Nikki Heyder is a qualified Counseling Practitioner, Clinical Nutritionist, Yoga Instructor and Mentor/Supervisor for fellow therapists and coaches, as well as the founder of State of Soul. Nikki works specifically with women to guide them to heal from acute or complex trauma, low self-worth, anxiety, addictive tendencies, attachment issues, and disordered eating. She integrates a multidimensional approach in all aspects of her work and believes that “health” is not merely about the internal wor...
Mar 15, 2023•56 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Summer Innanen is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth, and confidence. She helps people all over the world to stop living behind the numbers on their scales through her private and group coaching at summerinnanen.com. She is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix, host of the podcast Eat The Rules, and creator of You, On Fire – an online group coaching program dedicated to helping people get free from body shame. She also co-runs the Body Image Coach Certif...
Feb 15, 2023•52 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Marc St-Onge is a Halifax-based entrepreneur, scientist, investor, and advisor fostering transformative change across well-being and food sustainability. Marc is the founder of several biotechnology companies including Bend Beauty, Aycoutay Technologies, Smallfood, and Ascenta Health which sold to Nature’s Way in 2015. Marc has been recognized as one of Canada’s top leaders in Corporate Environmental Stewardship. Marc says, “The cultural norms of society have reduced beauty to a superficial look...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Allie Egan is the Founder and CEO of Veracity, a science-backed, whole-health approach to skincare. Veracity empowers women to understand the connection between their skin and their broader health through at-home testing and a personalized approach based on the root cause - hormones. Prior to founding Veracity, Allie was the CEO of the women’s fashion brand, Cynthia Rowley where she led the transformation to direct-to-consumer, as well as having extensive experience in the beauty industry throug...
Oct 19, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Juliet Hahn is a storyteller, consultant, keynote speaker and content creator. She is the host of Your Next Stop Podcast and YNS Live, which highlights people who have followed a purpose/passion and made it into a career. Her mission is to give women and men a stage to share their stories because she believes deeply that everyone has a story and we can all learn from each other. Juliet guides people to explore their past in order to connect the dots to their own tale as well as empowering people...
Sep 21, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Deanna is a makeup artist who has been based in NYC for the last 20 years. Deanna’s work can be seen throughout fashion magazines, on the runway, and some familiar faces such as Natasha Lyonne, Olivia Wilde, Anna Paquin. Deanna discusses her struggle with bulimia and her journey to recovery, the missing link to eating disorders in our society, working in the fashion industry as a makeup artist, and how she turned to meditation, art, and music to heal. Bridgett and Deanna talk about life with ret...
Jul 20, 2022•52 min
Robin Clark is a coach and photographer for women. She’s a feminist and an advocate for women helping them to get free from the codependent, good-girl conditioning that has us looking for security in others. She is a guide supporting women to cultivate a solid sense of ground within. Robin describes good-girl conditioning and where it stems from, how this conditioning affects our relationship with ourselves and others, and the systematic destruction and patriarchal expectations for women, along ...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Katie Willcox is the founder and CEO of Natural Model Management and Healthy is the New Skinny. Using her 15 years of experience in the modeling industry as a curve model, Katie empowers people to choose their health over the beauty ideal implemented by the media and provides the tools needed to create lasting change. Katie discusses her biggest realizations of the modeling industry, the process of deconstructing how we’ve been conditioned as women under the beauty ideal, and how she has worked ...
May 11, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Danielle Vouvalides is the founder of The Barefoot Nutritionist, where she supports women before, after, and during pregnancy through nutrition and wellness. Danielle describes ways we can appreciate and connect with our bodies through all stages of pregnancy, changing the narrative and stigma against pregnant mothers in society and the workforce, and how to find compassion and nurture ourselves through self-care while our bodies are changing. Bridgett and Dani also discuss women honoring each o...
Apr 13, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Jolene Hart is a health coach and founder of the beauty coaching practice, Beauty is Wellness. She is a former InStyle magazine beauty editor and bestselling author of five wellness books, including Eat Pretty , and the newly released Ignite Your Light. Jolene explains what energy is and how it affects our happiness and day-to-day life, the power in our personal energy, and how the energy of our food and our relationship with food affects our beauty and health – beyond its nutritional value. Bri...
Mar 16, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Dr. Lexie Kite, Ph.D., and Dr. Lindsay Kite are identical twins and co-authors of the book More Than a Body: Your Body is an Instrument, Not an Ornament and co-directors of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined. Lexie explains the difference between body image resilience and body positivity, how to cope with self-objectification in a way that builds confidence, the portrayal of women in media, and ways we can view our bodies as an instrument rather than an ornament. Bridgett and Lexie also discuss rais...
Feb 16, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Lane Edwards is the founder and CEO of Pura Botanicals, a skincare line of beautiful potions and ingredients. Lane explains why her skincare line doesn’t use narratives like “anti-aging” and why she thinks aging is a privilege. Both Bridgett and Lane lost their mothers to Multiple Sclerosis, and they chat about how their moms were an inspiration for their companies. In addition, they dive into self-care and how they make time for it while being mothers and running their own companies. Hosted on ...
Feb 02, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Brianne Bryant, also known as Lady Bri, is a singer and acclaimed songwriter. Bridgett and Lady Bri chat about how she grew up singing with her father and how that turned into her passion. They also discuss where she gets her inspiration for her music from. They dive into mental health, self-love, and self-empowerment. And as always they get into beauty and wellness! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 01, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Michelle Waugh is a New York designer by way of Vancouver and a Mom to two littles. Bridgett and her chat about all things fashion. She shares where she finds her design inspiration, mom-gear tips, and her perspective on inclusion in the fashion industry. They talk about raising their daughters and how to keep feeling beautiful and inspired while doing it all! And as always, they dive into beauty and wellness! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 17, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Jess Ng is a first-generation Hong Kong-Chinese-American who was born and was raised in NYC. She is a designer, activist, and Muay Thai fighter. Bridgett talks with Jess about the racism she and her community experience every day. They dive into how racism shines through the beauty industry and what she would like to see change. She shares the mental and physical wisdom she has collected from fighting. She explains why the phrase “ fight like a girl” should be gone forever. Jess also shares when...
Nov 03, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Allison Walton has been a fashion model for over 25 years. A career that started by making a deal with her parents to hold off on college for a year to give modeling a shot. Bridgett and Allison chat about how she created a successful career & life for herself while staying present and curious as she traveled the world! She opens up about being sick in her early 20’s and how she avoided body image issues because of the gratitude she had for her health. Allison also shares her pro modeling, b...
Oct 20, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Mary Heaven M.S. L.Ac. is a board-certified Acupuncturist. She talks to Bridgett about one of her passions and specialties, facial acupuncture. Mary explains how our emotions, our spirits, and our bodies are all connected. She believes flow creates a glow and that it all starts on the inside! They dive into gua sha and why it’s more than just a beauty tool! And, as always, they get into wellness & beauty practices and products! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 06, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Sandra Lerga is a fashion model and a longtime practitioner of holistic nutrition and energy healing. She helps her patients experience wellbeing by applying her knowledge of clairvoyance and shamanism. Sandra talks candidly with Bridgett about her 25+ years in the fashion industry, starting at a very young age in Paris. She shares the deep wisdom and resilience she collected from her struggles with anxiety, depression, and chronic migraines. And, as always, Bridgett gets the goods on her favori...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
Christine Evangelista is an actress, founder & host of the media platform, Half Naked and a philanthropist. She talks with Bridgett about her journey to becoming an actress and the resilience, gratitude and grace she has earned along the way. They dive into her passion for life and how she stays fit and stylish through it all. Bridgett and Christine share a deep interest for skincare so don’t miss out on all of the beauty tips! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 08, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Dr. Susan Plunket is a psychologist, writer of spiritual science fiction, and a dream interpreter. Susan talks to Bridgett about ways we can better understand our dreams and how our dreams are messages from the Divine. Susan explains how we all have a masculine and feminine inside of us and how to identify the aspects of each. And as, always, they get into wellness and beauty! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 25, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Erin Williams is a doula, a pre and postpartum yoga instructor, a model and a mom. She talks to Bridgett about her hopes for more sustained diversity in modeling agencies and in beauty & fashion advertising. They talk about how miraculous women’s bodies are and how women can learn to further appreciate them. Erin shares why she thinks it’s important to ask for what you need in life! And, as always, Bridgett gets her to spill her favorite skin and fitness tips! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Aug 11, 2021•46 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Beri Smither is an international covergirl and American model famous for her million-dollar smile. In this podcast, Beri talks to Bridgett about modeling at different sizes from size 4 - 14. She opens up about her eating disorder and the journey of her healing. They chat about the modeling industry, aging, and appreciating the gifts we are given. Beri also shares some pro-modeling words of wisdom. And as always, they get into inner and outer beauty tips. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Jul 28, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Nicole Schuman performed as New York Radio City Rockette for 17 years. She gives Bridgett a sneak peek behind the curtain into the world of a professional dancer. She opens up about her journey to loving herself regardless of how others thought she “should” look. She also shares some practices & tips that help her stay in tune with herself from the inside out. This episode is proudly sponsored by The Shore Line. Visit www.thisistheshoreline.com and use code BBP20 for 20% off your first order...
Jul 14, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Jairek Robbins is a best-selling author. He helps others find fulfillment and meaning in their lives. He talks to Bridgett about three specific cups being full in people’s lives… “I am enough”, “I have enough”, “I am loved enough” and how this relates to feeling their best. They dive into the advertising world, how some ads can make us feel like we aren’t enough and what some solutions could be. Jairek also shares some of his favorite wellness and mental health practices. This episode is proudly...
Jun 30, 2021•44 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Dr. Sura Devi is a chiropractor and soul coach. She talks to Bridgett about how women can further embody their beauty by becoming more connected to themselves through body work, intuition, and Goddess practices. She also explains what the different cycles of the moon mean and how it relates to a woman! And as always they talk about favorite beauty and wellness products! This episode is proudly sponsored by Spokenpoint. Visit www.spokenpoint.com for 20% off your order using code BBP20SP. Hosted o...
Jun 16, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Anna Nenoiu is a celebrity hair and makeup artist with a true passion for life. Bridgett and Anna talk about the makeup artist - model connection and how special it is. She talks to Bridgett about growing up in Transylvania, Romania, and the homemade beauty treatments she grew up doing with her Grandma. They really dive into what makes Anna feel beautiful from the inside out and she, of course, spills all her favorite beauty tips + products. This episode is proudly sponsored by Moonstone Vintage...
Jun 09, 2021•47 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Rhonda Edelstein is a fashion model and a holistic health & life coach whose focus is on women. She talks to Bridgett about her body image struggles, her relationship to food, and all of the beautiful healing she has done around both. During their conversation, they get into the modeling world and about Rhonda’s journey from straight-up farm-life in Calgary, Canada to being on the covers of fashion magazines. This episode is proudly sponsored by The Barefoot Nutritionist. Visit https://www.t...
May 13, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 1
