#33: In today's episode, we chat with our very own Functional MD, Dr. Frank Lipman . Dr. Lipman is one of the most intelligent wellness experts and he is here in this episode sharing some of his wisdom with us. We dive into into a handful of topics in just one episode. A few of the topics we touch on: Why vitamin D is so important to take Thoughts on COVID-19 + best practices Tips on anti-aging + better sleep practices Thoughts on CBD oil, celery juice + colonics How to know if your gut is off b...
Sep 21, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 33
#32: In today's episode, I am catching up with a a dear friend of mine, Belen Soloman . Belen is the founder behind her own clothing brand - Belen . Belen truly makes some of the most comfortable clothing I have ever worn like her Cindy top and they are the type of pieces you want to wear daily. In this episode Belen shares her journey starting her own clothing brand, why it is so important to support small businesses, what makes her brand stand out and she shares her tips on what every woman sh...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 32
#31: In today's episode, I am chatting with the founder of one of my favorite products and brands, Evergreen. Evergreen sells delicious and healthy toaster waffles that are made with simple ingredients and they are totally disrupting the freezer aisle. In the episode, the founder, Emily Groden, really highlights the beginning phases of starting your own CPG brand. She is in the infancy stage of starting her own company and she shares all of the trials and tribulations that have come with startin...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 31
#30: In today's episode, we are chatting with Judy Delaware + Megan McNamee, the incredible founders of Finding Littles . Judy is an Occupational Therapist and Megan is a Registered Dietician and they are the go-to resource for all things "feeding littles". We dive into so many helpful topics that you guys are going to find so incredibly helpful: What is baby led weaning? When is the best time to start feeding your infant? What foods are best to introduce first? When do introduce the top allerge...
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 30
#29: In today's episode, I chat with the leading expert in post birth control syndrome, Dr. Jolene Brighten. Dr. Brighten shares her own personal journey with birth control pill and how she got her period back. We dive into all things post-birth control and how it impacts you both mentally and physically. Dr. Brighten also shares her perceptive on nutrition and if it is really worth cutting out gluten and dairy-free to have a "healthier" cycle and tips for high stress and how that impacts your p...
Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 29
#28: In today's episode, I chat with the Founder + CEO of Simple Mills, Katlin Smith. Katlin fills us on on the back story of one of the most popular gluten-free brands. We chat why she started her company, what is was like expanding her brand and product line over the last few years and really what makes Simple Mill's products stand out on shelves. Katlin and I dive into ingredient pet peeves, COVIDs impact on their business, the hardest part about her job and hints on what new products are com...
Aug 10, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 28
#27: In today's episode, I chat with New York Times Best Selling Author of the Against All Grain cookbook series, Danielle Walker. Danielle shares her health journey with us and how she was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis at the age of 22 years old and how she has used food to help heal her. Danielle fills us on how she started her food blog and creating recipes, what a paleo lifestyle looks like for her, her must have items in the house for grain-free cooking and baking and how she cooks pale...
Aug 03, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 27
#26: In today's episode, I am chatting with my dear friend and incredibly talented recipe developer, Monique Volz, behind Ambitious Kitchen. Monique is an inspiration to so many with her amazing recipes for truly any and all tastebuds. She has the most drool worthy and easy recipes to whip up. She is best known for her insanely delicious cinnamon rolls, endless muffin and cake recipes and tons of savory eats. Monique shares her journey starting her food blog and transitioning into running her bu...
Jul 27, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 26
#25: In this episode, I chat with the talented food blogger and cookbook author behind Sweet Potato Soul, Jenné Claiborne. Jenné is best known for her delicious vegan recipes and incredible skills in the kitchen. Jenné shares how and why she started her blog and her journey becoming a vegan food chef, how she got her first cookbook deal, when she officially transitioned into a full vegan lifestyle and how that truly changed her life. We also dive into getting pregnant with her daughter and now r...
Jul 20, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 25
#24: In this episode I sit down with the amazing Catherine McCord. Catherine is the Founder of the mega successful blog, Weelicious. She is also a 3x cookbook author and the Founder of the family organic meal delivery service, One Potato. Catherine shares her journey getting to where she is today. She started working at a young age of 15 and kicked off her career in modeling for brands like Calvin Klein, Victoria's Secret and that eventually all led her to enrolling in culinary school when she f...
Jul 13, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 24
#23: In this episode I sit down with the Founder and CEO of our favorite sparkling water company, Spindrift . Spindrift has been my absolute favorite drink for years now. I have been a devoted customer and supporter of the brand for forever and to bring Bill Creelman, the Founder on truly is surreal to me. Bill shares everything you guys are curious about with his amazing beverage portfolio. This episode has a soft spot for me as I used to be the assistant to a CEO/Founder of a beverage company ...
Jul 06, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 23
#22: In this episode, I chat with blogger and social media consultant, Ayana Lage, about social justice, anti-racism, social media’s reaction to anti-racism, Ayana’s own experience being black and in an interracial marriage and fertility. We talk about Ayana’s thoughts on #BlackLivesMatter and #BlackOutTuesday and whether or not those were effective. She shares things we can do daily to support anti-racism that goes beyond donating and sharing social media posts. We also chat about her thoughts ...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 22
#21: In this episode, we continue our chat from last week with Alisa Vitti. If you haven't listened to Part One with Alisa, I highly recommend listening to that before this episode. Alisa walks us through cycle syncing 101, teaches us how to optimize our hormones and really all parts of our lives during each phase of the month. In this episode we have more of a Q+A format from the questions you guys sent in on Instagram. Don't forget to order both of Alisa's books: In the flo + Woman Code . They...
Jun 22, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 21
#20: In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the female hormone expert and author of best-selling books, Woman Code and most recently In the Flo , Alisa Vitti . Alisa has helped women everyone better tune into their bodies and she teaches us how to feel our best. I first read Alisa's book, Woman Code, 4 years ago and since then it has truly changed my life. She breaks it all down for us in this episode on how we can feel our best during each phase of our cycle. Think of this con...
Jun 15, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 20
#19: This episode of Just the Good Stuff is incredibly special to me. I had the honor of chatting with 3 inspirational women who I have the pleasure of calling good friends of mine. These conversations were originally going to be at live events throughout the country but during this sensitive time, we will be doing more virtual events like this. During each chat with our panelists, we also have some Q+A with the audience. I wasn't planning to share the event or record this for my podcast, but I ...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 19
#18: In this episode, we dive deep into all things motherhood, nursing, newborns, feeding Ezra and handful of other topics and questions you guys submitted via Instagram . This is my very first solo episode and I absolutely loved answering all of your questions and hearing what you guys are curious about. This episode is packed with a ton of info on things I haven't chatted about much before and I hope all my mama and papa friends out there find this helpful, not preachy and resourceful in anywa...
May 27, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 18
#17: In this episode, I sit down with one of my very best friends, Jordan Younger of @thebalancedblonde. Jordan and I have known each other for years now (before I even started my own blog!) and she is truly the kindest and most loving beautiful soul. We catch up on my trip to LA in March and chat about how and when we became friends, how she inspired me to start my own blog and instagram, her journey to getting diagnosed with lyme, how she is healing her lyme + we dive into her SOS-free and pla...
May 18, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 17
#16: In this episode, I sit down and chat with Colleen Wachob. Colleen is the Co-CEO + Co-Founder of one of the most popular wellness sites and podcasts, MindBodyGreen. Colleen and her husband, Jason, started the brand at the several years ago and it has continued to boom since then. Colleen shares how it all it started, where they get their latest scoop and learn about trends in the wellness space. We chat about what it is like running an industry leading brand with your husband. We also dive i...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 16
#15: In this episode, I chat with my friend, Alex Snodgrass, the cookbook author and creator of The Defined Dish. Alex and I started chatting on Instagram a few months ago and instantly became friends and "colleagues" of sorts in the food blogging space. She is one of the most kind and down-to-earth women and I am so excited for you guys to hear more about her story. We dive into the back story of starting her "Whole30-ish" food blog and what inspired her to begin making recipes and share them w...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 15
#14: In this episodes, I sit down with my friend, Sarah Larson Levey, the Founder + CEO of the badass yoga studio, Y7. We chat about about how and why Sarah started Y7 and what motivated her to start her yoga practice. We touch on working a full-time job while also rapidly growing Y7 at the same time and when she transition to Y7 fully. Sarah and I dive into the backend of the business and her unexpected entrepreneurial path, her different approach to funding for Y7 and briefly working with her ...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 14
#13: In this episode, I hang out with my dear friend and one of my most favorite humans, Melissa Wood. Melissa is the creator of the fitness phenomenon, Melissa Wood Health, the ever so popular and kick ass fitness app on your phone. Melissa shares a mindful approach to working out and meditating with hundreds of thousands of women everywhere every single day. In our conversation, we chat all about how she got to where to she is today and her journey to finding peace within her body, eating a pl...
Mar 23, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 13
#12: In this episode, I chat with Kelly LeVeque , the best-selling author of Body Love and more recently Body Love Everyday . Kelly is an amazing holistic nutritionist and celebrity health coach where she has positively impacted so many with her well-known Fab4 smoothies and helping us understand food and fueling our bodies without depriving it. Kelly walks us through the basics of nutrition, debunking health trends, building her business and how she grew her brand to where it is today. She fill...
Mar 09, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
#11: In this episode, my dear friend, Liz Moody sat down to interview me on the cookbook writing process. We chat about everything that had to do with creating my first cookbook, Just the Good Stuff , which is officially out in the universe! I share the steps to landing a book deal starting with finding an agent, writing the proposal, finding a publisher that worked for my dream book, and then we dive into the actual recipe creation process. We also talk about how I didn't have a book title unti...
Feb 26, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 11
#10: In this episode, I sit down with the 2x healthy cookbook author, magazine editor, wellness blogger and podcast host, Liz Moody. This is truly one of my favorite conversations yet to share with you. Liz is not only a good friend to me but she has so many amazing stories we can all resonate and learn from. Liz shares how she became a successful writer, how she landed her very first book deal (spoiler alert it didn’t happen the first few times), her ongoing journey with anxiety, how she handle...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 10
#9: In this episode, I have a long and informative with one of the top functional medicine doctors, Dr. Will Cole. Will is the 2x best-selling author behind Ketotarian and more recently, The Inflammation Spectrum . We candidly chat about a variety of topics including: digestion/poop, what to eat for good bacteria in the gut, all things inflammation, if food sensitivity tests actually work, views on kombucha, all things adaptogens and which to use, managing cortisol levels, what actually is “bloa...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
#8: In this episode, I sit down with the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing of Emmy’s Organics , Samantha Abrams. Samantha and her life partner, Ian, founded the extremely delicious and popular CPG brand, Emmy’s, over a decade ago in Ithaca, NY. Samantha fills us in on the back story of how they started their company and growing it to the place it is today without taking outside capital, what it is like working with your significant other and so much more about growing a nationwide brand from the ...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 8
#7: In this episode, I sit down with Sam Eckstein. Sam is the co-founder of Springbone Kitchen, a fast-casual restaurant I personally frequent here in Manhattan. He is also the mastermind behind bringing healthy homemade-style food into consumer’s hands all over the city. Sam along with his best friend, Jordan Feldman, opened Springbone together over 3 years ago. They focus on serving all quality ingredients at their restaurant such as sustainable meat, olive oil, homemade bone broth and they so...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 7
#6: In this episode I sit down with a very special person in my life, my Mom, Evelyn! Otherwise known as "Ma" or "MeMe" around here. My Mom is my very best friend. She is my rock and this episode is so so special to me in many ways. We openly chat all about her upbringing and childhood, how my parents met, my family growing up, what I was like as a kid growing up and more on my relationship with my Mom. Plus she fills us in on her favorite snacks, food and some of the dirt on our family. Don't f...
Dec 30, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 6
#4: In this episode I sit down with my good friend and RD, Abby Cannon , to chat all about infertility and our journeys to get pregnant. We both share our stories from going off the pill (birth control) in our mid-twenties and struggling to regain our menstrual cycles post pill (which never came back!). Then we were both eventually diagnosed with “unexplained infertility”. We dive into our experiences with merging both eastern and western medicine practices to start a family by incorporating acu...
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 5
#3: In this episode, I am in the "hot seat". My husband, Jordan Carpenter, interviews me and we share a bit more on how it how it all got started and why I created my blog in the first place. Contrary to what many think, I didn't have the confidence to pursue my blog full-time and leave my desk job. On December 3, 2015, I was fired unexpectedly from my job at a CPG brand as their Earned Media Manager. This led me to pursue my own brand full-time and embark on this crazy journey running my food b...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 4
