The Flourish With Dr. B Podcast

EPISODE 30: THE BUZZ with Dr. B and Ben - Meet the Author Throwback 📚 Two Books, One Mission

October is Meet the Author Month at The Flourish with Dr. B Podcast, and today we continue the series with 2 throwback episodes to the stories behind my own two books.

📖 *Mom, I Wanna Be A Fighter! An Eye-Opening Guide to the Speed Bumps, Gut Punches & Miracles of Life*

🎧 Revisit the episode: https://youtu.be/Lf4si3qF5nU

👉 Get the book: https://amzn.to/3O8Mbwy

🥗 *The Art of Culture Cuisine Clean Eating*, my Amazon international bestseller, where food, heritage, and wellness meet at the same table.

🎧 Revisit the episode: https://youtu.be/sF-lMHpCdKw

👉 Get the cookbook: https://a.co/d/c9Tm4UW

✅What you'll hear:

- Why I wrote these books, and what they taught me

- How resilience and clean eating connect in everyday life

- How self care is a necessity not a luxury

Meet the Author Month isn't over. Stay tuned, because I have a feeling the hive isn't done celebrating authors. 😉

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Episode 29: IN THE HIVE with Jackie Roby: Palatable, Profitable, and Dying Inside? How to Stay True to You at Work

Some connections just click. Jackie Roby and I met through a women's empowerment podcast, which led to a virtual conference, and we hit it off right away. Having her in THE HIVE the week her first book launches is a joy.

In this episode of THE FLOURISH WITH DR. B PODCAST, Jackie and I talk about staying authentic to your true self, even when your career rewards you for being "easy to work with." You soften the emails. You manage the perception. And somewhere along the way, you start to disappear.

Jackie's new book, Palatable, Profitable, & Dying Inside: Why Success Shouldn't Require You to Disappear and How High Performers Succeed Without Losing Themselves, names that pattern and gives you the moves to interrupt it.

📖 Get the book: https://a.co/d/0fLeNmRC

IN THIS EPISODE:

• ​Why staying true to yourself is not at odds with professional success
• ​The pattern of softening, filtering, and managing perceptions, and what it costs your voice, your team, and your company
• ​Practical moves to succeed without losing yourself

ABOUT JACKIE:

Jackie Roby is an Executive Leadership Advisor, international speaker, and author. Her message: Your busyness isn't proof of your value. It's proof the system is broken.

CONNECT WITH JACKIE:

• ​Website: https://inspiredjourneyconsulting.com/

• ​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredjourneyconsulting

• ​LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackie-roby/

• ​Book: https://a.co/d/0fLeNmRC

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Episode 28: IN THE HIVE with Dr. Chris Cueto: Stretch It Out, Strengthen It Up

This week, Dr. B is joined by her cousin, Dr. Chris Cueto, a sports medicine chiropractor based in NYC. Chris shares practical ways to stay strong, mobile, and mentally sharp in midlife, and he gives us simple moves we can do at our desks.

In this episode:

* Why midlife is the perfect time to rethink how we move

* The mind-body connection: how stress shows up in our muscles and joints

* Desk-friendly stretches to keep you limber during the workday

* Mini strength exercises you can do in minutes, no gym required

* Small daily habits that help you stay pain free-ish 😉

Connect with Dr. Chris Cueto:

Instagram:

@heraldsquarechiro

@thestickdoc

@hscs_performance

Facebook:

heraldsquarechiro

Website:

http://www.heraldsquarechiropractic.com

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-cueto-dc-ccsp-82702311?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and isn't a substitute for personalized medical advice. Check with your own provider before starting a new exercise routine.

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Episode 27: IN THE HIVE with Dr. Tatiana Pestana - To GLP1 or Not to GLP1? That Is the Question

Episode 27: IN THE HIVE with Dr. Tatiana Pestana - To GLP1 or Not to GLP1? That Is the Question

In this candid, doctor-to-doctor conversation, Dr. B sits down with her longtime friend and med school classmate Dr. Tati to unpack one of the hottest topics in health and wellness right now: GLP-1 medications.

Two physicians, one honest conversation - no hype, no fear-mongering, just real talk.

In this episode, we cover:

• What GLP-1 medications are and how they work

• The potential benefits — and the real risks and trade-offs

• How GLP-1s intersect with the menopausal transition specifically

• The questions every patient should ask their provider before starting this type of therapy

• How to think critically about a trend that's everywhere right now

Whether you're curious, considering it for yourself, or just want to be an informed voice in the conversation, this episode gives you the grounded, physician-level perspective to help you decide what's right for you.

Connect with Dr. Tatiana Pestana

Here’s Dr. Tati’s website

www.pestanawellness.com

Instagram

@pestana_wellness

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatiana-a-pestana-md-mph-ccms-ifmcp-05661483?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios

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Disclaimer: This episode is for educational purposes only and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice. Always consult your own healthcare provider before starting or stopping any medication.

Episode 26: THE BUZZ WITH DR. B - The Quiet After Goodbye - Empty Nest, Not Empty Life

September turns the spotlight on parents navigating midlife - all the feels, the transitions, the identity shifts nobody warns you about. This first episode zeroes in on one of the biggest: empty nest syndrome.

There’s a specific kind of quiet that happens when the last kid pulls out of the driveway. It’s not just an empty room — it’s an empty rhythm. The noise, the chaos, the “MOM, where’s my—” that used to drive you a little crazy? Gone. And what’s left in its place can feel a lot bigger than anyone warns you about.

This episode, Dr. B gets real about empty nest syndrome — not the Hallmark-card version, but what it actually feels like at 11pm when the house is too still. The grief that sneaks up on you even though you knew this day was coming. The pride that’s tangled up with heartbreak. The strange, disorienting question of “okay, so who am I now?”

If you’ve found yourself crying in the cereal aisle, wandering into their room just to sit for a minute, or wondering why you feel unmoored when everyone keeps telling you this is a “good thing” — this conversation is for you. You are not overreacting. You are not alone. And there is a way through this that doesn’t mean losing yourself.

In this episode:

• What empty nest syndrome really feels like — the parts nobody prepares you for

• Why the grief and the pride can hit you in the very same breath

• How to sit with the “who am I now?” question instead of running from it

• Small, real ways to start finding yourself again in the quiet

• A gentle reminder: this transition can quietly follow you everywhere, including into work — a note for anyone leading or supporting a team member going through it too

Who this is for: every parent standing in a quieter house right now, wondering if what they’re feeling is normal (it is), plus anyone who loves or works alongside someone in this season.

🎧 Grab your coffee (or your tissues) and listen/watch - see last three links:

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THE BUZZ with Dr. B and Ben: Your Vitality Account - Bankrupt or Booming?

Recorded on the road (literally!), Dr. B and Ben wrap up August with a conversation about something they call the vitality account - the idea that our well-being works a lot like a bank account. Every choice either makes a deposit or a withdrawal, and flourishing isn’t a one-time achievement, it’s a habit of consistent deposits over time.

In this episode, they talk about:

• What a “vitality account” is, and why thinking of self-care as an investment rather than an indulgence changes how you approach it

• Small, sustainable deposits vs. the burnout cycle of all-or-nothing self-improvement

• How to recognize when you’ve been making withdrawals without realizing it

• Turning self-care into daily maintenance instead of an emergency fund you only tap in crisis

This one was recorded mid-road-trip, so expect a little more unscripted, in-the-car energy than usual - sometimes the best conversations happen when you’re just driving and talking.

Reflection prompt for listeners: What’s one small, repeatable deposit you can make into your own vitality account this week?

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EPISODE 24: IN THE HIVE with Christy Uffelman - Wayfinding: The Map Was Always Yours (Part 2)

We all have a compass inside us - the question is whether we trust it. In this two-part conversation, Dr. B sits down with Christy Uffelman, MHCS, BCC - Reinvention Coach, Founder of EDGE Leadership, and Dr. B's own mentor coach, colleague, and friend - to talk about her new book, *Wayfinding*, and the art of finding our way back to ourselves.

Christy has spent her career helping leaders (and Dr. B included) see their blind spots - those quiet places where we've stopped listening to our own instincts. Together, they explore what it really means to navigate life from the inside out: how to quiet the noise of outside opinion, how to recognize your own North Star when it feels dim or far away, and why the answers we're searching for are so often already within us.

In Part 2, Dr. B and Christy go deeper into practical wayfinding…how to actually listen to your inner compass in real time, what it looks like when someone else helps illuminate a blind spot, and why your brightest North Star sometimes comes from within, not from anyone else's map.

In This Episode

- Blind spots - and why we need other people to help us see them

- Trusting your own North Star, even when it's quiet

- How mentorship and friendship deepen coaching (Christy and Dr. B's own relationship)

Christy Uffelman, MHCS, BCC, is a Reinvention Coach and the Founder of EDGE Leadership, specializing in group coaching and peer mentoring. She was named a Fierce Woman by The Huffington Post and is a #1 Amazon bestselling author. Her latest book, Wayfinding, explores how we reconnect with our own internal compass to navigate change and reinvention.

Connect with Christy

LinkedIn: Edge Leadership Solutions

https://www.linkedin.com/company/edgeleadershipsolutions/

Instagram: @christyatedgeleadership

https://www.instagram.com/christyatedgeleadership?igsh=MXc5bHZvcTdtcm5hZA==

Website: edgeleadershipsolutions.com

Facebook: Edge Leadership Solutions

https://www.facebook.com/edgeleadershipsolutions?

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Episode 23: IN THE HIVE with Christy Uffelman - Wayfinding: The Map Was Always Yours (Part 1)

We all have a compass inside us - the question is whether we trust it.

In this two-part conversation, Dr. B sits down with Christy Uffelman, MHCS, BCC - Reinvention Coach, Founder of EDGE Leadership, and Dr. B’s own mentor coach, colleague, and friend - to talk about her new book, Wayfinding, and the art of finding our way back to ourselves.

Christy has spent her career helping leaders (and Dr. B included) see their blind spots - those quiet places where we’ve stopped listening to our own instincts. Together, they explore what it really means to navigate life from the inside out: how to quiet the noise of outside opinion, how to recognize your own North Star when it feels dim or far away, and why the answers we’re searching for are so often already within us.

In Part 1, Christy shares the personal journey that led her to write Wayfinding and introduces the idea of the internal compass - what it is, why we lose touch with it, and how coaching (and friendship) can help us find it again.

In This Episode

• ​Christy’s path to becoming a Reinvention Coach and founding EDGE Leadership
• ​What “wayfinding” means and why she wrote the book
• ​The internal compass: what it is, how we lose it, how we find it again

Christy Uffelman, MHCS, BCC, is a Reinvention Coach and the Founder of EDGE Leadership, specializing in group coaching and peer mentoring. She was named a Fierce Woman by The Huffington Post and is a #1 Amazon bestselling author. Her latest book, Wayfinding, explores how we reconnect with our own internal compass to navigate change and reinvention.

Connect with Christy

LinkedIn: Edge Leadership Solutions

https://www.linkedin.com/company/edgeleadershipsolutions/

Instagram: @christyatedgeleadership

https://www.instagram.com/christyatedgeleadership?igsh=MXc5bHZvcTdtcm5hZA==

Website: edgeleadershipsolutions.com

Facebook: Edge Leadership Solutions

https://www.facebook.com/edgeleadershipsolutions?

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EPISODE 22: The Buzz With Dr. B - Stop Scrolling, Start Looking Inward: Your August Reset

August is the Hive’s month of looking inward. Before we can chase anything else, we have to get honest about one question: what do I really want?

In this episode, Dr. B walks through a simple but powerful practice - naming what you truly want in five key areas of life, being honest about where you currently stand, and then identifying the specific gap you need to close to get there. This isn’t about overhauling your entire life overnight. It’s about clarity first, action second.

The five areas covered:

• ​ Friends & Family - the relationships you’re nurturing (or neglecting)
• ​ Education - where you are in skills and knowledge vs. where you want to grow
• ​ Career & Finances - professional goals and financial footing you’re building toward
• ​ Wellbeing - physical health, spiritual grounding, and mental wellness
• ​ Contribution & Community Service - the impact you want to leave behind

Grab a journal for this one - Dr. B invites you to actually write out your answers as you listen.

In this episode:

• ​ Why “looking inward” isn’t selfish, it’s strategic
• ​ The one question to ask yourself before setting any new goal
• ​ How to identify the real gap (not just the surface-level one) in each life area
• ​ A simple framework for turning insight into your next small step

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EPISODE 21: THE BUZZ with Dr. B & Ben - Deposits, Withdrawals & Raising Kids Beyond "Boys Don't, Girls Should”

As July comes to a close, Dr. B and Ben sit down to wrap up this month's theme of Connection with one of their most personal conversations yet. They dig into the idea of "deposits" in a relationship - not grand gestures, but the small, consistent moments of acknowledgement that tell a partner *I see you, and what you do matters.*

From there, the conversation turns to parenting: how Dr. B and Ben raised their sons to hold the same values, the same permission to feel vulnerable, and the same core character - regardless of gender or the roles society tries to hand them. It's a conversation about breaking cycles, modeling emotional honesty at home, and making sure acknowledgement isn't just something we give our partners, but something we teach our kids to both give and expect.

In this episode:

- What a "relationship deposit" actually is, and why acknowledgement is the most underrated one

- How small moments of being seen add up over time (and what happens when they don't)

- Raising children - regardless of gender - with the same emotional toolkit

- Letting go of "boys don't..." and "girls should..." in your own home

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