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Balancing The Body Through Ayurvedic Medicine With Martha Soffer Jun 22, 2021

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Elizabeth welcomes Martha Soffer, internationally acclaimed Ayurvedic Panchakarma expert, Ayurvedic Chef, and Founder of Surya Spa in Santa Monica, CA. After experiencing the benefits of Martha’s detox and rebalancing program directly, Elizabeth wants to bring a little of that ancient wisdom and healing to her listeners. Martha discusses how we can bring in Ayurvedic healing practices in our busy, modern life and what wellness and food products are her tried and true loves. She discusses what Panchakarma is, how we can use information about our pulse health and Dosha to eat and move our way towards optimal health. Martha also shares a little bit about the mission behind Surya Spa and the types of programs they offer.

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Natural Remedies and Holistic Healing with Dr. Josh Axe Jun 15, 2021

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Dr. Josh Axe, DC, DNM, CNS, is the Founder of Ancient Nutrition and is a certified doctor of natural medicine and clinical nutritionist. He joins Elizabeth this week to share the story behind his path to natural medicine after helping his mom heal her cancer naturally, and why he is so passionate about ancient remedies. Dr. Axe discusses the difference between ancient personalized medicine and traditional Western medicine, how emotions affect certain organ systems in our body, his favorite superfoods, and mission towards regenerative agriculture.

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The Chocolate Cake That Changed Everything With Laurel Gallucci of Sweet Laurel Jun 08, 2021

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Ever since Elizabeth laid her eyes and taste buds on one of Sweet Laurel’s confectionary delights, she knew she could be a customer and friend of the brand for life. This week, Laurel Gallucci, CEO and Founder of Sweet Laurel, joins the show.

A lifelong home baker, Laurel was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease and needed to drastically change her own diet and lifestyle. This led her to combine her own knowledge of healing and passion for helping others to Sweet Laurel. Now, Sweet Laurel’s baked goods are known in Los Angeles and beyond for having some of the best tasting and visually appealing cakes, and the company has grown immensely with some exciting culinary plans on the horizon. Laurel talks more about how she built Sweet Laurel from a grassroots approach and how she met her co-founder Claire, a few of the company’s core ingredients that are non negotiables for great taste without sacrificing health, and how she stays sane and manages stress as a busy new parent.

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Harvard’s Mood-Food Expert On Eating For a Calm, Happy, and Energetic Life Jun 01, 2021

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Dr. Uma Naidoo is a triple threat in the food and medicine space, a Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef, and trained Nutrition Specialist. She founded and directs the first hospital-based Nutritional Psychiatry Service in the US, and has a wealth of knowledge in holistically integrating food into an overplan for wellness.

She joins Elizabeth this week to talk about how to up your game with food, the power of the gut/brain connection, and how food and lifestyle choices can change our mental conditions. Dr. Naidoo talks about her book This is Your Brain On Food and gives some items to add to your next grocery trip to support gut health and your mood. She also talks about what foods to try and avoid, and why.

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Intuitive Fasting, Gut Health, and Metaphysical Meals with Dr. Will Cole May 27, 2021

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Dr. Will Cole is a leading functional-medicine expert, best-selling author, and one of the top people Elizabeth turns to for her health and wellness advice. He joins the show this week to give a deeper glance into what Functional-Medicine does, and how we can use it as a tool to achieve our optimal health. Dr. Cole talks about the inspiration behind his new book, Intuitive Fasting, and why our society needs it now more than ever considering the high rate of issues with inflammation and metabolic conditions. He and Elizabeth discuss how to get into fasting, why it’s important, and a few gut healthy foods that are calming and restorative to the system.

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Connecting Soul and Science with Colleen and Jason Wachob of mindbodygreen May 19, 2021

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Chances are, at some point along your own journey in collecting information and inspiration about health and wellness, you have read an article or learned some groundbreaking news from this week’s guests. Colleen and Jason Wachob are the Co-Founders and CEOs of mindbodygreen, the media resource for all things wellness. Through their own healing journeys and relationship, they set a goal to provide a space for people to come and learn, share ideas, and gather a wealth of information about the latest in health to see what resonated for them on their personal journey. Not only did they meet that goal, but far exceeded it and now have a team of employees, their own supplement line, annual festival, and much more in the works. Colleen and Jason talk with Elizabeth about their “why” for starting mindbodygreen in 2009 and share how they each saw the true power in food, mind, and body from healing their own health challenges. This married power couple also talk about setting boundaries and the importance of blocking time and space for self care. Don’t miss the rapid fire Q&A at the end to hear what they feel is the best of the best right now both in new technology and time tested basics for health.

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Mindbodygreen | supplements | Instagram | Revitalize

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You Can’t Argue With Nature with Kris Buchanan from GOODONYA May 07, 2021

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Spreading Health and Happiness with Danielle of NuttZo May 07, 2021

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Welcome to Live Purely with Elizabeth, where your host Elizabeth Stein has candid conversations about how to thrive on your wellness journey with some of the biggest names in wellness and beyond. She kicks off the show by welcoming Danielle, the CEO and Founder of NuttZo Mixed Nut and Seed Butter. Danielle talks about starting NuttZo in her kitchen as a labor of love for her adopted sons from Ukraine to give them a complete protein in satisfying and delicious form. She shares the moment she knew NuttZo was growing toward bigger things, and the challenges she faced when launching her own company. She and Elizabeth also talk about the importance of self-care, her favorite NuttZo moment, and a few of Danielle's beauty favorites and “must haves!” Lastly, this busy and dedicated woman talks about her non-profit Project Left Behind.

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