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EP #1137: Keto Carbs Cookbook for Beginners with Lolita Carrico for Ultimate Self-Care Oct 27, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Lolita Carrico who is passionate about KETO and it goes way beyond losing weight. Lolita talks about KETO and her new book, Keto Carbs Cookbook for Beginners: Favorites Made Low Carb to Kick-Start Your Diet.About Lolita Carrico:
A certified nutritionist and home chef with a love for entertaining and experimenting with food, Lolita Carrico created Ketology after struggling for years with her own hormonal changes and weight gain. After having two children, she found that managing her weight and mood became more and more of a struggle. After researching the ketogenic diet thoroughly and understanding the science and nutritional aspects, she began her keto journey in 2018. Within three months, she found that she not only shed 25 pounds of stubborn fat, but her mood improved and her focus sharpened.A self-proclaimed nerd, she poured herself even deeper into the science of Ketosis and specifically why it is such an important way of life for women, especially women approaching or over 40 years old. Despite a busy career running her own marketing agency, she then decided to get certified in the field of nutrition to further understand how our bodies interact with food and its effects on our health. Since 2018, KetologyLife.com has been a resource for women to learn about a keto lifestyle and get daily recipes and tips from Lolita. Follow her on Instagram or TikTok @ketologylife
Book description:
You’re ready to go keto but you don’t want to give up the high-carb foods you love. Now you can have your cake (and pizza and bread) while reaping the benefits of a keto diet at the same time. With easy-to-find ingredients and step-by-step instructions, this beginner-friendly cookbook will show you how. Best of all, these must-try recipes mimic your favorite high-carb foods.

100 keto carb-lover recipes—From Belgian-Style Waffles to Chicken Quesadillas, these traditional favorites have been re-imagined to fit the macros of a keto diet without sacrificing any of their taste, texture, or comfort.
Keto cooking 101—Whether you’re new to keto or just need a little refresher, this cookbook helps you familiarize yourself with keto fundamentals and discover ingenious tips for success.
21-day meal plan—Three weeks of meal charts, shopping lists, and prep-ahead advice will get you started, so you can be efficient with your time and money.

Enjoy delicious low-carb versions of the high-carb foods you love with the Keto Carbs Cookbook for Beginners.

EP #1136: ADHD Self-Care: Medication and Beyond with Walt Karniski, MD Oct 25, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Walt Karniski, MD, a developmental pediatrician who joins Lisa to talk about ADHD and his book, ADHD Medication: Does it Work and Is it Safe.
Walt Karniski, MD trained at Boston Children’s Hospital. He was director of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, for fifteen years. He then opened a private practice and for twenty years, evaluated and treated children with ADHD, autism, anxiety, learning disabilities, and other developmental difficulties. During that time, he developed and operated three private schools for children with ADHD, anxiety, and learning disabilities. Over the forty years he has been practicing, he has evaluated and treated close to ten thousand children, conducted numerous studies of brain activity in children, and has been director of a child abuse program and a program for enhancing development in children born prematurely. Dr. Karniski approaches each child as a unique individual, with distinctive strengths and weaknesses, where the diagnosis does not matter as much as understanding the specific needs of that child. His new book is ADHD Medication: Does It Work and Is It Safe? (Roman & Littlefield, May 15, 2022). Learn more at: adhdmedicationbook.com
ADHD is one of the most common problems that pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, and pediatric psychiatrists manage. Most studies indicate that 6-8 percent of children have ADHD. Approximately seventy-four million children live in the United States, and these studies all support the finding that ADHD affects approximately five million of them. And that doesn’t include adults with ADHD.Because there are no medical tests to definitively “make a diagnosis” of ADHD, it is easy for critics to dismiss it as a disorder fabricated by doctors, teachers, and pharmaceutical companies. Some parents blame themselves and react with guilt, believing that they should have raised their child differently. So, when presented with the diagnosis is it any wonder that parents might react with confusion, guilt or denial? It doesn’t matter how often ADHD occurs in the overall population. What matters is what happens to your child. What matters is that a short attention span, distractibility, and impulsivity produce adverse consequences in childhood and as adults. But here is the good news: Treatment with medication significantly decreases the frequency of those undesirable outcomes. In ADHD Medication, Dr. Walt Karniski uses his 40 years of experience as a developmental pediatrician to address important concerns that parents have about the use of medication for the treatment of ADHD, explaining what medication can do for your child, what it cannot do, and how to use medication in a safe way.

EP #1135: Reclaiming Body Trust for Ultimate Self-Care Oct 20, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Hilary Kinavey, M.S., LPC and Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D. the creators of the Center for Body Trust to talk about their book, RECLAIMING
BODY TRUST® A PATH TO HEALING AND LIBERATION
Hilary Kinavey, M.S., LPChas supported people who are healing from disordered eating, body shame, and the impact of weight bias and other traumas. Her work, as a therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, and writer, has been a study of what interrupts our sense of wholeness and how we can return to ourselves in a culture that profits from fragmentation. She has additional training in workshop facilitation, mind-body coaching, and radical relating. She is a sought-after speaker on topics such as weight-inclusive approaches, weight bias, Body Trust®, and the intersections of activism and the helping professions. She offers consultation andtraining for organizations and professional groups.
Dana Sturtevant, M.S., R.D., is a registered dietitian who helps people divest from diet culture and move toward a more compassionate, embodied form of radical self-care. Her work as a speaker, educator, and trainer focuses on humanizing health care, advancing health equity, and advocating for body sovereignty and food justice. As a sought-after speaker and writer, Sturtevant is a champion for compassionate, weight-inclusive models of care and offers supervision, training, and consultation for helping professionals and health care organizations.
Informed by the personal body stories of the hundreds of people they have worked with, RECLAIMING BODY TRUST delineates an intersectional, social justice−orientated path to healing in three phases: The Rupture, The Reckoning, and The Reclamation. Throughout, readers will be anchored by the authors’ innovative and revolutionary Body Trust framework to discover a pathway out of a rigid, mechanistic way of thinking about the body and into a more authentic, sustainable way to occupy and nurture our bodies. Highlights from the book & interview include:· The body mass index has racist origins and was never intended to be used as a measure of health. It was developed by a mathematician in the nineteenth century to look at the distribution of weight across a population of white people. It is being used to stigmatize and pathologize people’s bodies. BMI is not a vital sign.· There’s no evidence- based treatment for high body weight that leads to sustained weight loss two to five years out. The most consistent effect of weight loss at two years is weight gain.· There is research to show how weight stigma, racism, and other body- based oppressions, as well as other social determinants of health, have a far greater impact on our health and well- being than personal lifestyle behaviors. The truth is, lifestyle factors (health behaviors) actually account for 5 to 25 percent of the differences in health outcomes.· If we really care about people’s health, we need to be fighting for things like racial justice, access to non- stigmatizing health care, living wages, clean air, and more.· Body Trust is about healing your relationship with food and body, not perfecting health behaviors. Body Trust helps people develop sustainable self- care behaviors instead of all the yo- yo dieting, yo- yo fitness, and weight cycling that diet culture enables, and research shows, negatively impact health. People are not required to pursue health to be deemed worthy of love, respect, and belonging.

EP #1134: Tips on Eating Super Herbs and Spices for Ultimate Self-Care Oct 18, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Cindy Burrows who talks about her book. Tips on Eating Super Herbs and Spices: Culinary and Medicinal. Cindy's readers discover in-depth information about “super herbs and spices” to incorporate daily into their diets to help maintain or enhance their overall wellness. Cindy and Lisa talk about a lot of this in their interview.
Cindy Burrows has a B.S. and Medical Technology degree from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. She is an experienced herbalist who attended the East West School of Planetary Herbology in Santa Cruz, Calif., and the Nutrition Wellness program at the Wellness Forum in Ohio. Burrows has been a Natural Health Consultant, and produced her own herbal products, selling them at the local Austin Farmers Market in Texas. She coached and advised many clients to make a refreshing difference in their health habits. As a freelance writer and speaker for groups and conferences, she has imparted expert advice on alternative health and herbs. She assisted many health website- s by writing articles on products and foods. She also served as president of the Austin Herb Society. To learn more, please visit cindyburrowsauthor.com.Burrows shares recipes featuring these herbs and spices - from garlic to lemongrass, true cinnamon to ginger root - to help readers add flavor and health benefits to their food and beverages. Her recipes include drinks and teas, salads and sauces, soups and main entrees, and even desserts.Cindy - “Many people are interested in finding ways to help themselves look and feel better as they age,” Burrows said. “I want to help people understand how super herbs and spices defend our bodies against disease and promote longevity. We can wake up our bodies by connecting with the fresh flavors and aromas from the plant kingdom.”After starting her career in conventional medicine, Burrows’ desire to learn more about vitamins set her on a journey of discovery about natural health. She attended nutrition and herbal classes, and began creating her own teas, tonics, tinctures and more. Soon after, she began teaching classes and writing for natural health outlets, educating people looking to take better care of their health.Cindy - “My book is based on the health benefits I’ve seen in my own life. My hope is to help those who are looking to use natural plants to aid in their health and wellness, and explore the extraordinary world of herbs and spices in everyday food,” said Burrows.

EP #1133: Beauty from the Inside Out & the Outside In for Ultimate Self-Care Oct 13, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Ben Johnson, MD who talks about treating skin issues both with topical skincare and internal products. Dr. Ben has uncovered industry shifting science and treatment protocols that are transforming the face of skincare.
Ben Johnson, MD is a physician, inventor, and entrepreneur who has spent the last 25 years dedicated to solving some of the world’s most challenging skin and health conditions. He holds multiple patents related to skincare and wellness as a result of his unparalleled research and philosophies pertaining to the skin-body connection. Dr. Johnson founded Osmosis Beauty with a revolutionary approach that is changing the direction of skin care away from excessive exfoliation and renewing the focus of dermal remodeling, barrier and DNA repair, and detoxification. He has found that the skin and body are capable of healing themselves with the proper tools and the removal of toxic influences.

EP #1132: Supporting Your Loved Ones with Anxiety for Ultimate Self-Care Oct 11, 2022

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Lisa is joined once again by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA who talks about the best way to support loved ones with anxiety. She is a nationally renowned expert on beating anxiety. She has been quoted as an expert in Forbes and has published articles for Salon Magazine, Well+Good, Psychology Today, The Institute for Natural Medicine, Thrive Global, and Women's Lifestyle Magazine. She is the founder of the Anxiety Breakthrough Program and the Anxiety Apothecary. Dr. Nicole Cain has a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine as well as a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and is currently writing a book about integrative solutions for anxiety. Her programs are available at DrNicoleCain.com and she can be found on Instagram @DrNicoleCain

EP #1131: Psychobiotics for Self Care - A Natural Way to Help Alleviate Anxiety Oct 06, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Dr. Nicole Cain, ND MA who talks about the importance of psychobiotics for mental health. She is a nationally renowned expert on beating anxiety. She has been quoted as an expert in Forbes and has published articles for Salon Magazine, Well+Good, Psychology Today, The Institute for Natural Medicine, Thrive Global, and Women's Lifestyle Magazine. She is the founder of the Anxiety Breakthrough Program and the Anxiety Apothecary. Dr. Nicole Cain has a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine as well as a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and is currently writing a book about integrative solutions for anxiety. Her programs are available at DrNicoleCain.com and she can be found on Instagram @DrNicoleCain.
About Omni-Biotic:As a result of their deeply studied, uniquely effective probiotic formulations, Omni-Biotic has been a leading, professional brand in Europe for more than a quarter of a century.Each Omni-Biotic probiotic strain is analyzed to determine its unique functional characteristics and these strains are then mindfully combined with a targeted outcome in mind. The final formulations are then subjected to independent, clinical trials designed to demonstrate efficacy in humans-the highest standard of evidence in medicine. Omni-Biotic formulations are provided in a convenient powder form which requires reconstitution in water or another non-acidic liquid. This approach maximizes the viability of the probiotics-ensuring they arrive alive and metabolically active in the intestines.Stress ReleaseOmni-Biotic Stress Release is a psychobiotic formulation designed to support the gut-brain axis. Honored with the Probiotic Product of the Year in 2021 (NutraIngredients USA), Stress Release works to tighten the intestinal barrier, optimize neurotransmitter production, and right size inflammation. These activities have demonstrated the ability to improve mood, cognition, and memory with clinical studies including functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) showing shifts in brain activity.

EP #1130: Fall Self-Care: Recipes, Modeling, and More with Ellie Krieger Oct 04, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Elie Krieger who talks not only about great foods for the Fall, but her early years as a model and more!
Host and executive producer of the cooking series “Ellie’s Real Good Food” on Public Television and well known from her hit Food Network show “Healthy Appetite,” Ellie Krieger is the leading go-to nutritionist in the media today, helping people find the sweet spot where “delicious” and “healthy” meet. Her success can be attributed to her accessible way of offering tools for nurturing a richly satisfying, sumptuous lifestyle while cutting through the gimmicks, hype and extreme eating that permeate our world.Ellie is a New York Times bestselling, IACP and two-time James Beard Foundation award winning author of 7 cookbooks. She is also a weekly columnist for The Washington Post and has been a columnist for Fine Cooking, Food Network magazine and USA Today.Ellie is a registered dietitian nutritionist who earned her bachelors in clinical nutrition from Cornell University and her masters in nutrition education from Teacher’s College Columbia University. Her latest book Whole in One: Complete, Healthy Meals in a Single Pot, Skillet or Sheet Pan was released in October 2019. She finds happiness living with her daughter and husband in New York City.

EP #1129: Mental Health Crisis? Call 988 to Do the Ultimate Act of Self-Care Sep 29, 2022

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Lisa is joined by Margie Balfour, M.D., Ph.D., psychiatrist, and Chief Clinical Quality Officer at Connections Health Solutions, the leading innovator in behavioral health crisis care. Dr. Balfour is the co-author of the Crisis Roadmap https://crisisroadmap.com, the blueprint that contains all aspects of an ideal crisis system along with measurable performance criteria that communities can use for ongoing assessment of their progress.
Dr. Balfour joins Lisa to talk about the emergency 988 number, the the equivalent of 911 for mental health, went live in the US.
On July 16, the emergency 988 number, the equivalent of 911 for mental health, went live in the US. When people call, text, or chat 988, their call will be routed to trained, local counselors who are part of the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network. Better equipped to handle mental and behavioral health issues in their community than 911 dispatchers, these counselors can provide local resources and referrals when people need it most.

A dedicated mental health crisis phone number may help to break the stigma associated with mental health issues and change the perception of “what to do” during a mental/behavioral health crisis
The number will provide support for anyone in distress; as well as anyone worried about a friend or loved one who needs information on how to support them
988 will provide an alternative to law enforcement as the primary intervention for a mental health crisis

BONUS EPISODE! EP #1128: Monkeypox Self-Care: Information and Prevention Sep 28, 2022

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Given the World Health Organization’s recent declaration of the Monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency, Lisa is joined by Dr. Jenny Yu, head of Medical Affairs at Healthline Media. Here are some of the things answered by Dr. Yu:
What is monkeypox?Is monkypox deadly?What are the symptoms of monkeypox? How does monkeypox spread? Is monkeypox an STD? How can monkeypox be prevented? What treatments are available for monkeypox? Is there a vaccine for monkeypox? Who should get vaccinated? Where can you find out if you're eligible for a vaccine?

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