Be inspired in this episode by this amazing guest. Jenny is a cross fit athlete who repeatedly took first place several Cross Fit Strength Challenges and other strength competitions, who trains and coaches in Chico, CA and who is a women with epilepsy. Her most inspiring work is done through her organization Move Mountains where she is raising awareness for those living with epilepsy. Listen to Jenny’s story from “hidden secret” to running 500 miles across Colorado to raise awareness for her condition. Amazing.
Learn more about Jenny here and more about Move Mountains here. And as always, keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
Fasting, it’s all the rage right? Intermittent fasting, days of fasting, weeks of fasting - this strategy runs the gamut. And we get asked about it all the time! So we brought on the Living’ La Vida Low Carb Man himself, Mr. Jimmy Moore to break it down for us. How long, who can benefit – and you can bet Dr Brooke chimed in with her two cents (ok probably more than two…) about who this strategy may not be the best for. Learn more about employing fasting, what supplements and lifestyle choices can help should you decide to fast. And fasting aside, Jimmy is a very fun guest with a great story of reclaiming his own health after being over 400 pounds.
Learn more about Jimmy here. And as always, keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
When we started this podcast we wanted to talk about more than just hormones and going to the gym because women’s lives are so much bigger than all that. Today’s episode isn’t about lifting weights or not eating gluten or body image, it’s about money. But it does have a healthy, wellness spin because what’s a bigger source of stress than finances???? And women, let’s be real honest here: many of us aren’t all that great with money.
Today’s guest tells us why women struggle in this area, how they can do better and helps us see that we never really “learned money” – and we should! Krisstina Wise joins us today and tells her story of balancing money and health and why investing in YOUR BODY is her number one suggestion for women to be truly wealthy.
Oh it’s a great one.
Learn more about Krisstina here. And as always, keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
Holy guacamole do we have a special guest for you today....Sarah Vance.
Sarah is a food freedom and body image coach. Creator of the Breaking Boundaries program, Sarah helps women all over the world stop the madness around food and their body. And she's amazing.
In her work she helps women to let go of perfection, self-doubt, and all or nothing thinking so they can show up in this world feeling happy, confident, loved, worthy, and enough in whatever body they have. Her story is one you won't want to miss.
So yeah, you can just drop everything right now and listen to this episode :)
To learn more about Sarah visit her website or follow her in Instagram.
Keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
Today we have the man, the myth, the legend: Dr Jade Teta. The Sherlock Holmes of Fat Loss, female metabolism expert, two time published author and fellow ND. Jade talks about several metabolic “laws” that govern just how hard and in which ways you can push on your metabolism before she pushes back. A better understanding of these laws help you nudge past stubborn weight loss plateaus all the while keeping hormones in check. He shares his take on the perfect diet for women who are aiming to lose weight and you’ll find out just how long Dr Brooke and Jade have known each other…..
To learn more about Jade visit www.metaboliceffect.com
And as always, keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
In this episode we clear up confusion about naturopathic doctors, functional medicine "practitioners", health coaches, etc. We talk about how to find the right person to work with and also how to hire a personal trainer – with Sarah’s surprise advice. And we also cover two great questions on hair loss and acne explaining the different root causes of each issue and how to go about getting results with diet and supplements by targeting the underlying imbalance.
Keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
Today Sarah and Dr Brooke give you their best strategies for surviving the many stressful aspects of the holidays from food to social obligations to keeping up with exercise. We share our favorite traditions and what stresses us out about this time of year. Whether you're traveling or hosting a big meal, inundated with holiday parties or dealing with family stressors we have you covered. We even give you some great gift ideas and recipe suggestions from Sarah's blog. This was a super fun episode to do and we hope it gives you more peace and joy this time of year. And can you guess which one of us is more Who vs.Grinch?
Carbs and fats: eat em all at once? All in one day? Separate them? Spread them out? We let you know what we think of this whole idea - and we get into how much calories matter too. And best weight loss advice for a 49 year old runner. Ladies looking for birth control options, you're not gonna wanna miss this episode! We dive deep into the pill, IUDs, condoms and vasectomies - wondering which is our favorite???
Keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
You asked and we answered! Today's episode kicks off with a great question about Bipolar and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. We talked about using medications with or without natural medicine, how these issues relate to thyroid disease and what genetic testing is super important here. We got asked a biggie: how do you actually quit foods that make you feel like garbage? You can bet we had a ton to say about that! And we fielded a belly fat question from a listener who is doing it all: grad school, single parenting and ultra-marathons. Whoa! We got tired from just reading her story! Tune in and hear all the good stuff.
Keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
Whoa do we get into it today! Hear what Sarah and Dr Brooke think of vegan and vegetarian diets, if we thinks meds like SSRIs are ever the answer, how to eat and sleep with a newborn, PCOS nutrition for breastfeeding (is the answer actually more carbs??), what to do about frustrating menopausal weight gain and just how bad is it not to get a period?
Keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke atbetterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
The podcast can officially be over now cuz it's going to be hard to top this episode. OK this won't be the last episode - promise! But today we we have Dr Brooke's spirit animal: the one, the only, The KSD.
Krista Scott-Dixon (or Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon to be exact) joins Dr Brooke today to talk all about resiliency. How you get through stuff, how you grow, how you weather the storm, how you be all like a rubber band and get totally stretched to the max and somehow bounce back. Resiliency, heartiness and how you should spend your "care units". We also talk about Grandma Ruby, who will quite possibly be your new hero.
In addition to being one of the smartest, sanest women in nutrition and training world, Krista has a knack for dropping these little zen bombs. I told my husband all I wanted for Christmas was to somehow be able to carry Krista around in my pocket. Listen and you'll see why.
Krista has an amazing blog at Stumptuous.com and she is a key team member at the incredible Precision Nutrition where she creates much of the training for the growing tribe of PN Coaches.
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke atbetterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
Baby rattle roll please…….it’s pre and post-pregnancy expert and fellow GGS Advisory Board member: Jessie Mundell! There’s so much to love about this lady but perhaps most of all is her down to earth, don’t stress about it, never losing her mind sensibilities about training and motherhood. While Jessie is an expert at helping moms get healthy and fit before, during and after pregnancy (you can follow her own mommy shenanigans here) and we do touch on pelvic floor and abdominal separation healing in this episode (way more on on this topic in episode #6), today we focused on all the other pregnancy "stuff". We share our birth stories ranging from home birth to medicated hospital delivery to emergency C-section and we dive into the stuff your girlfriends seem to forget to tell you about like the myriad of concerns with using the bathroom after delivery, what you REALLY need to bring to the hospital and how to handle the “fourth trimester” of no sleep, a unique blend of terror and bliss and getting back to exercise – and hear how poor Jessie managed to nurse and care for a newborn with an IV in her arm for an infected C section scar! The range of normal in pregnancy, delivery and motherhood is HUGE! We hope this episode helps moms to be and new moms feel better prepared for what lies ahead and seasoned moms relive those magical, crazy experiences of delivery and baby-hood.
Learn more about Jessie and her programs on her website, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Keep those questions coming to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com! Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
You DO NOT want to miss this episode! The amazing Kelly Coffey shares her story of weighing over 300 pounds (and some stuff she really LOVED about it), gastric by-pass surgery, addiction (to all the things from bad relationships to booze and beyond) and coming out the other side. Having had her hit-the-wall-fall-on-your-knees breakdown-near-the-brink-of-death wake up call, let this woman talk to you about self-care. It is about more than dieting and hitting the gym. It is about finding something to love just enough to not self-destruct - and how to learn to love a little more and then a little more to keep the care going. You will melt listening to Kelly's voice (seriously, just wait). Your heart will break and it will heal all over again as you hear her journey from self-destruction to self-love. This episode is just soooo good.
You can learn more about Kelly here and you can get here FREE training: Why We Sabotage Ourselves with Food and What We Can Do About It. Register now: bit.ly/rightwithfood
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook together or keep up with Dr Brooke here and Sarah here. Learn more about working with Dr Brooke at betterbydrbrooke.com and with Sarah at sarahfragoso.com (obviously). Oh and you can find Dr Brooke and Sarah on Instagram as well.
We're back with another Q&A this week and as always, you ladies ask some good questions! In this episode we talk about the best way to boost vitamin D levels and why yours may be going up and down - and should ramping up vitamin D include a tanning bed? Should you stick it out low carb if you're trying to heal your gut even if you feel terrible in terms of mood and energy? And if you have hormonal issues do you need to avoid foods like rosemary and garlic? We give you the low down estrogen in your food and the truth about phytoestrogens. And Dr Brooke shares her kindergarten update and Sarah reminds us to read her current favorite book by Pema Chodron, "When Things Fall Apart" because they do don't they? They always do.
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke,www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrookeandwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
This started off as a listener question and turned into a full episode jam packed with everything from overlooked aspects to healing the gut, how long should you really be on a restricted diet, when elimination diets aren’t enough and how this all ties into your unique hormonal imbalances like estrogen dominance, low thyroid, adrenal fatigue and Hashimoto’s. So many women have tried a Whole30, done a series of elimination diets, taken a slew of supplements, worked with several docs and are still struggling to eat without getting bloated, come off a restricted food list without falling apart or somehow feeling worse than they did before. It’s no surprise they are wondering, “What gives??” In this episode we answer this great listener question from Laura and get into it about why your digestion is still a mess; why you haven’t yet heal your leaky gut, IBS, etc.; and why your food sensitivities may not be going away. Be prepared for a bit of a lesson in digestion and immunology and a ton of great take-aways to get you feeling better ASAP.
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke,www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrookeandwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
Today we made history…our first male guest! And it’s only fitting as he is an expert in training women - and one of the reasons Sarah and I even know each other. As sweet as he is strong, it’s the one, the only: Mr. Jim Laird. Jim owns a gym in Lexington, KY and works with women of all ages to get healthy and be capable and strong in their lives. Having faced his own health crisis with Ulcerative Colitis he, like so many of us, knows what it’s like to hit the wall and have to rethink how we do everything from our training, sleep and stress to the constant pushing, pushing until something breaks and even the importance of facing our unhealthy emotions and dealing with our past. Really, really good stuff. In this episode we hear about Jim’s group of female power lifters, the Miss Fits (who are absolutely amazing), we meander through a range of female hormone issues (missing gallbladder anyone??) and Jim gives us his best tips for getting women in their healthiest, best shape…and they may surprise you.
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke,www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrookeandwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
Drum roll please....Melissa Joulwan! Author, blogger, lifter of heavy things, kitchen goddess and all around super cool chick (like did roller derby cool) is our guest and it was one of our favorite episodes to record. We hear Mel's journey from a kid at weight loss camp to cross-fitter to surviving a thyroid cancer scare to finally learning to objectively look in the mirror and think, ya know what? It actually is all good.
Mel, author of Well Fed and Well Fed 2, has a new book for you: Well Fed Weeknights: Complete Paleo Meals in 45 Minutes or Less and it's available for pre-order on September 29, 2016. Get some extra special gifts including a 4 week meal plan with some of her favorite recipes when you pre-order here. If you've ever thought you don't have time to eat well, you need this book. If you've ever thought eating well is bland and boring, you need this book. If you want to hear us three talk about putting fresh herbs on all the things, listen to this episode.
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke,www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrookeandwww.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram atwww.instagram.com/betterbydrbrookeandwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
Oh my is right! In this episode we discuss whether or not supplements can shrink a uterine fibroid, why thyroids go so wonky during and after pregnancy, the thyroid cholesterol connection and why you're still hearing the go low fat advice for high lipids. We also answer a very juicy question about stress as related to coffee and caffeine (especially if you feel "addicted" to your morning fix).
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You know that one of the things we aim to do is talk about the stuff women are a little nervous to ask about like, um, vaginal dryness. But ladies, you are never alone in these funky hormonal issues so we cover that, how big a deal is a borderline thyroid, how to handle hormonal headaches and what we really think of protein supplements.
Do you have a question or topic you’d like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke,www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke and www.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
It's Q&A time again! Sarah and Dr Brooke cover Grave's Disease and answer the question: can you eat your thyroid back to health? We give advice on how to get started with strength training if you're a newbie and revisit the Paleo Thumbs Up Or Thumbs Down episode and go more in depth on the fat plus carbs hormonal equation when going Paleo especially if you have hormonal issues like PCOS or perimenopause. And finally, is the estrogen in beef tallow skin care a good thing if you're post-menopausal or otherwise low estrogen?
This episode answers questions straight from you: our listeners! We cover taking collagen supplements and their effect on cellulite (could they actually make it worse??!!) and answer the question: can going Paleo cause you to lose your period? Our email has been bursting with glowing praise - thank you! One such email is from a long time fan of Sarah's whose wife is suffering with trigger finger. We give some options for treatment and other things to investigate. And last but certainly not least is how to set boundaries, how to do it all and not do a bum job in any area: mom, wife, breadwinner. Hear what Sarah and Dr Brooke had to say to this woman who let's face it, could've been Dr Brooke writing in.
Do you have a question or topic you'd like us to cover? Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke, www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke and www.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
Adrenal “fatigue”…is it even real? Sarah and Dr Brooke certainly know many women that are too tired to get out of bed every morning and even more that are simply to wiped out to do anything more than survive let alone thrive, but do they really have tired adrenals? You're feeling lousy, you've got every symptom on every blog about adrenal fatigue, but how do you really know what’s wrong and how do you fix it? How about when you’ve tried to heal your adrenals, but you still don't feel better? How long does it take? Does it matter which stage you’re in? Wondering if you need DHEA or rhodiola – or both? Sarah and Dr Brooke dig way into this controversial topic and discuss what may be going on beyond your adrenals and stress hormones, why testing and retesting is oh so important, hidden sources of stress, other issues that frequently arise at the same time as adrenal trouble and a few very simple things that always seem to go untreated when it comes to adrenal health. Tune in ladies, this is a great episode and we hope you’ll feel better after listening.
Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com – we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we’re so glad you’re here. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke, www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke and www.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso.
In this episode, Sarah and Dr Brooke welcome physical therapist and women’s health expert, Brianne Grogan. Women need to understand, celebrate and be able to comfortably talk about their amazing, complex female body as some funky stuff can happen postpartum or from training inappropriately. Spoiler Alert: it’s never normal or commendable to pee when you exercise. Learn about all aspects of abdominal separation (diastasis recti) and what actually makes up your pelvic floor and core as well as how you can make yours stronger. Sidestep common exercise mistakes made after giving birth or anytime your core, pelvic floor or alignment is off. We talk up close and personal about our ladybits after having babies, abdominal wraps and waist trainers, and why we need to treat birth as a trauma (albeit a beautiful one) to a woman’s body. Some intimate topics are broached – like Dr Brooke’s uterine prolapse – and some less conventional stuff come up like chakras and we go there with all of it. And after listening to this episode, if you see Sarah or Dr Brooke circling their hips at the grocery store, you’ll know why.
Check out Brianne’s book Ladybits and learn more about her Million Woman Vision and her programs at www.femfusionfitness.com.
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Parenting, is there anything harder? As mothers we're judged on everything from what we feed our kids to where we send them to school. We are under the microscope for our choices on how to nurture, discipline and guide our children. Like most mothers, both Sarah and Dr Brooke have been praised and criticized for the choices they've made with their families. In this episode we pull the curtain way back and show you exactly what is important to use when it comes to our kids. With Sarah homeschooling her boys in Northern California and Dr Brooke raising her girls in New York City we have some shared perspectives but very different experiences - and we on totally different ends of the mothering experience. Sarah has been a mother for twenty years and Dr Brooke is pretty much at the starting gate with two toddlers. And maybe, just maybe, there will be an arranged marriage between Sarah's youngest and Dr Brooke's oldest...stay tuned.
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In this episode, Dr Brooke and Sarah are joined by the lovely, strong Molly Galbraith. We talk about women and strength training, debunk a few myths and help you sidestep common mistakes we all see women making with their training. But as you'll quickly see what the three of us really get fired up about is helping women not fall prey to disempowering messages by the media and the multi-billion dollar weight loss industry which Molly's organization, Girls Gone Strong, believes preys on women's insecurities for profit. On this show we discuss the importance of each woman using fitness to be more instead of less, why every woman needs to define what is right for her and her her body and how to marry her goals of lifestyle, health, performance and aesthetics without spending hours in the gym or wrecking her hormones. We offer advice on crafting better messages for yourself and your children around body image, exercise and self-care. Molly talks about her viral bikini photo from earlier this year and the shocking fact that it was international news that a woman was content and happy with her body.
Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bettereverydaywithsarahanddrbrooke, www.facebook.com/betterbydrbrooke and www.facebook.com/therealsarahfragoso and on Instagram at www.instagram.com/betterbydrbrooke andwww.instagram.com/sarah_fragoso. Learn more about Molly and Girls gone strong at www.girlsgonestrong.com. Email questions and show ideas to bettereverydaypodcast@gmail.com - we want to cover topics you need to know about! This podcast is for you ladies, we're so glad you're here.