Change the way you think about food, indulgence, & what healthy eating actually looks like with Vanessa Rissetto, RD

12/19/21 • 70 min

“What should I eat?” can be an emotional question for many of us, particularly during the holidays. In today’s episode, Lisa Brooks Mills speaks with Vanessa Rissetto, a registered dietitian, the co-founder of Culina Health, and the dietician intern director at New York University.

Vanessa shares lifestyle adjustments for healthy eating habits that are sustainable, and how to prepare and support yourself with healthy choices throughout the holidays. She also discusses the key differences between dieticians and nutritionists so you can learn to navigate the growing world of social media and wellness.

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Unlock your authentic leadership with Boundless Leadership co-author Elazar Aslan

Elazar Aslan is the Founder and CEO of Caterfly Solutions, a coaching firm that specializes in helping leaders operate from their peak potential to have a positive and sustainable impact on their businesses and communities. He recently co-authored “Boundless Leadership” with Dr. Joe Loizzo, who appeared on episode 32 of The Glo Podcast.

Today’s episode dives deeper into the kind of self-work authentic leadership requires. Elazar shares from his personal experience of endeavoring inward to discover his own leadership potential as well as his proven leadership principles and meditation practices he has used to guide leaders in corporations, including Chase, D&B, MasterCard, American Express, and ADP, as well as hyper-growth start-ups.

His views on leadership invite us to question our definition of what a leader is, and he has found that effective and healthy leadership is really about what is going on inside the leader. This interview is a follow-up conversation to Derik’s interview with Dr. Joe Loizzo, co-author of Boundless Leadership with Elazar, episode 32 (linked below).

Links:

Elazar's website

Boundless Leadership book site

Nalanda Institute

Article: What is Psychological Safety?

Harvard Business Review: What Psychological Safety Looks Like in a Hybrid Workplace

A Little Book on the Human Shadow by Robert Bly

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How breathwork is changing law enforcement training and first responders with retired police officer Erik Milosevich

Continuing our series of interviews with first responders, Derik Mills chats with Erik Milosevich, a military veteran and retired police officer turned breathwork instructor. We met Erik through photographer, and fellow Glo podcast guest, Robert Sturman (episode #14), who photographed Erik and other military veterans who use yoga as a healing practice for PTSD and mental, emotional, and physical health.

Erik was a US Army 82nd Airborne Division Recon/Sniper and an international competitor on the All Army Taekwondo Team. As a police officer with the Santa Monica Police Department, Erik served on a variety of assignments, including collateral SWAT, Field Training Officer, Narcotics Investigator, and Neighborhood Resource Officer. He was also a Krav Maga Law Enforcement Instructor and taught classes on implicit and gender bias as well as defensive tactics.

Erik has spent the last 25 years designing programs and training police officers in yoga, meditation and breathwork, and is a certified Wim Hof Method Instructor. In today’s episode, he shares his career of service, how he discovered yoga and breathwork, and the powerful benefits they have had while training law enforcement.

TRIGGER WARNING: We discuss PTSD and suicide in this episode.

Photo Credit: Robert Sturman