A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast

Oct 03 2024
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In A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast, listeners can expect a dynamic and multifaceted exploration of health and wellbeing. Our hosts, a mental performance coach, a functional nutrition clinician, and a rotating expert-in-residence, navigate a wide range of topics, from building mental resilience and optimizing nutrition for brain and gut health to addressing trauma, anxiety, and depression. Join us for practical strategies, actionable insights, engaging discussions around the latest research, and inspirational stories that empower you to take charge of your wellbeing to lead a life of optimal health that’s unique to you. Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t. 

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Ep 42: Spirituality with Athanasia Medenas

Oct 03 2024 45 mins  
Send us a textToday, Mike and Helena are joined by Expert-in-Residence Athanasia Medenas, spiritual guide, to kick off the magic of October and dive into the transformative journey of spirituality.In this Episode:🎙️Athanasia shares her experiences as a psychic medium, astrologist, and shamanic practitioner🎙️Early childhood awareness of intuition and spiritual awareness �

Ep 41: Finding Flow (aka Flow State)

Sep 26 2024 27 mins  
Send us a textHow does it feel when you’re really in-the-zone? You’ve hit that place of feeling tuned-in, ALIVE, and Crushing. It. In this week’s episode of A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast, Mike and Helena explore finding flow—that state of optimal performance and engagement. In this episode: 🎙️How Mike and Helena find and maintain Flow 🎙�

Ep 40: How Mike & Helena Define Holistic Health

Sep 19 2024 28 mins  
Send us a textTell us: What comes to mind when you hear “holistic health”? Do you think of care for the whole person? Or are you thinking more along the lines of crystals, essential oils, and herbal supplements? Holistic health may sound “woo woo” to some and ideal to others. There is no official definition for holistic health. Today, on A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expe

Ep 39: Deep Dive with Helena: What is Clinical and Functional Nutrition?

Sep 12 2024 37 mins  
Send us a textHelena is a clinical functional nutritionist. But, what exactly does that mean? How did she come to be on this path? And what does she actually help clients with?Last week, we took a tour through mental performance with Helena grilling Mike about everything he does as a mental performance coach. This week, the tables have turned, and Mike asks Helena the tough questio

Ep 38: Deep Dive with Mike: What is Mental Performance?

Sep 05 2024 45 mins  
Send us a textHave you ever wondered what mental performance is? Or, what a Mental Performance Coach does? Mike is our Mental Performance Coach on A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast. Sometimes, we forget our listeners aren’t as deeply IN IT as we are. So, we thought we'd give you a primer. In some hard-hitting, investigative, gotcha journalism, Helena inte

Ep 37: Resilience with Dr. Amy O'Hana

Aug 29 2024 49 mins  
Send us a textResilience is a fallacy. Resilience does not equal grit.Resilience is the ability to adapt in the face of adversity.3 co-hosts. 3 perspectives on resilience … and perhaps not as cut-and-dried as the above statements make it seem. Join Mike, Helena and Expert-in-residence, Dr. Amy O’Hana, licensed professional counselor and Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Heal

Ep 36: Women's Athletic Performance with Dr. Amy O'Hana

Aug 22 2024 55 mins  
Send us a textDo you identify with this statement? I am an athlete. If you said “No,” after listening to this episode, you might change your answer. Especially if you’re a woman. 💪Dr. Amy O’Hana, licensed professional counselor and Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, at University of Western States, joins Mike and Helena to discuss women’s athletic

Ep 35: Our Relationship with Food with Dr. Amy O'Hana

Aug 15 2024 44 mins  
Send us a textHow would you describe your relationship with food? In today’s episode, Expert-in-residence Dr. Amy O’Hana, licensed professional counselor and Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, at University of Western States, challenges our thinking around using the word “relationship” when talking about food. 🤔Dr. O’Hana underscores that we, as hu

Ep 34: Mental Performance in Sports with Dr. Amy O'Hana

Aug 08 2024 43 mins  
Send us a text💪🏃💃When you think of an athlete, who or which qualities come to mind? Are only individuals who perform at elite levels athletes? And, what do athletes have in common with organizational leaders? Some of our answers to those questions are: High performers, active participation, builders of skill, and passion. No. See answer to number 1. Helena, Mike and Expert

Ep 33: Erotic Intelligence with Dr Amy O'Hana

Aug 01 2024 44 mins  
Send us a textDr. Amy O’Hana, licensed professional counselor and Assistant Professor, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, at University of Western States, joins Helena and Mike to talk about our connection to our purpose and our work. The vitality, aliveness and alignment with our values we feel when that connection is strong is called Erotic Intelligence—and it has nothing to