Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Dr. Traci McCarthy. In this conversation, Dr. Tracy McCarthy shares her journey from traditional psychiatry to functional medicine, emphasizing the importance of nutrition and gut health in mental well-being. She discusses the limitations of conventional approaches and highlights the role of chronic inflammation and toxins in mental health issues. The discussion also touches on the unique challenges faced by high performer...
Mar 28, 2025•34 min•Ep. 401
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Marjean Holden. In this engaging conversation, Marjean Holden shares her journey from a successful acting career to becoming a transformational trainer and speaker. She discusses her experiences in the film industry, her transition to training, and the importance of overcoming fear and embracing vulnerability. Marjean emphasizes the significance of personal power and self-esteem in helping others break through their limita...
Mar 26, 2025•44 min•Ep. 400
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Chelsea Shields. In this conversation, Sandee Sgarlata interviews Chelsea, the Wellness Manager of E + Rose, discussing the importance of nutrition, mindfulness, and community in promoting wellness. Chelsea shares her journey from yoga management to wellness, emphasizing the philosophy of food as medicine and the integrity of ingredients. They explore the misconceptions surrounding nutritional information, the reality of w...
Mar 21, 2025•37 min•Ep. 399
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Ellen Chute. In this conversation, Sandee Sgarlata and Ellen Chute explore the themes of personal growth, family dynamics, and the importance of self-compassion. Ellen shares her journey from feeling inadequate to embracing her wisdom and experiences. They discuss how family roles shape our beliefs and behaviors, and how understanding these dynamics can lead to empowerment and healing. The conversation also touches on the ...
Mar 19, 2025•32 min•Ep. 398
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Louise Digby. In this engaging conversation, Sandee Sgarlata and Louise Digby discuss the challenges women face during midlife, particularly around weight loss and hormonal changes. Louise, a registered nutritional therapist, shares insights on the importance of understanding caloric burn, the role of mitochondria in energy production, and the necessity of a balanced diet rich in nutrients. They also explore non-food facto...
Mar 14, 2025•27 min•Ep. 397
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Eddie Wilson. In this conversation, Sandee Sgarlata interviews Eddie Wilson, a successful entrepreneur who has managed numerous companies and is known for his leadership skills. They discuss the importance of mindset in achieving success, the shift from competitive to collaborative business strategies, and the concept of red ocean versus blue ocean strategies. Eddie shares insights on his Aspire Tour, which aims to inspire...
Mar 12, 2025•19 min•Ep. 396
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Dr. Nayan Patel. In this conversation, Dr. Nayan Patel discusses the significance of glutathione in the body, its role in detoxification and combating oxidative stress, and the limitations of traditional pharmaceuticals in healing. He shares his journey from being a pharmacist to focusing on glutathione and explains how oxidative stress affects health. The discussion also covers the importance of supplementation and innova...
Mar 07, 2025•47 min•Ep. 395
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Amber Balcaen. In this engaging conversation, Amber Balcaen, a pioneering female NASCAR driver, shares her unique journey into the world of racing, the physical and mental demands of the sport, and the challenges she faces as a woman in a male-dominated field. She discusses her training regimen, the importance of mental clarity on race day, and the strategies she employs to build and maintain confidence. Amber also emphasi...
Mar 05, 2025•20 min•Ep. 394
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode of Happiness Solved, host Sandee Sgarlata explores the philosophy that everything happens for a reason and how to shift our perspective from viewing challenges as setbacks to seeing them as opportunities for growth. Through personal anecdotes and practical techniques, she emphasizes the importance of mindfulness, self-awareness, and cognitive reframing in navigating life's difficulties. Sandee encourages listeners to reflect on their experie...
Feb 28, 2025•36 min•Ep. 393
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Susan Bratton. In this engaging conversation, intimacy expert Susan Bratton discusses the importance of sexual exploration and education, emphasizing that sex is not limited to intercourse. She highlights the various types of orgasms, the significance of communication in intimate relationships, and the benefits of maintaining a fulfilling sex life as one ages. Bratton also introduces the concept of a 'Sex Life Bucket List'...
Feb 26, 2025•45 min•Ep. 392
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this conversation, Sandee and Gina Iacovone, CEO of Relive Health, discuss the importance of health and wellness, focusing on hormone optimization and the services offered by Relive Health. They explore personal experiences with hormone therapy, the significance of lifestyle changes, and the impact of confidence on overall well-being. The discussion emphasizes the interconnectedness of mind, body, and spirit, and the role of community in promoting health...
Feb 21, 2025•33 min•Ep. 391
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith. Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a Board-Certified internal medicine physician, speaker, and award-winning author. She is an international well-being thought-leader featured in numerous media outlets including Prevention, MSNBC, Women’s Day, FOX, Fast Company, Psychology Today, INC, CNN Health, and TED.com. She is the author of numerous books including her bestseller Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Ren...
Feb 19, 2025•28 min•Ep. 390
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this conversation, Sandee Sgarlata explores the profound concept of self-love, emphasizing its critical role in personal well-being and healthy relationships. She shares her personal journey, defining self-love as a deep appreciation and acceptance of oneself. Sandee discusses the importance of recognizing signs of low self-love, such as negative self-talk and seeking validation from others. She provides practical steps to cultivate self-love, including ...
Feb 14, 2025•33 min•Ep. 389
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Kim Rogne. Kim Rogne is a speaker, executive business coach, investor, and #1 bestselling author. Kim spent 25 years in real estate sales, brokerage management, and recruiting in southeast Wisconsin Kim has worked with more than a thousand business owners from entry-level through sale of business. She was CEO of multi-million-dollar brokerages filled with hundreds of independent business owners with unique needs. Kim and h...
Feb 12, 2025•34 min•Ep. 388
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Danielle Pashko. Danielle Pashko is a Functional Nutritionist and Chronic Illness Coach with two decades of experience. Her specialties are immune health, weight loss, digestive health, children's nutrition, women's health, Lyme Disease, and Long COVID. When Danielle became ill herself with Chronic Lyme Disease and Long Covid, her knowledge of nutrition and functional health wasn't what ultimately healed her. She immersed ...
Feb 07, 2025•36 min•Ep. 387
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this conversation, Sandee Sgarlata discusses the common struggle of maintaining New Year's resolutions and the reasons why many people abandon their goals. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the underlying reasons for this behavior, such as lack of planning, discomfort, and insufficient commitment. Sandee highlights the significance of discipline and consistency in achieving lasting change and offers practical tips for creating habits that st...
Feb 05, 2025•22 min•Ep. 386
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Francisco Aboitiz. Francisco graduated as a biologist from Universidad de Chile in 1983 and obtained his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of California in 1991. From 1992 to 2002 he was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Universidad de Chile and since 2002 he has been a professor at the Department of Psychiatry of the Faculty of Medicine at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research interests sp...
Jan 31, 2025•22 min•Ep. 385
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Toper Taylor. Dr. Toper Taylor is a successful entrepreneur, strategist, curiositist, Emmy award-winning producer, Doctor of Policy, Planning and Development, expert of intention and subtle energetic sciences, and a recently elected city councilman. In his landmark dissertation, the Human Performance Intention Experiment, Dr. Taylor showed that sending positive intentions using a quantum field framework improved athletic p...
Jan 29, 2025•39 min•Ep. 384
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Allana Pratt. Intimacy Expert, Allana Pratt is a global media personality and go-to authority for those ready to heal heartbreak, live unapologetically and attract a soul-shaking relationship. This Ivy League grad is the Author of 6 books, has interviewed Whoopi Goldberg, Alanis Morissette and Nassim Haramein, and Hosts the edgy Podcast Intimate Conversations: Season 12- Become the One, where listeners learn how to ‘Become...
Jan 24, 2025•40 min•Ep. 383
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Dr. Michelle Sherman. Michelle D. Sherman, PhD LP ABPP (she/her) is the co-author of "Loving Someone with a Mental Illness or History of Trauma" (written with her mother) and a licensed clinical psychologist who has dedicated her career to supporting families dealing with a mental illness or trauma/PTSD. She has worked in diverse settings, including the Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system, private practice, and academi...
Jan 22, 2025•44 min•Ep. 382
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Christopher Hadnagy. Christopher Hadnagy is the Founder and CEO of Social-Engineer, LLC, and the Innocent Lives Foundation, bringing 19 years of experience in information security. A pioneering figure in social engineering, he created the first social engineering framework and hosted the first social engineering podcast. As the Executive Director of the Innocent Lives Foundation, he helps identify anonymous child predators...
Jan 17, 2025•35 min•Ep. 381
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Judy Wilkins Smith. Judy Wilkins-Smith is a highly regarded organizational, individual, and family patterns expert. A systemic executive coach, trainer, facilitator, thought partner, and leadership conference and motivational speaker, she has 18 years of expertise in assisting high-performance individuals, Fortune 500 executives, and legacy families to end limiting cycles and reframe challenges into lasting breakthroughs a...
Jan 15, 2025•35 min•Ep. 380
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Craig Siegel. Craig Siegel is a value-based Keynote Speaker, Performance Coach, Entrepreneur, Online brand exploder, Master Elevator, Host of the record-breaking podcast, The CLS Experience, and rising thought leader, as featured in Entrepreneur and endorsed by some of the world’s most well known celebrities, such as Rob Dyrdek, Ed Mylett, Bethany Hamilton, Suzanne Somers and NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins. When the pande...
Jan 10, 2025•25 min•Ep. 379
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Rhonda Crabtree. Rhonda Crabtree is one of the top Family and Divorce Attorneys in the country who is based just outside of Nashville, TN. She has over 20 years practicing law and prior to having her own practise she worked in the mental health space. She is also a mother, grandmother and is all about giving advice to people and helping them out no matter what. Connect with Rhonda: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rhond...
Jan 08, 2025•30 min•Ep. 378
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Dr. John Terry. A three-time martial arts Hall of Fame inductee, John brings years of black belt experience to helping people, young and old, discover and develop the “Black Belt Leader Within” and lead themselves with Black Belt Excellence. They can then use their leadership and influence to create high-performance, people-centric, values-based, non-leader-dependent teams and make an impact right where they are. John brin...
Jan 03, 2025•26 min•Ep. 377
In this conversation, Sandee Sgarlata reflects on the challenges of 2024 and shares insights on personal development. She discusses common myths that hinder growth, emphasizing the importance of resilience, self-awareness, and finding one's unique path to success. Sandee encourages listeners to manage negative thoughts and embrace their personal journey of growth. Your growth is your superpower. Even top performers have off days; resilience is key. There's no universal formula for success; find ...
Jan 01, 2025•13 min•Ep. 376
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews David Meltzer. David Meltzer is the Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Institute and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. He is a globally recognized entrepreneur, investor, and top business coach. Variety Magazine has recognized him as their Sports Humanitarian of the Year and has been awarded the Ellis Island Medal of H...
Dec 27, 2024•26 min•Ep. 375
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Brian Conwell. Brian ‘BigCountry’ Conwell is a disabled veteran who lost his legs on January 7th 2014 on Ft. Riley KS. After being told by doctor’s he would never walk again, Brian not only suffered from PTSD but severe depression, anxiety, and chronic pain from all the metal used to put his right leg back together. In October 2020 he taught his self how to walk and in February 2021 got back to the gym. The VA invited him ...
Dec 25, 2024•32 min•Ep. 374
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Shenea Stiletto. Shenea Stiletto is a former Two-Time World Champion Acrobatic Gymnast, USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Member, Circuspreneur, and a World Class Circus Handbalancer inducted into the World Acrobatic Hall of Fame who has been for nearly two decades performing with elite entertainment companies worldwide including Cirque Du Soleil. Shenea’s career highlights have included becoming the first ever African American ...
Dec 20, 2024•34 min•Ep. 373
Happiness Solved with Sandee Sgarlata. In this episode, Sandee interviews Dr. JJ Kelly. Dr. JJ Kelly, The Punk Rock Doc, is a licensed clinical psychologist, emotional intelligence skills training expert, and bestselling author of The Holy Sh*t Series. Dr. Kelly is also the CEO & Founder of UnorthoDocs, Inc., a punk alternative to traditional psychotherapy. Connect with Dr. Kelly: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dr.jjkelly Connect with Sandee: Website: www.sandeesgarlata.com Podcast: www.happine...
Dec 18, 2024•37 min•Ep. 372
