

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos
Heal Squad
Your go-to, daily podcast for taking control of your health. Hosted by Maria Menounos, 2x New York Times bestselling author, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and global leader in health. After surviving a brain tumor, pancreatic cancer, developing diabetes, battling infertility, and caregiving for her mother during her own fight with a brain tumor, Maria turned her personal health journey into the fuel that is changing how the world approaches health for the better. She brings together the top experts, thought leaders and inspiring healing stories to create a space for health exploration. Whatever health journey you’re on, we’re here to guide you with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions and take a proactive role in your physical, emotional, and spiritual health—because healing is possible and it happens here.Connect with Heal Squadhttps://www.patreon.com/HealSquadhttps://www.instagram.com/healsquad/https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmariahttps://www.youtube.com/@mariamenounos
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Apr 12, 2021 • 1h 8min
247. How to Sleep and Age Better with Dr. Lipman
Food, wellness and sleep expert and physician, Dr. Frank Lipman sat in with the Heal Squad to discuss how potent good sleep is in terms of anti-aging and how detrimental lack of sleep is to overall health. Lack of sleep can lead to obesity, anxiety and a list of illnesses including alzeimers and cancer. Dr. Lipman offers tangible means for which we can all improve our sleep and live stronger, healthier, and longer lives. He covers the factors that lead to poor sleep and how to vastly and safely improve them. For those who struggle with sleep or even for those who think they're getting their best sleep, this is a must see and listen episode for everyone.
To get the book:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316462128
https://drfranklipman.com/
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Apr 9, 2021 • 1h 33min
Regular Guy Friday Ep. 9: Be Aware of 'Like Minds' & Beware of 'Toxic Positivity'
Hey Kweenz, we did it again. We made it to another Friday. Kels is off to the airport for LA which led to the discussion of Rockstar friends vs. Real friends, surrounding yourself with like minded people in business and life, how every time you go on a trip you come back a different person and how you can never really go home. Kels and Kev also broke down the real dangers and downside to the notion of 'Toxic Positivity.' Kelsey offered tips on self tanning and lip gloss while Kev teased a Night of 1000 Kweenz (hosting a yard party for 998 fellow Kweenz). We also learned that, in life, "Losers Love Limbo" and why. We learned how and why losers hate resolution. Perhaps most importantly, Kelsey teaches us the proper way to say bitch....we mean 'betch.' AND how we will now open all episodes of RGF with 'Hay Kweenz' and close each one with 'Bye Betches.'
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Apr 8, 2021 • 1h 23min
246. Self Worth and How To Boost It with Rosie Acosta
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Yf1ZeGkOvZM
Yoga, meditation, wellness influencer and Heal Squad member, Rosie Acosta, joined Better Together for a rich two parter on how to manifest your best life from the worst circumstance. Rosie describes her journey from living as an East Los Angeles first generation American, weighing 200 pounds, having trouble with the law (she was arrested for stealing a police car), dating abusive partners, being suicidal and feeling horrible about herself and future to a life rich with love, health and success. Rosie’s path to recovery began with a bus trip to hear a Yoga instructor speech then running a local road race. Rosie shares all her hacks to getting out of her toxic rut (and yours) and how she remains out. If you feel your life and situation is hopeless or even lacking fulfillment, this is a must view episode. Enjoy, part 2 :)
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Apr 7, 2021 • 1h 9min
245. How Break TOXIC Cycles with Rosie Acosta
Youtube: https://youtu.be/xzAjV1712CU
Yoga, meditation, wellness influencer and Heal Squad member, Rosie Acosta, joined Better Together for a rich two parter on how to manifest your best life from the worst circumstance. Rosie describes her journey from living as an East Los Angeles first generation American, weighing 200 pounds, having trouble with the law (she was arrested for stealing a police car), dating abusive partners, being suicidal and feeling horrible about herself and future to a life rich with love, health and success. Rosie’s path to recovery began with a bus trip to hear a Yoga instructor speech then running a local road race. Rosie shares all her hacks to getting out of her toxic rut (and yours) and how she remains out. If you feel your life and situation is hopeless or even lacking fulfillment, this is a must view episode. Enjoy, part 1 of 2 :)
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Apr 6, 2021 • 54min
244. How to Use Your Mind to Remedy all Illnesses with Nicole Sachs
Youtube: https://youtu.be/4IYWGsGljDc
Speaker, author and psychotherapist Nicole Sachs sat in with the Heal Squad to discuss her journey through extreme chronic pain - and a condition doctor’s said was hopeless. Nicole shares how it led to the revelation that her emotional pain and deep seeded personal issues were the roots of the problem. She reveals her near miraculous healing process free of medication or even surgery along with how many of our ailments and afflictions have roots in our emotions (anger, guilt, shame from past events) and how you too can heal them! For anyone dealing with rashes, pains, lack of energy, thyroid, cancers or any number of aches and ailments, this is a valuable two part episode. This is part two!! Enjoy.
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Apr 5, 2021 • 1h 3min
243. The Role Emotions Play in Disease, Illness and Pain w/ Nicole Sachs
YouTube: https://youtu.be/1DbMrfJ_s-M
Speaker, author and psychotherapist Nicole Sachs sat in with the Heal Squad to discuss her journey through extreme chronic pain - and a condition doctor’s said was hopeless. Nicole shares how it led to the revelation that her emotional pain and deep seeded personal issues were the roots of the problem. She reveals her near miraculous healing process free of medication or even surgery along with how many of our ailments and afflictions have roots in our emotions (anger, guilt, shame from past events) and how you too can heal them! For anyone dealing with rashes, pains, lack of energy, thyroid, cancers or any number of aches and ailments, this is a valuable two part episode. This is part one!! Enjoy.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 1h 47min
Regular Guy Friday Ep. 8: How to Feed Your Shadow Self?
Hey Kweenz, we fooled 'em again and made it through another week. Yes, it's Friday.... YOUR day and THE day for us Regular Guys and Gals, living in this irregular world, to come together. This week we ask what's your 'Life One Liner.' We also ask what's your 'Shadow Word' and what feeds your shadow self? We discuss how to feed the shadow self in a means to help not hurt with Kev and Kels citing their own life examples. We define what 'charges' are and how they vastly affect our reactions. We discuss how even though we acquire enough coping tools on Better Together to have a hardware store of self help equipment, we still need still time to use and apply them! We discussed AGAIN how civilians only learn from lessons they pay for and how samurai accept all the FREE lessons they can. We offer a couple of RGF tips and.... Winnie peed on our on studio table , mid show, no joking. However, we played through sporting our new RGF hoodies aka our 'fake merch' never for once forgetting that we are all Kweenz.
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Apr 1, 2021 • 1h 41min
242. Breaking Narcissism, Codependence, Forgiveness and Bad Habits w/ Xavier Dagba
YouTube: https://youtu.be/R7a6PKbnrM4
Healer, wellness and life coach Xavier Dagba sat in with the Heal Squad and shared so many amazing tools, tips and takeaways that we had to split the episode into two parts! Xavier discusses his journey from Africa to Canada and being outcast from his entire family over his life choices. Xavier opens up on how much the experience enlightened him to heal and to help heal others. Xavier covers the widest array of topics such as shame being the ultimate divider, victim mindsets, trauma informed perspectives, the healing power of radical honesty and taking responsibility, the real reason people abuse drugs, how no emotion is negative, how to heal your inner victim, how suppressed emotions control us, how curiosity dismantles judgement, labels defining us and how to spot and cope with a narcissist. Yes, Xavier literally shared all that and more. This is your chance to get on the ground level to follow a great 21st century healer early in his career! Enjoy part 2 of 2! And share with someone who you think could benefit from listening x
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Mar 31, 2021 • 1h 18min
241. How Childhood Traumas Rule Our Actions Today w/ Xavier Dagba
YouTube: https://youtu.be/74GcYGsDNvY
Healer, wellness and life coach Xavier Dagba sat in with the Heal Squad and shared so many amazing tools, tips and takeaways that we had to split the episode into two parts! Xavier discusses his journey from Africa to Canada and being outcast from his entire family over his life choices. Xavier opens up on how much the experience enlightened him to heal and to help heal others. Xavier covers the widest array of topics such as shame being the ultimate divider, victim mindsets, trauma informed perspectives, the healing power of radical honesty and taking responsibility, the real reason people abuse drugs, how no emotion is negative, how to heal your inner victim, how suppressed emotions control us, how curiosity dismantles judgement, labels defining us and how to spot and cope with a narcissist. Yes, Xavier literally shared all that and more. This is your chance to get on the ground level to follow a great 21st century healer early in his career! Enjoy part 1!! And share with someone who you think could benefit from listening x
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Mar 30, 2021 • 1h 5min
240. The Female Entrepreneurs' Guide to Parenting and Marriage w/ Nicole Walters
YouTube: https://youtu.be/etXsaRwV8r4
Entrepreneur turned reality star, Nicole Walters, sits in with the Heal Squad for Part Two of her interview. In Part 1, Nicole gave us the blueprint to being an entrepreneur, discovering your why and starting your own business. In Part 2, Nicole opens up about her seeing three children panhandling on the street and her successful journey to adopt them. Nicole shares intricate, out of the box parenting tips to raising children while still succeeding at business. Nicole talks about her parenting practices of 'one on ones' and 'same floor evenings' as well as how bad times are merely parts of our story but do not define us. Nicole talks about marriages needing to grow side by side and not in a V, not falling in love with the fantasy and how one party is the gas and one is the brakes. She also shares her quarterly self help sabbaticals and why they are keys to her health and success. Whether you're a working woman or man whose a parent or even an at home parent or newlywed, this is an episode with incredible takeaway. This is part 2 of the two part show :) we hope you enjoyed!
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