This is the third edition of Ask the Doctor, where I ask functional medicine doctors a ton of questions in a single episode so you can reap the benefits of all of their knowledge (check out the first episode, featuring Dr. Will Cole talking about inflammation, hormone balance, birth control, and more, here, and the second episode, which features Dr. Ellen Vora in the most comprehensive conversation about anxiety ever, here). This episode is all about gut health, and features the amazing Will Bul...
May 13, 2020•2 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 43
On this week’s super casual conversation, I’m doing my first ever Q&A! I’m a little nervous so please be kind to me! On this episode, I answer YOUR questions, including: What’s my morning and evening routine? What books have changed my life? What’s my attachment style and what’s Zack’s? How do we make it work? Can you eat meat and still have good gut health? What’s my favorite place I’ve traveled to? What diets did I try in the past that didn’t work? What are my thoughts on intermittent fast...
May 06, 2020•52 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Welcome to our second morning/evening routine episode! In these episodes, we shake things up a bit in this episode by going inside the morning and evening routines of some of the wellness world’s biggest celebrities. You can listen and just enjoy a sneak peek, or steal some of their genius ideas to try at home! In Part 1, I shared the routines of Minimalist Baker, Kale Junkie, Rachael’s Good Eats and The Cutting Veg. This week includes: Kelly LeVeque on fasted workouts for fat-burning and metabo...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 41
You guys asked me to do weekly episodes during this pandemic, so I will try my best to deliver! Every other Wednesday, I’ll do a more casual episode—maybe it’ll be a check-in with former guests, quick interviews, or Q&As (the other Wednesdays will still be our normal long form interviews!!). This episode is one of my most requested—a convo with my husband, Zack. We talk all about our lives in quarantine, and answer your most frequently asked questions! Enjoy! PS: Healthier Together is offici...
Apr 22, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Welcome to our first morning/evening routine episode! We shake things up a bit in this episode by going inside the morning and evening routines of some of the wellness world’s biggest celebrities. You can listen and just enjoy a sneak peek, or steal some of their genius ideas to try at home! This week, Part 1, includes: The Morning & Evening Routine Episode is here! Peek inside the routine’s of wellness world superstars, including: Minimalist Baker on How To Start A Journaling Practice, Dry ...
Apr 15, 2020•2 hr•Season 1Ep. 39
This episode features the amazing Jen Gotch, and I think it’s actually the perfect episode for this strange time. Jen is the Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Ban.Do, and the author of the new memoir The Upside of Being Down. On this episode, we talk about: Her mental health journey, including the various tools that have actually helped with her depression & anxiety How she created a workplace where people can cry How people can approach mental health struggles in a workplace Jen’s di...
Apr 01, 2020•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 38
On today’s episode, I sat down to chat with Lauren Bosworth, the former star of Laguna Beach & The Hills and the current bad-ass woman behind Love Wellness. We recorded this right after self-isolation for COVID-19 had begun, so it had to be virtual not in real life like most of my episodes, so please excuse any audio quality issues (although I worked with my editor to make it as good as possible!). This is a scary time, but I wanted to have this episode mostly NOT be about COVID-19, although...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This is the second edition of Ask the Doctor, where I ask functional medicine doctors a ton of questions in a single episode so you can reap the benefits of all of their knowledge (check out the first episode, featuring Dr. Will Cole talking about inflammation, hormone balance, birth control, and more, here). This episode is all about anxiety, and features one of my favorite people in the wellness world, Dr. Ellen Vora. Ellen is a holistic psychiatrist who did her undergrad at Yale, then went to...
Mar 04, 2020•2 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Jordan Younger is the incredible woman behind The Balanced Blonde: Soul on Fire Podcast, thebalancedblonde.com, and @thebalancedblonde Instagram account. She formerly made media waves with her hit book, Breaking Vegan, and now inspires thousands with her Lyme disease journey and her SOS-free lifestyle. In this vulnerable, intimate episode, Jordan talks about: Her teeth extraction and how that led to her hitting rock bottom with her Lyme The terrifying night that almost landed her in the hospital...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Carla Lalli Music is the former Food Director and current Editor-At-Large for Bon Appetit, which means that for years, she’s overseen the food content of and written for the magazine and multiple websites like Healthyish and Basically. She’s also a regular fixture on Bon Appetit podcasts and their mega-successful YouTube channel, where she helps celebrities learn how to book on Back-to-Back chef. Beyond that, she’s the author of one of my favorite cookbooks, Where Cooking Begins (one of The New ...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Carissa Stanton is a recipe developer, healthy living aficionado, and advocate for destigmatizing mental health. We sat down at her brand new apartment to have a super fun, girly chat, where we talk about: A crazy behind the scenes story about what it’s like to actually appear on The Bachelor—this had me dying laughing!! How she transitioned from her full time job to being self employed, including how much money she saved first and how she knew when it was the right time How meditation has helpe...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Clare Bowen is an actress and singer—you might remember her as Scarlett from the hit TV show Nashville, or you may have seen her at one of her many sold-out performances around the world. She’s released a ton of music through her work with Nashville, and this summer, she dropped her own album, called Clare Bowen, that’s absolutely gorgeous singing and storytelling. In this episode, Clare opens up about: Her childhood cancer, and being told she had 2 weeks to live Dealing with her brother’s later...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Arielle Lorre is the host of the Blonde Files podcast and creates content for her incredibly popular Instagram account, but she’s also lived such a life. On this incredibly raw and vulnerable episode, we talk about: Battles with addiction Hitting rock bottom How she recovered from the PTSD of finding her friend after she was killed Experiencing regular substance-induced seizures How she finally got sober What Hollywood life and parties are actually like (she’s married to producer Chuck Lorre) Ex...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 31
The first edition of the Healthier Together Holiday Gift Guide is here!! Featuring the best wellness-themed stocking stuffers, and gifts to help you get healthier together with everyone in your life, including your mom or mother figure, men in your life, your sister, work wife, and best friend! There are tons of experiential presents (my favorite kind), book recommendations, cookbook picks, and wellnessy presents, including a velvet weighted blanket, the best game for two people, the prettiest c...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 30
This will be the first edition of what I’m calling Ask the Doctor, where I have on one of my favorite functional medicine professionals and ask them all of your top questions about health and wellness. My doctor this episode is the amazing Will Cole, who has been both a friend and a source for my stories for years and years. He’s the author of two best-selling books, Ketotarian, which is all about doing a plant-based keto diet, and the newly released The Inflammation Spectrum, which helps people...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 29
My guest today is Lauren Singer, the woman behind the blog and Instagram handle Trash Is For Tossers and the founder of the Package Free Shop. Lauren first gained notoriety when she started living a zero waste life, and was featured on the Today Show, CNN, The Guardian, and more (she even gave a Ted talk!). Now, she’s the successful business woman behind the mega-successful Package Free Shop, which has a brick and mortar store in Brooklyn and an online store, and is the home to everything you ne...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 28
I have an AWESOME guest for you on the show today—the incomparable Marie Forleo. Marie is a powerhouse of a woman. She was named by Oprah as a thought leader for the next generation, and is the NYTimes best-selling author of the freshly released Everything Is Figureoutable. She also hosts MarieTV and created B-School. In this episode, we talk about the crazy career journey that took her from bartending and working multiple jobs to being the powerhouse businesswoman she is today. Because Marie ha...
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 27
I have not one but two amazing guests for you today—Monique Volz from Ambitious Kitchen and Jeanine Donofrio from Love and Lemons. They’re both incredibly successful food bloggers, and Monique is also the woman behind the vintage rug company Ambitious Home. Jeanine, meanwhile, has written two best-selling (and gorgeously designed!) cookbooks—Love & Lemons and Love & Lemons Everyday. Beyond that, though, they’re lovely, wonderful people who’ve managed how to balance having an amazing care...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 26
I have an amazing guest for you today—Danielle Walker. Danielle is the New York Times best-selling author of four amazing cookbooks, the Against All Grain series (my favorite is Eat What You Love, but they’re all delish!). She started eating paleo after being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in her twenties, an autoimmune disease that would leave her bed ridden for months. We talk a lot about her diagnosis on this episode, including how she came to decide that the paleo diet was the best one fo...
Sep 18, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Season 1Ep. 25
I’m so excited to share this episode with you, featuring my amazing friend Laura Lea. Laura Lea is the woman behind Laura Lea Balanced, the blog and mega-successful cookbook, The Laura Lea Balanced Cookbook. Laura Lea is a natural foods chef, and one of those women who just exudes self-assuredness—she feels like she really knows who she is, and what she wants, and isn’t afraid to go after it, even if it differs from society’s expectations. We get into so much in this episode, from the crippling ...
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 40 min•Season 1Ep. 24
This is a special event, live from Seattle book tour stop where there was an amazing crowd—we had the best night, and I hope you feel like you were there in spirit. I was joined on stage by friend Rachael DeVaux (@rachaelsgoodeats), a registered dietitian, the co-owner of Toast Society Cafe, and the founder of her own workout program, Good Sweat. This episode is all about healthy eating—literally answering every single question you’ve ever had about healthy eating, from the broad to the really, ...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 23
I’m so excited about today’s guest, McKel Kooienga (née Hill), a registered dietitian who founded Nutrition Stripped, a brand that includes wellness coaching, healthy eating programs, a cookbook, and a ton more. While she has a thriving business, it’s also abundantly clear how much she’s driven by actually helping people, which is refreshing and more rare than I’d like it to be. I asked for your questions on Instagram (make sure you’re following @lizmoody to send in Qs for future guests), and yo...
Aug 07, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Today’s guest is one of my favorite people on the planet, Jessica Murnane (@jessicamurnane). Jessica is the founder of the One Part Podcast and Know Your Endo, and she’s also the author of the best-selling plant-based cookbook, One Part Plant. We talk about SO much in this episode, including body image issues, how to small talk and network, how chronic illness impacts your life and relationships (Jessica has endometriosis; I’ve dealt with severe anxiety), how to make friends as an adult, panchak...
Jul 24, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 21
On today’s episode, we dive into all things nutrition with Kelly LeVeque (@bewellbykelly). Kelly is a holistic nutritionist and wellness wonder woman, with a best-selling book, Body Love, and a client list that includes basically every A-lister in Hollywood, including Jessica Alba and Jennifer Garner. She’s also the nicest human being, a total girl next door that you’d want to hang out with on a Saturday afternoon. In this episode, we talk about Kelly’s own health journey, including how she came...
Jul 10, 2019•1 hr 51 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Rachel Mansfield (@rachlmansfield) is an Instagram sensation, with more than 300,000 followers tuning into to see her delicious kitchen concoctions, and more recently, follow along her fertility journey and life as a new mom. None of it has been easy—in this episode, Rachel shares the challenges of birth and new motherhood (including a never-before-heard breaking point moment). We also talk about her body image struggles before and after pregnancy—the latter of which will definitely surprise you...
Jun 26, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Chinae Alexander (@chinaealexander) has long been one of my favorite inspirational accounts to follow on Instagram (she also has an amazing podcast, called Press Send). She’s incredibly honest, with unapologetic pictures of things like crotch sweat and arm fat, and insightful, with an ability to find the story and wisdom in everything from an interaction with an Uber driver to her unique Texas upbringing. This conversation represents some of my favorite elements of the Healthier Together podcast...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Season 1Ep. 18
On this special live episode of the Healthier Together podcast, recorded from the LA stop of my book tour, I sat down with two of my favorite women, Sophie Jaffe (@sophie.jaffe) and Courtney Swan (@realfoodology) to talk about “things you’re not supposed to talk about.” We all bonded over having zero filter, so this is an incredibly candid discussion about money (including how we make our money and lots of hard numbers!), sex (definitely don’t listen to this part in the car with kids!), and a su...
May 29, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Anna Jones (@we_are_food) is the award-winning author behind three mega-popular cookbooks, A Modern Way To Cook, A Modern Way To Eat, and The Modern Cook’s Year. The Guardian columnist came up in the industry as one of Jamie Oliver’s proteges, and now is a household name revered for her delicious, accessible (but never boring!) plant-based fare. On this episode of the Healthier Together podcast, Anna shares a ton of tips that got me excited about cooking vegetable-forward food again, including h...
May 15, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Lucie Fink (@luciebfink) is the living, breathing embodiment of creating your dream life. The mega-popular host of Refinery29’s Try Living With Lucie series also has her own popular YouTube channel and a bright, colorful Instagram account with hundreds of thousands of followers. None of this was just handed to her, though—Lucie has been hustling since she was young, creating and producing video content long before she was paid for it. In this episode, she breaks down specific actionable tips for...
May 01, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Welcome to a very special episode of the Healthier Together podcast—the Healthier Together book launch LIVE panel. As many of you lovely humans know, I just released my cookbook, also called Healthier Together (and it’s already a number one best seller, thanks to all of your amazing support!). This episode was recorded live at the Healthier Together book launch event, and I think you might like it even more than a traditional episode because you get two amazing guests, and way more of my persona...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 14
