When a woman becomes pregnant, there is an extensive list of questions that follow: what can I eat, what movement can I do, what kind of delivery do I want, with who, where, will I breastfeed or use formula… The list is longer than the pregnancy. This is where a doula comes into the picture of pregnancy and post-partum. You don’t even have to be pregnant to enlist a doula’s support. 

A doula’s job is to help make your entire birth experience, and your partner’s experience, the best it can be. There is so much miscommunication about the role of a doula. To clear it up and answer common pregnancy and birthing questions is Ambrosia Meikle. 

Ambrosia Meikle is a birth and postpartum doula in southern California. She is a childbirth educator, lactation educator, and student midwife. Ambrosia was a surrogate and has two children of her own ages 9 and 15. As a doula, her main focus is to ensure birthing people have options and safe birthing environments. Ambrosia is passionate about serving her community and actively participates in bringing awareness to women's health issues.

You’ll learn all the tips for a healthy delivery, tips on bonding, lactation advice and more: 

3:30 what is a doula

4:30 the difference a great doula makes is options

5:40 how Ambrosia became a doula

7:15 optimal time to start working with a doula 

8:15 where to find doula

8:50 3 top tips for birth preparation

11:15 importance of feeling comfortable to make noise during childbirth 

12:15 nutrition advice during pregnancy which includes ice cream

13:10 differences between a hospital birth and home birth

15:00 what kind of support is needed for at home birth 

17:44 why an epidural is not always bad

20:20 what you need to know about the different hospital delivery options

21:36 Should you bathe a baby right after birth

22:00 what should you do with the placenta

27:00 tips to bond with a newborn 

28:55 why skin to skin contact with newborns is important

31:00 benefits of spending the first 40 days with the baby at your side

34:30 general lactation tips

35:30 biggest lactation fail is mom’s body positioning

37:30 how to identify if a baby has a tongue or lip tie

41:00 why a colic baby is too broad

44:00 postpartum mental health tips

45:00 importance of the mother asking for specific help

46:50 tips to ask for help when visitors see the baby

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This show isn’t about following new wellness trends, but if there was one to JUMP on it would be this - rebounding! It’s a workout that basically takes you back to your childhood of jumping on a trampoline. As it turns out, the trampoline is good for our health and celebrities like Madonna, Goldie Hawn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gisele Bundchen, Tony Robbins, and Miranda Kerr are big fans. 

The top leaders in rebounding, Colette Dong & Aly Giampolo from The Ness Fitness join the show to explain its benefits. The Ness is a dance-based, movement focused fitness method that offers workouts both on and off the trampoline. At its New York City studio and on its international digital platform, the Ness’ dynamic, addicting and ever-evolving bounce classes will amplify your cardio routine with a hefty dose of joy, mental stamina and sensory awareness. Bouncing is easy on your joints but still provides a high-adrenaline, heart-pumping workout, with added benefits including lymphatic drainage and pelvic floor strength. Complemented by full-body sculpt classes, you’ll always leave the ness as the buzzing foremost version of yourself. 

Colette Dong is a movement addict with multiple degrees in dance performance and exercise science. After pioneering the Dance Science department at Elon University, she went on to work in the research department at the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries. Prior to founding the ness, Colette gained experience in the fitness industry as trainer and operations director for several boutique studios across NYC.

Aly Giampolo graduated from Westminster College of the Arts with a BA in dance performance, concentrating in teaching and pedagogy. While obtaining her degree, she performed and choreographed with Afro-house company Vissi Dance Theater with works showcased throughout the United States, Italy, Jamaica, and Japan. Prior to founding the ness, she began her fitness journey teaching at top boutique studios in NYC and has since amassed a cult following as a celebrity trainer with clients such as Eva Longoria and Sophia Bush. Aly holds a NASM fitness training certification, along with a pre + postnatal pilates certification.

If your home workouts are starting to feel stale and you are ready for a workout that makes you feel carefree and exhilarated? Then let’s JUMP on in!

In this episode Collette shares:

• 3:17 how she started rebounding and why it complimented her dance training 

• 5:20 benefits of rebounding including working the core and balance 

• 7:00 why it’s really effective for one piece of equipment

• 8:00 how it’s benefits are similar to running without the joint impact

• 10:00 what newbies need to know about rebounding

• 11:00 why it’s all about bouncing down not high

• 13:15 perfect alternative to people scared of dance

• 15:12 whether or not you can rebound while pregnant

• 17:45 her food philosophy

• 19:00 how a good workout can influence better food choices

• 19:30 what foods are best to fuel a workout

• 20:15 why having a pickle post workout is valuable

• 22:29 why they have over 500 workout videos

As you can tell, rebounding sounds equal parts fun and sweat-inducing. TheNess offers these bouncy workouts in all shapes and sizes, from dance-based cardio to strength training jump sessions and more. 

Visit TheNessNYC.com and enjoy 20% off your first month!

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This one kitchen staple can do wonders for your complexion, your waistline, and your cognition - olive oil! It has recently gained more popularity thanks to Beyonce, J.Lo and Gwyneth Paltrow who take a shot of it to start their day. Before Gwyneth, there was Cleopatra who used it in her beauty routines. To uncover all the dynamic skin care and health benefits of olive oil (even how it can bio-hack aging) Kim Walls Co-founder & CEO of Furtuna Skin joins the podcast. Olive oil is infused in their products and it isn’t any old olive oil but, the best you can grow in Italy. 

Kim is a fourth-generation entrepreneur and beauty formula pioneer who grew up learning how to create topical healing formulations in her father's labs. After graduating from the University of California Santa Barbara, Kim studied biochemistry, skincare, and nutrition for two decades, focusing on the link between bio-hacking, bodily changes, and wellness efforts. During this time, she launched multiple skincare companies, parlaying her experience as an educator, esthetician, and nutritionist and carrying on the family legacy as a founder of natural brands that garnered international recognition.

As co-founder and CEO of Furtuna Skin, Kim leverages her ethno-medical and ethno-botanical expertise to help create the Italian brand's award- winning, 5-star-rated regenerative skin care formulas. Leading the product development team on formulation, Kim ensures that Furtuna Skin continues to raise the bar for clean beauty efficacy.

Named Travel + Leisure’s 2021 “Global Vision Award Winner” and New Hope Media's "9 Wonder Women of the Natural Industry" Kim works at institutional and political levels through her nonprofit efforts to shift the current approach to product formulation and healthcare to improve global wellness. Most recently, Kim served as leader of the Retail Advisory Committee for the Environmental Working Group (EWG). 

Kim shares all the olive oil goodness:

415 about the family legacy of skincare

520 holistic approach to skincare 

600 medical aspects of skincare is her background

700 research based with the goal of wanting people to feel better

845 the Furtuna farm story 

930 why she only eats Bona Furtuna

1000 importance of regenerative agriculture for clean skincare

1330 top 5 ingredients of furtuna skin

1520 EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) vs. regular olive oil  

1715 why you have to use EVOO organic for all cooking

1830 good tasting olive oil is relevant for skincare 

2045 benefits of olive oil for skin

2210 the SPF benefits of olive oil 

2230 EVOO is world’s number one defense of wrinkles

2500 why supplementation is important

2555 what is bio availability and how EVOO enhances it

2700 how does EVOO affect intermittent fasting 

2830 the role of olive oil and our genetics

3020 how Cleopatra actually knew what she was doing with olive oil

3300 use of magnolia in products

3500 olive oil product benefits

3545 why to take the furtuna skin quiz 

4200 olive oil can be drunk right out of the bottle 

Connect with Kim

@kimwallsla

@furtunaskin

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Diet culture has been around for decades. Who remembers their mom eating low fat and low sugar? Or the miami beach diets? Or the cabbage soup diet? Many women are catching on that there is no one-size-fits-all program in the nutritional world while others may be stuck in the diet culture cycle hoping to break free. If you're ready to enjoy eating without restrictions and hit your healthy summer goals enter celebrity nutritionist Shauna Faulisi. 

Shauna’s non-restrictive eating formula will leave you feeling your best after every meal. She has transformed lives through her accessibility approach to holistic health. She's a nutrition coach and wellness chef who secured her place in the industry after spending six and a half years in Los Angeles cooking for celebrities, owning and operating her meal delivery service for TV shows, and building her private practice. Shauna has been featured in leading publications such as US Weekly, Poosh, and Huffington Post. 

Shauna knows that the wellness space needs to be made more accessible which she does through her digital course and digital downloads through her company, Soul Wellness Method.  She is consistently sought after for her methodology rooted both in science and practicality with an emphasis on having fun and easy to remember tips to finally break free from diet culture. 

Shauna shares the following: 

3:20 back to the basics of nutrition

4:50 her start into wellness began with background in dance 

6:00 impact of tabloid culture on diet/body image  

7:00 how the vegan diet lifestyle negatively impacted her health

8:00 when the Los Angeles health food affect changed her health

8:45 when she realized food was her career path 

11:30 cooking for Cindy Crawford 

12:30 her methodology for cooking/eating that’s non restrictive

13:10 Protein, fiber, and fat. Eating within this allows for seconds. 

14:40 explain her pillars of health

17:00 community pillar explained 

18:45 ask yourself which pillar you need that day

20:30 steps to start eating this way today 

22:00 ways to improve your gut health

23:15 her secret sauce for adding good flavor

24:10 what not to eat

26:45 why walks are underrated 

28:00 tips to get off alcohol or live a damp lifestyle

29:00 how alcohol impacts your body goals 

31:00 mocktail recommendations

32:30 6 pillars and two week program explained

33:30 recipes that help with leftovers 

34:45 one food to remove from your routine

35:30 one food to add to your routine

Connect with Shauna

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shaunafaulisi/ 

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Hyperpigmentation. It’s a topic you’ve likely heard about either from your own experience, hearing a friend complain about it or after a pregnancy. Christine has personally dealt with both melasma and hyperpigmentation since her early 30s when she started hormonal fertility treatments. Then with each pregnancy over the past decade it became worse. Christine tried many skincare brands and in office treatments to cure her hyperpigmentation and nothing seemed to make a dent.

Enter model, actress, entrepreneur, podcast host, author, mom and beauty enthusiast Molly Sims. She is also the founder and chief creative officer of YSE Beauty. As with everything she does, she brings her authentic stuff to this brand because she also struggled with her own skin for decades. From cystic acne in her 20s to sun damage, hyperpigmentation and melasma in my 30s and 40s. Molly spent too many years dependent on her concealer. This led her to create a YSE Beauty, a product that was effective and simple for the woman on the run, not to mention the beautiful packaging. 

Since it is the season of sun and sun damage, Molly is here to share her journey to healthy skin:

1:30 Molly’s childhood in kentucky and leading to modeling

2:30 Molly’s role model 

4:00 how molly celebrated her “30th birthday” with a new goal 

6:30 why she threw a big birthday bash in Africa 

10:45 how Molly keeps up with her kids at 50 years old

12:22 Molly’s plan to keep her kids off drugs and make good decisions 

13:00 The benefits of kids playing team sports and what they learn

14:00 Values of kids participating in individual sports

15:00 Molly talks about her podcast lipstick on the rim

18:30 why Molly launched YSE beauty 

20:00 Molly’s personal skin struggles with hyperpigmentation

22:00 Molly’s skin turning point and what she did to resolve her hyperpigmentation

24:15 how her skin struggles lead to her to help women with the same issues

25:30 transinemic acid benefits

26:50 why our skins need vitamin c

27:30 women don’t want stinky cream and what she created instead 

29:20 why glowing skin comes from skincare not makeup

31:00 why dry skin is actually what’s making you look older

32:00 the benefits of a gel oil cleanser

33:00 the community she’s building with her brand YSE

36:00 YSE is cool girl clinical

39:20 Molly’s philosophy about aging and feeling good

42:10 Molly’s best piece of self love advice

Connect with Molly

Shop https://www.ysebeauty.com/ 

Learn https://www.mollysims.com/

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Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MollySimsOfficial/ 

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/mollysims 

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We are going to a bootcamp! It’s not the sweat-inducing kind, this is your microbiome bootcamp! You may know about the gut microbiome already but did you know the skin also has a microbiome? It does and its health and stability is just as important when thinking of your beauty and the aging process. As we age, the skin’s epidermal layer weakens which leads to faster signs of aging. It’s also caused by “beauty burnout” when you use too many products or do too many treatments breaking down your epidermal layer. 

There is a way to repair your skin’s microbiome naturally. Dahlia Devkota, a former beauty editor turned founder and CEO of Editrix, a microbiome focused luxury brand that uses advanced science to rehabilitate skin. After many years reporting from the front lines of beauty for “Allure” and “W” magazine, Dahlia stepped away from the industry. She was lured back into beauty as a brand founder when she saw a white space in the market: skincare that addressed skin’s native function through the pathway of beneficial bacteria. Collaborating with her sister, Dr. Suzanne Devkota, who is a world renowned authority on the gut microbiome, Dahlia began extensive R&D on the skin microbiome. After much research, she became thoroughly convinced that this was the most direct and effective pathway to skin health. Editrix was born. A highly concise and curated line of products using postbiotics from human beneficial bacteria to revolutionize skin.

Editrix is all about bringing the skin back to homeostasis to strengthen its natural abilities like protecting against inflammation, pollution, oxidation, and general aging. It’s simplified the product offering with 4 powerhouse products that are a rehab for your skin and promise a much-needed glow-up.

Dahlia explains everything about the skin’s microbiome: 

4:50 her story working in fashion/beauty editing 

6:30 her scientist sister and how she learned more about good bacteria

7:00 why we need to protect our microbiome

7:30 what is a microbiome

8:15 how not to turn into a fungi

9:00 symptoms you see with a microbiome breakdown

10:00 where the microbiome is in your skin

12:00 what breaks down the microbiome

13:00 what is the common ph balance of skin and why it’s important

14:30 whether double cleansing is cleansing

15:00 how exfoliating can be bad for microbiome

15:45 what a better microbiome means for your skin

18:00 how too many peels actually accelerates aging

18:45 why too much retinol is a bad thing

20:30 why you actually want a stronger skin barrier to prevent aging

21:00 stop beating your skin into submission

21:20 what in-office treatments are okay for skin barrier

22:30 are lasers good for skin barrier

23:00 understanding the skin’s ph 

24:30 how melasma is connected to microbiome

25:30 demigod product explained

27:00 deuxieme product explained

29:00 you can retrain your skin with cleansers 

29:30 why a-list celebrity elite are using this product system 

31:30 pre/pro/post biotics explained 

32:45 post-biotics explained

33:30 the entourage effect

34:40 people are using it all over body and brings it back to homeostasis that empowers the skin to heal

35:00 sake ingredient that is super anti-aging 

36:10 ancient intelligence is infused in the products 

36:26 bakterium delirium product explained 

38:40 sunscreen friend or foe

42:20 natural ways to offer sunscreen without products

Connect with Dahlia 

@Editrixwellness

@dahlia.devkota

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Living in the world of bodies for over 20 years as a fitness expert, Christine has seen every type. Not one body is exactly the same and yet they are each uniquely gorgeous. If you swipe through social media, you are bound to see someone placing their judgments on the way someone else looks.

Enter Iskra Lawrence, who is breaking down society's standards of beauty and advocating for all the beautiful bodies out there. That’s you! She’s championing the body acceptance movement, supporting women’s mental health when it comes to body image, and advocating for all the ladies out there to feel confident in their own skin.

Iskra is the founder of Saltair and Self Funding. She's dedicated her career to empowering women. Her candid discussions online and TEDx talk disrupt societal norms and inspire millions, landing her places on Forbes 30 Under 30, and BBC World’s 100 Most Influential Women.

Iskra shares the following:

2:32 how she became a model

3:32 the impact of teen modeling years and being measured constantly and rejected

5:32 when she learned about plus size modeling and how it sparked her to change the modeling industry

7:47 people doubting she could work as a model

9:17 her big break in NYC and why it sucked

10:17 how she had to wear a fat suit to be a plus size model

10:57 Iskra’s turning point 10 years into modeling 

12:47 how she worked with Aerie beyond modeling

14:47 how she overcome her body insecurities 

18:17 when she changed her workout mindset from burning calories to feeling good

19:32 when she started speaking kindly to herself

20:00 her new mindset of nothing can stop me

21:15 change happens with small things each day

22:45 importance of community 

23:15 body acceptance vs. body positivity

27:15 how her naiveness was an asset 

27:45 what she learned starting Saltair 

30:15 motherhood’s impact on her body image

30:45 struggle of negative self talk postpartum

33:00 challenges of having a colic baby 

34:00 how post baby lead her to create saltair

39:00 motherhood tip, don’t tell your husband what to do

41:00 dealing with postpartum lingerie career shaming 

42:00 how her boobs are out more in public as a mom than modeling 

42:30 why she believes in a naked house

Connect with Iskra

@iskra

@saltair

@selffundingplanner

www.Saltair.com 

www.selffundingplanner.com 

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