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Jenn has several fitness credentials under her belt: She is an ACE-certified personal trainer, health coach, and advanced health and fitness specialist, and an AFAA-certified group exercise instructor. Jenn has a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and an MA in health journalism from the University of Minnesota. She has also written for numerous online publications including Shape magazine, Yahoo! Shine, SparkPeople, AOL’s Paw Nation and Diets in Review. In her free time, Jenn can be found challenging her husband to a wicked game of MarioKart on the Wii, chomping on kale, updating her 1960s-decorated home in Kansas City, Mo., doing CrossFit and running with her pup.

This week we chat about our EPIC upcoming creativeLIVE show and Halloween.

Dr. Tom O'Bryan is an Internationally recognized speaker and workshop leader specializing in Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease. He is a ‘Sherlock Holmes’ for chronic disease and metabolic disorders. He is a clinician par excellence in treating chronic disease and metabolic disorders from a Functional Medicine Perspective. He holds a teaching Faculty position with the Institute for Functional Medicine. Dr. O’Bryan is always one of the most respected, highly-appreciated speakers. Dr. O'Bryan's passion is in teaching the many manifestations of Gluten Sensitivity and Celiac Disease as they occur inside and outside of the intestines.

My name is George, I am 27 and have been on active duty in the United States Marine Corps since July 2002. I have spent a lot of time away from loved ones in countries that I can barely pronounce, but every second of it is worth it to me. I take great pride in what I do and hope my efforts make a difference in many people’s lives. I plan on staying in the Marine Corps for at least 20 years. After that, who knows what will happen, maybe I’ll open a gym, a Paleo Cafe, write a book… Even early on in my childhood, I had weight and fitness concerns. I spent a good majority of my life, over my ideal weight and very out of shape. I tried sports in high school but lack of drive and guidance stood in the way of success. The first time I remember ever wanting to learn how to get in shape and make a life change was when I attempted to join the Marine Corps. What had started as the biggest adult decision of my life up to that moment, became pivotal in the most unexpected way. The recruiters took one look at me, put me on the scale, and told me I was 43 pounds over what I needed to be to even sign up, or leave for boot camp. Ten minutes before I was ready to go, but now I felt crushed, rejected, angry. How did I let it get this bad? Even the military didn’t want me. That was it, I left and made it my mission to prove those recruiters wrong. Any one of the recruiters could have taken the time to care teach me how to help myself so I could achieve my goal to enlist. As it turns out, I didn’t need them after all I started reading, researching, running, working out like a fiend. The pounds MELTED away… 10 pounds… 20 pounds… 30 pounds… It was that moment in my life where I made the decision to never let anyone hold me down or tell me no. Now, when someone tells me I can’t do something, not only do I prove them wrong, I surpass it and show them up. In four months, I lost all the weight I needed and waltzed my happy skinny ass right back into that office. I was able to sign the papers and start the positive path in the Marine Corps. The same two recruiters had no idea I was that fat worthless kid from months earlier until I told them. I graduated as the Honor Graduate from Parris Island and was a slim 154 lbs. It wasn’t until I got deployed to Somalia in 2004 I decided to really get serious about fitness. *Functional Fitness, not Vanity Fitness* What had started out as fitness to cure boredom while deployed, turned into an obsession to get as big and strong as humanly possible. I accomplished this goal at a giant height of 5’7 and ended up weighing a solid 253 lbs. The glory was short lived… someone my size is not supposed to weigh that much. My stressful workouts, my routine USMC forced marches with fully loaded ruck sacks, distance runs… would have been enough for my frame to handle. Add an extra near-100lbs of excess weight I was carrying around, it didn’t take long to develop exercise induced compartment syndrome (similar to stress fractures) and almost losing both of my legs. I ended up having five operations on both of my legs, spending the majority of an entire year in a wheelchair as well as close to 24 months in physical therapy. 253 lbs of muscle doesn’t stay muscle on hospital food, pain pills, and wheelchair exercise, so to no one’s surprise, I got FAT. I was told they were going to kick me out of the Marine Corps, I would never be able to run again never mind lift weights. Once the words “You can’t…” came out of their mouths… a new mission was born. I had gotten myself into this mess, I was going to get myself out, even if I had to crawl. During this trying time of recovery and repair, I was blessed to receive orders to Hawaii and when I started physical therapy there, I was introduced to a whole new fitness system. ”Triathlons” became my new goal. Hawaii is crawling with fitness enthusiasts, just as Southern California is, and I started gearing my physical therapy and rehabilitation towards[...]

This week Carrie and I respond to a delightful comment discussion that followed our recent article on the Huffington Post

In 1980 Noakes was tasked to start a sports science course at the University of Cape Town. Noakes went on to head the Medical Research Council-funded Bioenergetics of Exercise Research Unit, which was later changed to the MRC/UCT Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine.[3] In the early 1990s Noakes co-founded the Sports Science Institute of South Africa,[4] with former South African rugby player Morne du Plessis. His unit's physiological research has produced over 370 scientific articles since 1996. He published a scientific paper on the condition now known as Exercise Associated Hyponatremia (EAH).[citation needed] He first recognized this condition in a female runner during the 1984 Comrades Marathon, and published his findings in 1985 in the journal Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. Noakes hosted the 1st International Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia Consensus Development Conference in Cape Town in May 2005. Noakes is also known for renewing and elaborating the idea first proposed by the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine winner Archibald Hill that a central governor regulates exercise to protect body homeostasis.[5][6][7][8] In 2005 he undertook a series of pioneering experiments in the Arctic and Antarctic on South African (British-born) swimmer Lewis Gordon Pugh to understand the full range of human capability in extreme cold. He discovered that Pugh had the ability to raise his core body temperature before entering the water in anticipation of the cold and coined the phrase 'anticipatory thermo-genesis' to describe it. In 2007 he was the expedition doctor for Pugh’s one kilometre swim at the Geographic North Pole. Noakes has written two books. "Lore of Running" is a resource on almost every topic for understanding, enjoying, and improving performance in the sport.[9] "Waterlogged" takes readers inside the science of athlete hydration.[10]

Christa discovered her passion for holistic nutrition in South Africa after taking a life-changing workshop called "Optimal Nutrition for the Mind". It inspired her to embark on a healing lifestyle change including a whole foods diet and supplementation program. After being raised with excessive antibiotics and years of daily reliance on sugar and caffeine for energy, changing both diet and lifestyle provided almost instant energy, digestive healing, peace, weight loss and vibrant health. These simple changes convinced her of the tremendous transformative power of food and nutrition, resulting in a vibrant, balanced, and joyful way of life. Fueled by this passion, Christa became a Clinical Nutritionist and Holistic Health Counselor and founded ‘The Whole Journey’ in 2005 to share her knowledge with others. Her nutrition practice is unique in that Christa does not advocate any one specific way of eating. She believes that every individual has distinct dietary needs based upon genetics, lifestyle, gender, blood type, stress levels, how they ate as a child, current state of health (we look at and run all kinds of lab work) and future health goals. Therefore, she focuses on bio-individuality, while imparting a positive and empowering perspective shift around food that results in greater lifelong food flexibility. Christa holds a B.S. in International Business and Spanish from the University of North Carolina. She is a Clinical Nutritionist (CN) as well as a Holistic Health Counselor (HHC). Christa attended The Natural Healing Institute and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in NYC, and is currently doing post-graduate work in the field of nutrition to obtain her CCN. Christa is accredited by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Christa has been regularly featured as a health expert on TV and in print nationwide. She is the co-author of "The Anti-inflammatory Diet" with Cheryl Tiegs as well as the author of "The Whole Journey Food as Medicine Cookbook" and "The Five Tris: A Brand New Approach to Pre-natal Health". She is also the creator of The Whole Journey Product Review site, a TEDx speaker, and the Fox5 San Diego weekly health expert where she speaks about using food as medicine and a mind-body approach to eating and healing. You can watch her every Thursday morning at 9:05 am.

This week we cover why oats aren't SANE, how to cure what ails you, and explore the cause of and solution to overeating.

Dr. Austin received her degree in naturopathic medicine from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2004. She practiced in Canada for several years before relocating to San Diego. She has spent the majority of her career working in corporate settings helping the employees establish a healthy lifestyle, and lecturing for many international organizations. Dr. Austin has a special focus on hormone (endocrine) metabolism and lifestyle medicine. She has a passion for teaching patients how all the hormones work together to ensure optimal health. The hormones effect mood, digestion, sleep, libido, appetite, body composition, energy, and heart health. Every hormone is connected to each other and must be treated as a whole. Looking at just estrogen, thryoid hormone, cortisol or insulin by themselves is in error. Dr. Austin teaches her patients lifestyle changes that will stick for life and reverse and prevent chronic illness. Through addressing the underlying causes, she works with her patients to provide them with the most up to date research. Dr. Austin’s special interests also include clinical nutrition, eating disorders, weight management, and mental health. She is a DAN! Doctor and sees many patients with Autism and Down Syndrome. She is also a certified fitness instructor. You can find her in several local fitness facilities helping many achieve their health & fitness goals.

Kathy Smart is a TV Show Host, Bestselling Author, Chef, a multi-award winning Nutritionist, and is known as Canada’s leading gluten-free expert.

Julia Cameron has had a remarkable career, which in turn has given remarkable help to others. Herself an award-winning poet, playwright, and filmmaker, she has written thirty books, ranging from her widely-praised, hard-hitting crime novel The Dark Room to her volumes of children’s poems and prayers. Despite her extensive film and theater credits, which include such diverse work as Miami Vice and the prize-winning romantic comedy God’s Will, which she both wrote and directed, Cameron is best known for her hugely successful works on creativity. The Artist’s Way has sold more than two million copies worldwide, and her followup bestsellers The Vein of Gold, Walking in this World and The Right to Write are likewise flagship books which are taught in universities, churches, human potential centers and even in tiny clusters deep in the jungles of Panama. Credited with founding a new human potential movement that has enabled millions to realize their creative dreams, Cameron eschews the title creativity expert, preferring instead to describe herself simply as an artist. “Artists have always mentored, I just do it on a wider scale.” “My books are not creative theory,” she explains. “They spring straight out of my own creative practice. In a sense, I am the floor sample of my own tool kit. When we are unblocked we can have remarkable and diverse adventures.” She knows of what she speaks. A writer since the age of eighteen, Cameron has published highly praised short stories, award-winning essays and hard-hitting political journalism. Her credits range from Rolling Stone to The New York Times. As a teacher, she has taught everywhere from The Smithsonian to Esalen, The New York Times to Northwestern University where she served as writer in residence in film.

Dr. Edmund Bourne, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the treatment of anxiety disorders and related problems for more than two decades. For many years he was director of the Anxiety Treatment Center in San Jose and Santa Rosa, California. His best-selling anxiety workbooks, which have helped hundreds of thousands of readers throughout the world, include The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Healing Fear, Beyond Anxiety & Phobia, Coping With Anxiety, and Natural Relief for Anxiety. Dr. Bourne is frequently interviewed by the media, and his work has been featured in numerous magazines, such as Psychology Today, Natural Health, Cosmopolitan, Fitness, and Bottom Line Personal. Dr. Bourne currently lives and practices in practices in Northern California and Florida. He maintains a commitment to helping create world peace by teaching people how to create greater peace in their lives. If you wish to see Dr. Bourne's work in the area of changing collective world views, visit his other site: Globalshiftnow.com

This week we have the pleasure of hearing even more about Carrie's newest book which outlines how to make fat-burning amazing ice cream!

This week we have the pleasure of hearing about Carrie's newest book which outlines how to make fat-burning amazing ice cream!

This week we cover how to deal with late night munchies, how to order your eating to maximize enjoyment, and how to easily avoid going inSANE.