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This Might Get Uncomfortable

506 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 93 ratings

There are many elements in our lives that affect our well-being and there are many ways that we can explore them. One avenue to optimal self-care is having open, honest conversations about what it means to be well. Navigate love and relationships, purpose and meaning, mental health and wellness, success and failure, and all of those things that make us human with Whitney Lauritsen on This Might Get Uncomfortable. Whitney has over 13 years of professional experience in the health, wellness, and entertainment industries. She guides you through the confusion and the curiosity, the suffering and the unfulfilled potential, and the questions of why we’re here and what we’re doing. Join her each week as she shares her perspectives on wellness and has radically authentic, insightful conversations about life with special guests. This Might Get Uncomfortable, so prepare to dive deep into the rabbit hole. Nothing is off-limits here! Life presents us with challenges every single day. Many of us struggle to make life feel worthwhile, meaningful, and peaceful. We’re confronted in our relationships, careers, faith, and the health of our body, mind, and emotions. We often have questions in our minds that go unanswered, and sometimes, we don’t even want the answers. We just want to have a really unfiltered discussion, let it all out, be truly heard so we can process our emotions. We want to talk about our deepest passions and secret longings, share our unfulfilled dreams and big goals, and inquire into the mysteries of life. If you’re in that place right now, we invite you to join Whitney here on This Might Get Uncomfortable. 

Whitney Lauritsen is a podcast host, social media advisor, and well-being coach. She founded Eco-Vegan Gal in 2008 to share lifestyle practices and product recommendations that improve the quality of body, mind, and planet. Her books include best-seller The Vegan Ketogenic Diet Cookbook and Healthy Organic Vegan on a Budget.

As an advocate for high-performance living and mental health, Whitney launched Wellevatr.

Passionate about business, Whitney advises creative entrepreneurs with digital marketing strategies that amplify their passions. She regularly coaches, consults, and presents on social media trends, influencer partnerships, and content monetization. A six-year stint teaching workshops at the Apple Store advanced her tech knowledge and experience. She has participated in business programs led by Google, Facebook, and Scripps Network. Recognized by her colleagues as a connector, Whitney has run numerous wellness industry events at YouTube Space, during the Natural Products Expo, and on Clubhouse app.

Media appearances include Stossel, HuffPost Live, and The Ultimate Health Podcast. Whitney has contributed to Forks Over Knives, VegNews Magazine, Simple Habit, New Hope Network, iHerb, and Organic Authority. She has spoken at many conferences, summits, and festivals, such as Bonnaroo, Fitness Magazine, VidCon, Podcast Movement, and BlogHer Food. In 2014, she received the Ed Begley Jr. Environmental Activist Award.

Whitney minored in psychology while studying film production at Emerson College. She also took classes at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and Boston College. Her short films were broadcast on HBO and part of Steven Spielberg’s reality competition “On the Lot”. Before pivoting her career to content creation, she worked as a mentor at the Cannes Film Festival, managed an acclaimed production office, and assisted Rob Reiner’s family.

On this podcast, Whitney digs into the things that make people tick. The things that people are passionate about. The things that make people uncomfortable. The things that bring them hope, joy, and inspiration. The things that make them feel good in their bodies, minds, and hearts. The things that make life worth living and how to feel fully alive, genuinely happy and engaged every day. It's time to get to the core of who you truly are!

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Episodes

Letting Go Of The Fear Of Rejection

December 19, 2019 10:04 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Rejection may be just a part of life, but that does not mean that we are immune from fearing it could happen to us. In this episode, hosts Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen take a deep dive into the topic of rejection and the fear of it in both our personal and professional lives. Painting an honest yet hopeful outlook on dealing with the fear surrounding this dreaded word, they talk about how we gain mental tools against it all as we go through life. They also discuss communication in our ...

Positive Effects Of Yoga To Mental Health with Caren Baginski

December 19, 2019 10:03 - 47 minutes - 45.8 MB

With everything going on in this world, it can be very difficult to find sanity mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Tapping into the root of it all, Caren Baginski—Certified Yoga and Meditation Teacher, Yoga Therapist-in-training, and the creator of Being Enough—lets us in on the positive effects of yoga practice to mental illness. She provides awareness of mental health as well as the effects of meditation on people experiencing anxiety, stress, and depression. Zoning in on Yoga Nidra, ...

How To Be Friends With Your Ex

December 19, 2019 10:02 - 1 hour - 82.4 MB

When you’ve been friends with someone for a long time and decided to become romantic partners along the way, it can be challenging to end that relationship when you realize that the romantic side of it isn’t working. On today’s show, Jason Wrobel and Whitney Lauritsen tackle the issue of how to be friends with your ex. Having dated each other themselves, Jason and Whitney talk about their organic transition from acquaintances to friends to being romantic partners, as well as how they remaine...

Whitney’s Journey: Social Acceptance, Introversion, And Being A Wonder Junkie

December 17, 2019 02:01 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

Kicking off the podcast with introductions, we meet in this episode the other half of the show, Whitney Lauritsen, the creator of Eco-Vegan Gal. With her turn in the hot seat, we look deeper into who Whitney is and the journey she has taken through social acceptance and introversion to come to this point. She talks about the pressures she had to overcome from the environments she was in and the realizations she has on the desire to be socially accepted and, at the same time, the fear to be c...

Jason’s Journey: Pursuing Music, Acting, And Culinary

December 17, 2019 02:00 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

For some of us, our passions are not only limited to one thing. However, sometimes when a particular one sticks out, we tend to just focus on it as a career and forget the others. Proving that you don’t have to trade all of your passions for one is Jason Wrobel – chef, musician, actor, and practitioner of yoga, pilates, weight training, meditation, and more. In this episode, Jason shares his rollercoaster path from his childhood up to now. Breaking out of the mechanistic environment of Detro...

Begin The Conversation: An Introduction To The Podcast

December 13, 2019 10:00 - 16 minutes - 18.1 MB

Wellpreneur coaches, healthy living crusaders, and best friends Whitney Lauritsen and Jason Wrobel explore the spectrum of life and wellness through fun, no-judgment, and passionate conversations. The tools and techniques they have over their 25 plus combined years in the industry will help you move the needle a little closer to contentment, joy, authenticity, and living a life that is meaningful and real to you. As they endeavor to remain curious about relationships and your soul’s purpose,...

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