The Grapes and Gains Radio Show

Shaundra is a Certified Life Coach who coaches female entrepreneurs to drop the mind drama that gets in the way of them creating the life and business they want using her proven methodology.

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Brock Armstrong is a lifetime mover, retired ballet dancer, podcaster, writer, movement coach, weightloss coach, and founder of the Change Academy. He has always looked into finding more ways to add movement into his life. In this episode we talk about his training methods, and how you can incorporate more movement into your life.

Jackie Cruickshank Cohen is a health entrepreneur and educator with more than a decade of functional health coaching experience. She is the founder of Performance Prescription where she helps women tap into their potential for health and performance. With a background in competitive athletics, starting at the age of 12 she has been competing as a triathlete, track and field athlete, and cyclist for the last 45 years. She is a certified through The Primal Health Coach Institute, ph360 and Precision Nutrition.

I've made it 50 so what is in store for the next 50?

-Possible podcast name change

-Slight niche change because I love wine

Francisco is the Digital Operations and Marketing Specialist for BeniComp Health Solutions. As a person with a physical disability, he uses his experience to help others reshape what it means to live and thrive with a disability, and empowers them with self-acceptance and courage. He is also an active civic member, community builder, and advocate of lifelong learning. He is the Marketing Chair for the University of Tampa's Board of Counselors, on the Digital Marketing Advisory Board Member for The University of South Florida, and involved with Emerging Leaders of Tampa Bay. Earlier this year Employee Benefit Adviser recognized him as a Rising Star and recently he was named a LinkedIn Sales Star.

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Dr. Kerry Petsinger is a High Performance Coach who helps people build their best lives. She is the creator of Mornings that Matter®, her research-based, 10-minute morning mindset routine to start each day feeling unstoppable - and she has taught this routine to people from over 70 countries. Dr. Petsinger offers coaching & consulting services and online courses on high performance and other personal development topics.

Words from Dr. Kerry:

"I've always enjoyed learning about the human body and how it works - and earned a doctorate degree in physical therapy. I was a college track athlete. After getting married and deciding to build a family, I struggled for years with infertility and recurrent pregnancy losses - and I really struggled and felt like my body couldn't do what it was "supposed" to do. I began working on my mindset which helped significantly."

"Start each day with an intentional morning routine. This will help fuel your health / wellness journey and help you show up at your best."

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I'm a family health coach with certifications from the Primal Health Coach Institute and the FASTer Way to Fat Loss. Over 30 years of coaching and leadership combined with a passion for helping women to live health happy lives is the platform of my program. It's about getting back to the way our ancestors lived and ate. It's not about diet, deprivation, counting calories, or spending hours in a gym. I help women reclaim their health and weed through the Wild Wild West of health advice to confidently make optimal choices for themselves and for their family. Healthy women raise healthy families.

Words from Nanette:

"As a new mom, you have hopes and dreams for your family and for their future. You see them growing healthy and strong. For me, fast forward to the day one of my kids was struggling in school because of her ADD. My thought was how can I juggle this busy life of mine to support her health? I felt hopeless. I knew she deserved better; we all did. I just didn’t know how.  That’s when I took matters into my own hands. I radically shifted the way I shopped, cooked and ate.  I learned that what we put in and on our bodies matters. I changed how we cleaned our home and cared for our bodies.  The epidemics of obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes and autoimmune conditions are so prevalent in our society. We even accept them as normal. This problem is so much bigger than just my family’s, and my mission is to change this trajectory.  As I began to take ownership of our health, things began to shift, and health returned to all of us. My Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis is in remission. My husband’s type 2 diabetes is under control. My daughters’ food sensitivities, allergies, ADD, and anxiety are improved. Our lives have much less stress and much more joy and energy.  We improved because we eat real whole food, move our bodies and prioritize sleep. I won’t sugar coat it and tell you it was easy, it wasn’t. I will tell you it is possible, and it will change your life forever.    For my family, it has changed everything and none of us would go back. Understand that you have a choice. You know what is best for your family. You know them better than anyone on this planet. Moms have an innate gift, a gut intuition that tells us when something is not right. I am so grateful that in that moment of hopelessness, I found trust in myself to take control of our health."

"You can take control of your family's health. Our bodies are born to be lean, strong and healthy. Trust your instincts. Question authority. Get the facts."

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Linda Binns is an accomplished energy coach, speaker and author of several books on energy. Throughout her life she has been something of a medical mystery to medical doctors and natural health practitioners alike, as her body responds in unexpected ways to treatments. Through self-awareness and taking responsibility for her own health, she now knows this is not because there is something wrong with her that needs to be fixed, but rather she has learned how to embrace her body’s uniqueness and work with it, rather than against it. Her mission is to help others with similar experiences to do the same.

Some words from Linda:

"When I turned 40 it was like a switch went off in my body. I gained weight and became more and more tired. Every doctor, natural health practitioner and energy healer I worked with thought they had the answers and that they could help me. Nothing worked. The phrase I became used to hearing was "That's unusual. I've never seen anyone respond that way before." I developed insomnia and, although occasionally I was able to lose a few pounds temporarily, it would always come back again no matter what I did. I really wanted to find the person who could fix me. I thought there must be someone out there who knew what was wrong with me. It took me 20 years of self-discovery and learning to understand myself and my body so that I could finally find some answers. I have finally been able to lose the weight, and for the first time ever feel good about my body. My health journey is ongoing and my body has a lot to tell me - I have now learned to listen. Most of all, and what I want to share, is that there is a percentage of the population (about 20%) who are just like me and have similar experiences and frustrations when it comes to their health (and other areas of their life). I want to share what I now know so they can avoid the frustrations and pitfalls that I have experienced.'

"Know, accept and BE who you are. Learn how to listen to your body and take responsibility for your health. Don't wait for someone to 'fix' you."

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Colin Laughlin is a personal trainer who works with individuals who have chronic health conditions. He focuses on function instead of aesthetics because, while this might not be the most glamorous job, he can control the results, and it will improve overall health. He has dealt with weight fluctuations during his life and this has taught him empathy for his clients as he knows what they are going through.

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Dr. Natascha Hebell-Fernando has a background in scientific research, business development and technology commercialization. She is a health professional in fields of Integrative Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She also pursued further studies in Reiki, Functional Nutrition and Quantum Healing. She teaches people how to prevent and overcome stress, fatigue and burnout.

"You are worthy. You have an internal compass that you have to learn to understand and listen to. Once you are in alignment, you recover your health." - Dr. Natascha Hebell-Fernando

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Vikki works with clients to get more done in 50% of the time by mastering their anxiety & procrastination. She has a no BS approach blending neuroscience, evolutionary biology, life coaching tools and tough love Vikki graduated from the London School of Economics and hosts the F*CK Anxiety & Get Sh*t Done podcast.

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Sid Owsley is a world traveler, online marketer, motivational speaker, and health enthusiast. He has use consistency as his method to finding good health and reaching his fitness goals. He grew up with some weight problems, as well as seeing some of the health problems individuals in his community were developing and did not want this to be his reality. He has made consistency, with occasional indulgences, that he does not beat himself up for, part of his regular life. 

"Being healthy is a marathon not a sprint. Be patient with yourself and be dedicated to learning about yourself and healthy practices."

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Caroline started Unstoppable Moms Fitness after realizing the obstacles moms face to find a balance of health in their busy lives with a family. She teaches simple habits and small changes, believing that a healthy lifestyle doesn’t have to be complicated or overwhelming. She empowers women to find positive relationships with food and their bodies through rejecting diet culture, mindset, and healing.

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As President of Cheryl Rice Leadership, Inc., Cheryl Rice inspires women to be leaders in their own lives. For over 20 years she has helped women cultivate leadership presence, develop confidence, and establish mindful approaches to work and life.  Clients include:  Pfizer, Campbells Soup, and the Wharton School.  

Cheryl has held significant positions in the healthcare, and financial services industries including Director of Organization Development for AstraZeneca, and AVP of Leadership Development at ACE International. 

Cheryl is the author of the memoir, Where Have I Been All My Life?. and has had essays in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the ChicagoTribune, and Maria Shriver’s blog, Architects of Change.    

In 2016 Cheryl founded the You Matter Marathon, a global kindness and community- building program.  

Cheryl holds MS degrees in Counseling and in Organization Development. She is a certified coach, has a certificate in Positive Psychology and has taught university classes.

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Dr. Debi Silber is the founder of the Post Betrayal Transformation Institute and is a holistic psychologist, a health, mindset and personal development expert, the author of the #1 bestselling book: The Unshakable Woman: 4 Steps to Rebuilding Your Body, Mind and Life After a Life Crisis and her newest book: Trust Again: Overcoming Betrayal and Regaining Health, Confidence and Happiness. Her recent PhD study on how we experience betrayal made 3 groundbreaking discoveries that changes how long it takes to heal. In addition to being on FOX, CBS, The Dr. Oz Show, TEDx (twice) and more, she’s an award winning speaker, coach and author dedicated to helping people move past their betrayals as well as any other blocks preventing them from the health, work, finances, relationships, confidence and happiness they want most.

Lauren Ohayon is a core and pelvic floor specialist who founded Restore Your Core and the Restore Your Core Instructor Training. She has helped countless women improve their core and overall wellbeing in a holistic way.

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Madeline is a stay at home mom to two kids, one with a rare genetic syndrome resulting in severe birth defects. She is the creator of The Rare Life podcast where she and other special needs parents share their journeys and things they've learned along the way. Although the learning curve of being a special needs mom has been the hardest thing she's experienced,  self-care has helped her not only stay sane, but thrive.

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One of the first things I help individuals with when they come to me with questions or looking for help surrounding their gut health is triggers. Triggers can be anything but they cause the body to negatively react and the individual experiences symptoms. In this short episode I touch on what kinds could be triggers and how the approach to finding them is different for everyone.

If you are suffering from IBS and a lack of confidence reach out for a 30 minute free IBS Management Session or to grab one of my last two spots for 1:1 coaching. I can be reached at

m.a.steffie@gmail.com or 

Dude is a lifelong health and wellness enthusiast and amateur athlete.  Before a brief cross country season in college, Dude was a 2x state champion in the mile, the two mile, and the mile relay. After his first marathon, Dude became interested in Ultramarathons and his endurance career peaked in 2006 when he ran 16 ultramarathons in one year.  Dude has also done some fairly extreme self-supported distance challenges, including two double crossings of the grand canyon, and a 143 mile 3 day adventure in the High Sierra in California.  He has also summited the 3rd highest peak in North America, and many smaller mountains.

Like many people in today’s society, by mid-life Dude found himself drifting away from being active as the pursuits of career and family consumed so much time and attention.  By 2012, Dude was 50 lbs overweight with aches and pains all over, culminating in a back injury that left him debilitated on the floor, unable to move.

Dr Alice Kerby is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Health Consultant, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in training. She specializes in working with stress and anxiety reduction from an autonomic nervous system perspective and works frequently with sober women to help them move through trauma, anxiety, and overwhelm by cultivating nervous system regulation and resilience.

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Cathy Watson is a registered physiotherapist with a primary focus on pelvic health! My background is teaching fitness and Pilates so I like to integrate someones newfound pelvic floor awareness into the hobbies and sports they love to do!

Cathy and I talk about so many aspects of Pelvic Floor Therapy as well as other hobbies such as weight lifting, pilates, pole dancing, and so much more!

Ryan has been a certified Primal Health Coach for two years now and has worked with everyone from athletes to mother's just looking to be healthy.  He is a husband and father to a daughter who is six and a son who is two.  When Ryan is not working or spending time with his family you can find him in the gym lifting heavy things, out on the trails running and hiking, or training for obstacle course races.  He has a passion for working with other athletes looking to improve their athletic performance through a more ancestral lifestyle.

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In today's episode, which was recorded this past spring, Revna Ravenwood goes deep and shares her personal journey with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, and how she is learning to heal herself again. 

After many years of trying different nutritional approaches to help get to the root of the issue, she finally found Primal was the answer for her. 

Since then she has seen her energy return, and she is able to reintroduce more plants back into her life. 

She also makes medicinal healing chocolate.

If you are interested in getting in touch with her reach out to her at the links below.

Those who know me personally know about my fascination with infectious diseases. 

I became interested in Ebola and Marburg in high school and since then have been researching them and other infectious agents since. 

This is a presentation for one of my classes in my Master of Public Health Program.

Today in this freestyle episode, I just graze the tip of the iceberg on what is present in both types of sodas and whether one is truly better than the other. Each individual has their own opinion on this topic and I honor and understand the reason behind each. 

I provide my reason for why I choose one over the other for myself and my clients. And why there are so many opinions on this topic.

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Val Jones is a motivational speaker, peak performance coach, and best-selling contributing author of the 1Habit Series. 

Val's first love was figure skating, and an injury ended her career. When she needed to find another outlet for her competitive edge the universe brought her Crossfit. And from that point on she hasn't looked back.

It has given her her competitive edge, her appreciation for health, and motivation to improve herself and others. 

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Instagram: @tankgirlvaljones

Are carbs bad?

Do we need carbs?

Should we eat carbs?

While the answer to many of these can be it depends I take today's episode to discuss the reason many choose to consume or not cosume carbohydrates and the different ways they can work in the body. 

I also dive a little into why I choose to eat carbs and how my decision varies based on my needs.

And if you want to join in on my Falling Into Better Health 21 Day Program click the link below

Scott Manduck is an essential oil advocate and believer in the healing power of frequency. When he and his family were dealing with health problems he turned to holistic approaches to improve his condition and learned so much along the way. 

He learned about the negative effects of EMFs on the body, the benefits of using essential oils to improve health, and how wearing the Schumann Resonance can promote healing. 

He has so much knowledge in so many areas.

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In this solo episode Margaret goes over her 4 Steps to Body Confidence and how she has successfully done this. 

1. Dress the Part

2. Practice Gratitude

3. Move Frequently

4. Nourish Your Body

And Margaret is offering a Falling into Better Health 21 Day Program where she can help you 

-have confidence in your own skin

-progress in your weight loss journey

-learn to set intentions properly

Malissa is a self proclaimed fitness nerd, and overall nerd, who loves to know about the science behind fitness and nutrition. After working for many  years in finances and healthcare she wanted to merge her love of data and fitness. And this is when she opened Composition ID Houston.

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Caryn Rich is an infertility coach who helps women who want to get through the infertility journey quicker while keeping their sense of humor.  

Through her courses, challenges and one on one coaching she is here to help you shake up your approach to going through the process while supporting you and making every step feel calmer and more understandable.  

Her adoring fans and customers have credited her with giving them “more confidence to move forward in this journey, and feel much more prepared”.  Another said “it is so helpful to know that what I am experiencing is normal and I am not alone”.  

And when she’s not teaching woman the the ABC’s of Infertility along with tips and tricks that got her though it faster, you can find her enjoying time with her family and indulging on her favorite bullet proof coffee.

She believes that a fitness and health journey is life long and that lifestyle and nutrition are as instrumental as physical activity in overall health.

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Beatrice Weber is an interspiritual minister, writer, speaker and coach who helps people who have experienced religious, familial, or community trauma connect with their own inner greatness and create empowered and joyful lives.

Weber was born and raised in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community and as a result have few choices or opportunities. This left her feeling stuck and ultimately leaving the community with her four youngest children.

This jump has allowed her to heal deeply, find abundance for her and her family, pursue passions, and earn her MBA.

Through this process she has learned to bring herself joy and use her voice to help herself and others. 

If you want to get in touch with Beatrice, or sign up for her course when it comes out in August visit the links below:

Jacqueline Rose is a yoga for women's health instructor in Israel. She became interested in this field after having her five children and has found her passion empowering women through multiple stages of their lives. 

She wants women to know that menopause is not the beginning of the end and really an amazing journey. In this episode we talk menopause journey, the complexity of hormones, childbirth, and how yoga works with all of this. 

Jacqueline along with Helen Abelesz will be hosting a free webinar on the Menopause Journey and how one can thrive through this entire process. It will be held on July 13 at 6pm UK time and you can claim your spot at the link below:

In today's episode with Jodi Aman, Family Therapist, YouTuber and author of Anxiety...I'm So Done with You. A Teen's Guide to Ditching Toxic Stress and Hardwiring Your Brain for Happiness. We discuss how stress affects us as well as how to get rid of stress. 

Jodi Aman has been working with clients for 20 years and has learned how to successfully help them ditch their anxiety, while doing what she feels is the best job ever (because she tells people how awesome they are everyday).

Her newest book is also being released today and is geared towards helping adolescents get rid of stress and anxiety but is beneficial for all ages.

In this episode I had the opportunity to interview Deborah Olatunji, an author, poet, speaker, and recent high school graduate, on her experience with experiential learning and how it has shaped her ability to learn and desires for the future. Without her experiences she would not be pursuing a degree in nursing and a minor in public policy, nor would she have had the opportunity to learn about the arts in the way she desired. 

Deborah feels that you shouldn't "measure your progress using someone else's ruler" and that "wherever you are in your journey you should celebrate that" because life is a learning process.

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On another episode of how Margaret turns her homework into her material for her podcast or blog, Margaret is sharing her interpretation of some study data from the Framingham Heart Study and how these characteristics can scientifically affect health through the lens of systemic inflammation.

Rob Arthur is a Primal Health Coach and Engineering Professor in North Caroline who strongly believes that the only standards one should live up to are your own. He has been fine tuning his health since 2009, when he graduated from college, and has tried many well known nutrition and fitnesses approaches present today, but has learned that the keys are to eat whole foods and love yourself. When he did these two things he saw his health flourish. 

This conversation is full of information on health, nutrition, and mindset as Rob believes that the best results come when one can find habits that they are able to stick to. 

If you are interested in getting in contact with Coach Rob Arthur or providing me some feedback click on the links below:

Julie, a mother and grandmother, is an educational sign language interpreter and health coach.

For most of her life she struggled with her weight and was not able to lose it. She did what her doctors advised and instead of getting healthier continued to gain weight and develop chronic conditions. Doctors considered her to be a healthy obese individual but could not help her get the weight off. After a lot of research she decided to "flip the pyramid," lessen her grain consumption and instead eat a higher amount of fats and animal products; the weight fell off. 

After such a huge transformation and others asking her how she did it she pursued further education so she could help other women like her see success. 

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