important to focus on optimizing our hormones, which will in turn help with achieving weight loss in an effortless and sustainable way. Amber's approach to weight loss incorporates what she calls the "Hormonal Fat Loss Blueprint" and in this series, she breaks down the 4 pillars of this proven method. It is all about learning how to work with your body and hormones instead of fighting against your biology and inevitably feeling frustrated and stuck in a cycle of diets that just don't work.

This episode is part 3 of this series, so make sure to tune in to parts 1 and 2 before diving in here. In the previous 2 parts, Amber covers the topics of eating for hormone stabilization, and also what it looks like to incorporate intermittent fasting in a flexible manner that optimizes hormone levels.

Part 3 of the Hormonal Fat Loss Blueprint is all about exercising in terms of hormone optimization and fat loss, which is a crucial piece of the puzzle that so many women aren't aware of. We hear so often that it is all about "calories in vs calories out" so we end up slashing calories and increasing exercise intensity only to be so frustrated when we don't see results. The truth that not enough people are talking about is that more is not necessarily better when it comes to exercise. As we age, it becomes more and more critical to focus on stress mitigation, both mentally and physically. By drastically cutting calories and doing high-intensity workouts several days a week, you may actually be causing more harm than good by putting too much stress on your body.

Prioritizing exercising is important for our overall health, but we don't want to overdo it. By focusing on restorative exercises such as yoga, walking, and biking mixed in with some strength training, your body will thank you. Tune in next week for part 4 of this series on The Hormonal Fat Loss Blueprint.

Key Highlights

• More is not always better when it comes to exercise
• Why women approaching menopause and beyond need to focus on more low-impact exercises
• Amber shares what her workouts look like
• Why women over 40 and 50 need to be strength training
• The best way to change body composition
• Focusing on restorative exercises for stress management

Episode resources:

• Amber's free intermittent fasting guide: ambershaw.com/fasting
• Kroma Wellness 5-Day Reset - Use code AMBER for 15% off: kromawellness.com

About Amber Shaw

Amber is a Mind and Body Transformation Expert, Founder of The Wellness Revolution, motivational speaker, and NBC Health and Wellness Coach. Having built a lifestyle that allowed her to embrace work, children, exercise, and well-balanced eating habits, Amber now works helping and coaching women to achieve the same level of serenity and empowerment through a sustainable way of living.

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

In this informative episode of The Wellness Revolution, Amber speaks with Catharine Arnston, an expert in algae for wellness, nutrition, beauty, biohacking, mitochondria, and longevity. Catharine sheds light on the power of algae as a nutrient-dense food crop that packs three times the protein of steak. However, despite its remarkable benefits, many people outside of Asia were oblivious to its existence until Catharine embarked on a 12-year journey to research and raise awareness about its remarkable healing properties.

To make algae more accessible, Catharine created ENERGYbits®, a spirulina tablet that can provide all the necessary nutrition and protein, with one tablet being equivalent to a plate of vegetables. This efficient nutrition means that individuals can receive all the nutrition of vegetables without eating a single vegetable.

Catharine also discusses two types of algae - spirulina and chlorella. Spirulina has the highest protein content in the world and is very energizing, while chlorella has the highest chlorophyll content and is cleansing and detoxifying. Additionally, Catharine explains how algae feeds our mitochondria and how it can restore them, as well as the crucial role mitochondria play in our bodies.

Tune in to this episode for an enlightening discussion on the numerous benefits of algae and how it can enhance our health and well-being. This informative conversation emphasizes the significance of integrating this nutrient-packed food into our daily diets. Get ready to discover how algae can revolutionize your approach to nutrition!

Episode Quotes:

• "We have three problems in our world… Number one is even if you ate a very carefully curated vegetable diet, it's very hard to give your body what you need, and we're all busy… Number two is we are relying on processed foods and fast food… The third problem is we are surrounded by toxins."
• "The combo of not enough nutrition from whole foods, poor nutrition from packaged food, missing nutrients from supplements, and toxic overload, has put all of us, especially if you're over 40, in the danger zone."
• "Algae isn't new, it's just new to you… It's been used safely for 60 years in Japan… It's not a fad. It's here to stay. It's a gift to us from Mother Nature."

Key Highlights:

• Catharine's journey to discovering the healing power of algae
• Unpacking the nutrient-dense benefits of algae
• What you need to know about Spirulina and Chlorella
• How algae can help restore and support your mitochondria function

Episode resources:

• Amber's Little Black Dress Bootcamp: ambershaw.com/little-black-dress-bootcamp
• Get your Serenity gummies and discover more CURED Nutrition products at: curednutrition.com use code AMBER10 for 10% off

Learn more about ENERGYbits:

Instagram: @energybits

Website: energybits.com and use code AMBERSHAW for 20% off

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

The Hormonal Fat Loss Blueprint is Amber's tactical process for sustainable weight loss and teaches women how to use food as medicine to stabilize hormones and ditch restrictive diets for good. If you have been tuning in the past few weeks, you know Amber did a solo series all about necessary shifts for sustainable weight loss and is now covering one of those pillars in depth, which involves eating for blood sugar control and hormone stabilization.

In part 1 of this series, Amber covered her simplified approach to nutrition that promises food freedom and getting rid of the miserable practice of counting calories or macros because let's be real, no one wants to do that. In this second part of the series, we dive into intermittent fasting as a tool to help regulate insulin and in turn stabilize hormones naturally. Amber is a huge fan of intermittent fasting and has first-hand seen the tremendous benefits. With that being said, it might not be for everyone right off the bat, so tune in to hear whether intermittent fasting may or may not be a tool for you at the moment.

The key aspect of intermittent fasting that needs to be emphasized is that it should be flexible. No one should be eating according to a clock and fighting against what their body is telling them. We don't white knuckle anything around here because we know relying on willpower just doesn't work and will end up just being another diet, which is the last thing we want.

Key highlights:

• Amber explains that she uses her integrative nutrition background to help women use their food as medicine
• Amber covers a quick recap of last week's episode on eating for hormone stabilization
• The benefits of intermittent fasting
• Amber acknowledges that nothing is a one size fits all approach so there are some reasons why intermittent fasting may not be right for someone
• What "flexible intermittent fasting" looks like
• The fasting "sweet spot" for women over 40

Episode resources:

• Amber's free intermittent fasting guide: ambershaw.com/fasting
• Get your Serenity gummies and discover more CURED Nutrition products at: curednutrition.com use code AMBER10 for 10% off
• Check out episode 139 with Dr. Joseph Antoun: Fasting and Nutrition for Longevity

About Amber Shaw

Amber is a Mind and Body Transformation Expert, Founder of The Wellness Revolution, motivational speaker, and NBC Health and Wellness Coach. Having built a lifestyle that allowed her to embrace work, children, exercise, and well-balanced eating habits, Amber now works helping and coaching women to achieve the same level of serenity and empowerment through a sustainable way of living.

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

In this episode, Amber interviews the founder and CEO of Droplette, Madhavi Gavini. Droplette is a company that specializes in skincare backed by science. Madhavi, a mathematician by training, discusses the company's origins and how it was originally created for medical purposes but has since evolved to deliver vitamins to the skin more efficiently.

Madhavi explains how the Droplette device works, its accompanying customizable app, and how the device is designed to work for a range of skin types and skincare routines, making it simple and user-friendly for busy people. Madhavi also assures users that there are experts on staff that can guide consumers on their skin journey.

As we age beyond 40, our body experiences a decline in collagen production, and this is why it becomes essential to replenish collagen levels. Madhavi sheds light on the types of ingredients that can help in promoting collagen production and those that should be avoided during different phases of life.

Furthermore, Madhavi discusses how other skin procedures compare to Droplette and who is most likely to benefit from different skincare regimens in during this very informative episode of The Wellness Revolution.

Key Highlights:

• Madhavi's journey from mathematician to skincare entrepreneur
• What Droplette does and who is the ideal candidate for Droplette
• How to get started with Droplette
• How soon will you start to see results from Droplette?
• The biggest skin concerns for women over 40
• The various methods of consuming collagen and how they differ from one another
• Managing expectations with Botox and fillers

Connect with Madhavi Gavini:

Website: droplette.io and droplette.io/pages/our-story

Instagram: @dropletteinc

Episode resources:

• Amber's Little Black Dress Bootcamp: ambershaw.com/little-black-dress-bootcamp
• Kroma Wellness 5-Day Reset - Use code AMBER for 15% off: kromawellness.com
• Get your Serenity gummies and discover more CURED Nutrition products at: curednutrition.com use code AMBER10 for 10% off

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com

Amber aims to empower women to break free from dieting and regain confidence in their bodies by adopting a healthy lifestyle that is easy to maintain. The current culture often perpetuates the notion that weight loss requires restrictive diets and calorie counting, leading to feelings of failure if individuals cannot adhere to strict meal plans. This approach overlooks the fact that weight loss is not solely determined by calories, but also by hormones and overall health.

Amber's solution is what she calls the Hormonal Fat Loss Blueprint, a four-part approach to sustainable weight loss. In this first episode, she will discuss the first part, which focuses on eating for blood sugar control and hormone stability. Hormonal imbalances, particularly in insulin levels, can greatly impact our hunger, energy, and ability to lose weight. By incorporating blood sugar-stabilizing foods, it becomes possible to manage hormones and achieve weight loss without counting calories.

In this episode, Amber will delve deeper into this first pillar, explaining the role of insulin, the body's glucose processing, and insulin resistance.

Episode resources:

• Amber's free intermittent fasting guide: ambershaw.com/fasting
• Get your Magnesium L-Threonate from Cymbiotika here, and use code AMBER15 for 15% OFF

About Amber Shaw

Amber is a Mind and Body Transformation Expert, Founder of The Wellness Revolution, motivational speaker, and NBC Health and Wellness Coach. Having built a lifestyle that allowed her to embrace work, children, exercise, and well-balanced eating habits, Amber now works helping and coaching women to achieve the same level of serenity and empowerment through a sustainable way of living.

Connect with Amber

Instagram: @msambershaw

TikTok: @msambershaw

Website: ambershaw.com