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Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderThe Importance of Oral Health and Habits on Your Health with Jessica LederhausenYour health starts in your mouth. Jessica shares her expertise as a former dentist, oral health expert and health coach, highlighting how oral health impacts your overall health. You may have heard of leaky gut, but are you familiar with leaky mouth? Your mouth has a microbiome just like your gut. Jessica offers practical tips about eating habits that allow saliva to do its job correctly and her other pillars for maintaining excellent health, sleep, breathing, and movement. Oral bacteria infection impacts your brain and heart health, and prioritizing the mouth is just as important as prioritizing good sleep. ...
2024-07-1530 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderRedefine Aging with an Original Biohacker, Marie Helene RoussellMarie Helene is a true innovator in the wellness space. We discuss Marie Helene’s early years working in dolphin rebirthing therapy. Part of the healing comes from the environment of being in the water, which is like being in the womb. There are so many lessons communicated through nature that are not available in most normal modern environments. Wild environments truly bring wild experiences!Dolphins aren’t always immediately available, of course, and we discuss an immediately accessible technique for reconnecting with nature called the sit spot. Reconnecting with nature is essential to reconnect with our esse...
2024-06-2532 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderCelebrating the Life Cycle of a Woman with Amy BoyleAfter catching up with my friend Amy Boyle recently, whom I’ve known since 2010, I felt compelled to share her full circle story and how it relates to a woman’s lifecycle. Amy’s story reminds me of how remarkable women are. At every stage, from mom to caregiver, from artist to teacher, from professional to being in service, women have the capacity to shapeshift to whatever situation presents at any given time. Amy vulnerably shares how the experience of caring for her mother as she prepared to transition became a treasured gift of service. Instead of halting...
2024-06-0624 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderThe Role of Nutrition and Lifestyle in Managing Anxiety and DepressionWith anxiety and depression at an all-time high, adapting our lifestyle to better deal with these symptoms has never been more important. Carrie Bailey joins me on Vitally You® to investigate the root causes of anxiety and depression, what she’s learned through healing her own, and how making small shifts in food choices can leave a huge impact. Carrie shares practical insights on food combining, such as the importance of eating fruits and vegetables away from fats. This simple adjustment can significantly improve digestion and energy levels, particularly in the liver. She also explains why fresh prod...
2024-05-2346 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderResilience: Navigating Stress in the Modern World with Katie RichardsonWhen was the last time you felt stressed out? How about real inner ease? Katie Richardson joins me on Vitally You® to talk about how we can feel at ease in stressful situations. Today’s episode marks the beginning of Vitally You® conversations around building resilience, calm, and inner ease. Stress isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it is when allowed to stay past it’s welcome. Katie shares ways that she supports clients to reframe stress as a catalyst of growth and instead choose to confront it with her V.I.T.A.L. framework. Katie tel...
2024-05-1547 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderA Calming Meditation to Soothe Emotional TriggersIn today’s episode, I discuss the emotional experiences that are magnified during the holidays and the extremes of navigating the healing process. I invite you to sit with me for a few moments while I lead a meditation to soothe emotional triggers and provide a pillow of support. It’s a potent time of the year and I want to stick with you on this journey back to yourself. First, I guide you through how to find a comfortable position and begin to connect with your body. What does your breath feel like? Allow physical touch as you...
2023-12-2622 min
Vitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderA Meditation and the Power of Meditation in our Post Modern Digital AgeIn today's postmodern digital age, the energies are moving rapidly. Are you feeling the speeding up of time? In today's episode I talk about the importance of making peace with your history and emotional trauma so that you are prepared for the uptick in the energies and have resilience and coherence daily. Meditation helps us take personal dominion over our thoughts, emotional experiences and our triggers. In this episode, I’m recording solo, sharing my reflections on the world’s emotional state, followed by a guided meditation. Meditation is the act of purposefully guiding our attention to an int...
2023-09-1227 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderThe Value of Energy Medicine for Animals and Humans Through the Lens of Quantum Mechanics with Dr. Susan Wagner, Veterinarian NeurologistIn this episode, Dr. Susan and I discuss her entry point into energy medicine through sacral therapy, plus her findings around Quantum Physics and energy frequency. Dr. Susan also explains her theory of magnetic resonance and emotional wounds, the importance of noticing patterns, and the high spirtual state animals bring into our lives. Listen in to hear Dr. Susan’s amazing story about frequency healing and energy medicine, and how the messages and mirrors animals provide are essential to our own sense of connection. Lastly, a big shout out to our listener, Momartinot, whose review made...
2023-08-2239 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderBinaural Beats for Healing with Melody Clouds founder, Wayne AltmanIn this episode, Wayne and I discuss his introduction to binaural beats through tinnitus, how binaural and solfeggio beats interact with the brain, as well as my first experience with sound as a healing modality. Wayne also illustrates the studies of sound healing tests done in the military and how his company, MelodyClouds, is a toolbox filled with binaural and solfeggio beats to support you taking control over your mood, thoughts, and chronic health symptoms. Listen in to hear Wayne’s story about the healing power of sound, ways that sound can provide relief to mental and phy...
2023-08-1536 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderRelationships and LongevityYou may have noticed there wasn’t an episode last week. That’s because I’ve spent two weeks working on this topic: relationships relative to longevity. I share how relationships seem fractured since the pandemic and my own challenges connecting. My perspective feels rocky, but there is a desire to lean into human connection with each of you and continue sharing in hopes of strengthening community and our bond to one another. While the national mood and media would have us focus on our differences, our humanity invites us to lean into our commonalities. In this episode...
2023-08-0823 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderBreath, the Original Coaching ToolYour breath is automatic, but how it moves through you impacts your mental and physical health. Inspired by a recent article about breath, I share how my personal health crisis led me to the power of the breath to heal chronic conditions and restore coherence and resilience. Plus, I explore the root meaning of breath in different languages to better understand why the breath is the soul’s expression in the body. Plus, I explore the root meaning of breath in different languages to better understand why the breath is the soul’s expression in the body.
2023-07-1832 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderExpansion and Contraction, Reflections from my Retreat in BaliAre you in an expansion or contraction phase of life? I share how both expansion (creating space) and contraction (pulling inward) are necessary experiences of growth. I also share about my experience returning from a 7-day transformational retreat while navigating my resistance reengaging with social media. Listen in to understand how the signs of expansion and contraction set us up for transformation, and hear about one tool I’m working with from my retreat. Remember, the point is to stay present for all of the moments. If you are enjoying these conversations, please subscr...
2023-07-1118 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderMomma Bali Retreat Update, Nourishing the Feminine Energy through ReceivingWhat does it mean to be a fully awakened and expressed feminine goddess? I am recapping my experience from a 7-day Bali retreat hosted by Vonetta Taylor, mystic and founder of Crowned & Throned, a Modern Mystery School, which includes new insights I’m excited to share around “temple time.” I also detail the importance of receiving tender care, compassion, and generosity before we can give. Bali touched my heart in a unique way and it’s been a long time since I have witnessed my worthiness solely for my humanity — this includes dancing, femininity, and setting intentions in a beautif...
2023-07-0415 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderGestalt Equine Therapy with Melissa ClaryNature is always talking to us, especially through animals. I’m joined by Melissa Clary, a Gestalt Equine Therapy practitioner, to discuss the power of integrating horses into the therapeutic process. Melissa discovered Gestalt Equine Therapy first as a client when she was searching for a way to find more peace and connection within her body. In our conversation, she walks us through what a session looks like and highlights some of the breakthroughs she’s witnessed both as a client and practitioner. Melissa expands on the healing capacity of horses and what we can learn...
2023-06-2030 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderFinally Thriving with Allison Pelot, Host of Integrate Yourself PodcastAuthor and podcast host Allison Pelot joins me to expand on the principles of empowered wellness. We talk about daily practices that allow space for reflection and connection, as well as what inspired her to write her book, Finally Thriving. Allison highlights how writing has the power to bring subconscious stories to the surface and provide a different lens on life. In building the habit of journaling, we can follow our curiosity and disrupt patterning. So many of us are used to living life like we’re performing, but once we start to detach from the outcomes and...
2023-06-1343 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderRedox Molecules with Cathey Painter, Traditional NaturopathI’m joined by board certified Traditional Naturopath Cathey Painter to discuss what redox molecules are and different protocols for addressing deficiencies. In our conversation, Cathey highlights how we can use redox molecule supplementation to improve sleep, energy, blood flow, and more. Redox signaling molecules are considered ‘messenger molecules,’ or in other words, they promote optimal cellular communication throughout the body. They work to repair damaged DNA, which is especially important in today’s world where we’re bombarded by toxins. But, what happens when our bodies slowly stop producing these molecules? Cathey shares examples of health is...
2023-06-0633 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderYour Body Needs an Oil Change: The Truth About & Power of Essential Fatty Acids with Udo ErasmusI’m joined by Udo Erasmus, founder of the award-winning supplement company Udo’s Choice, to learn more about the benefits of essential fatty acids. For over 40 years, Udo has been paving the way for sustainable oils that have health in mind. In our conversation, he shares his inspiring origin story and the journey that led him to transform the edible oil industry. After being poisoned by pesticides in 1980, Udo started looking into the quality of his food, water, and air intake. He gained a deeper understanding of the impact that oil has on mental and physical healt...
2023-05-3034 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderA New Approach to Reducing Osteoporosis and Reducing Fracture Risk with Dr. John NeustadtA woman's risk for an osteoporosis fracture is greater than her combined risk for breast, uterine, and ovarian cancer, but it doesn’t get nearly enough attention. I’m joined by Dr. John Neustadt, Naturopathic Physician and Integrative Medical Expert, to discuss what we can do to help maintain and improve bone density as we age. As we lose mobility, our vitality absolutely diminishes. The conventional healthcare model focuses almost exclusively on bone density testing, which measures calcium and other minerals in your bones to predict the likelihood of a fracture. John highlights the limitations of these tests...
2023-05-2338 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderMidlife and Beyond: A Framework for Your Third Act with Bridgette Boudreau, Creator of The Mosaic PathMaster Life Coach Bridgette Boudreau joins me on this episode to discuss her signature Mosaic Path course that helps people in midlife and beyond create their Third Act. Bridgette brings a creative, practical, and spiritual approach to the question many of us face approaching purpose after age 50 and beyond: What’s next? In our conversation, she describes what the Mosaic Path is and how we can use it to spark the third season of life. The Mosaic Path is a framework that harvests all the pieces of your life and helps you artfully craft them in a way...
2023-05-1637 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderCancel "Cancel Culture" with Dana FrostAfter being cut out of someone’s life recently, it got me thinking about the state of modern relationships and this culture of excommunicating anyone that we don't agree with. In this episode, I share three frameworks for restoring harmony and healing relational wounds. Cancel culture plagues our world with depleting emotions like fear, distrust, and anxiety. It might seem easy to block someone online or in real life, but in reality, when that negative energy gets trapped in the body and manifests itself in other ways. Of course, there are situations where it makes sense to uph...
2023-05-0923 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderInterior Design and Wellness with Nicholas MoriartyThe mind-body system is always getting feedback from the environment. I’m joined by luxury interior designer Nicholas Moriarty to explore that intersection of health and design. He shares his perspective on how we can build a cradle of support in our spaces and use interior design to inform healthy habits and rituals. Because Nicholas works in the luxury design space, he’s witnessed firsthand the importance of energetics in a home. In his words, you can have all the visual beauty in the world, but if you're not fixing what's happening internally, then it doesn't matter what’...
2023-04-2535 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderGwyneth Paltrow's Wellness Routine & The Dark Side of The Wellness IndustryWhen I saw Gwyneth Paltrow was featured on Dr. Will Cole’s podcast The Art of Being Well, a show that I enjoy and respect, I was anticipating a lively and educational conversion. Instead, I was alarmed by the comments that the Goop “wellness guru” made about fasting, nutrition, and aging. In today’s episode, I unpack the routine that Gweneth Paltrow described on The Art of Being Well and highlight how her habits reveal a darker side of the wellness industry. I share my personal approach to chasing better outcomes than my ancestors, including how I work on s...
2023-04-1831 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older78. Tips and Insights for Caregivers with Dawn Renee, Founder of Traveling CaregiversPrioritizing your own wellbeing while caregiving for someone else can feel nearly impossible. Whether you’re stepping in to care for an aging parent or any other loved one who needs support, it’s crucial to give yourself permission to honor your needs as well. I’m joined by Dawn Renee, the co-founder of Traveling Caregivers, a support resource for caregivers and families. In our conversation, Dawn describes how her health journey inspired her to become a caregiver and eventually help others in a similar position. Dawn shares her advice for caregivers, including tips for how to s...
2023-04-0443 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older76. Daily Ritual Quiet Time PracticeBringing purpose and ritual to the start of each day is a powerful elixir for the rest of the day. Today, I introduce the practice of "Quiet Time," a daily ritual in my life since I was a teenager. Through the decades, it's become increasingly valuable and how I access my wise inner teacher. I’ve worked closely with today’s guest, Linda Neff, and introduced her to quiet time and tuning into the innate wisdom within. In our conversation, we discuss how our quiet time rituals have evolved over the years and why it’s something that we c...
2023-03-1436 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older73. Strength Training with Fitness Guru, Carol Covino, host of the Forever Fit podcastCarol Covino is the CEO of Covino Fitness and creator of Fit and Fierce, a program for women over 40 who want to gain lean muscle and balance their hormones naturally through nutrition and exercise. In our conversation, Carol explains why strength training is so crucial for longevity and shares her tips for creating an exercise routine at any age and fitness level. Carol originally started exploring weightlifting as a way to transform her body, but after being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in her early 50s, her perspective on exercise radically shifted. Instead of focusing on looking fit, C...
2023-02-2136 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older72. An Inspired Conversation about Aging with Silver Liberation Influencer, Vanessa ChamberlinAuthor and pro-aging influencer Vanessa Chamberlin joins me in this episode to discuss how to cultivate beauty from within, her decision to ditch the hair dye, and what it’s like to be a wellness influencer at this stage in her life. After unexpectedly losing her husband, Vanessa channeled her grief into re-discovering herself and finding the gifts within this painful challenge. She became a certified nutritionist and discovered the deep connection between self-worth and food choices. Vanessa pulls back the curtain on her self-love journey and describes how she learned to free herself from the shame, gui...
2023-02-0733 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older71. Meditation for 2023 with Dana FrostIn this episode, I walk you through a meditation that includes visualization exercises and share a HeartMath®️ heart-focused breathing technique. I encourage you to get comfortable and carve out space to drop into this embodied experience.Also, I would love to know the story that you want to tell at the end of 2023. If you’d like to share with me (and perhaps the rest of the community), feel free to DM me @danafrost or send me an email at dana@danafrost.com. Join me in this meditation and get curious about how to accomplish your g...
2023-01-3124 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older70. How to Manage Depleting Emotions, a Solo Episode with Dana FrostThere's pressure to start a new year feeling invigorated and inspired but that's not the experience for everyone. I started 2023 feeling burdened with a resistant stye, cough, and cold along with feelings of melancholy. Instead of stewing in these depleting emotions, I chose to be curious about the narrative I was telling myself about my health and depleted emotional state. I took this curiosity to my daily quiet time with an open heart and ears. The energy immediately shifted when I sat down in my daily sacred space. A sense of clarity rushed over me.
2023-01-2418 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older69. Quantum Field of Infinite Possibilities with Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, CEO and Founder Leela Quantum TechThere’s so much healing available in the human body through the energy of the heart and mind, but many of us have lost touch with that connection. It’s helpful to have tools that can bridge the gap and create space for a deeper level of consciousness. In this episode, I’m joined by frequency medicine pioneer Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, CEO and Founder of Leela Quantum Tech. His company offers quantum energy devices designed to accelerate your body's recovery and optimize health. In our conversation, Philipp highlights some of the best-selling Leela Qu...
2023-01-1744 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing OlderQuantum Field of Infinite Possibilities with Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, CEO and Founder Leela Quantum TechThere’s so much healing available in the human body through the energy of the heart and mind, but many of us have lost touch with that connection. It’s helpful to have tools that can bridge the gap and create space for a deeper level of consciousness. In this episode, I’m joined by frequency medicine pioneer Philipp Samor von Holtzendorff-Fehling, CEO and Founder of Leela Quantum Tech. His company offers quantum energy devices designed to accelerate your body's recovery and optimize health. In our conversation, Philipp highlights some of the best-selling Leela Quantum products...
2023-01-1744 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older68. Cold Therapy with the Founder of Ice Barrel, Wyatt EwingWyatt Ewing is the founder of Ice Barrel, the most accessible and effective cold therapy solution on the market. In our conversation, Wyatt breaks down what cold therapy is, the science behind the modality, and the benefits it offers. He also shares his advice for any ‘cold curious’ folks out there who want to start experimenting with cold showers or plunges. After struggling with stress management, anxiety, and depression for many years, Wyatt unexpectedly discovered cold therapy and describes how it immediately shocked him into a better headspace. He didn’t know it at the time, bu...
2023-01-1031 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older67. The Freedom Method with Lara RiggioIn this episode, I’m joined by Energy Medicine Practitioner and Expert Energy Trainer Lara Riggio. In our modern world, we need tools and techniques to cultivate resiliency and calm in the midst of chaos. Lara explains how working through an upset can help us break out of patterns that make us feel powerless. We explore how to relinquish control and fear over the unknown, which can be especially difficult for caretakers. Lara also highlights how she’s used EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) tapping in her own life to overcome physical and mental health challenges. La...
2023-01-0332 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older66. Healthy Female Hormones with Janel AndersonHormone health is an essential part of feeling younger while growing older. In this episode, I’m joined by Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner Janel Anderson. She shares her framework for how your lifestyle choices impact your hormones. Janel shares practical tools for healing your hormones and taking actionable steps towards feeling better with every decade. She breaks down her top three recommendations for women over 40, including ideas for protein-rich breakfasts and ways to introduce weight training into your routine. Janel also highlights what to expect from her six-week reset program, which is aimed for wome...
2022-12-2734 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older65. Last Solo Episode for 2022. Reflections on this Holy Week with Dana FrostToday marks the beginning of Holy Week in the Jewish faith and Advent Season for Christian denominations. In this episode, I talk about my own quest to amplify human connection and celebrate what’s good in this world. This time of year inspires me to reflect on what a temple is and what it represents. For me, my body is a living temple. By tuning into what it asks of me, I can honor my mind-body-spirit connection and live in harmony. I hope you will join me for the next couple of episodes as I share conversations wit...
2022-12-1822 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older63. A Coaching Tool for Feeling Younger and Bio Hacking LongevityWe all put up with environments, behaviors, and relationships that drain our energy and take up space in our lives. What’s an area of your life that you’re simply tolerating right now? An easy way to take stock of where you're settling is to evaluate your living space. Your home is often a metaphor for how you feel inside. Does everything look neat and clean, but the drawers and closets are pure chaos? When there’s clutter in your physical space, it often creates confusion and blinders. It’s harder to connect with yourself and really li...
2022-12-0518 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older62. Life. Styled. Style is a Feeling from the Inside Out; Dressing and Living Your Best Life with Holly Getty, Personal Lifestyle DesignerHolly Getty has a unique, inside-out approach to fashion. She not only helps people discover their personal style, but also increases their confidence and brings out their inner-radiance. Her ultimate goal is to increase everybody's enjoyment and reduce stress around clothing and gift giving. In our conversation, we talk about the power of your personal style and how to tap into a higher vibration through your clothing. Holly’s service go much deeper than just revamping your wardrobe一she’s a gifted listener who considers clothing to be an internal experience. She shares how you can start enhanci...
2022-11-2735 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older59. Daily Heart Focused Gratitude PracticeAs we approach the holiday season, I want to offer a practice that feels really supportive and grounded. In this episode, I illustrate ways to embody gratitude and stream it to and from your heart center. It’s no secret that gratitude has powerful healing energy. When you are truly in gratitude and allow yourself to sit in that feeling, it shifts your entire frequency. When you're feeling appreciation and gratitude, the reward center of your brain lights up and releases dopamine, the feel-good neurotransmitter in the brain. You can use focus, breath, and visualization to harness the...
2022-11-0615 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older56. Self-Acceptance with Dana FrostWhen you’re in a season of life that finds you stuck in the valley instead of rejoicing on the mountaintop, self-acceptance can be so challenging to embody. But, it’s not impossible. On today’s episode, I’m sharing my thoughts about self-acceptance, the ebb and flow of life, and normalizing the valley periods that we all experience. It takes a lot of courage to sit with the discomfort and move through conditions that put us in the valley. Accidents, divorce, loss of a loved one, natural disasters, the list goes on and on with events that can...
2022-10-1621 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older53. State of Modern Healthcare and the Industrialized Medical Model, Is Big Pharma Serving Positive Health Outcomes? BioHacking Conference UpdateThe US life expectancy at birth is at its lowest since 1996, but meanwhile, we spend the highest amount on healthcare per capita than any other nation in the world relative to our wealth. On today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain of what's been going on within the US healthcare system and what the statistics really show. Two of the leading causes of death in the US, heart disease and liver issues, are conditions that are both preventable and figure-out-able. Decreasing inflammation is easily done through diet and lifestyle changes, and I’m living proof that it...
2022-09-2539 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older52. Losing Track of Time to Optimize Longevity plus an Update from Grandma LandWhen was the last time that you lost track of time? Being with my newborn grandson has reminded me of the wonders of nature and humanity. Watching him inhale and exhale, open his eyes, and develop has been a beautiful experience. With automation and the rapid pace of technology, we have less opportunities to observe and tap into a flow state, but in today’s episode, I’m sharing a couple of techniques that help me get back to place. I’ve been exploring my relationship with goal-setting and achievement lately and realized that striving often crowds out won...
2022-09-1820 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older51. My 40 Years of Zen: Interruption, Forgiveness, and ResilienceI have a major life update to share since I published my last episode: I am officially a grandma! Like most things in life, the timing of my grandson’s entrance into the world was unpredictable, but I’m grateful that I can stay calm under pressure and quickly adapt to challenging situations. Like I mentioned in the episode about safety, hyper-vigilance stunts resilience, and it’s times like these where you need to be able to pivot and go with the flow. Even though I had to leave the 40 Years of Zen program early to be by my d...
2022-09-1128 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older50. Thriving After Auto-Immunity and Hashimoto's with Weight Loss Coach Angie Brown HarrisI’m joined by Angie Brown Harris, Licensed Massage Therapist, NAMS Certified Nutrition Consultant, Mindset and Motivation Coach, and Functional Nutrition Lifestyle Practitioner. After being diagnosed with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in 2019, Angie wanted to explore holistic healing and discovered the world of functional medicine. On today’s episode, we discuss honoring your inner voice, tools for feeling able and capable as you age, and how Angie is experiencing a new level of function and optimization with the help of LifeWave patches. When Angie started to feel like her body was breaking down, she learned to embody the ma...
2022-09-0433 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older49. Challenging the Phrase, "BE SAFE" with Your Host, Dana FrostThere’s a two-word phrase that’s come up a lot since 2020, and it makes me cringe every time I hear it: be safe. I’m reflecting on some of the ways that I’ve defied that sentiment in my adult life and how getting outside of my comfort zone has always paid off in the end. I also touch on my experience at the LifeWave Global Convention that I went to recently and my thoughts on becoming a grandma at the end of September. Learning more about light therapy and getting involved with LifeWave has been one of th...
2022-08-2824 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older48. Urine Tracking with the Vivoo app and the Impact of Food on Your Results and Your HealthBack in episode 42 with Miray Tayfun, the founder and CEO of Vivoo, I spoke about my early experiences with the urine test strips and accompanying app. After more than a month of daily use, I wanted to chat with Vivoo’s Nutrition and Wellness Expert, Melisa Karabeyoğlu, about my results and learn more about the parameters that Vivoo measures. Vivoo provides information in 90 seconds on 9 key wellness parameters, including hydration, ph, protein,vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, ketones, salinity, and oxidative stress. Melisa and I zoom in on my results, and I get answers about how my vari...
2022-08-2136 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older47. Biohacking the Aging Process with Leslie Kenny, Founder and CEO of Oxford HealthspanLeslie Kenny is certified health coach and the founder and CEO of Oxford Healthspan. After reversing the effects of her autoimmune disease, Leslie founded Oxford Healthspan to identify clinically-safe healthy aging compounds and bring them to market as nutritional supplements. Primeadine® is the first product, a food-based, spermidine-rich supplement.Leslie breaks down the science behind the ‘miracle molecule’ spermidine and the common benefits that it provides. She’s created a high quality, trustworthy brand that makes it easy to consume spermidine and track changes. I’ve personally noticed major improvements in the quality of my sleep, skin, and hair...
2022-08-1442 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older46. What is Adrenal Fatigue and Chronic Sympathetic Activation and How to Start the Healing Journey with Stephanie GravesI’m joined by Stephanie Graves, a Functional Medicine Nutritionist, Physician’s Assistant, and founder of The Functional Healer, a virtual functional nutrition practice specializing in helping high-performing women with anxiety, chronic stress, and burnout so they can restore their vitality. I’ve spoken a little bit before about my experience with adrenal fatigue, but on today’s episode, Stephanie and I do a deep dive on the three stages of the condition and tools to overcome it. So many women find themselves feeling like the weight of the world is on their shoulders. There’s often an overload...
2022-08-0734 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older45. My Birthday EpisodeI love using my birthday to transport myself back to my younger self with curiosity and insights. On today’s episode, I share about my hometown and childhood, and my gypsy soul. I recently went back to visit my mom and it brought up some painful memories and storylines that I’ve always had about feeling different from my family. I’ve been thinking about my own grandmother recently as I prepare to become one myself and the significant role grandparents play. I also share a few of my parenting insights. Listen in to hear m...
2022-07-3122 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older42. Urine Tracking with Vivoo CEO and Founder, Miray TayfunI’m joined by Miray Tayfun, the co-founder and CEO of Vivoo, the world’s first wellness tracker that uses at-home urine tests to provide instant personalized nutrition and lifestyle advice to its clients. The easy-to-use test strips and app provides information in 90 seconds on 11 key wellness parameters, including hydration, Vitamin C, sodium levels, urine pH, ketones, oxidative stress, and kidney function. If you're curious about your health and want to know what’s really happening in your body, I can’t recommend Vivoo enough. One of the main pillars of Vitally You© is being proactive and course-cor...
2022-07-1043 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older39. A Father's Influence in Your LifeFathers have a lifetime influence over our lives, and our perceptions about our relationship with them determines if those memories fuel our future or diminish it. In honor of Father’s Day, I’m sharing a bit about my own dad and how my perception and relationship with him has changed over the years. My dad gave me the most important gift of all: love. But, like all humans, he was imperfect and carried his own childhood wounds. In today’s episode, I unpack the characteristics of masculine, or father, energy and explain how you can reject toxic b...
2022-06-1919 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older37. Personal Reflection About the School Massacre and ViolenceIn my last solo episode, I shared my thoughts about leaning in and healing humanity. The recent school massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas is further proof that humanity is truly in crisis. Different political parties will go back and forth about gun laws, but that’s only part of the solution. What we really need is to restore strong family dynamics, nurturing conversations, and undivided attention with our loved ones. I share a story in today’s episode about the strenuous relationship that I had with my youngest daughter during her pre-teen years. I event...
2022-06-0513 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older35. Leaning In and Healing HumanityAs I was preparing to pack up and leave Miami Beach to spend the summer with my family in Chicago, I felt a lot of fear and anxiety bubbling up. When I was riding my bike the other day, I came to a breaking point and did something out of my norm that inspired me to think deeper about our human experience and the damage we do by trying to protect ourselves. When I’m feeling overwhelmed, I have my go-to tools: HeartMath breathing techniques, movement, and grounding. Those are meaningful and essential tools but they are pri...
2022-05-2216 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older32. Life Transitions and Pivoting with Jenn DieasI’ve had the privilege of knowing today’s guest for about 10 years and have witnessed her take on life’s challenges in an inspiring way. Jenn Dieas is the owner of Glowout, a destination for sunless tanning and beauty co-working with locations in six states. She also coaches entrepreneurs to build healthy minds, bodies, and businesses. Most recently, she's on the road traveling, coaching, and running her businesses from Rosie, her custom Dodge ProMaster van. Jenn is a great example of someone who reframes life’s setbacks as an opportunity to reflect and change course. We discuss w...
2022-05-0132 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older31. Lessons from 32 Years of MarriageAs I approach my 32nd wedding anniversary this week, I want to share with you all how my life has been impacted by my relationship with my husband. It’s hard to narrow it down, but there are three major lessons that I’ve learned and ways that I’ve grown since becoming a bride at 24 years old. Little did I know back then that we would become a family of seven and navigate three continents as home base, but through all of that, I’ve learned that there is always hope, forgiveness, and a way through the wilderness. Most...
2022-04-2430 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older27. Your Dreams are Fuel for LongevityWhat’s your big dream? You know that one, the wild, improbable goal that you find yourself daydreaming about. Looking back to 10 years ago, I am currently living what I was dreaming about then: traveling the world and escaping winters forevermore. In today’s episode, I’m talking about why having dreams for your future is vitally important to feeling younger while growing older. I dive into why many of our dreams remain unfulfilled, how to overcome the obstacles that are in our way to achieving what we want out of life, and what dreaming has to do with...
2022-03-2727 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older26. Calming the Nervous System with Basic Schultz or Autogenic TrainingToday, I am going to share a simple tool for calming your nervous system, mental chatter and body. Dr. Norm Shealy, one of the pioneering holistic physicians of our time, created a practice called Basic Schultz, also known as Autogenic Training. It utilizes visual imagery and bodily sensations to elicit a relaxation response and bring yourself back into parasympathetic mode. In Western medicine, mental health is separated from physical health, and physical health is further broken down into subcategories. However, what impacts one part impacts the whole, and the mind, body, spirit connection is so often overlooked. I...
2022-03-2116 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older25. Healing Your Inner Child to Thrive as an AdultHealing your inner child is vitally important work. We spend our childhood imprinting all of our experiences into the fabric of our physical tissues, our mental landscape and our spiritual perceptions. Our childhood experiences can create self-protective patterns, which manifest as roadblocks later in life that can impact relationships, career, success, decision making, ability and even our health. Today, I dive into why child integration work is crucial to feeling younger while growing older. I share how being the only daughter, granddaughter and niece on both sides of my family affected my upbringing. Part of my journey t...
2022-03-1320 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older24. DNA Testing and Your Health with Kashif Khan, CEO and Founder of The DNA CompanyUnderstanding what's going on with your genes can make a significant impact on your health outcomes. However, historically, genetic testing has been expensive, difficult to understand, and lacking in contextual recommendations. Today, I’m joined by Kashif Khan, CEO and Founder of The DNA Company, who is changing the functional genomic landscape. Kashif and I discuss what DNA actually is and how to achieve the optional version of yourself through genome insights. Kashif shares that the expectation is that by the age of 60, the average American will have two chronic diseases and spend the last 15 years of the...
2022-03-0645 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older23. You Can Heal from Chronic Disease with Bhadra HinkerWhat is your healing crisis asking from you? I am joined by today’s guest Bhadra Hinker who shares how we can activate the healing process in our own lives. I met Bhadra through Lifewave where both of us experienced the power of light therapy patching. As I got to know Bhadra, I knew that I wanted to share her story and continue to discuss the impact of aging on the recovery process. Bhadra Hinker, a former teacher, now helps people heal and feel better using LifeWave light therapy patch technology after healing herself from a multi-faceted heal...
2022-02-2733 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older22. Continuing the Conversation About Women's PleasureMany of us will give ourselves permission to have a successful career or begin a family with our partner, but we forget about carving out time for ourselves — to meet our body’s wants and needs. So, what exactly do we mean when we talk about giving ourselves permission to feel pleasure? According to my sources, pleasure is defined as “...a feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment, an event or social activity from which one experiences enjoyment and sexual gratification.” For the purposes of today’s episode, I really want us to lean into the feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment...
2022-02-1215 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older20. Peak Performance with Shawn TollesonOn today’s episode, I’m joined by the founder of Tolleson Health Advisors, Shawn Tolleson. Shawn is a former Major League Baseball player who felt stalled out in his health journey, battling lack of energy, chronic pain and inflammation, and weight gain. We discuss how Shawn discovered functional medicine solutions and reversed the effects of his years as a pro athlete. We also talk about going against the norm for raising a family and his top recommendations for optimizing your health. After discovering out-of-the-box approaches that helped crack the code of his genetics, nutrient deficiencies and sleep...
2022-01-3038 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older19. The Healing Power of Light TherapyI believe that light therapy and stem cell therapy are the two most important medical advances in today’s society. They lead to better sleep, improved sex drive, decreased pain and inflammation, greater mental clarity, improves strength and stamina, improved mood regulation. For example, we know that inflammation is one of the roots of pain and where there's inflammation, blood flow to the region is restricted. And, therefore, it is unable to deliver the healing benefits of the immune system that it carries. Light therapy has been proven to be able to help reduce these adverse effects and improve ov...
2022-01-2323 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older18. The Three Pillars of Longevity with Isabel DraughonIsabel Draughon wears many hats: coach, mentor, podcast host, entrepreneur, mom, wife, and the list goes on. Right before her fortieth birthday, she realized that she was defining herself by those titles, not who she truly was deep inside. In fact, she didn’t know who that person was. After listening to other people’s opinions and expectations for so many years, her inner voice felt foreign. That’s when she started practicing stillness. Simply breathing, listening to her heart, and reflecting. Isabel was guided by her intuition and embarked on a journey to make internal changes in her...
2022-01-1638 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older17. Anger and Longevity with Dana FrostSometimes we need to get physical with our anger, and I don't mean harmfully. It needs to be released physically. So, ask yourself: where is this negative emotion being stored in my body? What is the story behind it? Is there authentic forgiveness in order for it to be expressed and released?If anger is allowed a stronghold or becomes chronic, it fast tracks the ageing process. I believe this happened to me prior to my health crisis in 2011. And when it hit me, it took me by surprise. Join me in today’s episode as we di...
2022-01-0913 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older16. Insights Through the Lens of Astrology with Sandy RueveThe soul is the core center that is formalized when we take our first breath. We then all have our own sense of energies throughout our lives, including when we feel content or lost in our lives. When we accept the invitation to learn more about who we are with our astrological charts we have the power to encourage, inspire and transform. Join us on today’s episode as I discuss with Sandy Rueve about the importance of embodying the sacred energies that allow us to manifest their dreams, desires, and intentions.Sandy is an astrologer, spirited cr...
2022-01-0248 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older15. Your Body is Your Trusted GuideWhat happens when we start tapping into the body’s compass? We begin tapping into the soul and we begin to let go of roles, responsibilities, and beliefs that are not in alignment with our bodies. This means that we might interfere with other people’s expectations of us, allowing us to have more transparent and open communication pathways. My foundational coaching tool is using your body compass to align the mind and body. The truth is, I've always been finely attuned to what does and doesn't feel good for me. However, this skill has taken a lot o...
2021-12-1929 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older12. Give Yourself the Gift of Time Show NotesFor many of us, the end of the year can bring up a lot of emotions and stress. When we’re in fight or flight mode, the mind cannot see possibility–it only sees catastrophe. Most people don’t give themselves sufficient space for all of the things on their to-do list. Between travel plans, shopping lists, and in my case, setting up our condo in Miami for Thanksgiving, it’s safe to say that I was feeling overwhelmed. I noticed that my mind was racing and my body was giving me all sorts of signs to slow down...
2021-11-2111 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older09. What's Your True Age with TruDiagnostic and Hannah WentTruDiagnostic gives their clients the information they need so that they optimize their lifestyle to feel younger while growing older. They have one of the largest epigenetic databases in the world, with about 13,000 people tested to date. In today’s episode, we discuss how TruDiagnostic’s sophisticated algorithms identify how quickly your body is aging at a biological level, which results in your ‘TruAge.’ The lab provides advanced metrics, comparison tracking reports, and a treatment framework. Listen in to learn more about this cutting-edge epigenetic testing laboratory.Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Po...
2021-10-3030 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older08. Making Peace with Your PastWhen it comes to living vitally, there’s no such thing as a quick fix. If you want to feel younger while growing older, it’s critical to make peace with your upbringing and examine emotional patterns. In today’s episode, I discuss how to go beyond medicating physical symptoms and instead look inward to heal yourself. I also talk about how therapy, energy work, Kaiut Yoga, and other modalities helped me come to terms with my past and move forward with love and compassion. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher...
2021-10-2216 minVitally You, Feeling Younger While Growing Older03: Getting Personal: The Why Behind Vitally YouWelcome to a special solo episode of Vitally You®. Today, I share the personal story of how I was able to heal both my genetic and individual health issues through research, intuition, and a holistic approach to medicine. While I grew up a happy child, I also had to experience the pain of watching my loved ones suffer from obesity and diabetes. As an adult, I was committed to a better and healthier lifestyle, but despite my natural remedies, home-cooked meals, and regular exercise, I found myself in the emergency room with a malfunctioning heart. To the doctors, the s...
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