Ronan Levy is the co-founder and executive chairman of Field Trip Health, creating a global brand of psychedelic- and ketamine-assisted therapy center to more effectively address depression, anxiety, addiction and other mental health conditions. Ronan has built a career out of things that other people say can’t be done. Making psychedelic experiences accessible and approachable is no different. The conversation around plant medicine is gaining a shit ton of traction, and we’re excited to ride th...
Jun 09, 2021•57 min•Ep. 128
Eric Adams is the Borough President of Brooklyn. We’re not entirely sure what a Borough President does, but his name is on the bridge, so that’s impressive! Jokes aside, he is an impressive individual. He’s sweet, incredibly smart, and his goodwill is endless. He’s a diabetic who got his diet under control in just a short three weeks, which is mind-blowing. He’s a great steward of this lifestyle and knows well the struggles that go along with changing your diet, specifically in communities where...
May 06, 2021•32 min•Ep. 127
We missed a real opportunity to ask Laura Day about what happens when you die, but that’s okay. She’s not really interested in talking about that — she’s much more practical. She’s the best-selling author of a number of books, including “Practical Intuition,” which shares how Laura has helped people across the world tap into this misunderstood ability and take full advantage of the capabilities of the mind. We talk about how practical intuition lets you predict your own future, how we engage, no...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 126
Tara Stiles is the founder of Strala Yoga. It would have been great to only talk with her about yoga, but in light of the twin crises of Covid and racial injustice, we wanted to dig a little deeper. We wellness folk do tend to feel things a bit more, so it’s great to talk with another feeler. She talks about how we can continue to have difficult conversations, having an open mind for yoga, how listening and learning is better than silently not participating, and the problems the wellness industr...
Apr 21, 2021•52 min•Ep. 125
Just like Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s book “The Giving Tree,” the Baobab tree just keeps giving and giving. A “lost crop” known locally for its many benefits, Dr. Luc Maes is a naturopathic doctor on a mission to bring it back. His company, KAIBAE, is focused on offering Baobab-based beauty and wellness products, encouraging the growth and development of this incredible plant, and providing economic benefits to the African communities that grow it. Dr Luc's research has taken him to st...
Apr 14, 2021•52 min•Ep. 124
Licensed psychotherapist Terri Cole has a book , blog , and business all about setting better boundaries. Why is it so damn hard to say “no” — especially as women? We don’t know how to set boundaries naturally because nobody taught us – but we can still learn how. In this conversation, Terri talks about why we need boundaries now more than ever, how to end the glorification of self-sacrifice, and giving yourself boundaries in your business life. Look for Terri's new book and special code for lis...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 123
Elissa Goodman is a holistic nutritionist with a bent on lifestyle cleansing--emphasis on lifestyle, this is about more than just food. Her personal health journey has had more than its share of ups and downs but the result is a success story we all need to hear right now. A cancer diagnosis at age 33 was the first wake-up call that she needed to make some changes, but the hard learning didn't stop there. She has spent decades researching, educating herself, embracing life and loss and creating ...
Mar 24, 2021•58 min•Ep. 122
Read 'em and weep: 75% of people with vaginas have some degree of pelvic organ prolapse 66% of people with vaginas have some degree of bladder leakage 43% of people with vaginas have a form of sexual dysfunction Dr. Stephanie Schull is the creator and founder of Kegelbell, the first FDA-registered, externally-weighted kegel system designed to treat and prevent the negative effects of a weak pelvic floor. A weak pelvic floor can cause massive and unpleasant health issues, and it’s incredible how ...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 121
We’ve never been so excited to talk about constipation and diarrhea. If you have a persistent tummy ache, it’s very possible you have a form of SIBO, or small intestine bacterial overgrowth. Shivan Sarna — author and patient advocate who literally wrote the book on SIBO — is here to tell us what it’s all about. She’s had a host of health issues both causing and being caused by SIBO, so she knows just what it’s like to live with and how confusing, overwhelming, and painful it can be. These proble...
Mar 10, 2021•51 min•Ep. 120
While the last year of pandemic live has had far-reaching effects on everyone involved, it’s clear that doctors — who already deal with a ton of stress during “normal” times — are burning out fast. Dr. Michelle Thompson set out to work with her colleagues when she saw that people were reaching their limits, quitting their jobs, or worse. Approximately 400 physicians commit suicide a year which is a public health crisis in and of itself. So she started teaching doctors how to manage their stress,...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 119
Ok time for some major girl talk. Lauryn Evarts Bosstick is the founder of The Skinny Confidential, the truth-telling, real talking, and often hilarious blog that she has brilliantly turned into a book, “The Skinny Confidential Lifestyle Guide,” a podcast, a monthly subscription app that provides workouts and meal plans, and more. Girl is kicking ass and taking names. We get the real scoop from her about how the responsibility of being an influencer in a constructive way, working with her husban...
Feb 17, 2021•44 min•Ep. 118
We have a strict policy for 2021: No assholes. Let’s leave them behind in 2020. We all need to respect each other’s space and just move on. In this quick and honest chat with just us girls, we trade stories about some less-than-pleasant interactions we’ve had with folks recently, how we’ve (maybe sometimes regrettably) handled them, and how we’re trying to draw the line between letting things go and standing up for ourselves. Resources: Visit earthandstar.com and use code HTW for 15% off at chec...
Feb 10, 2021•40 min•Ep. 117
Rob Willey is Chief Marketing Officer at Emil Capital Partners, a private equity firm based out of New York City that invests in and manages many companies mostly within the natural food and beverage space. He was part of the early dream team at Method, one of the earliest examples of powerful category disruption that created a superstar brand still beloved today. He is as excited as we are to see how wellness has become more deeply embedded into consumer culture and he gives us his take on wher...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 116
Tune in for a quick and dirty (not really) chat with friend of the pod and leading functional medicine expert, Dr. Will Cole, author of “Ketotarian,” and private practitioner. We talk wellness trends for the year ahead, with a specific focus on how we are thinking more about proactive and preventative health rather than reacting with quick fixes. He talks all about why this trend is happening, making long-term improvements to chronic health issues, and we spend some time geeking out over functio...
Jan 27, 2021•26 min•Ep. 115
Daina Trout is the CEO and co-founder of Health-Ade Kombucha. Along with two friends who set out to make a mark on the world, they created an entrepreneur club where they would brainstorm solutions to their everyday challenges. Including hair loss. But after learning about an unexpected link between hair loss and scoby—the “mother” of kombucha—they promptly shifted gears and wound up with the multi-million-dollar success we all know as Health-Ade, now available in 35,000 stores nationwide. In 20...
Jan 20, 2021•58 min•Ep. 114
Eli Finkel is a social psychology professor at Northwestern University who studies romantic relationships and American politics, and has been named by The Economist as “one of the leading lights in the realm of relationship psychology.” He set out thinking—and intending to prove—that we were ruining the institution of marriage by putting so much pressure on our partner to meet many of our emotional and psychological needs. He found out that he was wrong: While the average marriage today is worse...
Dec 16, 2020•59 min•Ep. 113
The excellent Dr. Ellen Vora is on the podcast today, and we’re big fans because yes, she’s really cool, but she’s also not down with the over-prescription of meds as treatment. Ellen believes that the power to heal lies within each of us. She’s not anti-medications, but she is all about trying other, more holistic approaches to healing first. Today we’re talking all things functional and holistic, with a special focus on everybody’s favorite, anxiety! Dr. Ellen Vora is a board-certified psychia...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 112
Katherine May, author of fiction and nonfiction, wrote her new book “Wintering” — which, published in February, now comes across as almost prophetic. In the book, she recognizes that we all have dark periods in our life where nothing seems to be going quite right and that there really isn’t a good way of talking about them without feeling ashamed. She opens up about her own wintering moments, and how she came to recognize she could play a role in helping others understand how to cope with theirs...
Nov 25, 2020•50 min•Ep. 111
Todd White is the founder of Dry Farm Wines, with a great story and a fun and lively approach to life in general. A self-described biohacker who practices daily meditation, Wim Hof breathing, cold thermogenesis, a ketogenic diet, and daily 22 hour intermittent fasting, he wanted to find a better way of enjoying an evening glass of wine without it interrupting his lifestyle, and from this came Dry Farm Wines. A sourcing company of pure, Natural Wines that lab tests to ensure each bottle is sugar ...
Nov 18, 2020•57 min•Ep. 110
Every overnight success is actually years in the making, and Charles Coristine, CEO and President of Lesser Evil Snacks, is here to share his journey to making the greatest paleo puff snack of all time (IOHO). He takes “failure is not an option” to an extreme, and it really works for him. We get good and business-y in this one, and Charles is transparent about the uphill climb he had to go through to get to where he is now. Plus, he’s found an awesome way to incorporate a balance of spirituality...
Oct 28, 2020•59 min•Ep. 109
Dr. Michael Roizen, Emeritus Chief Wellness Officer of the Cleveland Clinic, and chief medical consultant on “The Dr. Oz Show,” is the co-author of “The What to Eat When Cookbook,” which we talked about with his colleague Dr Crupain in episode 105. He completely walks the walk when it comes to science-based diet planning based on the clock, (and he legit walked on his treadmill during the entire interview). We chatted about the powerful effects of eating the right foods at certain times of day, ...
Oct 21, 2020•51 min•Ep. 108
Because we are Hamil-nerds, sometimes we start with a quote: “Immigrants, we get the job done” basically tells the story of Julie Smolyansky, CEO of Lifeway Foods, who moved from Russia to Chicago as an infant. Her parents brought with them a centuries-old tradition used in their homeland for generations — kefir, the hard-to-pronounce probiotic that does wonders for the gut — and began to share it in the community. A business was born, and in 2002, Julie became the youngest female CEO of a publi...
Oct 14, 2020•54 min•Ep. 107
Take a deep breath, because it might be your last without giving it some serious thought from here on out. NY Times Bestselling Author and journalist James Nestor is taking years of incredible research and self-experimentation and applying it all to the world of breathing, sharing all the benefits it can provide with the world. This conversation with James may very well be the most eye-opening (or nose-opening) conversation around health that you’ve heard in years. Get ready, because this episod...
Oct 07, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 106
Dr. Michael Crupain is the medical director of “The Dr. Oz Show," chief medical officer of Sharecare and co-author of the upcoming The What To Eat When Cookbook . He is board certified in preventive medicine, a fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and part-time faculty at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He and his partner co-authored “What to Eat When,” along with “The What to Eat When Cookbook,” with amazing recipes tailored around when you should eat them....
Sep 30, 2020•52 min•Ep. 105
Is there something going on in your Venus? Haley Houseman, who’s in charge or brand and content at Sanctuary, knows all about astrology. While we are in a complete state of mess over the last few months, it’s times like these where people are drawn to finding some information or sanity to the world, and astrology can do that for a lot of people. She gives us a crash course in astrology that goes well beyond the typical “sun signs” we’re all used to—like, did you know you have a sign for every pl...
Sep 23, 2020•47 min•Ep. 104
Marcina Hale is a Therapist trained in psychedelic therapy at CIIS and also a founder of Reconsider, a nonprofit that focuses on catalyzing reflection, dialogue, and action around our relationship to life. She is also a producer of the films Fantastic Fungi (one of our favorites, natch!) and Disturbing the Peace. We dive into the fascinating field of psychedelic therapy--using plant medicines like psilocybin and ayahuasca to tap into our greater sense of self, and how her work in film and media ...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 103
This episode is a little bit of catharsis for us as we talk about the struggles we’re facing when it comes to finding a sense of normalcy. We’re all still dealing with the isolation that comes with COVID, as well as wading through the poo that comes with building a startup, and maybe it’s getting to us a little bit. It’s a strange experience to feel lonely in your own home, even when you’re not the only person in the room. We hope you either can relate to us and feel a little less alone, or othe...
Aug 05, 2020•19 min•Ep. 102
At the beginning of her career, Bozoma Saint John turned down a job at Goldman Sachs and, shortly afterwards, found herself temping for Spike Lee. Since then, she’s worked in C-level roles for the likes of Apple and Uber (being tasked with repairing their reputation after mistreatment of drivers and reports of sexual harassment surfaced) and is now Chief Marketing Officer at William Morris Endeavor . In this episode, she joins us to talk about being a Black woman in corporate America, the strang...
Jul 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 101
Kendall Dabaghi has spent the last ten years working at different tech startups, but it was the variety of health issues he faced his whole life that led him to his best work yet. After developing acute digestive issues traveling abroad, and seeing a range of specialists, nothing seemed to work. He started reading up on the gut biome and after adding a variety of fermented foods to his diet, the pain disappeared completely. No big surprise- he knew his next business would be focused on the micro...
Jul 22, 2020•42 min•Ep. 100
Lulu Ge is the founder of Elix, an herbal nutritional supplement company that helps women balance their hormonal cycle. When she stopped taking hormonal birth control, she found herself unable to move her body for 2-3 days a month around the time of her cycle—and her doctor’s only suggestion was to start taking birth control again. Her grandfather connected her to a renowned Chinese medical expert who examined her, gave her a list of herbs, and instructed her on how to take them. Cut to: after a...
Jul 15, 2020•48 min•Ep. 99
