Live Purely with Elizabeth Elizabeth Stein

This week, Elizabeth sits down with renowned culinary expert and trailblazer Gail Simmons, best known for her role as a judge on the reality series "Top Chef." Gail shares her inspiring journey from writing down her love of food on paper to attending culinary school and working at iconic New York City restaurants. She details her invaluable experiences assisting renowned food critic Jeffrey Steingarten and managing special events for legendary chef Daniel Boulud.
Gail opens up about her role at Food & Wine Magazine and how a series of saying "yes" led her to "Top Chef." She shares a behind-the-scenes look at the filming process over the past 20 seasons and teases what's next for Season 21. Gail also drops the details about her favorite restaurants, must-have cookbooks, and her philosophy on embracing opportunities and keeping a flexible approach to life's plans.

Elizabeth welcomes back Dr. Josh Axe, leadership expert, entrepreneur, physician, and co-founder of Ancient Nutrition. He is also the author of several health and wellness books, including his latest book titled “Think This Not That: 12 Mindset Shifts to Break Through Limiting Beliefs and Become Who You Were Born to Be.” In their conversation, Elizabeth and Josh talk about the role of mindset in health, overcoming limiting beliefs, and how to stack things in your favor for cultivating a growth mindset. Josh also talks about the importance of surrounding yourself with people who inspire and support your goals, and how the universe boomerangs it back to you when you lead with generosity and help others reach their dreams.

This week, Elizabeth welcomes Dr. Romie Mushtaq, a board certified physician and neurologist. She talks about her new book, The Busy Brain Cure, which explains her 8-week brain shift protocol for reducing chronic stress, anxiety, and burnout. Dr. Romie discusses implementing mindfulness practices in both personal life and the workplace and highlights the importance of improving sleep quality. She gives some great tips on establishing a daily meditation routine, addressing vitamin D deficiency and measuring markers of inflammation.

It’s all about good energy this week as Elizabeth welcomes Casey Means, a Stanford trained physician and Co-Founder of Levels, a health technology company with the mission of reversing the world’s metabolic health crisis. Casey first talks about training as a Head and Neck Surgeon before leaving traditional medicine to devote her life to helping reverse our broken food and healthcare system. She gives a glimpse into her new book, Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health, and shares some great tips on balanced, healthy meals on the go that can support our metabolic health.

It’s all about gut health this week as Elizabeth welcomes Dr. Daryl Gioffre, Gut Health & Inflammation Specialist, Best-Selling Author and the Founder of Alkamind. Dr. Daryl first talks about overcoming his personal struggles with sugar addiction, and how his father’s illness led him down a path to investigate the role of digestive wellness. Dr. Daryl talks about his Acid-Kicking product line and Gut Detox Programs, and small changes to bring into your routine that can help you clean up your microbiome. He discusses why gut testing regularly is important, and common gut imbalance symptoms that often go unnoticed.

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This week, Elizabeth welcomes lifestyle journalist and author of The Dry Challenge, Hilary Sheinbaum. Hilary talks about her fun career path covering Hollywood’s biggest stars to founding Going Dry and freelance writing for publications like The New York Times. Hilary shares her experience completing Dry January after making a New Year's bet and how it upleveled her life and showed her you don’t need alcohol to thrive. She provides tips for reducing or abstaining from alcohol and discusses her book Journal for Bad Days. Hilary and Elizabeth also discuss the power of getting 1% better every day and how taking a month off alcohol can prove that you really can do the hard things in life.