Live Well Episodes

If you’ve had a baby, you’ve heard the term “bounce back.” How quickly you “bounced back” into your body or your life is often celebrated. But does this hinder our recovery? And are we still carrying some of these thoughts about trying to “get our bodies back” into our weight loss today? Listen as Dr. Arielle Martone and I discuss what true recovery looks like in postpartum and how we can avoid this talk of “bouncing back.” And it’s never too late by the way! I’m 16 years out and Arielle tell us...

HERE is the link to get registered for the group coaching program --> HERE Waitlist bonus discount is available just through Jan. 27 (meaning you need to sign up for the waitlist to get the bonus code prior to Jan 27. After that you’ll just sign up directly for the group program) What are the habits of successful weight loss? I notice these 4 things are consistently mastered by women in my program who are successful with weight loss and maintaining that loss. I’ll give you one spoiler–because if...

Have you wished for a better night sleep recently? I sure have. Since recording this episode my sleep has actually gone downhill fast. I need this info just as much as many of you listeners do! Morgan Adams, a sleep coach, shares with us the best sleep trackers, some dangers of sleeping pills, the technique she uses to improve her clients sleep and 3 actionable tools for you to start sleeping better right away! More from Well with Lisa: Join the Group Coaching Program Waitlist HERE Your Go-To Me...

Instead of just the “ins and outs” of 2024, let’s take it another step. Let’s talk about what you want to keep doing as well! In this episode, I share what I want to START doing this year, what I want to STOP doing and what I want to KEEP doing. You can get an idea of what I want to work on for myself this year–I’m definitely not perfect at this health and wellness life yet either! You’ll also learn what I want to start doing this year, and what I’d like to stop doing and what I think I’m pretty...

Rucking is simply carrying weight for distance. Sounds simple. Why is it the new fitness craze? And why would we want to put backpacks on just to walk around our own neighborhoods? Steph Gaudreau, sports nutritionist, lifting coach and international speaker, joins me today to discuss this sport/exercise and all the reasons why it’s beneficial for women to incorporate it. We also talk about the equipment needed and what weight to start with. Free Get UNSTUCK Sessions available through the end of ...

One of the most common reasons my clients give me for having bad weeks? Their periods. You’re not alone. You’re not the only one that wants to crawl in a dark cave and bring all the chocolate with you. Ashlee Sorensen is a certified menstrual and hormone coach and an absolute delight to talk with! She lays out the multiple parts of our cycles and talks about the challenges of each one and gives us tips to get started managing and preparing for better periods. Ashlee is offering a discount on her...

Getting ahead with meal prepping is never a bad idea. But it can often seem overwhelming when you see all those containers of chicken and rice and vegetable–not to mention boring to eat the same leftovers all week long. Enter Amy Lawrence and her Gourmet Done Skinny method! You’ll learn her tricks and tips for getting ahead in the kitchen and how utilizing some unique tools, plus your freezer can really help. Her book is actually the title of this podcast: The Power of Food Prep. I’ve been meal ...

NEW! Free Get UNSTUCK Session If you haven’t lost your first 5 pounds just by listening to the podcast, you might be stuck. I’ve created this new free session just for you! Schedule yours HERE I’m doing these sessions only for the next 4 weeks. Once all 10 are booked the available times will disappear. So it might look like there are lots available, but once that 10th one is scheduled all the open spots will go away. The Live Well pillar of the podcast is finally getting some love! Amanda Loude...

Do you know where your “second brain” is? It’s in the gut! But what does that even mean? Jaime Filer and I discuss the gut brain connection in this episode and several of the neurotransmitters and how to support them. You’ll hear several ways to increase your dopamine and serotonin production capabilities in gut. Most are the simple health behaviors you probably are already trying to implement! This is just one more reason that you’ll want to do the things I’m always talking about! Hint: we ...

Habits are something we all are trying to improve right? But how exactly is that done? And how is it different for women? Emily Nichols is the expert on habits and she joined me today for an overview of her 5 Step Habit Change Method. I show you how to connect this habit work with the model and then dive into how we can habit stack, the cue, routine, reward cycle and time it takes to acquire a new habit. If this episode, or any past episodes have helped you in any way, please consider sharing...

Do you live in a fire prone area? If so, you’ve probably heard the term defensible space. It’s the safe space we create around our homes to prevent the fires from moving quickly to the structures and overtaking our homes. In the same way, I want to teach you how to create defensible space in your life around stress. When we can fortify ourselves for stressful events that will come, we will be much better prepared. This includes not only participating in your favorite well being activities (see...

Are you overweight? Or just undermuscled? This is a new way to look at our body composition that has nothing to do with the scale. Take a look at how much muscle you have–and you can do that by assessing your strength in daily activities. Jana tells us in this episode of a 60 year old client who wasn’t able to pick up her first grandchild out of the cot. This is a heartbreaking lack of function. What can we do about it? We can strength train. Jana shares multiple ways to do this and some of h...

How’d you sleep last night? If it wasn’t great, do you notice how it’s affecting you today? Sleep is often the missing link in your weight loss efforts. We sometimes don't even consciously realize that our poor sleep is affecting us, we just wonder why we can’t seem to stop craving cookies! Robynn and I discuss the links between sleep and hunger hormones as well as exercise and memory. Plus she gives helpful tips on how to start a better sleep routine! More from Well with Lisa: Join the Grou...

Strength training is all about gaining strength right? But sometimes we overlook that in favor of thinking this will help me change my shape or look better or burn calories, etc. But what if building strength was the exact way you could actually lose weight as well? Philip Pape, of the Wits and Weights podcast, is here as my guest today to chat about strength as a means to lose weight, why its a great metric and what a great strength routine would look like. More from Well with Lisa: Join the...

Women in midlife tend to limit themselves–thinking more about what they can’t do rather than the possibilities open to them. Midlife mindset coach Suzy Rosenstein joins me today to discuss thought patterns you may see in yourself and some techniques to dismantle and improve those. I hope you found this conversation with Suzy insightful and valuable. If you are enjoying the show, don’t forget to rate and review! Episode mentioned on HRT: Navigating Perimenopause and Menopause with Hormone Repla...

How much do you cook from home? Do you hate it? Just not know how? Maybe you prefer restaurant food? Studies show that we get about 20% of our calories/intake from restaurants. But what about that other 80%? That is where you can really make a difference in your health. You don’t have to worry so much about those restaurant meals, if you are doing your best in your home kitchen. I’ve got 6 ideas from my own experience as a home cook on how to get started and improve your skills. This episode ...

Whether you work out to improve your appearance or for your health, they aren’t actually separate. Steve Washuta is my guest today. He is a personal trainer with 30,000 hours of experience. He has worked with women of all ages and he says this: “When people are only focused on vanity, and they don't focus on their long-term health. I compare it to money. So ultimately, what do you want with your money? Of course you wanna make money now and spend it, but you wanna save for retirement because, Y...

Hormones can be divided into four main buckets: hunger, sex, stress, and thyroid. Allison Occkial dives into how we can optimize these four separate categories and gives us actionable tips for weight loss and improved function! She is also a certified personal trainer and I asked her a few bonus questions about movement and exercise, specifically for women. GET THAT BONUS CLIP ON MOVEMENT HERE! I hope you found this conversation with Allison insightful and valuable. If you are enjoying the sho...

A collection of 5 tips and tricks I use every week with one client or another–or myself! Sometimes I have tips I want to share with you that don’t make an entire episode. So I just lumped them all together in one! Ready for some personalized help? Tap here to schedule a time to ask me your burning weight loss questions! Don't miss this! -->Join the Group Coaching Program Waitlist HERE Episodes referenced: The Self Coaching Model: episode 4 Falling off the Wagon: Why It’s Simply Not True: epi...

Amy Stein and I discuss her journey to wellness through natural living, connecting with Mother Nature and breath work. We dive into primary programming and emotion work. We cover a lot of ground in this topic but it was so fun! It’s a little more woo-woo than you typically hear in my podcast and you’ll hear me push back a little with Amy and play devil’s advocate with some questions. We really came to some common ground with the breath work so I asked her to record a bonus clip of a mini breathw...

If you feel like there is too much to do with weight loss, here’s your blueprint of where to start. I outline the 6 basics you need to do not only for weight loss, but also your overall health. In applying each of these over time, you will find that your foundation of health improves and you will reach your natural weight. Listen to the end for the tip on getting started! Ready for some personalized help? Tap here to schedule a time to ask me your burning weight loss questions! NEAT, Total E...

Have you heard of hormone replacement therapy? Most of us have and unfortunately many are worried about using it. Or we just don't realize the importance. Dr. Rosensweet labels the early 2000’s study on HRT and then the resulting press coverage as “outrageously odd, crazy, misogynistic.” Basically it was completely incorrect and led to women being afraid to receive HRT. In this episode, you will learn here how incredibly protective hormones are to women’s health. Remember that menopause is actu...

Join the Group Coaching Program HERE Is stress one of your most common emotions? Did you know how it can affect your hormones? The emotion and state of stress has real impact specifically on the cortisol system of your body. There are three categories my guest Ali Damron gives us--physical stressors, mental stressors and emotional stressors. Ali gives us strategies on which to tackle first and how to do so. Believe it or not, this was actually a fun conversation! Doesn't sound fun to be talki...

Yoga can be so intimidating! Amanda Low really breaks it down for us today–the perfect place to start, how to fit it in and why we should even bother! This is the final installment of my Movement March series with our focus on different types of movement and the way the body uses energy also through NEAT. Check out the last two episodes for more: Episode 33: Resistance Training with Maverick Willett Episode 34: NEAT and Energy Expenditure Don't miss this! -->Join the Group Coaching Program Wa...