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#122: 2018 Holiday Gift Guide Nov 21, 2018

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One of my favorite posts of the year is the holiday gift guide. Most likely because I love scanning them as well. Plus, does anyone else have a hard time coming up with unique gift ideas? This is just one great way to find small companies or unique gifts that you can gift in love.

On today's podcast, I share my top 10 brands {plus I share some more insight into my recent Lyme Disease diagnosis - it's a special edition of breakfast with Alexa}. Take a listen and learn through my own words why I like these companies.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/122

#121: 5 Tips to Stay Healthy Through The Holidays Without Worrying About Food Nov 16, 2018

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The holidays are here - the most wonderful time of the year. That's not even sarcasm. I really do love everything about the holidays - I mean I love the pool too - but twinkling lights, laughter, lots of parties, what isn't there to love?

Of course, there is one big problem with the holidays and that's what you should be eating.

The food fears that leaves you strapped and starving or binging because you just don't care.

What if we could come to a happy middle ground where you can enjoy good food without the need to binge in rebellion to deprivation? That's what today is all about.

On this podcast, I share 5 quick tips to help you stay healthy through the holidays without worrying about food. Can that get an amen?

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/121

#120: Are You Practicing Gratitude All Wrong? Nov 14, 2018

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How could you practice gratitude all wrong? It seems like such a simple little task. Buy a journal, keep a list, repeat. Not too difficult.

But let me ask you this - when's the last time the practice of gratitude changed your life?

If it's the highest form of healing then shouldn't we be noticing a difference from this practice alone? This is the question I found myself asking after I attempted for the hundredth time to start a daily practice of gratitude.

It wasn't working - even my accountability partner didn't help it stick. It just made me feel guilty and stressed for not completely yet another list.

Funny isn't it? That something so easy could be one of the greatest struggles. I mean if I can wake up and workout at 5:15 am four mornings a week, why can't I practice gratitude?

Maybe I had it all backward?
Maybe I was doing it wrong?
Maybe I didn't know the system?

All the things I asked and all the stuff I'm answering on today's podcast.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/120

#119: The Two Foundations of Lasting Happiness Nov 06, 2018

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Happiness is - fill in the blank.

I don't know what happiness is to you but I'm do know what it's not. Thanks to learning this the hard way and chasing my way through life trying to catch up with it. Fortunately, I'm realizing very abruptly that happiness is none of the things I thought it would be and yet all of the things it needs to be.

Today on the podcast I interview the queen bee of happiness, through walking her own battle to find it, Alli Worthington. She is a three-time author, speaker, podcaster and one of my mentors who recently released her latest book The Year of Living Happy.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/119

#118: Why You Should Sit Down To Eat Nov 02, 2018

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Your mama probably told you a thousand times in your life and those exact words come out of my mouth no less than a hundred times every dinner at our home.

I don't know if it's human nature to just keep moving, all day every day but my girls can't sit down to eat. They may start out on their chair but slowly they begin squatting, then one leg on the chair one leg off, sometimes they're under the table others on the table and occasionally running around the table.

It's nonstop. But what I hope to teach them, once the wiggly early elementary years pass is there is a true health benefit to sitting down to eat and you'll better digest, absorb and utilize your food, plus it's good on your gut microbiome.

I mean double bonus right?

Make sure you listen to today's podcast to learn in less than 10 minutes why you should sit down to eat. It matters I promise you'll see changes in how you digest food, in how much you consume and how satisfied you are when you sit at the table with good company, or no company and really just focus on the goodness going in your belly.

Get all the details inside the podcast.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/118

#117: How To Stop Sugar Cravings Without Giving Up Sugar Oct 31, 2018

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If you've never had a craving then I question if you're even human? Because as biology states, cravings are necessary and normal. So the question is less about how you stop them and instead how you manage them for success.

Because if you're human, you're going to crave things.

Now I know that can be frustrating, but I promise you, learning to free yourself from the power of the craving and learning to channel that into health can make all of the difference.

Inside the podcast, I share the anatomy of a craving. Everything including the purpose, where cravings come from and how you can manage them. As you will learn, it's not just a matter of willpower, and you aren't weak if you can't overcome them. They are true biological and physiological process happening inside your body through many different enzymes, neurotransmitters, and hormones.

Complicated, sure?

But the truth, the answer to overcoming hormones is the answer I give for everything else. Find out the five ways to overcome your cravings inside. And keep reading to uncover the best kinds of sugar and chocolate you should be consuming.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/117

#116: What Your Body Type Tells You About What To Eat Oct 25, 2018

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Does our physical appearance tell us anything about what we should eat, how we should exercise and live? That's what we're uncovering today. Specifically what your body type tells you about what to eat and the concept of individual design.

Each body is different, we know that, and we can see that yet we still like to slap the same standards on a billion different bodies. The real truth is, one system will never work for everyone.

So what does work and how do you lose weight?

That's the question we dive into today on the podcast as I interview Megan Dalhman who will answer questions on individual design, somatotypes {or what your physical appearance could mean biologically} and the hierarchy of fat loss.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/116

#115: Body Weight Set Point: What It Is and How To Change It Oct 17, 2018

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Diets, fads, weight loss, it's all a part of the main-stream culture. And so deeply rooted into many of our lives. But do you ever wonder why it's so difficult to lose weight, let alone keep it off? That's what we're talking about today and how our weight set point determines how we lose, if we lose and how we'll keep it off.

I'm continually fascinated by the human body and reminded at just how powerful and intricate it can be. And body fat the dreaded thing we fear is no different. In fact, many experts now distinguish body fat as it's own organ system.

I'm half tempted to believe that body fat is so intricate we still are in the infancy stage of what we know about it. But what we do know is that losing weight is more complicated than just a generic equation dealing with calories.

We know that it can't possibly be a simple equation, because if it were, wouldn't we be a nation of thin, healthy people? If there were a simple solution, we'd all be thin.

But the question becomes, are we able to lose weight and keep it off? To beat the disturbing statistics that 97% of people who lose weight will gain it back an more. What? Why?

I wanted to know it all and bring the answer to you.

Today on the podcast we answer the questions:

Can you lose weight and keep it off?
What does this mean for your hormones and biology?
And more.

We dive into the broad subject of weight, body mass composition and give you answers on how to change it.

SPOILER ALERT: It's not what most diets teach. Tune in to find out.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/115

#114: 5 Ways to End Negative Self Talk and Change Your Health Oct 11, 2018

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I was convicted this weekend sitting at a conference, Jen Wilken is the speaker, and she spoke words that shot straight to the heart. Not in just one area but multiple, including our inner self-critic.

Who it is we call ourselves and how we talk to that person that we've made yourself to be.

It was a powerful message on standing true to your new name, who you are in Christ and positioning yourself to talk as any good parent would raise their child to talk to someone else and themselves.

Like a ton of bricks, it all came rolling in, what makes me think that continually beating myself up and talking worse to myself than I would to any other thing was okay? I mean did these insults I daily flung inside my mind change me? Did they make me better? Did they bring results?

No, none of it and believing that they would is a bunch of lies.

These words weren't just sitting in my mind, they were being stored, they were being used, and they are the driving force creating my actions. What I preach to myself every day, and what you preach to yourself every day is ultimately what our brain perceives and therefore responds accordingly.

So what are you thinking? What do you believe to be true and how is this driving your life. Thes questions are just a little glimmer of what we talk about on the podcast with guest expert Amy Van Slambrook.

Amy Van Slambrook is a licensed psychotherapist working to help heal past trauma's, strengthen relationships and help you live up to who you were designed to be. On the show I'm asking Amy:

How do your past trauma's affect your biology and beliefs?
How we can heal from past trauma's
The benefit of community and relationships in our mindset.
And so much more.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/114

#113: A Seasonal Guide for Fall & Winter: What to Eat & How to Live Oct 05, 2018

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To everything, there is a season, including us. As much as we don't have to live seasonally in the way we eat, thanks to the fresh produce section at the grocery store supplying everything nearly all year long or even live seasonally, our body still adjusts to the changing of the season.

You might not recognize it at first, but I think if we all peered a little longer we could see our bodies needs change with the seasons. Your need for sleep increases, your cravings change and your bodies ability to stay warm diminishes.

That's just the tip of the iceberg. Often our thirst increases, our ability to handle stress decreases and our urge to cuddle up under warm blanket skyrockets. These changes are all part of the seasonal cycle at work in and on your biological processes that are working to control your immunity, mind, metabolism, hormones, sleep cycles and more.

The problem is, we live in an age where we aren't forced to change seasonally, even though our body always is. This resistance to change is causing a lot of harm to these biological processes leading to seasonal affective disorder, weight gain, moodiness, exhaustion, weakness and more.

The good news - it's so easy to change. It just means working with your body instead of against it and helping it to stay warm and moist all winter long. In this podcast, I tell you exactly how to do that.

Learn more: https://simplerootswellness.com/113

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