Green Glow Lifestyle
by Kylie Buckner, RN
Tired of feeling blah? Join me on the Green Glow Podcast where we ditch the diet dogma and bring you girlfriend-style advice on how to prioritize your health, from a nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience helping women overcome years of metabolic issues FAST. We’ll break down confusing science into simple steps you can take today to feel amazing tomorrow. From plant-powered tips to stress-busting strategies, we’ll help you simplify your life and unlock your best self – no judgo, just support and science that ACTUALLY works.
Episodes
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The Art & Science of Habit Change: Why Analysis Paralysis is Stealing Your Glow
"Your body is not a machine that needs to burn calories to earn its existence; it is a magnificent living instrument worthy of expression. We use the science to set our guardrails, but we must use the art to live our lives." — Kylie Buckner, RN Show Description & Notes Episode Summary: Are your...
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The Levers of Longevity: Conquering "Inflammaging," Reversing Metabolic Disorder, and the Critical Window of Your 30s–50s
"Your 30s, 40s, and 50s are not the time to wait and see. This is the window where the concrete is setting. You have the power to fireproof your foundation long before chronic disease ever takes hold." -Kylie Buckner, RN Show Description What is really driving premature aging, joint pain,...
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From the First Breath to Every Age: The Possibility of Our Healthspan
“Your body is not a finished story at menopause. It is still responding to the signals you send it—movement, nourishment, rest, connection, and curiosity.” - Kylie Buckner, RN Show description Midlife brings real physiological changes—but it doesn’t mean your capacity to care for your health has...
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Rewriting the Age Narrative: Reclaiming Bodily Trust, Cellular Health, and the Truth About Your Healthspan
"Your body is not a machine wearing out like an old car. It is a self-healing organism that responds directly to how you nourish and challenge it." - Kylie Buckner, RN Show Description Welcome back to the studio for the kickoff of Chapter 3 of the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast! After a three-month...
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Breaking the Yo-Yo Diet Cycle & Overcoming Food Addiction with Brenda Workman
"I went out in my car and cried that day in the doctor's office parking lot because I thought, why didn't somebody tell me this a long time ago? ... My focus changed from losing weight to becoming a healthy person and developing a healthy lifestyle." — Brenda Workman Today in the Green Room, we...
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The Travel Reframe: How to Vacation Without the "Reset" Cycle
"Your wellness does not live in your kitchen at home; it lives within you. When you learn to carry your 'anchors' with you, you don't need a reset when you get home—because you never truly disconnected from yourself in the first place." - Kylie Buckner, RN 📝 Episode Description Does vacation...
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Nourish to Heal: Why Food is Information, Not Just Fuel
"Forks Over Knives changed the landscape of health, and we are so honored to provide a new home for that community. The mission doesn't end here; it evolves." — Kylie Buckner, R Is your food sending a message of stress or safety? In Pillar Number Two, Kylie discusses Nourishing with Intention and...
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Glow and Go: Reduce the Load
"Healing doesn’t happen in a dramatic overhaul. Healing happens in small, consistent, compassionate choices made over time. Before you add, you must remove." — Kylie Buckner, RN In this first installment of our "Inflammation Reset" mini-series, Kylie breaks down the most overlooked pillar of...
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Why You're Always Tired, Bloated, and Inflamed — And What to Actually Do About It
"Your body isn't broken — it's communicating. Every symptom, every flare, every exhausting day… that's not your body failing you. That's your body asking for something different." — Kylie Buckner, RN If you've ever been told your labs look "fine" but you feel anything but — this episode is for…
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The Issues in Your Tissues: A Deep Dive into Fascia, Pain & Whole-Body Wellness with Dr. Abby Perone
"Pain comes to the party last. You've had dysfunction for months — sometimes years — before the pain ever shows up. Your body has been helping you out the whole time without complaining. Pain is just its way of finally saying: I'm done." — Dr. Abby Perone What if the aches, tension, and patterns…
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Glow & Go: Issues in Your Tissues? 6 Simple Tools for Fascial Release at Home
"We carry a lot in our bodies. Literally and figuratively. We carry our babies, our stress, our grief, our to-do lists... and so many of us have normalized feeling tight, stiff, achy, or restricted. But fascia is not a passive tissue. It is alive, it is responsive, and it absolutely wants to be...
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"Your Gut is Talking — Are You Listening? Unpacking SIBO, IBS & the Misdiagnosis Maze with Dahlia Marin, RDN"
"Your bowels are not irritable for no reason — just like your child wouldn't be irritable for no reason. Something is going on, something is off. And it's our job to find out what." — Dahlia Marin, RDN Show Description What does your gut have to do with your hormones, your skin, your brain, and...
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Beyond the Plateau: Using the Spring Up-Level to Reset Your Metabolism and Mood
Note from the Host: We are officially ONE YEAR OLD! 🎂 This February marked 52 weeks of the Green Glow Lifestyle. We’ve grown from 52 downloads in our first week to nearly 20,000 total downloads this year. Thank you for being part of this community—I am so honored to grow alongside you! “The Up...
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Beyond Resilience: Supporting Your Immune System Through the Seasons
"Your gut isn't just a tube for food; it’s an immune training ground. When you feed it fiber and presence, you aren't just digesting—you are educating your immune system to handle threats before they ever reach your bloodstream." -Kylie Buckner, RN In this deep-dive episode, Kylie Buckner, RN…
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Nourish to Flourish: Lighting Up the Heart through Nutrition and Self-Love
"Your hands are the tools of your heart. Use them to choose the foods that love you back." -Kylie Buckner, RN Happy Valentine’s Week! In this special Heart Health Month episode, Kylie takes us on a journey into the Anahata, or the Green Heart Chakra. Moving beyond the clinical data, we explore…
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Crushing the Fat Tooth: How Saturated Fat and Oil Impact Women’s Heart Health
“Olive oil is to olives what table sugar is to sugar cane—refined, stripped of fiber, and confusing to your metabolism.” -Kylie Buckner, RN Episode Description: In honor of Heart Health Month, we’re going straight to the heart of one of the most confusing topics in nutrition: dietary fat. In this...
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Be Your Own Best Friend: The Practice of Impeccable Self-Care
“There is no such thing as failure. You’re a work in progress, and every single choice you make is another opportunity to succeed.” - Stefanie Dougherty In this heartwarming episode of the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast, host Kylie Buckner welcomes back her cousin, Stefanie Dougherty, for a deep…
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Immune Health Is an Inside Job: How Pre-silience Protects Your Body
"Resilience is the strength to bounce back after life knocks you down. But Pre-silience is the wisdom to be so present and aligned that you notice the subtle shifts before they become a struggle. It’s the difference between surviving the storm and being the one who was ready for it." - Kylie...
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Glow & Go: Three Nutrition Label Secrets That Change How You Eat
In this quick Glow & Go episode, Master’s Prepared nurse and physiology nerd Kylie Buckner hands you a missing page from your body’s owner’s manual: how to actually read a nutrition label. Most of us were never taught how to decode the back of the package. We’re swimming in “heart healthy,”...
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The Endocrinology Injustice: Why Your Doctor is Wrong About Type 1 Diabetes
"Your doctor has the textbook, but you have the owner's manual. When they dismiss your experience, they are ignoring the most important data point in the room: You."- Kylie Buckner, RN In this raw and unfiltered episode, Master’s-prepared nurse and “diabetes whisperer” Kylie Buckner sits down…
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When "Standard Care" Isn't Enough: Reclaiming Your Voice in the Exam Room
"Your doctor has the textbook, but you have the owner's manual. You live in that body 24/7. When they dismiss your experience, they're ignoring the most important data point in the room: You." - Kylie Buckner, RN Description: In this raw and powerful Glow & Go episode, Master's Prepared Nurse and...
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Alignment Through Timing: Intermittent Fasting Done the Nervous-System-Friendly Way
Intermittent fasting works best when it supports your nervous system. If it spikes stress, it’s not alignment—it’s overload.”- Kylie Buckner, RN Intermittent fasting can be a powerful tool—or a fast track to feeling wired, depleted, and obsessed with food. The difference is alignment. In this...
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You’re Not Failing—You’re Recalibrating: The Power of the Aligned Pivot
"You’re not starting over. You’re recalibrating—and that’s a sign of wisdom, not weakness." - Kylie Buckner, RN Life changes. Stress spikes. Schedules shift. And suddenly the wellness plan that used to feel easy feels impossible. In this episode, Master’s-prepared nurse, yoga teacher, and…
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“Fiber-First Eating: How to Build a Plate That Lowers Blood Sugar, Cholesterol, and Inflammation”
"When you put fiber on your plate, you aren't just eating; you are performing a clinical intervention on your own inflammation." Kylie Buckner, RN Most people think fiber is just about “staying regular.” But as a Master’s-prepared nurse, yoga teacher, and wellness coach, I know fiber is actually...
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Beyond Resolutions: Using Pre-flection to Optimize Your Health
"You choose your choice. You might not choose the stressor, the schedule, or the diagnosis, but you can choose the input. Pre-flection is the art of choosing the version of you that you’re becoming." - Kylie Buckner RN Stop setting resolutions and start writing your own owner’s manual. Most of us...
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Healing Inflammation with Plants: Dietitian Cassandra Sampson on RA, Gut Health & Movement
“Once you have the right food guidelines in place, you don’t have to count calories or measure portions. You get full on foods that actually lower inflammation.” – Cassandra Sampson, MS RD In this episode of the Green Glow Podcast, Kylie is joined by friend, neighbor, and fellow plant-based mama...
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Food as Medicine, Legacy as Love: A Conversation with Heather McDougall
"The body never stops trying to heal. Once you stop attacking it with the wrong foods, it rebounds incredibly fast.” – Heather McDougall In this episode of the Green Glow Podcast, Kylie sits down with Heather McDougall, CEO of the McDougall Program and daughter of plant-based pioneer Dr. John...
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Beyond Ozempic: Natural GLP‑1 Boosters, Fiber, and Plant-Based Weight Loss with Dr. Jeffrey Pierce
“You don’t have to inject a GLP‑1 drug to support satiety. With the right fiber-rich foods, greens, whole grains, and a few simple spices, you can help your body make and release more of its own GLP‑1—while actually getting healthier in the process.” What happens when a lifestyle medicine doctor...
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Feel Amazing in December: Aligned Holiday Eating & True Food Freedom
“You don’t need a perfect holiday to feel proud—you just need to stay connected to yourself and choose alignment more often than you don’t.” This December, you don’t have to “fall off” and start over in January. In this episode of the Green Glow Lifestyle podcast, we’re talking about how to enjoy...
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Grit is Prescribed: Strong at 40 and Beyond
“Nothing great is going to come from your comfort zone. Some days 30% is all you have—but if you give that 30%, that’s 100% of what you can do that day.” -Ash Solorio What if the most powerful “anti-aging” prescription for women in their 40s and beyond isn’t a cream or a supplement—but a barbell?...
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Turning Down the Heat: How Inflammation Amplifies Menopause Symptoms (and how to calm the fire)
“You are not broken. Your body is simply responding to changing signals. When you lower inflammatory noise through daily choices—food, sleep, movement, and calming habits—you change your experience.” - Kylie Buckner, RN 💡 Show Summary Welcome back to the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast with Kylie...
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Activation to Anchoring: A Raw Week in Real Time
“Your nervous system isn’t the enemy—it’s your messenger.” Host note: This episode is different—recorded in real time, in the middle of a very human week. It’s raw, tender, and grounded. I’m sharing the exact tools I’m using as I use them: naming activation, practicing somatic resets, and…
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Feel Younger at Any Age: Dr. Kim Scheuer’s Plant-Based Path to Energy, Strength, and Joy
“I’m now in my sixties and I feel better than I did in my twenties. I was burned out and inflamed—then I changed my lifestyle, my weight and cholesterol plummeted, my energy soared, and I got my joy back.” - Dr. Kim Scheuer Summary What if getting healthy felt joyful—and actually stuck? In this...
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Sleep as the Silent Inflammation Switch
“Sleep isn’t a luxury; it’s your nightly anti-inflammatory treatment—especially when you set light, temperature, and timing on your side.” -Kylie Buckner, RN Show Summary: Sleep isn’t just “nice to have”—it’s your silent inflammation switch. In this bite-sized solo episode, nurse-coach Kylie...
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Inflammation Reset: Ditch Quick Fixes—Build Habits That Actually Stick
“When you stop ‘managing’ symptoms and start reversing inflammation, your body finally exhales—and your energy, sleep, and labs follow.”- Kylie Buckner, RN Episode Summary We kick off with spooky-season shenanigans (Ellie the Skelly is back!) and then slide into the good stuff: how to stop...
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“It’s The Food”: Dr. Niki Davis on Lifestyle Medicine, Deprescribing, and Heart-Healthy Habits
“Not being afraid to stop medications day one—because you believe in your patient—is part of the work. When people change their lifestyle, blood pressure and blood sugar can improve fast. We get out ahead of it so they’re not overmedicated."- Dr. Niki Davis Episode description Dr. Niki Davis, a...
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The Boomer Dilemma: Adaptability, Resilience & Modern Wellness
"Adaptability is the muscle, resilience is the strength, and wellness is the gift we grow when we choose to embrace change." – Kylie Buckner, RN Show Description Change is hard — especially when it disrupts our “systems” we’ve relied on for years. From upgrading an iPhone to learning new health...
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From The Exam Room to The Green Room: Chuck Carroll on Nutrition, Community & Hope
🌱 Episode Summary In this lively and heartfelt conversation, Kylie sits down with Chuck Carroll, host of the renowned Exam Room Podcast from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Chuck opens up about his unique journey from radio producer to the "weight loss champion," his…
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Fall Reset: Detox Tips for Gut Health, Autoimmunity & Glowing Skin
“We can’t control the world we live in, but we can control the products we use, the food we eat, and the choices we make for our health.” - Kylie Buckner, RN Are the everyday products in your home quietly fueling inflammation, hormone disruption, and chronic illness? In this episode, I dive deep...
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20 Years Later: Sustaining Weight Loss & Vibrant Health with Anthony Masiello
“On the other side of change, it’s easy. But you have to get through the crashing waves first. And it’s worth every ounce of effort it takes.” – Anthony Masiello Episode Description: In this inspiring episode of the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast, Kylie Buckner sits down with Anthony Masiello, who...
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Sleep Better Tonight: Your Guide to Calming the Body & Mind for Restorative Sleep
"Your body already knows how to sleep—you just need to remind your nervous system how to let go."- Kylie Buckner, RN Show Description: Struggling to fall asleep or stay asleep? You’re not alone. In this episode, I’ll show you how to activate your parasympathetic nervous system—the body’s natural...
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Maximize Your Health Benefits: How to See a Dietitian for Free (or Low Cost)
"Rewild your microbiome — get wild with it. Make your insides a thriving swamp pond." — Lauren Plunkett Show description Lauren Plunkett returns to the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast to share practical, evidence-informed strategies for real-life health: from how fiber transforms insulin sensitivity...
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Prediabetes Is Getting Younger: The Insulin Resistance Wake-Up Call
“We get more of an owner’s manual for our blenders and kitchen appliances than we do for our bodies. Once you understand the code of insulin resistance, you can start to see how the right foods and lifestyle habits literally unlock your body’s potential.” — Kylie Buckner, RN In this episode of...
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From Willpower to Alignment: Mastering Nutritional Integrity
"Nutritional integrity is about staying rooted in who you are and how you want to feel." - Kylie Buckner In this episode of the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast, host Kylie Buckner delves into the transformative concept of Nutritional Integrity. Discover how making aligned food choices can enhance…
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How Food Changed Everything: The Path to Vibrant Health
“I wanted to get on top of the rooftop with a megaphone and say, it’s the food, people, it’s the food.” -Brenda Workman Show Description: In this inspiring episode of the Green Glow Podcast, host Kylie Buckner sits down with Brenda Workman—plant-based nutrition advocate, Food for Life coach, and...
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Unlocking the Power of Antioxidants: ORAC Scale, Healthy Aging, and Glowing Skin
"Antioxidants are the secret sauce for healthy aging, glowing skin, and long-term wellness." Are you ready to discover how to give your cells a real “cup of youth”? In this episode of the Green Glow Podcast, we’re diving deep into the science of antioxidants and the ORAC scale. Learn how these...
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My Other Favorite F Word: Fitness—How to Start, Stay Motivated, and Transform Your Health”
“Fitness can be part of your self-care. Making movement a part of your life is really supportive—not just for your energy and mood, but for your sleep, your health, and your happiness. And the best part? It can be fun, too.” Ready to make fitness your new favorite “F word”? In this episode, Kylie...
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Why Fiber is My Favorite F-Word": Boost Immunity & Fight Inflammation
"This isn't just about your bathroom habits. This is about your immune system, your brain function, your ability to age gracefully, your mood stability. Literally everything is connected to the fiber intake in your body." Summary: In this episode of the Green Glow Lifestyle Podcast, Kylie Buckner...
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Change Is Hard—Here’s How to Make It Easier on Yourself
"Birthdays are always a moment for reflection, aren't they? We look back at the year that's passed and maybe think about where we are now and even possibly dream about where we're headed. And for me this year, my birthday has really brought into focus something that I've been thinking a lot…
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Green Glow Bonus: Your Guide to the Thrive Alive Festival – Music, Wellness & Sober Fun
Show Notes: Lighten Up & Thrive! Festivals, Fun, and the Power of Sober Connection with Erin McIntosh Ready to trade science for celebration? In this special bonus episode, Kylie welcomes her vibrant friend and wellness innovator, Erin McIntosh, for a conversation that’s all about joy…
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About this show
Tired of feeling blah? Join me on the Green Glow Podcast where we ditch the diet dogma and bring you girlfriend-style advice on how to prioritize your health, from a nurse with over 20 years of clinical experience helping women overcome years of metabolic issues FAST. We’ll break down confusing science into simple steps you can take today to feel amazing tomorrow. From plant-powered tips to stress-busting strategies, we’ll help you simplify your life and unlock your best self – no judgo, just support and science that ACTUALLY works.
Hosted by
Kylie Buckner, RN