Behind The Dream

My guest on the show today is one of my very best friends, Amanda Gyuran. Amanda has an extensive background in Holistic Nutrition, Herbalism, Eating Psychology, and Mind Body Movement. Amanda is the Private Chef for Professional Athletes in Denver, Colorado and Wellness Retreats Worldwide. She’s also a fully certified Level 2  STOTT Pilates Instructor and has taught at the STOTT Pilates Training Center in Michigan where she rehabbed NFL and NHL athletes. Her passion lies in helping individuals connect deeper to their true nature through a combination of nutrition, mindful movement and the native ways. In this episode Amanda and I get into the importance of functional medicine for the purpose of learning your body's own unique needs when it comes to nourishment + nutrition. Amanda also shares some brilliantly powerful rituals, blessings and routines for expressing deep gratitude for our Mother Earth, water + nutrition.  In This Episode: Meet today’s guest, Amanda [ 2:30 ] From fashion to food  [3:45] Body im

My guest on the show today is Alyse Parker. Alyse Parker is a public figure and mindset transformation coach who helps women around the world feel more empowered + less alone. She teaches people of all ages how to cultivate their dream lives into reality by building a strong foundation of self-love, unshakeable confidence, and a healthy mindset. Alyse is the founder of the self-growth program Confidence Mastery and the creator of the True Essence method. Through her programs and social media platforms, she has helped millions of people step into their power and take deliberate action towards their dream lives. In this episode Alyse and I talk about the power in focusing on pouring into each of your four energy bodies: emotional, physical, mental + spiritual as a means of creating a life that is aligned with vibrancy and filled with confidence + love.  In This Episode: Meet today’s guest, Alyse [ 1:32 ] Alyse’s personal journey [2:45] Mindset  [6:08] Setting healthy boundaries  [10:00] True essence + intuitio

My guest on the show today is Angie Lee.  Angie is a highly sought after marketing mentor, top motivational speaker, professional podcaster & serial entrepreneur. She is the Co Founder of Soul CBD, Creator of the Pays To Be Brave live event & Host of the Forbes top 100 business & lifestyle podcast, The Angie Lee Show. Corporate dropout to 7 figure entrepreneur under 30, Angie has successfully built two 7 figure brands in less than 3 years. With the power of video marketing, Angie has successfully produced multiple 7 figure organic product launches with 0 paid Ads. She teaches her community how to grow & scale their online businesses with sales psychology, authentic messaging & intuitive marketing. Angie has a unique & refreshing ability to inspire her female audience to overcome their business and life fears in a motivational, yet always approachable way.  In this episode Angie and I weave through each facet of your personal + business wellness to highlight why your self-care + energy

My guest on the show today is Brittany Brown. Brittany is a coach, Speaker, and the creator of the Beating Binge Eating Blueprint as well as the Food Freedom Forever and Mastermind and Movement. She empowers women whose lives have been consumed with binge, emotional, and overeating to take back their power and transform their relationship with themselves, their body, and food so they are free to share their gifts with the world and fully experience life.  After 10+ years of training and experience, coupled with turning her own yo-yo weight loss and gain, disordered eating, and severe health complications around, Brittany now has the honor of leading a tribe of over 100,000 Food Freedom Fighters internationally to create a life fueled by freedom instead of diets, weight and food obsession. In this episode both Brittany and I share our own personal journey in finding food freedom, the power of food psychology and how to nourish your mind + body through mediums existing beyond food. Learn how to create ease arou

My guest on the show today, Sarah Greenfield. Sarah Greenfield is a Functional Dietitian and Founder of the Fearless Fig. She helps health-savvy women with digestive issues decrease bloating, improve mental clarity and poop like a champ. Through functional testing, bio-hacking and lifestyle shifts, she is connecting women to their health one poop at a time. Sarah has been featured on Buzzfeed, Men’s Health, Self, and has a TedX Talk on poop!   Ready to poop like a champ? In this episode Sarah and I talk A LOT about poop haha. We chat about the importance of connecting to your own personal health needs and gaining insight of  your gut health and how it plays a major role in your overall wellness and your mind, body + spirit function.  In This Episode: Meet today’s guest, Sarah [ 1:20 ] Sarah’s passion for poop  [2:20] Microbiome balance [9:05] Gut imbalance + leaky gut [12:15] Stress + digestive inflammation [17:00 ] Pre + Probiotics [29:00] The process of digestion [31:05]Symptoms of gut imbalance [37:00] En

My guest on the show today, Radhika Mukhija Sud. Radhika is the Founder of Holistic Prana where she offers Integrative Health and Life Coaching. She has had the honor of guiding busy, professionals and entrepreneurs around the world to a superior state of wellbeing, cognitive performance, and inner bliss. Her approach seamlessly blends together science-based practices to improve the function of every aspect of the body, as well as resources along with accountability that uplift the mind and spirit. Radhika was born in India and raised with yoga, consciousness and meditation. As a child, she was always intrigued in the workings of the human mind and that led her to pursue her bachelor’s in Psychology. Her former life involved hiring top management talent – CEO’s and C level professionals as an executive search consultant for banking and financial services companies across the globe. Even with achievements like being featured in a leading business magazine, and having several early successes –She felt like some

My guest on the show today, Angela Jia Kim,  is the brilliant boss babe behind the beauty brand, Savor Beauty.  Angela is a former concert pianist-turned-founder of Savor Beauty, a natural skincare, facial spa, and self-care journal brand inspired by Korean beauty rituals. The award-winning serums, creams, cleansers, peels, and masks are made sustainably and ethically by women in the Hudson Valley. The products are delivered fresh to its three New York spas for Savor Spa’s signature specialty facials, which have been chosen by editors from Allure, Goop, and Elle as “Best of NY”. Savor Beauty partners exclusively with select spa partners with a special interest in women-owned spas and estheticians. Angela Jia Kim is wife to a Swissman, mom to daughter Sienna, a yellow lab named Ella Fitzgerald, and a mini golden, Zoe. They reside in New York City's Upper West Side. In this episode, Angela and I walk through the journey to success and what it means to savor all of the steps along the way, give yourself the spac

My guest on the show today is anti-diet Dietician, Whitney Catalano.  Whitney  is an anti-diet Registered Dietitian helping people break free from the diet/binge cycle, heal their relationship with food, make peace with their bodies, and take the power back from their inner bullies. She is the host of the popular podcast, Trust Your Body Project, where she treats her listeners to interviews with guest experts as well as solo episodes. Trust Your Body Project is not just a podcast but a growing social media movement aimed towards eliminating societal cultures around important topics such as weight stigma, eating disorders, emotional eating, fat culture, and “food addiction”, amongst others. With her vulnerability and honest no-filter approach to tough topics, Whitney inspires countless women to own their bodies and regain confidence. In this episode, Whitney and I travel through the layers that exist in discovering how to trust our bodies and find freedom from food in order to fully love and honor ourselves an

My guest on the show today is Crosby Tailor.  Crosby Tailor is a Los Angeles - based modern day renaissance man: a model, health/wellness expert, sugar-free dessert chef, Founder of Wildfire Initiative and Crosby’s Baking Co.  As a result of being dissatisfied with the way traditional desserts left Crosby feeling, the fitness expert began to experiment with sugar-free, nutrient-packed recipes and published the results on his Instagram. Crosby’s efforts have earned him more than 85k followers who salivate over his maca, cacao, and probiotic packed creations.  Crosby founded Crosby’s Baking Co., a sugar, gluten, and grain-free dessert company born from a labor of self love. He hacked the dessert world and has come up with countless guilt- free dessert recipes - each one boosted with superfoods and beneficial ingredients that serve a purpose for your health. Crosby’s delectable treats and expert fitness knowledge have gotten him profiled internationally by publications such as (not limited to) VOGUE, Sunday Time

My guest today is Mara Glatzel.  Mara Glatzel, MSW is an intuitive coach, writer, and podcast host who helps perfectionists and people pleasers reclaim their sovereignty. Her superpower is saying what you need to hear when you need to hear it and she is here to help you believe in yourself as much as she believes in you. She teaches everything she knows about identifying, honoring, and advocating for your needs in her 9-month online program Tend. You can access her free training Self-Care That Works, hang with her on Instagram, or tune into her weekly podcast Needy.In this episode Mara and I chat deeply about one of my favorite topics: self-care. Mara breaks things down for you in a way that is potent and equally loving to really remind you of your worth and your deserving of really understanding and allowing yourself to fulfill your needs.  In This Episode: Meet today’s guest, Mara Glatzel [ 1:40 ] Seeing the importance in self-care [2:20] Building relationship with yourself [10:02] Being with what is [15:2

Today’s conversation with Jenay Rose aka Namaste Jenay covers the importance of honoring your energy to develop a soul driven relationship with your business.  Jenay is an impact-driven online entrepreneur who built a multiple six figure business in one year - and now teaches other women how to do the same! She's a women's empowerment leader, soulcial media expert, and top rated podcast host of The Soulpreneur Show. She's most well known for her mix of spiritual business principles, the "woo" and the "do" and has won over the hearts of a community of almost 200K women across her platforms.In this episode Jenay and I really dissect what it means to be guided by your intuition and to listen to the energy of holistic wellness for personal and professional growth vs. the standard hustle that we so often succumb to and see praised inside of the entrepreneurial space.  Join us in today’s conversation for tangible takeaways on creating honoring rituals and placing yourself at the forefront of building a business bas

On today’s episode I am sitting down with my soul brother and good friend Tj Anderson to bring you an episode that is packed to the brim with personal processes, assessments and tips to help you become your own health hacker and achieve an elevated state of health.   TJ Anderson is a Behavior Change Specialist, Bestselling Author & Health Hacking Coach for High Performing Men. His recent book, The Art of Health Hacking, has been called “One of the best modern-day health guides” by Dr. Katherine Zagone.  Having an extensive background in the worlds of health coaching, behavior change science, and self-experimentation, TJ specializes in activating empowered, next level health hacker habits for entrepreneurs, executives, and athletes worldwide.  He is also a speaker and has led workshops for several organizations, including Google, Deloitte, ACT, Mercy, and Healthy for Life, to name a few. He currently lives in the mountains of North Boulder, CO with his partner Amanda and their dog son, a 2 year old Bernese

Are you currently in growth mode? Growing your business, your podcast, your follower count, your relationships etc. ?Being deep inside of a season of growth can really stretch you and lead you to a place where deeply caring for yourself feels like another to-do or something that drops in priority on your list... If, of course, you’re not mastering your mind and showing it love ;) Mindset is ERRYTHANG and your mindset will directly impact the relationship you have with yourself and how you are BEing inside of the seasons of DOing. Today’s guest, Melissa Monte, is about to drop in with some Mind Love for you and shine some light on the relationship between mindset and personal wellness. Melissa  is a mindset coach and host of the podcast Mind Love.  After spending a decade being what she calls a guinea pig for bad decisions, she became obsessed with learning what makes us humans tick. Now she teaches people the tools that turned her life around. Through raw stories, personal experience, and inspiring interviews

As a high achieving archetype (which most entrepreneurs are) it’s easy to get caught up in the doing of your life & business.  Having a deep self-awareness and a commitment to your own needs is vital in creating the life you envision while simultaneously caring for yourself along the way. My guest today, Amber Lilyestrom,  is an incredible soul sister supreme and is here to inspire you to recognize your worthiness and live in your truth.  Amber is a transformational branding strategist and business performance coach, writer and speaker. She has been featured in Entrepreneur and Working Mother Magazine and is the host of The Amber Lilyestrom Show podcast. She is the creator of the Ignite Your Soul Summit annual live event and multiple life-changing online programs. She helps entrepreneurs turn their passions in to heart-centered brands and thriving businesses. Amber's mission is to empower women to position themselves as sought-after experts and thought leaders through social media, engagement marketing an

You are in for a real treat today, BTD as I bring you this epic teaser episode and give you a sneak peek into this bonus masterclasses from my program, Vitamin You.  In this episode you will hear from Dr. Sara DeFrancesco is a Naturopathic Doctor, Licensed Acupuncturist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, and the founder of Thriving Force. Dr. DeFrancesco’s approach is focused on your unique story, root cause solutions, and personalized care. This approach includes a comprehensive evaluation of your health function (not just a routine screening for disease markers), advanced lab testing to identify commonly overlooked causes that cannot be identified by a health history or physical exam, and creating a personalized plan so that you can feel your best. Dr. DeFrancesco’s treatment protocols include targeted nutrient and botanical therapies, natural medicines, nutrition and lifestyle medicine, acupuncture, and providing you with the right education, tools, and support. Now, remember, you’re only getting just a pi

You are in for a real treat today, BTD as I bring you this epic teaser episode and give you a sneak peek into this bonus masterclasses from my program, Vitamin You.  In this episode you will hear from Lara Adler. Lara is an Environmental Toxins Expert & Educator and a Certified Holistic Health Coach who teaches health coaches, nutritionists, and other holistic health practitioners how to eliminate the #1 thing holding their clients back from the results they are seeking – the unaddressed link between chemicals and chronic health problems. She trains practitioners to become experts in everyday toxic exposures so they can improve client outcomes without spending hundreds of hours researching on their own.  Combining environmental health education and business consulting, she’s helped thousands of health professionals in over 25 countries around the world elevate their skillset, get better results for their clients, and become sought out leaders in the growing environmental health & detoxification field.

You are in for a real treat today, BTD as I bring you this epic teaser episode and give you a sneak peek into this bonus masterclasses from my program, Vitamin You.  In this episode you will hear from the master of hormones, Jenn Pike. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Medical Exercise Specialist. She specializes in women’s health and hormones and is the Bestselling author of “The Simplicity Project” as well as her two cookbooks The Simplicity Kitchen and The Simplicity Body.  She is the founder of the global and revolutionary women’s health programs The Hormone Project, Synced and The Audacious Women’s Approach to Healthy Living. These programs are dedicated to teaching women what they should have known about their bodies all along; the incredible healing abilities, wisdom and power their bodies hold and how to bring them to life. Now, remember, you’re only getting just a piece of this incredible conversation and if you want to soak up the whole thing (& trust me, you do!) you can enroll in

You are in for a real treat today, BTD as I bring you this epic teaser episode and give you a sneak peek into this bonus masterclasses from my program, Vitamin You.  In this episode you will get the absolute pleasure of hearing from my own doctor, Dr. Michelle Rogers. Since 2012, Michelle has been perfecting the most effective, accessible, and streamlined virtual practice for high-achieving women. Using the art of functional lab analysis, she is able to create a personalized blueprint and strategy for unrivaled energy and mental focus, so these women can continue sharing their gifts, better serve their clients, and show up even more for the people they love.  Her goal is to reach more women who know that health is their greatest asset, so they can focus on their vision, energize their efforts, and create a life of WELLth - full of abundance, purpose, health, wealth and joy! Now, remember, you’re only getting just a piece of this incredible conversation and if you want to soak up the whole thing (& trust m

WELCOME TO SEASON TWO! I am SO excited to kick-off this wellness focused season of Behind The Dream and bring you the perfect blend of science and soul when it comes to your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being.  In this episode we start things off in this new season with the foundation of all wellness, self-care. My business operations manager, Angela, joins me in this episode to take a deep dive into self-care and why it is medicine for the soul. You’ll get tangible take aways to implement today and will also get a sneak peek into the Vitamin You journey that I have created for you :) Get started by listening here and by getting yourself enrolled in my FREE 7 day self-care challenge. See you inside!   In This Episode: Welcome to Season Two [ 0:01  ] The Vitamin You Challenge [ 3:20 ] Being vs. Doing [ 5:00 ]  Your Physical Self-Care Prescription [ 13:54 ] Money goals, business goals & your comfort zone[ 21:39] Closing messages & an invitation [ 26:40 ] Links & Resources Mentio

WELCOME TO SEASON TWO! I am SO excited to kick-off this wellness focused season of Behind The Dream and bring you the perfect blend of science and soul when it comes to your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being.  In this episode we start things off in this new season with the foundation of all wellness, self-care. My business operations manager, Angela, joins me in this episode to take a deep dive into self-care and why it is medicine for the soul. You’ll get tangible take aways to implement today and will also get a sneak peek into the Vitamin You journey that I have created for you :) Get started by listening here and by getting yourself enrolled in my FREE 7 day self-care challenge. See you inside! In This Episode: Welcome to Season Two [ 0:01  ] Defining self-care [ 5:00 ] The Vitamin You Challenge [ 7:20  ]  Your Self-Care Assessment [ 9:40 ] Identifying your self-care rules [ 12:50 ] Setting better boundaries [ 18:40 ] Your self-care priorities [ 28:00 ] Closing messages & an invit