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Financial difficulties can also lead to poor mental and physical health — especially if you're working hours upon hours to pay the bills and still only "just getting by."

For many people, the thought of being financially independent is mythical. As a society, we are burdened by debt.

There can be a way out.

In her book, Holistic Wealth: 32 Life Lessons to Help You Find Purpose, Prosperity, and Happiness, Keisha Blair shares how to find prosperity in key aspects of life, from financial stability and physical health to your emotional and spiritual connections with others.

Listen as Keisha joins host Lisa Davis to discuss how you can find balance and success in all areas of life, and finally get on the path to serenity.

Show Notes

[2:05] How Keisha began on her journey.

[3:12] Can we live mission-driven lives and how that affects our financial wellness and wealth.

[5:02] Keisha started her journey when her husband died and this book and way of thinking came out of an article she wrote which you can read here. There are some amazing life lessons to be found in her article.

[6:15] Learn about the chronic naysayers and how to remove them so you can achieve your life's dreams.

[8:50] How to write your own personal mission statement.

[11:11] Why the comparison to others can be so harmful and how to change your mindset.

[17:00] How nature can heal and how this links to wealth.

[20:50] Things to help with financial independence.

[25:50] Financial resilience and financial resourcefulness and how they are key to holistic wealth.

[27:30] Why physical and spiritual nourishment and strong relationships are key.

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Kara Landau, “The Prebiotic Dietitian," joins host Lisa Davis to explain why prebiotics are so essential and ways to get more of them into your diet.

Physical and mental well-being is impacted by the foods you eat.

In the past decade, the medical community has realized the importance of probiotics for optimal gut health — and optimal overall health.

What many people don't understand is that probiotics need prebiotics in order to thrive.

Show Notes

[1:14] Kara's health journey and how she became the traveling dietician.

[4:45] How foods are different in different parts of the world.

[6:00] The difference between probiotics and prebiotics.

[6:30] Why prebiotics are so great for health.

[7:09] Rich sources of prebiotics.

[11:00] How probiotics can change over your lifetime and why prebiotics are so helpful.

[12:30] Learn more about Kara's products.

[14:50] More abut how Kara became a healthy foodie.

[17:05] About Kara's book The Clean Separation.

[20:20] While traveling some of the aspects of food that Kara has learned from.

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[1:40] Introduction to Kristi, her book, and her story.

[2:55] How to truly listen versus fixing the person to avoid the stigma of mental illness.

[4:30] Some of the signs you may want to be alert to.

[8:15] What the underlying contributing factors can be.

[10:19] How to show support for your friend and reach out to someone that you trust if you worry that your peer, friend, or family member is in trouble.

[14:00] The impetus behind suicidal thoughts and how to address them and open the lines of communication.

[20:00] First steps and the fact that depression is a disease.

[20:40] Grief is a journey and some of the realizations that come with time.

[22:00] Tips for parents, teachers, and professionals to open up discussions around suicide.

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Kristi Hugstead's website

Beneath the Surface: A Teen's Guide to Reaching Out When You or Your Friend Is in Crisis

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Colette Courtion, CEO of Joylux, is working to empower women to live life confidently by improving all aspects of their intimate health.

Sexual health is vital to overall health, but too often women are made to feel like their intimate struggles are "taboo."

Colette Courtion, CEO of Joylux, has been "tackling the taboo" with her company's mission of influencing change in the area of women's health and intimate wellness. — and to empower women to live life confidently by improving all aspects of their intimate health.

Colette joins host Lisa Davis to share information on the types of issues women face and the solutions available.

Show Notes

[2:00] The story behind Joylux.

[4:20] Using technologies on our intimate tissue for rejuvenation and improve bladder function.

[6:18] Breaking down taboos around sexual health.

[8:30] How to use vFit®.

[9:50] Clinical studies show improvement in intimate health.

[11:50] Tips for embracing your femininity and take back your feminine health.

[15:05] What to keep in mind when buying lubricants.

[20:05] Being open and talking to your doctor.

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Joylux website

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Many people don't have a full understanding of which nutrients they should be taking in — or how much of those nutrients are needed to optimize health.

Nutrition is such an important element of a healthy body, but many people don't have a full understanding of which nutrients they should be taking in — or how much of those nutrients are needed to optimize health.

One nutrient that can profoundly impact one's health for the positive is vitamin D3, which is sometimes difficult to get via "natural" means (e.g. food, sunshine).

Omega-3 fatty acids compose another nutrient group that is essential for health and longevity. Omega-3s are helpful for reducing inflammation, improving brain health, and decreasing the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and premature aging.

Listen as Dr. Christine Horner joins host Lisa Davis to discuss the benefits of these nutrients and more. Dr. Horner also discusses the most important nutrients individuals need in their different decades of life (30s, 40s, 50s, etc.).

Show Notes

[1:00] Introduction to Dr. Horner and why good nutrition is so important.

[1:40] Dr. Horner's story.

[3:28] What Ayurveda is and how it creates health.

[4:30] All about nutrient matching and how this changes through different decades and life stages like pregnancy, etc.

[9:35] How the American diet can lead to inflammation and what you can do to reduce it as you get older.

[15:00] What to keep an eye on in your 50's like immune boosters and aging well and how supplementation can help.

[19:44] Nutrient matching specific to men.

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Visit Dr. Horner's website. Here you can find her books and some supplements she recommends.

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The first thought many people have in regards to exercise is that it's a means to an end in terms of weight loss.

But, moving your body has a much greater impact on your health as a whole. In fact, it may be the key to slowing the aging process.

Investigative health journalist Judy Foreman suggests that the key element to extending a healthy lifespan is exercise, through its myriad effects on dozens of molecules in the brain, the muscles, and other organs.

She explains all of this in her book, Exercise Is Medicine: How Physical Activity Boosts Health and Slows Aging. After all her research, Foreman's resounding conclusion is that exercise itself is by far the most effective, and safest, strategy for promoting a long, healthy life.

Listen as Foreman joins host Lisa Davis to share insights from the book and how you can actively contribute to your own longevity.

Show Notes

[2:04] Introduction to Judy's book and how she overcame the sting away from aging.

[3:30] Why sitting isn't good for us.

[8:15] It is never too late to start with exercise.

[8:45] The science behind exercise.

[11:04] What are telomeres and how do you preserve them.

[12:54] Information on slowing bone mass loss as we age and on preventing falls.

[15:10] Exercise and the microbiome.

[17:20] Recommendations around exercise and how to be motivated.

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Judy's website.

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"Busy" seems to be the word of the day. But, even if people say they like being busy, it may be contributing to unhealthy stress levels.

Dr. Darria Long Gillespie experienced a crazy-busy schedule while going through residency training. After developing a serious health issue, she realized she had to change something.

She joins host Lisa Davis to discuss how you can triage your life — prioritize daily tasks into red (critical), yellow (moderate) and green (light).

Listen in to learn key tips to end the crazy-busy in your life.

Show Notes

[0:50] Introducing Dr. Darria.

[2:50] How she takes the lessons she learned as an ER doctor to how she can transfer these to her home life.

[3:20] Dr. Darria's health journey and her experience with pain.

[5:55] Learn about the changes Dr. Darria made to her diet to help her and help for breaking the sugar habit.

[10:40] How do you make the changes when our partners aren't on board?

[12:33] Tips and hacks for triaging your life.

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Dr. Darria Long Gillespie's website

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As epic as traumatic life events are, they are part of the human experience.

Welcome to our new series, "Throw Back Thursday: Celebrity Edition" (or TBTCE). In the following weeks, we'll be featuring various celebrity interviews from over the years. Hope you enjoy!

TBTCE: Marianne Williamson

No one can expect to come out of trauma or tragedy the same person they were before the events happened.

You've stared into the abyss, and there's really no turning back. If you don't learn how to navigate traumatic events, you won't be able to navigate life.

There's nothing dysfunctional about crying when you're sad or in pain. You need to give yourself permission to mourn and process.

Death used to be less peripheral to people's lives. Now, we keep it at bay. Life has seasons, one of them being death, another being loss. You can't say "I don't want winter anymore." Life transitions will happen. It's how you react to and embrace those transitions that will determine the direction in which your life turns.

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed spiritual author and lecturer. She joins Andrea and Lisa to discuss her newest book, Tears to Triumph: The Spiritual Journey From Suffering To Enlightenment.

Show Notes

[3:10] Dealing with loss and how this is part of life and human despair. We need to learn how to navigate these painful times to be able to live.

[6:27] You do have permission to mourn and it will take as long as it needs to take for you.

[9:50] Scripts to help you every day.

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Actress Jennifer Esposito knows firsthand the "invisible" aspect that makes celiac disease so difficult to deal with.

Welcome to our new series, "Throw Back Thursday: Celebrity Edition" (or TBTCE). In the following weeks, we'll be featuring various celebrity interviews from over the years. Hope you enjoy!

TBTCE: Jennifer Esposito

Actress Jennifer Esposito knows firsthand about the "invisible" aspect that makes celiac disease so difficult to deal with.

Almost daily she hears the phrase, "You don't look sick."

For those with celiac, it can become a constant struggle to get people to understand the pain that you're suffering silently. Just because they can't see it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

This is especially true if you don't have the "typical" symptoms of celiac. For years, Jennifer suffered from everything from sinus infections to digestive issues and panic attacks. She was labeled a hypochondriac and "dramatic," and doctors put her on medications like Prozac.

Even the supposed "experts" don't always listen, and it can kill your soul to go so unheard for so long… to know something is truly wrong but no one recognizes that's the case.

Jennifer has seen major resistance with the press in accepting that celiac is a serious disease, so just imagine what the normal, everyday person goes through.

What advice does Jennifer have for those suffering from celiac?

First, look your disease in the face, accept it and digest it. Accept your disease for what it is and move forward. Be clear and honest with yourself; it's a journey every day.

Once you accept this in yourself, you can look to those who support you.

Finally, understand those who can't understand; but also seek out those who will always be there for you.

Tune in to Jennifer and Lisa as they discuss the invisible nature of celiac, as well as ways to cope with this painful and often debilitating disease.

Show Notes

[2:34] Jennifer's story and her experience with misdiagnosis of celiac disease and finally getting the answers she needed.

[9:50] Tips for dealing with your invisible challenges.

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Learn more about Jennifer Esposito.

Read Jennifer's book: Jennifer's Way: My Journey with Celiac Disease–What Doctors Don't Tell You and How You Can Learn to Live Again

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