Wellness Junkies | Beauty & Wellness Tips, Hacks, Recs & Reviews for Women 40+

In this weeks episode Amy and Katie chat with Ayurvedic teacher, author, and Kundalini instructor, Justine Lemos. Listen as Justine explains the 101 of Ayurvedic practices and what the three Dosha body types are. Determining if  you are Pitta, Vata, and Kapha Dosha tells  what types of food are best for your body, what type of exercise, and more. Justine offers retreats, online courses, and private sessions. Listen to learn more and take Justine’s quiz to learn what your Dosha type is here.

About Justine:
Justine lemos, PhD is the founder of Shakti Path, an initiation and deepening into Ayurvedic, Yogic & Tantrik wisdom for female yoga teachers, yoginis & healers. Justine specializes in boosting radiance and finding balance through the female life cycle, transforming PMS, Hot Flashes, Infertility, Skin Issues and Depletion into Blissful Radiant Sexy Energy and Delightful Health. Justine offers her students tools and experiences to transform mental, emotional and physical imbalances, inviting you to step into your divine power via the knowledge of Ayurveda, Vedic Astrology, Tantra, Yoga & Rituals. Justine is an Ayurvedic Practitioner, Jyotishi, Tantrika and classical Odissi dancer. You can join Justine on Gaia TV on the series “Thrive Self Healing with Ayurveda.”

Justine is currently working with women who seek to balance and expand their sexual energies to experience radiant wellness. This may include aspects of Ayurveda, herbal medicines, Tantrik practices to transform limiting patterns and experience embodied Bliss. Justine works with select men to remove obstacles and limiting beliefs.

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In this bonus episode Amy and Katie catch up, filling each other in on their summer. Listen about Amy’s exciting travel and Katie’s staycation. Both share their individual take always from the season.

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Happy September! This week Amy and Katie share their favorite products for streamlining the back to school and fall routines. Great products to help nudge the kids along during this transitional time as well their favorite beauty and wellness products.


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Elf Ride Or Die Lip Balm
Urban Stems - The Kaden  with Glow Recipe Pink Juice Moisturizer
Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops
Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer
Elf Hydrating Camo Concealer
Kosas Concealer
Expressoh - GLASSY
State Bags
Calm Sleep Mist
Zhou Collagen Peptides 

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Summer Replays! Best of Series...This replay will provide a fresh perspective and reset as you move into Labor Day weekend.

This week Amy and Katie chat with Susy Schieffelin, a.k.a The Copper Vessel. This episode starts off with a 1 minute sound bath for you to enjoy. The three then discuss the origin of sound bath healing benefits, plus the differences between sound bath yoga, crystal sound baths, and more.  Susy shares her story of addiction recovery and long battle with alopecia, plus her cause of alopecia. Listen as she shares her emotional healing journey. Stay till the end to hear Susy tell Amy and Katie how she maintains her daily nirvana, one of the strongest, most enlightened tips the Nirvana Sisters have heard yet.

Susy Markoe Schieffelin is a Los Angeles-based sound healer, reiki master, Kundalini yoga teacher, and inspirational speaker who has led sound baths viewed or attended by millions of people all over the world. Susy has brought healing to employees at companies such as Google, Pandora, and Nordstrom, has played crystal bowls with notable artists
including Leann Rimes and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has been featured in publications such as WSJ, VOGUE, USA TODAY, and Los Angeles Times. Susy is known for her light-filled presence and ability to guide people towards radiant and empowered lives characterized by self-love, serenity, abundance, and joy. She is the founder of the Sound Healer's Academy, an innovative Crystal Alchemy Sound Healing and Spiritual Business Mentorship training, serves as a self-love advocate for brands, has created custom product lines, and offers deeply restorative crystal alchemy sound bath ceremonies and healing rituals both in person and online.

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Novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Novel A Course In Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman
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Odacite Skincare Ca + C Sensitive Skin Serum
Alo Moves
Alo Yoga

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Summer Replays! Best of Series....This replay comes at a perfect time as kids go back to school and there is a change in routine. Good reminders in this episode and don't forget to check out Part 1 of this helpful conversation. Both episodes are filled with valuable advice on how to communicate effectively with your children.

This week in part 2 of our series with parent coach Erika Brunwasser, Amy and Katie get advice on various real-life scenarios. They tackle tough topics like sex and how to answer some of your children’s more difficult questions. Stay till the end to hear how Erika maintains her balance and daily nirvana.

Erika Brunwasser is a parent coach and educator in Westport, Connecticut.
Erika guides parents and helps them thrive in parenting and everyday family life. She works with parents to become more connected and confident, in order to help them and their children thrive. Prior to becoming a parent coach, Erika was a New York City School Guidance Counselor for thousands of families. She has also helped many Fairfield county adolescents and families in various settings. Erika has a master’s degree in Education, in School Counseling from Fordham University, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from The Ohio State University.  Erika is passionate about helping families achieve a strong connection to their children and live their best possible life.

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In this episode with New York City based Yogi Amina Taha, Amy & Katie discuss her unique background in fashion which led to her finding and falling in love with Yoga, and never looking back. The episode was recorded while Amina was in Egypt and she talks about her Egyptian roots, her secret weapon for her stunning Instagram photos which inspire her large following, and how to begin your Yoga practice. At the closing mantra, Amina shares one of her favorites that has now become ours too. Katie reviews a great new skin care product that she is seeing excellent results from.

About Amina Taha:
Amina found yoga at the age of 27 during the start of her career as a fashion designer. She was immediately drawn to yoga and how it taught her about her body and herself. She felt the calling to teach a year into her practice, and now continues to share her love for yoga through teaching workshops and classes worldwide. Her teaching focuses on alignment, finding a balance of strength and flexibility in every posture and breath awareness. To her, yoga is about uncovering the infinite possibility within your body and mind.

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Gisou Honey Infused Hair Oil
Sunday Riley CEO 15% Vitamin C Brightening Serum

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In this week’s episode, Founder of BeautyShamans skincare, Shelly Marshall is back by popular demand. This time around, Amy, Katie and Shelly discuss how to integrate natural techniques like Gua Sha and face yoga with Botox, fillers, lasers, and beauty tools to keep your face looking fresh for longer.  Shelly breaks down different types of laser treatments, what they are best for, and the effectiveness of microneedling.  Shelley also shares the one surprising thing her clients are asking about right now. Amy closes out the show with a new product reco that Shelly is also a big fan of. 

About Shelly Marshall:
Founder of Beauty Shamans, Shelly Marshall, is a skin expert on a mission to help people raise the vibration of their skin using nontoxic products, tools, and rituals. She believes that beauty is rooted in health and mindset, and our skin will reflect the things we consume. After years of experience, and deep dives into cellular nutrition and aromatherapy, she developed a luxury line of spa-grade products for the skin to "eat" daily.  She also teaches a unique style of facial healing using a combination of facial massage, reflexology, face yoga, and the ancient art of Gua Sha. Her purpose is to help people shine their brightest light through practices of self love, therapeutic touch, and healing their skin within.

“My purpose is not to heal you, but to teach you how to heal yourself through the lens of skincare and self love.” -Shelly 

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Products/Brands mentioned:
BeautyShamans skincare
NuFace Trinity Professional
Sea Silk Wash
Mermaid Face
Medicine Woman Gua Sha Tool
Storyteller Reflexology Tool
ILIA Fullest Volumizing Mascara

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This week Amy and Katie chat with social media maven, former private chef and recipe creator for Martha Stewart, Kathleen Ashmore. Also known as Kat Can Cook on IG & Tik Tok. The three discuss Kat’s quick, easy weeknight family meal tips that are healthy and filling, hacks for keeping your produce fresh for up to two weeks and how to revive wilted veggies. Kat’s 5 healthy pantry staples are not only affordable but super versatile too and her wellness and beauty hacks at the end are worth staying for. Amy wraps with her new fave healthy and delicious dessert found at your local Trader Joe’s.

Kathleen Ashmore -Tik Tok Chef, Blogger, Producer, Mom
Kat Ashmore is a classically trained Chef, TV Personality, Emmy award winning Food Television Producer and recipe developer focusing on real food recipes and cooking tips for busy lives.

With a 1.7 Million following on Tik Tok, high quality, engaging video content is Kat's specialty. Kat is known for incorporating unique tricks and creativity into everyday meal preparation.

She aims to empower the home cook to make delicious, healthy meals for themselves and their families and have fun doing it!

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Milk Hydro Grip Primer
Ilia Super Serum Skin Tint
Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara
Trader Joe’s Vegan Cookies n Cream Vanilla Bean Bon Bons 

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In this week’s episode, Amy and Katie chat with the founder of Ah.mi Health, Rachel Johnson. The three discuss her creating a modern community for like-minded women to come together on their health journeys - swapping easy recipes, workouts, and more. Rachel shares the importance of having a place like this for women, the support that is offered, and great success stories from within. Rachel talks about  Ah.mi’s Le Health Club, the virtual club membership that offers healthy recipes, nutrition advice, tools, resources, and more. The three bond over their love for all things wellness and woman supporting woman in this heart-filled episode. Stay tuned as Rachel gives the Nirvana Sisters community a discount to join Le Health Club.

About Rachel Johnson:
Rachel is a corporate lawyer, mom of two, & the founder of ah.mi health. Rachel started ah.mi after really wanting to get healthy for good after her second baby, but she couldn't find a company out there that spoke her language. So in January 2019, she started a group text between a few friends committing to eating healthy, simple meals and moving their bodies regularly. After three months of committing together, *big* changes started to happen — Rachel and her friends felt HAPPIER and FITTER than ever. The best thing was, they didn’t want it to end. What started as a group text has grown into an innovative health and wellness company on a mission to make healthy living *realistic* and doable for all. ah.mi's Le Health Club is a virtual health club membership that emphasizes community support and gives you the tools and resources to get healthy, for good. With the simple mantra - Greens. Water. Move. Repeat. - the focus is on creating small, sustainable habits that you can build on to accomplish big changes in your life. 

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Ahmi:  Use code Nirvana10 to join Ahmi Le Health Club
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Jen Silverman Nutrition
Melissa Wood Health
RESET
Omsom seasoning
Ithica hummus
Recess Infused Sparkling Water
Favorite Daughter

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In this week’s episode, Amy and Katie meet Dr. Jenelle Kim to learn all the basics of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Listen in to learn about what TCM actually means and the key modalities. Dr. Jenelle Kim shares what she calls the "3 M's"  and how she uses this in her daily life.  The three also discuss "doe chi" and how powerful this philosophy can be which she leaned from her father, a Korean monk. Other topics include adaptogens, herbal ingredients, what to ask for when looking for supplements, and how to find a doctor with TCM expertise.  Don't miss the end to hear her favorite wellness hack and "5 minute flow" sharing how she gets ready in 5 minutes.

About Dr. Jenelle Kim:
Dr. Jenelle Kim, DACM, L.Ac., is a prolifically cited wellness expert that has been featured in Forbes, Allure, Meditation Magazine, Time, Forbes, etc., and is a best-selling author. She is devoted to integrating the philosophy, ancient medical wisdom, and expertise of East Asia with the advancements of modern life and medicine of the West to touch and positively affect the lives of others. Dr. Kim is a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and is Nationally Board Certified in Herbology, Oriental Medicine, and Acupuncture. Dr. Kim completed extensive training in East Asia under some of the most respected doctors in the field of Oriental Medicine and is the custodian of her lineage proprietary Bi Bong® formulas.

Her book, Myung Sung: The Korean Art of Living Meditation was published on January 11, 2022, by Watkins Publishing and distributed by Penguin Random House. Myung Sung is available globally in ten languages, Czech, Thai, Italian, Croatian, Spanish, Romanian, Turkish, Australia, New Zealand, and Serbian. In her book, Dr. Kim breaks down the principles of Myung Sung, offering a way to achieve a life of balance and happiness by enjoying the positive benefits of meditation every minute of every day. Dr. Kim’s unique approach to meditation combines lessons on movement and natural medicine learned from a lifetime of experience studying Eastern philosophy, Eastern medicine, and martial arts.

With almost 20 years in the beauty and wellness industry, Dr. Kim has formulated some of the first all-natural luxury products carried in high-end spas across the world including Ritz Carlton, Four Season & Mandarin Oriental high-end retailers such as Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus & Bergdorf Goodman, and in the natural marketplace in stores such as Whole Foods Market & Sprouts.

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