After I first started on my journey to better health, I hit a plateau when I felt I wasn’t progressing as timely as expected.

When I consulted my doctor about it, I learned that sometimes the devil is in the details-- and I might not have been making the best decisions in the products I was using daily.

My doctor asked me, “What about toxins in your home? What’s in your tap water? Your everyday things?” and that’s what got me on this journey to discover the better, safer alternatives to my everyday products.

From makeup and personal care products to the Teflon pans and cookware we use. Though we may not be exposed to large quantities at a time, using these things daily exposes us to harmful chemicals that add to our toxic load, so much so that we can eventually feel its effects on our health.

In this episode you’ll hear me discuss:

• My journey and struggles to better health and how environmental toxins landed on my radar

• Everyday products that you’re using that can affect your health

• Reducing our toxic load

• Shifting to clean beauty and the unexpected but welcomed improvements it had on my skin and my confidence

So you want to live a cleaner lifestyle but it’s overwhelming and you don’t know quite where to start. That’s where Emily Popson comes in.

Emily is the founder of the Pop of Health community and the creator of The Non Tox Box™, a series of stylishly curated and impactful boxes, with products to help you reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals in items that you use every day.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• How the Pop of Health Community and The Non Tox Box™ came to be

• How Emily runs these businesses as side hustles to her full-time job as a woman in tech

• The role exposure to toxins played in both of our early development and the emotional challenges we experienced from it

• A behind-the-scenes glimpse into how Emily curates each The Non Tox Box™ and a preview into the next soon-to-be-released bundle!

Gluten-Free vs Grain-Free. Organic vs Pastured. Eco-Friendly vs Safer vs Chemical Free vs Green vs Sustainable.

Its confusing to know what all these terms mean, right (we know because they’re some of the most frequently asked questions that we get)?!

In this week’s podcast episode, I’m joined by my good friend Katie Leadbetter of @cleaneatingwithkatie for a casual conversation as we debunk these terms and offer our thoughts on navigating around them.

does one do it?

In this episode, I'm joined by Tami Hackbarth. Though she's now a Self-Care Coach, twenty years ago, Tami worked in politics and advocated for women's health issues. Drawing from her past professional experience, Tami explains:

• The legislative process

• What she worked on daily as a legislative staffer

• How our voices, letters, text messages, phone calls, and votes DO in fact make a difference

• How everyday people like you and I can take action TODAY and be advocates too

When it comes to weight and healthy living, toxins are a critical missing piece to the conversation that’s not talked about enough but can no longer be ignored.

In this episode, I discuss:

• What are obesogens

• The link between toxins and weight

• How unsuspecting items in your home may be interfering with or undermining the hard work you put into being fit and healthy

• Actionable steps you can do to reduce your exposure to obesogens

The conventional two-dimensional approach to treating skin issues like acne is typically topical creams, along with pharmaceuticals like antibiotics or birth control pills.

The problem with this approach is that these things only suppress the symptoms while failing to address the underlying root causes of WHY these problems are happening. And even more problematic are the more significant health issues that these treatments can lead to.

In this episode, I’m discussing the what the common root causes of skin issues are, and a four-dimensional functional approach to take instead!

At some point in your life, whether during puberty, adolescence, or even well into adulthood, that acne, or other skin issues became a big concern for you. It’s frustrating, depressing, confusing, and leaves you feeling soooo self-conscious.

You may have even taken medications to treat it, but they never entirely worked, and you still had to supplement with other over-the-counter products. Have you ever wondered why this is?

In this episode, we’ll take a look at why the conventional approach to treating skin problems isn’t effective, common myths about them, and I share my story on how I struggled with acne for over thirty years and what finally resolved it!

I joined Beautycounter two years ago in April 2016. I'm not a salesperson. I had never done anything like this before, and really, had no idea what I was doing (and to some degree still don’t), but I have not regretted doing this work for a second.

In Episode 005 I share the 10 things that I've done to reduce my exposure to toxins. And #10 on that list was switching to save for personal care products. So, in this bonus episode, I'm expanding on that topic and sharing my favorite brand for safer beauty products.