Being Human with Leana Deeb
by Leana Deeb & Pursuit Network
Hi, my name is Leana Deeb, and this is the space I wish existed when I was growing up, finding myself, and figuring out who I truly wanted to be. We all go through seasons of growth and realignment, trying to stay grounded, build discipline, and stay true to ourselves. Every week, I’ll share honest conversations and reflections around faith, identity, discipline, purpose, health and everything in between. Sometimes it’s just me talking about what I’m learning, and other times I’ll sit down with people who inspire me to think deeper and live better. Some episodes will challenge you. Others will bring peace. But every one of them is here to remind you that you’re not alone, and that growth is never perfect, it’s personal. Welcome to Being Human with Leana Deeb.
Episodes
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The Science of Aging: C15, Inflammation, and Living Longer with Fatty15
In this episode, Leana sits down with Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson — veterinary epidemiologist, scientist, co-founder of Fatty 15, and the woman who discovered C15 while working with aging Navy dolphins in San Diego. This conversation is equal parts science deep dive and deeply personal story, and…
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I’M ENGAGED! How I Knew He Was the One + My Biggest Life Update Yet
In this solo episode, Leana is back with her biggest update yet — and she has a lot to share. She got engaged, she bought a house, she is stepping into a new era of her business, and she is navigating all of it while trying to stay grounded, disciplined, and close to God. This one is raw,...
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How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others & Overcome Limiting Beliefs with Brenda Anton
In this episode, Leana sits down with Brenda Antón — content creator, entrepreneur, and someone whose story is as real as it gets. Brenda opens up about growing up as one of the only Hispanic girls in a small, predominantly white town in New York, spending years shrinking her identity just to fit...
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How to Actually Fix your Morning and Night Routine
In this solo episode, Leana breaks down everything she has learned over five years of building a consistent morning and night routine — not the aesthetic influencer version, but the real, practical habits that actually changed how she shows up every single day. She opens up about who she used to…
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How to Become a Content Creator, Overcome Fear of Judgment & Find Your Purpose with Jun Yuh
In this episode, Leana sits down with Jun Yuh — creator, entrepreneur, and founder of Creator College, one of the most impactful content creation communities in the world. Jun built his entire following from a college dorm room in Philadelphia with no support system, a biomedical engineering...
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How to Stop Scrolling, Overcome Procrastination & Build Self-Discipline
In this solo episode, Leana takes the struggles you sent in through her Q&A box and works through them one by one. Scrolling, staying up late, music and binge eating all came up again and again, and she believes they share one root: a constant need for stimulation that leaves us feeling low, lost...
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Iskra Lawrence on Body Confidence, Rebuilding Herself, and Financial Freedom
In this episode, Leana sits down with Iskra Lawrence, model, mental health advocate, and founder of Saltair, one of the fastest-growing body care brands in the country. Iskra takes it back to growing up in a small town in England, entering a modeling competition at 12, and being watched by…
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The Truth On Modesty, Feminism, and Oppression
In this solo episode, Leana says the things she has been sitting on for a while. She opens up about the plastic surgery trend taking over social media, why she thinks it is dangerous for women to project it onto each other, and the moment she realized getting her lips done at 18 was never going…
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Lean Beef Patty on Eating Disorder Recovery, Identity & the Reality of Social Media
In this episode, Leana sits down with Patty — known online as Lean Beef Patty — one of the most recognisable women in the fitness space. But this conversation goes far beyond fitness. Patty opens up about her journey through an eating disorder, losing her identity after quitting gymnastics,...
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The Habits That Made Me More Disciplined
In this solo episode, Leana gets into one of the topics she lives by — discipline and how to actually stick to your word. Not the aesthetic version of discipline you see online, but the real, practical, day-by-day habits that have changed how she shows up in her work, her training, her...
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George Heaton on Discipline, Doubt & the Real Cost of Success
In this episode, Leana sits down with George Heaton — founder of Represent, one of the leading luxury streetwear brands in the world, built from a bedroom operation printing t-shirts for friends into a 15-year global business. George opens up about losing himself in his early 20s, the trademark...
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Self-Sabotage, Self-Forgiveness & Why the Way You Talk to Yourself Is Everything
In this solo episode, Leana gets into one of the most relatable struggles she has faced — self-sabotage. She opens up about how she used to let one mistake spiral into losing all her progress, dropping every habit, and going completely off track. This episode is her honest reflection on what it...
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Sara Saffari on God, Grief & Finding Purpose
In this episode, Leana sits down with Sara Saffari — one of the biggest fitness creators in the space, known for her humor, her honesty, and her ability to stay completely true to herself on camera. Sarah opens up about the DM that changed everything, the eating disorder she struggled with at 21,...
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Why God Makes Us Wait for Love
In this episode, Leana goes solo for a raw, personal reflection on wanting a partner and not yet finding the right one. She talks through the feelings that come with waiting — overthinking in quiet moments, watching friends and strangers online seem to have it figured out, feeling pressure from...
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The Truth About PCOS, Periods & Women’s Hormones with Dr. Hazel Wallace
In this episode, Leana sits down with Dr. Hazel Wallace — medical doctor, registered nutritionist, personal trainer, and founder of The Food Medic — for an honest, no-fluff conversation about the parts of women's health that rarely get explained properly. They get into what's actually happening…
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Everything I Wish Someone Told Me Going Into My 20s
In this episode, Leana sits down with you, her audience, for a raw, unscripted Q&A. No prep, no filter: she reads every question cold and answers exactly as she would if you were sitting across from her. The conversation moves from stress eating and gym consistency into deeper territory — hijab,...
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Why Discipline Beats Motivation Every Time with Bradley Martyn
In this episode, Leana sits down with Bradley Martyn — fitness pioneer, entrepreneur, and one of the earliest creators in the social media fitness space. Bradley has been doing this for over 15 years, and this conversation goes far beyond fitness. He opens up about losing his father to suicide at...
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What I Learned About Womanhood, Faith & Hormonal Health at a Women’s Retreat
In this solo episode, Leana opens up about everything she learned on her week-long faith-focused retreat in Deià, Mallorca, Spain. The healing plants, the women's health deep dive, the spiritual lessons, the connection with her mom - and she is bringing all of it back to you so you can feel like...
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Roxie Nafousi on Love, Manifesting, & How To Become Your Highest Self
In this episode, Leana sits down with Roxie Nafousi, bestselling author, manifestation coach, and founder of the Manifest app, for one of the most honest and wide-ranging conversations on the show yet. Roxie opens up about a decade of addiction, crippling body dysmorphia, losing her father, and…
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What I Found in My Blood & Hair Tests (And Why Every Woman Needs to Do This)
In this solo episode, Leana opens up about the health journey she has been on behind the scenes. The fatigue, the mood swings, the painful periods, the bloating and she finally shares the full results of her blood test, stool test, and hair toxin panel. She gets into what it felt like to finally...
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Leo Skepi: On Hate, Healing, and Why He Opened the Bible
In this episode, Leana sits down with Leo Skepi, TikTok's most unapologetically real creator, host of the Aware and Aggravated podcast, and someone whose depth goes far beyond what most people see on their FYP. Leo opens up about being bullied as a kid, coming out as gay, a year of daily cocaine...
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The Health Journey Nobody Believed: PCOS, Hair Loss, Hypothyroidism & Building Milamend with Mila Magnani
In this debut episode of Being Human, Leana sits down with Mila Magnani, founder of Milamend, for a vulnerable conversation about PCOS and hormone imbalance. Mila opens up about spending years living in a body nobody took seriously. From stealing her dad's razor blades before school to manage...
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I Had to Let Go of People to Find Myself: Here's What God Was Teaching Me
In this solo episode, Leana gets real about the season she's currently in: one of realignment, protecting her energy, and learning to trust what God removes just as much as what He brings. She opens up about the dangers of the wrong circle, over-sharing your goals, and how people-pleasing quietly...
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Why I Stopped Training with Music
In this solo episode, Leana comes back from the London Marathon and gets radically honest about where she is right now. She talks about breaking through the wall at mile 17, her complicated history with music and why she gave it up, and the faith dip she has never spoken about publicly until now....
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Achieve Success While Staying True to Your Values: Devon Levesque on Climbing Mt Everest, Dealing with Loss, and Building a Multi-Million Dollar Company
In this episode, Leana sits down with Devon Levesque, Everest summiteer, entrepreneur, man of faith, and one of the most quietly influential people living life at full volume. Devon opens up about staring death in the face on the Hillary Step, losing his father at 16, building one of the cleanest...
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How To Finally Live In Alignment
In this episode, Leana gets vulnerable about the chapter she is currently in — one full of new opportunities, real overwhelm, and the uncomfortable work of becoming who you are meant to be. She opens up about what it actually feels like when a blessing is also a challenge, why realignment is…
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Discipline, Pilates & the Independent Woman: Ambition, Love & Building Your Dream Life w/ Raven Ross
In this episode, Leana sits down with entrepreneur, dancer, and former reality TV star Raven Ross for a conversation that is raw, real, and completely unfiltered. They go deep on what it means to stay true to yourself when the world is watching, why we stop shrinking for men, and how pouring into...
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The Lonely Chapter: Letting Go of Pressure, Finding Your Purpose
In this episode I am being more open than I have ever been. I am talking about the lonely chapter I am currently in, why I stopped looking for love, what happened when I did, and the real reason so many of us feel lonely that has nothing to do with not having a partner. Leana gets into: Why she…
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The Reason Behind Being Human
I’ve been holding this in for a long time. This is the first time I’m truly speaking without filters, without pressure to be perfect, and without trying to fit my thoughts into 60 seconds. In this first episode of Being Human, I’m sharing why I started this podcast, what I’ve been struggling with...
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Gary Brecka Spent 20 Years Predicting Death. Now He's Reversing It.
I used to think longevity was about biohacking, supplements, and expensive technology. But after this conversation, I see it differently. In this episode, I sit down with Gary Brecka—human biologist, longevity expert, and founder of The Ultimate Human. Gary spent 20 years in the mortality…
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Welcome to Being Human
Welcome to Being Human, I’m Leana Deeb and I am so happy you’re here. I built this podcast because I myself was looking for a space where people of all walks of life can connect, let down their guards and be their most authentic selves and find their similarities even when the world tells you...
About this show
Hi, my name is Leana Deeb, and this is the space I wish existed when I was growing up, finding myself, and figuring out who I truly wanted to be.
We all go through seasons of growth and realignment, trying to stay grounded, build discipline, and stay true to ourselves.
Every week, I’ll share honest conversations and reflections around faith, identity, discipline, purpose, health and everything in between. Sometimes it’s just me talking about what I’m learning, and other times I’ll sit down with people who inspire me to think deeper and live better.
Some episodes will challenge you. Others will bring peace. But every one of them is here to remind you that you’re not alone, and that growth is never perfect, it’s personal.
Welcome to Being Human with Leana Deeb.
Hosted by
Leana Deeb & Pursuit Network
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