What's The Juice

Are you curious about why, in an age of hyper-advanced technology and science, we have more chronic illness than ever? Zach Bush, MD is a renowned physician, researcher, and educator at the forefront of integrative medicine and microbiome research. He shares his revolutionary philosophy on planetary and human health – and how even beyond healing the soil, it all comes back to healing our relationships and deeply witnessing one other. 

HERE’S THE JUICE: 

• Why disease emerges from bodies that are disconnected from nature 

• How “alternative medicine” is just becoming another version of conventional medicine  

• Why truly witnessing one other is essential for creating a new social framework 

• Why the wireless communication network between microbiomes and human cells play a crucial role in your health 

• The wonder of the virome and how viruses actually upgrade your genetics 

• Why you experience strange, vivid, or even lucid dreams when you have a virus 

• What’s actually happening in your mind, body and spirit with long COVID symptoms  

• Why going through sickness and pain pushes you towards your highest self 

• How the old you/your old life needs to die so that you can see the vision for the new you 

• How to diversify your microbiome through food and daily habits (like your route to/from work!) 

• Why people in blue zones live as long as they do (hint: it’s not about eating beans) 

• How the antidote to our glyphosate crisis lies in ancient soil  

Watch the full episode on What’s The Juice YouTube Channel 

To support our ad-free show, shop Olivia’s line of herbalist-formulated supplements for digestion, anxiety, thyroid support, and more by visiting www.organicolivia.com. Our most loved formulas are: GlucoBitters for blood sugar balancing, insulin resistance and PCOS, Liver Juice for acne and liver detoxification support, and Bloat BFF for fast-acting bloating support. 

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Are you in your fitness era but feel confused about how to ACTUALLY fuel your body for muscle, blood sugar balance and hormone health? Lauren Papanos, MS, RD, CSSD is a registered dietician, hormone specialist, and sports performance expert who shares how to eat before/after workouts and her functional approach to women’s health issues like PCOS and hypothyroidism.

HERE’S THE JUICE:

• The 4 types of PCOS: insulin resistant, adrenal, inflammatory + post-pill

• Why your meals directly before and after exercise should be completely different than your meals outside of your training window

• Why eating fat and taking supplements (omegas, Vit C) around your workout window is counterproductive

• What the bodybuilder diet got right and wrong (i.e. “refeed days” for thyroid and appetite)

• The potential risks of going on a low carb diet 

• Why your thyroid needs carbohydrates (the science on kisspeptin levels)

• What labs you should request if you suspect you have a sluggish thyroid

• Red light and topical glutathione for thyroid inflammation

• If hair mineral tests are accurate + diet changes to replace our deficient minerals

• How to relieve constipation holistically 

• The most ideal “exercise split” for women

• Why it’s best to do cardio vs. resistance training on totally different days

• A week of eating for both muscle and hormone health

Watch the full episode on What’s The Juice YouTube Channel

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To support our ad-free show, shop Olivia’s line of herbalist-formulated supplements www.organicolivia.com including GlucoBitters for blood sugar balancing, insulin resistance and PCOS, Liver Juice for skin and liver detoxification support, and Bloat BFF for fast-acting bloat support.

Connect with Lauren:

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Ask the Herbalist: All About Hypothyroidism + Labs to Ask For episode

Richard Mandelbaum: A New Approach to Lyme Disease episode

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It takes time, love and presence to build trust with those we love… but how do we build a true relationship with ourselves, too? Sometimes it gets ugly when we start the journey to become our own friend. In this episode with Radhi Devlukia, we cover the exact practices and questions you can ask yourself to figure out who you really are vs. how your ego wants to be seen, and reconnect with your own voice (even if you’ve never heard it before). While we go deep, we also cover the top 3 Ayurvedic practices you should implement into your day and how to prepare potent kitchen medicine by adding therapeutic spices to your food.

HERE’S THE JUICE:

• How Radhi’s cultural upbringing in an Indian home with Ayurvedic influence deeply impacted her life path

• Ayurvedic inspired practices to develop a relationship with your body

• Why sharing your knowledge with the world is critical for shedding your ego

• A reframe to stop letting imposter syndrome get in the way)

• How our “seen culture” translates to social anxiety and people pleasing

• How you can only access the hearts of others when you speak from your own heart

• The one simple practice that will help to align you with your true self

• How ‘mantra meditation’ can be the perfect solution if you struggle to meditate in silence

• Why sitting with yourself in moments of silence and discomfort can help you hear your actual voice

• How to build a sense of identity separate from the value you get from your relationships

• The exact question to ask yourself when you’re feeling self conscious 

• The famous Ayurvedic “CCF” tea that can help your digestion + metabolism

• Why the ancient practice of body oiling (abhyanga) can soothe your nervous system

• Why “kitchen medicine” can actually be more potent than supplementation for both getting well and staying well

• Recipes you can use to integrate spices into your life daily, including the simple 2 ingredient drink Radhi enjoys before bed 

Watch the full episode on What’s The Juice YouTube Channel

To support our ad-free show, shop Olivia’s line of herbalist-formulated supplements for digestion, anxiety, thyroid support, and more by visiting www.organicolivia.com. Our most loved formulas are: GlucoBitters for blood sugar balancing, insulin resistance and PCOS, Liver Juice for acne and liver detoxification support, and Bloat BFF for fast-acting bloating support.

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Confused on where to start if you have IBS, SIBO, or can no longer eat the foods you love without reacting? Dr. Alexis Cowan, PhD is a microbiome researcher and high-performance holistic health mentor who shares her revolutionary, 3-step gut protocol to restore your good bacteria.

HERE’S THE JUICE:

• How Alexis’ own 100lb weight loss experience impacted her gut health

• The specific gut protocol that healed her gut microbiome, dairy intolerance  and many of her clients’ long term symptoms

• Top 3 foods needed to feed your good gut bacteria

• How to feed your bifidobacteria if you weren’t breastfed

• Why 2-4 weeks of a “preparation phase” with diet changes and inflammation-busting supplements may be needed before embarking on a gut protocol

• Omega-3s, hesperidin (found in orange peels) and molecular hydrogen to reduce gut inflammation and break the cycle

• Why low FODMAP diets aren't a long term, sustainable treatment for SIBO

• How to properly get off an elimination diet 

• Why carnivore and keto diets can negatively impact the microbiome long term 

• Why high protein diets (without enough plants) can cause constipation and discomfort

• The profound link between high blood sugar, type 2 diabetes and fungal overgrowth

• Her take on functional lab testing, parasites and other buzzy topics on social media 

• Why toxic relationships can be just as detrimental as poor sleep or digestive health

Watch the full episode on What’s The Juice YouTube Channel

To support our ad-free show, shop Olivia’s line of herbalist-formulated supplements for digestion, anxiety, thyroid support, and more by visiting www.organicolivia.com. Our most loved formulas are: GlucoBitters for blood sugar balancing, insulin resistance and PCOS, Liver Juice for acne and liver detoxification support, and Bloat BFF for fast-acting bloating support.

Connect with Alexis:

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Instagram: @dralexisjazmyn

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Curious about what to expect in 2024? Jill Wintersteen, aka Spirit Daughter, spills the tea on all things astrology. With a deep interest in consciousness, Jill became a neuroscientist with a master's Degree in Psychology and later pursued her doctorate at Johns Hopkins. When her calling to help others find grounding and peace in their lives became louder than her desire to continue her education, she left the program and built a private practice infused with alignment-based yoga, Chinese medicine, and astrology. Through Spirit Daughter, Jill guides others to break through limiting beliefs to find healing and transformation. Her ever-popular lunar cycle workbooks and thoughtful courses reach millions of people all over the world, helping them to align with the energies of the Universe and manifest their visions.

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Here’s the juice:

• What the different astrological seasons are + what they mean

• The journal prompts and questions to ask yourself this new year when reflecting on 2023

• The simple ways you can start to tap into your intuition so you can ultimately learn to trust it and follow it 

• How to tell the difference between anxiety and intuition in your body

• Why 2024 is the year of reclaiming our power/standing in our power

• The major themes of 2024 and what we can expect astrologically

• How collectively we are reevaluating our relationship with physical “stuff” and consumerism. What are we consuming?

• Why we are being called to limit distractions and integrate our shadow

• The importance of living in our highest vibration to contribute positively to the collective consciousness 

• How the pandemic connected us permanently 

• Why 2024 is asking us to dive into partner work? We will need practices that help us nurture our relationships more than ever

• What the solar eclipse in Aries next spring will bring? Hint: it might be time to launch a project or step into something new 

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This episode with Amber Magnolia Hill is like receiving a warm hug from an old friend. Amber is a seasoned herbalist who handmakes beautiful plant medicines for people who yearn for knowledge about herbalism, deepening ancestral connections, and remembering what it is to be human upon the earth. She helps people to drop cultural disconnection and disempowerment, and to return to old ways of being. I loved swapping stories of spiritual plant experiences with Amber and I hope this conversation inspires you to connect with the plants that are calling to you!

Here’s the juice:

• Why herbalism is really about our relationships with plants, rather than using plants to treat specific ailments

• What the concept and process of plant communication looks like

• The experience that made her realize the mythical power of plants

• How plants treat our spirits by bringing us into ourselves in a deeper way – bringing us into alignment with our true essence

• How body oiling can help with boundary setting + how to make your own oil at home

• The importance of using plants before, during and after pregnancy

• Plants don’t come to us unless we’re ready for them and the lessons they teach us

• What the role of herbalism is in our modern day health care system now and in the future 

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This episode is a masterclass in all things breathwork, Kundalini, meditation, and deep emotional healing. When I did a trip to California this year I had this insane virus that was affecting the nerves in my neck. I was in so much pain and it was very much mirroring this emotional pain that I was in. I ended up having a one-on-one breath work session with Erika and I cried like a baby. It was the first time that I felt safe to actually let go and acknowledge how much pain I was in. I loved her technique and the way that she taught and held space for me felt so comfortable — I knew that I had to have her on the podcast so that she could give you guys a little bit of that magic that she shared with me and our one-on-one breathwork session. 

Links from the ep: 

• use code olivia for 15% off your first one-month supply of NOBS using this link betterbiom.com/olivia
• receive 20% OFF any AquaTru purifier using code "JUICE" using this link: AquaTru.com
• sign up for unlimited mediations and resources with Erika using this link: evolvebyerika.com

Here's the juice:

• Erika's breathwork method and how to use it in your own practice

• why it's so important for you to start your day with a 5-minute meditation or sound healing

• how breathwork can help you “take out the garbage” from yesterday so that you can actually have space for what's coming in today

• why  actively letting go and releasing through your own voice and breath helps set you up to receive the goodness that you might otherwise be blocking

• how to use breathwork to tackle real-life stress in the moment

• how to create a very simple morning routine and practice where you can utilize the techniques that she learned to really catapult yourself into a whole different chapter of your life 

• how simply changing the state that you're in when you wake up can set your whole day up for success

• how breathwork and Kundalini can raise your energy and help you access joy

• why changing your own energy has a palpable impact on those around you 

• other energetic techniques that you can learn and lean on during the different phases of your life 

• how and why breathwork works to soothe, balance, and nourish your nervous systems

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We’re 100% here for Vanessa Rissetto’s accessible, straightforward nutrition advice. She approaches nutrition from an outsider's perspective because, in many ways, she is one. As CEO and Co-Founder of Culina Health, her priority is making clinical nutrition care inclusive and accessible. Vanessa received a Master’s in Science in Marketing from NYU and later completed her Dietetic Internship through their Nutrition and Food Studies Program at Mount Sinai Hospital. Her work in private practice includes treatment of GI disorders, bariatric surgery, weight management, PCOS, and family nutrition. She loves helping clients take an active role in their health journey and motivates them to achieve success. Vanessa was named by Essence magazine as one of the top 5 black nutritionists who will change the way you think about food.

Links from the ep: 

• use code olivia for 15% off your first one-month supply of NOBS using this link betterbiom.com/olivia

Here’s the juice:

• How she felt like the nutrition field catered to the 1% and therefore started her company, Culina Health to increase access

• The value of a great practitioner as opposed to a bunch of functional tests that aren’t covered by insurance

• Her simple, straightforward advice about eating that everyone can benefit from

• How to figure out “what works for you” when you have no clue 

• Her opinion on intermittent fasting and when it’s appropriate

• Why it’s okay to want to look good in your body!

• How she built her company to be the first nutrition company run by RDs, with investment money, and accepting insurance 

• Why not eating enough actually keeps you from losing weight 

• The role of compromise in achieving your health goals

• How to incorporate healthy coping mechanisms that aren’t related to food and drink

• The importance of sitting in the quiet for clarity and food-related emotions

• Tips on how to access nutritious, high quality food when you’re on a budget

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This week I’m sitting down with the one and only Jenna Zoe. Jenna is the world-leading expert in Human Design and the creator of the popular My Human Design App. She turned a complicated science into an accessible, easy-to-implement tool that will totally change your life. Jenna presents Human Design through a lens of radial acceptance which has resonated with millions around the globe and essentially made it into the mainstream obsession it is now. Her #1 goal is to help us understand who we are and how we function so that we can spend our energy emphasizing our unique gifts and talents, instead of trying to be someone society wants us to be.

Links from the ep: 
- Follow the link notion.com/juice to try Notion Ai for note-taking and project planning

Here’s the juice:

• How Human Design combines astrology, the chakras, and kabbala to paint a holistic picture of who you are + how you operate

• The full breakdown of each human design type – generator, manifesting generator, manifestor, projector, reflector 

• Why it’s important to open your mind so that you are ready to receive what the universe is sending you

• It’s not about finding the “right” career path for you, it’s about how much you genuinely love what you’re doing

• Why it behooves you to remove things from your plate that you don’t enjoy so that other people who love doing those things can do them

• How if you’re living your design the right people will find you

• How to read and trust that your unique urges are divine

• What it looks like when you’re living out of alignment with your human design type

• Why most of us need to be deconditioned to some degree

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This week I have a fun, conversational episode for you that feels like a night of girl talk on the couch sprinkled with deep wisdom. Rebecca Leigh is a nutritionist passionate about all things holistic health and wellness. Her health journey began with cycles of what she thought was “healthy” – “clean eating”, counting calories, spending hours at the gym daily, and trying to look a certain way. In exploring holistic wellness, Rebecca learned the emotional and spiritual causes of her issues, examined them, and healed from them. She could quiet her inner critic and build true, lasting confidence. Living her best life meant realizing that she had everything she needed within her. Now Rebecca finds purpose in guiding women to become their most authentic and empowered selves. 

Links from the ep:

- Get up to 15% off on Pique’s BT Fountain plus a free cup and rechargeable frother when you shop my link Piquelife.com/whatsthejuice If you’re listening to this during 11/24-11/27 you can also enjoy their BFCM deal which includes a complimentary 6-piece gift set worth $200.

- Use code olivia for 15% off your first one-month supply of NOBS using the link betterbiom.com/olivia

Here’s the juice:

• Rebecca’s journey with obsessive eating and working out and how she broke free from unhealthy cycles

• Why you might feel the need to be productive 24/7 and feel a lack of worth when you are not

• What being the child of immigrant parents was like and how she rewired the belief that working extremely hard is the only way to get what you want

• How to unpack your belief system – first you must identify the belief before you are able to shift it 

• Her favorite tools to become more self-aware

• The science behind synchronicity and how to feel more in flow with the universe

• The power of getting curious and asking questions about yourself and the world 

• How physical ailments are messengers of deeper emotionally-driven issues

• Why jealousy is a powerful tool in determining your desires

• The role of community in healing, especially for women

• The power of daily affirmations – the harder they are to say to yourself, the better because that means you really need to hear them

• Visualizing your future self with the life you want as if you already had it

• Why keeping the small promises you made to yourself is key in building confidence 

• Self care is doing the thing that you need the most when you least feel like doing them

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If you feel like you’re in a rut or need a motivational pep talk, this episode is for you! Doug Bopst is an award-winning personal trainer, author, and speaker. However, his young adult life couldn’t have been more different than his current reality. Around his 21st birthday, Doug was detoxing from opiates in a jail cell after years of drug addiction. He turned to physical exercise as an outlet which ultimately catalyzed him to face his demons head-on and completely reinvent himself. Doug’s mission today is to inspire others to overcome adversity, break free from destructive addictions, and become the best version of themselves. 

Links from the ep: 
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Here’s the juice:

• How Doug’s crippling insecurities and need for acceptance led him to drugs

• The moment that rock-bottomed him but ultimately turned his life around  

• How negative habit stacking is just as much of a thing as positive habit stacking

• What got him to start working out in jail (spoiler: he couldn’t do one pushup when he started)

• Why reaching your “most successful” point is often your most unhappy one

• How spirituality helped him drop his ego and allowed him to see the bigger picture

• No one is coming to save you; you have to take ownership of your own life

• The role of community when bettering yourself 

• The concept of addiction transference – in his case, being addicted to drugs shifted to being addicted to validation

• Why you have to determine an identity for yourself or you’ll become a chameleon, shaped by other people’s identities

• When you’re not feeling confident in yourself and your own victories you’re unable to celebrate other people’s wins

• What steps to take when you’ve hit rock bottom

• The importance of working your adversity muscle. Pain is like an adaptogen, the more you face it the stronger and more resilient you become 

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Are you curious about why you dream and what your dreams might mean? Theresa Cheung is a modern mystic who has been researching and writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past twenty-five years. She holds a degree from Kings College, Cambridge University in Theology and English, both of which have informed her “Dream Dictionary from A to Z '' and several other best-selling books. Theresa works closely with scientists studying consciousness and also hosts her spiritual podcast, White Shores. 

Links from the ep: 

• use code olivia for 15% off your first one-month supply of NOBS using this link betterbiom.com/olivia

 Here’s the juice:

• How dreams are messages from your intuition that you’ve missed during your conscious, waking life

• Why dream work is the starting point to all spiritual growth because it teaches you that you are more than your physical body your conscious thoughts

• Nightmares are showing you the worst possible scenario which is actually a self help tool

• How you can apply dream decoding techniques to your waking life

• What her dream dictionary is and how to use it

• A two week step-by-step plan to start understanding your dreams and dream patterns

• Why dreams are the ultimate creativity hack – many inventions have come from visions in dreams!

• How dreams have saved many people’s lives

• If you can’t recall your dreams, you can start deciphering how you feel when you wake up in the morning and recording that in some way

• What some common recurring dreams mean (like all of your teeth falling out or being unprepared for a test)

• Techniques or exercises you can do to start recalling your dreams more effectively

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Today we’re going deep with one of the leading voices in the global wellness movement, Millana Snow. To give you an idea of how committed she is to personal growth, Millana started meditating at age 4. She is a healer, teacher, and wellness entrepreneur with a passion for sharing healing with a global community of clients, followers, brands and celebrities. As an avid learner and seeker, Millana has practiced and studied Christianity, Hinduism, Wicca, Buddhism, anthropology, psychology, and more for most of her life. She blends these teachings with a healthy dose of humor and realness which results in incredibly rich and approachable offerings.

Links from the ep: 

• Use code MANE10 for 10% Mane Magic on  organicolivia.com 

Here’s the juice:

• Why we’re experiencing a lack of emotional intimacy in our culture

• If you’re performing in work, life, etc then you’re probably performing in your relationships

• What we do not complete we repeat. If you don’t heal yourself you will continue to repeat negative patterns out in the world

• Why if you find yourself fighting for something or someone, that is a trauma response that you’re playing out

• What coregulation in friendships and romantic relationships looks like

• The misconception that friendships don’t require the same amount of work as romantic relationships

• The three steps you can take to make conscious friends as an adult

• Why you can’t expect people to be your everything. For instance, if you’re having a traumatic experience you need to seek out a trauma informed professional

• How to maintain intentional friendships when you have a full life. Hint: boundaries!

• Prioritizing yourself so that you aren’t giving from an empty cup

• It’s really not about the quantity but rather the quality and depth of your relationships 

• Why the big life moments give you clarity on who your true inner circle is – weddings, successes, failures, break ups, death

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We cover so much ground in this deeply holistic episode with Dr. Sara Gotffried. Dr. Gottfried is a scientist, researcher, medical doctor and seeker. She always says that she practices medicine, but doesn’t treat problems. Rather, Dr. Gottfried specializes in root cause analysis, helping people feel fully alive and balanced from their cells to their souls. If you’re currently struggling with a hormonal condition and don’t know where to begin, this episode is for you! She offers up the loving reminder that the misery of your body being out of whack is so much worse than the work that it takes to fix it. 

Links from the ep:

• use code olivia for 15% off your first one-month supply of NOBS using this link betterbiom.com/olivia

Here’s the juice:

• The science AND energetics of PCOS

• Looking at hormonal conditions from both a nature and a nurture standpoint – the role of soul wounds and intergenerational trauma 

• How epigenetics impact hormonal and metabolic health

• Why therapeutic tools (like tapping and breathwork) matter just as much as diet and supplements, if not more, when it comes to hormone health 

• What to do if your nervous system is in freeze mode 

• Why she opts for somatic based solutions that are trauma informed like EMDR and the Hikomi method

• How to define your individual carb and protein threshold 

• The healing power of therapeutic “pulsing” of a low carb diet for less than 4 weeks for those with PCOS and blood sugar issues

• The exact labs you need to order with your insurance-covered doctor if you have PCOS

• Why she recommends 1 POUND of vegetables a day for detoxification!

• Her favorite hormone supporting birth control methods

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My girl Dr. Gabrielle Lyon is back for another episode of “What’s the Juice?”! Dr. Lyon has been my personal doctor for 7 years now and has truly changed my life. She is a well-respected functional medicine practitioner and the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®, specializing in thyroid health, lean body mass support, and longevity. In this episode, we build off of our conversation from last year about the importance of skeletal muscle and its immediate positive impact on your health. We get into the principles and key takeaways of her new book, “Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well” which is SO motivating and easy to understand. You’ll leave this conversation feeling ready to take action and not afraid to work hard for your health goals. 

Links from the ep: 

• Use code organicolivia for 10% off site wide on forceofnature.com
• Order Dr. Lyon's book HERE 

Here’s the juice:

• Why you’re only going to get as healthy as your self-worth allows you to be

• How to navigate a present bias and why you need to focus on future goals over immediate results

• Why she sees anxiety as a distraction

• The concept of having “guard rails” – how getting the consequence right really keeps you from repeating that action again

• How the most successful people in the world are deeply aware of their weaknesses 

• Asking yourself “what are the standards for my life?” vs abiding by a strict diet. What actions and personality traits are required in order to meet my goals?

• The importance of raising the wellness bar for those around you 

• Food addiction and how protein can help stop the food noise and curb emotional eating 

• As we evolve our coping mechanisms need to evolve as well

• Highlighting your patterns as characters by naming them and giving them a voice

• Why low skeletal muscle and excess body fat can lead to fertility issues in both men and women 

• Why we actually THRIVE during challenges, contrary to what we may believe

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This episode with Evy Poumpouras might be one of my favorite conversations of all time. Evy is a multimedia journalist who once served as an agent in the US Secret Service, protecting Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and others. She also worked criminal investigations, operated undercover, and was an interrogator for the agency’s polygraph unit specially trained in the art of lie detection, human behavior, and cognitive influence. It’s no wonder she believes that words are your most powerful weapon and she loves teaching about how to protect yourself, read people, influence situations, and live fearlessly.

Links from the ep:

• use code olivia for 15% off your first one-month supply of NOBS using this link betterbiom.com/olivia

Here’s the juice:

• Why we need to stop coddling others and telling them they’re special
• Why placing too much focus on the self contributes to depression and anxiety
• How to fail well
• The power of problem-solving on your own – no one is going to come save you
• What she thinks about the concept in modern pop psychology of blaming everything on our childhood trauma and attributing all of our current challenges to our childhood wounding and our dynamic with our parents
• The role of the ego in judgment of and attachment to others
• What “chasing the good” means, especially when it comes to interpersonal relationships
• Why being an empath may not actually be a good thing and the role of boundaries
• People pleasing and the correlation between wanting to be liked and worthiness
• You need to stop looking for confidence – screw confidence, you don’t need it. Just act.
• Why she says that if you are easily triggered you might be easily manipulated
• Your dreams don’t have to be in alignment with other people’s dreams

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This episode is for all of you fitness and science nerds out there. Alan Aragon is a nutrition researcher and educator well known for his evidence-based approach to health. He has over 30 years of experience in the field, designing fitness programs for recreational and professional athletes and people who just want to look and feel their best. Alan also writes a monthly research review (AARR) providing cutting-edge theoretical and practical information to the general public. His work has been published in popular magazines like Men’s Health as well as peer-reviewed scientific literature. 

Here’s the juice:

• What flexible dieting is and why there’s no such thing as one ideal diet for all of humankind 

• How to combine flexible dieting with the parameters that we know work scientifically, like eating a certain amount of protein or fiber

• The science of fat loss – how to lose weight the slow, healthy way

• How to find what your maintenance calories are

• Why high protein hurting your kidneys is a myth, and we get into other nutrition myths that bug Alan

• If metabolic adaptation is a real thing

• How it makes sense for some people to add more calories when trying to lose weight

• Why intermittent fasting isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

• Why women MUST eat breakfast, especially those with PCOS

• How much protein you actually need per day

• When you should actually be eating more carbohydrates

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Buckle up for this sassy yet super vulnerable conversation with Dr. Scott Lyons, PhD. Dr. Lyons is a holistic psychologist, educator, and author as well as a renowned body-based trauma expert and Doctor of Osteopathy. He helps people break free from cycles of pain, limited beliefs, and trauma to restore vitality and live a more stress-free life. Dr. Lyons' new book, “Addicted to Drama: Healing Dependency on Crisis and Chaos in Yourself and Others” gets into the juice of drama addiction and charts a path to healing, without any sugar coating!

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• use code mighty10 for 10% off Mighty Minerals on organicolivia.com

Here’s the juice:

• When Scott realized he was addicted to a drama cycle as a way to distract from processing his own trauma and how he experienced withdrawals once he started dealing with it

• The endemic of loneliness that we’re experiencing as a society, and why we gossip

• How the drama that we create is really a survival response to avoid feelings of abandonment 

• The difference between primary emotions (that we feel deep in our core) and secondary emotions (essentially depositories)

• Why we do something Scott calls “revving” to give us a hit of stress or drama when we’re uncomfortable in a feeling – like scrolling social media or listening to a sad song

• How overscheduling or hyper performing academically/professionally can actually be a form of drama addiction

• 3 steps you can take if you want to unwind unhealthy patterns and come back to safety in your body

• How to break free from trauma bonding in relationships – do you pick fights for no reason?

• An exercise we can try to slowly and intentionally get more comfortable with being in our bodies instead of numbing out

• Why every time we take in a stimulus (a stressor) we need to balance it out with movement because that helps us actualize and complete a stress response 

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Today I’m sitting down with Brooke Baevsky, aka Chef Bae, an LA-based celebrity private chef to athletes, actors, supermodels, and even royals! She has amassed a massive following of “Food Baes'' on TikTok where she breaks the traditional allergy-friendly food stigma with delicious, health-forward & viral recipes. She also founded a non-profit cooking program for inner-city children & families in both Los Angeles and New York City, teaching people how to create a healthy, balanced diet on a limited budget. Chef Bae’s technical background in Holistic Nutrition and Food Science combined with her hilarious, quick-witted personality make this convo and her approach to food so much fun.

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Here’s the juice:

• How growing up in a family with tons of food allergies pushed her to get creative in the kitchen at a young age

• How living in an area with high food insecurity galvanized her to start hosting and teaching community cooking classes for kids

• The modern-day concept of rebranding anything to make it look like a health food 

• Why she is the antithesis of the “perfect” Instagram chef – making parody content, telling wild stories, and being her authentic self

• The craziest meal prep that she ever did, like a Caesar salad served at Coachella covered in edible glitter

• The top bizarre foods and supplements that truly have worked for her professional athlete clients’ performance

• How to zhuzh up your food and drink with herbs, specifically digestive bitters

• What a day in the life really looks like for a celebrity private chef (and what she cooks for dogs!)

• How to decide what to charge people for your services, especially in the beginning when you’re honing your skill and may be struggling with your self-worth

• The importance of having mentors in your professional space and asking for help

• How to find your niche and build your brand in the content creation space

• How we’re transitioning out of the era of perfectly photographed and curated food

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Welcome back to another episode of “What’s the Juice?”!. This week I’m chatting with Stephanie Fox, a Somatic Nutritional Counselor who has spent the past decade guiding women to feel empowered in their relationships with their food and their bodies. Stephanie specializes in disordered eating patterns, binge eating, emotional eating, chronic dieting, and body image concerns. She is the creator of Somatic Eating®, a body-oriented, sensation-focused therapeutic approach to connecting to your body while you are eating.

Here’s the juice:

• how all of the gut protocols in the world couldn’t cure Stephanie’s chronic gut issues and what finally helped her

• why if you're coming from a history of past trauma it’s hard to practice intuitive eating and how somatic eating must come first

• how binge eating is really just your body communicating to you how unsafe it feels

• it’s not about the food that we’re eating; it’s about the state that we’re in while we’re eating

• how somatic psychotherapy is communicating with the body and learning the body’s language through sensation, emotion, urges, and impulses. 

• the questions we should be asking ourselves when we are feeling triggered 

• why we need to create “micromoments” of safety to slowly introduce that it’s okay to feel safe in our bodies

• how we can confuse our own inner voice with the voices of others

• why dieting is black and white and keeps us stuck in a box

• ending relationships that don’t feel safe to our nervous systems can be pivotal in healing our guts

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