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Summer Replay Series - another hot topic in the self care space and a popular one with the Nirvana Sisters community..

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In this week's episode Amy and Katie chat with Holistic Health Dietitian, Natasha Coughlin. The three discuss the best foods for brain health, how food can help autism, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and more. Natasha shares which diets are best for putting autoimmune disease in remission and the surprising foods that could be causing your headaches and migraines. As a mother of three Natasha gives great tips for sneaking more vegetables in your children’s meals as well as a few of her favorite weeknight meals.

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Summer Replay Series - continuing on last week's topic of self care, this show with Jessica Maguire is helpful in learning what your Vagus Nerve is and how important it is for your overall health. As we enter the last weeks of summer and back to school stress is around the corner, this is a good listen. Don't miss Part 2 of this episode here.

Do you know what your Vagus Nerve is? In this weeks episode, Amy and Katie speak with Jessica Maguire, an expert in the nervous system and the vagus nerve. In this fascinating discussion, they learn all about the vagus nerve, how to maintain your vagel tone and signs and symptoms of a dysregulated nervous system. Throughout this episode, Jessica provides quick tips for the busy working woman and mother to regulate their nervous system, get to know the system better and being “inside the window”.

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Summer Replay Series!!! This is your summer self-care quickie on Nutrition. In this episode, Amy, Katie, and holistic nutritionist Jen Silverman discuss lots of great tips for summer eating and cocktailing. Tips for what to eat, healthy snacks, low sugar cocktails, and more. Plus a few good ways to get into nature to ground yourself and 3 easy vegetables to grow in your garden. Katie shares her new favorite tool to achieve metabolic flexibility and her favorite bloat-busting tea. The three discuss their favorite lower-carb cocktails for summer including an incredible watermelon cocktail recipe Jen created. This episode is loaded with feel-good tips and tricks to get you into the summer state of mind. 

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Summer Replay Series - As we enter the last month of Summer, start thinking about how you want to take care of yourself once the madness of back to school begins. Acupuncture is a great way to get your body back to alignment. This helpful episode is filled with all the basics on Acupuncture and what you need to know.

In this Nirvana Sisters Podcast episode we chat with Dr. Jenelle Kim. Dr. Kim returns from episode 62 with us where we discussed Traditional Chinese Medicine, her best selling book Myung Sung: The Korean Art of Living Meditation, and more. With her deep lineage in Eastern medicine and acupuncture, this new episode is loaded with tips for finding an acupuncturist, who can benefit from it and why. Dr. Kim also explains how acupuncture works through our meridian system and why stagnation is often the root of our ailments. 

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In this episode, we make the complex world of hormonal imbalances easier to understand. In part 2 with Marisa Faye who is a holistic hormone specialist we discuss the connection between high cholesterol and hormone imbalances plus Marisa gives us great tips on things you can do RIGHT NOW to balance your hormones. Don't miss part 1 with Marisa here.

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In this episode, we make the complex world of hormonal imbalances easier to understand. We meet Marisa Faye who is a holistic hormone specialist, and explore the various hormones contributing to imbalances and how they can impact our overall well-being. Marisa shares the symptoms to watch out for, the seven most common hormones that affect imbalance for the vast majority of women, various types of tests you can take, bio-identical hormones, and more. Additionally, in this Part 1 of 2 series, we address insulin resistance and why women often have stubborn weight that won’t move.

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Summer Replay Series!!! Perfect tips and tricks for staying healthy and on track during peak summer season when the BBQ’s are frequent and cocktails in the sun are flowing. Don’t miss part 2 with Andrea Marcellus.

In this Nirvana Sisters Podcast episode Amy and Katie chat with fitness expert, Andrea Marcellus. In part one of this two part series Andrea gives insight into why her proven strategies work for the busiest of people trying to achieve their health and wellness goals. She explains why stress is sabotaging your goals and how to overcome it. Her super quick and easy tips and tricks to get your exercise in, bringing down stress levels, and staying on track with healthy eating habits are life changing. 

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In this Nirvana Sisters Podcast episode we chat about our favorite products to keep you looking fresh during the peak of summer. We share our favorite contour stick that won’t melt away with sweat, the best hair products to get beach hair, easy self-tanners that are scentless, and more. Plus we share the new skincare brand that is getting a lot of buzz, especially amongst fellow podcasters. Wink Wink.

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Summer Replays! This fan favorite with Natasha B. Beauty Junky Monkey is LOADED with everything you need to know about skincare. Don't miss Part 2 of this episode as well.

In this Nirvana Sisters Podcast episode Amy and Katie chat with Natasha Brinkmann a.k.a. Natasha B. Beauty Junky Monkey. With over 350k followers on TikTok, Natasha is a trusted skin care expert that creates customized skincare plans for her clients. A former aesthetician, Natasha has spent years testing and trying hundreds of skincare products and only suggests products that truly deliver. Listen as Amy and Katie ask Natasha to explain what various skincare products do, what works for different skin types, when and how to use certain products, plus so much more. If you’ve been wondering what niacinamide is, if the word peptides is on your night cream and you don’t know why, this one is for you. Stay tuned for part 2 of the series where the three get into skincare treatments and more!

About Natasha Brinkmann

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Summer Replays! Don't miss this episode - it's loaded with tips and tricks for creating lean muscle mass and a body that feels great from the body whisperer herself, Lauren Roxburgh.

This week Amy and Katie chat with Lauren Roxburgh aka The Body Whisperer. With Lauren’s extensive background in Pilates, fascia health, and mind body alignment she’s created a revolutionary way of addressing one’s health and fitness. Listen as she tells us new ways of nurturing the body to shed physical and emotional weight, align your body, and develop more strength. Lauren shares with us what kinesthetic intelligence is and teaches us how to tap into listening and learning from your body’s cues. If you don’t know what your fascia is and why it’s so important you won’t want to miss this episode. Fascia health is on the forefront of emerging wellness and changing the way fitness experts to professional athletes stay in top shape.

About Lauren Roxburgh

Lauren Roxburgh - dubbed “The Body Whisperer” is a world renowned Board Certified Structural Integration Bodywork Practitioner, Pilates Pro, author and educator specializing in fascia health and mind-body alignment. Lo is the co-founder of the Aligned Life Studio - a virtual platform that offers a new paradigm in health and fitness - with a unique focus on fascia wellness - designed to help people align and strengthen their bodies, shed physical and emotional weight while enhancing resilience and confidence.

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