Breaking Free from the Insecurity Industry: The Verdura Method

In this inspiring episode of Soma Says, Dr. Soma Mandal welcomes Lisa Axelrad Schultz, founder of The Verdura Method, to discuss how women can break free from the trillion-dollar insecurity industry and reconnect with their innate vitality.

Lisa shares her fascinating journey from the beauty and wellness industries to creating the Verdura Method, a transformative approach that empowers women to embrace their bodies, nourish themselves holistically, and reject unrealistic beauty standards. Together, Soma and Lisa explore the intersection of nutrition, mindset, and self-image, the impact of social media on self-esteem, and the myths women internalize about aging and health.

This conversation is an invitation to reimagine wellness — not as punishment or perfection, but as freedom, confidence, and self-acceptance.

Timeline

00:00 Exciting Career Announcement 01:32 Introducing Lisa Axelrad Schultz and the Verdura Method 02:20 The Importance of Holistic Nutrition 04:11 Challenges of Diet and Beauty Culture 07:05 Empowering Women to Embrace Themselves 10:17 Debunking Myths About Aging and Health 16:55 The Role of Supplements in Women's Health 20:10 Building a Business and Overcoming Insecurities 20:31 Growing Up in the Magazine Culture 21:04 Evolution of My Training Methodology 21:39 The Wedding Trainer: My First Business Venture 22:27 Shifting Focus to Sustainable Nutrition 23:38 The Role of Scales and Medications in Weight Management 26:44 Understanding BMI and Body Changes Over Time 28:31 Modeling Confidence and Healthy Habits for the Next Generation 31:19 Addressing Body Image and Self-Acceptance 34:55 The Bloom Workshop: Overcoming Obstacles and Self-Sabotage 36:32 Final Thoughts and Where to Find Lisa Schulz and The Verdura Method

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Episode Transcript

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I am thrilled to share some exciting news with all of you.
I've recently accepted the role of medical Director of Women's Health at Hackensack Meridian Health, specifically at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.
This new chapter is about so much more than a title.
It's about advancing women's health in a way that's comprehensive, compassionate.

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Evidence-based.
My mission is to build a program that truly supports women at every stage of life from reproductive health through menopause and beyond.
Combining the best of modern medicine with the holistic approaches I've always believed in, and I will continue to see patients as well.
I'm deeply grateful to my patients, listeners, and community who continue to inspire this work every day.

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There's so much more to come.
And I can't wait to share this journey with you right here on Soma says.

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today Anma says, I'm joined by Lisa Axelrod Schultz, the founder of the Verdu Method, a revolutionary approach to body image, confidence, and self-worth.
After more than 20 years in the beauty and wellness industries, Lisa created the URA method.
To help women break free from the trillion dollar insecurity industry and reconnect with their natural vitality.

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She's here to remind us that true beauty isn't something to chase.
It's something we reclaim.
Lisa, welcome to Soma Says. 17 00:02:12,46.687 --> 00:02:14,746.687 Thank you for joining me on my podcast today. 18 00:02:15,136.687 --> 00:02:16,636.687 My name is Lisa Schultz. 19 00:02:16,666.687 --> 00:02:20,266.687 I'm a certified nutritionist, personal trainer, and life coach. 20 00:02:20,316.687 --> 00:02:35,976.687 I've been focusing on nutrition mostly since the pandemic and because now everything is more virtual, and I recently launched a nutrition course called URA Method, which is teaching people how to listen to their own body's cues. 21 00:02:35,976.687 --> 00:02:38,556.687 I believe it's the nutrition program we should be taught. 22 00:02:38,786.687 --> 00:02:52,386.687 I created a program where it really teaches us how to listen to our body's needs, learn really basic things about how food affects the body, like sleep and skin and energy and mood Teaching people how to really tune into all that. 23 00:02:52,386.687 --> 00:02:55,896.687 It can be more about what food should actually be doing for our body. 24 00:02:55,976.687 --> 00:02:59,846.687 So you mentioned that, Nutrition really isn't focused on in school. 25 00:02:59,856.687 --> 00:03:01,776.687 Especially related to women's health. 26 00:03:01,806.687 --> 00:03:18,756.687 During medical school and even now, I don't think doctors are really well rehearsed and because we're pressured with time and the volume of patients that we see, it's not something that we can really focus on a lot in our practice. 27 00:03:18,936.687 --> 00:03:39,456.687 How does your method and your mantra differ from other companies, other, Nutritionists out there? I really believe Because when people come to me and they wanna lose weight, I first ask, How are you sleeping? How is your stress? Because those things are also going to affect your weight loss. 28 00:03:39,456.687 --> 00:03:42,456.687 But what I explain is the body is a machine. 29 00:03:42,456.687 --> 00:03:45,666.687 And in order for the machine to work correctly, if you do wanna lose weight. 30 00:03:45,911.687 --> 00:03:47,801.687 All of these other things need to be in line. 31 00:03:47,801.687 --> 00:03:56,621.687 You can't just go and fill your car up with gas and expect it to run if you're not getting oil changes, rotating the tires and taking care of the engine. 32 00:03:56,841.687 --> 00:03:58,701.687 I say the same thing for the whole body. 33 00:03:58,701.687 --> 00:04:00,921.687 So it needs to really be looked at. 34 00:04:01,311.687 --> 00:04:09,981.687 Everything about your life needs to be taken into account in addition to the food, and it needs to be all taken together and not one thing over another on a pedestal. 35 00:04:11,231.687 --> 00:04:18,1.687 I think that women really have it difficult, Especially, The diet culture, the beauty culture. 36 00:04:18,181.687 --> 00:04:25,711.687 And now because of social media we are constantly just exposed to all this stuff. 37 00:04:25,821.687 --> 00:04:34,731.687 How do you think that these things have influenced women and in terms of their self doubts and. 38 00:04:35,956.687 --> 00:05:04,896.687 What do you think that, you know is being done to basically hook women into believing that they're not thin enough? They're not beautiful enough, And how do you help women like that yourself? When we think about self-doubt, we have to understand where is that doubt coming from? So for example, a girl or a woman might look in the mirror every single day and just see herself, but then all of a sudden she's on social media or sees a commercial or an ad, and it says, You need. 39 00:05:05,346.687 --> 00:05:06,546.687 Even skin tone. 40 00:05:06,636.687 --> 00:05:10,716.687 And now she's looking in the mirror and she's, oh, I'm, I don't look like that person in the ad. 41 00:05:10,716.687 --> 00:05:17,46.687 And now she looks in the mirror and she sees something different because there's a post or a reel talking about even skin tone. 42 00:05:17,46.687 --> 00:05:20,406.687 And she's got freckles and redness and pores. 43 00:05:20,436.687 --> 00:05:22,596.687 And so now that's just for skin tone. 44 00:05:22,596.687 --> 00:05:24,756.687 And now she's looking into this one product. 45 00:05:24,876.687 --> 00:05:31,486.687 And that doesn't even take into account all the other things on our faces, like blemishes or, Fine lines. 46 00:05:31,486.687 --> 00:05:31,726.687 That's just. 47 00:05:32,366.687 --> 00:05:34,676.687 Strictly about skin tone. 48 00:05:34,856.687 --> 00:05:35,96.687 Yeah. 49 00:05:35,156.687 --> 00:05:37,196.687 And that's a very normal thing for all of us. 50 00:05:37,196.687 --> 00:05:38,816.687 None of us have even skin tone. 51 00:05:39,51.687 --> 00:05:48,541.687 And that really creates this cascade of, What else do I need? For under the eyes and for the lips And it really just becomes this waterfall of things that we need. 52 00:05:48,591.687 --> 00:05:48,991.687 And so when we are. 53 00:05:49,266.687 --> 00:05:58,296.687 Selling these products to women, they look into the mirror and they just see what they are not in these ads, which are often photoshopped and airbrushed. 54 00:05:58,296.687 --> 00:05:58,356.687 Yeah. 55 00:05:58,356.687 --> 00:06:01,536.687 And it are not indicative of what that model actually looks like. 56 00:06:03,936.687 --> 00:06:05,521.687 You've said before that. 57 00:06:06,216.687 --> 00:06:18,56.687 Fueling women's insecurities Are a trillion dollar industry who basically loses when women feel more confident in their own skin, in their own bodies. 58 00:06:18,596.687 --> 00:06:22,826.687 These mega, mega machines that are real. 59 00:06:22,956.687 --> 00:06:29,16.687 Because we all wanna support small businesses, right? So when a woman comes and she opens up a makeup company, we're really excited. 60 00:06:29,16.687 --> 00:06:33,486.687 Even if, especially if it's a woman or if it's a woman of color, we wanna celebrate that. 61 00:06:34,176.687 --> 00:06:34,986.687 Often what happens is. 62 00:06:35,526.687 --> 00:06:41,376.687 Not all the time I'm generalizing, but then the goal can also be to then be bought out by someone bigger. 63 00:06:41,376.687 --> 00:06:43,686.687 White men in finance and it's shifting. 64 00:06:43,686.687 --> 00:06:48,396.687 There's a lot of women in finance now, In the C-Suites, we're seeing more of it, which is great. 65 00:06:48,496.687 --> 00:06:49,41.687 But it is. 66 00:06:49,761.687 --> 00:06:51,261.687 Not our demographic. 67 00:06:51,261.687 --> 00:06:53,511.687 It's not women, it's not women in color. 68 00:06:53,511.687 --> 00:06:58,251.687 We're hope we're shifting that way, but it is people that aren't benefiting from us. 69 00:06:58,251.687 --> 00:07:03,411.687 It isn't, The working women that are really busting our butts to make it in this world. 70 00:07:03,411.687 --> 00:07:04,461.687 It's the opposite. 71 00:07:05,406.687 --> 00:07:08,436.687 You've often used the phrase, be full of yourself. 72 00:07:08,806.687 --> 00:07:20,116.687 When you use that phrase, why or when women use that phrase, I should say, it reminds me of that we should be satisfied with who we are And what we have and how we look. 73 00:07:20,856.687 --> 00:07:31,956.687 why do you think society finds it threatening when women embrace that idea? I think it's really biological in us to feel threatened from other women. 74 00:07:31,956.687 --> 00:07:35,376.687 I think it comes from evolution and wanting to procreate. 75 00:07:35,376.687 --> 00:07:43,726.687 I think that's really where it comes from, is feeling like we are in competition to Reproduce and bring babies into the world. 76 00:07:43,726.687 --> 00:07:48,76.687 And so I think it's in us to naturally be competitive with other women. 77 00:07:48,166.687 --> 00:07:54,406.687 And so I think we have to work double time to change that narrative, especially in modern society. 78 00:07:54,406.687 --> 00:08:09,276.687 'cause even if it is ingrained in us, maybe in a biological way, then we have to work really hard to then not feel so intimidated by people Who are different from us, and I really love that phrase because it comes from the idea that we say it in a negative way. 79 00:08:09,276.687 --> 00:08:10,926.687 Ugh, she's so full of herself. 80 00:08:10,926.687 --> 00:08:13,506.687 The opposite is being empty of ourselves. 81 00:08:13,536.687 --> 00:08:30,546.687 Is that what we want for women and for girls to feel so empty and insecure because another girl is laughing louder and she walks with confidence and she's doing all these things because maybe the shy girls and the ones that are more to themselves don't have the confidence to do that. 82 00:08:31,71.687 --> 00:08:33,531.687 Let her feel full of herself in a positive way. 83 00:08:33,541.687 --> 00:08:34,891.687 She doesn't hate herself. 84 00:08:35,341.687 --> 00:08:44,701.687 Why do we want her to hate herself? And then let's also give grace to the girls that maybe do move a little quieter throughout the world because they have their own superpower. 85 00:08:44,961.687 --> 00:08:46,251.687 Superpowers in a different way. 86 00:08:46,301.687 --> 00:08:49,511.687 And it is about uplifting all of us in our differences. 87 00:08:49,781.687 --> 00:08:55,631.687 The louder ones are usually friends with the softer, quieter ones, and together they can be a powerhouse team. 88 00:08:55,661.687 --> 00:09:01,961.687 And to always remind our girls and teenagers as we're growing up through the world to. 89 00:09:02,516.687 --> 00:09:05,846.687 be proud of each other and each other's strengths in all the different ways. 90 00:09:05,846.687 --> 00:09:14,876.687 And so to be full of yourself is to see a girl walking down the street and maybe she doesn't look like you or act like you and look at her and say, wow, good for her. 91 00:09:14,911.687 --> 00:09:16,941.687 She woke up this morning, she put on that outfit. 92 00:09:16,941.687 --> 00:09:18,231.687 She feels proud of herself. 93 00:09:18,231.687 --> 00:09:19,611.687 She likes the way she looks. 94 00:09:19,791.687 --> 00:09:21,651.687 That's what we need more of in the world. 95 00:09:21,891.687 --> 00:09:22,41.687 Yeah. 96 00:09:22,41.687 --> 00:09:23,211.687 And I really believe that. 97 00:09:23,331.687 --> 00:09:23,661.687 Yeah. 98 00:09:24,111.687 --> 00:09:27,651.687 I think somehow, That becomes ingrained in us too. 99 00:09:27,651.687 --> 00:09:31,191.687 And we are often each other's worst enemies. 100 00:09:31,521.687 --> 00:09:45,571.687 And I find successful women, Are the ones who have networks of other successful women who support them and applaud their achievements. 101 00:09:45,651.687 --> 00:09:47,796.687 And also help them when, they fail. 102 00:09:48,436.687 --> 00:09:53,116.687 I think that's something that we need to work on As a society. 103 00:09:53,446.687 --> 00:10:04,56.687 And not to put, More stress on moms 'cause we already have a lot on our shoulders, but I think our daughters do watch us really carefully, When it comes to that. 104 00:10:04,56.687 --> 00:10:07,626.687 So I always wonder how much of that we mirror to them. 105 00:10:08,316.687 --> 00:10:19,576.687 What other myths or lies have women internalized that directly benefit this industry? The biggest one would, That weight loss equals happiness. 106 00:10:19,606.687 --> 00:10:23,266.687 I grew up in the eighties and nineties where thin was everything. 107 00:10:23,266.687 --> 00:10:24,856.687 And I'm seeing it differently now. 108 00:10:24,856.687 --> 00:10:29,166.687 I think that body, different body shapes and sizes Are more accepted. 109 00:10:29,761.687 --> 00:10:35,71.687 with the ozempic and everything happening, it's still teeters in that other way that thin will make you happy. 110 00:10:35,71.687 --> 00:10:48,751.687 And that kind of goes back to my program where you need to look at the whole body because you might be thin, but you might be exhausted and you might not have stable moods and your skin might be breaking out or your hair is thinning and it goes. 111 00:10:48,751.687 --> 00:10:54,711.687 To stress and passion and purpose, And making sure that you have a lot of confidence coming from other things. 112 00:10:54,731.687 --> 00:10:56,46.687 Not just how much you weigh. 113 00:10:56,76.687 --> 00:11:03,366.687 And then the other thing I would say, which I'm just such a big believer in, is that aging equals illness and disease. 114 00:11:03,666.687 --> 00:11:10,126.687 And that just because we are getting older, that means, You've lost your youth, you've lost your beauty, you've lost your stamina. 115 00:11:10,126.687 --> 00:11:10,606.687 And I. 116 00:11:10,991.687 --> 00:11:27,581.687 Really am working hard to dispel that and show that we can, like we're just getting started in our forties, right? This was just rehearsal before and this is now when we can really thrive and you can be well and you do not have to age with illness and disease. 117 00:11:27,581.687 --> 00:11:29,501.687 And a lot of it is lifestyle. 118 00:11:30,576.687 --> 00:11:46,906.687 Factors that bring it into play, that make it Yeah, if you do all the holistic modalities to look at the body as one with the sleep and the stress and the food and the movement, then you can really age beautifully inside and out. 119 00:11:47,521.687 --> 00:11:50,821.687 I was recently listening to a couple of podcasts. 120 00:11:50,821.687 --> 00:12:03,601.687 It was actually the same podcast, but, Different shows and one focused on Bobby Brown and the other was about, Naomi Watts, and they both talk about their perspectives. 121 00:12:03,841.687 --> 00:12:21,276.687 Naomi was talking About her experience, As an actress, as an actor, and how she was told that by a certain age, which was 40, that, and I won't use the word, but if you listen to the podcast, you know that she had lost her zest. 122 00:12:21,496.687 --> 00:12:22,876.687 She, Was not. 123 00:12:23,221.687 --> 00:12:24,991.687 Desirable anymore. 124 00:12:25,331.687 --> 00:12:30,451.687 And with Bobby Brown, I was a big fan of her makeup when she was a part of it. 125 00:12:30,721.687 --> 00:12:34,591.687 I don't necessarily buy Bobby Brown now because she has nothing to do with it. 126 00:12:35,71.687 --> 00:12:42,811.687 But her makeup was about enhancing a woman's features Not necessarily hiding or camouflaging. 127 00:12:43,876.687 --> 00:12:47,966.687 to make it naturally a part of who they already are. 128 00:12:48,276.687 --> 00:13:06,811.687 These women have really been influential for various generations, for millennials, for Gen Xers, for even for Gen Z, So how do you think these different industries are targeting these different generations? How do you think it varies? younger generations, whichever gen they are. 129 00:13:06,816.687 --> 00:13:13,591.687 Yeah, are starting younger and younger because I am almost 42 and I am just getting my friends. 130 00:13:14,421.687 --> 00:13:18,621.687 In their late thirties and forties on a skincare routine. 131 00:13:18,891.687 --> 00:13:20,421.687 It was not pushed on us. 132 00:13:20,481.687 --> 00:13:20,541.687 Yeah. 133 00:13:20,601.687 --> 00:13:23,91.687 In our twenties or early thirties. 134 00:13:23,301.687 --> 00:13:23,511.687 Yeah. 135 00:13:23,571.687 --> 00:13:30,501.687 And so I see teenagers now doing face masks and all this stuff, and while I think. 136 00:13:30,561.687 --> 00:13:35,451.687 Some of it is nice, Learning how to just moisturize your skin and take care of yourself. 137 00:13:35,451.687 --> 00:13:36,771.687 It's hygienic in a way. 138 00:13:36,821.687 --> 00:13:41,711.687 Seeing the imperfections and you're not enough and you need all these products and I'm more of a. 139 00:13:42,251.687 --> 00:13:53,631.687 I like to live simply, and I think that the most basic things are enough and going overboard is really just giving into the, Over consumerism of this country. 140 00:13:53,671.687 --> 00:13:56,311.687 But I, it, I do see it starting so much earlier. 141 00:13:56,766.687 --> 00:14:10,526.687 So You're so right because every time I go to the mall and I see all these young girls at Sephora or Ulta and they're just buying all these products This is not good for your skin. 142 00:14:11,16.687 --> 00:14:12,726.687 All my regimen is. 143 00:14:13,81.687 --> 00:14:17,281.687 As a 20 something year old versus now is pretty much the same. 144 00:14:17,541.687 --> 00:14:18,81.687 Same with me. 145 00:14:18,361.687 --> 00:14:27,751.687 It really should come down to a good moisturizer, a good Skin cleanser, and making sure you have, Enough sun, Protection, To prevent the damage from happening. 146 00:14:27,751.687 --> 00:14:29,641.687 And I think these are the basics. 147 00:14:29,931.687 --> 00:14:46,471.687 But I don't really hear That message, Being portrayed, Towards skincare when it comes to a, Younger girls, right? So you have to wonder, Is happening in these C-suites that they feel like this is the appropriate thing to do. 148 00:14:47,401.687 --> 00:14:51,911.687 Yeah, and I have a 7-year-old daughter, and the conversations are getting deeper. 149 00:14:51,911.687 --> 00:14:54,311.687 She's an inquisitive, curious child. 150 00:14:54,311.687 --> 00:14:55,301.687 I love that about her. 151 00:14:55,301.687 --> 00:15:00,611.687 The conversations have always started, and the one thing you'll hear from me all the time is just drink some water. 152 00:15:00,641.687 --> 00:15:03,11.687 Water makes everything better, whatever the problem is. 153 00:15:03,251.687 --> 00:15:06,641.687 I can't sleep or I don't feel good, or my skin is dry, or whatever. 154 00:15:06,776.687 --> 00:15:07,676.687 Just drink some water. 155 00:15:07,676.687 --> 00:15:09,236.687 You'll feel a little better with some water. 156 00:15:09,286.687 --> 00:15:10,726.687 it's really the basic thing. 157 00:15:10,726.687 --> 00:15:12,586.687 And she's gonna remember that her whole life. 158 00:15:12,586.687 --> 00:15:14,266.687 My mom always said, just drink some water. 159 00:15:14,316.687 --> 00:15:15,246.687 That's really what it is. 160 00:15:15,246.687 --> 00:15:16,236.687 It's the most basic. 161 00:15:16,236.687 --> 00:15:34,201.687 So if girls and women wanted to opt out of everything that we've been talking about, right in this, out of this industry, what is one habit? Or mindset shift that you can encourage them to do that would help them? definitely has to be a mindset shift. 162 00:15:34,231.687 --> 00:15:34,261.687 Okay. 163 00:15:34,261.687 --> 00:15:45,696.687 Because I don't wanna say opt out because Because there are some good look, no matter what it is, politics, religion, skincare, being extreme in anything. 164 00:15:45,696.687 --> 00:15:47,766.687 Diet culture is never a good thing. 165 00:15:47,816.687 --> 00:15:48,506.687 You gotta. 166 00:15:49,191.687 --> 00:15:51,621.687 Understand the education behind it. 167 00:15:51,621.687 --> 00:15:58,241.687 I like to use the word informed consent, even though it's used in other ways, like in birth, In medicine. 168 00:15:58,481.687 --> 00:16:02,651.687 But informed consent basically means that you understand the education behind it. 169 00:16:02,801.687 --> 00:16:08,81.687 So if someone wants to do Botox, I am all for a woman doing whatever makes her feel good. 170 00:16:08,351.687 --> 00:16:09,96.687 I want you to know. 171 00:16:09,636.687 --> 00:16:12,666.687 All the pros and all the cons, and then you can make that decision. 172 00:16:12,796.687 --> 00:16:23,446.687 If you wanted to use all these skincare products, understand what can happen if you're using them to your skin in a long-term way. 173 00:16:23,626.687 --> 00:16:23,866.687 So it's. 174 00:16:24,531.687 --> 00:16:27,21.687 More about mindset and having education. 175 00:16:27,21.687 --> 00:16:36,21.687 'cause I have a lot of friends and clients that are taking all these supplements and I'll get on a call with them and I say, why are you taking them? Do you know what this is for? Yeah. 176 00:16:36,21.687 --> 00:16:36,801.687 And they don't. 177 00:16:36,981.687 --> 00:16:39,741.687 They saw an ad, someone mentioned it. 178 00:16:39,741.687 --> 00:16:45,981.687 They have a holistic practitioner and they don't even know what iron is for or what protein does for the body. 179 00:16:45,981.687 --> 00:16:49,641.687 They don't know what collagen is and they're just spending all of this. 180 00:16:49,726.687 --> 00:16:50,266.687 Money. 181 00:16:50,296.687 --> 00:16:55,606.687 And so what I try to do is educate, so then you can make an informed decision. 182 00:16:55,606.687 --> 00:16:56,566.687 the supplement industry. 183 00:16:56,566.687 --> 00:17:00,346.687 We could talk about that like huge, right? Collagen specifically for women. 184 00:17:00,646.687 --> 00:17:00,916.687 Yeah. 185 00:17:01,66.687 --> 00:17:02,116.687 I'm trying to educate. 186 00:17:02,116.687 --> 00:17:03,586.687 Look, here's what happens. 187 00:17:03,586.687 --> 00:17:06,736.687 Around 40 years old are estrogen starts to drop. 188 00:17:07,86.687 --> 00:17:09,906.687 And that is why we start to see changes in our skin. 189 00:17:10,146.687 --> 00:17:12,606.687 Yeah, our hydration levels start to drop. 190 00:17:12,636.687 --> 00:17:13,776.687 We see more fine lines. 191 00:17:13,776.687 --> 00:17:23,426.687 We see changes in our elasticity, our collagen, Is harder to absorb into the body, right? So if you are interested in collagen, it is expensive. 192 00:17:23,706.687 --> 00:17:26,226.687 You do not need it at 25 years old. 193 00:17:26,256.687 --> 00:17:30,306.687 If you want to start taking it, try a really clean product. 194 00:17:30,366.687 --> 00:17:31,566.687 Read the reviews. 195 00:17:31,656.687 --> 00:17:34,56.687 Here are some side effects from taking it. 196 00:17:34,296.687 --> 00:17:39,546.687 Try it out with nothing else so that nothing, you're not changing anything else in your diet to see that your body takes it in. 197 00:17:39,556.687 --> 00:17:55,306.687 What it's for in the body, why the body might need it, what would be the appropriate age to start it, how often do you need it, and what are gonna be the cleanest brands? So that's just for collagen, right? So every supplement needs to be understood what the point is for, yeah. 198 00:17:56,51.687 --> 00:17:58,621.687 I think it becomes overwhelming For women. 199 00:17:58,931.687 --> 00:18:10,111.687 I'm, I hear about the creatine and the collagen And oh, God knows how many various supplements, and I'm the type of doctor that if I can, I like to like. 200 00:18:10,641.687 --> 00:18:13,641.687 Get people off their medications if possible. 201 00:18:13,641.687 --> 00:18:18,381.687 That's not always possible, but it's a similar thing with supplements. 202 00:18:18,381.687 --> 00:18:29,121.687 If you are taking too much, then you will tend to have more side effects related to those supplements as well, and I think it becomes overwhelming psychologically. 203 00:18:30,271.687 --> 00:18:33,541.687 Having to remember to take all those pills. 204 00:18:33,931.687 --> 00:18:36,661.687 And not to mention the money factor as well. 205 00:18:36,661.687 --> 00:18:36,781.687 Yeah. 206 00:18:37,171.687 --> 00:18:38,371.687 It's expensive. 207 00:18:38,431.687 --> 00:18:39,31.687 I agree. 208 00:18:39,31.687 --> 00:18:50,981.687 I would, I think that people should utilize holistic lifestyle first with food and water and movement and sleep and stress, Reduction before, because I agree. 209 00:18:50,981.687 --> 00:18:55,896.687 Every supplement, even if it's a natural herb, it will have supple, Side effects to it. 210 00:18:56,196.687 --> 00:18:56,766.687 And I. 211 00:18:57,51.687 --> 00:19:08,661.687 Try to also educate if you want to increase the estro estrogen, for example, there's a lot of foods that can help produce more estrogen in the body and help more progesterone production. 212 00:19:08,661.687 --> 00:19:11,691.687 All of those things can affect menopause as well. 213 00:19:11,691.687 --> 00:19:14,301.687 So it's understanding that food has. 214 00:19:14,451.687 --> 00:19:18,321.687 Such an impact also on how our body is aging. 215 00:19:18,531.687 --> 00:19:25,71.687 And just like you said, we should not be relying on all of these supplements, all of this medication. 216 00:19:25,71.687 --> 00:19:28,551.687 It doesn't have to be that way with proper lifestyle techniques. 217 00:19:28,851.687 --> 00:19:32,241.687 I fear that people underestimate. 218 00:19:32,986.687 --> 00:19:35,296.687 The power of food and lifestyle. 219 00:19:35,326.687 --> 00:19:39,376.687 And overestimate the reliance on all of the medications. 220 00:19:39,586.687 --> 00:19:42,16.687 And over the counter supplements. 221 00:19:42,46.687 --> 00:19:45,406.687 America is definitely a supplement nation. 222 00:19:45,556.687 --> 00:19:46,186.687 Oh yeah. 223 00:19:46,191.687 --> 00:19:51,651.687 It was a few months ago, and there was this, Company that was interested in having a conversation with me. 224 00:19:52,161.687 --> 00:19:55,171.687 They even said it that, We're targeting. 225 00:19:55,701.687 --> 00:20:02,221.687 This demographic and we want to basically, Tailor a supplement to them. 226 00:20:02,701.687 --> 00:20:05,41.687 And yeah, I am judging them. 227 00:20:05,141.687 --> 00:20:10,191.687 But They're aware of, The desire to be On a pill in this country. 228 00:20:10,681.687 --> 00:20:33,1.687 What inspired you to build your business, build your brand, build the method? Did you have an any insecurities that affected you personally that you had to break down, In order to, Live and speak about these things? yeah, very much I've, I'm almost 42. 229 00:20:33,1.687 --> 00:20:35,701.687 I've been, I was born in the eighties. 230 00:20:35,701.687 --> 00:20:46,461.687 I was very much part of the magazine culture and seeing all that stuff growing up that I was not enough, My body type wasn't Like the way it looked on the magazines and. 231 00:20:47,551.687 --> 00:20:49,621.687 And that was hard as a kid. 232 00:20:49,741.687 --> 00:20:57,871.687 And I am classically trained as a personal trainer, so I became a trainer back in 2006 before it was very popular. 233 00:20:58,1.687 --> 00:21:02,441.687 Being in gym culture, And I would see these women and how they looked. 234 00:21:02,441.687 --> 00:21:10,711.687 I was very much in that industry And in the last 20 years that I've been teaching nutrition and fitness, my methodology has changed. 235 00:21:10,711.687 --> 00:21:12,121.687 I've become a mother twice. 236 00:21:12,121.687 --> 00:21:13,171.687 I have a daughter. 237 00:21:13,251.687 --> 00:21:15,441.687 I have gone through pregnancy and postpartum. 238 00:21:15,441.687 --> 00:21:26,661.687 I have my own struggles with anxiety and postpartum and managing the world and trying to instill good habits in my children. 239 00:21:27,31.687 --> 00:21:30,991.687 I also had a bad car accident when I was 27 where I was. 240 00:21:31,761.687 --> 00:21:32,991.687 On a lot of medication. 241 00:21:32,991.687 --> 00:21:35,301.687 I had to have multiple surgeries to get through that. 242 00:21:35,301.687 --> 00:21:39,951.687 I've gone through this evolution of how I used to teach versus how I teach now. 243 00:21:39,951.687 --> 00:21:45,771.687 My very first entrepreneurial venture was the wedding trainer in Chicago, Illinois. 244 00:21:45,771.687 --> 00:21:52,701.687 When I was 24 years old, I started this business where I was doing personal training in nutrition for brides to be, it was a brilliant idea. 245 00:21:52,891.687 --> 00:21:54,241.687 I was 24 years old. 246 00:21:54,241.687 --> 00:21:56,821.687 I was a fit personal trainer, a nutritionist. 247 00:21:56,821.687 --> 00:21:59,911.687 I was doing scale weigh-ins and trying to get them to lose weight. 248 00:21:59,911.687 --> 00:22:08,221.687 And I was, Telling them how much they should eat sweets and do this and that, and they get down to their weight and then they gain it all back after the wedding. 249 00:22:08,381.687 --> 00:22:09,851.687 I got them the results. 250 00:22:09,866.687 --> 00:22:10,856.687 Back then. 251 00:22:10,856.687 --> 00:22:10,916.687 Yeah. 252 00:22:10,946.687 --> 00:22:13,406.687 And whatever happened after wasn't my fault. 253 00:22:13,526.687 --> 00:22:17,576.687 I look at that now and that was my fault because I was not teaching sustainability. 254 00:22:17,576.687 --> 00:22:19,466.687 I wasn't teaching anything that was realistic. 255 00:22:19,466.687 --> 00:22:22,196.687 I wasn't teaching them how to take care of their mental health. 256 00:22:22,346.687 --> 00:22:26,726.687 All I was doing was teaching them how to lose weight and essentially, yo-yo. 257 00:22:27,116.687 --> 00:22:38,636.687 And as I went through my own body changes and after the car accident, becoming a mom and having a daughter, I realized that the gift I could give to my daughter, to myself, and the world. 258 00:22:39,41.687 --> 00:22:49,751.687 Is sustainable nutrition where you learn how to take care of your body, learn that food affects your mood and your energy, and how well you can focus at school. 259 00:22:50,21.687 --> 00:22:55,696.687 How? I have also a three-year-old boy how I need to manage my mood stability while I'm handling. 260 00:22:56,206.687 --> 00:23:00,856.687 A toddler and a young girl, and my own business and my husband. 261 00:23:01,96.687 --> 00:23:05,896.687 And so my methodology through all of that and my evolution is really that. 262 00:23:06,911.687 --> 00:23:09,791.687 We need to have the basics. 263 00:23:10,31.687 --> 00:23:23,511.687 People need to learn that food will make you feel a certain way and you need to move your body and drink water And get really good sleep and learn how to de-stress and eat lots of fruits and vegetables. 264 00:23:23,901.687 --> 00:23:25,26.687 And when you do all that. 265 00:23:25,371.687 --> 00:23:27,801.687 Stuff, you just will naturally feel better. 266 00:23:27,861.687 --> 00:23:34,131.687 And then the confidence can come from just feeling good about yourself because you feel really good inside and out. 267 00:23:34,131.687 --> 00:23:38,261.687 And then the weight loss can be a side effect, but you're less focused On your weight loss. 268 00:23:38,261.687 --> 00:23:44,651.687 Now I have clients and I will go to their house and pick up their scale, and I say, this scale is confusing you. 269 00:23:44,651.687 --> 00:23:48,191.687 It's getting in the way of you understanding how your body feels. 270 00:23:48,191.687 --> 00:23:48,851.687 You need to learn. 271 00:23:48,971.687 --> 00:23:53,831.687 How did that breakfast make you feel today? If you just step on the scale in the morning, you're not thinking about. 272 00:23:54,106.687 --> 00:23:57,16.687 How breakfast made you feel or how dinner makes you feel. 273 00:23:57,16.687 --> 00:24:01,576.687 You're thinking about if that made you gain or lose weight, and that's not what we're doing there. 274 00:24:01,726.687 --> 00:24:01,966.687 Yeah. 275 00:24:01,966.687 --> 00:24:06,856.687 You know with, you mentioned Ozempic Manjaro, right? Wegovy ze. 276 00:24:07,456.687 --> 00:24:10,936.687 With the advent of these medications and so many. 277 00:24:11,281.687 --> 00:24:16,891.687 Women being on them? What are your thoughts? I'll Full disclosure, I do prescribe them. 278 00:24:16,891.687 --> 00:24:36,101.687 I'm very careful, With how I prescribe it, and I have a different relationship to these medicines where I feel like, I am carefully watching my patients while they're on them and making sure they're eating And not just addressing that number on the scale, especially as a woman. 279 00:24:36,471.687 --> 00:24:38,931.687 Goes through perimenopause and menopause. 280 00:24:38,961.687 --> 00:24:48,851.687 Those numbers don't necessarily like, That BMI is not necessarily the same BMI that she was when she was, 24. 281 00:24:49,91.687 --> 00:24:58,1.687 So to try to achieve that may actually be detrimental in terms of muscle mass, in terms of bone density, a whole lot of things. 282 00:24:58,421.687 --> 00:25:02,391.687 And that's very difficult To get to people because again, we've been. 283 00:25:03,311.687 --> 00:25:07,351.687 Trained almost To believe No, I need to be a certain BMI. 284 00:25:08,71.687 --> 00:25:18,421.687 What are your thoughts on what I just said, and then how do you feel about GLP ones as well? with the GLP ones, which is, That people think, I would think that it's bad and I don't. 285 00:25:18,421.687 --> 00:25:22,291.687 And the reason why is because I have been doing this 20 years and I get it. 286 00:25:22,531.687 --> 00:25:24,481.687 We women are exhausted. 287 00:25:24,836.687 --> 00:25:29,66.687 They're exhausted from trying everything and nothing has worked. 288 00:25:29,156.687 --> 00:25:36,566.687 And they're working and they're raising kids and they're running businesses and They're stressed out and nobody is taking care of them in this country. 289 00:25:36,636.687 --> 00:25:37,926.687 And they just need help. 290 00:25:37,926.687 --> 00:25:39,966.687 And they don't wanna keep thinking about this every day. 291 00:25:39,966.687 --> 00:25:41,946.687 They wanna get dressed and feel good about themselves. 292 00:25:42,26.687 --> 00:25:42,776.687 And I get it. 293 00:25:42,836.687 --> 00:25:45,206.687 And I think that there is room for both. 294 00:25:45,206.687 --> 00:25:49,46.687 And I've had clients that are on Ozempic and I can work with their doctors too. 295 00:25:49,46.687 --> 00:25:49,886.687 And I say, look. 296 00:25:50,671.687 --> 00:25:51,691.687 Take out Ozempic. 297 00:25:51,691.687 --> 00:25:58,21.687 I want you to feel good and let's learn how food makes you feel because you never got that education. 298 00:25:58,21.687 --> 00:26:03,991.687 And that's why we're all in this position In this country because of the lack of nutrition education in this country. 299 00:26:04,211.687 --> 00:26:09,611.687 And I'm not judgmental about it and I understand it, and I think you can still focus on. 300 00:26:10,751.687 --> 00:26:14,951.687 Lifestyle changes while on Ozempic and all the other medications. 301 00:26:14,951.687 --> 00:26:19,871.687 And I think that we, I just wanna help people feel good in whatever way that means. 302 00:26:19,871.687 --> 00:26:21,821.687 And also Have an end goal. 303 00:26:21,821.687 --> 00:26:34,411.687 What do they want? Do they wanna be on it long term? Do they wanna get on it to get to a certain point? And then they wanna start to taper off after they've figured out some lifestyle changes, right? Let's have a plan in place so that we're not reliant on it. 304 00:26:34,616.687 --> 00:26:36,296.687 You're trying to get them off their medications. 305 00:26:36,296.687 --> 00:26:38,396.687 There's nothing wrong with being on medication. 306 00:26:38,576.687 --> 00:26:44,236.687 It's more What else can we do then to help you achieve your goal? And then we can taper off a little bit. 307 00:26:44,386.687 --> 00:26:52,596.687 So regarding the bmi, that is a Great thing to touch on because I also have a lot of clients that come to me and they have this goal weight in mind. 308 00:26:52,626.687 --> 00:26:54,466.687 I wanna be one hundred and twenty five pounds. 309 00:26:54,466.687 --> 00:26:55,486.687 And I'm like, okay. 310 00:26:55,486.687 --> 00:26:58,386.687 Why? That's how I weighed when I felt my best. 311 00:26:58,386.687 --> 00:27:00,816.687 How old were you when you felt your best? 18. 312 00:27:00,816.687 --> 00:27:02,436.687 How old are you now? 37. 313 00:27:02,886.687 --> 00:27:03,186.687 Okay. 314 00:27:03,191.687 --> 00:27:03,351.687 Yeah. 315 00:27:04,446.687 --> 00:27:06,396.687 A lot has changed in your body since then. 316 00:27:06,666.687 --> 00:27:06,966.687 Yeah. 317 00:27:07,206.687 --> 00:27:12,906.687 So let's work with the body and the age you are now and what makes sense for where you are now. 318 00:27:12,906.687 --> 00:27:21,366.687 And I, I believe it goes back to the lack of education in women's health from a young age, because no one is telling us in high school and health class. 319 00:27:21,696.687 --> 00:27:22,146.687 Hi. 320 00:27:22,356.687 --> 00:27:24,666.687 You are going to go through a lot of hormonal changes. 321 00:27:24,666.687 --> 00:27:26,346.687 Puberty is not the only one. 322 00:27:26,381.687 --> 00:27:28,481.687 You're gonna go through it again When you're 22. 323 00:27:28,541.687 --> 00:27:31,91.687 It's gonna happen again around the time you're 28. 324 00:27:31,91.687 --> 00:27:31,151.687 Yeah. 325 00:27:31,181.687 --> 00:27:33,851.687 It's gonna happen again around the time You're 37. 326 00:27:34,151.687 --> 00:27:36,641.687 It's gonna happen again around the time you're 47. 327 00:27:36,971.687 --> 00:27:37,241.687 Yeah. 328 00:27:37,431.687 --> 00:27:40,731.687 And as you go through those changes every 10 years. 329 00:27:40,911.687 --> 00:27:44,631.687 Your body is going to change and body composition is gonna shift. 330 00:27:44,631.687 --> 00:27:44,691.687 Yeah. 331 00:27:44,721.687 --> 00:27:51,671.687 And it's gonna be harder to achieve the same BMI and Fat muscle composition because the older we get. 332 00:27:52,796.687 --> 00:27:55,526.687 Muscle and fat start to change. 333 00:27:55,736.687 --> 00:27:57,986.687 It's easier and harder to keep one or the other. 334 00:27:57,986.687 --> 00:27:59,906.687 And let's just work with how the body is. 335 00:27:59,906.687 --> 00:28:01,196.687 Let's not be mad at it. 336 00:28:01,196.687 --> 00:28:09,386.687 Let's just understand in health class from a young age that biologically our body is going to be changing every 10 years. 337 00:28:09,656.687 --> 00:28:10,541.687 It's not a bad thing. 338 00:28:10,541.687 --> 00:28:14,726.687 We shouldn't feel bad that we don't look 18 when we're 38 years old. 339 00:28:14,726.687 --> 00:28:18,26.687 We shouldn't be looking like that, right? So let's now. 340 00:28:18,616.687 --> 00:28:29,146.687 What should be the habits of a 38-year-old, a 48-year-old, a 58-year-old to feel good We can't be holding onto these numbers that are arbitrary from our teens and early twenties. 341 00:28:30,476.687 --> 00:28:31,436.687 No, absolutely. 342 00:28:31,436.687 --> 00:28:42,416.687 One of the questions I had for you was, and you've, I think you've answered it beautifully, is how do you model that confidence to the next generation, to our daughters so that. 343 00:28:42,481.687 --> 00:28:45,991.687 They don't inherit the same insecurities. 344 00:28:45,991.687 --> 00:28:48,151.687 I feel like there's so much around them. 345 00:28:48,431.687 --> 00:28:50,681.687 Sometimes our voices get drowned. 346 00:28:51,151.687 --> 00:29:00,951.687 Do you do any kind of, Workshops or anything for young girls when it comes to this? A digital product that I created for parents. 347 00:29:01,51.687 --> 00:29:08,701.687 On how to talk to kids about food, because I think a lot of it, we were raised, Finish your plate, right? Food is good or bad, right? It's healthy. 348 00:29:08,701.687 --> 00:29:18,911.687 And I've been very much very vocal about how we should be talking about food because then we internalize that Okay, if I eat something that's quote unquote bad, then I am being bad. 349 00:29:19,91.687 --> 00:29:25,676.687 I am still working with adults who think of themselves as bad and go through these guilt and shame spirals because they're eating dessert. 350 00:29:26,271.687 --> 00:29:28,461.687 Because of what they were taught as children. 351 00:29:28,711.687 --> 00:29:32,581.687 And that creates restrictive binge behavior as adults. 352 00:29:32,581.687 --> 00:29:41,911.687 That's how it presents itself, right? So if we wanna change How young girls and children handle food in their, in adulthood, we need to change the way we're talking about food. 353 00:29:42,11.687 --> 00:29:47,321.687 I, like I mentioned, I have a 7-year-old daughter and she's very aware, very empathetic. 354 00:29:47,501.687 --> 00:29:48,641.687 Very sensitive. 355 00:29:48,941.687 --> 00:29:51,41.687 We're already having these conversations. 356 00:29:51,161.687 --> 00:29:53,291.687 I don't talk about my body ever. 357 00:29:53,321.687 --> 00:29:57,791.687 She's probably never heard me once look in the mirror and say something about how I look. 358 00:29:57,791.687 --> 00:30:04,511.687 It's more Do you like my dress? I feel really happy today, and I really try to watch what I say in front of her. 359 00:30:04,511.687 --> 00:30:04,571.687 Yeah. 360 00:30:05,51.687 --> 00:30:13,121.687 And when she feels bad about herself, which has already started happening, she's very aware of how her hair looks and how clothes fit her. 361 00:30:13,151.687 --> 00:30:13,211.687 Yeah. 362 00:30:13,271.687 --> 00:30:14,81.687 I really. 363 00:30:14,806.687 --> 00:30:17,836.687 Try to keep her confidence in other things. 364 00:30:17,836.687 --> 00:30:23,476.687 And we talk about people who love us and how hard of a worker she is and how kind she is. 365 00:30:23,526.687 --> 00:30:27,941.687 And I'm sure soon body image stuff will eventually come up because I see her. 366 00:30:28,546.687 --> 00:30:29,866.687 Thinking about everything. 367 00:30:30,256.687 --> 00:30:30,616.687 Yeah. 368 00:30:30,666.687 --> 00:30:38,126.687 And I think it's really giving your kids confidence in so many other things Really believe that human beings just look different. 369 00:30:38,306.687 --> 00:30:38,606.687 Yeah. 370 00:30:38,606.687 --> 00:30:39,181.687 And we should be. 371 00:30:40,971.687 --> 00:30:47,11.687 Why would we look, I'm five two, why would I have the body shape of a five eight, Model. 372 00:30:47,11.687 --> 00:30:47,71.687 Yeah. 373 00:30:47,101.687 --> 00:30:49,21.687 Like that just doesn't even make sense. 374 00:30:49,351.687 --> 00:30:55,411.687 And there's a lot of shorter women that have a different body type like me, that are muscular and curvy. 375 00:30:55,411.687 --> 00:30:56,551.687 That's beautiful. 376 00:30:56,601.687 --> 00:31:04,461.687 Are women that are five 10 that are more muscular and curvy and that's beautiful and all around the world we are different shapes and sizes and that's. 377 00:31:04,501.687 --> 00:31:09,1.687 The most beautiful thing, and that's how we were meant to be in this world. 378 00:31:09,1.687 --> 00:31:09,91.687 Yeah. 379 00:31:09,91.687 --> 00:31:19,171.687 And it's really, I think just reframing that from the youngest age you can, and also reminding women about that because I think they forget, Look around the world, no one looks the same. 380 00:31:19,421.687 --> 00:31:41,381.687 One of the things that you reminded me of, and this is what I personally do because I feel comfortable doing it, is that I actually, with my patients and with my children, I actually share my trials and tribulations when it came to maybe unwanted hair growth in places that are not considered, Beautiful or attractive or weird. 381 00:31:41,901.687 --> 00:31:47,311.687 I freely talk about it and, Whatever procedures that I had to, Remove it. 382 00:31:47,531.687 --> 00:31:53,741.687 I talk about it, not to say, oh, you need to do this, In order to remove unwanted facial hair. 383 00:31:54,251.687 --> 00:31:59,416.687 It's something that I dealt with and I chose to do it, and it doesn't mean that you have to do it. 384 00:32:00,221.687 --> 00:32:09,661.687 But if you need help and that's, Something that you want to explore, right? Then And I take that approach with my patients as well, that this is actually a part of your body. 385 00:32:09,931.687 --> 00:32:10,861.687 There's nothing wrong. 386 00:32:10,861.687 --> 00:32:16,846.687 We should make sure, let's say you don't have hormonal imbalances that are leading to that, Of women who are. 387 00:32:17,536.687 --> 00:32:20,356.687 Hormonally normal that have hair growth. 388 00:32:20,386.687 --> 00:32:23,416.687 It could be other factors that are influencing that. 389 00:32:23,716.687 --> 00:32:29,176.687 And if you need my help in, If that's something that you want to explore, then I can help you with that. 390 00:32:29,536.687 --> 00:32:33,806.687 But my goal is To help them understand that there's nothing wrong. 391 00:32:34,581.687 --> 00:32:37,11.687 With that, and I'm just using one example. 392 00:32:37,11.687 --> 00:32:42,321.687 It could be weight related, it could be hair related, obviously, There's so many things that you can pick. 393 00:32:42,661.687 --> 00:32:48,201.687 This is, this has been a great conversation because It's something that I deal with as a mom. 394 00:32:48,201.687 --> 00:32:50,271.687 It's something that I deal with as patients. 395 00:32:50,271.687 --> 00:32:57,396.687 So many people, so many women come to me and they want that, Tummy tuck or that facelift, and I'm actually that internist. 396 00:32:57,671.687 --> 00:33:03,11.687 who's always encouraging them you're beautiful as is, but I will support you in your journey. 397 00:33:03,11.687 --> 00:33:06,31.687 And if, Sometimes we have a conversation as to why. 398 00:33:06,791.687 --> 00:33:07,811.687 They're pursuing it. 399 00:33:08,141.687 --> 00:33:17,91.687 And there have been times when I've been able to, Change their decision and there, then there are times where I'm like, I'm fully supportive of what you're doing. 400 00:33:17,391.687 --> 00:33:22,71.687 I mentioned Bobby Brown as, At that time, that was my favorite beauty product. 401 00:33:22,281.687 --> 00:33:30,306.687 If you could keep one beauty product in your purse just for fun, what would it be? Just lip gloss. 402 00:33:30,311.687 --> 00:33:30,371.687 Okay. 403 00:33:30,421.687 --> 00:33:30,771.687 Shine. 404 00:33:30,776.687 --> 00:33:31,26.687 Okay. 405 00:33:31,86.687 --> 00:33:32,646.687 It just feels good. 406 00:33:32,646.687 --> 00:33:33,786.687 I don't wear a lot of makeup. 407 00:33:33,786.687 --> 00:33:36,516.687 Just a little mascara and a little lip gloss and Yeah. 408 00:33:36,726.687 --> 00:33:38,706.687 And that's really all it takes for me. 409 00:33:38,916.687 --> 00:33:39,126.687 Yeah. 410 00:33:39,126.687 --> 00:33:40,536.687 You don't need too much. 411 00:33:40,536.687 --> 00:33:41,136.687 I can tell. 412 00:33:41,916.687 --> 00:33:42,426.687 Thank you. 413 00:33:43,146.687 --> 00:33:44,346.687 You're very beautiful. 414 00:33:44,346.687 --> 00:33:47,396.687 And I'm talking, Not from a, Aesthetic standpoint. 415 00:33:47,396.687 --> 00:33:49,166.687 It's who you are inside and out. 416 00:33:49,346.687 --> 00:33:50,756.687 Oh, thank you so much. 417 00:33:50,896.687 --> 00:34:03,876.687 A song, That makes you instantly feel powerful and maybe you play this for your daughter or you know for yourself that you know, maybe when you're not feeling so good, That makes you instantly feel powerful. 418 00:34:04,966.687 --> 00:34:06,796.687 Yeah, it's such a great question. 419 00:34:06,796.687 --> 00:34:10,756.687 My daughter loves the song Girl On Fire by Rihanna. 420 00:34:10,756.687 --> 00:34:14,835.687 And so just putting that on and watching her belt it out is just the sweetest thing. 421 00:34:14,835.687 --> 00:34:18,305.687 Listen to the lyrics of the song And have so much fun with it. 422 00:34:18,395.687 --> 00:34:19,85.687 I love it. 423 00:34:19,385.687 --> 00:34:20,465.687 I love Rihanna. 424 00:34:20,520.687 --> 00:34:25,540.687 I do, honestly, I admire her so much for her work, for her music. 425 00:34:25,540.687 --> 00:34:28,150.687 I feel she's So talented and. 426 00:34:29,5.687 --> 00:34:43,790.687 Being full of myself means what? Can you finish that sentence? Being full of myself means not being afraid to speak up And share with the world who I am. 427 00:34:45,400.687 --> 00:34:46,90.687 That's great. 428 00:34:46,330.687 --> 00:34:47,140.687 That is great. 429 00:34:47,470.687 --> 00:34:54,940.687 I do think that your voice out there is making a difference and I'm so glad that I can highlight it on this podcast. 430 00:34:55,420.687 --> 00:34:58,930.687 I remembered that when you were just asking if I had any workshops. 431 00:34:58,930.687 --> 00:35:04,360.687 I do have an incredible workshop that I do with every client, and I call it the Bloom Workshop. 432 00:35:04,720.687 --> 00:35:05,200.687 Okay. 433 00:35:05,200.687 --> 00:35:13,260.687 And what I did is I realized that it doesn't matter, any nutritionist can give a set of recipes and be like, eat this, and Feel better, increase energy, lose weight. 434 00:35:13,455.687 --> 00:35:22,700.687 But if you don't understand the obstacles about what's getting in your way or why you're self-sabotaging, Why you feel like you shouldn't or you can't, or you're not good at it. 435 00:35:22,940.687 --> 00:35:35,270.687 I created this incredible workshop that really gets to the bottom, the root causes of why we feel the way we do about ourselves, insecurities, why we're self-sabotaging, why we can't stay consistent with these lifestyle changes. 436 00:35:35,330.687 --> 00:35:39,620.687 And so when you're talking about how you work with clients, sometimes. 437 00:35:40,15.687 --> 00:35:44,695.687 You're an internist trying to talk about holistic ways to change and mindset reframes. 438 00:35:44,935.687 --> 00:35:49,495.687 I think it's a combination of it, right? And it, again, it goes back to that informed consent. 439 00:35:49,545.687 --> 00:35:59,285.687 If you wanna do it, that's great, but let's also get to when did you start feeling this way? And what are some mindset shifts? And maybe you still wanna get on this medication, or you still wanna have the surgery, that's great. 440 00:35:59,285.687 --> 00:36:01,775.687 But then when you have it, let's make sure that it. 441 00:36:01,950.687 --> 00:36:04,530.687 It doesn't go into the file of, I'm still not good enough. 442 00:36:04,600.687 --> 00:36:10,390.687 And so what else can we do to mindset shift and still take you on that journey of lifestyle changes. 443 00:36:10,390.687 --> 00:36:13,840.687 So you keep up this shift and you keep working on yourself. 444 00:36:13,840.687 --> 00:36:16,450.687 And so I created this workshop and I love it. 445 00:36:16,450.687 --> 00:36:28,570.687 And it's all about mindset, reframes, personalize the affirmations, and to get you started on Your lifestyle journey Of health and wellness and aging well and beautifully into your later years. 446 00:36:29,45.687 --> 00:36:31,955.687 it's available on my online course, which is available to anyone. 447 00:36:31,955.687 --> 00:36:32,225.687 Yeah. 448 00:36:32,325.687 --> 00:36:45,235.687 And if we were to look for you, Lisa, on, For your website, for your social media, where can we find you? You can find me on TikTok and Instagram at it's Lisa Schultz, and my website is ura method.com. 449 00:36:46,120.687 --> 00:36:47,260.687 Thanks so much. 450 00:36:47,530.687 --> 00:36:48,790.687 This was a lot of fun. 451 00:36:48,880.687 --> 00:36:49,450.687 All right. 452 00:36:49,560.687 --> 00:36:50,220.687 Okay, great. 453 00:36:50,220.687 --> 00:36:51,630.687 This was such a great conversation. 454 00:36:51,660.687 --> 00:36:55,760.687 And don't forget to like, share and review my podcast. 455 00:36:56,310.687 --> 00:37:00,100.687 Remember, it's always ladies first on Soma Says. 456 00:37:00,400.687 --> 00:37:04,60.687 Let's make a difference one conversation at a time.