Have you ever felt gaslit by doctors or medical providers? If you've ever experienced the frustration and uncertainty that comes with trying to obtain an accurate medical diagnosis... this episode is for you. Lauren Less (@lesswithlaur) and I dive into how to advocate for yourself when you know something feels "off", dietary restrictions and misconceptions, the complexities of living with chronic conditions and the challenges of seeking medical diagnoses, the connection between the brain and gut, and the importance of mental health in managing chronic illnesses.

ABOUT OUR GUEST, LAUREN LESS: Lauren the creator of the @lesswithlaur Instagram account and the Less with Laur blog, creating an online space you can visit for allergy-friendly recipes, chronic illness support, non-toxic lifestyle suggestions, and health and wellness tips. After being diagnosed with food allergies a few years ago, she combined her passions for food and helping others, and set out on a mission to prove that you can still live a full life with food allergies and chronic illness. Whether you're checking out her mouth-watering Instagram page or searching through all of her delicious allergy-friendly recipes on her blog, her passion for empowering others and helping them through their journey shines through.

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@tobraornotobra is hosted by Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of Embody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

Join us on your journey toward energetic alignment, authenticity, and purpose - personally & professionally. Today, we have Alyssa Brieloff joining us, a soulpreneur, reiki and meditation guide, energy healer, and chakra expert.

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:

• Alyssa's favorite spiritual practices (hint hint: reiki + angel numbers)
• How to spiritually navigate life’s transitions
• How to overcome limiting beliefs
• Intuition + transformative self-awareness
• Fear and uncertainty during fertility and pregnancy journeys + tools to cope
• Alyssa's experience with endometriosis + how she prepared her body for pregnancy

*PS - The Random Ass Question Segment is INCREDIBLE. I'm still laughing at Alyssa's answer to my question. Three words. Rice crispy treats.

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➝ Get Alyssa's Angel No. Collection socks HERE

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ABOUT OUR GUEST, ALYSSA BRIELOFF:

Alyssa is a Spiritual Soulpreneur working with individuals and businesses to help them find more alignment and authenticity. With over 20+ years of working in energy healing and understanding the chakra system, she brings a unique approach to spirituality. She is a Holy Fire Reiki healer and meditation guide, supporting women to find more power within.

GUEST RESOURCES:

Website: alyssabrieloff.com

Instagram: @alyssabrieloff

SPONSORS:

Lil Bucks | Use code ⁠⁠EMILY10⁠⁠ at checkout to get 10% off your first order of ⁠⁠Lil Bucks⁠⁠

Hosted by Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of Embody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

15 minutes of LOL-worthy content. We're diving into: awkward relationship milestones / navigating the initial stages of new relationships / first sleepover etiquette / going #2 at your partner's place for the first time #poopourriforthewin / sexting over 50 / being catfished at 60 ... and so much more. Nothing is off limits in this RAQ Segment with Sarah Vie.

PS - Check out our previous episode (E. 32) with Sarah Vie where Sarah and I talk about how to be the energy you want to attract, let go of old beliefs and trauma, and make trauma your friend and ally.

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MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST: Sarah Vie is an internationally sought out energy facilitator, meditation guide and manifesting coach. Sarah is the author of two New York Times best sellers, and for the past 10 years she has been using her to gifts to help women live abundant, happy, and peaceful lives. She has been featured on ABC, NBC, and CBS, just to name a few. In her groundbreaking new book, I Wish I’d Known, Sarah Vie empowers you with new tools to break the cycle of their own ancestral patterning, and release traumas of their past, so that you can attract the abundant life they both desire and deserve. Get in touch with Sarah on ig @sarah_vie_llc

*You can purchase ⁠Sarah Vie's best-seller, I Wish I'd Known⁠, PLUS get free access to her amazing healing portal filled with her personal healing modalities such as sound healing, recipes, playlists, and more, at ⁠books.sarahvie.com⁠.

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HOSTED BY: Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of EMbody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

FOLLOW US ON IG: @tobraornotpodcast

Learn how to be the energy you want to attract, let go of old beliefs and trauma, and make trauma your friend and ally.

WE TALK ABOUT:

• Forcing energy rooted in ego vs. flow energy from soul
• Our love/hate relationship with failure
• Why we constantly seek external validation - are you seeking validation from a place of emptiness or abundance?
• The epidemic of the “doing” culture - our obsession with struggle, being “busy”, and proving our worth
• How do you know when you’ve hit rock bottom? And do you have to be 100% healed before you can let someone else into your life?
• The magical practice of using Future Pacing to call your desires into existence

PS - Check out next week's episode for Sarah and my hilarious random ass questions segment!!

MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST: Sarah Vie is an internationally sought out energy facilitator, meditation guide and manifesting coach. Sarah is the author of two New York Times best sellers, and for the past 10 years she has been using her to gifts to help women live abundant, happy, and peaceful lives. She has been featured on ABC, NBC, and CBS, just to name a few. In her groundbreaking new book, I Wish I’d Known, Sarah Vie empowers you with new tools to break the cycle of their own ancestral patterning, and release traumas of their past, so that you can attract the abundant life they both desire and deserve.

SPONSORS: Lil Bucks | Use code ⁠EMILY10⁠ at checkout to get 10% off your first order of ⁠Lil Bucks⁠

HOSTED BY: Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of EMbody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

FOLLOW US ON IG: @tobraornotpodcast

Texting the wrong person - soffe shorts - college boyfriends - getting fired from being a lifeguard .... Get ready to laugh your booty off with these epic, LOL-worthy stories. This Random Ass Question Segment with certified nutrition specialist, Abby King, is a DO NOT MISS.

PS - Check out our previous episode (S2 E1) with Abby King where we dive into all things gut health, mental health, and metabolic health

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MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST:

Abby is a certified nutrition specialist who works primarily with gut health, mental health, and metabolic health. Abby is the owner of Bliss Point Nutrition and an expert on using nutrition to achieve optimal brain health. Abby's mission is to not only provide the physical tools to keep your brain and body healthy but also the foundation to elevate consciousness and find your bliss in all aspects of your life. You can contact her on ig @abbylouise.king or via her website www.blisspointnutrition.com. She is currently taking on new clients!

SPONSORS:

Lil Bucks | Use code ⁠⁠EMILY10⁠⁠ at checkout to get 10% off your first order of ⁠⁠Lil Bucks⁠⁠

HOSTED BY:

Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of EMbody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

FOLLOW US ON IG: @tobraornotpodcast

Did you know 95% of serotonin is produced in the gut?! To kick off Season 2 of TBONTB, we’re talking with Abby King, a certified nutrition specialist who works primarily with gut health, mental health, and metabolic health. Abby is the owner of Bliss Point Nutrition and an expert on using nutrition to achieve optimal brain health.

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:

• The gut-brain connection
• Why nutrition plays a HUGE role in your anxiety and mood
• How to support a diverse and healthy gut microbiome
• Oils to look out for on food labels that could be causing inflammation
• Unexpected ways that anxiety might be showing up in your body
• The link between GI issues and mental health
• Healing illness through herbal protocols + the powerful antimicrobial properties of herbs and spices
• Abby shares the #1 thing you can start doing right now to improve your gut health

🔎 And stay tuned till the end to get a *sneak peek at our hilarious Random-Ass Question Segment* coming out next week!

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MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST: Abby's mission is to not only provide the physical tools to keep your brain and body healthy but also the foundation to elevate consciousness and find your bliss in all aspects of your life. You can contact her on ig @abbylouise.king or via her website www.blisspointnutrition.com. She is currently taking on new clients!

SPONSORS: Lil Bucks | Use code ⁠⁠EMILY10⁠⁠ at checkout to get 10% off your first order of ⁠⁠Lil Bucks⁠⁠

HOSTED BY: Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of EMbody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

FOLLOW US ON IG: @tobraornotpodcast

I dive into the meaning behind the pod's name, take you through my "blowing bubbles" analogy you can use whenever you're feeling stuck in life (whether you're feeling in a rut with food choices, unfulfilled in your relationships, your career... it applies to everything), and share the 3 biggest lessons I've learned throughout creating 29 episodes for ya'll this season.

RESOURCES:

➝ Get on my email list to get the inside scoop on my latest health game changers, yummy new recipes, motivational insights, updates on new pod episodes, and tons of free (and fun) coaching resources for you to use to fully embody your health, life, and confidence. PS - just like on the pod, any emails from me that fall into your inbox are always unfiltered, real, raw, and relatable.

➝ Work with me

➝ Say hi to me on my coaching IG! - @emily.golin

➝ Check out clips from all of the other podcast episodes

SPONSORS:

Lil Bucks | Use code ⁠⁠EMILY10⁠⁠ at checkout to get 10% off your first order of ⁠⁠Lil Bucks⁠⁠

HOSTED BY:

Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of EMbody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching

Which is better? Naturopathic medicine or conventional medicine? Plant-based eating or eating meat every day? Taking medication or making lifestyle changes? This episode is all about understanding what’s going on in your body and how our daily choices influence our physiology and the body's healing process. Our guests, Drs. Benjamin and Susanna Alter, are licensed naturopathic doctors specializing in whole food plant-based nutrition and mind-body medicine, and they're giving us the inside scoop on the mysterious mind-body connection and our body's innate ability to self-heal.

IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT:

• Healing injuries, disease, and chronic pain through plant-based nutrition and mind-body medicine
• Getting to the root cause of common symptoms such as digestive problems and chronic pain
• The role of naturopathic medicine and conventional medicine in our society today
• The therapeutic hierarchy of healing + spiritual psychology
• What stress, self-cirticism, and self-hatred do to your body
• The difference between food addictions and authentic cravings
• Reversing autoimmune conditions and other diseases otherwise known by society as irreversible

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LINKS MENTIONED:

➝ Take the *What's Your Eating Personality?* quiz HERE.

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ABOUT OUR GUESTS: Drs. Benjamin and Susanna Alter are licensed naturopathic doctors specializing in whole food plant-based nutrition and mind-body medicine. Their philosophy of health and life is centered around the self-healing and regenerative potential present in us all. They empower individuals to reconnect with innate health through insight and understanding, optimizing nutrition and mindset through the Thrive on Plants program. When not serving clients, you might find them enjoying whole food plant-based meals at the best restaurant in town, their kitchen, or adventuring by foot, bike, or skis in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

GUEST RESOURCES:

Website: www.alter.health

Take one of their Free Whole Food Plant-Based Challenges

Instagram: @alter.health @drbenjaminalter @drsusannaalter 

Check out their podcast: the Alter Your Health Podcast

SPONSORS:

Lil Bucks | Use code ⁠⁠EMILY10⁠⁠ at checkout to get 10% off your first order of ⁠⁠Lil Bucks⁠⁠

Hosted by Emily Golin, CEO & Founder of EMbody Health & Mental Wellness Coaching | Edited by the wonderful and extremely talented, Alysce Zuleger