Be Well by Kelly Leveque

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34. Elevate Your Cooking & Eat What You Want - with Gaby Dalkin #WellnessWednesdays Jun 17, 2020

Show notes

Today’s guest is Gaby Dalkin of What’s Gaby Cooking. She’s a trained chef, recipe developer, cookbook author, and entrepreneur, and her latest cookbook — “Eat What You Want” — will have you drooling. She’s really down to earth, really fun, and someone I’ve personally learned from over the years. She has helped me elevate my cooking skills in the kitchen, and I know she will do the same for you.

You will learn about...

(03:15) When Gaby fell in love with cooking
(09:04) Jumping into blogging full-time
(14:40) Investing in professional photography
(18:51) Getting a book deal
(24:59) The inspiration behind “Eat What You Want”
(29:12) Some of Gaby’s favorite recipes
(32:06) Chef hacks and go-to ingredients
(37:29) Sourcing proteins and vegetables

Resources:

Learn more: whatsgabycooking.com
Instagram: @whatsgabycookin
Read: “Eat What You Want”
Podcast: whatsgabycooking.com/category/podcasts
County Line Harvest: countylineharvest.com
Sitka Salmon Shares: sitkasalmonshares.com

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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33. The Primemester to your Superbaby - with Dr. Cleopatra Kamperveen #WellnessWednesdays Jun 10, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Cleopatra Kamperveen is a scientist and university professor specializing in the intersection of reproductive health, human flourishing, and how health is transmitted from one generation to the next. She provides fertility and pregnancy consulting to women and families nationally and internationally through her signature In Bloom programs, inner circle, and personalized, comprehensive one-on-one consulting. She’s conducted research on tens of thousands of women of all colors, ages, shapes and sizes, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, language preferences, and professions to examine how they transmit physical health and emotional wellbeing to their children. I could go on and on with all the accolades she’s accomplished, but I am really excited for what she’s here to talk about — empowering yourself to take charge of your pregnancy and having the Superbaby you’ve always dreamed of!

You will learn about...

(07:05) What the “primemester” is and how to have a superbaby
(13:08) Lowering the chances of genetic abnormalities
(17:58) How feeling safer affects your reproductive system
(26:18) Figuring out how to make our thoughts our best friend
(29:09) The effects of stress hormones on your sex hormones
(34:20) What a superbaby is
(44:14) Avoiding the term “infertility”
(53:05) The importance of sperm in the equation
(59:33) Inflammation as the root cause of fertility challenges
(01:01:40) Influencing your AMH levels

Resources:

Learn more: drcleopatra.com
Free Fertility Checklist: fertilitypregnancy.org
Instagram: @doctor_cleopatra
Instagram: @fertilitypregnancy
The Primemester Protocol: drcleopatra.com/protocol

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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32. Creating a Personalized & Holistic Approach to Wellness - with mindbodygreen's Jason & Colleen Wachob #FabulousFriends Jun 01, 2020

Show notes

Jason and Colleen Wachob founded mindbodygreen, the most trusted website in the health and wellness space, amidst a personal health crisis. Today, their site has articles written by some of the most trusted names in health and industry visionaries. They share the story of what inspired mindbodygreen, how everyone has been thinking about health and wellness so wrong, and what their vision represents for the future of health.

You will learn about...

(02:18) How mindbodygreen got started
(10:50) Living the life you want to lead
(12:19) The red flags around clotting
(21:10) Lowering your homocysteine levels
(24:58) The process of creating a supplement
(33:58) Advice from the best holistic practitioners in the world
(38:23) Cultivating holistic wellness
(44:36) Protecting movement time during COVID-19
(55:12) Listening to your body needs

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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31. Fuel Your Body with Fiber & Optimize Your Health - with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz #WellnessWednesdays May 27, 2020

Show notes

I am obsessed with fiber and leafy greens, so I’m in good company with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. He is a Vanderbilt undergrad. He went to Georgetown for medical school and completed his residency at Northwestern. He then followed that up with a fellowship at Chapel Hill. Now he’s a practicing gastro, he’s obsessed with plants and fiber, and he just published an awesome book, “Fiber Fuel: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome.” I finished reading in just one night! Your gut is so involved in every other part of your body, and we get into how you can start taking control of your diet and get on the right path.

You will learn about...

(01:46) Discovering the importance of diet on health
(09:19) The difference between prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics
(15:44) Finding the optimal amount of fiber to take for you
(22:48) How fiber relates to hormone health and estrogen
(30:26) The benefits of various prebiotic supplements
(32:49) Getting more plant-based diversity into your diet
(41:44) The relation between your gut and metabolism
(48:50) Fat for your gut health
(54:34) The three supplements every American should be taking
(58:14) How your lifestyle affects your gut

Resources:

Theplantfedgut.com
Instagram: @theguthealthmd
Order “Fiber Fuel from a local bookstore

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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30. Changing the Baby Food Industry for the Better - with Joe & Serenity Carr from Serenity Kids #FabulousFriends May 22, 2020

Show notes

After healing their own health problems by eliminating sugars and processed foods from their diets, Serenity and Joe Carr set out to change the baby food industry — and they have. They found that there was a hole in the market and that the availability of healthy baby food was… well, they didn’t exist. This led to co-founding the family-owned and operated Serenity Kids. So many baby foods are deficient in protein while being packed with processed sugars and grains, plus lacking in brain-healthy fat, but Serenity Kids isn’t one of them. We explore their personal health stories, how they stumbled upon the formulation for their baby food, and the struggles that came along with bringing a brand new product to market. Their story is so inspiring and I can’t wait to see what’s to come from Serenity Kids!

You will learn about...

(01:52) How Joe & Serenity’s journey started
(13:20) Starting a paleo diet
(16:28) The nutritional factors of mothers milk
(23:52) The importance of fat in baby food
(35:50) Launching the brand
(39:11) Production issues
(52:51) The problems in our market and food sources
(58:21) The Clean Label Project

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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29. Taking Care of Your Body to Unlock Your Life - with Robin Berzin, MD from Parsley Health #WellnessWednesdays May 20, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Robin Berzin is someone I look up to personally: she is a mom of two, a functional MD, and the founder and CEO of Parsley Health — a doctor’s office that is so much more than just a doctor’s office. They look at the whole body, offering health coaching and MDs to find the root of your problems. We’re all dealing with the crisis of COVID-19 right now and looking for ways to feel our best both mentally and physically, and Robin has plenty of advice on how you can achieve that.

You will learn about...

(01:31) What you can do to stay healthy at home
(04:16) How to ditch the snacks and stop grazing
(07:25) The side effects of starting your day with high cortisol and insulin
(09:54) Thoughts about oat milk
(12:23) How adaptogens can support people in high stress
(16:41) The supplements everyone should be taking
(21:04) Methylated b-vitamins
(27:41) What it looks like to be a patient at Parsley Health
(34:58) The inflammatory markers to look out for
(38:14) How thyroid and adrenal hormones affect sex hormones
(41:13) Advice for supporting fertility
(45:42) The mixture of Western and holistic medicine

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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28. Saturn Return, Stepping Into Your Power, & Showing Up - with Krista Williams & Lindsey Simcik from Almost 30 #FabulousFriends May 15, 2020

Show notes

Today’s guests are two down-to-earth girls on a journey to make wellness, health, and spirituality accessible to all of us. Krista Williams and Lindsey Simcik are the hosts of Almost 30, which was nominated by iHeartRadio as the best health podcast in 2019 and as the best spirituality podcast in 2020. Today, we’re going to chat about their journey — what it took to start their podcast, how their lives have changed in the process, and the wellness modalities they use personally to love and support their own bodies.

You will learn about...

(03:14) Starting their podcast + friendship
(08:03) How this podcast has affected their lives
(11:49) How to follow through
(13:43) Podcasting as a living journal
(18:15) The modalities that have made the biggest impact
(25:13) Krista’s reiki practice
(32:03) Explaining breathwork and EMDR
(41:24) Advice for people in their late 20’s

Resources:

Learn more at almost30.com
Instagram: instagram.com/almost30podcast
Krista: instagram.com/itskrista
Lindsey: instagram.com/lindseysimcik

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:

BWBK Protein Powder | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at bewellbykelly.com.

27. Healing Your Hormones, Mastering Oxytocin, & Moving Through Trauma - with Dr. Anna Cabeca #WellnessWednesdays May 13, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Anna Cabeca is a triple board-certified OBGYN, mother of four girls, and the author of the best-selling books The Hormone Fix and Keto-Green 16. She’s surround by estrogen and knows all about it! Her story — which starts off incredibly sad, but don’t worry, has a happy ending — is so inspiring. After a personal tragedy followed by early onset menopause, Dr. Anna embarked on a journey around the world looking for healing practices and healing foods and managed to reverse her early menopause and incorporate what she learned into her own medical practice, helping thousands of women.

You will learn about...

(04:23) The effects of stress hormones on the body
(07:25) Starting a healthy detox
(12:16) How your stress changes your acidity
(18:07) How your PH value and ketosis affect fertility
(25:46) Maintaining a healthy lifestyle
(28:44) Mastering your oxytocin
(37:40) Moving through trauma effectively
(43:07) Heart-breathing exercise
(45:51) Tips for dealing with endometriosis and ovarian cysts

Resources:

Learn more at dranna.com
Read: Keto-Green 16
Read: The Hormone Fix
Keto Calc: dranna.com/ketocalc
Facebook: facebook.com/drannacabeca
Instagram: @drannacabeca

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:

BWBK Protein Powder | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at bewellbykelly.com.

26. All About Ketosis: Is It Right For You? - with Dr. Anthony Gustin DC, MS #WellnessWednesdays May 06, 2020

Show notes

Dr. Anthony Gustin grew up thinking it was normal to be sick, overweight, and covered in acne — that was all he’d ever experienced. As he started learning about science, he became obsessed with altering his diet and exercise routine in order to completely transform himself. But that was just the beginning of his health journey because he realized that health and wellness go so much deeper than your outward appearances. Eventually, he developed a foundational system for health and exercise that made sense.

Dr. Anthony’s mission is to help others achieve optimal health and wellbeing, too, through movement, nutrition, stress management, and sleep. This mission led to founding Equip Foods, co-founding of Perfect Keto, and writing the book Keto Answers.

You will learn about...

(01:29) Protecting your weekends and shutting down
(03:42) Lessons to learn during the quarantine
(06:41) Working on high-end athletes and trickling that information down to everyone else
(14:01) The launch of Equip Foods
(22:18) How ketosis plays a role in Dr. Anthony’s life
(27:39) Focusing on what’s important to you
(29:50) What is nutritional ketosis?
(38:45) You don’t need keto to lose fat
(46:30) Where to start when building a holistic health lifestyle
(53:05) Advice for better sleep

Resources:

Learn more at dranthonygustin.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dranthonygustin
Perfect Keto: perfectketo.com
Equip Foods: equipfoods.com
Read: Keto Answers

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:

BWBK Protein Powder | Get $10 off your order with PODCAST10 at bewellbykelly.com.

25. Hashimoto’s: Healing Through Food or Full Remission on a Grain-Free Diet - with Laurel Gallucci #FabulousFriends May 01, 2020

Show notes

Laurel Gallucci is the founder of the very popular grain-free bakery Sweet Laurel Bakery (everything they make is delicious and worth every bite, by the way). She is also the author of the Sweet Laurel cookbook which shares all the recipes from her bakery, and she’s set to come out with a savory cookbook next.

Sweet Laurel isn’t just a name—she is truly one of the sweetest people I know! After going grain-free on an autoimmune protocol paleo diet, Laurel completely reversed her Hashimoto’s disease, is now in remission, and no longer has to take synthetic hormones. With the number of people out there being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, I really need more people to hear her story.

You will learn about...