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At Well+Good HQ, we spend our days talking to and learning from the most interesting people in wellness—experts, thought-leaders and celebrities. On The Well+Good Podcast, we’re inviting you to join the conversation. With each episode, our hosts will dig into our most clicked on topics in order to reimagine what it means for you to live well. Tune in weekly on Wednesday's to find the wellness that fits your frequency.

Introducing The Well+Good Podcast

Introducing The Well+Good Podcast. Tune in weekly to find the wellness that fits your frequency. At Well+Good, we spend our days talking to and learning from the most interesting people in wellness--experts, thought-leaders and celebrities. Now, we’re inviting you to join the conversation. With each episode our hosts will dig into our most clicked on topics in order to reimagine what it means for *you* to live well. New episodes on Wednesdays.

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Are We Well?

After a decade of Wellness, do we feel better? In this episode, Well+Good GM Kate Spies sits down with Rachel Ricketts, Kristen Bell, and Jessamyn Stanley to get real about how we can separate the Wellness industry from the act of finding wellness, and where we need to make changes to *actually* establish a more representative and inclusive culture of well-being.

HOST: Kate Spies, SVP + General Manager at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Rachel Ricketts, a queer, multi-racial Black woman. She is a global thought leader, racial justice educator, healer, and is the author of Do Better: Spiritual Activism For Fighting And Healing From White Supremacy

Jessamyn Stanley, creator of The Under Belly Yoga, author of Every Body Yoga

and Kristen Bell, actress, founder of conscious brands Hello Bello, Happy Dance and This Saves Lives

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

Get a copy of Rachel's book here and follow her here

Keep up with Jessamyn here

And Kristen here and catch her doing a Happy Dance here

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

At Well+Good HQ, we spend our days talking to and learning from the most interesting people in wellness—experts, thought-leaders and celebrities. On The Well+Good Podcast we’re inviting you to join the conversation. With each episode, our hosts will dig into our most clicked on topics in order to reimagine what it means for you to live well. Tune in weekly to find the wellness that fits your frequency.

You can also find us on our website on YouTube or social in between shows.

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Why We Move

Today we're tuning in to answer the question 'Why do we move?' The pandemic dramatically changed how (and why) we workout. Boutique fitness classes were replaced with apps, we emptied store shelves of home workout equipment, and began logging an impressive amount of miles on our evening strolls in pursuit of 'movement'. Will the routines we've adapted in quarantine stick? Are they good enough? In this episode we sat down with Charlee Atkins, Evelynn Escobar, Jess Sims, and Dr. Harry Pino to get real about what fitness habits we can ditch and which we should hold on to.

HOST: Ella Dove, Director, Creative Development at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Charlee Atkins, Founder and CEO of Le Sweat, former Soul Cycle Master Instructor

Evelyn Escobar, Founder and CEO of Hike Clerb

Jess Sims, Peloton Instructor

Harry Pino, PhD, Manager, Exercise Physiology, Princeton Longevity Center

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

Support Hike Clerb Today and find them on social here

Check out Le Sweat TV or keep up with Charlee here

Follow Jess Sims here

What's the Princeton Longevity Center working on? Read more here

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Is There a Right Way to Eat?

The amount of morality that’s attached to our diets and eating habits is unreal. Some foods are labelled good, while others are bad. The clean food movement implies that some foods are dirty. And we’ve been told that the way we eat has a huge impact on everything from not just our physical health, but our mental health, our long-term health prospect, and even our immunity. Layer on top of that the prevalence and popularity of highly restrictive diets like Keto, F Factor and Paleo, and it’s actually no wonder that so many people are caught up about food and how we should be eating. How did something that’s supposed to be enjoyable get so confusing, hard and strained?

HOST: Kate Spies, SVP+ General Manager at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Christy Harrison, MPH RD CEDRD, author and host of Food Psych Podcast

Shana Minei Spence, MS, RDN, CDN, a self-labeled “eat anything” dietician

Anna Sweeney, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietician & Supervisor, Intuitive Eating Counselor

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

Check out Christy Harrison’s book, Anti Diet and follow her on social

Shana’s work with Health At Every Size (HAES) or find her on social

How Anna Sweeney coaches people to heal their relationship with food and their bodies

RESOURCES

The National Eating Disorders Association website, screening tool, toll-free National Eating Disorders Helpline (myneda.org/helpline-chat), and 24/7 Crisis Support via text (send NEDA to 741-741) are great resources.

https://www.wellandgood.com/eating-disorder-resources/

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How Much Do We Need Our Friends?

To put it simply, our friendships are being tested. The relationships that were once so easy to start, nurture and maintain are being challenged by physical separation and digital fatigue. Considering how important these relationships are for fighting loneliness and contributing to longevity, many of us are grappling with how to preserve these relationships, and build new ones, during this very weird time.

HOST: Taylor Camille, Senior Producer at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Ann Friedman & Aminatou Sow, hosts of the ‘Call Your Girlfriend’ podcast and authors of ‘Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close’

Danielle Bayard Jackson, Friendship coach, educator and author

Clare O’Connor, head of editorial content at Bumble

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

We fact checked with Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman and learned why they prefer the term big friendship instead of bff and how the loneliness epidemic is impacting our friendships

Danielle Bayard Jackson coached us on how to find and maintain friendships even in a pandemic

Clare O’Connor helped us realize we don't have to feel ashamed if we choose to swipe for friends and shared some stories to make us feel like we’re not alone

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

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What's Your Zodiac Sign?

Gone are the days where the conversation started with, “what’s your name? what’s your sign?”. We now rely on the where and what exact time you were born to get a stronger sense of what’s in store for our day-to-day and where the stars align with anyone we’re forming a relationship with. Astrology isn’t science but as its been digitized interest in the zodiac has grown but how is it actually helpful to navigating life?

HOST: Taylor Camille, Senior Producer at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Elizabeth Kott and Stephanie Simbari hosts of the ‘That’s So Retrograde’ podcast

Dr. Caroline Hexdall Ph.D., psychologist specializing in children, adolescents, parents and families

Kirah Tabourn, astrologer, author and host of 'The Strology' podcast

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

How we define astrology and why Elizabeth and Stephanie are advocates for everyone getting their birth chart read you can find them on social here

Dr.Hexdall explained why astrology has brought us so much solace especially during the pandemic

Kirah gave us a great forecast of the future and is helping us all plot and plan our future baecations

Take a look at this article on site to get a better understanding of your astrological houses

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

You can also find us on our website on YouTube or social in between shows.

Find more information about our sponsor at plumeandpetal.com

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Who is Self Care For?

Prior to 2020, we’ve been shown one very specific version of self care centered around commodities for our comfort and happiness. In 2021, we’re redefining self care, and after a year that forced us to keep our distance from each other, we’re finding new ways to connect and comfort one another—and discovering that these new communities soothe us too. In this episode, we discuss how to get the most out of this new gen community care and expand our understanding of what it means to heal with the help of both commodities and community.

HOST: Samantha Leal, Managing Editor at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Lauren Ash, founder Black Girl in Om, teacher

Arielle Estoria, poet and writer

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

Lauren Ash reminds us why our self care practices are inherited and why we deserve rest, you can find her on social here

Arielle Estoria shares the lessons in stillness she has learned from her plants, you can find her on social here

We check in on how our team here at Well+Good is practicing self care

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Wellness Tune Up, And What Your Sign Really Says About You

Allow us to re-introduce ourselves. Now that it’s been 7 weeks since we launched the Well+Good podcast, we thought we’d tell you a little bit more about who we are, how we got here, and what drew us into the wellness industry in the first place. We hope that you’ll join us every week for new episodes, so let’s get on a first-name basis, we’re your hosts, Taylor, Ella, and Kate.

Also in this episode, we share some behind-the-scenes audio from our conversation with Elizabeth Kott and Stephanie Simbari. During our chat, they hilariously share their first word association for all 12 astrological signs. Ours were… accurate, maybe yours will be too.

From time to time, we’ll be back with an episode just like this one, a tune up on the conversations that really stuck with us, or the hysterical tangents that just didn’t make it into the final cut. Like what you hear or aggressively disagree with your sign’s telltale word? Shoot us an email at podcasts@wellandgood.com.

HOSTS: Taylor Camille, Ella Dove, Kate Spies

GUESTS: Elizabeth Kott, Stephanie Simbari

FOR REFERENCE:

Aries: March 21 - April 19

Taurus: April 20 - May 20

Gemini: May 21 - June 20

Cancer: June 21 - July 22

Leo: July 23 - August 22

Virgo: August 23 - September 22

Libra: September 23 - October 22

Scorpio: October 23 - November 21

Sagittarius: November 22 - December 21

Capricorn: December 22 - January 19

Aquarius: January 20 - February 18

Pisces: February 19 - March 20

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We're Normalizing Feeling Bad

Things are rapidly changing and the mental place where we are today is different from where we were a year ago, or 3months ago, or yesterday. We keep coming back to the advice given during one of our Well+Good Talks. We talk about the dangers of toxic positivity, tips on how to hold space for our emotions, and finding ways for us to cope. All topics that are maybe even more salient now as we think about reentering this “new normal” version of our lives.

HOST: Abbey Stone, Executive Editor at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Elyse Fox, Founder, Sad Girls Club

Jasmine Marie, Breathwork Practitioner+Founder, black girls breathing

Amanda White, Licensed Therapist + Founder, Therapy for Women Center

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

Elyse Fox shares the spaces that have helped her find joy and why she's not afraid to cancel plans, you can find her on social here

Jasmine Marie shared how we can all learn to accept our emotions and be role models for our communities, you can find her on social here

Amanda White helped us define toxic positivity, you can find her on social here

You can watch the full talk on our Youtube channel here and rejuvenate your mind with our 31 day Mental Well-Being Recharge here

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How Do We Sleep?

For many, a good night's sleep can be extremely hard to come by. And with a rise in inconsistent schedules, chronic stress, uncertainty and screens seemingly at our every turn, our brains and bodies have been in overdrive and our collective sleep has been affected so much we’ve even coined new terms like, revenge bedtime procrastination and Coronasomnia. As many of us know, taking small steps to improve our sleep hygiene is important. Not just for disease prevention but for overall health, mental health and wellness but finding the energy to take the first step when you feel so incredibly fatigued can be extremely overwhelming so how do we get back to a sound sleep?

HOST: Taylor Camille, Sr. Producer at Well+Good

GUESTS:

Jordan Galloway, Contributing Writer at Well+Good

Eve Prieto, Director of Meditation at Headspace

Dr. Carleara Weiss PhD, MS, RN, Behavioral Sleep Doctor

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT:

Eve Prieto reminds us to take a closer look at our sleeping routines, you can follow her on social here or find her on the Headspace app

Dr. Weiss helps us to prioritize sleep while balancing our relationships, you can find her here

Jordan Galloway recounts the time she sleep trained herself and how her sleep has been tested amidst the pandemic, you can find her on social here

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

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