In today's episode, I interview my friend, the founder, and CEO of Zero Acre Farms, Jeff Nobbs. Jeff is on a mission to create a food company that will replace destructive, inflammatory vegetable oils with healthier, more sustainable oils and fats made through fermentation. Not only has Jeff created a low Omega-6 cooking oil that's neutral in taste with a high smoke point and low oxidation, but it also is more environmentally friendly – just the kind of win-win we look for and love in the food and nutrition space. In this episode, we talk about how widespread the use of seed oils has become, especially in industrial kitchens throughout the country. We also cover the destructive nature of industrial and vegetable seed oils, detail their negative impact on human and environmental health, learn about the toxic aldehyde that comes only from Omega-6 fats, called HNE, discuss why fermented oil is a better choice than Avocado and Olive oils, and so much more.Tune in and learn how you can improve the ratio of Omega-3 to Omega-6 in your body and for your family. This is definitely one to take notes on – let's make a change!Go to zeroacre.com/KELLY or use code KELLY at checkout for an exclusive offer.We also cover…00:01:00 — Replacing Inflammatory Seed Oils with a Healthier, More Sustainable Option• The mission Zero Acre Farms is on to create a one-to-one replacement for seed oils• What are the dangers of seed oils and their impact on our health and the planet?• The difference between Omega-3 and 6 fats • Why linoleic acid is so bad for us• What 4-HNE is really doing on a chemical level in our body• The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz00:23:00 — How Fats Impact Health: Misconceptions vs. Research • Breaking down pitfalls in observational studies• Misconceptions around eating fats• Seed Oils 101: Nutrition Fact or Fiction with Dr. Cate Shanahan #210• How seed oils are created • What HNE is and how it impacts health• White paper on HNE: zeroacre.com/obesity• Snacks for kids that are loaded with industrial seed oils00:43:00 — How to Use Cultured Oil in Your Kitchen• Comparing Zero Acre oil to other healthy oils that we may use in our kitchen• Tips for using cultured oil in salad dressing• How I manage eating out with kids and limit certain foods• Research comparing the amount of HNE in seed vs. cultured oil• How cultured oil is created, smoke point, and oxidative stability• Ziki in Austin, TXResources:• Website: zeroacre.com• Instagram: @zeroacrefarms• Facebook: facebook.com/zeroacrefarms• Twitter: twitter.com/zeroacrefarms• Research: 

In today's episode I'm welcoming friend, prior client, and mental health advocate Brittany Snow, along with her co-founder of September Letters, Jaspre Guest to the podcast.They graciously share insights from their new book, September Letters, an inspirational collection of letters, notes, and conversations among friends, celebrities, experts, and the September Letters community. It is a guide to help us clearly see that we are not alone, and that sharing your story is powerful and healing – a welcoming, embracing resource for anyone seeking to feel more connected with themselves and others. In this episode, we talk about how they came up with the idea of September Letters, their goal with the book to promote connection and healing, and their favorite tools for supporting their mental health. I'm so excited to welcome them both so you can learn more about this movement.We also cover…00:01:00 — Finding Connection & Resilience through September LettersHow Jaspre and Brittany met and started September LettersThe initial vision of the September Letters causeJaspre and Brittany share their experiences with their mental healthConfronting the stigma of sharing mental health strugglesEmbracing vulnerabilityHow social media does a disservice to someone going through mental health challenges00:21:00 — Tools for Supporting Your Mental HealthTheir favorite tangible tools from experts in the bookCreating your hype listCombating cultural pressures to be perfect and tools to fight negativityBob Roth transcendental meditationThe Joy Strategist by Grace HarryHow transcendental meditation can impact your mental healthHow stillness and boredom lead to greater calm and creativity00:39:00 — Healing through Feeling Your Feelings & CommunityGlennon Doyle podcast: We Can Do Hard ThingsBuilding the capacity to sit with emotions and build resilienceHow they decided to incorporate letters in the book and categorized stories by emotionFeel your feelings so that you can healThe most helpful tools in their toolboxes to help with anxiety or depressionThe way community and connection can healHow to know how to ask for help and be comfortable with receivingCreating the connection that we needResources:September Letters Website: septemberletters.comRead: September LettersBrittany’s Instagram: @brittanysnowJaspre’s Instagram: @jaspreSeptember Letters Instagram: @septemberletters Love is Louder Website: loveislouder.orgConnect with Kelly:kellyleveque.comInstagram: @bewellbykellyFacebook:

Today’s amazing guest is Elise Loehnen, brilliant writer, editor, and podcast host of Pulling the Thread, a podcast focused on pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are and then putting those threads back together. Ultimately, Elise is a seeker and synthesizer pulling together wisdom, traditions, cultural history, and a deep knowledge of healing modalities to unlock new ways to contextualize who we are and why we're here.While she's also co-written 12 books, including five New York Times bestsellers, her first book under her own name is here, and it's called On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and The Price Women Pay To Be Good. The book weaves together history, memoir, and cultural criticism to explore the ways the patriarchy lands in our bodies and embeds itself in our consciousness and what we then police in ourselves and in each other.With awareness, we can begin to recognize these patterns of self restriction, break the story, and move ourselves and each other towards freedom and balance. It is such a pleasure to welcome my friend, the brilliant Elise Loehnen to the show.We also cover…00:01:00 — Reprogramming the “Good Girl” MentalityThe impetus for Elise writing this bookWhy do we think we aren’t “good”?Uncovering systemic misogyny in our subconsciousHow envy can be informationTo Be Magnetic by Lacy PhillipsHow the ”good girl” mentality has permeated our societyThe history of how the patriarchy came to be00:21:00 — Diving into the History of the 7 Deadly Sins & Debunking the Fear of LazinessRead: Find Your Unicorn Space by Eve RodskyLearning to reprogram embedded double standards in our culture and historyHistorical examples of women turning on each other like the witch huntsWhen and where the 7 deadly sins were createdSloth: a fear of laziness and how to support women in self-policing this instinctWhat happens when we can’t set and hold boundaries00:45:00 — Tuning into Our True Selves: How to Confront Cultural Pressures & NoiseHow greed can mislead us towards things we don’t really want or needThe wage gap between men and women & discrepancy in how we think about moneyThe Soul of Money by Lynne TwistHow pride keeps us smallSticking to your gifts and your dharmaGluttony: Why we don’t trust ourselves to not be out of control with foodThe problematic complexities of how lust is suppressed in women for self protectionResources:Website: eliseloehnen.comInstagram: @eliseloehnen Read: On Our Best Behavior, the Seven Deadly Sins and The Price Women Pay To Be Good by Elise LoehnenPodcast: Pulling the ThreadConnect with Kelly:

On today's podcast, I welcome back Jason and Colleen Wachob, the co-founders and co-CEOs of mindbodygreen, the leading independent media brand dedicated to well-being with 15 million monthly unique visitors. I'm welcoming them back on the show to talk about their newest book, The Joy of Well-Being: A Practical Guide to a Happy, Healthy, and Long Life.I look up to them both, not only in the business they've built, but more importantly, the balance they've created for themselves and their family. On today's podcast, we'll talk about achieving 80% of your maximum health and eight practices that will help you get there. We'll also explore how spirituality and human connection have a major impact on your longevity and your health.Let's welcome Jason and Colleen back to the show.We also cover…00:01:00 — Finding The Joy In Your Wellness JourneyNot getting caught up in wellness trends What Jason and Colleen’s days look like and how they’ve evolved from their early twentiesThe importance of connection, sleep, and movementEasy ways to incorporate wellness into your daily routineScientific reasons why you need to do resistance trainingWhy it’s so important to eat enough protein and nutrition advice for longevitySarcopenia: causes, rates and preventionThinking about wellness as how you want to feel as you age00:29:00 — The Impact of Connection & Community on Longevity8 practices that can help you achieve 80% of your maximum health Nasal breathing and how it affects your sleepFiltering which wellness trends work for you and bring you joyCreating rituals to manage stress and anxietyThe Roseto study and importance of communityWhat Made Maddy Run by Kate Fagan00:49:00 — Spirituality As An Antidote To Depression Spiritual practices Jason and Colleen participate in with their kidsTheir experience of moving their family from New York to MiamiScience of spirituality and studies by Dr. Lisa MillerRedefining purpose and a higher callingThe pressures of social media and its impact on mental healthIdentifying your personal mission statement Homework for implementing some new practice for your well-beingResources:Website: mindbodygreen.comBook: thejoyofwellbeing.comInstagram: instagram.com/mindbodygreenFacebook:.facebook.com/mindbodygreenTwitter: twitter.com/mindbodygreenPinterest: pinterest.com/mindbodygreenYouTube: youtube.com/mindbodygreenEpisode 32:

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Dr. Chris Palmer is taking the internet by storm and for good reason. He's a Harvard psychiatrist and researcher, and his new book, Brain Energy, proposes a comprehensive theory of what causes mental illness, integrating existing theories and research into one unifying theory, the brain energy theory of mental illness, in which he argues that mental disorders are really metabolic disorders of the brain. In today’s conversation, Dr. Palmer shares the science behind how the mitochondria functions in the body, and ultimately affects brain health. He shares how we can support healthy mitochondria and what the recent research in the last 20 years tells us about healing mental illness with metabolic interventions, like the ketogenic diet, and lifestyle strategies like exercise, a good sleep routine, reducing inflammation, and more.It is really amazing to think about the healing and regeneration that can happen for your mitochondria when you use these metabolic interventions, and hearing the life-changing impacts of implementing these practices with amazing stories like he shares in this episode brings so much hope for the future. I can’t thank Dr. Palmer enough for concisely putting this theory into a book that anyone can read. It is such an important message, affirming our ability to really have control over our life and live the best version of it.We also cover…00:02:00 — An Introduction to How Mitochondria Functions in the BodyWhy Dr. Palmer became a psychiatrist and his mother’s struggleHow the mitochondria can influence mental illness The role of mitochondria in the body: Neurotransmitters and hormonesWhy women are more susceptible to mental illnessThe new research backing up his theory00:22:00 — How Metabolic Interventions like the Ketogenic Diet Impact Brain HealthWhat we can do proactively support mental healthMetabolic strategies for improving mitochondrial healthHow COVID can cause mental health challengesCase study: Recovering from chronic schizophrenia using metabolic treatmentsWhy the ketogenic diet is so effective at treating seizures and other brain illnessesHow the brain can use ketones as a fuel source to support and regenerate mitochondria00:46:00 — Lifestyle Strategies That Support Mental HealthDangers of prescription medications that harm metabolismMitochondrial biogenesis through exerciseThe importance of a good sleep routineDr. Palmer’s perspective on supplements Effects of the ketogenic diet on women’s hormonesDr. Palmer and Kelly’s experiences with the ketogenic dietResources:Website: brainenergy.comWebsite: chrispalmermd.comWebsite: The Mental and Metabolic Health Assessment Instagram: @chrispalmermdTwitter: @chrispalmermdFacebook:.facebook.com/ChrisPalmerMDYouTube: Chris Palmer MDRead: Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in...