In this special health-focused round-up, Lesley and Brad revisit conversations with four inspiring guests: Uma Naralkar, Jenn Pike, Celeste Holbrook, and Jenny Swisher. From understanding your menstrual cycle and hormones to embracing pleasure and advocating for yourself, this episode delivers practical insights to help you live your healthiest life.

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In this episode you will learn about:

The connection between nutrition, movement, lifestyle, and mindset for optimal health.
Understanding the four phases of the menstrual cycle and how they affect daily life.
Shifting perspectives on intimacy to find pleasure and reduce stigma.
How to advocate for your health by asking the right questions and knowing your body.

Episode References/Links:

Ep. 25 ft. Uma Naralkar - https://beitpod.com/ep25
Uma’s Website https://omwithatwist.com/
Ep. 55 ft. Jenn Pike - https://beitpod.com/ep55
The Hormone Project: https://jennpike.com/thehormoneproject
Ep. 85 ft. Celeste Holbrook - https://beitpod.com/ep85
Website: https://www.drcelesteholbrook.com/
Ep. 139 ft. Jenny Swisher - https://beitpod.com/139
SYNC Your Life Podcast: https://jennyswisher.com/podcast/

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Episode Transcript:

Lesley Logan 0:00

Welcome to the Be It Till You See It podcast where we talk about taking messy action, knowing that perfect is boring. I'm Lesley Logan, Pilates instructor and fitness business coach. I've trained thousands of people around the world and the number one thing I see stopping people from achieving anything is self-doubt. My friends, action brings clarity and it's the antidote to fear. Each week, my guest will bring bold, executable, intrinsic and targeted steps that you can use to put yourself first and Be It Till You See It. It's a practice, not a perfect. Let's get started.

Lesley Logan 0:42

Welcome back to Be It Till You See It. You guys, we are continuing our, what do you call it? A round up, babe? You call it collection?

Brad Crowell 0:49

Yeah, we call it the December round-up.

Lesley Logan 0:51

Yeah. It's basically like a reflection review. And this particular episode has four of our favorite guests that have to do with health. We have these, have had multiple episodes that have to do with health.

Brad Crowell 1:03

Many, many, many.

Lesley Logan 1:04

Many. And so we are going to span the wide ranging topic of health, which can be a lot of things. We've got the tripod of health. We've got hormones in this one. We're gonna have sex in this one.

Brad Crowell 1:13

Yeah, food is as part of the tripod.

Lesley Logan 1:15

Yes, yes. We got lots of stuff so.

Brad Crowell 1:18

Fitness, of course.

Lesley Logan 1:19

So if you have been wondering, what health episode should I listen to during this chaotic month of December when most of my podcasts aren't listing anything new? The Be It Pod has given you four awesome ones, and we'll link even the numbers. You can go back and listen to the full interview in our catalog when you're ready.

Brad Crowell 1:38

Let's dig in the first episode that we're gonna talk about today, that we're bringing back is episode number 25.

Lesley Logan 1:45

Twenty-five.

Brad Crowell 1:45

Twenty-five all the way back towards the very beginning.

Lesley Logan 1:49

It's like 2022.

Brad Crowell 1:51

We had a chance to interview Uma Naralkar, who talks a lot about food and nutrition, and we have two sections of this that we thought were really spectacular. So.

Lesley Logan 2:07

Yeah, so first up, I really, I thought it was really cool and vulnerable that she talked about when she moved to the US and what the food was like, and how that challenged her and got her interested in what she has become known for, and being a nutritionist and things like that. So I'm really excited for us to hear her story of moving to the US.

Brad Crowell 2:27

Yeah, so, and also she talked about this, her process of how she works with her clients, and she created something called the Tripod of Optimal Health. And I'm not going to tell you what it is, because you're going to hear it just after this. So tune in.

Uma Naralkar 2:41

The biggest difference for me was the food, right? So in India, we have a lot of health. Inherently, there's health and cooks and food is never something that I had to even think about. So that's the reason why it was always so well -balanced and healthy, because it was like home-cooked Indian food and all the beautiful dals and vegetables, and it was primarily vegetarian. We ate meat on the weekends as like a treat. Dessert would always be homemade, something made in ghee, like, very, very like, decently portioned. And I came to America where everything was supersized, right? And I was a student. And, I mean, I was, first, it was shocking, then it was exciting, and then it was kind of like, I didn't have a choice. I was hungry, and I had to eat, and I was a student, so it was like, McDonald's and all the other and it was truly exciting, I have to say, in the beginning, because I was like, what is going on? Why are these people eating so much? But it was a huge adjustment. And you know, when you're asking me about how I, you know, the thing that I had to kind of like, get over and just be like, I'm going to embody this. I am. You know, the book Atomic Habits. Have you read that?

Lesley Logan 4:01

Yes.

Uma Naralkar 4:01

James Clear. He talks about shifting your identity to who you want to be. Do you remember that part of the book? What he's saying is that if you, you know you, if you want something, if you truly believe that you want something, you need to believe that you have it, and ...