When I started this podcast, I had a wishlist of guests, and today’s guest was in my top 3! I am beyond thrilled to share this conversation with the amazing Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. Dr. B is a leading authority on gut health and the Microbiome. He is also the author of what I believe is the most important book on diet and health. The book is called Fiber Fueled. Today is the perfect time to share this episode because it is also the launch of Dr. B’s newest book, The Fiber Fueled Cookbook. In this bo...
May 17, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 76
While working long hours as a consultant, Kate Flynn realized how very few convenient and healthy food choices existed. Having worked in the consumed packaged goods space, she saw there was a gap in the market, and in a true This or Something Better moment, she decided to do something about it. The result was Sun & Swell Foods. Founded by Kate and her husband, Sun & Swell is the first food company in the US that offers a wide variety of healthy foods in 100% compostable, plastic-free pac...
May 10, 2022•45 min•Season 4Ep. 75
In 2019, just before Diana Kapp released her first book, Girls Who Run The World, Forbes released their “America’s Most Innovative Leaders” List. The list contained 99 men and just 1 woman. Upon seeing this, Diana wrote a letter to the editor, with a simple message, “we cannot see a list like this again”. Through her work as a journalist and author, Diana is changing this dialogue to be sure that female innovators and changemakers are both recognized and celebrated. Diana’s latest book called Gi...
May 03, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 74
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on The Find Your Voice, Change your Life Podcast hosted by Dr. Doreen Downing. On the show, Doreen’s guests share how they have overcome their fears about stepping up and speaking out. In this episode, I am sharing how as a young adult I didn’t feel impassioned to speak out about anything in particular. But, in my adulthood, I have found passion and purpose that has empowered me to use my voice to advocate for change through my work with Beautycounter...
Apr 26, 2022•25 min•Season 4Ep. 73
When my daughter was just 6 years old, I first picked up the book How To Raise An Adult. I devoured it. I earmarked pages. I told every parent I knew to read this book. Today, I am thrilled to have the author, Julie Lythcott-Haims as my guest. Julie is a writer, speaker, teacher, mentor, and activist, Her mission has always been to be of service to others, and through her books, Julie is helping us to raise and be adults. Let’s face it, adulting is hard, and Julie believes our job as parents is ...
Apr 19, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 72
Last year, an average of more than 3.98 million workers quit their jobs each month. In fact 2021 holds the highest average on record and has become known as “The Great Resignation.” While there are many factors that influence this exodus, one of the biggest reasons people are leaving their jobs is because they want to reclaim their lives and have a greater work-life balance. The pandemic has served as a tipping point, as a This or Something Better moment… It has caused us to pause, reflect, and ...
Apr 12, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 71
As you know if you’re a regular here on the podcast or if follow me on social media, I have spent many years swapping out products to reduce my exposure to environmental toxins. We know that these chemicals are around us, but it’s difficult to know if they really are inside of us and how they might be impacting our health. While I think I am doing all the right things, I have always been curious to know what chemicals were still making their way into my body. Today’s guest is Dr. Jenna Hua, the ...
Apr 05, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 70
It’s a fact that convenience and sustainability are often at odds when it comes to our food choices. It’s hard to find quick and easy foods that are both good for us and the planet. That’s where Daily Harvest comes in. While you may think of Daily Harvest only as a fast and convenient source for healthy food, they are so much more. Daily Harvest is on a mission to improve human and planetary health by making it easy to eat more real, unrefined fruits and vegetables every day. Today’s guest is CJ...
Mar 29, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 69
Over the past 14 years, Sadie Lincoln has grown Barre3 from one exercise studio to over 170 locations throughout the world. While fitness has always been at the core of Sadie’s work, her vision for Barre3 has always been about creating a place where all people feel welcome to move and connect with their bodies as a part of a safe and empowering community. In this conversation, Sadie and I are talking about her journey and evolution as a leader and how she balances her professional responsibiliti...
Mar 22, 2022•44 min•Season 4Ep. 68
There is no question that children’s learning has been significantly impacted by the pandemic. While all children have likely suffered, students from lower-income, English as second language families and students with learning differences have suffered the most. Naomi Runkel and Kate Ristow are two passionate educators committed to minimizing the equity gap, the difference in academic outcomes between advantaged and disadvantaged groups. In 2020, Kate and Naomi co-founded The Space Idaho, a nonp...
Mar 15, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 67
Sustainability is one of the biggest challenges facing the footwear industry. Shoes can contain up to forty different types of material, and once in the landfill, the rubber foams, plastics, and adhesives are likely to take hundreds of years, if not forever to decompose. Today’s guest, Noah Swartz, is a fourth-generation bootmaker and the co-founder of Erem, a company with the goal of making performance footwear that is 100% biocircular. Biocurcular means that their desert boot uses only materia...
Mar 08, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 66
I started this podcast with the intention of sharing stories of hope. Today’s guest Regina Ellis is not just a story of hope, but she is a true champion for it. In 1995, after her five-year-old daughter Alexandra died of cancer, Regina founded The Children’s Cancer Association with the goal of making the world a little better for the thousands of kids just like her daughter whose childhoods are stolen by a diagnosis of illness, accident, or injury. In the past 25+ years, CCA has helped hundreds ...
Mar 01, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 65
Everyday we are exposed to chemicals in our environment, our food, and our personal products. These chemicals can have a significant impact on our health, and while most of us don’t necessarily see and feel their impact, it’s there. Today’s guest, Allison Evans, knows all too well the impact of these toxins. In high school, Allison was diagnosed with PCOS. In college, she developed severe back pain that was so debilitating she lost motor control of her body. She relied on painkillers, muscle rel...
Feb 22, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 64
In 2018, Jelani Memory wrote a book for his six kids titled, A Kids Book About Racism. At that time Jelani had 5 children, 4 white and 1 brown, and a new brown baby on the way. Having grown up in the whitest city in America, Jelani knew first hand that talking about racism is difficult and that most parents don’t know how to do it. Since then, Jelani has built an entire media company around having difficult, and necessary conversations with children. A Kids Company About, that’s the name of Jela...
Feb 15, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 63
What if the saying “like a girl” didn’t have a negative connotation? What if doing something like a girl meant it was inclusive, what if it meant having the strength and freedom of self-expression. That is the goal of today’s guest, Kim Woozy. Kim is an entrepreneur, community leader, and advocate in the skateboarding community. She has spent the last 15 years creating and contributing to brands, organizations, and events that inspire, connect and empower girls and women. Kim currently serves as...
Feb 08, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 62
The theme of this podcast is innovators and positive changemakers committed to making the world better, and today’s guest, Holly Ruth Finigan, wants us all to know that in order to help others, we must first help ourselves. Holly was in the prime of her career as a writer, blogger and social media expert for the highly followed Nantucket blACKbook, a platform, she created and built. She was the “it girl”. Everyone looked to her for the places to eat and shop and for all the hottest tips on Nantu...
Feb 01, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 61
In this episode I am trading places and taking on the role of podcast guest as I re-share my interview with Christine Grimm on the podcast, “And Then I…”. Chris is an accomplished executive coach and facilitator at Aria Consulting with over 25 years helping executives grow organizations and lead meaningful change for themselves, their people and company. In this conversation we talk about intentionality, resilience and my super powers. Links And Then I Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podca...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Hello, my name is Regan, and I am addicted to my phone. I am guilty of mindless scrolling, I feel anxious when I leave it somewhere, and I’ve been known to hide in bathrooms with it. When my attention isn’t on a screen, a lot of my time is spent on activities that quite honestly feel boring, draining, and mundane. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I’m guessing that many of you are shaking your heads in agreement. Today’s guest Catherine Price is here to help us, not only to find better screen ...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 59
Kara Frazier was only 26 years old when she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. To encourage her to keep fighting, her friend’s mom gave her a pair of mini pink boxing gloves. Those gloves reminded Kara that she was strong and beautiful. Three years later, Kara passed those gloves on to another woman fighting her battle with cancer, and that was the beginning of Fighting Pretty! The mission of Fighting Pretty is to remind every woman how strong and beautiful she is, especially if she's bat...
Dec 14, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Recently my daughter and I became a part of a mother-daughter book club. Our first book was an amazing middle-grade novel called Starfish. Starfish is both a heartbreaking and heartwarming story about a young girl named Ellie who, ever since she wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, has been bullied about her weight. At our first book club meeting, we had the incredible fortune of having a zoom call with the author of Starfish, Lisa Fipps, and after talking wit...
Dec 07, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 57
At just a few weeks old, Jessica Patay’s son Ryan was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Prader-Willi syndrome, and shortly after his diagnosis, Jessica received a call from a mentor mom from the Prader-Willi California Foundation. At that moment, she knew she was not alone. Along her journey, Jessica learned how important it is to have support from other moms with special-needs children, and in 2017, Jessica founded We Are Brave Together, a non-profit organization that provides respi...
Nov 30, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Approximately 25 million women go through Menopause each year and yet women aren’t prepared for it. They are embarrassed. They feel dismissed by their doctors, and they feel alone. As CEO and co-founder of Gennev, Jill Angelo is doing something about it. Gennev’s goal is to empower women to take control of their health in the second half of life. Gennev is fundamentally re-imagining the way women manage menopause with telehealth, products and community. They’re changing the way women are support...
Nov 23, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Today I am joined by Liz Kunz and Allie Riley from Girls on The Run. For 25 years, Girls on The Run has been empowering young girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively uses running as the method of learning. Sports specialization at a young age has made sports competitive and exclusive so much so that by the age of 14, girls are dropping out at twice the rate of boys. As a result, girls are missing out on the character-building and life s...
Nov 16, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 54
“IN ALL WE DO, LET US BE generous, fair & loving to Spaceship Earth and all its inhabitants. For we’re ALL-ONE OR NONE!”. These are just some of the more than 3000 words you will find on Dr. Bronner’s soap label. Today’s guest is David Bronner, the grandson of Dr. Bronner, 5th generation soap maker, and Cosmic Engagement Officer of Dr. Bronner’s. While I’ve been buying Dr. Bronner’s products for years, it wasn’t until I watched the documentary Seeding Change that I dug deeper into the compan...
Nov 09, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 53
The single biggest thing each person can do to reduce carbon emissions is to reduce the amount of meat and dairy they consume. Though food alone can’t stop climate change, the data is clear: we can’t save the earth without changing our eating habits. Through The Planetarian Life, Maggy Keet is on a mission to empower people to take daily action on climate change through the food choices you make. The Planetarian Life makes it easy for everyone, from committed vegan to curious omnivore, to cook n...
Nov 02, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Fear is something we have all experienced in our lives, an elevated heart rate, tears, sweaty palms, a heightened sense of awareness, but most of us have no idea what it’s like to live with constant fear. Today’s guest, Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia, believes that chronic fear is trauma and that there is a relationship between fear and trauma and fear and racism. Like COVID-19, Racism is very much a pandemic. Dr. Moreland-Capuia believes the same systemic action we have taken to address the pandemi...
Oct 26, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Have you ever thought about selling your house and most of your belongings, putting the important stuff in storage, packing up your life into a few small suitcases and traveling the world? For the past 5 years, that is exactly what Michelle Schomp, her husband Jake, and their two young children have been doing. In that time they’ve covered every continent, more than 50 countries and had more adventures that some will have in a lifetime. The goal of this podcast is to share stories of people doin...
Oct 19, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Confidence. It’s a big word, and it’s something that a lot of people lack, especially young girls. Somewhere between the ages of 11 and 14, girls go from believing they can be anything and do anything to struggling with self-doubt, insecurity, and self-criticism. When Jilyne Jarvis reflected on her career as an NCAA and US Ski team athlete, she wished that she had more female mentors to encourage, guide, support and inspire her to have confidence. It was then in coaching young girls that Jilyne ...
Oct 12, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Bodegas are the lifelines of New York City. They are community spaces and grocery stores. They often serve as a primary food source, and they are accessible to all. It’s a fact that plant-based eating is healthier for you and the planet, yet access to healthy, sustainable, plant-based food is limited, if not impossible for many people. Nil Zacharias is doing something to change that. Nil saw bodegas as an opportunity to make plant-based eating easier and more accessible. The result, Plantega, a ...
Oct 05, 2021•51 min•Season 3Ep. 48
It’s the goal of today’s guest to make the impossible, not impossible. Mick Ebeling believes that we can overcome any obstacle; with engineering, technology, willpower the right people and a lot of elbow grease. Mick is the founder of Not Impossible, an award-winning social innovation lab and production company that was founded on the principle of technology for the sake of humanity. Not Impossible takes on the challenge of an individual in need, they find a solution and then scale it to help pe...
Sep 28, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 47
