Your Best Life!: Recent Episodes
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Wellness.com presents Your Best Life, a podcast from the Wellness Radio Network. Featuring leading health, wellness, nutrition, fitness and relationship experts like JJ Virgin, Food Babe Vani Hari, Dr. Amy Myers, DDP Yoga creator Diamond Dallas Page, Dr. Michael Finkelstein, and more. Your Best Life gives you the strategies, tools and information you need to be healthier, live happier, and have the energy to enjoy your life to the fullest - having a lot of fun along the way.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Shiroko Sokitch, a practicing MD who tackles mystery cases using the unique blend of Eastern and Western medicine. She teaches her patients to listen to their bodies, creating a feedback loop that’s not limited to just lab tests and clinical data. After being trained in general surgery and working as an ER physician, she studied acupuncture at Oriental Medical Arts, expanding her modalities of care. As an integrative practitioner for 23 years, Dr. Sokitch also hosted the TV show, Perspectives on Healing, and has written a Sonoma County news column for 15 years. Currently she’s writing her second book, titled 7 Keys to Accelerated Healing, which is due out in the next year. Having founded the Heart-to-Heart Medical Center in Santa Rosa, California, Dr. Sokitch is an expert at using all kinds of modalities to bring your body to balance and wholeness, addressing a wide array of common issues like chronic illness, pain, hormone regulation, digestive distress, and even brain chemistry.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Kim D’Eramo, physician, speaker, #1 bestselling author of The MindBody Toolkit, and founder of the American Institute of Mind Body Medicine. She’s a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician and attended her residency at Emory University in Atlanta. After healing herself from a chronic auto-immune illness using mind/body medicine, Dr. D’Eramo now empowers people to use those same tools to immediately shift their body chemistry and brain activity to create wellbeing. This is a fascinating because there has been so much study in this field of health and wellness. Dr. D’Eramo conducts online groups and training programs, for both healthcare practitioners as well as the general public, to teach self-healing and to really make a complete mind/body connection.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Joe Dispenza, who is the bestselling author of Evolve Your Brain and Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself. Joe’s work details the neuroscience of change and how it affects our DNA through epigenetics. He is featured in the film, What the Bleep Do We Know? and has lectured in 27 countries across 6 continents educating people about the functions of the human brain. During this episode, Joe and Karl discuss how we can change our minds and make significant shifts in our thinking.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Nadine Artemis, who is the author of Holistic Dental Care. Nadine is an innovative aromachologist who has received rave reviews in the New York Times and formulated a highly regarded collection of rare and special botanical compounds. She develops immune-enhancing formulas and medicinal blends for health and wellness, in addition to her potent dental serums being used worldwide to provide the purest oral care available. During the show, Karl and Nadine discuss botanicals, essential oils, botanical-biotics, monoterpenes, and holistic dental care.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karlinterviews Dr. Norman Robillard, who is the founder ofDigestive Health Institute, author of The Fast TrackDigestion book series, and creator of the science-based,non-drug and antibiotic therapy Fast Tract Diet. During the show,Karl and Norman discuss digestion in the small intestine, bacteria,top 5 challenging carbohydrates, the fermentation potentialformula, what triggers SIBO, and pre-fermented foods.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Michael DeSanti, who is a certified health and mindset coach specializing in helping people improve their relationship with food and themselves. Michael was inspired through his mother’s natural reversal of breast cancer through diet and lifestyle change. He is a graduate of the Institute of Nutrition and co-author of the Renegade Recipe Guide and The Happiest Day. During the show, Karl and Michael discuss bio-individuality, lineage, and the earth, food as medicine, personalizing and optimizing nutrition, and how we are what we consume.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Adina Grigore, who is the founder of the all-natural, sustainable skincare line SW Basics. Adina is the author of Skin Cleanse and began her journey as a Wellness Practitioner in 2007. As a private holistic nutritionist, personal trainer, and raw food consultant, Adina recognized the crucial role our skin plays in overall health and started SW Basics, which is a natural line of skin products. Her approach is through minimalist formulas and whole, high-potency ingredients. During the show, Karl and Adina discuss skin maintenance, product labeling, finding the problem, acne advice for teens, hydration, and the importance of diet in skin care.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Adina Grigore, who is the founder of the all-natural, sustainable skincare line SW Basics. Adina is the author of Skin Cleanse and began her journey as a Wellness Practitioner in 2007. As a private holistic nutritionist, personal trainer, and raw food consultant, Adina recognized the crucial role our skin plays in overall health and started SW Basics, which is a natural line of skin products. Her approach is through minimalist formulas and whole, high-potency ingredients. During the show, Karl and Adina discuss skin maintenance, product labeling, finding the problem, acne advice for teens, hydration, and the importance of diet in skin care.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Hal Elrod, who is the number one, bestselling author of Miracle Morning. Hal shares how you can change every area of your life by simply changing the way you wake up in the morning, even if you are not a morning person! Karl and Hal discuss the Five Minute Rule, success, the six lifesavers, and how to know what you want.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Rubin Naiman, who is a sleep and dream specialist and Clinical Assistant Professor in Medicine at the world-renown University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. Rubin is also the founder of the Circadian Health Associates organization and is a leader in the development integrative medicine approaches to sleep and dreams. He is the author of Healing Night, Healthy Sleep, The Yoga of Sleep, To Sleep Tonight, and Hush. During this episode, Karl and Rubin discuss deep sleep, our relationship with sleep, how to keep sleep close, sleep hacking, tips for good sleep, and dreaming.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Jack Kruse, who is a neurosurgeon and the CEO of Optimized Life. His health and wellness-focused company is dedicated to helping patients avoid the health care burdens typically encountered as we age. Jack struggled with his weight for years and shed 133 pounds 11 months. During this episode, we learn about Jack’s startling transformation and how it defies almost everything modern medicine has told us about health, weight loss, and managing disease, including the revelation that obesity is not the result of too many calories, not enough exercise, and lazy living.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dean Graziosi, who is a true example of what focused mindset and process do for success. Dean, author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, talks with Karl about change, failure and fear, focusing on your strengths, outsourcing your weaknesses and tips on how to get confidence to overflow in your life.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Joe Cross, who is famous for his award winning documentary film Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. In the film, Joe traveled across America for sixty days consuming nothing but freshly juiced vegetables and fruit. Joe inspires people to change their diets and tap into the nutrition found in plants. During the show, Karl and Joe discuss Joe’s personal journey, the benefits of juicing, and what it means to reboot.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Mark Goulston, who is a psychiatrist, hostage negotiator, trainer, and one of the top experts on listening. Mark has been a crisis psychiatrist for 30 years, has been a UCLA professor of Psychiatry for 25 years. and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. During this episode, Karl and Dr. Goulston discuss ideology and communication, mental real estate, hacking Steve Jobs, losing warmth, and breaking the cycle.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Mario Martinez, who is a licensed clinical psychologist and bestselling author of The Mind Body Code. Dr. Martinez specializes in how cultural and transcendental beliefs affect our health and longevity. He lectures worldwide in his theory of biocognition, which goes deep into the mind-body connection and has identified patterns on how our immune system can make decisions under conditions of uncertainty. Dr. Martinez has also developed a unique model of organizational science that he calls The Empowerment Code and works to teach executives of global companies how to maximize productivity while enhancing wellness for their employees. During this episode, Karl and Dr. Martinez discuss the mind-body connection, causes of health, stress, the mind-body process and fear, life expectancy, and what makes for a healthy centenarian.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Howard Martin, who is the Executive Vice President of HeartMath LLC. Howard is an internationally sought-after speaker and shares the HeartMath approach to advancing human performance, which is a teaching method based on compelling scientific research that links heart function to overall health, emotional well being, and intelligence. Howard is the co-author of The HeartMath Solution and The HeartMath Method audio series. During this episode, you’ll learn what HeartMath is and how you can use it in your everyday life.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Layne Norton, who is a self-confessed science geek that likes to lift heavy things. Layne has a PhD in Nutritional Science from the University of Illinois, along with a Bachelor of Sciences from Eckerd College. He is a professional natural bodybuilder and power lifter who has been winning competitions since 2001. Layne has multiple championships to his name and is the current USAPL 93kg national champion and the IPF 93kg world silver medalist with a world record 668lb squat. His company, BioLayne LLC, provides top-level nutrition and coaching to elite athletes around the world. During this episode, Layne and Karl discuss magic foods, flexible dieting, protein, the body composition hierarchy, why diets fail, willpower, and the true ketogenic diet.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Lisa Lieberman Wang, who is the author of the number one international bestselling book Fine to Fab. Lisa is also the creator of the cutting edge science of Neuro Associative Programming (NAP), which helps people achieve emotional healing in a short period thus avoiding years of therapy. Lisa has helped thousands of people overcome life-long challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, self-sabotage, emotional eating, sexual abuse, and co-dependency. During this episode, Karl and Lisa discuss perfectionism, engagement avoidance, the being and doing, society and inadequacies, and the 7 Secrets to Fab.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Andrea Beaman, who has cracked the code on the body harnessing its own healing powers. In addition to hosting her award nominated cooking show, Fed Up, Andrea has been featured on Top Chef, The View, CBS, Fox News, Emeril Live, and Martha Stewart’s Home Living. Andrea was also named one of the top 100 most influential health and fitness experts and is the recipient of Natural Gourmet Institute’s Award for Excellence in Health Supportive Food Education. She also received the Health Leadership Award from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. During this episode, Karl and Andrea discuss transitioning out of the SAD diet, real state of our food, thyroid, and gluten.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Beate Chelette, who is a nationally known gender decoder and the author of Happy Women, Happy World. Her life has become a road map for success for women seeking breakthroughs in personal happiness and achievement. At her lowest point, Beate was a single mom $135K in debt and forced to leave her home. Eighteen months later, she sold her image licensing business to Bill Gates in a multi-million dollar deal. Her leadership program, The Women’s Code, is a unique guide to women’s centered leadership, personal development, and career success that offers a new code of conduct for today’s business, private, and digital world. During this episode, Karl and Beate shatter the myths about the girls’ club and how women need to dial in a code to work better together.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Elizabeth Rider, who has turned a personal passion for health and wellness into a rewarding career that helps others look and feel their best. Elizabeth is a nutrition and whole living expert who teaches women around the world how to become healthy, happy, and successful. She has built a successful health and wellness business from scratch and started with just a laptop and a phone. Her online programs include Clean Up Your Diet, Purpose to Profit, and the Wellness Business Bootcamp. Elizabeth is a TEDx speaker, regular contributor to the Huffington Post, and has been featured on Mind Body Green, Shape.com, and Daily Love. During this episode, Karl and Elizabeth discuss the age of the entrepreneur, the health and wellness space, a day in the life of a health and wellness coach, and working virtually.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, an internationally-recognized physician investigator who pioneered the use of biologically active peptides for the treatment of cancer. Dr. Burzynski is an active researcher and has authored and co-authored more than three hundred scientific publications. His work has produced over 244 patents, in thirty-five countries, covering seventeen proprietary inventions. During this episode, Karl and Dr. Burzynski discuss the cancer genesis, epigenetics, protecting genes, integrative treatment, and antineoplastons.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Kris Carr, who wants to change the way you live, love, and eat through her books Crazy Sexy Diet, Crazy Sexy Kitchen and now her newest one, Crazy Sexy Juice. Kris regularly lectures at medical schools, hospitals, and wellness centers and with companies such as Whole Foods and Harvard University. She is a contributing editor to Natural Health Magazine and has been seen on The Doctors, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and Oprah. During this episode, Karl and Kris discuss being the CEO of your life, self-awareness, and the difference between juicing, blending, and smoothies.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Ellen Langer, who has been a professor in psychology at Harvard University since 1977. Dr. Langer is considered the mother of mindfulness and positive psychology, and has published more than two hundred research articles and eleven books. During this episode, Karl and Dr. Langer discuss significance, mindfulness, multitasking, the intention of being mindful, creativity and mindfulness, health and mindfulness, and awareness versus drive.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Tom Malterre, who is an advanced functional medical nutritionist. Tom focuses on helping people leverage all that good food has to offer for great health. He is a faculty member of the autism research institute and was a medical affairs member for foreign research. Tom has lectured on the subject of nutrition and supplements across the United States and Canada and has more than ten years of clinical experience as a certified functional medicine practitioner. During this episode, Karl and Tom discuss how you can eliminate potential foods that could be making you sick and tired.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Jack Wolfson, who is a board certified cardiologist and integrative medicine specialist. Dr. Wolfson has performed hundreds of angiograms, pace maker implementations, and cardiac ultrasounds. His private practice, Wolfson Integrative Cardiology, focuses on using nutrition, supplements, chemical avoidance, and detoxification to prevent and treat cardiac disease. During the show, Karl and Dr. Wolfson discuss why cholesterol is king, inflammation, the role of heavy metals, chelation therapy, sugar, and chiropractic medicine.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Mira and Dr. Jayson Calton, who are both are fellows of the American Association of Integrative Medicine and board certified micronutrient specialists. Jayson is also board certified in integrative health, alternative medicine, and sports nutrition. Mira is a licensed certified nutritionist, board certified in integrative health, and a certified personal fitness chef. During the show, Karl, Jason, and Mira dive deeper into nutritional science and talk about the role micronutrients play in our overall health and wellbeing.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Christiane Northrup, who is a board certified OBGYN and the former assistant clinical professor of OBGYN at Maine Medical Center. Dr. Northrup is the world’s foremost authority in everything that goes right with the female body. She is a New York Times bestselling author and leading proponent of medicine that acknowledges the unity of mind, body, emotions, and spirit. In 2013, Readers Digest named Dr. Northrup one of the top 100 Most Trusted People in America. During the show, Karl and Dr. Northrup discuss menopause, orgasms, rejection, Caitlyn Jenner, the blue zone, and what it means to be an ageless goddess.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Christiane Northrup, who is a board certified OBGYN and the former assistant clinical professor of OBGYN at Maine Medical Center. Dr. Northrup is the world’s foremost authority in everything that goes right with the female body. She is a New York Times bestselling author and leading proponent of medicine that acknowledges the unity of mind, body, emotions, and spirit. In 2013, Readers Digest named Dr. Northrup one of the top 100 Most Trusted People in America. During the show, Karl and Dr. Northrup discuss menopause, orgasms, rejection, Caitlyn Jenner, the blue zone, and what it means to be an ageless goddess.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews T. Harv Eker, who is a financial evangelist and internationally recognized expert on mindset. Harv is best known for his New York Times bestselling book, Secrets of a Millionaire Mind. His programs have been credited with helping thousands of people reverse bad money habits and turning financial hardships into financial security. During the show, Harv explains how our financial health is a byproduct of how we think and feel about money, ourselves, and our personal responsibility to our financial life.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Deborah Heisz who is the co-founder and editorial director of Live Happy LLC and Live Happy Magazine. Deborah has more than nine years of publishing experience and is the founding editor and chief of Success Magazine. During the show, Karl and Deborah discuss what makes us happy, being meaningful, and whether it is a destination or journey.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Amy Myers, who is the author of The Autoimmune Solution. Amy writes about how to prevent and reverse a full spectrum of inflammatory symptoms and diseases. During the show, Karl and Dr. Myers discuss leaky gut, how to heal your gut, symptoms of autoimmune disease, food sensitivity, toxins, and what you should eat.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews hands-on therapist Sue Hitzmann and creator of the MELT method addresses the causes and treatments of chronic muscle and joint pain. Sue has made it her life’s mission to help people conquer chronic pain. A former fitness model / presenter turned therapist who had to find ways to manage her own pain and the pain of her patients. During the show explains what the stress reflex is, how to identify pre-pain stress signals, along with simple steps to breaking the pain cycle.
In this week's episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Puja Shah, a pediatric dentist and certified yoga instructor; and Amish Shah, an accomplished Inc 500 entrepreneur who's journey from triumph to tragedy revealed the true source of lasting peace and happiness.
Together, Amish and Puja have made it their mission to help others find inner balance, peace, happiness and joy in their lives using ancient meditation strategies that are now being scientifically validated for their positive, live changing impact on health.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews David Zulberg, who is an ACE fitness specialist, health coach, and author of the bestselling book The 5 Skinny Habits. David studied timeless health principles pioneered by leading ancient physicians after his own personal struggle with weight gain and health issues. He became one of the first to apply these time-tested ancient methods to modern fitness and nutrition practices. This podcast covers the importance of habits, perception, and the 5 Skinny Habits.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Ellen Davis who has a Master’s degree in Applied Clinical Nutrition and writes extensively about ketogenic diets on her website KetogenicDietResource.com. During the show, Ellen debunks the common myths about ketogenic, and Karl shares his personal switch to a low carb diet and his journey to losing 11lbs in 10 days
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Kenford Nedd who is the author of The Power Over Stress. Dr. Nedd is a syndicated writer and an expert on stress and happiness. During the show, Karl and Dr. Nedd discuss the medical signs of stress, how to regulate stress, and some actionable tips for stress relief.
It’s Results Week here at Your Best Life, and we’re looping back with our very first guest on the podcast - someone I met 12 pounds ago! She's my new nutrition mentor nad BFF, New York Times best selling author and celebrity fitness and nutrition expert, JJ Virgin, and she's cooking something up you're sure to love!
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews Dr. Dominic D’Agostino, an Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida. What started as the use of nutritional strategies in hyperbaric medicine for the US Navy led to some incredible discoveries about the role of nutrition and, specifically, the broad ranging implications ketones have on everything from neurological diseases to cancer. Dr. D’Agostino shares why everything we’ve been taught - the Food Pyramid, carbs, fat - is all wrong.
In this week’s episode of Your Best Life, Karl interviews co-authors of Gratitude and Trust, Tracey Jackson and Paul Williams. In this podcast, Paul shares the knowledge he gained in his twenty-four years working in the recovery movement, where he healed himself and also helped others. Tracey discusses her lifelong quest for peace and how to get through life’s ups and downs.
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Dr. Michael Finkelstein, a leading authority on holistic and integrative medicine, is the author of Slow Medicine: Hope and Healing for Chronic Illness, co-founder of Sun Raven, the Center for Holistic and Skillful Living, and is a board certified physician in internal medicine and integrative holistic medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine.
Dr. Finkelstein has been featured in the New York Times and Huffington Post, as well as a guest on CNN, Martha Stewart Living, and ABC News. If you want to feel empowered to take your health back, this is a must-listen podcast!
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Joe and Terry Graedon, nationally syndicated newspaper columnists and authors of the People’s Pharmacy books have made it their mission to demystify the often-confusing treatment options people are faced with on a daily basis.
Joe and Terry share effective home remedies, and drug and treatment breakthroughs, as well as the side effects that aren’t commonly known for prescription and over-the-counter medications.
If you want to know how to make informed decisions about treating common and not so common conditions, then this episode of Your Best Life is for you.
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Terry Real, an internationally recognized family therapist and teacher with twenty-five years of experience. Terry has become the go-to guy for relationships that are on the brink, and is the founder of The Relational Life Institute.
Terry's ideas on men’s issues and couples therapy have been celebrated on Good Morning America, The Today Show, Oprah, 20/20, and the New York Times. If you want to know what a “full throttle marriage” is, then make sure you listen to this podcast!
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Vani Hari - aka the Food Babe - has got your back. A food activist who has courageously put the heat on big food companies to disclose ingredients and remove toxic additives from their products, Hari has made it her life's mission to educate the world about how to live a clean, organic, healthy lifestyle in an overprocessed, contaminated-food world, and how to look and feel fabulous while doing it.
In THE FOOD BABE WAY, Hari invites you to follow an easy and accessible plan to rid your body of toxins, lose weight withoutcounting calories, and restore your natural glow in just 21 days. Including anecdotes of her own transformation along with easy-to-follow shopping lists, meal plans, and mouthwatering recipes, THE FOOD BABE WAY will empower you to change your food, change your body, and change the world.
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New York Times Best Selling Author JJ Virgin of the Virgin Diet breaks the code on weight loss resistance with her newest title, The Sugar Impact Diet.
In this episode JJ debunks the myth about the Glycemic Index, why all sugars are not the same, how Fruit promotes the creation of body fat and the 14 day plan you can use to reduce your addiction to sugar and program your body to burn fat!
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