Nourish Noshes

We were lucky enough to have two conversations with fitness coach, Lisa Perry of Shore Bells. This podcast is our second conversation. Getting to know her, we spoke the same health-focused language, and because we are all coaches, we connected over our philosophies and our identities. She is so passionate about what she does and this comes through in our conversations. Just by listening, we're sure you're going to be inspired to up your health game. Here's the transcript. Edited for clarity. Debbie We're interviewing today, someone I've known for a really long time, Lisa Perry of Shore Bells. We're so happy to have you here, Lisa. And she's had such a great story that we talked with her about last week. And we were like, we have to get her on the podcast, because she's got a story our listeners have to hear. We are so happy to have you here and let our listeners hear all about you and what's going on and your business and how you can help others. Lisa 00:26 Thank you for inviting me on, it's very exciting to

We interviewed  Sydney Lee, a colleague and founder of Spa Tonics and the Relax Spa Shot, a delicious all-natural nutrient dense tonic formulated to promote full body & mind relaxation. Whether taken for the simple purpose of promoting relaxation or prior to a spa or massage treatment to maximize therapeutic benefit. Listen to hear the founding story and Debbie and Wendy's review from when they tried it themselves!

What does it mean to be truly healthy? Eating a "clean" diet and exercising regularly isn't the whole picture. What does a truly healthy person do as their everyday habits? We discuss what it means to have whole-person health and a new offering this spring to help you achieve true health. Take our Wellness IQ Quiz here.  Transcription of our podcast is below. Transcription of What's your Wellness IQ. (Edited for clarity.) Wendy   So, we've got this new idea. And we're very excited about the spring. And we're introducing this idea of how to improve your wellness IQ. We've got three workshops coming up. Spring is just the most beautiful time to have a growth mindset, right? Everything is popping up. And you see advertisements: spring cleanses, spring detox, you know, 30 days to do this. Debbie   Well, they're all over the place right now. I get them in my email daily. And I see them when I'm out at the supermarket, Whole Foods, health food stores, even regular stores. You just see it all over the place.  Wendy 

Hijacked Taste Buds Our taste buds have been hijacked by the food industry to make us believe we're eating deliciously flavored non-foods that ultimately make us not feel well. How can we retrain our taste buds and get back to eating nutritious, real, whole foods? Find out what's behind this bamboozling and how to turn it around. In our podcast we mention a couple of books on the topic (links below) as well as a delicious beet recipe. The Dorito Effect: The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor Supernormal Stimuli: How Primal Urges Overran Their Evolutionary Purpose Beet Hummus Recipe Here's the transcript of speakers Wendy Bright-Fallon and Debbie Peterson. Wendy  00:00 My husband and I were recently in a store that we usually don't go to. And he said, Wendy, come over here and take a look at this aisle. And I swear it looked a mile long, and it was all lined with candy, the whole thing. And there were all these banners saying how much fun you could have and all these insane colors and very alluring

This episode is about The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, a practical guide to personal freedom. We learned that the four agreements are about being impeccable with your word, not taking anything personally, not making assumptions, and always doing your best. We also learned that being clear and speaking kindly to ourselves is important and that nothing others say or do is because of us. We then discussed how assumptions can be dangerous and how we should practice the four agreements to limit the drama of life. Finally, the four agreements can be a great gift to give to anyone and can help change lives for the better.   We can’t recommend this book enough, so if you’re interested in getting one for yourself or as a gift, get it now! The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 

An interview with Spiritual Director and Reiki Master Grace Conte Have you ever met someone and immediately felt a connection? Something about their energy or how they speak or carry themselves draws you in. That's how we felt when we hosted Grace Conte in our office for a workshop about Reiki. Though we have both experienced reiki, this discipline is fairly new to us and we walked away with a new interest and deeper understanding of this healing model. We wanted to know more about reiki and about her so we invited Grace onto our Nourish Noshes podcast to share more about her life's work. She has a very powerful story about her spiritual path. In this interview, we learn how Grace's traumatic childhood and long cancer journey became her access point that shaped her hope-filled life of courage, deep spiritual nourishment, work and transformation in service to self and others. Through her sacred work, Grace brings hope to the parts of ourselves that hold resistance and limits. During our conversation, we talk a

Our ancestors didn't have the choice to eat foods out of season, for the most part. However, today, we can find berries in our food markets in the dead of winter. Our bodies, though, know when it's summer or winter and we do best when we are in sync with the seasonal foods that we evolved eating. They can warm us, cool us down, give us energy, help our immune systems, and so on. If we feed our bodies in this way, we can live our healthiest lives. Transcript of Seasonal Eating podcast Edited for clarity Debbie  00:01 One of our many mantras is to eat seasonally. And the reason for that is many, but seasonal food generally is fresher, tastier and more nutritious than food consumed out of season. And in this podcast, we're going to discuss all the seasons and the reasons why it's best to eat food that's harvested locally. And seasonally. I'm Debbie. Wendy  00:27 I'm Wendy. Debbie  00:28 And let's talk about seasonal eating. Wendy  00:30 Let's talk about fall and winter. It's upon us and everything's chang

After 13 years of coaching, we had the opportunity to take the board exam to become nationally board-certified health and wellness coaches. Not only did it reinvigorate our passions for coaching, but we learned new skills and strategies that we are excited to use with our clients and groups. Listen to our board exam experience and how we are now, even better coaches. (Podcast player below transcript) Transcript of Certified podcast. edited for clarity Nourish Coaches 00:04 Hi, this is Wendy. And this is Debbie. Welcome to nourish Noshes where we talk all things food and health and what's nourishing for us. Debbie 00:15 And I'll tell you what was not very nourishing for us was taking a four-hour exam. Wendy 00:24 If anyone saw our post exam photo, you could see how tired I was, this is Wednesday, by the way. It was quite exhausting. It was pretty intense process to study. Debbie 00:37 Yeah. So, you know, some people might not know about that. But some people may know that we took an exam, just last Friday.

In this episode of Nourish Noshes, we interview Greg Jacobson, CFP. He is an old high school buddy of Debbie's and an extremely intuitive Financial Planner who really gets how our personal outlook on finances and how we manage them parallels our outlook on overall health and wellness. In our discussion, we illustrate these parallels and show how being healthy isn't just about your diet and exercise. Gregory A. Jacobson, CFP® 10 Broad Street - Suite 303 | Red Bank 732-807-2360 gjacobson@yournational.com

We just don’t talk enough about perimenopause and menopause. Sure, we all know the common symptoms and maybe we’ve heard of a few ideas, but we often feel alone in the transition. Is this normal? Why is this happening? What can I do? One thing we know for sure - we are all different and we will all go through it. Announcing a three-week workshop where we will explore mindset practices, food, movement and sleep choices, and practical navigation ideas on how to approach this precious time of life. Oh, and we’ve got plenty of our own stories to share. Register here:  https://nourishcoaches.com/perimenopause-menopause-workshop/ Here's the transcript: Edited for clarity Wendy  It's so funny this whole thing about perimenopause and the change and wisdom and the "Crone." I was speaking with a woman and she's like, "screw going through perimenopause into menopause with grace." She goes, "screw grace." She's like, "I want to go in with my fight on and I want to go down like a heavy hitter." And she's like, "I jus

There's a lot of ambivalence about eating fat. For generations, doctors and other practitioners demonized fat for causing all kinds of health problems. We want to shine some light on how fat is not only good for us, but absolutely necessary. And, as we always say, it's not just about this one particular nutrient--we need to look at the person eating it as a whole. Listen to our take on fat. Transcript of Should You Fear Fat podcast Edited for clarity Wendy  00:02 We're so glad you're here with us today. We're going on a journey to talk about fat. So, for over 35 years, our health system and our government declared all fat as bad and to remove it from our daily lives, and they all went a little crazy. Literally. No more brain fuel, right? It's fat for the brain, cognitive health, all the absorption of vitamins and minerals and longevity and joint health. Debbie  00:30 Yeah, we need that! Wendy  00:33 We're fat phobic!  So, let's get past that. That's like, we've outgrown that. Debbie  00:39 Yeah, we've

In this revisit of our Magic Melatonin podcast, we discuss what Melatonin is, how it works in our bodies, the benefits of it (including its beneficial effect on cancer), foods that help our bodies produce melatonin, and the question about supplementing. Transcript of Magic of Melatonin--Revisited Edited for clarity. Wendy  00:00 So we're reposting this Magic Melatonin podcast because it's early summer, and we're both having sleep challenges with our animals. Debbie  00:12 Yeah, and it's light until 8:45. And we listened to this podcast just to see what it sounded like and forgot how great it was. Wendy  00:21 There's so much super information. I mean, before we go into that info, I mean, you've got your animal house right now. Debbie  00:29 Yeah, I am an Animal House. I got cats, dogs and ducks that we're raising right now. And they all wake up at the crack of dawn, because their melatonin says it's time to wake up. Wendy  00:41 And well, and they aren't sleeping in room darkening shade places, righ

This is part three of our sweet cravings episodes where we get down to how to actually deal with those persistent sugar cravings. It's not about going cold turkey or depriving yourself of sweet treats--it's about strategizing and mindfulness. Transcription of the Nourish Noshes Podcast Sweet Cravings Part 3 Edited for clarity. Debbie  00:00 This is part three of the series of sugar and we're reintroducing this podcast again, because it's six years old but still relevant. And we hope you listen to the first two. And if you haven't go back and listen to part one and two, and let us know what you think. Wendy  00:15 You know, I think one of the things about sugar is that it's universally alluring. You know, not one person hasn't been allured and tempted and overindulged in sugar. And so this is, you know, sugar is definitely a universal language. And so, if you've got friends, you want to share this with, we encourage you to pass it along. Debbie  00:39 Yeah. Enjoy. Here we are, at part three of why we l

In this second part of our revisited podcast on sugar, we discuss what kinds of sugars are out there and what they do to our bodies and how our bodies process them. Wondering which sweeteners are dangerous and which are not? We explain. Transcription of the Nourish Noshes Podcast Sweet Cravings Part 2 Edited for clarity. Debbie Here's part two of our podcasts that we recorded six years ago. And we're reintroducing it to you because it's still so relevant.  Wendy Yeah. And we'd love to understand where people are in this journey, what you gathered from part one. And as you listen to part two we'd love to hear some feedback.  Debbie All right, here we are talking about why we love sugar. This is part two of our sugar series.  Wendy And we're going to start off by talking about some of the most natural kinds of sugars. Debbie Right, we're also going to touch on artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols. But let's start with the good stuff. Honey Wendy Let's start with the good stuff, honey, it's on

We all love sugar. Six years ago, we published this series on sugar cravings. We wanted to revisit this podcast because it's still very relevant and has great information on why we crave sugar and how to better deal with cravings so that they don't rule our lives. Transcript of the Nourish Noshes Podcast Sweet Cravings Part 1 Edited for clarity. Wendy: 0:00 Sugar is just so powerful. We're so excited to rerelease these three parts. Debbie: 0:06 We want to revisit these podcasts because they are so relevant even today, even though we recorded them six years ago. Wendy: 0:15 Yeah, there are some really juicy gems in here that when we listen to them again, Oh, right, even we forget we wait, the recording of these. And there are some things that I had forgotten about--our endocrine system and sleep.  Debbie: 0:35 And the funny thing to me is that when I went back to listen to it to see if it was any good because again, it's six years old. I was like, oh, I don't know if it's worth it. We might have to edit

Sometimes ingredient lists have words we can't pronounce or understand. But what are these ingredients? Are they safe? How are we supposed to know? In this podcast, we'll explain what some of those ingredients mean and whether or not to put that package down! Transcribed Podcast, Ingredient Lists Edited for clarity. Wendy: We’re so glad you joined us on the podcast today we're going to be talking about icky stuff in our foods. Debbie: That’s a good way to put it. Yeah, food additives and stuff that’s in packaged and processed foods that we all eat. Wendy: There are so many things in packaged foods, so we’re going to start out with a lesson, right? The take-home message is that we need to look at ingredients labels. Debbie: Right. If you're going to eat packaged and processed foods, which we all do. It’s practical and it’s realistic. But please, before your buy it, take it off the shelf look at the ingredient list. That’s a habit. And it’s one that you can get used to doing. I didn’t used to do it but now

It’s 3:00 and you think you need a little something. Maybe a latté, an energy bar, a cookie, or that 100-calorie pack of whatever. Or maybe, it’s just a habit that you made or told to make way back--”to keep your metabolism high.” But here’s the thing, snacking (and or grazing) isn’t making your metabolism run faster, and it’s usually not eating to satiety. In fact, it’s often something you ate because you were bored, or tired, or stressed out and in that case, that little snack might actually make you hungrier later. It may also prevent you from burning fat and keep your blood sugar dangerously high. Snacking and grazing may actually be making you fatter, setting you up for diabetes, and causing you unnecessary pain and discomfort. When we eat full meals that include a mix of whole food protein, carbohydrates and fats, we turn off hunger hormones, level out our blood sugar, and nourish our bodies on the cellular level. This is satiety. You’re sending signals to your body that it’s finished eating and can go

It's spring, and we often feel like it's time to clean up and clean out. And that's not only our living and working spaces, it's often our bodies! The diet industry always has an upswing at this time of year, but is that really what you need? Hear how Debbie and Wendy believe is the best way to detox/cleanse this spring.

Did you know that only 5% of what we do in our daily existence is from the conscious part of our mind and 95% is subconscious? Think about that for a moment (consciously). This was a fabulous and fascinating interview with Susan Marco, Advanced Clinical Hypnotist. Susan helps people learn how to reach deep states of learning, healing and creativity. Using a variety of techniques, she guides her clients into a condition of deep relaxation while at the same time a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. This process allows you to access your own innate wisdom which leads to new solutions for old problems!

We are all unique individuals, of course, but we often seem to forget that when we think of health. What's good for one is not good for another. Your eating plan doesn't work for me. Mine doesn't work for you. How can anyone know what to do for themselves if no one is alike? Take a listen on our take on what we call "bio-individuality."