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- Examining Marriage: Restoring Intimacy In Mid-Life (And Beyond) With Deanna Bryant
According to Deanna Bryant, love is a choice, and thus, so is marriage and staying married. But how do we keep choosing love as we get into the latter stages of marriage? In this episode, she joins Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen to dig deep into the challenges faced by couples in mid-life and beyond. Deanna is the host of Revive Your Midlife Marriage Podcast and a Relationship Coach for midlife couples. She discusses strategies on how to stoke the fire of intimacy and, on the other end, how you know when to end a marriage. Deanna also debunks misconceptions and myths about marriage and shares her thoughts on red flags, infidelity, alternative relationship/marriage structures, and more. Tune in for realistic relationship advice that could help you rekindle that spark.
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1 hr 2 min - Are The Holidays Bringing You Down?
Do you ever start to feel lonely or depressed once the holidays start to seep in—while the sun goes down earlier and you are home with your family with all the holiday food? That is a recipe for a major depressive disorder called Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. Join your hosts Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen as they talk about holiday depression and how to cure it. Find out how the lack of sunlight can affect your mental state and how vitamin D can help. Discover how a good diet can help fight back some depressive symptoms. Don't be lonely this holiday season, and come join in today's conversation.
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1 hr 2 min - Harm Reduction Strategies For A Post Capitalist World With Anuradha Kowtha
What does a post-capitalist world look like, and how do we get there? These are the questions that Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen mull over with Anuradha Kowtha. Anuradha is a catalyst, educator, Business Liberation Strategist, and the founder of The Kowtha Constellation. The three go on a deep dive on harm reduction strategies that could slowly liberate society from the shackles of capitalism. It is high time that people go beyond performative actions and it’s not as simple as checking off a box on a list. Anuradha also enlightens on concepts such as anticapitalist marketing and toxic belonging culture. Join in and get insights that will shake up how you view your place in the community with the evolution of capitalism.
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1 hr 12 min - Hope Deficits: Higher Education’s Dirty Little Secret
You often hear that education is your only key to success. Your parents would encourage you to finish college because higher education is the only path that you should take. But, what if you’re wrong? In this episode, Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen share their experiences and actual realizations about their college degrees and the specific schools they graduated from. Attending college for most people, especially the unprivileged, means taking different loans to pay for college. And even after graduating, their jobs will still be insufficient to pay the debts they incurred during their college years. Most people already had the mindset that it’s better to have a college degree than none. But is it a necessity? The decision of going to school or college will always end up with you. What do you want to do, what do you want to achieve, and what do you dream of? Tune in to learn what truly matters in life!
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53 min - Becoming A Better Ally For Gender Equity And LGBTQ+ Inclusion With Heidi Duss
A lot of us want to become better allies for LGBTQ+ community. But how do we achieve that, especially in the workplace? Today’s guest is Heidi Duss, Founder/Gender Equity, LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Belonging Advisor at Culturescape Consulting, helping leaders get diversity, equity, and inclusion right and foster more inclusive workplaces. Heidi joins Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen to break down where organizations lack in empowering their diverse workforce and what they can do to fix that gap. Listen in to an insightful discussion on intersectionality, inclusive leadership, and how to build and better your allyship to diverse communities.
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1 hr 18 min - Are We Obsessed With Justice?
As human beings, we don't want the feeling of being ashamed, canceled, or simply failing. But why does seeing these happen to others instead of ourselves bring most people pleasure and joy? Join hosts Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen in this episode as they dive deep into justice and people's misfortune. It was depicted that as we are now in the Digital Age, current trending technologies can empower people who gain pleasure from watching somebody fall. We must always pause for a while and reflect. We need to be more aware of our actions for the good of others. Tune in to learn how to make better decisions and be better persons as well.
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52 min - Spermageddon: The State Of Male Fertility With "Sperm King" Khaled Kteily
We typically don't think about fertility until our 30s or when we're actively planning to conceive. What people don't know is it's a numbers game, and you need to be thinking about this at a much earlier stage than most people do because you don't know how things will turn out. On today’s show, Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen talk with Khaled Kteily, the CEO of Legacy, a digital fertility clinic for men helping change the outdated view that fertility is a “women’s issue.” Khaled shares the core, motivation, and intention he had into diving into this business. He also shares his personal story on wanting to be a dad but being scared at the same time. Everyone thinks about having a family, but not everyone chooses to and can. Whether you’re ready to have kids or not, this episode is a must-listen to help you make the choice.
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1 hr 23 min - Are You Sacrificing Who You Are To Get Ahead?
Meritocracy is not a common word we hear every day, but it's something we see all around us. In this episode, Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen dissect how meritocracy in the upper middle class manifests itself through parents' and children's mental and psychological well-being. The jarring wealth inequality only pushes those in this status in this toxic cycle of driving this wealth inequality further while trying to maintain their status. Jason and Whitney dive deep into the impact this has on children and, essentially, on one's quality of life. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on how society has driven us to sacrifice ourselves for the unattainable.
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56 min - Why Being Selfish Benefits Your Success With Eva Medilek
Are you afraid of being seen starting small? So you push yourself too hard, and you make no room for self-care. Are you proud of doing everything until health breaks down? Then, you’re doing it wrong. Attaining success doesn’t mean that you have to be in a pitiful state. Tune into this episode as Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen talk to certified high-performance coach Eva Medilek on how people can achieve success without sacrificing health, well-being and relationships. Eva dives deep into setting boundaries and resistance. She also emphasizes that we all have a responsibility to educate ourselves about the systems in place, how we can benefit from the systems, and how we can't benefit from parts of the systems. Once you have an education, you can make responsible choices for yourself. Tune in and learn how to prioritize yourself!
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1 hr 11 min - The Dopamine Trap And Social Media Prison
It might seem harmless to scroll through social media several hours a day mindlessly. You might think that it's a way to fight away boredom or escape reality for a moment. But social media can be a prison that can impact your health negatively. On today's show, Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen talk about how our digital addictions are drowning us in dopamine and not benefiting us at all. Be aware of the dangers it may bring to your mental health especially when you’re comparing your life to other people. Tune into this episode to manage your wellness and increase real happiness in your life. Trigger warning: facts about suicide are mentioned in this discussion.
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About This Might Get Uncomfortable
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There are many elements in our lives that affect our well-being and there are many ways that we can explore them. One avenue to optimal self-care is having open, honest conversations about what it…
means to be well. Navigate love and relationships, purpose and meaning, mental health and wellness, success and failure, and all of those things that make us human with Whitney Lauritsen on This Might Get Uncomfortable. Whitney has over 13 years of professional experience in the health, wellness, and entertainment industries. She guides you through the confusion and the curiosity, the suffering and the unfulfilled potential, and the questions of why we’re here and what we’re doing. Join her each week as she shares her perspectives on wellness and has radically authentic, insightful conversations about life with special guests. This Might Get Uncomfortable, so prepare to dive deep into the rabbit hole. Nothing is off-limits here! Life presents us with challenges every single day. Many of us struggle to make life feel worthwhile, meaningful, and peaceful. We’re confronted in our relationships, careers, faith, and the health of our body, mind, and emotions. We often have questions in our minds that go unanswered, and sometimes, we don’t even want the answers. We just want to have a really unfiltered discussion, let it all out, be truly heard so we can process our emotions. We want to talk about our deepest passions and secret longings, share our unfulfilled dreams and big goals, and inquire into the mysteries of life. If you’re in that place right now, we invite you to join Whitney here on This Might Get Uncomfortable.
Whitney Lauritsen is a podcast host, social media advisor, and well-being coach. She founded Eco-Vegan Gal in 2008 to share lifestyle practices and product recommendations that improve the quality of body, mind, and planet. Her books include best-seller The Vegan Ketogenic Diet Cookbook and Healthy Organic Vegan on a Budget.
As an advocate for high-performance living and mental health, Whitney launched Wellevatr.
Passionate about business, Whitney advises creative entrepreneurs with digital marketing strategies that amplify their passions. She regularly coaches, consults, and presents on social media trends, influencer partnerships, and content monetization. A six-year stint teaching workshops at the Apple Store advanced her tech knowledge and experience. She has participated in business programs led by Google, Facebook, and Scripps Network. Recognized by her colleagues as a connector, Whitney has run numerous wellness industry events at YouTube Space, during the Natural Products Expo, and on Clubhouse app.
Media appearances include Stossel, HuffPost Live, and The Ultimate Health Podcast. Whitney has contributed to Forks Over Knives, VegNews Magazine, Simple Habit, New Hope Network, iHerb, and Organic Authority. She has spoken at many conferences, summits, and festivals, such as Bonnaroo, Fitness Magazine, VidCon, Podcast Movement, and BlogHer Food. In 2014, she received the Ed Begley Jr. Environmental Activist Award.
Whitney minored in psychology while studying film production at Emerson College. She also took classes at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Boston College. Her short films were broadcast on HBO and part of Steven Spielberg’s reality competition “On the Lot”. Before pivoting her career to content creation, she worked as a mentor at the Cannes Film Festival, managed an acclaimed production office, and assisted Rob Reiner’s family.
On this podcast, Whitney digs into the things that make people tick. The things that people are passionate about. The things that make people uncomfortable. The things that bring them hope, joy, and inspiration. The things that make them feel good in their bodies, minds, and hearts. The things that make life worth living and how to feel fully alive, genuinely happy and engaged every day. It's time to get to the core of who you truly are!