Breathwork teacher Jay Bradley discusses how breathwork has helped him heal and helped him heal others. Interviewed by guest host Gustavo Padron, Jay shares what it was like to grow up in a small Canadian town and the impact of being bullied for being gay. Jay talks about how he delved deeply into breathwork after attending a gay men’s group that had a breathwork circle. The experience of doing breathwork in the group was an inflection point for him, changing his life and, he says, transforming ...
Apr 03, 2022•50 min•Season 3Ep. 41
In this episode, Derik Mills and behavioral change specialist Shahroo Izadi discuss why kindness will help you find yourself and also meet yourself, to see yourself as you truly are. Shahroo discusses why she believes that diets cause more harm than good. Shahroo Izadi’s first best-selling book, The Kindness Method: Change Your Habits for Good Using Self-Compassion and Understanding , helped readers change habits using self-compassion and kindness. Her most recent book, The Last Diet , focuses o...
Mar 20, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 40
In this special edition of The Glo Podcast , Derik Mills hands over the mic to two beloved Glo teachers, Jason Crandell and Dice Iida-Klein. You’ll learn about their development as yoga students and teachers, their favorite and most challenging poses, and their shared connections. Some of those connections are surprising: They both played hockey as kids. Others will help you track into a more profound understanding of the community of yoga teachers and how they develop just as their students do....
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 39
There are many myths about what it means to have boundaries and why we may be afraid or unwilling to set them. Many women, says psychotherapist Terri Cole, are often raised to “be a good girl.” This is the highest virtue many women are raised to offer: Being liked. But when we prioritize other people over ourselves, it leads to a place of anger and bitterness. Terri Cole calls it “the disease to please.” Her book Boundary Boss-The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen and (Finally) Live Free wil...
Feb 20, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Journalist Beth Macy was moved by the stories she reported about addiction. As she says in her interview with Derik Mills, “I’ve learned to pay attention to things that make the hair stand up on the back of my neck.” In her book Dopesick , she takes the reader into the epicenter of the nation’s opioid crisis. On the podcast, Beth shares her work process and some astounding statistics about the depth of the crisis. For example, in America, there is an 88% treatment gap, meaning that only 12% of p...
Feb 06, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Lisa Brooks Mills has a conversation with gymnast Katelyn Ohashi about fame, a healthy mindset, body image, the importance of rest, and Katelyn’s current creative endeavors. You may remember Katelyn from her 2019 gymnastics floor routine that went viral. You may have seen her at the ESPY’s or in the ESPN Body Issue. She has been outspoken about having a positive body image, mental health, and the pressure athletes face when they’re in the spotlight and in private. At the ESPY Awards , she took h...
Jan 23, 2022•46 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Continuing our series of interviews with first responders, Derik Mills chats with Erik Milosevich, a military veteran and retired police officer turned breathwork instructor. We met Erik through photographer, and fellow Glo podcast guest, Robert Sturman (episode #14), who photographed Erik and other military veterans who use yoga as a healing practice for PTSD and mental, emotional, and physical health. Erik was a US Army 82nd Airborne Division Recon/Sniper and an international competitor on the...
Jan 09, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 35
“What should I eat?” can be an emotional question for many of us, particularly during the holidays. In today’s episode, Lisa Brooks Mills speaks with Vanessa Rissetto, a registered dietitian, the co-founder of Culina Health, and the dietician intern director at New York University. Vanessa shares lifestyle adjustments for healthy eating habits that are sustainable, and how to prepare and support yourself with healthy choices throughout the holidays. She also discusses the key differences between...
Dec 19, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Elazar Aslan is the Founder and CEO of Caterfly Solutions, a coaching firm that specializes in helping leaders operate from their peak potential to have a positive and sustainable impact on their businesses and communities. He recently co-authored “Boundless Leadership” with Dr. Joe Loizzo, who appeared on episode 32 of The Glo Podcast. Today’s episode dives deeper into the kind of self-work authentic leadership requires. Elazar shares from his personal experience of endeavoring inward to discov...
Dec 12, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Derik Mills speaks with Dr. Joe Loizzo, co-author, with Elazar Aslan, on their new business book Boundless Leadership. Leadership is traditionally tied to stress and assumptions about stress. Dr. Joe Loizzo, psychotherapist, clinical researcher, and Buddhist scholar-teacher, speaks with Derik about pivoting from stress-fueled leadership styles to a kind of leadership that focuses on co-creating psychologically safe and meaningful relationships at work. The workplace is where we spend most waking...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Best-selling author and founder, Byron Katie, wrote Loving What Is and A Mind at Home with Itself: Finding Freedom in a World of Suffering with co-author Stephen Mitchell. She is the founder of Byron Katie International, an organization that includes the School for the Work and Turnaround House in Ojai, California, and she is the host of “At Home With Byron Katie,” a podcast and weekly Zoom session. Byron Katie teaches a method of self-examination called “The Work” which grew out of her own spir...
Nov 21, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 31
For over two decades Heather White, the founder and author of One Green Thing: Discover Your Hidden Power to Help Save the Planet , has led organizations to transform environmental overwhelm into consistent, personalized, and positive action. She is an environmental lawyer, writer, consultant, motivational speaker, nonprofit executive, and former Senate staffer. Heather chats with Lisa Brooks Mills on The Glo Podcast about the current state of the crisis, its impact on mental health, and how you...
Nov 14, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett is the University Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Northeastern University and holds appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, as the Chief Science Officer for the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior. She is also the author of How Emotions Are Made and, more recently, Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain, an accessible book about science that she considers “the first neuroscience ‘beach read.’” Today’s episode invites you to ...
Nov 07, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Continuing our series of interviews with first responders, Derik Mills chats with Amber Miskovich, a former medic, firefighter, and paramedic turned yoga teacher and studio owner. We met Amber through the photographer Robert Sturman, who has photographed first responders doing yoga. In our interview, Amber shares that “first responders, on average, only live five years past retirement.” After leaving her career as a firefighter, Amber experienced this steep psychological and physical price first...
Oct 31, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 28
Do you talk to yourself? Don’t worry, we all do. In today’s episode, Lisa speaks with Dr. Ethan Kross, an award-winning professor at the University of Michigan and author of the bestselling, Chatter: The Voice in Your Head and How to Harness It. Dr. Kross shares his research in the world of inner chatter and the ways it can be harmful to our relationships, our confidence, and even our creativity when it becomes part of an ongoing stress response to the outside world. As Dr. Kross says in the int...
Oct 25, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Koya Webb is a Glo teacher, Wellness Visionary, Educator, & Founder of Get Loved Up. She has over 15 years of experience in holistic health studies and dedicates herself to supporting those who suffer from chronic disease through building sustainable, daily self-care, plant-based nutrition, and eco-friendly practices. In this episode, Koya chats with Derik about how she discovered yoga in college as an Olympic Track & Field hopeful after sustaining a debilitating injury. She spent a year...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 26
We met U.S. Army veteran Charley Jordan through photographer, and fellow Glo podcast guest, Robert Sturman (episode #14). Sturman photographed Charley and other military veterans who use yoga as a healing practice for PTSD as well as mental, emotional, and physical effects due to their careers. Charley is now a college adjunct professor, flower farmer, and owner of Jordan Farms in Tennessee. Charley and Derik discuss his 28 years of service and how he discovered yoga and horticulture as a way of...
Oct 10, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Derik Mills speaks with Drybar’s co-founder, Alli Webb, about starting new ventures, approaching difficult conversations, and the positive impact that professional and personal coaching has had on her leadership. Alli says her inner and outer journeys have been crucial to her success in business and personal relationships. It’s what’s supported her in developing confidence in her creativity, conquering imposter syndrome, and ultimately contributing to additional ventures like Becket and Quill, S...
Oct 03, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 24
We all have moments that inspire us to change or dedicate ourselves to something we would have never guessed or expected. Glo teacher Annie Carpenter, shares the importance of presence and how our yoga practice can support us in cultivating presence. Annie shares about the early days of YogaGlo, the teachers who impacted her life, the Katha Upanishad, and how her practice (as a teacher and student) has evolved. They also discuss her teacher training program, SmartFLOW, and the ways her passion f...
Sep 26, 2021•59 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Most people say, “I want to get rid of all the stress in my life” or “I don’t want any anxiety in my life.” But, as Dr. Wendy A. Suzuki explains, we all need good anxiety. Anxiety is the fire that drives us forward. As the Professor of Neural Science and Psychology at the Center for Neural Science at New York University, Dr. Suzuki is known for her research on our ability to form and retain new long-term memories, but after experiencing her own issues around anxiety and weight gain, she changed ...
Sep 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Derik discusses the founding years of Glo with the first teacher he approached, Jo Tastula. Located in Western Australia, Jo chats with Derik about her unique upbringing, how it changed her teaching style, and the ups and downs of her journey to becoming a yoga teacher. She shares how her practice has helped to create a sacred space for healing in some of her most difficult moments—losing both of her parents, pregnancy, and parenthood. Jo shares profound anecdotes about her own journey to becomi...
Sep 12, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 21
At Glo, we have an internal slack channel called “Member Love” where we post feedback from our members around the world. This is the second episode in a series on The Glo Podcast where we’ll be sharing a conversation with one of our Glo members. Today, Derik speaks with Kelly Alexander, a Glo member, certified yoga teacher, holistic health coach, and founder of "Raw By Nature," a website that offers nourishing recipes and plant-based lifestyle tips. Kelly shares how she maintains her own self-ca...
Aug 22, 2021•21 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Lisa Brooks Mills speaks with Jessica Zweig , an inspiring entrepreneur, personal branding expert, and author of Be: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself . Jessica shares how her struggles with low self-esteem, debt, and toxic relationships became the catalyst to creating, Simply Be, a platform dedicated to helping individuals and businesses uncover their unique purpose and personal branding ethos. Jessica shares how she developed this process ...
Aug 15, 2021•56 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Derik Mills speaks with scientist, writer, and expert in the “Psychology of Technology” Dr. Larry Rosen . They discuss the psychological consequences of social media and our addiction to our devices. He shares his 30+ years of research in the field and the correlation between our cognitive functions, increased technology consumption, and our rising cortisol levels. Dr. Rosen shares the truth about digital detoxes, why multitasking isn’t actually as efficient as you might think, as well as the st...
Aug 08, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Derik Mills explores technology and its impact on our health in this interview with Larissa May, Founder and Executive Director of #HalfTheStory. Larissa, AKA Larz, is pioneering the future of digital wellness for the next generation. They discuss the importance of digital wellness, #HalfTheStory’s upcoming Global Day of Unplugging, the educational programs her brand is developing to empower youth to create healthy boundaries with technology, manage passive consumption, and “mind their scroll” a...
Aug 01, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 16
At Glo, we have an internal slack channel called “Member Love” where we post feedback from our members around the world. This is the first of a special feature on The Glo Podcast where we’ll be sharing a conversation with a Glo member. Today, Derik speaks with Emer Deane, founder of Clear Path Coaching and Polyvagal informed Leadership and Career Coach who empowers women to befriend their nervous system and cultivate a compassionate inner narrative to unlock their potential and achieve their lif...
Jul 25, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Almost 30 began as a podcast between two friends sharing candid conversations about spirituality, holistic health and wellness, personal development, rejection, fear, relationships, and finding purpose. They have since recorded nearly 500 podcast episodes and counting, and expanded their platform to a global network for women. Lisa Brooks Mills, Glo’s co-founder and Chief Impact Officer, chats with Lindsey and Krista about the importance of friendship, exploring and trusting their intuition, nav...
Jul 18, 2021•57 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This episode of The Glo Podcast, Derik speaks with celebrated photographer and yogi, Robert Sturman , whose work has taken him around the world, into prisons, and behind the scenes on military bases. He’s also been the official artist of iconic events such as Grammy Awards, FIFA World Cup, and U.S. Olympics. Sturman discusses his parallel journey as a yogi and developing his skills as a photographer, and how the two practices have supported him in living a life of connection, compassion, and cha...
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This special episode of The Glo Podcast features a talk given by Dr. Dan Siege l, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and the founding co-director of UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center , at Glo HQ in Santa Monica just before the COVID-19 lockdown. Dr. Siegel gives an in-depth discussion on how to use The Wheel of Awareness , a useful meditation tool he developed with over two decades of clinical research studies. It’s a visual metaphor for how the mind works a...
May 30, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Part two of Derik’s conversation with Professor of Religion Dr. Douglas Brooks expands on the origins of yoga, its rich history of borrowing from other cultures and time periods, and its connection to our understanding of true freedom today. They also discuss yoga as a form of self-care—in body and mind—and how we can ultimately live a more healthy, fulfilled life of connection and purpose. If you missed part one (episode #10) of this conversation, you can listen to it on Glo.com, Apple Podcasts...
May 23, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 12
