Hi friends, and welcome back.

If this is your first time listening — I’m so glad you’re here.
And if you’ve been with me before… thank you for welcoming me back. It feels really good to be sitting here again.

As we step into a new year, I’ve been thinking a lot about self-care — and not the kind that feels like another thing on your to-do list.

January tends to come with so much pressure.
New goals. New habits. New rules.
And often, that pressure makes us feel like we need to fix ourselves.

But what if this year… we didn’t start by fixing anything?

What if we started by listening?

For me, putting self-care first this year isn’t about doing more — it’s about doing things differently.

It’s asking simple questions like:

• What actually supports me right now?
• What feels nourishing instead of draining?
• What can I let go of that’s been weighing me down?

Self-care doesn’t have to be expensive, time-consuming, or perfect.
Sometimes it looks like going to bed earlier.
Sometimes it’s saying no without explaining yourself.
Sometimes it’s eating a warm, nourishing meal instead of skipping lunch because you’re busy.

And sometimes, self-care is simply giving yourself permission to start gently.

If you’re feeling tired, unmotivated, or a little unsure of where to begin, you’re not behind. You’re human. And winter is a season that naturally asks us to slow down.

This year, I’m choosing to let self-care be about support, not pressure.
About consistency, not extremes.
About compassion, not perfection.

And as this podcast starts up again, that’s the space I want to hold here — real conversations, gentle reminders, and support for wherever you are in your journey.

So as we move into this new year together, I invite you to ask just one question:
What’s one small way I can take care of myself today?

Not tomorrow. Not all year.
Just today.

Thank you for being here. I’m so excited for what’s ahead — and I’m really grateful to be sharing this space with you again.

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Our special guest today is Jeff Jones. Jeff Jones, MA, LPC, CRNC1, is the Founder of The Family Recovery Solution (TFRS) and Family Addiction Engagement Training (FAET).

The “Start with the Family First” method is a 3-5 year continuum of services, resources, and referrals that starts with education that inspires families to create and maintain conditions inhospitable to active addiction. Then, once your loved one is in recovery, our services expand to a holistic pathway of individual and family healing, as well as self-management of tracking change over time.

Jeff’s presentations offer tools for professionals to learn and incorporate into their services, specifically long-term family recovery engagement and nutritional complements for optimal brain function, so your clients ’ brains function optimally, and they can better incorporate what they are learning from your services.

Jeff is passionate about decreasing the daily deaths from addiction.

Because of his own upbringing, he sees how families are continually blamed, shamed, and separated from the addiction recovery healing process. He has seen that when family education begins while a loved one is still using drugs or alcohol, the family has an opportunity to practice new cognitive information, which begins customizing their own change process, now and into the future.

Jeff is part of the Academy for Addiction and Mental Health Nutrition’s community of practitioners trained by Christina Veselak. He is active in her non-profit, Eating Protein Saves Lives, Inc., which is guided by evidence-based research from the 1960s, now buried.

We start by talking about how Jeff got started in his career. We talked about how trauma impacts the whole family and the different roles that family members play during the stress and chaos of navigating addiction. Jeff gives us some practical tools and techniques families can use to improve communication and support.

Learn more about Jeff Jones here:

www.thefamilyrecoverysolution.com

Free resource, Family Addiction Assessment Guide https://www.thefamilyrecoverysolution.com/addiction-assessment-guide/

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Our special guest today is Amy. K. Wilson the Nutrition Coach Pharmacist.

Amy K. Wilson is a Board-Certified Geriatric Pharmacist, certified fitness professional, and certified nutrition coach using the FASTer Way to Fat Loss platform, disrupting the diet industry and helping her clients regain their health. Amy’s mission is to empower and equip her clients to take charge of their health and find balance in their lives. With over 30 years of experience, Amy specializes in developing individualized health plans that navigate through her clients’ individual barriers, allowing them to be successful in their efforts. Amy is passionate about helping people prevent and reverse diseases with nutrition and fitness. Through her personal and professional experience, she has seen firsthand how diet and exercise can change a person’s life, and how the right nutritional program can be the key to improving their health and fitness. She has seen her clients reverse their pre-diabetes, diabetes, high cholesterol, and more. She is driven to help her clients feel in control of their body and mind, while no longer feeling enslaved by their scale.

She shared her story and how she got started in her career. We talked about how 6-week programs and diets don't work anymore. We talked about why eating less and exercising more is not the trend anymore.

We talk about What Leads to Midlife, Menopausal Weight Gain, and How to Prevent It.

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Our special guest today is Ingrid Harm-Ernandes. Ingrid is a pelvic physical therapist.

She was the Co-Director and a mentor for the Duke Women’s Health Physical Therapy Residency Program, a mentor for new pelvic PTs, and participated in PFDN research projects. She is board certified in Women’s Health (WCS) and Pelvic floor Biofeedback and served on committees for both the APTA and AUGS. She enjoys presenting the importance of recognizing and assessing the pelvic musculoskeletal system. She published “Assessment of the Pelvic Floor and Associated Musculoskeletal System”, in the FPMRS journal in December 2021. In 2021 she published her book, “The Musculoskeletal Mystery: How to solve your pelvic floor symptoms”. She has been a guest on national and international podcasts and webinars and is “The Pelvic Detective on YouTube. Her goal is to provide individuals with the knowledge they need to get proper pelvic care and for everyone to realize that pelvic conditions are common but not normal.

Ingrid starts off by telling us her story, and how she got started in her career.

We talk about the pelvic floor and the core, how they are connected, and how they impact us. How does Ingrid help people and what advice does she give them?

Pelvic health is so important and why it is so important for so many people yet people don't know what to ask for.

What 3 tips will you give someone to strengthen their pelvic floor?

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Our Special guests are Maayan & Gal. Maayan & Gal are sisters, the founders of Smoozitive, and ex-pat experts. Actually, they are 4th generation ex-pats - so change is a natural part of their lives. Today, they guide and support women to experience a smooth & joyful journey abroad no matter where they live.

They start by telling us their story and how they got started.

We discussed the challenges most women face when moving abroad and what advice they give to women. We talked about adding fun to everyday life, and why is it so important.

They give tools and tips on what to say to a parent who is afraid to move with their kids and uproot them. What is the biggest takeaway regarding life abroad from your experience? What is the most important thing to do before moving abroad?

What is the most important thing to do before moving abroad?

What 3 tips will you give someone who moves abroad to make it easier?

You can check out the membership here: https://www.smoozitive.com
Online course/ Move abroad with ease here: https://www.smoozitive.com/a/2147526027/VNoYVT5X
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Sarah Joy is a holistic root cause coach who helps women battling thyroid illness, figure out their root causes, restore their energy, find emotional and spiritual peace, eat properly, lose weight, then rewrite their happiness story.

She tells us about how she got started in her career and her story. We talk about Thyroid health, and the root cause and we talk about nutrition and wellbeing.

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Welcome to another episode of the Live Love and Eat Show. Our special guest today is Mindy Gorman-Plutzer. Mindy is a certified functional nutritionist, lifestyle practitioner, and eating psychology coach with over 25 years of experience. Mindy is passionate about helping others recover from eating disorders and create a healthier lifestyle. Mindy’s approach to eating disorders tackles the root cause of the issue and emphasizes that how and why you eat is just as important as what you eat. Through her integrative approach, she also looks at the impact disordered eating has on one’s daily life, digestion and hormones.

Her life experience and training inspired her to create a framework that combines functional nutrition, positive psychology, and mind/body science called the Freedom Promise. She has established a compassionate resolution to physical and emotional challenges resulting from chronic and complex health issues, as they relate to Eating Disorders. In addition, Mindy is the author of The Freedom Promise: 7 Steps To Stop Fearing What Food Will Do TO You and Start Embracing What It Can Do FOR You.

Mindy tells us about how she got started in her career and her story, as we all have a story. We talk about why conventional eating disorder recovery protocols often fail. We talk about the gut/brain connection and how to heal the gut & detox the mind.

We talk about how healing yourself within is so powerful and the power of the soul-driven abundance mindset. How Your Relationship with Yourself is a Reflection of Your Relationships with Everything Else.

We talk about Mindy's book The Freedom Promise. You can find her book on Amazon here:
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Our special guest is Brian Gryn. Brian Gryn is an intermittent fasting expert, wellness coach, author, human movement specialist, and host of the Get Lean Eat Clean Podcast (35K+ downloads).

He is leading the way in the Intermittent Fasting community as the author of The Simple Intermittent Fasting Journal along with the creator of The Intermittent Fasting Certification Course. What began as a personal exploration into fasting has turned into a thriving business, helping middle-aged men make intermittent fasting simple, doable, and a complete lifestyle change. Now he is spreading the power of intermittent fasting worldwide with Intermittent Fasting Certified Coaches.

With over 15 years of experience in health and wellness, Brian also developed his Fat Burner Blueprint Program. This program focuses on nutrition, meal timing, stress management, sleeping like a superhero, and micro-workouts. He believes that challenging the body and mind through brief hormetic stressors like fasting, cold/warm therapy, resistance training, and sprinting will help you get your body back to what it once was!

He tells us his story and how he got started in his career. We talk about fasting, intermittent fasting, and ways how you can get started. We talk about tips to overcome hunger? Should one workout in a fasted state? How to become fat-adapted? How do I know if I am in ketosis. What are the hormonal benefits of intermittent fasting and so much more!

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