Better Health
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsThe Better Health Podcast is a platform dedicated to coaching women in areas of health, lifestyle, and legacy by speaking with leading health and wealth experts, and with the goal to inspire women to thrive in their lives today and in the future.
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Simple Ways to Incorporate Exercise During the Winter
January 14, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 27.5 MBI winter tough for you when it comes to getting the exercise you need? April and Caitlin break down what they are doing for exercise this winter. And don't worry, the break down includes easy methods that anyone can do! Hormones included. :) Instagram: @April.disher @nourishbycaitlin Check us out... and don't forget to subscribe, rate and review ;)
What is Ancestral Living? with Hilda Labrada Gore
January 12, 2021 11:00 - 38 minutes - 71.1 MBWhat is ancestral living? Learn about the key factors that ancestral living entails, why and how you can incorporate it into your life. Hilda Labrada Gore is the host and producer of the Wise Traditions and Tradiciones Sabias podcasts. A certified health coach, she has traveled the world exploring traditional practices for optimal well-being. Hilda shares the best of experts, experiences, and epic adventures on the podcasts, her Holistic Hilda YouTube channel, and on ancestral health tours...
How To Boost Your Immunity This Winter
January 07, 2021 11:00 - 20 minutes - 37.6 MBApril chats with co-host, Caitlin Townsend on ways they are boosting their immunity for this winter. From foods, to herbs and spices, they discuss attainable ways you can incorporate health into your life! Want to try Tusol smoothies? Use code: betterhealth for 20% off! Website: https://tusolwellness.com Aneu Supplements: BH10 for 10% off Website: https://aneu.com Instagram: @April.disher @nourishbycaitlin
Endometriosis: What Is It And The Myths Behind It with Jacqueline Elizabeth
January 05, 2021 11:00 - 52 minutes - 96.5 MBJacqueline Elizabeth is an Advocacy and Mindset coach for millennial entrepreneurs with endometriosis. She helps them better manage their symptoms holistically so they can live the pain-free lives they deserve. Jacqueline has battled endometriosis for 20 years. At her worst, she was missing 2-weeks a month of school, bedridden due to pain, depressed and a even suicidal. It wasn’t until after surviving a botched surgery from an unqualified gynecologist that left her in more pain than before...
Unhealthy Relationships with Food: Kicking Habits and Having Hope with Melissa Rohlfs
December 29, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 65 MBAre you struggling with stress eating or maybe not eating at all to thin down? Then this episode is for you! Understand what an unhealthy relationship with food is and how to develop a healthy lifestyle with Nutrition Specialist and Health Coach, Melissa Rohlfs. Melissa Rohlfs is a certified holistic health and life coach helping busy women break free from stress/emotional eating and sugar bingeing so they can feel calm, confident and in control. Around food. Around sugar. In stressful...
Understanding How To Begin a Holistic Lifestyle with Health Coach and Practitioner, Missy Bane
December 22, 2020 11:00 - 36 minutes - 66.5 MBMissy give a wonderful overview of starting a holistic lifestyle and what that entails when it comes to choosing to work with a practitioner. This is a great episode for anyone on the fence of starting a new page with their health. Missy Bane is a Board Certified Health Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner. She helps people 'age healthy' by creating a custom plan to fit their individual lifestyle, habits, genetics, and goals. Individual blueprints are designed together t...
Pelvic Fitness And Strength To Avoid Peeing When You Sneeze with Personal Trainer, Erika Young
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 82.6 MBWant to prepare now to avoid pelvic pain later? Or do you pee when you sneeze now after having a child? Erika dives into all of this and how you can prevent and heal your pelvic floor! Erika Young is an experienced personal trainer, specializing in pre and postnatal fitness. She has competed in and coached a wide variety of sports (track, triathlon, speedskating and roller derby!), but now focuses exclusively on helping moms feel strong during and after pregnancy. After experiencing and...
Cycle Syncing Tips When You Are In A Relationship
December 10, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 34.8 MBStarting today, I am going to be co-hosting with Caitlin Townsend a few times a month for my 'solo' episodes! We will be bringing all things hormone-related and cycle-syncing. Today, we dive into cycle syncing and how to incorporate it whether you are dating, engaged or married. It can be tough to do new things, let alone start something new when you are in a relationship. Listen in on our talk together on how we incorporate it into our lives. Check out Caitlin and I on Instagram at: @...
Brain Health and The Complexity of How It Impacts Our Whole Body with Lee Ann Foster
December 08, 2020 11:00 - 37 minutes - 68.4 MBIn this episode, we discuss all things brain related. From genetics to trauma and children to natural health, Lee Ann brings a great overview of how we can optimize our brains and the impact our brain has on the rest of our health and life. Lee Ann Foster's passion is to help people live their healthiest, happiest lives so they can make the world a better place for all. As a Master's level psychologist/neurotherapist, Epigenetics Wellness Coach, certified HeartMath coach, PSYCH-K Facili...
Cold Showers: Using it to Optimize Your Cycle
December 03, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes - 22.7 MBHave you tried a cold shower and thought, heck no this is crazy?? April dives into the benefits of cold showers and how they can optimize your cycle in this episode. Maybe the benefits will convince you to give it a shot!
How Nourishment Through Food Can Heal Your Hormones with Caitlin Townsend
December 01, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBCaitlin Townsend is the founder of Nourish by Caitlin. She uses a food as medicine and whole living lifestyle approach to get to the root cause and create optimal health. Caitlin is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner as well as a Chef trained at The Culinary Institute of America. Through her own fertility journey she has been able to utilize her passion for food and knowledge of functional health to help others on their journey. The giveaway below is an herbal coffee alternative...
Benefits of Gratitude on This Wonderful Thanksgiving Day
November 26, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes - 24.4 MBTaking time to be grateful is something we may intentionally do on Thanksgiving, but what about doing it everyday? April runs through key points from an article that backs up the health benefits of gratitude using scientific research. Happy Thanksgiving! Article: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-6823/10-Benefits-of-Gratitude.html
How to Optimize Now to Prepare for Menopause Later with Health Coach, Julie Kaanapu
November 24, 2020 11:00 - 45 minutes - 84.1 MBJulie gives key tips, examples and knowledge on what is effecting women today and how we can optimize our body now to prepare for menopause later. Struggling with menopause or do you want to prevent negative menopausal symptoms later? Then you definitely need to listen. Julie has over 20 years in the health industry from physical therapy, implementing medication management protocols, health coaching and consulting physicians with training and certification programs to improve patient outcom...
Birth Control Part 2: Can it Affect Your Partner Choice?
November 19, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 32.5 MBIn part two of birth control, April dives into how hormonal contraceptives alter your choice of mate. She also explains experiences families have faced that resulted in the death of a loved one due to birth control. Instagram: @april.disher Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-disher/
Mental Health: Shame, Identity, Faith and Relationships with Brittney Moses
November 17, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MBBrittney Moses is an LA native who is passionate about seeing this generation live wholeheartedly with purpose. While in the study of Psychology and research assisting at UCLA, she helps raise mental health awareness to reduce stigma and assist with helpful information at the intersection of faith, culture and mental health. In this episode, Brittney dives into all things mental health and how it connects with shame, identity, faith and relationships. We talk about attainable steps that...
Birth Control Part 1: How It Could Be Depleting Your Health
November 12, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 33.5 MBIn part 1 of birth control, April gives an overview of the side effects of hormonal contraceptives and why women should be reconsidering. She dives into how it affects our HPA axis, stress and nutrient supply. Stay tuned for part 2 which dives into more of the politics and how it can affect a women's choice of men. Instagram: @april.disher Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-disher/
What a Juice Cleanse Entails and Healthy Living with Clean Juice Founder, Landon Eckles
November 10, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes - 80.4 MBOn this episode, April speaks with Clean Juice, Co-Founder & CEO Landon Eckles. We talk about the benefits of doing a cleanse, what makes Clean Juice unique and more! Clean Juice believes wholeheartedly in a HEALTHY BODY & STRONG SPIRIT, and aim to provide the opportunity to use Clean Juice® to apply this to your everyday life. Their products are clean and organic! Links Fall Menu > https://cleanjuice.com/fall-menu Be Organic Podcast > https://cleanjuice.com/podcast New franchise acqu...
Learn and Grow Through Tough Times: A Message of Hope and Inspiration
November 05, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes - 18.1 MBStruggling through a tough time or season? Do you feel like you have no motivation to keep going? In this episode, April gives a word of encouragement with guidance on having strength and optimism. Instagram: @april.disher Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-disher/
A Dive into Women's Fertility and Hormone Health with Dr. LaReesa: The Estrogen Doctor
November 03, 2020 11:00 - 49 minutes - 89.7 MBSpecial Promo for Listeners: https://calendly.com/drlareesa/podcast-promotional In this episode, Dr. LaReesa contributes information on women's fertility, hormones and tips that women can use in their life. www.drlareesa.com (TheEstrogenDoctor) https://www.facebook.com/TheEstrogenDoctor/ https://www.instagram.com/drlareesa/ www.linkedin.com/in/LaReesaFerdinandMD Schedule a call to work with Dr. LaReesa: https://calendly.com/drlareesa/discovery-call Dr. LaReesa Ferdinand is a board-cer...
Seed Cycling: The Rundown On How To Do It and Why It Can Regulate Your Hormones
October 29, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes - 39.6 MBIn this episode, April lays out the details of what seed cycling is, how you can implement it into your life and the science behind the benefits. This is an easy method women can try in their life to regulate their hormones. Listen in and let April know your thoughts! Instagram: @april.disher
The Difference a Standout Supplement Can Make with Aneu's Founder, Joseph Valenzuela
October 27, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes - 93.1 MBJoseph Valenzuela, the founder of Aneu Apothecary, speaks on what makes his supplements standout from the rest and why you need to try it! Aneu's company packs your daily neurological, endocannabinoid, and cognitive performance support into two capsules. Most supplement companies choose to sell you individual ingredient supplements because they can make more money by requiring you to buy multiple products instead of one... But they see this as wasteful (for many reasons) and unfair. Did y...
Inside Scoop On My Genetic Results
October 22, 2020 11:00 - 25 minutes - 45.9 MBApril dives into the hormone portion of her genetic results, what it means and the steps she plans to take because of her results. Getting your genetics tested is SO fun and is like a personality test for your health. It is an efficient method you can use to optimize your body with understanding your necessary nutrition, exercise, vitamins and more! So if you are tired of 'guessing' check out April's website for how you can get your genetics tested! Check it out below: https://www.betterhe...
Signs That You Should Be Listening To: Health Tips with Dr. Pat Boulogne
October 20, 2020 11:00 - 40 minutes - 74.2 MBDr. Patricia Boulogne, DC, CCSP, AP, CFMP is a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Coach, Chiropractor, Speaker, and Author. She has helped thousands over the last 35 years, stop adapting their lifestyle to pain, and chronic problems by focusing on the whole person. The result is that her clients/patients, find out the WHY and the CAUSE of the problem, and identify the starting point: what, why, where and how to begin their health journey to live longer, better and healthier. Dr....
Exercise According to your 28 Cycle: Phase 2, Ovulation and Luteal
October 15, 2020 15:00 - 18 minutes - 33.2 MBDuring this episode, April speaks on how you can exercise according to your cycle. She dives into the science behind why you should exercise differently during each phase and how it can help optimize your hormones. Check out her Instagram at: @april.disher www.betterhealthpodcast.com
Epigenetics and Women's Health with Expert Dr. Robyn Murphy
October 13, 2020 20:05 - 49 minutes - 91.3 MBDr. Robyn Murphy is the Scientific Advisor for DNA Labs, a practicing naturopathic doctor at ACE Sports Clinic, public speaker and researcher who is immensely passionate about educating both healthcare professionals and the public about how genetic predispositions can impact health and guide personalized treatment. Dr. Murphy’s goal is to empower individuals with the proper tools and information to support meaningful and significant change to their health. Helping patients achieve their peak...
Exercising According to your 28 Day Cycle: Phase 1 Menstrual and Follicular
October 08, 2020 15:00 - 13 minutes - 24.8 MBDuring this episode, April speaks on how you can exercise according to your cycle. She dives into the science behind why you should exercise differently during each phase and how it can help optimize your hormones. Check out her Instagram at: @april.disher www.betterhealthpodcast.com
Your Cycle 101 with Menstrual Expert Berrion Berry
October 06, 2020 15:00 - 43 minutes - 80.5 MBBerrion Berry is a Holistic Menstrual Health Educator, Integrative Health Practitioner & the Founder of The Flo Academy. Part of her mission is to teach menstruators how to master their monthly flo. As the founder of The Flo Academy, Berri focuses specifically on teaching those who identify as female entrepreneurs or modern women, how to have better periods and healthier hormones naturally, through cycle syncing & online menstrual health education. From hormone balancing to cycle synci...
Eating to Nourish Your 28 Day Cycle: Phase 2 Ovulatory and Luteal
October 01, 2020 15:00 - 32 minutes - 59.5 MBDuring this episode, April speaks on how you can nourish your cycle by eating accordingly. She dives into: The nutrition behind why you should eat certain foods during the two phases and how it can help optimize your hormones. If you struggle with blood sugar levels during your cycle, then you won't want to miss this. Links: Check out April's fresh and still-in-the-process website: betterhealthpodcast.com Instagram: @april.disher Subscribe, share, rate and review!
An Overview of a Women's Cycle with Dr. Alex and Megan, Founders of Zesty Ginger
September 29, 2020 15:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBDr. Alex Golden (M.D.) and Megan Blacksmith (Health Coach & Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner) of Zesty Ginger work with pre-menopausal women in an online group format. We focus on balancing hormones and supporting detoxification by teaching women to use the phases of their menstrual cycles to their advantage. The natural ebb and flow that happens to our hormones, organ systems, and bodies overall as women is there to renew and strengthen us. When we work with the natural cyc...
Eating to Nourish Your Cycle: Menstrual and Follicular Phases
September 24, 2020 15:00 - 20 minutes - 37.9 MBDuring this episode, April speaks on how you can nourish your cycle by eating accordingly. She dives into the nutrition behind why you should eat certain foods during the two phases and how it can help optimize your hormones. Check out her Instagram post on this at: @april.disher
The Background on Women's Research with WhealthCo Founder, Dasha Maximov
September 22, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 75.8 MBBiohacker Dasha Maximov gives an overview on women in scientific studies and how we have just finally begun to be studied specifically. Women are complicated due to our hormones and Dasha gives points on: - Background of women in research. - Reasons we are not included as often in studies. - How women differ from men. - Women and our susceptibility to certain diseases. Dasha Maximov is former M&A consultant turned biohacker after six concussions. She has started a female biohacker com...
Women's Hormone Levels Throughout a 28 Day Cycle
September 17, 2020 15:00 - 14 minutes - 29.8 MBDuring this episode, April discusses women's hormone levels over the course of a 28 day cycle. She will go through: 1. The four phases: Menstrual, Follicular, Ovulation and Luteal 2. The levels of hormones during each phase. 3. How the hormones effect our feelings, mood and actions. Check out and follow @april.disher on Instagram for the post on this episode!
Welcome! My Health Journey
September 08, 2020 15:00 - 17 minutes - 34.8 MBAre you tired of hormonal issues, struggles with your health or feelings of hopelessness with your body? Or maybe you're a women that wants to continue learning about health so that you can better yourself? In her very first podcast, April welcomes you to join her on a journey towards better health and lifestyle to leave the ultimate legacy. In this first episode, listen to what motivated April to make changes and how she is now giving back. From someone who struggled with health issues...