There is no such thing as an overnight success and Nikole is proof of this. From the beginning, she had to get over her nerves of being in front of the camera and build her confidence to become the passionate force behind HealthNut Nutrition. Not only is she a YouTube celebrity but she and her boyfriend “Mr. Matt” have grown a thriving online business with many more exciting projects in the future.

In this episode we discuss:

• How and why Nikole started her youtube channel
• The equipment you need to get started
• The importance of passion and enthusiasm when it comes to success
• How Nikole got over her nervousness and anxiety
• How she handles negative comments on youtube
• A mind-blowing story she shared for the first time!
• How she balances it all
• Food shaming and veganism
• The importance of finding your tribe and being authentic
• Life with Mr. Matt
• How they make it all happen
• What’s next for HealthNut Nutrition

Resources:

• HealthNut Nutrition Youtube
  
  
• HealthNut Nutrition Instagram
  
  
• HealthNut Nutrition Facebook
  
  
• HealthNut Nutrition Pinterest
  
  
• Visit the HealthNut Shop
  
  
• Visit the HealthNut Nutrition Website
  
  
• Pre-Order The HealthNut Cookbook
  
• The Joyous Health Business Program

Social media: friend or foe? This week we're going beyond the filters and perfectly curated feeds and having an honest conversation about social media, including how to establish a healthy relationship with it. Doing so, will drastically reduce stress and free up more space in your mind. 

 In this episode we discuss:

• How Joy responds to "your life and recipes look so perfect" comments
• What really happens behind the lens of social media
• Real life VS Online life
• The amount of work that actually goes into producing a recipe for the blog
• "Sexy selfies"
• Why all that glitters is not gold (and why not to compare yourself to others)
• There's no such thing as an overnight success
• "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity"
• How Joy got to where she is today
• The value of unfollowing people who don't make you feel good
• How Joy handles negative comments on social media (especially YouTube)
• Mean comments say more about the more person saying them and nothing about you
• Negativity breeds negativity (and positivity breeds positivity!)
• We have the power to shift the narrative based on how we interact on social media platforms
• Why "killing them with kindness" doesn't always work
• Creating healthy boundaries with social media and mobile devices
• How not to let social media consume your life
• A Public Service Announcement + a story that will stop you from texting and walking across the street
• How social media platforms are designed to be addictive
• The unofficial campaign to get Walker to share more of his amazing photography on his Instagram

Resources:

• Sign up for the Dose of Joy newsletter (delivered every Tuesday)
• Sign up for the What To Eat This Weekend newsletter (delivered every Friday)
• Find Joy on Instagram

Show Notes: https://bejoyo.us/2Y5pQFH

One of the most common questions Joy receives is, "Are you keto? Vegetarian? Vegan?", to which she answers, "No, I'm Joy!". We've come to be defined by our diets but in this episode, you're going to learn some of the drawbacks that come with that and how to find the healthiest diet for you! 

In this episode we discuss: 

• Is there an ideal way to eat for everyone?
• The benefits of certain diets 
• When diets do serve a purpose
• Sacrificing your health to live up to a label or a belief system
• Why people follow diets like a religion
• Having the freedom and the choice to eat what you want
• Being both a plant and animal eater (and thriving!)
• The Joy McCarthy and Walker Jordan diet 
• Finding the [insert your name here] diet (the BEST diet for you!)
• Learning to listen to your body through its evolution
• How our bodily needs change from puberty to pregnancy to menopause
• The role of social media when it comes to people's diets
• Online bullying and how it's keeping people stuck in their diet for fear of “coming out”
• Having an open mind and being compassionate towards other people's dietary decisions
• How to avoid labelling yourself
• The first step to take when making a bold change in your diet
• How to know if your diet or way of eating isn't working for you 
• Why some people feel terrible when they eat animal foods after not eating them for a while 
• Eating the foods that help you thrive
• What to do when you crave bread on a paleo diet (or crave fish on a vegan diet)
• Breaking free from labels

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/livingwithoutlabels

Sharing strategies to raise healthy and resilient children is a topic we're deeply passionate about at Joyous Health and there was no better person to speak to this than Dr. Rachel Schwartzman who is a licensed naturopathic doctor, birth doula and mom to three busy kids.

In this episode we discuss:

• Rachel's childhood dream of becoming a medical doctor and how it evolved into studying anthropology and becoming a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine Raising kids around food
• The importance of baking and cooking with kids from a young age
• Tips on managing picky eaters "Out of sight out of mind" when it comes to sugar
• The most important consideration for stocking a healthy kitchen Letting kids discover how food makes them feel
• Understanding picky eaters (and why they may not actually be as "picky" as you think)
• Making small targets for kids instead of proposing lofty goals
• Getting kids interested in different foods by eating "family-style" Exposing your kids to a variety of foods, herbs and flavours as young as you can
• Halloween in Rachel's home
• Managing kids, the Bump To Baby Show and a clinic + how she does it all
• Homeopathic essentials for kids
• Natural supplements for kids

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/raisehealthyeaters

You might be surprised to learn that Joy, a Holistic Nutritionist, used to be a sugar addict. It was only later in life that she learned that the sugar-free foods she was consuming and her diet at the time was a big reason for it. If you currently feel addicted to sugar, don't worry – there is hope with the strategies I share in this episode!

In this episode we discuss:

• How sugar makes food addictive (and how food manufacturers take advantage of this)
• Joy's sugar addiction story and how she broke her addiction to sugar
• Joy and Walker's relationship with sugar as kids
• How much sugar the average North American consumed then and now
• The industrialization of food and how it has altered food for the worse
• Why sugar is considered to be as addictive as drugs
• The many negative effects of sugar
• How to break your sugar addiction
• The importance of balancing your blood sugar
• How a sugar addiction begins
• What happens when Joy and Walker's daughter Vienna has refined sugar
• Eating a high sugar diet ages your skin through a process called AGEs
• The link between sugar and heart disease
• How much sugar is okay
• Where sugar is hiding in your food (you might be surprised by this!)
• The role green smoothies played when breaking my sugar addiction
• The best part about quitting sugar

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/breakfreefromsugar

SAVE 10% off of Joyous Detox Online over on joyoushealth.com/shop or over here using "JDOPODCAST10" at checkout.

This week, Joy and Walker relive one of the most incredible, magical and insane moments of their life which was the moment they welcomed their daughter, Vienna, into the world. They both get into the nitty-gritty of all of the details, in addition to the strategies they used to have a natural pregnancy and childbirth. If you are currently pregnant or hoping to have children in the future, this episode will show you that positive birthing experiences do exist!

In this episode we discuss:

• Not all birth stories are negative or "horror stories"
• Positive birth stories
• Choosing to find out Vienna's gender before she was born 
• The connection between The Ritz Carlton and Vienna's birth
• How ACDC was involved with Joy's water breaking
• Choosing the Toronto Birthing Centre over giving birth at home  
• Labouring at home
• Joy and Walker's birthing centre experience
• "It's hard work, it's work – but it's worth it"
• Natural pain relief medications you can use during child birth
• Strategies to get through the pain of childbirth 
• What happened the moment Joy held Vienna in her arms
• The time warp that is child birth 
• Joy's thoughts on men who have issues looking at their wife's vagina while giving birth 
• Joy's take on the antibiotic eye wash
• The Vitamin K Shot – and why Joy wishes Vienna didn't have it
• What the 6 weeks post partum looked like
• Joy's challenges with breastfeeding
• Birthing affirmation cards Walker put together to support Joy during childbirth 
• Taking each person's birthing story with a grain of salt 

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/birthingstory

Get the Complete Self-Care Guide For New Mamas over here.

Today [is the day] that we are joined by our dear friends, Meghan Telpner and Josh Gitalis.

You may know Meghan as the author of two books, UnDiet and The UnDiet Cookbook, a Nutritionist and Founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition; and Josh Gitalis as a Clinical Nutritionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner who runs a Toronto-based practice with a worldwide client base.

We're super grateful to have them share their wisdom with us today, as well as some behind-the-scenes stories from their life of being a married couple, entrepreneurs and parents to the most adorable almost-2-year-old, Finn! 

In this episode we discuss:

• The importance of having a solid relationship before having kids.
• How work life and home life intertwine. (hint: it takes a ton of organization to run a household, be parents and be an entrepreneur).
• The key life skill Josh learned in nutrition school and Meghan's life-changing Balsamic Maple Tempeh recipe that has been dubbed the "tempeh converter".
• Mindfulness is one of the most important skills in being a parent.
• House rules around technology that Meghan and Josh live by. 
• Why you should care about the toxins in your home.
• Tips for setting up a toxin-free nursery plus Meghan's superstitious nature.
• Tons of tips for creating a toxin-free healthy home.
• The two most important investments in a healthy home!
• Meghan and Josh's hobbies (from macrame to the books they are reading)
• Josh and Meghan's Pre-tirement plan
• What they love about each other and what brings a dose of joy to their life every day. 
• Their love of Finn and why he's so awesome. 
• What's next for Meghan and Josh. 

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/episode4

Joyous Health Business Program: http://www.joyousbusiness.com

This week’s episode picks up from episode 2 where Joy shares her health and healing journey before meeting Walker and transitions into the story of how Joy and Walker actually met, and not only went on to work together, but get married and a have a daughter together too! You’ll learn about the best ROI Walker got on his sandwich board sign and the worst $250 investment Joy ever made.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The beginning of Joy and Walker's entrepreneurial journey, dating back to 2009
• The vow Joy made to myself in October 2009
• How Joy left the personal training industry for good, in exchange for nutrition
• The one thing Joy feared more than death 
• How Joy started Joyous Health with no social following and nearly no money
• Moving forward in business, despite uncertainty and risks
• The worst $250 business investment Joy ever made
• The best ROI Walker got on his sandwich board sign
• The job application that led to Joy meeting Walker
• How Joy and Walker started to work together
• What to do if you're not happy in your job
• Walker's moonlighting moment with Joyous Health
• Getting married in 2013, honeymooning, coming back to Walker quitting his job and joining Joyous Health
• Launching Joyous Health's first natural body care line and the 10 Day Detox (that led to the birth of Joy's award-winning second book, Joyous Detox)
• The release of Joy's first book, Joyous Health, in 2014 and why it wouldn't have happened if it weren't for these certain things
• How becoming parents in 2015 affected Joyous Health and the business
• The crazy proposal Walker came to Joy with 3 months after Vienna was born
• How the Joyous Health Business program came to be in 2017
• What's next (including the Joyous Cookbook, coming out late December 2019)
• Our mission today that is the same as day 1 of Joyous Health

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/episode3

Joyous Health Business Program: www.joyousbusiness.com

This week, Joy throws it back to the beginning of Joyous Health, including what initially inspired her health journey and the road she took to achieving Joyous Health. Joy highlights the key turning points of her personal health journey, much of which involved meeting Walker, and demonstrates that you have the power to take your health into your own hands and feel joyous no matter what stage of your life you may be in!

In this episode we discuss:

• How Joy initially felt hopeless when coping with her health struggles
• What inspired Joy to start eating healthy and working out
• Unhappiness in relationships and how it can negatively affect your health
• The turning point that inspired Joy to take her health into her own hands and become her own advocate
• The first steps Joy took to support her health 
• The one life-altering decision Joy made that transformed her health and life 
• Why your emotional health is as important as your physical health 
• Your emotions affect every cell of your entire body 
• How a change in my exercise routine actually made Joy healthier 
• What works for someone else (when it comes to your health), might not work for you
• Honour your health, where you're at and make tiny tweaks every day
• Self-awareness and how it can invite in positive change and a healthier, happier life

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/findingjoy

Welcome to the Joyous Health Podcast and your first (of many to come) weekly doses of joy! Get to know the joyous husband and wife duo behind the Taste Canada-award winning brand, JoyousHealth.com, as well as what you can expect from The Joyous Health Podcast in the future!

In this episode, we discuss:

• What the Joyous Health Podcast is all about
• Walker's first job (and his sheep, Corey)
• The loves of Walker's life aside from Joy and their daughter Vienna
• Who's Joy McCarthy and why she watched Hannibal during her pregnancy (eek!)
• The daily ritual in Joy's home growing up that paved the way to her love for real food
• Joy’s shocking first job 
• Joy and Walker share things that bring them a dose of joy!
• Getting outside for 30 minutes every day has hormonal benefits
• 4-7-8 breathing and what it can do for your body
• Why Walker loves cleaning the office
• What Joy and Walker vowed to each other on their wedding day
• Why hugs are good for your hormones (oxytocin)
• What makes us LOL Every. Single. Day.

SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/2UA4hux