Skinfood for Whole Body Health with Rebekah Kelley
Jen talks with Virtue Skinfood founder, Rebekah Kelley, about the importance of nourishing our skin both from the outside and from within the body while also using the skin as a gateway for delivering nutrients that support whole body health. Rebekah began creating batches of skincare products to address her own skin health challenges in […]
Cultivating Health, Happiness, and Community through Regenerative Agriculture
Molly Muchow and Hailey Schurr of Verdant Hollow Farms, a regenerative, multi species farm located in Southwest Michigan join us for this episode of the Body Literacy Podcast to discuss the role of regenerative agriculture in shaping health bodies, healthy families, healthy communities, and a healthy planet. Together with the farm’s owner and business partner, […]
The Invisible Corset and Reconnecting with Our Bodies with Lauren Geertsen
Lauren Geertsen, author of The Invisible Corset, Break Free from Beauty Culture and Embrace Your Radiant Self, thoughtfully and provocatively brings light to beauty culture as a means of not only preventing women from stepping fully into their own power, but defines the limiting constructs that have been established to render modern populations confined by […]
Big Food and the Market Demand for Healthier Ingredients
Last night my 12 and 14-year old children informed me that although they no longer believe in the Easter Bunny, they still believe in the Easter Mommy and were fully expecting Easter baskets overflowing with sugary candy which are usually filled with chemicals and unfood ingredients. Knowing that the remaining years where they will be […]
The Science and Simplicity of Meditation with Kathleen Belonga
Kathleen Belonga is a yoga and mindfulness meditation teacher who specializes in small group classes, primarily for women who are in their second phase of life. She shares her expertise mindfulness and meditation techniques in this episode with us while expanding on emerging scientific data that supports the use of meditation to create quantifiable psychological […]
What Does it Mean to be Really Alive?
Being really alive is something much different than just not being dead. What are the qualities of a well lived life? How does one construct a life that is worth dying for? I take a walk through a nostalgic childhood and consider the current state of the world and what we value, particularly in the […]
Pelvic Floor Health : The Missing Link
When was the last time your doctor talked to you about your pelvic floor? Unless you are experiencing incontinence or just had a baby, chances are pretty good your answer is never. But there is a lot more to the pelvic floor than just supporting a growing fetus or preventing you from peeing your pants […]
Radical Wellness vs. Disease Management
There’s a revolution happening in the world of medicine, or rather, the reclamation of health. The last century-and-a-half has marked a devolution of the human race marked by a paradigm that has served to disempower people from knowing their own bodies and convincing them to settle for normalized dysfunction. We have been psychologically primed to […]