Be Well by Kelly Leveque

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184. A Holistic Approach to Building Strength & Improving Health with Sal Di Stefano #FabulousFriends May 13, 2022

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Sal Di Stefano is a personal trainer, co-founder of Mind Pump Media, and the co-host of Mind Pump, an online radio show and podcast that is dedicated to providing truthful fitness and health information. He's also the designer of the Muscular Adaptation Programming System (MAPS), and the author of The Resistance Training Revolution. Sal is dedicated to prioritizing health over appearance. He aims to shift the direction of the fitness industry from being rooted in aesthetics and insecurity to one based in self-love and self-care. He’s going to bust some myths around building muscle and share with us some tips on building a holistic lifestyle that supports your health through exercise and diet that everyday people can follow.

You will learn about...

Learning what’s effective to help everyday people get fit
How adaptation increases strength in the body
Why exercise needs to be valued by more than its caloric burn
Raising your metabolic rate through strength training
Busting strength training myths
Treating working out like a skill, not like a workout
Going into a workout with the right mindset

Resources:

mindpumpmedia.com
Read: The Resistance Training Revolution
Listen: Mind Pump Podcast
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183. Evidence-Based Tools to Help You Raise Good Humans with Dr. Aliza Pressman #WellnessWednesdays May 11, 2022

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Dr. Aliza Pressman is the Co-Founding Director and Director of Clinical Programming for the Mount Sinai Parenting Center, as well as an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She’s also the host of the Raising Good Humans podcast, where she brings the latest and greatest research on child development directly to parents – without them having to sift through endless journals and parenting books. She’s passionate about bringing her expertise to parents and empowering them with the knowledge they need to make the best choices possible for their children. We talk about the pillars every parent should consider when raising their children, and how to combat perfectionism in order to do the best you can.

You will learn about...

What Dr. Aliza studied and why she started her podcast
Pulling together science to make it accessible
How coming to terms with how you were raised is important for your child
Editing behaviors and setting boundaries for your kid
Building independence and resilience in your children

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

kellyleveque.com
Instagram: @bewellbykelly
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly

Be Well By Kelly is produced and published by Crate Media.

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182. Bringing Clean & Inclusive Beauty into the Mainstream with Nyakio Greico #FabulousFriends May 06, 2022

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Nyakio Greico is an entrepreneur with two successful businesses to her name. The first is Nyakio, a green and clean beauty brand, launched in 2002, and now carried nationwide at Target.com. And the other is Thirteen Lune, an ecommerce platform she co-founded in 2020, centered around inclusion, discovering, and elevating Black and Brown-founded brands. We talk about creating a beauty platform for all, starting a paradigm shift towards inclusion, and when it may be better for your business not to grow.

You will learn about...

How Nyakio came up with the idea for Nyakio Beauty and Thirteen Lune
How creating a level playing field can help combat systemic racism
How to be featured by Thirteen Lune
Raising capital as a Black woman
The importance of allyship
How small brands break through the noise
Sharing our failures and how we grow from them

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

kellyleveque.com
Instagram: @bewellbykelly
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bewellbykelly

Be Well By Kelly is produced and published by Crate Media.

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181. Learning to Live Life Fully with Mallory Ervin #FabulousFriends Apr 29, 2022

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Mallory has created a powerful lifestyle brand all about living fully. From fashion to parenting, she shares it all in hopes of pushing people closer to the lives they dream of. Her own dream life began to materialize after a series of personal successes led to a moment of deep despair, and she realized that a lifestyle founded on endless achievement was not the road to happiness. In her new book, Living Fully, she shares her personal stories and how to gain the same insights she did without the existential breakdown.

You will learn about...

How Mallory’s pageant background influenced her life
The ways Mallory began to self-medicate to cover her unhappiness
Uncovering the roots of your unhappiness
Finding out who you are behind the labels
How to begin living fully
Rituals and habits for connection

Resources:

malloryervin.com
Read: Living Fully
Listen: Living Fully
Instagram: @malloryervin
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Be Well By Kelly is produced and published by Crate Media.

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180. Make Healthy, Wholesome Meals Any Day of the Week with Alex Snodgrass of The Defined Dish #FabulousFriends Apr 22, 2022

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Alex Snodgrass is passionate about two things: big, bold flavor and healthy living. She’s set out to prove that the two are not as misaligned as you might think. At her blog, The Defined Dish, Alex shares meals with clean ingredients that pack a punch. Her new book, The Comfortable Kitchen, offers 105 recipes that are as comfortable to cook as they are to eat. We talk about making healthy eating more accessible and managing your energy so that you can eat and live well.

You will learn about...

How Alex got into cooking
Making old comfort classics cleaner
Meal prep hacks
Grab-and-go breakfast ideas
Making condiment-based meals
Starting recipes from The Comfortable Kitchen
Managing your business to protect your passion

Resources:

thedefineddish.com
Instagram: @thedefineddish
Read: The Comfortable Kitchen
Read: The Defined Dish
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Be Well By Kelly is produced and published by Crate Media.

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179. Easy Lifestyle Modifications to Achieve Optimal Health with Dr. Asia Muhammad #WellnessWednesdays Apr 20, 2022

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Dr. Asia Muhammad is a naturopathic doctor with a profound understanding of the balance between conventional and non-conventional medicine, and the power of lifestyle modifications to achieve optimal health. We talk about the best way to optimize your health, how prebiotics and postbiotics affect the body, and how you can support a healthy gut, liver, and body with what you eat.

You will learn about...

How Dr. Asia became excited by naturopathic medicine
Removing the barriers to natural healing
When to add dairy into your diet
Supporting gut health and food sensitivities
Prebiotic foods you should be eating
The difference between prebiotics and probiotics
How our liver detoxifies the body, and how you can help it function optimally

Resources:

asiamuhammad.com
Instagram: @dr.asiamuhammad
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Be Well By Kelly is produced and published by Crate Media.

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178. How Psychobiotics Can Help Turn Down the Stress with Tina Anderson and Kiran Krishnan #FabulousFriends Apr 15, 2022

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The team behind Just Thrive is back once again. Tina Anderson is an attorney turned healthcare CEO, and Kiran Krishnan is a research microbiologist. Every day, we’re learning more about the connection our gut health has to all aspects of our body: from our immune system to our brain function to even depression. Together, our guests are here to tell us all about how our gut health can support our immune system, how it works in general, and what you can do to take that power into your own hands.

You will learn about...

The gut-brain connection and how we can harness it
Tools for keeping your gut in a happy, healthy place
What to measure and how to advocate for your health
How people can support a diverse microbiome
The gut’s impact on immunity
Supplements for gut maintenance
Cortisol’s effect on the gut

Resources:

‎Check out Just Thrive and save 15% sitewide with code: “bewellbykelly”.
Listen: Supporting Your Immune System Through Gut Health with Tina Anderson & Kiran Krishnan

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Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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177. How to Feed Your Fertility & Cultivate a Healthy Pregnancy with Laura Erlich #WellnessWednesdays Apr 13, 2022

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Laura Erlich consults and successfully treats patients through her Los Angeles based practice, Mother Nurture Wellness. She began her studies in traditional Chinese medicine, focusing on fertility and pre and post-pregnancy. She is well versed in modalities of integrative allopathic and functional medicine. We discuss taking the best of both Eastern and Western medicine to support health in a modern world, and how stress and diet play a role in fertility.

You will learn about...

How Laura discovered Chinese medicine
Supporting your fertility through Eastern and Western medicine
Reducing stress to improve fertility
Paying attention to the sourcing of your food

Resources:

mothernurturela.com
Instagram: @mothernurturewellness

Connect with Kelly:

kellyleveque.com
Instagram: @bewellbykelly
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Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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176. Join the Glucose Revolution & Hack Your Blood Sugar with Jessie Inchauspé #FabulousFriends Apr 08, 2022

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Jessie Inchauspé is on a mission to translate cutting-edge science into easy tips that help people improve their physical and mental health.

Jessie is back on the show for a second time to promote her new upcoming book, Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar. She gives us approachable hacks to balance blood sugar that are digestible for anyone, no matter where they’re at.

You will learn about...

The importance of eating your food in the right order
Tips for eating out at restaurants
Acetic acid’s role in blood-sugar balance
The best ways to break your fast
The non-food impacts of glucose
How the menstrual cycle impacts glucose

Resources:

jessieinchauspe.com
Read: Glucose Revolution: The Life-Changing Power of Balancing Your Blood Sugar
Follow Jessie on Instagram: @glucosegoddess
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Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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175. Be a Genius in the Kitchen with Max Lugavere #FabulousFriends Apr 01, 2022

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Max Lugavere is a filmmaker, health and science journalist, and author of the New York Times bestselling books, Genius Foods and The Genius Life. He’s also the host of the chart-topping health podcast of the same name, The Genius Life. Max appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show, The Rachel Ray Show, and The Doctors, and he is passionate about sharing health, information, research, and tips with his community on Instagram. This April, he is releasing his first cookbook, Genius Kitchen: Over 100 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Make Your Brain Sharp, Body Strong, and Taste Buds Happy. We talk about his best tips for eating healthily without sacrificing taste.

You will learn about...

Why Max decided to make a cookbook
The meals to get you comfortable in the kitchen
How to have fun cooking
Expressing love through food
The importance of salting your food
Go-to healthy staples
Knowing what goes into your food

Resources:

maxlugavere.com
Pre-Order: Genius Kitchen
Listen: The Genius Life
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Connect with Kelly:

kellyleveque.com
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Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

Mentioned in this episode:

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