Be Well by Kelly Leveque

Latest Episodes:

74. Supporting Children’s Neural Development - with Dr. Marion Van Horn #FabulousFriends Jan 29, 2021

Show notes

Dr. Marion Van Horn is a Research Associate at the Montreal Neurological Institute whose work focuses on brain development, developmental plasticity, and synaptic pruning. She is also a mom of three, and as a mom, she has some amazing techniques for supporting your kids’ brain development. We also dive into how we can protect ourselves and our families from COVID-19.

You will learn about...

What Dr. Marion researches in her lab
What neuroplasticity is and how to support it within children
The importance of play for kids
The benefits of lowering expectations
How much time we need to spend outside
Getting enough sleep and sticking to a routine
Improving synaptic pruning
The role of nutrition in cognitive development
How we can support ourselves against COVID-19 during pregnancy

Resources:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marion-van-horn-phd-b937b35
Twitter: @marionvanhorn
Read: "Why We Sleep"

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

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73. The Link Between Digestive Wellness & Fertility - with Brooke Boskovich #WellnessWednesdays Jan 27, 2021

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Brooke Boskovich is a licensed and registered dietitian who goes by @the.fertility.dietitian on Instagram. She dives deep into the impact of nutrition on fertility, preconception health, egg and sperm quality, and the role that gut health plays in all of it. She is also just off maternity leave herself, and we talk about the challenges of adapting to that new role.

You will learn about...

The barriers to optimal fertility
Bringing the gut back into balance
How to impact and increase sperm quality
Improving your egg quality
Toxins and supplements to avoid to help fertility
How Brooke healed her gut health

Resources:

brookebnutrition.com
Instagram: @the.fertility.dietitian

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

Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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72. Taking Care of Your Pelvic Floor - with Allison Oswald #FabulousFriends Jan 15, 2021

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Allison Oswald is a PT in women’s health, and she helps so many women make sure their pelvic floor is ready to go pre-, during, and post-labor. She went to Loyola Marymount University for her undergrad and Mount Saint Mary’s for PT school, ran a Plumb Line Pilates Studio for a number of years, and has helped some of Hollywood’s A-listers. She delves into and debunks some of the false beliefs women have around birth.

You will learn about...

What you should be thinking about regarding alignment and pelvic floor during pregnancy
Making sure your pelvic systems are working correctly
What working with a pelvic floor therapist looks like
What to be aware of with your alignment
Tips to set yourself up for success
Behaviors to avoid

Resources:

allisonoswald.com
Instagram: @allisonoswald

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

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71. Master Your Menstrual Cycle & Optimize Your Fertility - with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack #WellnessWednesdays Jan 13, 2021

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Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified fertility awareness educator, a holistic reproductive health practitioner, and the author of “The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize Your Fertility.” She helps health-conscious women discover the connection between their menstrual cycles and their overall health so they can ditch hormonal birth control forever. Unfortunately, our education system has failed to teach us about this stuff, so she’s here to educate us on how to take control of our fertility. This is the kind of information we all should have been taught, and Lisa is not going to wait around for the school system to decide it’s important. Let’s take control of our own education and our bodies so that we can make informed decisions for ourselves.

You will learn about...

How prevalent infertility and subfertility are
The challenges associated with fertility as we age
How hormonal birth control affects our body and ovulation cycle
Managing pain around your menstruation
The supplements we can take to clear our system after transitioning off the pill
Supplements men should take to increase sperm quality
Tracking your ovulation
Some of the major causes of infertility

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

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

Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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70. Women’s Hormones, PCOS, & Menopause - with Dr. Felice Gersh #WellnessWednesdays Dec 16, 2020

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Dr. Felice Gersh is a board-certified OB-GYN and Integrative Medicine practitioner. She taught as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Keck USC School of Medicine for 12 years, and she is the founder and director of the Integrative Medical Group of Irvine. She dives deep into PCOS, menopause, and how the two have quite a lot in common. Every woman should understand how their bodies work so they can take ownership and control of the direction their health and their life goes.

You will learn about...

What PCOS is and the symptoms of it
Where your testosterone levels should be under normal circumstance
What causes the adrenal effects of PCOS
Supporting natural puberty
When menopause starts in women and what it means
Optimal ranges for estrogen and progesterone

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

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

Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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69. Conquering Self-Doubt & Achieving Your Dreams - with Lewis Howes #FabulousFriends Dec 11, 2020

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Lewis Howes is a bestselling author, lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance business coach, keynote speaker, former professional football player, a two-sport All-American, and the host of the top 100 podcast The School of Greatness. He’s taken his struggles and trauma to become a phenomenal business success and a motivational resource to so many other entrepreneurs trying to break out and cut a new road for themselves.

You will learn about...

Turning the hardest time in his life into opportunity
Retaining motivation after hitting rock bottom
Finding role models and being coachable
Focusing on wins and enjoying the process
The common traits of the greatest people in the world
The habits that create a millionaire mindset
Donating your time and money
Building multiple streams of income

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

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

Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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68. Trimester Zero: Helping Couples Have Healthy Children - with Dr. Afrouz Demeri #WellnessWednesdays Dec 09, 2020

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Dr. Afrouz Demeri is a naturopathic doctor focused on women’s health. The more women she saw, she started to realize that the root cause of most women’s health struggles was in their childhood, whether it was how physical they were, how they ate, their medical treatment, emotional status, or any other number of issues. She started to focus on pediatrics, but there were still issues, so she started to look at pregnancy and the parents to help prevent many of the issues she was seeing. During her own pregnancy, she became aware of all the personal health issues she had that nobody was testing for, and she became passionate about helping couples have healthy children — starting before they try getting pregnant.

You will learn about...

How we can impact the future health of children before birth
Giving children the best chance for success
What you can and can’t control—and being okay with that
How who you are impacts what you should eat
Getting a full hormone assessment to see where you stand
Increasing sperm quality
Making one change at a time
Simplifying and minimizing your life

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

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

Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

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67. From Hormone Imbalance to Hormones in Balance - with Candace Burch #FabulousFriends Dec 04, 2020

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Candace Burch is a hormone health educator and founder of Your Hormone Balance, a hormone testing and consulting practice that helps people of all ages correct hormone imbalances that negatively impact health and longevity. She’s also a co-founder of the educational non-profit Women In Balance, and her mission as a wellness advocate is to educate, inspire, and guide women towards safe, natural approaches to hormone balance and breast cancer prevention.

You will learn about...

The signs of a hormone imbalance
Getting a sense of your hormone levels
Preventing estrogen dominance
Rebalancing your cortisol levels to get balanced energy
Getting a balanced diet
Adaptogens and other supplements to support balance

Resources:

yourhormonebalance.com
Get $100 off a hormone test kit using code BEWELLBYKELLY
Instagram: @yourhormonebalance
Facebook: facebook.com/YourHormoneBalance

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

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66. PCOS and Fighting for the Unheard - with Melissa Groves Azzaro #WellnessWednesdays Dec 02, 2020

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There is such a lack of awareness and understanding around women’s health issues and diagnoses, and it’s important to be our own advocates. To that end, Melissa Groves Azzaro is going to help us all understand women’s health better. She’s an integrative and functional medicine dietitian specializing in women’s health and hormones, PCOS, fertility, and hormone testing. Melissa launched her first book, "A Balanced Approach to PCOS," earlier this year, and she has so much valuable information to share about this silent disease.

You will learn about...

Melissa’s personal story and how she got into the life of a hormone dietitian
How hormone imbalance is so often at the root of health issues
Hormone production in the body
Recommendations for sleep and stressors to get your hormones on track
Things to avoid for your hormone health

Resources:

Connect with Kelly:

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

Be Well By Kelly is a production of Crate Media

Mentioned in this episode:

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65. Bonus Episode: Kelly LeVeque on Whiskey & Work Nov 27, 2020

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In celebration of Be Well By Kelly hitting the massive milestone of 2 million downloads, we’re releasing two bonus episodes this week, sharing interviews I did on two other podcasts. This interview first broadcast on the Whiskey & Work podcast, where my friend Kelsey Murphy and I both open up about emotional experiences we’ve had in 2020 and give a sneak peek into our personal lives. This is a conversation about what’s truly important in life.

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