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Join your Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they discuss training for events! Performance training looks different for each activity but the over sentiment is the same.These Gym Rats discuss the importance of setting up a strong foundation before diving into traditional race performance training, executing slowly after baby, and the importance of your family being involved in seeing you work towards and acheive a fitness goal. The memories are the best part!    Find your Gym Rats on Socials: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com Insta: @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com Insta: @balanced.living.co

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they catch up with their babies in toe on life, motherhood, constantly adapting to new seasons, and ofcourse their health and fitness. After an intro portion catching up on how the Yanez family is adapting to life as a family of four and the Heatons now have a 6 month old, the ladies chat about where they are at in their postpartum fitness journeys. These two remind each other that the fitness improvement tragectory post baby is not linear. It looks different from person to person and pregnancy to pregnancy. While Arielle is freshly postpartum with a newborn and already back in the gym, Haley is struggling with some severe diastisis and multiple hernias.  Find your Gym Rats on Social Media: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com Instagram: @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com Instagram: @balanced.living.co

Join your hosts Arielle and Haley as they check in with newly postpartum Arielle and baby Charli about how adjusting to life as a family of four is going. Discussions around husbands being excellent fathers and taking their self care. Starting your own self care journey as a new mom in order to fill your cup and avoid creating resentment in your relatinship. Enjoy some fun banter around how new parents so easily divide and conquor and forget to invest little moments in each other. Grab your beverage of choice and enjoy this real mom talk. Find your Gym Rats: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they dive deep into proper breathing technique and how it effects our anatomical health and ability to move without injury. Whether it be in the gym, in daily life, men, women, pregnancy, the diaphragm breath and our core control effects us all and how we prevent injury and flow with stability. Prior to getting into the fitness talk, Arielle and Haley catch up on being super pregnant, expecting baby number 2, the strugles of breast feeding, tongue function issues, slow weight gain and really new momhood. Both hosts are eager to welcome the next Gym Rat into the Yanez household! Find your Gym Rats: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they take a break from fitness and health to gab about some current events. Let's get socratic, the ladies discuss the Huberman Scandal and why the phrase "Never meet your heroes" almost always applies. This tailspins into a conversation around radical responsibility and some of the holes in modern feminism that leave a large chunk of our population behind. Discussing how this has affected and will continue to affect boys of the future. The gals try and wrap their heads around what this really means for their own baby boys as boy moms in todays society.  Connect with your Gym Rats: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com Instagram: @arielle_bloom   Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com Instagram: @balanced.living.co  

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they welcome Dr. Morgan Plantamura of Truly Chiropractic in Austin. Have you heard of Neuro based Chiropractic Care? How about the Webster Technique? Dive into all things chiropractic care that is geared toward balancing our nervous system and the way we adapt to stress. Dr. Morgan maps out what it looks like to be a patient in this type of office including the types of diagnostics and technologies utilized, the techniques for special populations like pregnancy and pediatrics, and the philosophy of our C1 vertabrae and its relationship to the vagus nerve and stress. Join for educational goodies as well as uplifting and positive stories of families conceiving after long journeys and children on the autism spectrum making eye contact with their moms for the first time, all thanks to the support chiropractic care provided to them.  Resources discussed in todays episode are listed below" https://www.trulychiropractictx.com/ pxdocs.com https://icpa4kids.com/ Connect with your Gym Rats here: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley while they catch up on their lives. With Baby #2 coming very soon, Arielle is running into all those pesky inconveniences toward the end of pregnancy that you just don't think about until you get there. Sore pelvis, cant reach your legs to shave, and much more. All the while, Arielle completed the Crossfit open and the ladies discussed how she went about modifying the exercises in the open to accomodate her belly, her mobility, and her energy level. Reach out and connect with your gym rats on Instagram: Find your Gym Rats: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley in a discussion all around creating habits, how to choose them, introduce them, create consistency, and build the healthy lifestyle that serves you best. As Arielle's baby girl is growing inside the womb, Haley's baby is growing outside the womb and making appearances within this episode. These tangential mama's are both sharing their tips and secrets toward building habits reasonably throughout all the stages of life, including when you are so busy it feels like its impossible to do anything for yourself. Find our Gym Rats on Social media: Arielle Bloom Instagram: @Arielle-bloom www.ariellebloom.com Haley Heaton Instagram: @balanced.living.co www.balancedlivingco.com

Join gym rats Arielle and Haley in a discussion around preconception prep and the main pillars to address in readying your body for creating, and growing, your mini me. The episode starts off with a catch up on Haley's experience with breast feeding thus far and how its always a great idea to reach out to professionals and get mutliple opinions. If you are looking for clear and simple tips to optimize your fertility, this episode gives an overview of how to address your mental, physical, and spiritual health specifically for fertility and pregnancy. Be sure to read what we consider the gold standard of everything pregnancy nutrition by Lily Nichol's: "Real Food for Pregnancy" and "Real Food for gestational Diabetes". Additionally, her new book "Real Food for Fertility" is out now. Find your gym rats: Arielle Bloom Instagram: @Arielle_Bloom www.ariellebloom.com Haley Heaton Instagram: @Balanced.living.co www.balancedlivingco.com

We love a good glute training session in the gym. Why? Not only did we (Haley and Arielle) both lose our glutes after giving birth, but we worked really hard for them before that!  Listen in this week for why glute training is so important, and what you can do to grow your glutes (without spending hours in the gym, or lots of money on plastic surgery).   If you want to learn more about growing your glutes, or want to chat with Haley or Arielle more about any topics we've covered so far on the podcast, don't hesitate to reach out!  Find Haley on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/balanced.living.co/ Find Arielle on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/arielle_bloom/  

Did you know that In other parts of the world, mothers cosleep with their babies from the day they are born? Cosleeping is really only stigmatized here in the U.S. In this week's episode, Arielle and Haley discuss cosleeping: the benefits, how to do it safely, and why even if you don't plan to cosleep you should know about the option for your own growing family.  Here are some resources mentioned in this week's episode: Safe Infant Sleep by Dr James KcKenna La Leche League International The Big Letdown by Kimberly Sears Allers   Find Arielle on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/arielle_bloom/ Find Haley on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/balanced.living.co/    

Do you set New Year's Resolutions? Haley and Arielle don't, but they do something else (they argue even better) instead!  Listen in on this episode for: Baby reflections and updates from Haley Setting intentions vs goals at the start of the new year Questions to reflect on from the past year When to actually set goals for the year Treating your family like a small business Shirtless Andrew Huberman (you're welcome 😉 )   If you need support in identifying and setting your goals, reach out and let's chat!  Find Arielle here: https://www.instagram.com/arielle_bloom/ Find Haley here: https://www.instagram.com/balanced.living.co/    

Just a few short weeks ago, Haley and her husband JP, welcomed their baby boy into the world!  Arielle and Haley sit down to chat about Haley's home birth experience, including her very short labor, and Haley shares some of her insights as a first time home birthing mama.  As always, find us on Instagram: Find Arielle here: https://www.instagram.com/arielle_bloom/ Find Haley here: https://www.instagram.com/balanced.living.co/  

Join the Gym Rats this week as we talk to our guest, Jess McElroy!  Jess is a Clinical Laboratory Scientist, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and Enneagram Coach. In this episode, we dive into what the Enneagram can show us about ourselves, we figure out Arielle's Enneagram, and we talk about how you can get your own Enneagram identified if you're interested!    Find Jess here: https://www.instagram.com/healthynumbersnutrition/ https://linktr.ee/stepn2healthy    

Join the Gym Rats as we talk about the basic principles of body recomposition!  Use these basic principles in your training and nutrition to achieve the body composition you want.    Arielle's 12-week Strength/Hypertrophy Program: https://www.ariellebloom.com/shop/p/powher-physique-1-strength-program-only Use the code STRONGYEAR24 to get the program for $55 until 1/6/24!    Other Hypertrophy programs we love: FLEX: https://www.th.fit/ Paragon Training Methods: https://paragontrainingmethods.com/    

Join the Gym Rats in discussing why Millenials are obsessed with Minimalism and how it helps your health. The ladies dive into how this translates into the holidays and ways we can utilize love languages, experiences, and practical needs a part of our gift giving strategies. Explore all things personality tests, like aura quizzes, and how that correlates to your organization/pull towards minimalism and ways you can start to incorporate it into your life.    Mind Body Green Aura Quiz: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/what-color-is-my-aura-quiz Mystic Michaela Know your Aura Quiz: https://knowyouraura.com/aura-quizzes/ Haley's Favorite Holiday Movies: The Night Before The Fatman The Grinch The Family Stone Arielle's Favorite Holiday Movies: Love Actually The Grinch The Holiday Find your hosts on social media: @Arielle_Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @balanced.living.co www.balancedlivingco.com

Join the Gym Rats in discussing how scents effect our health and how we can find healthier alternatives to purchase or to make at home. Ever wondered what ingredients are used to create the fragrance in your perfume, candles, laundry detergent, wall plugins, etc? Well Arielle and Haley break down some of the common materials found in these products, what we know about their manufacturing and their effects on our health. Between carcinogens, allergens, respiratory irritants, and others, learn how you can shop smarter and create delicious holiday scents out of natural ingredients that don't negatively impact your health and positively impact your nose! Mentioned Resources: EWG Skin Deep https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ ThinkDirty https://www.thinkdirtyapp.com/ Trash Panda https://www.trashpandaapp.com/ Home made scents: https://www.theprairiehomestead.com/2013/06/homemade-air-fresheners.html Make your own candles: https://nestingwithgrace.com/easiest-way-to-make-candles-non-toxic/   Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co  

Join the Gym Rats in a discussion around Osteoporosis and the increased rates we have been seeing over the last decade and a half. Why should we be concerned about Osteoporosis earlier than later, how our food and minerals effect our bones, and the forms of exercise that not only are proven to slow bone loss, but also encourage new bone growth. This post Thanksgiving episode starts off with a little friendly catch up between the Gym Rats on their holidays, their cranberry sauce preferences and childrens toys. Listen in to chat all things bone health with two friends. Please rate and review so we can keep growing our audience and reaching more Gym Rats. Thank you all! Find your Gym Rats: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Join the Gym Rats in a fun interview with Rafa Quintero, 2x Olympic Men's 10m platform diver turned mechanical engineer with a passion for his newfound hobby: Crossfit. Explore the background behind this athletes success within his first sport and how he is now utilizing his previously learned skills, mental strategies, and ability to control his fear, to aid him in progressing within the sport of Crossfit. These friends dive into all the fun facts, like what you love and love to hate about Crossfit, biggest challenges as a new crossfit athlete, including some unsoliscitated nutrition advice to this new up and coming competitor. You can follow Rafa's journey on Instagram here: @rafa_quintero Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

The Holidays have arrived! With Thanksgiving right around the corner, join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they discuss how to enjoy your holidays without fretting about the scale and other stressors. These two gym goers cover all aspects of stressors around the holidays from managing family dynamics, travel stress, decrease in movement and increase in all your favorite holiday dishes. The holidays are definitely not about restriction but about creating memories with loved ones and enjoying yourself over community gatherings and delicious food. See how the ladies stay on track while getting their fix of all their favorite foods.  Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom: www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton: www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Halloween is over and the holiday season is in full force, usually accompanied by colder weather and runny noses and coughs. Does the temperature change really cause viruses to spread more easily? Join gym rats Haley and Arielle as they cover the heavy hitters that truly effect your immune system strength and some of their favorite tools to support these systems. Enjoy an intro where the gals share about broken wells, showers shutting off, and a neighboorhood cat playing their feelings for free milk and a nap by the fireplace.  Products: https://www.amazon.com/Breathe-Right-Drug-Free-Strips-Congestion/dp/B07FHM225F/ref=sr_1_4_pp?crid=1QBEXJG57S94H&keywords=breathe+right+nasal+strips&qid=1699234132&rdc=1&s=hpc&sprefix=breathe+right+nasal+strips%2Chpc%2C119&sr=1-4 Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom @arielle_bloom www.ariellebloom.com Haley Heaton @balanced.living.co www.balancedlivingco.com

Its Rogue invitational here in Austin! Join Gym rats Arielle and Haley as they discuss Tia-Clair Toomey's return to competition post baby as well as the dangers of comparing ourselves to professional athletes. The tangents spiral quickly into discussing equality versus equity in sport and opinions on the differences between male and female athletes, their sports, and the fan bases supporting them. Stick around to hear about obscure sports that your hosts participated in growing up and how the skills learned in these activities have molded their training styles today. Before diving in, both hosts catch up on their recent travels and continue to discuss their obsession with water Tumblers. Cheers Gym Rats!    Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Gym Rats Haley and Arielle share an exciting announcement that, suprise!.... has to do with more babies! Dive into a fun conversation between two expecting moms about their personal journeys so far in their pregnancies. Learn from Arielle about the wisdom she gained in her first pregnancy and delivery and what she is focusing on/changing with her second. Listen to discussions around Birth Plans and when they can be really useful. Additionally, join their brainstorm around how moms can feel more empowered in their births while turning the volume down on judgy mom culture and fear tactics. Find your gym rats: Arielle Bloom: www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton: www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Gym Rats Arielle and Haley welcome Physical Therapist and Founder of "I Fix Your Sciatica" Ashley Mak to discuss all things back pain and physical therapy. We get Ashley's professional take on what Sciatica is, why back pain is so common in our modern society, things we can do in our day to day life to prevent/improve joint pain, and even fun extras like preferred footwear, and mattress rotation, for overall joint health. Be sure to check out Ashley's podcast "I Fix your Sciatica" on all platforms and those listeners living in the San Francisco Bay Area can capitalize on meeting with Ashley in person for your physical therapy needs. Find Ashley Mak: https://ifixyoursciatica.com/ Instagram: @ifixyoursciatica   Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com Instagram: @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com Instagram: @balanced.living.co    

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley in a fun edition of "is it underrated and overrated?" Discussing the gnitty gritty of all the Hot Takes the audience submitted related to our health and fitness. The episode begins with some fun stories that dog lovers can relate too and after some friendly catch up, the Hot Takes begin. If you have ever wondered about timing your protein with workouts, opinions on Avocado toast, morning routines and even our thoughts on Alcohol, this is the episode for you.  Find our hosts on their websites and instagrams: Arielle Bloom www.ariellebloom.com @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton www.balancedlivingco.com @balanced.living.co

Join gym rats Arielle and Haley as they peak behind the curtain of the Coach behind the TL Method, Tara LaFerrara. An accomplished personal Trainer, coach, and fitness influencer well known for her quippy and informative social media content, dives into her journey behind becoming the coach and athlete she is today, what she focuses on the most with her clients, and discussing mindset and thought! Ofcourse, all of this juicy conversation around shifting mindset takes place among some classic Gym Rats tangents and are followed up by some exciting announcements. Tara's podcast, "The Tara Talk" will be available Tuesday October 3rd. Be sure to follow her on all platforms.  Tara LaFerrara: Instagram, Threads, & TikTok @taralaferrara @tl.method   Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom: Instagram: @arielle_bloom www.ariellebloom.com Haley Heaton Instagram: @balanced.living.co www.balancedlivingco.com

Find yourself continually trying to track your progress solely by relying on the dreaded scale in your bathroom? Join Arielle and Haley in walking through multiple different modalities that you can utilize to help track your progress. From easily accessible at home methods to advanced technologies that breakdown detailed data points, theses fitness and food minded mama's break down all the tools you need to know about and how to know how to use or find each one. Also enjoy some fun shoutouts towards other rockstars in the industry like Tara LaFerrara and be sure to rate and review to let us know what you think!  Mentioned accounts: Instagram: @taralaferrara Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom Instagram: @arielle_bloom www.ariellebloom.com   Haley Heaton Instagram: @balanced.living.co www.balancedlivingco.com

Join host Arielle Bloom and Haley Heaton in a fun conversation navigating all things inflammatory markers and autoimmunity. Precision Medicine Physician, Dr. Erin Donaldson, walks us through the opening of her new virtual practice, her motivators behind pursuing medicine, and the basic things we can all watch out for in our everyday lives in order to decrease inflammation. She includes some tips and tricks on how to advocate for yourself and your health and also gave a sneak peak into her new course on all things autoimmunity and how to manage it, coming this fall. Before we dive into all the juicy details, there are some fun personal stories that take place at the top of the show to kick us off on getting to know Erin on a more personal level and what she gets up to outside of being a doctor.  Find her at her website and on Instagram: https://www.thedoctorerin.com/ @thedoctorerin   Find your hosts: Arielle Bloom: https://www.ariellebloom.com/ @arielle_bloom Haley Heaton: https://www.balancedlivingco.com/ @balanced.living.co

It's all over social media, "Only Eat Plants" or "Don't eat plants at all!" Tune in to hear all about what these anti-nutrients and phytochemicals are, their purpose, some considerations, and their benefits. Nutritional Therapy Practitioners and fitness coaches Arielle and Haley, break down everything you need to know about veggies, some of the best ways to prepare them and who may want to consider temporarily removing them from their diet.  Follow along our hosts on instagram: Arielle: @arielle_bloom Haley: @balanced.living.co Or at their websites: www.ariellebloom.com www.balancedlivingco.com 

Join Gym Rats Arielle and Haley as they discuss the ins and outs of Cold and Heat exposure. They take a deep dive into the physiological and mental benefits while debating their favorite modalities and why. Also learn about Chromotherapy and how this holisitc health treatment can be thrown into your heat exposure routine for some extra spa quality benefits.  Blue LED+ Acne Light by Project E Beauty https://www.amazon.com/Project-Beauty-Cleansing-Inflammation-Improving/dp/B07PLQZLWY/ref=sr_1_6?crid=3QVVBU8TF9O1L&keywords=blue+light+for+acne&qid=1693185896&sprefix=blue+light+for+acn%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-6 Follow your hosts on Instagram: Arielle Bloom: @Arielle_Bloom Haley Heaton: @Balanced.living.co

Join Arielle and Haley as they catch up on summertime travels and adventures. Listen in to hear there simple tips and tricks to staying on track with their nutrition while traveling and still enjoying good food! This transitions into a conversation about the importance of different macros and why keeping these in mind while you travel will set you up for ultimate success.  Follow along your hosts on Instagram: Haley Heaton: @balanced.living.co Arielle Bloom: @Arielle_Bloom

Ready to start a family or try for another little one? Join us in learning from all the wisdom of Lindsey Mathews Cantu, Neural based chiropractor, Fitness Trainer, Founder of BirthFit, and soon to be Mom! We dive into all things mindset, mood, food, recovery, and conversations to have with your partner in advance.  Resources:  Find Lindsey on Instagram: @birthfit & @lindsey_m_cantu & @willow_haus Website: https://birthfit.com/ Central Texas Chiropractic office: https://willowhaustx.com/ Find Haley and Arielle on Instagram: Haley: @balanced.living.co Arielle: @arielle_bloom

Looking to enhance your metabolism and build some muscle? Haley and Arielle, two fitness nerds, discuss all things strength training, getting your metabolism to work more optimally for a modern day lifestyle, and ways to make sure you are seeing progress. Enjoy a quick girlfriend catch up at the top of the show to giggle with some relatable stories and share some firsts! Then enjoy diving deep into all things barbell lovers love to talk about: Getting strong as hell. Resources: Laurie Christine King (LCK) - instagram: @lauriechristineking -https://lauriechristineking.com/ Sharelle Grant -instagram: @sharellegrant Camille Leblanc-Bazinet -instagram: @camillelabaz Layne Norton -instagram: @biolayne Stacy Sims -instagram: @drstacysims Marcus Filly -instagram: @marcusfilly -https://functional-bodybuilding.com/ Mind Pump Media - instagrams: @mindpumpmedia, @mindpumpjustin, @mindpumpadam, @mindpumpdistefano, @mindpumpdoug https://open.spotify.com/show/4D3JFAh4ebj9lks9WOE2Vs "Resistance Training Revolution" by Sal Di Stefano "Flexible Dieting" by Alan Aragon *** Arielle Bloom instagram: @arielle_bloom www.ariellebloom.com ***Haley Heaton instagram: @halesters www.balancedlivingco.com

Newly pregnant and overwhelmed by all the contradictory information? Two friends discuss pregnancy and motherhood and how they sifted through all the overwhelming information to find fitness and food choices that worked for them. But before diving into the details and resources, they catch up on life lately and share a few exciting announcements. While wrapping up, a long list of resources is rattled off for those looking for their next pregnancy and postpartum related read or listen.  Resources: "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by Ina May Gaskin "The Holisitc OBGYN Podcast" hosted by Nathan Riley Many books by author Michel Odent "Real Food for Pregnancy" by Lily Nichols RDN "Real Food for Gestational Diabetes" by Lily Nichols RDN "The Big Let Down: How Medicine, Big Business, and Feminism Undermine Breastfeeding" by Kimberly Seals Allers "The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding" by Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, and Teresa Pitman "Hunt Gather Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans" by Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon "Mama Natural Week-by-week Guide to Pregnancy & Childbirth" by Genevieve Howland "Woman Code: Perfect your Cycle, Amplify your Fertility, Supercharge your Sex Drive, and Become a Power Source" by Alisa Vitti, HHC *** Arielle Bloom instagram: @arielle_bloom www.ariellebloom.com ***Haley Heaton instagram: @halesters www.balancedlivingco.com

We had some great questions come in for this Q&A episode!  Here's what I address in today's episode: What are some healthy fats and how much healthy fat should we be consuming in a day? Intermittent fasting Knowing you are sensitive to foods/oils- how do you balance that and living your life?   Connect with me on instagram Don't forget to subscribe to my email newsletter- goes out every friday!  Get your own personalized gut health supplements from GutPersonal!  Stay hydrated with LMNT   

It has officially been one year since we bought our little plot of land in Sequin and started Woodside Ranch.  There has been blood, sweat, tears as we've jumped into starting a farm without any prior experience. We've learned so much, met so many amazing people, and on this episode we want to share all of that with you!  Enjoy!  REP Provisions   Force Of Nature Behind the Oaks Heritage Farms  Pure Pastures New Braunfels Farmers Market Dripping Springs Farmers Market

The holidays get a bad rep for being the reason people gain weight in the last quarter of the year. Truth is, those 2 meals won't make a dent. What does make a dent are the 100-something meals between Thanksgiving & the end of the year that people throw away because "what the hell, I already fucked up, I'll start over in January." Stop doing that.   Register for the FREE live coaching session I'm hosting on Tuesday, 11/30 for Navigating The Holiday Limbo & get some real answers to what you can do to look good, feel good & perform well throughout the holiday season.   I mentioned my favorite electrolyes in this episode- you can grab a sample pack of LMNT with this link: www.drinklmnt.com/ariellebloom & you just pay shipping! 

The supplement industry is an over $100 billion industry, and a lot of that goes to trash with low quality, poorly produced, and bio-unavailable nutrients.  Today, I sit down with Bridgitte Carroll, a Functional Dietitian and founder of GutPersonal, an empowerment and education company that sells supplements. We talk today about why everyone would benefit from supplementation, and how they can make the mindset shifts necessary to invest in themselves.   Find the GutPersonal Quiz HERE and use code "BLOOM" at checkout for 10% off your order!  You'll get personalized supplementation recommendations, along with the WHY. If you want more support to improve your gut health so you can feel better and do more with your life, book a FREE consult call HERE and we can chat about coaching opportunities.    As always, thank you to our podcast sponsors! Organifi- My go-to protein powder for shakes and smoothie bowls, and nighttime relaxation with Organifi Gold! Use code "BLOOM" at checkout for 15% off! Drink LMNT- High quality Electrolytes & nothing shady. Get a FREE sample pack & you just pay shipping! 

Last week, I asked some questions about how the holidays feel for you- and one of the most common things I saw from your responses was that you put yourself and your needs on the back burner, and you're kind of just in survival mode for 2 whole months.    What if it didn't have to be like that? What if I challenged you (and held you accountable) to prioritize yourself- even at the bare minimum- so that you could actually balance enjoying the holidays AND feeling good in your body?    This holiday season is going to be pretty crazy for us- we're having our wedding in between thanksgiving and Christmas, and family will be together. Thanksgiving is my all-time favorite holiday, and in order to fully enjoy that day, I know that I have to prioritize my health and fitness needs around that day so that when I get there, I can actually be present without stress.   The Healthy Holidays Challenge was designed to hold myself accountable to the habits that allow me to feel good, bounce back, and not dread any social interactions because I'll be prioritizing feeling good about my choices and actions rather than feeling guilty or like I have to put someone else first.    Register HERE for the Healthy Holidays Challenge to start (and finish) the holiday season strong, joyful, and present!    Don't forget to follow me on instagram: @arielle_bloom for daily motivation, gut health, and kitchen tips/tricks (along with daily farm content, duh!)    

Women's hormone health might seem like a taboo topic, but the importance of promoting healthy hormones goes far beyond painless periods or decreasing PMS symptoms. Promoting optimal hormone function is a matter of optimal performance in life.  This week, Women's Hormone Health Coach, Dinara Mukh, and I dive into the basics of hormone health and some things we can implement in our own lives to optimize our hormonal cycles (or seasons, as Dinara calls them!).    You can find Dinara here: On Instagram: @dinara.mukh On TikTok: @dinara.mukh   As always, thank you to our sponsors!  Organifi- Use code BLOOM at checkout for 15% off!  Drink LMNT- Get a FREE sample pack (you just pay shipping!)

"Eating healthy is a privilege" is a dangerous narrative for many reasons. In this episode, Gabe and I dive into why we can't believe that narrative, and what we can choose to believe (and do) instead.    Some references we make in this episode: Miranda's post about her kids' eating habits Food Deserts in the US   As always, thank you to our podcast sponsors: Organifi- Use code BLOOM for 15% off!  Drink LMNT- Get a free sample pack- you just pay shipping!    Want to see if 1:1 Functional Nutrition Coaching is right for you? Head over to my website & book a call to chat with me!  

"Bloating" is a big buzzword right now- gut health in general is blowing up! BUT I've found a lot of people describe what they think is bloating and it turns out they just over-ate at their last meal. It's important to know the difference, so you can better understand what the root cause of the issue is. Listen to this episode if you want to learn more about the differences and what to do to address them.   Want to know if 1:1 Functional Nutrition Coaching is right for you?  Head over to www.ariellebloom.com to learn more about how to work with me & book a call to chat more about how I can support you!    As always, thank you to our sponsors: Organifi- use code BLOOM at checkout for 15% off Drink LMNT- Try LMNT for FREE (you just pay shipping)

So often, we are told to listen to our bodies, but that gets really hard to do when we've spent the majority of our lives trying to overwrite what our bodies are telling us based on social norms and fads.  In this episode, I sit down with my friend Alysha Evans, NTP, and we dive into how we can start to listen to our bodies to understand what they need, and how we can rewrite the story that we have to live with the health issues we're experiencing (because we don't!).   Find Alysha on instagram!   As always, HUGE shoutout to our podcast sponsors: Organifi- Use Code BLOOM at checkout for 15% off!  Drink LMNT- Get a FREE sample pack of the best electrolytes around- you just pay shipping!    Want to learn more about taking back control of your health? Check out my website for more information about Functional Nutrition Coaching: www.ariellebloom.com    

Tricia Nelson lost fifty pounds by identifying and healing the underlying causes of her emotional eating. Tricia has spent over thirty years researching the hidden causes of the addictive personality. Tricia is an Emotional Eating Expert and author of the #1 bestselling book, Heal Your Hunger, 7 Simple Steps to End Emotional Eating Now. She also certifies health coaches so they can get better results, referrals and revenue by helping their clients overcome emotional eating. Tricia is the host of the popular podcast, The Heal Your Hunger Show and is a highly regarded speaker. Tricia has been featured on NBC, CBS, KTLA, FOX and Discovery Health.   In this episode, we dive into identifying emotional eating, how to change your mindset, and what self-care practices actually help with binge eating- this is definitely one to save and come back to several times!    You can find Tricia on her website HERE Find Tricia on instagram HERE & on Facebook HERE   As always, thank you to our sponsors: Organifi- Use code BLOOM at checkout for 15% off!  Drink LMNT- Get a FREE sample pack- you just pay shipping!    Want to stay up to date on all things Navigating Nutrition? Want a weekly email with recipes, nutrition tips, and time-saving kitchen hacks? Subscribe to my newsletter! 

Food is so much more than just fuel; It's connection, and it's delicious... but it can also be a huge source of stress for a lot of us. Especially with families, and more mouths to feed, and also trying to keep it all healthy!    Cassy Joy Garcia started trying to solve that problem for herself over 10 years ago when she started Fed&Fit, a blog where she shared delicious recipes. Fed&Fit has since evolved into a one-stop resource for recipes, health & wellness information. In this episode we sit down to talk about Cassy's personal health journey, how she got to writing her 3rd book, and why this 3rd book might just be the last cookbook you ever need!    You can follow Cassy on Instagram @fedandfit Pre-order Cassy's new cookbook, Cook Once Dinner Fix HERE Grab some more goodies when you preorder Cook Once Dinner Fix HERE   As always, HUGE thank you to our sponsors: Organifi- the best non-dairy protein powder on the market! Use Code BLOOM at checkout for 15% off Drink LMNT- the best electrolytes out there! Grab your own sample pack FREE (you just pay shipping) HERE  

So you want to change your body composition, huh?  If you're unsure, let's look at it this way: Do you have less than 10 pounds you'd like to lose? Do you want to look leaner? Do you want to swap the body fat you have for muscle definition? Then yes, you want to change your body composition.  I love the human body for this reason. You can weigh relatively the same amount at two points in your lie, and your body composition can look completely different. That's because body weight is only part of the equation- muscle mass and fat mass are another part, and how your body functions is another part So when we take all of these pieces into account, we can look at what habits are required to be successful in changing body composition (rather than focusing on losing weight, because that might not actually be what you want!) It boils down to 5 habits that are required for body recomposition (creating that leaner look while still promoting performance), and I want to share them with YOU!    If you are looking for more support to change your body composition, nourish your body, and develop these habits (& more), check out my website for more information on coaching: www.ariellebloom.com and subscribe to my email list for weekly recipes, cooking tips and more HERE  

From the agricultural revolution, to industrial, to the chemical revolution and beyond, humans have been obsessed with making things more convenient and efficient, but at the sacrifice of tradition.    Buying meat from grocery stores is one of those conveniences that is actually causing more harm than good. Yes, more people have access, but the meat they have access to isn't helping them or anyone else. In this episode, I dive into how we can actually support the people raising the animals we eat at our meat, and how that ultimately allows us to save more money in the long run.    Here are some of the resources I mentioned in this weeks episode: Rep Provisions Force of Nature White Oak Pastures Butcher Box   If you want recipes, gut health tips, cooking/kitchen hacks, and more to your inbox weekly, make sure to sign up for my email list!  You can join HERE  

I'm a big proponent for reconnecting with your food. AND I also recognize that we're busy AF and spending hours in the kitchen might not sound like your ideal end of day activity. Here's where these time-saving tips come into play, so you can enjoy your time spent in the kitchen, the food that comes out of it, and the rest of the time you get back to spend in whatever way fills up your cup.    There's a TON of nuggets in this episode, and don't forget to check out MacroClass101! Everything you need to know about tracking macros, understanding your biofeedback (what your body is telling you), and applying it to your busy life.  You can register HERE

Gabe is back! For an episode explaining why we're exposing ourselves to *almost* freezing cold water every day in the month of August! Cold exposure has been studied and shown to have many health benefits, but the biggest one for Gabe has not been what you might think!    If you want to know more or follow along on the journey, follow Gabe HERE.   BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! MacroClass101 is now open for enrollment!  This is the workshop + nutrition coaching I wish existed when I was learning how to track my macros. We dive into all you need to know to track your macros, and then you get 6 weeks of nutrition coaching to apply it to your life!  Want more info? Click HERE!