Age Like a Badass Mother: Healthy Aging, Plant-Based Nutrition & Longevity
Lauren Bernick reversed her heart disease, lost 20 pounds, lowered her cholesterol and blood pressure by following a plant-based diet. Her doctor told her that it could not be done. She started wondering what else she had been lied to about health, longevity, and aging well. She set out to investigate.
Irreverent, provocative, and wildly entertaining, Age Like a Badass Mother brings you real talk about health, vibrancy, and disease prevention and reversal through plant-based eating, menopause, midlife reinvention, manifesting, fitness, relationships, style, sex, and owning every year you've earned.
Make the rest of your life the best of your life! Please listen, new friend.
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Episodes
108 episodes
Ep. 108 You're Not Broken, It's the Food With Julieanna Hever, MS, RD, CPT
Julieanna and Lauren talk about the concept of healthspan versus lifespan, the mechanisms of aging, the importance of a plant-based diet, and the role of phytonutrients. Then they get into a deep conversation about new evidence that women do ne...
Ep. 107: How to Eliminate Limiting Beliefs with Shelly Lefkoe
Have you ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns, even when you know better?Maybe you struggle to speak up for yourself, set boundaries, stop people-pleasing, or finally go after what you want. You know what to do. You've ...
Ep. 106: What Waking at 1:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., or 5:00 a.m. May Reveal About Your Body
Could your sleep struggles be connected to your heart meridian?In this week's mini-episode, Dreena Burton returns to explore the wisdom of Chinese medicine for summer, the season associated with the fire element, joy, connection, ...
Ep. 105: Dr. Joel Fuhrman: Live to 100 in Good Health, Eat These Foods Daily
Dr. Fuhrman introduces us to the Nutritarian Diet; a diet of excellence that can help us live to 100 in good health. He also discusses the dangers of keto and paleo diets, emphasizing the negative impact of animal protein on lifespan. Additiona...
Ep. 104: How to Get Glowing Skin and Healthy Hair Naturally
In this mini-episode, Lauren Bernick tells you what really works to get glowing skin. She even admits to some embarrassing practices. Lauren believes that if you wouldn't want a product in your mouth, you shouldn't put it on your skin. She has ...
Ep. 103: Lessons: Embrace the Suck, Don't Squeeze the F'ing Cat, and Eat Plants with Molly Patrick of Clean Food Dirty Girl
We are hearing good stories and getting important lessons with Molly Patrick of Clean Food Dirty Girl. From her parents' incredible meet-cute to living in a teepee without running water or electricity as a child to her quitting smoking and drin...
Ep. 102: What's the Deal With Lymphatic Drainage? Dreena Burton Explains
Curious to know what lymphatic drainage is, what it does, and how to do it? Tune in. In this mini-episode, Dreena Burton joins Lauren Bernick to explain the connection between fascia health, lymphatic flow, and overall wel...
Ep. 101: How Intuition Can Heal You: Banya Lim on Depression, Gut Health & Body Wisdom
In this episode of Age Like a Badass Mother, Lauren sits down with spiritual acupuncturist and healer Banya Lim to explore intuition, emotional healing, and the connection between the body, mind, and spirit. Coming from a long lineage ...
Ep. 100: Why a Plant Based Diet Is the Real Fountain of Youth: Healthy Aging Explained
Can food really help you age better? In this episode of Age Like a Badass Mother, Lauren Bernick breaks down why a whole-food, plant-based diet is often called the closest thing we have to a fountain of youth.Lauren shares how nutrition ...
Ep. 99: Revolutionizing Health: Dr. Michael Klaper on Nutrition's Power to Reverse Disease
What if the key to preventing and even reversing chronic disease is already on your plate?Dr. Michael Klaper shares why nutrition is still missing from medical education, how a plant-based diet can transform health, and what every doctor...
Ep 98: Angry, Stuck, or Agitated? Spring Reset With Dreena Burton
Fascia might be the most overlooked system in your body, and it affects everything.In this mini-episode, Dreena Burton joins Lauren Bernick to explain how fascia supports movement, connects every system, and why keeping it healthy is key...
Ep. 97: Aging Well at 93: Simple Habits That Actually Work (Lessons from the Mother Behind Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day)
What does it really take to age well?In this episode, I talk with Monica Nassif, founder of Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day, but the real spotlight is on her 93-year-old mother, Thelma.Thelma still lives independently, gets outside every d...
Ep. 96: Softening Is the Upgrade: Let That Sh*t Go
In this episode, I’m talking about what it actually means to “let that sh*t go," not in a bypass-y, pretend-it’s-fine way, but in a deeply human, nervous-system-level shift that can change how you feel in your body, your relationships, and your...
Ep. 95: Reinventing Life at 50: Plant-Based Health, Confidence & Dating with Brandi Doming
Years ago, Brandi started The Vegan 8, as a way to help her husband manage gout. That turned into a career, a thriving community, and a whole new chapter of life.Lauren chats with Brandi Doming, creator of The Vegan 8, to d...
Ep. 94: Chuck Carroll’s Health Crisis After 275-Pound Weight Loss
Chuck Carroll didn't just struggle with his weight; he grew up expecting to die young. By the time he was a freshman in high school, he was already on blood pressure medication, and by his mid-twenties, he genuinely believed he wouldn't make it...
Ep. 93: What Perfectionism Is Costing You
In this episode, Lauren Bernick explores the hidden costs of perfectionism, especially the fear of judgment, and shares personal stories of failing forward in comedy, podcasting, and life. She encourages listeners to embrace imperfections, take...
Ep. 92: Too Much, Too Nice, Too Old, Too Single: The Impossible Tightrope Women Walk - Live from SXSW
Age Like A Badass MotherLIVE from SXSW 2026: Too Much, Too Nice, Too Old, Too Single — The Impossible Tightrope Women WalkRecorded live at SXSW 2026 in Austin, Texas, from Conscious Kitchen, this special e...
Ep. 91: Big Reveal: My Results From Dr. Greger's Lower LDL Naturally With Food Protocol
If you have been following my saga about trying to lower my LDL cholesterol with food (Dr. Greger's protocol), the results are in! If you haven't done so, listen to episode 82 from January 6th to catch up. You'll see how I completely botched it...
Ep. 90: From 400 Pounds to Plant-Based Athlete: Tim Kaufman’s Addiction Recovery & Health Transformation
A powerful story of weight loss, addiction recovery, and rebuilding health with a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle.What does it take to completely rebuild your life: body, mind, and spirit?In this conversation, Tim Kaufman...
Ep. 89: Rage, Predatory Men, and How Beauty Standards Condition Women to Surrender Their Power
By the time Lauren Bernick was six years old, two different women had already told her she was "fat as a house." They weren't seeing her; they were projecting their own inherited fear and shame, expecting her to swallow it and pass it on. That'...
Ep. 88: The Fiber Effect: How Gut Health Shapes the Way We Age with Dr. Angie Sadeghi
In this engaging and evidence-backed conversation, Dr. Angie Sadeghi, a board-certified gastroenterologist and plant-based physician, dives into the crucial role gut health plays in aging well. She explains how a fiber-rich, plant-based diet ca...
Ep. 87: 11 Things That Are Aging You (And How to Stop Them)
In this solo minisode, Lauren Bernick explores the surprising factors that accelerate aging and shares actionable insights on staying vibrant.What You'll Learn:Physical Factors: How your posture and facial expression...
Ep. 86: Have We Been Wrong About Menopause All Along? The Untold Power of Women After
Menopause isn’t an ending, it’s a powerful new chapter. Filmmaker Dominique Debroux joins Age Like a Badass Mother to share insights from her documentary Wise Women: Humanity’s Untold Origins. We explore how soci...
Ep. 85: Aging Under Pressure: Beauty Standards, Botox, and Self-Acceptance
In this solo mini-episode, Lauren Bernick explores aging under pressure and the impact of beauty standards on women’s self-image. She shares her personal experience with Botox and fillers, not to promote or criticize cosmet...
Ep. 84: When Fitness Turns Into Punishment: What Actually Keeps Women Fit in Midlife, with Ellen Barrett
Fitness expert Ellen Barrett explains why exercise often feels punishing in midlife, and the movement principles that reliably keep women strong, energized, and fit. We talk alignment, posture, hydration, energy, building muscle, and why exerci...