Side Project
Longtime tech execs Leyla Seka, Julie Liegl, and Ruthie Miller are using their sabbaticals to focus on a new project: their (mildly neglected) health and wellness. Join us as they take an entertaining journey through the modern issues facing today’s Sandwich Generation: sleep, anxiety, perimenopause, weight management, nutrition, mental health, and more.
Episodes
14 episodes
Episode 12: Focus and Meditation with Erin Selover
We’re bombarded with information and forced to multitask so often that it can be difficult to focus on just one thing when we have the opportunity. In this episode, we talk to counselor and Dharma teacher Erin Selover to learn strategies to hel...
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Episode 11: Foot Health with Dr. Emily Splichal
Few of us take the time to even consider our feet, much less proactively care for them. Yet things like foot health, walking speed, and balance are an accurate predictor of our own mortality. In episode 11 we talk to podiatrist Emily Splichal a...
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Wrap-Up: Learnings and Take-Aways
We set off to create ten episodes to address all the middle-aged things our friends are talking about. Now we’re wrapping up our Side Project experiment by talking through our favorite learnings and take-aways. Listen as we parse through the di...
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Episode 10: Pain with Naureen Alim
Physical pain can be a dark and isolating thing. Rheumatologist and immunologist Naureen Alim joins us for episode ten to discuss why chronic pain creeps up on us in middle age via things like injuries, arthritis, autoimmune disease, osteoporos...
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Episode 9: Longevity with Joanna Strober
How should we think about our health today in order to have a greater impact for the long haul? Midi Health Co-Founder & CEO Joanna Strober joins us for episode nine to discuss how we can safeguard our bodies in order to stay stronger for l...
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Episode 8: Fashion with Janel Dyan
Is middle age where fashion goes to die? We’re talking to Janel Dyan, brand advisor, stylist, speaker, and bestselling author of Story. Style. Brand. Janel explains why she doesn’t believe in rules for dressing and walks us through how clothing...
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Episode 7: Weight with Rupal Mathur
Why is it so challenging to maintain the right weight as we age, even with exercise and a pretty good diet? We’re talking to Dr. Rupal Mathur, an internal medicine doctor and weight loss specialist to get her perspectives, tips, and simple swap...
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Episode 6: Death with Kacie Gikonyo
Why is it so taboo to talk about death? In this episode, we speak to Kacie Gikonyo, a registered nurse, death doula, and Founder of the Death Doula School. Listen in as Kacie talks about what a death doula is and how one can help your loved one...
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Episode 5: Skincare with Sinae Kane
How much should we mess with nature as we age versus aging gracefully? Board-certified dermatologist Sinae Kane joins us to talk about ways we can keep our youthful radiance as we age, from the simple and topical to the complex and injectable. ...
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Episode 4: Sleep with Khaliah Guillory
Quality sleep is so important to our health, yet it feels much less attainable in middle age. Khaliah Guillory, a certified sleep coach and the Founder of Nap Bar, joins us to talk about how hormonal changes affect our sleep and ways we can cra...
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Episode 3: Anxiety with Mimi Winsberg
Sometimes it feels like we're surrounded by anxiety. How did we get here, and how do we know when it's time to seek help? Mimi Winsberg, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer at Brightside Health, talks us through coping strategies, supplement...
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Episode 2: Nutrition with Alexandra Dusenberry
It's a nutritional potpourri! Listen in as we discuss how our nutritional needs change as we age. Which supplements are right for me? How much protein do we actually need every day? Plus, matcha, caffeine, and the magical foods we should all be...
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