Feel Good Effect
Summary: The Feel Good Effect is a wellness podcast with a mission to unpack what it really mean to be healthy, with conversations and solo episodes themed around an effective, gentle approach. Hosted by Robyn Conley Downs, founder of mission-driven media and education brand, Real Food Whole Life, the show is about leaning out of wellness as another set of impossible standards, and leaning into self-trust, powerful mindset shifts, and radically simple strategies & habits that really work.
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- Artist: Robyn Conley Downs
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Podcasts:
We’re diving into mindset, ancestral + paleo diet/lifestyle, and the ketogenic diet today with Mark Sisson of Mark’s Daily Apple and Primal Kitchen. Key Takeaways: Shifting from a pain and suffering mindset to one of restore and repair. Transitioning from a high-carb diet to an ancestral way of eating. The purpose of movement for Mark. Ketogenic diet 101.
How to go on a Decision Diet (and what that even means), how to harness more mental energy, and increase your willpower. Today we’re diving into the research on willpower + decision making, and I’m sharing 7 strategies for making fewer decisions, combating mental depletion, and having more mental energy and willpower.
Our guest is Minaa B., a writer, author of the book Rivers Are Coming and a licensed psychotherapist based in NYC. She inspires people with her work through her hope filled messages and aims to bridge the gap between shame and mental health treatment for people who feel alone in their struggles.
We’re chatting with Jenny Blake about how to move beyond burnout and build a life you love. Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist, and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic lives they love.
Sonja Overhiser from A Couple Cooks is our guest today, sharing tips on how to fall in love with cooking and change your mindset when it comes to healthy eating. She also gives ideas for how to start if you’re looking to dive into the health and wellness space, and breaking down her new cookbook, Pretty Simple Cooking.
Today we’re taking a deep dive into practicing self-care, even when you’re in survival mode. You’ll gain tactical tips and specific practices to help you nourish your soul, whether you’re going through a difficult time, or just can’t carve out a moment to take care of yourself each day.
Jessica Murnane is our guest this week. In this episode we chat about a plant-based diet, endometriosis, and she shares details about her newest project. Jessica is creator of the One Part Plant movement, author of the One Part Plant Cookbook, host of the One Part Podcast, and founder of Know Your Endo.
Nutritionist to the stars, Kelly LeVeque, is back on the podcast following her extremely popular first episode in 2017. Kelly is sharing the behind-the-scenes of her book tour, tips on eating well while traveling, finding a diet that works for you, avoiding the starvation-binge cycle, her take on today’s most popular diets, and in-depth recommendations on protein powders.
I’m sharing the ways I’ve failed this year, and how I’m changed my mindset to think outside the failure box (and you can, too) in today’s vulnerable episode. I’m also breaking down my new course, Actually Healthy and extending an invitation for you to join in 2018.
We’re breaking down top episodes from season one of The Feel Good Effect podcast, plus I’m sharing what I’ve learned from my first year of podcasting, plus a never-before-heard clip from before the podcast went live. We’re also diving into my new course, Actually Healthy!
Today we’re talking with Laila Ali, world-class athlete, fitness & wellness expert, TV host, cooking enthusiast, founder of the Laila Ali Lifestyle Brand, and mother of two. Laila is sharing how she got into boxing, her transition into fitness & wellness, finding balance, her philosophy on preparation, and persistence, plus her new book, Food For Life.
We’re diving into body image, redefining success, and finding happiness in the digital media age today with Kathryn Budig. Kathryn is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher and author known for her accessibility, humor, and ability to empower her students through her message, “aim true.”
Melissa Hartwig is co-founder of the Whole30 program, and four-time New York Times bestselling author. In today’s episode we dive into details about the Whole30, Melissa’s take on dieting, and she explains all about the lesson of the lamp.
We’re diving into gratitude today, and how a gratitude practice can allow you to stay gentle (even when life gets messy). In this episode we’ll dig into why gratitude works, what it is, what it isn’t, and how to do it.
We are diving into breath this week with our guest, Ashley Neese. In this episode we discuss why a breathwork practice is so important, how to do it, common misconceptions, and how to use breath to improve your overall health.
