The Connected Health Podcast

we explore the seven pillars that support your body’s natural ability to heal: Mindset, Nutrition, Movement, Sleep, Stress/Rest, Emotional Wellbeing, and Detoxification. These are the habits I return to again and again.

You’ll learn how your body already contains every system it needs to fight disease, inflammation, and imbalance—and how environment, lifestyle, and daily choices either support or sabotage those systems.

This final episode in the habit series breaks down the brain science behind why habits stick—or don’t. If you’ve ever felt like your intentions are strong but your follow-through falls apart, this is the missing link.

Why do we know what to do to be healthy, but still struggle to do it? In this powerful follow-up to the habit series, Vanessa pulls back the curtain on what's really happening underneath the surface—introducing the Internal Family Systems (IFS) frame... more

In this episode of The Connected Health Podcast, we’re digging into the psychology of behavior change and how to go from start-stop habits to sustainable routines. You’ll learn why willpower isn’t the answer, how your brain actually builds (and break... more

In this episode, I’m walking you through what’s really going on with your hormones—especially estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone—and how they impact your metabolism, mood, sleep, and body composition during this phase of life.

Most women have been taught that painful periods, mood swings, and hormonal birth control are just part of being a woman—but they’re not. In this episode, Vanessa breaks down the real signs of hormone imbalance, how birth control impacts your natural... more