Good Vibes Wellness with JD Roberto

JD Roberto

Welcome to the podcast for the Good Vibes Wellness. We're a digital health and fitness website dedicated to bringing you daily inspiration, workout curation, recipes, mental health, news, and the support you need to reach your wellness goals.

Episodes

  1. 11/28/2023

    Teresa Strasser: "Sports were invented so you could connect with your emotionally unavailable relatives."

    JD's guest today is Teresa Strasser, an Emmy-winning writer and Emmy-nominated television host. She’s been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Arizona Republic, and The Today Show. d podcast audiences know her as the co-host of The Guinness World Record-holding Adam Carolla Show. Her new book, Making It Home: Life Lessons From a Season of Little League, is a meditation on grief, family, forgiveness, and baseball.

    36 min

  2. 11/28/2023

    Tina Tang "It's no longer a dress rehearsal for us, everything we do matters."

    JD's guest today is Tina Tang - a fit at 53 fitness trainer who helps women 40+ add strength training into their lives, for the rest of their lives. She also talks a lot about menopause because her mom did not and neither does the rest of society. Tina wants to make sure others don't feel as isolated and alone as she did during that natural time of a woman's life. Today, we dispel myths about strength training, talk about lifting as we age, plus hear how Tina went from the international equities trading desk at Goldman Sachs to deadlifts and squats.

    34 min

  3. 11/28/2023

    Dr. Kay Mastrocola: "You have to give as much as you take from your body."

    JD's guest today is Dr. Kay Mastrocola, a Physical Therapist in Chicago who specializes in Pelvic Health. Outside of treating patients, she is a content creator, bringing awareness to the awkward in-betweens of higher education and healthcare. Her platform DPTs With Anxiety and her podcast "The Thrive Guide" normalize mental health in medicine and everyday life.  In our wide-ranging conversation, we talk about pelvic health, sexual health, and breaking down the mythical barrier between mental and physical well-being.

    30 min

  4. 11/28/2023

    Therapist Katie Walkley: "These are the surefire signs that things are going wrong."

    JD's guest today Katie Walkley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Virginia with 14 years of experience providing therapy services to adults, teens, children, families, and couples. She holds a Masters in Psychology and has specialized training in Marriage and Family Therapy. She’s also worked with at-risk children and teens in schools and community spaces helping them find mental and emotional stability, improved relationships, and community connection. Katie talks to JD about the influence of social media on the mental health of teens, and how to have healthy conflict with your partner.

    31 min

  5. 11/28/2023

    Jennifer Litomisky: "You're going to feel better helping others."

    JD's guest today is Jennifer Litomisky, CEO of The Ronald McDonald House of Detriot. Jen has spent her life working in non-profits and pouring her energy into serving her community and people in need. Today we talk about the importance of service, what it takes to run a large non-profit, what she learned from being a collegiate athlete, and why Madden on Xbox is her preferred form of self-care.

    31 min
  6. Dr. John Whyte: "We don't have a healthcare system, we have a sick-care system."

    10/24/2023

    Dr. John Whyte: "We don't have a healthcare system, we have a sick-care system."

    JD's guest today is Dr. John Whyte, a physician, speaker, and policy maker, he’s the Chief Medical Officer for WebMD. He’s the former Chief Medical Expert and Vice President, Health and Medical Education at Discovery Channel. Dr. Whyte was a health services research fellow at Stanford and an attending physician in the Department of Medicine. He has written extensively in the medical and lay press, including numerous best-selling books. Today he talks to JD about common medical myths, the role of AI in medicine, plus what works (and what doesn't) in healthcare.

    40 min

  7. 10/23/2023

    Author Maureen Driscol - One of my superpowers is that I don't care about 'nos' that people send my way.

    My guest Maureen Driscoll is a comedy writer in Los Angeles whose credits include Jimmy Kimmel Live, MADtv and the Nickelodeon game show BrainSurge, for which she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. She's also the author of twenty-five novels and teaches screenwriting in the MFA program of Stephens College. And when she's not doing all of that, she's auditioning for acting roles and avoiding cats because she is very allergic. Today she talks with JD about writing, reinvention, learning to pivot, and doing what she loves.

    19 min

  8. 10/16/2023

    Dane Robinson - Never be complacent. Be happy, but never be satisfied.

    My guest today is proud Baltimore, MD native Dane Robinson - a world-class motivator, educator, and Head Coach of your day! Dane has gone from being a pro on the football field to a pro in the fitness industry spending the last 12+ years as a certified personal and group trainer. When he's not traveling and spending time with his wife Jessica, his daughter Reece, and their Dalmatian Dottie, you can find him leading his own women's full-contact football team, the Atlanta Empire.

    40 min

  9. 10/09/2023

    Janson Leenaarts - This is the most profoundly unsexy advice, but if you can nail those things, you are money.

    My guest today is Jason Leenaarts a coach, nutritionist, and owner of Revolution Fitness & Therapy in Stow, Ohio. He's the author of A Revolution A Day and The Revolution Is You. He talks to JD about how his personal traumas inform his coaching philosophy and what the fitness industry gets wrong about building lifelong wellness.

    27 min
  10. Erika Shannon - I have fear, I have weakness, I have flaws. Why should I try to hide that?

    10/08/2023

    Erika Shannon - I have fear, I have weakness, I have flaws. Why should I try to hide that?

    My guest today is Erika Shannon, a seasoned fitness expert who has been in the industry for over 17 years. A former professional dancer, Erika got her BFA in Musical Theatre at the University of Michigan and performed all over the world for several years before becoming a theatrical General Manager. Erika joins JD to talk everything from ballet to menopause to motherhood.

    37 min

  11. 10/02/2023

    Therapist Amparo Penny - This isn't a diet, this is your life.

    My guest Amparo Penny is a Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCMHC, C-DBT, a certified Intuitive Eating coach and a Health and Mindset coach who has spent the past 20 years working with clients on disordered eating, emotion regulation, body image issues, and borderline personality disorder. Today she talks with JD about Intuitive Eating, getting to the bottom of how to repair our relationship with food and un-learn the habits of a lifetime.

    29 min
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