Coffee & Kettlebells

When we are trying to live a healthier, more active lifestyle, one of the biggest obstacles is having people in our lives who aren’t trying to do the same. Dealing with these relationships can be difficult because many of them are with our best friends, our family or our significant other. Of course, we aren’t going to remove these people from our lives, and that is why I am here to share with you ways you can successfully navigate these relationships that do not support your lifestyle.  

Do you experience regular bloating, gas or other digestive issues? Are you annoyed with constant aches and pains? Or, are you “tired” of battling constant fatigue and brain fog? Maybe you are often finding yourself feeling down, anxious or depressed? Or perhaps you are frustrated with having constant highs and lows of blood sugar and insulin levels?  Leading functional medicine practitioner, Dr. Will Cole, has your answer in this episode.

I have the secret to feeling more comfortable and confident in your own skin and developing a healthier relationship with your body! I promise you, it’s nothing extreme and something you are completely capable of doing. The secret? Just buy the jeans that fit–or shirt or whatever piece of clothing it may be. I know it’s so common for us to want to cram ourselves into a certain size of jeans, but I truly believe this is so unhealthy for the relationship we have with our bodies and here are 3 reasons

Most of us select skincare products with the best branding and marketing, without knowing if the ingredients are  healthy for our skin, our bodies and our overall health.  But, did you know most skincare products are water-based which dries out our skin, and “acne-fighting” skincare products can actually cause more acne?  I could keep asking you if you do or don’t know the facts about skincare, but instead, tune into this episode of Coffee & Kettlebells with founder of Primal Life Organics, Tri

We all have friends, or follow people on Instagram, who started a fad diet and saw amazing results. But, aren’t fad diets bad though? How are all these people seeing such amazing results, when you hear all the time they don’t work? In this episode, I’m going to discuss four reasons why people are seeing amazing results and hopefully help you decide whether or not you should be doing these fad diets as well. 

Many women are experiencing symptoms of depression, hormonal issues, hair loss, unexplained fatigue and other symptoms which they believe to be related to their breast implants. They claim once getting the implants removed, their symptoms disappeared. Although, many doctors refuse to recognize Breast Implant Illness as a real medical condition and diagnosis. In this episode, guest Courtney Bursich explains why Breast Implant Illness is real and why they are causing health problems in so many women.

How many times have you been motivated to eat healthier and workout regularly, just to lose that motivation shortly after? How many times have you said you’ll start over again on Monday? Before you know it, next year comes and you’re stuck in the same place. In this episode, I give you my best advice on how to not only get motivated, but how to stay motivated long-term. My goal with this episode is for you to look at yourself in one year with no regrets and instead be so proud of the person you have bec

Who else is confused about what to buy at the grocery store? With so many different labels found on food packages, from grass-fed, organic and free-range, to low-fat, high-protein and gluten-free, grocery shopping is overwhelming. Guest Kevin Curry, author of the Fit Men Cook cookbook and a popular Instagram health influencer, does an amazing job explaining the ins and outs of different foods labels, making grocery shopping a whole heck of a lot simpler for us, especially those of us on a budget! 

Are you a victim of the "fat" mirror? Do you allow your reflection in the mirror to dictate how confident you feel in your own skin? In this episode of Coffee & Kettlebells, I chat with you about the negative relationship so many of us have with the mirror, which greatly effects the relationship we have with our bodies. Plus, I talk to you about how we can change our perspective on the reflection we see to successfully develop greater self-love and self-confidence. 

Do you want to feel less stressed? How about have more energy? Or, have better skin? A stronger immune system? Higher quality of sleep? If so, functional mushrooms can help! In this episode, the National Educator for Four Sigmatic, Danielle Ryan Broida, shares how we can use functional mushrooms to improve the quality of our health and life. Danielle, educates us on different functional mushrooms and their benefits, including reishi, shitake, lion’s mane, chaga, cordyceps and more.

So much of our lives are influenced by who we spend our time with. If we want to become the best version of ourselves, we need to surround ourselves with those who add value to your lives. In this episode, I discuss six aspects of our lives where our friends influence us. I challenge you to take the time to reflect on your relationships and determine whether or not who you associate with most is having a positive or negative affect within these six aspects.

In this episode of Coffee & Kettlebells, Dr. Marvin Singh helps us understand antibiotics and probiotics in greater depth, allowing us to make the best decisions for our gut health. He dives deep into the effects antibiotics have on our gut health, what we need to do when antibiotics are absolutely necessary to take to protect our gut health, what we need to look for when selecting a probiotic supplement and how to use probiotics effectively.  

Fitness trackers have us constantly looking to see how many steps we’ve gotten in and how many calories we’ve burned. This obsession makes it seems like it would make us healthier, right? What if they didn't? What if they didn't provide you with accurate numbers? What if they didn't actually help you lose more weight? In this episode of Coffee & Kettlebells, I educate you on what you may not know about fitness trackers, plus my top five reasons why you should stop wearing them.

Hanger is real! Not only is it real, but it is also your body trying to tell you something is not right! In this episode of Coffee & Kettlebells, we are going to dive into what really is causing you to have an increased appetite and feel crazy hungry all the time. I chat with guests Sarah Fragoso and Dr. Brooke Kalanick, authors of the best-selling book Hangry, who educate us what is actually happening in our bodies when we feel hangry. Hint: it's your hormones!

In this episode, I explain what it means to be fit, what it means to be healthy and how, in some cases, there can be a huge difference. Plus, I talk you through the long-term damage you can do to your body when you prioritize being fit over being healthy.