Green Divas Health & Beauty

The first in our new series, 50 Shades of Green, a collaborative gig between The Green Divas and The Many Shades of Green. Listen to veteran radio chicks, Maxine Margo and Green Diva Meg riff on all things green and enjoy their guests. This week, it's all about presidential politics, Max has a great clip from a brief interview with Hillary, GD Meg shares a relevant Van Jones clip from one of her interviews and they both chat with brother Phil who has a lot to say about this political climate...

Who knew goats milk could be so healthy for us humans? Well apparently Cleopatra and Marilee Johnson do! Marilee and her husband and 8 (7 boys and 1 girl) discovered the benefits of goats milk soap and skincare products on their sustainable hobby farm in Bend Oregon.

A great Green Divas Health & Beauty with GD Lisa Beres of Ron & Lisa, who talks about why synthetic perfumes and fragrances stink and what we need to know about their harmful effects.

Priscilla Woolworth shares some of her sage advice for natural remedies of menstraul woes for those green divas who experience them.

Yea, many of us need this one for a variety of reasons. Brigitte Mars gives us some wonderful ideas on how to naturally support better memory through nutrition and herbs. And you don't need to remember it all because you've got this podcast now!

We recently had a listener write and ask some questions about aloe, so we turn to our resident herbalist, healer green diva Brigitte Mars for answers.

Brigitte Mars, author and herbalist offers some great ideas for helping keep your skin healthy and moist in this dry winter season.

An inspired conversation with Christy Funk about beauty from the inside out.

So, here's another great marketing lie - fluoride is good for you. Lisa Beres of Ron & Lisa talks about why we need to ditch the fluoride.

Rachel Sarnoff, AKA Mommy Greenest, shares her experience with using henna to color hair. Hmmmm. Might have to try this.

An awesome Green Divas Health & Beauty segment with Meika Hollender, founder of Sustain Condoms, about the importance of women's reproductive health and why she and her parents founded a sustainable condom company. Interesting and important stuff.

Brigitte Mars talks to us about how to make our own herbal tinctures.

The Green Divas share about their recent experience with Rainbeau Mars' 21-Day Superstar Cleanse.

The Beautiful herbalist and author offers us some wonderful ways to counteract the radiation we are surrounded by in this modern world.

Dr. Karen Lee joins GD Meg in the studio to chat about some simple, natural ways to help reduce allergy symptoms.

Linda Reinstein is a powerful advocate for our health and safety fueled by the preventable loss of her husband to help save others, she started ADAO - Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization. She is on the front lines helping to push for stronger safety regulations through legislation and awareness.

Merry Richon, founder of Kiss My Itch Goodbye talks about why natural itch remedies are so important.

We just loved meeting Karyn Calabrese in Chicago recently, so we had to have her on the show to talk about some of her tips for staying so amazingly young and healthy. She just sparkles. Listen for some great ways to stay young and healthy!

If you haven't experienced the bubbly and vibrant Jenny G. Perry, you have to catch up. She does a great Green Divas Health & Beauty episode about body image.

The Green Divas just spent some time in Souther California. Listen to this Green Divas Health & Beauty episode to hear about all the fun healthy activities in SoCal -- yoga, juicing, more.

Spring is in the air and it is time to do some spring cleaning - inside and out! Get ready to do a wonderful mindful detox that integrates mind-body-spirit with Jessica Durivage and Rebelle Wellness in this Green Divas Health & Beauty podcast.

The beautiful and talented natural makeup artist and green beauty consultant, Kristen Arnett does another great Green Divas Health & Beauty segment. This podcast is all about the various terms for "natural" used in cosmetics and skincare products and what they really mean (hint: they don't mean much!)

An interesting and slightly scary Green Divas Health & Beauty segment featuring Super Natural Mom, Beth Greer, who talks about the latest research coming out about Phthalates, which are present in so many things in our everyday world.

Listen to this inspiring episode of Green Divas Health & Beauty as Julie Wahlers talks about her journey from medical diagnosis of MS to health through natural methods.

Green Diva Kate Bartolotta, founder Be You Media Group, offers up some great strategies to keep healthy through the busy and fun holiday season. Specific tips for sticking to your healthiest way of eating wherever we go throughout this season of celebrating with food and fun.

Many of us are wary of all the chemicals we can be exposed to in salons, and we do our best to minimize contact with them. Imagine if it was your job and you had to breathe them in and handle them every day! Listen to this Green Divas Health & Beauty podcast to get a greater awareness of salon toxins and what you can do to help salon workers.

Ever feel like you are addicted to your digital devices? Well, most of us are. It's important for so many reasons to unplug and find balance, to reconnect with ourselves, our families, and nature. GD Meg offers us a wonderful guided meditation as well as a few strategies for taking mini tech timeouts throughout the day. You'll want to bookmark this one!

Hear about ways to avoid certain toxins in our daily beauty habits from Holli Thompson, author of Discovering Your Nutritional Style.

Another great Green Divas Health & Beauty podcast featuring Lindsay Coulter, David Suzuki's Queen of Green on tips for being less polluted. Some simple ways to reduce our daily exposure to common toxins that can build up in our bodies. Yikes. Some of these might surprise you. Listen up.

Time to ditch that toxic shampoo and haircare products. Jon David (aka the Mafia Hairdresser), who is a green salon dude, talks to us about what is commonly found in shampoos that could harm us, and how we can get active to get those brands out there to get rid of the toxins.

Check out the Green Divas Peace Out Meditation series. Here's a SAMPLE of the Tech Timout guided meditation. The whole podcast is 30 minutes. Green Diva Meg makes us laugh a little in the beginning, then gently guides us into a 20-minute peace-out break that will energize you and reconnect you to yourself and help you disconnect from all the digital distractions. After that GD Meg shares some other ways to take tech breaks throughout the day. Full podcast available on TheGreenDivas.com.

New studies are showing specific connections between certain toxins found in common every-day items and breast cancer. Rachel Sarnoff of Mommy Greenest offers us some important details on how to avoid these chemicals in the latest Green Divas Health & Beauty podcast.

Want that awesome glow you get from super healthy skin? Kate Bartolotta of Be You Media Group tell us about 5 great foods you need to include in your diet and in some cases put on your skin for this excellent Green Divas Health & Beauty podcast. She also tells us what not to eat . . .

Your face will glow with natural beauty after listening to this gorgeous Green Divas Health & Beauty podcast featuring Maryam Henein of HoneyColony.com.

Green Diva Kate Bartolotta offers us some really useful tips for helping to develop healthier habits. Get inspired!

Michael Edwards, the publisher of Organic Lifestyle Magazine swears by his seasonal allergy remedy, and you probably haven't heard about this one before . . .

Green Diva Kate Bartolotta does a great 101 on facial oil cleansing - why we should do it, how we should do it and an easy DIY recipe for the different types of oil for different types of skin.