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How do you discover courage in difficult times? 

You’ve heard of or maybe even experienced post-traumatic stress, but what about post-traumatic growth? I am privileged to welcome a very special friend and returning guest, Tana Amen. She’s here to share her moving story and brand-new book, The Relentless Courage of a Scared Child.

Tana Amen, BSN RN, is Vice President of Amen Clinics, New York Times best-selling author, a highly-respected health and fitness expert, cancer survivor, and nationally renowned speaker. 

In this episode, Tana shares how going through struggles can actually lead to growth, strength, and resilience. She imparts us with powerful techniques, like the “four circles exercise,” that can help build empathy for ourselves and others. 

Furthermore, she guides us to remove the victim mentality by choosing to seek the opportunity in the obstacles we face. If you have found yourself struggling to find courage during these troubling times, this episode offers an empowering perspective to help you champion your way through. 

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What has 2020 taught us?

There is no way we could have known or prepared for the year we’ve had. We are experiencing a unique moment in history. And with the New Year ahead, I wanted to share some of the learning and re-learning this year has brought. 

In this episode, I want to reflect on this past year. I discuss the significance of kindness, the impact of giving, the value of novelty, and so much more. As we look back, I hope you realize you are the greatest project you’ll ever work on. 

Sleep easy knowing that you can handle whatever this new year throws at you. And as always, may your days be filled with lots of life, lots of love, lots of laughter, and lots of learning.

Happy New Year!

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How does food affect your mental health? 

Now more than ever, people have become more health-conscious about diet and exercise as it pertains to matters like cholesterol, high blood pressure, or weight loss, but not many are discussing the connection between food, the brain, and its impact on mental well-being. 

Here to discuss this topic with us today is our phenomenal guest, Dr. Uma Naidoo. Uma is a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef, and trained Nutrition Specialist. She is also the author of her brand new book, This is Your Brain on Food. 

You’ve heard it here before, that what you eat matters, especially to your gray matter. Join us, as Dr. Uma explains the physiological connection between the gut and brain and the powerful effects of food on our mental health and well-being.

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Can you minimize stress with meditation? 

In today’s show, we welcome our extraordinary guest, international speaker, and best-selling author, Emily Fletcher. Emily is the founder of Ziva Meditation and the leading expert in meditation for performance.

In this episode, Emily enlightens us of the exponential power of meditation. She explains that mediation is not just a way to reset your day but also to reset your life physiologically. 

Research has shown that it is a way to heal yourself on a cellular level from up to two generations of familial trauma. She assures us that you will get a greater return on your day and life overall if we take the time to reset. 

Considering the year we have all had, let’s be sure to take great notes and then follow them with the action necessary for change.

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What foods and nutrients are best for the brain? 

In today’s show, we continue our conversation with our phenomenal guest, Shawn Stevenson. Shawn is a nutritionist, best-selling author, and creator of the #1 Nutrition and Fitness podcast on iTunes, The Model Health Show. In this episode, Shawn shares more about our brains’ makeup and which foods are best for memory, focus, and optimal brain function. 

Packed with chief information about supporting brain health, he reveals disconcerting facts about tap water, ways we can be intentional about drinking the right kinds of water, and which fatty acids can directly improve both memory and reaction time. 

This is a show you can’t afford to miss! If you haven’t already, be sure to check out part 1 of our chat in the previous episode.

You can also watch the entire episode on our YouTube channel.

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How do you eat smarter for your brain?

Our brains are one of the most complex yet delicate systems in the universe, not to mention it’s the one organ that controls everything we do. 

It makes sense then that we do all we can to protect it, right? 

Today, I’m excited to welcome back an exceptional guest, Shawn Stevenson, to discuss this topic. Shawn is the best-selling author of one of my favorite books, Sleep Smarter, and creator of the #1 Nutrition and Fitness podcast on iTunes, The Model Health Show. 

In this episode, Shawn reveals some pretty daunting statistics about how much added sugar we consume each year and just how it’s affecting our brains in a phenomenon called hypothalamic inflammation. 

He also shares about his new book, Eat Smarter, where he empowers us to understand that there are specific foods that we can eat and things we can do to make our brains work better. According to Shawn, if we can get our brains healthy, we can get our bodies healthy.