Essentially You: Empowering You On Your Health & Wellness Journey With Safe, Natural & Effective Solutions

We have all heard that age is nothing but a number, but how many of us actually know how to increase our longevity and happiness as we age? Natalie Jill is a fat loss expert, high-performance coach and globally recognized influencer who helps women age in reverse, and she is here to share her wisdom and knowledge with you today.

If you are on the PCOS journey and are looking for a resource to educate yourself and figure out what is going on inside your body, Megan is the girl for you. An information-packed episode filled with things you wish you knew when you were younger, Megan is here to debunk your cravings, help sort out your mood, energy and other PCOS symptoms, and help you get to the root cause of your blood sugar and hormone issues. 

Often our doctors think that the answer is medication when your thyroid shows symptoms of hormonal chaos. But more often than not, the thyroid is not the root cause and instead is a victim of other circumstances going on inside your body. 

One of the biggest causes of disease today can be directly linked to inflammation in the body. While inflammation is not always a bad thing, it can rage out of control quite easily and needs to be addressed early. Everything from joint pain to anxiety can be linked back to inflammation, and it is only by figuring out where you are at on the inflammation spectrum that you can start to create a customized health program that works for you.

Today I am shining a light on the similarities and differences found in the four most common types of PCOS and providing treatments for you to heal your PCOS naturally. If you want to learn which symptoms may warrant a further dive into the possibility of PCOS, risk factors and how to create a tailored treatment specifically for your body, this is the episode for you.

After almost 21 years as the executive producer of the Oprah Winfrey Show and co-president of Harpo Studios and the Oprah Winfrey Network, Sheri Salata realized that she had created the career of her dreams, but didn't have the life of her dreams. This inspired Sheri to forge a new path for herself and redefine ‘the middle of life’ to create the dream life she wanted for herself.

Rajshree Patel was a federal prosecutor who happened upon the ancient wisdom of India by total accident. What happened after this discovery changed her life forever, and the wisdom she has gained has helped hundreds of thousands of people increase their energy, happiness, and efficiency. 

Close your eyes & imagine what could be possible if you were able to turn off your inner critic, believe that you are good enough, & manifest the life that you want for yourself. This is exactly what Melissa Ambrosini did after multiple health challenges left her feeling lost, confused & without hope. Now, a best selling author, speaker, entrepreneur & spiritual teacher, Melissa is a self-help guru who is here to share the many relatable parallels of her story to let you know that you are not alone. 

Usually, when we think about the birth control pill, we think about how it is impacting our reproductive hormones. But did you know that the pill also has a huge impact on your brain chemistry, behavior and ultimately how you experience the world? Dr. Sarah Hill is a leading researcher in evolutionary psychology who has become fascinated with the effects of birth control on our psychology and health. 

Did you know that there are women in the US right now who cannot afford or gain access to menstrual supplies? The passion to bring awareness to menstrual product accessibility for women and girls all over the world is one I share with today's guest, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf. A gender, politics and menstruation advocate, attorney and the architect of the US campaign to squash the tampon tax, Jennifer is taking her dedication and expertise to the policies and laws that we live our lives by.

Do you want to look younger but want to avoid going under the knife? Dr. Tony Youn is known as America’s holistic plastic surgeon and is one of the most respected and recognized board plastic surgeons in the country. Dr. Youn wants to empower you to look younger with or without surgery through a holistic approach to youth and vitality.

After over a year of researching adrenal fatigue and the science of how our body makes energy, Ari Whitten has come to a few revolutionary conclusions. First, while adrenal fatigue may not be real, your symptoms are. And it is important to get to the root cause of what is impacting your cortisol levels, even if it is not what you thought it was. 

The all or nothing mentality that so many of us have towards life and fitness is not healthy. This mentality is something that Bree Argetsinger, or The Betty Rocker, gave up subscribing to years ago. After living her life striving to look like the models she saw in magazines, she had an awakening when she started to feed her body with natural foods instead of fake ones and put self-growth over appearance.

Each and every one of us is dealing with trauma. When trauma, no matter how severe, is left unattended it can spiral into all kinds of illness. Dr. Lissa Rankin has studied this connection from many different perspectives and understands how to address it to regain control over your health.

If you’ve ever felt so exhausted that simply functioning seems like an impossibility you may be suffering from adrenal fatigue. That’s what I was diagnosed with a decade ago. Our adrenals are hormones produced in a set of glands near our kidneys. But here’s the deal, chronic fatigue doesn’t actually start there - it begins up in our limbic, or survival, brain.