How do we inject more health, humor and fun into our daily lives, even when things get messy? That’s the question driving award-winning journalist and podcaster Shelby Stanger as she interviews health, science and wellness experts as well as entrepreneurs, authors, artists and comedians. From breath work and diet, to brain training, physical outdoor challenges, and increasing our humor muscles, Shelby tests out her guest’s prescriptions, offering how a little Vitamin Joy is more of the medic ...
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Host Shelby Stanger looks back on Season 2 guests and shares highlights and lessons learned. Plus, she shares her own experiences of where guests’ advice really worked, what’s bringing her Vitamin Joy these days, and what’s next. Previous episodes highlighted: Courtney Carver - The Joy of Simplicity, Sobriety and Minimalism Chris Cote - The Joy of …
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Depresh Mode: Comedy and Mental Health with John Moe
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Today’s guest, John Moe, is the host and creator of the podcast Depresh Mode. Before that, he hosted the award-winning hit podcast The Hilarious World of Depression, and he recently wrote and published a book by the same name. John has written for publications like The New York Times Magazine, McSweeney's, and The Seattle Times among others. He’s w…
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The Joy of Healing Your Self with Nicole LePera
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Dr. Nicole LePera is a holistic psychologist. She received traditional training in clinical psychology at Cornell University and The New School of Social Research, and she started the Instagram account @the.holistic.psychologist, which has become wildly popular. On it, she shares her tools for transformation with an ever-growing community of #SelfH…
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The Joy of Writing with Adam Skolnick
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I love interviewing authors and journalists, especially ones who cover things like freediving and rock climbing. These are my people! This is why I was so excited to chat with Adam Skolnick. Adam is an award-winning independent journalist and author who covers adventure sports, environmental issues, travel and human rights for publications like The…
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The Joy of Radical Self-Love with Lori Harder
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Lori Harder is a force of nature. The fitness model, author and entrepreneur has had a wild story. She is all about self-love, setting strong boundaries and leaning into your energy to create the life you want. In this episode, we get into all of it: Lori’s background and how she went from overweight kid to fitness model, entrepreneurship and bound…
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The Joy of Getting Offline with Chris Colin
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Chris Colin is a writer and author whose work has appeared in Best American Science & Nature Writing, the New York Times Magazine, Pop-Up Magazine, Wired, NewYorker.com, and Outside Magazine. In 2014, he co-wrote a book called What to Talk About, and in 2020, he started publishing Six Feet of Separation, the nation’s first pandemic newspaper by and…
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The Joy of Healing Trauma and Awakening Our Wild Self with Kimberly Ann Johnson
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Kimberly Ann Johnson is a Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner, author, breath coach, entrepreneur, and educator. Her first book, The Fourth Trimester: Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions and Restoring Your Vitality, is about what happens after women give birth. It was a global success and has been published in seven languages. Kimberly just r…
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The Joy of Biohacking Your Health with Dave Asprey
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Sharing greater health and joy with others often starts with figuring out what works for yourself, and that’s exactly what Dave Asprey has done. Dave is the founder of Bulletproof Coffee, the creator of the Bulletproof Diet, a best selling author, and the self-proclaimed founder of biohacking. Over the last two decades, Dave has personally spent ne…
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The Joy of Simplicity, Sobriety and Minimalism with Courtney Carver
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Courtney Carver’s book Soulful Simplicity really changed how I think about “stuff.” I have been on a minimalist trend for years, but Courtney’s story really resonated with me. On overachiever in work and life, Courtney had developed an autoimmune condition that led her to re-examine her life -- the result led to a simpler lifestyle, which led to a …
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How to Achieve Your Impossible with Steven Kotler
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Steven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author, award-winning journalist, the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, and one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He’s also the co-founder of a dog sanctuary and a really good guy. Steven has worked incredibly hard for his success, but he’s also figured out a way to …
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The Joy of Being Alcohol Free with Chris Cote
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Chris Cote is one of the most respected action sports personalities around. The San Diego native is the editor and founder of Encinitas magazine and a commentator for the World Surf League (basically the NFL of surfing). He’s also a musician, plays guitar and sings in a punk band, DJs and MCs parties, and he’s just an all-around great guy and a rad…
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How to Stop Procrastinating with Christine Li
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To kick off Season 2 of Vitamin Joy, we’re diving into an issue a ton of people struggle with: procrastination. I spoke with expert Christine Li about how to stop procrastinating so we can have more Vitamin Joy in our lives. Christine is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in anxiety and procrastination, and she’s helped thousands of p…
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Host Shelby Stanger looks back at highlights from 2020 guests, lessons learned, and what's to come. Plus, she gives her own recipes on what’s bringing her Vitamin Joy these days and what she’s cutting out for next year. Previous episodes highlighted: Caroline MacDougall Chef Ramses Bravo Dr. Alan Goldhamer Comedian Fortune Feimster Sleep Expert Kel…
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How the Embrace the Suck with Brent Gleeson
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2020 has been a year with some serious suck -- which is why today’s guest, Brent Gleeson, a retired Navy SEAL combat veteran turned accomplished entrepreneur, author, and acclaimed speaker, is the perfect person to talk about embracing sucky moments. Brent Gleeson has suffered some serious suck through his Navy SEAL training and startup business da…
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Addiction in the Family with Dr. Louise Stanger
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Dr. Louise Stanger is a licensed clinical social worker, former college professor, three-time published author, internationally renowned clinician, interventionist, speaker, and an expert on mental health, addiction, process disorders and chronic pain. She’s also my mom! She was named Interventionist of the year last year by Harvard’s McClean Hospi…
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How to Sleep Better with Kelly Murray
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A great night’s sleep is the most cost effective Vitamin Joy there is. Today’s guest, Kelly Murray, is not only is an award-winning pediatric sleep consultant, but she literally coaches busy and ambitious professionals to sleep like a boss. Over the last few years, she’s helped hundreds of people get better sleep. We go beyond turning off our scree…
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Prescriptions for Vitamin Joy with Gabby Reece
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Gabby Reece is an athlete, a former professional volleyball player, a model, wife to pro surfer Laird Hamilton, a mom and step mom, podcast host, author, entrepreneur, and health and fitness advocate. We recorded this episode in person at her house in Malibu before the election I left feeling so joyful. Gabby has had a big career and spent time wit…
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Movement is Medicine with Jessie Salas
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Jessie Salas is a former firefighter and a Coach who is also the Program Director for Foundation Training , a program which uses simple corrective exercise to help people move free and easily without pain. Jessie regularly works with people like you and I but also big wave professional surfers, professional athletes, active and retired military fir…
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The Joy of Plant-based SOS-free Cooking with Chef Ramses Bravo
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Chef Ramses Bravo is the head chef at True North Health Center. He’s been making plant based food without added sugar, salt, or oil for 15 years, and he actually makes this way of eating taste good. I’ve spent time in his Ramses Bravo’s kitchen, eaten his delicious food and taken his online classes. Ramses, has a dry sense of humor, a huge heart, a…
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Water Fasting and the Joy of a SOS-Free Plant Based Diet with Dr. Alan Goldhamer
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Dr. Goldhamer is the founder of the True North Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA, which specializes in supervised water fasting. For over 35 years they’ve helped over 20,000 patients reverse various aliments and diseases through supervised water-fasting and the introduction and education of a plant-based, sugar-free, oil-free, and salt-free diet. I k…
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Humor, Even in Emergencies with Dr. Candice “Dr. Bikini” Myhre
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Emergency Room Doctor Candice Myhre saves lives in emergency situations every single day. For her job, she has to flexible and fast – going from patients who are literally dying to dealing with things like an ear infection in the next room. Humor eases the transition. It also lets her connect with her patients better, getting critical diagnoses, an…
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Caffeine Free with Caroline MacDougall
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Today’s guest doesn’t drink caffeine. Caroline MacDougall is the founder, creator and CEO of Teeccino® an herbal tea company that makes coffee alternative beverages all with herbal products and adaptogenic herbs. She’s also designed numerous award-winning herbal beverages for top tea and natural products companies you have likely heard of including…
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The Joy of Mindfulness Through Parenting (and Life) with Jaimal Yogis
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Using Mindfulness to Find Joy as a Parent, and even not as a parent -- not that easy right now. Today’s guest,Jaimal Yogis, is a longtime friend, a dad to three boys under ten, a husband, an author, a speaker, and a mindfulness expert. Jaimal has written several bestselling books, including Saltwater Buddah, The Fear Project, and his latest book, w…
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Grieve Better with Libby Carstensen
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Today’s guest Libby Carstensen literally specializes in helping people find joy through grief. Libby is an executive and life coach, and a meditation, and mindfulness teacher who specializes in grief and loss. She’s been a Master Educator at Chopra (as is Deepak Chopra). She teaches an amazing Kundalini yoga class every morning available for all on…
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The Joy of Consistency with Gregg Clunis
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Consistency and Joy. Two words that don’t always go together. But today’s guest, Gregg Clunis, of the podcast and book, Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, has become a master at consistency and making tiny leaps to create big life changes. Along the way, he’s found a lot of Joy. Today, we talk about why and how consistency can be joyful ,and how you can have…
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Sweet and Salty Humor with Fortune Feimster
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Life can be salty, but comedian Fortune Feimster uses comedy and humor to make it sweeter. With an appetite for the truth in her work, and for being authentically herself, even on giant stages like the one where she performed her amazing Netflix special, Sweet and Salty, (out now) Fortune has become a master at finding humor, even in more challengi…
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The Joy of Saying No with Derek Sivers
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Often known for the phrase, “If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no,” Derek Sivers has a refreshing approach to saying no and minimalism that’s been especially helpful to me. The entrepreneur, who started and sold CD Baby for millions of dollars and gave much of it away, has also been a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED Speaker, an…
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How to Breathe Better with James Nestor
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Breathing seems like a simple act, but the way you breathe can affect the way you sleep, workout, talk, your health and even your mood. Best-selling author James Nestor spent the last three years studying ancient bones of ancestors to see how our breathing bones have evolved over the years and also trained with breath gurus, doctors, even plugged h…
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How to Get Out of Your Own Head with Meredith Arthur
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Meredith Arthur worked for three startups in one year before getting diagnosed with general anxiety disorder. The San Francisco-based writer and video producer, who worked at places like Chowhound, Food Network and now Pinterest, was an early pioneer of "getting people to talk about mental health in a normal way.” She created the website Beautiful …
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Welcome to Vitamin Joy with Shelby Stanger
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How do we inject more health, humor and fun into our daily lives, even when things get messy? That’s the question driving award-winning journalist and podcaster Shelby Stanger as she interviews health, science and wellness experts as well as entrepreneurs, authors, artists and comedians on advice for how we can all attain more health and joy.…
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