We'd love to hear from you about this episode.

If you heard Volume 1 of this amazing episode, you'll know the 2025 Annual Wellness Summit was held in August in beautiful Austin, Texas.

Attendees heard from so many amazing speakers and industry leaders about different ways to bolster wellness in ourselves and those we serve.

Mark had another opportunity to sit down and chat with many of the folks that impacted this amazing event. .

Join us in the second part of this incredible compilation as we speak with spiritual wellness expert Bobby Ansari, health journalists and top-tier storytellers Sandy Cohen and Leo Smith, Travel Influencer and world-changer Jeff Jenkins, and Wellness Alliance Executive Director Ryan Picarella.

These conversations cover some of our favorite topics including: spiritual wellness, the art and power of storytelling, being bold and finding our way together, and ways to implement wellness strategies into daily life.

The 2026 Annual Wellness Summit will be held in Nashville and SURE to be an incredible time. Music City never disappoints.

Sit back, pour some hot cocoa, and let these experts help you find ways to finish the year happy, healthy, and well.

Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review anywhere you listen to this podcast. We are trying to get these fantastic guest conversations to as many people as possible.

Stay tuned. Season Four is right around the corner...

We appreciate you all.

Be Well
-NOW

Wellness Alliance: https://www.wellnessalliance.org/home

Annual Wellness Summit: https://www.wellnessalliance.org/education-and-events/annual-wellness-summit

International Foundation of Employee Benefits (IFEBP)- https://www.ifebp.org

Bobby Ansari's website: roseofjerichowellness.com

Sandy Cohen Instagram: @thesandycohen

Leo Smith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leo-smith-543a8812/

Jeff Jenkins Website: http://chubbydiaries.com

Jeff Jenkins Instagram and TikTok: @chubbydiaries

Jeff is partnering with Destination Channel, follow his adventures over there in the coming months: https://www.thedestinationchannel.com

* The unbelievable Shawn Bell produces the Nature of Wellness Podcast, making us sound good.

** The NOW theme song was penned, performed, produced, and provided by the dynamic duo of Phil and Niall Monahan.

*** This show wouldn't exist without our amazing guests and all of you who listen. Please like, subscribe, follow, and review to help us get these important messages out to more folks who can benefit from them.

We'd love to hear from you about this episode.

The 2025 Annual Wellness Summit was held in August in beautiful Austin, Texas.

Attendees heard from industry leaders about strategies, latest trends, and best practices to advance health and wellness for themselves, their workplaces, and communities, and those they serve.

Mark had another opportunity to gather with hundreds of wellness professionals and sat down with multiple speakers, leaders, and change-makers who made the Annual Wellness Summit successful.

He provided a keynote and led a nature walk for around 60 attendees, and was blown away by the continued excitement about bringing nature into mainstream wellness programming.

Join us in the first part of this incredible compilation as we speak with global speaker and author Laura Putnam, physician/epidemiologist/journalist Amitha Kalaichandran, MD, Baylor College of Medicine Well-Being Director Jesse Gavin, Huntington Health Clinical Wellness Program Director Mitch Martens, International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) CEO Terry Davidson, IFEBP Executive Director Emeritus Sean Maddix, and Life Coach/Podcast Host Alyssa Lee.

If you are looking to help yourself (or anyone else) increase health and wellness…this is the episode for you.

Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review anywhere you listen to this podcast. We are trying to get these fantastic guest conversations to as many people as possible.

Stay tuned. Volume 2 from the Summit is right around the corner...

We appreciate you all.

Be Well
-NOW

Wellness Alliance-https://www.wellnessalliance.org/home

Dr. Amitha Kalaichandran https://www.dramitha.com

Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/amithakalaichandran/

Instagram-@dramithamd

Evrahealth.com

International Foundation of Employee Benefits (IFEBP)- https://www.ifebp.org

Jesse Gavin Linkedin-https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-c-gavin/

Jesse's Website- www.praxiswellbeing.com

Baylor College of Medicine Wellness- https://www.bcm.edu/education/academic-faculty-affairs/student-and-trainee-resources/student-wellness#hdr-search

Mitch Martens- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchmartens/

Huntington Health- https://www.huntingtonhealth.org

Alyssa Lee -www.aloha-lifecoach.com

https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=Alyssa%20lee&origin=GLOBAL_SEARCH_HEADER&sid=6Xp

With Love and Aloha Podcast Instagram-@love_and_aloha_life

* The unbelievable Shawn Bell produces the Nature of Wellness Podcast.

** The NOW theme song was penned, performed, produced, and provided by the dynamic duo of Phil and Niall Monahan.

We'd love to hear from you about this episode.

American Essayist, lecturer, minister, and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Life is a journey, not a destination."

It is always tough to let go of a season of this podcast. These are some of our absolute favorite times.

I always find strength and comfort in the above quote. Letting go of a season only reinforces the importance of focusing on the journey, rather than an idea of an endpoint or destination.

We are deeply humbled by the response to Season Three. The milestones we've reached, the number of people around the world who consistently tune in, and the continued caliber and variety of our guests are all beyond anything we could have ever expected.

One of our hopes for this project has always been to offer an experience that is "different and fun" for all of our guests. We continue to get that feedback from each of our guests, with almost all of them asking if they can come back on for another episode.

We are living a dream with each episode.

Welcome to Episode Seventy Three of the Nature of Wellness™️ Podcast.

We wanted to sit down again and catch up with one another, discuss why this season has been successful, and some of the behind-the-scenes happenings of the show.

Join us as we answer listener questions, discuss some of our favorite moments from the season, and some of our BIG changes to come in Season Four and beyond.

Please subscribe, rate, and leave a review anywhere you listen to this podcast. It will help us extend the reach of these powerful messages.

Additionally, please follow us across social media at @natureofwellness to stay updated with new content, compilation episodes, and more.

Make sure to spend some time in the natural world. We will hopefully see you out there.

In the words of one of my favorite authors, Garrison Keillor, who captures the beauty and harshness of nature in his writing,

"Be well, do good work, and keep in touch."

We appreciate you all.

Be Well

-NOW

* The unbelievable Shawn Bell produces the Nature of Wellness Podcast, making us sound good.

** The NOW theme song was penned, performed, produced, and provided by the dynamic duo of Phil and Niall Monahan.

*** This show wouldn't exist without our amazing guests and all of you who listen. Please like, subscribe, follow, and review to help us get these important messages out to more folks who can benefit from them.