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Whole Body Vibration (WBV) with Athletic Trainer Amber Kivett & Co-Founder of Lifepro Joel Gottehrer Mar 22, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Amber Kivett and Joel Gottehrer to talk about overuse injuries, the fascial system (connective tissue), foam rolling, and how whole body vibration can help.

There are so many great benefits to using a whole body vibration - from helping with one’s sleep pattern to maximizing weight loss, the vibrations tap into the nervous system which calms the body down and increases your ability to function throughout the day with less pain.

Amber Kivett is a hybrid coach specializing in a sports performance, strength, and agility. She is a licensed and certified athletic trainer with over 17 years of professional experience. Amber delivers a unique approach when working with clients. She offers a fusion of sports medicine, human performance, massage/bodywork principles.

Joel Gottehrer is the co-founder of LifePro. He and his co-founder both suffered from severe ACL injuries just a few months apart, and were left frustrated by the recovery equipment on the market. Seeing the benefits of Whole Body Vibration (WBV), the brand developed key recovery equipment missing from the market. Lifepro's commitment to its members' wellness journeys is seen through the evolution of existing products and introduction of new equipment designed to enhance recovery. Lifepro specializes in vibration platforms with a suite of products including multiple models of vibration plates, massage guns, vibrating foam rollers and more. Using vibration technology,

Unwinding Anxiety with Neuroscientist Dr. Jud Mar 15, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Dr. Jud, neuroscientist and author of Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind.

Dr. Jud's book is a step by step plan clinically proven to break the cycle of worry and fear that drives anxiety and addictive habits.

BOOK DESCRIPTION:

We are living through one of the most anxious periods any of us can remember. Whether facing issues as public as a pandemic or as personal as having kids at home and fighting the urge to reach for the wine bottle every night, we are feeling overwhelmed and out of control. But in this timely book, Judson Brewer explains how to uproot anxiety at its source using brain-based techniques and small hacks accessible to anyone.

We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work.

Distilling more than 20 years of research and hands-on work with thousands of patients, including Olympic athletes and coaches, and leaders in government and business, Dr. Brewer has created a clear, solution-oriented program that anyone can use to feel better - no matter how anxious they feel.

Roadmap to Uncovering Your True Self & Living a Joyful Life with Tracy LaLonde Mar 08, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Tracy LaLonde author of The Joychiever Journey: Evade Burnout, Surpass Your Goals, and Out-Happy Everyone. Loved our conversation and I hope you will too. There are things you can instantly do after the interview to get more joy.

Book Description: You’ve done everything right—attended a good school, landed a great job, bought things to fill your life, earned promotions, and maybe even became the boss. You’ve achieved success. All of that hard work has paid off. And you’re happy…aren’t you?

Sometimes the hardest goal to achieve is a rich, happy life.

Finding the balance between the nonstop parade of accomplishments and a joy-filled life can feel like a finish line you may never cross.

Like you, founder and speaker Tracy LaLonde was a stressed overachiever—until she took those skills and unapologetically aimed for happiness. In The Joychiever Journey, Tracy shares her comprehensive roadmap to uncovering your True Self and living a joyful life that is expressly yours.

In this book, you will garner a deeper understanding of yourself by exploring the 7 True Self Stops that include:

Simple ways to channel your strengths to invite more joy into your 9–5 workday.
Less stress, better sleep, and more effective exercise to boost your daily happiness.
The secret to healthy aging, reducing anxiety, and healing after adversity.
Guilt-free ways to prioritize “me-time” every day to help you replenish, recharge, and thrive.
How to retrain your brain towards positivity and transform from an overachiever to a Joychiever.

Change your life and make joy a regular mandate rather than a reward after finishing everything on your to-do list. The Joychiever Journey is your practical guide to dealing with stress, discovering what makes you happy, and striving for both joy and success—and enjoying the journey along the way.

Micro-goals, recipes, & more with Liz Weiss, MS, RD Mar 01, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Liz Weiss, MS, RD to talk about micro-goals, recipes, and more.

Liz is a registered dietitian nutritionist, and she's been passionate about healthy food and family nutrition for over 20 years. Helping families discover the joy of wholesome and delicious food is not just her job—it’s her mission.

Liz is the author of 5 cookbooks and has a podcast, "Liz's Healthy Table." Listening to Lisa and Liz is like listening to two old friends talking healthy living and food. Enjoy!

The Exercise Rx with Beth Frates, MD Feb 22, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Beth Frates, MD to talk about the many benefits of exercise in a way that might be new to you!

Elizabeth (Beth) Pegg Frates, MD is a pioneer in Lifestyle Medicine education, is an award-winning teacher at Harvard, and currently works with patients to help them adopt and sustain healthy habits. Dr. Frates’s interest in and passion for wellness started well before medical school. When Dr. Frates was 18 years old, her father suffered a heart attack and a stroke. He was only 52 at the time. This event sparked her interest in medicine, physiatry, and stroke, in particular. Dr. Frates went on to graduate magna cum laude from Harvard College, majoring in both psychology and biology. She then attended Stanford Medical School, interned at Mass General Hospital, and completed her residency in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School where she served as Chief Resident. After residency, Dr. Frates focused on stroke with an emphasis on stroke prevention. Fascinated empowering people to adopt healthy habits, Dr. Frates pursued further training in behavior change through health and wellness coaching programs as well as motivational interviewing training.

Since 1996, Dr. Frates has been on faculty at Harvard Medical School and has won multiple teaching awards for her work in many different pre-clinical core courses covering topics including nutrition, the musculoskeletal system, the central nervous system, the endocrine system, and an introduction to the medical profession. She also developed and taught a college Lifestyle Medicine curriculum at the Harvard Extension School, which is one of the most popular courses offered at the school and was chosen as a case study for successful courses. In an effort to guide other instructors and professors seeking to create their own Lifestyle Medicine program, Dr. Frates made the syllabus available online as a template through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM).

In 2008, Dr. Frates developed the concept of a Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG) for medical schools that do not currently offer a course on Lifestyle Medicine and has been successfully running an LMIG at Harvard Medical School (HMS) since that time. These LMIGs offer a parallel curriculum for students interested in healthy habits to learn about basic concepts in Lifestyle Medicine through lunch and learn lectures. As Board Liaison for the Professionals In Training (PiT) at ACLM, Dr. Frates created standardized PowerPoints on Lifestyle Medicine basics, exercise prescription, nutrition, and behavior change for faculty and students wanting to launch LMIGs at their school. Dr. Frates and her family also created the Donald A. Pegg Award in memory of her father to provide additional support to students starting LMIGs and cover travel expenses to the national ACLM meeting. After being elected to the Board of Directors at ACLM, Dr. Frates continued to define the scope of this new specialty by serving as a board item writer for the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine, which is the first certifying body for Lifestyle Medicine. In recognition of these contributions, Dr. Frates was voted president of ACLM in August 2020.

Dr. Frates is also an accomplished author, having published several books, medical textbooks, and calendars. After co-authoring a book titled “Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke”, Dr. Frates spent a great deal of time lecturing and writing about health and prevention topics, including nutrition and exercise. More recently, her book titled “The Lifestyle Medicine Handbook: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits”was included in a list of the 100 Best Medicine Books of All Time by BookAuthority.

Nourishing Body and Mind through Ayurvedic Seasonal Recipes, Rituals, and Yoga Feb 15, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Claire Ragozinno who talks about her book, Living Ayurveda: Nourishing Body and Mind through Seasonal Recipes, Rituals, and Yoga.

Book Description:

Nourishment comes in many forms—it's the food you eat, how you breathe and move your body, and the way you establish your daily routine. Living Ayurveda weaves together the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and Yoga in a modern, accessible way to provide a season-by-season guide for living a vibrantly rich year. Part cookbook, part lifestyle manual, each chapter includes simple vegetarian recipes, seasonal rituals, and self-care practices to cultivate your inner wisdom and feed your body, mind, and spirit.

In this book, you'll find:

• 80+ delicious vegetarian recipes to balance the body and strengthen digestion through the seasons

• Illustrated menu guides and cooking tips that demystify the process of building a balanced meal

• Yoga sequences and breathing techniques to help align with the energy of each season

• Seasonal rituals based on moon cycles to strengthen your intuition and develop a personal routine at home

Learn from ancient wisdom to know yourself intimately, be open to new discoveries, and see where this path takes you to allow a deeper wisdom to blossom in your life.

Stretch, Strengthen, Live, and Thrive with CFS Matt Peale Feb 08, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Corrective Exercise Specialist and Personal Trainer Matt Peale to talk about his book, The Athlete In The Game Of Life: Stretch, Strengthen, Live, And Thrive.

Book Description: You might be a hardworking forty-plus professional―but sitting and staring at screens all day is taking its toll on your body. Or maybe you’re an older adult who loves to stay active―but aches and pains are preventing you from playing tennis, golf, or another favorite pastime. Pain medication provides a temporary fix, but doctors have no idea how to help you long-term.

Matt Peale does. A certified Corrective Exercise Specialist with decades of experience in fitness training, Matt specializes in helping executives and “active agers” lose the pain and get back into the game. In this book, he’ll break down the five most vulnerable pain points in your body and provide the exercises that will bring you relief.

The Science and Practice of Keto with Gary Taubes Feb 01, 2021

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Lisa is joined by Gary Taubes an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI.org). He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the first print journalist to win this award three times.) Taubes graduated from Harvard College in 1977 with an S.B. degree in applied physics, and received an M.S. degree in engineering from Stanford University (1978) and in journalism from Columbia University (1981).

He joins Lisa to talk about his latest book, The Case for Keto: Rethinking Weight Control and the Science and Practice of Low-Carb/High-Fat Eating

Here is the book description:

Based on twenty years of investigative reporting and interviews with 100 practicing physicians who embrace the keto lifestyle as the best prescription for their patients' health, Gary Taubes gives us a manifesto for the twenty-first-century fight against obesity and diabetes.

For years, health organizations have preached the same rules for losing weight: restrict your calories, eat less, exercise more. So why doesn't it work for everyone? Taubes, whose seminal book Good Calories, Bad Calories and cover stories for The New York Times Magazine changed the way we look at nutrition and health, sets the record straight.

The Case for Keto puts the ketogenic diet movement in the necessary historical and scientific perspective. It makes clear the vital misconceptions in how we've come to think about obesity and diet (no, people do not become fat simply because they eat too much; hormones play the critical role) and uses the collected clinical experience of the medical community to provide essential practical advice.

Taubes reveals why the established rules about eating healthy might be the wrong approach to weight loss for millions of people, and how low-carbohydrate, high-fat/ketogenic diets can help so many of us achieve and maintain a healthy weight for life.

The Mental & Emotional Side of Physical Transformation with Drew Manning Oct 27, 2020

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Lisa is joined by Drew Manning to discuss the emotional and mental side of physical transformation, as well as what he learned from his "fit-to-fat-to-fit" experiment.

From www.bradkearns.com

Drew Manning burst onto the global fitness scene back in 2011 with his incredible “Fit to Fat to Fit” experiment, where he deliberately gained 75 pounds of fat in six months. A lifelong competitive athlete and chiseled personal trainer, Drew purposely let himself transition to obese and inactive in an effort to connect and empathize better with his clients

Stretching is VITAL for OPTIMAL HEALTH! Oct 20, 2020

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Lisa is joined by Hollis Lance Liebman, "Trainer to the Stars," Hollis Lance Liebman's book, 1,500 Stretches: The Complete Guide to Flexibility and Movement, has the complete collection of stretches organized by body part: back, calf, hamstrings, chest, and many more.