Author: Leonard Creasy

Welcome back to the Balanced Life podcast! To start this new season, we are focusing on our relationship with nutrition and food. This can be a complex issue for many of us, which is why we are looking at a well-rounded and less complex approach to food and nutrition. In this episode, we join Culina Health's Tamar Samuels, who shares ways to enrich our overall well-being with practical and practical advice.

Tamar is a dietitian, nutritionist and co-founder of Culina Health who adopts a holistic approach to helping individuals heal their relationship with food. He discusses what causes inflammation, how to improve your sleep, how to easily add it to your diet, and more. Join Robin in this insightful and rich conversation with Tamar.

Show Highlights: What await you in this episode!

• What is inflammation and how does it affect our body?
• Foods that cause inflammation + Foods that help reduce inflammation
• The difference between omega-3 and omega-6
• What you eat can affect your sleep and the ways you improve it
• Adding to your diet instead of limiting
• The difference between dieting and healthy change
• The importance of making nutrition readily available

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No matter what your body looks like, what you are going through, or what you are conditioned to feel, we can learn to love our body at every stage of life.

Learning to love yourself does not mean that you always want to look like or that you are the most confident person in the room, but it does not mean that you constantly make choices that benefit your health and well-being. The first step is to learn to put yourself first. Join Robin in this insightful episode about how he learned to love his body and how you can do the same.

Show Highlights: What await you in this episode!

• Telling people to "just love their bodies" can often make the process more difficult
• Loving your body is less about your physical appearance and more about showing love to your body
• It is important to reflect in our self-talk because we often have negative self-talk that we will never reflect on.
• What is your gut reaction when you think about your body?
• We should evaluate our habits and behaviors that reflect whether we love and care for our bodies or whether we are destroying ourselves.
• When you get into the flow of making the best decision for yourself, you fall into a rhythm instead of constantly feeling like you're working against yourself.

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Pilates offers an array of unique opportunities to enhance your physical, mental and spiritual journey. Unlike other workouts, it is a form of mindfulness movement. In today's episode, Lindy Royer, a physical therapist, Pilates instructor, and Robin's mentor and friend, shares her journey to knowing and practicing Pilates.

Robin and Lindy discuss brain power, reviving our brain through mindfulness, creating a positive space in Pilates, and the mechanics of pain. Join Robin and Lindy for unique insights into Lindy's work and her experience as a mindful teacher and physical therapist.

Show Highlights: What await you in this episode!

• Lindy shares the story behind her
• Lindy discusses her divorce and how her life changed after years of alcohol abuse
• Pilates was reintroduced to Lindy during her rehabilitation, and she never looked back.
• Robin and Lindy discuss Pilates' internal journey
• Lindy shares the benefits of incorporating Pilates into your daily routine
• We have the ability to rebuild the brain
• What is pain and what causes it
• The Importance of Learning Learning to listen to your body is important.
• How Pilates influenced Lindy's life from the mat

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