Moms for Wellness

You know our focus on this podcast is healthy living...but sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. What to do. Sometimes you just need someone to hold your hand and point you in the right direction. That’s exactly what you are getting today!

Today we are going to be peeling back the onion to help you kick those bad habits and start your life of wellness. We have so many tips and tricks for you today– I know you will find more than one thing to implement in your life right away! This is definitely a “listen and do” episode!

To help me deliver on this, is my amazing guest, a health and wellness expert for over thirty years, Shirley Amata. Shirley is a N.O.W Coach (based in Austin, Texas) who believes in optimizing wellness through natural options and teaches people how to manage their personal health. She shares her experiences and educates others on the relationship between eating, exercising, and energizing to lead a life of abundance. Her passion for helping others comes from her own health journey, including her daughter's diagnosis with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Shirley's purpose is to empower people to take charge of their health and wellness journey. She holds a MS in Education, BA in Psychology, several certifications in health and fitness, coached all ages and wellness stages, and has competed in triathlons and other races. She enjoys reading, writing, music, cooking, podcasts, power naps, outdoor activities and spending quality time with loved ones.

What is the difference between Health and Wellness?

What is Natural Option Wellness?

Where do I start?

Enjoy Part 1 of our 4 part series with Shirley!

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Do you ever feel like your feelings don't count? Do you find yourself comparing your situation to others' and then deciding how you think you should feel?

This episode is an episode about hope and encouragement. This will be a true encouragement to you today no matter what you are going through. You have worth and you are worth taking the time and effort to acknowledge your struggle and work through it. To bring this encouragement through her personal story is my guest, Stacy Routhier.

Stacy Routhier is a cancer survivor and a leader who looks to inspire and empower those battling all aspects of mental health and wellbeing and for those going through any illness at any stage. She was diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer at 36 and had a double mastectomy with reconstruction.

But this story is not about her having cancer, it's about the mental health of a woman who thought that her cancer didn't count and she didn't deserve to feel scared or sad. On this episode, Stacy shares her inner voice about what goes through a person's mind when they go through a traumatic experience and that your feelings COUNT!

Share this episode with a friend who is struggling today and in need of encouragement. Share this episode with a friend who is going through the cancer journey. Listen to this episode if you have a friend who is going through the cancer journey. Be encouraged and strengthened today.

Read Stacy's Journey at StacysHopeChest.com

Get in touch with Stacy: [email protected]

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Being a mom that leads your family in healthy habits is being a mom in tune with your holobiome!

Do you know what the plant and human holobiomes have in common and why it matters to your health? My guest, Jennifer Maynard, comes with her wealth of knowledge to shed light on how our holobiomes impact our health.

Jennifer Maynard has a fascinating journey: from foraging off the land in Alaska to a career in Biotech to studying the impact that food has on our health and now being CEO of Nutrition for Longevity. Plants and humans have a symbiotic relationship when it comes to our holobiome...but what does that mean? Simply put, by eating more plants, we increase our health span and improve our health.

Listen to discover :

What the human and plant holobiomes are and why they matter

What Regenerative farming is and what impact that has on your health

Why eating more plants improves your and your child’s health

Tips how you can encourage your kids to eat more veggies

Why our food is different from food in most other countries

Why what you eat has an effect on illnesses like diabetes and cancer and alzheimers

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Longevity Focus Website

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Dr. Longo’s Cell Article: “A sustained change from the typical Western diet to an optimal diet rich in legumes, whole grains, and nuts with reduced red and processed meats is associated with an increase in life expectancy of 10.7 years in females and 13 years in males if started at age 20, and over 8 years of increased life expectancy when started at age 60 (Fadnes et al., 2022).

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Do you know what the vast benefits of fasting are?

What is the difference between intermittent fasting and prolonged fasting?

Is fasting even good for you?

What are the secrets of a long healthy life?

What can I do today to impact the length and quality of my life?

Dr. Joseph Antoun joins us and sets the record straight on fasting. Dr. Antoun shares his vast expertise and breaks it down into simple ways for us to picture and understand how our body responds to fasting and the amazing benefits that fasting provides to the body.

But who is Dr. Antoun? I mention in the show that Dr. Antoun has an impressive pedigree.

Dr. Joseph Antoun is CEO & Chairman of the Board of L-Nutra and Member of the Forbes Business Development Council. He's the former CEO of Health Systems Reform, a boutique consultancy aimed at improving public health by reforming health systems, management, and delivery.

Prior to that, he was Director of Health Policy at the University of Chicago, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Health Systems and Reform and head of Business Development for Eli Lilly & Co. He completed his studies in Public Policy at Harvard University, in Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, and his Doctorate in Medicine and Masters’ in Medical and Biological Sciences at Saint Joseph University.

Dr. Antoun always knew he wanted to help others through medicine, which is why he trained to be a physician. He figured out that medicine was actually sick care, treating patients after their health had already declined. Dr. Antoun wanted to be at the forefront of changing our current healthcare system of sick care to a more proactive approach, which meant taking care of our existing good health. After years of working at pharmaceutical companies and, later, focusing on public health policy he found what he was searching for at L-Nutra, Inc., a cutting-edge nutri-technology company.

As CEO of L-Nutra, Dr. Antoun works with one of the leading global researchers in the area of longevity – Professor Valter Longo, Director of the Longevity Center at USC. Together they provide education and products to support a lifestyle that extends healthspan.

Take a listen to this fascinating and enlightening conversation!

**Some notes from my post-interview conversation with Dr. Antoun:

I shared that fasting clearly has benefits because it is commanded by God in the Bible to the Israelites. Dr. Antoun responded that the word "fasting" is the only common word in all the world religions. I find that fascinating!

To clarify, Dr. Antoun does not recommend water-only fasting. The beauty of the Fasting-Mimicking Diet is that one gains the benefits of fasting but is able to sustain the body by giving nutrients through food.

Dr. Antoun graciously offered a dicsount on the Prolon Box to our audience. To get details and to connect with L-Nutra and get more info, see all the links below.

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***This is a REPLAY which is why you hear "Journey with Jennie" in the beginning***

Hot topic right here!!

What is Gut Health? Why is it so important?

What’s the big deal about gut health? What are the concerns of the gut?

What is the gut microbiota?

What happens when the gut microbiome is damaged? How does the gut microbiota get damaged?

What is leaky gut?

Can I do anything to improve my gut health?

What are the best foods to eat to repair my gut?

Here are 5 Tips to better Gut: Remove, Restore, Reinoculate, Repair, Rebalance

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