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Wellness for Real Life Podcast

Welcome to the Wellness for Real Life podcast!

Here we empower high achieving women to reach their goals in all areas by providing practical and straightforward advice that takes the overwhelm out of wellness.

Juggling work, family, and personal time can often feel like too much to manage, so we’ll provide simple tools and teach you how to set up routines that can seamlessly integrate into even the busiest season of life.

Tune in to hear us chat about everything from fitness, nutrition, mindset, time management, relationships, stress relief and self care, authentic communication, and more.

While sharing relatable lessons and takeaways from our own real life. You deserve to be and feel like the best version of yourself, and we’re here to help make that a reality.

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Wellness for Real Life Podcast

You Asked, We Answered—Listener Q&A

May 01, 2025 • Lauren & Marci • Season 1 • Episode 36

In this candid and hilarious episode, Lauren and Marci dive deep into the unexpected, the personal, and the powerful. It all starts with a possibly relatable skincare mishap before diving into more listener Q&As.

Time-Stamps

00:00 – Why Lauren rubbed toothpaste all over her face 🤣

00:50 – Oral health and the shocking bacteria connection to chronic illness

02:30 – Lauren’s gut journey and testing her mouth bacteria

05:00 – Marci’s deep dental health dive (root canals, cavitations, and infection)

10:30 – How oral health connects to posture, pain, and sleep apnea

14:00 – Listener Q&A begins: “Why am I craving sugar even when I eat healthy?”

22:00 – Are you really eating balanced—or just eating “low calorie”?

24:00 – The emotional + neurological reasons behind sugar cravings

28:00 – “Can stress really prevent weight loss?”

31:00 – How cortisol affects eating behavior—not just weight

35:00 – “Can I lose weight if I travel and eat out a lot?”