It Has to Be Me

Tess Masters
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It Has to Be Me

What are your “It has to be me” moments? Those key points in your life where you know “This is what I want to do” and you go for it! I’m Tess Masters and I’m getting the skinny from people who are smashing their fears and doubts to make the things they want happen. Let’s dive in, get fired up, and go after your next “It Has To Be Me!”

  1. Hit Reset with a 14-Day Cleanse | 026

    3 DAYS AGO

    Hit Reset with a 14-Day Cleanse | 026

    Last week, Karen Kipp and I shared how we help people use clean eating and juicing as tools for better health. This week, three women in our community share how The Decadent Detox® changed their lives. Gretchen, Ellen, and Melynn tell us how the 14-Day Cleanse surprised them and the transformations they experienced.  From loving vegetables they never ate before, to being shocked that family members got on board, to the flow-on effect in other areas of their lives, these ladies take us on three different and inspiring journeys.   None of these women tells a typical “detox” story. Gretchen wanted to get healthy but had no idea where or how to start. The program’s structure, meal plans, and personal support got her on a path to losing 30 pounds, reducing inflammation, and feeling confident with healthy eating.    The 14-Day Cleanse helped Melynn redefine what “healthy” looks like, and discover food intolerances that were the key to her chronic acid reflux. With just two weeks of strategic eating, she got rid of the condition, and got off medication she had been dependent on for 20 years.    Ellen also got the nutrition education she wanted, and recipes she and her family enjoy to stay on track with better food choices. Learning to listen to her body helped her recognize the signs of illness and get early diagnosis of a rare, treatable condition.  We celebrate the incredible impacts of practicing self-care through eating delicious fresh food, the value of joining a supportive community, and the importance of making healthy living fun.    TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  Coaching and a supportive community make it easier to get healthy. Learn to listen to what your body needs to make informed choices.  Take time to nurture yourself physically and emotionally.  Nutrition knowledge supports better food and lifestyle choices.  Make healthy living enjoyable and sustainable by eating great food.  Juice fasting is an effective tool to achieve better health.  Gently transitioning into a juice fast and out of it gives the best results.  Two weeks of strategic clean eating empowers you in other parts of your life.    JOIN OUR COMMUNITY  Join the 14-Day Cleanse: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/14-day-guided-cleanses/  Learn more about The Decadent Detox®: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/    MEET OUR GUESTS  MELYNN SIGHT  After a successful career in business, Melynn is enjoying retirement and finding that life is fuller than ever! She loves spending time with her husband and children, traveling, enjoying a good meal, walking the dogs, and playing Pickleball. She is also passionate about facilitating an anti-bullying program for 9-year-old girls in an inner city charter school in Kansas City, and being a Rotarian. After going hard at work for decades, Melynn welcomed the opportunity to really take care of her health by joining The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® communities. Through cooking the delicious recipes in these programs, her life has taken a big turn, and she feels better than ever!   ELLEN LEWIS  With a degree in International Business and French, Ellen realized her dream of working abroad before marrying and starting her family. After working in customer service and account management, Ellen became a stay-at-home to raise her kids. When her son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS, Ellen became passionate about the power of better food and...

    1h 5m
  2. The Power Of Juice Fasting | 025

    OCT 24

    The Power Of Juice Fasting | 025

    Karen Kipp, health coach, juicing expert, and co-creator of The Decadent Detox®, gives us the lowdown on the safest and most effective way to achieve better health through juicing and juice fasting. She takes us inside how growing up in a meat-and-potatoes family and losing her mother to cancer at 17 made her completely committed to health. She recalls how her dad gave her a Champion juicer he’d picked up (for five dollars) at a garage sale, and got her started with juicing. In the Midwest of thirty years ago, she learned by herself through experimentation, and then taught others. Life as a working single mom anchored her to a scrappy, “do what you can” approach to everything. This down-to-earth, flexible attitude, combined with her comprehensive knowledge, attracted a loyal following for her in-person wellness retreats. We recount how we met in Kansas City and bonded over our mutual concern about the popularity of dangerous cleanses. To offer a safer alternative and show people how to juice fast responsibly, we created the 14-Day Cleanse using Karen’s local-community experience as a starting point. Through our online programs, we’ve helped over 30,000 participants around the world and witnessed countless health transformations. If you want to lose weight, sleep better, have more energy, and reduce inflammation with personal coaching and a supportive community, join us live for the next decadent detox. TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: No one is going to take care of you like you do. Why juices and smoothies both belong in a healthy lifestyle. Strategies to lower the sugar in juices to prevent blood sugar spikes. Juice strategically to support circadian rhythms for better sleep and energy. The difference between extreme “cleanses” and strategic clean eating. How to avoid the dangers of irresponsible cleansing and fasting. Transition gently into and out of a juice fast to maximize the benefits. Picture the worst-case scenario. If you can survive it, you can do anything. MEET KAREN KIPP As a certified Holistic Health Coach (HHC), reflexologist, juicing expert, and co-creator of The Decadent Detox® programs, Karen Kipp has helped thousands of people achieve and maintain better health. For more than 30 years, Karen has facilitated wellness retreats, health initiatives, and juice fasts in Kansas City, including live events to support the 14-Day Cleanse. Maintaining a private practice and two holistic health companies while being a single mom on a budget taught Karen to prioritize self-care without spending a lot of money. She strives to make health and wellness accessible to everyone, sharing simple strategies that work with any lifestyle. Karen also serves as a volunteer and board member for several nonprofits, and enjoys cooking, gardening, adventure travel, and time with her daughter and large extended family. CONNECT WITH KAREN Website: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/ Join the 14-Day Cleanse: https://www.thedecadentdetox.com/14-day-guided-cleanses/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/decadentdetox Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedecadentdetox/ Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health programs.      Health tips and recipes by Tess have been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Yahoo Health, Hallmark Channel, The Today Show, and many...

    1h 13m
  3. Strategies To Relieve Stress & Trauma | 024

    OCT 17

    Strategies To Relieve Stress & Trauma | 024

    Kelly Lubeck, shamanic healing practitioner, shares simple strategies you can use to connect with your body, release stress and trauma, and embrace change to magnify your contribution. We dive into Kelly’s journey of healing from vicarious trauma while working in Africa and post-war Central America. She recounts her big “It Has To Be Me” moment when her body shut down, and she literally lost her fingerprints! Through a variety of healing modalities, Kelly learned to listen to her body and embrace self-care not as a luxury, but as an act of service and revolution for positive change. She now helps other women prioritize their self-care in order to pursue and fulfill their purposes.  Kelly walks us through simple movement, breathing, and sound techniques that can be woven into everyday life to calm and shift your energy. Regulating your nervous system, releasing stress, and holding your experiences in balance are things you get better at the more you practice them.   Kelly’s call to action: Ignore your body and it will demand you pay attention. Listen to your body and you have a greater capacity to heal and serve.   TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  Self-care is not a luxury, but a form of service and revolution. Befriend your resistance to self-care as a way of embracing change.  Your brain doesn’t like change, but your body demands it.  Cultivate a practice of listening to your body’s signals for better wellbeing.  Movement, breathwork, and singing help you regulate your nervous system.  Keep in a place of healing to be ready for whatever comes.  When you show up well, you help others to show up well.  Let go of what you believe is not safe about your dream and pursue it.  KELLY LUBECK BIO  Kelly Lubeck, MPH, RYT is passionate about helping changemakers stay embodied, heal holistically, and lead with clarity, confidence, and compassion, without sacrificing themselves to their mission. She creates positive change in the world through private client work, group programs, workshops, and speaking engagements.  With a Master’s in Public Health from Columbia University, Kelly has over 25 years’ experience developing and leading public health initiatives in the United States, Africa, and in post-war Central America. Combining that work with her training as a yoga teacher, soul-centered coach, and shamanic healing practitioner, she uses the science of the nervous system and a variety of holistic health practices to help women leaders heal from trauma and balance the demands of life and leadership. CONNECT WITH KELLY  Website: https://www.kellylubeck.com/  Free Workbook: https://winning-experimenter-7416.ck.page/936220dabe  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weavingthehealing/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lubeckkelly/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellylubeck/  Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health...

    1h 6m
  4. The Power of Parent-To-Parent Mentorship | 023

    OCT 10

    The Power of Parent-To-Parent Mentorship | 023

    Abigail Wald breaks the “mommy code” and gets raw about the minefield of parenthood. She reveals how getting brutally honest about her struggles as a mother encouraged other women to share their unconventional truths, and how those transparent conversations developed into a global community. Mother Flipping Awesome helps thousands of women and men get real, hit the “reset” button on their parenting journeys, and navigate the challenges and celebrate the joys of raising kids. We discuss the necessity of getting out of the parenting vacuum of “having the same experiences alone,” and into a community where you can share all your stories honestly and acknowledge feelings and thoughts you’ve been told are taboo. Abigail insists that giving yourself permission to express your full human experience as a parent enables you to feel the depth of the love you have for your children. She leads with a central philosophy that parenting isn’t just about raising kids. It’s an invitation to step into your own leadership. Claiming the unique parenting style that aligns with your values and with the needs of your child, she says, is the key to creating a harmonious “mini society” that is your family. TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: A family is a mini society. Being a mother is a complex journey with distinct phases. Parenthood is an invitation to rise into your own leadership. Allow your parenting style to align with your values. Understand and respect each child's particular needs. Your child is an individual, not an extension of you. Find a community that catches and supports your experience. Harness your anger as a marker of your values and an instrument for change. MEET ABIGAIL WALD While raising her children, Abigail Wald maintained a successful voiceover career, and created the Yes Bar out of her home kitchen. While navigating her son’s medical condition, she joined parenting groups hoping to hear other moms tell it like it is—and instead she got sanitized stories that didn’t match her experience. And it turned out that those stories, telling only one side of parenthood, ignored a lot of people’s experience. While parenting fills our hearts with more love than we thought possible, and gives our lives purpose and meaning, it also messes with our minds, bodies, sleep, relationships, careers, identities, priorities and even our sanity. So Abigail established the Mother Flipping Awesome community as a space for mothers and fathers to share no-holds-barred accounts of real-life parenting. The community, with Abigail and her team as coaches, helps parents press “reset” on their parenting lives, cleaning up one sticky, gooey corner at a time. CONNECT WITH ABIGAIL Website: https://abigailwald.com/ Parenting Blog: https://abigailwald.com/blog/ Strong-Willed Kids Class: abigailwald.com/kids Tweens and Teens Class: abigailwald.com/teens Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/motherflippingawesome/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@motherflippingawesome LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigail-wald-77413837/ Meet Tess...

    1h 8m
  5. Unleash Your Inner Champion | 022

    OCT 3

    Unleash Your Inner Champion | 022

    Are you putting limits on the possibilities for your life? Dave Scatchard, former NHL star and peak-performance coach shares how you can build a champion “I can do anything” mindset, train yourself for greatness, and reach your goals.    After surviving five concussions  and a near-death experience, Dave retired from ice hockey with chronic headaches, short-term memory loss, and slurred speech that impaired his quality of life.   Refusing to live a half life, Dave worked with top doctors and healers to regain his physical and spiritual strength and athletic endurance, and complete his first Ironman! He learned to balance the masculine and feminine, the gladiator and the monk, to harness his experiences in his new passion as a mindset and business coach.   We dive into how Dave embraced trauma to find another gear with his resilience and determination, and how seeing yourself as “always in training” helps you leverage every experience to hone your skills and upgrade your operating system.   Dave walks us through his nine-step system for getting laser focused about what you want, putting learning into action, and tapping into your full power. His rule: “You only lose when you quit.”    This episode is a masterclass in unleashing your inner champion and taking action on your “It Has To Be Me” moments.      TESS’S TAKEAWAYS  Work on what you can control to increase your chances for success. Create a really specific goal so you have a laser target to hit. Give yourself permission to raise the frequency of all parts of yourself.  Don’t waste your gifts. You get to create and build each day.  Schedule and Commit: Put what you learn into practice immediately.  To master the skills you need, practice every day and be committed to excellence.  Don’t quit: Keep pushing forward and never give up. Use painful experiences to find the next gear in your strength and resilience.     DAVE SCATCHARD   In a fourteen-year career as a professional hockey player in the NHL with the Vancouver Canucks, NY Islanders, Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes, Nashville Predators and St. Louis Blues, Dave Scatchard sustained five concussions and traumatic brain injuries.  With the guidance of top coaches, healers, and energy workers, Dave restored his health, and leveraged his experience as an athlete to become a life and business coach.   His Peak Performance and All-Star Coaching system helps entrepreneurs and others think bigger to achieve financial success and happiness.   Dave has recently launched the All-Star Success Codes podcast to inspire people to unleash their inner champions and achieve their goals.   He, his wife, their three children, dog, cat, and two lizards live in Arizona.   CONNECT WITH DAVE  Website: https://allstarcoaching.com  Book: https://www.allstarcoaching.com/the-comeback-book  All-Star Success Codes Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-star-success-codes/id1751771541  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davescatchardcoaching/  Instagram: a href="https://www.instagram.com/davescatchard/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    1h 12m
  6. The Truth about Pelvic Floor Therapy | 021

    SEP 26

    The Truth about Pelvic Floor Therapy | 021

    Ladies: Dr. Tanya Goodrich’s tips for improving your pelvic floor and bone health are life-changing. Say good-bye to peeing multiple times a night, leaking, incontinence, and pain during intercourse, and hello to feeling vibrant and enjoying sex again! You’ll also get the lowdown on how to prevent and reverse osteoporosis.    Sharing the latest science about menopause and the truth about hormone-replacement therapy, Dr. Tanya busts the myth about Kegels, and explains why doing them could be making your symptoms worse.    We dive into how she and her colleagues at Evernow are offering advanced healthcare for women over 40, the benefits of pelvic physical therapy, the importance of early DEXA scans, and the key things that should be part of your daily routine.    With her “No Vagina Left Behind” mandate, Dr. Tanya will have you laughing and feeling empowered as you learn what’s going on in your body and how to take charge of it. To drastically improve your quality of life, do not miss this episode.    TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  Pelvic health is critical to overall wellbeing and quality of life.  You can prevent and reverse bladder and bowel dysfunction. Kegels are not the answer to every vagina problem.   Retrain your system to get rid of leaking and incontinence. Avoid pain during intercourse and enjoy sex at any age.  Osteoporosis is not inevitable. It is 100% preventable. A DEXA scan in your early 40’s is a proactive strategy for bone health. Hormone therapy has advanced and can be completely safe.    MEET DR. TANYA GOODRICH  With a background in dance and a doctorate in physical therapy, Dr. Tanya Goodrich is passionate about educating women on the importance of pelvic health.   The founder of Healthy Pelvis Physical Therapy, Dr. Tanya specializes in addressing a wide range of pelvic health issues, including those related to pregnancy, postpartum care, menopause, pelvic pain, bladder and bowel dysfunction, and sexual health.   Through her holistic approach and dedication to education and innovation, Dr. Tanya is helping to advance the standard of women’s healthcare. She serves as Clinical Physical Therapy Advisor to Evernow Inc, an innovative tech company dedicated to redefining menopause care. Dr. Tanya also supports pregnant and postpartum women through her work with the non-profit Blossom Birth and Family.   Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper featured Tanya as an "Architect of Change" for women's health.     CONNECT WITH DR. TANYA  Website: https://healthypelvis.com/  Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper Article: https://www.mariashriversundaypaper.com/pelvic-floor-health/  Instagram: @thehealthypelvis  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-goodrich-pt-dpt-b6125330/   Dr. Tanya’s Menopause Resources:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tQU3jT7zUxnf736BgOf4pt2LQJof4ikBc46bGxAt080/edit  Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an...

    1h 5m
  7. The Power Of Advanced Lab Testing | 020

    SEP 19

    The Power Of Advanced Lab Testing | 020

    Dr. Lara Zakaria—pharmacist, nutritionist, and functional medicine practitioner—shares some of the advanced lab testing you can use to get higher-level data about your health to prevent and reverse disease.   After struggling with health issues and working in a pharmacy watching people get sicker and more dependent on medications, Dr. Zakaria became passionate about holistic nutrition as a preventative solution.  Through the lens of her personal journey with burnout and poor health, she stresses the importance of listening to signs that “things aren’t right” and the huge impact of better food and lifestyle choices.   With a gift for using hilarious anecdotes to make dry medical issues entertaining, Dr. Zakaria will get you excited about microbiome stool testing and metabolic, lipid, and thyroid panels. You’ll learn how these tests help functional practitioners look at patterns (not just numbers) to detect risks earlier and optimize your health.  If you’ve got autoimmune, metabolic, or allergic disease, or want to be in peak health and catch problems early, this episode is a must-listen.    TESS’S TAKEAWAYS:  To approach your health holistically, work with a functional medical practitioner. Nutrition education has a powerful effect on food culture. Parents who encourage healthy living build a foundation of self-care. Epigenetics (food and lifestyle choices) upgrades your genetic programming. Track patterns, not just numbers, to prevent and reverse disease. Advanced lab tests empower you to catch disease patterns earlier.  A microbiome stool test determines the balance of your gut and overall digestive function.  Advanced metabolic, lipid, and thyroid panels inform more personalized health responses.    MEET DR. LARA ZAKARIA, PharmD MS CDN CNS IFMCP   As a pharmacist, nutritionist, and professor of integrative medicine, Dr. Lara Zakaria is passionate about gut health and the prevention and reversal of metabolic, allergic, and autoimmune disease.   Following 20 years in community pharmacy practice, watching patients get sicker and more dependent on medications, Lara developed a keen interest in functional medicine. Earning an MS in nutrition, she additionally qualified as a certified nutrition specialist and functional medicine practitioner.    Dr. Zakaria’s clinical practice applies a multi-disciplinary approach, working one on one with patients. She also loves teaching as a faculty member at the Integrative Medicine program at George Washington University and as guest instructor in functional medicine at LECOM College of Pharmacy.   Lara is committed to working with pharmacy professionals, nutritionists, clinicians, and other practitioners to amplify the message of personalized nutrition solutions.    CONNECT WITH DR. LARA ZAKARIA  Website: https://larazakaria.com/   Thyroid Screening Guide: https://www.larazakaria.com/thyroid-guide/   Eat The Rainbow Tracker: https://larazakaria.com/product/rainbow-challenge-tracker/  Consult with Lara: https://larazakaria.com/educational-consultations/   Instagram: a href="https://www.instagram.com/foodiefarmacist" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    1h 10m
  8. Vibrant Health In Your 60’s | 019

    SEP 12

    Vibrant Health In Your 60’s | 019

    Forget what you’ve been told about aging. Sharen, Jan and Debbie—three remarkable women in their 60’s—share how they’ve embraced getting older as an opportunity to achieve their best health, instead of letting it slow them down. They empowered themselves through the 60-Day Reset, proving that life after 60 can be vibrant, healthy, and full of possibilities. From overcoming health challenges to discovering the joy of cooking nutritious meals, these women take us inside how the Skinny60® program transformed their health and upgraded the quality of their lives and the lives of those around them. This conversation will inspire and motivate you to take charge of your health and love your life at any age. Spoiler: Sharen sings a rap song she wrote about her Skinny 60! Hearing these women’s stories, you’ll laugh at the idea that your fabulous fizzles after 50. TESS’S TAKEAWAYS: Don't let age define you—write your own chapter. Aging can be growth and possibility. You don’t need to succumb to diet culture to get healthy. Gut health is the key to achieving your health goals. Healthy living is about delicious food and balance. Navigate cooking and eating with others to find the joy. Improving your physical health has a ripple effect. A supportive community has a profound impact. Meet Tess Masters:   Tess Masters is an actor, presenter, health coach, cook, and author of The Blender Girl, The Blender Girl Smoothies, and The Perfect Blend, published by Penguin Random House. She is also the creator of The Decadent Detox® and Skinny60® health programs.      Health tips and recipes by Tess have been featured in the LA Times, Washington Post, InStyle, Prevention, Shape, Glamour, Real Simple, Yoga Journal, Yahoo Health, Hallmark Channel, The Today Show, and many others.    Tess’s magnetic personality, infectious enthusiasm, and down-to-earth approach have made her a go-to personality for people of all dietary stripes who share her conviction that healthy living can be easy and fun. Get delicious recipes at TheBlenderGirl.com.       Connect With Tess:  Website: https://tessmasters.com/   Podcast Website: https://ithastobeme.com/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theblendergirl/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theblendergirl/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/theblendergirl   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theblendergirl   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tessmasters/   Get Healthy With Tess  Skinny60®: https://www.skinny60.com/   Join the 60-Day Reset:...

    1h 12m
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What are your “It has to be me” moments? Those key points in your life where you know “This is what I want to do” and you go for it! I’m Tess Masters and I’m getting the skinny from people who are smashing their fears and doubts to make the things they want happen. Let’s dive in, get fired up, and go after your next “It Has To Be Me!”

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